Fine. Mock me all you want but I can’t stop watching American Idol. Even as I am yelling, “Are you SERIOUS?” as Steven Tyler winks at another off-key beauty, I know that I’ll continue to tune in.
Here’s the deal: I don’t do sports. Sure, I can get a wee bit excited every few years during this thing they call the Olympics. And based on my neighbors’ screaming I can always tell when local sporting shit is happening. But for the most part my sport is the HUMAN EXPERIENCE. I like the thrill of rooting for an underdog, watching a champion stumble, seeing someone exceed my expectations. Obviously this is all the better with a back up band.
I confess that I fast forward through a lot of the judging on American Idol (BRING BACK SIMON!!!), but if I see a contestant getting emotional I have to stop and be in the moment with them. I am also a total sucker for the stories that the producers air before the songs are performed. Tug, tug, tug on my heartstrings people. Bring it. Have a grandmother? I am SOOOOOO voting for you!!! Cute dog? Yup. I’m there.
I know that many people have opted out of the American Idol experience and are now getting their vocal reality TV fix via The Voice, and I get it. Cee Lo and Adam have great chemistry and you never know what Christina’s boobs are going to be doing–exciting stuff. It’s just not quite the ride, the journey that I need.
Get in now and you get to root for the guy that looks like Kenny G, the guy that looks like Urkel, the guy that looks like the guy from that show, the dude with the mohawk or one of the blonde girls.
Are you watching? WILL YOU WATCH? Let’s do this together.
About Dresden Plaid
I watch. I’ll probably always watch.
I love AI! I will watch every single episode as well and love to talk about the contestants. I miss Simon a ton.
I can’t believe Germane got more votes than Reid, Adam, Eban, Chase,no way can this voting be unmolested by someone. I think Germane was unprofessional with his weeping begging and telling about hardships, this should work against the total package. Germane was brought back as number 13 a second chance and I still don’t understand why. I think it was a pity thing and that really sucks people. I’m watching idol now and Germane made it and now Randy, Steve and Jennifer will put 3 back on. Deandrea just sung and it stunk but Randy,Steve, Jennifer praised him and after he left the stage with attitude flipping his long hair and making a inappropriate remark. I think our Judges are inconsistent. I think someone needs to check the America voting integrity. Simon where are you, these judges need replaced.
Jennifer I’m ashamed of you and Steve your choice on who to put back on really sucks and I hope America votes them off again. Randy you got it right and for that dog I give you a high five. Randy I think you should of picked the three best. The one jennifer picked didn’t finish his song, he started breaking down crying and that is in my opinion a disqualified behavior. What are you doing putting cry babies up for the American idol star. Steve the guy you put back on was terrible, I sat here with 12 friends, 5 women 5 men and 2 teenagers 1 boy 1 girl and we all voted the
same as Randy, we did not choose the other two, Bad Dude real bad start, not good at all, WOW, talent performance composure and attitude did not win tonight. The cry babies won, shameful, pitiful.