Top 10 Worst Things About American Idol
It has to be said. American Idol is doing a lot of things wrong and they need to be addressed.You know the "rock"-style covers were not original ("make it your own"), but rather past rock covers of songs, right? For example, "Higher Ground" and "Billie Jean."
Prime examples: Kris Allen and Scotty McCreery. Neither of them were standout singers, but they managed to win because the girl viewers liked a little eye candy every week and wanted a boy they think is cute to win, even though they will never meet this boy for him to appreciate it.
That's totally unfair. Remember Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson, and Carrie Underwood? The only "hot" person that won IDOL was David Cook, and he was actually a good singer too.
It's incredibly unfair! Gosh, the whole point of American Idol is to find the person with the best voice. We can't have that with girls like this.
For some odd reason in Season 10, Haley Reinhart placed 3rd when she was better than both Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. But even further back, Pia Toscano placed 9th (even the judges were angry with that low of a finish) when she was probably the best singer of the group. And for what? For Paul McDonald and Stefano Langone to go up on stage and perform poorly for a few more weeks? Come on, this just doesn't seem right to me.
Colton Dixon (Season 11), Haley Reinhart (Season 10), Adam Lambert (Season 8), LaKisha Jones (Season 6), Melinda Doolittle (Season 6), Tamyra Gray (Season 1), Kimberley Locke (Season 2), Jennifer Hudson (Season 3), and many more. It's very unfair - they are some of the best voices on Idol, and they didn't even win! Shame on you, Idol voters.
This show is a cash cow. Two hours and a slew of commercials after every singer. This could easily be a one-hour show, and in all reality, it should be.
The judges have pretty much been crap after Simon left. Singers could sound terrible, and the current group of judges would smile and tell them how good they are.
J-Lo and Steven Tyler will probably be good judges, but Paula and Simon were epic.
Seriously, he is annoying and creates unnecessary drama and nonsense in this godforsaken show.
He's no Dick Clark. He just seems so fake all the time.
They choose the worst people to win because you never hear from them after their season on American Idol. There are only three people who made it big time: Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Daughtry.
All the talented people are gone way before the top 5, and the people picked for the finale generally lack talent. If they have some sort of sob story that is exploited, they have a better chance of winning.
It doesn't seem fair for the contestants from seasons 1-7 who got voted off for good, while contestants from seasons 8 onward had a chance to be saved.
Judges push their favorites by what they say and exploit sob stories. This is supposed to be American Idol. Not much to idolize, but hey, that doesn't matter. Let's put some crappy singer in the finale because the judges want them to win. Theme songs jeopardize someone really good. Put a rocker on Disney week, oh yeah, he didn't do so well. Bye-bye.
The Newcomers
The judges always go crazy over someone who can sing like somebody else, but when a contestant writes their own song and sounds like themselves, they get kicked off the show.
Only a few contestants can sing very well.
I hate your music. I'm going to ignore you, thanks a lot! You're not incredible. You're not cool. Adios.
Yes, I want to love country music so much. But American Idol has actually made me hate country music even more. It makes country music so much less authentic and less original. More than ever, American Idol just makes it seem so one-dimensional. Take it from a person who's been singing for over 30 years of his life. I just loathe country music more. Thanks, American Idol! Thanks, The Voice! Shame on you!
Then again, Southerners love reality TV, so...
In the first six seasons, we had a lot of diverse winners, like Taylor Hicks, Kelly Clarkson, and Carrie Underwood. Now that they started allowing instruments, the winner has since been a white guy with a guitar.
This is where the show finally jumped the shark.
All the contestants, during and after the show, sing songs with nothing hardcore in the lyrics or tone of music. It's all boring classical pop junk about relationships.
Millions of Americans are supporting mediocrity by buying their albums en masse...
As long as this stream of manufactured music from this insipid show continues, we will never have a daring or remarkable music artist on our hands again.