I know what it is now--beauty pageant training. Pickler knows the little tricks that are supposed to endear her to judges, how to present herself, etc. And why is it every time we see her we have to be reminded that "her dad has been in and out of prison"? It was touching the first ten times I heard it, now not so much.
And her voice is irritating too. I say that as someone who is blessed/cursed with a Southern accent of my own. When she auditioned and said "Reeeeeeally?" it set my teeth on edge. It didn't sound real. Like John Edwards' syrupy twang.
I think you're correct--she's trying to imitate Carrie.
Yeah, except someone should tell Ms. Pickler that the original is ALWAYS better than a cheap knock-off. Carrie is a whole heck of a lot prettier than Ms. Pickler, and she has the right voice for her chosen genre of Country music. Neither the industry as a whole, nor the Country genre are going to accept two young female singers of the same time one right after the other.
I say that as someone who is blessed/cursed with a Southern accent of my own. When she auditioned and said "Reeeeeeally?" it set my teeth on edge. It didn't sound real. Like John Edwards' syrupy twang...
You took the words right out of my mouth. She seems to try too hard to annunciate with the southern twang, very superficial.