At the risk of being crucified for insulting the most popular TV show,like, EVER, I feel it must be pointed out that American Idol clearlyjumped Read the full post.
May 22
2007
10:00 AM ET
Season 6: The year 'Idol' jumped the shark
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Sorry, I meant Season 7 better be all that and a bag of chips. We’re in Season 6 now. Duh.
This was definitely not a stellar season for the show. I think part of the problem was we didn’t feel any connection to the contestants and that’s the show’s fault. They focused more on the celebrity guests than them. We didn’t hardly get any backstory on them so we didn’t connect with them. They shld have less celebrity guests next season.
Mike Bruno thinks AI has jumped the shark and yet, EW’s front page is full of AI, day after day.
Hey Elizabeth, I see what you’re talking about. Wow! It’ll be interesting to see which ‘style’ of cover they choose. This is going to be Beyonce on the cover of Vanity Fair all over again…
Reminds me more of the OJ Simpson magazine cover controversy. It’s not exactly a subtle difference!!!
So glad someone finally said it! I came into this season with a “this better be good” attitude after Katherine and Taylor made it to last year’s finals over Chris and Elliot. And as this season has worn on I stopped voting or paying much attention. It sucked for me! I will not be watching the finale either tonight or tomorrow.
So long as AI gets the ratings they will continue to use their tired formula and talentless contestants.
Every YEAR, Every YEAR, there is someone who gets father than he should or she should. So Sanjaya is just this year’s Kevin or John Stevens. Blake is talented, not my cup of tea but I can see how he got votes. Idol Gives Back was CHARITY. So that was good for the show, sure they shouldn’t make it a regular deal. But it was a nice change. And EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR, someone leaves before they should. Melinda is just this years Mandisa, LaToya, etc… So why is it such a shock and jump the shark offense when it always happens. And Melinda didn’t need to win. She’s going to fine. You can argue that Jordin or even Blake needs the win, for the push in their career. Melinda doesn’t. Yes this hasn’t been the greatest year…but every year there has been a subpar year, and the show comes back flying in January with bigger ratings. So I am not worried about American Idol’s future at all. It’s still leading the ratings!
This was really a weird year for Idol. It started w/no decent men and very few noteworthy women. Jordin is the most improbed I think but I am shocked that Melinda didn’t make it to finals. Really weird year.
Don’t you mean “Season 6: The Year That LaKisha Ate The Shark”?
Glad I’m not the only one to feel that way. I had to make my TiVo cuts over the weekend – and for the first time ever AI didn’t make the cut. Pretty sad for the Final Two.
Idol jumped the shark for me last season when Chris went home. Once I saw Sanjaya this year, I quit watching. I still know what’s going on because even Today covers AI, but I haven’t watched once since the voting started.
Daang, Bruno shows up to Popwatch and comes out of his corner swingin’!
I have to point out the term Jump the shark has become a cliché and a half. I mean, the term goes all the way back to friggin’ happy days, and just yesterday folks on these very comment boards were stating they felt the term “jump the shark” had itself jumped the shark. And dude, the term gets dropped by EW’s bloggers several times a week. So my friends, it’s time for a new term for shows who’ve outlived their usefulness to society. How about “the show’s lost Mulder” as in, how the X files tried to stay on the air after losing their main character. Or “the show added a kid” to denote how many shows got sucky once one of the main characters got pregnant (Married with Children, gorunded for life, Mad about you, which arguably, always sucked).
Someone hook an hermano up. I know some commenter has the perfect term and we need you like Leia needs Obi Wan. You’re our only hope!
The season started off badly when some of the best contestants didn’t even make the cut. Most of the finalists were BORING.
I personally wish they would change the voting so that we vote for who we want to kick off, instead of who we want to keep. I think that would allow for fewer contestants to make it farther than they should, as the votes wouldn’t be as spread out.
Ep, the perfect one would be the kid that they added to The Brady Bunch. You know – the one with the bowl cut and big glasses. Give me a second, and I will think of his name…
AH HA!!! Cousin Oliver. Instead of “Jump The Shark”, we can say something like, “American Idol went all Oliver in Season 6″! Anyone agree with that?