RE: American Idol 2016 - The end is nigh!
First, that's actually a pretty good song.
Second, it does turn me off a little bit that she went after Idol. There's a lot wrong with that show, and I understand that. But the show was nice to Jax, and it gave her a platform. If Haley can stay classy, Jax can too.
As for Ameet, yea, she probably was beyond a lot of Idol voters. Clearly Avalon was too. And it's likely the other three were as well. It's just the reality of a confident current twenty year old woman on this show. Ironically, the show and voters (chicken and egg really) promoted contestants that are irrelevant to real world music.
Haley was lucky in that even though she was left of center, she was/is also authentically old school.
However, I think part of it is also Jimmy vs. Scott. I honestly, for a while, thought it was the judges picking talent..but it occurred to me, the music producers likely have a lot of influence over who is in the live shows. With Clive, there was always a few chosen ones and the rest were fodder..which helped get the winner wanted. Jimmy's seasons were always stacked with talent. Scott...talent has to sneak in there in order to be there.
I understand Scott's claim to fame is Taylor Swift, who when signed was not a great singer. (Or even a good one.) But she was (and still is) an incredible songwriter and took a lot of heat for her inability to sing and improved herself quite a bit. This isn't a songwriting competition, however.
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