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American Idol Season 8Phoenix Auditions
American Idol - I'm the One That You Want —
Well, we were prepared to be bored by this season and feared that the departure of Nigel Lythgoe and changes the remaining executive producers were making would be to the show's detriment. But we have to admit that Season 8's premiere episode was pretty satisfying overall. It moved at a fairly rapid pace and concentrated as much -- if not more -- on the good singers as the horrible ones. What about new judge Kara DioGuardi? We had no problem with her. The clips didn't feature that many comments from her, but there was nothing objectionable about her either. Phoenix was the ...
American Idol 8: Phoenix Auditions Wrap-Up
BuddyTV —
[image] Like an old friend coming to visit, American Idol premiered after 6 months off the air and wrapped the audience in its warm blanket of familiarity within minutes. Besides the addition of Kara DioGuardi to the judges' table, last night's audition episode felt exactly like audition episodes of seasons past. There's nothing wrong with this, clearly the audition episodes have always been immensely popular. No need to mess with the tried and true American Idol formula. You'd think that laughing at the horrible singers would get old after eight years weirdly, perhaps sickeningly, it doesn't. American Idol kicked off its season in Phoenix, Arizona ...
