Comments on: American Idol - Reaction to Final Results Show http://onematt.com/american-idol-reaction-to-final-results-show/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Higgins http://onematt.com/american-idol-reaction-to-final-results-show/#comment-26863 Higgins Thu, 22 May 2008 21:03:49 +0000 http://onematt.com/?p=277#comment-26863 I became a solid David Cook fan this season. I won't dispute that when David A is in his niche he is a phenom. But I really fear that without some youth-destroying grooming, his niche won't be getting any bigger. But I'm with Matt on this one that I really wonder if he'll slowly fade into the "Oh, yeah, I remember that guy" files. And even though winning Idol is BY NO MEANS a guarantee of success, much less staying power (Fantasia, Ruben, Taylor, too early to say with Sparks...) I really think David has more potential for success than anyone else we saw this year. I just hope the Idol groomers can find that happy medium between providing direction to a career without killing all creative energy. Who knows. On a related note, I REALLY hope the producers of the world recognize the awesome potential of a Michael Johns/Carly Smithson duet album, because DANG that was hot. I became a solid David Cook fan this season. I won’t dispute that when David A is in his niche he is a phenom. But I really fear that without some youth-destroying grooming, his niche won’t be getting any bigger. But I’m with Matt on this one that I really wonder if he’ll slowly fade into the “Oh, yeah, I remember that guy” files. And even though winning Idol is BY NO MEANS a guarantee of success, much less staying power (Fantasia, Ruben, Taylor, too early to say with Sparks…) I really think David has more potential for success than anyone else we saw this year. I just hope the Idol groomers can find that happy medium between providing direction to a career without killing all creative energy. Who knows.

On a related note, I REALLY hope the producers of the world recognize the awesome potential of a Michael Johns/Carly Smithson duet album, because DANG that was hot.

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