yesssss!! taylor hicks is the new american idol. woohoo! i’ve been rooting for him right from the start. ^_^ none of my former faves clay aiken, latoya london, and bo bice actually won AI but they did get far into the season.
i like tay because he’s quirky, bordering on corny sometimes, but really talented. i like how he infuses his own style into all the songs he performed. most of all, he just enjoys perfoming for the fans. that’s the real american idol. ^_^
had kat and tay competed in the philippines, i’m sure kat would win by a landslide. this is because pinoys consider looks first before talent. most of our ‘talent’ search shows are actually looking for people with beauty (and foreign blood, haha). not necessarily talent. taylor, with his prematurely gray hair (hard to believe he’s only 29) and quirky style, would definitely lose early on. buti na lang american idol ito!!
that’s one thing i like with american idol and world idol. they care about talent, not looks (look at mandisa), not clothes (lots of AI contestants performed in blue jeans). the very first world idol could win ‘middle earth idol’ (according to simon cowell) because he looked like a hobbit. but he won anyway because he was the best performer among the lot (which included kelly clarkson, btw).
i love these shows! thank God for cable tv. ^_^
