Ladies and Gentlemen, your American Idol is... TAYLOR HICKS.
In a non-surprising result night (except for Prince performance, Mary J. Blige's outwit, outdo and outperform job and Toni Braxton hideous dance number), Taylor Hicks, the silver haired break-a-neck soul singer from Alabama won the American Idol.
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I am not from the United States, but thanks to cable tv. 75% of what I watch in television came from foreign shows. I admit it, I am not really a great fan of Philippine TV. There is nothing really great about it, except for the nomination/eviction nights of Pinoy Big Brother and some melodrama soaps (believe me, Filipino loves to cry). We only have two TV networks (well, technically, we have a lot, only these two are visible due to competition), so we can't really choose. And this June we are coming up with a local version of American Idol (guess what, Philippine Idol). Then we are going to see if Deal or No Deal will be a nice alternative for our local game shows. You see, there's nothing much local about our tv, if not a hybrid, it is a complete copy of existing foreign shows and Filipinos are not alarmed about it.
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I hate to say it, but Philippine entertainment industry is annoying rather than exciting.