Saturday, May 13, 2006
idol5 (fueling the chris-is)
The fuss over Chris Daughtry's being voted off on American Idol just seems nutty. It's a singing contest, for heaven's sake, not a contest for anything actually important that will make a difference in any substantive way (unless entertainers and celebrities are much more important than I realize). I thought Chris was a little unctious and had a weak, throaty, trembly voice, and I kinda like an apparently 'predestined' winner being voted off, but maybe that's just me. Plus, Daughtry almost certainly already signed a promise-to-sign-when-it's-legal-because-of-the-commitment-to-AI-producers note with Fuel or some other group, so it's not as if people won't be able to see and hear him all they want. Plus, either AI voting is straight or it's not but that's been true for five years. (Hey, I thought Melissa McGhee had by far the best voice this year and it's entirely possible the producers stacked the votes, but it's an entertainment show designed to drum up interest for several people with whom the producers sign contracts so that viewers will buy cd's (or whatever) and go to concerts.) Amuse yourself with Robin Givhan's snide observations about the remaining three, John Podhoretz's less-than-usual-intellectualizing amusing essay, The Anchoress, Althouse, and The Wide-Awake Cafe. Would you believe there's a petition demanding a recount and claiming votes were deliberately misdirected. Get a grip, people. AI is a television show and Chris Daughtry is a singer (which he seems to realize).
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