The Idolsphere is already abuzz with the latest update in the whole Joanna Pacitti scandal: apparently, sometime between the taping of last night’s episode and last night she was disqualified for being ineligible. As our Twitter feed says, our initial reaction was nothing short of wow.
After a little reflection, though, the more this exposes the ineptitude of the Idol producers. Nothing about Pacitti’s background changed from the time they made the original cuts, to the sudden decision to disqualify her. This only means, of course, that the decision to disqualify her is largely due to the firestorm of controversy that she’s generated.
Let me put it this way: the Idol producers were grossly unfair to all concerned. The whole controversy was unnecessary and a tremendous waste of everyone’s time. Heck, we even feel sorry for Joanna, who clearly does want a career in music – and chose an avenue that based on previous history seemed to be open to her.
In the sports world, this would be called an unforced error. In politics, it would be a gaffe. All of this would have been clearly avoided if there were clear rules as to what is and isn’t allowed. Is it really that hard?
Sadly, of course, we all know the answer: even if it wasn’t hard, they wouldn’t change things one bit. They like all this manufactured drama, even if we fans feel very, very differently. Even if we fans batter the Idol PTB with the Sledgehammer of Common Sense, I doubt it’ll make a difference.
