"Season 5 was the season to emulate, and we knew that going into this season it would be hard to match," Fox reality-programming chief Mike Darnell told The TV Column in a phone interview. "This is a better season than [No.] 3 and as good as 4. It only pales slightly compared to 5 -- as do all the other seasons."I will steal an insight from The Wife to note that all of the seasons since they raised the eligibility age to 28 (Season 4 on) have been more talented top-to-bottom than the three which preceded it. Now, I'd put season 4 over season 5 because I loved what Bo and Constantine brought to the table and hated, hated Taylor Hicks. But this season has been pretty fun to watch, with a deep talent pool and no real results controversies until last week, and these final three (bloated) hours are going to be fun. ThingThrowers, who ya got?
Talentwise, Darnell said, "this is going to be one of our better finales."
What Season 5 had, he says, was not just good singing talent, but diversity of characters. That included rocker Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, pretty Katharine McPhee and good ol' boy Hicks. "It had a lot of different characters and everybody had someone they could connect with.
"Year 5 had the best characters we've ever had."
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
AT THE END OF THE STORM IS A GOLDEN SKY, AND THE SWEET SILVER SONG OF A LARK: It's Idol finale night, and with the ratings down from last season, Lisa de Moraes decided to investigate:
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