Slide 1: Image isn’t everything. Many aspiring vocalists have been slighted in some singing competitions.
Slide 2: Victimized By Superficiality
Slide 3: The Voice knocks out American Idol
Slide 4: The ability to judge fairly and without bias. This topic is important because it will minimize unfair and biased judgments and fairly assess an individuals talent
Slide 5: My audience should listen to me because I know first hand what it feels like to be in a competition and not be given a fair opportunity to showcase my talent because of biased and superficial individuals
Slide 6: American Idol viewers before "The Voice" were trapped in shallow world of superficiality
Slide 7: Point 1 - American Idol is less focused on being a singing competition
Slide 8: Supporting Point One: Past American Idol contestants
Slide 9: William Hung (non vocalist)
Slide 10: "General" Larry Platt (civil rights activist)
Slide 11: Point Two - The Voice is structured to focus more on the vocalist
Slide 12: Coaches can only view an artist by first hearing the artist and then pushing their button to turn their chairs around
Slide 13: The artist selects his/her own coach if more than one pushes their button and turns around
Slide 14: Point Three - The set up for "The Voice" is structured better than American Idol
Slide 15: The battle set up on "The Voice" is more entertaining than American Idol
Slide 16: Elimination rounds are faster on "The Voice" leading up to a quicker selection of a winner of the competition
Slide 17: Base your selection of the best singer on vocal ability and nothing more
Slide 18: Singing competitions should focus on vocal talent and not image
Slide 19: The Voice is a better Singing Competition than American Idol
Slide 20: Fairly assessing vocal performances in singing competitions without favoritism or bias makes for authentic artists and credible songs
