RE: American Idol 2016 - The end is nigh!
I'm gonna miss Slezak and Melinda more than Idol.
I wanted to make this point though. Yes, there are other reasons that were losing Idol. But the general insistence of sticking unprepared teenagers and the nice white guy next door in the show, killed the show. The talent is significantly subdued and the person who should win, never wins. (It's something that, thank God, hasn't happened to The Voice yet.)
So, here are a few 20+ year old ladies (You know, the age and gender of Idol's most successful winners..) who failed to make the top 5 both because of voters and Judges dumb mistakes. And I'd argue that only La'Porsha could keep up with them.
Colette Lush - Here
Avalon Young - Dear No One/Stay With Me
Ameet Kanon - The Worst/From Time
Jessica Cabral - Hello/Hollow
Malie Delgado - Jar of Hearts
You can't tell me that those five wouldn't put on a better show than the ones we have left.
These are all current and marketable young women, and they are remarkably talented. Yet only one of this bunch made the top 24, and she was thrown in the bottom 3 the second America was able to vote. Instead, we get Mackenzie, Dalton, Trent (who can be talented, and can also be a mess..), Sonika (who is talented, but really needed a few more years..of course, if she had that time, she would have been like the girls above..) and La'Porsha (who does indeed belong with those six girls in terms of talent. )
The show died when WGWG took over, and the only minor success woman could have was by being a teen..and essentially America's sweetheart princess. (And by "success" I mean second place. Jessica, Lauren, Jena..even though Jess and Jena had to play that part, which inevitably hurt them when they got into the real world.)
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