Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-119.30.38.51-20170809235209/@comment-5126335-20170814221252

Okay, regarding the "debacles" I mentioned earlier, I will now go into specifics about what I meant.

Kevin Skinner winning over some of the other finalists was a complete joke and a disgrace, first of all. I get that his fans were obsessed with his audition from the start but after that he just got worse and worse. His finale performance where he butchered Aerosmith was among the worst I've ever heard, yet he still won. That for me, right there killed any decency country music and the country voters on any of these shows had.

Since then we've had close calls on both AGT and The Voice of having similar "tragedies" taking place (how the hell did Jake Worthington almost win? Complete BS). Idol hasn't done a good job of avoiding it by having the infamous WGWG (white guy with guitar) winner trend for like five years in a row, most of whom were either southern themselves or country singers, most notably the one-trick pony that is Scotty McCreery winning not because of his talent, but because of his looks, voice that melts female hearts, and good ole Christian persona. And let's not forget Kris Allen winning over Adam Lambert, the worst final result of any Idol season ever. That curse stopped for a couple years but with the most recent final result of Trent winning over La'Porsha, it kind of started up again.

Back to AGT, other country singers who made it farther than they should have were Jimmy Rose, Marty Brown, and Benton Blount. How did Marty make it into the semis after bombing that quarterfinal? Because the country voters don't care, as long as you're a southern man singing a country song you get voted through no matter how bad you are. How is that fair for all the others that lived up to their potential and were eliminated that night? Benton too, was a mediocre singer who only made it through because of the demographic factor, resulting in one of the show's most unfair eliminations (Siro-A) of all time.

Finally, Jimmy Rose. He only made it far because of the military vote and of course him being a country singer just added to that fiasco. To make things worse for me personally is that since the show I've actually had personal conflict with him, where he's shown me that he's nothing but a fake and a coward, so there's no way in hell I could ever support anything that asshole does.

To sum things up, country always has an advantage on these shows, and it's BS. You can say the race or demographic thing doesn't play at all into it as much as you want, but it does. The country fans won't vote for foreigners over their own kind and they've proven that time and time again.

So that's why I am glad country isn't being represented this year.

Nothing against Marisa personally, she is definitely better than all the guys I mentioned, but the genre itself for me is a no go.

Can I ask who you are and why you're so passionate about her, by the way? Are you a relative? Personal friend? Just curious.