American Idol on the Down-Low

American Idol on the Down-Low by Roxanne McDonald

Not a lot of hype for the most popular (most-watched, most-lucrative) talent show…, but then again, doesn’t really need it.

There may be, for those who live through the true definitions of winter, little to be thrilled about. (Shoveling, surviving the slip and slide sure aren’t it.) But when the first of

January comes around again, many of us have tiny ray of hope shining through onto our simple (or dreary) lives: for we get American Idol teasers and previews and clips that promise another season of talent and beauty and wit.
This season, the first television commercial I saw aired on December 23, on (of course) CBS, during the fifth installment of “The Amazing Race” (another show I have gripes about—as it advertises a time that is actually taken by “60 Minutes,” so you can’t TiVo or DVR it unless you include the hour following–but I digress back to Idol).

Too, it’s nice to not be led on for months, or forced to future-trip (the way we have to for Xmas, which is on the store shelves and piped through the looped muzak machine as early as September and October), nice not to be burdened or teased.

But it is also fun to get what you can allow yourself to be fooled into believing are exclusive leaks.

So. Got any? The official American Idol site has a few potential auditioner interview clips—and I say potential because the preliminary bits and bites or bytes aren’t necessarily an indication of what’s to come or what’s to be emphasized.

The Idol site also has some good interim activity, of course, including the buzz, blogs, boards, and game(s). Or is that animated American Idol game long gone?

Oh, and, there’s a quick poll:

Out of these former contestants, who do you think would win?

Jennifer Hudson
Elliot Yamin
Chris Daughtry
Clay Aiken
Tamyra Gray
Constantine Maroulis (to whom I apologize for misspelling his name in the past!)

So I of course stuck with one of my all-time favorites (since Bo Bice wasn’t on the list, dammit), and found I was not alone. As of my voting time, noon on Christmas Eve, 2007, these were the results:

Jennifer Hudson-1% 486
Elliott Yamin-1% 957
Chris Daughtry-17% 15219
Clay Aiken- 50% 46015
Tamyra Gray-1% 1252
Constantine Maroulis- 31%

Then again, I wouldn’t take any more stock in these poll results than I would in the teasers and previews…, for, if you would, add up those numbers. When did 101% replace 100?

Lovingly looking forward anyway.

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