digitalphoenix Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- British rock star Elton John, a guest judge this month on the U.S. talent hunt TV series "American Idol," said on Tuesday that he found the voting by the national viewing audience "incredibly racist."John, who heard the wannabe pop stars perform his songs during an appearance on the Fox TV show, added his voice to a chorus of dissent that followed last week's shock exit of black vocalist Jennifer Hudson, considered one of the top talents among those vying for a recording contract."The three people I was really impressed with, and they just happened to be black, young female singers, and they all seem to be landing in the bottom three," said John, commenting on the tally in which the lowest vote-getter is eliminated."They have great voices. The fact that they're constantly in the bottom three -- and I don't want to set myself up here -- but I find it incredibly racist," John said at a news conference promoting his Radio City Music Hall concert backed by an orchestra of students from London's Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School of New York.The show often gets more than 20 million people voting.The other two singers grouped in the bottom three of the seven remaining "American Idol" finalists last week were La Toya London and Fantasia Barrino.The results moved show host Ryan Seacrest to remind viewers that the series was a talent hunt and not a popularity contest."America, don't forget you have to vote for the talent," Seacrest said before closing the show. "You cannot let talent like this slip through the cracks."Fox Television declined to comment.Ruben Studdard, a black crooner, won the top prize last year.(*Taken from CNN.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mursa Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Mursa claims that.... " american idol is one of the corniest shows ever devised " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatas2277 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Originally posted by mursa Mursa claims that.... " american idol is one of the corniest shows ever devised " agreed...only time u should watch American Idol is when it first starts and all the no talent people are there...God Bless William Hung... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalphoenix Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 I dont watch it to be honest...I think it's the saddest thing to have millions of people judge your 'singing talent'.Most of those people have NO clue how to sing!!!Some of the so-called judges themselves (*ahem - Paula Abdul)couldnt even sing for shyt!!! That's why she never had a tour in the first place because all she had was a studio voice!That's 2 cents on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMrs Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Originally posted by mrmatas2277 agreed...only time u should watch American Idol is when it first starts and all the no talent people are there...God Bless William Hung... That's the only part we watch, it's the only part worth watching!Bless all the losers that can't tell they sound horrible, makes for good quality entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saleen351 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 if a black guy won last year, then how is the show racist, and how is it their are 3 blacks still left on the show? Fact remains it's how the voteing system works. They should vote people off, not to stay on. Under the current system the top 3 performers don't do that well since the audience doesn't feel the need to vote for them, they assume they will remain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondboheme Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 there are A LOT of factors that influence the results of the votes on this show, and i'm sure racism is one of them, but it is certainly not the only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mursa Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 ..the same people that are politically active ( square state red necks & nascar dads & soccer moms ) are the one's that vote for shows such as American idol . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkable Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 good gawd...any respect i might've had for Elton was just lost in that claim.... complete ignorance. what a fuckin idiot... like Saleen said, Ruben was black! the whole concept of racism is fucked and oversensitive these days. OMG, must be 20 million nazis voting for the show! please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Originally posted by djkable good gawd...any respect i might've had for Elton was just lost in that claim.... complete ignorance. what a fuckin idiot... like Saleen said, Ruben was black! the whole concept of racism is fucked and oversensitive these days. OMG, must be 20 million nazis voting for the show! please.... America has decided and they like both big, black men and skinny, punk-ass white boys (Ruben and Clay).Let Sir Elton go eat his cake and shut the hell up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 its not racism its america being stupid for voting off jennifer hudsonso after they boot off that red head snorefest what will elton have to say then LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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