Why
do dumb blondes get the fun (and fortune)?
Aneya
Fernando
Finally
it’s happened, the moment we’ve
all been waiting for. Last Wednesday night,
Kellie Pickler, the so-called adorably
ditsy blonde from North Carolina, was booted
off “American Idol.” Did anyone
else think this girl was one of the dumbest
contestants in “Idol” history,
especially with her mispronunciation of “salmon,” her
just plain cluelessness to words such as “calamari” and
Simon referring to her as a “sexy
minx.”
Why, America? Why did we keep this redneck, probably 4th grade educated girl
on “American Idol” for so damn long? Yes, I will admit she does
have a good voice. In the beginning of the season, even I was rooting for the
bubbly blonde from the South.
And I resented her talent just a little bit. How can she be such an idiot yet
sing so damn well?
Pickler has made a fool of herself in front of the likes of Stevie Wonder and
Rod Stewart. That is not the way to get American votes, Or is it?
Week after week she ridiculed herself on national television, and yet millions
of viewers continued voting for her. Why? People say it’s that “Southern
charm,” that “adorably ditzy blonde” factor.
What? Since when is stupidity attractive? Since when is being uneducated a
bonus in life? Pickler is sending a message to millions of young girls out
there, the same message Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears also hailed to the
masses. Spears supposedly can’t even be a good mother, at least according
to the tabloids.
It’s a message something along the lines of, “Being an idiot is
cool. Just act dumb and you’ll get money.”
A few weeks ago “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest quizzed Pickler (on the
air) about her behavior and whether or not she’s just putting on a show
for the cameras. I believe Pickler really is that stupid. Perhaps she’s
gained some knowledge from being on television and now tries to show off her
naivety to get more votes. Who knows?
I know one thing for sure. Pickler’s performances have been on a downward
spiral for the past three weeks. Even she knows it. She admitted “butchering” Stewart’s “Bewitched,
Bothered and Bewildered,” yet she wasn’t even in the bottom three
that
following Wednesday.
I just don’t understand it, people. I’m well aware personality
is a big plus in this competition, and she sure has one, but doesn’t
being devoid of a brain mean anything?
I guess the American people finally got it right this week. Thanks for finally
kicking off Pickler. It was about time. But who will be next? We’ll just
have to wait and see.
Aneya Fernando is a freshman journalism major.
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