(S07E02)Simon (to contestant Beth Maddocks): "What was that?"
Randy: "It's called 'Beautiful Disaster.'"
Simon: "Okay, well we'll stay with the last word on that."
I'm thrilled that we're getting to see more of the good auditions this year than we have in recent years but, and I'm so ashamed to admit this, it actually made the show a bit boring. Or maybe there just weren't as many crazies in Texas as there are everywhere else. I don't know. There were some good singers, even a few really good singers, but I found myself just kind of like "Eh, I wonder what else is on" during long portions of it. In fact at one point I wrote a letter.
Dear American Idol,
Stop giving us background stories on people who suck. We don't need to get invested in them because they're through. Quit wasting our time. And you do know how contrived these "bad" auditions are becoming, right? Sure, it was funny the first few years because so many really didn't know they were that bad, but they know. Come on, Idol, they know! You can't tell when a comedian is playing for face time on television? You're smarter than that ... aren't you?
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