Simon may be nasty, but he's probably the most realistic in his advice to
people. And in fact, people he liked on last year's AI (which in this case
definitely doesn't NOT stand for Artifical Intelligence) got voted off by the
home audience, which went for the superficial and the flashy. I didn't actually
watch the show - I'd see clips on the Today Show the next morning from the
comfort of my bed w/coffee in hand. That's as close as I get to reality
television - that and Trading Spaces.
Christine Thomas
Voice Studio of Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
"If you look goofy, you probably sound goofy."
--Marianna Busching
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Snider <snide76258@y...>
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: [vocalist] American Idol .... my first viewing of this debacle
In my opinion, the big scandal of American Idol is that each
contestant was screened before Paula, Randy, and Simon heard them.
The audience is given the impression that they heard EVERYBODY and
had to suffer through all of these horrible auditions. The truth is,
good people were turned away and bad people let through just so they
could be humiliated on television.
That being said, Simon is my hero. I am just dying to tell a
prospective student, "A word of advice for your next audition:
don't." But I would get fired.
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