Very interesting regional comparison. It’s especially suspicious because one would think Antonella would have had more votes from the East Coast, given she’s a Jersey girl. And I agree with your game show comparison. Where is the line drawn between game shows and talent shows? I mean, is there scrutiny of shows like The Amazing Race and Fear Factor? Idol has special financial concerns, not only because the contestants are future sources of revenue for the producers (through their albums), but because the voting itself generates profit! The Idol producers could have a lot to lose if they had to answer for a “Quiz Show” style scandal.
(I can’t comment on the performances because social obligations interfered with my viewing this week. Maybe I should have less friends and more Oreos. )
Haley, to me, should move over to country or broadway. Weird pair, I know, but I think she’s suitable for either. She’ll never be a pop star without a severe physical and personality makeover. Sinjaya is just… inexplicable to me. Other than looking like a girl, he has no salient characteristic of any kind. He is a stick figure on the stage. He sings scales. And his face is a plastic mask of nonexpression.
It’s time to face reality, Dio. Carrie Underwood is a country singer, and apparently a big star. And millions & millions of Americans like country music. I bet a bunch of 'em were watching last night. AI is not stupid.
I also had never heard the song… and now that I know the name and artist, I have to say I have never heard of the song, and what’s more, never even heard of the artist. But I don’t listen to the radio except for stuff like Fred or the 80s on XMRadio.
I’m about halfway through watching the guys on TiVo and I’m gagging. I haven’t seen a single tolerable performance. The ones who haven’t sounded like ass vocally have chosen songs that (to me) would sound like ass even if they were sung perfectly. Bleah.
Not only do they sound like shit, but my husband remarked that most of the guys’ songs sounded like songs women would choose…and for the most part, I have to agree with him. The guys need a complete overhaul if they want to stay in the competition.
Ok so that song LaKisha did was Whitney? That might explain why I hated it. I can’t stand Whitney. I can’t stand that whole genre of music. Barftastic. Yes, she has a great voice. But da Vinci himself could sculpt a steaming pile of doodie in marble, and it would be amazingly lifelike and flawlessly executed… but you’re still just looking at a turd.
It’s my loathing of this style of music that has kept me from ever watching American Idol in the past… just seeing the snips of this stuff on the commercials made me run in terror. This season I decided to give it a try. It seemed more varied earlier on, and it’s drifting into my irritation zone now… I may not last to the end of the season if they are singing more and more of this stuff.
So far the only one I’ve liked of the girls was Jordan. Antonella sounded horrible, and the others just sang songs that grated on me or bored me to tears.
That’s my and Mr. K’s take on it as well. She needs to get away from that genre altogether and sing something completely un-Whiteylike or Melinda will crush her like a little Whitney bug.
It’s summer filler and starts just a few weeks after Idol ends, if I remember correctly. It’s very much a rocker’s format. Lots of edgy, over-the-top costuming, loud, brash, in-your-face retorts to criticism (criticism from real rockers). Tommy Lee was one of the judges last year.
The show is much less wholesome and if you’re a rocker, it’s a breath of fresh air after a season of mostly elevator music on AI.
I think the judges need to stop editorializing about how crushed they are by the results of the voting. If things are so egregious, if you are so very horrified by the results, you should work on changing the voting format, or leave the [del]gravy train[/del] show.
I keep getting the feeling Sanjaya is going to walk off. Each time he makes the cut (just barely) he seems to feel really guilty about it. Compound that with making the cut and quietly taking his seat rather then walking into a giant group hug and I can see him voluntarily leaving if he dosen’t get booted soon. OTOH I don’t think he has the nerve to voluntarily leave, so I don’t know. He does seem to be a decent singer, but I don’t think he’s got what it takes to be an Idol.
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