Somerset Maughm once compared critics, which the judges essentially are, this way:
"A critic is like a eunich in a harem. He knows how it's done. He sees it done every day. But, he can't do it himself."
None of the judges could have performed any of the artists' songs as well as they did.
The judges said whatever they said, both for and against each one.
But they were essentially powerless, since they didn't vote.
I noticed thatJ Lo was visibly upset when both Joshua and Jessica were voted off at the end.
The final verdict was up to the people who voted.
Although most of the contestants tried to apply constructive criticism to their subsequent performances, I think that the ones who were most successful already knew who they were, particularly Phillip.
He said, right from the beginning, that he simply wanted to share his music with us and that's what he did.
He is who he is and the audience loved him.
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