Aretha Franklin wants a shot at reality TV judging spots

BY DAVE HOEKSTRA dhoekstra@suntimes.com June 18, 2012 8:44PM

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 05: The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin performs at The Fox Theatre on March 5, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Fox Theatre)

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Updated: June 19, 2012 2:15AM

Aretha Franklin wants to be shown a little more R-E-S-P-E-C-T when judges for “American Idol” or “The Voice” are considered.

“I would love to be a judge on one of those shows,” Franklin said last week from her tour bus en route to New York.

“I don’t understand why singers like myself, Gladys [Knight], Natalie [Cole] and Patti [LaBelle] can’t be judges. We never get a call. I don’t understand it. I watch those shows from time to time. Some of the talent is very good. Some of it is fun. And some of it is really wild,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Queen of Soul is headed to Chicago: She will perform in the 17th Annual N’DIGO “Legend de Soul” event with the Impressionions at 6 p.m. June 30 at the Arie Crown Theatre. For $250 gala tickets (which includes a VIP reception, scholarship awards ceremony, concert and after-party) call (312) 822-0202; tickets also can be purchased through ndigo.com.

Concert-only tickets, $45, $75 and $90, can be purchased through Ticketmaster.

http://www.suntimes.com/e...spots.html

Now this I would like to see I would much rather have a real singer judge other singers than these non-singers we see...Patti would be amazing too

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it's ridiculous how these shows often choose "non-singers" to judge a person's singing Makes no sense.Why are they so reluctant to hire someone like the Queen of Soul?

They're reluctant but if she's hired, expect to see a whole lotta "male" winners, singers and non-singers and a very limited numbers of female winners.

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Harlepolis said:

They're reluctant but if she's hired, expect to see a whole lotta "male" winners, singers and non-singers and a very limited numbers of female winners.

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Harlepolis said:

They're reluctant but if she's hired, expect to see a whole lotta "male" winners, singers and non-singers and a very limited numbers of female winners.

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You sayin' that for a joke but you ain't too far off the mark.

I don't think these show want to deal with Sista Franklin's ego... drama. I'd be very surprise if ANYone hired the woman.

Oh hell yeaH! She will rid of the lollipop singers.

Harlepolis said:

They're reluctant but if she's hired, expect to see a whole lotta "male" winners, singers and non-singers and a very limited numbers of female winners.

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I just wanna hear her give critiques straight up like we know she would.

TD3 said:

You sayin' that for a joke but you ain't too far off the mark.

I don't think these show want to deal with Sista Franklin's ego... drama. I'd be very surprise if ANYone hired the woman.

She has an ego true, but so do JLo, Aguilera and Spears. All of them have crazy rider demands and Spears has a huge entourage around her directing stuff. You think Aretha would be more difficult than any of them?

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Aretha makes a good suggestion, I must say. Patti would be perfect for talent show and even Aretha wouldn't be a bad choice either.

I don't think they'd be any harder to work w/ the the divas already doing them!

Where is Patti and what does she have to say about this??

Let's face it, the real reason they wouldn't pick Aretha is because of her age.

JoeBala said:

Oh hell yeaH! She will rid of the lollipop singers.

This is why they would never ask her, Tina, Patti, Gladys, etc to be on the show.

I'd hate to see what Auntie ReRe would tell the youngins

love Aretha but she is a very bitchy, hard person

she could make even the hardest of people cry on national tv

shellyk84 said:

love Aretha but she is a very bitchy, hard person

she could make even the hardest of people cry on national tv

she'd have em

Y'all think Sister Franklin is that bad? I see you, Ms Trina!

Yet another star that wants to be on these rediculous shows and ruin their reputation.

Andy, baby where you been?

I could see Miss Patti where she's so sweet and helpful; Chaka even, but Auntie Re can be brutally honest which could come off as being abrupt and cold to some. She's very intimidating. I mean, when Wendy Williams was in her house, she was practically kissin' Aretha's FEET up in there! LOL!

Rule #1. Eye Candy.

scriptgirl said:

Andy, baby where you been?

Mostly in the General Discussion section these days. Most of the threads in the Music: Non-Prince section have been looking like a thugged out version of the Mousekateers lately.

LOL! You been missed, baby!

scriptgirl said:

LOL! You been missed, baby!

Thank you honey.

Most talent shows have that nice sweet female judge that everybody loves because they say they love everyone. Aretha wouldn't be that kind sweet woman

I would love to see Aretha as a judge but we all know its all about demographics. and ratings. Old school singers don't have a chance on these programs unless they're mentoring.

To see Aretha and Simon next to each other butt heads...that will be Must-See TV.

1sotrue said:

I would love to see Aretha as a judge but we all know its all about demographics. and ratings. Old school singers don't have a chance on these programs unless they're mentoring.

To see Aretha and Simon next to each other butt heads...that will be Must-See TV.

sad but true if people would give Aretha or Patti a chance though, these 2 have more than enough personality to be entertaining while also giving out good critiques/advice.

and yes I think the whole world would love to see Aretha tell Satan Cowell about real talent and real music

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Shard said:

1sotrue said:

I would love to see Aretha as a judge but we all know its all about demographics. and ratings. Old school singers don't have a chance on these programs unless they're mentoring.

To see Aretha and Simon next to each other butt heads...that will be Must-See TV.

sad but true if people would give Aretha or Patti a chance though, these 2 have more than enough personality to be entertaining while also giving out good critiques/advice.

and yes I think the whole world would love to see Aretha tell Satan Cowell about real talent and real music

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That's what I was saying on this thread earlier--tried and true legends like Patti or Aretha will never be considered because of their age; they might be invited on as guest judges but not as permanent.