by Vera H-C Chan

For an allegedly kinder American
Idol , getting down to the top 24 involved a lot of
unkind cuts. The judges gave out a record number of Hollywood golden tickets,
which meant inflating that many more hopes before pricking them.

The Fox
reality show had overtones of Lord of the
Flies after kid favorite Jacee
Badeaux was disowned by his first group. This week
Idol encroached on telenovela
territory: Rejected drama queen Ashley
Sullivan found strange solace in getting married in the
same (doomed?) Vegas chapel as Britney Spears, and judge Jennifer
Lopez diss

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