A useless rant about American Idol.

I don't know why I am ranting about this. Well, part of the reason was because Melinda Doolittle, the best singer out of this year's Idol class was voted off last night. But I haven't watched the show since Gina Glocksen was voted off, except for the occasional  last 5 minutes of the random results show. And it's not like finishing 3rd is going to hurt Melinda. Chris Daughtry finished fourth and has out sold last year's winner Taylor Hicks' album by millions.

I am upset, however, because dopey websites like "Vote for the Worst" has made Blake "Every song is better with a beatbox" Lewis get into the finals.

I was annoyed by Blake when I first saw him do 311's version of the Cure's "Love Song" on the show. This showed that Blake had absolutely no taste because that was a horrible version of great song. Then, in a cut away where we learned more about the contestants., Blake said he liked doing improv comedy. Hey! I like improv comedy! Let's take a look. A quick cut and Blake reappears on screen in a goofy wig, stupid looking false teeth and speaks in a lame hick accent. That's not improv. That's being an idiot.

And he seriously thinks that every song is better with a human beatbox.

"You give love a bittabittabo bittabittaboo bad name"

"Fly me to the bittabittabo bittabittaboo moon"

"Breaking the law! Breaking the bittabittabo bittabittaboo law!"

"Happy birthday to bittabittabo bittabittaboo you!"

There is a reason why beatboxing died out in the late '80s, Blake, because doofuses like you were doing it.

Now, the vote for the worst website says that it is rigging the election because of unfair practices by the producers during the audition process. Amongst other things, they say that not everyone who auditions gets to sing in front of Randy, Paula and Simon, there is heavy editing, bad singers are encouraged to go through for entertainment value, and good singers are sent home if their story isn't interesting enough. In other words, the contest is not fair.

I have two things about this: It's a frikkin reality show! It's a entertainment program! Of course it's not going to be fair! Anyone who thinks it should be, is a moron. Heck, the releases they signed when they audition probably spelled everything out for them. If they signed it, they should know what they were getting into.

And if they hate it so much, why don't they just don't watch it. 

This is unacceptable for them. They had to take a stand! With a fist pumped defiantly in the air, they decide to not vote for the contestant's the "man" wants them to! They will vote for the worst! That will show them!

So in other words, because they think that because some good singers don't even make it to see the three judges is unfair, they vote against the good singers that somehow made it through to make sure the crappy ones win. And this is somehow, more fair?

I mean, correct me if I am wrong, for all the "noble reasons" behind VFTW's crusade, they are , in essence, as unfair if not more unfair than the Idol producers.

But at least they showed them! The producers are at their mercy! Eventually, they shall bow to VFTW's will!  The numbers are on VFTW's side. There is nothing they can do!

Um, there is one thing they can do. They can change the calls from toll-free to their being a charge to call in.

See, fans, friends and family of contestants will be willing to pay .99 cents per call to vote for their faves. The college kids with too much time on their hands who think it's kewl that they can sabatoge a popular TV program won't pony up the money to call in the 100's of times they are doing now. That's beer money, son, not to be touched. And VFTW will fade into obscurity.

I guarantee you that, if not next season, then the one after, the phone calls with cost you. Mark my words.

Now, I wouldn't be upset if these yahoos decided to organize picket lines wherever the auditions are being held. Or, how about this, if these bozos went to say, supporter Howard Stern, and have him pony up the dough for them to go to each audition city and audition each of the castoffs that Idol rejects. All the good singers that were unfairly shunned because they weren't interesting enough. If they are willing to step it up take Idol on reality show to reality show, I'd have more respect for them. But that is too much work for the same attention they're getting now.

The result of this is that Blake has a 50% chance of winning. His album probably still won't sell, but that doesn't mean he won't get heavy airplay for his single. I know what's going to happen. His cover of "Losing My Religion" will be on one radio station while I am driving. I will change the station, and the same song will be on the one I changed it to, because that's how radio works. And when it get to the "That''s me in the bittabittabo bittabittaboo corner, that's me in the bittabittabo bittabittaboo spotlight" part, I will run my car deliberately in to a collection of pedestrians as a protest to VFTW. And at my trial, I will play the Blake single. And no jury will convict me.