HOW TO BRING A SONG TO LIFE - A LESSON IN TALENT SHOW SNOBBERY

HERE'S an example of American Idol contender Phillip Phillips proving that real musicians can be uncovered on such shows.

This is the original Usher song Nice and Slow - scroll to 4.20 to see the matching segment.




And here's what Phillip Phillips did to it...




I don't buy talent show snobbery.
I'm quite happy to judge alongside the rest of them, often despairing at song choices.
But I aways find a favourite I love almost enough to want to stay in on a Saturday night - almost but not quite, there's always online catchup TV...
Granted, there's the inevitable sinking feeling that once the chosen one has been anointed, whatever it was that made them original will be filed away to nothing by the time their first overproduced single is released.
But that is the fault of others and, often, the runners-up end up having highly successful careers, sometimes credible even.
So next time you find yourself in a state of despair, think of Phillip Phillips...