AMERICAN IDOL IS BACK! AND IT'S A TRUE WORLD EVENT.

The euphoria that has been coming regularly every year is back again -- the 8th Season of American Idol is back.

The judges are at it again -- SImon, Paula, Randy and the new gal Kara RioGuardi -- continue to make American Idol highly watchable.

What American Idol does also -- besides unearthing an incredible array of raw talent -- is show the world the true face of America. And the true face of America today is a multiracial one.

Watching the show, it is obvious that the best that the world has to offer in terms of people have all migrated to the United States.
(Of course, America also has its fair share of weird and strange people and we get to see them on AMerican Idol also. Nothing's perfect -- America is not paradise! But I must add that the U.S. sure comes close to it, in terms of the opportunities given to people to be whatever they wan to be!)

Audiences also get to glimpse the world of families and friends -- there is strong bond between family members as well as friends and this year, there are multi-racial elements to friendships. America is truly akin to the whole world gathered in one place when it comes to the sheer magnitude of its diversity of people! And diversity, we all know leads to mixed marriages and it has been proven that kids from mixed marriages have a higher intelligence quotient than mono-ethnic kids.


Photo caption: Let's hear it for the judges... American Idol is back.
Photo credit: picture by Becker/Fox from http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/14/american-idol-returns-with-new-judge-dioguardi-zen-mantra-cavalcade-of-meh-singers/