7.15.16 Adam News and Info
Jul 15, 2016 10:38:03 GMT -5
Post by wal on Jul 15, 2016 10:38:03 GMT -5
I don't remember seeing this posted, Adam mention:
Lÿndsey Parker @lyndseyparker 20h
.@americanidol was snubbed by @televisionacad this year & I am NOT PLEASED. Here's my rant! (cc: @dizzyfeet) #emmys
www.yahoo.com/music/why-american-idol-should-have-been-nominated-for-an-emmy-this-year-190846627.html
Why ‘American Idol’ Should Have Been Nominated for an Emmy This Year
Lyndsey Parker
Managing Editor
July 14, 2016
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Sure, American Idol may have had better years than 2016. But the Kelly Clarkson-launching juggernaut should have won multiple times in the past, when the show not only dominated but completely changed television and pop culture in general. (Instead, Idol lost a whopping eight – EIGHT!! – times to Emmy darling The Amazing Race. Seriously, eight times???) What about Season 2, when the famously controversial Ruben-vs.-Clay showdown divided households? Or Season 3, the year of Fantasia’s “Summertime” and the season that discovered future Oscar/Golden Globe/Grammy-winner Jennifer Hudson? Or Season 5 — the year of Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry, and Kellie Pickler — when Idol garnered a nightly ratings average of 30 million viewers and had the power to book Prince as a surprise finale performer? What about Season 7, when the introduction of musical instruments, not to mention David Cook’s radical rock remakes of pop standards, absolutely altered what longtime viewers thought Idol could be? What about Season 8, when overnight sensation Adam Lambert’s daringly theatrical performances thrilled viewers and kept office watercooler chatter going strong week after week? And what about the Season 10 reboot, when fun new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler confounded all doubters (who’d assumed American Idol was just The Simon Cowell Show), and the program still had enough of a hold on the nation’s collective psyche that the elimination of a ninth-place hopeful, Pia Toscano, could practically break the Internet?
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Lÿndsey Parker @lyndseyparker 20h
.@americanidol was snubbed by @televisionacad this year & I am NOT PLEASED. Here's my rant! (cc: @dizzyfeet) #emmys
www.yahoo.com/music/why-american-idol-should-have-been-nominated-for-an-emmy-this-year-190846627.html
Why ‘American Idol’ Should Have Been Nominated for an Emmy This Year
Lyndsey Parker
Managing Editor
July 14, 2016
..
Sure, American Idol may have had better years than 2016. But the Kelly Clarkson-launching juggernaut should have won multiple times in the past, when the show not only dominated but completely changed television and pop culture in general. (Instead, Idol lost a whopping eight – EIGHT!! – times to Emmy darling The Amazing Race. Seriously, eight times???) What about Season 2, when the famously controversial Ruben-vs.-Clay showdown divided households? Or Season 3, the year of Fantasia’s “Summertime” and the season that discovered future Oscar/Golden Globe/Grammy-winner Jennifer Hudson? Or Season 5 — the year of Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry, and Kellie Pickler — when Idol garnered a nightly ratings average of 30 million viewers and had the power to book Prince as a surprise finale performer? What about Season 7, when the introduction of musical instruments, not to mention David Cook’s radical rock remakes of pop standards, absolutely altered what longtime viewers thought Idol could be? What about Season 8, when overnight sensation Adam Lambert’s daringly theatrical performances thrilled viewers and kept office watercooler chatter going strong week after week? And what about the Season 10 reboot, when fun new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler confounded all doubters (who’d assumed American Idol was just The Simon Cowell Show), and the program still had enough of a hold on the nation’s collective psyche that the elimination of a ninth-place hopeful, Pia Toscano, could practically break the Internet?
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