The lead singer of the veteran Irish rock band, The cranberries, believes that "Operation Triumph" casting programs are "cruelty" because they turn artistic talent into a media spectacle. "When I see these young people sing I always think: leave them more time so that they can develop their own conscience and their own style," singer Dolores O'Riordan told the agency dpa in Berlin, where the group presents their first studio album since more than a decade ago.
Instead, candidates for television contests are "packaged, boxed, and dispatched," according to the author of 90s hits like "Zombie" or "Ode To My Family" and who is now presenting "Roses", his new job which goes on sale next week.
"This is very hard," added O'Riordan, "because it is impossible for something new and different to emerge." At best, he says, these young manufactured men get a hit or two "and then it's over." To their 40 years, the singer celebrates instead that when she started there were no castings: "We were so lucky."
In a very short time, The Cranberries emerged from Ireland, although they had no repercussion in their country, they left to United States where they achieved their first great success with "Linger" and it was on their return to their country of origin that they received recognition at a professional level and support from the public with sales that exceeded the 15 million of units sold from their second album "No Need To Argue".
Source: Vanguard