In case you missed it, Season 9's Top 10 finalists took a break from their busy Idols Live! tour (in fact, they even moved a show for it) this morning on ABC's Good Morning America. Following solo performances by Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, it was time for all 10 finalists to take the stage for a medley of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" and Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You." Below is how it all went down:
I don't think there's ever been less of a reason to attend an Idol concert as this one. It was like George Stephanopolous and Robin Roberts raced up and down 42nd Street and grabbed the first 10 young people they saw, rushed them to Central Park, pushed them up on stage and forced them to sing on the spot.
Now, I'll give them the excuse that the cramped stage minimized their ability to move around, so dancing in place a la Aaron Kelly was pretty much the only other option. But c'mon, that was an embarrassment to group performances. The sloppy harmonies, the awkward poses the cameramen caught, the rampant out of tune singing, it never ends. In fact, it's more sad than anything, because they seem like a great group of people.
So as the show cancelations keep a'comin', is anyone really surprised why the tour is flailing around? I would not pay to see this on stage, and apparently many others feel the same.
2 comments:
I was at the GMA concert and thought they all sounded really good in the group number. Maybe it translated differently over the airwaves. Also, from what I observed, they are a great group of people. A friend got me backstage after the show and I had the opportunity to meet both Crystal and Didi and chat with them briefly. They're genuinely appreciative of the opportunity they've been given. They also interacted with a young fan and her grandfather who were in a scaffolded area under the stage. They had to get on their hands and kness in order to talk with the girl and sign her pictures but they did it happily. I was really impressed with them.
Hey Tony, thanks for the account of what it was like to be there. That's good to hear they sounded alright live, maybe it was something with the transmission of the audio over the broadcast. They really do all seem like great people, it's just a shame they were on a relatively weak season of Idol. I think had they been the crew a few seasons ago, they might have been better received, but the show's waning popularity seems to be affecting theirs. Hopefully they are all able to find careers they are happy with.
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