I used to piss off the fans because I could pick who was going to go home with pretty good odds. (It helps when you are playing the players (fans) not the cards (singers). Which is also easier when you know anyone you like has no chance of winning).

To be fair, there were a few women that season who were in the same category. Fantasia, Jennifer, and Latoya London (my personal favorite of the three while on the show) likely split out each other’s votes until one was left standing to go up against the others. (I hate that I remember this. I also remember that AI…

NOT TRUE. He was on a Friend’s episode. Once.

There’s some documentary about AI that really showcases how shred and cunning Seacrest was when he got Dunkleman dumped and built an entire career out of that hosting gig. He might be a toothless celebrity hanger-on, but stupid he is not.

Brine Seacrust?

The only season I ever watched was the Jennifer Hudson one. And I was livid when she was voted off relatively early considering her talent.

He is the George Lazenby of American Idol.

America is not good enough for Dunkleman.

Yo dawg, listen up. I really liked your comment, but it was a bit pitchy.

I’m not sure, but watching 19 year olds singing golden oldies, trying to “make it their own” was simply awful. You could tell that a bunch of old assholes were making the decisions.

I’m going to go out on a ledge and say yes...

Maybe they made the bizarre choice of Seacrest for Live precisely because of this shot at cross show synergy?

Seconding Bobby,

What ever his name is.

I’m pretty sure his answer is yes.

AI died because it had a horrifically limited and stale repertoire to choose from, and routinely chose singers for reasons other than raw singing ability.

Can we get this on a shirt? I’m kind of tired of yelling it to deaf ears.

Has it escaped your notice that your cult leader has done a lot of damage to his reputation with regard to reproductive rights issues lately? Or are we still calling that “identity politics”?

Oh, a gif.

I felt my message was very clear: I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!