{"id":298,"date":"2009-02-26T01:41:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T01:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckinabox.com\/blog\/files\/american_idol.php#unique-entry-id-73"},"modified":"2009-02-26T01:41:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T01:41:03","slug":"american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"American Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&rsquo;t watched American Idol since it went live but I&rsquo;m shocked that guy Nick Mitchell\/Norman Gentle, whatever his name is, is still on American Idol. Incredible. I have no idea how he made it this far. He&rsquo;s awful but he&rsquo;s just so entertaining and funny and I&rsquo;m totally going to vote for him and I hope he makes it to the finals. I wasn&rsquo;t planning on voting at all this season but I will certainly be voting for him as soon as the lines open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&rsquo;t watched American Idol since it went live but I&rsquo;m shocked that guy Nick Mitchell\/Norman Gentle, whatever his name is, is still on American Idol. Incredible. I have no idea how he made it this far. He&rsquo;s awful but he&rsquo;s just so entertaining and funny and I&rsquo;m totally going to vote for him and &#8230; <a title=\"American Idol\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=298\" aria-label=\"Read more about American Idol\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john_beck","wp-image-borders"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XpZy-4O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3067,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=3067","url_meta":{"origin":298,"position":0},"title":"Craig&#8217;s Movie Madness: A Tournament of Our Favorite Films","author":"John Beck","date":"July 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in May 2024, I launched my own version of a March Madness-style tournament\u2014but instead of basketball teams, it was all about movies. 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