Today I went to a taping of American Idol. The audience was filled with young kids with their parents. I was so tired and feeling a bit sick. All I wanted to do was read my book (Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood) in silence but the fluffer kept trying to get everyone riled up. I should have brought earplugs for the 7 year olds that kept shrieking at any little opportunity.
David Duchovny did a little promo, and Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas performed LIVE. I saw Shirley Halperin which saved me. She is doing coverage of Idol for the LA Times. I’m glad she got an interview with the glass blowing boss who won’t shave his beard till Siohban gets voted off. I wonder if that means he won’t shave his dreads either.
I got some insight into this strange love of mainstream america. I suppose it’s about the stories of people living out their dreams – till Simon Cowell snubs them out much like one might dig their heel into a lit cigarette. That’s alright. He’ll be leaving soon. And Britain will be bringins us X Factor, or so says my friend Sally Dawson, the ultimate Dawsonator.
Ellen DeGeneres has her one woman entourage, in the form of her doting wife Portia De Rossi.
Check out Siohban’s cool hair…
http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season_9/siobhan_magnus/
