Follow up with the attach e-mail....

 

I think you are probably right in some of what you are saying.  Now Johnny did like Harlemm and he had said every time that he could not wait to see what Harlemm had to offer as he enjoyed him from the start.  I think that Johnny what'd Shannon as she was flirting with Johnny as she wink several times while she was singing... So I am curious with that as well.  As far as Harlemm goes I think that he has a great deal of talent and I would like to see how much Johnny put's in his energy's and resources in to promote Harlemm or to see how much he promotes Shannon instated. 

 

I feel that all of the pro-formers have a great deal of talent and I think all they need in some of them is a little more couching and then they will go along way.  I also think that maybe these last ten might end up the New York performance "FAME".  Time will tell to see if that really happens.

 

I will the best to Harlemm and to Shannon, but I would like to see Harlemm go further.  His age's is not that important because I think he has wonderful gifts and he's real.  If he can make a room cry every time that he sings then I think that he has some gifts that the other performers did not have. 

 

Good Luck to them all.

 

Nat <sportyn@...> wrote:

Johnny did that because he didn't want Harlemm.  I'm sure he's upset
that now he's got to spend time and money trying to help Harlemm in
an industry that probably won't accept him very well and he's going
to lose money on him.  In my opinion of course.  It's obvious that
the younger Shannon Bex and Brandon O Neal are the two most
marketable and will fit into the pop music scene the best right
now.  Harlemm is too old, Serena would be better as an adult
comtemporary/R&B artist.  Yeah I think it was a bit shady but Johnny
made it clear he wanted her to win.  So he offered her the contract
to let everyone know she's going to be his focus.  I would be
willing to bet that Johnny is going to put a lot more attention on
Shannon.  He might even grab Brandon O Neal sometime soon as well. 
Brandon with the help of Justin Timberlake, Jermaine Dupri, or P
Diddy the boy could be a star.  He's got what it takes, plus he's
only 16 and so he's got lots of time before he becomes too old for
pop music.  Shannon is still young too and both can still attract a
younger crowd.  From a marketing stand point I would have chosen
Brandon and Shannon.  I never liked Harlemm because he's a cartoon,
he's an annoyance.  He performs every song exactly the same in weird
Harlemm style and it just looks ridiculous.  I feel like I'm
watching Weird Al or something.  It's not pop music.  He always puts
that stupid twang in his voice and when he bounces up and down in
EVERY performance I just want to throw something at him.  I'm sure
Johnny wishes that the judges could have chosen the FINAL winner
because now he's stuck with Harlemm and probably has no clue how to
market him or what kind of single he's going to release. 



>
> On a personal note...I don't really think it was right of Johnny
to
> extend a contract to Shannon on the spot only moments after
Harlemm
> had won the entire FAME contest.  I think it took away from the
> specialty of Harlemm's achievement.  Don't get me wrong.  I'm not
> saying Johnny doesn't have the right to sign Shannon or any of the
> other contestants, I just think his timing and the manner in which
he
> chose to do it was inappopriate...not the right time or place.
>
> Additionally, I'm curious how the promotion of each of these
> performers will pan out.  I mean, if Shannon had won from viewer
> votes, would Johnny have offered a contract to Harlemm...my guess
is
> no.  Johnny has never expressed any particular like or dislike
toward
> Harlemm.  It has always been Shannon, Shannon, Shannon.  Now that
> Harlemm has won, Johnny still gets his way by extending Shannon a
> contact as well.  Will Shannon be put in the limelight and put on
the
> fast track because she's Johnny's star?  And will Harlemm be lost
in
> the wake of it all?  If so, I don't think that's fair to Harlemm
or
> the viewers who voted for him.  Additionally, it jeapordizes the
> credibilty of the entire contest and the show...which it seems the
> general public has been questioning for some time.
>




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