Danny Gokey and Allison Iraheta: More Billboard Interviews
More Billboard interviews: Danny Gokey talks about the frustration of picking songs and “The Scream”.
Allison Iraheta says watching American Idol growing up helped her prepare for the competition. Plus, she met songwriter, Diane Warren, who loved her rendition of “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” And, her reaction when she found out Jive wanted to sign her? She cried like a baby.
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There’s no question in my mind that the judges thought Danny could sing, and sing well. Simon didn’t mind criticizing Danny, but he would always say he could really sing. In fact, all of the judges thought Danny could sing well.
I’ve been watching this show a long time. Yes, they do “pimp” certain people, BUT when those people start showing that they don’t have the goods, they turn on them on a dime. I remember them pimping Kellie Pickler, but then as she started to screw up, they stopped with the compliments. Look what happened to Lil. It became very obvious that they wanted her gone.
My opinion of AI has always been that our votes are not counted. The PTB watch the Internet and who is getting the most buzz is pushed to the top. They can tell from the Internet buzz who will probably sell and who will not. That i s who will win. After all, they have to sign him. Then the second and third best get the deal. The whole thing is staged for our entertainment, period.
The judges don’t really listen when the kids sing. They have a preconceived opinion before they sit in the chairs, given to them by TPTB. They are told who to push and who to push down. IT is all about who will sell the most Cd’s or the drama.
They will also go for the drama in the beginning to keep the interest of the show high. Did you really think Tatty would move on? We always have a few drama queens and kings who don’t deserve to be there….Sanjaya anyone? Name any year and there will be a person on the tour that made it for the drama or the cuteness and not for talent. A good mixture of the dramatic, the cute, the popular and those who actually have talent. Bottom line: It is show biz. It throws people into the machine just to watch them squirm. Only the strong survive.
Think Allison is very talented but I keep wondering why she didn’t wait a few years before auditioning. There was a bit of disjuncture between her age and the stuff she sang. However, I don’t think she is the next Avril Lavigne if she wants to be anti-Disney.
Now for Danny. I thought this was a good interview. He’s coming along with being a little less wordy.
OK…this one went clear over my head. I don’t recall Avril ever being Disney or sold as a Disney type entertainer. She was playing with the big guys from the get go. Besides she was 18 when she recorded her first album which took a long time since she insisted on co-writing and did a damn good job of it.
If Allison has her type of career…Wow!
I’m saying that I don’t think Allison is the next Avril Lavigne, who was your anti-Disney singer.
Avril is the total package(looks, talent and she had a marketing concept too-skater chick). Incidentally, she honed her musical chops at church for those who think Danny’s music background counts for nothin.
First: I didn’t say it’s all about manipulation and not about finding talents. I said it’s not about finding the best talent, and I said there is a lot of manipulation. I think the show strives first and foremost for “entertainment” that will get the most viewers. And I think it does that by trying to find a combination of talented singers and TV drama. I think they get the TV drama by selecting contestants with sob stories / heartwarming stories / whatever you want to call them, such as Danny, Scott, and single moms Lil and Alexis. I think they also select some more talented singers to throw into the pool in order to achieve some credibility that it’s really a talent show. Thus you have people like Kris, Adam, Allison, and Jesse Langseth.
And therefore, second: Kris being the winner this year (and Allison making it to 4th) says that talent won out over backstory.
As for Keith Urban and Lionel Richie saying Danny was their favorite, okay, fine. Maybe they like his style best, or maybe they had some other reasons. I said earlier in the thread that I don’t think he’s an awful singer and I even liked a bit of what he did. And given the pool of people who were selected for the top 13, I think he was probably worthy of finishing maybe 7th or so — not bad. But the gap between him and the three top-tier talents (Kradison) is painfully obvious to me. Doesn’t make him bad. Just makes him not as good as they are.
I don’t think he’s honest. I think he’s an idiot. I think he’s so narrow-minded that he can’t appreciate anything outside the Danny/Lil adult-contemporary realm. This is the guy who reacted to Adam’s Ring of Fire masterpiece by saying “What the hell was that?” (And no, I’m not really an Adam fan, despite recognizing his immense talent.) This is the guy who’s pushing Susan Boyle, for god’s sake! :biggrin_wp:
Of course his background doesn’t count for nothin. A whole lot of the best singers ever have gotten their young experience singing in church.
I hope Allison does not become the next Avril only because a lot of people don’t really see her as rock in the first place. Also, I hate Avril. haha
Also, just because Kris does not have as big of a voice as the others does not mean he does not have a great voice- for the most part, he was on pitch, great tone and phrasing,etc. In a TV Guide interview, the vocal coach for AI (her name is slipping my mind right now) she told Justin and Kim Caldwell praised Kris and called him a “quiet fire.” She was also describing Danny and talking about how he has to learn the subtleties of working a song instead of full on belting it through, but then she stopped herself and said that she thinks Danny just has not had time to process his wife’s death and everything is go go go. That’s part of the reason why I think Danny had a hard time on the show. Also, I don’t think not wearing a ring means anything.
Kokko, on every single show and in every single picture of Kris Allen (when you can see his left hand, ring finger) he is wearing what certainly LOOKS like a wedding ring. Do you think it’s a friendship ring?
His wife, Katy, was NEVER hidden on the show. She was in the audience with the caption ‘Kris’ Wife’. She was in his intro package sitting on the couch with him, wearing the matching red aprons Aunt Gladys gave them as a wedding present. (Simon commented that he should have kept her hidden) She was sitting on the back of the car seat with him in the hometown parade. She spent the entire time he was on the show IN Los Angeles.
Kris didn’t hide the fact that he’s married or Katy EVER for votes.
With all that said, I have no big problem with Danny wearing a ring or not, or the fact that sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn’t.
Now when do we get the Kris Allen Billboard interview? Or did I miss it?
Canuck – if I understand correctly, You are saying that Allison is NOT the total package, because she is not as beautiful as Avril Lavigne, and also has no marketing concept like being a skater chick? I love Avril a lot, but I also love Allison! Allison is beautiful (and cute) in her own way and she can be marketed eventually like Shakira to both anglo and latin markets, and may appeal to a wide range of ages.
TwigLA, yeah I almost thought that is a friendship ring – to celebrate the Kradam Bromance given the buzz and love shown between these 2 guys on the show. LOL.
I did not have time to review all the videos with Kris on it, I did review some and from what I saw yes he did wear the wedding ring on the show, so that was a misstatement on my part, however, you are not 100% correct either in saying he wore the ring in every single picture – there’re 2 recent pictures taking by Allison and Danny on Top 4 (the one that shows Danny with a clean shaven look and without glasses) that shows he did not wear the ring on either hand.
So Kris wore the ring all the time during competition and some recent photos showing he did not wear the ring post competition, red flag? Actually I totally agree with you that this shouldn’t matter, my point as you might figure out is when this “should not matter” thing happened to Danny, then it became something hugely matter to some posters.
roquemocan, that’s what I mean by Allison waiting a few years. I just felt that what she sang didn’t fit with who she is,kind of hard to take her seriously although she had no problem vocally.
Eventually she will grow into these songs and then who knows what will happen? I don’t see her as being as successful as Avril Lavigne though.
When I talk of looks, I am thinking of how Avril had her own fashion statement that became associated with Avril.
Yet, I guarantee you that many who claim to follow the teaching of the Bible eat shellfish, and isn’t that supposed to be an abomination? I have to wonder how many people running around condemning gay people are also having shrimp for dinner. Things that make you go hmmmm….