Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25150955-20180617170212/@comment-10812216-20180928034743

Curious Poker Chip wrote: Jimmy Rose wasn't "bad" per se as in comparison to other country artists that I have heard, he is on par with them. It's just that I am not a fan of country music and I think it's very easy to become a country music star and that I only really like Lady Antebellum and older Johnny Cash songs and that's pretty much it for country.

In comparison to other artists in that genre, Jimmy was fine. It's just that his reputation really soured me and even before I knew of his story, I just found each performance to be okay from him because I am not a country music fan. Even when I wasn't following AGT as avidly as I am know, I frequently thought "why is Jimmy still in the competition?" It was especially damning when he beat out my favourite act in Season 8, Forte and got 3rd place to Forte's 4th place. That was embarrassing to say the least. What did he do that was "reputation-souring"?