Originally Posted by
Moireen:
“A shock boot is better than becoming 2nd, but the shock boot came far too early. I fear she will become the next Michael Johns. 
Mind you, Idol didn't do her much favours. They didn't show her audition, they didn't show much from her in Hollywood - thereby reducing the bonding with the viewers.
Add to that the lousy songs they gave her. She's great with modern/fresh sounding songs like "Doesn't Mean Anything" or "Grenade". But what the hell were all those Tina Turner, Whitney and Celine songs? They should have opted for something much younger sounding (I'm not necessarily hinting at the year).
Your Personal Idol: Back to Black/Firework/Sober (nobody will check whether Amy Winehouse or Katy Perry or Kelly are her real idols)
Year You Were Born: Man in the mirror
Motown: End of the road
Elton John: Can You Feel The Love
Rock & Roll: Whole Lotta Love
Would have suited her IMO much better. And they really, really should cut Motown & Elton John & Birth Year. Don't get me wrong, I adore all those Motown artists. But it's a time which is past us, Idol is looking for an Idol for the FUTURE, not for the past.”
She's nowhere near as good as Michael Johns who like his fellow season 7 contestant, Carly Smithson, paid with the American's public lack of interest due to not actually being American by birth.
They showed no more and no less of Pia than of any other finalist this year. This has been a big complaint by critics and bloggers this year. The show wanted the public to vote for who they were impressed by on the night or since the start of the live shows and not by their back story.
Unlike X Factor, AI contestants have a big say and in many cases the final say in what they sing and don't sing. The song choices were down to Pia. She herself has said since that she fears anything that involves movement or performance or anything other than what she has performed for years and is comfortable with.
Your personal idol: Well ............. actually ............... yes they will and they will ridicule it if someone makes unlikely "choices". Do you think anyone would have supposedly heavy metal rocker James as being a McCartney fan? But he is and anyone who checks that up will see it. The other thing they will also find out is that the heavy metal rocker schtick is something he has moved towards because
he thinks he has a rock voice.
Year you were born: There is nothing more ridiculous than a woman singing
Man in the Mirror. A few previous female contestants on these shows without an ounce of wherewithal or understanding of the lyrics have made the mistake of singing this.
Motown: You suggest a ballad. How adventurous for Pia!
Elton John: Ohhhhh, what a shock!!! Another ballad. That would have helped her cause.
RnR HOF: Whole Lotta Love? Are you serious? After Adam Lambert's performance of it, any contestant who attempts it on AI may as well commit hari kiri live in front of millions.
Sadly, Pia was doomed from the start. Firstly, she was a contestant who it was well known had not got past audition the first time and had been eliminated at Hollywood week the second. Secondly, the hype the judges put out about her in the first week was only going to impress as long as she showed that she was worthy of it and hadn't simply performed her party piece that week. Unfortunately, she didn't and it was only a matter of time before other contestants came into their own and she was left trailing due to not progressing from her initial impression. Finally, when she did attempt something different from the ballads that she had been criticised for, she was unable to do two things at once.
