Country music isn't cool this season on American Idol as Skylar Laine is eliminated from the show @ # 5 - (FOX photo)

Jennifer Lopez continues to be off the charts with her comments and praise of Phillips - (Universal Music Greece by Bratopoulosm photo)

Jimmy Iovine continues to deal excuses and praise for Phillips - (Angela George photo)

Video Beat - SKYLAR LAINE ELIMINATED FROM AMERICAN IDOL

James Loving - National Radio Text Service

More suspicious results continue to raise the bar that American Idol results are fixed. Their continued promotion of Phillip Phillips raises the red flag higher that he is the Idol powers that be chosen one to win the title with his no vocal range no natural sounding limited voice. Jennifer Lopez continues to be off the charts with her comments and praise of Phillips but did say something worthy in defense of Jessica Sanchez - Recommended TV Listings

Friday May 04, 2012

COUNTRY ISN'T COOL ON IDOL THIS SEASON

An excellent singer with talent Skylar Laine was eliminated in another suspicious result as Phillip Phllips continues not to be voted into the bottom three and this week the bottom two as there are only five contestants remaining... now four as a result of nearly 60 million votes (really?... truly?). Laine was in the bottom three only twice in the previous nine weeks of the show. Obviously despite the success of country music with winner Scott McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina country isn't cool this season.

It continues to amaze the brass balls of this show as from the beginning they have been promoting Phillips as the next best thing to sliced bread and Columbus discovering America. Laine's voice is superior to Phillips who continued to show his weakness of lacking a good voice and vocal range.

When he sang a duet with Ledet of the Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody on the performance show he could hardly sing his highest notes of the limited amount of the song they gave to him. Ledet was assigned the lower notes sang by the RB's Bill Medley. Phillips struggled with his assignment and Ledet bailed him out by singing Bobby Hatfield's high notes. Basically Ledet sang the highest and lowest notes of a song in which the Righteous Brothers Hatfield sang all of the highest notes and Medley the low.

Jimmy Iovine continues to deal excuses and praise for Phillips saying he's sick and how good looking he is. That raises the question is Iovine gay? "He has so many assets for so many weeks," Iovine commented on the results show indicating that his past should continue to see him through.

The manner in which Iovine and the judges are casting Phillips it's as of they were casting him on Glee and not American Idol. They're judging image and looks and not talent. Their excuse of why he's not singing so well due to his illness is growing old. It raises the question if he's not doing was well as he should why does he remain in the contest. Is American that stupid or is the show that FIXED? Appealing for the pity vote is wearing thin. Is this a pity party or a contest to find the best VOICE?

On the results show Iovine made negative comments about how sexy Jessica Sanchez looked when she performed as well as stating that she was dressed to old for a 16-year-old. Judge Randy Jackson chimed in and commented how she shouldn't have taken on a Tina Turner song Proud Mary as it was taking on too big of a vocal giant.

Mr. know it all fails to realize or point out that the song is by Credence Clearwater Revival and Turner covered it. Why is he steering the public to compare her with Turner when she's singing in her own way a Credence Clearwater Revival song? The same too big to take on comments was said to contestants in the past in singing Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston songs yet they assigned the contestants to sing Houston songs earlier in the season. Talk about contradictions.

Lopez came to Sanchez's defense and said she's only 16 you can't compare her to someone that had been in the business as long as Turner. Iovine took on the show's wardrobe department in how they dress Sanchez. Lopez said in the business it's OK since that's what show biz is all about. She pointed out that America might not understand. The real bottom line is this is SHOW BUSINESS AND WHO GIVES A RATS ASS?

Lopez said the most astonishing statement when she said they should be judging a contestants PERFORMANCE (not how they dress). LOPEZ GOT THAT ONE RIGHT.

Iovine and the judges have heaped so much praise on this talent less contestant Phillips that an intelligent person can't help but think that something is wrong with this picture. He growls has a poor natural voice that lacks vocal range. What are they listening to? And we're supposed to respect their professional opinion? Oh please.....

Judge Steven Tyler commented to Philllips that he (Tyler) missed the melody in the way he sings songs. Phillips sang the melody for the first time this week. Has it ever occurred to Tyler that Phillips lacks the ability to do so? Popular opinion and reports are THE SHOW IS FIXED. Phillips appears to be the powers that be chosen winner NOT AMERICA. Also the telephone company AT&T are said to be major players on who is to win the contest. They pay Idol a ton of money to have an exclusive for voters to have to use their service to vote.

More misplaced overstatements... "I think that you/re one of the best singers that I've seen on 50 years," American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez said to Joshua Ledet after his performance. Talk about bullshit... Lopez is incredible since she can remember that long ago since she's only 42 years old. She admits that she never heard some of the songs the contestants sing but she's so knowledgeable about the past 50 years of music..... OHH PLEASE! This is another example of over the top comments without thinking or therefore diluting the substance of their critiques.

Reports are that backstage after the results show Lopez completely ignored Laine. In the past those eliminated are at least wished good luck or something positive and supportive.

And so it goes as American Idol continues to bullshit the public with its propaganda. Are you buying it? Many people aren't as the ratings of the show continue to drop as those viewer dropouts have better things to do than listen to verbal diarrhea.

The good news is that Laine HAS TALENT and is SHOW BIZ READY right now.

SOME BLOG COMMENTS ON PHILLIPS

We searched the web to find out if we were the only entity concerned about Phllip Phillips receiving special treatment and that he has zero talent. We found the following but there are many more. This is a sample:

1. It looks like american idol is fixed again! phillip should have been off a long time ago! he cant sing for **** and this week he could carry a tone. he is the worst person you have had go this far. i cant believe anybody would vote for him. i wouldnt go watch if tickets were free!!!

2. Everything Philip sings sounds the same just different lyrics. America wake up vote for best singer not your crush Great singers are going home, Skylar could sing anything and sounded great.

3. Phillip was my favorite in the beginning, but I hope he's next to go. He also will find a ton of success with the segment of the market that likes his style of music.

4. If Phillip wins, that would be the 5th white guy in a row, which would clearly tell the world that something's wrong with the show and voting system.

5. Although Phillip has a little talent, but nto that much, it's the teenager girls that do the most voting, right! So don't expect him to go period, heck, ***** probably win knowing the teens voting and lack of musical knowledge. Just look at Labert, he's gay, so no win for him even though he put the other guy to shame talent wise. If Phillip wins over Joshua, that's the end of my watching AI for sure!

IDOL'S TOP 4

* Hollie Cavanagh (born July 5, 1993) is from McKinney, Texas. She was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England to Lorraine and Peter Cavanagh and hailed from the Liverpudlian suburb Allerton, in England, and moved to the United States in 2002. She originally auditioned for season 10, but she was eliminated in the green mile round and was told by Jennifer Lopez that she can win the whole competition in a couple of years with practice. Hollie sang "Mr. Sandman" with Naomi Gillies and Marissa Pontecorvo in Las Vegas. Hollie's only appearance in season 11 was during the Top 42 green mile round. She sang "Change" by American Idol season 4 winner Carrie Underwood for the Sing for Your Life round.

* Joshua Ledet (born April 9, 1992) is from Westlake, Louisiana. He writes songs and lyrics for and attends the House of Prayer Holiness Church. He auditioned in Houston, Texas. He originally auditioned for American Idol season 10, but he did not make it past the audition stage. He was dubbed "Mantasia" (as being the male version of American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino) during the semi-finals. He performed "Blue Suede Shoes with Shannon Magrane, Amber Holcomb, and Curtis Finch Jr. " His musical influences are Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Fantasia Barrino, James Brown, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder and Elton John.

* Phillip Phillips (born September 20, 1990) is from Leesburg, Georgia. He attended Lee County High School. He graduated Albany Technical College, but had to miss the graduation ceremony due to being on American Idol. He auditioned in North Charleston, singing "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" with the guitar. He performed "I Only Have Eyes For You" with Heejun Han, Neco Starr, and Jairon Jackson. Many people have compared his vocal style to that of Dave Matthews, whom he has also noted as an influence. As of April 19, 2012, he is the only contestant this season to not have been in the Bottom 3 yet.

* Jessica Sanchez (born August 4, 1995 is a Filipino-Mexican-American from San Diego, California. She was born in Chula Vista, California. Her father Gilbert Sanchez is a Mexican-American U.S. Navy veteran and originally from Texas and fought in the War in Iraq. Her mother Editha Sanchez is Filipina and originally from Bataan province in the Philippines. Sanchez auditioned in San Diego. She performed "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" with DeAndre Brackensick and Candice Glover in Las Vegas. During the Sing For Your Life green mile round, Sanchez performed "The Prayer" by Andrea Boccelli. Before Idol, she was known for her appearance on the first season of America's Got Talent where she was brought back by judge Brandy during the show's wildcard round. Sanchez also participated in the YouTube edition of "We Are the World" along with 56 other YouTube artists, including American Idol season 10 finalist Thia Megia. She was saved from elimination by the judges after receiving the lowest number of votes in the top seven round, making her the first female contestant to be saved by the judges.

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