AI: Season 6, Prediciton
In the past few episodes of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest keeps mentioning an announcement tonight for something "ground-breaking." What are the chances that there will actually be soemthing ground-breaking revealed? Not much, but I do think I may have figured out what he is referring to. At least it's my guess. And like a magician predicting the future, I am going to record my idea before the show airs tonight, and we'll see if I am right. So, here it goes:
I think Seacrest will announce tonight a contest to determine a guest judge for American Idol. I think they'll probably run some online video submission competition, where the winner will be a judge for an episode, or perhaps a series of episodes.
The idea falls in line with the flurry of consumer-generated contests that have appeared with many brands, and it would stand to freshen up the show a bit. Of course, whether or not it is true remains to be seen, but I think they'd get a ton of submissions form folks who'd like to sit next to Simon and give the contestants their two cents (and probably Simon a few choice thoguhts as well).
Anyway, that's my bold prediction. We'll see if I'm right pretty soon.
UPDATE: Well it seems I was wrong, and American Idol is joinging the "let's give back" bandwagon. Not that it's a bad wagon to band with, but come on… another show trying to prove that they're doing something good? It seems like you either have to be a resounding success or a tiny non-profit to try and tackle big issues like poverty. And Africa is very popular right now with the whole RED thing. And I'm sure having Bono involved is going to only help American Idol. So, I am a bit jaded about this move. At least the show isn't asking me to make a donation. Although it would be nice if they took all those Cingular voting fees and put them to good use as full donations.
I think Seacrest will announce tonight a contest to determine a guest judge for American Idol. I think they'll probably run some online video submission competition, where the winner will be a judge for an episode, or perhaps a series of episodes.
The idea falls in line with the flurry of consumer-generated contests that have appeared with many brands, and it would stand to freshen up the show a bit. Of course, whether or not it is true remains to be seen, but I think they'd get a ton of submissions form folks who'd like to sit next to Simon and give the contestants their two cents (and probably Simon a few choice thoguhts as well).
Anyway, that's my bold prediction. We'll see if I'm right pretty soon.
UPDATE: Well it seems I was wrong, and American Idol is joinging the "let's give back" bandwagon. Not that it's a bad wagon to band with, but come on… another show trying to prove that they're doing something good? It seems like you either have to be a resounding success or a tiny non-profit to try and tackle big issues like poverty. And Africa is very popular right now with the whole RED thing. And I'm sure having Bono involved is going to only help American Idol. So, I am a bit jaded about this move. At least the show isn't asking me to make a donation. Although it would be nice if they took all those Cingular voting fees and put them to good use as full donations.
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