I wanted to vote for Adam vs any of the actual contestants!
IMO Scotty was a front-runner because the judges pimped him from the 1st, I don't know why. I hated everything he did. I thought he was a one-trick pony & a novelty act with his Alfred E Neuman looks & his bass voice.
Scotty is still doing well. His four albums all have hit #1 on the country charts, except for his Christmas album, which went to #2. All four albums have hit the top ten on the pop charts.
Of the nine singles he has released, four have gone platinum and two more have gone gold. After Mercury dropped him from their label, he released "Five More Minutes" and it was the first independently released song to hit the top 50. It eventually hit #1 and went platinum. He remains a force to be reckoned with.
The comparison is that Adam was a front-runner from the start & never had a bad night. That's not true of Kris Allen. BTW the last I heard of Kris was that he has a very successful career as a song arranger & musician.
I knew someone would say this but that doesn't make me like him any better. Not liking country may have had something to do with that.
Adam had great nights. I don't think Laine is nearly in the same league as Adam when it comes to singing. Not remotely close. I think a lot of people were not at all surprised that Adam didn't win. Kris was the nice cute boy from the South who did nice arrangements on his guitar. Adam was the gay and dramatic Californian with a fantastic voice.
If Wade or Alejandro wins I will want to cut someone, preferably someone who votes for them.
I haven't watched every episode of every season, and I don't know who most of the people are, and I don't listen to popular or country music, but.........except for Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, which winners are still "big and/or popular"? Non-winners who went on to bigger and better things than pop stars off the top of my head - Daughtry, Katherine McPhee, Kellie Pickler (she's on some reality show with her husband), Jennifer Hudson, Adam. I don't think winning the vote is an indicator of future success or popularity or talent.I didn't say Laine has the voice. I just said his trajectory is similar. And I would be surprised if he didn't win. If Wade or Alejandro wins I will want to cut someone, preferably someone who votes for them.
Madison is a good singer, but Piece Of My Heart is too much of a raw, gritty song for her. She's such a middle-class suburban girl. Like Mom just picked her up from soccer practise. She's trying to act like she deserves a seat at the adult dinner table, but really her place is still at the kiddies table.
Madison had no idea what that song is about. A desperate woman knowing that she will let herself be used by a man who really doesn't love her. If EVER there was a song that shouldn't be sung with a constant smile...... And yet the judges' praise continues. I get SO disgusted. Give the kids some honest constructive criticism!!!
B..... Is next Sunday the final?