Okay, I just watched our tape of Lost and American Idol from Wednesday. I love both shows dearly, but I need to get some things off my chest.
Obligatory spoiler warning: There may be some below.
First, Lost. Must Kate be in EVERY FREAKING EPISODE? I mean, the other characters seem to cease to exist at the writers' convenience--can't we get a little less Kate? Less Jack would be nice, too. Less swami-Locke. More Hurley, more Claire & Charlie, and I'd like to see that Sayid-Shannon action heat up a little, please. A little more shirtless Sawyer wouldn't draw any complaints from me either. If you can't do any of those things for me, writers, at least give me LESS KATE. Oh, and thanks for finally making it apparent why you were doing the whole Scott-Steve schtick.
Now, American Idol. I used to be ashamed to admit that I like this show, but it won me over middle of the 3rd season. I was really looking forward to the auditions this year, and was heartily disappointed when they turned it into this whole freak parade. I mean, I like watching crazy people as much as the next guy, but it all seemed so staged. The bad auditions are fun to watch when they're genuinely deluded about their singing ability, but this year was all about the attention whores. Everyone wanted to be the next stupid William Hung. After 2 episodes chock-full of trainwrecks, it was just boring. Even I was starving to see someone good.
Which may have been the whole point, though, because it made me really look forward to the Hollywood auditions--ah, TALENT! Except that they never show all of my favorites, or really explain which 96 or 75 or 49 or whatever made it to the next round. We see a handful of auditions, a montage, and then they give us a number. And, much like Lost, sometimes the characters I'm invested in (I'm looking at you, Ross and Jennifer) just disappear from the show entirely, except in little audience or practice shots. They're like extras until the next episode, where they're, like stars again. And who was that Asian guy who couldn't sing? How in hell did he make it to the group audition?
And, while we're on the subject of no-talent hacks, why is Aa'isha whatsher/hisname still there? S/he was marginally sucky in the first audition, Mom was totally obnoxious, and we've only seen her in audience shots after that. If they "surprise" us with her in the finals, I'm going to be seriously pissed. They kept her and cut Elizabeth Ph@? I mean, I didn't like Elizabeth either, but at least she could sing. They are equally annoying, and they should both be gone. If I were king of the forest...
Anyway, I'm glad they're finally getting down to the final 24, because maybe we'll see the same set of faces every week. My favorites? I couldn't remember 12 in each gender, but if there is any justice in this competition, these people will make it through.
Men: Anwar (music teacher), Ross (redhead crooner guy--on his first audition alone), David (they went to his church in the audition episode), Anthony (childhood tracheotomy), Constantine(the guy with the pissed-off band), and Mario (mmmm...Mario--though he's, like, half my age or something). I also think Scott will make it through, on his singing talent alone because nothing else about him is even remotely appealing. "I'm gonna BLAZE this thing..." Shut up, Scott. It pisses me off that you can actually sing.
Women: Carrie Underwood (Oklahoma farmgirl...she had me at the audition, but her response to "have you seen any stars" in Hollywood made her my all-time favorite. It was probably staged, but she played it well), Jennifer (the big girl), Lindsay (I think--I don't remember a thing about her, except that I loved her voice), Janay (the other girl in the group with the way-overinvolved dad--she's just cute).
Now, for the people who I think might make it through even though I hate them: the aforementioned Aa'isha, Jaclyn (annoying teenager #1--OMG! The OC!), Dezmond (the crap choreographer), Mikalah (annoying teenager #2--"You're goin' to my prom, Simon"...oh, shut it), and those two girls who were in Elizabeth Ph@'s group, because they were bitchery personified. Everything I hate about women was wrapped up in these two. Yeah, Elizabeth couldn't remember lyrics to save her life, and she was annoying, but did you have to be so MEAN? God. Girls like them are the reason I hated high school. And the blond one sang like crap besides.
Oh, also hated the twins. Jamar and Lamar? I think that one made it through the group auditions only because he was with Anwar and...Mario? Or was it David? Anyway, their amazingness totally overwhelmed his relative suckitude, so he rode their coattails to the next round. I want to see him fail, fail, fail.
God, I sound like such a groupie. This is why I don't watch a lot of TV. If I watched too many shows, it would consume me.
Posted by Joy at February 11, 2005 11:15 AMWow!! That must have been building up for a while.
Posted by: Rob on February 15, 2005 02:46 PM