Comments on: "Idol" Wednesday http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/25/idol-wednesday/ Movies, TV and Popular Culture with Rich Heldenfels Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: rheldenfels http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/25/idol-wednesday/#comment-762 rheldenfels Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:27:06 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=933#comment-762 Nancy, here's how it worked in Cleveland: Between 8,000 and 10,000 people showed up for auditions at Browns Stadium. They sang in small groups for producers and other "judges" from the show. From that lot, 400 to 500 were brought back for a second audition (this one indoors) with the producers. About 100 were then chosen to audition for Simon, Randy and Paula (as well as LL Cool J, a guest judge in Cleveland). I don't have a number on how many are brought in to be abused but, as you can tell, a fair number are let through. I don't have an answer for the listings question. Will see what I can find out. Gus, I am sure there would have been other arguments, not that we needed them. And Malcolm Abram also noted Sager's Joan Collins-y look in our podcast. Nancy, here's how it worked in Cleveland: Between 8,000 and 10,000 people showed up for auditions at Browns Stadium. They sang in small groups for producers and other "judges" from the show. From that lot, 400 to 500 were brought back for a second audition (this one indoors) with the producers. About 100 were then chosen to audition for Simon, Randy and Paula (as well as LL Cool J, a guest judge in Cleveland). I don't have a number on how many are brought in to be abused but, as you can tell, a fair number are let through.
I don't have an answer for the listings question. Will see what I can find out.
Gus, I am sure there would have been other arguments, not that we needed them. And Malcolm Abram also noted Sager's Joan Collins-y look in our podcast.

]]> By: Gus http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/25/idol-wednesday/#comment-761 Gus Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:53:01 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=933#comment-761 I'm not so sure of Sarah's sob story. It seemed very well-rehearsed and timed to me, up to and including the phone call to her dad. I wouldn't be surprised if her dad was sitting next to Jonny Fairplay from Survivor's grandmother. I also have to wonder how many more arguments there would have been over several of the contestants who made it through had Simon been there for all of the second day of auditions. And when did Carole Bayer Sager turn into Joan Collins? I'm not so sure of Sarah's sob story. It seemed very well-rehearsed and timed to me, up to and including the phone call to her dad. I wouldn't be surprised if her dad was sitting next to Jonny Fairplay from Survivor's grandmother.

I also have to wonder how many more arguments there would have been over several of the contestants who made it through had Simon been there for all of the second day of auditions. And when did Carole Bayer Sager turn into Joan Collins?

]]> By: nancy yockey bonar http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/01/25/idol-wednesday/#comment-760 nancy yockey bonar Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:27:33 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/?p=933#comment-760 American Idol -- Am sure you're written about this before, possibly during past Cleveland Idol auditions. Might want to use percentages for below. (1) Of the thousands who show up for auditions, how many actually audition? How are they "weeded out?" (2) Who presides/judges for these preliminary auditions? (3) How many times might a contestant audition before moving to the televised Jackson, Abdula, Cowell judging? (4) How many actually make it to the aforementioned judging panel? (5) Of those who audition, how many are purposely chosen as "embarrassing, non-talent" for televised appearances before Jackson, Abdula, Cowell? TV Schedule -- Is it my imagine or are most popular weekly show listings no longer, or seldom, carrying (N) designations? Would be interesting to know how much viewership Top Chef lost with its long hiatus before last night's semi-finals in Hawaii. Drove me up a wall to have to check reruns, reruns, reruns, reruns before finally figuring out when two finals would finally run. American Idol –

Am sure you're written about this before, possibly during past Cleveland Idol auditions. Might want to use percentages for below.

(1) Of the thousands who show up for auditions, how many actually audition? How are they "weeded out?"

(2) Who presides/judges for these preliminary auditions?

(3) How many times might a contestant audition before moving to the televised Jackson, Abdula, Cowell judging?

(4) How many actually make it to the aforementioned judging panel?

(5) Of those who audition, how many are purposely chosen as "embarrassing, non-talent" for televised appearances before Jackson, Abdula, Cowell?

TV Schedule –

Is it my imagine or are most popular weekly show listings no longer, or seldom, carrying (N) designations?

Would be interesting to know how much viewership Top Chef lost with its long hiatus before last night's semi-finals in Hawaii. Drove me up a wall to have to check reruns, reruns, reruns, reruns before finally figuring out when two finals would finally run.

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