I was all set to binge watch the whole season, starting with this episode. First strike was when a singer who looked a bit like Elvis had a kid with Bieber, was told that he was "too arrogant" ??? Then Lionel Ritchie left his seat, to show him, VISUALLY how LOW and pathetic he was. ??? "You are HERE" said Lionel indicating he was as low as a knee. Then realizing how it looked, he said you will be here... equal to him, but never indicated thet he might then be BETTER than Lionel, who regards himself as better than this "boy", who dropped out last time, after winning a "Hollywood" ticket. (The boy was white... but at this point that didn't "matter"... until later in the episode.) - Then there was a Canadian girl who was obviously a GREAT singer, with great vocal control that Perry recognized, but Lionel and that white country singer guy felt intimidated by, and decided to say "no". SHOCK! ... and I TOTALLY understood Katy Perry being in a SHOCK, and MARCHING OFF the intimidated CHAUVINIST judge table. I was TOTALLY WITH HER. This girl might not have been everyone's "taste" in singing style, but she COULD SING... but was not put forward. (She is white)... Then on comes some poor weepie black girl, who breaks down on the stage, and doesn't remember what she was going to sing, and disguises it as a weepie fit, and the judges (esp. Lionel) goes to comfort her, for being so "nervous"... (Where was THIS "CARE" when they were watching the Canadian girl, with a bit a nervous wobble in her voice?)... Then they had a PRAYER session with this BLACK girl.. ??? This, after dismissing a talented Canadian girl! WTF! "American Idol" has become RACIST... and that is the END of it, for me. (With THESE racist, poor excuse for "judges". Pathetic. Except for Perry, she kinda redeemed herself, by marching off, even if it was for "show"... and although they were ALL conned by the weepie black girl. I just HOPE she got booted after an undeserved Hollywood.)
How LOW would Lionel Ritchie's hand have to be... to show how LOW the poor BLACK girl was? ... Now you "get it". He never showed HER!
Ps. Not that it should matter, but I AM white, but raised in Africa, where I was a judge in some dance contests, even though my African girlfriend felt it strange, since I did not really "dance", but had done some "ballet" as a child in England... and... Although one of my best friends is gay... I am not.
How LOW would Lionel Ritchie's hand have to be... to show how LOW the poor BLACK girl was? ... Now you "get it". He never showed HER!
Ps. Not that it should matter, but I AM white, but raised in Africa, where I was a judge in some dance contests, even though my African girlfriend felt it strange, since I did not really "dance", but had done some "ballet" as a child in England... and... Although one of my best friends is gay... I am not.
