American Idol still blows

Jordin won, big surprise. There was no way in hell that they let Blake “Beatboxer” Lewis win. I just can’t believe that they tallied 74 million votes for this freaking show! That many people care who wins “American Idol”? And they had a slew of stars: David Alan Grier, Teri Hatcher, Jerry Springer, Bette Midler, Joe Perry, Gladys Knight!, AND Smokey Robinson! I thought my eyes were deceiving me. That whole intro to Sanjaya’s song was way over the top with the 2001: A Space Odyssey music!

The production of the show itself still looked like some cheap game show shot on a JVC Everio camcorder. My final straw came when they gave out the awards to the idiots who auditioned for the show. It felt uberstaged. Plus, they were exploiting ordinary people who had no idea Ryan Seacrest was insulting them on national television. They didn’t sign a waiver that said you could treat them like their retarded (even if they do happen to be a little slow on the uptake). If they really wanted to do this award thing, they could of pre-shot the segment with one of those Canon Zr500 camcorders they used to film the auditions. Then, just show it as filler before commercial breaks. No reason to fly these people out to act like a fool (again!) for the live audience.

It was disgusting and the show went on way too long. I hope Jordin’s happy, she’ll be messing around with AI for years to come.

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