American Idol

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Is "American Idol" homophobic?

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'American Idol:' A Look Back

The Fox talent show elicited a response from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) after judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson made what the gay rights group deemed questionable comments on last week's premiere episode.

On Tuesday's show, seen by a Nielsen-chart topping 35.5 million viewers, Cowell told one male contestant to "wear a dress" and Jackson asked another, "are you a girl?"

"GLAAD is reaching out to the show's producers to discuss our concerns and the concerns of community members and allies who have contacted us about this matter," said Damon Romine, a spokesman for GLAAD, in a statement published on the group's Web site.

Romine was also quoted as saying, "The real offense here was in the producer's decision to add insult to injury by turning a contestant's gender expression into the butt of a joke."

"American Idol" did not immediately return a call Monday.

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Op dinsdag 24 januari 2006 19:32 schreef maartena het volgende:

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De audities voor American Idol zijn in de zomer gehouden over een periode van 2 maanden of zoiets.... tijdens die periode was Simon dus gewoon continue in de Verenigde Staten. Het zou goed kunnen dat ie bijv. van September tot December de hele herfst een show in de UK heeft gedaan, en nu weer terug is in de VS voor American Idol.

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Op dinsdag 24 januari 2006 19:56 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Ja? .
Niet dat ik het wil weten. Denk ik. Voorlopig niet. Ik ga nog niet Googlen. Ik wacht nog even.

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Remember Jessica Nelson from Chicago? She's the contestant who sang a bleep-filled song, after which Simon commented that her performance was a "right mess." Swearing, she burst out of the audition room. According to Jessica, she NEVER auditioned in front of the celebrity judges! A poster from Survivor Sucks found her My Space page, and if what she says here is true, it's a pretty interesting example of how the producers edit the show "creatively" for maximum effect. Her blog, which has been recently edited (probably at AI's request) said she got through the first round with positive feedback, then a ton of waiting, and finally to the second round in front of Nigel Lythgoe. He got angry when the song she sang contained some swear words. After, he asked her to sing "Lady Marmalade" (they asked all the auditioners to learn 6 lines). He chewed her out for not learning more of the song, and told her she wasn't "strong" enough. What we saw on TV were the celebrity judges reactions to God-knows-what edited into Jessica's audition in front of Nigel, after which she stormed out swearing. Reality TV you say?