American Idol Recap – Thursday February 4, 2010

Okay last night’s show kind of stunk.  No offense Fox – I am not biting the hand that feeds me – merely nipping at it.  Instead of the show being set in a new interesting American city location, it was simply a hodge-podge of all the auditions that have already happened in all the previous seven cities.  They merely patched together other auditions that we hadn’t seen already. At first, I had no idea they were doing this—hello I need a memo---- and I kept getting confused who the guest judge was.  One second it was Victoria Pencil Beckham, the next clip it seemed to be charismatic, award winning Kristen Chenoweth and yet I saw a brief clip of the black-haired mop head from a ridiculously popular boys’ band.  There were a few flash frames of Avril Lavigne wearing her cat hoodie –that seemed surreal taken out of context -- and dashing, intelligent Neil Patrick Harris.

So desperate for content, the producers had this silly segment called “The Fakeout” which was a montage of contestants who get golden tickets….umm.. faking us out.  They exit the audition room with the pout turned on and with a crestfallen look.  Then just when you think it’s over, the contestant whips out the golden ticket from under their shirt, behind their back, from within their bra or even from the odorous area in the front or back of their pants.  Please.  Who is “faked out” by this? Not me. Just watch any American Idol show where a contestant is told no and you will see that truly rejected contestants act quite differently.  They emit dejected screams and cry like a two year old whose puppy was just kidnapped by Michael Vick.

Help is on its way, hold on fans.  Ellen is coming!  Tuesday, February 9th will see the Emmy winning talk show host slide in next to Simon Cowell and start clowning.  The elimination process will begin and the contestants being booted will be even more angry and crushed.  Must watch television.