Do You Think American Idol Should Have Been Revived ?

[waistingmytime]

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Do you think it should have been revived or not ?

 

[W!nston]

No. I think there are too many talent hunt shows. When one finally dies they should let it rest in peace, lol.

 

[haiducii]

It was a cool concept like 15 years ago, it's stale as f**k now. I think the show is going to tank and it's not due to Ryan Seacrest. It's due to being boring. :rolling eyes:

 

[islandfun]

I like it

 

[topdog]

I was an American Idol fan through Season 8 (Adam Lambert / Kris Allen) but after that my interest cooled. I saw the end of the final season and liked some of the performances - it was good enough to have on in the background while I did other things. But I was happy that it was given a peaceful burial before it fell into total obscurity.

I have not been happy that it is back. I think that one thing that it finally got right in its last couple of seasons on Fox was the panel of judges - Harry Connick, Keith Urban and Jennifer Lawrence were professional and personable.

I agree with W!nston - there are too many singing talent shows. AI can be proud that they were the first and the top-rated, but I don't see them adding anything to the mix. And really - in the past 10 years have any new stars been discovered on all these shows? The only ones I can think of are One Direction and that really was a while ago. But that's what these shows are supposed to be doing, and I don't see it happening. The whole concept is pre-YouTube, which kind of gives everyone a shot.

But, I will check back when the live shows start in a week and a half and see what's there. But I am not hopeful. I am not expecting anything more than music to fold laundry and pay bills by.

 

[waistingmytime]

Thanks to those who replied :big hug:
I'll probably watch an episode (or part of one) just out of curiosity but I'm not expecting much.

 

[mattla]

Not a big fan of these shows in general - granted I have not watched that much. The beginning of the season has people making complete fools of themselves - I mean some of them are just really awful and completely clueless. It does not seem that the - I guess implied - promise of success to the winner has really come true for more than a very few. I have watched parts of the finalist shows and they certainly have talent and ability so I wonder if they were just not being managed or promoted as they should have been. So I kind of feel sorry for many of the winners.

 

[cban]

No. Past it's sell-by date.

 

[prickles]

No. I wish all these talent shows would take a break from TV. It's all about the hype and back stories now.

 

[bobby15]

no

 

[Can't C Straight]

Yes, but not so comercialized.

 

[jockeylover2]

No. There's too many 'talent' shows on tv now.

 

[Arctictwin]

Absolutely but it needs (another) complete overhaul. More relevant judges. More original songs.

 

[SWAGGA]

i lost interest after all the damned commercials

 

[Whtrbbit]

nope. I thought they brought it back to soon. I haven't watched any of the new version.