Comments on: It makes you wonder why

By: Torontonian

Torontonian — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:12:17 +0000

Amazing! TWO left-handed guitarists!

Or, has someone reversed the slide?

By: Spooky

Spooky — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:05:54 +0000

I agree with you Brenton, if Big Brother had to be taken of surely the days are numbered for Idol and thanks for telling me who won last year. All due respect to Natalie, I just could not remember and I did give it some thought. I kept thinking it was the Irish guy.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:05 +0000

I strongly disagree with you here Brenton.

All of my family and friends (even those who aren’t idol fans) ended up buying or borrowing Natalie’s album and we were all thoroughly impressed.

The trend I have noticed over the years is the top 12 are all higher callibre and it makes picking the winner quite hard.

On a side note – Carl Risely’s debut album has done quite well and he waited quite awhile after the show had finished before releasing it.

I think when looking at an artist’s success particularly when a show like Idol is involved, you need to remember that top40 and pop are not the only genres of music that sell. And certainly we haven’t had an Idol winner or runner up that has catered for the dance/club scene that so many gay men seem engrossed in these days.

I haven’t gathered so far what your personal tastes (other than numerous posts about Kylie and Madonna) regarding music are Brenton, but I think if an Idol winner or runner up released an album and it really catered to your tastes, you would change your tune a bit regarding Idol.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:38 +0000

I cant even remember the who the runner up was and they used to do better than the actual winner