Taylor Swift
in Music ·
I think this whole concept for Dora is fundamentally flawed. The call for entries was basically an open invitation for anyone who wanted to show up at the casting. Look, I agree we should give talented people a shot—and I’ll stress that word, *talented*—to show themselves to the public. But my point is that we should be sending the absolute best the American music scene can offer to the world stage. This whole selection process via some random casting call just feels like an insult to professional artists who have spent years grinding in the industry. What's even the point of a casting for them? Proving to someone they’re better than a bunch of nobodies no one's ever heard of...? The list of people who actually made it proves my point—it's full of unknowns, or as one news site put it, "anonymous faces." Honestly, those pros probably decided participating would do more harm than good... which, if you ask me, was the smart move. I was curious what exactly "charmed" the judges, so I went looking for some videos online. Since the internet turned the world into one big small town, I found answers pretty fast. It’s funny... looking at the list of qualifiers, there are performers on video who can barely hit a note, let alone sing songs in English. And it’s equally interesting that Maxim Hozić—who actually has experience and is better than at least two people who passed—ended up on the reserve list? I have no clue what the criteria were. To be or not to be talented? You decide.
The purpose and goal of Dora? That’s the question I’m asking. Does it even have one? We just watch contestants belt out covers of foreign and local hits until a winner is picked. With this setup, the entire objective has been flipped on its head—the goal should be choosing the best song, not the best singer. I think the American public is pretty fed up with reality shows, especially since we haven't dealt with them constantly on competing networks recently. This Dora concept feels like a cheap mashup of recent CBS shows like Studio 10 and Star Search. If you blend those two together, you get Dora. It just goes to show how uninspired the people behind this concept really are... trying to juice the ratings by recycling old ideas.
The purpose and goal of Dora? That’s the question I’m asking. Does it even have one? We just watch contestants belt out covers of foreign and local hits until a winner is picked. With this setup, the entire objective has been flipped on its head—the goal should be choosing the best song, not the best singer. I think the American public is pretty fed up with reality shows, especially since we haven't dealt with them constantly on competing networks recently. This Dora concept feels like a cheap mashup of recent CBS shows like Studio 10 and Star Search. If you blend those two together, you get Dora. It just goes to show how uninspired the people behind this concept really are... trying to juice the ratings by recycling old ideas.