The title pretty much says it all. Tonight is the night that American Idol died.
I was thinking about how I would recap Idol's ninth season, and I decided instead of duplicating last season's marathon rant about how horrible the season was, I will keep it short and sweet.
Following last season's finale I was on the verge of not coming back to continue this blog for Season 9. I wanted to quit so many times, but my enjoyment of following the careers of alums from seasons past kept me motivated to continue blogging. By the time January rolled around, I was about to announce I would not be live blogging the season, but something made me decide to give it another try in case the season ended up being good. Sadly, that did not come to be.
Season 9 is the black sheep/ugly duckling/bastard child of the Idol franchise, not only for its lack of talent (save for a few contestants), horrible production, self-absorbed judges, addition of Ellen DeGeneres as a judge, focus on guest performers rather than contestants, awkward Ryan Seacrest drunk hosting performances, appallingly bad 'Idol Gives Back' special, poor auditions, horrible mentors (Miley Cyrus? Adam Lambert?), pants on the ground (okay, that was actually pretty good...at first...before Brett Favre killed it with his "spoof"), boring Ford commercials, boring themes, old themes, tired themes, messy camera angles, dazed and confused audiences, more Ryan being drunk or stoned or just flirting with Simon, Randy's "dudes," Kara's nonsense, Simon's departure, lack of Paula's antics, Miley Cyrus's results show "performance," rejection of Angela Martin, Joe Jonas as a guest judge, basically all the guest judges, lack of a cheesy coronation single, the judges' save, Dane Cook at the finale, or its result, but for the sheer fact that it took up a minimum of two hours of FOX's prime time each week for five-and-a-half months.
In short, Season 9 basically killed what little love I had for this show after Season 8 left it dangling by a thread. I will still always have the memories of actual good seasons and their finalists. But as for the show in its current form, it's finished as far as I'm concerned.
(p.s. I realize how many times I used the words "I" and "me" in this post and would like to apologize. I'm not as self-centered as I might sound...oops there are two more "I"s!)
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
American Idol: 2002-2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
IDOL LIVE Blog - Top 11 Results (3/24/10)
Last night's exhibition of Billboard No. 1s was extraordinarily boring, but at least it wasn't bad. Therefore, tonight we will most likely see an expected boot because it's still too early in the season for a shocker.
At least we get to look forward to Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas as our featured guest performers. Oh wait...
To see who I predict will be leaving tonight, see here. Please feel free to add your two cents throughout the two-hour blogcast, with coverage starting just prior to 9 p.m. ET.
Tonight's blogcast features the music of Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Matt Giraud, Melinda Doolittle and Nick Pedro.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
IDOL LIVE Chat: "Best of the Rest" Auditions (2/3/10)
Tonight Idol's ninth season waves goodbye to the audition rounds (finally!) as the "best of the rest" auditions are shown. Obviously, this also means the "best of the worst" hopefuls will get more airtime, but hopefully the latter will be kept to a minimum.
The live chat will begin at 9 p.m. ET and will last one hour.
There is no guest judge tonight, as it does not take place in a new city, but we'll get to see pretty much every guest judge from the previous seven cities once again. Hopefully they choose to include more Shania Twain and Mary J. Blige than they do Joe Jonas.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
IDOL LIVE Chat: Dallas Auditions (1/27/10)
Join us tonight as we chat during the sixth episode of Idol's ninth season, as auditions travel to Dallas. If the talent shown on tonight's episode does not surpass those that were on display in last night's LA auditions, then there really is no hope for this show. Therefore, there's no way the episode will be as big of a letdown as last night.
The live chat will begin at 8 p.m. ET and will last one hour.
Tonight's guest judge will be none other than Joe Jonas. Yay...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Poll of the week: Kelly Clarkson is favorite guest judge
It comes as no surprise that of the host of guest judges readers had to choose from in the most recent edition of IDOL LIVE's poll of the week, one was far and away the favorite to permanently replace Paula Abdul as a judge in time for Idol's ninth season.
That was, of course, Kelly Clarkson, who was previously announced as one of the many guest judges to fill Paula's seat during these current audition sessions. Kelly was able to rake in 40 votes, or 44% of all votes cast in the poll. It is interesting to note that most voters in this poll would opt for a career path that would limit the amount of time Kelly could spend touring, writing and recording music in order to fulfill the potential duties of a judge.
Following Kelly was a more likely choice to replace Paula, as Canadian country/pop artist Shania Twain took in 24 votes (26%). No other guest judges were real hits with readers, as the oddest choice for a judge, Neil Patrick Harris, placed third with nine votes (10%), while other more likely choices pulled in even less, like Mary J. Blige's six votes (6%).
In this week's edition of the poll of the week, readers are asked what Paula Abdul should do next in terms of furthering her career. You will have exactly one week to vote.
Victoria Beckham 4 (4%)
Shania Twain 24 (26%)
Mary J. Blige 6 (6%)
Joe Jonas 2 (2%)
Neil Patrick Harris 9 (10%)
Kelly Clarkson 40 (44%)
Katy Perry 5 (5%)
Total votes: 90
Thursday, January 1, 2009
'Idol' alums abound on New Year's celebrations
If you were watching any of the many New Year's Eve celebrations on the networks tonight, chances are you saw some face time by someone connected in some way to Idol. If you were watching FOX's New Year's Eve Live, then you surely would have seen David Cook receive his first platinum record courtesy of RCA Records and 19E for "The Time of My Life" before he performed "Light On" in Las Vegas. Watch him receive the award below:
Also on the special was Daughtry, as the band performed "Home," also in Vegas. Watch the performance below:
Meanwhile, over on ABC, Ryan Seacrest helmed Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Kellie Pickler as a Times Square crowd correspondent. The two braved the 1-degree (with wind chill) temperature with a million others. Watch a segment that happened moments before the ball dropped with both Ryan and Kellie below (made awkward by the inclusion of Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas on the same stage):
In one segment, the sixth-place finalist of Season 5 was classic Kellie when she told a couple from the Bay area "you guys are so amazin'!"
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