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[wildejenni]

Is it possible that I've been so busy that coming back here was pushed to the back of my mind? Well, only partly true.
Tyler Grady.

I normally don't rant on about American Idol (at least, much) but this really irks me. Finally, there was a person who had amazing stage presence AND quite a voice.  God, what a voice.  True, his first time for us he

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[colonelperry42n]

I hate that show so much! I often compare it to "So you think you can dance?" The American Idol judges aren't rigorously trained in music, so how can they judge??

Randy is always saying the people are out of tune, when I think he just doesn't know what being "in tune" is. Sometimes the voices are shaky, but that's more of an endurance problem than tuning, right? Also, Simon says he doesn't like some acts, but he can't accurately describe what he doesn't like about that (he just says 'no!') Paula seemed like a decent judge, but again, she couldn't say any technical problems that were present in the performance.

However, in SYTYCD, it's clear that most of the judges are classical trained in ballet, and they can accurately state the shortcomings of the performance. I think that's the reason why the ratings for this show are higher than AI.

Just my two cents. . .

[wildejenni]

I used to really hate it too. Then they spewed out Adam Lambert as a second and I actually liked his music. I figured it was worth a shot, right?
NO.
You're completely right about the judges. I often feel like they have no.bloody.clue what they're talking about. You don't like it? Why can't you explain yourself?! I don't know about you, but I can tell EXACTLY WHY they sounded that way, and believe me, it usually has nothing to do with 'having a moment' as Simon would say.
Absolutely correct about endurance.
I've never seen SYTYCD, but I like the idea of having judges classically trained in that field!!!! :)