I’m in Vegas for vacation and missed the finale but did read a recap online so I do know that the Clark Brothers won. Although as I have noted that Sixwire is more commercially viable, the Clark Brothers are a special talent and will find a niche somewhere in the music world no matter what.
I’m sad the show didn’t quite gel with anybody beyond a very small core group of two to three million viewers every week. Bands are not individuals and nowadays, it’s the cult of the individual. Sure, that Friday slot wasn’t great either. I wonder how it would have done, say, in the summertime in the same time slot as “Rock Star” aired on CBS. That show actually didn’t do that badly in 2005 and 2006, but it was probably tough to find another INXS and the whole Supernova concept didn’t work.
So farewell to “Next Great American Band.” It was nice knowin’ ya!
Oh, and a little controversy where a radio jock called Paris Bennett that word that rhymes with witch, seemingly unjustly here..
And happy birthday Jordin Sparks! She turns 18 today!
