(www.sass-pants.com) — Is it because he’s blind? Is that it? Because the dude sucks, and I can’t figure out why he’s still on the show and now, God help us, the American Idol Season 8 Tour.
When they named him to the Top 13, I figured Scott MacIntyre would be the hands-down lock for the Vote for the Worst pick for the season and it would be an amusing couple of months as we watched him climb to the top until VFTW follwers’ consciences (or ears) were so damaged that they stopped voting for him. But it turns out, that’s Megan Joy, who, admittedly, has some weaknesses (caw, caw).
Scott is an amazing pianist, a solid musician, and an okay singer. Yes, you heard me, an OKAY singer. He’s clearly not tone deaf, and he has some moments that are slightly less cringeworthy than others. He’s nowhere near as good as some of the folks who have gone home already and some of those who didn’t even make the Top 13 (Ju’Not Joyner, anyone?).
Would he be a great music teacher? For sure. And heck, he’d be a really big fish in the church choir pond. But this boy has NO business in the American Idol Season 8 Top 10, and it blows my mind that the judges keep praising him week after week.
My theory: Scott is off limits because he’s blind. (I am not the only one who thinks his backstory is more appealing than his vocals.) And I don’t think that makes me a jerk.
Why else would Kara and Paula keep saying things like, “Was it a stellar vocal? No. Was it a little pitchy? Yes. But you’re being true to yourself.” Uh, guys? Not sure what the contract they gave you says, but last time I checked this was a contest to find the BEST SINGER and less-than-stellar vocals with consistent pitchiness are BAD THINGS when you’re trying to win the hearts of America as the BEST SINGER.
Or perhaps I’m mistaken. Perhaps this is a talk-up-the-people-who-increase-the-controversy-and-goodwill-factors-to-get-higher-ratings contest. Maybe that’s why the judges keep telling him he brings “class and poise to the stage” (Kara) and other useless nonsense (or, as Simon would say, “indulgent rubbish”) and blah-blah-blahing about his piano skills instead of talking about how awesome his vocals are — that would be because his vocals are anything but awesome, in case I lost you somewhere.
Jesse, my husband, put it just beautifully as we cringed and groaned through Scott’s performance of “Wild Angels” last week:
See, now, if he were DEAF, this would be really impressive. But he’s just blind. And he sucks. And this isn’t a playing-the-piano competition anyway; this is a singing competition.
Amen, honey. Amen.
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