REGARDING ....
but I honestly think Kat has a 75% chance of winning next week. Don't be shocked when it happens.
Agreed.
MY COMMENT FOLLOWS....
If you read the USA TODAY interview (see POST #6275), you will see the difference between Taylor and Kat as to why they joined this gruelling competition in the first place.
Taylor says this ...
I do have a laidback nature, but you have to be a go-getter in this business. You can't let opportunities pass you by and if they don't come to you, you have to go to them. That's my mindset as far as being an entertainer is concerned."
What is he looking forward to most about the tour?
"The bus."
Having a tour bus was something he dreamed of as he traveled around playing clubs before Idol. After his run with Idol is over, he plans to continue pursuing that dream.
I'll probably live on my tour bus… I might have some little lake place somewhere where I can sit on a porch and stare at some trees and water. But as far as what I've always wanted to do — is be on a bus. My home has been the road, even before American Idol. My Birmingham apartment has been there, but I've been only there for a few days and I'm on the road. A tour bus with some good cold iceberg lettuce, that's where I'll stay."
Here is what Kat said on the other hand :
I would love to do film. Before American Idol, that's kind of what I was pursuing. I had an agent and I was going out for television and film every day like every other actress. Now it's cool but I have doors open — I'm hoping that doors will open for me. I took acting very seriously. I was going to school for theater, majoring in musical theater in college so obviously Broadway would be something I'd like to put on my resume some day."
And she says she "love to have" a career like Kelly Clarkson's.
For me the difference could not be starker.
TAYLOR LOVES MUSIC FOR ITS OWN SAKE AND LOVES WHAT HE DOES FOR THE PURE JOY OF DOING IT. HE ALSO SAYS IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW THAT EVEN IF HE DOES NOT WIN, HE STILL WANTS TO DO THIS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE ( NOTE: he and his dad argued about this many times ).
KAT IS DOING THIS AS A STEPPING STONE TO BECOMING THE NEXT JULIA ROBERTS OR CATHERINE ZETA JONES ( and there is a slight resemblance INHO).
YOU TELL ME BASED ON THIS WHO DESERVES THE TITLE...