Do Not Enter the American Idol Songwriting Competition

Posted by thefunnystone on March 27th, 2008 at 12:58 PM
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The lame songwriting contest is back on American Idol this year. Should you enter? Of course not! AmericanIdolExposed has a great site that explains just why you shouldn't waste your time. Among the reasons:

  • The contest promotes itself as finding "amateur" or "undiscovered" songwriters, but that isn't the case. The winners of the contest last year, Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody, had already written 14 number 1 hits and 20 top 10 hits for artists like John Tesh, Jaci Velasquez, and Rebecca Saint James.
  • 10 different songwriters who made the short list last year had prior working relationships with either American Idol judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, American Idol bandleader Rickey Minor, American Idol Host Ryan Seacrest, a former American Idol finalist, or Fox Television.
  • Idol made $ 250,000 last year by charging each of the 25,000 entrants a $10 fee. Why charge a fee to enter a contest that's rigged for professional songwriters anyway?

Notice how when the voting starts up, the songwriters aren't listed? How have the plants infiltrated everything associated with American Idol? Isn't it about time American Idol stops blatantly lying to its viewers?

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PiratePoppet
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 3:47pm
Joined: 20 Feb 2008

Those instructions are even more lies. It should read something like "We're looking for professional songwriters who can write a cheesy song with generic lyrics about overcoming obstacles and capturing your dreams that tweentards will think is LYKE THE GREATEST SONG EVAH!!!1111!!!"

Why did I ever love this show? Thank God I came over to the dark side.

CaptainShakespeare
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 4:28pm
Joined: 22 Feb 2008

There has to be something illegal about this. I'd like to hire Phineas Turtlebottom Esq. on behalf of amateur songwriters everywhere.

CaptainShakespeare
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 4:29pm
Joined: 22 Feb 2008

I think they're Christian artists.

shandorra
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 4:31pm
Joined: 29 Apr 2007

John Tesh, Jaci Velasquez and Rebecca St James are pretty famous in the Christian music industry (well, probably not Tesh, yuck). What bothers me is that a Christian songwriter and artist himself, Krippayne, and pastor Peabody would attach themselves to a money-hungry monster like AI. Apparently Jesus lived by the mantra "what would seacrest do".

Scott Baio
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 5:08pm
Joined: 05 Mar 2008

Ahem, it is Phineas J. Turtlebottom, Esq., and he may or may not take your case. He's been in a little trouble with the Bar Association lately. Mainly for practicing law without a license.

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crazytom
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 5:42pm
Joined: 22 Mar 2007

John Tesh was formerly on Entertainment Tonight, opposite Mary Hart. (Why do I know this stuff? Shoot me)

Anywho, he decided being a pretty talking head wasn't enough so he got into New Age music. Now he and Yanni are in a pretty heated competion.

Yeah, re-read that beauty: he and Yanni are in a pretty heated competition. For what, I can't imagine. Crappiest. Artist. Ever?

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smarterthanpickler
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 5:45pm
Joined: 08 Aug 2006

Is there anything on American Idol that isn't a fraud?

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nitrozsz
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 5:55pm
Joined: 28 Feb 2008

I was actually thinking about writing the worst possible song I could think of, due to the standard that "This is my Now" set for contests like these.

Hmmmm...wonder if I still should. Just for the lulz.

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rickyrat
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 6:13pm
Joined: 27 Mar 2007

Man, just when you think AI couldn't suck any more, they pull out the big suck guns. From now on, anyone who writes in with one of those "Why do you want to ruin AI?" letters should be immediately directed to this post.

cjccjc99
Posted: March 27, 2008 - 6:21pm
Joined: 19 Feb 2008

Well, by that criteria, Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills" qualifies.