There were only two Black contestants in the American Idol competition and last night they were both at the bottom of the voting, along with a White guy who thinks he's Black by the dreaded hair he wears. I don't know if these three are the worst talents or if Black folks in America just aren't voting. But last night Chikezie was kicked off. Granted that Luther Vandross version of 'Only For One Night" was a snoozer... But check my man Chikezie out above, two weeks ago, when he blew them away with his bluegrass funk/rock version of the Beatles, "She's a Woman".
In the mean time has contestant Syesha Mercado got too much attitude for Black and White audiences alike? Others are saying...
Interestingly enough, Syesha's near disaster this week also seemed more attributable to her chilly personality than actual singing ability. To me, her renditions the last two weeks of ''If I Was Your Woman'' and ''Yesterday'' were more powerfully sung than any of her female competitors' performances, and yet, for some reason, I still haven't found myself getting excited by Ms. Mercado. There's something off-putting about her interview clips, the way she's constantly flashing that stage smile whenever the cameras zoom in on her. And I'm not alone in my ambivalence.
Read what others are saying at IDOL'S ROCKY BOTTOM.