11 Ways To Make American Idol More Fun, Interesting and Appealing

This is my first season watching American Idol and I have been alternately entertained, dismayed and frustrated by what I have seen. What has made it worthwhile, though, was reading the recaps and commentary Vacelts and Dr. Know have been writing for Newsvine TV-Guide.
Today it's my turn to give this commenting-on-American-Idol-thing a try.

11 Ways To Make American Idol More Fun, Interesting and Appealing

1. Each time Randy refers to someone as "dawg" Randy has to have a finger nail pulled off.

2. When a judge says a singer did something wrong that judge must then get on stage and sing the way they think it should have been done. Put up or shut up, Simon and Randy.

3. You know how during jury selection attorneys only get certain number of votes? I think Simon should only be allowed be a certain number of negative votes.

4. Just as Simon is famously negative, Paula is usually too agreeable. So she has to say no to at least 20 percent of people.

5. Each time Randy butchers math terms – i.e. "1 million percent yes" – he has to be corrected on air by a math tutor. Having people refer to "giving 110 percent" has long been a personal pet peeve but he takes it to new levels of annoyances.

6. Get rid of Ryan Seacrest who is one of the most annoying people I've ever seen on television (with the possible exception of Larry King and Barbara Walters) . Maybe while having America vote on the contestants we can also vote on who can replace him?

7. Stop showing video introductions of those who don't get to proceed. It seems like adding insult to injury. Plus why make the viewers get attached, and root for someone, who we then see get the tv show version of an eviction notice?

8. Similarly, don't drag things out. It makes the Moment for Truth seem subtle in comparison. We don't need to see contestants crying, we don't need Simon, Randy and Paul causing candidates to have heart-stopping moments when hesitating before telling someone whether they are proceeding on the show

9 Make it a drinking contest, i.e. When someone does a Janis Joplin song the viewers have to drink wild turkey, when someone sings a song used in a beer commercial you must chug a beer, etc

10 Stop acting like this show really matters. Put simply, stop taking everything so seriously. Last nite, for example, did Ryan Seacrest really need to refer to events as "the final judgement?" A tad bit of exaggeration, don't you think?

11. Stop stretching things out – last nite's show could have been summarized in just a few minutes.

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