Of course nothing is 100% and I will be happy to eat crow if it comes to pass. Lauren has not lit the world on fire and now will be a downward trend in her career. As for Hollie, I wish she would have waited a couple more years, it’s unfortunate that she decided to take her shot now because she has been barely been scraping by and there is no hype surrounding her like Scotty/Adam/Carrie. She will get a record deal because she’s in the top 4 but she could easily be one and done like Lee/Crystal/Alllison.

Good for Idol.  It’s been a really good season.  DWTS lost me after the first few episodes. 

Just go back and look at some of the interviews that were given before The Voice premiered & after the first couple of weeks of shows.  The Voice judges set themselves up for possible failure if they didn’t deliver on what they promised.

I recall Adam Levine making some stupid comment to a contestant about how he could win AI, which prompted a pissed off Randy to slam The Voice, calling it a “gimmicky” contest with “2nd chance artists”. Then there was that Out Magazine interview where Adam Levine discussed his gay brother, and mentioned his disappointment in Idol for making contestants hide their sexuality. Is there more?

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/02/adam-levine-randy-jackson/

I really see nothing wrong with Adam’s Out magazine comment;  it only echoes what nearly every Adam Lambert fan was saying during season 8.  The other comment by Adam was tactless, but Randy  overreacted.  I don’t recall Xtina, Blake, Cee-Lo or any of The Voice producers saying anything about Idol, but it’s possible that I missed those interviews.     

I get that people would want the best for their favorite show, but it seems a bit petty to hold an active grudge towards another show, based on a few comments made by one judge. It also taints every single discussion on The Voice, which I have to admit, is a bit of a downer.

Most of the casual viewers could care less about the “WGWG” thing, because in their eyes, they are all different(especially Scotty, who wasn’t a soft rocker and didn’t use his guitar to flip a song).

Gawd- I see spider webs around the wgwg argument. I admit to liking cute guys playing the guitar. They please my eyes and hormones and they usually come across as genuin in their love for music. This season I find Philip cute. But would I vote for him or listen to or buy his music? Never ever. My vote would go to Joshua bc his voice impresses me the most. Am I the only one who´d not mechanically choose a wgwg as my fav? I doubt it. No, I don´t believe in the wgwg hypothesis bc it underestimates and stereotypes contestants and the voting audience and I find it tiring to see this wgwg label repeatedly being used whenever we want to argue against a contestant who doesn´t appeal to us or when we want to justify votes for the one we want to win. So, my wish for the next season: PLEASE ban guitars so we can put the wgwg assumption to sleep.

Despite what you think about Laurens career if you followed it you would not say it is on a downward trend. She is getting a lot of support and praise from  the country music world.  She is on two major tours at the same time Sugarland and Jason Aldean she has just been nominated for breakout artist video of the year on CMT (which is kinda a bid deal). She has several big headlining gigs this summer and several more big festivals that she is a part of in between her touring. Her radio success has been marginal and that is the only place she needs to really get a foothold and hopefully they pick wisely for her next single and she will make some in roads there. She is seventeen and this is a slow but steady climb for her not a slow and steady decline.

I do not follow  Adam  and therefore I do not hear about what he is doing so I might think he has no career but I am sure the people that follow him see how much he is doing and would speak to his success. Only people like Kelly and Carrie are in the news for everyone to see.

Also does one have to be Kelly  or Carrie to be a success can’t you be Kellie Pickler or  David Cook and still be a success?

Lola Sorry to evoke such reactions everyone. I thought I was taking about the perceived WGWG bias that I read about in articles about the show (and here), and hear people talk about. You have all made good points that I am not qualified to debate as the only year I watched in anything but replays here was with David Cook.
(Althiugh I do not think Paul McDonald was ever widely considered attractive)!

For the record the years I watched I had DC, Adam Lambert, Crystal Bowersox, Hayley R. And now Joshua as my favorites although I did like (and cast votes for) Kris Allen, Allison, Casey James, Casey Abrams amd Elise over the years. I have bought or will buy music from all of these folks. (I prefer the archaic CD purchase to downloading music)

Maybe that is the real disconnect between this show . The demographic of the audience who watch the show doesn’t seem to represent the CD purchasing public in many cases these days. But you can surely tell the tastes of the demographic and that is fine. It just seems to take the element or surprise out of the show. Its a vicious circle I guess, the people who like this type of show have a particular taste which doesnt agree with many would be casual viewers or viewers with different tastes, who then tune out leaving the decisions to the type of peole who like this kind of show. Its a natural course I think , but of course this is also just my humble opinion!