America's Got Talent Winner Is... [Spoilers]

[Amaris]

Kevin Skinner.

I think it's a whole bunch of bullshit. The man can barely sing, he can't play well on the guitar. He apparently won out over a LOT of terrific acts, including Lawrence Beaman, Voices of Glory, and Barbara Padilla. He won because he appeared to be a down home country boy. He didn't deserve it, and this is absolutely ridiculous that he won. When he reached the top ten, I was mystified. When he reached the top five, I was upset, because I knew. I just knew that I knew that I knew. I like country, and I don't like this guy. I don't like opera, and Barbara Padilla won me over with her incredible voice. This is ridiculous. It's a fucking travesty is what it is.


J.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

So...this is one of those shows I don't watch where the audience votes on the winners, right? It's a popularity contest. The average person is not qualified to judge the talents of others. Not singing, not dancing, not stupid pet tricks. Most people suck at those things and anything else requiring talent, so why would anyone expect them to be decent judges?

If you want to see the most deserving people win, the last thing you should do is open it up to popular vote. Not that putting the likes of the Hoff and Ozzie's wife on the panel is the correct solution. How about having accomplished dancers judge dancers, accomplished singers judge singers, etc? That at least would have some credibility.

This is yet another reason why I Don't Understand Reality TV.

 

[Amaris]

Sure, that would be something. Like I said, though, if any of the other top twenty would have won, I'd have been happy. They all had skill. Kevin Skinner has a backwards hat and an accent, and he won.

J.

 

[Marc]

Could of been worse - the first series in Australa was one by a little girl with the aww cute factor and the runner up was guy who made music using gumleaves

 

[Amaris]

Could of been worse - the first series in Australa was one by a little girl with the aww cute factor and the runner up was guy who made music using gumleaves

I'd have taken either of them over this guy.


J.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I agree with you completely J. Allen. I honestly don't see how he won unless the show was totally rigged, because not one person I have talked to thought he had any talent whatsoever. No one I know thinks he deserved to go past the FIRST round let alone win the show. It's completely fucking ridiculous. It doesn't surprise me that they would rig the show, but at least make it believable. Him winning? Not believable at all. I like country music as well but he absolutely butchers it. He CAN'T SING at all.

I think that Recycled Percussion should have won, Grandma Lee in second, and Barbara Padilla in third. Sadly all of these amazing people who have very real and awesome talents lost to someone with a horrible voice who can't even play the guitar reasonably well.

I'm still convinced that he was a complete fake...his accent, look, and supposed "chicken catcher" job were just way too over the top. I think he's an actor who was paid to do this. Even if he's a genuine person, he fucking sucks and it was definitely rigged.

ETA: Oh yes, and I just wanted to add that I normally don't like talent competition shows, this was the only one I watched because it was not just about singers and dancers and actually showcased real and interesting talent. Obviously the show has gone way downhill and I'm never watching this fucking crap again.

 

[Amaris]

You're not the only one, Spots. I joined over at NBC's AGT board, and it is lit. up. with people protesting Kevin Skinner's win. Like you, I believe he is a fake, also. I don't live very far from where he says he lives, I even have family near that area. No one there talks like that, not the way he does.

J.