Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-119.30.38.51-20170809235209/@comment-32817664-20170815122545

FurryAGT wrote: I never said I wanted no singers. i dont think Marisa has the potential to win the whole thing. Hell, my favorite act so far is a singer. Johnny Mannuel. Also. 1. Country music is all the same tbh. 2. Ok, but a lot of people write originals. 3. Lots of guitar players before. What makes her stand out? 4. I dont get the feeling of chills when she sings. I want to feel something, and she hasn't got that. You were saying that Will Tsai, Bello and Sirqus Alfron were bringing something new but Marisa was just singing a song (like Johnny Manuel) so I thought you were one of the large number on this forum who just hate singers.

Now it is down to the "Cowell Goosebumps Principle" with the "Furry Feeling Of Chills" corollary. Now we are judging, not voting and these principles are just confusing the two. The judging should choose the technically qualified people, the talent, and then people can vote for what they like. Now you are saying, "If I don't like you, the people should not even be able to see you". We don't need Simon's goosebumps: we need his expertise in choosing stars, in assessing their singing ability, their stage presence, their ability to plan a performance, etc. that made him rich. When you vote, if Johnny gives you chills and Marisa doesn't, you can vote for him. But now you should just be saying whether she is as good as the other child singers who  passed: with guitar in hand and songs in her head, she has more talent, not less. So she should be treated equally with them. "Equal treatment of equals" is what I am saying.

Country music is all the same to you: you don't like it. Fine, don't vote for it. But in choosing who can go to the people, AGT should respect that half of the American people who like it. So you should sign the petition and make sure it is represented.

Look at the children who were passed: Angelina, Angelica, Celine, Darci Lynne, Evie. None of them had the courage to bring an instrument with them. So even the presence of the guitar is a distinguishing feature. Marisa is a rhythm guitarist, not lead, and her music contributed to the song and the singing. Again, which one of those other girls writes songs?: only Evie, but she passed and Marisa didn't? Why? Evie has an EP and Marisa has an EP and an album. Angelica wrote one good song in 2015, made a video and then seemed to drop the idea. Chase played rhythm guitar just like Marisa, no "hot licks": but he passed and she didn't: why? "Equal treatment of equals", I say it again.

Yes, Marisa can win, especially if all the country and western fans who dumped AGT come back for her. On that petition I wrote about: yesterday we got 150+ signatures in one day, more than Stephen Brundage and more than Daniel Ferguson. She can draw mass support but no one saw her audition and she was "montaged": it was like putting a bag over her head. If you think Marisa can't win, sign the petition and Johnny Manuel has no worries. Just give her a fair chance to show the public what she can do.