Joe Coughlin wrote: > The lesson is not American Idol's to learn, it's the BGT American analog > "America's Got Talent". > > AI is about who can be marketed as a pop star, which means youth, some > measure of singing ability and some kind of marketable look.
And "America's Got Talent" has chosen in its long three year run 11 year old yodeler Bianca Ryan (meh); Terry Fator -- an extremely nice ventriloquist/impressionist/country singer (who landed a $100 million 5 year contract in Vegas, making him reality TV's biggest financial success ... and his show's better than the overrated Jeff Dunham); and black tubby opera singer Neal E. Boyd (essentially a clone of Brit's Got Talent's Paul Potts, who also was a minor youtube sensation back in the day.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
