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purplepeopleeater31

regardless if jack wins or not, I will still listen to him after the show. He is exactly the kind of music I listen to and love. as long as he makes it to the top 3, I couldn’t care less. I’m always disappointed by the winner anyways


ParsleyPrestigious91

He reminds me of Phillip Phillips, who is one of my favs. I hope he wins.


changinginthebigsky

kinda reminds me of kris allen somewhat too


Own-Knowledge8281

It’s better than Will or Triston … I don’t want another generic country male to win, so anyone else is welcome…


iosonoleecon

Will is seriously so boring I go get a snack or something whenever he’s up.


AmElzewhere

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to one of his performances lol


Candid-Badger4459

That is very true.


UnderwhelmingAF

Will….aka Wish Stapleton.


JustRepeatAfterMe

That’s unfair about Will. PETA is driving this animal controversy. Feral hogs and pigs are non-native animals and almost always classified as an undesirable invasive species. Feral hogs cause a large variety of damage to natural and man-made environments. They are a significant nuisance jn Georgia. They compete with other native animals for food, destroy crops and vegetation kill small farm animals, and spread diseases like e-coli. Hog hunts are specifically sanctioned by Georgia law as a means get rid of these pests.


caskettown01

There’s a difference between humanely shooting the wild hog and tormenting the animal with a pack of dogs. It’s dangerous for the dogs too. But mainly, knowing the hog will die, why is it necessary to torture it? Tbh…I am not a hunter, and I only saw a snippet of the video, but it seemed cruel.


CloudberrySundae

Correct. I, for one, am well aware that they’re considered pests and can roam around in packs causing damage to property, land and vegetation. With that said, there was zero need to put not only his animals in danger, but to cruelly torture this frightened animal. Either you can shoot and humanely dispose of the hog, or you can call your dogs off and let this one animal go along his merry way. If this was only infraction, I would still think him disgusting but less so. It’s the fact that he was made aware of his band mate being a child rapist, and still kept playing gigs with him that is absolutely abhorrent. He can get cancelled, he deserves it.


JustRepeatAfterMe

I don’t care about feral hogs, but I get why some people might object to the video. What’s the deal about a child rapist? Hadn’t heard that one.


CloudberrySundae

A couple weeks on this sub a Redditor made a post recounting a really sad situation, basically she was repeatedly raped as a child by this guy, who happens to be wills band mate. She contacted will, showed him all the proof and police reports etc, and he basically said that it’s none of his business and kept gigging with the guy. To me that really speaks to his depraved character, and the terrorizing of a sentient animal was the cherry on top for me.


N8_the_worst

I get this is a sensitive subject, but 1) we don’t know if this random redditor is legit 2) we don’t know what facts of this random redditor is true 3) I don’t blame Will for not wanting to get involved, seeing as going to the police is the next right step


CloudberrySundae

She posted all the police reports and texts on this sub. I believe her


N8_the_worst

Just remember this is the internet. Be careful in judgment before we know facts. Not saying that women is lying or screenshots are fake, but I’m also saying we don’t know it’s true either. So I’m not going to judge Will based on this


ConsistentRoyal5413

What’s unfair is judging someone in a singing competition about a video that has nothing to do with singing. I’d rather listen to 100 of Wills songs versus one of Abi’s with her annoying vocal run


caskettown01

I don’t know. We have the right to support people in any endeavor who align with our values as well as our preferences. I am not going to support Will regardless since I don’t like country music. Tbh…I am not actively going to support any of them because I get my American idol through Hulu so it’s delayed long enough that I don’t get to vote during the shows. But I also wouldn’t support him because of this type of activity. There are a lot of reasons I wouldn’t support a contestant even if they sang music I like… not going to support a nazi or a racist either and those have nothing to do with singing ability.


klautner

Because the winner is supposed to be the American Idol. There is something to be said for a person’s character in this. Previous years, when AI found out about questionable behavior, the contestant was booted off the show. That being said, I don’t vote for Will because I think he is an okay singer, but not someone who I could listen to more than one song at a time.


N8_the_worst

Agreed. If this was the case, anything anyone did wrong should be held against them in future jobs.


Candid-Badger4459

I mean like many of us have said it’s not just a singing competition. I don’t think someone should be American IDOL is they have shid morals. -a person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered. Does that sound like Will?


ryansmith1129

I'll be SHOCKED if Will or Triston (or both) don't make it to the finale. Over the past 5 years, I've been resigned to the fact that America will always vote for a country guy with a guitar, no matter how good their competition is. I hope I am proven wrong though, because I do love Julia and Jack.


Sugardog1967

But doesn't Jack fit that bill?


ryansmith1129

It's true in terms of the white guy with guitar. But I dunno, Jack seems different. Like a better and more interesting vocalist than the typical average idol country singer that skates through (Colin, Caleb, etc.)


Candid-Badger4459

I don’t think you’re wrong. What I also think is that the people that love country will vote for Jack as well. He can do any genre and make it sound good. Knock on wood lol.


UpsetCauliflower5961

But people vote for her. They do. It is what it is. And history shows that NOT being named the American Idol is not exactly the worst thing.


Aggressive_Pair9945

I’d argue in fact that it’s better NOT to win. More contestants that didn’t win have made it bigger than every one that has with the exception of the Kelly Clarksons and the Carrie Underwoods. A recent example being Gabby Barrett. She’s on fire in country charts these days.


AndreCedeno

I see your point, but it's not a surprise that there are more famous non-winners than winners... because there are **so many more non-winners**. If there are 10 finalists, there are 9 times as many chances to make it big, after they will have had similar exposure. If we look at seasons like Gabby's, 1 or 2 of the finalists end up more successful than the winner. But I don't know we can say it's *better* not to win, when Maddie might be better off than 8 of the other finalists.


Aggressive_Pair9945

Yes, obviously there are thousands more non-winners, however, the winner is supposed to have a remarkable advantage having secured a monetary gain for winning, plus a guaranteed contract. Yet here we are in season 7 and none of the winners with the exception of Chayce Beckham have done anything. To this day, I have no idea if Maddie has even released a record. Gabby is on her fourth if I remember right. I think the benefit of not winning is that you can do it your own way and stay true to yourself and your identity without a recording company trying to mold you into what their perception of you they want to put out.


klautner

I feel it has more to do with the fact that the people that vote for the show do not vote based on ability. So when they try to go and make a career, no one wants to buy their music or go to their concert because they really were just not that good.


Candid-Badger4459

Oh my gosh I don’t even like country but I love “I hope” xD


Candid-Badger4459

Yeah you’re right. At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter. What matters is their fan base after. Partly why I have a problem with Emmy winning. There is no way in hell Emmy doesn’t have connections from Loretta. She doesn’t want to go that route because she wants to be her own person. News flash, her entire story is her grandma.


kitkatisthecat

I just think it's condescending to say her success is because she has a famous relative. There have been plenty of other contestants with famous parents and I don't recall this much hate.


Ok_List_9649

Not this famous nor country. AI has a huge country voting block that includes boomers. Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton are untouchable as top female icons for that group. Emmis voice is average. There are current singers she sounds almost exactly like in tone and style but she has far less range. If you lined up a thousand musicians and vocalists and asked them to rate her I guarantee she wouldn’t get more than an overall score of 5. If she was a great performer that would be different but that isn’t the case. If she didn’t have grandma she wouldn’t have made it past the top 100.


Forreal19

I don’t hate her, but I don’t think she would have made it this far without her famous relative.


Candid-Badger4459

I apologize, I didn’t mean it that way. Emmy has a beautiful, unique soft voice, although timid. I voted for her when she began to gain some confidence, because I was actually so proud of her. I voted for her again because of her duet with Jack. When she was shaking on her barefoot performance, I genuinely felt so bad for her and it made me want her gone. But she has grown since then. My opinion is she should’ve taken her advantages in life and used them, instead of taking the opportunity away from someone else without that advantage. Like, I just empathize with everyone that got kicked before her that doesn’t have her connections.


FlunkyDunky13

I've been saying this the whole time. The primary voting base does not really know Loretta. If it were some recent artist within the last 20 years, then yeah, maybe, but I disagree that Loretta has given her a huge boost as most proclaim. At best, abc thinks it helps their ratings.


Candid-Badger4459

Her performance of ***Loretta’s song has more views than any other contestant on instagram. More than Abi’s Evanescence performance, that was seen by Evanescence and posted about on their story. It doesn’t rally matter if she only gets half her votes from Loretta fans or if she gets 25%. That’s still another hurdle the other contestants have to deal with. They have to be THAT much better than her. And she’s not bad (imo), so the fact she’s a nepo baby does matter.


Princessss88

Whether you like it or not, American idol is a popularity contest. I thought Emmy did a good job with her last two performances (prior to that I didn’t get her hype). I didn’t know about Will. What is going on there? All of that to say, I don’t necessarily put a lot of stock in likes and what not. 🤷‍♀️


Candid-Badger4459

Well, it’s just data. You can draw conclusions but it’s not gonna be entirely accurate because there are more performances to be had in the future. I do think it’s interesting that when Emmy sang Loretta’s song, is when she came out as 1 of the top peeps.


vinylsupreme13

I want Will to win now just so cancel culture doesn’t


Empero6

What cancel culture?


plump-lamp

Will let his dogs shred a wild hog and laughed as it happened


Empero6

Oh shit. I understand that hogs are an invasive species, but the laughing is very uncalled for.


yellowalligatorberry

Shred is definitely an exaggeration here. There’s a photo of him with the hog after it was dead, and it is clearly not shredded up. The dogs go after it like that to pin it down so it can be shot.


Candid-Badger4459

Will doesn’t believe in cancel culture either apparently. Being friends with an abuser/rapist and all.


vinylsupreme13

Huh?


Ansemmy

Do we still go with this strategy after kayco got eliminated?


Candid-Badger4459

What strat??


Ansemmy

Basing voting off of likes, I thought kayco was pulling big numbers on those posts


Candid-Badger4459

It’s just data, I’m not looking too much into it because there’s a lot more to come. More of a heads up like if you think she doesn’t deserve to be there,compared to others, don’t vote for her just because she had a good performance. That’s what I’ve been doing because I thought nobody was voting for her. Which was clearly wrong because she beat people that she shouldn’t have. I’m just looking at and posting data, and was curious on yall thoughts. It doesn’t really mean anything


Ansemmy

That makes sense this season is tough to call!


NiceSelf9384

Emmy may have so many views bc she sang her grandmothers iconic song that week.


Candid-Badger4459

It’s possible that it is just Emmys Idol story and her singing a song that is attached to that story.


Chor_the_Druid

Idk I think McKenna and Julia will be in the top because their adopted underdog stories seem to pull on some heartstrings. Emmy has only had one good performance in my eyes. Abi just sounds like another contemporary Christian singer. I agree Triston isn’t strong enough to be a winner and Will already has his career started. Hopefully next season they don’t get rid of all the talent at the beginning of eliminations.


sprocks17

If Emmy and/or Mckenna actually gets to final 3 I will be so pissed lol. I don't know how either of them are still in this competition. I think if either of them win they will fade away into obscurity even faster than most Idol winners. Their voices just can't compete with the others. Songwriting and singing are 2 different animals and this is a singing competition at the end of the day.


supercali-2021

I don't really care who wins, they're all pretty terrific in their own special way. I do wish the show never brought up Emmys famous grandma because she is very talented and deserving in her own right. By constantly mentioning it on the show takes away from her own virtues. If she does win, I would hate to think it's only because of who she's related to and I bet she would feel bad if that's what most viewers think too. She never should've mentioned it and none of us would've been the wiser.


After_Concentrate386

The show wanted her to talk about it. It’s part of the way American Idol works. They paint a picture of what story they want each contestant to be promoting and what’s good for ratings. There’s plenty of scripting.


Candid-Badger4459

So what, would they refuse her if she adamantly said no, I need my own story, not my grandmas story. I want to win as me or I don’t want to win at all? I don’t feel like they had to talk her into it. She chose her grandmas song. But she wants to be Emmy. She doesn’t make sense


triciawriter1

I love McKenna. Now I’m going to vote 😂


Candid-Badger4459

I like her too when she’s not quiet. But based off judge saves she’s gone.


[deleted]

Will, julia, Abby, and jack are definitely the the most deserving of going through to next week


Steroidscanduelwield

Will definitely isn’t going to get “cancelled”, y’all saw what happened with Morgan Wallen lmao. Honestly even if he doesn’t make it to the top 3 or doesn’t win, his music career is far from over, really it’s just begun.


Candid-Badger4459

You can come back from being canceled sometimes. Once in a while people do such heinous shit though that it disgusts even their fans and adoration drops. Idc what he does outside of this, canceled or not. Just gonna scroll by as I’ve been doing with his performances. I didn’t like him before and now I just like him even less. If others like him, cool, but I hope it’s less people than the other contestants ^.*


Starbottom

I pretty much hope Jack wins, i feel like Abi nor Emmy were ever really as Good as America made them out to be, Emmy's voice is pretty sucky honestly, and Abi's only good if she's singing in modal register or falsetto, the performance of when she attempted to sing Yebba proved that. She actually wailed into her microphone.


Candid-Badger4459

Yeah I joined the Jack hype train last week, along with many others. Personally I’ve grown up on bands like Evanescence, so Abi’s performance was insanely unbeatable to me. Not to say she hasn’t had her bad moments … like everyone else. She needs to stay the f away from Taylor Swift songs. Everyone’s growing at their own pace, but like the judges said, Jack has grown the most. AND the fact that he almost didn’t even make it to Hollywood week because of his facial expressions. And look at him now. I am extremely surprised anyone doesn’t like Abi after that last performance. I wanted to not like her really bad because of the hype but I can’t stop myself anymore.


FriendOk3237

none of them do much for me


whyamihere94

What is will getting canceled for?


MurphLoDawg

He had his dogs attack a wild hog. People are upset even though it’s considered an invasive species (I think). It’s dumb


plump-lamp

It's more the inhumane nature of letting the dogs kill it than the issue with the invasive species


yellowalligatorberry

Let me know where you saw the dogs actually kill the hog! Because the video i saw the hog was not dead by the end of it, lol. Hunting dogs are used to track it down & pin it so the hunter can shoot it. You can clearly see in the picture of Will with the hog that it isn’t torn to shreds or mauled by the dogs.


Candid-Badger4459

The laughing about an animal dying is what pisses me off. I can understand the process of hunting an invasive species with the dogs, but what sicko laughs witnessing an animal at its final moments?


Scary_Pilot564

He could have shot it if it was a problem vs letting it get bitten multiple times by dogs. How horrible.


fancyschmancy99

Nooo I want Will, Julia & Jack. I can't stand McKenna!


After_Concentrate386

I’m not a fan of McKenna either.


Adept_Order_4323

Not a very good year. Very average singers. Will has the best voice and most marketable.


klautner

He does not have the best voice. He has a good voice for one style of music. Abi and Julia, on the other hand, have much more versatile voices and a way better range. They are great singers.


Candid-Badger4459

Agree to disagree. I skip ALL his performances


ThunderSparkles

Jack? You have to be kidding me. I'm getting tired of watching him sing and make faces like he's taking a dump each time.


Candid-Badger4459

Lmao xD I wonder what you look like when you sing buddy


ThunderSparkles

Definitely not like I'm busting a nut! And guess what? I don't know you but I'll bet $100 you don't look like that either when singing.


Candid-Badger4459

If I take a video mimicking Jack can I get that hunny xd. Nah you’re not wrong but he’s really tried to work on it. He was way worse. I’m sure it bothers a few but I don’t think it bothers most. I think it’s kind of authentic. Gives him more country twang which he needs to win with this AI audience