Okay honey...
LOTS of people are vocalizing their disdain here, not just me. If you don't like what I say about your boy,
STOP COMING TO THE THREAD.
Didn't like that, did you?
No one, like the pp who told Snappp to move on has the right or nerve to tell others what to do with their time. There are entire websites devoted to the disdain of American Idol, we do it VERY sweetly here, you'd pass out if you read some of the other boards.
No it's NOT a mic holding comp, it's also not a attitude competition or a boring standing in front of a mic comp, a screaming comp or a sniffling while in the bottom three comp, either. Everything these kids do are subject to scrutiny because they are in the public EYE. They'd better grow a backbone now or they'll never survive this dog eat dog world.
My son is a singer, also, and he's 18 years old. He's been doing this for 8 years and he knows the ups and downs of criticism, adoration and rejection. It's part of the process.