American Idol on Life Support as Philadelphia Auditions Offer Little Different

American Idol is struggling to stay fresh and judging by Tuesday night’s premier it appears as if its been left out too long as the two-hour Philadelphia auditions felt painful.

In all, 29 contestants were handed a ticket to Hollywood, a small fraction of the massive turnout that provided disastrous performances in front of Simon, Paula and Randy. Gone are the days when those auditions were humorous or whimsical, now they’re just annoying.

Tuesday night opened in the same fashion that the past six American Idol seasons started, a telling little story about how a foreign born citizen has been taken by American music and wants nothing more than to achieve Idol status. Then reality sets in, a song is butchered and it’s out the door.

Whether it was a Bee Gees tune gone awry, a mind numbing rendition of Go Down Moses, a song about abstinence, or a borderline criminally insane ode to stalking Paula Abdul, there was nothing new to the show.

Of course there were some nice voices and over the coming weeks a few of those singers may develop into something more but weeding through the awful singers has become too much to watch. Would anybody actually expose themselves to what took place during the Philly auditions to find the next Clay Aiken, Taylor Hicks, Justin Guarini. Probably not.

It will be interesting to see the drop off in viewer from Tuesday to Wednesday as the auditions episode moves to Dallas. It’s unlikely anybody will be able to sit through a repeat of Tuesday.

by : news.finditt.com