Omg. Where are the people that said Nicki made the show flop last year? Lmao, the backfire.
Idol ratings have been declining for years. It isn't fair to state something like that when they have been going up against the Winter Olympics. I'm pretty sure they will recover.
Not people here saying it's because Nicki and Mariah left when last season had lower ratings than any prior season. The ratings are just gradually declining.
When they started shelling out that much money to get people working, they started their own downfall. Nobody even cares about the winners anymore, it's all about who gets the fattest cheque.