March 14, 2004
who is the real american idol?
last week, i saw the american idol special which showcased the awful rejects of the initial auditions. of course, the highlight of the show was william hung, who unflinchingly told the viewers everywhere that he already signed up for a musical contract with a bona fide recording company. i thought it was an unnecessary, cruel, and sarcastic jab at the naive mr. hung, making him believe in such, but it turns out, i was wrong. from what i've read in the forums recently, it is true. william hung is now a recording artist. who would have thunk it, right?
this may seem to prove that the real american idol is mr. hung. people loved him! they really did! he didn't even need the show to serve as a jumpstart for his singing career. whoever wins the american idol title gets to release his or her album only a year (more or less) after he or she wins, but mr. hung gets to release it in way less than that time. i bet his 15 minutes of fame will seem much longer than the 15 minutes of fame of most of the 12 finalists.
but of course, we all know the real story. he's in the losing end. he's in the limelight to be laughed at. yes, i guess it's okay to laugh at these people for the entirety of the season (where the show repeatedly tortures us with horrible footages of these rejects) because i think they themselves are partly to blame. they knew the consequences, and yet they still went on. some of them (those fame whores who just love to mug the camera and flaunt their talentless, yet shameless selves) may even deserve this. karma, so to speak. but from what i saw from the interviews and other video snippets, i think mr. hung was sincere in pursuing this dream, even how delusional it was to most of us. maybe i'm just fooled by the innocence of his face or the ignorance in his words, but that was how he came across to me. to mess with the guy's head is just cruel. and it's appalling to see the support this cruelty is getting. american idol, of course, but i already expected this kind of humiliation from that classless show. but other recording companies? wtf? i don't get it. who would want to buy his album? wouldn't he just be driven into a greater depression once he sees the sales for his album? i, for one, won't be buying it (if ever it finds its way here in the philippines).
who's the real american idol? i don't know. i'm a filipino, and i shouldn't even care about a show that i can't even participate in. much more so when said show lacks class and prides itself in humiliating people. but all the same i'm hooked. what does that say about me? i don't like to admit it, but i guess i'm as much a loser as william hung is.
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