Hi Netizen. Hard to say, but it doesn't surprise me that he thinks Cook should win. That seems to be the consensus opinion of a lot of the Hollywood crowd out here in Los Angeles. It also seems to be the opinion of a lot of people who post on various music boards.
In my opinion, Archuletta shouldn't even have made it this far. He is such a limited and cheesy performer. I gave up on Syesha last week due to her dragging politics into the competition. It's bad enough the AI producers stick us with their smarmy 'Idol Gives Back' crap, but when a contestant gets political, that really ruins it for me. But, having said that, she is better than Archuletta.
I don't think Cook is the greatest thing since sliced bread either, but he's miles better than Archuletta. Most people think Syesha is going home tonight.
Sam Rubin, the long-time entertainment reporter on KTLA (the local Channel 5 here) was in the audience last night. They even put the camera on him for a few moments. Although I doubt he's well known elsewhere around the country, Rubin is a pretty big name here in L.A. among the Hollywood glitterati. Anyway, on the KTLA morning show today, Rubin said he was surprised to see how "small" Archuletta is. Rubin wasn't referring to Monchichi's size, but how he impacts a live audience. Rubin said Monchichi would be incapable of reaching an arena-sized or larger audience. Rubin said Archuletta's OK in front of a small crowd of around 300, but he just doesn't fill the stage.
All of the L.A. reporters here who have been watching the show and expressed an opinion think Archuletta shouldn't have made it this far.
I think part of the reason the show's ratings have declined this year (aside from the puke beg-a-thon) is because the talent level has declined. No winner since Carrie Underwood has gone on to big success in the industry, although a small number of non-winners have. Also, most of this year's top 12 finalists were not truly undiscovered talent.
Well, it isn't realistic to expect every winner to be a huge success. Take a look at the winners that went nowhere. Reuben, Fantasia, Sparks, Hicks. I still think Hicks could have done a lot better had he gotten the same treatment that all the others winners had gotten. They didn't promote him, they bad mouthed him. As for the others, their genre and or talent wasn't 'all that'. imo
Now they are getting ready to pair Sparks up with someone else to try and boost her sales. I can't recall which top artists they hooked Hicks up for touring....... OH wait. THEY DIDN'T.
I really think that Cook can be a top selling artist, and we shouldn't forget Daughtry. Not my type but he's been quite succesful. Though we need to keep an eye out. I think what they do with their second albums are a better indication of their staying power, mostly because TPTB have such a strong hand in the first one. jmo
Well, it isn't realistic to expect every winner to be a huge success. Take a look at the winners that went nowhere. Reuben, Fantasia, Sparks, Hicks. I still think Hicks could have done a lot better had he gotten the same treatment that all the others winners had gotten. They didn't promote him, they bad mouthed him. As for the others, their genre and or talent wasn't 'all that'. imo
Now they are getting ready to pair Sparks up with someone else to try and boost her sales. I can't recall which top artists they hooked Hicks up for touring....... OH wait. THEY DIDN'T.
I really think that Cook can be a top selling artist, and we shouldn't forget Daughtry. Not my type but he's been quite succesful. Though we need to keep an eye out. I think what they do with their second albums are a better indication of their staying power, mostly because TPTB have such a strong hand in the first one. jmo