American Idol Producer: Pia Toscano "Never the Frontrunner"
by Free Britney at .The American Idol judges were shocked that Pia Toscano was ousted on last week's results show, and some fans are petitioning to bring her back.
Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, however, is not up in arms.
“I know the [voting] results, so I know she was never a frontrunner,” Lythgoe said. “The fact of the matter, it appears, is that Pia didn’t connect with the audience as much as maybe we think she did. And she wasn’t voted through.”
To be fair, Nigel isn't anti-Pia, he's just stating facts.
Nigel, who also produces and judges So You Think You Can Dance, did say that Idol could consider changing the voting format next year to mirror SYTYCD.
On that show, America determines the bottom three, but the judges decide who leaves. That is ultimately a call for Idol creator Simon Fuller, Lythgoe said.
What do you think? Would you rather have Steven, Randy and J. Lo make that call in order to prevent another shocking result like we saw last Thursday?
Or, would stripping America of its final say actually hurt the format?
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Comments (12 Total)
Pia won going away, she hadn't peaked as yet, while all of the others are sporadic, Lauren is a weak substitute and has no stage presence haley is becoming predictable and inconsistent, Scotty aka Howdy Doody? one song is indistinguishable from another, James has great entertainment value, but can't compare to Casey James in voice or musician. the judges go overboard, and only gave criticism to Pia. All of it is false praise Simon is missed more each week, Jacob, I would love to have in my church choir but couldn;t sell tickets. Stefano couldn;t get a part on Glee. Each week is getting progressively weaker. The voting has to change for this show to survive. Bring Simon back. Jimmy was great in his reprimand to Scotty and Jacob, Jimmy did not do Pia any favors, JLO and Randy said it all, Pia will be doing 2 -3 hour concerts I do not see anybody else who would sell tickets to as wide an audience.
Whay change voting?I liked her,but if she did not have votes,so what?She can stil record and have album.Take Adam Lambert,he did not win and he has an album and people love him.People saw her and her talent,we will not forget her.
Have watched Idol from day 1. This was the worst decision made as of yet. I believe many thought Pia was safe so voted for others to "save" them, just a hunch. Stephano? OMG. More of the same, put him on the pile and it is a big pile. If I could change anything it would be to give each judge a save. If used the next week 2 go. They could not use them after say week 5. Have to go now. Have to solve other world problems.
I was shocked when Pia was voted off the program,but when you look at the comments to her to get out of the box and try up beat songs which was repeated over and over by Randy and Jennifer, but they praised others like Scotty, Jacob and Casey for staying true to themselves. The judges shot Pia down by their inconsistentancy in telling the contestants conflicting steps to improve. Yes the judges should make the final decision.Not the calls based on popularity rather than true talent.
I think the producer is correct and Why u keep on questioning about this result when infact it was announced already that she was out already and im so happy that Stefano is safe, he is also a good singer and the result is fair. Thanks to all voters u choice the right singer to go on d competition. So, we vote for idol singer like casey and james durban and stefano, they are a good singer. Good luck all of u.