Recently ousted American Idol contestant Chris Sligh has a blog, which has little content now but might be interesting to read in the future since he seems to be a funny guy. However, this article about him from his hometown newspaper, kind of makes me lose a little respect for him. It talks about how he wanted to quit a couple weeks ago, after he got bad reviews for his version of "Endless Love." He says, in the article, that he started to "question whether his roots in indie, alternative pop-rock fit with the blueprint of American Idol." He basically claims that he was discouraged from choosing the kind of music he really wanted to do in favor of more mainstream music. While I don't doubt that is the case, it's hardly shocking. It's a television show, after all. That he would admit he wanted to quit just because things didn't go his way makes me lose all kinds of respect for him. I mean, you put yourself out there and then when it seems like things aren't going your way, you want to quit? But you still wanted to be in their tour. Apparently, it's all about what they can do for him, which I guess is the way it should be, but regardless of any crap that comes with the show, he has to realize that he's been given an unbelievable opportunity to get his voice out there (even if it's not entirely the voice he wants out there) and should, in my opinion, be a little more grateful. It makes me respect Sanjaya a whole lot more, too, considering ALL the horrible things people are saying about him and yet he seems to have embraced it all and seems to have decided he's going to ride the wave as far as it will take him.
On another note, the fact that people are such assholes to send hate mail because Chris dared to tease Simon Cowell is such a sad commentary on America. Do you think that comment even had the slighest impact on Simon? The man has an ego the size of Jupiter and also makes millions of dollars annually simply by criticizing others... how nice of those losers to feel the need to stand up for Simon.
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