The reason why the viewers do not support the winner is that the “winner” may not always be the choice of the majority. When Kris Allen won it was because unlimited voting allowed 3,000 people to vote 30 million times. Those 3,000 people did not buy 10,000 albums each. The majority who voted for Adam bought more albums than the minority who voted for Kris.

I do not hold out much hope that American Idol will chose Adam as a judge or mentor. The fact that they brought back Keith Urban shows that they are clueless. He is a nice guy but a boring judge.

I agree that 4 judges is too many. Since the judges tend to be attention whores, half the time they are cut off or not heard from at all. Remember back to Adam Lambert’s season when they had just 2 of the 4 judges make comments after performances and one time where only Simon got to speak and he just stood up.

I hope that AI makes some changes and perhaps does something to make the judges opinion count for something, like taking the bottom 2 and let the judges decide who is going home. All of these reality shows seem to have a similar problem in that the voters seem to not be the same people that support the winners after the show unless they are a “country” artist.

I would LOVE to see Adam in Iovine’s role as a mentor. I would love to see more of him on TV, perhaps not just mentoring the singing but also the staging and clothing. He is a MASTER of how to make any song an exciting PERFORMANCE.

Hoping there will be plenty of other opportunities for Adam to show his talents!

AGREE ABOUT SEACREST NOT BEING A GLAMBERT…WHEN HAS HE PLAYED ADAM’S MUSIC OR ON HIS OWN SAID ANYTHING FAVORABLE. ADAM IS THE ONLY LOGICAL PICK BUT WHEN HAS MANAGEMENT FOLLOWED LOGIC?

These are not bad choices, but I do not think they should have four judges. It makes the show too much about the judges.