American Idol : Season 6

If youre not sure about what an absolutely dominating presence American Idol is on the television landscape, dig this: ABC has moved 'Lost', one of the highest rated shows on T.V., to a later timeslot so as not to go head to head with Idol. good move ABC. Last season an average of 33 million pople tuned in every week, up 3 million from the previous season. You can bet that this season will be even bigger. In fact, FOX's commercials promoting the two night, four hour season premiere event promise that it will be bigger and better than ever before.

but can anything top this performance, which i described as the most erotic thing i had ever witnessed on primetime television??????





The show's executive producer even said that one mid-season event in particular 'will blow america away'. that excites me. if its gonna top last years performances, which included Prince, Mary J, Barry Manilow, Rod Stewart, and most impressively and hotly Shakira, it will be pretty fucking great indeed.

It is the show that makes a few dreams come true while crushing about 99,999 more. (over 100,000 people auditioned this year according to the official website idolonfox.com)its the show where within a one hour program you can see people completely fall apart onstage and make a fool of themselves in front of millions of people immediately before another contestant becomes the favorite artist in the world to millions of viewers. now thats good tv. reality tv if there ever was such a thing.

This season, for the first time, i will have the pleasure of watching with the convenience of a DVR. don't you worry tho, as I will still be watching those fantastic Ford commercials featuring the finalist doing lots of ridiculous things quasi related to driving Ford automoblies. some of the contestants will certainly be too young to even operate a motor vehicle legally.
Unfortunately my busy work schedule will prevent me from watching the show until late at night, so i will not be able to immediately provide the quality commentary that many of you have come to expect from my blog. Alas, i will still watch every episode and get my expert analysis out onto the www as soon as i can.

As of right now, a week before the new season begins, last years winner, that goofy Alabaman Taylor Hicks sits at #35 on the billboard top 100. Poor guy, he entered the charts at #2 just 3 weeks ago, then dropped to 15 before falling further to 35.

Chris Daughtry and his bnad (daughtry) made it to #2, but now sit at #11. I happened to catch him on Leno the other night, and while he still aint bad (he was my pick to win the whole shebang for a while there last year) his band has that generic alternative rocker sound that cna be found in too many bands nowadays.

Carrie Underwood, winner of season 4, also hit #2 with her record and now occupies the #15 slot.

its unfathomable, really, to think how much $ has been made selling records between Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Hicks. That doesnt even include the Daughtrys and Clay Aikins, who despite not actually winning the competition have sold millions of records, and the constantine moraleses (now on broadway) and the jennifer hudsons (star of the dreamgirls movie musical), who will undoubtably live the rest of their lives as one of dozens of young stars who 'got their start' on american idol.

also, we will definitely have hometowners to root for, since they held auditions in minneapolis last august. fucking sweet.

dig this chick reppin my alma matar



i am so ready for this