Poor kid! He really got a raw deal but he handled it gracefully.

This makes me even more determined to VFTW!

I agree.

I was really getting pissed off at simon. Everyone knew this kid wasn't going far, but why be so disgusting about it??

Dude,that totally sucks! I didn't know they were given a list of songs to choose from. Poor Garrett. He really did get screwed over.

This show is complete bullshit. How can anyone even defend the show after hearing that kinda shit.

Garrett be glad you got out when you did they would of fucked with you each week.

This show is disgusting

I wish I could say I was surprised, but it's the type of manipulation one should pretty much expect from them. They were probably scared he might stick around long enough to take some of the tween/granny votes away from David Archuwhateva. Garrett seems like a nice, sincere kid and went into Idol naive to their ways. They took advantage of him, humiliated him and then threw his ass on the curb.

I also was disgusting listening to Simon tell that Colton kid to get a job and give up his dream of becoming a singer. The show is becoming pretty damn sadistic. What's up next? Asia'h giving a bad performance and then Simon telling her her father just rolled over in his grave?

Sure it was mean, but Colton's not going to be lighting up the charts and having a career in the music biz.

Imagine what the audition shows would be like if more people were told just how bad they were...

this is bullshit!!!! screw AI, i have lost faith in this god forsaked show! ugh!

yeah, the audition shows might actually be honest!

when i think of all the artists that i have loved through the years, i don't think any of their voices would have been praised by simon cowell (whom, btw, i think is pretty much dead on 99% of the time)

rock singers either have the magic or they don't

they don't need to sing like opera singers

I really liked Garrett this year too!

God, I am going to KILL those friggin people! How could they do that? Soooo pissed off at this!

That's pretty sad. After TPTB never show the guy's face, guaranteeing him an early exit, they don't even let him sing a song he likes on his one chance on a stage with an audience of millions.

And because of his age, he likely missed a load of school that he'll have to work extra hard at to make up, meaning he sacrificed a lot to be on the show. Kinda gross that he never got a fair chance.