This is a comment to Gavin Moore’s Blog. I agree completely with Gavin. It is so strange that American Idol is so popular when we can hear singers on the radio or buy their CD’s. Not only are people obsessed with watching the finals, people are obsessed with watching the opening to see how terrible some people are and to get a laugh out of it. It is quite sad actually. I had a really good friend audition for American Idol, and I don’t know if she was necessarily good enough to make it to the finals, but she was definitely good enough to make it past the first round, however she didn’t. You know why? Because they need to keep spots open for those people who are truly terrible so people will watch it and it will make the ratings go up. The ironic thing is that the next year she went out to Nashville to try out to Nashville star, she made it to the finals and ended up getting 6th. Now she is making a CD with the same company that helped LeAnn Womack get her start. I put one of the videos of her performance on Nashville below. Her name is Laura, she is the one on the left.
Without all the people just trying to get attention on American Idol, I think that it is overall a good thing. I am sick of performers that are good singers on their CD’s, but suck live. American Idol gets rid of this. The people on the show are truly talented. I am confident when I go and see Carrie Underwood in concert, that it will be enjoyable because she was on American Idol. So besides the fact that America thrives off of watching people make fools of themselves, why is American Idol so popular? According to Alan LeStourgeon, “The second, and biggest reason American Idol is so popular is because we, as the public, get to choose who has the talent and wins our hearts. There isn’t anything better than seeing someone like Kellie Pickler’s hard luck story and then getting to be a part of, and witness her rise to stardom.”
References:
LeStourgeon, Alan. What Makes American Idol So Popular?. 2009. Ezine Articles. <http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Makes-American-Idol-So-Popular?&id=432982>
