Ace Young Fans Disappointed in American Idol Production

I apologize in advanced for any grammatical errors in this petition. Once the statement is posted, it is not able to be editied, therefore must stay as originally posted. I hope you can look past that and still support the main issue at hand. ------------ If YOU agree with this, please e-mail The Powers That Be with your thoughts and a link to this petition! askfox@foxinc.com, ryan@at40.com, idol.web@fox.com ------------ WE THE FANS HERBY REQUEST A FORMAL APOLOGY FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE APRIL 11, 2006 ------------ UPDATE: Brian May (of Queen) comments on Ace and the manipulation of the A.I. editors & producers at: http://www.brianmay.com/whatsnew.html

To:  American Idol Production and Staff

On Tuesday April 11th American Idol knowingly swayed viewers and voters alike against contestant Ace Young BEFORE he even got on stage to sing. By exploiting a clip where Ace was suggesting a song arrangement change in a negative way. Contestants are consistently told to make songs and arrangements their own, yet when Ace attempted it all he got was a snarky comment from Queen band members saying, "There's no way I'm doing that to my song."

If American Idol had chosen a different segment to start off Ace's performance the negativity surrounding the whole incident would've been extremely lower.

Simon suggested that Ace forgot his lyrics, yet upon further review no such forgetfulness happened. Also, Paula's statement that Ace was trying to bastardize the song was completely uncalled for! To say that Ace's attempt in making the song fit his own personal style is in any way shape or form demeaning the song to a lower standard is ludicrous! There have been countless times the contestants are slammed because they just sang it 'as is' yet when one such contestant tries to do as advised he gets slammed all the same. The hypocrisy surrounding this one performance is astounding.

We the fans of Ace Young feel that American Idol and it's producers deliberately put a negative bias on Ace Young's fine attempt of a song. Such a bias can make a detrimental impact on swaying votes from one contestant to another and we wish that this matter is reviewed at length in order to prevent such atrocities from ever happening again. A show that claims to be for the people surely seems to be putting it's bias out in the open without a hint of remorse, and American Idol Productions should be ashamed of themselves.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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