The big concern for American Idol 2011 was that once Simon Cowell had left the audience would too. Apparently that is not the case for the new season after all. Relative to past seasons, Idol ratings are actually doing better!
This past Wednesday’s episode pulled in 25.2 million viewers and dropped only 5% from the season premiere episode (note: a drop in ratings from premiere episodes is normal and expected for all shows). Compare that to the year before when the second week’s episode dropped 14%.
It gets better though for Thursday night’s show. The second week dropped only 3% from the week before and brought in 22.2 million viewers. Wow.
So for all those who were predicting (maybe even hoping) the new season of American Idol would fizzle out and die, it’s just not happening. For the rest of you, grab a golden ticket because this season is about to take off!
Another week, another batch of American Idol golden ticket holders heading to Hollywood. With 53 golden tickets in Milwaukee and too many given out in Nashville the new judges will next head to Austin for the final week of auditions.
Most seasons the audition rounds seem to endlessly loop while we wait for the real action, but this year has been a little better so far. Interestingly, and maybe it’s just me (probably is), but it’s felt like the 2-hour Wednesday shows have been a little more positive with better singers and more interesting stories while Thursday shows have featured more of the “they can’t be serious” auditioners.
Who stood out for you this week? Milwaukee’s discussions have heavily featured Chris Medina and his heart breaker story (not all reactions were supportive) while Nashville closed with its ringer, Lauren Alaina, the young singer Nigel Lythgoe has been anxious for us to see. You can watch both their performances below.
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This is the dawning of the age of Randy Jackson,
as he comes out of the woodwork as a judge. How much do we know about
Randy, really? It's time for us, and Randy, to find out just exactly who
he is.Welcome to Randy Jackson Personality Watch Season 10, in which we examine Randy Jackson's ever-evolving personality as a judge on American Idol. This is Week 2.
Maybe I was a little hard on Randy last week. He's probably not a dick. Please understand that I watch Randy so closely out of love, or maybe an Ali-Larter-in-Obsessed-like fascination. So until Beyonce kicks me down the stairs or lets me drop through a hole in the attic onto a glass coffee table two stories below, I will continue to love Randy Jackson. (What do you mean you haven't seen Obsessed? It's on Netflix Instant Watch! You have no excuse!)
There isn't a full Moon over Hollywood, is there? Because there's a lot of crazy making the TV rounds lately. And I'm not sure if anything else -- ignoring the obvious explanations of drugs and insanity -- can fully explain what's been coming out from Charlie Sheen, Tracy Morgan and Steven Tyler.
Sometimes I wish what Randy said two nights ago -- that this season of American Idol is "the unassuming season" -- would come true.
In a way, yes, it has. Maybe it's just me, but there certainly have been a lot of hopefuls who don't look like they'd impress but end up doing more than that. A part of me wants to blame it on the proliferation of classical instruments in indie music. But I realize not everybody is into it, so we'll end up with pop upstarts who'll slightly border on brash. Now, I'm not saying it's a bad thing: We do need our Katy Perrys and our Lady Gagas, but we need a little variety too.
This is the dawning of the age of Randy Jackson,
as he comes out of the woodwork as a judge. How much do we know about
Randy, really? It's time for us, and Randy, to find out just exactly who
he is. Welcome to Randy Jackson Personality Watch Season 10, in which we examine Randy Jackson's ever-evolving personality as a judge on American Idol. This is Week 2.
Sometimes I wish what Randy said two nights ago -- that this season of American Idol is "the unassuming season" -- would come true.