American Idol Almost over!!!!!

Ok. Let's get it out of the way, I am not a fan anymore. I was, but American Idol lost their touch somewhere around Clay Aiken. He was a true success story and so was his skinny black friend Reuben Studdard. By the way, Reuben's album "The Return" is really good.

Normally, I would be all for a crazy quirk like the songwriting contest. But it has killed the shows momentum in the final stages. Lackluster songs, performed lucklusterly. I even put one in a few years ago and was privy to inside information as I have a friend that works with some of the people that works with the THE people. All hush hush stuff.

First: There was a submission fee, which should always be seen with a critical eye in the music business. It is the stuff of songsharks.
Second: They could not have possibly listened to every submission. They used HSS (another story).
Third: It was painfully apparent that favorites were played and the song that made it was not a homegrown product.

So, KILL the songwriter portion of the show- GAIN those 7 million of us you lost and PAY Diane Warren for the song you need, Simple.