Last year they had a small but solid band. I see some of the acts are performing to tracks. So with everything that's going on - kicking little girls in the teeth, deceptive editing and the like - I assume they're doing their best to bias it against singers except those with a sentimental a/or sob story?

I'm guessing at least a couple of reasons are to save money and make it possible to chop up/manipulate someone's performance without making it obvious.

hmmm... I don't know why someone wouldn't bring a track with them. I blame the acts. Seriously, I have been watching closely lately and some of them are bringing tracks, so I can't see that it's the producers fault... I also think the band came later in last year's show (after the auditions) but I could be wrong.

Because they were told they wouldn't be able to use one.


I quit watching after this year's first episode, some of the acts had tracks but I don't recall any of the singers having one.





Nope, Bianca Ryan had the band for her first televised appearance. Ditto Alexis Jordan and I'm sure all the others. The judges fawning all over Alexis Jordan's incredibly mediocre performance - "you're what this show is all about" "you've got it gurrrl.." etc. - was part of what turned me off the show to begin with.

Well after you quit watching some of the singers had tracks so I still am under the impression that they had the option and just didn't