Vote for the Worst: Idol’s Best Entertainment Source

Admit it—despite the shame you feel for doing so and the batches of brain cells that you know wither away every time you flip on the television dial, you watch American Idol.

By Carly

Even if you’re not proud of it.

The firestorm surrounding Paula Abdul’s faux pas during the judging of the songs last week was the maraschino cherry atop a growing scoop of evidence, commentary, and accusations that the show is rigged or that, at the very least, there’s some serious funny business going on behind it.

So instead of judging Idol for being Idol, why not simply ridicule it instead?

The folks over at the clever site Vote for the Worst are doing just that.

Since their humble beginnings in 2004, VFTW has supported the clear and admirable mission of endorsing the most entertaining performers on American Idol—who, funnily enough, are also often the worst singers. Sanjaya Malakar was VFTW’s darling during last season of Idol and arguably the show’s most entertaining contestant EVER. I am secretly in love with Sanjaya and viewed his awesome performances every week as the height of comedy, so I jumped on the VFTW bandwagon then.

And man, am I glad I did. They have hilarious blogs, general Idol news and commentary with a healthy dose of snark, and killer insight into what’s really making the gears tick in the brains of the Idol producers.

They change their picks from time to time, too, so if you hate Jason Castro, for example (their current poster boy), just wait around for a few weeks until he gets the boot and they sing the praises of somebody else.

Awesome, awesome, and more awesome? Yeah, I think so.