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Posted on 04/23/2009 11:11:53 AM PDT by earlJam
Do 'American Idol' voters discriminate against minorities, gays?
by Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press
Thursday April 23, 2009, 11:36 AM
AP Photo Lil Rounds performs on "American Idol" on Tuesday night. She was voted off the competition Wednesday."American Idol" is many things. Off the top of my head, I can think of about two dozen adjectives, both positive and negative (well, mainly negative) to describe the program. Bigoted, though?
We run a live blog of each "American Idol" show and there was some interesting commentary last night upon the elimination of Lil Rounds (African-American) and Anoop Desai (Indian-American).
Mlive user getdownman posted this: "I can't shake the feeling that America is showing its 'True Colors' by voting off the most obvious minorities from the show when clearly from a talent contest, it did not add up. But to log onto the site it was even more of a confirmation that the next person on the chop block would be the one contestant that is the obvious next choice for removal. The gay guy. He's white and talented sure, but he's too gay so he's next whether he is or isn't more talented."
By "the gay guy," the reader is referring to Adam Lambert, who is heavily favored to become the next "Idol." But is talent enough? Does a performer also have to be totally WASP-y? And not gay?
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I like that red-headed girl too...and only 16! Great voice! What a career she’s gonna have.
Adam is a little too purty for me. Like a more feminine Elvis.
IMO, Clarkson isn’t awesome any more. The last several times I’ve seen/heard her, she’s been downright awful.
Adam would have to fall off the stage to lose. It’s really a battle for 2nd. They should all get a record deal IMO.
Lil Rounds deserved to go. She was the weakest one left
Go Kris, LOL.
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Don’t know about live...but I love her latest release. Life would suck without you.
Hard-hitting, investigative journalism at its finest.
She did that on AI this season. I hated it and I thought she sucked singing it. Or rather, screaming it.
Just my opinion.
I didn’t see that. Only the video version. It’s great.
But that’s just my opinion.
Most homosexuals used to behave like this in society; keeping their personal proclivities to themselves and succeeding in society on the merits of their own abilities and hard work. I honestly didn't know Van Cliburne was a homosexual until a very few years ago.
What's the deal with Bob Banner?
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