American Idol and Me - We’re Brothers Forever
There simply is nothing else to talk about today except the American Idol finale, and not just the final result, but the whole big entertaining two hours they gave us tonight.
People that read my articles regularly, be it here, another blog, Reality Shack , etc., know I’ve been really hard on American Idol this year. They also know it took a lot to get me to this point, as after seven seasons, I was always the show’s staunchest defender, no matter what. I’ve always been a TV addict, not to mention a reality TV junkie, but American Idol is numero uno with me. From January to May, there just isn’t much else. Yet, I saw things I didn’t want to see in the show this year, and it was hard to deny, even for me, that there was something else at play here.
But tonight, I’m forgiving them for anything that has happened this season, from the early dismissals of Carly Smithson and Michael Johns that seemed somehow orchestrated, to the horrible treatment Jason Castro seemed to get in his final weeks on the show. If even Simon Cowell can apologize to David Cook for being too harsh on him, then I can drop it all and just enjoy a very entertaining two hours. Read more
