What in the world is wrong with the American Idol voters?
444536
I 100% AGREE WITH YOU!!!!! i am SO MAD that mandisa got voted off last night. ace is not even good looking, he scares me the way he doesn't even look like he is there... and bucky... ACE AND BUCKY ARE SUCKY!! that is my new saying. i agree, elliot and paris did very well on monday, i thought, and even thought bucky did do well, i predict especially him & ace & kellie will have a VERY hard time w/ queen music next week. i am wondering if votefortheworst.com really has that many people on it or if we just don't vote anymore or what... \n---i also agree that people need to remember that this is a singing competition...ace thinks it is a modeling competition, kellie thinks it is a miss personality competition, and bucky does not deserve to be there anymore at all... i think we need to get our selves set straight before next week so we dont vote chris off or something else stupid of that sort...
1143826
We do every couple of years or so its called an election.\n\nThe last presidential election was participated in by about 30% of those eligible to vote.  Pretty pathetic huh?  To put that into perspective more people vote for the American Idol than did for the last president.\n\nIf you are don't like the way things are going, or if you do like them you need to make your thoughts known at the ballot box.\n\nGet your friends involved until people get off their asses and participate nothing is going to change either way.
603969
Sorry, I didn't know the "world" voted for American Idol. It's the USA only. Sad this country cares more about the next idol than the next president figuring more people vote for American Idol that the US presidential election.
393140
nothing is wrong with Americans....there is something wrong with individuals...no mater what their nationality is.  I am sure where ever you live there are crazy people.  It is just the way the world works.
169422
I think they are stupid and some are just wrong, but banned?  That seems a little harsh.  For example, I like country music but many people think its stupid and that some of the songs are just wrong.  I would cry if they banned or censored country though!  Reality shows may fool some people, but people need to learn to judge for themselves what is real and what is fake.  Their is always going to be garbage on t.v., we just need to learn to sift through it.
999351
I completely agree. My think is that not only are they annoying, but people in the age groups that watch it (up and coming teenagers most I guess) stay pretty much ignorant and stereotypical because of them. The OC or Laguna Beach show all these girls still fighting over a dirtbag guy. They still show how to get yourself involved in drama in the stupidest way possible and totally waste your time instead of thinking about higher things. Shows like American Idol just become so formulated that people don't actually try to have original opinions, they try to act like they know how to sing or dance or market a person themselves when really they suck at karaoke. Every teen movie has some kind of nudity or sexual implication involved with it (even that "High School Musical" on Disney pissed me off, although not a reality show, because this kid was pimpin' two girls on an airplane and started making out with them both!) - I'm not an ultra-conservative or anything, but when you see the same things over and over again, it makes you wonder why your boyfriend or why guys think it's okay to cheat, or why they don't feel bad about it, or why girls have to be so damn gossipy and have such low thinking levels. Sometimes I wish I could see a show where someone doesn't give a crap about entertaining someone else or causing drama and actually gets to the top of something. Where someone actually gets degraded if they're a character who pimps everyone or shows off every inch of their body. Like I said, I can have as sense of humor but it pisses me off when it's so prominent that it actually becomes true.
537194
LOL I'm tired of the American Idol questions, too. I'm sorry folks but the show is lame.
1125332
ok, i have always been a fan of american idol, however this season disappointed me so much.  I do not like taylor, i dont think hes marketable, and i saw him on a ford commercial, it was pathetic!!!!
595719
Taylor should be the next American Idol, but the way they are hyping up Kat evrywhere you read. I think America is in for a major let down.
609261
hahaha...true, true. america has lost its music taste...or maybe Idol is rigged. maybe the crew gets to make the decision, not america. who knows? but I think that we will hear from chris again. no, scratch that-I KNOW that we will be hearing from chris again. and he WILL get far, I just know it ;)
573954
Part of the problem could be attributed to their fans, in combination with the dressing room rhetoric which reportedly went downhill during the finals of American Idol.  Split the dressing room right down the middle.  Wade Redden stopped talking altogether when Chris Daughtry was voted off.  Chara said he'd eat anyone who called in and voted for Tyler.  Alfredson still hasn't played at the same level since Clay Aiken, who he likens himself to, lost 3 years ago.  A sad state of affairs indeed.
411062
I don't think that it is more people, it is people voting more than once.  In an election, you only get one vote in American Idol you can vote as many times as you can.
110919
It is shit. European countries send their worst singers to this event. Afterwards, the people of the participating countries can vote. Many countries don´t give the points to the singer who was really the best, they give it to a country they "like".\nThe Eurovision song contest is unfair and the quality of the music is low.
1075864
You asked why "NOBODY" cares to stop the corruption. The fact is that there were thousands of more people voting on the last American Idol competition than voted in the presidential election. Americans 'speak', every day. By not participating in the governmental process they are 'saying' that it is not their responsibility and they do not care.\nTake a look at some of the questions people ask on YA, and some of the answers people are giving. If this forum is representative of American society, it is crystal clear why there is a failure in the American civic structure. A huge percentile of the questions are unintelligible, immoral, grammatically incorrect, etc.\nThe questions are coming from people who are "educated?" in the American schools to which you refer. \nYes, there is corruption, but it might possibly begin in the homes where there are not 2 parents, the television serves as the parent, children are not taught manners and moral behaviour, and immoral behaviour is rewarded. In more eloquent words than my own,Thomas Paine said, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one" , and Ronald Reagan said,  "The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away." \nAccurate commentaries, I think.
672627
American Idol says a lot about modern American culture; only here in this day and age would we choose our celebrities from a panel of game show contestants.\n\ngod help us all
348200
I must preface what I have to say just a bit...I love America, and what I say here is not a reflection on ALL Americans, but how we have gotten the reputation that we have!           I have traveled extensively and it is true Americans are VERY disliked! It because of a few different reasons. One being entitlement. Most American think they are due the best and fastest service, that they are entitled to tell other people how to live and what to believe. We are a nation that is very spoiled and really has no grasp on other peoples lives. Americans...I hate to say are a complacent people also, which leads to mis-understanding from other cultural groups. Finally there is our President...I think from what you wrote above I need not expound on this issue. Yes Americans ARE very dis-liked, but this is not all together unfounded.
1066428
Does that really matter?  Seriously, while all of these "American Idol" people may, and I stress, may have talent, the fact remains that we are a society that focuses on the outer shell of a person.  Lots of women found him sexy, so they tend to vote on looks, outside of him getting massive support from the southern states.. as with Kat -- her voice may be good, her choice of songs really did not showcase her talent.  I only caught glimpses of the show, as I do not support these reality shows.\n\nJust remember that superficially, the better looking of the batch will always make the cut now matter how so-so their talent is.