Shelby Dressel – American Idol Season 9’s Most Poignant
American Idol has its share of pretenders and attention seekers every season and many of them emerges exclusively for the opening to conquer Andrew Warhol’s prophetic ‘15 minutes of fame.’ Some of the contestants are as figment of the imagination as they are talentless; and still both the artistic and the trite contestants are ambitious of an enhanced life or a get away from despair and desolation.
The Season 9 too brought several such examples, but among this latest collection of dreamers and freaks and prodigies the two most noteworthy or notorious contestant and their performance was Brian Krause and Shelby Dressel from Tuesday’s Atlanta and Wednesday’s Orlando auditions respectively. Both Shelby Dressel and Brian Krause struck for noticeably different reasons.
‘American Idol’ always has brought inspirational stories for the audiences and even though it’s too early to say, but Shelby Dressel will probably prove one of American Idol season 9’s most moving. Shelby was born with a jaw problem identifies as ‘damaged facial nerve’, but her abnormality vanishes when she sings, and leaves the focus of audiences only on her saintly vocals. Though Shelby needs a touch up in the confidence department, she is beautiful, modest and affable. And even if we keep the story behind Shelby Dressel aside, she deserves the golden ticket for the angelic vocals that mesmerized one and all.