Note To American Idol

Dear American Idol:

Thank you so much for chosing my town of Louisville as one of the cities for the prestigious tryouts. You caused quite a commotion this summer first at the fairgrounds and then later at Churchill Downs. And you even chose to air the Lousville auditions on your show this week. That's pretty prestigious as well.

Not only did you decide to show the Louisville auditions on nationwide TV, you chose to make most of the Louisville contestents look like total redneck hillbillies - a genre that unfortunately most of America thinks Kentuckians are like. While we thank you for coming to our city and giving our talented singers a chance to be the next American Idol, we weren't thrilled with the way you treated our auditioners.

I know one of the very talented young ladies that was asked to come back to the second round of auditions at Churchill Downs, only to be told that the American Idol producers would be using film footage of the Louisville audtions strictly for comedy - to make people laugh at the Kentucky redneck hillbillies.

There's a lot more I'd like to say to you, but I'll just close with a couple of quick things. First of all, you've lost a lot of Kentucky AI watchers thanks to the way your portrayed our people that auditioned. Second, a note to the AI judges: when someone from the south tells you to "be careful" or "take care", it's not a threat against your health and well-being; it's called southern hospitatlity. It's also called being polite - something you all apparently know nothing about.

Yours truly,
Puddin, a former AI watcher