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American Idol

by Tricia Olszewski

[22.Jan.08] :. The transvestite sequence? Considering that not one of the cross-dressers -- save the belly-dancer -- was shown giving a full audition, I'd say it put another notch in the Idol-goes-too-far column.

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American Idol 5

by Roger Holland

[25.Jan.06] :. American Idol is an entertainment industry shark, a brutally efficient money-making machine.

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by Nikki Tranter

[31.May.05] :. How did a longhaired 29-year-old rocker in vinyl pants make it to the Idol finale stage? Was somebody reading my dream journal?

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by Noah Davis

When the potential Idol whined he was Season Five's Aiken, Simon Cowell responded acerbically, 'But Clay Aiken could sing.' With this one line, he perfectly encapsulated the problem with Idol.

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