Idol Confession

Those of you who read my post a long time ago regarding American Idol will be surprised to hear that this season I watched the entire thing from start to finish. Well almost, I didn't record it if I was going to be out, but I always watched some of it if I was home.

Why the change of heart? I'm not sure, but I do have a couple of theories.
1. I normally watch until the final 12 and this year the final 12 was a truly talented bunch of musicians.
2. I usually get frustrated when the top talent gets voted off because they aren't popular. This year that didn't happen (with the exception of Michael Johns, that was a bit of a shocker and the Castro guy should have been one of the first to go).

The format was dry and some of the guest mentors they brought in were lame, but overall I thought the talent (which is the whole reason I watch it) was first rate and there were a number of people who had a chance.

A couple of predictions...
1. There will be more successful musicians produced from this group than any other season.
2. David Archuleta will follow Clay Aiken into obscurity.

The first is because of the talent that these people have. The second is because the kid doesn't have the package. The only thing that could make him popular is if he does the Josh Groban or Michael Buble thing. Right now he doesn't have the charisma or stage presence to pull that type of music off, but his voice doesn't lend itself to any other style. So he either needs to reinvent himself or he needs to go to Dale Carnegie.

Of course, I thought this whole thing was going to die after the first season, so my predictions are likely to be the exact opposite.