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‘American Idol’: Cruel or comical?
By Angie Fenton
afenton@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Ryan Seacrest nailed it when he said the “American
Idol” auditions in Seattle evoked the “weirdest
turnout in history.”
But the start of the sixth season also has brought out an
incredibly mean streak in the judges that some say transcends
constructive criticism.
“What the bloody hell was that?” judge Simon
Cowell asked one contestant on Wednesday’s show.
“It was almost non-human.”
The two-day tryout was akin to a circus sideshow.
There was a big-eyed wannabe idol that Cowell compared to
a “bush baby,” a jungle animal.
The sharp-tongued judge also called a 6-foot-7 (in heels)
woman a “giraffe,” though her singing skills
have landed her the golden ticket to Hollywood.
Other targeted hopefuls — all of whom seemed to possess
the self-assuredness of Kevin Federline — were herded
through the auditions and treated to an array of insults.
“What you’re seeing here is social cruelty being
woven into the fabric of the ‘American Idol’ experience,” Rachel
Simmons, author of “Odd Girl Out,” told ABC News.
Cruel or not, it’s what the public apparently wants.
More than 37.3 million watched the season debut Tuesday,
up 5 percent over last year’s premiere for its best
showing.
At this rate, it won’t take Fox much time at all to
catch up with the Big Three, much less pull ahead. The second
night of the network’s “American Idol” delivered
ratings nearly as spectacular as night one, sending the other
networks into a deep funk Wednesday night. “Idol” averaged
36.9 million total viewers from 8 to 10 p.m.
Wednesday night, according to Nielsen overnights, just 600,000
fewer than its record debut total Tuesday night. It was up
an impressive 5.4 million over last year’s night two,
though that show was only an hour long.
At one point “Idol’s” ratings nearly equaled
all the other big networks combined, according to The Associated
Press.
Each season begins on a “cruel note,” TV Guide
critic Matt Rousch told ABC News.
“I think memory plays a funny trick with ‘American
Idol,’ because you end the season with a sense of triumph
and it’s hard to remember what it’s like at the
beginning of the process,” Rousch said.
At least there is consistency, Roush added.
“Simon is always mean. Randy is always laughing in
their faces. And Paula is always nuts,” he said.
What do you think? Have the judges taken it too far? Is
the tryout portion of “American Idol” an act
of cruelty?
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