American Idol is one of the various reality television shows today. Over 18 million people watch the show twice weekly. American Idol pertains to business as well as entertainment. To be a contestant on American Idol you have to be a U.S. Citizen between the age of 16 and 24. If you are under the age of 18 you have to be accompanied by an adult. The show starts off with many people who are competing to be finalists, but only twelve will make it. At the end of the season only one of the twelve will get to be the American Idol and get a career in the entertainment industry. Each show has theme and all twelve finalists has to perform according to the theme. On Tuesday they perform and on Wednesday the result of Tuesday's performance comes on unless there are different allegations found about a contestant and they are disqualified. American Idol contestants face different challenges such as being eliminated from the contest, psychological changes, and career opportunities after appearing on the show, but also is a great opportunity for the contestants to pursue careers in the entertainment industry.
Many contestants are eliminated by the voters or disqualified by the producers. At the end of each show the three contestants with the lowest number of viewers votes are brought back out. Out of those three contestant the one with the lowest number of votesis eliminated by the viewers. Contestants Julia DeMato, Charles Grigsby, and Vanessa Olivarez were eliminated by the viewers within the past three weeks. Those that are disqualified are disqualified for not meeting the age requirements, falsifying documentation, and criminal background. Contestant Delano Cagnolatti was disqualified because he falsified his age. According to Bloomberg, Cagnolatti claimed early that he was 23 when in fact he 29 (60). The producers found out Cagnolatti's real age when he asked to sing a song of his own creation.
Who can forget about American Idol? ... Other than that the show is great America gets a new celebrity and it is one they picked not one that just popped up somewhere on Disney or Nickelodeon. ... Reality TV has been named America's latest obsession and its true. ...
Some how the American youth has turned it's back on reality with lights and pretty faces. ... We watch movies with idiotic pop idols that have no true meaning behind their music, why? ... It is a pathetic fact that American youth has watched this cheesy pop luster form, grow, and continue to expand after major catastrophic events. ... We sat back and watched pop idols get old, have children, and return to the stage. ... The things that use to shock and awe American society has been dealt with and accepted. ...
Compared to TV in America, they can get away with showing a lot more risqué stuff in Japan. ... Violence too can be shown in a lot more detail than American shows. ... In America, comics are only for children or people who are "not cool."" ... As in America, popular Japanese music seems to be primarily based on advertising and commercialization. ... Because J-pop idols are based mainly on appearance more than talent or singing ability, these idols also send a shock wave through the fashion world, and impressionable young people everywhere cling on to the stupidest of fashions simply bec...
The Great American Poets During the nineteenth century, many new authors blossomed in America. ... He was truly, the first mature American Romantic. ... He was the first American to receive such an honor. ... Many authors look to these idols for inspiration and encouragement when writing their poems. They blazed the trial of which American literature traveled down, and gained the respect and integrity that American literature deserved. ...
America's culture and morality were exclusive in the world. ... America's troubles were found in the tiny country of Vietnam. ... Americans feared that there was worse to come. ... In the 1970s America had a great deal of activist art, mostly just second-rate. ... The idea that virtue may lie in the breaking of idols, the scorning of the visual and the luxurious, is not easily forgotten. ...
This has some dangers because this means that American people depend on the media way too much. ... Today, people confuse the meaning of a hero with the meaning of what an idol is. An idol is someone or something people worship as a god, or someone who is loved with an excessive amount. ... Athletes and celebrities are idols in the eyes of the public. Idols usually bring glory and success upon themselves and they do not make an effort to help others. ...
Also that night it seemed that America was put to a standstill. ... (Bedford) This generation had the money to buy merchandise, the desire for a creative outlet and the need for idols. ... This film was widely viewed by both the British and American youths. Their Mop-top haircuts and unusual clothing style were being imitated in both America and Britain. ... Come 1965, John Lennon expressed that he felt very tired of acting as a pop idol just to remain successful and wanted to alter the bands "boy-girl" oriented lyrics. ...
He destroyed shrines of pagan worship and set forth to cleanse his land of the sins committed on behalf of idols. One only has to look toward 2 Kings, chapter 23 to see the list of shrines, towns, and idols to see the dedication of Josiah and the lengths of his labors at renewal. ... Josiah sought to make the location unfit for future idol worship so he unearthed the bones of the idol priests from the close by cemetery and burned them on Jeroboam's altar. This act of burning the bones of the idol priests fulfilled a 300 year old prophecy spoken in the days of Jeroboam. ... House, The N...
" (Seabrook, 2012) PSY is also nowhere near the chiselled and suave look expected of male K-pop idols and especially was not handpicked by an agency after going through years of the cutthroat rookie-training process. ... This dissertation examines the expectations of a K-pop idol and what they are trained to represent in both the South Korean and international landscape of celebrity culture. ... One such way is having a certain amount of physical copies bought providing benefits to the fan such as entry into an exclusive event where they and others like them can meet and interact with...
