American Idol 4/25

I really hate charity shows. Since they are all about hard sell and manipulation. While I think what American Idol is doing seems very positive, the show last night was pretty annoying to say the least.

There were some good performances, but a lot of excruciating filler. The worst had to be a video of a bunch of celebs lip syncing “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees. And Ryan had the gall to suggest you can buy it at iTunes.

Parts of it were decent. I enjoyed the Jack Black/Seal bit. Black sang Kiss from a Rose and the judges said he sucked. So his response was, if Seal were here he would like it. Simon said, no he wouldn’t. Then it turns out Seal was in the audience and he gave Black a thumbs up.

Most of the bits were lame, such a Ben Stiller segment, doing his usual exasperated lameo routine. Most of the songs were pretty sappy, as you’d expect from a charity show. The worst part is no decision for who loses this week. The bottom two were supposedly Jordin and Chris. I find it hard to believe that Jordin was in the bottom. Her performance on Tuesday was astounding. But Chris probably was. I also think Lakisha deserved to be there.

Next week they will eliminate the bottom two for real, based on this weeks and next week’s votes.

That combined with all the shots of weeping children made this episode hard to take. I’m glad its over. But they will probably do the same thing next year.

I thought that was a very cruel thing to do to Jordin.

Posted by  on  04/26  at  04:18 AM

I dvr’d it so I could skip what I didn’t want to see or hear.  K Clarkson did a wonderful job.  The other ‘stars’ (Josh G can sing) showed us why they would never get votes on AI, singing live is not their forte.  I was glad I didn’t have to listen to them but could FF right through them after a few seconds of screeching.

The Celine/Elvis bit was great to watch. 

What they did to Jordin was mean also.  I think she got the most votes, so they were just scaring the crap outta her and her fans.

They also said that we would have to vote for FOUR hours again next week.  YUCK!

Lakisha and chris must go next week.

Posted by  on  04/26  at  06:49 AM

They said at the beginning of the “results” portion that they were going through in no particular order of highest and lowest votes.  So there was no “bottom two”.  But yes, I agree that was cruel.  If they announced earlier that nobody would be voted off, then nobody would have watched the whole show.  I think it is good that they are trying to do something positive with all the popularity of the show.

Posted by Laurie  on  04/26  at  08:14 PM

I’m not against charity shows, I just don’t enjoy them because they get really sappy and manipulative. I really hate guilt trips like those Christian Children’s Fund commercials.

The show would have been good if they cut out more of the sap and crying children, but that’s how they get people to pony up, I guess. 

What gets me about money sent to “solve poverty” as Bono thinks h’s going to do, is they don’t address the reasons why these people are poor. Money alone isn’t going to solve the problem. Billions have been sent to Africa over the decades and it’s still seriously screwed up. The problem stems from the governments there and the mentality of tribalism. But at least they are trying to do something.

Posted by James Hudnall  on  04/26  at  08:54 PM

More AI manipulation. What better way to inspire Jordin and Chris fans to vote harder than to give even a slight impression they were in the bottom even though they were not?

Posted by  on  04/27  at  05:26 AM

Agreed on charity shows being manipulative.  I usually don’t watch telethons or at least not for more than a segment.  There isn’t any celebrity or anybody they can put on there that is going to cause me to sit through a whole show.  AI did though.  LOL!  And agreed on addressing the problems causing poverty, not just treating the symptoms.

Posted by Laurie  on  04/27  at  08:10 AM
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