Regardless of whether John or Jennifer are contacted by anyone, 19Entertainment or whatever it's called that runs AI still has first rights to signing any of the top 12.
I'm really concerned about the whole racism issue on this show, as well as Canadian Idol. Whether it is blatant, underlying, whatever the case there are arguments for either side of the debate. It reminds me of a girl on CI, Toya Alexis, who was the best singer, at least technically, on the show. She was voted out at position number 6 I think. There was a lot of outrage about that in Canada, and the issue of racism was raised at that time.
The whole Ruben/Clay thing is interesting. One can argue that racism really doesn't show up in the voting since Ruben won. And of course that brings us to this year with Latoya and Jennifer being booted prematurely. I really wish I knew what was going through the heads of voters. I just hope that things change next year to try and eliminate the whole popularity contest aspect of this show. I read an internet poll where around 90% of respondants feel that AI has lost its credibility.
On a side note I just want to address the whole Ruben lyrics thing. He's not the only one with suggestive lyrics-just check out the lyrics to Clay's Invisible. Pretty stalker like if you ask me. I'm not ripping him because of it, but we have to take everything into account when discussing this situation. Ruben sings R&B music, a genre that has a lot of suggestiveness in some lyrics. Does it bother me? Not at all. I'd rather listen to R&B, and Ruben, over Clay and pop music any day of the week. People like to throw it around that Ruben isn't as succesful as Clay. The only place where that is evident is album sales which were skewed to begin with because of those freak Claymates who bought copy after copy of Clay's album. When it comes to awards Ruben has been nominated for several more than Clay. Most artists prefer critical respect over album sales any day.
Whatever the case is, I stick by my opinion of Ruben and Clay being able to win this year's AI easily. So could Kelly Clarkson.
Sarahmistral--incredible post.
I'm really concerned about the whole racism issue on this show, as well as Canadian Idol. Whether it is blatant, underlying, whatever the case there are arguments for either side of the debate. It reminds me of a girl on CI, Toya Alexis, who was the best singer, at least technically, on the show. She was voted out at position number 6 I think. There was a lot of outrage about that in Canada, and the issue of racism was raised at that time.
The whole Ruben/Clay thing is interesting. One can argue that racism really doesn't show up in the voting since Ruben won. And of course that brings us to this year with Latoya and Jennifer being booted prematurely. I really wish I knew what was going through the heads of voters. I just hope that things change next year to try and eliminate the whole popularity contest aspect of this show. I read an internet poll where around 90% of respondants feel that AI has lost its credibility.
On a side note I just want to address the whole Ruben lyrics thing. He's not the only one with suggestive lyrics-just check out the lyrics to Clay's Invisible. Pretty stalker like if you ask me. I'm not ripping him because of it, but we have to take everything into account when discussing this situation. Ruben sings R&B music, a genre that has a lot of suggestiveness in some lyrics. Does it bother me? Not at all. I'd rather listen to R&B, and Ruben, over Clay and pop music any day of the week. People like to throw it around that Ruben isn't as succesful as Clay. The only place where that is evident is album sales which were skewed to begin with because of those freak Claymates who bought copy after copy of Clay's album. When it comes to awards Ruben has been nominated for several more than Clay. Most artists prefer critical respect over album sales any day.
Whatever the case is, I stick by my opinion of Ruben and Clay being able to win this year's AI easily. So could Kelly Clarkson.
Sarahmistral--incredible post.
