American Idol kind of sucks

EW’s Michael Slezak and Kristen Baldwin talk about why Carly was robbed and Idol sucks more than ever. So does Gawker, but I kind of think ratings are dropping because the producers have not even tried to make it look like a fair competition this year.

Supposedly they’re trying to think of ways to lure viewers back, but none of them are any good. Why not change the way voting is done and include music downloads in the results? Oh, and drop the tired old theme nights for some new categories.

Here are some ideas:

• Songs About Death
• #1 Hit Wonders
• Hip Hop & Rap Night
• Songs from the Grunge Era
• Asian Pop
• Movie Soundtrack Hits
• Yacht Rock
• Songs by Dead-At-Age-27 Singers
• Stoner Songs

I’m not really sure why I watch this show, but there were some tough times during the writer’s strike. And now I kind of feel like I have to stick it out because I’ve come this far.

Oh. And Claymates are really scary. One of them like, uh, thinks he’s Jesus.