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May 17, 2007
"American Idol"
**FYI: If you're interested in having your comments heard in my forthcoming "American Idol" story in The Sun e-mail me at aravens@lowellsun.com.**
Idol Breakdown
Melinda Doolittle has the best voice, but America doesn’t care.
The “American Idol” odds on favorite was ousted Wednesday evening, leaving Fox’s big karaoke contest with two remaining contestants: 17-year-old Jordin Sparks and 25-year-old Blake Lewis.
I’ll go out on limb here and predict three years from now you won’t recall anything about Sparks or Lewis, but you will remember Doolittle’s rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Believe in You and Me.”
But the show never really was about finding a true winner, fulfilling dreams or even the snappy judges: It’s all about the ratings, baby.
While “American Idol” ratings remain off by about 10 percent compared to years past, the show is still ranked No. 1 with an average of 25 to 28 million viewers per episode. Still, a recent episode of Fox’s medical drama “House” bested “Idol.”
But if I were host Ryan Seacrest or judge and executive producer Simon Cowell, I wouldn’t be shaking in my stage boots. There’s still plenty of bad and good singers left to grace the good old tube.
Later,
Andy
Posted by Andy Ravens at May 17, 2007 11:51 AM