Creativity Quote by Pia Toscano

Pia Toscano’s line does two jobs at once: it praises the men without endorsing the lopsided scoreboard that keeps rewarding them. On the surface, it’s classic on-camera diplomacy from a contestant who understands the rules of being likable on reality TV. She can’t accuse the audience of bias without sounding bitter, so she reaches for the safest explanation possible: maybe the boys are just “really amazing.” The repetition of “really, really good” is doing damage control, smoothing any hint of protest into upbeat sincerity.

But the subtext leaks through in the structure. She opens with “I truly don’t know why,” a phrase that sounds humble while quietly flagging that something doesn’t add up. The pause, the hedging, the “it could be,” signals she’s navigating an unspoken taboo: saying out loud that voting patterns often reflect gendered narratives (the “cute guy with a guitar” effect, the audience’s appetite for a certain kind of charisma) as much as vocal performance. Her praise becomes a shield, letting her gesture at unfairness without naming it.

The final clause is the tell: “and so do the two girls.” After a whole paragraph validating the boys, the girls arrive almost as an addendum, mirroring how women on these shows can be treated as exceptions rather than the default. Toscano is trying to keep the peace while subtly reminding viewers that talent isn’t the issue; the culture of voting might be.