No matter what kind of pimping anyone gets or how the deck is stacked AI has evolved into a reality show that caters to the whims of its audience. No way is a Lady GaGa or Katy Perry Clone making it…I think we are in for a Taylor Swift clone…that seems to be the direction that the AI viewership demographics is headed.

I know I’m projecting here, but all of us have been amazed at how many people with real potential get scuttled by the viewers, especially in the early rounds. It’s pretty damn hard for anyone to succeed if their is bias in the heartland. The major reason that Carly and Michael Johns were thwarted was because they weren’t American kids, and many girls have been given the boot because they were too sexy or not sexy enough, or not pretty enough, or didn’t have the right body shape or weren’t representative of the “All american girl”.

I’ll just watch and enjoy next year and then will hang my star on the person I like regardless of how they finish. Winning Idol is not the Perfect path to stardom as past seasons have proven.

I’m fine with a girl winning. I would love a girl who plays a musical instrument to win.

me too…someone like sheryl crow….

I was not aware of that. That is troublesome.

Yeah, apparently Jordin used to babysit Randy’s kids or something like that. I don’t know how accurate it is, but that was the rumor.

It also turned out that Randy knew Jordin and her father quite well before the show.

I was not aware of that. That is troublesome.

Jordin was predicted to the ‘T’  by Randy.

It also turned out that Randy knew Jordin and her father quite well before the show. It’s one of those things that makes you go “hmm”, wondering whether his favoritism towards Jordin was just a matter of honest opinion or if there was something more underhanded going on. It’s one of the reasons why I started disliking Randy.

Kelly and Carrie’s fans came after their Idol runs, on the heels of successful albums. Carrie had virtually no buzz when she first came off Idol. Many were predicting that Bo would outsell her.

Best kind of fans, I think.

Count me as hoping to break the 3 season curse. The only female winner I liked was Kelly. All the other female contestants who’ve appealed to me were way too edgy for this show, Allison excluded. Maybe they’re finally beginning to understand the advantage of women who are “outside the box.”

I just want someone who is an artist. I’m not a fan of “range.” This show will never turn out the Mariah or Whitney. Make me feel something, and you’ve got me. Male or female.

I don’t care about musical instruments. But I want a girl with an amazing voice and stage presence to win. Somebody like Kelly!

I 100% agree. I don’t care about musical instruments. I only want amazing, charismatic singers. Preferably female.

I think there are more successful male music artists than females.Probably have to do with adoring female fans ?
If some truth in it, then women are the makers of amazing men.

http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

Plus, if American Idol wants to continue with its strong revenue they might give some thought to what Newsweek had to say about Women as the new emerging market. So I think it might just be another men duo for the finals next year.

Newsweek:Women and The Economy

So, if they are going for a girl winner, they could look for male contestants who are not as talented as the girls. Will AI go back to the 6/6 split for the TOP 12?

Right now, I am just not as excited for the season to begin as I was in the past.

Cook wasn’t predicted to be (though Archie was)’“it was Jason or Michael Johns, as I recall

Jason was cannon fodder, the Kris of his season — they didn’t show him at all in the auditions or Hollywood week. Cook got a little bit of footage. More than Jason, at any rate. But, yeah, the general consensus after the audition episodes was that Michael Johns, Carly Smithson and David Archuleta were the ones to beat, and in the top 24, Luke Menard, the guy with the white streak (Jason something?), the one who looked liked Ellen DeGeneres, the one who looked like Leif Garrett, and Jason Castro were cannon fodder.

This season, the groups and the pimp spots made it clear that Danny, Adam and Lil were expected to be there at the end.

If Randy says going in that a girl will win, just like with Jordin and Fantasia, a girl will win. They will stack the deck however they need to, and the likes of Teen Martin, George Huff, John Peter Lewis and that Matt football guy will be the only boys to vote for. Which means everybody will be voting for girls.

Kris wasn’t predicted to be (Danny or Lil was)
Cook wasn’t predicted to be (though Archie was)’“it was Jason or Michael Johns, as I recall
Blake wasn’t predicted to be (it was one of the other women’ ¦they had Melinda and others S6)

So, you can’t *always* tell before Top 10 or maybe even Top 5, right? (It was possible that Allison could sneak in there w/ Adam or Danny or Kris, in that order, I think, at Top 5. I thought it was possible Allison could make Top 3, tho Top 2 wasn’t very likely, IMO)

Jordin was predicted to the “T” by Randy.

It occurs to me that male constestants are harder to predict because of the large female fanbase, plus the instruments. They do a number on people — well, they do on me because I’m old school. (Thank god for instruments expressing true musicality.)

Cook wasn’t predicted. Kris wasn’t predicted. Jordin was way, way predicted. Season 6 was set up for her.

Can we make the judging this year just 20 seconds for Ellen and 40 seconds for Simon? Limit the votes to ten per phone. And no judges save.

Of course that doesn’t eliminate all the finagling before the voting rounds, but it would help.

Shut up, Randy.

Kris wasn’t predicted to be (Danny or Lil was)
Cook wasn’t predicted to be (though Archie was)–it was Jason or Michael Johns, as I recall
Blake wasn’t predicted to be (it was one of the other women…they had Melinda and others S6)

So, you can’t *always* tell before Top 10 or maybe even Top 5, right? (It was possible that Allison could sneak in there w/ Adam or Danny or Kris, in that order, I think, at Top 5. I thought it was possible Allison could make Top 3, tho Top 2 wasn’t very likely, IMO)

If I’m really caring, I’ll get back to you next April or May or whatever. Right now, I could care less.

They need a girl to win this year after 2 straight sausage fests. LOL. The fix is in.

What they need to do is figure out how to change the show to attract more younger viewers. I’ve got lots of ideas for that but it would require major format changes

What are your ideas? I’m curious!

That’s right, there is only estimate of international sales, no firm figures. Often you see figures given for international sales and the numbers may be plucked out of some newspaper with no indication if the figures actually come from an authoritive source. See if you can find the reference for Jordin’s international sales.

Thanks. I am no numbers person at all, but the people at DCO’s billboard thread are absolutely brutal. No matter their personal preferences, they will not give David Cook an inch (pardon the expression) and will be very hard-hearted, accountant-like in terms of calculating his sales. So, that’s why I posted there. I’ve gotten a response, and am awaiting further word. I think they are good at being very real. (And, I’m not implying anyone else isn’t real here, but Wikipedia is not always the most reliable.)

Obviously he predicts a girl is going to win. I bet anything they’re going to stack the deck in favor of the female singers when it comes to the voting rounds, and TCO will be a girl too.

I was just thinking the same thing. So now we know the will be pimping two girls.

Okay, because I want to bring this to DCO’s attention, because I’ve heard there’s no reliable way of tracking oveseas sales.

That’s right, there is only estimate of international sales, no firm figures. Often you see figures given for international sales and the numbers may be plucked out of some newspaper with no indication if the figures actually come from an authoritive source. See if you can find the reference for Jordin’s international sales.

A website where you might find some numbers is this -
http://www.worldwidealbums.net/

What it does is just totalling up some known figures and make some estimates, and the figures here may be very different from what’s reported by other people, so take this or any other international figures with a pinch of salt.

The number for Jordin and David from this website -

Artist/Band Title TOT TOTMAX
Jordin Sparks Jordin Sparks 1392500 1435460
David Cook David Cook 1305000 1305000

Just a note on David Cook’s international sales – there’s been no attempt to promote David Cook internationally apart from the few countries like the Philippines. I think the label want to wait until he has a big hit before they will consider pushing him internationally.

Where do you get the overseas numbers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordin_Sparks_(album)

but I’ve never head of Cook selling outside of the U.S. besides Canada, but Jordin has sold over 500,000 albums outside of the U.S.

Where do you get the overseas numbers?

So I don’t think that all teens need a cute guy to be interested. someone like Allison who is young, pretty, unique, has a fun personality and a killer voice could do really well. She just needs to inspire the ones like my little sisters to take the time to vote for her.