Mu gihe American Idol yinjira mu mwaka wayo wa 23, abacamanza Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie na Luke Bryan barimo gufata ibyemezo bikomeye. Reka turebe ibyo bamwe mu bahatanye mu myaka yashize batangaje ku bijyanye no guhatana muri iri rushanwa.
Hari abahanzi, hari nโabamamayeโฆariko hari nโibibazo byinshi abantu bibaza ku kuba umuhanzi muri American Idol.
Mu myaka irenga makumyabiri, iri rushanwa rya televiziyo ryatambutswaga kuri ABC ryafashije abahanzi benshi kugera ku rwego rwo hejuru rwโibyamamare, barimo Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia Barrino, Katharine McPhee, Jordin Sparks, ndetse nโuwegukanye igikombe vuba aha, Abi Carter, nโabandi benshi.
Hari ikintu gituma iri rushanwa rikomeza gukundwa cyane nโabarireba.
โNi ikirango abantu bizeye,โ nkโuko umuhuzabikorwa mukuru Megan Michaels Wolflick yabibwiye GoldDerby muri Kamena. โNumva mu bitekerezo byanjye ko ari nka NFL mu marushanwa yโabaririmba โ abantu baza hano kuko bizeye uburyo bikorwa. Ni gahunda ireba cyane abahatana, si iyโibyamamare. Ni inkuru ya Cinderella ibaho mu buzima nyabwo.โ
Iri rushanwa rimaze kugera ku mwaka waryo wa 23, abandi bantu benshi baracyaririmo bizeye ko inzozi zabo zizasohora. Bamaze kubona amatike yโumuringa cyangwa, ku bantu bake cyane, ayโifeza bahawe nโabacamanza Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan na Carrie Underwood, abahatana bakomeje guhatana mu cyumweru kizwi nka Hollywood Week.
โNoneho tugeze mu kibuga cya #americanidol,โ nkโuko umushyushyarugamba Ryan Seacrest yabitangaje ku mbuga nkoranyambaga ku wa 31 Werurwe, โaho ibintu bitangira gukomera.โ
Ariko se wigeze wibaza uko biri mu byโukuri kuba muri American Idol? Nko mu ipiganwa ryโijonjora ryo gutoranya abahatana, ese bahembwa? Abatarengeje imyaka 18 bategerezwa kujya ku ishuri igihe barimo guhatana? Ese iyo umuntu asezerewe biba bite?
Nkโuko abahatanye babivuga, inzira yo kugera kuri American Idol irarambiranye. Ntibitangirira imbere yโabacamanza nka Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan cyangwa Carrie Underwood. Aho bitangirira ni mu buryo bwitwa open call auditions, aho abantu benshi bo hirya no hino batanze amajwi yabo binyuze kuri internet cyangwa mu biganiro byihariye.
Umuhanzi wigeze guhatana witwa David Archuleta, wabaye uwa kabiri mu mwaka wa 2008, yavuze ko โgutambuka mu cyiciro cya mbere bidasaba gusa kuba uririmba neza, ahubwo bisaba no kugira umwihariko ugutandukanya nโabandi.โ
Abandi bahatanye bavuze ko mbere yo kubonana nโabacamanza bazwi, ubanza kunyura imbere yโitsinda ryโabatunganya gahunda (producers), ari bo bemeza niba ushobora gukomeza cyangwa udategerejwe.
Ese Abahatana Bahembwa?
Yego, abahatana bahembwa nyuma yo kugera muri Hollywood Week. Nkโuko byatangajwe na The Blast, abahatana bahembwa hagati ya $1,000 na $1,500 buri cyumweru igihe bagumye mu irushanwa. Iyo hari ibikorwa bya televiziyo byihariye cyangwa ibikorwa byo gusubira mu rugo (home visits), bishobora kongerwaho amafaranga.
Ariko na none, aya mafaranga ajya mu bikorwa byinshi byabo bya buri munsi: imyambaro, amafunguro, n’ibikoresho bifashisha mu irushanwa. Si amafaranga menshi cyane, ariko aba afasha.
Iyo bageze i Hollywood, abahatana baba mu nzu imwe, ahantu hagenwe na American Idol. Hari abayihamya nkโaho haba huzuyemo akanyamuneza nโubucuti, ariko hari nโabavuga ko kumara igihe kirekire ufashe inzu nโabandi bantu benshi bishobora guteza umunaniro cyangwa kutumvikana.
Umwe mu bahatanye mu myaka yashize yavuze ati: โHari igihe tubanaga nkโabavandimwe, ariko hari nโigihe wumva ushaka kwigira kure gato.โ
Yego rwose. Abari munsi yโimyaka 18 bafite amasomo bagomba gukomeza. American Idol ibateganyiriza abarimu baje kubigisha igihe batari mu myitozo cyangwa ku rubyiniro. Biba bigoye kubihuza, ariko ni ngombwa kugira ngo inzozi zabo ntizibangamire uburezi.
Iyo umuhanzi asezerewe muri American Idol, ashobora gusubira iwabo cyangwa agahabwa amahirwe yo gukomeza gukora umuziki binyuze mu bufatanye nโabatunganya umuziki cyangwa abandi baterankunga. Hari benshi bananiwe kwegukana irushanwa ariko bagakomeza kubaka izina rikomeye mu muziki, nka Jennifer Hudson cyangwa Adam Lambert.
Benshi mu bahatanye bemeza ko nโubwo American Idol ari irushanwa rikomeye, riba ari nโishuri rikomeye ryโubuzima.
“Biragoye, ariko ni ibintu ntashobora kwicuza,” umwe yagize ati. “Byaranyubatse, byanyigishije byinshi ku ndoto, ku kwihangana no ku kuba umuhanzi nyawe.”
