March 10, 2006

Ouch.

By Tanya

I found this little nugget tucked away at the bottom of an AI article:

[Gedeon] McKinney is a textbook example of a contestant who would have stood a much better chance had the producers chosen to tell more of his backstory.

He was supposed to audition in Memphis in September, but the auditions were canceled because of Hurricane Katrina. The teenager then went to Chicago, after raising the money by holding a concert at the Yo! Memphis Academy of Visual and Performing Arts and getting a donation from a local police association.

He earned his ticket to Hollywood, but in December, before the semifinals, his father died. McKinney chose to stay in the competition anyway, and sang well each week. Perhaps had he gotten the airtime that Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks received before the semifinals started, that would have given him a fan base that would have carried him to the finals.

I already didn't think he deserved to be cut so early, but Holy Hell! That's an even better sob story than the Pickle's. And way more spirit. Tough kid.

(I'm sure we'll be hearing more of him, if he sticks with that wicked old school Sam Cooke sound.)

 

Comments

On a completely heartless note, did anyone besides me notice that he had done his "painting" on the WRONG side of the canvas? *facepalm*

Posted by: Stacy at March 10, 2006 04:13 PM

It's the cheap and quick way to frame your painting!

I couldn't help thinking, I wonder if there's something on the other side he liked too much to gesso over?

Posted by: Tanya at March 10, 2006 04:50 PM