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Summary: Should have been a Season 2 disc.
Review: Now I like American Idol as much as the next person, but i have to say, when I look back at season 1 I see how untalented most of them were. What this disc is, is a feature program featuring the entire season pushed into about an hour. Hence the first problem. You dont even see 4 of the 10 finalists perform. The performances you do get to see are Ryan Starr, 2 from Justin, 2 from Nikkie, 4 from Kelly, and the ultimate American Idol performance, past, present, & future, Tamyra Grey singing A House Is Not A Home.Some extras include a lot of wacky auditions, the Pasadena experience, and a tour the idols home. The second disk is pointless. Its mostly a bunch of producers talking about the show, not to mention an embarasingly stupid segment with Justin Guarini. They need to get rid of this cheap stuff, and come out with a full season dvd package. Fox would be making some money then.
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Summary: Reality based shows are really stupid...
Review: This show, part of the game show/soap opera/reality trend first started on MTV and has grown like a bad seed full of weeds, across the major networks (CBS,ABC, and NBC), and is now going to the other cable networks as A&E and Bravo already have reality based TV shows in the works. It's a really sad trend because it shows the lengths that people will go to become famous. Even if they have to ruin their crediaibility and their lives to do it. It's sad and I want no part of it, there for I don;t watch network or cable TV anymore.
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Summary: Disappointed Idol Fan
Review: This video could easily have been 2 hours and should have been. It is only 60 minutes long. It should have included more of the auditions (at least auditions of the final 10 if not others) and judges' comments. They should also have included the final ten singing together in the last show. Instead we are shown tiny clips of the various shows. They do not show everyone singing. We get songs from Kelly (natch), Justin, Tamyra, Nicki, Christina, and R.J. They also show when people are voted off and the clips they showed about that person when they were voted off. It also has the group sing-a-long of "California Dreamin'."If you didn't know before why Kelly won, it is abundantly clear when Justin sings (or tries to) "A Moment Like This." Kelly's winning moment is there and she sings "A Moment Like This" after she is crowned American Idol. This makes up for the shortcomings of the video. They could have included so much more and for the amount I paid I expected them to. I guess that's why they didn't put the total running time on the package.
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Summary: Could've Been Better....
Review: This was my first DVD, so initially I was all excited because I didn't know any better. I mean, this had to have been done in a rush. The first season of American Idol had so many wonderful performances and I just don't understand why the makers wanted to be so stingy about supplying us, the fans, with those performances! There is one performance for each finalist except for EJ, AJ, and RJ. There are two performances each for Kelly, Justin, and Nikki. I know Christina Christian didn't make the top three (which she should've) but the DVD would've been much better if there were more performances by her (especially her rendition of Glory Of Love). There are a few group songs that are good, the bonus extras are fine, but the entire thing could've been much better. With the low price, it's still worth buying though.
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