The Idol Effect: 63 Million Votes Casted; More Than Any President in The History of Our Country
Posted May 24, 2006 — in Music News
The new idol is……29 year old Taylor Hicks. “Hicks was named the new “American Idol” Wednesday in a pop star-filled finale that included Prince and Mary J. Blige.”
“I’m living the American dream,” he added as he closed out the show with a performance of “Do I Make You Proud.”
“More than 63 million votes were cast, “more than any president in the history of our country has received,” Seacrest said.” Read the full article here.
Maybe the government should let us vote for the US Presidential election on our cell phones. Would America participate then??
Other than the filmed sequences of Simon making fun of the over-the-top acting-jobs of people trying out, does anyone actually enjoy that fuckin show???
If I wanted to see a bunch of boring people singing cheesy versions of crappy ass showtunes, I’d go down to the local Holiday Inn on karaoke night. I can bet you the people would be more interesting to watch.
I could go out and find a million people that can sing just as well at one of those Mega-Churches or county-fairs, but can any of these Idol winners “write” a hit song?
Comment by Jeff — May 25, 2006 @ 8:03 am
Well that’s what I actually enjoyed about this season. Taylor Hicks and Chris Daughtry both have bands and a history of writing and performing, unlike a lot of past winners/contestants. But as we all know, being a great songwriter doesn’t make you a great performer, and vice versa. It’s a performance competition. I don’t think that makes the competition completely invalid.
I enjoy watching this show particularly because I have an interest in seeing how people vote and what they are voting for. 63 million votes? That’s a pretty good sample of a mainstream audience. Keep in mind that when most new songs are ‘tested’ its a sample of under a hundred people in selected demographics with clips of songs. The Idol sample consists of millions of people from varying demographics with a number of performances to compare and analyze.
It’s interesting, sociologically, and entertaining to boot. Even when the performances are off, I think any real music fan would enjoy picking them apart and acting as a judge. What pretty much all of us do in the music business is analyze songs and trends and make decisions accordingly…Idol is really no different.
Comment by AJ-KOAR — May 25, 2006 @ 5:36 pm