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Originally Posted by justinsain
I cringed too when they gave her all the criticism for her song choice. At that point in the competition the judges should be careful as to what they say because it could easily sway voters.
I also think the judges meant well and their criticism was misunderstood. The guy picked a song about 911 and it was just after they captured Osama so that feeling was refreshed across the nation. The other girl picked a song and tied it to the recent Tornado disaster that was weighing heavily on everyones mind. Two smart song choices that could capture the nation.
Haley picked a lesser known song that obviously had a special meaning to her but was nothing as dramatic and current as the other two song choices. So what Randy and JLo were trying to say is this is a competition, the song choice was about inspiration and even though it was personal to you it wasn't a choice that would capture the audience in the way the others did.
They were trying to tell her to pick a song that will get her the most votes and the first step is to pick something popular and relatable. Her choice wasn't as " cunning " as the others and I think the Judges were trying to tell her to look at the bigger picture.
It's really something that should have been advised or coached to her in private.
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Oh I get that totally, and as someone who's married and raising band members myself, I get totally what they "meant" by it, but in a situation like that, they should have left that part of it out and let her do her thing. Simply because the average voter, which is what counts here, is going to listen to JLo because they respect her, so when she slammed her, that's all they needed to hear. They should have and could have made it a current thing and spun it as her inspiration was about our planet which is a very current thing. I am just saying they should have spun it in a more positive direction as it was what inspired her and they should have handled it as such.
As a member of a house FULL of musicians and artists, I totally got the marketing angle they were spinning it into, but in the area of which this WAS, and inspiration, it just wasn't cool.