Word: idol
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...will draw to a close, and Tyra Banks will bid us farewell till the fall. (Or, rather, till her talk show airs on Thursday afternoon.) Next week, our country will anoint its new beacon of hope—not in a presidential primary, but with the finale of American Idol season seven...
...reflecting. What meaning have I found? What friendships have I formed? What lessons have I learned? The first two are easy—the answer to both is David Archuleta. If you don’t know who he is, Archie (as insiders call him), is a current Idol finalist, an adorable seventeen-year-old phenom who, if there is any justice in the world, will soon be declared this season’s winner...
...what lessons have I learned from these last four years—sorry, I mean months—from the current seasons of Idol and Top Model...
...Syesha is another one of the three remaining American Idol contestants. What’s different about Syesha is that, unlike Archie, no one thought she’d still be in the competition at this point. In fact, it was a surprise when she made it to the top 12 over similarly belty and beautiful contestant Asia’h Epperson, whose name already sounds like a relic of a past...
...seem contradictory, but it makes perfect sense. As cutthroat as the reality genre is, it has always had a touchy-feely side, dealing with relationship troubles, self-esteem issues and personal demons, all steeped in the pop-therapy language of personal growth through challenge. From Survivor to American Idol, reality's premise has been that what does not get you eliminated makes you stronger. The Amazing Race (which shares two producers with Big Give) is part contest, part couples' therapy. The pairs of players who race around the world--squabbling marrieds, doubtful fiancés, estranged parents and kids--regularly...