American Idol Judges Predict a Girl Will Win This Season

By On 01/16/2013 · 119 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 12

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Once again, it’s the yearly “THE GIRLS ARE STRONGER AND WILL WIN IDOL THIS YEAR” wishful thinking proclamation from the American Idol judges.

“Girls, do not disappoint the Dawg. I think it’s the girls’ year,” Randy Jackson tells PEOPLE of the new crop of contestants on the reality show, which premieres Wednesday (8 p.m. ET) on Fox.

“There are some talented boys, but I must say, I think the girls could really win one,” he adds. “We haven’t had a girl winner in so long.”

New judge Nicki Minaj agrees that the women contestants really bring their A-game to the show. “The girls are exceptional. I mean, a girl will definitely win this year, I think,” she says.

Minaj finds the ladies are “more seasoned, more poised, more professional” – and some of them combine that maturity with a great voice.

Different judges. Same song. Aren’t they adorable?

It’s hard to predict without sampling the talent, but I think the girls will always have an uphill climb competing on American Idol.

The folks who vote on talent competitions just seem to favor the boys. Hence, the generic country crooner, Tate Stevens, was at the top of the X Factor leaderboard nearly every week.

Sure, Cassadee Pope won The Voice, but if she had gone head to head with her runner up, classic rocker, Terry McCermott (and without the iTunes voting shenanigans) she would have lost.

So, what do you think? Could a girl ever win American Idol again?

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  • LeahKittyS

    “So what other “type” of female contestant is there left to try?”

    You left out one important type, very prevalent into today’s pop music: I call it “the enigma.” Those performers who throw vocal perfection (and sometimes meaningful lyrics) to the wind and just do things that make people go WTH??? Think Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, or Ke$ha.
    Perhaps someone who showed up to the auditions all freak-a-fied like that wouldn’t get to Hollywood, so the trick is for her to act “normal” until she gets to the live rounds. Then, once she’s in the finals, she’ll pull out all the stops and the public will just have to vote for her. Sure, she’ll scare off a big block of older viewers, but then again, so did Adam Lambert and he took it all the way to the finale. What do we think? Could it work?

  • tucker davis

    Yes, we are! I remember hearing long ago that the sexes were never treated equally in performances…Fred Astaire was considered one of the greatest dancers of his generation, but Ginger Rogers (who never got as much praise) could do everything he could do—and she could do it in high heels & backwards!!

  • Karen C

     

    I’m curious to see how a Kelly or Carrie would do up againt the WGWGs. WGWG defenders are forever saying that a girl could win if they found the “right” kind of girl. Well if Kelly and Carrie aren’t the epitome of the successful female idol contestant, I don’t know who else is.So let’s put it to the test. Is the problem with the female contestants or is with the current voter demographic?

    I’m pretty sure Kelly would still win, because even though she was more limited to what she could do on the show when she was on, she did show some originality, and since has shown how original she can be in the covers she has done since she has been off the show, and I think it is really originality that people see in the more recent winners.  Also, she  has a terrific personality that wins people over  I’m not sure about Carrie winning against a wgwg, because I think she developed somewhat as an artist after she was off the show, though in a way she actually did already.  

    In a way, I wonder if the women on the show are having trouble now because if someone is pop, they are compared to Kelly, and country, compared to Carrie.  

  • LeahKittyS

    Actually, so do I. While I always want the talent to be great and the songs to be good, I hope the ratings sink low enough that they pull the plug on this show soon. If not after this season, then in a couple of years (how does 2016 sound for a cancellation deadline?) I want the show to go out on somewhat of a good note, and it’s already going downhill.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PSHFTD4YV3QOE3INABJUXZSWMU hillstreetblooz

    Late to the party – ready to see what Idol got this year!

  • http://twitter.com/desireechick Kesia Monteith

    What originality did Kelly show on Idol? I mean, she’s great and all, but what way did she perform the songs she sang on the show that was so unique? She seems to have sung all the songs she performed on her season very similar to the actual music artist, based on the videos I’ve watched. Which didn’t bothered me, but the only thing that was special to me about Kelly’s performances was that she sang the crap out of it. 

  • TheOther

    Just as important, can a female winner go out there and have a Platinum hit, which 9 of the 11 winners have.  I think the game changer for the last 5 yrs would have been if a female contestant who did not win emerged as the breakout star of their season – just like what Daughtry or JHud did. I like Crystal, but I don’t think her career would have been any different if she had won.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UHX5LYQ3ZJPMPFEYPSFX3ZEE4Q Jack

    Can a girl win American Idol 12?  I started to tally the comments here, but it was too hard because most people didn’t answer the question straight up yes or no.  However, the vast, vast majority think it is laughable and the rest basically say if hell freezes over it might happen.

    The odds of a girl winning American Idol season 12 are about the same as Mitt Romney beating Barak Obama in Philadelphia. 

  • Pippygirl

    The show needs to shut up about a girl winning Idol as long as the show continues to do everything they can to ensure it never happens.

  • Montavilla

    I wonder if Kelly or Carrie would win Idol nowadays. I know for sure Jordin or Fantasia would have no chance of winning.

    I remember that Justin Guarini was very cute and seemed to have a great personality.  But Kelly still won.  

    Carrie was up against Bo Bice, who was quite handsome.  Even if he didn’t play guitar on the show, it was pretty obvious he did offstage.  Yet Carrie won (to the dismay of the audience.)

    Jordin was pitted against Blake Lewis in the final.  I would have voted for him, but only because I’m weird like that.  After Melinda Doolittle was gone, Jordin was the only plausible choice for the title.

    Fantasia was a frontrunner from her audition onwards.  

    I think instruments have added immeasurably to the enjoyment of Idol since they’ve been allowed.  In the five seasons since they arrived, the only time a female finalist has out-performed the male winner in the marketplace was when Crystal Bowersox’s debut album outsold Lee DeWyse’s.  Like it or not, for the most part America has gotten it right.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    They need a real rocker chick who isn’t “rough” looking.  To me, Amanda was not what was needed to win.  Maybe a Pat Benatar or Joan Jett type could win?  Or a minority male or female.  It’s almost time for the show to start!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PSHFTD4YV3QOE3INABJUXZSWMU hillstreetblooz

    I’d still ride w/Kelly Clarkson to kick any WGWG’S ass on Idol – Yesterday, today and tomorrow. I believe she is just that doggone good, the undeniable talent matched with a likability and a realness and relatable quality that goes across all demographics… Kelly would still win Idol today.  This white girl can SANG. No WGWG can roll with her.

    #stillridinwiththeOGIDOL

  • Karen C

    What originality did Kelly show on Idol? I mean, she’s great and all, but what way did she perform the songs she sang on the show that was so unique?

    I think she had a way of singing a song that made it sound like a pop song, even if the arrangement wasn’t changed or if it was an older song.  It was the way she sang it.  

  • Miz

    No thanks, No Thanks. I don’t think MJ ‘needs’ the hits and it would only invite animosity.

    I guess since I voted for Kris and actually like and have bought his music since he was on Idol, YOU would categorize me as a ‘WGWG defender’. However, almost all the years I have preferred and backed a female on Idol.

    Season 1 my favorites were Christina Christian and Kelly Clarkson. I was mad when Christina went out, but got totally behind Kelly after that. I still like Kelly.

    I LOVED Melinda Doolittle and still do. The other years, I liked a lot of people on a performance by performance basis. I’m fine with all of the winners, some more so than others.

    A problem with having a bunch of really good females is that the votes get split too much. We’ve seen a few seasons like that.

  • Miz

    Sassycatz, I was about to say the same thing as you in regards to the AI stigma for guys. You’ve said it perfectly.

  • Last Laugh Lane

    I’m a guy but PREEEACH

  • iani

    Sorry for coming back to the discussion, but I try to make myself more clear  about the male/female winners thoughts, though, my kind of preach here.
     
    But what about Lee’s lack of personality and lack of pitch sense?

    For that part I’ve already said, the people were focused more on Crystal as a frontrunner, to her details, the good or bad  ones more  than to find  Lee’s defects, he was the simple-player in the competition trying to do his best. I don’t know if Lee got more votes at the finale or Crystal lost a lot of them/supporters.

    But what about Scotty’s lack of versatility and the fact that he was completely dull at the finale?

    Scotty got more votes because of his voice as one of the kind for a 17yo one, Lauren was not exceptional at the finale either vocally or artistically.  I said already, her portrait in the beginning of the show as the innocent 15yo in those dresses was not on her advantage in MO but to make the viewers think that she would be too young, unprepared  to be the next AI-star.

    This didn’t happen at all. Jessica was thrown under the bus at top 3 and
    top 2, when Jimmy I. gave her that dreadful song to sing. Heck, she was
    also bussed in the promos, when the producers labeled her as a “big ol
    voice” and P2 as an “artist”.

    And this supports my thinking, if in the beginning they had cared and wanted  a girl to win, after Jessica was saved on WC, TPTB’s hope for a girl-winner diminished, they didn’t care who would win after her saving. Hollie, Elise were not really on their list in MO.
    When I said “When the talent from a girl will be exposed more naturally, with a stage
    presence less tense and less in plastic “feeling” (artificial) she
    might win.”    , I was thinking to Jessica actually. TPTB was showing us her videos as an exceptional vocalist at 5, 7yo like shot yesterday(actually few years ago)  and then on the show they put her on those heels of 8″ like a grown up, emoting statically or moving on stage like a baby-chicken, focused not to stumble while moving around in front of millions. P2 was focused on his guitar, nothing distracting there, lol.

    Why this standard is not held for the male winners? Why the girls have to be perfect, but males don’t?…
    that they are “too polished”, while the males don’t have to deal with this. As a woman, this upsets me.

    Because the show has changed over the years, its audience, its course, its meaning, the people like to judge differently the girls than the boys, they are tougher on girls, more details to take in consideration, the people are more loose to criticize now because they know everybody can get a record deal anyway, it is not exclusively for the winners and runner-ups. I remember Carly’s pants case and how Simon criticized  her for the pant’s color, the girls have had harder time dealing with stuff like this and easier to get off the show for some unfortunate details/choices, just some thoughts of “why”. I am a woman also and I’ve learned to deal with it, we all are different and soo all the same, everywhere; “The theory is simple, the outcome is the killer”  so is AI. Good luck to the new season’s contestants and show itself!

  • Miz

    Many interesting points brought up. Biggest being that the female contestants are constantly critiqued on what they are wearing and how they look over how they interpreted and sang a song.

    Let’s force the men to wear evening gowns or skirts so revealing they are constantly thinking of what the front row are cameras are seeing. Make them walk around the stage in impossibly high and uncomfortable shoes and not miss a beat.

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