American Idol - The Search For A Superstar

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Summary: Missing all the best stuff....
Review: I am a big Idol fan who was very disappointed with the DVD. Considering this is a two disk set -- lots of storage space -- there is next to nothing on either disk.

The best part of the show are the performances and judges' critiques. We get far too few perfomances and NO judges critiques at all. Who cares about who the producers of American Idol are (incredibly one of the "extras!" on the second DVD). We want the performances. We want to relive Kelly's improvement and emergance at the top. We want to relive all the nasty comments Nicki received towards the end. Instead we're stuck with lackluster group performances (did anyone really need to hear California Dreaming again?) and finalist reactions to "you're going to Hollywood" at the auditions, but not the try-out performances that led up to those words.

Finally, there are NO performances from Big Band night, which most Idol fans agree was the most interesting night of the competition -- and the night where Kelly finally broke away from the pack.

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Summary: I sure wish I could be on there, don't you all?
Review: I think American Idol is such a cool idea. We all know that we secretly wish we were on there ourselves. So for all of you people judging, think of what it took for all of the singers to get that far. They even inspired me to sing myself, I bought a voice lesson Cd off Amazon- Voice Lessons To Go by Vaccarino, and I am listening to all my favorite artists and singing all the time. A group of my friends got together for Karaoke the other night- cool place- rented the room out, and I promise you I impressed. These singers are awesome. And learning to sing myself is teaching me how hard they really do work.

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Summary: Great Series Re-Cap!
Review: If we can't have the entire series on DVD, this is the next best thing. Although I didn't miss a single episode, I WISHED I would have taped it. The makers of this DVD did a great job
editing various parts of the show to give you a general feeling of what went on, especially covering all of the kids who didn't make the top ten (what would have been nice would be if they'd had a section on the LAS VEGAS show utilizing all 30 contestants). The hour long section on the series itself is an edited version of the final episode, with various cuts and ads...
the special sections are all fun viewing. If you loved AMERICAN IDOL on TV, you'll definately LOVE this DVD!

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Summary: One of my favorite DVDs
Review: In the words of Randy, this DVD, "Did it's thang dawg!" I absolutely loved it. I only have one complaint about it. First, this movie didn't show many of the performances by the singers (they don't show ANY of EJay's and Jim's performance, not even in the extra features). They should have a section of EVERY performance by all of the singers, even in the Top 30.

Overall, this DVD was absolutely amazing. Brain was extremely funny in many sections of the show. I loved that section with the judges (I think it's called "When Judges Attack."). Wonderful!

But there's one more thing, why don't they have Season 2 and Season 3???

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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: 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.