JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A hotel guest held two co-workers he was staying with at knifepoint when they refused to change the TV channel to "American Idol," Neptune Beach police said. Barran Prakash, 47, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was talking to his wife on the phone while he was preparing a meal when his wife told him the show was on TV, according to police. Prakash then told his co-workers he wanted to change the channel, but they refused, which incited a heated argument, police said. Police said when they arrived, they found Prakash in the hallway outside the room the three men were staying in, and they ordered him to the ground, but he refused. The officer said he performed a leg sweep to take Prakash down and place him into custody.
The guy obviously hasn't been keeping up with this season, if he had been he wouldn't have been so upset these guys refused to change the chanel. To say the New American Idol has sucked would be a gigantic understatment.
Without Simon you've got a trio of judges who are apparently afraid to voice any criticism at all, and it's a shame because the contestants have been horrendous for the most part. Simon would be eating this up, just lashing out in British tones, making these panzies cry left and right. If I'm a former Idol cast member I'd be pissed as hell right now. Going through Hollywood with Simon was like going through military bootcamp. Crumudgeon old drill instructor pushing you for your best while torturing you mentally. These new judges are clearly from the "everyone's a winner" school of thought.
You've got Steven Tyler, who is apparently the easiest person to impress in the world, rooting on every contestant like some drunk floozy cheerleader. J-Lo being "moved to tears" any time any of the singers open their mouths. And poor Randy on the end clearly uneasy in his new role as the only one who ever has anythign remotely constructive to say when judging. I want the Randy of old who left the hard work to Simon and was free to say things like "dawg" and "a little pitchy." I don't want the new Randy who looks about as comfortable as Lebron James does playing the villain role (and is about as good at it as he is as well).
And to add to that, the contestants are boring as fuck. Not one interesting character amongst them. A few of the usual sob stories, "I'm homeless", "My grandma is dying" but not one genuinely unique and interesting personality. Don't even get me started on that Barry Manilow impressionist they got on there. You're not fooling anyone bro. They had some talented asshole who always wore ridiculous glasses and all in all seemed like a pompous prick. What did they do? Vote him off. I hated that kids guts but at least you had someone that illicted a response from me. You're left with a bunch of shadows and ghosts now.
Now if the dude from the original link was stabbing his roommates out of anger for how bad this season has been, that'd be something I could understand.
