I have become proud of myself due to my recent discovery that I don't really like American Idol at all. I've watched since the third season which means that i have been watching it all of 5 years. I realized that I didn't even like the music that the contestants were singing, or rather, the manner in which they were received. For example: At the beginning I liked Anoop. why? not because he was a good singer or because he was popular, since was a basically neither which is unfortunate because being popular with America is the whole reason people vote. I on the other hand voted for him because he was Indian. I don't know why, but it probably is the same reason that Slumdog Millionaire is one of my favorite movies. And no, my saying that is not going to lead into a big long spiel about how i like Indian people besides:
Dear People Who Think I'm Racist Towards Asains,
Indians are Asian. I like Indians which therefore makes me not racist against Asians. Plus, one of my best friends while living in New Zealand was Korean.
Next example is that Jason Mraz, John Mayer wannabe. I just straight up don't like him. The fact that he won just makes me a little bit mad at America and confirms my suspicions of the 1/3 of the nation that watches and votes on that program. He personifies my dislike of the after effects of American idol. The winner become automatically famous, blatantly copies other cooler artists (like Jason Mraz or John Mayer, cough,) followed by a self title album with a portrait photo of them in front of some exuberant yet brooding color that I will forget about completely 2 minutes after I hear of its release. I have little to no respect for these people any more. Daughtry on the other hand I have a little more respect for because he is actually in a band, but the way he became successful brings him right back down.
Finally is Adam Lambert aka the guy all grandmothers are confused about besides their firm belief that he is homosexual. I was 100% sure that he was going to win for the first 6 weeks when they were half way through when I realized, "dude, you are singing every song exactly the same." It may be different, but i don't think people understand that when something so different is flaunted up the fuckin' wazoo then it is no longer interesting and in some cases, such as this, annoying. After those 6 weeks past my sudden zero appreciation for what the show was producing went to wood floor bottom. I was so fed up with it even that i didn't even bother watching the finale. I saw that it was going until 9:07pm so i just thought to myself, well, I guess I'll come downstairs to the TV at 9, because we all know that nothing important to the continuity of the show happens until the last 3 or 4 minutes of the 2 hours.
Apparently they're America's idol, but they aren't mine. Since I brought it up I would like to note that the title is totally ridiculous. So these people can sing, who gives a shit number one and number two, they don't have any qualities that would make them actually be an Idol to anyone over the age of 14. I wish (I'm about to overreact) they would stop turning 300,000,000 diverse people into 1 mindless idiot who is far too easy to entertain. What's even more sad is that people kill themselves if they fail to gain the liking of this idiot. Hey suicidal, superficial cells that make up this 'America' thing: STOP IT.
Now that this has taken a turn, I'm done.
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