American Idol is gearing up for a new season with new judges. Mariah Carey gained a hefty contract for the season. Randy Jackson is to be a mentor to the contestants. Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj will be a part of the team.
Aretha Franklin, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood & a host of others would have been perfect for the job. Keith Urban is perfect.
Good luck to the future contestants & judges, Once again I will not be watching & supporting American Idol…
Topic: Betty Buckley – Randy Jackson (American Idol)
BETTY BUCKLEY
According to New York Post, Broadway legend and former “Eight is Enough” star Betty Buckley launched a Twitter tirade against “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson Thursday night, for his habit of dismissing the show’s failed singers as “too Broadway.”
“With respect, ‘Dog,’ your opinion is whack & uninformed!” Buckley tweeted, calling Jackson’s characterizations “beneath contempt” and “beyond idiotic!!!”
Buckley feels that in disparaging Broadway, Jackson displays an ignorance of singing styles, and casts an inappropriately negative light on the Great White Way.
“Broadway is a place, not a style of singing,” Buckley tells the Post. “Whenever he doesn’t like something, he just throws in that ‘this is a Broadway voice.’ I don’t know how many Broadway shows Randy Jackson has been to, but clearly not many, because there’s a wide variety of shows on Broadway.”
Buckley’s Twitter comments spread so quickly that Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe responded sympathetically several hours later, calling Broadway “a Mecca for talent,” and adding, “I will certainly speak to Randy.”
Judge Randy Jackson told American Idol Haley Reinhart she was a “Winner’ Reinhart is the first contestant on stage with a parent, her father was playing the guitar. Lauren wears too much make-up. Steve could be on RuPaul’s Drag Race he is so handsome..
