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Mattsie, you cannot tell me that a televised show can ever be a pure singing contest. If they wanted a straight singing contest just hide everyone behind a certain and have them sing. We all know that the some of the most marketable singers in history haven't been the greatest singers. They are searching for the AMERICAN IDOL. Not the best undiscovered SINGER in the country. Being an American Idol covers more than just singing, I think we all know that.
Some people are great singers but they aren't great performers. People accused Katharine of not being a very exciting performer on Idol. But sometimes people confuse running around the stage with being "fun & exciting" just like they confuse some of the vocal gymnastics some of the "singers" do as great singing.
People are going to like what they like. That's why the show is so successful. We all have our own feeling on what we like. I preferred Jordin the whole way this year over Melinda. And Melinda is a great singer and if the competition was on radio maybe I would have picked her but...it's not. Melinda would have had to have been WAY BETTER than Jordin to beat her because like it or not Jordin's cuteness was a big help to her.
And take that back to last year. As much as you want to talk about the "entertainers" here...you can't tell me that Katharine wasn't greatly aided by the fact that she's one of the most beautiful women on the planet. And you know I love her and think she's a wonderfully talented singer but hotness took Haley to 8th place...Kat's singing took her beyond that to #2.
On Top 3 Results: "Congratulations to you two," a frowny Cowell said, covering his face. "My commiserations, Melinda, 'cause you are one heck of a singer."
Simon (Post Idol finale ABC interview): "I felt it was unfair to her. Melinda deserved to win. I should have endorsed her more--it was the right thing to do. She had delivered 10 weeks in a row. She was the most consistent and she had the best voice. I believed if she had walked out on that Kodak stage, we would have seen the best of Melinda."
I FINALLY GOT TO DEFEND MY GIRL, MELINDA Joe, anything is possible with television, even honesty and integrity. The problem lies on people's resolve to uphold it. Trends are not the best indicators of truth. You cannot tell me that people should just settle with mediocrity and degradation of principles if only to give way to consumerism and corporate rule. If Whitney Houston and Celine Dion were in their 20's and had been to the show together with Taylor Hicks and Blake Lewis, in the name of american idol, who would you vote for, and who do you think would win? Hype could precede and go along anything that's trendy and popular. But talent is that which matters and that which counts in the end for beauty is just skin deep. American Idol is just a title conferred upon by a television show to someone TV thinks could impact sales. There are other avenues by which talent is professionally and appropriately measured. Whitney Houston did not just become the best female singer because of her model-like physique. She couldn't even dance. It's for her incredible vocal talent that she is given such recognition, and that no one has ever seemed more qualified to hold the position. Her songs have been the standard of many singing competitions for female singers. Whitney Houston is one of the most influential musical artists ever. She would be the ultimate american idol (during her prime) for me.
Back to the issue. The songs sung on stage were not that many to really gauge a singer's capacity and ability. But if the contest was for another month, without restrictions of songs to sing, I'm sure Melinda could have blown your mind. Do you really think that there's no politics behind all these? Common, let's grow up a little bit. The show is subserved with financial motives and economic gains, in the name of a music talent search. Anything can happen in between. The problem that I see with some people that vote (mostly teens) is that they want to see the cuteness in a singer rather