some of the biggest demographics for this show are young teen girls and college kids. They skew the makeup of the Top 14 to appeal to this group too.
Unless something has changed in the last few years, isn't the singing shows' (all of them) demographic pretty old? Wasn't that the reason for the string of mature-skewing WGWG's, and the dearth of pop-type contestants of either sex going far in previous seasons? I'm recalling LOTS of discussion about this back in TwoP days.
I expect the actual judge critiquing will begin with the top 14 show, when the show will try to get the audience to vote for the 'right' contestants. That's when Katy et al will finally start pointing out the flaws.
Catie strikes me the same way Lauren Alaina did in her season: truly talented, but with a contrived/phony personality problem (although that seems to have worked out for LA).
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Unless something has changed in the last few years, isn't the singing shows' (all of them) demographic pretty old? Wasn't that the reason for the string of mature-skewing WGWG's, and the dearth of pop-type contestants of either sex going far in previous seasons? I'm recalling LOTS of discussion about this back in TwoP days.
I expect the actual judge critiquing will begin with the top 14 show, when the show will try to get the audience to vote for the 'right' contestants. That's when Katy et al will finally start pointing out the flaws.
Catie strikes me the same way Lauren Alaina did in her season: truly talented, but with a contrived/phony personality problem (although that seems to have worked out for LA).