The Mysterious Giant might be coming to an end….

Why not vote anyone off this week? Why create the suspense of adding another week to see someone loose their dreams, or is fox just worried about their ratings? These are the questions that must be answered after the Sanjaya fascination has burnt out.

First, it most definitely cannot be the ratings because even without the voting aspect of the nights show they still managed to completely destroy the ratings of any other network.

Ratings Link
However, yes the ratings are great, but are they great in Fox’s standards? No.

Since season 2, each season has consecutively lost almost ten percent of ratings and since the beginning of the season the weekly shows have lost a significant percentage of viewers each show up until Sanjaya was eventually voted off.

Can these ratings really be blamed on Sanjaya? No, but a good point arises when the charity event episode was aired this week. Charity? This season has been more of a circus show than a talent show. Coca-Cola, Ford, and other companies sponsored this whole event and the stage was even adorned with the colors of the specific advertiser. What beautiful product placement!

In my opinion, this was a test to if not voting a person off could be more suspenseful for the next week. Instead of one individual getting voted off, its going to be TWO! American Idol sure is crazy! The Executive Producer, Nigel Lythogoe, blames the ratings on the fact that the daylight savings time change occurred three weeks earlier…….

Did you change your clock? Because I know when I change my clock I completely forget about anything on television……

If these are the excuses that even the executive producer is stating, I think we have a major problem. This season has really shown me, a true believer in the American Idol giant, that maybe American Idol is finally running out of steam. This series has finally meet it’s match and it might be the year 2007.

Even if the worst-case scenario comes true and American idol does vanish into TV history, it will always be remembered in its purest form the 1st season. Not only will it live on, but it lives on in the voices of stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Clay Aiken. Lives were changed, precious moments were shared with the public, and a giant lived on in the 2000’s. For you, American Idol, I wish the best may a superstar be born and may your production team find a better avenue to increase ratings other than charity events.

P.S. Sanjaya, Television Criticism class will miss yo and the humor your brought us all.