I am Him
04-28-2004, 02:06 AM
I found this article.
Some music industry insiders are quietly debating the future of the runaway hit show "American Idol" if lounge-style singer John Stevens wins the current competition. According to USA Today, he doesn't have "the pipes or the personality of the others," but he's so popular with the voting audience that he actually has a chance of winning--even though he's the three judges' least favorite contender. And that has a number of music critics forecasting the cancellation of the show.
Stevens is a marginal talent at best, writes USA Today reporter Edna Gundersen. But the voters love him! Middle-aged women in the heartland want to take him home and feed him. Young teen girls are falling in love. George Varga, pop critic for the San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service, told USA Today that a win by the 16-year-old Stevens "should provide the best chance yet for "American Idol's much-deserved cancellation. If not, I'd suggest a joint tour with William Hung and have Janet Jackson's right nipple as the opening act, although the nipple is probably the superior singer." Ouch.
Laugh all you want but the first two runs of "American Idol" produced big-selling CDs from Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, and Clay Aiken. But music consultant Dennis O'Donnell told USA Today all that would end if Stevens actually wins this time. "With this kid, what can you do?" he says. "He's not an engaging personality...You have no one-hit-wonder capability in this equation." For good measure, O'Donnell added this: "I don't believe there's a record in John Stevens. And I don't think anyone who's voted for him could sit and listen to 12 cuts of John Stevens."
Some music industry insiders are quietly debating the future of the runaway hit show "American Idol" if lounge-style singer John Stevens wins the current competition. According to USA Today, he doesn't have "the pipes or the personality of the others," but he's so popular with the voting audience that he actually has a chance of winning--even though he's the three judges' least favorite contender. And that has a number of music critics forecasting the cancellation of the show.
Stevens is a marginal talent at best, writes USA Today reporter Edna Gundersen. But the voters love him! Middle-aged women in the heartland want to take him home and feed him. Young teen girls are falling in love. George Varga, pop critic for the San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service, told USA Today that a win by the 16-year-old Stevens "should provide the best chance yet for "American Idol's much-deserved cancellation. If not, I'd suggest a joint tour with William Hung and have Janet Jackson's right nipple as the opening act, although the nipple is probably the superior singer." Ouch.
Laugh all you want but the first two runs of "American Idol" produced big-selling CDs from Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, and Clay Aiken. But music consultant Dennis O'Donnell told USA Today all that would end if Stevens actually wins this time. "With this kid, what can you do?" he says. "He's not an engaging personality...You have no one-hit-wonder capability in this equation." For good measure, O'Donnell added this: "I don't believe there's a record in John Stevens. And I don't think anyone who's voted for him could sit and listen to 12 cuts of John Stevens."