You're not really leaving American Idol after this season, Simon Cowell.
You and I both know this is a bit of a game with you, don't we, Simon? You would have the screaming, crying, unnecessarily-obsessive tweeny masses that constitutes the vast majority of American Idol's audience believe that this is really emotional for you, and after coming so far, the time has finally come to release your icy grip on American television and move on.
Well, with the news that you're going to be doing the American version of X-Factor instead, I must politely call BULLSHIT on this whole thing. What is X-Factor, if not basically the same thing as American Idol? Okay, sure. There's different talents allowed in the competition outside of singing. And there's certainly not a lot of people performing on Idol with a full erection (that I remember, anyway). But, really, Simon? Why not just alter Idol to be the same unruly schmuckfest that XXX-Factor already is? Now, I know that this post is coming a bit late on the news of this silliness. And, as a disclaimer, I have been a fan of American Idol for many years now (don't ask me why). But this is still bullshit. It's not emotional, Cowell. You've been dying to get away from that lunatic Paula Abdul for years, and, let's face it, Kara Diaguardi is not all that much better. You're as sick of that "dog pound" bullshit as the rest of us are. It's not time to move on to anything besides a fatter paycheck and hopefully some well-behaved cohosts. You, and I, and anyone with half a brain, knows that. But we need nasty Britons like you to make hopeless bloggers like me laugh a lot and feel justified about hating on everything. Things you are not: leaving American Idol, emotional, going to miss Paula Abdul (Pic from Deceiver.com)
