Colton Dixon who was never in the bottom three was eliminated from American Idol in the 7th position - (FOX photo)

American Idols Top 7 has now been reduced to the Top 6 after the elimination of one of the favorites Colton Dixon who is 3rd from the left in this photo - (FOX photo)

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Video Beat - EXTRA EXTRA Part 2- COLTON DIXON SURPRISINGLY ELIMINATED from AMERICAN IDOL

James Loving - National Radio Text Service

After Jessica Sanchez was put on the chopping block and saved last week an Idol favorite Colton Dixon was the recipient of the American Idol chopping block award as he was eliminated in the 7th position. What doesn't make sense is why is the least talented of the bunch Phillip Phillips given such praise and preferential treatment by the judges and voters? Place this is the GO FIGURE FILE...- Recommended TV Listings

Friday April 20, 2012

DOWN TO THE FINAL 6

Colton Dixon whom we categorized as a pretty boy but we are respectful of his talent was eliminated off American Idol. The shocking results conflicts with the praise he's received throughout the season from the judges EXCEPT THIS WEEK as well as having never been selected to be in the bottom three.

Dixon has all of the characteristics that the judges continue to promote THIS season. He has the whole package, looks, image and talent. His distinctive blond streak on the front of his hair made him stand out among the rest. His rock/pop song style fits into a popular category popular with the young impulsive American Idol voters.

Throughout the season there has been nothing wrong with his talent and behavior. We rated him in the middle of having one of the best voices on the show and he's improved throughout the season. Apparently Idols voters are leaning towards the judge's heavy promotion of Phillip Phillips who has the worst voice on the program. Go figure...

IDOLS FAVORITISM

At the close of the most recent American Idol shows Phillips playfully jostles with host Ryan Seacrest. He's been seen throwing up his fingers in a V shape behind the unknowing Seacrest indicating horns, rabbit ears or a devils ears and horns. The questions are what is that all about? Why is Phillips so comfortable with his position on the show? Phillips has received nothing but praise from the judges and is the only contestant that has never been in the bottom three. Given his lack of a true voice we wonder why. He growls when he sings and the judges claim he has a great voice.

Where is his true voice? Is growling a voice? Given our ratings of the best voices from the Top 13 Joshua Ledet is the most improved. He and Phillips were in our bottom five. At the outset Ledet was growling but has since adjusted and is singing with his NATURAL VOICE which is very good. He is worthy of being in the Top five but given the apparent dominant white youth vote his days could be numbered. For certain he won't be chosen by the shows creator Simon Fuller to manage. He had the talent but Fuller hasn't chosen a minority talent since Jordan Sparks and she's half white. Fuller signed six of last season's contestants to management contracts.

Elton John said years ago that the show was racist and we agree. On the surface they have a lot of minority talent in the band and dancing as well as behind the scenes vocal coaches. The proof of the pudding is in the voting which is suspect given there is no way to monitor the true numbers of votes and the results could be manipulated. When the finals are announced the auditor is a company called Telescope represented by a Brit. Again we ask the question who is Telescope and what relationship do they have with Simon Fuller?

AMERICAN IDOL'S 6 Finalists

* Hollie Cavanagh (born July 5, 1993) is from McKinney, Texas, she is 18 years old. She auditioned in Houston, Texas. She originally auditioned for season 10, but she was cut in the Sing for Your Life round.

* Skylar Laine (born February 1, 1994[41]) is from Brandon, Mississippi, she is 18 years old. She auditioned in Houston, Texas.

* Joshua Ledet (born April 9, 1992) is from Westlake, Louisiana, he is 19 years old. He auditioned in Houston, Texas.

* Phillip Phillips (born September 20, 1990) is from Leesburg, Georgia, he is 21 years old. He auditioned in North Charleston, South Carolina.

* Jessica Sanchez (born August 4, 1995[43]) is from San Diego, California, she is 16 years old. She auditioned in San Diego, California. Before Idol, she was first known for her appearance on the first season of America's Got Talent.

* Elise Testone (born July 29, 1983) is from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, she is 28 years old She auditioned in North Charleston, South Carolina.

THE VOICE - A BAD CHOICE

With American Idol experiencing a decline in quality and popularity some of our readers have suggested to watch The Voice. We've done that and find the show to have more flaws than American Idol.

Most notably the talent is not as good and the judges are terrible. The most annoying is Christina Uglier who has a higher opinion of herself than Idol's Jennifer Lopez. She is obnoxious and rude. Recently there were reports that her team of contestants complained of how badly she treated them in a disrespectful manner.

As they say what goes around comes around. When I was a DJ hosting the Cal Tex Drive time show in Cambodia two pieces of celebrity news came across my desk. One was about how loud and disrespectful Aguilera was to the boy band Westlife because they were sitting at her table at a restaurant in New York City.

There were two pieces on Lopez. One of her rude behaviors was her verbally abusing and embarrassing her former chauffeur. This is a subject that I have experience in and could tell numerous stories about Madonna and other celebrities that one would never forget. What some of these celebrities fail to recognize is that a chauffeur is THE BOSS of the car. In the past I have kicked celebrities out of the car for bad behavior.

The other Lopez salvo was her becoming irate when a hotel gave her chocolates. She was reported to have gone ballistic and insisted on having white chocolates only.

Aguilera made one of the worst judging decisions of all time when she eliminated Jesse Campbell who was the best vocalist in the Voice competition. It is an opinion shared by all of the other judges. She explained her decision that she wanted contestants that could grow. Campbell's talent was obvious from the start. He set the bar high from the start and was consistent throughout the competition.

How can you improve on being the best by far? Campbell had an album released on Capitol records in 1995. His wife left him and his daughter leaving them homeless and living out of his car. Apparently Aguilera likes it that way.

The other problem with the show is the mentor i.e. Aguilera choose the songs the talent must sing. They claim that they want them to stretch and do different types of material. What does that mean and how does that help a talent reach their goal to be themselves with their own talent.

Songs may not be good for their voice and in the battle rounds when two singers sing the same song it may be good for one and not the other. Challenge them? Should Willie Nelson start singing RAP? What would that prove?

Aguilera and Lopez should check their egos at the door.... on their way out of their respective shows.

When CNN went on about how they were going to stop trafficking we were suspicious about their intent and purpose. Going for ratings and advertising dollars was our opinion. Sine that time numerous programs have been aired about how brave they are in the investigations. The question is where is their follow-up with their positive results reports?

A few years ago their knight in sinning arm out Anderson Cooper came to Cambodia to do reports on shield prostitution. Three he was on camera bravely standing on a road at the railroad tracks in the red light section of Toul Kok. The child prostitution continues long after the CNN save the world proclamations and one of Interpol's Most Wanted Alexander Orofino who had sex with 17 underage children was given a Royal pardon and support from people up high after serving only four years of a 17 year sentence. He was to be extradited to Russia to face more charges of having sex with 9 and 10 year old girls. The Cambodian government went back on their promise to extradite him after he served his sentence and he remains free in his protected territory of Cambodia.

If CNN is so serious and brave why don't they dig into the special treatment and protection of a dangerous criminal and child abuser and report that story? Is CNN afraid TO DO A REAL STORY or are they just about bullshit?

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