That's a fucking waste. Seriously, the guy sucks, but he's probably more into it than most people on the show are from the looks of it. It accomplishes very litte if he wins. The show won't go off the air (and he probably won't win once fan votes start getting consolidated as the numbers dwindle anyways), and even if he does win, all it means is some other whacked singer gets a record contract that ammounts to nothing. And what the fuck is this guy doing anyways? It's like Rory Fitzpatrick in the all star NHL vote, but Fitzpatrick did the right thing, said it was funny but admited he'd never accept the spot because a.) he didn't deserve it and b.) he wasn't going to be the but of some joke.
Stern has the influence and ability to do this, but he should have been a bit more tactical in it. I think he should have planted someone who actually has talent to get on the show, and then once it actually starts and begins to ramp up a bit, make the announcement that it's a plant. Bam, the guy starts doing spoken word or ganster rap to ever song and still makes it to the top ten. The kills the credibility of the show. This doesn't at all. Like cools said, it's not like the guy isn't talented, he can still sing better than 90% of the people out there naturally. I was expecting a lot more from reading the description and was suprised in the first clip when he wasn't that bad.
Anyways, I'll take Idol over Rockstar anyday. Idol I don't give a shit about, but Rockstar Supernova was just blasphemy. A bunch of guys that have been basically kicked out of some good bands and Tommy Lee all get together to choose a new singer for their 'supergroup' they obviously have to get a bunch of amatuers because no big name is going to join with them (I actually like Gilby Clark, but that's about it). Out of all of them who do they pick? Quite possibly the worst person they could have - the emo/rock hybred. Look, the band is going to be a fucking joke anyways, why make it worse?
Should have hired one of the chicks.
