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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PEBKAC
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 1:31pm
Joined: 16 Apr 2007

"Isn't it about time American Idol stops blatantly lying to its viewers?"

not while there's still money to be made off of suckers.

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PEBKAC
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 1:32pm
Joined: 16 Apr 2007

heated competition with Yanni?

but... isn't Yanni dead?

:P

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BeckEye
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 1:37pm
Joined: 20 Feb 2008

"I was a rabbit until I met you."

I could totally see David Archuleta singing that with a straight face.

Although the "good enough to eat" lyric clearly belongs in a Michael Johns song. :)

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jawajedi
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 3:46pm
Joined: 16 Mar 2007

The eagle and rabbit will become one
when eagle swoops down out of the sky...
aye aye aye...
and eats said rabbit.

Oooohhhhh oohhhhhhhhh

Mmmmmm Mmmmm good..... (sample of Campbell's Soup jingle).

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Mulishass
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 6:46pm
Joined: 27 Mar 2008

I guess a Vote for the Worst Song campaign would be futile what with the whole thing being rigged and all, but damn if we couldn't have fun with it.

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PiratePoppet
Posted: March 28, 2008 - 9:55pm
Joined: 20 Feb 2008

LMAO! That was terrible elvenjewel.(Which in this case means it was great.)
Celtic women background singers, eh? I can see Carly doing this song now.

elvenjewel
Posted: March 29, 2008 - 12:44am
Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Yes, that is totally fitting for David Archuleta, isn't it? :)

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elvenjewel
Posted: March 29, 2008 - 12:45am
Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Yes, it's the tragic and very short-lived tale of a rabbit who falls hopelessly in love with an eagle.

The rabbit DID get its wish, though. :)

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elvenjewel
Posted: March 29, 2008 - 12:47am
Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Thank you. Don't forget the sweeping strings, and the nature video in the background! :)

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scoobsnack
Posted: March 29, 2008 - 2:45am
Joined: 29 Mar 2008

Totally ghey.

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