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Your rude attempt to mock Derrick Watkins B.K.A. Fonzworth Bentley is just sad. Mr. Watkins is not only one of the better dressed men in entertainment, but also one of the more educated. Please note that he is a graduate of Morehouse College. That’s why I prefer to read sites such as http://www.thenoireffect. c o m I feel they have a better grasp on reporting issues of the black community without an agenda to make a mockery of it like your site. Ugh.

The problem Erin, is that a majority of the audience don’t listen to each contestant fairly or get excitied over their singing ability. Instead they tend to follow what ever the current, popular, media buzz happens to be. No offense meant, but some people don’t know how to pick, so they rely on the sheep around them. If I knew nothing about music or singing, and I wanted to impress in a conversation. I’d just say, “Crystal” to look good. And I’d bet that is what happens at every water cooler across America. I can almost bet that 90% of your decision to have Bowersox fever comes from things said, and hype that surrounds her. Or that she’s an “Indy” girl, or what you’ve been told. You can’t come back and say, “NO, it’s vocal talent”, because if you were basing it on that, you’d include Siobhan in that equation.

And most media outlets that try to report, seldom have the experience to know what to do, so they get a basic idea of what is popular and run with that. Otherwise, they’d risk looking bad for picking someone that isn’t most popular.

Either that or there is something about Bowersox that reminds you of what you “THINK” an artist should be, or something based on her backing story. The problem for me is, again, that people don’t just bother to listen. They get caught up in un-important details about the contestant. If you had truly payed attention, you would notice that Siobhan is very quickly changing the direction of idol. And that she sung with amazing accuracy, a very hard to sing Aretha Franklin song.

I’d be willing to bet that if challenged, Siobhan could quickly imitate Crystal’s style and sound just like her. However, I have doubts that Crystal could do the same for Siobhan because she likely lacks the vocal training to do that. But to be honest, I am also a fan of Crystal. She’s just not going to be 1st. Siobhan is my favorite because of the voice, that she’s interesting and takes some unexpected chances. Crystal is 2nd favorite because while she is good, she will ALWAYS sound the same, week after week. She sings within a box that she can never leave. When I listen to idol, I base things on the SOUND of what I hear and how talented the singers are. Style, image and personality play into this as well, but it’s secondary for me.

I think the reverse is unfortunately true with most viewers. Instead Looks, style and backing story come first. Then after that, vocal talent counts for a little bit of it. Sad really, but this article presents NOTHING new or an accurate view of the flow of things on Idol. Instead it’s just a copy of ever other article out there.