Are you an American Idol fan? Were you bored with having to attend till January to look at the season eleven premiere of Idol? Well, Fox had the solution for you last night: The premiere of The X issue, a reality competition singing show complete with heart-wrenching stories and a judge’s panel that has Idol alums Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul. (Read our recap here.) Sound familiar? Inevitably, the similarities between Idol and X issue can lead us to raise the question, that show is better? after all, it’s so much early on to inform — though last night’s ratings worked in Idol‘s favor — however, at now, we are able to compare the 2 series’ audition method. to create it truthful, I created absolute to argue the difficulty with a fellow Idol die-hard, Adam B. Vary, who tried to convince me that X Factor‘s auditions were enjoyable, despite the schmaltz, the mediocre talent that in no means approached Kelly Clarkson levels of amazingness, and also the utter lack of Ryan Seacrest. (Believe me, I’m shocked myself to be writing the last a part of that sentence.) scan our exchange below, and allow us to recognize within the comments who you agree with!
KATE WARD: I’m an enormous fan of Idol and Simon Cowell. Therefore, i used to be dying to like The X issue. But, instead, the sole letter i used to be seeing throughout the primary audition episode of the season was Zzzzzzz.
ADAM B. VARY: as a result of the primary episodes of yankee Idol are perpetually filled with oodles of excitement? Okay, i'll concede that each shows suffer from constant season-premiere padding: Over-blown decide intros; pedantic explanations of the prizes at stake; monotonous helicopter shots of thousands of individuals packed outside an arena; etc. however a number of that was really necessary for The X Factor’s premiere, since most viewers aren’t accustomed to the show’s format, and don't have any flipping clue who L.A. Reid is. Plus, The X issue premiere was largely missing 2 of Idol‘s a lot of obnoxious audition-round features: The cloying following-the-auditioners-home packages, and also the WHOOOOOPEEEEEE! I-got-a-golden-ticket running-down-the-street shots. Didn’t miss that in the slightest degree.
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