Screw this lady. She's blind. Taylor is probably the most out there performer that the show has ever seen and his fan base is rather rabid. Elliott is the underdog who keeps improving and McPhee, while enigmatic, certainly projects some interesting, er, features.
And for the record, Daughtry was good but nothing people have not already heard planty of times on the Alt. rock channels. Plus, his personality came across as a mixed bag for people. Some liked it, some didn't.
I have never watched the show and don't plan to, but my son messaged me the other day and asked me to call Elliot's number to see if I could get through because he couldn't. I did. For whatever that's worth. Elliot's voice mail thanked me.
The ego hasn’t landed.
“American Idol” castoff Chris Daughtry thinks voter laziness, not lousy vocals, got him booted from the Fox talent show Wednesday night.
“You know what, maybe people thought I was safe and didn’t vote as much,” said the 26-year-old rocker in a conference call yesterday.
Considered a favorite to win among the judges, bloggers and even online betting sites, the wannabe star said he tried to block the hype out the best he could.
But it looks as though it didn’t work.
“When everyone is telling you you are going to win, it’s a real blow,” he said. “(It was) very gut-wrenching the way it happened. I thought (Ryan Seacrest) was building it up that people thought I was going home or say ‘Chris, you are going home tomorrow . . . on a private jet to your hometown.’ I thought he was just kidding. I was not expecting that, not even a little.”
But the pompous performer does expect a “flood of opportunities,” including a deal with the band Fuel.
“I can’t really talk about (offers),” he said. “Some are lined up. I’ve got to feel out all offers and what’s right for me. I have to take everything into consideration and be careful. I don’t want to make a rash decision. (But) I’m a songwriter myself and to be able to launch my own career is my dream.”