American Idol First Thoughts

Okay, just typed a long post about my thoughs on Season 8 of American Idol thus far and the dang blog messed up and deleted it. Let's see if I can remember what I wrote. First of all, very boring so far. Not enough crazies to make it as interesting as past seasons. Too many sob stories that I am just not interested in until later in the season when I've really gotten to know a character...like once they are in the top 12. Maybe I'm cold hearted but I just don't care at this point in the season. I don't want to vote on someone based on their blah blah story. I want to vote on them because of geniune talent. And on that note...too many mediocre singers were sent forward in my opinon. That would be fine except that there were some that were much better that they did not send forward. What's up with that. Really??? And Simon seems to have turned into a major softie this season. I hope he returns to what makes Simon, Simon once the season gets going. I like the 4th judge but am confused about what happens when they tie. It seems that when Simon is one of the 2 for, they move on but when he is one of the 2 agains, they don't. That's all I can figure, he's the deciding vote. I am really hoping the season improves tremendously because right now, I am not overly impressed.