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Re: American Idol 2009- Season 8 Thread and Discussion
<HR style="COLOR: #2b295e" SIZE=1>I thought TK was awful. There was a reason he didn't make it last season.
Ann Marie is very good, but lacks confidence, which will kill her eventually.
GD can you explain more on the plants? I usually just watch the show, and don't dig on the internet for background. However even I managed to hear about Joanna Pacitti. Too damn bad cause she is smoking hot.
Love your recaps. Fuck the handicapping this is the real reason I come onto these gambling forums. Well done as always
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Homedawg,
In a nutshell the plants are contestants that get a free pass to the audition stage (don't have to go through the stadium routine). They are usually somehow connected to someone on the show and are more or less screened and passed on.
A few examples:
Joanna Pacitti (this year's most egregious, she was on A&M records previously and just happens to be friends with someone at 19 records, Idol's label)
Brenton Keith Smith and Kristen McNamara (both were previous contestants on Nashville Star, the country equivalent of Idol)
Jackie Mendez (was on the failed show "The One" which just happened to have Kara DioGuardi as a judge, same as Syesha Mercado last year)
The basic problem most have with the plants is they are given an unfair advantage and it takes away from the purity of the show's premise which is to find the best undiscovered singer in America (that really was the premise in the beginning). Most of the time these plants failed previously for a reason, they simply weren't that good (see Kristie Lee Cook, Carly Smithson, etc.)
Hope that helps.