Bye Melinda

May 17th, 2007  |  1 Comment

To anyone getting stressed over the departure of Melinda Doolittle from American Idol last night, I offer this –

Yes, she was the best singer (by just a hair over Jordin), but every week she proved why she was a background singer: great voice, no personality. I couldn’t believe how someone with such a great voice could be so boring. She has no surface marketability — it’ll take her a while to gather an audience, unlike Blake or Jordin who will hit the ground running.

I truly think that in 30 years, we will look at Melinda like we do Barbra Streisand today — her voice is that good.

But Babs wouldn’t have made it to the AI final either.

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  1. Louise7 says:

    December 25th, 2008 at 3:03 am (#)

    Melinda Doolittle’s Debut Album Coming Back to You Drops 2/3/2009. It promises to be an eclectic mix of blues, classic R&B and jazz. The first single, “It’s Your Love” is available for purchase on iTunes. You can pre-order the entire album at www. MelindaDoolittle. com and some of the proceeds will go to Malaria No More.

    Keep updated about Melinda’s career at www. melindasbackups. com which is a web site owned by Melinda Doolittle. Melinda’s Backups™ is a non-profit supportive association inspired by Melinda and authorized by her to operate this web site on behalf of her fans.

    I am one of her backups (fans) and can truly say that not only is Melinda hugely talented but she is also exceptionally kind and gracious