If so, I would like to engage in a discussion about this unhealthy addiction of mine.
I predicted the who the Top 5 would be Seven weeks ago and I'm basking in it, but I'm also concerned for myself.  To understand this type of absurdity must not be healthy at all.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get called out for saying this, but the guys at the HubPages office (at least on my floor) are pretty into it... Things sometimes get a little tense over the debates

Maddie Ruud wrote:

I'm not sure if I'm going to get called out for saying this, but the guys at the HubPages office (at least on my floor) are pretty into it... Things sometimes get a little tense over the debates

Where are the offices located?

and do you guys need a DJ on staff to do quality inspections on Entertainment sites?   I love hubbing so much, I wish it could be a career.  Put in a good word and I'll do dances for you live!  The wife's a nurse and will travel.

and tell the debaters to check out my hub will ya?

I got addicted to American Idol Season 5 - didn't miss a single episode.  That was the season with Taylor Hicks, Chris Daughtry, Elliot Yamin, and Katharine McPhee, wasn't it?  I rooted for Taylor and Elliot since the auditions.

Tried to do the same last season but I just couldn't find the same "enthusiasm" for the new batch.  The only one I liked was Chris Richardson but then he got voted out.  Stopped watching after that.  And if American Idol Season 6 had been a hub, it would've been flagged for being "overly promotional".

Didn't even try to watch the current season.  I lost that lovin' feelin'.  Hehe.

I'm done for this year, the last person I really cared about left last night. I don't think I'll be watching it next year, it's become more about a teen popularity contest than a singing contest...

I don't watch it without admitting it either, though this has more to do with my massive humiliation squick than my superior taste in television.

kerryg wrote:

I don't watch it without admitting it either, though this has more to do with my massive humiliation squick than my superior taste in television.

LOL!  Great response

I don't think the people who DO watch it, would openly admit it anyway.

DJ Funktual wrote:

If so, I would like to engage in a discussion about this unhealthy addiction of mine.
I predicted the who the Top 5 would be Seven weeks ago and I'm basking in it, but I'm also concerned for myself.  To understand this type of absurdity must not be healthy at all.

Hey, when you're originally from Oklahoma, people don't even think to NOT tell people they're addicted. Especially after Carrie Underwood's win!  So, WATCH AWAY, at least this seems more honest than the other reality shows I hear about, that I don't watch. There have been popular "star search" shows since Arthur Godfrey--anyone out there know who this is?-- had his talent searches. We're all watching the countdown!

Never watch it.
Did a couple sessions on Australian Idol. One was good the other bad.
A young lady won and we have not heard of since.
I think they realized the young lady was a failure.
Have never watched since.

Yep I watch, it plus the UK one.

Kelly Clarkson was great, and I'm so pleased Taylor Hicks got to win, I didn't get to see lasts years for some reason. We have the programmes screened in the UK after you get to see it.
We have lots of shows like this over here and I do catch the beginings fleetingly but once the choosen 12 or whatever are picked for the live shows I never miss them.
I've not heard of any of the winner since except Kelly Clarkson, as she exported well.

Have you heard of our last years winner Leona Lewis, she was fantastic.

DJ Funktual wrote:

If so, I would like to engage in a discussion about this unhealthy addiction of mine.
I predicted the who the Top 5 would be Seven weeks ago and I'm basking in it, but I'm also concerned for myself.  To understand this type of absurdity must not be healthy at all.

I love to watch the audition shows - the first four or so. They're hilarious! The worse the "singer," the funnier it is. I wish they would sell DVDs of all the terrible auditioners. They'd make a fortune.

desert blondie wrote:

DJ Funktual wrote:

If so, I would like to engage in a discussion about this unhealthy addiction of mine.
I predicted the who the Top 5 would be Seven weeks ago and I'm basking in it, but I'm also concerned for myself.  To understand this type of absurdity must not be healthy at all.

Hey, when you're originally from Oklahoma, people don't even think to NOT tell people they're addicted. Especially after Carrie Underwood's win!  So, WATCH AWAY, at least this seems more honest than the other reality shows I hear about, that I don't watch. There have been popular "star search" shows since Arthur Godfrey--anyone out there know who this is?-- had his talent searches. We're all watching the countdown!

Yay Carrie Underwood!     Ugh.

Yay Taylor Hicks!   Double Ugh.  I mean Ugh Ugh!

Constant Walker, I'm not possitive but I think they might have that out on DVD!

Not American Idol, but I have publicly admitted on Hubpages forums that I am an avid fan of Desperate Housewives. Pretty much the same embarrassment level.

Angela Harris wrote:

Not American Idol, but I have publicly admitted on Hubpages forums that I am an avid fan of Desperate Housewives. Pretty much the same embarrassment level.

There you go! I missed the entire first year of Desp.Hou. and then, with all the hoopla about it, wished I knew what all the talk was about. BUT, never wanted to bother that  much. So, I'll take the American Idol, you take the Wisteria Lane ladies.

I heard David Cook's rendition of "Always Be My Baby" a couple of days ago and I haven't been able to stop it from playing over and over in my head since then.  Very catchy.

Now I'm curious about the other songs David Cook performed on American Idol.  I'm itching to hear them.

Not sure why anyone would be embarrassed to admit watching American Idol. If I like the competition, I watch it, if I don't I find something else. This year, I happen to like it, namely because of David Archuleta. In my opnion, to be so young and have this much talent is nothing to be ashamed of.

Everyone on this show is following a dream. Much the same as us writers who publish online, right? It takes a lot of courage to do what they do and I admire them for it. As for the people who watch it, these will be the same people who buy their albums so why wouldn't they?

Carrie Underwood has been an awsome success since the show and I am one of her fans. But of course, I like country music, as well as many other forms of music. Just because one person doesn't like her doesn't mean others don't. That is obvious by her album sales, I would think.

Everyone's tastes are different whether it is in music, food, movies, etc., etc. That doesn't mean they have no taste. It just means that their taste is different. There are millions who love to watch Survivor, Big Brother and all sorts of other shows that I had rather be drowned in a toilet bowl than watch LOL. It simply means we like different things.

As for having an addiction to anything on t.v., the closest I come to that would be anything to do with forensics. The rare occassions that I watch much t.v., I am usually watching Investigation Discovery channel where they deal with real cases but I like the CSI's and such as well. Most of my time is spent on the computer working or writing. That is just my favorite thing to do. I don't think that makes anyone who is addicted to any one t.v. show any different, just different tastes.

Bonnie

it's funny that I started this thread because I stopped watching a couple of weeks ago.  It wasn't even intentional, i just can't care how they'll interpret Broadway songs or Neil Diamond when it has nothing to do with being talented. 

Regarding your post BONNIE, it's just mt opinion but i think you are dead wrong.  There is a difference between good taste and bad taste. 

U WROTE:  Everyone's tastes are different whether it is in music, food, movies, etc., etc. That doesn't mean they have no taste. It just means that their taste is different.

IN FOOD...YES perhaps someone can't control what messages their tongue is giving to their brain but the other ones you mentioned are simply not true.  TASTE is not fictional!

No matter how many cliches we think of to excuse people for bad taste, it's still a cliche. 

If you enjoy Adam Sandler movies fine...but don't try telling me that you don't have bad taste over someone who watches Philip Seymour Hoffman's movies. 

If you like Jeff Foxworthy you 'might be a redneck' but you definitely have bad taste. PERIOD.

Same thing with my beloved Hip-Hop!  It turned to total crap. 

If your telling me you like the BS that passes for music on MTV nowadays as opposed to the mid-90s..you an idiot, I'm sorry. 

KID ROCK?   omg he should be shot in the head in the name of National Intelligence.

TASTE IS NOT FICTIONAL! 

This is exactly why we call things like american Idol a GUILTY PLEASURE. Get It?  We feel a lil' guilty for liking something so stupid.  JUST because i decided that I like it doesn't mean it still isn't stupid.  We just accept that sometimes we like stupid things. 

I consider myself to have GREAT TASTE but I also indulge in alot of stupid culture. 

They can exist seperately.  Just don't take it personal. 

What if you have bad taste in music but great taste in wine or people?  You still have your own dignity about things YOU KNOW ABOUT.

GREAT EXAMPLE:  I love john grisham novels. read every one of them.  but i'm not writing a hub about it because it is not something I'm proud of.  It's like saying yeah I read but nothing that'll make me think to much. 

I'm not trying to hurt feelings, just educate.
Peace,
The DJ

Education is based on facts. What you are saying is that anyone who likes anything that you don't has bad taste and there is a big difference. Again, it is a matter of opinion on what is good and what is bad taste. I don't expect the whole world to share my likes and dislikes. We are all different and that is what makes the world interesting.

Bonnie

Bonnie Ramsey wrote:

Education is based on facts. What you are saying is that anyone who likes anything that you don't has bad taste and there is a big difference. Again, it is a matter of opinion on what is good and what is bad taste. I don't expect the whole world to share my likes and dislikes. We are all different and that is what makes the world interesting.

Bonnie

Why do I feel you didn't read a word I wrote?

I went out of my way NOT to say that. 

My taste does not just = good.  I like bad things too.  ugh.  Forget it.

Oh well, enjoy bliss!

If you like Jeff Foxworthy you 'might be a redneck' but you definitely have bad taste. PERIOD.

This is YOUR opinion, not proven fact. I AM from the south, I AM a redneck (and proud of it) and I DO love Jeff Foxworthy. Yet I believe that I have good taste as much as you believe that you do.

To insinuate that you are allowed to have good taste but like what some percieve to be stupid stuff, yet anyone who likes a certain MTV music is an idiot? Show me the proven facts on this educational statement, please. As I said, it is a matter of opinion. I may not like your type of music but that doesn't mean that either one of us have bad taste in music. We just have different OPINIONS.

Bonnie