After almost three years of
becoming unproductive (since according to most of the news, previous male
winners were not becoming hitmakers), American Idol returned with a vengeance,
producing one of the youngest stars, as they crowned 17-year old, Scotty McCreery
as Season 10 winner.
Just like what host Ryan Seacrest said, he was only seven years old when the competition premiered in Hollywood, but age doesn’t matter as long as you have the voice, you can be an Idol.
McCreery captured the attention not only of the new judges, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, and the veteran judge Randy Jackson, but also of the whole world, especially when he stood in front of the camera and sang, with bass registry, the lyrics ‘lock the doors and turn the lights down low’ during the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-leg of the competition’s audition.
Since then, he carefully crafted his way to the finals by choosing the right songs that would suit his distinctive low-ranged voice, like that of Elvis Presley. Even if he was challenged with various genres, he proved to himself and to those who believed in him that he could emancipate from the ordinary country singer to the next concert artist and probably chart-topper.
During the finals, he battled with another teenage contender named Lauren Alaina who sang a very beautiful and powerful rendition of the song ‘Like My Mother Does’, which is dedicated to all mothers across the globe. However, Scotty’s song ‘I Love You This Big’, which will be his first single as provided by the Universal Records, proved to be more likeable American fans.
In the announcement of winners, generated by more than 120 million votes in the span of two hours, Scotty burst into tears while hugging his family and other 12 finalists.
More of a personal note, this is the first time that my bet, from the very beginning of this season’s competition, had won and the feeling was like it’s winning a lottery, you couldn’t just contain your excitement to announce to everyone that your Idol won. I’ve been a fan of the show since the time of Carrie Underwood, but due to busy schedule, I failed to tune in the last few seasons.
This time, I got hooked up again and as I chose Scotty to be my man, I never failed to pick the right one. Not just for his voice, I pick Scotty for other reasons.
One is that with his unique country-deep voice, I believe that through him, he can relive the glory days of Elvis Presley, Neil Sedaka, Frank Sinatra, Kenny Rogers and the like. I’ve been a country-song fan because of my father, and having someone on the popular show, who has this notion of pulling country songs back to mainstream, I couldn’t hesitate to support him.
Another reason is his attitude during the competition that he didn’t treat it more like a contest of people with great voices, but he’s just after the idea of learning something new to enhance his voice. When interviewed by Seacrest to comment on the critique of the judges, he plainly said the he just did what he thought was best and he’s just hanging out and singing his song. Right attitude, perhaps towards life as well, that if we treat life as a competition, we might be easily eliminated.
Lastly, I like his judgment, especially after being named as the next Idol that above all else, he like to thank God for ‘He got him here’ in the finals.
The former store clerk in North Carolina proved to everyone that accompanied
with good voice and God, nothing is impossible. Even bagging of the prestigious
trophy of the American Idol will be just like a walk in the park, especially if
you’re having fun.
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