She fired back at body-shamers on social media. She chafed under the direction of the record exec Clive Davis.
As time went on, the show revealed a preference for southern and male performers, and surveys found that American Idol’s viewership skewed Republican.Ĭlarkson’s 15-year career has been defined both by monster hits and by a public struggle with the media-manipulation industry that Idol represented. With YouTube and Netflix and presidential tweets competing for attention, it’ll be rare to see any non-sports program again reach the 38.1 million people that the Season 2 finale did. Idol’s slowly cratering ratings over the years were attributed to viewer burnout and competition from other competitions, but also the general atomization of the viewing public in the age of infinite content. A Texan and former waitress with a big voice, Clarkson has been branded with the assumption-laden, racially blinkered, but still-potent label of “everywoman.” She even turned out to have a bipartisan sensibility: In the years since her victory, you could find her supporting not only Clinton and Barack Obama but, in 2012, also Ron Paul. 1 spot in TV rankings for more years than any other show in history.
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Though the oft-cited notion that it attracted more votes than the presidential election is a bit of a myth, the series held the No.
When American Idol wrapped last year, critics mourned both it and the “monoculture” it represented.
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