American Idol: Alien Conspiracy Edition
Possible explanation of disconnect between what American Idol judges hear and what the TV audience hears.
So I have this theory: Every time Phillip Phillips performs something happens between what the judges hear in the auditorium and what gets broadcast to the rest of the world. They hear genius. I hear crap. Maybe aliens intercept the signal as it’s broadcast and distort it, perhaps a test of our broadcast capabilities presaging an intergalactic invasion. Maybe the signal gets sucked into a rift in the space-time continuum and comes out completely distorted by the time it reaches my TV set.
Even Phillip says his band mates at home criticize his performances, calling his rendition of The Zombies’ “Time of the Season” pretty rough. Yet there were the judges, praising it high and low. This week, after Phillip tortured CCR’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” in a way that would make even a Spanish Inquisitor retch, Steven Tyler reached into his book of “Sayings That Seem Kinda Profound Until You Think About It” and said that Phillip “is living proof that the road to success is always under construction.” In Phillip’s case they’re tearing up a perfectly good road to put in sewer lines. The only explanation of Tyler’s judgment is imminent alien invasion or a universe coming apart at the seams.
“road to success” comment might mean anything or nothing.
I think the odds are about 3:1 that Philips goes this week.
The hack that writes this silly site every week has it wrong every time. Phillips is an unusual talent that people long for. No one wants another song bird that sounds like every other singer on the planet. This writer thinks that when you sing on idol that you must sound like the original. This is the last thing producers want. Jessica is a great singer but she is no Idol. Joshua is great and I predict that he and Phillip will be the two finalists.
All Phillip can do is a poor Dave Matthews imitation. That’s it!
I think I see your mistake: you used “talent” and “Phillip” in the same sentence.
“Different” and “unusual” don’t = good. One requirement for “singer” is to be actually able to sing. Outside of a very narrow range, Phillip is hopeless.
And if producers want what Phillip has, why hasn’t Jimmie Iovine already offerend him a contract like he has Joshua?
He’s pitchy.
We all know the teenybopper bubblegum adolescent girls who vote 100 times with their cell phones will give Phillips the win. I’m guessing Joshua gets the boot this week.
It occurred to me last week while watching the judges slobber all over their Phillips and Jessica while after bashing Hollie for far less serious flaws that I truly dislike Tyler, JLo, and Randy. It’s their judging that’s pitchy, letting subpar talent like Phillips and McCreary through to the top 12 in the first place. Then again, Cook is exhibit A that the judging wasn’t flawless before Tyler and JLo’s arrival, either. Maybe it’s “Yo-Yo-Yo” Randy’s fault.