American Idol:Um olhar sobre o ambiente competitivo em reality shows musicais

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.84919120717

• Palavras-chave: Música; Mídia; Sociedade do Espetáculo; Reality Show; Sociedade do Espetáculo; American Idol.

• Keywords: Music; Media; Society of the Spectacle; Reality Show; American Idol.

• Abstract:

  The aim of this work is to carry

  out an analysis of the musical reality show

  American Idol, addressing especially the

  competitive environment generated by this

  United States of America’s television program.

  For the implementation of this research, were

  analyzed some specific episodes of American

  Idol in which the dispute is highlighted, showing

  that this factor is provided by the format of the

  program, being encouraged by the jury through

  the weekly trial regarding the performance

  of each competitor. In this way, proved to be

  interesting a study focused on this specific issue

  in the program: the competitive environment and

  its influence on the competitors over the issues.

  So, the first section introduces the structure of the

  program, describing the general characteristics

  of American Idol’s sixteen seasons; the second

  section performs a empirical analysis of some

  selected episodes of each season that markedly present this feature of the program

  that is to encourage competition between the participants; the third section provides

  a discussion of how the American Idol environment enables the development of

  competitive spirit and on how such an environment strengthens the relationship of this

  musical reality show with the concept of a “society of the spectacle”, by French author

  Guy Debord, in addition to induce some of its participants to the physical and mental

  exhaustion.

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