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Did David Cook's American Idol Win Start The Long, Arduous Process Of Fixing The Show? [Idolator's American Idolatry]
Posted on May 22, 2008
It's been a rough season for American Idol, what with the dropping ratings, dismal recording careers of past finalists not named Daughtry, allegations of judges making their pronouncements based on producers' whims, accusations that bringing in ringers with past professional/reality-TV careers had damaged the show's credibility, and insistence that Clive Davis is still relevant. (Not to mention Paula Abdul seeming more out-of-it than ever and Randy Jackson clearly losing a few pages from his Snappy Answers To Stupefying Performances phrasebook.) But could the victory last night by David Cook...
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