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10 Apr

American Idol Voters Get It Wrong

Of course, “wrong” is relative, and that’s just my opinion. Plus, it’s American Idol, so what can you really expect. :)

After a long hour of “Idol Gives Back” re-caps and the usual filler, the bottom three tonight were Michael Johns, Carly Smithson, and Syesha Mercado. The inclusion of Michael Johns surprised me a little - not horrendously, but a little. When Ryan gave Carly and Syesha’s names, I just knew that meant Michael was being voted off, and my jaw dropped on the floor. After Ryan confirmed that indeed, Michael had the lowest amount of votes this week, you could feel the surprise and shock in the studio audience. The camera lingered on Paula’s face for a few moments, and her jaw was literally hanging open. Carly’s jaw was also dropped - I think she really expected to go home tonight.

Totally unexpected elimination, and for once, it wasn’t just me who felt that way.

I mean, ok, I didn’t think Michael Johns was going to win the competition, but I did think he’d last until the Top 5 or thereabouts. This was too early, in my opinion. This might be one of those cases where Michael, after struggling for so long, finally started having some “hot” performances and doing better, so his fans started to think he was safe and stopped their frantic voting…and his fans weren’t numerous enough to afford to slack off like that. If this is the case, it just proves once again how the whole “America decides” + “vote as often as you want” system AI uses is just stupid. It turns the whole show into a popularity speed-dialing contest rather than one of talent - it’s not even half talent and half popularity. And no, I’m not deluded enough to have thought anything else, before even this. American Idol has always been this way. It’s just “shocker” moments like these that forcefully drive home the point, making us, the audience, unable to even pretend otherwise for the sake of being entertained, via vicariously watching other people being made into “stars”.

Will I still watch/review? Of course I will. But emotionally I think that Season 7 has mostly ended, for me. Not because I think Michael specifically should have won, mind you, but because I’m tired and I think I’ve had just about enough of the glitter of fool’s gold, for one year. :)

Worst moment of the show: Ryan Seacrest, after saying Michael would be going home, decided to remind everyone that “last year, we didn’t send anyone home at this point.” You could see hope appear in Michael’s eyes, and the hopeful tension of the studio audience was palpable. Then Ryan said that wasn’t happening this year and Michael was still going home. OOOHHH, HARSH. For pete’s sake, that was completely unnecessary and cold-blooded. I don’t know if that was an ad-lib by Ryan or something scripted that he had to read/do, but it was cruel and utterly without entertainment value or merit of any kind. Boo, hiss.

Michael, if you ever make any records, I’ll buy one. And look on the bright side - by not winning, you won’t be roped into all those funky AI contracts or whatever they make the winners sign. Good luck for your future.

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