American Idol is down to nine contestants. I find myself watching American Idol every season (minus two – the first season and third season) and each time, my favorite contestant makes it to second place. The winner usually ends up being someone on the polar opposite of my taste. I always thought that this was because American Idol has only been a fixture on Fox during the Bush adminstration. I told myself, “Well, Americans don’t know how to vote for a good president. It makes sense that they can’t vote for the good AI contestant.” Now, Barack Obama is President and the American people finally got that right. This gives me hope that the American public will finally push a real pop idol into the winner’s circle of American Idol. A sign of this is that all country artists have been voted off. Country boy, George Bush, is no longer in office, no country artists are eligible to win AI. It is a good feeling!
We still have eight weeks after today, but I have my favorite and based on his continued performances, I want him to take the win. For too long has American Idol had lackluster winners, allowing contestants who fell off earlier in the challenge to bring in greater success than most of the winners. Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are the only real stars who have won, in my eyes. I only say Carrie Underwood because she has record sales to back it. I find her and her country music to lack presence on stage. Not to mention, “Jesus Take the Wheel” made me cringe. I think Adam Lambert has the great potential to finally bring renewed credibility to a show.
Every week, Adam spices up the show. Each week this season has about two or three great performances and he is always one of them, if not THE one. He is creative. He is skilled. He is interesting. He is certainly a breath of fresh air for the show. I will not go so far as to call him “unique” because I have seen plenty of guys who fit into his look, but he is the “unique” one amongst the current AI contestants. He has not really done any of the cheesy ballads that so many contestants rely on and during country week (the week I alwayd dreaded), he took a country song and rearranged it into a fantastic performance that hardly resembled country.
I do not lose sleep over who wins American Idol, but I am hoping that since the American people got the Presidential choice correct this time around, then hopefully, they will choose a contestant that feels like a star, ala Adam Lambert.
Who is your favorite to win this season?
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April 1st, 2009 at 10:50 am
Carrie is absolutely the ONLY thing AI has gotten right thus far.
And Adam,…I’ve got more talent in my toe.
April 4th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I think Carrie was a great AI result for country music. Kelly Clarkson has proven to be an American Idol maintaining quite the career since her victory (minus the My December hiccup, but then again real idols always have a hiccup).
You must have pretty talented toes
April 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Ryan: My December may seem like a hiccup due to album sales…..she still sold almost 1 million copies without the marketing and support from her label. I also should mention that worldwide sales make her an International Superstar uncompared to Carrie!
April 10th, 2009 at 8:27 am
When you compare My December to the rest of Kelly’s short career, it is still a hiccup. Most real music artists have a hiccup of some sort. Madonna had “Erotica” period where the public pulled away, but the album was fantastic. Britney had “Blackout” where the public pulled away, but the album was great. It happens to all the best.