ABC announced today that they picked up American Idol for a second season. Not only that, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Ryan Seacrest will all be back? How many of us thought that Perry would eat the apple and be done with the show? I guess they like paying her $25 million more than she is worth.
Just like the return of the singing competition, who asked for the show to be renewed for another season? Dancing with the Stars does better than Idol in the ratings, so why waste the money on a show that people really don’t care about. Can you name any of the contestants? Remember when they were all household names on Fox? Now, we barely know that show airs on Sundays. I think.
I mean, I guess they had to pick it up to save face. As in, they think would look like a total failure if they didn’t bring it back for another season.
On when does it come back, ABC didn’t say if it would be the fall or the winter. Just that it will be back next season. If they bring it back in the fall, they will be shooting themselves in the foot. But what do I know?
https://youtu.be/8kkM_7yvxbQ
Back in the days when American Idol used to be watchable, I would call my mom or my friends back east to find out who was eliminated. It is one of the things that sucks about living on the West Coast. Except for the Oscars and the Golden Globes, we have to wait three hours to find out what is happening in the world of television.
Not anymore because ABC announced that American Idol will air live at the same time all across the country for three weeks starting this Sunday. That means, if I were watching, then I would be able to watch it with my friends in NYC, Chicago and Denver simultaneously. But since I and most of America are not watching, it will be interesting to see if people in Seattle will give up their Sunday fun day to watch Idol at 5p PDT. I wouldn’t anymore. Will you?
It is an interesting risk that ABC is taking because the singing competition is already doing poorly in the ratings, and this is going to hurt their numbers even more. Maybe, I am wrong, and people will want to tune in to see the Top Ten become one. But I doubt it since they have not been watching as it is.
On Sunday night, American Idol had its worst ratings ever. Then on Monday, Katy Perry did something to get the ratings up. She was laughing so hard, she split her pants open.
Not only did she tell everyone she did it, she showed her a$$ to the audience. Lionel Richie tried to get her to do a Fonz and sit on it, but she kept exposing what she is for doing that.
How desperate is she for attention that she keeps having to pull stunts like this. When she is not exposing her butt, she is being the biggest horndog in the show’s run. She is making Steven Tyler look tame and that is not an easy thing to do.
C’mon Katy, you are on a show with young people that is being watched by younger people. Grow up and show some responsibility for your actions.
Instead of getting the show ratings, it is doing the opposite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iQn-toQp6A
Remember on the season premiere of American Idol when Katy Perry forced a kiss on a 19-year-old boy who had never been kissed before? Well The New York Times found Benjamin Glaze and they asked him how he felt about it.
He told the paper, “I was a tad bit uncomfortable.” Then he explained why, “I wanted to save it for my first relationship. I wanted it to be special.”
He also shared with them why he was saving himself, “I know a lot of guys would be like, ‘Heck yeah!’ But for me, I was raised in a conservative family and I was uncomfortable immediately. I wanted my first kiss to be special.”
When he got back home, he talked to his friends about it and they said it does not count. Does he feel that she sexually harassed him? He does not. But some people think that she did. If what he says is true, you have to wonder if she took something special away from him. Yes, he had his 15-minutes of fame because of it, but was it worth it? That is only for him to say. And he said, “I’m glad she did it because it’s a great opportunity to get my music out.”
When it comes to Glaze, I am sure his real first kiss will go down with a blaze of glory!
What do you think about the kiss?
UPDATE: Benjamin Glaze took to Instagram to clarify his comments. To read, then click here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_If9xMyl10
Yesterday was the first time, The Voice went head-to-head with ABC’s American Idol and only one was ratings winner. The NBC singing competition was watched by 11,720,000 people, while the ABC one was seen by only 8,360,000. Not only that, The Voice also beat it in the demo by .5, 2.3 as compared to 1.8. Even Dancing with the Stars does better and is closer to its competition numbers.
This has to be so scary for ABC because not only did Idol get beat, it also lost 2 million viewers in its second airing. It can only be downhill from here. Their experiment looks like a big failure, but let’s give it another week.
Now to the headline, The Voice made a major coop when they hired Kelly Clarkson, AI’s first winner. A risk that proved to be a really smart move. Not only did it see a rise in ratings from last week, it also gave us this sweet moment. Stephanie Skipper sang Clarkson’s emotional number Piece by Piece and caused the singer to start crying. Even though she did not turn around, she still praised the crap out the performance that was amazing.
The new Idol can only dream of having a moment like this (no pun intended). The three judges on AI are too stiff and rehearsed to let go like Clarkson, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. That is what people want. Realness, playfulness and spunk!
When it comes to me, I don’t watch either. But if I was going to watch one, it would be The Voice. Who doesn’t love Kelly?
