Anyway, I'm happy that American Idol is on again!!! At least American Idol gives me something to look forward to every week. Judge me, but AI is still my favorite reality singing competition show. I don't get how many people are preferring The Voice over AI. I tried to like The Voice, and for a second I did because the third season was pretty good, but the other seasons are just meh. I did have my favorites, like in season 5 I loved Jacquie Lee and she ended up as the runner up, but the show as a whole just did not grab my attention. I feel like the show is more about the judges than the contestants. The judges also ALWAYS praise the contestants and never give them constructive criticisms. I mean what's the point?! Sure Adam Levine is always hot and Blake Shelton is pretty funny, but if someone paid me to be a judge/coach I would be super critical instead of just giving comments like "you're always good", "you're gonna be big", "you never disappoint", and all those bullcrap every week. Look at the way Harry Connick Jr. gives specific criticisms to AI contestants. Even the sweet JLo has improved a lot in judging. It's pretty ironic, because no one from The Voice gets really famous, except maybe Cassadee Pope? No wonder though, sure Cassadee is pretty and talented, but she also already had a big fanbase since the beginning. The fact that The Voice runs twice a year is also a bit too much for me. They really should start taking care of the contestants and their post-show career instead of being too busy with the show and too caught up in ratings.
Okay, I should really stop ranting about The Voice. On a much more positive note, I love love loveeee 3 contestants from this season of AI. It's a sure thing that Season 13 is not the "best season ever" but at least I can see some of the contestants being famous. Those 3 contestants are Caleb Johnson,
I love Caleb so much because he has tons of personality and never boring. He knows who he is as an artist, and even though he is a rocker, he is brave to take risks in singing non-rock songs and change them up. My favorite performance of him to date is no doubt, Skyfall. I honestly don't really like this song but when he sings it I was like "ooooh so that is how that song is supposed to sound like!". I searched him up on YouTube and I found his original song called Down To The River and the song has become my friend in my late night studying sessions since then.
Even though a rocker rarely wins, but I really do hope that he does so he can bring back rock and roll again to this era.
I also love Jena Irene because her voice is soo strong yet it is easily identified. Just like many people said, it's like the mixture of Katy Perry and Hayley Williams. My favorite performance of her is hands down, Decode. Decode is is one of the hardest songs to sing and she killed it. Even though she is into EDM, I feel like her voice suits rock songs very well. I hope she and Caleb sing together soon (and hopefully they will end up as the top 2???). It's crazy to think that Jena was a wildcard at the first place. I definitely think she is the black horse of this season. Her original song is pretty awesum too.
Lastly, Alex Preston. I love Alex because he is the definition of true artist. He is soo comfortable on stage and he never tries to be something he's not. His voice soothes me and I can listen to it anytime. His sound is so radio friendly. Fairy Tales, his original song, is arguably one of the most perfectly written songs by an Idol contestant. It gives me chills and it makes me happy.
I always come back to YouTube and listen to this song everytime I'm in difficult situations because it gives me hopes in a very strange way. I also love the fact that he once opened for Nina Nesbitt because Nina is also one of my favorite artists at the moment. I have no worries for Alex though, because I believe that he will keep producing musics whether he wins AI or not.
Other than Caleb, Jena, and Alex, I also love Jess Meuse. I think she still struggles with inconsistencies, but I still think she is interesting. She also replied me on twitter which is pretty cool. :)
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you that I found a new passion which is video editing! I found this new passion from my last holiday. Seriously though, holidays always make me productive! I mostly edit fanvids of my ship from NCIS LA, which is Densi, because it's harder for me to make a Tiva fanvid since they lasted for 8 seasons and I had to download all of their scenes from YouTube. Densi has only existed for 4 seasons so the process is much faster for me. I've uploaded 2 fanvids to YouTube already and the feedback has been great. I'm so happy that one of my videos has reached almost 7,000 views! But I honestly think that my editing is still suck-ish and I need to learn a lot (I'm really planning to master Sony Vegas instead of using iMovie) but I guess I have to concentrate on school first right now.
Last thing, I'M SO EXCITED FOR PHILLIP'S SOPHOMORE ALBUM. It will be released on May 19th and the title is "Behind The Light". Raging Fire, the lead single, is awesome and I'm sooo looking forward to hear the other songs. I'M SO EXCITED! I'm also so excited to watch Taylor Swift's concert in June! It was so hard to get the tickets but I hope it's gonna be worth it. WOOHOO! FINALLY, THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO!
Okay, I definitely should stop right now because this post is becoming a lot longer than I intended it to be. Bye people!
"Cross the river to the other side
I promise you that it's nicer here
Take your hands from your face, don't hide
There is no reason for your fear
No reason for your fear"
Fairy Tale - Alex Preston
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