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Re:Idol - 2008/09/05 16:03
Absolutely, Kat - we saw that, already, within one of this week's shows, where Hines told one contestant that it was a singer's job to use their body, to "do a little dance or somethin'", etc, and then told the next girl that it was only a singer's job to stand and deliver the song. None of it makes any sense - it's just based on the dynamic of the particular moment at hand, and what gives off the right drama and balance of comments. The judging has no validity, at all - more so, now that Holden is gone, who was, problems aside, at least someone with credible music experience. Kyle does nothing but sell a persona that, in his most fruitful role, is based around music - but it's not like he chooses the 2DayFM playlist. Hines has little to offer in a contemporary setting, and Dicko may have been on the pulse as an exec, years ago, but now is an alcoholic who makes money off selling himself to cheesey commercial TV. Why any of the singers would take any advice from them is beyond me - some of the older ones, quite clearly, seem not to.
Ironically, the only improvement, this year, as far as the judging goes, is that they do seem to occasionally mention advice about TV land - and yes, they are valid in those tips. Hines' ridiculous repeated advice about "smiling" was laughable in one way, but actually correct in the arena this is... commercial mainstream TV. It's not music, that's the thing. It's a TV show that fools people into thinking its part of the music industry, when really it's not. It isn't offering music as a product - it's offering a TV show. Two very different things.
I think that's now the problem for Sony - and I think they would now know that. It actually doesn't cross-over well, between the TV show and then what follows it (where Sony jumps in). They're not really handed anything to work with, after all, and so Idol, the TV show, is one thing, but Idol, in terms of the "career" that follows it, is where the problems are and how the whole thing becomes one rather deceptive illusion for those kids. It's still reality TV, in the way the audience enjoys and engages it. It's not the music industry.
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