latimesblogs.latimes.com - 4/24/2008
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What we learned from this week s results show isn t pretty. The performances of any given week don t matter on this season s Idol.
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L.A. Times: Carly Smithson Elimination Undermines American Idol
American Idol Worship —
... Carly Smithson’s booting is not simply unjust; it threatens to undermine the very premise of “American Idol.”
If this show is now officially about well-marketed personalities rather than vocal charisma or even dynamic performance skills, then why not make it a chronicle of the packaging of a pop star, more like MTV’s “Making the Band” or even (though I dread it) “The Search for the Next Doll”?
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