Taht being said, she could do w/ out what i see as a modern problem w/ modern soul music, all the yeahyeahhhyeah vibrato BS, I guess people like that , but I see it over used and a crutch. Waht happened to honest R and B?
I agree about the vibrato. It never sounds good and it's way overused and run into the ground. Fantasia has been my pick since day one. I have to say though that I did not like her adding vibrato to Summertime. Edit: I did not like the vibrato. It must have sounded better live because even Simon seemed blown away by her performance of Summertime.
Now, all of you are going to hate me but I must say I am very glad Diana did NOT win. The girl has the most annoying and fake facial expressions. She has no idea how to dress for her figure and looks like a wobbling sack of melons when she dances. She is off key more than on. Sweet and young? Yes she is but that doesn't mean she should have won.Really she needs a couple of years of vocal lessons. She needs to give up on the dancing. She is not a good dancer and never will be. She can take her raw singing talent and learn to sing well. She can have someone with fashion sense help dress her for her figure. She can have someone teach her how to avoid the phony facial expressions and then she might be idol material.
I really hated to see Latoya go. She's gorgeous, dresses superbly and can sing to boot.