'Iz' on American Idol

(NB: I have never watched American Idol, nor do I intend to.)

Yesterday I was picking up some Chinese take-out, and the late Israel Kamakawiwoʻole was singing his popular rendition of Over The Rainbow. I wondered if he would have ‘made it’ on American Idol.

Probably not. He had the voice and the uke skills, but the music is a bit “niche”, and the physical appearance was working WAY against him. The man was bigger than Ruben, and Ruben is a massively outlying data point. (No pun intended)

+1. I also think that he could not have fused his musical style with rock or r&b.

And here I was expecting to find that Eddie Izzard was joining American Idol!
I would have actually watched the show <or at least taped it> if that had been true.

Alas, it is not.