Manufactured stars. During the pioneering Fabian’s times it was done behind the scenes, by cigar chomping mafiosos, plus Dick Clark, Allen Klein, and a few others, dee jays, promoters, distributors. Now it is shamelessly performed in full view of the national audience who is made a participant in the manufacturing process. You pick ‘em, you buy ‘em, how democratic! Why should Dick Clark alone decide that you’re gonna like Bobby Rydell? No fair, anyone can do it! Anyone can participate in stupidity!
Like Zappa said, we were better off with the old guys chomping on cigars deciding who the artists were going to be, rather than the young hipsters who think they know what the kids want to hear.
vocal calisthenics from each singer.. ughh...all trying to one-up is each other with various snorts, trills, yips and yehaws!..
it’s sickening truly sickening and it’s not singing.. it’s exercising. might as well be pumping iron.
lastly it’s not faithful to the song and melody and lyric.
I truly hate this show and also : The Voice.
Dick Clark promoted talented singers to national audiences that at least already had a public following at a local level. Today, promotion is based on a formula, and has virtually nothing to do with real public opinion or talent.