American Idol Microphone Observation

Lee Brenkman

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Jan 13, 2011
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Oakland California USA
The wife and I were watching "Idol" last night. There was no hockey game on at the time ;-).

I noticed that the Blue Encore 300/Line 6 wireless hand held microphones were not being used this week and that the big chrome plated ones from last year were back.

What happened? Did the endorsement/"product placement" agreement end? The "Beats By Dr. Dre" headphones are still getting camera time, although Jimmy Iovine is no longer wearing a pair around his neck every time he appears.

I did see one of the Blue/Line 6 mics in one of the "pre performance" studio scenes but they've disappeared from the "main stage", for now at least.