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Feb
27
Video: Tyler Grady sings American Woman
American Idol has moved beyond the initial fun of watching people audition and all of the craziness that ensues when hopeful young people try to get face time on the camera into the serious part of the competition where the top aspiring singers either shine or fail. Now is the time that we can finally start to see the competition unfold and start to cheer for favorites.
AmericanIdol.net recaps the first of American Idol’s Season 9′s Top 24 contestants to fall :
Girl #1 Eliminated – Janell Wheeler
Girl #2 Eliminated – Ashley Rodriguez
Guy #1 Eliminated – Joe Munoz
Guy #2 Eliminated – Tyler Grady
Video: Janell Wheeler sings What About Love
The Los Angeles Times’ American Idol blog — Idol Tracker — gives a summation of what happened when the singing competition was pared down to 20 singers from 24:
So how did they do on this very different performance? Some, like Tampa’s Janell Wheeler, handled their ouster with class, others, like Boston’s Ashley Rodriguez and our hometown talent Joe Muñoz were clearly bummed about a journey cut short, and one in particular, Pennsylvania’s Tyler Grady, seemed a tad touchy.
Billboard reports that some of the American Idol contestants thought the judges were “too harsh.”
“Yeah, they were not taking any chances this week,” Ashley Rodriguez said during a conference call with reporters the day after the first results show. “I think a lot of people thought maybe they’d be a little lenient considering it was our first live show. Turns out they were coming throwing punches. There was definitely no leniency with it being our first live show, which is unfortunate ’cause there are a lot of jitters and nerves that go into a first live performance. We definitely could’ve used a little bit of love from them, for sure; I think they were very quick to give a lot of criticism and not back it up with anything positive, which is unfortunate.”
Video: Ashley Rodriguez sings Happy
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3 Responses to “Were American Idol judges too harsh on Top 24?”
I think pretty much all of them are terrible this year. The show has run its course and now people care more about throwing boos at Simon rather than good singing.
I am a big fan, and I am hugely disappointed this season. Plus, that Kara woman annoys the fire outta me.
AL
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Hi Allyn,
I saw an interview with Constantine Maroulis saying that the producers should pull the plug on American Idol when Simon leaves after this season.
You are probably right that it’s been a great run, but American Idol might be at the point where it’s going to “jump the shark.”