I WANT TO KILL THE WRITERS OF THAT SONG. IT WAS THE MOST AWKWARD PART IN THE WHOLE OF AMERICAN IDOL HISTORY. WHY DID THEY PROMOTE THIS SONG. I WANTED TO DIE.
Sorry to start on a bad note. Just the stink hiccup we have to get over. Moving on...
This has got to be one of the greatest seasons of American Idol. People really need to get back into this show!
Idol has had some oops and floops but they've had some good seasons: Season 11, 10 just to name a few (I can't be bothered going any further)
Season 12 was experimental-we don't talk about it. (But Nicki? Really? No. Worse than Ellen's season. In Macklemore's words: wot-wot? wot? wot?)
Yes, some of my favourites weren't in the finals, a lot of people just fell off the face of the earth-we somehow lost connections with contestants i.e Munfarid Zardi who just died but was resuscitated when he just randomly showed up in one of the later episodes to be cradled again by Harry??-then at the same time there was the whole 'who on earth was in the top 13 before Majesty was eliminated? But seriously, who?
Here's some quick little mentions of what made the season so good before I get into my disappointing statement:
1. Harry Connick Junior!! He's like that dad you kinda want. Nothing he said ever made sense and he did bizarre things but he made everyone else more comfortable and his criticism was top notch, forcing the other judges to up their comedic and criticism game.
2. The little dinner catch ups are so cute. They're so obviously staged but it's still kind of interesting to watch....
3. The little chats they have and sing-alongs in the car were quite entertaining too. Though it was an obvious promotion for Ford, it seemed like a seamless other segment.
4. The comical contestant photos with their numbers on it. Even I knew they were horribly photoshopped (HIRE ME! I CAN DO A GOOD JOB! PLEASE!) but they were such a good idea!
I die everytime!
5.The return of actual performers i.e comedic entertaining contestants! MALAYA MY LOVE!
Long live these guys though. Am i right?
6. And these hilarious cast members reenact those little stories they share before they sing and it's top notch! Makes it 100 times more interesting.
I couldn't find an image of my arguement so here's Sam Woolf just chillin'
And most of all they contain performances that don't need half naked gals running around. (hmmm x factor! This is why you're cancelled.....)
But!
I called for this idol intervention because:
Whatever happened to Idol Gives Back?
I don't have statistics but I'm pretty sure that this was the most watched episode.
Yeap.
I'll keep my word on that.
But was this not the most brilliant idea in reality TV history? I thought that this would be an annual thing, and it seems like it hasn't.
SO WHY NOT?
Give me answers Idol!
This was the episode that pretty much put a halt on all the craziness of the show and just made the contestants and everyone else around them think: 'man are we blessed.'
Not only that, it managed to conjure up a whole lot of donations for causes in America and Africa too.
And it was also nice to see this television giant donating money AND time for the good of others that need it.
Even Miley was normal when it was on.
And we learnt that no matter what the conditions, Simon actually wore the same thing to everything.
So next season, please revive Idol gives back. I don't have many reasons as to why you should but I think one reason is enough: It's the right thing to do.
