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I don’t watch American Idol. For one thing, I am 59 years old, and my grandchildren don’t WANT to have something to relate to me about. Second of all, as far as I am concerned, we already have an American Idol and her name is Kelly Clarkson so what are we even DOING here? Just walk away! Anyway, I guess Simon Cowell left the show because he wanted to spend more time with his silk v-neck t-shirts? And obviously we all know what happened to Paula Abdul (R.I.P. Paula! You are in heaven now, complaining to the angels about how you got fired from the Bratz movie). So this year’s new judges are Ben Affleck’s ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, star of Enough, and Liv Tyler’s father, Steven Tyler, who I think is a spokesman for a luxury line of full-body leather suits? Including leather face masks? I don’t know, I wouldn’t know, because I don’t watch this show. [Insert Brian Dunkleman joke here.] Sorry, AMERICA. All of that being said, it has come to my attention that this year’s 13 finalists have been selected! Congratulations to them! Let’s talk about their chances in this year’s competition based on exactly zero information. I don’t even know what they look like much less how they sound, so this is going to be a pretty good use of all of our time!
Scotty McCreery: With his deep, soulful voice (?) Scotty is going to do pretty well in the competition, but it’s going to be interesting to see if he can break out of his…shell?
Jacob Lusk: Jacob is already a real hit with female fans…probably…but can he win over…is that enough for him to…sing?
Casey Abrams: Good luck to this young competitor who could be a boy or a girl for all I know!
Paul McDonald: Paul’s journey of transformation will be reminiscent of Clay Aiken, who went from golden-voiced dweeb to teenage heart throb. Or he will have a completely different journey of transformation based on wildly different preconceived notions of him of which I am unaware.
James Durbin: James Durbin will probably be eliminated in the next episode, right, you guys? That’s just classic James Durbin for you.
Lauren Alaina: Lauren is going to prove to America that she’s more than just a pretty face. (This assumes that she has a pretty face. Not sure.)
Pia Toscano: Pia Toscano heartfelt story about her young son…or her…sick…dad…will gain her a lot of sympathy with the audience, but ultimately this is a competition about…singing (?)…and not about who has the most compelling backstory.
Karen Rodriguez: Karen Rodriguez will win American Idol season 10.
Thia Megia: Thia has a great set of pipes on her, but will the pipes get in the way of her singing? They look heavy!
Haley Reinhart: Haley’s LIVE death on-stage will shock viewers at first, but eventually people will come to realize that this is the inevitable direction of modern entertainment, and will be surprised to find how quickly they come to expect live deaths in all of their meritocratic talent-based elimination reality shows.
Ashton Jones: This good ol’ boy will shed his human skin and declare the approaching invasion of highly-skilled space predators from his home planet, but will it be enough to convince the judges?!
Stefano Langone: New York’s hottest American Idol contestant is Stefano. He’s got everything: a full booger bar, a weaponized-dolphin tank, a Breckin Meyer poetry slam, and dog shoes.
Naima Adedapo: Who?
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Team Jacob (?)
The amount of talent shows on British television generally makes me weep but I thought I would check out these guys via the magic of the YOUTUBE phenomenon.
And that Jacob can really waillllllllllll.
Naima Adedapo: Her?
Get rid of Stefano and get me Stefon! You do this, and you got yourself a new viewer, American Idol.
What if they just replaced Seacrest with Gosling? Would that do it?
If this were the case, I would try out:
[Please excuse my horrible photoshop skills...]
I like how small Ryan’s hands look in comparison to his massive head.
I predict that Sanjay will win.
It’s so hot! Milk was a bad choice!
american idoln’t mind if i don’t (i’ll seacrest myself out)
I find the blatant Coca-Cola product placement in that picture to be offensive. It’s like American Idol doesn’t even care about the *craft* of manufacturing karaoke-singing crap factories that appeal to the Hot Topic / Twilight demographic.
I think next year they should dispense with the singing and the judges all together and invite Ronald McDonald, Mickey Mouse, and Rupert Murdoch to a “Whose Coca-Cola brand Coca-Cola tastes the most delicious” contest. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest of course.
Ashton Jones is NOT a lizard.
(I don’t watch American Idol.)
Ashton is a girls name? Ashton is a girls name.
It’s actually Ashthon. I know. I know. Kill me.
oh. of course. Ashthon definitely sounds more feminine…and then I don’t picture a douche bag trying to sell me cameras.
I’ve never seen a name that makes me angry just looking at it. Ashthon took my “reading a name and making me angry” virginity.
Pop, Pop!!
Your American Idol!
My prediction: they were dead the whole time.
Do any other Monsters read the alternate reality version of Idol that exists in Richard Lawson’s recaps over on Gawker? They’re fantastic.
Yeah! They are the best! I’m more fond of his real houswives recaps though, cause that’s a show I actually watch. I’m not sure which is more shameful
Since I watch Idol (what? my wife dvrs it!) but not Housewives, I have objectively determined that Housewives is more shameful. Sorry you had to find out this way.
Ha, it’s cool. My whole avatar is based around an even more shameful Bravo show, so I’m not gonna get too upset about it.
The Paul F. Tompkins recaps on Vulture are also great … I read them even though I don’t watch AI because I have too much free time on my hands, apparently.
I love Paul’s recaps, although at times his weariness of the task is apparent in his writing. Then again, what reasonably normal human would not grow tired of recapping every AI show?
Oh, and here’s a link to the latest, for anyone interested: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/american_idol_paul_f_tompkins_3.html
Wait, what’s AI? #Idon’twatchAI
oh my god the PFT recaps are quickly becoming a highlight of my week.
“I completely forgot about the product placement. Not the ever-present Coca-Cola cups and such, but the integrated ads from the sponsors, which require these kids to tool around in Ford Focuses and talk about how mind-blowing the cars are, as if these kids had been transported here from Colonial times. ‘So fast! But where do you feed it the oats?’”
My barber was talking about American Idol and she’s all “It’s really nice to see Steven Tyler as a real person and not just a rock star.” Then she talked about Charlie Sheen for twenty minutes. #worsthaircutever.
Having time traveled from the future I can deem Gabe’s musings wholly…
So good, Gabe.
Who ever wins, we lose.
Are Jennifer Lopez’s eyes and smirk unsettling to anyone else? It’s like a really smug alien gazing absentmindedly while contemplating how she will soon take over the world. Yeah/no?
And I kiiiiinda want to give Steven Tyler a big hug. Something about his great mane of hair that hopefully will not get tangled up in that weird earring seems so friendly.
No clue who this is but here’s an AI gif.
Paul MacDonald #killme #illshowmyselfout
That would be Paul McDonald, he of the distractingly handsome face and disturbingly white teeth AKA my future husband.
#killmetoowhileyou’reatit
Ugh. Nashville guy.
The Scotty McCreery guess was weirdly accurate. It’s like a horoscope! Sometimes they’re dead on, but mostly they’re wrong!
Wait, Stefano?
I wish it was Stephan
ATNN GABE: Lauren is 15. Go directly to jail. Do not pass “GO.” Do not collect $200.
RE: “a pretty face”
IGNORING: “(This assumes that she has a pretty face. Not sure.)”