REALITY BYTES

It’s no secret that this year’s American Idol has had a few changes from previous seasons. One of those changes has Paula Abdul on the ropes. Having four judges just doesn’t make sense to Paula.

Why not six judges, or even 12? Wait a minute! America’s votes are the determining factor in, who gets to take home the American Idol every season. Shouldn’t we be the judges?

“Ok Magazine” talked with Paula Abdul about this year’s American Idol. According to this media mag, Abdul believes that adding the fourth judge was a mistake. It doesn’t work and slows down the show. Too many cooks in the kitchen? Too many fish in the sea?

Maybe American Idol should only have one judge. Simon Cowell seems to speak for Randy, tries to speak for Paula and ignores Kara’s comments. Whenever Cowell has a dislike for any contestant, they are not on stage for very much longer. It would seem that Simon Cowell is the only judge on American Idol that carries the real weight of the American votes on his shoulders; maybe. If Paula told a contestant that his, or her performance sucked and they shouldn’t be in the competition; would this sway any voters?

A few moments before walking onto American Idol last night, “The Insider” asked Paula about her recent comments, concerning too many judges this season. Paula claimed her comments were taken out of context. Apparently Paula was talking about guest judges, not officially sanctioned American Idol judges. Hey Paula, why would you worry about guest judges coming on this season?

Paula did convey to “Ok” magazine, her contract with American Idol ends this year. Paula Abdul also told this media source that she has many other projects that are very demanding of her time and consideration.

On another note: The American Idol competition aired 12 more contestants to be judged last night. The judges had one major complaint about most of the performances. The song choices were all wrong.

Way too many of the contestants that performed last night were extremely nervous, performing. There is so much more pressure on everyone, to stand out and get it right. These Idol hopefuls only have one “live” shot at this. Only three contestants, out of these 12 be kept for the final American Idol twelve.

One of the contestants last night, seemed to be the total package for what all four of the judges are looking for. Adam Lambert has a voice and a lot of theater experience behind him. Lambert performed the Rolling Stones first big hit, “Satisfaction”. Adam does have a vocal range that most of the other American Idol contestants will never touch. Adam looks to be the stereotypical pop icon, without a contract yet.

The judges really had nothing bad to say about Adam Lambert. They were falling over each other, praising him as being “that” Idol package that can be exploited, commercialized; then homogenized and generically presented to the world. Ohh, what Simon Cowell could do with a young man like Adam Lambert.

In all fairness, I hope that Adam has more genuine substance to him than what we saw last night. Will we get to see more of Adam Lambert, or will America vote him out of the cut?

This is Adam Lambert on American Idol last night.

I hope Adam does make the cut and goes on with American Idol. A lot of us would like to see if Adam Lambert truly is standing on the brink of fame, or not. Adam may have “wowed” the judges, but did he awe the viewers enough to stay in American Idol?

Trackback URI |