Comments on: Crystal vs. Lee: The Final Battle – AMERICAN IDOL Season 9

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:29:18 +0000

I did have one thing to say about your response to my comment, Jason.

I don’t agree with what you had to say about history and Adam, Melinda and Blake being original artists who were overlooked in favor of, as you put it, “idolbots”.

Not winning AI has nothing to do with success. Adam, Melinda and Blake were and remain one trick ponies. Adam would do great in any rock and roll musical, but he just doesn’t have the talent to sustain himself in the music world. Melinda? I barely remember her. Blake? If he could do anything beyond the beat box thing, he would have done it by now, don’t you think?

Not winning AI hasn’t hurt Daughtry any. Nor has it hurt Jennifer Hudson. And the leg up it gave to Ruben, Fantasia and David Cook hasn’t exactly launched them into the stratosphere.

Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, love them or hate them, had and still have what it takes to be successful. They aren’t relying on any gimmicks, just talent.

That’s what makes Lee DeWyze’s win over Crystal Bowersox such a kick in the head. Lee would be great performing at fraternity venues, but Crystal is so obviously a star. For her not to win is just….lame.

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:08:00 +0000

I can’t believe Lee won. Watching Crystal and Lee perform with Joe Cocker it was painfully obvious to me Crystal was the talent worthy enough to stand next to that legend.

I’m aghast. Last time I felt this blown away was…well, never.

Geez, my apologies, Jason. You knew what you were talking about and I just felt you were way off track.

No accounting for taste among the voters for this show.

By: Paulette

Paulette — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:08:15 +0000

My Idol days are over, I think! Crystal will be a star!

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:21:34 +0000

Lee won the title but Crystal is the one who will be remembered. She has the real future in music. No more American Idol for me. It’s not worth turning the TV on for.

By: jenn

jenn — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:56:40 +0000

This post was excellent – tight, to the point, and funny.

I had never watched AI before this season. I stopped watching about a month and a half ago for all the reasons you stated. I could tell about Lee way back. He sounded exactly like every other guy on the radio. Boring. Not that great. Not even really cute.

Crystal, on the other hand, is brilliant. She can sing, stay on pitch, and look effortless doing it. I had her pegged from the beginning. She is versatile and interesting.

America also likes Miley Cyrus and that blond country-singing tweenie bopper I can’t stand who sings about Romeo and Juliet in like every song I’ve ever heard her sing (or maybe that’s the same song). That’s why I don’t have faith in American viewers. When whatshername got up and sang with Stevie Nicks at the Grammies, I had heart palpitations.

I don’t care who wins AI anymore because hell, Crystal knows she’s got the voice. She has that quiet confidence; she doesn’t need the title. I still listen to what I want to listen to, and that’s that.

By: Jason Matthews

Jason Matthews — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:29:58 +0000

EIREGO, look at the DialIdol.com predictions, where he is ahead for tonight, and has won the week for the last month (the site’s numbers are accurate to 98%). Look at Lee advancing over Casey, Tim and Mike (when each were better in their own way). Look at the overwhelming majority of audience sign love during the telecasts.

Look at history: Adam lost, Melinda lost, Blake lost. The more unique artist now consistently loses to the straight from the factory IdolBot.

I don’t want to be right. I hope I’m not. I just don’t think I am.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:17:19 +0000

I don’t think Lee will win; Crystal will. Last year, I insisted Kris would win even as everyone practically crowned Adam weeks before the finale. I think America might surprise you!

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:16:18 +0000

Jason, it isn’t over until the fat lady…er, guy sings!

And what are you basing your opinion on as far as who America will vote for?

Seems a bit cynical, doesn’t it?

Besides what is going on out there in the big bad world of crazy that constitutes life in America these days, I’d like to think it will work out.

Then again, I’m not an illegal immigrant living in Arizona…

By: Reader#9

Reader#9 — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:26:08 +0000

I don’t think it’s America necessarily who is about to make the big mistake of crowning Lee DeWyze the next American Idol, I think the problem lies with tween-age girls who think they Lee is dreamy on some level. As the camera sweeps through the audience, I see such a little girls with signs and homemade T-shirts attending these shows. Do they represent the American consumer? I don’t think so. And they are most of the people still watching this train wreck.

But you are right about Crystal Bowersox. She has so obviously outclassed everyone else in this competition this season and has seemed to have done it effortlessly. There should have been a stronger cross section of talent this year.

I think the general malaise everyone is feeling about season 9 of AI is that we know that it just doesn’t matter who wins. It is no longer an indicator of success and the network executives and producers of this once compelling juggernaut are all out of tricks.