First Time Viewer
Other than seeing a few episodes here and there growing up i never watched American Idol. I knew some artists got famous from winning (Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood) but otherwise I didn’t know much about the show.
In reading some reddit posts I’ve learned the voting process is newer and now contestants appear to move forward based on popularity rather than talent alone. Which makes me understand why each contestant needed to have some kind of sad sob story or huge issue to overcome in life before auditioning.
Basically just came to this sub to say the voting was wack and that some of the contestants that made it as far as they did definitely shouldn’t have. Chris? No way. Hannah was good but to win the whole thing wtf. Jordan and Daniel both have incredible voices and range they were fantastic. Sure, if you aren’t into gospel they might not be your cup of tea, but their talent was phenomenal. I’m so bummed Jordan didn’t win. I felt he was the most consistently amazing contestant week after week and the main critique he got was stage presence which he truly worked on and fixed by these last few performances.
Rae was cut way too soon. I wasn’t crazy about Brooks, his voice was unique but he wasn’t what I’d call a performer like Julian was for example. I also really loved that one rock centric girl whose dad was a performer - she had some great pipes and should have made it further. I suspect she and some of the other girls that i thought were great were not popular enough with the audience because they weren’t a size 2.
Also this finale episode was awful, i fast forwarded. Did any of the artists rehearse ahead of time? My husband actually said “which contestant was that? They sounded awful, no way they can win” and i had to tell him it was just legit artists plus previous contestants that came in for a halftime show lol.