Welcome back to American Idol, where the auditions have moved to Chicago and eager contestants are patiently waiting for a chance to sing in front of Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson – you know, if he happens to be in the room. The second episode of Idol's 12th season kicks off with someone in the graphics department showing off the Batman-style Pow! Boom! Bam! signs they brilliantly plastered over footage of Nicki and Mariah bickering.
Today, Nicki is greeting the contestants wearing a leopard-print bus driver uniform,...
Today, Nicki is greeting the contestants wearing a leopard-print bus driver uniform,...
- 1/18/2013
- Rollingstone.com
Ladies and gentlemen, start your Kleenex.
Indeed, 12 seasons in, the giant onion that is American Idol hasn’t lost an ounce of potency. Sit with it long enough — breathe in its swelling strings and its harrowing backstories and its humble notion that, with the right melody, the misfits and outsiders and scrappers of the world can make like Kelly Clarkson and have their very own “moment like this” — and eventually, you’ll be succumbing to the urge to ugly cry on your couch.
To put it another way: Nigel Lythgoe, 1; America’s tear ducts, 0.
Related | American Idol: Fox’s Mike Darnell Talks Unlimited Voting,...
Indeed, 12 seasons in, the giant onion that is American Idol hasn’t lost an ounce of potency. Sit with it long enough — breathe in its swelling strings and its harrowing backstories and its humble notion that, with the right melody, the misfits and outsiders and scrappers of the world can make like Kelly Clarkson and have their very own “moment like this” — and eventually, you’ll be succumbing to the urge to ugly cry on your couch.
To put it another way: Nigel Lythgoe, 1; America’s tear ducts, 0.
Related | American Idol: Fox’s Mike Darnell Talks Unlimited Voting,...
- 1/18/2013
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
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