Angie Miller – You Set Me Free – Full Version (VIDEO)

By On 02/16/2013 · 36 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 12, American Idol 12 Top 40

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American Idol Top 40 contestant, Angela Miller, wowed the judges with a performance of her original song “Set Me Free.”

Here, she sings the tune with Jonathan Miller (her brother, I’m assuming) in a venue that looks like a church.

Although the 18 year old singer instroduced the song vaguely, describing it as about being “set free from baggage,” it’s obvious the song is about Jesus.

There are more pre-Idol videos at Sir Mac’s Top 40 preview for Angie. Click Here.

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American Idol Season 12- Contestant Preview #5- Angie Miller
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I wonder, will Angela unabashedly present herself on Idol as a proud Christian artist, the way Colton Dixon did last year, or will she be less forthcoming in order to foster cross over appeal? Interesting.

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  • upsidedawn

    Thanks.  I admit that I haven’t watched most seasons, so I wasn’t aware someone (David Cook) had actually publically acknowledged being agnostic while being a contestant on the show. And he actually won in spite of that–interesting.

    Never assume, upsidedawn.

  • Valarie

    There are very few opportunities for young singers to hone their craft. Programs for the arts art non-existant in many public schools. Community theatre casts are usually filled with kids who learned to sing in church, or whose patents could afford private vocal instruction. Their are a fee l That is why so most Idol contestants come up through the church or temple.

  • MellyPer1692

    Lol. So non-religious means devil worshipping, prostitution or drug dealing?? WOW.

  • kayd23

    Angela has a great voice.

  • Miz

    That’s not what I said at all. I was pointing out how biased and ridiculous it is to discount a person because they happen to belong to a particular faith. It seems like it’s ok to be hateful towards people who identify as Christians, but any other presumed class is somehow off limits and by default better.

     

  • upsidedawn

    Huh.  I hadn’t noticed any hateful comments in this comments section about that.

  • wordnerdarchie

    I see it happen a lot.  Christians seem to be fair game, probably because one of their tenets is to speak about their faith.  That’s part of their religion… to believe and spread the word.  It seems to turn a lot of people off. 

    As for David Cook, yes there was a post on an old blog from when he was in college I believe, that he mentioned he was agnostic.   I don’t know how widespread that information was.  I don’t think he ever said it in an interview during Idol.  But beliefs are ever changing with life’s experiences.  His current view might be a bit more murky and I quote: “”I don’t know what’s going on.  I think something exists.  There’s no way all this is just to chance.  I would consider myself spiritual.”
    6/7/2011 David Cook with Race Taylor of PLJ

    There’s a lot that goes into voting for someone on American Idol.  If it’s the whole package thing and not just singing, things like looks, performance style, personality, and cultural background (including religion) all have a bearing on to how appealing they might be to a person.  People vote for what they like or are comfortable with, so if one is not comfortable with religion for ex., contestants  that mention it a lot might not be high on one’s list.  Colton knew he was heading back to Christian music, so he talked about it a lot to solidify that base.  If Angie does the same, I think that will give us a pretty strong indication what her musical direction will be after Idol.

  • Incipit

     …to discount a person because they happen to belong to a particular faith.

    Or, because they happen NOT to belong to a particular faith, or subset of that faith? That would be not cool, IF that were what was happening, Miz. Respectfully, I do not think it is, I don’t see this “hateful” content – and I also do not think your postulating a false dichotomy made anything clearer, for the sake of discussion. IMO.

    For the sake of discussion, my observation is a contestant’s spiritual beliefs don’t come up on this show unless the contestant chooses to mention them, whatever they are…or make their music all about these specific things.  Which then opens them up to whatever societal or musical bias exists in their listeners…just as a bias can and does exist against hip hop and rap – or against Diva voices, or against ballads, or rock – or any music. Christian pop music is certainly not immune from being measured by people’s tastes.

    It’s up to the contestant how they answer the generic questions that are supposed to give us insight by contrast – but if some are asked what they do before going on stage and chose to answer “I say a little prayer”, or something religiously connected, NBD. If some do not, equally, NBD, IMO.

    But some contestants choose to be “like, God this, God that, God everywhere. So I hope she doesn’t go that route. *coughjermainesellerscough*. “ – jammasta  – and they ‘may’ be so sincere – but others see it as if (she) works the whole Christian thing. – H.A.

    And Colton is just the latest Idol example…so he is convenient shorthand, I think. But Angela has shown no signs of being pretentious, and she can sing, so far as we have seen; her singing has some uneven features, still, it’s pretty good, all told. So IDK what Angela will choose – if she ultimately goes the ‘praise and worship’
    route, I am personally not interested in the words and
    music that produces. Nothing against any subset of any religion – just personal preference in music. And JMO. Of Course.

  • merkureye

    As much as I like Angela, there is a long way to go.  I believe the schedule in Las Vegas is 10 boys Wed. – 10 girls Thurs. and then again the following week with the second set of 10 guys/girls.  So it is two weeks before we even get to the top 20.  I would bet that Angela will not appear this week but rather the following week.

    Then, the 3rd week it will be top 10 boys Wed. and top 10 girls Thurs. for selection of final 10 for live shows.  The aspect of performing before a theater audience during the auditions brings a new dimension to the competion. . . . more pressure.  Nail-biting time. 

  • mjsbigblog

    Reminder:

    Could we NOT question the motives of posters or put words in their mouths? Besides being rude, it starts arguments. 

    You all know that’s the #1 rule around here, so why do I have to continually mod for it?

  • http://twitter.com/cindydesigns Cindy

    Angela is so talented.  I sure hope she keeps her momentum going!!

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