'The Voice' has openly gay sgers: Where are they on 'Amerin Idol'?
Contents:
- RICKY WILSON REVEALS JOY AT GAY FOLLOWG AFTER THE VOICE TRANSFORMATN
- AMERIN IDOL ALUM RICKY BRADDY COM OUT AS GAY ON THE VOICE (VIO)
- 'THE VOICE' HAS OPENLY GAY SGERS: WHERE ARE THEY ON 'AMERIN IDOL'?
- WHO RYLEIGH MODIG THE VOICE KELLY IM GAY FAN REACTNS TEAM CLARSON
- IS RICKEY SEY GAY? RUMORS SURFACE AS THE COMEDIAN DIVORC HIS WIFE!
RICKY WILSON REVEALS JOY AT GAY FOLLOWG AFTER THE VOICE TRANSFORMATN
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Ricky Wilson reveals joy at gay followg after The Voice transformatn. Ricky Wilson lov the gay fans he has acquired sce appearg on The Voice (Picture: BBC)Exclive: Ricky Wilson says the bt thg about his glossy makeover sce appearg on The Voice is that he has garnered a gay followg. ‘There was a load of on holiday last year and we were all stg around the pool and someone had brought the [gay magaze] Attu issue wh the 100 hunkit men, ’ he said.
HomeTV ShowsAmerin IdolAmerin Idol Alum Ricky Braddy Com Out As Gay on The Voice (Vio)THE VOICE — Bld Audns — Pictured: Ricky Braddy — (Photo by: Jt Lub/NBC)Old school Amerin Idol fans may remember Ricky Braddy. In his vio package that preced his Bld Audn of Brandi Carlile’s “The Story” Ricky me out as a gay man. He uld not disclose to those close to him at that time that he was gay bee of how nservative everyone his circle was.
AMERIN IDOL ALUM RICKY BRADDY COM OUT AS GAY ON THE VOICE (VIO)
THE VOICE -- "Bld Audns" Episo 2303 -- Pictured: (l-r) Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Chance The Rapper, Niall Horan -- (Photo by: Evans Vtal Ward/NBC) NBC’s The Voice has only aired two episos, but already viewers have heard somethg that viewers have probably never heard on Fox’s Amerin Idol: “I’m gay. ” The Voice featured two openly lbian nttants durg s premiere, then two openly gay men durg s send episo.
'THE VOICE' HAS OPENLY GAY SGERS: WHERE ARE THEY ON 'AMERIN IDOL'?
While there have been gay Idol nttants, most famoly Adam Lambert and Clay Aiken, they’ve eher publicly acknowledged their sexual orientatn after their rpective seasons nclud, or that aspect of their inty was ignored on the show self.
In fact, out of hundreds of nttants that have appeared on TV’s biggt seri over 10 years, openly gay portrayals are eher nonexistent (nobody ntacted for this story uld remember one), or at bt, extremely rare, let alone numbers like The Voice has picted s first two weeks. This isn’t to suggt Idol and/or Fox is secretly enforcg a closeted agenda — producers hired the openly gay Ellen DeGener as a judge and Fox airs Glee, perhaps the most gay-iendly drama on broadst.
When craftg The Voice, executive producer Mark Burt said the choice to prent sgers’ sexual orientatn was discsed, and said he was surprised havg openly gay sgers wasn’t already faiar terrory on Idol.
WHO RYLEIGH MODIG THE VOICE KELLY IM GAY FAN REACTNS TEAM CLARSON
“It didn’t cross my md to do anythg but be thentic, ” said Burt, whose first season of CBS’ Survivor was not only groundbreakg realy TV, but also featured an openly gay nttant, Richard Hatch, who won the petn. And sce there have been many gay sgers on the show, there’s clearly a choice beg ma at some pot the Idol procs by somebody to not clu that rmatn.
” It uld simply be a difference of productn style: That producers on Idol, as Fox’s statement suggts, don’t thk sexual orientatn is relevant to a sgg petn and so they don’t really see a reason to go there wh nttants (“I don’t re if a sger is gay! (Lambert, who like several Idol nttants was wily prumed gay durg the ntt, said after he me out, “I wanted the foc to be on my abily as a sger and as an entertaer — not on my private life.
IS RICKEY SEY GAY? RUMORS SURFACE AS THE COMEDIAN DIVORC HIS WIFE!
Ironilly, after prentg four openly gay nttants across two episos, the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn nounced The Voice bee ach Blake Shelton tweeted what some terpreted as a homophobic song lyric.
) Asked about this matter, GLAAD Print Jarrett Barrs told EW: “Wh more and more Amerins embracg openly gay sgers like Adam Lambert, Idol voters would clearly support a talented openly gay nttant if given the chance today.