KT Tunstall dismisses ‘American Idol’
Katharine McPhee, Season 5 runner-up, has been credited for the success of KT Tunstall’s hit Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.
Not everyone loves the machine that is American Idol. KT Tunstall, for starters.
The Scottish singer recently said she’s not a fan of the show and, therefore, she’s not thrilled with the fact Black Horse and the Cherry Tree was used on Idol, which she calls “a money-making puppet show.”
If you recall, Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee made a big splash when she performed the new song on the show. It was considered one of McPhee’s best performances of the season. But Tunstall doesn’t seem to care.
“There’s no control given to the people,” she said. “They are nationally humiliated for being themselves. Horrible.”
Truthfully, Tunstall may want to reconsider her stance on Idol. Without it, she may not have become so popular in the U.S. It was McPhee’s performance of Black Horse that many credit for making it a hit. The Idol finalist even performed the song on the Season 5 finale, which she lost to Taylor Hicks.
According to Wikipedia, after McPhee’s performance, the song jumped from No. 79 to No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The song then became Tunstall’s first — and only to date — top 20 song on the charts.
On iTunes, singer Katie O’Tool offers a version of Black Horse and the Cherry Tree on her Tribute to Katharine McPhee. That’s right, Katharine McPhee. Not KT Tunstall. On the other hand, YouTube renditions of the song have Tunstall getting much higher numbers than videos featuring McPhee’s version.
The top McPhee video has just more than 33,500 views. Tunstall’s top video has more than 662,000 views.
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