‘American Idol’ Fans Scream ‘Injustice’ Over ‘Rigged’ Show
Many fans are outraged after the latest episode of American Idol. Fans have been saying all season that the show is becoming too soft and almost seems rigged. Monday night, the top three finalists were selected to move on and get one step closer to being named the next winner. When two more favorites went home, fans became angry. They went to social media to express their feelings. What did they say? Keep reading to get all the details.
Fans Outraged Over American Idol Final Three
There are many fans of American Idol who are outraged over Sunday and Monday night’s episodes. Many were upset when Gabby was eliminated on Sunday night. Tons of fans posted on social media and voiced that she should have won or at least made the top 5.
Monday night, there were more angry fans and they screamed out on social media that a few of the competitors were treated unfairly. They felt there was a huge injustice and many even claimed the show is rigged.
Let’s step back to Sunday night, The top seven performers were Breanna Nix, Gabby Samone, Jamal Roberts, John Foster, Mattie Pruit, Slater Nalley and Thunderstorm Artis. At the end of the night, Gabby and Mattie went home. This left Breanna as the only female left standing.
On Monday night, Slater and Thunderstorm became the next two voted off. Fans were in disbelief. Many believed Thunderstorm should have been in the top three and featured in the finale.
On X, fans slammed the show and many even accused it of being rigged. Others believe that the show is moving away from accepting all genres of music and is focused more on country.
There Was Outrage Over Thunderstorm Leaving The Show
Multiple fans stepped up and posted on X, saying that Thunderstorm Artis should still be there. Many believe he should have won the 2025 American Idol. Here are some comments from fans:
- “Idol blew it again with the rigged voting system and booted him off the show. He was the only actual real musician / artist remaining on the show so look whats left…..”
- “Thunderstorm really should’ve been in the finale.”
- “I can’t believe you all chose John Foster over Gabby and Thunderstorm. I am so irritated with Americans right now.”
- “Slater and Thunderstorm were ROBBED. #AmericanIdol”
- “Mark my words slater nally and thunderstorm artis will have huge music careers. These dudes are a combo of Zach Bryan artistry meets soul singing Chris Stapleton esq vocals. Two of the best overall artist to ever come on this show in recent memory I’ve been watching since Season1”
- “The past 3 yrs it’s turned into Country Idol, not #AmericanIdol, which shouldn’t be.”
There were fans who were quick to call the show rigged over the most recent eliminations. The big finale will be airing Sunday night, May 18. The top 14 performers this season will be back to sing one more time. Plus, there are many stars ready to perform for fans as well.
Will All The Judges Be Back?
Not only are fans wondering who will be crowned the next American Idol, but some fans are wondering if the judging panel will remain the same. This was Carrie Underwood’s first season as a judge, and there were mixed reactions to her taking over. Many fans voiced disappointment with her throughout the season.
Other fans have voiced that they wish there were a judge who was more like Simon Cowell. Do you agree?
Who do you think will win? What do you think about Slater and Thunderstorm going home?
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Carrie is a terrible judge. She has no personality. I was very surprised and how she would be. I didn’t expect that. I really hope she doesn’t return next year.
Katie was a bit over the top which annoyed me at times but at least she was nice.
Ryan Seacrest favor certain people and tries to push the audience and the people listening towards his choices. Although John is good, I think they pushed him a little bit too much towards the voters with some of the special things that they did around him that they didn’t necessarily do with the others.
I think it’s time for new judges, Just like the voice. I also think it should be 4 judges. I hope next year be better
Have you ever heard of the jackpot trades? Okay. We gotta single of all trades, blues R&B country. You name it, you can do it. We know who’s supposed to be to win so they can be whatever they want to be. But when it comes to do time It will tell it. Tell it all.
Although your vote didn’t win, it was a hard vote, they were all really good, the judges gave praise where praise was do.john was really good all through the competition. The people really need to realize that it’s a competition on popularity vote and Jon got the popularity vote. That’s why he was picked and rightfully so I’m really tired of everybody on their high hose complaining that the judges got it wrong, the judges did not get it wrong although I’m not a huge fan of Jon he was rightfully so he was really born a performer other than that the choices were correct. Get off your high horse quit being a baby and accept what it is just cause it didn’t go your way. Doesn’t mean that you should voice your opinion and as far as Carrie goes, she’s a sincere really likable person. If you don’t like it it’s not for you but personally, she’s good and a lot of people like her. Keep your comments to yourself and like Carrie says read and ghost, quit being mean people the world has enough to worry about and to be honest who are you to judge that’s only for God to judge
The people voted. Not all think like you guys that are complaining. On Facebook it appears that John seems to be the popular. Even if you don’t agree.