American Idol returns - I’m not impressed

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I watched the reincarnation of American Idol last night. Although it’s early into the new season, my initial reaction is that I wasn't impressed. The contestants were mediocre except for Noah, the pink-cheeked guy with the big voice and the piano. I was also unimpressed with the three judges, especially Katy Perry, who planted a kiss on one of the male contestants who claimed he’d never kissed a girl before. To me the kiss thing was stupid and looked staged. Luke Bryan was ok, nothing to write home about. Lionel Richie appeared as perhaps the only one taking his judging duties seriously and not acting like a juvenile. Host Ryan Seacrest appeared as usual, lurking behind closed doors, apparently not shut out by the rumors of sexual abuse, not yet anyway. I’m probably not being fair, since it’s only two hours into the new show. One thing for sure, nasty as he was, Simon Cowell brought a lot of excitement to the original show and so did phenomenal contestants like Kelly Clarkson, David Cook, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert. I didn’t see any signs of excitement last night. Maybe I’ll be proved wrong. Image: Pixabay.com