Tonight’s hideous boxing metaphors were absolutely ridiculous, and cheapened the quality of AI. I think David Cook, being more original, dynamic, and flexible, deserves to win, as opposed to the two-dimensional Archuleta. As an artist, you need more than just soaring, gooey vocals to make it big.
Young David fits the bill of the standard AI winner: soaring vocals, money notes, and the object of affection of ten billion pre-teens. Marketable. Puppetish. And like some of the previous winners (except perhaps Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood) he’ll probably cough out a prepackaged, ballady album with identical-sounding songs, and then die out afterwards. Poor thing. He deserves better. :/ Unless of course, his gargantuan screaming fanbase stays loyal and true, which I don’t doubt.
David A. has a good voice, and a cute face. That, and Simon Cowell’s approval. I like him. But I like the other David better. Cook has originality, talent, personality, and artistry. If he wins, it’ll be a huge upset, possibly aggravating the judges and the AI producers (but a sweet, slightly funny victory it shall be~). If Archuleta wins, well, no surprise there.
Bleh. The finals suck. :/
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