American idol

This hit tv show on fox network is singing contest and the winner gets a contract and become rich and famous. But the reality is that most of the time the winner doesn't even become famous at all.

The two most famous winners of this show are Carrie Underwood and Kellyclarkson. Only two winners became the most famous in the singing business after they WON? Does no one else find that weird? I thought after you won you were supposed to become the biggest thing in the music business. It seems like people would get bigger in the music buisness if they DIDN'T join this show.

Simon defiantly makes the show most of the time. He's rude yes but ninety nine percent of the time he's telling the truth and saying what everyone else in America is thinking. He's the one that isn't afraid to speak his mind. But he gets all of the heat for being too cruel or insensitive. He won't be coming back next season and i predict that this show will be going down the toilet with him.

The show in my opinion is losing it's appeal. It was exciting in the first couple seasons but now it's just tired and old. Every season is the exact same. The auditions always bring out the crazy people. Then there is always that one person that gets voted off when everyone was rooting and voting for him. Sometimes it's a wonder if America is even controlling the fate of these people. Half of the time there is always that one person who SHOULD NOT be on the show in the first place but week after week that person is still on. For example, Sanjaya. You always heard people talking about how they had no idea how he was still on that show.

I don't think the votes count at all. What i think is that the producers pick and choose who stays by the reaction of the audience and people talking on the Internet and on tv. All shows these days are fighting to get good ratings and controversy is always a good way to get great ratings. Like how Paula left from the show. Or how Simon is always so blunt. Or how there are rumors that the votes aren't being counted. Or how people go home when everyone loves them.

Chris Daughtry for example was on of the favorites in his season. Then oddly he was kicked off? But now he's more popular than most of the contestants that win the whole thing. He got a spot on Dick Clarks new years eve show. How many American idol winners can say that? Not many.

Clay Akin was a runner up on American idol and look what happened. He got HUGEE! He was every where and everyone was talking about him. His songs became so popular it was insane. The actual winner of that season was in Clay's shadow. It's a wonder how these runner ups and other individuals that didn't win become more famous than the actual winner?

The auditions. Does anyone really believe that those people are for real? I think they might be paid actors to boost ratings. Because lets face it what comes to mind when you first think about American idol auditions? You think about people making complete fools out of themselves. Although most wont admit it we all love a good train wreak to make us feel good about ourselves.
A perk the show gets from these train wreaks is the exposure. After the episode is aired everyone who watched will pass on what they saw the night before. Hello youtube! The next day the youtube video is played and veiwed over a million times. Americans are suckers for a good laugh at some Else's expense.

A key example of this is the extremely famous William Hung. "She bang she bang!" You could not go anywhere without hearing someone sing that after that episode was aired. Everywhere you went parents, teachers, friends, kids, neighbors you name it were singing "she bang she bang!" And am i the only one that remembers the little dance he did? That was so amazing and i HAVE to give that guy so many props for going out and giving it his best. He said he did his best and i thought that was the cutest thing ever. See Americans are suckers for this type of stuff and the producers make sure they can utilize that. The William Hung version become way way way more popular than the Ricky Martin version.




The new break out star of the auditions this season is "General" Larry Platt. Does "Pants on the ground" ring a bell? When he first came out and told the judges what song he was going to sing i know exactly what thought was going through every dirty persons mind in America. But then he explained what the song was before he sang and i sighed a sigh of relief. He's the new William Hung. You know that something has become famous when my chemistry teacher quotes this song to one of her students because his pants were low. I can't go anywhere without hearing this song. Hair salons, the movies, schools, anywhere you can think of people are quoting it. I feel so bad for anyone who has their pants too low and goes out into public. You will get harassed until either you go home or pull your pants up. This song has made a very good important point though. You all look like a fool with your pants on the ground! I'm sick and tired of seeing things i really don't want to see. I'm really not interested in what your boxers look like so please pull up your pants. Hopefully this song will allow me to actually be able to look up when I'm walking around and not see guys butts. I think the dance he gave was what put it over the top. Here is this sixty five year old man doing splits and dancing around pretending to yank his pants up. It was extremely priceless! I didn't watch the episode but i heard about it and like over a million other Americans i looked it up on youtube and i defiantly was NOT disappointed.




I give American idol maybe one or two more season before it completely goes under for good. You can only have so much of one thing for so long before it becomes boring. Most people only watch the auditions and not the whole season. And you can see why. Sorry to all the die hard American idol fans but it's just how i feel.

The Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore is a show on MTV that contains strangers living in a house for a certain amount of time on the Jersey Shore. This show is basically a ripoff from the Real World if you think about it. Both shows have strangers living in a house for a certain amount of time. Both shows have the individuals work when they live there. Also the people on both shows go out and party, drink, and fight. The main difference of the two shows is that the Real World contains individuals are completely different from one another. While the people who are on the Jersey Shore are exactly the same as their roommates and are living how they live their normal lives.

The individuals on this show are Ronnie, Vinny, Sammi, Nicole "snookie", Mike "the situation", Jenni "JWOWW", and Pauly D. This group of people seems to have drama where ever they go. Including in the house.

Sammi "the sweetheart" is the root of all the drama. She's not really the sweetheart at all. In one of the earlier episodes she caused a riff in the house by leading Mike on and then leaving him for another roommate, Ronnie. Sammi and Ronnie are an item now and all they do is fight with each other. Their fights are over the dumbest things too. In one of their "fights" it began with them them just messing around and insulting each other in the van on the way home. Ronnie keeping up with this little game said that Sammi had a "Fred Flinstone toe" and she flipped out. She was being so dumb. It was a joke move on and let it go. She was making fun of him too so she shouldn't be so sensitive. If you can't take it then don't dish it out. She seriously needs to grow up or leave because she is extremely annoying.

Mike "the situation" is also the root of the drama. First off what is with the nickname? Who goes around calling themselves the situation? Only a "guido" like Mike apparently. Every night Mike brings a girl home from the club. Also in every camera shot when the group is in a club or something you can see Mike either making out with a girl, dancing with a girl, or talking to a girl. He doesn't know when to stop and look out for his roommates. For example, he watched Nicole "snookie" get punched in the face buy a guy. He didn't do a thing about it. All he did was watch. Then after all that had happened and all the rest of the roommates were furious and the cops showed up he was trying to bring a girl home! He has some serious priority issues.

Jenni "JWOWW" is known for drama as well you could say. She's gotten into fist fights with girls at clubs and Mike. She has a boyfriend but in one episode she got "drunk" and hooked up with Pauly. I don't believe for a second that she was actually drunk when she hooked up with him. She probably knew exactly what she was doing and just didn't care about her boyfriend.

Vinny and Pauly D are the quiet it ones of the group you can say. Vinny doesn't do the gym, tanning, and laundromat like the other guys in the house do. The biggest moment he has had so far is when he stole the bosses girl. The house they live in belongs to their boss. He knew that that girl was his bosses girl but didn't care and still hooked up with her. Then he kept saying "I'm getting evicted! I'm getting evicted!" and he never did. Pauly on the other hand is kind of Mikes wingman when ever they go out to a bar or club. ALWAYS Pauly gets the ugly friend while Mike gets the pretty one and Pauly never objects or anything.

Nicole "snookie" is the best one out of the group. She's up for anything and is always ready to party. She unfortunately has a hard time finding nice guys to hang out with though. She always gets made fun of for being fat but she's really not that big. Sadly one night when they were all at a bar there were these guys that were harassing all of the roommates. The guys kept stealing their shots so Snookie confronted them and as a result got punched dead in the face by a man. That's so wrong on so many levels.

Intro

Television is a huge part of many peoples daily lives. Reality television and entertainment shows give people something to talk about the next day. Teenagers are able to recall what happened on last nights episode of Jersey Shore but can't recall most things in the classroom. Coworkers would rather talk about an episode of Two and a half men than actually work. Lets face it television shows are one of the best places to seek entertainment.

When you come home from a hard day of school/work you just want to relax on the couch or in bed. What's better than laying back and watching random people make fools of them selfs on national television or watching a hilarious sitcom? Shows like Jersey Shore and The Real World give viewers entertainment by having individuals acting stupid and getting into to trouble and countless fights.

With this blog i am going to review and comment on shows that are gossip worthy. I'll probably be saying the things all your friends are saying.
Shows take us away from our everyday lives and make us forget about the troubles we're having. We bury ourselves in them to get away from life and to be able to have something to talk about.

Think about it...one of your highlights of of your day is sitting and watching that show that comes on once a week. Waiting for a show is suspenseful and gives you motivation to make the time pass faster.

Time seems to stand still while watching your favorite show and brings you entertainment. Everyone has a favorite television show that they can't wait to watch. When they know they won't be able to watch it they record it just to make sure they wont miss it.
Shows like The Nanny and Nanny 911 give viewers a laugh while also letting them feel better about their own lives. Seeing other families suffer because their own bad parenting make people feel good that they haven't screwed up as bad as them. While you watch the episodes you laugh and shake your head at how horrible and disrespectful the children are and how the parents let the kids walk all over them.

The bigger the drama the more interested viewers become. If there are physical altercations involved then that episode will be viewed by tons of people on youtube.