Here’s what Haley Reinhart had to say backstage after tonight’s Idol taping about the judges negative feedback of her Michael Jackson cover, “Earth Song”:
“Everybody else gets good feedback and they really let me have it. They don’t feel bad for me. Never have, never will. I got a little upset because that song is downright inspiring and emotional. No matter what, that hit me to the heart.”
According to the source, E! Online, Haley was still mad, even after the judges praised “I Who Have Nothing”. Even Lauren Alaina thinks the judges are unfair to Haley,
“I wasn’t a happy camper about that. [about the criticism of “Earth Song”] That made me a little ill. I’m sorry, but Haley has the best voice on this show and she gets the most criticism. I deserve a lot more criticism than she does. I’m Haley’s No. 1 fan. I listen to her iTunes songs over and over and over.”
On a side note, Lady Gaga freaked out James Durbin when she snuck up behind him to swivel those hips, “To sum it up in one word, for me: awkward, ” he said. “Unexpected and very uncomfortable. I didn’t like it.”
