Josiah Leming actually has talent. Don’t take my word for it. Google his name; you tube & his myspace have amazing examples of his songwriting prowess.

None of these people would look good on an album cover. Another round of Sanjayas. The contestants are worse and worse every year. I never watch the show, but the entertainment shows shove it down everybody’s throat so you have no choice but to know what’s going on.

They need to pull the plug on this show. Once in a while a talent like Kelly Clarkson (the only winner I like) comes through, but I think these people should have to earn their career the hard way, getting hardened through the club scene, make lots of demos and being forced to fight through constant rejection. Otherwise, the necessary suffering to be good is just not there.

I know for sure that one of these contestants has spent a good deal of time in various bands and doing the gig scene. Produced demos and started the same way many new artists have tried. The American Idol effort is just another avenue to persue a career. It is a little presumptuous of you to assume that none of these contestants has “Paid Their Dues” yet, also keep in mind the oldest of thess contestants is only 23. I commend American Idol for providing this avenue to success, and maybe you need to modernize your thinking a bit, this is the 21st century and we do have mass media now.