[Lijahsbubbe]

He seems to forget that several of their past contestants have gone on to successful Broadway careers. If they are specifically looking for the next Rap star or the next bubblegum star they will lose viewers faster than Michael Jackson lost his nose.

Simon's right on the money. Andrew Lloyd Weber is not what people are tuning in for. Especially not the young crowd. It's American Idol, not American Musical Star. Ish. If I want that, I'll go to a theater.

[Netizen]

I don’t mind them doing it for 1 week, its not like they sing songs from muscials every week. I don’t want to listen to pop and rap. They have crap like Mariah Scarey and Leona screamer every week and they will lose tons of viewers. They already figure that Archuleta’s votes are coming from the 50+ and under 12 age brackets and he doesn’t even sing pop or anything contemporary!

[b9]

I liked Andrew Lloyd Weber’s work much better before his Idol night.
In a real ALW stage production, it would’ve taken weeks to learn and craft each song.

They did a disservice to the Idols to expect them to do justice to that music in such a short time ~ wonder if ALW regrets having done it.