American Idol. Enjoy.

American Idol is not only the "most broadcasted TV-show in the world", or, according to me, the american funniest real-tv, but it is also a model of generosity and sharing.

Well...

It's not really obvious when Simon Cowell likes being mean-mean-mean against poor rednecks.


And it's not really obvious when you watch people crying, being mad, or having a very embarassing reaction because they got fired of the show.



At first sight then, generosity doesn't seem to be the purpose of the show.
It's maybe for this reason that there was a special show on the sixth season, the "Idol Gives Back" special.
It was a two-parts show, co-hosted, with a double-cause, two different stages, a row of stars and an army of partners.
A plethoric show.
The aim was to save your favorite singer (there were only six left), who sang two songs, and every call brought money. This money is supposed to help Louisiana and Africa. So it's not like if you only give to Africa, nonono. Simple and so efficient.
About one month before, there was teasing in the show ("don't forget our special "Idol Gives back" nia nia nia..."), some videos in order to fuel the incredible mystery around this show (who would be the stars ? how much America can give ? what sponsor would be the most generous ? will the sexy Chris Richardson be still there ?).
Sanjaya left, Chris was still there, and the "Idol Gives Back" show began.


The Simpsons were there :

The President Bush and his wife were there too.
Carrie Underwood. Pink. Aguilera.
(okay, at this point, I admit that this is just name-dropping to have a better place in the search engines)

Anyway, because of that, the production is now forced to do the same tralala every year. And it's good, no ?