Post by Inside Australian Idol on May 26, 2005 1:32:26 GMT 10
American Idol Final – Was It Fair?
Some Bo Bice fans are angry that Carrie Underwood seems to have gotten the better deal in her original song “Angels Brought Me Here.” In fact, Carrie’s song wasn’t an original at all, but “Angels Brought Me Here” was previously released by Australian Idol Guy Sebastian. Carrie Underwood was essentially given a song that was a hit song in Australia for her original song, while Bo Bice was given a true original song that was completely untested.
Bo Bice started out with the original song “The Long, Long Road.” Paula pointed out that it “was really hard singing a song that nobody knows.” Simon said Bo “looked like his chemistry teacher” and sang a “very dreary song.” Carrie Underwood started out with the song “Inside Your Heaven.” Even though Randy Jackson called the first half of Carrie’s song pitchy, he said she brought it home in the end. Simon said the song was much better than the first song and called round one for Carrie.
On the second song selection where the contestants were allowed to choose their favorites, Bo Bice seemed to come out ahead of Carrie Underwood. Bo gave an incredible performance of “Vehicle,” and Carrie gave a strong performance of “Independence Day.” Randy and Paula praised both singers, but Simon called round two for Bo.
On the last song, Bo sang “Inside Your Heaven,” which had been Carrie’s first song. Randy put Bo forever in his dog pound again, and Paula said Bo made her “fall in love with the song.” Simon Cowell told Bo that his performance of the song was better than Carrie’s verson. Carrie sang the supposedly original song “Angels Brought Me Here” for her last song. Randy gave Carrie “the dog standing up”, and Simon said “I think you’ve done enough to win the competition.” Reality TV Magazine readers pointed out to us that Simon had said Bo did better both on “Inside Your Heaven” and on the contestant’s favorite songs, but yet he still called the competition for Carrie based on her performance on the original song.
Ryan Seacrest ended the show with the comment that last week less than 2% separated the votes of Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood. The voting tonight could be even closer, as both Bo and Carrie had fairly equal performances. This American Idol season has been filled with controversy as it has often times seemed like American Idol producers have been doing everything short of subliminal messages to hand the competition to Carrie Underwood. Both performers are very talented, but if Carrie Underwood wins it will probably cause many to believe that the “fix was in.”<br>
www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2005/05/american_idol_f.html
Some Bo Bice fans are angry that Carrie Underwood seems to have gotten the better deal in her original song “Angels Brought Me Here.” In fact, Carrie’s song wasn’t an original at all, but “Angels Brought Me Here” was previously released by Australian Idol Guy Sebastian. Carrie Underwood was essentially given a song that was a hit song in Australia for her original song, while Bo Bice was given a true original song that was completely untested.
Bo Bice started out with the original song “The Long, Long Road.” Paula pointed out that it “was really hard singing a song that nobody knows.” Simon said Bo “looked like his chemistry teacher” and sang a “very dreary song.” Carrie Underwood started out with the song “Inside Your Heaven.” Even though Randy Jackson called the first half of Carrie’s song pitchy, he said she brought it home in the end. Simon said the song was much better than the first song and called round one for Carrie.
On the second song selection where the contestants were allowed to choose their favorites, Bo Bice seemed to come out ahead of Carrie Underwood. Bo gave an incredible performance of “Vehicle,” and Carrie gave a strong performance of “Independence Day.” Randy and Paula praised both singers, but Simon called round two for Bo.
On the last song, Bo sang “Inside Your Heaven,” which had been Carrie’s first song. Randy put Bo forever in his dog pound again, and Paula said Bo made her “fall in love with the song.” Simon Cowell told Bo that his performance of the song was better than Carrie’s verson. Carrie sang the supposedly original song “Angels Brought Me Here” for her last song. Randy gave Carrie “the dog standing up”, and Simon said “I think you’ve done enough to win the competition.” Reality TV Magazine readers pointed out to us that Simon had said Bo did better both on “Inside Your Heaven” and on the contestant’s favorite songs, but yet he still called the competition for Carrie based on her performance on the original song.
Ryan Seacrest ended the show with the comment that last week less than 2% separated the votes of Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood. The voting tonight could be even closer, as both Bo and Carrie had fairly equal performances. This American Idol season has been filled with controversy as it has often times seemed like American Idol producers have been doing everything short of subliminal messages to hand the competition to Carrie Underwood. Both performers are very talented, but if Carrie Underwood wins it will probably cause many to believe that the “fix was in.”<br>
www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2005/05/american_idol_f.html