Seriously, I mean it. And I'll be the first to admit that I'm a devoted American Idol fan. I always hear people say stuff like, "Oh, I only watch American Idol for the auditions, but I tune it out after that." All I can say to that is, "...Really?" Every year, I cringe during the bad auditions and make strange faces at the decent auditions that are somehow deemed good enough to pass. Is this REALLY the best America can do? Of course not, but, "Who cares? It's a TV show." Well, that's where the next annoyance comes in. Most of us are now well aware that American Idol auditions are pre-screened, and that contestants have to jump through a number of hoops before they are allowed to pass through. This would be okay if they were screening contestants to filter out the bad, to be sure that the absolute best talent is let through and fairly judged. Instead, if you haven't noticed by watching the auditions this season at least, it seems like a large portion of BAD singers are let through and we don't see very many good singers at all! Does that mean that there aren't enough good singers to fill up entire episodes for weeks and weeks on end? Of course not. The talent is out there - it's just being ignored - only proving my thought that this isn't a TALENT competition.
Still, year after year, I get sucked in. I start watching the show religiously in January, sitting patiently through the audition process waiting for what I consider to be the actual good part of the show. The audition process that we see on TV is fake, boring, and overdone. I'm tired of seeing the same crappy auditions episode after episode and I'm ready to see something good for a change.
..But that's just me, apparently. ;)
I was watching a video on youtube, and I got about thirty seconds into it when I decided I liked the song and wanted to purchase it. So I opened iTunes, listened to the preview, and it picked up AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE AS THE VIDEO. Basically, what I was already listening to just got twice as loud. =|
