it was the same thing they told Jennifer Hudson and now shes an oscar winner
Jennifer Hudson has amazing lungs, and so does Jessica. No one's denying that. And there will be those who will buy their albums.
Philip is a rocker/crooner and oldies like me will buy his albums .....
Fantasia's voice used to make me feel like things were crawling all over my body, but many people think she's great.
It's all about people's taste .....
thats the problem with american idol and part of the reason i dont watch the show.
you cannot put singers together who excel in different genres and then make them compete against one another - it makes no sense whatsoever.
Lets put it this way :
She has pigeon holed herself as a Black Gospel type singer !
Motown will not Sign her ...
she messed up a simple Michael Jackson song !
IF my boy Simon Cowell was here , she wouldda been Discarded as a :
Karaoke !
But when she sang Whitney Houston, I got goosebumps ....
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