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“Showboat Magnus” is the only Siobhan insult Simon didn’t think of
May 1, 2010 by Beatweek
It was never clear whether Simon Cowell truly didn’t care for Siobhan Magnus or simply thought he could spur her on to try harder by tweaking her, but the contestants’ recently concluded run on American Idol has reportedly left the judge feeling “sad” at her departure. We can’t help but wonder whether it’s because he thought she had potential or because he was hoping he’d have a few more weeks to hurl insults at her after each of her performances. Simon has always hard on Siobhan, much to the dismay of her fans, but no harsher than on her final performance of the show; while the other three judges seemed to think her rousing performance of a Shania Twain song put her back into the competition for the title, Simon effectively ended Siobhan’s Idol run by dropping a devastating insult about the song having sounded like she was “giving birth” after which voters probably couldn’t bring themselves to pick up the phone for fear of the creepy comment finding its way back into their minds.
One has to wonder what other insults Simon might have come up with if only he’d had a few more shots at the overly emotive contestant, and we’re particularly surprised that he wasn’t able to come up with the obvious “Showboat Magnus” in reference to her often showy performances (note how we didn’t use that name while she was still on the show, for fear that Simon might somehow find it and use it). Making fun of someone for their name isn’t exactly fair play, but since when would that matter to Simon? Besides, what are they going to do to him, fire him from a show that he’s departing from in a month anyway? On that note, one really has to wonder how the judge, who’s never much cared about the political correctness of anything he’s said on the show over the years, might start talking as he creeps closer to the end of his Idol run. On the other hand, his favorite whipping post of the season has already departed. At least Siobhan now knows that she’ll never have to be insulted by Simon again – unless he finds a way to work in yet one more insult when she makes her obligatory appearance during the season’s – and his – final episode. Come to think of it, we might end up being sorry we made the “Showboat” reference in print.
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