Idol fans weigh in

Performance is good IMHO when I feel I would buy a record. The only one I would consider buying is Joshua. He is already great singer. Jessica is very good but might end up the way Maria Carey did - some early signs of it. Phillip sang Volcano almost exactly the same as Damien Rice - why would I be interested - I already have Damien Rice CD. At least he got rid of annoying movements and gestures imitating Dave Matthews. What really annoys me are judges. To them everything is "beautiful, man, just beautiful", but when Jennifer Lopez named Jessica the best singer she has ever heard it was too much. She gets furious when other judges disagree with her plus lack of experience (she doesn't know very popular standards) suggest that judging requires different skills than singing or good looks. The only one I respect is Randy Jackson but even he is overly positive - possibly by design of the show.

I think the show is a joke. A place for would be artists who are not good enough to become artists. Regardless of what Tyler might say on the show about how great they are, if any one of these performers auditioned for him and Tyler had nothing to do with the show, he would laugh them out of the room.

Chayro
I think the show is a joke.

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With zero criticism, how can you take it seriously? Sure, there are some decent "singers," but they can be found anywhere.

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After 10 years, the show has produced only 3 artists worth anything ... Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Hudson (who didn't win). That should pretty much sum it up. As for this year, the final five are ok singers. But face it, the ones that go on to record professionally will not be singing already established songs, but rather the drivel written by 19 Entertainment.

Rich