...Both Jay Wadhwa and I wrote about American Idol, and its influence on today’s music scene. Although I agree with many of his points, I think his focus was far too narrow, and omitted the show’s impact on the music industry as a whole. While he makes many fair points, I think he needed to shift his thesis to center more on the music itself. Jay spends most of the essay focusing on the charitable work that the show has done. He mentions Simon Cowell helping to donate over $200 million to homelessness and poverty. Jay makes note of how powerful and influential Cowell and the show’s creator, Sam Fuller, have become. He even mentions how American Idol as a show helped aid New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina disaster. These points are all accurate, and indeed important. However, the only thing Jay says regarding the music industry is that its reputation is boosted when its celebrities do charitable things. He neglects to include how the music scene and the musicians themselves are affected, and how the way we view music has been affected. In the first body paragraph, I feel that he spends far too much time describing Sam Fuller. While certainly relevant to American Idol, Fuller’s influence is more relevant to the entertainment industry and comes more from his wealth than his musical background. Facts such as which celebrities he manages are mostly irrelevant. Instead, he should have spent more time on describing how Simon (as well as Randy and Paula, the other two judges) have...
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...The Voice and American Idol are two of many popular entertainment tv series. Audiences have only increased for each series as they continue to climb up the popularity ladder. However, despite their massive steps toward stardom each show has their own level of popularity. The Voice may be seen as more entertaining than American Idol, but every “perfect” thing has it’s flaws. American Idol has statistically been proven to be the best compared to The Voice due to the fact that the main focus is the contestants and their celebrity production rate. The Voice may have much more popular judges than it’s counterpart, but that may be their downfall. For the most part The Voice’s audience members merely watch the show because their favorite artist(s) are the judges, where as, American Idol’s judges are known but not to the extent as The Voice’s judges. “...the four celebrity “coaches” on the show...
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...American Idol of Literature The final judging in the American Idol of Literature competition took place in my mind between the three best written pieces of work in “Making Literature Matter”. The three pieces were “A Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, and even though it is not a story or play, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. Although the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was the best written thing in the text book, I don’t believe it could legitimately win in an “American Idol” type of competition because it wasn’t actually a story. He wrote that letter better than anything I have seen written to this day minus all of the Harry Potter books as I am very partial to them. He was in the heart of where the country needed to reform the most and no one was willing to help him make it happen. He had sincere guts and the faith required to help make the human rights movement work. All he was doing was answering the question “what are you doing here?” and he did it very successfully and effectively over thirteen pages. My favorite quote of his letter to the congressmen was; As in so many past experiences, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us. We had no alternative except to prepare for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and the national community. (Jr.) It was right after he...
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...Classify Similarities between the Hunger Games and American Idol In recent years, more people have become are enthusiastic to reality television show. American Idol is a popular reality television show, but there is irrationality in reality television show. Suzanne Collins, author, who wrote the Hunger Games, claims that she was influenced by reality show. Therefore, American Idol and the Hunger Games have similarities to claims in society such as survival game with only one winner, audience care, and media has been brainstormed people’s perspective. First, survival game has only one winner. In the Hunger Games, people kill others to survive. The game is for surviving, and the person who wins the game can be a rich person. It means only one can live well, but others should sacrifice for only one. Also, in American Idol, people compete against each other to win the competition. Winner can be a famous person, so this status enables to be him/her a singer, but others aren’t recognize by audience. Secondly, contestants have to have the audience care. In the Hunger Game, less audience care is directly connected to death because audience gives their food and supplies. Attractive to audience will give participate more support to win the Hunger Games easily. American Idol also needs audience care. In competition, contestants have to judged by their own skills, but attraction is more than their skills because if the audience likes contestants regardless of their skill, contestant...
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...genuinely talented. I don’t know one country artist who has ever been accused of lip singing. What was your childhood like? I was born `and raised on a farm “I had a very happy childhood full of the wonderful simple things that children love to do”, “Growing up in the country, I enjoyed things like playing on dirt roads,climbing trees, catching little woodland creatures and of course, singing” Did you graduate from college? “I graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State Univeristy in Oklahoma with a bachelors in mass communications, American idol even helped me check off one course requirement , I’ve obviously done enough with television there was my internship right there !” weeks later she took home 4 academy country music awards, Including Top New female vocalist and single of the year, ”Jesus Take The Wheel” What are you best known for? “I don’t exactly know what people know me for but I would think most know me for my American Idol fourth season winning and going on to win multiple grammy and academy of country music awards.” What’s it like winning big at the CMA’s ? “God has blessed be with so many wonderful things in my life ,and I will spend my entire life trying to figure out why, if you had told me a few years ago I would have been nominated with the people that I have been nominated with I would have called you completely...
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...Talent Shows: Through the Years American Idol quickly became one of the most popular shows in the history of American television. It grew to become one of the most watched TV series and the only program to remain number one for the past eight consecutive seasons. It currently ranks as the number one television show for the 2010 to 2011 season. However, American Idol would not have been able to do this if it weren’t for its influences and factors that came before it. American Idol has many cultural antecedents that have helped make the television show as big as it is today. American Idol is not the first singing/talent show competition to ever hit the television screen or be heard of by America. “Talent shows were popular even before the invention of television and were used as the basis for many of the first TV shows ever made.” (www.life123.com) Long before American Idol became a mega-hit, there was one radio series in the 30’s and 40’s that started the talent competition craze. It was called: "Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour." It was first started on the radio and then later turned into a television series. It was hosted by Major Edward Bowes. Many stars including Frank Sinatra and Nick Carter were discovered on this show. It was one of the best known radio talent shows. Bowes would talk to the contestants, listen to their performances, and give feedback. He was impatient and quick to let contestants know if they were bad. He was a lot like American Idol’s Simon Cowell except that...
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...sponsors. For this event, many celebrities helped make it a success. The highlights of this telethon included having the Backstreet Boys open the show with a dual performance of “In a World Like This” and “I Want It That Way.” During this national broadcast, there were performances by teen pop sensation Austin Mahone, who was the 2013 MTV VMA recipient for “Artist to Watch,” performing his hit single “What About Love”. Country star Darius Rucker performed “Radio” and “Glee” actor/singer Matthew Morrison performed “On the Street Where You Live.” There were also performances by music artists Lee Ann Womack and Luke Bryan. In addition to these performances, there were also celebrity appearances by Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul, Enrique Iglesias, “American Idol” runner-up Jessica Sanchez, Universal recording artist and star from “The Voice” Chris Mann, and hip-hop dance crew Jabbawockeez. This telethon was definitely a huge success, as it raised over one million dollars more than last year’s...
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...Celebrities and Fans, Representatives and Citizens in Reality TV, Yngvar Kjus explores audience participation theories and new media by analyzing both the Norwegian and American versions of Idol, a popular reality musical competition series. His exploration of the program via the analysis of collective participation, idolization, and production tactics ultimately unveil a well thought-out and persuasive spectacle that is not as real or grand as it comes off in societies around the globe. While Kjus does touch on theories like massive participation and voter behavior, there is certainly room in his paper for expansion on these topics as well as room for the inclusion of others. Over the course of multiple seasons of the Norwegian version of Idol, Kjus attends nine tapings and multiple production meetings in an attempt to answer his two main research questions. His questions set to find out how reality programs increase the participatory scope and empowerment of audiences and everyday people, as well as how television industries are reinventing themselves as new forms of media emerge, namely online and social media. Kjus starts the paper by presenting these research questions and then explores the history of reality TV and studio audiences, touching on game shows, talk shows, and docusoaps. He then gets into Idol, a show created by Simon Fuller, which emerged in the United States in 2001 and has since adapted into 43 other versions worldwide. He explains the show’s basic format...
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...Jackson played in bands with Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia. In the early 1980s he played on three albums for Jean-Luc Ponty and with the rock band Taxxi. From 1986 to 1987 he was a session musician for the rock group Journey. Jackson played on Journey's 1986 album Raised on Radio. He moved to Italy in the late 1980s and played on a record by Italian pop star Zucchero. The record, Zucchero and the Randy Jackson Band, was produced by Corrado Rustici who played guitar with Jackson on many albums in the early 1980s. He also played with Billy Cobham. In 1985, Keith Richards was asked to provide music for the Whoopi Goldberg comedy vehicle Jumpin' Jack Flash. Richards assembled an all-star band which included Aretha Franklin on piano and lead vocals and Jackson on bass guitar. This song was the fourth track on Aretha's 1986 album titled Aretha. Jackson can be seen in the song's video. In the late 1980s, Jackson was still doing sessions. He was notably on the first solo album by famed session guitarist Steve Lukather. Jackson was a featured bass guitarist on five songs on Maze's 1989 "Silky Soul" album. He also performed on several of Kenny G's albums. Jackson was the bass guitarist on the 1991 self-titled Divinyls album (which features the song "I Touch Myself") as well as featured bassist on several tracks of Tracy Chapman's 1992 release, Matters of the Heart. He performed on the singles "Bang Bang Bang", "Open Arms", and "Dreaming on a World". That same year, Jackson also played...
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...I believe to be an American means to be free and have rights. Being an American is something very special. Being an American means to speak your mind, also being able to make your own decisions on what you want to do in life. Being able to practice any religion you wish. Being an American you can decide what kind of job you wish to have. Being an American is something very lucky. Being American means to be a leader and to be powerful and in control. I believe being an American means to be the best and I am proud to be an American everyday. I believe being an American also means helping one another in rough and hard times. Americans always seem to bond together when needed the most and make America the greatest country in the world. When you think about America, you think about football, American Idol, Mcdonalds, and so many other things. We have many beliefs in our country but I believe the main one is we believe in people having rights. Our attitude is to be the best and be a leader. I think about our flag and the constitution as being American and what makes our country great. Being an American means to be your own person and make your own choices but also when needed to come together as one and work towards a common goal. We have the right to vote on who we want to lead our country. America is a very diverse and wonderful country to be a part of. I think America has it all and you can do anything you want in this country and make a wonderful life for...
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...Good afternoon to my honourable teacher, Puan Rubi, and also my dearest classmate.Today I want to tell you a little about my favourite book titled L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad.Like Amilyn state yesterday,teenagers nowadays like to read love story,book and novel.I agreed with it because most of my novel are about love story.This book is not totally about love but still,there are some elements of love. Basically this book is about the author herself,Lauren Conrad,but some of the story are true and some are maybe just her imagination to make the story interesting.This story is about Jane and her best friend,Scarlett.They move from Santa Barbara to LA for certain reason.Jane has an internship with Fiona Chen who's a event planner and Scarlett studied at University of Southern California,known as U.S.C. They live like a normal teenage girl at first until one day,Trevor Lord,a producer of reality show met them and offer them to star in new reality show called L.A. Candy.The tv programme shows ups-and-down of Jane,Scarlett and two other girl’s life,name Madison and Gaby.This story also shows behind the scene of reality shows and ofcourse there are a lot of drama and some backstabbing in this story. I love this story because it teaches me about friendship as Jane and Scarlett are bestfriend since they were 5 years old.Though sometimes they had a bit of quarrel,they still close to each other and it show the strength of their friendship. I really enjoyed this book so much .So,.if you...
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...can be positive, parents should monitor the programs watched by their children due to the negative affects these shows contribute to children’s overall health. It is a known fact that television influences our lives and the lives of our children. Today, kids are watching more reality television and revering those they see. They are basing their lives, their wants, their desires on what they perceive as real on these programs. This influence is shown in lower self-esteem, poor level of respect displayed, and the ideals of happiness our youths possess. Research presented by Dr. Helen Street revealed that children who suffer from depression will believe beauty, wealth, and popularity leads to fulfillment. (Genesis Health, 2003). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also shares concern that this exposure to reality media carries health risks to children. These risks include violent and aggressive behavior, sexuality issues, poor academic performance, low self-image, weight issues, and substance use and abuse. By continuing to allow our kids to be exposed to reality television, these issues will only increase. Children’s learning through imitated behavior was proven in Albert Bandura’s “bobo” doll study. During this experiment, Bandura allowed children to watch...
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...Stefan Monsouir Eng. 106 / ERAU 17 MAY 2014 Persuasive Essay Rough Reality television today is destroying generation after generation of young people. You cannot turn on the television without seeing some type of drama in the form of fighting, someone finding out that their three year romantic online relationship was a lie, or even sixteen year old girls who got knocked up and think they have it all figured out until the reality sets in. The largest fan base for reality television is children and teenagers who are being negatively influenced by what they see and hear on these shows. One big problem with reality television is that it promotes violence. It does not matter if it is a competition cooking show, a group of random individuals living together, or a show about a pawn shop; there is always some type of fight happening. Whether it is a heated argument and both parties are in each other’s face yelling or in some cases there have been actual fights, it is like producers love the fact that there are fights on their shows because that is what boosts ratings and that’s what makes them money. Television producers actually manipulate situations to create tension and fights and even though producers don’t come right out and admit it, you can see it in the commercials for the show when all you see is the fights and the drama; it is what catches the eyes of the watcher and sparks the interest. Among the fighting and the arguing, the fact that people have such disrespect...
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...Visual media plays a big part in American culture. Television itself has made an impact on what we look at as right and wrong in our culture. As a small child I can recall watching programs such as, Roseanne, The Cosby’s, and Full House to name a few. These programs represented what family life was or could be like and they were models of what Americans do or should live like. Programs like Saved by the Bell, or 90210, surely influenced teen behavior and sparked fads and fashion. We primarily idolized these figures and television and it became very much a part of who we were, and are today. Television also impacts the way we get together as a family. Certain programs such as American Idol, or a sports program, are known to bring groups of people together, whether it’s a weekday night in front of the television rooting for the best singer, or sitting in a crowded bar or pub shouting out obscenities at the opposing team. Reality Television is becoming a widely accepted past-time, which is a big influence on our culture. Everyone has that famous person or celebrity whose style represents them, or who they struggle to be like. Reality television is an invasion in the lives of real people, and as Americans I feel that we are totally consumed with others people business. Reality TV is a first class ticket into other people’s business. The social influence of visual entertainment can be negative, but it can also be positive as well. You have certain programming aimed towards children...
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...The Penis The short story ”The Penis” is written by Hanif Kureishi. The short story is about a penis, which has been separated from its owner Doug, who we hear from later on. At first though we hear about a guy called Alfie who was “a cutter – a hairdresser – and had to get to work”. He is having breakfast with his wife, when she asks him what he did last night, and if he had a good time last night? Alfie can not remember what he did last night, he then looks in his wallet to examine how much money he had spent or if he has any cocaine left or anything else, which could give him a clue of what he has been doing. He finds something strange inside his pocket. In his pocket he finds a penis, with balls, and pubic hair. This appears very incongruous to me, because I had not expected that he would find a penis in his pocket, maybe cocaine, which Hanif Kureishi had prepared the ground to. Alfie considered how he should get rid of the penis. His instinct is to drop it in a litterbin, but then he remembers how his wife wants him to be more “business minded”, and more than anything wanted him to appear on television. After this little thought he then considers selling the penis to an art dealer, but he ends up throwing the penis over the side of a bridge. Alfies story is told by a limited omniscient point of view, and when we hear about Doug, which I will tell a bit about next, Hanif Kureishi turns the point of view and tells the rest of the story in an omniscient third-person narrators...
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