Ronan Keating Blasts Manufactured Popsters

World Entertainment News Network reports former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating is blasting the Pop Idol program calling it “a karaoke show.” Keating said of the show that will be invading the U.S. later this year on FOX, “It scares me that they are surrounded by these people who are pushing the whole marketing campaign rather than nurturing the artist. It’s fine for them because they reap the rewards either way, but not for the artist.”