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I'm reviving this thread for the new season.
1) I saw Seacrest on a talk show where he explained about the obviously bad singers getting through to the judges. The initial screeners purposefully pick some bad singers because it makes good TV. However, they only select the bad singers who aren't trying to be bad just to get on TV; those are easy to weed out. He said they go for bad singers who honestly believe they're good. This means that these poor misguided folks actually believe they're appearing in front of Randy, Paula, and Simon because they're good; they don't realize they're comic relief. That makes it a little sad for me.
2) I don't know how the rest of the celebrity judges will pan out, but Mark McGrath was pretty damned good.
3) Whatever happened to Dunkleman? I'm sure he must have fired his moronic agent (whoever he was) and is probably an alcoholic somewhere.
4) Whatever happened to the American Juniors? Did they ever do anything?
5) This season's show seems to be focusing on a couple of important points in an attempt to boost ratings. First, they're letting average male singers pass through to Hollywood because they're afraid the ratings might suffer if it's an all-diva finale again. Second, only one Southern city is represented (New Orleans). The final two performers in each of the previous three seasons have all been from Dixie, so maybe they believe America is tired of watching Southerners who can out-sing everybody else.
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