Idol Integrity Questioned
02/18/2008
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(Reuters) We do realize that the words "Idol" and "integrity" should never appear in the same sentence, but this is a fun story about the anger from some people that actually take the karaoke contest serious. Also of note, MCA Records used to be jokingly called Music Cemetery of America for their large number of "flops". e.g. a promising artist signs to the label and is never heard from again. Now here is the Reuters story: The integrity of "American Idol" as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competition this week.
Dublin native Carly Smithson, who formerly recorded for MCA Records under her maiden name, Carly Hennessy, was one of the 24 "Idol" contestants who made it on Wednesday to the semifinal rounds voted on each week by the show's home TV audience.Online critics immediately seized on her initial success, and her professional recording background, as further evidence that "the fix" might be in for the top-rated show on U.S. television. - more on this story 
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