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American Idol Is The Best Show Ever
This show rocks
 amaia121  25 Mar 2009 03:41
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I get bored with it but my SO is totally into it. He has good taste (he picked me!), so I guess it's a great show.
 
 tinseldove  21 Apr 2009 08:42
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 Update! I don't like the show anymore even a tad and here is why--this is from a debate I posted about this show.

It was wrong of "So You Think You Can Dance" to dismiss the woman with the spinal deformity in the first round. She was much better than some others who made it through the first round.

She looked like a light-as-air garden fairy while she danced. They gave her the jacked up excuse that she didn’t extend her leg straight enough, while they allowed other people who might not know how to do more than mediocre lock dancing. THEN they said her “bravery” would make OTHER dancers who made it to the next level dance better. What an insult—“We want what you can do for others, but we don’t want YOU”. It was not a dismissal of her dancing, which was beautiful. It was a dismissal of HER and her deformity.

Then they did the unthinkable--they said that while her dancing might be fine, they did not think American idol was the right contest for HER! Maybe they think the kind of contests she should be entering should be for those who look like her--other "challenged" people. How insulting! I was horrified.

by  tinseldove
 03 Jun 2009 08:23
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I have a life and a lot of TV channels. American Idol is one of the best shows ever. It's even matured into rocking...just a wee bit.
 
 justsumguy  25 Mar 2009 13:12
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 Just a little tidbit...

I am a musician. I've been to hundreds of concerts. I like many different kinds of music. I think I'm best at arranging and would have liked to have been a producer.

I like Amercan Idol because I think the contestants are doing something which is incredibly difficult (not many singers have to sing out of their genre) and I like to see how they progress under the intense training they receive.

I actually prefer the competition to the tryouts. A person doesn't have to win. They hit the top 10, they go on tour and will make records. There are great musicians and singers everywhere. It's almost all about the breaks. American Idol gives a group of people a huge break. They have to earn it in many ways and I'm not subjected to alot of "reality" garbage along the way.

I like So You Think You Can Dance for the same reasons. I'm not a dancer but I appreciate people having to compete out of their areas of expertise.

And I've always got a kick out of people who are too badazz to appreciate pop music. I can rip the skin off their faces with my guitar rig but I think Madonna's Like A Prayer is a great song.
by  justsumguy
 26 Mar 2009 23:17
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The apprentice is the best programme ever and is at least interesting but american idolis just singer upon singers upon siger and desperate wannabee singers ! Britain's got talent has many many many different acts and is way better! Xd
 
 nanabob  17 Jun 2009 17:00
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Boooooorrrring, they really have horrible talent that comes on.
 
 ac_dc  11 May 2009 20:51
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There are way way better shows, this one just sings!
 
 AndyQTPham  27 Mar 2009 10:47
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Manufactured, bland, safe, plastic, pap err, pop. I'm with StB on this one, sht sums it up!
 
 Evileye  27 Mar 2009 10:44
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 you should see the NZ version... it's brilliant. totally retarded. oops pc or not pc... is that a question
by  nzfred
 28 Mar 2009 20:49
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Its definitely not. After the auditions and bad people, it's not interesting.
 
 yu_yevin  25 Mar 2009 19:37
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It's better than HannahMontana, but there are plenty of shows better. No Reservations, for example.
 
 Stranger  25 Mar 2009 16:52
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 I don't miss an episode of No Reservations but I think American Idol is better.
by  justsumguy
 26 Mar 2009 23:20
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I beg to differ. I hate watching shows that play with people's dreams. How many winners of American Idol are still making music ?
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I haven't seen a metalhead, rapper or punker win or even get through the auditions.
 
 Jeronimo  25 Mar 2009 15:35
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 lol...How many winners are still making music? You're joking, right?
by  justsumguy
 26 Mar 2009 23:01
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Wow......get a life....or some more TV channels
 
 coelho  25 Mar 2009 12:35
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 While I do agree with you that the show is not the best form of entertainment for some, others do like it. I have two daughters and they love it. Everyone finds entertainment in different things. What appeals to you, may not appeal to someone else. That does not make your taste in entertainment less valid. It is something that gives you your individuality. I think that, if some people are entertained by American Idol, it does say something for the reason it has been on air for several years running. I also think that there are times that people like programming that does not make them use their mind, but instead lets them relax their mind. I also think that, although not my thing, it is far better than some of the trash on TV. I do not mind my kids watching that show. I have seen some of the things they watch and felt the need to tell them not to watch some of them anymore.

Not trying to give you a hard time. Just wanted to let you know that, while you may feel this way, there might be a more positive way of expressing that thought.
by  my2cents2u
 25 Mar 2009 12:43
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