LINKAfter four times in the bottom three, Ace Young was sent packing last night. I had hoped he would make it through one more week, so Access Hollywood could make good on the viewing party we had to bail out of on Tuesday night. It was not to be.
I spent some time at the taping talking to his brother Ryan and parents Jay and Kay. Fortunately, they forgave me for the viewing party debacle! All three were feeling very nervous about Ace's chances this week. They were obviously disappointed with the outcome but very proud and assured me Ace has lots of projects in the works. Ironically, this was the first week that his dad has ever come to a taping. His mom had only come one time before, during the Top 24 weeks. What cameras didn't show last night, as Ace was singing himself out at the end, was the very sweet gesture he made to his mom. Ace actually came into the audience and sang to his mom. It's too bad the show had already cut to commercial. Needless to say Kay was thrilled.
I'm still bothered by the fact that family members have to pay their own way to get to the show each week, especially when I found out Ace parents were bunking at Ryan's apartment. How can a show that makes millions of dollars for the network not help these families out. Fox makes full use of the fact that the families are there by shoving cameras in their face each night. So, to me it makes sense that Fox should have to pay for them to be there. Maybe not the whole family but they should offer at least two family members a week hotel accomadations, airfare and transportation.