American Idull
More people watch and vote on this show than they do for the Election of The President. What a shame! This just shows that America cares more about a person singing than they do on who is running the country. Perhaps, we should make a show called “The Next American President” and make them do a Dog & Pony Show to get Americans to vote for the next US President. It sounds like a viable option to me with several categories like dancing, singing, political issues, general health and mental wellbeing.
Where r they now? Perhaps the only one that has made a career from the show is Kelly Clarkson. She rode the fame and became a true Pop Star with good music and lyrical content. All the way from working in a theater to top of the charts. Where are the rest of them? Ruben Studdard(2003), Fantasia Barrino(2004), Carrie Underwood(2005), Jordin Sparks(2007)
Carrie Underwood has made some impression on the music scene. With her cross over hit from Country to Pop and some success on the Country charts, I would place her as the second most successful act to come from the show.
Taylor Hicks (Soul Patrol)(2006) from Alabama has done a big whopping ZERO in the charts. Why and how did Americans pick such a dud? His soulful vocals were better served in some bar in Louisiana than in front of 50million people voting for his gray haired ass. He is not even in the charts and yet he is an American Idol for this year.
Katharine McPhee would have been a better choice as her voice was good and she really had the looks to make it. She was a very promising upcoming star but due to the draconian contracts they are placed under to do tours and with a major percentage of most of their profits going to the producers, she will not see the light of day for a while either. I wonder if they know they made a mistake in not choosing her? She was much more saleable than Hicks.
Now, about the hosts (from Hell). The Tool(Ryan Seacrest)Train wreck(Paula Abdul), Asshole(Simon Cowell), and on the level(Randy Jackson). Paula, as we all know was a choreographer for Janet Jackson way back in the 80s and at best a B-List star/musical act with her dancing and animated cat in her videos with at best 3 number one hits. Hush-Hush or Lush, Lush little Paula. In some of her actions and looks on the show, you could clearly see that she was trashed and on something by slurring her speech and some of the random comments. In my opinion, she makes no contribution to the show at all, perhaps she needs to go to So You Think You can Dance on ABC and trade with Sharron Osborne. Her randomness is not a good attraction and makes for good conversation. I will give her one thing; she has a good voice, too bad her voice did not carry her through.
Simon Cowell; He is notorious for his unsparingly blunt and often controversial criticism of the contestants. He is estimated to be worth about 200million US dollars. Not to shabby to be an asshole on TV. His personality is that of a piece of cardboard, not too impressive to me and I think that he gets off on slamming people on the show. That is all I have to say about him. Now on to the next one.
More people watch and vote on this show than they do for the Election of The President. What a shame! This just shows that America cares more about a person singing than they do on who is running the country. Perhaps, we should make a show called “The Next American President” and make them do a Dog & Pony Show to get Americans to vote for the next US President. It sounds like a viable option to me with several categories like dancing, singing, political issues, general health and mental wellbeing.
Where r they now? Perhaps the only one that has made a career from the show is Kelly Clarkson. She rode the fame and became a true Pop Star with good music and lyrical content. All the way from working in a theater to top of the charts. Where are the rest of them? Ruben Studdard(2003), Fantasia Barrino(2004), Carrie Underwood(2005), Jordin Sparks(2007)
Carrie Underwood has made some impression on the music scene. With her cross over hit from Country to Pop and some success on the Country charts, I would place her as the second most successful act to come from the show.
Taylor Hicks (Soul Patrol)(2006) from Alabama has done a big whopping ZERO in the charts. Why and how did Americans pick such a dud? His soulful vocals were better served in some bar in Louisiana than in front of 50million people voting for his gray haired ass. He is not even in the charts and yet he is an American Idol for this year.
Katharine McPhee would have been a better choice as her voice was good and she really had the looks to make it. She was a very promising upcoming star but due to the draconian contracts they are placed under to do tours and with a major percentage of most of their profits going to the producers, she will not see the light of day for a while either. I wonder if they know they made a mistake in not choosing her? She was much more saleable than Hicks.
Now, about the hosts (from Hell). The Tool(Ryan Seacrest)Train wreck(Paula Abdul), Asshole(Simon Cowell), and on the level(Randy Jackson). Paula, as we all know was a choreographer for Janet Jackson way back in the 80s and at best a B-List star/musical act with her dancing and animated cat in her videos with at best 3 number one hits. Hush-Hush or Lush, Lush little Paula. In some of her actions and looks on the show, you could clearly see that she was trashed and on something by slurring her speech and some of the random comments. In my opinion, she makes no contribution to the show at all, perhaps she needs to go to So You Think You can Dance on ABC and trade with Sharron Osborne. Her randomness is not a good attraction and makes for good conversation. I will give her one thing; she has a good voice, too bad her voice did not carry her through.
Simon Cowell; He is notorious for his unsparingly blunt and often controversial criticism of the contestants. He is estimated to be worth about 200million US dollars. Not to shabby to be an asshole on TV. His personality is that of a piece of cardboard, not too impressive to me and I think that he gets off on slamming people on the show. That is all I have to say about him. Now on to the next one.
Randy Jackson in my opinion is the only one who gives the show any sort of clout. From Wikipedia: “Jackson played bass in violin virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty's backing band and toured with rock band Journey in 1983 and 1985. His numerous credits range from playing with Aretha Franklin, George Michael , Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Billy Cobham, Blue Öyster Cult, Herbie The Car, Richard Marx, Billy Joel, Journey, Bon Jovi and Bob Dylan to playing at the Grand Ole Opry with The Charlie Daniels Band. His production/songwriting work in the San Francisco Bay area with Narada Michael Walden and Walter Afanasieff led Jackson to be quite in demand as a producer himself.
While in the Bay Area, Jackson played in bands with Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia. He moved to Italy in the late 1980s and produced a record for Italian pop star Zucchero. The record Zucchero and the Randy Jackson Band produced one of Zucchero's biggest hits, "Donne". Jackson was bass guitarist for Tracy Chapman featuring on several Tracks on her 1992 release Matters of the Heart. He performed on the single "Bang Bang Bang", "Open Arms", and "Dreaming on a World". Jackson has also recorded, produced, or toured with many well-known artists and bands, ranging from Mariah Carey (whom he knew when she was still a teenager; he was in her band at Live 8 in London in 2005) to *NSYNC, Céline Dion, Wild Orchid, Bruce Springsteen, Stryper[1], and Madonna (he played bass on her # 1 hit "Like a Prayer"). He has also worked as an executive, spending eight years as vice president of artists and repertoire (A&R) at Columbia Records and four years heading A&R at MCA Records.
Jackson also hosts a radio top 40 countdown known as "Randy Jackson's Hit List" syndicated on hundreds of stations nationwide by Westwood One. Every week Randy counts down his top 30 Urban AC and Mainstream AC hits, gives us a peek into AI with American Idol Underground, and shares what's currently in his iPod.”
So he has the real credentials in the music industry to actually know what the hell could/and should make a star and for what qualities they should look for. He is the leveling factor between Cowell’s cynicism and Abdul’s childishness. Where as he has the clout in the industry, that does not make a star, only gain access to the keys. The final vote is from the viewing public and I think that the three should have more of a final say so in the end. Kind of like a Veto or final vote, but hey, I am not the show’s producer. This is just my two cents worth with a gracious helping form Wikipedia.
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