I'd say that Peter Gabriel would never let Idol fuck his music over in any form. Nor would a lot of artists - the negative outweighs any positive from exposure. Your artistic vision is shat upon by Nigel and Rickey Minor then screamed by some hack to imbeciles who think Bon Jovi is music. If I was a serious song writer, I'd never want my music associated with this dreck.

And the British show stole the concept from 'Popstars', which originated in New Zealand. it's just a shinier version.

I'm sure the people this Blogger has spoken of are cool in a real arts-ee fart-see setting but I have to agree with TRP. American Idol is mainstream. Period. To suggest the producers would even entertain the thought of non commercial artists is to also believe pigs fly.

Yes! And replaced by Barry Manilow for maximum levels of suckage.