Last year I stopped watching TV's most popular show, American Idol, because it didn't seem like the show was intended to do: find UNDISCOVERED talent. The biggest controversy of season 7 was Carly Smithson, an Irish pop singer who had been signed to MCA and who's debut album flopped (selling a mere 300 copies -- yes that says 300). Other contestants that season included Michael Johns (formerly signed to Maverick Records) and Kristy Lee Cook (formerly signed to Arista Nashville). Even the first runner-up, David Archuleta, had appeared on Star Search when he was 11 years old.
Well now Idol is at it again for its current eighth season with Joanna Pacitti.
Now even I had heard of Pacitti, as pop princess BRITNEY SPEARS (for God sake) recently covered one of her songs on her latest album Circus. According to an article I just read on Yahoo, Pacitti had also been previously signed and even had appearances on movie soundtracks such as Legally Blonde, Bratz and Nancy Drew! American Idol has become so fake these days. It's so sad. Has unknown talent really become that difficult to find?
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