'Idol' Ringer Carly Smithson Fails To Alleviate Simon Cowell's PMS [Controversies]

'Idol' Ringer Carly Smithson Fails To Alleviate Simon Cowell's PMS [Controversies]
After witnessing the multi-hued splendor of Tuesday's boys' night, last night's all-girl competition on American Idol was something of a letdown, each contestant virtually indistinguishable from the pageant-ready hopeful who came before her. Even Carly Smithson, the focus of some controversy for having already released a major-label album only to see it flop spectacularly, failed to impress an even-ornerier-than-usual Simon Cowell, who diverged from his two articulation-challenged co-judges to (rightfully) observe, "there's so much hype about you...so much expectation...there's a buzz about you...everything about it for me was a letdown."

Still, if Idol is still clinging to its label as the ultimate manifestation of teenybopper-marshaled democracy in action, then it's not Simon, but We, the Text-Messaging People who shall decide if Smithson's record sales will ever inch above the half-thousand mark. According to the often-accurate voting predictors at DialIdol.com (possible spoilers), at least, it looks as though she'll have another week to prove to America why she deserves to be their next Gaelic Idol.
Published 2/21/08 by


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