American Idol returns

The American Idol Season 9 begins. America and the rest of the world are watching closely. PHILIP LIM climbs onboard for another wild ride.
IT is said, by no less than Simon Cowell himself, that Season 10 of American Idol will probably be his last appearance. Everyone knows that if Simon keeps his word, the most talked-about Idol competition in the world will probably sink into oblivion.
In other words, it won’t be the same if the chief judge whom everybody loves and hates decides to call it a day. It doesn’t matter if the reality show continues into Season 11, the tour de force a la American Idol will be missing.

But that’s still a long way to go. The first episode of American Idol Season 9 begins tomorrow here on Astro’s Star World at 6pm. For the next couple of weeks we are going to be saddled with the good, the bad, the great, the outrageous and the slightly weird. But that’s what makes great entertainment.