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American Idol Season 8 Begins 1-13-09
The American Idol Season 7 winner is: David Cook
American Idol returns for a 8th season and promises to be the biggest
season to date. It all begins January 13, 2009 with a double premiere. Idolites
can expect this season to began with the normal highs and lows as Paul,
Randy, Simon and new judge Kara weed through grueling days trying to find
the scattered performers ( a term used loosely) that actually have talent.
Each contestant is vying for that lucrative recording contract, and the supreme title of American Idol. Well, what exactly is all the hype about? Historically speaking, the AE winner has had dismal actual album sales compared to the mind-blowing viewer ship of the program. In fact, the runners-up in some cases have actually outsold and out-performed the winner and supposed "fan favorite". One may wonder if the voting system on American Idol could be as flawed as the infamous "butterfly ballot" in the presidential election that caused Al Gore to have a "Mariah Carey type meltdown." Will we have another Sanjaya Malakar Season of idiocy?
If polled mid-year of Season 5 as to which contestant would be producing
top selling albums, the vote would have seemed easy and wouldn't be questioned.
It was pretty much a given that most would have said Chris Daughty.
Vegas odds said Chris Daughtry would become Season Five's American
Idol. Daughtry's getting ousted, amidst all the hype and the Fuel
offers, was hands down the season shocker within the entire television season.
The analytic brain quickly determines that there was almost an over-hype
when it came to Daughtry. His heavy rock lyrics and even heavier black eyeliner
isn't what you think of when you think of past American Idol crowned winners.
Katherine McPhee and and the fans of the one and only "soul patrolling"
Taylor Hicks definitely resemble more of your typical pop star that Idol
fans tend to favor.
However, keeping all of this in perspective, some speculate that certain
websites are the cause, and that some even claim thousands of votes. Only
their voting influences are against the favorites. The most talked-about
site labeled VoteForTheWorst.com, is the creation of webmaster David Della
Terza. A review of season five details this sites entire process from nomination,
promotion, and subsequent celebration of VFTW's runner-up's in the making.
Most obviously they encourage Idolites who visit the to site to, of course,
"vote for the worst."
In addition to trying to sway the vote they also participate in commentaries and dabble in the tabloid-like gossip. They exposed Kellie Pickler's lovable dumb-blonde routine by revealing details in her past that were in direct contrast to the naive hick chick character American was growing to love in a "Return to Mayberry" type style.
Another growing theory that needs to be addressed is the development of
the auto dialing biz DialIdol.com. This program publicly reveals each contestants
phone line popularity. Busy signals equate to the summation that contestant
is fairing well, therefore the program will
automatically dials for the contestant who appears to receiving the the
fewest votes and complete with speed-dial. Based on the technology, the
data collected from Dialidol was used to predict the outcomes of all the
elimination shows. DialIdol had a massively high accuracy rate.
So with the 8th season of American Idol starting on 1-13-2009,
the question remains -- is this truly a valid singing competition or just
another clever ruse to engage viewers in a show whose outcome can be predicted
way in advance. Most importantly is the winner truly the winner or really
just the underdog being assisted through biased websites and superb technology.
Guess we'll just have to watch, and be the judges ourselves.
After weeks of months of auditions thoughout the country and 164 people
being invited to the Hollywood round.
American Idol Judges have come up with the top 36 this year instead
of 24. These male and female contesting via for your vote and the final
American Idol winner.
The Top 12 Female Season 7 American Idol Contestants are:
Alaina Whitaker - Voted Off American
Idol 2-28-08
Alexandrea Lushington - Voted Off American Idol 2-28-08
Amanda Overmeyer Voted Off American Idol 3-18-08
Amy Davis -Voted Off
Brooke White - voted off
Carly Smithson Voted Off
Kady Malloy - Voted Off 3-6-08
Kristy Lee Cook
Voted Off 4-16-08
Ramiele Malubay- Voted off 4-2-08
Syesha Mercado - Voted off 5-14-08
Asiah Epperson - Voted Off 3-6-08
Joanne Borgella - Voted off
The Top 12 Male Season 7 American Idol Contestants are:
Chikezie Eze -Voted Off 3-26-08
Colton Berry - Voted Off
Danny Noriega - Voted Off 3-6-08
David Archuleta
Voted Off
David Cook - Season 7 Winner
David Hernandez - Voted Off 3-12-08
Garrett Haley -voted off
Jason Castro -voted off 5-7-08
Jason Yeager -Voted Off 2-28-08
Luke Menard - Voted Off 3-6-08
Michael Johns -Voted Off 4-10-08
Robbie Carrico - Voted Off American Idol 2-28-08
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