Sorry this show was an example on how stupid American's are. You loved Randy Jackson's limited vocabulary. You also stop voting for who was the best but who had the best sob story. This was suppose to be a singing show not a modern day version of "Queen for a Day". This show did produce some well known talent however I stop watching the year beat box boy kept beat boxing every song when the judges told him to stop, I think his name was Blake and after the show was over "So was his Career". If this show does return as promised I hope they get judges that know how to judge and know more than on noun!

Liked up until tonight, don't get the voting for top 24, way too politically correct by "genre" and demographic- hate we didn't get to see full performance, need to spend less time on opinions of judges!!Hollywood is a rock star!!This season is so surface and dull, tired of words by each judge, bottom line they can be heartless, why even have them connect with the contestants? I love Ryan!! He has integrity and true style. I hate the genre theme this year, why even tell background stories on the contestants!

started in 2002 a talent hunt show the concept of this show was to find and audition thousands of people from different states through the USA upon selection of the best singers among them the competition begins which will lead to one singer that will become winner & called American idol.the show got judges including controversial Simon Cowell among them who is absolutely the most rudest celebrity ever on television thank god they bring Jennifer Lopez now shes doing a better job,its got 13 seasons so far the show did bring out best singers i loved Carrie underwood Kelly Clarkson songs still.its started good until later seasons all the judges were mocking & making fun of contestants behaving like children and auditions became a long running gag reel that never ends i mean these guys don't know an alphabet of music and they judge.the success of this show created worldwide media frenzy other countries also took rights and made their own idol series copying the same concept.we all have seen others shows after this like x factor and etc all over the world this type of nonsense was increased people are totally mad over this now if you take morning show or late night comedy hey who can forget World Wrestling Federation you will see the reflection of American idol written all over it.Overall My Rating For American Idol is 1/10:skipp it

The review I just read was written in 2007. Since then, judges on AI have come and gone. Currently, some people are stating that the show has become about the celebrity judges rather than the contestants. When the show first debuted, few people outside of the music industry knew who Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell were. In 2013, we have four very well- known judges. Some might say that the judges are there for the paycheck, for a break from touring, trying to revive their careers, or have some other questionable motives. I personally think that the quality of singers increases every season. Bad singers are not being put through nearly as often. And while the choice of music might not be the reviewer's cup of tea, some people enjoy hearing music from the past more than listening to what is served up as acceptable music these days. It's all a matter of taste. Even someone like Chris Daughtry can only get into the top ten because so many people in America are voting for reasons other than talent or potential. But in the end, appearing on AI helped his career. The fact that people are exposed to many of the up and coming singers through shows like AI means that the shows are relevant, and will continue to be.