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by Danny Gallagher, posted Dec 15th 2008 12:09PM
For those of who actually care about American Idol -- and you have the random body part that Randy Jackson signed and haven't washed since to prove it -- there are some changes coming to the new millennium's answer to The Gong Show. Fox officials will confirm some of these changes at a press conference today to respond to rumors leaked to the Internet, that glorious wonderland of movie rumors and girl-on-girl pornography.
The Hollywood Reporter said a unidentified fan site received a staff memo from a show employee and leaked some of the potential changes. Sadly, none of them involve fitting the panel with dog shock collars that activate when they speak or letting Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten sit in as a guest judge.
The next season could focus less on the auditions and more on the actual competition, which would bring more focus on the talent and less focus on the talent that can make God cry. This has to be a bad move on their part because it violates the jungle law of reality television, which is to humiliate wannabes and losers for doing whatever they can to get on television.
I'm sure the people who tune in for the music (I'm guessing these people also watch the show in closed captioning) will find this a welcome change. However, it could alienate the sicker among us who get a schadenfreude boner when someone thinks they can sing just because they won a tri-county hog calling contest.
This also means the semifinal round will have more episodes than previous years . This will give the audience more chances to vote on their favorite contestants. Meanwhile, the phone companies will make even more money from teenage girls driving up their parents' cell phone bills with an even more endless stream of text messages. We're in a recession. Deal with it.
The show will also bring back the "wild card" round. This round will bring back one eliminated contestant for the chance to come back on the show and be humiliated on national television a second time when they get voted off again.
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