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Re: American Idol Season 8
so the tryouts begin tonight on TV...anybody watching? i remember last year there wasnt much interest but figured that i'd post a thread again for this much loved reality series 
I prolly will watch the jackasses in tryouts then stop watching when the live competition begins
Re: American Idol Season 8
just read this on Yahoo.....maybe it wont be worth it....i'll watch tonight anyway just to see
Fewer Trainwrecks
In an effort to bring some more "credibility" to the show, fewer freaks (Mary Roach), delusional dorks (Michael Sandecki), and hot messes (William Hung) will be featured during the auditions.
VERDICT: Boo! Don't the producers realize that we voyeurs want to see as many sad clowns as possible? Guess not.
Character Development
With Hollywood Week finally becoming Hollywood Weeks, we'll actually get to know the contestants and their stories, unlike in years past when the Top 12 could easily consist of strangers.
VERDICT: Yay! Remember when Kelly Clarkson came out of nowhere in the final few weeks of the first season? She had virtually zero TV time until the finals. Blasphemy! Thankfully, that shouldn't happen again.
Wild-Card Round
For the first time since the show's second season, the judges will select the final three contestants that will comprise the Top 12.
VERDICT: Debatable. As much as I don't trust the public opinion (hello, Taylor Hicks), I think the judges have enough power as is. Shouldn't the viewers get to hand out the golden tickets? I dunno. This could be very good... or very, very bad.
Top 12
With the semi-final round being comprised of 36 contestants -- as opposed to the usual 24 -- and with the judges determining the wild-cards, the makeup of the Top 12 won't necessarily be split evenly among males and females.
VERDICT: Finally! If more women (for example) deserve to make the finals, let them in! I think everyone is tired of the 6/6 split. The best singers should be in the finals. Not cute talentless hunks (Ace Young), not grandma-selected safe bets (Kevin Covais), and definitely not Sanjaya.
New Judge
The new kid on the block is songwriter-producer Kara DioGuardi, the mastermind behind Xtina's "Ain't No Other Man," Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl," and Pink's latest hit, "Sober." Will she rely on her professional experience like Randy? Will she battle with Simon? Will she ultimately replace Paula? (All parties deny this rumor). Will she tell it like it is and risk hurting the contestants' feelings?
VERDICT: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Well, at least we hope so.
Shorter Results Show
Wednesday night's results show will be pared down from one hour to 30 minutes.
VERDICT: Rejoice! Now you'll have more room on your DVRs for quality programming like "Rock of Love Bus" and "The Real Housewives of Orange County." Plus, you'll only have to fast-forward to the 26th minute of the show as opposed to the 56th!
Fewer Themes
Rumor has it that viewers will no longer have to witness pop tarts trash country classics, crooners butcher Broadway tunes, and divas destroy Big Band standards.
VERDICT: Phew! We can handle Billboard's biggest hits, "songs from the year you were born" night and maybe a "movie soundtrack" theme, but an evening with Burt Bacharach must be banished!
Younger Mentors
In a perfect world, Season 8's finalists won't have to pretend to know who Neil Diamond is, let alone sing songs from his infinite oeuvre. Same goes for Andrew Lloyd Webber and anyone else with liver spots.
VERDICT: This can't happen soon enough. Did the producers ever think to invite anyone other than an octogenarian to mentor the finalists? It's time. It's time to tell Kelly Clarkson that in order to help her with her comeback, she needs to remember where she came from and make a triumphant return to the "Idol" stage. It's time to enlist Rihanna and Chris Brown -- no matter the cost. It's time!
Re: American Idol Season 8
I haven't watched the whole thing since Season 1. Then I watched Season 2 just for auditions. Now, I don't watch any of it...
The auditions at this point aren't even entertaining. Most of them are just freaks trying to get on TV.
REALLY REALLY overrated show.
Re: American Idol Season 8
The auditions at this point aren't even entertaining. Most of them are just freaks trying to get on TV.
It really did get overdone with that. After William Hung the people who auditioned solely to be a clown was becoming no longer laughable. Occasionally, people do come who would make a fairly ok bar karaoke, but think they are only a little rough around the edges & just need professional training. Those are pretty funny.
Re: American Idol Season 8
Not to mention the whole overdramatic shit got old real quick. The crying, and the fuck you's, and how they're gonna regret this and that, and they'll show them... blah blah blah...
They should put a trap door on the auditions. If you even start to whine a little after being denied to Hollywood, you get dropped into a pit of hungry crocodiles.
Wait a minute... that might actually get me back as a viewer.
