Sheesh. Them maybe you could explain why others were repeatedly criticized for not coming out of their comfort zone and singing something “different”? I admittedly can’t stand country twang, but I can appreciate that he will be a good country singer. But to praise that second song the other night? Please. All I ask is that they are all judged with the same criteria. And they weren’t. Not even close.
The judges repeatedly said that some were not sure of who they were as artists. They said this to Jacob, Lauren, Haley. Jacob was all over the place, but the JLo kept pushing to be like Vandross, Randy too, to a certain extent, but he also mentioned Jacob’s gospel nature. Jacob listened to Iovone, too much and it hurt him.
Lauren was changing genres a lot early on, and the judges questioned if she knew who she was and what type of album she would do. Over time she is doing more country, country/pop. The judges have commented on how this suits her.
Randy has commented on Haley doing well with jazz. Were the judges more cruel to her, yep, I think so. That’s why I think she is still there.
The judges pretty much let James do his own thing, because James knew he was as an artist.
Comfort zone means more than the genre they sing. Quite often when the judges say that, they are talking about the performer not moving around the stage enough, like Pia. Early on some of the others just stood there, too.