I was saddened today by this news story on Mail.com (click on the image to see a larger version):
Saddened that the defining fact about this woman's life (at least according to a news organisation) is that she auditioned for American Idol twice.
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Well, if she hadn't done that, no one would really notice she'd passed on aside from any family and friends.
Yes, Blue, you're right - I'm just surprised that the fact Alexis Cohen was an unsuccessful contestant on Idol is enough to make her death newsworthy.
Ah, that's American culture for you...
I understand she is notable in the tirade she offered when she didn't make the show. That's the story I read anyway.
Alexis tried out but never became a "contestant". Her tirade was obviously, imho, preplanned but quite funny ("quite" in the American sense). I read about the death of a British reality TV star here on The Engine Room. Our cultures aren't that different.
I'm sure you're right. But at what point does 'trying out' become 'contesting'?
I draw the line at "Here's your Golden Ticket! You're going to Hollywoo-ood!" Before that you've auditioned. Maybe I'm splitting hairs.
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