So about American Idol, my favorite hyper-manipulated talent cotillion: It's the best. Every season I find a singer worth defending (season 10's Didi Benami!), another to dread (season 8's Danny Gokey!), and a huge machine of obvious bias. I'm always outraged and panicked and hooked, and this year is no exception. I'll be recapping the eleventh season from here on in, and I'm dying to get to Top 24 week when the real blood flies, the feeble acoustic princesses shatter on live TV, and Ryan Seacrest responds to it all with a moon-colored TV grin that only the flawless alien mothership that created Seacrest could love.
In this first episode of Hollywood Week, 300+ auditioners lined up for a quick cleanse. Judges Steven Tyler (or the waterlogged mugshot of Mickey Rourke that calls itself Steven Tyler), Jennifer Lopez, and Randy Jackson preside, and their opinion barely matters to me. The contestants sing...
In this first episode of Hollywood Week, 300+ auditioners lined up for a quick cleanse. Judges Steven Tyler (or the waterlogged mugshot of Mickey Rourke that calls itself Steven Tyler), Jennifer Lopez, and Randy Jackson preside, and their opinion barely matters to me. The contestants sing...
- 2/9/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
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