And so, here we are. Season 7. Another Season filled with weirdos auditioning, the Idol Blue Censor flag shining over the swearing mouths and the essential Beeper, the Simon haters, the Simon Lovers, the Paula Stalkers, and the absolutely unthinkable. Yeah, no one follows Randy. Of course, there are the brilliant singers as well, who manage to shine even in a crowd of a hundred thousand people auditioning. American Idol Season 7 premiered this Jan 15^th, to almost a clean prime time slot, with almost no competition from rival networks, thanks to the Writers Strike. And with the two episodes a week, 2 hr long audition round episodes, it is pretty much clear; here we go for the roller coaster ride of American Weirdos and Dorks-one weirder and geekier than the other, and yeah! worse in singing.

Idol manages to bring in a new sample every season which almost becomes the season’s Mascot. Remember the legend who started it all-Keith who sang Like a Virgin in his audition, or the immortal William Hung’s “She Bangs”. Season 7’s premiere already has a lot going. The guy in the Princess Leia’s Golden Bikini takes “disgusting” to a new level. Not to forget, he wanted to perform “Don’t Cha!” in front of the trio. I wonder how Dr.Ross Geller would feel about it. Things people do to be on TV. And yeah, the glitter clad, foul mouthed lady who thinks her vocals are comparable to Janis Joplin. A first timer this time though is the guy in the Silver Cloak with a White Hat which reads Simon. You should see this clip to believe me, that someone can actually talk GOOD about the Brit.

Well have to admit, they are showing less of the weird stuff this time around, compared to previous seasons. Or probably, Dallas and Philly don’t have enough of those( which is good, I guess). But then, less weird = a bit boring. Sorry. Of course, my early vote goes for the Next Governor of Texas who sang Queen-Somebody to Love. He has no magical vocals to pull it off, but just for Queen. And then you have the usual chorus-anthems edited into single piece montages of the Not-So-Good-Singers ( read Crap!).
Early bets: Kristy Lee Cook from Oregon. She’s got the looks and the style, and yeah, the voice too.And well before concluding, I must mention, Simon has to find new ways to dump these people to make it more cruel , that’s what Reality TV is all about. All those emotions surging, and the tears dripping. SHUT UP Simon, I mean Sujoy.

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