American Idol - Season 9 (to watch or not to watch...)

It's good to set daily goals.  My goal today is to NOT watch American Idol tonight.  

One of the gifts of singleness not mentioned in the Bible is 100% complete control of the remote!  For us married folk, there's a dreaded ten letter word...C O M P R O M I S E.  The New Scotty Dictionary defines compromise as: To compromise is to make a deal where someone, usually the husband, gives up part of, or generally all of his decision making in order to preserve peace.  =)  Try as I might, I fear I will once again lose the annual battle to not watch American Idol.

While looking for something music related to blog about, I came across the following top 5 reasons to watch season 9 of AI.  How about posting your top reason to watch or not watch AI?  Do I have to pick a Metallica fight with Chad again to get some comments on this blog??  =) 

Ø  5. To erase the memory of Adam Lambert: Some people liked Adam Lambert better when he sang all serious and emotional. Some liked him better when he screeched out his caterwauling notes. I like him the way he is now – gone and, when the new season starts, totally forgotten.

Ø  4. Get a last look at the show before Ellen DeGeneres totally ruins it: Don’t get me wrong; I actually like Ellen on her show. But she’s a comedian who knows absolutely nothing about music and will cheapen the show simply by being on it. When she joins, it’s no longer a serious evaluation of professional music talent. Her defense that she’s “a fan of music” is absurd. I have a deep interest in law, but that doesn’t make me a Supreme Court judge.

Ø  3. See how bad the show has gotten: The bad auditions stopped being interesting on the second season, when people started showing up even they knew they had no talent – or worse, made themselves even weirder -- just to try to get on TV. It has gotten progressively worse because FOX thinks such auditions are worth watching.

Ø  2. See Simon one last time: Like it or not, Cowell made the show. He was honest, sometimes brutally, but nearly always spot on (until the Lambert debacle, that is). The show’s last  leg will be kicked out from beneath it when he leaves.

Ø  1.  Against all odds, someone really talented and different may appear: Yeah, I know, that’s not gonna happen. But it’s nice to dream.