American Idol and TV Other Nonsense

Stop the world American Idol has come to an end.......at least the 8th season has finished, and it didn't finish the way I thought it would.....but after 100 million votes Kris the cool, laid back, soft spoken southerner and underdog beat out the over the top, front runner, rocker Adam from So. Cal.
In the long run I think the way it turned out was really for the best of each contestant.
But from the runner up point of view it may not have felt like a good finish. If you look at things historically Adam the runner up is really a big winner...(especially because he doesn't have to sing that horrible "No Boundaries"song...gag). In the past, 3 runners up/top 5 finishers have gone on to be be bigger and better than the winner of their season.....Look at Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daltry and (this is unbelievable) Kelly Pickler. The runner ups are free to pursue the music career they want to have, not the one thrust upon them by the Idol producers. Also historically in the 8 seasons of Idol it has been won 6 times by a southerner......odds for someone from the North now seems mighty slim.
This week we saw the end of several "reality" based shows. Wow, what will we watch now to escape our dreary little lives?
Two of my favs that just finished were Survivor and The Amazing Race. Survivor is kind of fake, but hey looking at Jeff Probst dimples is great. However, Amazing Race is my all time fav reality show. This year I liked most of the teams and I didn't really care who won of the final three team, which by the way was Victor and Tami a brother and sister who had the language advantage in China. I like the competition aspect of the show. There are things the contestants are asked to do that would put me over the edge, but racing the around the world with the climate changes, language personality conflicts and food challenges is an adventure from my couch.
AHHHHH....Enough of all of this reality TV nonsense........oh,not so fast....."So You Think You Can Dance" begins this week. YEAH! What way to spend hot summer nights.

I know that there is nothing really real about "reality" TV, but hey a girl can dream......
MCC