At a book function last night, I listened to an ex-Australian Idol auditioner sing three songs about his joys of being a librarian and his guilty obsessions with Harry Potter and Twilight. All I could think was, I'm never going to get these 15 minutes back. What is it with this show anyway? It's like a pulsing tumor on the side of the music industry. The contestants don't leave with any dignity. Their 'fame' is enveloped by a thick layer of shame.Let's put our faith in Wikipedia for a second so I can illustrate my point:
Idol - "a man-made object that is venerated in some way."
Idle - "an engine of an automobile may be described as idle when it is running only to sustain its running (not doing any useful work)."
I don't get how Channel 10 can keep this show running. As far as I can tell it's merely a matter of Shannon Noll and the Magical Shrinking Fan-base. So why does it still infect our television screens and public billboards? The show isn't providing anything helpful to society. It isn't serving any necessary purpose other than to make us wonder what happened to the world - not from a philosophical 'what is life?' perspective, but from more of a 'what is life trying to do to me???' angle.
I really hope that it doesn't come back to haunt me for its millionth season; I don't think the Australian public should have to endure anymore of this mind-numbing series of open-mic nights.
Seriously.
