Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Will American Idol survive?



With the exit of Simon Cowell and his brutal, but let’s be honest, most respectable remarks, will the number one show on television be able to survive? Let’s back track to last year after the loss of my personal favorite, Paula Abdul, and her always slightly slow (hilariously drunk-ish) remarks. As much as I love Ellen DeGeneres, she honestly didn’t bring the musical touch or any kind of diversity to the table. She was too nice to the contestants and didn’t have much to criticize except possibly what they looked like or a few funny remarks here and there. Even she knows this considering she dropped out after only one season.
As obsessed as I became with the Adam Lambert, Kris Allen season, last year just didn’t do it for me. It was much harder for me to follow—but maybe that’s just because of the lack of talent and boringness of the contestants? Or was it because of the different judging dynamic with the lack of Paula-isms?
Now that Ellen is gone (nbd) and they’re thinking about letting Kara and Randy go, will the show be able to continue with a brand new panel of judges? Does it depend who they are, or has the whole show been put to shame forever with the huge loss of Simon? Because we’ve seen singers come and singers go—we need the controversial, funny, flirtacious attitudes of the judges! Not only that, but Rickey Minor, the band leader, who brought all the great compositions to the show, has gone to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Will whoever this new guy is perform to our musical standards?
With the recent rumors of possible getting Steven Tyler from Aerosmith or Jennifer Lopez, it looks like FOX has taken a turn for a total celebrity panel, which would definitely keep viewers initially interested, but in my opinion, will not keep the show at number one. They should have let the show exit in style instead of watching such a great American classic crumble for its last season. Seacrest out!

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