Wednesday night's "American Idol" was supposed to be all about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But leave it to Jimmy Iovine's sleepwalking producers and Nigel Lythgoe's showbiz pizzazz to make it rock softer than an Air Supply acoustic album.
That's not to say the top nine of "American Idol X: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain" didn't give it their all and then some. This may go down as the sweatiest "Idol" episode ever. Did Idolland's air conditioning break, or is there a fire within these contestants causing them to look like James Brown on Pcp?
As an added challenge this week, producers handicapped the girls by forcing them to wear Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. collection of leopard-print diapers and silk tube-top jumpsuits. I guess they really don't want the Season 10 "Idol" to have a vagina. Paging Gloria Steinem!
Also...
That's not to say the top nine of "American Idol X: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain" didn't give it their all and then some. This may go down as the sweatiest "Idol" episode ever. Did Idolland's air conditioning break, or is there a fire within these contestants causing them to look like James Brown on Pcp?
As an added challenge this week, producers handicapped the girls by forcing them to wear Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. collection of leopard-print diapers and silk tube-top jumpsuits. I guess they really don't want the Season 10 "Idol" to have a vagina. Paging Gloria Steinem!
Also...
- 4/7/2011
- by Jim Cantiello
- MTV Newsroom
Was Thursday night's (February 3) episode of "American Idol" the worst ever?!
That was the collective kvetch on the Internet after season 10's Los Angeles auditions aired. Could that bold declaration actually be true? Let's break down the hour and take a closer look.
Here's everything that was awesome on Thursday night's episode: Randy Jackson's gold shoes.
Here's everything that made me want to personally recreate Butthole Surfers' Electriclarryland album cover: Everything else.
Granted, six hours into the season, we're all suffering from Audition Episode Fatigue Syndrome (or Aefs). (Symptoms include daydreaming about Paris Bennett, engaging in a Twitter party with an "Idol" winner's dog, dizziness, nausea and having the sudden urge to explore the 600 section of your cable package.) But good TV trumps being burned out. Case in point: The "Real Housewives" series. I feel like I've been watching this franchise continuously for three years now, but as...
That was the collective kvetch on the Internet after season 10's Los Angeles auditions aired. Could that bold declaration actually be true? Let's break down the hour and take a closer look.
Here's everything that was awesome on Thursday night's episode: Randy Jackson's gold shoes.
Here's everything that made me want to personally recreate Butthole Surfers' Electriclarryland album cover: Everything else.
Granted, six hours into the season, we're all suffering from Audition Episode Fatigue Syndrome (or Aefs). (Symptoms include daydreaming about Paris Bennett, engaging in a Twitter party with an "Idol" winner's dog, dizziness, nausea and having the sudden urge to explore the 600 section of your cable package.) But good TV trumps being burned out. Case in point: The "Real Housewives" series. I feel like I've been watching this franchise continuously for three years now, but as...
- 2/4/2011
- by Jim Cantiello
- MTV Newsroom
Season-nine semifinalists' rocky live debut has 'Idol' experts and fans concerned.
By Gil Kaufman
Tim Urban
Photo: Fox
The early semifinal rounds of "American Idol" are always difficult. You are bound to have some early hopefuls falling victim to first-time-on-tv jitters, a few dark horses soaring before an eventual crash and a handful of singers proving they were lucky to have gotten there in the first place.
But after the first two nights of mostly panned performances, veteran "Idol" watchers woke up Thursday (February 25) wondering, "Is this the worst top 24 ever?"
The answer is easy for Dave Della Terza, webmaster of the long-running "Idol"-bashing blog VoteForTheWorst.com, which encourages "Idol" watchers to purposely stuff the box with votes for the weakest contestants. "This truly is the worst top 24 in 'American Idol' history," Della Terza said. "If you notice, the only contestant in the entire top...
By Gil Kaufman
Tim Urban
Photo: Fox
The early semifinal rounds of "American Idol" are always difficult. You are bound to have some early hopefuls falling victim to first-time-on-tv jitters, a few dark horses soaring before an eventual crash and a handful of singers proving they were lucky to have gotten there in the first place.
But after the first two nights of mostly panned performances, veteran "Idol" watchers woke up Thursday (February 25) wondering, "Is this the worst top 24 ever?"
The answer is easy for Dave Della Terza, webmaster of the long-running "Idol"-bashing blog VoteForTheWorst.com, which encourages "Idol" watchers to purposely stuff the box with votes for the weakest contestants. "This truly is the worst top 24 in 'American Idol' history," Della Terza said. "If you notice, the only contestant in the entire top...
- 2/25/2010
- MTV Music News
Okay, so I know it's only week one of the American Idol semifinals, and I'm aware that patience is a virtue, but yikes! I'm slightly scared (possibly even scurr'd) that the first 24 performances of season 9 are an omen of 13 long and arduous weeks ahead. [Minor Spoilers ahead, so west coasters may want to cover their eyes and/or run screaming from the Internet.] I mean, seriously, when the judges are scrambling to heap praise on hapless Alex Lambert -- possibly the most petrified Idol contestant since Garrett Haley (click here if you don't remember him) -- you know there's been trouble in casting paradise. And with Jermaine Purifory, J.B. Ahfua, Angela Martin, and Tasha Layton watching from their couches,...
- 2/25/2010
- by Michael Slezak
- EW.com - PopWatch
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