I don't really watch American Idol as a rule. I never watch past the first few episodes. Yes, I'm one of those people who watches for the awful performances early on. But something has really struck me this season even more than in previous years.
People are really coming out and trying to sing some fairly tough songs. I've heard half the Celine Dion songs ever written, and I've heard Bohemian Rhapsody at least twice in the first couple of weeks alone. Now look, there is something to be said for "swinging for the fence." And sometimes, it pays off. But seriously, 99% of the population can't sing like artists like Celine and Freddie. Trying to sing their songs is almost certainly going to come out disastorous. At this point, should contestants be more concerned with showing that they have a style their own, that they are coherent, and that they can carry a tune?
But then, this has become the nature of the Idol machine, and indeed all of reality TV. Getting in front of the camera is more important than what you actually do once you're there. Consider William Hung, after all. If there's any more proof necessary that talent isn't really necessary, I don't know what it would be.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of Americans, and now people from all over the world, line up in their respective cities just to make it on TV, even knowing that they have no chance of making it onto the show reflects the nature of our western civilization. It's become more important to be famous, for anything, than it is to do what you do well. People desire little more than be known to the country as the lousy singer who was told how horrible they are by Simon. And if that's your goal anyway, why bother singing a simple song? Why not go all out and really show us all just what you're capable of not achieving.
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