Simon Cowell, the bloody awful teenage rebel: an American Idol 6 thread

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"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell tells ExtraTV that, as an English teen, he didn't like being told what to do.
He even admitted to having been expelled from high school.
"I think one or two schools I was expelled from, yeah," Cowell said during an interview. "Whatever I was told not to do, I would do: drinking, smoking or any of that kind of stuff."
But Cowell did say the one thing he knew he wanted to do was go into show business. He lived next door to a man who ran MGM Studios in England, Cowell told ExtraTV, and he admired the man and wanted to do what he did.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 14 January 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

He wanted to dress in black and get pointed at?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 January 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

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― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 14 January 2007 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm excited because the Seattle auditions were apparently the worst EVER. We're #1!

There's supposed to be some sort of "shakeup" midway through the season...perhaps it has to do with the finale songs, which there might be some sort of competition to write. Anything to make them less crappy, I guess.

Not much other specific buzz about the season, except that X-Factor winner Leona Lewis will perform, and Beatles night! I've heard rumors of Paul McCartney being a guest judge/coach since season 2, but with or without him they'll be singing his tunes.

― musically (musically), Monday, 15 January 2007 05:12 (nineteen years ago)

This article has me really excited.

•The possible Beatles-themed week. For the first time, Idol has permission to use parts of the famed songbook of The Beatles, executive producer Ken Warwick says. "We've got the permission" from Sony, which owns the publishing rights, Warwick says. Certain songs are still off limits, but "they said, 'Tell us what songs you want and we will do our best.' "

A couple of Beatles songs have been performed on Idol, he says, but the show has never had access to enough for a themed week.

There are "enough songs certainly to get a decent show out of it, and maybe it will be the first show of the top 12" finalists, says Warwick.

Ideally, the week's mentor would be Paul McCartney or Beatles producer George Martin, Warwick says, but no such plans are in place yet.

•An online competition to write the first song for the next Idol. "It's in the very final stages of being put in place," says Martha Brass, executive vice president of 19 Entertainment, a producer of the show.

Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Idol producer FremantleMedia North America, says she thinks the contest will happen, but details still need to be worked out. Brass is more assertive: "There's no question about it happening."

The contest, the idea of Idol creator Simon Fuller, would call for a contestant to write and produce a song and then upload it to a website.

A group of experts, including Fuller, would choose a small number of the offerings, perhaps 100 at most, that fans could listen to and vote for online, Brass says.

During the season, Idol would like to hold a special in which former Idol singers would perform 10 or so of the fan favorites, with viewers then voting to pick songs for the two Idol finalists, she says.

•An April special. "When we get down to the final six (singers), we're going to have a big special, with lots of stars. It might be an extra day" during that week, Warwick says.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 15 January 2007 05:51 (nineteen years ago)

The Ilx community should work together on a song.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 15 January 2007 05:52 (nineteen years ago)

Certain songs are still off limits

I would LOVE to know what that means.

― musically (musically), Monday, 15 January 2007 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

No "Revolution 9" anytime soon.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 January 2007 06:10 (nineteen years ago)

I was thinking more along the lines of Yoko not wanting certain songs to be done or something. I assume that would include Revolution 9 too!

― musically (musically), Monday, 15 January 2007 07:09 (nineteen years ago)

or "Run for your life"

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:36 (nineteen years ago)

ah, the thread who's time has come!!

Together, We Write Lyrics For An Album!

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:37 (nineteen years ago)

I think Yoko should perform during Beatles week. That would be awesome. Small children in the audience would cry.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

As long as Sean doesn't sing -- then I will cry.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

"Don't Worry Yoko (Sean Is Just Looking For a Career)"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

EVEN BETTER: they get Julian Lennon to sing!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

When I was little kid, I got confused easily. Billy Joel's album cover of "The Stranger" (a fav amongst the parents) made me think that he killed Julian Lennon and that was Julian's mask on the bed.

http://image.excite.co.jp/jp/music/jacket/4988/0370/m/4988037005495_m.jpg
vs.
http://www.sonymusicstore.com/coverimages/SME_0101_CK_069384.70Q_200x200_72dpi_RGB.jpg

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, this one is a winner:

Band : ILM
Album : Because Fire Led To Walking Fish Decals
Track 8 : Fantastic Vinegar
(m0stly clean , Binjominia , mark grout)

Verse 1:

I thought it was wine, but a taste told me different
A taste unexpected but a taste not malignant,
It reminded me of you, both sour and sinister,
and I thought of you as a fantastic vinegar.

Verse 2:

He poured out a little and I said "sir, fill it up"
and I swigged it right down and I brought it right up
all the memories I felt as they all stared right at me
so I said "Not the right one, but hey its good for me"

Chorus:

Exquisite vinegar, fantastic ham,
The pickles were simply divine,
I shouldn't have said all those things to your daughter,
I feel you should know that the other small matter,
Resulted in quite a large fine,

And had I known that pompous old twat was your boss,
I would have puked in a different direction,
And I sincerely regret that the rest of your guests,
were unimpressed by the sight,
of the majestic might,
of my quivering, throbbing erection,

The pastries were simply perfection,

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 15 January 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 00:41 (nineteen years ago)

Jewel??

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

I think Jewel is now host of Nashville Star (the country American Idol). I have no idea what her ties to Nashville are.

Navy dude wasn't that great!

I am anticipating the dude who pitches a hissy while holding the hippie sticks.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

the early portions of this show have pretty much picked up where springer left off

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

I forget -- how many weeks of auditions in convention centers all over the US do we have before people start getting the boot?

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

haha "your future involves not singing"

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, I now feel bad for making fun of hippie sticks dude. Poor thing clearly had issues, as do most of these people who think they're actually good singers. Sad!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

Simon saying "I think people will like you" = You're in the military

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

Jewel has a personality like a dead moth.

― def zep (calstars), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

Did i miss much in the last 20 mins? I got a phone call.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:49 (nineteen years ago)

you missed previews of the next episode, wherein auditions get bum-rushed by what appeared to be members of the brian pepper fanclub (i had the sound off)

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:58 (nineteen years ago)

here we are again. "kiss" audition was of course amazing

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 04:44 (nineteen years ago)

(it sux I'm in california now which means I get this 2 hrs after everyone else)

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

Simon's dogging (no pun intended) of Randy during the vocal coach's audition was pretty terrific. I had always known it, of course, but Simon is really a dog, isn't he? Gives off a real Uncle Disgusting vibe sometimes.

"I think people will like you" = I find you attractive.

According to a YouTube vid I saw of waiting room footage, every Minneapolis contestant had to perform "Kiss" with their own song, so "Kiss" was on repeat over the PA for everyone while they were waiting. So it's quite possible that tie-girl had no intention of auditioning with Kiss and had to memorize the lyrics right before. Not that it makes her audition any less awe-inspiring.

Tomorrow: Seattle! Boasting such talent as AJ Gil (Tacoma, but whatever), Leah LaBelle and Matt Rogers. Be prepared for some jokes about the inclement weather...it rains here sometimes.

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:12 (nineteen years ago)

Aw, that twirling kid was from my hometown. I was sad for him until he furiously stormed out of the audition room and howled the f-bomb right in front of his mom. That the camera immediately panned over to that pathetic AI super fan, who had a look on her face like "oh, shit" confirmed that both were "acting" their bad performances.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:22 (nineteen years ago)

Boasting such talent as AJ Gil

I went dyslexic for a second and thought that said Ali G, damn.
Rocker guy running all over trying to learn Dancing Queen was pretty funny.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

"I think people will like you" = I find you attractive.

He found the progressively terrible country singer/Navy guy attractive?

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:32 (nineteen years ago)

No, but that Shakira-singing girl was not THAT good and he gave her that line (and a few others, nasty).

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:36 (nineteen years ago)

I was thinking of the blonde teenage girl and Shakira-lite...he was handing out that line quite a bit.

Was that juggling kid really faking it? His mother looked pretty horrified by it all.

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:37 (nineteen years ago)

I sincerely doubt that many people don't know they can't sing. (Even if, by "that many," I mean less than one-tenth of one percent of 1000s of auditioners.)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I'm sorry. I really should have reversed my equation.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:58 (nineteen years ago)

That's why I'm so baffled by this show. If these people know they can't sing, are they really embarrassing themselves in front of a national audience just to get on TV? It seems more likely that they're totally clueless, but I don't know! It makes me sad, in any case.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

Oh i fully believe these people are clueless. Self-delusion is a powerful thing.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

Speaking of cluelessness, what about the judges? They know that many of the singers get sent in front of them simply for their pathetic entertainment value, and yet they act shocked and insulted everytime they hear a lame or pathetic performance. You'd think they'd be able to laugh these off with the rest of us!

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

By Season 10 the judges will be shooting people during auditions. Mark my words.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

i dunno, man, i feel for the judges sometimes! i have to change the channel multiple times usually during these early episodes.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Jewel was kind of a twunt for not comforting her superfan.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

She did give some constructive criticism, when the other judges were like, "uh, no."

I started guessing, when they were setting people up with minor bio moments, if they were going to be good, or terrible. I was usually wrong.

The judges can't possibly hear ALL 10,000 auditions, can they? They've gotta have a posse that filters a lot of folks out.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

Paula Abdul was cleary quite intoxicated. I got fixated watching her throughout the show as she slurred words, constantly grabbed and swirled her cup of "water" and slouch over the table. Lovely.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

i heard my hometown's talent wasn't too hot.

i missed it last night and forgot to set the vcr.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

i heard that one of the judges called it "minnehopeless" haha - they're jacking material from local hardcore bands like 15 yrs ago!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

I heard that they showed that Coke commercial that's all GTA-style during AI, one of my friends sings that (of course he would probably never make it on the show!).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

The judges can't possibly hear ALL 10,000 auditions, can they? They've gotta have a posse that filters a lot of folks out.

There are other panels of judges (presumably less charismatic and 'qualified') that listen to some other singers (who are, presumably, less charismatic).
Also, I believe that there are Idol people who screen auditionees. So, not everyone ends up auditioning (I think).

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

Right. They get screened before they go in front of the celebrity judges. Only a small amount of people that initially come end up in front of Simon and the rest of them.

BUT, the initial screening doesn't just look for potential Idols. They also look for anyone who might be funny, pathetic, painful, etc. In other words, all those really awful audtitions are staged to certain extent. Which is why I don't understand the seemingly genuine surprise and consternation the judges express with each of these bad auditions.

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

perhaps they continue to be surprised by *how* bad these people are.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

also, Molly I'm glad you also feel bad for some of the losers. G makes fun of my sadness b/c he says they deserve what they get for coming out and making fools of themselves. My empathy is my weakness.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

Sam, yeah -- some of these people lack every aspect of self-awareness, and it's just really heart-wrenching. I still think hippy sticks was really emotionally disturbed. That was the saddest moment for me, I think. I knew it wasn't going to start off well when they built the first contestant up, and she BOMBED HER JEWEL SONG IN FRONT OF JEWEL. Totally painful.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

I still think hippy sticks was really emotionally disturbed.

I thought so too. I have an online acquaintance that claims to know the fat idol superfan -- apparently she is for real and very disturbed, she has stalked different boybands.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah! I thought she was a little bonkers too, for realz. El boyfriendo thought she was a "put-on" but I really think she thought she was good.

This show makes me sad for humanity!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

her crappy tattoo drawn by ace disturbed me. As did her evil burning glare.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

jewel did seem a little twuntish, yeah

― ‘•’u (gear), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Paula Abdul was cleary quite intoxicated

dont know if there's another thread on this or what, but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gThJYRkz8tw

jewel was boring as fuck. and randy jackson as put at least half the post-surgery weight back on.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

nevermind that last one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1BSHw6FjlY

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

SHE'S TANKED.

"Good morning, everybody!"

The eye closing! The slurring!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

I would love to be able to show up at my job every day that wasted.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

i leave my job almost that wasted every day.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

more evidence of the drunkage, courtesty of Keith Olbermann:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL5a-MbrtDw&NR

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Why even bother with the celebrity judges? I think that by now, Randy, Paula and Simon are well-known enough to not need a "boost" from a celebrity. Plus, the other judges are Olivia Newton-John and Carole Bayer Sager...necessary? I think not.

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

They should have a spin-off show where America gets to choose the next season of celebrity judges.

I nominate:

1) Jello Biafra

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

I think the celebrity judges (especially someone as past her prime as Jewel) need the show more than the show needs them. But the show is also always happy to siphon off any cred it can get from pop stars who didn't need a talent show to get famous. (xpost)

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

I think that by now, Randy, Paula and Simon are well-known enough to not need a "boost" from a celebrity.

The producers needed a back up in case Paula passed out.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

the funny part was I kept expecting Paula to give her usual charitable cheerleader speech or stick up for somebody Simon hated, but she was practically silent for the whole episode. honestly it was kind of a relief, though, her bickering with Simon was a little over the top last year.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

I nominate Yoko Ono for celebrity judge, followed by her performing. A girl can dream.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

I agree with some of the folks upthread that feel bad for the losers on AI. I guess it is good for someone to show them how delusional they are, but I think the judges go too far in their cruelty. These poor saps don't deserve the brutal Simon Cowell treatment. I think his harsh criticism goes to much better use when directed at people with some actual talent.

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:04 (nineteen years ago)

SEASON SEVEN:

CHARO
TIM ARMSTRONG
TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG
TOO $HORT
REESE WITHERSPOON
CRAZY FROG
DAVE MUSTAINE
MR. BLACKWELL
JAMES LIPTON
OMAR FROM THE WIRE
THE GHOST OF BEETHOVEN

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

CRAZY FROG
DAVE MUSTAINE

only if they're together

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

that sounds like the lyrics to we didnt start the fire '07 actually

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:11 (nineteen years ago)

James Lipton and Beethoven (only from Bill and Ted's, though) would be divine.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

omg

music bloggers, youtube spam
castro illin', bush's scam
top chef
mos def
mixtape sting plot

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

simon and james lipton on the same stage might cause some sort of time-space breakdown

xpost maura wtf is wrong with you

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

you know what else would be divine? 'we didn't start the fire '07'

how many more trees must the man drive into before he decides it is time?

haha xpost

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

if this isn't fodder for some sort of future idolator post, i don't know what is

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

this is like when miccio just busts out with the lyrics to a whole parody rap-metal song in like 6 minutes. i feel rather inadequate.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

CRAZY FROG
DAVE MUSTAINE
WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

well i did have a three-day lesson on the song in ninth grade, so it's indelibly imprinted in my consciousness

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

ROCK AND ROLLER EYELINER WARS

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

man i gotta tell you though, no more gin tonight.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

OH NOES. maura, what have you done!?

scooter libby, federline
cheney's got a big behind
trump's toupee,
doogie's gay,
what else do i have to say?

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

you know, you could even stick in a line about 'itunes beatlemania' and it'd work

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

oh my god i love you all so much right now

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

my eyes are watering from roffle

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

britney spears, total whore
paris charts on billboard
global warming
litvinenko
I CANT TAKE IT ANY MORE

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

radiation poisoned spies,
britney's snatch attracting eyes,
iphone, dreamgirls,
melting ice around the world

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

deal or no deal, pimp my ride, heavy metal, suicide

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

saddam's on the youtube
desperate housewives showin' boob
gibson, richards
people wearin' crocs

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

ok that one doesn't work at all.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

bible thumpers smoking meth,
skinny models look like death,
real estate,
not so great!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

haha grady please see about 40% of the original wdstf

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

joan of arcadia, cell phone castelvania

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Bush wants 20,000 troops
FBI arrested Snoop
Marquee idol Ne-Yo
TV on the Radio

― Make a Beck Song #1 (M Matos), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

this thread has ruined me

i can't wait to be the biggest rainman on my streetcar home

― m@p (plosive), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

snap, hyphy, disco punk
world series kinda stunk
PS3s are still in stores
blogger/weekly crit-poll wars

― rock and roll for the rock and roll soul (nate_patrin), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

iraqi hangings gone awry
"ugly betty" flying high
"crazy"
weezy
naomi pleading guilty

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

DFA! NBA! WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?

― Make a Beck Song #1 (M Matos), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

haha i really do have to go home at some point

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk4a-myst/can/1988/c8804-2.jpg

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

TEARS of laughter

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.advertisingiconmuseum.com/inside/c6/3265071.gif

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

what in god's name

― rock and roll for the rock and roll soul (nate_patrin), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

wii helps people lose weight
what's up with the shins hate
e coli burritos
LIT-VIN-EN-KO

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

everybody remix
all the tracks by hot chip
ghostridin tha whip
on an E-40 road trip

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:52 (nineteen years ago)

i am shit at this.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

condoleeza, CGI,
lack of water when you fly,
katie couric
google maps
i just need some TIMBERLAKE

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

It's on

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Thursday, 18 January 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

Bwahahaha bush babies

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

My stomach actually hurts

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

alright these people can not be for fucking real. they just... can not.

― m@p (plosive), Thursday, 18 January 2007 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

DIE! DIE! DIE MY DARLING!!!!!!

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:20 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone else think there is something weird and -- dare I say -- avant-garde about this season? it's like they've completely done away with all of the editing tricks 'n' shit that are the hallmarks of reality TV, and instead we get these really weird awkward shots where they linger on a scene for about two minutes too long (like when the very first girl on the first episode was crying with her family afterwards) and it's totally bizarre and totally unlike anything I've ever seen on television

― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:33 (nineteen years ago)

uhh, those are the hallmarks of reality television?

― indian rope trick (bean), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:40 (nineteen years ago)

Abu Ghraib, Gmail
only mp3s for sale
Sufjan Stevens, Cat Power
Where in the world is Matt Lauer?

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

Was anybody else enraged at the treatment of the two "special" kids? Clearly, the poor "bug eyed" fellow who did the N'Sync song had problems. However, they were nicer to the other kid in the red shirt who sang "God Bless America." Also, the computer programmer/Napolean Dynamite kid wasn't all there either, and they ridiculed him. That was terrible.

xpost Tape Store - hah!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:44 (nineteen years ago)

yeah hyperthyroidism, wtf?

― indian rope trick (bean), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:46 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: but like, okay, that girl in the tie trying to remember the lyrics to "Kiss"? that easily went on for 2 or 3 minutes, which is about twenty times as long as it needed to go for us to get the point, and still about ten times as long as they would've shown her in the past. ditto the crying jewel fan, foulmouthed juggler, etc etc

― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

haha, I love it. Also I loved the kid and his sister who both got voted to H-wood. Neither of 'em strike me as brilliant yet, but there was enough gristle to their story to me want to vote for them already.

― indian rope trick (bean), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:50 (nineteen years ago)

no, come on! don't you think there were some developmental issues there? FAS? it made me sad.

also, i came *this* close to tearing up when the one beatboxing kid's dad was SO PROUD of him. that was sweet.

maybe i'm just uber-emotional right now.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 05:51 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe I just noticed it, but I'm entertained by the look of sheer horror that is on Simon's face any time someone unattractive enters the room.

Ironically, Seattle being "the worst city" probably means they will be making many return trips in the upcoming years.

― musically (musically), Thursday, 18 January 2007 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

i think its really gross how they're not disclosing that EVERYONE had to learn kiss in mpls and EVERYONE had to learn hot like me in seattle. they could still get teh funny w/o having to be so shitty and manipulative.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Thursday, 18 January 2007 08:14 (nineteen years ago)

Why is AI expected to somehow prevent these people from making fools of themselves? The contestants enter into it knowing full well what to expect. The show's been on for quite a while, so nobody is being duped. If they put someone on who was clearly mentally disabled then that would be one thing, but these people are just weird attention seekers and/or totally delusional.

Also, I noticed the long awkward shots as well. It's a little different.

― Super Cub (Debito), Thursday, 18 January 2007 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

The need to give the bugeyed kid and the fat kid their own show.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I understand that they're doing it on their own free will. It just seems tacky (shocker!) and exploitative. Clearly, those kids weren't all there. Or was that just me who thought that? It was bad form on the producers behalf, I thought, to put them on there so the audience could get some laughs.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

c'mon guys are we really acting aghast at the american idol auditions process at this late stage in the game?? william hung, y'all. william hung.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

I know! I'm not trying to be a buzzkill! I think I'm just tired of it. I promise to stop whining, because I didn't think William Hung was that funny. I felt bad for him.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

nah i don't really think it's that funny either. four hours and i'm pretty well burned out already. i thought it was the best part of the show for the first two seasons or so, but now it's just like...get to the final 10 already.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

william hung's christmas album is good for christmastime mixtapes though

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

so is the 2 live crew christmas record

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

get to the final 10 already.

I totally agree with you. We've seen it all before! Now let's see some kids sing ABBA!

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

I only just noticed the "We Didn't Start the Fire" variations. Dear me.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

haha yeah the "Kiss" performance seemed like it went on for an entire week or something. it reminded me of this scene in - was it "delicatessen"? - when the main character pushes his wife down, or she falls down, and she lays there sobbing for a few minutes. it's just so uncomfortable, the sort of scene any other director would have limited to at most 25 seconds, and it stuck with me more than anything else that happened in that movie.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

"2 live crew x-mas record"

oh man.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

Especially rough from last night, I really felt bad for this girl - the mom whose husband told her not to audition but she did anyway because her son loves her voice. I was hoping against hope that she was an incredible talent. Then she wasn't! The look on her face, I was afraid she was gonna go home and kill herself or something.

Especially pathetic from last night: the Hotness. Runner-up: that Daphne/Velma/Frankenstein chick with no bra whose mom came along. Oh. My. God.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

The need to give the bugeyed kid and the fat kid their own show.

That's what I said last night! They are fantastic.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

Daphne/Velma/Frankenstein chick with no bra whose mom came along. Oh. My. God.

I know! I think she and her mom were for real! I don't think they were try to pull one over on anybody. I got into an argument about this last night. They were totally sincere.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

haha i also got into arguments last night over the sincerity vs. put on vs. mentally defective vs. just plain clueless scenarios

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

that Daphne/Velma/Frankenstein chick with no bra whose mom came along. Oh. My. God.

completely seconded. I was distracted the whole time by her swinging milkbags. wtf?

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Also, is Simon way more pervy this year than other seasons?

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

swinging milkbags

O_o

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Made all the more uncomfortable by the fact that she dissed her husband on-camera for not supporting her. That's a marriage that is hanging by a very weak thread.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'm going to stop watching until they get to the middle round, which is my favorite part. It's just too exploitative for me.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 18 January 2007 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah. I hear that. Next week is in Memphis, and I hope it kicks some proverbial ass. Karaoke (in Nashville anyway) is pretty ridiculous because people are actually really good. It's kind of intimidating. They're doing it to "get noticed." I think I heard some kid practicing for his audition at a used record store here a while back. He was super campy. With any luck, he'll make the "worst of" segment. He was also singing really loudly in the store with his coach (I presume). Therefore, I feel like I can make fun of him because he annoyed me on a personal level (i.e. distracting my used record bin rummaging).

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Also, is Simon way more pervy this year than other seasons?

He's always been a perv, so (to me) it didn't seem any more pronounced than any other year.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

I've never really watched the beginning episodes with this much enthusiasm before, so I never noticed his lame-o comments as much.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

he's definitely being more open about people being, well, too ugly.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe all the people who launch into expletive-fueled tyrades when rejected:"who the hell are you? You don't know nothing 'bout music!" Dude, these folks have jobs in the industry and tv shows. If they don't know anything why did you waste your time auditioning to them? Go bitch about it on your MySpace.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

swinging milkbags

their first ep was awesome

― m@p (plosive), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Sam - haha

This show makes me realize just how dumb the general American public actually is.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Speaking of pervs and milkbags:

Simon was very obviously gaping in either awe or disgust at those things.

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Thursday, 18 January 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Probably both.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

simon was perving on the bro whose sister also made it.

― ‘•’u (gear), Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

ok i can not try and muster up "We Didn't Start The Fire" in my head w/o hearing "Fall" by The Psychedelic Furs instead.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Friday, 19 January 2007 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

lucky you

― maura (maura), Saturday, 20 January 2007 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

I saw the two dudes (Bug Eye and God Bless America) on Jimmy Kimmel last night. He was really sweet to them (and I'm paraphrasing): "You know, you two aren't the best singers, but you've both got great personalities." He then proceeded to ask them if they'd like to go to some celebrity golf game with him and act as interviewers. It was sweet. The boys were high-fiving like nobody's business.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Saturday, 20 January 2007 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

I saw that too, they even threw up the horns during Slayer.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

To all the Britishers - WHY THE FUCK IS CAT DEELEY BEING PAID FOR UTTERLY FUCKING POINTLESS INSERTS?

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

OK, the "Coming Next" before Seattle makes it look like the WORST AUDITION EVARR.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Sunday, 21 January 2007 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

I WANT TO LISTEN TO SOME "BAD COUNTRY ENGLISHMAN SHEEP STUFF" RIGHT GODDAMN NOW, DAMNIT!

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Sunday, 21 January 2007 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

Hello, Al, should we have some separate "ITV2 pace" thread. This dude on right now is scaring me to bits.

Also, dear Americars, do you actually LIKE Cat Deeley over there?

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 January 2007 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

What are the UK "American Idol" ratings like? Is it really watched and talked about in all the other countries it airs in? I was surprised to hear a while back that American Idol is aired in 100+ countries. I certainly wouldn't mind if they aired "X-Factor" here.

Who on earth is Cat Deeley?

― musically (musically), Sunday, 21 January 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Cat Deeley apparently does "So You Think You Can Dance" and is being feted over here for being big over there. I'm guessing she's not really. She's doing shitty links on American Idol over here. No idea about ratings, but it's not on terrestrial (i.e. "mainstream") TV so I'm guessing not that good.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 January 2007 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

the only time I've ever seen her on TV (at least I think it was her) was this last New Year's Eve and she was annoying

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 21 January 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

OK, they used the phrase Bohemian Crapsody, and I have no idea whether to laugh or cry.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 January 2007 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

This is not ITV2 pace, this is Pissed On Friday And Not Drinking Too Much Tonight Because It's A School Night pace.

I think The Cat Deely only appears doing specially recorded links for the ITV2 re-broadcast, which is kind of fucked up since we never needed her before.

DS sez:

Deeley's segments will top and tail each show, with an extended post-results episode featuring the first interview with the eliminated contestant. Deeley will also have full backstage access.

Other Brit-themed elements to the show will include interviews with US-residing British celebs and footage of UK fans watching the show back home.

Thank fuck it's not coming out of the licence fee.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 22 January 2007 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

US-residing British celebs = er, Simon Cowell and Cat Deeley?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 January 2007 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

US-residing British celebs = Posh and Becks!

― musically (musically), Monday, 22 January 2007 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

"Some people say I look either like Osama bin Laden, or Jesus, or Castro, or a homeless bum."

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:17 (nineteen years ago)

I'M SUNDANCE HEAD, BITCH!

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

if that's Simon's bet for the finals, it's going to be a long year

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:52 (nineteen years ago)

Ya think they'll let Osama bin Jesus Castro bum keep the beard? They didn't make Taylor dye his hair.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:54 (nineteen years ago)

(btw I think Sundance Head's beard looked stupider)

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:55 (nineteen years ago)

That bearded guy was great. I love how they made you think he was going to suck (like pretty much every other eccentric character).

Oh, and it'd be great to have an idol who looks homeless and constantly says "I hate everyone in the world."

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:20 (nineteen years ago)

What was it he said? "We're all poor on the inside." ?

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 06:24 (nineteen years ago)

"But really, I think all of us are kind of homeless...when it comes down to it, all of us are really poor inside."

"For Once in My Life"/Melinda Doolittle's audition was great, one of my favorite auditions of the season so far. My other favorite was another Stevie song, "Superstition" done by Sanjaya something.

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:09 (nineteen years ago)

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered," not "Superstition".

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 07:11 (nineteen years ago)

Ya think they'll let Osama bin Jesus Castro bum keep the beard? They didn't make Taylor dye his hair.
-- Marmot (marmotwolo...) (webmail), Today 5:54 AM. (later) (link)

For a moment there, I was all "how do you bum keep a beard?"

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

I thought it was great that someone auditioned with Teena Marie's "Square Biz"

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

I loved the oddly dressed opera girl. She could totally kick it with Josephine Foster, but sadly, that's not what this competition is all about.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

What are the odds that the best friends/shopping buddies have appeared on njguido.com in the last year?

― milo z (mlp), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

Paula is totally tanked.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

What about the one girl who couldn't sing at all and knew it, but insisted that was what would make her the next Idol? She thought they were going to teach her to sing or something and then she completely flipped out when they said "no". I'm pretty sure she was completely insane.

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

"They stayed up until 3:00 in the morning drinking! That's rude!"

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

I wanted to root for the girl with the dad who didn't approve, but she really wasn't that good -- actually surprised judges gave in

― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

horndog Simon was all about that one.

I don't really watch, but thus far no one has been as cute as McPhee. Boo.

― milo z (mlp), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:21 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, some Queens representing going on.

I didn't really think they'd let the opera girl go on.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:58 (nineteen years ago)

What about the one girl who couldn't sing at all and knew it, but insisted that was what would make her the next Idol?

whoa, I just saw this. does it seem like these pre-Hollywood shows are getting more focused on the worst auditions? I mean, I know that percentage-wise, it's probably always been like this, and I should just stop watching until the actual competition starts, but most of these people do seem very delusional and sometimes crazy

― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:10 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, watching the less mentally stable is getting a bit tiresome.

I'm routing for opera girl! I was surprised as well that she got on to the next round. She's really awkward, but talented! She gets my vote, if she doesn't get the boot first.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:16 (nineteen years ago)

She used to go to my school, so I vaguely knew her, and the crazy pitch was kind of in character but I was pretty surprised she melted down like that. But I met her waiting in line for a party, and I can say that the people who she waited with all day are pretty lucky people, because she is fun.

(Also, the word on the grapevine is that she went in with a vocally trained friend who was auditioning and was persuaded to give it a try at the last minute - they rejected the friend and called her back, apparently just to embarrass her on national TV. Nice.)

― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:22 (nineteen years ago)

liked the opera girl -- also, has anyone ever sung Jeff Buckley on AI?

― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:32 (nineteen years ago)

the producers/story editors on most reality shows these days enjoy kicking people when they're down waaaay too much.

― roger goodell (gear), Thursday, 25 January 2007 06:08 (nineteen years ago)

I wanted to root for the girl with the dad who didn't approve, but she really wasn't that good

Didn't you get the feeling from listening to her talk to her dad on the phone that he didn't ACTUALLY have a problem with her competing? I felt like she invented that story to some degree. He sounded real nice and normal.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 25 January 2007 07:37 (nineteen years ago)

Totally. "As long as you get home ok!"

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 25 January 2007 07:53 (nineteen years ago)

But the best part was
"Dad, I have to tell you something."
"Who is this!?"

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 25 January 2007 07:55 (nineteen years ago)

Well.. I know who I'm voting for now. That boy did not look 16 years old AT ALL.

I thought it was despicable that they didn't let the lady who sang Minnie Riperton through, yet they let all of this average singers (like that "omg my daddy doesn't love me" girl through). I really liked the psycho boot camp girl as well, and Opera girl reminded me an awful lot of Fiona Apple (which is a good thing, I guess). New York was definitely the best so far, maybe we'll finally have a NY-er idol!

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

this one actually scared me.

the girl who "sung dancin' in the streets" then some other song but didn't make it....i think this is probably the most sympathy i've ever had for anyone on idol, EVER.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

"it's always no. sometimes you just get sick and tired of hearing no."

i'm paraphrasing, but, damn. yeah, i know how that feels.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I felt very sorry for her.

I also felt sorry for the Cowell-look alike who sang the Kelly Clarkson song. He was actually really good, I understand it's a bit weird that such a feminine voice is coming from a guy, but there was no need for Cowell to be so rude to him. If he was a chick, they'd be creaming over his voice. It was very musical theater tho... but still.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 25 January 2007 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

too bad they cut my audition from the show because it would have been good entertainment. afterwards I was like “look around, everybody loves me! Even the (stupid) security guard! Yay I’m special! so don’t you get in my way you stupid shits!!” I was a straight A student all my life for crying it out loud!

― David Kennedy (funny ringtones), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't know it was on last night! I'm genuinely put out that I missed this.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

I thought it was great that someone auditioned with Teena Marie's "Square Biz"

I thought it was great that someone auditioned with Deniece Williams' "Free"

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:48 (nineteen years ago)

The swishy Brooklyn guy who was also got rejected from SYTYCD took obnoxious attention-whoring to a whole new low. One of the few times I've actually craved the power to reach through the screen and start punching people.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

Article "demystifying" the AI audition process.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Well.. I know who I'm voting for now. That boy did not look 16 years old AT ALL.

I was giggling the whole time he was on-screen. Those cheekbones!! Unbelievable.

Article "demystifying" the AI audition process.

Does anyone really need an article to explain to them that the show is edited and misleading? I mean, really, if you have an ounce of sense you probably know that the judges don't personally oversee the auditions of 20,000 people in each city, or that the producers are looking for people with interesting background stories, or that they'll send people to the semi-finals based on more than the quality of their Hollywood performances.

― musically (musically), Thursday, 25 January 2007 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

i'm officially sick of the auditions. i couldn't even make it through the whole episode last night.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 25 January 2007 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

last night was hilarious i couldnt stop cracking up! best epidode ever!

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 25 January 2007 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

I just came back here to posts about him! That guy ruled. I would listen to a record by him. He should do a duet with Antony or something. Cowell has a real nasty streak for anyone who seems too openly gay, I think.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 25 January 2007 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

Olbermann's doing a segment on "False Idols" in a minute, just showed a clip of "the one girl who couldn't sing at all and knew it"

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 26 January 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

The McPhee album comes out Tuesday (obviously she'll be performing on the show this year.) The promo posters have her wonderfully skanked,
in vain attempt to ditch the Judy Garland tag. The Taylor Hicks CD is pretty f'n good. This year I'm mostly on the look-out for the next two or three Country stars. Now that Some Hearts is 5x platinum & Pickler is even doing well they have to know that Country is their well-spring.

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

i'm officially sick of the auditions. i couldn't even make it through the whole episode last night.

OTM, only this happened to me 3 years ago.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

I think the problem with auditions now is that people know how to work the show...when they asked that one blonde woman to say something interesting about herself, "oh, my dad's paralyzed". If you want to exploit your story at least be a bit coy about it. And auditioners who know they're terrible but show up anyway...what made it fun in the past was that the people seemed clueless about their lack of talent. Now they're too self-aware.

― musically (musically), Thursday, 1 February 2007 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the "I want to make David Hasselhoff cry" kid yet! He is my favorite Idol contestant of all time, already.

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

The way Paula was rocking out to him fucking killed me, belly laughs.

― blotter Budweiser Hackeysadk (nickalicious), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

I loved "A Change is Gonna Come" guy; I didn't find him the least bit boring. Actually, he's probably my favorite contestant so far (maybe). I wasn't too impressed otherwise (I missed the first ten minutes, though).

I was pretty upset when they originally rejected that girl who sang "in the style of Michael Buble." Then, they brought her back, and I changed my mind (as did they, but she was obviously going to be accepted no matter what).

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 03:44 (nineteen years ago)

I've decided that I now hate Paula. What the hell happened to her?

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 12:52 (nineteen years ago)

[ makes drinky-drinky motion ]

― I don't know whether to play the trumpet, read a book or be a lesbian. (aldo_cow, Wednesday, 7 February 2007 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

Last night's episode might have been my favorite in the history of the show (with the possible exception of the time Ruben sang "Superstar" in Season 2)!

Totally agree with Tape Store about the Buble lady AND the Change is Gonna Come guy. Speaking of which, I wish people would stop singing "Change is Gonna Come" because it is basically ruining my favorite song for me. :/

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

I loved the "Cupid" guy. I'm such a sucker for that song.

OTM regarding the Michael Buble one. I couldn't believe they passed without giving her a chance for a second song, especially considering that she is nice looking. But that encore performance was really uninspiring and included the same ugly facial expressions and affectations. She should have gotten the boot.

― Super Cub (Debito), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Paula is so wasted this season. Its so obvious. She's fucking SMASHED.

I can't wait until she's done with re-hab and she's on a Barbra Walters special and they re-play some hilights of her this season while she's getting weepy over her recovery.

Also, this is the best season in a while because of the fucking EDITING. They keep manipulating viewers into thinking someone with a sob-story is going to have a gorgeous voice and then they go in and sing and the Judges laugh at them and they go home in tears. This has made me keep yuning in for the first time since season 1.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Why does she have to go into recovery? She looks like she's having a good time, and it's not like it's hurt her judging skills.

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Because she's a celebrity.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Last night's episode might have been my favorite in the history of the show (with the possible exception of the time Ruben sang "Superstar" in Season 2)!

Really? I skipped this episode because I got tired of the damn auditions :(

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yer nuts. The auditions are the best part.

― jambalaya backgammon (grady), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

Really? I skipped this episode because I got tired of the damn auditions :(

It was great! I was very excited that they finally did a piece about people trying to exit via the left door! Also, I really dug a few of the singers more than I usually do, and I loved the extended bit about the two friends, one of which can't sing and pretends to have had an angry exchange with the judges to freak out his friend.

OTM about the editing.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

Yer nuts. The auditions are the best part.

I prefer the second part, when some people get a false sense of entitlement and get drunk and party, while others work hard and rise above! The third part is boring and I usually stop watching unless I'm very invested in someone (Jen Hudson, Ruben...).

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

wow wow wow.

about 4 of those chicks last night were un-freaking-believable. Stephanie, Sabrina (although something about her looks really irritate me), LaKisha and someone I've already forgotten killed me.

to go: Leslie and her weird boots, the second completely forgettable girl or maybe the young girl with the old lady look.

dudes: hell, all of them.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Melinda Doolitlle?

― Gaia1981, Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

yes, danke.

also, what's up with the goth chick? are they completely on their own styling-wise at this point?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

I guess so, HATED Amy Krebs' dress as well. I also liked Jordin Sparks btw, the 17-year old

― Gaia1981, Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

I did like her but like they said, that song was just kind of strange. Does anybody actually vote?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 22 February 2007 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Sabrina (although something about her looks really irritate me)

perhaps the resemblence to Streisand? she even shouts out Yentl in her bio on the AI site!

I liked what Jordin did because she a took a song that, in the original recording, is very static and restrained, and gave it a bunch of peaks and valleys and actually made it work.

are we really calling the girl who sang Celine Dion a goth just because she has dyed black/red hair? I am rooting for her, though (along with LaKisha, the girl from Maryland), partly because she's the only finalist this year that I find particularly attractive, because I'm shallow like that.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 22 February 2007 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

she also had a big weird cross!

perhaps the resemblence to Streisand? she even shouts out Yentl in her bio on the AI site!

haha, maybe. I don't know she just looks bitchy. shallow, I know. also she claimed to be a "professional singer" what does that mean? at least the backup singers have said they are just backups. what does this girl do, sing during dinner at the hilton? should "professionals" even be in this competition?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 22 February 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

There's something about Leslie's voice that I love...I hope she stays.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 22 February 2007 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

the faux goth chick is great cuz she looks like a gorilla next to seacrest

― chaki, Thursday, 22 February 2007 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

Which one of the girls is the one that auditioned in the trio of skate-waitress girls that sang Whitney Houston like a motherfucker? I didn't catch her last night, and am only passingly trying to keep up, but hot damn did she have a strong audition.

I actually really liked Nicole's performance of that Chaka Khan song, and really wanted Randy to have the balls to say "you aren't black enough" (even though he was wrong).

Jordin was my favorite I saw though, for exactly the reason Alex stated.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 22 February 2007 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

My favorite was Stephanie. Her voice was close to perfect. It seemed like she could of hit some jaw-dropping notes, but she restrained herself because, well, the song doesn't call for it...a pretty amazing andseemingly effortless performance.

POTENTIAL SPOILER:
Check out DialIdol--Sundance = #1? WTF?

― Tape Store, Thursday, 22 February 2007 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

I'd probably pork the faux-goth chick because I do stupid shit like that.

I don't know how long I'll end up watching this, especially as my fellow Australian housemate is entranced by "big black boobies".

― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 22 February 2007 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

Booooooooo!

― Tape Store, Friday, 23 February 2007 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

"pork the faux-goth chick" = one of the greatest phrases in the history of words.

― marmotwolof, Friday, 23 February 2007 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

wow, so "sowing the seeds of love" now qualifies as corn ass group singalong fare

― Dominique, Friday, 23 February 2007 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

I know we were talking about Paul McCartney making an appearance on AI, but the guy from Herman's Hermits? I have to say it's a slight letdown.

And it strikes me as very rumor-y, but according to IMDB Michael Jackson is in talks to mentor the contestants one week.

― musically, Friday, 23 February 2007 08:17 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder if they're all going to do Gwen Stefani songs or if it will just be a performance.

And now here's Chris Sligh performing "Hollaback Girl"

― marmotwolof, Friday, 23 February 2007 08:35 (nineteen years ago)

in the trio of skate-waitress girls that sang Whitney Houston like a motherfucker?

Didn't she get dropped for some criminal-related thing?

One thing I've never understood about this show is how they make the person just booted sing again. It's like, "Hey that song you did last night sucked. But let's hear it again to remind ourselves how bad you are."

― Ms Misery, Friday, 23 February 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

But let's hear it again to remind ourselves how bad you are

Hahaha. Exactly. And what was with Paula tellling that girl, "you're an amazing singer!" When that girl sang her Taylor Dane-esque song let me know that America made the right decision (GO USA) and Paula is clearly delusional. My Dad made the funny comment of, "This is why white girls from the suburbs should not try to sing R&B."

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 23 February 2007 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

I think the girl who got dropped for putting sugar in her boyfriend's gas tank was Ashlynn (sp?), the one with all the facial expressions who was sent away but brought back.

― musically, Friday, 23 February 2007 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

True, http://ww.tmz.com/2007/02/07/idol-hopeful-nixed-from-hwood-for-pot-rap/

― Gaia1981, Saturday, 24 February 2007 06:35 (nineteen years ago)

musically otm. that sucked (and was pretty stupid of her.)

― Ms Misery, Saturday, 24 February 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Looks like we are in for a long year of sideline banter.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

omg it's still 15 mins before show starts in CA~!!!

― Dominique, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 03:46 (nineteen years ago)

american idol or to catch a predator?!?!!? damn you, network television!!!!

― chaki, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not normally one to play the "I want some of what you're smoking" card, but

when simon said that justin timberlake's evil white trash twin had the best vocal of the night, I wanted some of what he was smoking, because it would take some serious shit to make that tuneless jason mraz funky-whiteboy bullshit even remotely listenable

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

3 guys into show, talent seems way off this year -- what happened? isn't the show more popular than ever?

― Dominique, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 04:24 (nineteen years ago)

Anybody else dreaming of auditioning with a Current 93 song for next season? Ooooohh... or Sand...

― Andi Mags, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 05:39 (nineteen years ago)

It's the men, the women are where all the talent lies this season. I really like Blake the most, Chris Sligh was good but paled in compared to the original, the first guy (bald military dude) has a good MOR voice but is boring. I like Brandon and hope he stays for a while and improves, but he bugged me trying to justify his poor song choice by using his dedication. The dedication isn't supposed to be limiting for your song choice, you're just supposed to make a tenuous connection between whatever song you choose and some family member and talk about it for two minutes.

What surprised me was how awful Sanjaya's performance was. Terrible song choice, terrible performance, wow! Don't they have advisors or something who will say "um, you are awful, please do something else"? I wonder if he'll be like Paris Bennett last season; amazing audition but never matches it in competition.

And I think that the arrangements have been terrible. Backing music has been way, way too loud.

― musically, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 05:45 (nineteen years ago)

Last week, I said that Sanjaya looked like a puny high school student trying to fit in with the cool crowd. This week it looks like he gave up on the popular kids and turned to drugs...I'm amazed at how creepy he now is. Worse, his performance was pretty shitty (though not as terrible as the judges made it out to be). The sad thing is that I loved his audition... COME BACK, SANJAYA! (And he is staying...according to DialIdol, at least)

And Bernard OTM re: Chris Richardson. There's already one Justin Timberlake in this world, and he's much, much better, sexier and more clever than you.

Oh, and this probably makes me an unpatriotic asshole, but Phil, use your mediocre voice--not your military background--to make it to the top 12.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 07:07 (nineteen years ago)

chaki otm.

― g®▲Ðұ, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya = horrible alternate reality where Michael Jackson's singing voice is the same as his speaking voice

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

xposted to the Teenpop Thread:

Guys American Idol only marginally better than last week's screw the judges. I feel like Metal Mike, I disagreed with the judges tonight more than ever. I like AJ a lot, nice tone to his voice, though slight boringness. Chris Sligh is OK but he's had bad song choices two weeks in a row to me and I'm not sure what to think of him. I have a possibly irrational hatred for Chris Richardson who did a Jason Mraz song. Sickened by the overpraise there. Same with Sundance, who did "Mustang Sally", a song I don't like to begin with, and did nothing in particular with it. Don't see how it was substantively different than Rudy's "Free Ride". What's with Sanjaya? He still has the worst stage presence/least charisma ever. I still like Blake, his Jamiroquai was probably my favorite performance of the night.

Brandon WAS pretty boring (though underrated I think), but I was very troubled by Simon and Randy's comments to him. Which were along the lines of, unless you have an overpowering voice with lots of runs and gymanstics and melisma the performance is automatically not good. I have no problem with the powerful voiced divas and their male counterparts but the show's consistent inability, 6 season in now, to recognize great singing of any other variety is the major weak point to me, and causes more subtle and restrained singers to be consistently underrated. Also underrated are singers without huge voices who are great interpreters/performers.

Would send home: Chris R., Sanjaya
Will go home: Nick Pedro (who I kinda like, but is still boring), Jared (cannon fodder)

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not the type to be offended by what Simon or the other judges say generally, but I've been really annoyed by their disdain for the overall quality of the finalists this year. They pick the top 24, so if the people they end up with don't seem like they could possibly be the 24 best singers out of the thousands of auditions, isn't it their fault for making wrong calls? Don't they wonder if they accidentally tossed out a lot of good singers in Hollywood week on the basis of being stuck in lousy group performances? They just seem so huffy about the mediocre singers as if, say, Sundance Head isn't there as a direct result of their decisions.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Don't they wonder if they accidentally tossed out a lot of good singers in Hollywood

they're all in jail on pot charges!

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

I was disappointed that LaKeisha wasn't better ut Melinda killed.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 1 March 2007 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

IS THE FAT GUJY STILL ON

― 404 Error: Page Not Found, Thursday, 1 March 2007 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

elimnation is tomorrow

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 1 March 2007 01:50 (nineteen years ago)

I feel really anti-consensus this season and it's starting to bug me. I REALLY liked Leslie's performance tonight though, I think she's got a great touch to her voice and very nice interpretation/performance skills. I also like Alaina a lot, except that she can't seem to give a good performance. But I like her phrasing and I like the tone to her voice. I wish she could stay on pitch. I hate Sabrina, I think she has no control over her vocal runs. For the guys, I like AJ a lot and I HATE Chris Richardson. I'm not feeling this season and it really bugs me that they've stacked the females with all similar singers. Dream scenario for me would be maybe a couple belters, a more restrained, jazzy type singer, a country girl, a rock girl, etc. It now seems likely all 5 of the big belters will make the finals which is just gonna be so boring.

Dream World Top 12: Leslie, Melinda, Jordin, Gina, Stephanie, LaKisha; Blake, AJ, Phil, Chris S, Brandon, Nick (if not fixed to 6 guys/6 girls I'd swap in Alaina for Nick).
Predicted Top 12: For the guys, Chris S., Chris R., Phil, and Blake seem to be pretty much locks. Sundance seems to be a near lock. Leaving one final slot that I think Brandon will take.
For the girls, Melinda and LaKisha are the only two I'm certain about. Stephanie and Jordin seem like good bets. I'm gonna guess Gina and Antonella for the last two slots. I hope that Leslie sneaks in.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 1 March 2007 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

And for the record I thought Alaina's was in the top half of the performances tonight, though it was a weak show.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

For the double record, I've disagreed with Simon almost every time this season. Even when I agree with what he's saying in general, I think he's been off the mark in one way or the other.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

SUNDANCE HEAD

SUNDANCE HEAD

SUNDANCE HEAD

SUNDANCE HEAD

SUNDANCE HEAD

― Abbott, Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:08 (nineteen years ago)

I hate the man and his name is baffling.

SUNDANCE HEAD!

― Abbott, Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:08 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sure this has been said before.

― Abbott, Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, so many belters this year, but hopefully they will start to cancel each other out. I'm rooting for Leslie as well, she's the lone trombone amongst these trumpets.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 1 March 2007 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I find it incredibly rude when the judges go to Alaina or Antonella or whoever and say basically "Well you suck and you can't sing and you were awful. But hey, you are hot!" I would be so offended if I were them, which is why Antonella's bite back at the judges didn't really bother me.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 1 March 2007 04:34 (nineteen years ago)

I want to dislike Melinda Doolittle as she's from a richey rich suburb outside of Nashville. She also mentioned her personal entourage, which is not surprising, as she's coming from Brentwood (land of giant McMansions). But that girl can sing. And, her last name is Doolittle. It's no Sundance Head, but it's pretty great.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 1 March 2007 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

― chaki, Thursday, 1 March 2007 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

I take bets on when Paula's gonna use the line of, "But you're a beautiful girl!" when the singing isn't so hot.

That Antonella girl had some serious 'tude, in a bad way.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 1 March 2007 05:32 (nineteen years ago)

Whoops, my predicted top 12 guys left Sanjaya off. I forgot him, which is not difficult to do. The top 6 guys seems like a near lock to me to be the two Chrises, Phil, Sundance, Sanjaya, and Blake. I'd be surprised if anybody else snuck through. Chris R. is the most vulnerable, and I'd love to see him go, but with all the great judges comments, and airtime, and boy band good looks, I don't see it happening.

The girls still seems wide open. I could see any of the non-Melinda, non-Lakisha belters being voted out due to vote splitting, and none of the white girls seem to be a lock to make it. I guess it now seems depressingly likely that the final 6 girls will be the 5 belters and Antonella. If that actually happens I might just give up on the show this year.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

You think Antonella is gonna make it? This makes me sad. Yeah, she's cute, but her singing was dire.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

That Antonella girl had some serious 'tude, in a bad way.

She was showing off her boobs on the WWII memorial, so yeah. Not exactly well mannered and respectful.

This may sound racist but I think all of the white girls were awful.

― Nicole, Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

Just to clarify I definitely don't want her to make it. If she didn't get voted off after Aerosmith (and DialIdol had her as like top 3 for what it's worth) I don't see why her tween fans would vote her off now. Though she's far from a lock, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Leslie or Gina or whoever made it over her.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 1 March 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

I actually stopped watching after Antonella. If she doesn't get cut tonight, there will be loud, resounding BOOs coming from my living room this evening.

Was anyone after any good? Or were they all disappointing?

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 1 March 2007 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

Naperville girl >>> Chicago girl (can't remember names yet)

When the Chicago girl started scatting, I had to fight the urge to call the cops.

― Dominique, Thursday, 1 March 2007 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, I am really not feeling Leslie.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 1 March 2007 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

When the Chicago girl started scatting, I had to fight the urge to call the cops.

oh dear god.

I'll admit, though, I do like beatbox boy.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 1 March 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

I liked her when she wasn't scatting. Also she looks like a girl I used to be in love with.

Antonella needs to be on America's Next Top Model and not this show.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 1 March 2007 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'm kind of mystified that Antonella's getting by on her looks or that that's the dominant perception here, she just looks like another semi-busted Jersey chick to me, scandalous internet photos or not. there are definitely cuter (if less skeevy) girls on this season of AI who've sung much better than her.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 1 March 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

This is a direct quote from my mother's email:

"Did you see the hype on Antonella--posing with flowers covering her privates---I DO NOT like her Valley girl attitude , albeit from New Jersey ----I thought she stunk--and am hoping she gets booted so we don't have to hear anymore about her shenanigans."

Awwh, Mom! Hopefully, ppl feel like my mom, and will not vote for her.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 1 March 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

antonella and that coked-up crazy chick from real world denver should have a reality show together. JERSEY "STYLE"

― maura, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

I like how the one kid from Jersey defended Antonella's picture on the toilet by saying that all of his friends have had their picture taken on the toilet. Jersey style indeed!

― Nicole, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

That SUCKS. I loved Leslie! Antonella better leave next week. She's both ugly and shitty.

― Tape Store, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

Most crying on american idol ever?

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

I think I kinda love Leslie Hunt just for the "Why did I decide to scat?" line. I've never seen them cut to bumper so fast!

― govern yourself accordingly, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:05 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't realize how melodramatic this group is. And way to cut the interesting people, America.

I'd like to have heard more of Leslie's rant after "Why did I decide to skat? American don't like jazz..."

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

I really liked that A.J. kid, so WTF America?!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

another hour plus before this airs in California, but if Leslie got booted, it's not surprising -- however, Alaina also needs to go, and yes, Antonella soon afterwards. Pretty funny if Leslie blamed America not loving jazz for getting booted. I like jazz okay, but as I understand it, having the exact syllables of your scat notated in your lyrics isn't quite the way old time jazz singers did it.

― Dominique, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

e-mail spamt has ruined "scatting" for me

― milo z, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:01 (nineteen years ago)

sanjaya and antonella are both skating by on the 'they're cute' vote -- sanjaya from moms, antonella from gross stupid guys who are into slutty-pretty daddy's-little-princesses from the nyc suburbs (nb i am very well-acquainted with this particular type)

also: wtf was up with them cutting to sundance every time someone was going to cry.

― maura, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

I liked AJ too! I even tried voting for him, but it sounded like I was calling a fax number. AI scandal!

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

Who else votes up in the piece? I got ridiculed as "American Idol Uber Geek" but it ain't no thang.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

I surprised that Alaina and AJ got cut. Not surprised by Leslie and Nick (bummer cause I gotta cheer on all the Massholes that come on). Sanjaya really should have gone and he knew it. What's up with Sundance and Gina and the crazy waterworks??? Get it together people!!!

― Moodles, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

were pickler's boobs always that big

― marmotwolof, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

No.

I liked Ryan's subtle questions about what she's bought with all her money - hint, hint.

My wife and I were both gaping in amazement at their orbital glory and then my sister-in-law phoned to ask about them.

― Moodles, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

I'm having very mixed feelings about Melinda. On the one hand, I think she's great and deserves to go on to a big career. But I feel like her presence in the competition is a bit unfair because she is a professional singer. I'm worried that next year will be the battle of the 24 backing vocalists. It takes away from the amaturish charm of the show.

― Moodles, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:57 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda seems painfully shy though, like she's almost embarrased to sing. And for all the talk about Lakisha's voice, personality-wise she seems rather detached.

Leslie could have chosen better songs I think. The Carpenters or Dusty Springfield would have been good, and hell if she wanted to be more "edgy" she could have done "Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 2 March 2007 07:07 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda is obviously great, but I think she needs a major image makeover if she's gonna make it very far. from her hair to her pantsuits, everything about her seems way old. (but then again: Taylor Hicks)

my mom insists that A.J. was voted off because America is racist (jury's still out on that; we'll see if Sanjaya sticks around as long as Chicken Little or any of the other awful wimpy-voiced white teenagers from years past), but I think that performance was just weird for a lot of people. there are pretty clearly-defined types that male singers get shoehorned into, and that didn't really fit any of them. I thought he did a great job, but even I got a little creeped out at times.

― bernard snowy, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

Well, that sucked. 3 of the 4 of the eliminees were in my "ideal" top 12, and the other Alaina was last one out. Though Alaina's ejection was kinda deserved since she just can't stay on pitch. But I still like her tone and phrasing. Nick and AJ and Leslie being eliminated is very disappointing, especially Leslie and AJ.

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE KIDDING ABOUT "SUNDANCE HEAD"

― HI DERE, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

AJ was squirrelly and weird-looking and had terribly awkward dance moves, let's not blame racism on it.

Sanjaya is adorable and had a lot of pre-show coverage, his audition was highlighted in Seattle and they showed him and his sister together after she didn't make it, which is great publicity. As for Antonella making it, I'm not too sure how much impact Vote For the Worst has, but I think it can only help her since she'd definitely not making it based on her talent.

Michael F Gill otm, Lakisha has a big ol voice but she seems quite cold and distant. Melinda's also got the voice but she's much warmer and more likable. She does need to ditch the pantsuits though.

― musically, Friday, 2 March 2007 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

VFTW helps, but on the other hand all of their pre-finals selections last year were swiftly eliminated (Bobby, Brenna, etc.). You need to have an outside fanbase as well.

I thought it would subside after a day, but you know what I'm still pissed. My favorite guy AND girl were eliminated in the 2nd week of the semifinals. At least Leslie had a truly stellar singout. The more I think about it, the more sad I get that I still allow myself to get so invested in this show.

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 2 March 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Blake picking 311 was a pretty good choice, especially when he beat-boxed over the word "ass" as if it was a radio edit.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

And once again, I felt like I was in bizarro-world when it came time for the judges' comments. Blake didn't sound bad, but they've should've gone after him for making a very safe song choice. Chris Richardson adopting that awful KAWNTRY TWAY-UNG was the only thing that could've possibly made him sound worse; Jared (who I didn't like at all last week) was great; Brandon's performance was so dull as to be devoid of any redeeming value (and I do like him); and Chris Sligh, though I was unfamiliar with his song, absolutely KILLED IT and had me singing along by the end. The one thing I did agree with Simon about was Phil's creepy alien eyes, although I don't understand what he "didn't get" about the song -- pretty standard ballad, with some nice falsetto and some big notes that he totally fucked up.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

otm, and what was up with Paula drunk on the haterade?? I've never seen her be so critical before. Are you sure you meant Blake as the one with the safe song choice?

I think Chris Richardson was very, very boring, I thought Jared was probably the best vocal of the night (which is saying very little). I thought Sundance was pretty awful, Chris Sligh was okay, Sanjaya was even more boring than John Mayer, and Brandon was a bit better than what the judges said, although maybe it has to do with me liking the song a whole lot.

Honestly, the men are so incredibly overshadowed by the women, it's a bit ridiculous.

― musically, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:01 (nineteen years ago)

My punchwant was uncontrollable when Blake introduced his "sketch comedy character." Then he sang 311. I was like Q(" Q) only with angier eyes.

― m bison, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:18 (nineteen years ago)

M BISON ON ALL OF THESE MONEY

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:27 (nineteen years ago)

that is "angrier" eyes xpost

― m bison, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:30 (nineteen years ago)

[quote]My punchwant was uncontrollable when Blake introduced his "sketch comedy character."[quote]

Bet he could get on MADtv with that bullshit.

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

hah, I dropped this: /

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:32 (nineteen years ago)

Srsly though, SUNDANCE HEAD?????????

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:33 (nineteen years ago)

omg just realized that Blake=
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Poochie.gif/200px-Poochie.gif

― m bison, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

Fucking Katherine McPhuckface is on Leno singing like about a billion piles of ass. Fuck her and her godawful, horrendous song.

AGH YOU AWFUL HARRIDAN, GO AWAY

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:35 (nineteen years ago)

yeah like LOOK HERE FOLKS THIS PEARL JAM SONG CAN CLEARLY SUCK MORE THAN YOU PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT POSSIBLE, CHECK ME OUT

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:36 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Brandon and Chris Sligh were the best of the bunch tonight, but it would be a shame if they outlasted any of the better girls.

― Oakland Mike, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 05:58 (nineteen years ago)

I want Elliott Yamin back.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 07:13 (nineteen years ago)

otm, and what was up with Paula drunk on the haterade?? I've never seen her be so critical before.

yeah, that weirded me out; I kept expecting Simon to really rudely contradict her, just to stop her from doing it again! ("Paula, you ignorant slut...")

Are you sure you meant Blake as the one with the safe song choice?

well... it wouldn't have been "safe" for anyone else, but look at this from Blake's perspective: you have a distinct style, everyone likes you, you're pretty much a lock for the top 12, and you come out singing a very easy song which has almost no melody but fits in perfectly with your hip funky white boy image and gives you a couple opportunities to make funny sounds. there was no risk of failure there.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 12:19 (nineteen years ago)

so how long until all the guys are weeded out of the top 12?

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

I think Paula must have run out of drugs last night, and was grumpy as a result.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

I think I prefer her grumpy. takes some of the heat of Simon for being truthful.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

Jared was pretty good last night (or at least, better than last week when he inexplicably dedicated "Let's Get It On" to his mother), but the fact that he sang the same song that Yamin killed last year did him no favors.

I believe the response Sundance was looking for was "OOH, BUT HE UNLEASHED THE LION!" I think part of why AI is better when there are semi-believable 'rockers' like Daughtry and Bo Bice is it means that smiley cornballs like Sundance Head are less likely to embark on doomed attempts at singing brooding hard rock songs. That said, there probably are some Pearl Jam songs that could work on AI (maybe "Alive" or "Better Man"), but "Jeremy" was definitely not it.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

If he was going to go there, he should have done "Black" or (as you say) "Better Man". Maybe "Even Flow". NOT "Jeremy". Ugh.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Also WTF hippie parents, SUNDANCE HEAD?

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Sundance's audtion, the bluesey number, was really good. Why is he not sticking to this?

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Sundance Head is the new Meatloaf.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

oh please, that's an insult to Meat Loaf. and dude's name is Jason Head, "Sundance" is just a nickname. blame AI for actually calling him that but don't blame his parents.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

oh please, that's an insult to Meat Loaf.

Yes, exactly. I don't like either of them.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

Sundance did have an excellent audition, which is why he's been allowed to coast on suckitude ever since. Maybe there are some performers that have one great moment in them, and that's all there is.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

haha I'm glad to know for sure his name isn't really Sundance Head, cuz I was thinking wtf whose grandma do you have to go back in time and fuck and impregnate to get a name like that? Your own, if your name is Sundance Head, that's whose.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Also it's taken like ten or whatever seasons but I am officially tired of the word "pitchy", somebody bring Randy a fucking thesaurus.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Times tonight Paula says, "But, you're a beautiful girl!" when someone tanks -- my vote: 5

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

"I'm competeing in a singing competition, so I'm going to do 'What It's Like' by Everlast or 'It's the End of the World As We Know It' by REM!"

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

okay I caught the end of Katharine McPhee's tonight show performance, and yeah, she totally sucked! what the hell; didn't she used to be able to sing? I didn't even recognize her at first; she's looking pretty rough on top of losing her vocal ability. what happened?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

She always sounded like that! She was totally the Carrie Underwood of last season, only this time America did the right thing and didn't give the pretty girl with no sense of pitch the win and then country music took Carrie and taught her how to actually sing 70% of the time (although the 30% where she's off is HORRIFYING; I have never wanted to hi-five Simon more than when he told Kellie Pickler "I think you're better than last year's winner"). Katherine, thanks to her runner-up status, got a Clinique gift certificate and voice lessons from a crack-smoking hobo.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

huh. I remember thinking Katharine was good half the time. but I wanted Paris to win. I wish she had put out an album and was performing on the tonight show.

guys, last night, did Ryan Seacrest intimate to Brandon that he could stay on the show if he gave Seacrest a blow job? I kind of thought that was what happened.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

SEACREST, OUT

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

I wanted Paris to win too!

What about this blowjob!?! I missed it!

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

last night was so, so brutal.

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

this show has become penance for past crimes.

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

Molly, he didn't say that in so many words, but he was basically like, "you really want to stay on the show, huh? how badly do you want it?" complete with pregnant pause & meaningful look. !!!

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

FROSTED HAIRED, WELL DRESSED TELEVISION PRESENTER IS CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL, STORY TONIGHT AFTER AMERICAN IDOL AND HOUSE

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

~~HOMO~~METROSEXUAL

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

but the thing is, he comes off so asexual. I know he has the whole scripted gay banter with Simon, but he seems like such a pro generally on the show...the moment with Brandon was genuinely weird to me. but it was probably scripted too. such a weird show.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

i think that's why i changed it metrosexual. it was his "so this is your so-called human 'sexuality'" moment.

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

guys, last night, did Ryan Seacrest intimate to Brandon that he could stay on the show if he gave Seacrest a blow job? I kind of thought that was what happened.

I thought so too, but at the time I thought I just imagined it.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

I think you are all sick, sick people!

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

AI's contradictory attitude toward sex has warped my fragile little mind.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

I think last night finally proved that Sundance Head can't sing anything outside of his blues progression sports bar comfort zone.

Also, WTF with these singers and their shity lower registers. Unless they belt it out, they go way off-key (esp. Jared).

Sanjaya, on the other hand, needs to learn to project. I don't know who the fuck is voting for this creepy little dude.

― darin, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

teenage girls.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Michael Jackson

― Nicole, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Also 40+-year-old men.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

xpost lolz

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

I should have pre-teen girls b/c I think he's too cutesy for actual teens.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

for some reason I found nu-straightened-hair Sanjaya really heartbreaking. let the poor kid go home!

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

The crack about him having Paula's hair = OTM

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

the combination of his Natalie Wood hair, zero confidence, wispy vocals, and forced smile = major cringe fest

― darin, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

I want him to come out next week and do an understated version of "Pussy Control" just to see the look on Paula's face.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

I want him to do "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)".

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

haha

My grandma said he is the whatever that red-headed kid who did Frank Sinatra songs a few years ago of Season 6.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

One of my favorite things about this season is that they're all "oh he's only 17, he's got a lot to learn" vs Jordin who at 17 is clearly one of the best voices and personalities on the show.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

yeah I love that Jordin.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

he should do "suck a dick for an outfit"

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

the whisper song

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

ding ding ding

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

it's certainly in his range

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

Sundance did have an excellent audition, which is why he's been allowed to coast on suckitude ever since. Maybe there are some performers that have one great moment in them, and that's all there is.

Am I the only one who didn't even like his audition? I thought it was competent but boring.

― Oakland Mike, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

so check it: I just rewatched it, and this is the exact exchange between Brandon and Seacrest:

Seacrest:..and how badly do you want it?
Brandon: (stage whispering) MORE THAN YOU KNOW!
Seacrest: You would do anything, right?
Brandon: (agreeably) I would do anything.
Seacrest: (meaningfully) almost anything
(at the same time)
Brandon: uh yeah. stand on one foot (he stands on one foot)
Seacrest: it's Hollywood, man

then Ryan's all business, reading the numbers, but I think the thing that made it seem unmistakably seedy is that when he said, "it's Hollywood," there was an audible, knowing female chuckle (Paula?) and immediately Brandon got this "ruh?" look on his face and hammed it up casting wtf looks between Ryan and the audience.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

I think Seacrest will regret the turtleneck tonight.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 8 March 2007 01:05 (nineteen years ago)

Randy is somewhat frog-like.

― Latham Green, Thursday, 8 March 2007 01:17 (nineteen years ago)

okay Melinda permanently gets my vote because SHE HAS THE SAME EXACT OCD THING THAT I DO!!! and also she totally rocked the house etc etc

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 8 March 2007 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

I covet every single dress Stephanie's worn since that episode where they told her she was through to the final 24.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

I can't tell Stephanie and Sabrina apart. Come to think of it, in the montage of the eight girls at the end, they all sounded so alike (possible exception Gina).

I feel sort of bad for Haley, she isn't doing so bad, but the judges are really trashing her every week.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 8 March 2007 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

No dude, Haley's pretty bad.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Stephanie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sabrina (Sabrina was actually pitchy tonight, but Randy didn't even say anything)

I thought Haley was a lot better during the verses than at the chorus, but during the recap, they only showed the chorus. And I never remember her. Goodbye, I hope.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 8 March 2007 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

I'm loving the delicious awkwardness this season...the shock on the boys faces last night when Paula actually made constructive criticisms, Simon's meanness, which has reached subtly higher levels (saying he didn't know Haley's name was pretty awful, but I loved it), the joke about Paula under the table...wonderful

One thing I noticed that I don't think I imagined was that at the end of Jordin's song, the big final note lasted even after Jordin lowered her mic...it makes me wonder how many great high notes the judges love so much are mostly the background singers. I've said it before...the arrangements can be terrible and often drown out the singer.

― musically, Thursday, 8 March 2007 05:12 (nineteen years ago)

the big final note lasted even after Jordin lowered her mic

Yeah, that confused me...

― Tape Store, Thursday, 8 March 2007 05:20 (nineteen years ago)

ok, I know HER idol is Celine Dion, but I can't believe no one is noticing/mentioning how much Haley's voice is a ringer for Olivia Newton-John.
her voice has no power in comparison with the better singers, but I still like her performances: no WOW, but yes VIBE.

also, the Idol drummer has the worst snare sound in history (THWAP!).

Melinda is so far ahead of the other singers it's as if they were competing with Aretha, Chaka or Etta!

― Paul, Thursday, 8 March 2007 05:42 (nineteen years ago)

Did anyone else know Chris Sligh went to Bob Jones University? Booooooooooo

Melinda is so far ahead of the other singers it's as if they were competing with Aretha, Chaka or Etta!

Melinda is embarrassing everyone else. Something totally ridiculous will have to happen for her to not win.

― musically, Thursday, 8 March 2007 05:56 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Sligh went to Bob Jones University?

w
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f
...

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 8 March 2007 06:33 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda's performance tonight was one of the two or three best I've seen on Idol. She was real, real good tonight.

― Oakland Mike, Thursday, 8 March 2007 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno, I think Lakisha pretty much pwned this week. Melinda is great, but Lakisha's song choices have really been stellar and edgy in a weird way.

― darin, Thursday, 8 March 2007 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

Of course, I thought Elliot was the bomb last year and have a tendancy to throw my money on underdogs with no chance in hell.

― darin, Thursday, 8 March 2007 08:50 (nineteen years ago)

I've been disagreeing with Simon so much this season.

I like Haley. She just brings some kind of ridiculous, cabaret, over the top vibe that I kind of dig. I thought she's done OK all 3 weeks, but no great performances. She's going home, and it's not entirely undeserved, though I hope she stays. Gina brings the rocker chick vibe and she's just so likeable and I liked this performance a lot. Antonella was decidedly "not bad" though clearly deserves the boot.

DIVAS: Melinda is clearly the most talented but she basically has given the same performance 3 weeks in a row. Curious to see how she'll do in theme weeks. Stephanie is a really great performer, though her vocals aren't always up to par. LaKisha I like OK but she's been really blah for me 3 weeks in a row now. She's got power, but does she have anything else? (Actually, I thought "I Have Nothing" was her best performance yet). Sabrina is so boring and conveys no emotions with her singing. She just overpowers the melody with runs. Go home please. Jordin isn't even really a big-voiced power diva at all. I like her.

Actually, I think the guys, while less talented than the girls, are more interesting than the girls, because there's way more variety in the singing styles.

WOULD SEND HOME: Sabrina, Antonella; Sundance, Jared
WILL GO HOME: Hard to say. Haley for the girls and Jared for the guys seem pretty sure to go home. Sundance and Antonella seem the obvious choices for the guys, but I still have sneaking feelings they are safe. I think one of the divas is going home due to vote splitting, most likely Stephanie. For the guys, I think it'll be Brandon. Which, since Brandon and Jared are the only two "typical" AI contestants left among the guys will leave the weirdest slate of guy finalists ever.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

It's a tough choice for me between LaKisha and Melinda. But LaKisha's winning my heart a bit more just b/c of the underdog factor. They are both unbelievably good. Stephanie wasn't as great this week as she has been.

Women to go: Haley (bor-ing) then either Jordin or Sabrina. Unfortunately I think Anotella will stick around a couple of more weeks.

Dudes - ah, who cares. Will all the guys be culled out of the top 12 before any women are?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

LaKisha is from Flint, I feel like I have to root for her! It is such a depressing place.

― Nicole, Thursday, 8 March 2007 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes, Sligh's song choices have included DC Talk and Mute Math, how can you be "wtf" at him going to a Christian college?

I was totally not on the Melinda bandwagon until last night. And I know everyone's all fatalistic about Antonella sticking around way longer than she deserves to, but she was so out of her league last night that I'll be kinda surprised if she does. In previous weeks there were always at least a couple girls who flubbed their song choices so badly that it was at least kinda reasonable that they went home instead of her.

I was kinda confused about where LaKisha's from because at first they always said she was from Fort Meade, Maryland and then they started saying sometimes that she's from Michigan so I looked it up and apparently she's originally from Michigan and then moved around to Houston and Maryland. Kinda confusing, but then I guess lots of people move all over the country, but Idol tends to focus on where they were living when they auditioned.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 8 March 2007 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

all I know is she's a bank teller, a single mom and a big girl. So I really want her to win.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

I kept thinking last night how Sanjaya must have felt, listening to Melinda sing. That's what you're up against, buddy. Good luck.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 March 2007 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, that was mean. I think Sanjaya knows that he's out of his league, and it's not really his fault that he's still around. Antonella, though... her attitude! She's not humbled at all.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 March 2007 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

Well, the judges told Antonella to her face that she didn't belong, and Ryan asked her to respond. I thought her response was fine, what was she supposed to say "No, please don't vote for me because I don't deserve to be in the top 12?"

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

New AI Pool: First week that Simon doesn't pointlessly compare Melinda's personality favorably to previous AI contestants.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

Sligh's song choices have included DC Talk and Mute Math, how can you be "wtf" at him going to a Christian college?

I think I read somewhere he was in a Christian band as well? It scares me a bit, it makes me think of those wooly hippies for Jesus that used to be in old Archie comic books.

― Nicole, Thursday, 8 March 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Dudes, Sligh's song choices have included DC Talk and Mute Math, how can you be "wtf" at him going to a Christian college?

Well, I didn't recognize either of the songs, and of the two bands I've only heard of DC Talk, and just barely. And to call Bob Jones a "Christian college" is severely understating things.

― musically, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

Alright, now I hate Sligh.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

how in the hell is this possible?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

The christian right haven't had a contestant they could support since Aiken, and Chris is even more appealing to them because he's married and not at all pansexual.

― Nicole, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

jesus, I'm going to have to start voting just to keep that fucktard from actually making it until the end.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

Antonella Barba needs to dress more slutty.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

WTF okay so he's a Christian, he's still the guy who said he wanted to be on American Idol so he could make David Hasselhoff cry. I still love him.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

WTF okay so he's a Christian,

I have never thought he was any good and he's a snarky jerk. add to it being an evalengilcal christian who plays CHRISITAN ROCK and this guy is my antichrist.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

As far as I know, he hasn't done any evangelizing yet. The moment he does, I'm off his bandwagon. Until then, though, I'll just enjoy his performances!

WTF Ms Misery! It's not like he's Pat Robertson or anything.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

I am a satanist, you know.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

I honestly don't remember where this was, but I remember reading an interview with Sligh where he said he went to Bob Jones because it worked for his family better than other places financially? and somewhat vaguely said he didn't agree with all of Bob Jones's policies.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

I could be wrong, but don't true Satanists really not give a crap about Christians one way or the other?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

you've caught me. I'm actually nothing except someone who hates evangelical xtians.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

Well, regardless of how he really feels, he'll say he doesn't agree with their policies...talking about how much he hates Catholics and interracial relationships and liberals wouldn't be great PR.

― musically, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, I mean, that's what the whole point of the interview seemed to be, potential damage control.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, I had the bald guy with weird eyes pegged as the Jesus dude. Didn't that ballad he sang on Tuesday sound kind of Christian-y?

― darin, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

If Chris Sligh is so Christian how come he hasn't punched Blake yet? He is clearly Satan.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I didn't recognize either of the songs, and of the two bands I've only heard of DC Talk, and just barely.

Yeah, same here. I was going to say I hope Sligh was the guy at school who acted like the Jewish girl in Saved!, but...

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

I basically think it's theoretically possible that he's like the Jena Malone character from Saved! but maybe not that likely.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2007 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

HAH!

Anotella and Sabrina! See ya bitches!!

― Ms Misery, Friday, 9 March 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

Man these results totally make up for last week. I guess Simon's ultra-cruelty to Haley backfired.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 9 March 2007 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

I really need to stop looking at this thread before the show comes on.

― Dominique, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:17 (nineteen years ago)

Not that Sanjaya's staying is any real prize for the viewer, but THANK JIGGITY JESUS that Sundance is GONE!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

TRY TO FORGET THIS

― marmotwolof, Friday, 9 March 2007 02:45 (nineteen years ago)

i protest haley's victory

― maura, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

THANK JIGGITY JESUS that Sundance is GONE!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/sligh.jpg

AMEN!

― Tape Store, Friday, 9 March 2007 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and kudos to Idol for the charity work, but what was with the terrible background music during the announcement?

― Tape Store, Friday, 9 March 2007 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

Who is voting for Haley? I thought when Antonella left that maybe America would get it all right tonight. Didn't really care that Sanjaya beat Sundance, as both of them bore me now. I'm just glad Stephanie and Brandon made it, I wasn't sure if they'd make the cut or not.

Diana Ross!!!!!!!!!!!

― musically, Friday, 9 March 2007 05:02 (nineteen years ago)

how in the hell is this possible?

Note that Sanjaya is in fourth!

― Oakland Mike, Friday, 9 March 2007 08:06 (nineteen years ago)

This is actually the exact 4 people that I said I wanted to go home above. A+ for this episode and to American viewers. Plus watching Simon and Paula spluttering in horror at the eliminations of Sabrina and Sundance was amusing.

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 9 March 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

Reasons Sundance got eliminated that have nothing to do with "America having its volume turned down":

1. He gave 3 terrible performances in a row.
2. Self-righteous crying

Reasons Haley made it over Sabrina that have nothing to do with "America having its volume turned down"

1. Vote splitting
2. Sabrina was clearly the worst of the 4 big divas
3. Sabrina sang not unlike a robot
4. America wants more variety in its final 6
5. Haley is the most attractive remaining female contestant.

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 9 March 2007 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

dominique, where do you live that it's not live?

― Ms Misery, Friday, 9 March 2007 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ms Misery they only show it live on the Eastern time zone, as far as I know it shows at 8pm around the country.

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

it's live here in the Central time zone, at 7pm.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:12 (nineteen years ago)

so I guess dom's on the left coast! sucks for you then. self-control to not click!

― Ms Misery, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

Oh and reason 6 Haley advanced is people voting her to make Antonella's elimination even more likely.

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Egad Ms. Misery, my EAST COAST BIAS strikes yet again!!

― Greg Fanoe, Friday, 9 March 2007 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

Do people on the east coast/midwest not realize that most live events are delayed on the west coast? The only ones I know of that aren't are sports and the Oscars.

It's rumored that after Simon fired the host of the X Factor and judge Louis Walsh, that Paula might be a judge there. And I'm sure all the Brits who read this thread are THRILLED about the rumors about Cat Deeley or the universally adored Chris Moyles being considered to take over for Kate Thornton.

― musically, Friday, 9 March 2007 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

Curly hair glasses guy made me say, WHOA they got Turtles/Flo & Eddie guy in Amer Idolatry?

http://www.torrancearts.com/img/PE-FloEddie-Spencer.jpg

― Abbott, Friday, 9 March 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

Do people on the east coast/midwest not realize that most live events are delayed on the west coast? The only ones I know of that aren't are sports and the Oscars.

being filmed live in LA, it surprised me that Idol was delayed (also b/c of the obv. spoilage factor)

― Ms Misery, Friday, 9 March 2007 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

yeah but if it showed live here at 5pm a lot of people wouldn't even be home from work, etc. yet, and it they filmed it live at 8pm here east coasters wouldn't get it until 11pm their time. seems like the only way to do it.

― marmotwolof, Saturday, 10 March 2007 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

Well, it's only for a few hours, and most news outlets avoid reporting on the results until the show airs everywhere. To do it live everywhere would mean airing unacceptably early on the west coast or way too late on the east coast.

And I meant to say above that Chris Moyles has been "tipped" as a possible judge, not host.

― musically, Saturday, 10 March 2007 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

omg guys Sanjaya's HAIR!

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

He totally stole my hairstyle. Bitch.

The poor kid just needs to go home.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

Lakisha just KILLED IT. I don't believe she's never heard "god bless the child" before!

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:18 (nineteen years ago)

Crap! My friend drunk dialed me and I missed it!

I'm totally a Melinda convert. She's just too adorable for words. And, she blows everyone else out of the water. She's in an entirely different league.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

the song Melinda sang was too dumb for me to pay attention to, but yeah, I can't see how she's not going to win.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

I know. The Wiz. Gross. Anybody who can pull that off with panache gets my vote.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

People will keep Sanjaya on just to see how many times they can change how his hair looks.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

also, I feel bad for Haley and want her to get voted off so she can stop losing her shit. she seems nice. too bad she was wearing a belt around her thighs.

also, I was expecting 300% more crazy from Diana Ross. is it just me, or is she giving useful advice?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

I know! Totally useful. She's not bringing the crazy. I'm kind of disappointed.

Is it just one person voted off at a time now?

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

guys, Stephanie's so pretty. I love her and her big gold hoops.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

:( I think she might be going home though.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

Dude Sanjaya was in Flo and Eddie, did you guys miss that? I don't think he should have been allowed to enter.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 01:54 (nineteen years ago)

God, Melinda v LaKisha is gonna get even worse than Clay v Ruben, which I had previously thought impossible. I thought this was an extremely weak episode. I liked Jordin better than Melinda and LaKisha. Melinda's "incredulous that anybody likes me" personality is starting to grate on me in the exact same way that Clay's did. Even if it is genuine, which I'm sure it is. Agreed with Simon on Haley that it was a very promising though not necessarily GOOD performance. Sanjaya was horrible, one of the worst performances ever in the finals. Stephanie knows how to work a crowd, I like her a lot. Chris R. really knows how to work a crowd too but the vocals need work. Phil - the glory notes sound great, but the low soft notes stringing them together are bad. He's a glory note machine which is weird. Kind of like LaKisha! Liked Gina a lot, disappointed to see the judges disagreed.

As for Blake and Chris S. I'm not sure what to think. I like the idea of re-arranging songs and making them your own. The arrangements weren't bad. I'm upset that Ryan, Paula, and Simon seem to be discouraging that stuff though.

IN ORDER: Jordin, Gina, Melinda (performance was really boring but I think that at least part of it was the song choice), Blake, Phil, LaKisha (I still thought she oversang it though I'm probably overly comparing to Billie), Stephanie, Chris S., Haley, Chris R., Brandon, Sanjaya

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:17 (nineteen years ago)

horseshoe, I think there's almost no chance Stephanie goes home tomorrow. I guess conventional wisdom would have Brandon, Sanjaya, and Haley in the bottom 3 each with about equal likelihood of going home. Stephanie might sneak into the bottom 3 there, but I think she's fairly safe. Main problem with her is lack of originality (i.e. she sounds exactly like Beyonce).

I guess Haley's going home, which I don't personally agree with but can't really fashion a strong argument against either. Eh.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

I was worried because Simon explicitly said, "you're not as good as Melinda or Lakisha" that Stephanie was getting set up as the not-good-enough R&B singer.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

but seriously, Sanjaya needs to go home.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

And for the record, Paula did, in fact, refer to "Love Child" as a happy, feel-good song

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:24 (nineteen years ago)

yeah that was hilarious. Gina looked really confused.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

The Simon-Ryan bickering at the beginning was awesome ("Why don't you come out?").

My thoughts:
Brandon - Did this guy really sing backup for Timberlake? At one point, I thought his vocals were pretty good, but really, I don't hear anything special about it. No soul (but nice personality)...He can leave anytime (tomorrow would work)
Melinda - Amazing, as usual
Chris S. - His voice is way worse than I remember it being...He's boring, mediocre and went to Bob Jones. Feel free to leave whenever.
Gina - Zzzzzzzz (but please stay)
Sanjaya - Well, I thought he actually improved this week (ok, that's not exactly an impressive feat, but it's a good sign for his future performances). More importantly, it seems like he's trying harder.
Haley - I remembered her having an annoying theatrical voice, but she sounded much better tonight. I actually want her to stay.
Phil - I closed my eyes, and he wasn't as bad as I thought he was...He reminded me of a manly Clay Aiken, actually.
Lakisha - Yay! She didn't oversing, and she sounded great. This might have been her best performance yet.
Blake - Nice collar. This week, I actually liked his idea, but he didn't nail the chorus (and it ended up ruining the song).
Stephanie - I don't care if she doesn't have her own identity, her voice is great...Please stay!!!!
Chris R. - In past weeks, he's sounded good but just come off as a fifth-rate Justin Timberlake. This week, he sounded terrible and came across as a third-rate Nick Carter. LEAVE! (it won't happen)
Jordin - Wahoo! Her performance was easily one of tonight's best...It didn't blow me away, but she has great control over her voice.

Who I want to win: Jordin
Who has the best voice: Melinda
Melinda v. Lakisha: Lakisha (more so for personality)
Best guy: Blake, I guess...

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:12 (nineteen years ago)

Lakisha just KILLED IT. I don't believe she's never heard "god bless the child" before!

horseshoe on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:18 PM (1 hour ago)

I thought she said she never sang that song before, not that she'd never heard it, but I dunno, maybe I'm not remembering it right.

I'm really glad Jordin is starting to be seen as a serious contender, been rooting for her all along. Chris R. gave the first performance all season that didn't make me cringe. I don't think Brandon's ever sounded as good, either, but it might be too little too late. I liked Blake more than I have in a few weeks too. Usually when they do an R&B theme night there are at least a couple singers who seem really out of their element but everyone was more or less comfortable tonight, Sligh really didn't have to change up the arrangement of his song to make it work.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:22 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin melted my heart, but that's just because I am easily manipulated by movies, esp. Don bluth's early stuffs. I love Land Before Time theme! I sang it w/my first grade class every week in music. it was playing (on an organ) when I graduated high school. It made me tear up, but OTOH I was drunk and PMSing. Yay for Jordin.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:57 (nineteen years ago)

LaKisha and Melinda are clearly the front runners, with Jordin being a potential spoiler. The rest are all just so-so. Blake would be good if he were a slightly stronger singer.

I think Brandon is going home tomorrow.

― Moodles, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 04:25 (nineteen years ago)

show's not over (in CA), but this season *has* to be about melinda vs lakisha -- and really, lakisha was amazing tonight. sometimes, in the middle of the season, you can tell who's ready to go out and be famous.

disappointed by stephanie and blake (not that I'm the hugest blake fan anyway)

should be off: sanjaya, haley (even though I kind of root for her), brandon

and a lot of middle of the road performances

― Dominique, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

ok, jordin was good too, but not my kind of song

― Dominique, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Jordin was great, LaKisha was not as good as the judges said. I knew immediately what Stephanie meant when she said that the disco part of Love Hangover didn't have enough vocal parts, but maybe she should have just added some on herself? I was also waiting for her to grab the mic off the stand and boogie down. Re: Chris and Blake, I think it's silly how the judges criticize some singers for not making the song their own, and others for tinkering with the arrangements too much. I know that basically they're saying "take a risk, but make sure it pays off" but it must be frustrating for the contestants. I thought Chris's was okay, and think Blake's would have worked more had he had stronger vocals.

And just to expose myself as a bit of a dork, Diana said she did "I'm Gonna Make You Love me with Marvin Gaye, but she didn't; the Supremes did it with the Temptations (it was a #1). Also, fun fact: Diana and Marvin hated each other so much that they didn't even record their duets in the same studio.

― musically, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 05:02 (nineteen years ago)

Lakisha just KILLED IT. I don't believe she's never heard "god bless the child" before!

horseshoe on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:18 PM (1 hour ago)

I thought she said she never sang that song before, not that she'd never heard it, but I dunno, maybe I'm not remembering it right.

Yeah, she said that she never sang it and never even looked at the lyrics before, not that she never heard it.

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

TIER ONE
1. Melinda: The gladys knight comment was pretty spot on, I thought.
2. Lakisha: There was some weird phrasing at the beginning of the song that threw me off a bit, but otherwise it was good and actually pretty daring, I thought. It was a real "Sugar in my bowl" kinda performance -- sexy and confident, while her other choices have seen a little more plaintive or outraged.

TIER TWO
3. Stephanie: I thought she was real strong. I didn't really understand the criticism she got.
4. Jordin: Terrible, terrible, terrible song choice, but probably her best vocal to date for my money.

TIER THREE
4.5: Sanjaya's hair: There Are No Words.
4.6: I wish Simon would stop trying to trick the contestants about whether he likes them or hates them, it's fucking annoying.

TIER FOUR
5. Blake: He was right to try to update the song, but that arrangement was fucking brutal. the keyboard dude was trying to simulate electro noises on a keyboard, but it wound up sounding like disco to me. that's when you have to say "maybe I'll just play a standard arrangement instead". Totally agree about his bad chorus.
6. Chris S.: This dude can make anything sound like a boring christian rock song. Also, put your glasses back on. However, he has a much better voice than the remaining dudes, for my money.

TIER OF BOREDOM AND PAIN
7. Brandon: Bland karaoke dude who is full of excuses.
8. Phil: Solid, boring singer who chooses bad songs.
9. Haley: She wasn't good but she wasn't the worst either. Simon warmed up to her precisely on the week she dressed the skimpiest.
10. Chris R.: Diana kinda fucked him by telling him to walk around and bat his eyes at the crowd. He does not have the ability to sing and chew gum at the same time. But he's not good enough to begin with.

FLESH TORN FROM MY EAR CAVITY
11. Gina: I thought she was brutally bad, and I find her very unlikeable.
12. Sanjaya: He's not good enough, as always.

― Oakland Mike, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

DEAR GOD. Who are these people voting for Sanjaya? He needs to get shitcanned, ASAP.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 15 March 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

How do you solve a problem like Sanjaya?

― Nicole, Thursday, 15 March 2007 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

"Float On", Sligh w/ giant afro, my eyes, my ears

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 15 March 2007 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, that was really terrible. It reminded me of the Kidz Bop version (but worse because they're, y'know, adults).

― Tape Store, Thursday, 15 March 2007 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

Do the rest of you watch the results night performances? I usually flip to Oprah during those segments.

― musically, Thursday, 15 March 2007 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

DEAR GOD. Who are these people voting for Sanjaya? He needs to get shitcanned, ASAP.

http://votefortheworst.com/files/u3/mainsanjaya2.jpg

also howard stern is having a vote for sanjaya campaign.

― chaki, Thursday, 15 March 2007 05:16 (nineteen years ago)

lets make this dude the american idol.

― chaki, Thursday, 15 March 2007 05:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.krispykritter.com/ms/sanj.jpg

― chaki, Thursday, 15 March 2007 05:44 (nineteen years ago)

JESUS! Thx for the nightmares, chaki!

― Tape Store, Thursday, 15 March 2007 06:16 (nineteen years ago)

is that some sort of black face thing? if he was in the bottom third this week I think he'll go in the next month.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

HOW IS HE NOT OFF THE SHOW

I DONT CARE IF OTHER DUDE FORGOT THE WORDS

― strongohulkington, Thursday, 15 March 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

Brandon was 'voted off' on March 14th, but all remaining performers will also be voted off on May 25th:
http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season6/

there will be NO winner! enjoy while it's up

― Paul, Friday, 16 March 2007 14:05 (nineteen years ago)

ha! they already found the coding glitch and took it down

― Paul, Saturday, 17 March 2007 03:20 (nineteen years ago)

Wasn't Diana Ross' performance really crappy? It seems to be a theme whenever these older artists appear on the show. I distinctly remember both Kenny Rogers and Stevie Wonder sounding pretty bad last year.

I wonder how the Idol judges would have critiqued her performance?

------

Randy: Yo, listen...listen up man- I love you dawg. You're an international icon...a true, bonafide diva...but it just wasn't that good for me man...it was a little weird for me...but you look good dawg. I'm diggin' the outfit.

Paula: First of all...I just want to say that you're beautiful...and your spirit...is just...so bright. You're a natural...I think that people love you and I love you.

Simon: That was...just... verycabaret to me...I can see you singing at at hotels in the near future...fancy hotels...or on a fancy cruise ship.

― Lovelace, Saturday, 17 March 2007 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

i thought it was a THEY LIVE thing :(

― chaki, Saturday, 17 March 2007 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

Next week = British Invasion

I hope Melinda or Lakisha sings "Waterloo Sunset"

Also, on Tuesday, Elliott Yamin's debut comes out...Has anyone heard it? I think I set my expectations way too high
Here are four songs:
"Wait For You" (first single): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdHWijiwmxc
"Trainwreck" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMt-l-6Sgs
"Movin' On" (teaser single) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeS7rIFGjSo
"You Are the One" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH-IbdGSfbg

― Tape Store, Sunday, 18 March 2007 05:28 (nineteen years ago)

I can't wait to see what people sing on Bon Jovi week.

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 18 March 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

OMG - Sanjaya better last long enough to sing "You Give Love a Bad Name"

― Tape Store, Sunday, 18 March 2007 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

Bon Jovi week! Melinda pls do "Wanted Dead Or Alive"!!

I really can't even make myself care enough anymore, I just get my mom to que up Melinda's perf on the Tivo every weekend.

― nickalicious, Monday, 19 March 2007 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

The concept of a Bon Jovi week makes me want to weep. I guess it should be kind of funny, but still pretty painful.

― Nicole, Monday, 19 March 2007 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

I hate the stupid theme weeks

― Dominique, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

you mean, there's really going to be a Bon Jovi week? did anyone think that through?

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

They did say he was going to be on the show as one of the mentors, although that doesn't necessarily mean it will be a week dedicated to his songs.

― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

Is it wrong that I'm really hoping for another ABBA week?

― molly mummenschanz, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

OH MY GOD @ the crying girl during Sanjaya's performance.

― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 01:25 (nineteen years ago)

Quite possibly the funniest thing ever in the history of funny things.

― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 01:25 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya's performance + crying girl had me in tears, Brainwasher

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't catch any of his actual performance because the crying girl had me in tears, literally rolling on the floor. but I wish they had made no mention of it, and continued as though it never happened.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

PS Phil looks exactly like a bald version of the female love interest in SMASH HIT IRISH-THEMED DRAMA The Black Donnellys

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

or maybe the chick from Smallville, I can't decide

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

literally rolling on the floor

Ha...I was, too...I can't remember the last time I've laughed that hard. At the end, I was on the floor, pounding my fists and bawling. PLEASE VOTE FOR SANJAYA!!!

And I want to marry Jordin...or go on a date or something.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

Extremely entertaining episode, for Sanjaya if nothing else.

Haley gave her best performance yet, and I obviously have many extremely shallow reasons for thinking that. I do think the vocal/performance was good, but it's impossible to separate that out from the blatant sex appeal pandering. I'm not complaining. Chris Richardson was reaaaally bad. I can't believe that got praise. Way too nasally, like usual. Stephanie Edwards was pretty good, but she definitely does have reason to fear this week. The performance was kinda boring. Blake does "Time of the Season" and I like that American Idol finally has a contemporary contestant. The beatboxing is probably ill advised, but the singing was right in his range. I actually liked it a lot and I don't always like Blake's performances. LaKisha was next and as always seems to be the case I went away impressed but bored. Phil Stacey does "Tobacco Road", a song I don't know. He was very mediocre. Judges were right (I agreed with the judges, yay), he didn't have enough edge to do a song like that. I have no idea what that guy's thinking. Jordin Sparks was next and she was friggin awesome. I love her. Possibly my fave performance of the season yet. Sanjaya was next and as noted gave us probably the most entertaining few minutes in Idol history so I can't begrudge the guy anything. I was literally crying. I liked Gina's "Paint It, Black" OK. At least she was doing a good song. I don't understand the people who don't like to see good songs done on this show. She looked good (style over content doesn't bother me, the performance was entertaining. Who says it has to be about the content anyways). They have now effectively forced her into a box for good, for better or worse. Chris Sligh does "She's Not There" and I thought it was his best performance to date. He's got a good voice. Melinda was the same as usual. I'm getting bored of her, but I'm not sure if I'm getting bored of HER or just of the constant praise she receives from the judges and press. If I watched the show in a vacuum she'd probably be my favorite. Her personality still bugs me.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

just heard across west coast: what the hell was that?

― Dominique, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 04:21 (nineteen years ago)

ok, who else thinks "Ashley" was a plant? Still funny as hell, either way.

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda was the same as usual.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 04:35 (nineteen years ago)

Oh shit.

Yeah, I really wanted to see her belt out an upbeat number. Or, at least Melinda should've sung "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" because that song was way too big for Stephanie's voice, sadly.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

Crying girl + Ryan's wanking gesture + judges' insanity = best AI episode in a while

I thought Melinda's choice was very safe...I don't like it when contestants try to subvert the theme. It bugged me when Taylor sang "Something" during the Billboard chart hits week. Feel free to contemporize (a word?) the song, but at least rise to the occasion and don't try to escape through a loophole. Picking a musical song wasn't necessary, as there were plenty of excellent songs and more original choices she could have blown out of the park. Also, the song wasn't even that good.

Jordin - amazing, slowly becoming my favorite
Stephanie - disappointing, OTM that the song was too big for her
Chris Richardson - arrangement was terrific, and would have been outstanding had someone with a decent voice sang it
Gina - actually quite good...I know what part of the song Simon was referencing when he said she went totally off melody, but I thought it was on purpose and actually worked quite well
Sanjaya - wasn't actually that bad this week, at least he was entertaining
Chris Sligh - None of the judges pointed out that he was out of breath near the end...not really a huge fan of his
Blake - Much better this week. I'd like him to not beatbox for one week...he really has a nice voice, and I think it would show another side of his
Haley - Not very good, I thought she was going to give that one person in the audience a lapdance!
Lakisha - Diamonds Are Forever is a very dramatic song, but she didn't capture it. Nice voice but she's a real personality vacuum, isn't she.
Phil - What bugged me about his performance was his outfit...if you can't sell the performance at least make sure your outfit is on point. I think he's going home tomorrow.

― musically, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 05:24 (nineteen years ago)

http://i12.tinypic.com/2ecf6mu.jpg

― musically, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

that little girl was so faking it.

I've been continually disappointed by Stephanie since her first amazing performance. And if one more person compares her to Beyonce I expect Papa Knowles to start releasing press statements.

I didn't think Sanjaya could suck harder but I was wrong.

Jordin was top last night. I missed Hayley.

Sanjaya deserves to go but I doubt that will happen so I say Phil.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

that little girl was so faking it.

Well yeah, it was British Invasion week so it would make sense to have a girl do that as a joke, and Sanjaya is the only contestant it would've been quite that funny with. Even if it wasn't for real, roffles.

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya's performance was the best thing I've ever seen on AI, with the tears of Hasselhoff being the one possible exception.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I kind of think Sanjaya needs to stay solely for making me laugh like a baboon.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

SPOILERS FOR WEST COAST:

BOOO. Gina, Sligh, Richardson and Phil all should have gone before Stephanie.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 22 March 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

SPOILERS FOR WEST COAST:

BOOO. Gina, Sligh, Richardson and Phil all should have gone before Stephanie.

I agree with all of these (except Gina) (and I would add Sanjaya), but it's not like she's that big a loss. Her first performance was amazing and she's been mediocre and boring 4 times in a row now.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 01:39 (nineteen years ago)

I wouldn't care had she been kicked off next week, but it sucks that she didn't secure a spot on the tour (not that I would go anyway, but I'm pretty sure that the tour is the most important step when it comes to getting a contract).

― Tape Store, Thursday, 22 March 2007 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

It always seemed to me kinda funny that they make a big deal about narrowing the finalists down to the top 12, but then it's only the top 10 that go on the tour. Is it just AI hedging their bets in case a couple really incompetent people make the cut? Anyway, I dunno how much being on the tour has to do with having a shot at a contract or anything else, other than the correlation with being on the show longer and getting more airtime. If anything, I'd imagine that the person who finishes 11th has a better chance at having a halfway decent recording career than the person who finishes 10th. They're both probably gonna have to settle for an indie or self-released album, but the one who isn't on the tour can start recording right away and get theirs out while they're still fresh in the public's mind, whereas it doesn't seem like anyone who does the tour can ever get their album out earlier than November or December, 6 months after the season wraps.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 22 March 2007 03:12 (nineteen years ago)

Is it just me, or did Stephanie really hit a duff note during her audition footage?

I'm glad Chris was in the bottom two...a sign that I'm not the only one not bewitched by his supposed charms.

― musically, Thursday, 22 March 2007 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

Is it just me, or did Stephanie really hit a duff note during her audition footage?

I heard it too!

― marmotwolof, Thursday, 22 March 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

The more I think about it, the more I want Sanjaya to win.

― Nicole, Thursday, 22 March 2007 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

My top four in terms of talent:

Melinda
Lakisha
Jordin
boring bald guy

My top four in terms of entertainment:

Melinda
Jordin
Sanjaya
Lakisha

― HI DERE, Thursday, 22 March 2007 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

I agree that Stephanie's become more medicore but I don't think it was time for her to go.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 22 March 2007 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://userpic.livejournal.com/59734354/12529497

― Nicole, Thursday, 22 March 2007 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

I think Sanjaya is hypnotizing voters. I'm still pretty amazed he even made it on the show.

― Dominique, Thursday, 22 March 2007 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

but the one who isn't on the tour can start recording right away and get theirs out while they're still fresh in the public's mind, whereas it doesn't seem like anyone who does the tour can ever get their album out earlier than November or December, 6 months after the season wraps.

They can't, actually. Sabrina Sloan didn't even make the Top 12, and she said she has to sit tight till the show is over and her contract with 19 Management is up. And finalists from other years have mentioned that they can't release an album before the winner, or that they have to ask for permission.

― Nia, Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I think Sanjaya is hypnotizing voters. I'm still pretty amazed he even made it on the show.

votefortheworst.com is pushing people to vote for him and howard stern is promoting this tactic heavily as well.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

It really doesn't matter who the winner is anymore, because any contestant who has a proven fanbase gets a recording contract.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it's really true, especially in light of last year's 4th place selling almost three times as many copies as the guy who won. I think there's a definite disconnect between the people who vote every week, and the people who will actually bother to buy an album by their favorite.

They can't, actually. Sabrina Sloan didn't even make the Top 12, and she said she has to sit tight till the show is over and her contract with 19 Management is up. And finalists from other years have mentioned that they can't release an album before the winner, or that they have to ask for permission.

Y'know, you're right, and I think I knew at least some of that already, but I don't know why I didn't take that into account. Still, I think my theory holds some water, because Clay evidently got permission to release his album almost 2 months before Ruben's (in October, maybe the quickest turnover of an album by an Idol finalist?), and that turned out pretty well for him.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 22 March 2007 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck me is Lakisha the most boring contestant ever? It's like there is no life or personality in her. The most apathetic person ever. BLAND. It doesn't matter how good her voice is because there is nothing likeable about her.

Jordin is the opposite of Lakisha and I would really love to see her win the whole thing. I was so sceptical towards her when I found out about her background(annoying kid who's been on a million talent shows etc) but she really won me over. How tall is she do you think?

How the hell can people like Blake? He's an even more Justin wannabe than Chris R. I cringe everytime at everything he does.

― Lovelace, Sunday, 25 March 2007 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

I cringe ~~everytime~~at everything he does

― Lovelace, Sunday, 25 March 2007 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

I liked him at first but now I hate the beatbox gimmic and the dancing

― marmotwolof, Sunday, 25 March 2007 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

― musically, Sunday, 25 March 2007 04:34 (nineteen years ago)

What bugs me about Chris R is that he's not that attractive...the bar AI has set is so low. Yes, this concerns me! Every other Idol/X-Factor has had some really fine guys, but who has AI had? Ace? Justin Guarini? Kill me now!

I completely understand this. Female attractiveness is one of the most important aspects of hte show for me. And you're right, I can't think of any obviously attractive dudes from AI.

― Greg Fanoe, Monday, 26 March 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck me is Lakisha the most boring contestant ever? It's like there is no life or personality in her. The most apathetic person ever. BLAND. It doesn't matter how good her voice is because there is nothing likeable about her.

Could not disagree with you more. I think she has the most interesting backstory of the women and is the most amauter of all which makes her far more likable to me.

― Ms Misery, Monday, 26 March 2007 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

So, tomorrow's theme is "songs that inspired Gwen Stefani." HAHA

And someone posted this on the Idol board (from some actual blog) - I doubt it's true, but it would be awesome if it were:
"Sanjaya Malakar - He wanted to sing "Spoiler". She tried to get him to sing some 80's song. He said he was a big fan and he really wanted to do one of her songs. Gwen was upfront with him and told him she didn't think he could pull it off but gave him the benefit of the doubt. Today after seeing how rehearsals were going, she didnt' see any progress. She went to Nigel immediately and told him she does not want Sanjaya singing one of her songs whatsoever. Sanjaya didn't have many options at that point. He kind of got stuck with "Spoiler". This caused a big scene at the studio and was the talk all afternoon."

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 05:10 (nineteen years ago)

(and obv. spoiler is not the song title...the idol board just doesn't let people post song titles)

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 05:10 (nineteen years ago)

PLEASE GOD LET IT BE "JUST A GIRL"

― marmotwolof, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 05:19 (nineteen years ago)

I thought the song was called "Spoiler". Me = dum.

Interesting story, although I'm not really sure how much they really work with the mentors. Do they really monitor progress as the week goes on? I thought they might spend 10-20 minutes with them, film a little for the show, etc. Plus, if the theme is songs that inspired Gwen Stefani I don't see how a song of hers would fit in, unless it's an early No Doubt song or something, but even then that's stretching a bit.

― musically, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, there's some confusion over the theme...the idol website says songs from the '90's, but there's an interview in E! yesterday with Nigel Lythgoe saying that it's songs that inspired Gwen

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/gwen.jpg

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

How the hell can people like Blake? He's an even more Justin wannabe than Chris R. I cringe everytime at everything he does.

because he seems totally genuine! he's like a walking good-vibe generator. I find it very easy to imagine that he wakes up in the morning, dances into the bathroom, beatboxes while brushing his teeth, pops and locks into his clothing, and then heads out into the street, where he passes by a confrontation between rival gang members and his beatboxing causes an impromptu cypher to break out, then leads an entire sidewalk full of people out into the street in an elaborately choreographed dance routine... all while keeping a ridiculous goofy smile on his face.

― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

according to this site the song sanjaya is singing is 'bathwater.'

― maura, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Blake's song is sooooo going to be in the style of 311.

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

wow, Sanjaya has excellent taste in No Doubt singles, which means he's going to butcher a perfectly good song. I'm so torn.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I bet Blake does a 311 song! I can't name one off the top of my head, but I bet he'll do it.

― molly mummenschanz, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya has excellent taste in No Doubt singles, which means he's going to butcher a perfectly good song.

You can't butcher something that's already rotten. I hope Gwen is mortified.

I was rewatching The Apple last week and saw that Nigel Lythgoe was the choreographer! That's probably the coolest thing he's ever done.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

I bet Blake does a 311 song! I can't name one off the top of my head, but I bet he'll do it.

WHOA-OH AMBER IS THE COLOR OF HER EN-ER-GY

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

I was rewatching The Apple last week and saw that Nigel Lythgoe was the choreographer! That's probably the coolest thing he's ever done.

I'll second that. Takes a lot of work to get demons in hell to know how to shake their hands while lying on the floor just right (and I am NOT being sarcastic).

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

You can't butcher something that's already rotten. I hope Gwen is mortified.

yeah seriously. I'm glad that story about how she wasn't going to let him sing it justifies my hatred of her. how seriously do you have to take yourself to think that someone singing "Bathwater" badly is a travesty?

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously. It's hilarious that's she's a bit precious about her songs considering her singing voice. Now you know how Talk Talk fans feel, jerkface.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

oh don't get me wrong, I'm not gonna stick up for her as a vocalist (although I do like that particular song). but honestly, pretty much any pop star would probably object to Sanjaya singing one of their songs at this point.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

I just read a post on Defamer which quoted the rumor posted on Idolator which was culled from Tape Store's post of a message on the Idol boards. Oh, internet.

― musically, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/gldfngr27/SaveFerris.jpg

― maura, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

<i>because he seems totally genuine! he's like a walking good-vibe generator. I find it very easy to imagine that he wakes up in the morning, dances into the bathroom, beatboxes while brushing his teeth, pops and locks into his clothing, and then heads out into the street, where he passes by a confrontation between rival gang members and his beatboxing causes an impromptu cypher to break out, then leads an entire sidewalk full of people out into the street in an elaborately choreographed dance routine... all while keeping a ridiculous goofy smile on his face.</i>

But he is hell of terrible at all of these things. His impromptu beatboxing would more likely unite the rival gang members into breaking his ribs than anything.

― m bison, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

what can I say, I lower my standards when I watch Idol

― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

whoa

I just looked up for a split second as they went to commercial but... did I seriously just see frohawk Sanjaya?

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:24 (nineteen years ago)

You did. I am greatly looking forward to this.

― govern yourself accordingly, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

that was actually... not that bad! (the song I mean; hair's a beautiful trainwreck)

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

I am voting for that magnificent bastard tonight.

I never noticed how much Gwen looks like Holly from The Girls Next Door until now.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

The judges were right though, his hair made a stronger statement than anything else he did/sung.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

Ha, my first thought when I saw Holly was "WOW IT'S GWEN STEFANI"

Sanjaya would be so so so so much better if he listened to Paula and Randy! Which is SHOCKING!

Haley was fine until she decided to "vamp", at which point she started to "suck".

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

OH GOD FUCKING BLAKE IS SINGING THE CURE????? FUCK HIM IN THE FACE WITH A HAMMER

Phil sounds like old-school Sting! Wow! A+++

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

I was actually really impressed by Phil! Even though he still creeps me out.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

OKAY GIVE THE WIN TO MELINDA NOW JESUS CHRIST WOW

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK YOU BLAKE FUCK YOU FUCK YOU JUST DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE ARGH ;_;

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha I knew Dan would be in pain over this.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

He could have easily beatboxed over that, you know.

― govern yourself accordingly, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

HAVE YOU FUCKERS NEVER SEEN "50 FIRST DATES"??? THAT WAS THE BASTARDIZED 311 VERSION FROM THAT MOVIE, NOT A BLAKE ORIGINAL YOU USELESS TOOLIO JUDGES GOD HELP ME I WANT HIM DEAD

(ps: Jordin plz be my awesome little sister)

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

I never thought 311 could take anyone this far.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:57 (nineteen years ago)

If Blake had beatboxed over that I would have literally leapt into my television, travelled across the airwaves, shot out of the camera and strangled him.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

LITERALLY

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh God Chris, what are you thinking??? Is it, perhaps, "Please America, send me home?"

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:00 (nineteen years ago)

That was soooo painful.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

THESE FUCKING IDIOTS ARE DEAF (except for Simon).

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

Some good samaritan should've ~~shotgunned that guy in the face~~ punched that guy in the throat back when he said his favorite artist of all time was 311.

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

"You have to pay more attention to your vocals" = "YOU MORON YOU CAN'T SING GO HOME BEFORE I EAT YOUR HEART"

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

Dan Perry plz become famous enough to be guest judge at some point k tknx

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

I laughed so hard when he did that Cure cover after people were joking about him doing 311 tonight. and the total obliviousness of the judges only added to the hilarity.

meanwhile, Chris Richardson's performance was actually deserving of Simon's greatly overused "cruise ship" diss -- the chorus was so ridiculously neutered, you could've stripped out his vocals and played it on an elevator.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:13 (nineteen years ago)

haha and the first time he did 311 they were all WHAT IS THIS STRANGE MUSIC WE NEVER HEARD. I wish I lived in their never heard 311 bubble.

― marmotwolof, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

Me too, Marmotwolof; me too.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

Gina was my favorite of the night, in a fairly weak slate. I also liked Phil, Melinda, and Jordin.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

I never noticed how much Gwen looks like Holly from The Girls Next Door until now.

Nicole on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:31 (2 hours ago)

ahhh. thank you. Every clip of Gwen a part of my memory was nagging that she resmbled someone but I could not for the life of me come up with who.

― mox twelve, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

Is it just me or is Paula surprisingly lucid and on point this season? I don't cringe when it's her turn to talk anymore.

― Wookie Rookie, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Paula had a major turnaround earlier this season. Not sure why, but I'm enjoying her a lot.

I thought Phil was terrific, Sanjaya wasn't awful, and Jordin was not that great tonight but I like her the most right now. I didn't think LaKisha was very good either. I thought Melinda was good as usual, but I wish the judges would criticize Melinda and LaKisha for not consistently avoiding being contemporary. The Chrises were a bit blah, the latter sounding even more like Justin Timberlake than usual, and Gina was okay...great song but the arrangement cut it up too much. I wish she could have gone with the big notes a bit more, maybe made the song a bit more dramatic, a la the Girls Aloud cover.

On a totally contradictory note, I do wish in general that the judges would stop pressuring the contestants to go for the big notes and runs. In some songs/arrangements they feel a bit tacked on.

― musically, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

The only times that Chris R. ever sounds good are when he gets close to imitating Justin Timberlake (and even then, he sounds like he's whining more than singing). But I thought he came off as a nice guy when he answered Seacrest's question about Blake being the male frontrunner.

OMG - I think that Sanjaya post was true! Gwen really didn't have anything nice to say when talking about him, and it looked like she was about to start laughing at him in the intro. But I was actually impressed during the second half of the song. If he actually tries hard next week, I can see him doing well (and then getting voted off...If I were him, I'd be tempted to just continue sucking, y'know...for the votes and notoriety)

Melinda's "Holy shit! You like me?!?!?!" face was annoying enough four weeks ago; by now, it's completely obvious that she's faking it. WHY?!

Chris S. was terrible and forgetable. Right after Simon said that he was mess, they cut to Phil's uncle, who started cracking up (and maybe pointing? i need to watch the video again). Meanwhile, Phil totally sounded like Sting...I love how reserved Randy is with him..."You know what, dawg? it's really weird, but I really--i mean--i kinda thought that was great--uh, good, dawg"

And yep, as predicted: Blake - Love Song by ~~The Cure~~ 311
It didn't work as well as I would have expected. There didn't seem to be much of a connection between him and the song.

I hated Jordin's song choice...She did what she could with it, but "Hey Baby" sucks ass and doesn't allow her to show off vocals much at all either...

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, it seemed to me that Melinda had toned down the omg face this week a bit...maybe she's phasing it out.

― musically, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 05:04 (nineteen years ago)

while I agree that the omg face seems kind of ridiculous, I was thinking about this from Melinda's perspective... she seems like a pretty humble, down-to-earth person, and she's up there getting compared to Gladys Knight! and she probably doesn't realize just how many thousands of times better she sounds than everyone else, because, y'know, this is her competition! she's listening to them sing and focusing on all the best aspects of it and psyching herself out, and then she sings her song and she notices every mistake she makes and gets all worried that it wasn't good enough... and then the judges tell her that she's still incredible and no one else is even in the same league as her. that's gotta be a huge relief!

(note: I am basically just projecting my own neuroses onto her here, but I think it makes sense)

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 12:28 (nineteen years ago)

Y'know...I probably was just thinking about it from my perspective...I'm not completely convinced that it's legitimate, but I'm leaning towards that now, Snowy

I know there are some Sligh fans on here, but I'm happy that he went home. I just listened to an mp3 of Sanjaya's take on "Bathwater" and I actually thought he was pretty good (not amazing, but there is something cool, kind of Stevie Wonder-like quality to his voice).

And LOL at Ryan calling Haley 'Stacy' (ok, obviously he was confusing Phil's last name, but it just reminded me of Simon's comment a few weeks ago about not remembering her name)

― Tape Store, Thursday, 29 March 2007 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

haha christian rock boy.

now if we can just ditch Sanjaya and what's-her-name white girl, I will be pleased.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 29 March 2007 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya could be good. The problem is that right now, he just isn't.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 29 March 2007 14:34 (nineteen years ago)

And yep, as predicted: Blake - Love Song by The Cure 311

omg. lolz. I didn't realize until just now that it actually WAS the 311 cover. I'm a goddamn soothsayer!

I hated Jordin's song choice...She did what she could with it, but "Hey Baby" sucks ass and doesn't allow her to show off vocals much at all either...

I totally agree with this. Also, her outfit had "jailbait" written all over it. Bummerz for Jordin this week.

I don't know if Sanjaya could be good, to be honest. Well, maybe in 10 years. He's SO AWKWARD and young. When he was trying to make a witty rebuttal to Simon about his hair, it was just painful. I guess 12 year old girls don't really care about that, though. Remember the redhead crooner dude from a few years back who kept staying on the show? I have it on good authority that old people in nursing homes were calling in, voting for him. He was from the Buffalo suburbs, and he was quite the news story for a while. The local news there showed clips of blue-haired grannies phoning in for that "cute boy with the old-timer's voice!"

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 29 March 2007 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

I feel bad for Sanjaya's sister, I remember thinking she had a better audition than him. I wonder if she'll try out again next year. Also:

http://slimtainment.com/idolblog/wp-content/uploads/shyamalihooters.jpg

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not clicking on anything at work which ends in "hooters"

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

it's SFW! I guess!

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://cardplayer.com/blog/entry/188

Poker player Daniel Negreanu weighs in:

People in America love American Idol. If you don't, that's your right. Trying to sabotage the show, though, just seems like such a hateful thing to do and I can't imagine that anyone who does that genuinely feels good about it afterwards.

It's a crying shame when a small group of people ruin things for the rest of us. It's a shame because they often get away with it, as they have this season with American Idol and how that site www.voteforrory.com also came close to making a mockery of the NHL All-Star game.

Frankly, it's not all that much different from what terrorists are trying to accomplish. They want to take your liberties and your freedom away from you. They've accomplished a lot, and anyone who's ever been to an airport since 9/11 should understand that.

Terrorists don't want you to be happy. They don't want you to enjoy things and if they can find a way to destroy something you enjoy, they'll try.

― govern yourself accordingly, Thursday, 29 March 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha! Maybe I'll start voting for Sanjaya just b/c of that guy.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 29 March 2007 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

i have given up on not only this show but america

― strongohulkington, Thursday, 29 March 2007 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

while i am hardly sad to see the ringlet-clad christian grimace go, this sanjaya madness must end

― strongohulkington, Thursday, 29 March 2007 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

When it gets down to fewer contestants, Sanjaya won't have a chance. I think the number of legitimate "I think you're a good singer and should win" votes will outnumber the pranksters and 12 y/o girls.

Mind you, I think he shouldn't have even made the final cut, but what can you do?

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know why everybody is so upset about Sanjaya because nobody good has been eliminated in his stead yet. The guys that were eliminated during the semifinals were all either mediocre or bad and does anybody really think Brandon, Stephanie, or Chris Sligh were real losses here?

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

And with 36 million votes there's just no way that one relatively minor website can make a significant difference. The dude has to have many, many non VFTW votes to have stayed on this long.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

Erm...well, I miss Stephanie, but I'd rather Haley or Chris R. leave than Sanjaya.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

i voted for sanjaya 11 times.

― chaki, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

I actually thought Brandon could've been good, but he never really let himself perform like he should've. Great voice, but completely timid onstage. He'd have been gone eventually, though, so I guess it doesn't matter when he got voted off.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 March 2007 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

You know what would be amazing...if one week Sanjaya does a Stevie Wonder song or something, and just blows everyone away. I think he's one of the only "cute young boys getting by on being cute" that's ever been on the show that could actually pull off an unbelievable performance. Not that he has a chance of winning, mind you, but it would certainly shake things up in the media.

― musically, Saturday, 31 March 2007 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

I think so, too, Musically. But as I said above, if that happened, he would inevitably be voted out. So, it has to be a hard decision for him.

― Tape Store, Monday, 2 April 2007 05:05 (nineteen years ago)

I heard a librarian angrily compare Wikipedia to Sanjaya this weekend. It didn't take long for his name to become a perjorative!

― Nicole, Monday, 2 April 2007 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

xposting this from the Rolling Teenpop thread, in a conversation I was having with F. Kogan:

"Frank, you seem to be indicating that you are underwhelmed by the Idol talent. I've been watching Idol regularly since season 3 (so this is my 4th) and I watched parts of seasons 1 and 2 here and there (I have since seen all of Kelly Clarkson's performances). But I agree with you Frank. As TV entertainment, I find it great, but as far as musical talent goes there isn't much there. This season has probably been even weaker than most.

Carrie Underwood combined chops with emotion. She is probably the best contestant there's been in my time watching. Most people on the internet hated her, saying she lacked emotion in her singing. I think they just didn't like country music. [and "Independence Day" is one of the best vocal performances in country history. No fair comparing her there. Of course that means that cover versions like those on Idol are superfluous.] Other than her, there hasn't been any great talent since I've been watching. JPL was extremely entertaining and a very gifted karaoke interpreter, but nothing special. JHud can blow, but is still somewhat meh to me. Melinda is talented but boring boring boring. Metal Mike liked Kellie Pickler (season 5's country singer) even more than Carrie Underwood, and she was even more hated on the internet. Her "Bohemian Rhapsody" was good. Metal Mike liked her "Unchained Melody" but I thought it was bad.

The one contestant who IS trying to make songs his own is Blake Lewis. When the theme doesn't allow him to do a song in his style, he's "reinterpreted" previous songs to fit it. (See "You Keep Me Hanging On" and "Time of the Season"). Problem is that he's not that talented, and the style he's going for is boring to me, but at least he's trying. Chris Sligh did a really awful re-arrangement of "Endless Love".

But to try to give consistently interesting performances of cover songs, with one week to prepare, every week for, what 15 straight weeks is a near impossible task. Kelly C and Carrie could handle it and they've had the success to back it up. I highly doubt anybody else from seasons 3 through 6 will ever make any music I care about."

And as a followup:

"Heh, "on the internet" is unnecessarily combative and vague, but I just mean that was my general impression from message boards, blog posts, etc."

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

And one last followup:

"And of course, making music I care about is highly dependent on songwriters, etc. I sure care about Katharine McPhee's "Over It" and a couple of her other songs, and maybe some others will get a great pop song in there like that. But it's not her vocal performance that makes me like the song, and that's the general point I was trying to make."

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Carrie Underwood combined chops with emotion. She is probably the best contestant there's been in my time watching.

Yeah see, the problem is that this is completely, totally, utterly wrong in just about every way imaginable.

Carrie Underwood has hellacious pitch problems and, until recently, sang every song like a deer in headlights. Furthermore, she couldn't really interpret anything that wasn't country; performers like Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson, Tamyra Gray, Jennifer Hudson, LaToya London, Trenyce, Fantasia Barrino, Diana Digarmmo, Taylor Hicks, Melinda Doolittle, etc etc etc, could.

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Well I obviously disagree with you HI DERE. In particular, "Could've Been" and "Alone" were fantastic performances in my opinion. I agree to some extent with "deer in headlights" but her singing had emotion, even if her performances didn't. As for pitch problems, all I can say is that they didn't bother me. I'm not a trained musician. I often miss pitch problems if they are minor.

Note that "My time watching" comprises seasons 3 through 6 so about half of your list is kicked off right there. I could not possibly disagree more that Diana DeGarmo was better than Carrie.

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

HI DERE otm - Carrie Underwood has always left me cold.

And Melinda Dolittle may not be the most charismatic person, but nearly every one of her performances has given me some kind of visceral moment that no other performer has.

What's this week's theme/musical guest?

― darin, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

There were some PHENOMENAL people in the first two seasons (Kimberley Locke esp).

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda Doolittle has a real gift for communication. this is kind of silly, but when she sang "Since You've Been Gone" one of the earlier weeks, I actually understood the lyric, "if you walk in that door/I can get up off my knees" for the first time. listening to Aretha Franklin's version I tend to get so carried away by the power of her voice I don't really sweat the meaning of the verses. Melinda's sung a lot of songs I'm lukewarm on but she always does a great job conveying a story (which, god help me is something I think Paula Abdul said last week, but goddammit, it's true.)

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

That F Kogan teenpop thread gives me douche chills.

― chaki, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

There were some PHENOMENAL people in the first two seasons (Kimberley Locke esp).

And now I think she's doing Celebrity Fit Club? Sad.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

Greg, if you haven't heard Diana sing recently... well, let me just say she is one of the few AI contestants I have ever done a total 180 change of opinion on. She's fucking amazing now.

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

horseshoe otm. melinda seems to be the only performer who studies the lyrics before coming up with her interpretation, as opposed to studying previous performances of the song (BLAKE 311 HOLLA!)

― maura, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

HI DERE I haven't heard Diana sing since Idol except singing the national anthem at various sporting events (I live in Atlanta, she did every nation anthem for like a year). You've intrigued me, I'll check it out.

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

i am already falling asleep at the prospect of tony bennett nite.

― YGS, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

And now I think she's doing Celebrity Fit Club? Sad.

...and in the meanwhile, seems like all the contestants (even Bucky Covington!) from season 5 have a record deal.

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

Bucky Covington?!

― Nicole, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Read it and weep:

http://www.buckycovington.com/

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

Season 5 was ridiculously, massively talented. Even the ones who sucked were great.

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

(Well, except for Bucky, ew.)

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

I missed out on Seasons 4 and 5 because I'd just burned out on AI, but I'm glad to hear there was some talent in there (the jury's still out on Carrie Underwood for me, though).

This year, most of the talent is a complete joke apart from 3 people (LaKisha, Melinda and Jordin). But I'll be damned if it isn't the most fun season to follow out of all the ones I've seen...more WTF-ing going on than ever before.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya 4-eva:

The performance is, to coin a phrase, B-A-N-A-N-A-S. What is he doing? It's amazing. Joe so totally called this: he's an insane person, by demons driven, and most of all he's chosen this stage for his rebellion. I mean, there's acting out, dyeing one's hair, dressing the fool, embarrassing yourself on TV, bringing shame to your family, singing songs you don't know the words to, coming out of the closet fifty times in a row...that's acting out. But to do all of these things at once, that means something. I think maybe it means you really, truly, hate your parents. Like Menendez amounts of parent-hating, is how this strikes me. Hate. Devil. Shouting. Baby. He dances to beats that he doesn't know, fucks up lyrics he doesn't get, glories in the feeling of his mohawk wobbling around on top of his crazy little head. This is an affront of the best kind. This is what the Who were trying to warn us about. My BFF Will always complains that punk has been co-opted and Green Day and blink should call themselves something else, and I keep trying to explain that this is the wonder of linguistic drift and the true punk is being cooked up in the bedrooms of people too young to think we're cool enough to hear it. On these grounds, I submit to you that Sanjaya is punk rock. He stalks the camera around the stage, wildly out of control, grinning and grimacing and choking and giggling in turns like a psychopath. He keeps screwing up the lyrics and singing about boys, trailing off, remembering to sing about girls again. All very energetically. I want to start a religion with Sanjaya at its center, and we'll wear t-shirts that say NO FUTURE. If he were singing, he would sound pretty great, but this is not singing. This is a revolution.

Randy's already laughing his ass off as Sanjaya steps downstage and looks down cockily, like, "Suck that, judges. I make a mockery of all you mean and love and thought you could trust." Randy's like, "Too weird, can't talk. You got the dawg speechless!" Randy begs him to sing pretty. Sanjaya laughs in his face. Never again. Paula calls him a pussy for not actually singing, but only screaming; he looks down on her and imagines a thousand Paulas burning in a glorious end of the world scenario, thumbs his Paula Abdul voodoo doll in his gay jeans, tosses his pony-hawk around. Simon bags on the hair, and Sanjaya says Simon's just jealous because he couldn't pull it off. Simon snarkily agrees, but underneath the whining I think Sanjaya is really just crying out for help, because nobody could, including Sanjaya. Simon levels with his nuclear-crazy ass: "Look, Sanjaya. It doesn't matter anymore what we say. I genuinely don't think it does anymore. You're in your own universe, and...if people...like you? Good luck." Down in the stands, a sign reads, "SAVE SANJAYA VOTE FOR MY PEOPLE." We only see the hands of the sign-maker, and it's fun to imagine. I keep getting this image of those dirty-faced kids from Thunderdome, or the people from the sewers in Beauty & The Beast, or the Baader-Meinhof Gruppe. The kids who made Bumfights. That lady in Austin last week that stole a police car and drove it into a fence at 130 mph then got out and ran in her handcuffs and they had to track her down with dogs. (a.k.a. my total hero for life.) Those are his people.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Holy Christ, what is that from?!

― darin, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

television without pity. the guys who do the American Idol recaps there are fantastic.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I should have guessed. That's awesome.

― darin, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

Don't accuse people of not liking country music because they found Carrie Underwood's stage presence bland. People found her bland because she was bland.

― musically, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

Um, switch my first sentence around...finding Carrie Underwood bland =! country music hater.

― musically, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

musically, please understand that's not what I was implying. I do think it's a factor in many cases that people disliked Carrie Underwood because they dislike country music but I didn't mean to imply that's the ONLY reason people disliked Carrie. I personally know country music fans who disliked Carrie. I still don't understand why everybody disliked Carrie.

― Greg Fanoe, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

Last season easily had the most talent...At least six of the top twelve have had chart success, and most are still household names. And the best Idol contestant vocally is Elliott Yamin.

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.achewood.com/comic.php%3Fdate%3D04022007

― Jordan, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't dislike Carrie...she was bland but she still was good. I thought Bo was pretty boring too. I understand it must be hard for contestants to put themselves out there while stressing over the singing part of the competition, so I assume that since she's such a big star she's probably grown into her role by now.

Overall, season 3 was probably the worst, right? It has been the only season to date where I stopped watching, I think once the top four had Jasmine and Camille in it. Excluding Kelly, season 1 was also quite weak...only Tamyra has been doing anything since. I'd chalk a lot of it up to mismanagement; Justin Guarini should have had a gimme debut single released after "A Moment Like This"...they definitely should have given him a different song for the finale, though.

― musically, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

I think I've officially decided I want Sanjaya to win now. LaKisha, Melinda and Jordin are all sure bets to get record deals anyway, so winning for them is a non-issue. I just want to see what happens if Sanjaya wins and the producers and judges have to take a hands-off approach about the whole season.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

awesome: Haley trying to predictably flirt up the lyrics to "Ain't Misbehavin'" and Tony Bennett flatly informing her that her version of the song doesn't make sense.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

tomorrow's bottom three - phil, gina and chris (or maybe a total shocker like Jordin)

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 01:25 (nineteen years ago)

Gina was fine; bottom 3 SHOULD be Haley, Sanjaya, Chris.

Season 3 had the three out-of-control awesome divas (JHud, Fantasia, Latoya) plus George Huff! There was some strong talent there, America just wanted to vote for the cute Hawaiian girl.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

I really liked the other cute Hawaiian girl (assuming you're not talking about Camile Velasco).

So, tonight's show was pretty good...great performances from Jordin, Lakisha and Melinda (btw, OMG face annoyed me this week with Tony Bennett...that theory from above didn't hold up for me...mainly because she acted surprised when told that she was the best of the 12...oh, no shit?! you don't say! I haven't heard that in the past six weeks...). Gina wasn't bad, either.

Blake was decent, and though I despise him, I didn't think Chris was the worst tonight. I want Haley to go (I don't know if she deserves the empty criticism from the judges...like Sanjaya, she's playing to her non-singing talents). Speaking of the little guy, I was disappointed tonight! He didn't deliver the 'wow!' performance when he was actually trying. And if Simon actually wanted his Sanjaya ousting comment to work, he really should have, y'know, acted like he believed what he was saying (and not said, 'I'm trying a new method...Sanjaya, etc.').

Phil is a puzzling contestant. His vocals aren't bad...actually, they're quite good. There's just something about his personality (or looks?) that turns everyone off...And it somewhat makes me feel bad for him, yet not bad enough to actually care if he gets kicked off, even if I know he doesn't deserve it. That's usually not the case for me. HMM...

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

But ranking the season's contestants on longevity, season 3 still ranks with season 1 at the bottom. Of the top 10 top-selling Idol contestants, season 2 has three, seasons 4 and 5 have two and seasons 1 and 3 have only one. And I definitely agree that the diva threesome was great; the main reason I stopped watching was because two of them had gone, and I was bored by the rest of the contestants.

Tonight I thought Blake was really, really good. Chris was better than usual, but his lower register is awful. He really needs to sing his songs in keys which don't require him to go that low. I thought Gina looked odd tonight, and her performance was boring. It was interesting to see that some people took Tony Bennett's advice, and some obviously did not.

Bottom three: Haley, Phil and Gina, with Gina probably one of the safe ones.

― musically, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

Season 3 has the only Oscar winner.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

Season 1 inspired a film (granted, one that is enjoyed only by that naive 12-year-old show choir girl who sat next to me in English)

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

Did anyone else find it interesting that Kelly Clarkson making an appearance in Idol? I guess having a new single coming out makes the show a bit more attractive.

I've never seen From Justin to Kelly...I guess I'm not the ultimate AI fan I appear to be.

― musically, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 05:12 (nineteen years ago)

Man, could the judges care any less about Haley...

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 08:32 (nineteen years ago)

Of the top 10 top-selling Idol contestants, season 2 has three, seasons 4 and 5 have two and seasons 1 and 3 have only one.

That adds up to only nine...Surely you are forgetting about CHRISTINA CHRISTIAN.

Was a boring episode, as these types generally are. Sanjaya was bad, but at least he was bad doing a song I love, which is better than the alternative. Everybody seemed a bit off. I guess Gina was my fave.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 11:49 (nineteen years ago)

are you kidding me? these episodes are always GREAT, because the songs are all such stone-cold classics that anyone sounds better singing them.

surprisingly good: Blake, Gina, Sanjaya (whatever, I thought he was okay, but I may just have very low standards at this point)
surprisingly mediocre: Lakisha (underwhelming; although the big note at the end was nice, she definitely should've taken Tony's advice and held that note -- tell me that wouldn't have brought down the house)
unsurprisingly awful: Phil ("young Frank Sinatra" = five-year-old Frank Sinatra, Jr. playing dress-up and doing an impression of his dad? BEGONE, SPOOKY ANDROGYNE), Chris (he should sing country music, cuz he's better-looking than the dude from Rascal Flatts and his gross yodelly voice is every bit as annoying)

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 12:09 (nineteen years ago)

I like the songs bernard, but at this point there's not much you can do with them. Their voices sound good I guess but there just isn't much there, I think.

Why does everybody call Chris R. a Justin Timberlake wanna-be or a boy band reject or etc? I guess he has a slightly boy-bandish look but he doesn't sing in a boy band way at all and he doesn't sound like Timberlake. He hasn't done any Timberlake style songs. Is it just the look?

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

Greg, he sings in the exact same nasal tenor manner as Justin Timberlake, hence "Justin Timberlake wanna-be".

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

He sounds nothing like Justin Timberlake to me (JT isn't nasally!), but I'll defer to the majority here.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

He also has the exact same hair/facial hair as JT, and dressed a lot like him last night. (xpost)

I think the bottom 3's gonna be pretty interesting tonight, especially if DialIdol is at all accurate. I've been predicting for a while now that LaKisha's not gonna go the distance like a lot of people have been saying, and although I liked her more last night than I have the last few weeks, I think she might go pretty soon. Sangina will be gone soon, too, if he does more boring stuff like he did this week instead of being crazy. Apparently Phil's been getting a lot of votes the last couple weeks, though, which is surprising. I mean, dorky, non-photogenic nice guys tend to do well on AI, but he's no Yamin.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

i'm pulling for phil just because i'd like an awkward looking bald dude to be on the covers of a lot of magazines

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

his creepy eyes make me worry though

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

dunethespiceisthelife.jpg

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

Gina was fine; bottom 3 SHOULD be Haley, Sanjaya, Chris.

but the votes seem to rarely go as they should.

I think Haley's mini-dress guarenteed she won't be in the bottom three.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe I was just drunk but, yes she didn't give a singing quite the blow out omg yr gonna be a star performance that some other girls did but Gina almost had me in tears.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe I am just a sucker for "Smile" though.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

gina was terrible. also, who decided to make her up so that she looked like sporty spice?

i think she's going to go--phil's "i love my wife" bit surely got him some votes, and the possibility of haley having a nip-slip in the forthcoming weeks will result in her sticking around

― maura, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

There's just no one I feel compelled to root for this season, except for the molten craziness of Sanjaya.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

YES!! At least one more week's worth of Sanjaya fun to be had.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

that 'one love' ad seared my brain

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

Is Michael Buble drunk?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:18 (nineteen years ago)

ugh. getting michael buble when you expected tony bennett is like opening an entire box full of jagged metal krusty-o's

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

Uh, way to create drama with those bottom 3 groups AI. I was totally perlexed as to which was the bottom 3.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

ouch

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit, I just realized that gina was the hot dental hygenist from season 5!!! god, the red hair is such a trainwreck that I didn't even recognize her

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

Even if Gina didn't have quite the vocal ability/chops of some of the other contestants, she sang with real emotion. I liked her and am sad to see her go.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't want to see Gina go, she's good (or can be sometimes). But I've already concluded that this season is a complete write-off and Haley and Sanjaya are going to be in the finale.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

What a bunch of horse shit.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

gina and haley looked like sporty and posh spice up there.

haley so does not deserve to stay around. next week -- j lo and i think more pop songs -- she shows up in a thong and sings 'thong song.' you heard it here first!

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sad to see her go, too. It's a shame...last week was probably her best performance, and she was one of the better performances last night.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

im voting for haley and sanjaya like a bjillion times just to upset ilx

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

What's fun (for me, anyway) with the final contestants is the quality level of the singing. If I wanted to see crap, I'd watch the clips online of the open auditions. Having Sanjaya around is a total fucking bummer.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

Lest I be misunderstood, I'm actually rooting for a Haley/Sanjaya finale. Jordin, Melinda and LaKisha won't have any problem at all getting recording contracts and winning the show hasn't proven anything as far as record sales go. So yeah, let's deconstruct American Idol by voting Haley and Sanjaya to the top and then watch the show's producers scramble over the summer to re-jig everything before Season 7.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

haley is worse! at least sanjaya is entertaining. haley is just boring and sorta slutty, although not really because it's so calculated.

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

sanjaya is pretty great actually. haley is super hot.

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

i mean her 'punch the clock' comment has pretty much summed up her entire tenure on the show. she's like all the top chef contestants who make what they know because that way they prolong their tenure there.

xpost haley is not hot. she's not even "extra in a girls gone wild commercial" cute.

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:42 (nineteen years ago)

these cryptic thread titles! had no idea there was an Idol thread.
Sanjaya has such star quality, he's so hott right now.

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:42 (nineteen years ago)

winkle is with me

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:42 (nineteen years ago)

though sometimes i fear that Sanjaya's wave is cresting too early

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

haley is super hot

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

multiple xposts: it's not even the calculatedness that grates, it's the combination of calculatedness with ineptness. it's like she said to herself "hmm, what sort of things do sluts do?" but all she could come up with is jiggling and making funny faces

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

and not understanding meanings of songs

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

it would have been better if Sanjaya had suffered through an early nerdish Clay Aiken phase before blooming into the leitmotif that he is today

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

seriously, did you guys see that one face she made during her song last night? I think it was supposed to be kind of coy or something but it ended up more like an "uh-oh, I just laughed so hard I peed my pants a bit, please don't let anyone notice" face

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

Every time Simon makes a pervy comment like, "Nice legs", a part of me dies inside.

I just feel bad for Sanjaya. He belongs singing in a high school musical, and not a national spectacle. He's so dorky and awkward. Poor dude.

Yeah, Haley sucks. The pageant comment was OTM.

In theory, it would be kind of funny if Sanjaya were The Next American Idol, but I think I'd just feel bad for those with actual talent who got shitcanned ahead of their time.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

talent != star quality

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

y'all hatin on my girl

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

aka get one pro tools auto-pitch correct or whatever that shizznit is

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

chaki, is haley the girl who almost got voted off tonight rocking the green dress last night?

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:48 (nineteen years ago)

I just feel bad for Sanjaya. He belongs singing in a high school musical, and not a national spectacle. He's so dorky and awkward. Poor dude.

I actually think that, if nothing else, Sanjaya has become a lot more confident and less awkward over the course of the show. I almost feel like I'm watching an episode of Beauty and the Geek.

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:48 (nineteen years ago)

bernard otm x 10000, although i think her look was more like 'oops i think i just pulled a britney'

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

i really don't mind sanjaya sticking around at this point. at least he's entertaining.

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

yes, w.paws.

maura - meow!

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

Less awkward, maybe. But it's still there. Even last night, when he wast trying to banter with Simon, he showed how much of a "kid" he is.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

he is a kid.

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

I still think the judges shot themselves in the foot by not even attempting to critique Haley. Mermaid hooker outfit or not, she likely got a bunch of sympathy votes again.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

a very homosexual kid.

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

Mermaid? Green is her color and she looked hott as fuck last night.

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

We really, really need to make this an ILX project.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, I'm all about coming up with some sweet lyrics.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 5 April 2007 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

anyone who thinks haley is hot needs to seriously get out more or masturbate less

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

Haley's not hot or ugly either one. I probably wouldn't look at her twice if I walked by in real life, though.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 April 2007 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

aww you're guna make her cry. you are mean, meany.
http://greetings.123city.net/TempPictures/62886.jpg

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 03:29 (nineteen years ago)

Nice legs.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 5 April 2007 04:09 (nineteen years ago)

Haley is hot the same way Chris is hot...season 5 hot. As in, not that much, really.

― musically, Thursday, 5 April 2007 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

I just realized how great Sanjaya's comment on Tuesday was ("Welcome to the universe of Sanjaya")...I had totally forgotten what Simon said to him last week about being in his own universe.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 5 April 2007 06:15 (nineteen years ago)

I love people that are in their own universe.

― Nicole, Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

Haley would be hotter if she could, you know, SING. If we're gonna have a non-singing cute girl, bring back Antonella!

― HI DERE, Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

MAURA.COM (9:48:21 AM): American Idol Fans Blame Tongue Ring, Sanjaya, and Haley’s Legs For Gina Glocksen’s Elimination
STRONGO (9:48:09 AM): her circa-2001 fashion sense doesnt help much either
MAURA.COM (9:48:57 AM): well and she was like
MAURA.COM (9:49:04 AM): strapping herself into her clothes
STRONGO (9:48:41 AM): i think i dated a girl who looked like her back when i owned my dot com start-up

― strongohulkington, Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

ts: haley's legs vs. sanjaya

― strongohulkington, Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

HI DERE OTM

― nickalicious, Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

people, Haley is hot (and not necessarily cute), tho in exactly the way that my exgf never understands.

Missed most of the show this week, though Gina getting kicked off is a crime. Every week that Sanjaya stays on is just going to be that much worse for everyone during the end times.

― Dominique, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

Haley is a generic hot girl, but considering that last season McPhee was a way hotter generic hot girl and a way way better singer, it's kind of hard tolerate her getting this far. She's at least better than Antonella, though, who wasn't actually hot but got categorized that way on a sluttiness technicality.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

the fact that shes a bible thumper doing the flirty thing ALL WRONG just to impress simon is EVEN HOTTER.

i almost typed EVEN HOOTER which applies to sanjaa's HOT sister

http://slimtainment.com/idolblog/wp-content/uploads/shyamalihooters.jpg

― chaki, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

She probably would have done better than Haley.

― Nicole, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

chaki, I see your Hooters photo, and raise you a

http://thesuperficial.com/2007/04/sanjaya-malakar-sister.jpg

― musically, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

I feel like a horrible bitch even typing this but Haley's only got a hot body, right? her face is kind of eh.

I'm sure she has many fine qualities.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 5 April 2007 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Damnit! You have to be 18 to enter the songwriting contest.

― Tape Store, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

Woah. Jennifer Lopez is mentoring tonight for a "night of Latin Music."

In a perfect world, Sanjaya would sing "She Bangs."

― molly mummenschanz, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing there'll be a lot of Santana, Jon Secada, and Gloria Estefan.

Sanjaya could do a timid version of "Bailamos" by Enrique Ingelias.

― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

okay, what? why do these people like Chris Richardson? well, I mean I kind of know why, but gross. he was terrible.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

I want to feel bad for Haley because the judges rip her every single week, but they're right every time.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:34 (nineteen years ago)

I feel bad for Haley because the judges all but told her to be a whore and every week, Simon's like, "dirty whore!" but she needs to go, like, six weeks ago.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

EVERYONE VOTE FOR SANJAYA TONIGHT!!!'

― chaki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

Well now, come on, Simon's criticism of Haley was one of the funniest moments I've ever seen on this show, though it was unnecessarily cruel.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

YAY! They're saving Sanjaya for the very end!!!

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

WAS MY GF HALEY SEXY TONIGHT?

― chaki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

also, guys, I'm kind of finding Jennifer Lopez likable, what is wrong with me?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

she is doing a decent job, but i have to agree with simon, these performances are a bit lacking tonight.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, J-Lo is actually offering some good criticism/motivation to these people. Conversely, Paula is back to talking a lot and saying nothing.

SANJAYA GREW A DIRTY MEXICAN GOATEE FOR TONIGHT!

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:51 (nineteen years ago)

racist

― chaki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

Who, me or Sanjaya? All I'm saying is that he's never had one before and then *bam* he's got one on Latin Music Week.

Anyway, the kid is pulling the strings of the entire competition.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

From a performance standpoint that was possibly the worst AI episode I've ever seen (up there with 00's night from season 5). Fairly entertaining though. I continue to find J-Lo very charismatic and charming and genuinely underrated.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:00 (nineteen years ago)

I'm begging for Melinda to do a song released in the last 25 years.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

Jennifer Lopez seems like a sweet lady!

Melinda looked like an old lady up there while everyone else looked like her grandkid.

Sanjaya was AOK tonight!

I think Phil Stacey is out. Borings.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:05 (nineteen years ago)

Also, chaki, prepare yourself for some extreme leg action from Haley (i.e. short shorts). She stunk, however.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

my cable box is broken - is there no way to watch this streaming live?!

― Paul, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

I *really* need to stop looking at this thread before the show. damn you CA. damn you

― Dominique, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

Had I known nothing about the show, I still would have ranked Sanjaya in my top 3 performances of the night. And I'm pretty sure I hated almost every song performed tonight (the originals, and consequentially, tonight's, too). I thought Jordin (who is actually younger than me, I guess) was better than Melinda and Lakisha this week. Blake was the smartest tonight. Chris R.'s was no where near as good as they made it sound. Phil was zzzzzz. Haley's really not that hot, and I didn't like her response to Simon's comment (so, I guess she's openly admitting to her strategy being her body). I hate Jennifer Lopez's singles, but I like her personality. The end.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

Awful song choices for everyone tonight, but Blake and Jordin (who's clearly hotter than Haley, obv -- but then so is Lakisha) were pretty good. Is Jordin a late surprise contender to win?

Sanjaya >>>> Chris, of course. And Greg

I'm begging for Melinda to do a song released in the last 25 years.

OTM.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

I can't stand most Latin songs when they're in English, so I was destined to hate tonight. Maybe that's the reason I liked Sanjaya so much...

I wish they had performed Celia Cruz songs instead of Gloria Estefan, Santana, etc.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

i think jordin is going to win it all.

also the pussycat dolls *and* j-lo both performed "sway"!

― maura, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

lame, lame, lame.

Does anyone else think one of the top three might end up in the bottom three tonight? Haley looked like trash with her 10 pounds of makeup, flea market flammable blouse and visible bra-straps. Sad night when Sanjaya was truly the best.

Phil's gone.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Sad night when Sanjaya was truly the best.

OTM! He still sucks rotten chopped off goat balls compared to Melinda or Jordin but his voice has actually gotten exponentially better in the last 2 episodes, and kudos to him for being the only one to sing any Spanish lyrics on "Latin" night.

I lost a $1 bet to my mom that Blake would do Wyclef's version of "Guantanamera".

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

Chris's version of "Smooth" wasn't that good compared to most of the other performances last night, but he did sing it like 1,000,000,000x better than Rob Thomas.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

kudos to him for being the only one to sing any Spanish lyrics on "Latin" night.

exactly. Although he still sang way too low. A lot of the time you can't hear him over the band.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

i just want to point out that i totally picked haley's song choice, although her makeup could not have been foreseen by anyone. yiiiii

― maura, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya looked like a sketchy ex boyfriend of mine last night, I'm still not sure if that counts as a plus or minus.

Maura really did call it re: "Turn the Beat Around". Didn't Carmen Rasmussen sing this at one point as well?

― Nicole, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

I think Blake was the best of the night, easily.

I think everyone thinks Sanjaya did well because
-you could barely hear him
-yesterday was an off night for everyone (except Blake) so he didn't seem as bad in comparison

Haley is gross, if I had liked her even a little bit I would have felt bad for her, but she deserved getting called out by Simon. Her methods are getting a bit transparent. And her makeup was atrocious!

― musically, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

HALEY LOOKED LIKE TRASH DURING THE PERFORMANCE BUT DURING THE MENTORING WITH JLO SHE LOOKED LIKE A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL FROM THE HEAVENS.

― chaki, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

haha I knew they would wheel out "bailamos" somehow

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 12 April 2007 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

Paula, sit down. You're embarrassingly everyone.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 12 April 2007 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

CHAKI, I'M SORRY.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

I actually think Haley looks better in jeans.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

I think her performance tonight was better than last night's, which, I guess, is understandable (less nerves, etc.).

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:05 (nineteen years ago)

Who got the boot?

― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:05 (nineteen years ago)

!!!SPOILER FOR THE LEFT COASTERS!!!

Ms. Scarnato

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

Tears of Chaki

― Nicole, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

American Idol has been going on much longer than a couple of seasons, crazy jlo!

― musically, Thursday, 12 April 2007 05:14 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin is hotter than Legs was!

― Tape Store, Thursday, 12 April 2007 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Bucky Covington was ridiculous, but I just learned that Carmen Rasmusen has a record deal out now!!! Carmen Rasmusen! I hope she sent Carrie Underwood a thank you note.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 12 April 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

GOODBYE SWEET SWEET BIBLE THUMPING, AWKWARDLY FLIRTY, BEAUTIFUL, LITTLE WHITE GIRL. SANJAYA VICTORY THOUGH! WOO!

― chaki, Thursday, 12 April 2007 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

more teenpop cross-posting:

"Frank, I entirely agree with that ranking of the 5 performances.

1) Sanjaya, 2) Melinda, 3) Jordin, 4) Blake, 5) Phil, 6) LaKisha, 7) Haley, 8) Chris. Chris and Haley were godawful, though Chris was inexplicably praised. Even Sanjaya was just OK. Agreed with Simon a lot more than usual last week, other than his love of Blake and Chris. I suspect LaKisha is in for a "shocking" early elimination, a la Jennifer Hudson.

Next week is Country Music week, which is always interesting, as Simon hates country music, and there are no country singers this year. Martina McBride the celebrity vocal coach. Jordin seems likely to adapt well and Chris's nasaliness shouldn't hurt him here, as he can find plenty of touchpoints for nasaliness in country. I suspect Melinda will do a technically flawless but boring rendition of some old country tune, Jordin will do Faith Hill or Shania, Chris will do Rascal Flatts, Blake will do some alt tune or Gary Allan."

and

"The reason I think Jordin has a shot to upset here is that she seems to have the most adaptable voice. She seems like she could do a credible job at almost any genre and at music from almost any time period, whereas Melinda and LaKisha (and everybody else to some extent) seem much more beholden to one particular singing style.

The reason I think Melinda will go farther than LaKisha is that, IMO, she is a better singer and more skilled interpreter."

Both of these were responses to other posts but I don't think they're that tough to follow as is. If you wanna read the original posts, they're on the teenpop thread (http://www.ilxor.com:8080/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=55639)

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 12 April 2007 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin just made me tear up a little.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

lol pussy

― chaki, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin is really, really good at injecting emotion into songs, but just lacks the raw vocal chops to pull off a truly great performance, IMO ("I Who Have Nothing" not withstanding).

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

I couldn't possibly disagree more.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

(re: lack of raw vocal chops, that is; Jordin at the beginning of the show was nothing BUT raw vocal chops!)

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

what is this terrifying song Lakisha is singing?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

"Nasally is a type of singing."

Yeah, a shitty one.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

7 Performances in 7 Words:

Phil: Nice Tone, Stiff, Bland, Decent, Ultimately Forgettable
Jordin: Emotional, Weak Verse, Good, She's Been Better
Sanjaya: Boring, Boring, Boring, Boring, Boring, Utterly Horrendous
LaKisha: Screechy, Shouty, Incongruous, High Emotion, Below Par
Chris: Somewhat Bland, Nasally, Nice Tone, Above Average
Melinda: Proficient, Fun, Interesting, Best Of The Night
Blake: Inessential, Pretty, Good Song Choice, Above Average

And one through seven: Melinda, Blake, Chris, Jordin, Phil, LaKisha, Sanjaya.

I thought the judges' criticism of Chris was silly. They criticized him for a bunch of stuff (nasally, tinny, lacking emotion) that every single one of his performances that they've praised have also had.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

quick thoughts:

Phil - I agree with the judges; he was definitely next on the chopping block, and that performance will not only keep him around for another week but may have vaulted him out of the bottom 3 entirely. expect him to show up next week in a cowboy hat with an obnoxious fake southern accent.

Sanjaya - obviously his performance was mediocre, but it was also kind of... not shocking or surprising at all -- totally by-the-numbers Sanjaya. I feel like he may be in for a trip to the bottom 3, followed by rapid evaporation of his mystique and a trip home very soon.

LaKisha - judges OTM here, she was disappointing. plus, singing previous winners' songs feels creepy and incestuous. think she ends up in the bottom 3 this week.

Chris R. - I thought country week would finally break him out of his terrible-but-inexplicably-praised rut. I was right, but unfortunately it was the praise that changed, not the terribleness. my pick to go home this week.

Blake - I can't tell if he was actually good or I just love that song so much that I'd listen to anyone sing it. crediting the song to Tim McGraw was pretty funny after his 311 "Love Song" shenanigans.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

HI DERE, we've disagreed about I think everything on this thread so far, but I just want to say that Jordin is my favorite of the season due to her emotion and personality. All I'm saying is compared to some of the more vocally talented Idols, like Melinda, her raw talent doesn't stand out. I think Jordin's thing has been fun, high emotion kid the whole time, so I guess (shocka!) we disagree again.

(just to clarify, being tongue in cheek up there. I enjoy our coversations.)

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

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It was utterly horrendous.

― chaki, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

Chaki, if that's legit it's gonna backfire. Ever since it came out that person had a similar program voting for Nicki McKibbeon (or whatever) in Season 1 they have a clause in every episode that they can remove any votes they think are a result of electronic power voting (or something like that). And I think that anything that gives them an excuse to throw out Sanjaya votes and get him off the show they are gonna take.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

oh noes!

― chaki, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

I was so happy with Phil's performance! Dude is gonna be on CMT before we know it.

Lakisha couldn't get a handle on the timing of country music, nor could Blake, but he went with a pretty safe pop song. Melinda, on the other hand, fucking nailed the timing, as one would hope for from a girl from Nashville (Brentwood is a suburb right outside of Nashvegas).

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Did the "ooohh oooh oooh" part of the song Blake sang remind anyone else of Closing Time by Semisonic?

I think Chris is going home, Phil definitely saved his own ass tonight. Sanjaya was awful; not even amusingly so.

― musically, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 04:03 (nineteen years ago)

One thing I dislike about Lakisha is that she seems totally indifferent to any criticism she receives. When Tony Bennett told her to drop the "ain't no sunshine" line from the end of her performance, she didn't. When the judges say something negative, instead of taking it in she brushes it off.

And where is Chris's head at..."awful" is a type of singing too, but it doesn't mean it's a kind you want to do.

― musically, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 04:17 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin is definitely my favorite right now - she just seems like the only one with true star power. Melinda might have it too, but she seems almost too slick and too professional.

There was some weird stuff going on tonight. Chris was obviously feeling desperate and clutching at straws when he threw in that comment about the Virginia Tech shooting. It seemed like a really cynical plea for audience sympathy. But then Simon Cowell made it even worse by rolling his eyes at Chris' comment, which made Cowell look like a complete asshole despite the cynicism behind said comments. The producers obviously threw a fit at Cowell because then he came back with a totally incoherent speech about the tragedy that was even more cynical and ridiculous than Chris'.

― Moodles, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 04:43 (nineteen years ago)

Simon's speech was crazy...yeah there was a shooting where 33 people died, so obviously that was hard on the American Idol contestants. ha. They really should have had Ryan deliver the speech; I wouldn't have trusted any of the judges to do it.

I wasn't as cynical about Chris's statement, though...he is from Virginia, so it didn't seem stretching it that much. I do think he's going home though. Obviously Sanjaya should, but what I think is going to happen is that Sanjaya will stick around until one of the better contestants (aka anyone but Chris or Phil) gets kicked off before him. I think it will mobilize voters a LOT. Honestly, I can totally see Lakisha going before him. I think that will piss people off and will begin to cancel out the whole joke-vote thing or whatever is going on.

― musically, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 05:49 (nineteen years ago)

They really should have had Ryan deliver the speech

Ah...but they did (at the beginning)...I thought it was just as awkward (We here at American Idol want those families affected by the tragic events of yesterday know that our thoughts and prayers are with you...This is American Idol! DUH NUH NUH NUH NUH NUH NUH WHAAAAHOOOOO, etc.)

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 06:14 (nineteen years ago)

*to know

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 06:14 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I always miss the first minute of the show. For some reason I'm always like "what? It's 8:00 already?" and rush to the TV.

― musically, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 06:57 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya should have done "Save a horse, ride a cowboy".

― Nicole, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

Or, he should have done "He Stopped Loving Her Today." That would have been a grade A trainwreck, not that his Bonnie Raitt fluff wasn't, but have some balls, man.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't watch this, oops...did anybody (Blake?) sing Roger Miller's "Dang Me"? I'm guessing not.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

no good classic country really. Who did the song Melinda did? I didn't recognize it.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

I was hoping Melinda would do "Stand By Yr Man".

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

Obviously not enough to watch last night though, ha.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know whose song Melinda did either, but it was a good country upbeat song. Everyone else seemed to choose country pop junk. I wish someone would have done a real bummer of a song, like "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me..." That would have gotten my vote.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

no patsy cline or loretta lynn broke my heart

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

"Fist City" would have been awesome. That could have been a song for Gina, but she (prematurely) got the boot. ;_;

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

yeah she would've busted out something good like that.

why in the hell did LaKisha do "Jesus, Take the Wheel". . .

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

Because "she felt the song." Blah. She didn't get it.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't watch this, oops...did anybody (Blake?) sing Roger Miller's "Dang Me"? I'm guessing not.

-- nickalicious, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:23 (2 hours ago)
no, "Stars Go Blue"

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

simon's eye roll was the top story on drudge for a while.

lakisha or sanjaya is going home. chris saved himself with the sympathy ploy, heartfelt or not. phil was as stiff as a board. blake did a RYAN ADAMS SONG OMG and turned it into an erasure song. jordin was great presence-wise, off voice-wise. and melinda kicked ass! i was really happy she did actually-- a lot of idol fans give her the 'she's one-note' criticism which is so not the case.

― maura, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

blake did a RYAN ADAMS SONG OMG and turned it into an erasure song.

It was great! I hated myself in the morning though.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

damn, why you got to do us like that?
Sanjaya out?

AMERICA IS CRYING

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 19 April 2007 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

MY WORLD HAS BEEN SHATTERED BY SANJAYA LEAVING AND ILX'S PEE OBSESSION.

― Nicole, Thursday, 19 April 2007 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

nooooooooooo!!!!!

of all the nights for me to work late and miss the results show!!!!

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

this really is some bullshit re: Sanjaya's forced departure

damn America, why you playing with my phone?

― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 19 April 2007 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

Blake destroyed the song(not in the good way).

Tim McGraw my ass.. just hoping that Ryan got some good money out of it. I'm guessing he sold a million copies or something of that record?

― MRZBW, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

I hope Ryan gets a bag full of burnt hair.

― Nicole, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:21 (nineteen years ago)

For those who missed it, http://www.rickey.org/?p=3107

(That website always has the performances right afterwards, too)

― Tape Store, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and I wish Chris had left instead. Whenever Sanjaya has a bad performance, he's at least entertaining.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

Fucking bullshit. The votes are obviously rigged.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:40 (nineteen years ago)

just watched the video of the elimination/final performance. I actually almost teared up a bit (NOTE: THIS MAY BE DUE TO BLEARY-EYED LATE-NIGHT DEPRESSION). "let's give 'em somethin' to talk about / other than hair" did get a laugh out of me though.

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

What a weird bottom three! That's what happens when Phil gives a good performance, I guess. Chris definitely needs to go next, then Phil. At least people will stop talking about Sanjaya now.

― musically, Thursday, 19 April 2007 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

the fact that Blake ended up in the bottom 3 and Chris did not on a week when the judgse finally called Chris on his terrible shity singing suggests that there may be demographic forces at work here that we cannot even begin comprehend

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 05:03 (nineteen years ago)

(or begin write about grammatically correct, apparently)

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 05:04 (nineteen years ago)

oh wow there are actually a lot of typos in that post that I didn't see at first

I really need to go home soon

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 05:05 (nineteen years ago)

And I just checked, but for the first time this season dialidol was completely otm...Sanjaya on the bottom and Blake and Lakisha in the bottom 3.

I think a lot of it is reflexive voting...people are more inclined to vote for those who get criticism since they think the contestant might be in peril. It might seem bizarre that Chris got more votes when he finally received criticism but in fact it's the criticism that gets him the votes. Really hope he doesn't stay around for too much longer, I am getting tired of his voice.

― musically, Thursday, 19 April 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)

I'm glad Sanjaya's gone so we can stop hearing about him. (although his massive crying made me feel a little bad)

I knew LaKisha was going to be in the bottom here soon and it happened (looked like she knew it too). Not too happy about it though. I might have to actually start voting.

Does anyone here vote? I think I asked once and nobody replied. I did once last year but usually can't be bothered.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Ms Misery, I vote when there's somebody I care about enough to vote. I voted for Leslie Hunt. I voted every week for Katharine McPhee for all sorts of reasons (mostly shallow). I voted for Jessica Sierra. But once my favorite is eliminated I don't bother.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 19 April 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I've ever ever voted.

― Nicole, Thursday, 19 April 2007 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

I call in, get a busy signal and then give up.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

I think Lakisha will do better next week -- she only needs one good performance to get back in the running.

On the other hand, I have no frakkin' idea why anyone would pick Chris over Blake, and the sudden outbreak of enthusiasm for Phil is causing me Twin Peaks-levels-of-puzzlement.

Top 3 Predictions for last episode: 1. Jordin 2. Melinda 3. Phil

What I want to happen: 1. Jordin 2. Melinda 3. Blake

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 19 April 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

I think Chris totally squeaked by b/c of his VaTech statement.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

I disagree Ms. Misery. I think at this point, most people have their favorites that they like and vote for no matter what. When I have a favorite I vote for them no matter how shitty their performance was (I actually personally voted for Katharine McPhee after "Against All Odds"!!!), and it's clear that Chris has a large fanbase. Most likely composed primarily of teenage girls. But then again the TWOP recappers both like Chris to, so I guess it's all just a matter of taste.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

Was Chris in the bottom last week? Obv. Phil's good performance Tuesday got him new callers as he's been in the bottom 3 for weeks now.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

Chris was in the bottom 3 last week, which makes it even more likely to me that his fans were just coming out in droves, over fear he would be eliminated. Blake being in the bottom 3 I'm assuming was just something like Bo being in the bottom 3. Everybody knew he was safe and voted for their other faves. I don't see any reason not to predict Blake, Melinda, Jordin for final 3, though upsets are always possible

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'll swap out Phil for Blake as I think he could be this year's Taylor Hicks.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

In what sense, Ms Misery? Taylor was never in the Bottom 3 and Phil has already been there 4 times already (out of 6 possible!). I wonder who holds the record for most Bottom 3 appearances?

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

He has some tenacity b/c I totally expected him to be gone by now. But he does have a better voice than the other guys and wasn't in the bottom this week. He might pull it out and be the surprise near the end. (I don't think he'll win but am just saying he could be a Taylor as I don't think anyone expected him to get that far.)

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:41 (nineteen years ago)

Quick research reveals Nikki McKibbin was in the Bottom 3 without being eliminated 5 times, which is the most of anybody, and that Phil joins Vonzell, Anthony Federov, and Kimberly Locke at 4 (one of Vonzell's was in the semis).

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

Phil does actually have the only decent voice of the guys, he just has no idea how to use it. Blake was dreadfully off-key this week, but he's still kind of a cute fatso.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

fatso

??? are you nuts?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

He has a strangely wide head (as does Chris, actually, but Blake is cuter).

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

I vote, not for an hour straight but enough for me to feel like I did something symbolic. On Tuesday I voted for Blake and Jordin...I think they are the most commercial and the most interesting. I really like Melinda but she screams adult contemporary, musicals, and other things I'm not particularly interested in. I think it will be a Blake/Melinda/Jordin top 3 unless something crazy happens, and I think along with last year, it will be one of the strongest top 3s the show has had.

― musically, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone here vote?

I remember helping my mom vote for Clay Aiken (I was a Locke fan that year, though), and she was so angry after the finale that she said it had to be rigged. And since then, I've thought it was, too. Now, I don't think it is, but I still don't vote...

I might start next week (just for Jordin, though, as she's the only contestant left that I care about).

― Tape Store, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:20 (nineteen years ago)

I <3<3<3 Jordin.

― Abbott, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

I MISS SUNDANCE

― chaki, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

Aw man, Sundance stompin' and hollerin' all over Diana Ross night could have been great.

― darin, Friday, 20 April 2007 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

I'd rather this guy be stompin' and hollerin' all over Diana Ross night

― Tape Store, Friday, 20 April 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya is going to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner!

― Nicole, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Is anyone else dreading tomorrow's special episode? Two minutes of suspense stretched over a half-hour is bad enough, now I have to sit through two hours of self-indulgent "let's save the world" bullshit? I wish they weren't sneaky about it, picking 2 of the bottom three at one point, the third at another, sending one back at another and then announcing who's going home. It used to be so predictable.

― musically, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

I might have to vote for Blake just because "Imagine" was a pretty ballsy choice, especially when you consider that he's up against shit like Phil saluting the camera while singing Garth Brooks songs about the Oklahoma City bombing

and yes, it does depress me to realize that American Idol is the one place in the world where John Lennon is still edgy

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

I can't see it going down well with all the bible-belt voters, that's for sure.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't think Phil's performance was very good, really. I also though Melinda's was a bit boring. Did Lakisha do two Idols songs in a row? Jordin was great, Chris was nasally as ever. American Idol is all about the high notes and the crescendos so Imagine stood out even more tonight when surrounded by all the power ballads. I think the girls >>>>>>>>>>> the guys right now, so I won't be too fussed if Blake leaves before the other two guys, but I still think it's wrong.

― musically, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 04:03 (nineteen years ago)

Was it just me, or was Jordin a little weak when she was hitting the high notes? I'm no Jordin hater, but I couldn't hear too well over el boyfriendo's dad singing along.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 04:09 (nineteen years ago)

No, I didn't think it was the best performance ever or anything either...her voice cracked a bit here and there. I think the judges have very short-term memory...an amazing last 30 seconds makes up for a shaky start.

― musically, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 04:18 (nineteen years ago)

Did Lakisha do two Idols songs in a row?

Yeah, when I saw that she was doing "I Believe," I knew it was destined to be a flop. If you're not as good as a former Idol, don't try and perform a song by her! It's the most obvious way to show that you aren't good enough to be an American Idol. But I actually thought her performance was pretty good once she passed the terrible beginning (plus you have to keep in mind that Fantasia had a big band and a full choir performing with her when she sang it).

As much as I love Jordin, she wasn't that good tonight. I'm not complaining, though.

I thought "Imagine" was a bad pick (I mean, not a bad pick if he wanted votes, but if he wanted to sway Sanjaya voters, it wasn't a good pick)...He really didn't add anything new, and his voice was average (don't get me wrong; I'd rather him sing it straight than beatbox during it or use the A Perfect Circle version).

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

I think the judges have very short-term memory...an amazing last 30 seconds makes up for a shaky start.

I think that the exact same thing happened last week, during country week. I still think Jordin's emotional capacity outshines her voice, but it's a nice welcome change. She's still a good singer, maybe even a great singer, but it's her emotion that makes her unique here. She's my favorite.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda was predictably good, and I liked Jordin last night -- but for the most part, I was surprised that the judges didn't call out more performances for being mediocre (especially Chris -- he sounded nervous to me, and definitely shaky on some notes).

― Dominique, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

I think they're going easy on Chris so he doesn't keep dredging up Virgina Tech.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

I was surprised that the judges didn't call out more performances for being mediocre

Yeah, I thought this too. I guess they can't be too harsh when they're doing a fund raising episode.

― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

kelly clarkson is performing with jeff beck tonight.
also, madonna will be in the house.

― maura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

I figured she would be the shocker. Kelly Clarkson and Jeff Beck, not so much.

Vegas odds have LaKiesha as the one to be booted tonight. :(

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

well it's not surprising! her song choices have been absolutely abysmal -- if you want to be your own person, don't pick songs made famous by people who won the competition.

― maura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

I agree. I just had high hopes for her and have hated watching her slide lately. She seems to have really lost her confidence.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

I can still remember Fantasia's performance of "I Believe" when she won. the "when you beliiieeeeeeeeve... yea-a-ah!" part was like, literally spine-tingling! but I have already forgotten everything about LaKisha's except that it was not as good.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

It was terrible in parts -- I hate to sound like I'm always agreeing w/Simon but some it was very screamy.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

omg nicole are you actually simon cowell

― maura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

I KNEW IT

― maura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

It is sad but true.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

nicole might actually be meaner than simon

― strongohulkington, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

No matter where Lakisha places in the competition she's guaranteed a recording career as a Christian gospel artist. Which is what she wants, judging by her iTunes playlist.

― musically, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

He does have a tendency to go easy on people.

xp

― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

"most shocking result ever" = melinda is getting the boot?

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

A six way tie for last?

― mulla atari, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya was voted back in?!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

Eh, it's probably just Blake getting kicked off.

― mulla atari, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

I think it is Blake going home. Which is less shocking than when DAUGHTRY got booted off the show.

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

Blake's staying.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

Are you sure or just guessing? I'm not watching it tonight so someone please update w/ the bottom three.

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

So far, no one's in the bottom three. But Phil, Blake and Melinda are all safe.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

Well it's definitely not Jordin going home, so good. Dialidol scored Chris the lowest, and I won't really shed a tear if he leaves. Same for Lakisha, but at least she's much more vocally pleasant than Chris.

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:18 (nineteen years ago)

I have heard rumors that no one is going home tonight...AI inspires crazy rumors all the time so who knows, although that would be interesting. It would be "shocking" though.

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

I saw that on the Idol board, but it was just speculation. And re: Sanjaya, I hope "Idol Gives Back" wasn't just refering to Africa.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

Damn, Kelly Clarkson!

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, this Celine duet is possibly the worst thing I've ever seen.

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

Or heard.

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

this is VERY weird

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:38 (nineteen years ago)

I hope zombie Elvis comes back to chew her innards.

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:38 (nineteen years ago)

My hunch now is no one gets voted off

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

It would be kind of cruel, wouldn't it?

"Please donate... and Jordin, get the fuck out."

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

Especially after Randy was like "one of the best performance ever on AI"

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:47 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think Ryan is even announcing who is safe based on the total number of votes, if DialIdol is anything to go by.

Why I am being such a geek over this show?

― Nicole, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, unless he says explicitly that the people are in the bottom two/three it's probably just arranged for dramatic purposes.

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

"Lakisha, you know how I told you you were safe...? PSYCH!"

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

"Blake? You're fucking useless. Die. *BLAM* Don't forget to donate, America!"

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

Last night was the night to phone it in!

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 26 April 2007 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

man, I feel so jerked around by that "result." but I'd be more pissed if Jordin was going home like they made it look like she was for a minute.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 26 April 2007 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno, according to another forum, last night's votes do count and next week is double elimination. And since it's likely that more people voted yesterday than will next week I think yesterday's performances were important.

Did someone say something about being an AI geek?

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, musically, that's what Seacrest said.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 26 April 2007 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

I've heard speculation that the finale will be with 3 finalists rather than the usual two--apparently the landslide victories of Carrie & Taylor (& I'd hope that Fantasia blew Degarmo away too) made for not-suspenseful enough TV & a three-way vote could make for a tighter Ruben-Clay style result.

― mulla atari, Thursday, 26 April 2007 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, but Seacrest said last night that they're going to eliminate the bottom 2 next week, and the finale hasn't been moved up a week, so unless they pull another stunt where noone goes home one week, I don't see that happening. I'm really starting to wonder if what they did this week was planned far ahead of time or if they did at the last minute when they saw that someone the producers want to get to the finale (Jordin? Blake?) got the least votes and freaked out. I didn't buy the conspiracy theories about them cheating to get Sanjaya out but now I'm starting to wonder.

Most of the policy/tradition changes that AI has made midway through the show's run (allowing older singers, mandating a half guy/half girl ratio up through the top 12) were good ideas, I think, but anything like this that screws with the weekly elimination schedule kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 26 April 2007 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

The closest they've come to something like this in the past was the week Corey Clark got disqualified. They went ahead with the performances & the voting, then declared that no one was getting voted off that week. I think told us the bottom three and then they added that week's votes to the next week's, just to be all crazy.

― mulla atari, Thursday, 26 April 2007 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

That was some bullshit. I'm so pissed that I kept monitoring stupid Ellen Degeners and their shitty guest singers to learn that everybody got a pass. BULLSHIT!

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 26 April 2007 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

I'm really starting to wonder if what they did this week was planned far ahead of time or if they did at the last minute when they saw that someone the producers want to get to the finale (Jordin? Blake?) got the least votes and freaked out.

Me too! Although I think it's much more likely it was Blake than Jordin...Jordin was the highest on the Dialidol predictions list, and while it's usually off I don't think it's ever been THAT off. I think it probably would have been Lakisha...I think the guys will outlast her since each of them seems to have their own voting contingent, and there are two other ladies with big voices that have been performing much better than she has.

― musically, Thursday, 26 April 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

nah, they were teasing the 'shocker' last night. and really, after two people DIED in the charity bits, don't you think an elimination would have been a little crass?

― maura, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

maura otm

― HI DERE, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

Well, the whole "let's pretend we're going to kick someone off" bit may have been more crass.

― mulla atari, Friday, 27 April 2007 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

Agreed, I honestly felt the whole cutaway to slowly saving contestants was crass. They should've just said it would be a benefit-only show from the beginning and been done with it.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 27 April 2007 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

Sanjaya's mom's rap sheet worse than snoop dog Did I miss this?

― Ms Misery, Friday, 27 April 2007 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

You would have to be high to end up with Sanjaya.

― Nicole, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

There was something particularly nuvvieworld about him that comes from having a hippie mom.

― Nicole, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think they need to have a three-way finale to manufacture suspense...I think the finale will be Melinda and Jordin and although Melinda's been the front-runner since day 1 I wouldn't necessarily bet the farm that she'd overtake Jordin in the finale.

― musically, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

the finales do have the entire top 12 back singing cheesy duets and group sings, i'm guessing that's more of the draw for fans. anyone else can tune in during the last ten minutes.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 27 April 2007 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

The finales do have their moments though...the parody of that ridiculous Primetime segment was pretty funny.

― musically, Saturday, 28 April 2007 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

OMGWTF

― Tape Store, Monday, 30 April 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

(for those who don't remember: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FtmhfDqmU)

― Tape Store, Monday, 30 April 2007 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

If she wants to become a country music star, that's an excellent way to go about things.

(notice the complete lack of sarcasm)

― musically, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:01 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, Jordin was pretty bad. Sounded like she had laryngitis though.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

LaKisha on the other hand totally PWNED. Simon saying "I could kiss you" and then doing it pretty much guarantees her another two weeks.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

;_;

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

'Twas the first time I've really loved LaKisha

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

I can't get over how young JBJ still looks

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

JBJ is a vampire, dontchaknow.

Blake's rendition of "You Give Love a Bad Name" was completely weird and not at all comfortable, but in a good way. If I had that on cd, I'd probably back up and listen to it a couple more times.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:40 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure this is the worst theme EVER. I'm probably forgetting one, though.

Next week: Matchbox Twenty

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

Tape Store - Gloria Estefan week was pretty bad, but this may well be worse.

I kind of liked Blake's performance for the sheer WTF factor

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ha, I think this is one of the most entertaining shows of the year so far.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

Chris just surprised me. I didn't think he'd have enough voice for "Wanted Dead or Alive" (and, at times, he didn't), but when he started with the first two lines I was like "goddamn!"

And yeah, this has been one of the best themes of the year.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, yeah...totally forgot about Gloria Estefan...equally undeserving artist.

xpost, I don't care how well the idols are singing them, the music is shit, and the show's terrible because of it.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:52 (nineteen years ago)

But while I agree it's a terrible idea for a theme, it's been possibly my favorite Idol episode this season.

Now that the theme weeks have come around, I'm really impressed by Melinda's ability to adapt to different styles, while still making every song she sings distinctly in the style of the song AND distinctly Melinda.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:54 (nineteen years ago)

Please, Bon Jovi music isn't shit. It might not be to your taste, but it's some of the best of its genre.

Melinda is fucking unflappable.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

wow that blake song was like a shitty incubus remix or something

although i guess that's the point

― maura, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

and melinda just pwns

― maura, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

this guy i know knows a guy named john bovi

― the sir weeze, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

Please, Bon Jovi music isn't shit. It might not be to your taste, but it's some of the best of its genre.

No way! You're right; in general, it's not my taste, but even I realize that of all their peers (e.g. Def Leppard, Motley Crue and especially Guns 'N Roses) were way better.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

See? Bon Jovi got ruined for a bunch of people by being associated with metal bands. Even now, you're grouping them with Guns n' Roses ffs! Apples and oranges!

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:16 (nineteen years ago)

as soon as Phil went and didn't sing "Wanted Dead or Alive", I could immediately imagine Chris's unbearably shitty nasal rendition of it; he did not disappoint. my mom asked why they keep comparing him to Justin Timberlake:

Mom: "I don't get it... does he look like him or something?"
Me: "Well... he kinda looks like... if Justin Timberlake mugged you in a dark alley and you didn't really get a good look at him, the police sketch you might get."

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:17 (nineteen years ago)

ps Blake was totally super fun times (AS ALWAYS) but ever since Phil stepped up his corn-fed middle-america-pandering game to fill the snoozefest-shaped hole left in soccer mom hearts by Chris's fall from jive-ass whiteboy grace, I'm worried there aren't enough non-ironic left coast AI fans to keep him in this. with Lakisha 'redeeming' herself this week (whatever, she still got blown out of the water by Melinda) and Jordin not quite bad enough to get sent home, I fear this may be the end of the road.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:24 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin flat out sucked this week, but she's still got last week's votes to keep her in the game. Phil might be packing it in, alongside Chris. That would be who I'd send home anyway.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

Jordin was pretty bad, but I called in a bunch of votes for her anyway because I think she deserves to win this thing overall. She was so good last week, that I'd be really bummed if she got sent home because of stupid Jon Bon Jovi.

Chris, on the other hand, needs to be kicked off this show now. He is just plain horrible.

Everyone else did pretty well.

― Moodles, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

See? Bon Jovi got ruined for a bunch of people by being associated with metal bands. Even now, you're grouping them with Guns n' Roses ffs! Apples and oranges!

Those are all closer to pop-metal than metal-metal! Who would you group them with?

And I voted for the first time since the finale of Season 2...I don't want Jordin to go down like Elliott.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

Bon Jovi had big hair and spandex pants, but I'd put them with Journey or Foreigner rather than anyone from the Sunset Strip.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

You think they're better than JOURNEY?!?!?!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

jordin was sorta overrated last week, i have to say

― maura, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

but the judges luvvvv her

― maura, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

I own 4 Bon Jovi cds. I own 1 Journey cd (Greatest Hits). So yeah, I think they are. I'm fine with people who don't, though. I just take exception when people call Bon Jovi "shit" with no defendable platform.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

bon jovi has had its ups and downs. 'who said you can't go home' is nice. the album where they cover their old songs is terrible on a blake level (i think the commercial floppage of that album is a big reason why jon was recoiling from blake's reinterpretation of his song--well, also because it was haphazard and awful)

― maura, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:41 (nineteen years ago)

Blake's reinterpretation of the song was great because he made the performance about him, rather than about the song. it was a total meta-aware gambit thing, i.e. "rather than faithfully belt out this big dumb loud song that doesn't really fit with who I am at all, I will just turn it into an opportunity to showcase my charisma and beatboxing", which is totally okay because it's a talent contest! and yeah, that kind of thing can get grating if too many people are doing it (Daughtry gets kicked when his schtick is out-schticked by Hicks' schtick) or you do it too often and it overshadows your actual singing (SANJAYA MALLOW-BAR I'M LOOKING AT YOU) but in this situation he was absolutely right. dude is a total gamesman, don't knock him.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

My mom was watching when Ryan introduced Chris and sqinted at the TV..."that's not Justin Timberlake!". Even the Moms of America aren't fooled.

I'm voting for Jordin...it was an off week but I am hoping she'll stay around. Now the only sure thing is Melinda sticking around next week; I can see any other contestant being in the bottom two, combining the weeks and all.

― musically, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

Greg's Rankings:

1. Lakisha - First time she's had my fave performance of the night
2. Blake - He did something never done on AI before, gets props for that.
3. Melinda - Quite good and still distinctly Melinda, as always.
4. Phil - Still a good performance - This was a banner night for AI
5. Chris - meh
6. Jordin - Really bad, and I think she was overrated for the past 2 weeks as well. She's still my favorite.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

For the first time ever, I voted for someone: Jordin. She won my heart when she mentioned her mom being a big Bon Jovi fan and made Jon's face fall. As a Bon Jovi hater, it was very satisfying.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

OK, this is probably way out of date for you merkins and I can't read upthread for spoiler so sorry if I'm repeating you (which I suspect I am) but I CANNOT BELIEVE I SAT THROUGH TWO HOURS OF THAT GODAWFUL SLUSH to discover that nobody was voted out this week. Did you see Ricky Gervais on Comic Relief already?

I am on the point of giving up on AI. But I want Jordin to win anyway.

― Madchen, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

I feel your pain. Last week was just beyond awful. Although Bon Jovi week is almost as bad unless you're a Jovi fan.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

How is it for the ironic Jovi fan?

― Madchen, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm, hard to say. It's only an hour though, so at least it's not as bad as Idol Gives Back.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

I was going to vote for LaKisha last week but totally forgot. Despite doing excellent last night I think she could still be in trouble since two are going and she sucked previously. I would like blake to go but it will probably be chris.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

For the first time ever, I voted for someone: Jordin. She won my heart when she mentioned her mom being a big Bon Jovi fan and made Jon's face fall. As a Bon Jovi hater, it was very satisfying.

hahahahahaha absolutely, and later I was thinking "to her credit, this song is older than she is".

I didn't really realize it until Chris was halfway through it but "Dead or Alive" isn't exactly a hard song to sing.

I still am creeped out by Phil but he did pretty excellently last night.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

Phil looks more Gollum-like by the week, but he did well.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

In fact I think she said her "mom grew up on Bon Jovi".

this guy i know knows a guy named john bovi

This is cracking me up.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha that's even worse. The look on Bon Jovi's face was just the right mix of enraged and crestfallen when she said that. Maybe the arrangement of "Living on a Prayer" was deliberately shitty as a form of revenge.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

I thought the best part was when Lakisha said she had heard of Bon Jovi from Oprah.

I have a feeling that Jordin will stay, I think lots of people voted for her specifically because she had a bad week.

― musically, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

haha Blake mentioned Ableton

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

wow, shocking first elimination

― maura, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

YAY! No more Phil.

I'm crossing my fingers that Chris will go in about 30 mins.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

pretty good singout though

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

never forget

― maura, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

I wish they could eliminate 2 every week. I feel like I'm getting my money's worth tonight.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

Oh Damn!!! It's so gonna be Chris!!!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck yes, America. You owed me this after voting Sanjaya off. Buh-bye Chris!!!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

they did NOT just say boogie!

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

guest mentors Joey Negro and Sean P

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 3 May 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

ableton live shoutout made me like both blake and ableton even more

chris and phil elimination restored my faith in america

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

ps the lower half of blake's face (nose down) looks like justin timberlake's but nobody ever noticed because of the whole chris thing

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 3 May 2007 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

Bye bye to Chris "not Justin Timberlake" Robinson and Phil "Cockeyed Floppyhat" Stacey. With those two jokers gone we finally have a real competition. Blake should be next to go! His doughy Bono emoting and bad 311 stylings got to go!

Go Jordin!

― Moodles, Thursday, 3 May 2007 03:53 (nineteen years ago)

Very solid top 4! Great choices, America.

― musically, Thursday, 3 May 2007 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

finally it's heavily weighted toward the women like everyone thought it would be throughout the top 12 but never was!

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 3 May 2007 05:09 (nineteen years ago)

You can listen to the top twenty submissions for the songwriting competition and vote for your favorite here: http://songwriter.americanidol.com/Default.aspx

The winning song will be the first single...I just started listening, and I'm far from impressed.

― Tape Store, Saturday, 5 May 2007 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

(I don't think the votes decide, though)

― Tape Store, Saturday, 5 May 2007 05:45 (nineteen years ago)

I just went through rather quickly, and ;_;

― Tape Store, Saturday, 5 May 2007 05:53 (nineteen years ago)

AI isn't some po-dunk show, they can afford to get a Max Martin-type to write some amazing ballad that will have a shelf life of more than one month.

That said, listening to the songs, they are all very passable. Generic in lyrical content and in title (is there some sort of generator they use?) but I'm listening to them thinking "what would it sound like coming from Jordin or Melinda?" and lots of them sound pretty good.

― musically, Saturday, 5 May 2007 06:05 (nineteen years ago)

I haven't heard all the songs yet, but I like "One night". Dramatic, lots of big notes, but softer parts as well. I think it would really suit Jordin.

― Gaia1981, Saturday, 5 May 2007 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure the amateur singers are ruining all of the songs for me. But I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on the different tracks.

― Tape Store, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:48 (nineteen years ago)

Random: I just realized that there hasn't been an ABBA week! I bet that one kid is really pissed off.

― musically, Saturday, 5 May 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

They are probably waiting for ABBA to have something to promote

― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 5 May 2007 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

This Gibb show has trainwreck written all over it so far. No one can really nail a falsetto/high range vocals.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

Paula mentioning Stephanie Mills is the highlight so far. Although Jordin did alright.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

Blake's a goner, if LaKisha isn't.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it's a tossup. Blake's likely got the teenage/female vote, but don't know if it will be enough to topple Lakisha.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder if Melinda heard the Feist version before the Gibb version.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

I thought "Seacrest out" was retired. It must be where Ryan's brain goes when he's pressed for time.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

Although I wasn't really wild about either of Lakisha's performances, I was getting actually pissed off at Blake's because he's demonstrating once and for all that he can't be trusted to know when or when not to beatbox.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

I'm really confused...I really liked Jordin's second performance and thought her first was overpraised.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

All through Jordin's second performance, I was thinking something I hadn't thought about her before... "Celine Dion."

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:21 (nineteen years ago)

I just listened to it again, and I can totally hear Celine BUT whenever she sings, "It's a right I defend!" it turns into something much more powerful. Besides, when she makes a record, I'm pretty sure (or maybe this is just wishful thinking) we'll be discussing it in Teenpop 2007, not Adult Contemporary 2008.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:24 (nineteen years ago)

jordin is completely boring me at this point.

but i do think that the theme of this night was ill-conceived. not as bad as latin night.

also how did no one sing 'i started a joke'?!

― maura, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:25 (nineteen years ago)

In general, this season is waaaay more boring than past ones...especially after the awesomeness that was season five.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Jordin is in possession of a fantastic voice and she's cute as a button, but Maura's right. It all adds up to nothing. She's boring.

It's Melinda for me, all the way. I'll even buy her record.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

someone needs to get melinda together with the dap-kings.

― maura, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

i mean she has a lot more onstage charisma than amy winehouse

― maura, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

For reals. Melinda's record better be an authentic dirty soul kind of thing, or else she and her handlers will have blown it.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

If she gets ahold of some great songs, she'd be amazing, though! Jordin for the win! (I'd buy a Melinda/Dap-Kings record, too)

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:31 (nineteen years ago)

"I Who Have Nothing"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

she=Jordin, obv.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
'great songs' alone can't save jordin. she can get pageanty.

re melinda's idol-aided album: i am worried that its production is going to result in it sounding as diet pepsi ad-ish as the taylor hicks record. say what you will about taylor, but he does have pretty decent musical taste. (when i saw him live he dropped a little bit of 'want ads' into his set, !)

― maura, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

when i saw him live

WTF?!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't watch S5 (or S4), so the magic of Taylor is lost on me (likewise with Carrie Underwood).

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:40 (nineteen years ago)

He's not magic. He really should have left before the top 12...I mean, even Simon said 'no' to him during his audition.

Elliott Yamin was easily the best from that season. And he was interesting.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

Melinda still best singer, Jordan still best American Idol. This is the first time I've ever disagreed with Maura!

― Dimension 5ive, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

honestly I wish phil and chris were still around just so I coulda seen them take on bee gees week. shit with this much trainwreck potential needs to be thrown out there earlier in the season.

I was getting actually pissed off at Blake's because he's demonstrating once and for all that he can't be trusted to know when or when not to beatbox.

this is 100% OTM; for one glorious second I thought he might ad-lib and drop the beatboxing for his second song after getting a lukewarm reception in the first one, but HEY NOPE THERE IT IS AGAIN. first song was doomed to lameness no matter what because blake normally has a nice tone but ALL DUDES SOUND THE SAME WHEN THEY SING FALSETTO!!!!!

PS has anyone noticed that Lakisha STILL doesn't listen to a word the guest coaches say? if I was barry gibbs I woulda thrown my remote through the TV during that horrible amelodic "stayin' alive". but because I am myself and I have the patience of a saint, I made it all the way through her horribly paced shouty borefest ballad before snapping. fuck an apologetic paula, that voice-crack was UNFORGIVABLE and america knows it.

jordin's second song was screechy and gross and I never want to think about it again

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

My prediction: Melinda, Lakisha and Jordin will split the vote a bit, allowing Blake to stay, with Lakisha going. I don't think Blake will make the top 2 though...can you imagine him singing A Moment Like This? I really do wish he'd beatbox less often (xpost)...less is more, etc.

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:12 (nineteen years ago)

Some people wait a li-uh-ay-ay-ay-uh-ayfetime!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

And when did beatboxing become some groundbreaking talent? I mean, I know 20+ kids who can do it as well (some better) than him.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

This is the first season I've actually watched rather than having an osmotic awareness of the whole thing. IS the final throwdown always a "Moment Like This" battle?

― Abbott, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:34 (nineteen years ago)

Well, the finalists always compete with a song that's supposed to be the single...usually, they compete with the same song, but last year, I'm pretty sure they were different. Oh, and there's always a choir instead of the usual background singers; this seems to make the songs infinitely better (check out Youtube...the best finale moments for me are probably Clay Aiken's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Fantasia's "I Believe").

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

This season there's only one winning song (if I heard Ryan correctly tonight?), so I guess they're going back to the old way of things. The AI producers flip-flopped a lot about how things would work...IIRC, they originally said that some former Idol contestants would sing the top two vote-getting tracks, and there would be another vote to determine the winning song.

As Tape Store said they've been giving contestants their own finale song, but all the finale songs have been in the "A Moment Like This" victory ballad territory. Except not as good.

― musically, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

there are previews of the 20 finalists in the songwriting competition up at americanidol.com, and oh lordy they are not good.

― maura, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

Well, the finalists always compete with a song that's supposed to be the single...usually, they compete with the same song, but last year, I'm pretty sure they were different.

There were different songs in season 2 as well, so I'm not sure exactly how it works. I think, at least in some previous seasons, that they pick 2 songs and assign them to 2 each of the final 4. Then depending on whichever of the final 4 end up in the top 2 determine whether they have the same or different songs.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't see that part, I bet all the songs are "inspirational" type malarkey about living your dreams, etc.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus Fucking Christ, Clay Aiken's histrionic, shouty abortion that masqueraded as "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" was the gigantic piece of shit that handed Ruben the season 2 win on a silver platter. Clay would have done better if he'd rubbed his nutsack on the camera.

I didn't see last night because I was finishing my opera run but I am happy to hear that Blake continues to be the worst fucking thing to come out of America this year. Here's hoping America realizes this and collectively generates a psychoreactive anvil to drop on his head tonight.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

(erm, I'm tired)

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

how the fuck can you not like Clay's "Bridge"?!? I don't even know what to say to that!!!

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

How can I not like it? Let's see:

1) It was completely shouty and overbearing.
2) It had the emotional content of damp pillow.
3) It showed Clay's fundamental inability to effectively interpret his source material ("Hmm, let me take a tender, senstive song and scream it at the top of my lungs with a tack gospel choir behind me; that makes sense!").
4) Seriously, it really sucked.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

Blake should leave tonight based solely on the fact that he's wearing one of those godawful "tuxedo" t-shirts! There ought to be a law.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:09 (nineteen years ago)

Those t-shirts are what the wacky buddy in 80s sex comedies would always wear.

Seacrest needs to lose the stubble, he looks like a crazed hobo with a George Michael obession.

― Nicole, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

Is that Margaret Cho playing bass in Pink's band?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

No. It isn't.

Also, this song is lame.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

Ugh, I was complaining yesterday about no one singing "You Win Again," but now that they did it as a group (with Blake taking the lead) I am really wishing it had never happened.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

Even Seacrest is pissed that they have to stretch this results show out to an hour

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

"hence the beatboxing"

Why is that so funny to me?

― nickalicious, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:42 (nineteen years ago)

I wish they'd sit down the contestants for more interviews kind of like they just did before the commercial, though. The results show is still too long, but I'd at least like to see more of that than see more "group sings."

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

Tonight's group sing was pretty bad, and I usually like the cheesy medleys.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:48 (nineteen years ago)

the fact that barry gibb is performing this song solo pretty much shows how savvy jordin was for cajoling the producers into letting her sing it last night. what other bee gees songs work as well without the harmonies?

― maura, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

Barry Gibb 2007 = http://digilander.libero.it/twinpeaks3/bob2.jpg

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

oh wtf is that tuxedo t-shirt blake is wearing

― maura, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

the teen vote comes through

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

never underestimate the texting power of hormonal 15-year-olds

― maura, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

kiki sounds good, though

― maura, Thursday, 10 May 2007 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

Aww, now that Lakisha's actually gone, I miss her. She's one of the few people who actually becomes cuter when she's sad.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

15-year-olds my aunt fanny, it's the third-graders in my son's class who love blake

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

i don't think he'll be able to topple melinda and jordin though

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

My mom loves him, but even she admitted that his t-shirt was terrible.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

Simon calling out Lakisha at the end was kind of mean, even by Simon standards. Malicious mean, as opposed to "I am the truth-teller" mean.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

He was asked a question, he answered it.

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:32 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I didn't think it was too bad...It's not as if Ryan asked him who he thought should be going home.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, he would have answered that question v.differently methinks.

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:36 (nineteen years ago)

2 of the top 3 auditioned in Seattle...SUCK IT SIMON

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 05:22 (nineteen years ago)

By the way, nice see-through t-shirt, Barry.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

I'm seeing Blake tomorrow...jealous? I'll take a big sign that says "BLAKE IS OTM" so you can all see me in the panning shots.

― musically, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

blakey80

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

Huh, musically?!?!?! How did that happen? Please tell Jordin I plan on marrying her.

― Tape Store, Friday, 11 May 2007 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah, don't they do the big homecoming bits for the top 3? I always like that part of the semi-finals.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 11 May 2007 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

He's doing a concert in Seattle a few blocks away from where I work, around lunchtime. I don't know if it's in Seattle or in Bothell (his actual hometown) where they'll do the ceremonial "reading of the judge's song choice" though. Either way, it should be fun, and the weather has been absolutely amazing recently.

I think he should do another Keane song, sans beatboxing. I really don't think he'll make it to the finale, although there is a tiny chance that Melinda and Jordin might split votes a bit letting Blake get through. he's come across as gimmicky lately, whereas Jordin and Melinda have been vocal powerhouses pretty consistently. Either way I'm sure he'll have a career when things are all said and done.

― musically, Friday, 11 May 2007 05:11 (nineteen years ago)

The concert was nice...he did Virtual Insanity, All Mixed Up and Somewhere Only We Know, and a couple of original songs with his band. He has a really nice voice, and his beatboxing is so much more impressive when heard live. There was someone a few yards from me with a sign that read "Blake, Please Beat My Box"...I didn't see the person holding it so I couldn't tell if it was meant to be ironic or not. And then Sir Mix A Lot showed up and they did Baby Got Back live, which finally filled the void in my life I have been trying to fill with family and religion for so long. Audience was 90% high school girls shockah

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

He's singing "Roxanne," right?

I heard Jordin's doing "I Who Have Nothing" again. I'm very excited...The judges didn't praise that one as much as they should have.

― Tape Store, Sunday, 13 May 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Elliott Yamin fans should listen to this cover.

― Tape Store, Sunday, 13 May 2007 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

He was on a local morning radio show recently and I identified him solely by his singing voice. Almost everyone from that season was either amazing or on the verge of being amazing.

― HI DERE, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Or Katherine McPhee, lol.

― HI DERE, Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Even the 8th-place contestant is successful!

I love the Idol website:
LaKisha may now be history, but you can still watch her performances and check out her gallery!

― Tape Store, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

SUNDANCE HEAD

― Abbott, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Blake is doing 'Roxanne' (Paula's choice), Jordin is doing 'Wishing on Star' (by Rose Royce, Simon) and Melinda is doing 'I Believe In You And Me' (by Whitney Houston, Randy).

― musically, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Whoa! at Simon's pick.

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 03:05 (eighteen years ago)

By the way, I was wondering what performances you guys remember from past seasons...

I've been listening to Kimberley Locke and Frenchie Davis' take on "Band of Gold."

soooooo perfect

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 04:10 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, the problem with Simon's pick is that the song is fairly subtle, and Jordin doesn't really do subtle. I'm sure they'll arrange it to get some big notes in there though.

― musically, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:09 (eighteen years ago)

OKAY YOU DO NOT DO "ROXANNE" IF YOU HAVE TO SING IT DOWN A WHOLE STEP WTF SOMEONE SHOOT HIM IN THE FACE

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

It wasn't his song choice HI DERE so I'm not sure what you are criticizing Blake for, exactly.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

Melinda does the Tina Turner thing so well, but I would have picked about 10 or 12 other songs before picking "Nutbush." Still, she PWNED it.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah Johnny I would have picked "River Deep, Mountain High"

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:45 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, that would've been great. But I'm pretty convinced she would lay down the law with "Better Be Good to Me."

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:52 (eighteen years ago)

Damn, she's got such a surgical level of control over her voice it's frightening.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:01 (eighteen years ago)

i havent watched this show in about 4 months but i was talking to my grandma yesterday & she said at one point my dad voted for melinda 40 times. should i be concerned for his sanity?

― deeznuts, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

on second thought, dont answer that

― deeznuts, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

I'm glad your dad's doing the work so I don't have to.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah Johnny I would have picked "River Deep, Mountain High"

I was thinking the same thing during her performance...But I actually thought Jordin was the best tonight (well, except for "She Works Hard for the Money," which was a terrible song choice).

BUT WHATEVER! It's time for me to dial!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 01:18 (eighteen years ago)

It wasn't his song choice HI DERE so I'm not sure what you are criticizing Blake for, exactly.

I am criticizing Blake for sucking.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure I just voted 75 times (for Jordin).

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

Wow, I thought Jordin's first performance was boring, and her second one was terrible. I didn't really like anyone's first performance, but I thought Melinda and Blake were great the second and third time around. When I get You Alone is amazing, I'm glad Blake did it. And Melinda singing Nutbush was the highlight of the night.

― musically, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

omigod Melinda and Blake totally answered the phone when I called!

― musically, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:12 (eighteen years ago)

This is the first time this season that I have absolutely no idea who is going home tomorrow. In some ways Jordin was the weakest, but I hope she makes it through. I'd like to see a Jordin-Melinda showdown next week.

― Moodles, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:16 (eighteen years ago)

OK, I totally disagree about Blake. On the first two songs, he didn't sound fresh...Despite what Simon said re: Maroon 5, Blake basically imitated Levine. And he was definitely decent on "Roxanne," but he totally doesn't merit all this bullshit 'originality' cred he's somehow developed...really, he's just like Daughtry, but instead of aping Nickelback, he's a Jason Mraz clone. Tonight, his best performance was "When I Get You Alone," but it wasn't near as good as Robin Thicke's original. While his voice has a nice tone, I also think it's very limited. I mean, sure, not all pop stars are powerhouse singers (and yeah, I think it's a good thing that pop isn't solely based on vocal skill), but the good ones either have some other strong characteristic about their voice (e.g. Rihanna) or they do what a producer asks them to (e.g. Cassie). I don't Blake has either of those traits.

On the other hand, Jordin seems like the perfect pop singer--easy to mold, nice voice, etc. And while "She Works Hard for the Money" was the weaskest performance tonight, I thought "Wishing on a Star" was the best of the night (though I'm not really counting "I Who Have Nothing," as I've listened to it 15+ times this month).

Melinda was decent tonight. Her Whitney cover was nice and subtle but far from mindblowing. "Nutbrush" was great, though...It was my second favorite tonight. The thing about Melinda, though, is that she's really making the show boring. It's not that the performances themselves are boring; it's just that she's really predictable. Last season, it was fun to see how Elliott would do...He actually improved over the course of the show. Occasionally, he'd completely mess up, but that just made the show more entertaining. With Melinda, it's as if she's just had a straight line of wonderful performances. But the show isn't about pros; it's about finding the next big pro. So, uh, Jordin for the win!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:47 (eighteen years ago)

We know you love Jordin, and I'd be totally fine with her winning actually. Because Melinda doesn't need the title to make great records that I'm going to buy everytime one comes out. Jordin could use the boost, I think.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 05:10 (eighteen years ago)

Blake took absolutely everything good out of that Maroon 5 wile still doing a pat note-for-note cover of it. And I think Simon's EEEVIL TRICK of making him sing Roxanne & then saying everyone sounds like Sting wen they sing it=hilarious.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 05:33 (eighteen years ago)

Paula chose Roxanne though, not Simon.

I don't think any of the top 3 will have trouble securing a recording contract. I think they are better than last season's top 3, in that there's no Taylor-like commercial dud amongst them.

― musically, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 05:38 (eighteen years ago)

Blake can be hot or cold live, but I sense he could be a real whiz in the studio. I'd like to hear his record definitely. And I've already gushed about Melinda to the nth degree.

It's Jordin, who I think is uber-talented vocally, but flat as a pancake emotionally. She's had spot-on performances that were technically awesome, except I completely forgot them the moment she was done.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 05:55 (eighteen years ago)

Really? The only Blake/Melinda performances that resonate with me are "Somewhere Only We Know," "Time of the Season," "There Will Come a Day" and "My Funny Valentine." Granted, with Jordin, I really only remember being impacted by three or four songs ("I Who Have Nothing" obviously being the best). I really think they all have good futures...I can see Blake's album selling well. I can see Melinda getting great reviews (Dap-Kings idea was wonderful, whoever thought of it upthread!). I can see Jordin creating great singles (a great album might be pushing it).

And I mostly agree about this top three being better than last season's, except no one (including Melinda) is as good as Elliott (if it's not already painfully obvious, he's my favorite contestant ever, except for maybe Kelly Clarkson).

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 06:10 (eighteen years ago)

In retrospect, it's completly fucking insane that Elliott didn't win last year. Listening to his cover of "Whiter Shade of Pale" just reminded me of how lame these three are.

― darin, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 07:13 (eighteen years ago)

I was really surprised how passionate Jordin sounded on "I Who Have Nothing", she is fun and awesome but sometimes has this blank slate sort of thing going, and she was pretty obviously REALLY emotionally charged by that song (the way she shook as soon as she finished).

And Melinda singing Nutbush was the highlight of the night.

For me it was the highlight of the past 4 or 5 weeks.

Melinda Doolittle is basically the best singer that's ever been on this show, and probably the only one yet I would willingly pay to see live.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:10 (eighteen years ago)

Blake needs to be in a band with a bad-ass drummer, but that would basically be 311, and one 311 is faaaaar more than enough.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:10 (eighteen years ago)

Jordin's "I Who Have Nothing" was incredible, I thought -- torrid as hell, but in exactly the right way. Probably my favourite performance this season.

Melinda is in dire need of a better backup band.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

Guys, the thing you are forgetting about last year's AI is that, for once, almost EVERYONE in the top 12 really, totally deserved to be there and could have won the competition. Including Taylor; he was a total niche artist but one who was consistently charismatic and great at doing what he did. (Every now and then I see glimmers of that in Blake but he's not as good of a singer as Taylor.) The only duds last season were Bucky "Three Note" Covington and Katherine "I Am Pretty (Boring)" McPhee; everyone else either had gobs of potential or could have won if they'd picked different songs.

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:39 (eighteen years ago)

Guys, the thing you are forgetting about last year's AI is that, for once, almost EVERYONE in the top 12 really, totally deserved to be there and could have won the competition.

I'm not forgetting this, I just really disagree with it. Melissa, Kevin Covais, Ace, Lisa Tucker, and Bucky were just as bad/boring as the cannon fodder/dross to make it in the top 12 any other year. Taylor is by FAR the worst winner ever, and also the worst person ever to make the finals except Diana DeGarmo. I actually liked McPhee, but even I concede she was massively inconsistent. Paris probably was the worst song picker ever on American Idol, though she had a nice voice. Daughtry was one note and boring and I hated him, though he was talented. Elliott was good. This leaves Mandisa, who was the "diva" of the season, and she was pretty good, but not as good as the "divas" that have made it many other years (Worse than Latoya, for example, or LaKisha, or JHud, etc.)

You really think Kevin Covais could have won the competition?

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, I left out Pickler, whose performances I generally liked, but who let out a few stinkers, and you had to listen to the performances with your eyes closed. And never watch any segments of the show where she wasn't singing.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

Her voice was too nasal and her personality made me want to stab her in the eye.

― musically, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

Greg is posting from the bizarro world.

― goth casual, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

I think Dan's coming off more bizarro than Greg here, Season 5 was good but let's ease up on the rose colored glasses, Chicken Little was almost as bad as Sanjaya, Mandisa was maybe not worse than Lakisha but not amazing, don't even get me started on Pickler, Ace, Bucky, etc.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:02 (eighteen years ago)

I think the big thing is there was nobody this year that I really hated like Pickler, Covais, or Daughtrey. My motivation to watch the show was kind of mean-spirited last season in the sense that I was primarily wanting to watch someone lose rather than win. This year they were all too goddamn nice. And no major personalities this year unless you count Sanjaya and I don't.

― darin, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, Sanjaya was kind of a personality vacuum who was warped into a 'persona,' like the really quiet naive kid at school who gets bullied until he eventually becomes really off-balance and defensive.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 23:43 (eighteen years ago)

I only meant the bizarro thing re: Pickler, who I thought it was generally agreed you should listen to with your eyes and avoid any segments where she WAS singing?

― goth casual, Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:19 (eighteen years ago)

I've barely watched this year but I've absorbed some through the general cultural miasma and surely Sanjaya is 1000x more unusual and entertaining than that pale-ass Chicken Nugget motherfucker?

― goth casual, Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

Kevin was about a million times better than Sanjaya vocally.

Seriously, I think some of you guys are deaf, or at least completely unaware of the mechanics and technique behind singing.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

Aww, Blake's dad is just a big softie. Poor guy.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

hey dan, he said more unusual and entertaining, not a better singer. people that are great technical singers are usually super boring to watch and listen to.

― chaki, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, so I never watched S5, but um...why exactly is this Elliott guy supposed to be so spectacular? I'm totally "meh"-ing out loud over here.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

Listen to that "Whiter Shade of Pale" cover I posted...or his version of "Song For You" or "If I Can Dream" or "Moody's Mood For Love" or "Trouble." These are all available on Youtube. But yeah, "Wait For You" sounds a bit too generic. I prefer his other single ("Movin' On," also on Youtube).

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

(Or "Somebody to Love" or kind of "I Believe to My Soul" (but not as much))

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:37 (eighteen years ago)

And why is he special? Uh, he has a great soulful voice.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

people that are great technical singers are usually super boring to watch and listen to.

I suppose this is true if you don't actually like singing.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:45 (eighteen years ago)

I approve of all these:
Song For You
If I Can Dream
Snippet of "A House Is Not a Home"
Moody's Mood for Love
Somebody to Love Me
Trouble
If You Really Love Me

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

Alright, he's pretty decent as far as the majority of AI talent goes, but I've got no history with him (or anyone in S4 either).

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:55 (eighteen years ago)

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

First Jaslene wins ANTM and now this. WORST NIGHT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF REALITY TV.

― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

woah!

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:01 (eighteen years ago)

Man, it should have been an all-girl finale! But I actually think this is good news. See, as third place contestant, she'll have a little bit more power over her career (she's not going to be restricted to Clive Davis' label), and she'll likely create a better album because of it.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, there's a definite upside to being 3rd.

Now that it's down to the happy twins, I'm pulling for Jordin.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:05 (eighteen years ago)

Melinda's anti-charisma did her in I guess.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:06 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe it's because she sounded like ass on that Whitney song last night? That was trainwreckish. Completely out of her range and a lame song to boot.

― Melissa W, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

?!

I thought her voice control on the Whitney song was amazing.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:14 (eighteen years ago)

Hey Brainwasher fuck you for spoiling ANTM by the way

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

fucking a my tivo cut off before i could hear simon's comment

― maura, Thursday, 17 May 2007 03:03 (eighteen years ago)

He said, "congrutulations to the others, melinda you've got a knockout voice" -- something fairly dull. And then she did "Woman" again -- my flatmate, who's never seen the show before, was like she's the one they kicked off?

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 03:13 (eighteen years ago)

wow. well, I don't personally love Melinda's style, but she was definitely the most together singer of the three. I guess Blake vs Jordin is a decent final (even tho Blake got old for me really fast), and it probably says good things about the future of the show as far as choosing contestants who are at least somewhat commercially relevant.

but then I like that Maroon 5 song

― Dominique, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:03 (eighteen years ago)

Blake v. Jordin will really be interesting. I kinda hope Jordin wins, just because I think Blake would fare much better taking the Elliott route, taking his time, releasing an independent album, touring smaller venues, etc.

― musically, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:24 (eighteen years ago)

Elliott's albums pales in comparison even to Bucky's tho.

― mulla atari, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:13 (eighteen years ago)

Melissa, you're crazy. Her performance on that Whitney song was great.

By and large they all did a good job but Melinda was EASILY an order of magnitude better than Blake, who only really seemed like he was clicking on the Maroon 5 song.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:17 (eighteen years ago)

Unbelievable.

If Blake wins the world has officially gone to hell in a handbasket.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:19 (eighteen years ago)

If Blake wins, it proves what I already suspect, namely that the type of people who actually vote in "American Idol" are tone-deaf dipshits with no actual understanding of what it takes to make music.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

Or third-grade girls who just think he's cute and creative and don't really care what bitter musos think.

For my money: JORDIN 4EVAH

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:48 (eighteen years ago)

btw: "bitter musos" = me

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:48 (eighteen years ago)

Haikunym is correct.

I've always thought Jordin will win I just thought that Melinda being a finalist was a foregone conclusion.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)

Or, HI DERE, intelligent people who happen to have a different opinion from you. I don't vote for Blake, or anybody, but no way would I go so far as to say that they are "tone-deaf dipshits". I have some friends who vote for Blake.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

Hey, the tone-deaf dipshits have been voting for Jordin, too, and she's got a great voice.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:06 (eighteen years ago)

I have some friends who vote for Blake.

Do your friends happen to be pre-pubscent girls or funky white boys?

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:10 (eighteen years ago)

Melissa, you're crazy. Her performance on that Whitney song was great.
Srsly? No, it really wasn't. She hit a few big flat notes, wavered all over the place, and strained like crazy on the high notes. Listen to it again. She sounds like a kicked cat a few times. Definitely, by far, her worst performance on the entire show. Mostly Randy's fault, I think. The song was out of her range and he seemed clueless as to what kind of voice she actually possesses.

― Melissa W, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, great singer, but totally wrong choice of song for her.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:27 (eighteen years ago)

I've been voting pretty consistently throughout the season for Melinda, Jordin and Blake...I think maybe after the Diana Ross episode I voted for Stephanie because I thought she needed the votes. And is Jordin so much better than Blake? They've both had amazing performances and some truly embarrassing ones. I think they're both capable of great things. Blake is more versatile and entertaining but doesn't have a powerhouse voice, while Jordin can take it to town on a ballad but has always been weak at uptempo tracks.

And if history shows anything, it seems the power of the fangirls is diminished when it boils down to the top 2...Justin lost to Kelly, Clay lost to Ruben, etc. Jordin is certainly the more traditional contestant and I think she has a major advantage going into the finale.

And there's absolutely no way you can call others tone-deaf if you thought Melinda's first performance was great. It's very likely what cost her a spot in the finale. Shame on Randy for a song choice so wrong on so many levels!

― musically, Thursday, 17 May 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

Jordin definitely wasn't as consistent as Melinda, but none of her low points or lousy song choices (Livin On A Prayer, She Works Hard For The Money, Hey Baby) were real trainwrecks, for the most part she struggled nobly against the mismatched or limited material and came out looking like a pro having a bad day. I was always rooting her but now I'd really like her to take the crown because it feels like it's finally time for a really young Idol (I guess previous youngest was Fantasia being almost 20 when she won). AI would suck if it was always overrun by lesser talented teen competitors who got by on the cuteness factor, but after Taylor, Jordin winning would be like a breath of fresh air.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

I can't believe Fantasia is only two years older than I am...I thought she was so much older than that!

Jordin's "bad" performances have never been THAT bad but it just bugs me that she consistently loses not only her stage presence but lots of her vocal control during the uptempo numbers, which might be survivable on American Idol (the opposite would be a killer though) but as a recording artist it's pretty atrocious. Although she's an aspiring Christian artist and god hates rock music so maybe she'll be fine.

― musically, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

Although she's an aspiring Christian artist

WHOA. Where'd you hear this?

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:37 (eighteen years ago)

!

[Removed Illegal Image]

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

There's a couple references on Jordin's wikipedia entry about her with a Christian artist and winning 2nd place in some Christian music talent search, so I believe it. I'm guessing that whether she wins Idol or not, though, she'll do a straight up pop/R&B album and then maybe after that a Christmas or 'inspirational' album like Ruben did, whereas LaKisha seemed to have no intention of being anything other than a gospel artist.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

missing word in that first sentence - "about her TOURING with a Christian artist"

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:45 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, anyway, here's the story, and here's the picture.

Ultimately, who cares, but funny nonetheless.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

Anti-abortion-rights people are definitely trying to politicize "Idol."

!

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:49 (eighteen years ago)

From wikipedia:

She has appeared with Alice Cooper (in his 2004 Christmas show) and has twice toured with Christian contemporary singer Michael W. Smith. Smith has shown support of Sparks by encouraging Idol viewers to vote for her on his website.

In 2003, at the age of thirteen, Sparks recorded a five-song album titled For Now, working with Matthew Ward, a legendary Christian music artist, and Gary Leach, an engineer who has worked on several of Leann Rimes' albums. She appeared in a compilation album titled Live at Mr. Lucky's in 2004.

― Abbott, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:52 (eighteen years ago)

Is Alice Cooper a Christian?

Ugh, this news makes me care less about missing AI finale for Lost.

― Ms Misery, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:56 (eighteen years ago)

god dammit now I gotta go for blake?

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

Fuck American Idol, it's all about Big Ass now.

― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

Big Ass OTM

― Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

To say that American Idol and Big Ass are mutually exclusive is to completely overlook the careers of Ruben Studdard and Kelly Clarkson.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

Jordin's 17 -- she probably had to hold that sign to get her Catholic School science credit. That and the "Down with Darwin" banner.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:23 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, she looks about 12 in that picture, FWIW.

― Abbott, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:30 (eighteen years ago)

Supposedly tonight's song list (it's being posted on the AI Message Board):

Jordin Sparks
A Broken Wing by Martina McBride
Fighter by Christina Aguilera
Winner single

Blake Lewis
She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi
Winner single

― Tape Store, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

so not watching

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

Do they always re-do songs they've already performed that season on the final show? That's super lame. Is there any reason to watch this tonight?

― darin, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

Well, "Broken Wing" was better this time around, but other than that, it felt like a waste of time. It was really, really weird at the end when Melinda was in the background video. How was she not in the finale?! GAH.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

jordin cannot pronounce syllables at all

― maura, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

What was this great performance I missed? I saw Jordin sing "Fighter," and then they cut to Randy and Paula talking about a "stellar" performance. Wha??

Blake should have sung "A Bad Dream" by Keane, I know someone who knows him and I totally could have made it happen. He might not have wanted to sing it as the performance would have been too good; he obviously didn't want to win, choosing to go first and all.

― musically, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago)

And they really ought to pick one finale song for each contestant. Having Jordin and Blake sing the same ballad is a bit cruel.

― musically, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 04:20 (eighteen years ago)

"Fighter" wasn't great, but it was just as good as Blake's "And She Will Be Loved" (man! What a terrible pick...). But I assume you're referring to the obvious favoritism shown tonight, right? I agree...but neither that nor Jordin's crying stopped me from throwing in ~25 votes.

BTW, I like how 'stellar' has now entered Randaula's lexicon.

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 05:14 (eighteen years ago)

I thought Jordin's crying was cute, but you're supposed to do that after you WIN. I remember Kelly crying through A Moment Like This after she won, and it's still one of my favorite AI moments.

― musically, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 05:22 (eighteen years ago)

didn't Katharine and Taylor have different finale songs/first singles last year? I guess they couldn't do that this time because the whole idea is that viewers pick the song the winner sings, but that seemed like a much better system. I don't know what the options for the songwriting contest were all like, but it seems painfully obvious to me that they should try an uptempo pop song (which could still feature 'inspirational' lyrics) for once, instead of a full-on power ballad every damn year.

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)

Seasons 2 and 5 had different finale songs/first singles. I think seasons 1, 3, and 4 had the same.

In my opinion, "Fighter" was substantially worse than "She Will Be Loved". I don't care who wins at this point, but it's obviously gonna be Jordin.

― Greg Fanoe, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

She Will Be Loved was boring (not necessarily Blake's fault, I think the song sucks) but Fighter was dross. It was brave of Jordin to attempt a non-ballad when she's done pretty poorly with them this season. Or maybe stupid, but since it worked out for her I'll say brave.

Have any of the finales really been competitive? I think season 2 was, but every other finale seems to have been fairly lopsided.

― musically, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 23:39 (eighteen years ago)

btw, finale performance spoilers.

― musically, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

Okay so basically the top 6 guys should form a vocal ensemble and stop trying to be soloists. Also, why didn't Chris R sing like that while he was still on the show???????

― HI DERE, Thursday, 24 May 2007 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

HI DERE OTM. That was shockingly good.

Also, why didn't Chris R sing like that while he was still on the show???????

I think this applies to every male contestant.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 24 May 2007 00:29 (eighteen years ago)

Blake and Doug E. Fresh doing "The Show" was the best thing to be on the stage this whole season.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 May 2007 00:36 (eighteen years ago)

In fairness, Phil did sing like that a lot; he just had no personality to go along with it. Brandon NEVER sounded that good, though! Wow.

Also if Blake had never, ever sung and just done insanely awesome beatbox shit with Doug E. Fresh the whole competition I would have been much more positive about him. (Also if he hadn't ridden 311's jock into the finals.)

― HI DERE, Thursday, 24 May 2007 00:45 (eighteen years ago)

Brandon was great! What happened to that during the show? And Haley's not the best singer, but she looks more comfortable/loose on stage then all the other girls.

Melinda just knocked it out of the park as well.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not looking at any responses until the show is over in CA, and I wasn't home to see this yesterday BUT I'M GETTING EXCITED.

― Dominique, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

argh, i thought we would be spared from clive davis' spiel this year.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

new, hip songs
new, hip songs
new, hip songs
new, hip songs

AND I LIKED BLAKE (/Doug E. Fresh) TONIGHT!!!! WHOOOHOOO!!! So much better than he's ever been. Like ever. It made all my hate go away.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

"working class hero" is sure to get everyone in a good mood!

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:23 (eighteen years ago)

That surely helped raise awareness for Darfur!

― Tape Store, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

Uh....

― Tape Store, Thursday, 24 May 2007 01:27 (eighteen years ago)

70 TRILLION VOTES

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 24 May 2007 02:03 (eighteen years ago)

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!

― Tape Store, Thursday, 24 May 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

Have any of the finales really been competitive? I think season 2 was, but every other finale seems to have been fairly lopsided.

season 5 seemed competitive, but that might've been just my disbelief that Taylor could win making me overlook his obvious popularity.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 24 May 2007 02:52 (eighteen years ago)

To me, seasons 2 and 4 were competitive and in seasons 1, 3, 5, and 6 it was obvious who would win going into it. I wonder if the relative margins of victory in said seasons would bear that out.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 24 May 2007 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

Actually I didn't watch seasons 1 or 2 this is just my impression of those seasons.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 24 May 2007 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

Jordin is definitely the best singer but damn if I wouldn't much rather pay to see Blake live.

I am going to miss you guys :( Only 8 months until American idol 7!

― musically, Thursday, 24 May 2007 04:24 (eighteen years ago)

Here's a big fucking mistake: Haley singing one line, Lakisha singing the next.

SNAP

― musically, Thursday, 24 May 2007 04:39 (eighteen years ago)

Doug E Fresh is a Scientologist! Oh my God!

Okay, I'm done.

― musically, Thursday, 24 May 2007 05:17 (eighteen years ago)

Here's a big fucking mistake: Haley singing one line, Lakisha singing the next.

Poor Haley.

From teenpop thread:

"I saw it. Lots of random performances. Blake beatboxing/performing with Doug E. Fresh was really fun. Former Idols did a tribute to "Sgt. Pepper": Kelly performed "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and was amazing, Taylor Hicks did "A Day in the Life" and meh (Brie is better), Carrie did "She's Leaving Home" and I liked it, Ruben b/w the top 12 did "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and as dabug intimates it was a weird arrangement. Then the entire top 12 did "With a Little Help From My Friends". Kelly's "Never Again" was great.

This is just going off my head: Gwen did her new single and *yawn*, Carrie did "I'll Stand By You" and she was great as ever, Sanjaya reprised "You Really Got Me"...other stuff too but I don't remember! Top 6 guys did a medley of Smokey Robinson that was great, top 6 girls did Gladys Knight.

Jordin won as expected; I'd be surprised if the final vote was even remotely competitive. I remember in season 1 Kelly destroyed Justin 58%-42%, and I bet this season's results looked a lot like that.

Anybody looking forward to any of the Idols' CD's? Have v. low hopes for most of them, but am rather interested to hear what they are gonna do with Blake. Jordin COULD release a great album, but I somehow doubt it. "This Is Me Now" is bad, worse than "A Moment Like This" and "Inside Yr Heaven" but better than the seasons 2, 3, and 5 winners songs (in my opinion)."

See everybody in Season 7.

― Greg Fanoe, Thursday, 24 May 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

How about Melinda performing with BeBe and CeCe? Not really my type of music, but I still enjoyed them.

I thought Blake and Jordin's duet on "I Saw Her Standing There" was pretty cute - they had nice chemistry.

I also enjoyed Carrie's rendition of "She's Leaving Home". Could have been really cheesy, but somehow she pulled it off.

Kind of a weird selection of guests. So many old people: Smokey, Gladys, Tony, Bette (Yechh!). And a couple really dull performances from Gwen Steffani and Green Day. Plus Joe Perry for no apparent reason. I would have thought they'd find at least one truly exciting surprise guest.

On the other hand, seeing the former idols was fun.

― Moodles, Friday, 25 May 2007 03:23 (eighteen years ago)

I posted something about this on Teenpop, I think, but anyway, I found out that several of my friends spent over a week in a cabin with Jordin. One of them has her cell phone number. I plan on begging her for it Tuesday. And another one of my friends was at the same camp (Kanakuk, a Christian camp in Branson, MO), and she asked him to slow dance. JEALOUS.

― Tape Store, Sunday, 27 May 2007 06:37 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

I'm interviewing Jordin on Friday. Should I make it fun? Or should I ask serious Idol-related questions? I'm leaning towards fun. I'm definitely asking her to prom. :)

― Tape Store, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:31 (eighteen years ago)

Fun, and I pray she will accept your date.

― Abbott, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks...me, too (obv). Anyone have any questions for her?

― Tape Store, Friday, 13 July 2007 00:14 (eighteen years ago)

Last chance (I mean, I have enough, but if I have extra time...)

― Tape Store, Friday, 13 July 2007 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

I almost suggested a semi-mean question about whether she likes "This Is My Now," and whether she feels its total failure to chart as high as other Idol debut singles reflects on her or the song, but I thought better of it. I would be interested to know some specifics of what her album is going to sound like, though.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 13 July 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

Yep, I know she just worked with Stargate...

― Tape Store, Friday, 13 July 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

I hope they give her a better song than that lousy one Elliott Yamin got.

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 13 July 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

Sparks had only recorded one song for her album at the time of our interview, but it is a song she thinks will have a big impact on popular music.

“I love my song,” she says. “I keep listening to it and singing it to myself and then I have to remember that I kind of have to keep it a secret until it comes out.”

I somehow doubt she said that bolded part.

― Tape Store, Friday, 13 July 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

Two more hours....AFKLASFHLSDKFJLKSDFJSDKLFJfSDJF

I didn't think I'd get nervous, but...

― Tape Store, Friday, 13 July 2007 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

I'm halfway between :/ and :)

All of a sudden, she had to leave, so I had to ask her the prom question quickly. Her response:

"Awwwww, 0h my gosh. Y’kn0w what? If I can, that w0uld be awesome. But I can’t make any pr0mises. Wait, where are y0u at?
C0lumbia, MO.
Where’s that?
It’s halfw4y between Kansas City and St. L0uis
0k, well if I can! I’m g0ing to keep this number."

― Tape Store, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha she sounds nice

― marmotwolof, Friday, 13 July 2007 23:02 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, she's the nicest person I've ever interviewed...really funny and cute. So, my first major crush = winner of American Idol

― Tape Store, Sunday, 15 July 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

You got the winner of American Idol to agree to go to prom with you if she can make it to your city! Why the hell are you frowny-facing????

― HI DERE, Sunday, 15 July 2007 17:13 (eighteen years ago)

What's the probability of her remembering? I mean, if she doesn't call within the next couple days, I can pretty much forget about it, right?

― Tape Store, Monday, 16 July 2007 14:09 (eighteen years ago)

This would be like next spring's prom, right? My guess is it'll all depend on how busy/successful she is with her LP by then.

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 16 July 2007 15:07 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I'm just wondering if she'll actually remember that some guy in Columbia, M0 asked her to prom ten months prior.

― Tape Store, Monday, 16 July 2007 23:18 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

In the case that you don't like to read threads about 14-year-old girls (ooooh! sorry guys, jk x 1000), I thought I'd give a quick update.

The idols are performing tomorrow. I'm going to meet J0rdin at an hourlong press conference. I had Kinko's laminate the front cover/article, and I made her a mix CD. I plan on giving these to her at the press conference, along with contact info and a nice note. I'm also going to the concert and am writing a piece about my whole experience. I'll let ilx know how it goes, k?

― Tape Store, Saturday, 18 August 2007 04:44 (eighteen years ago)

I'll paypal you a hundo if you make it past second base.

― m bison, Saturday, 18 August 2007 05:47 (eighteen years ago)

So, as it turned out, I was the only punctual press guy. I sat around the press area for fifteen minutes. About ten minutes after I arrived, Melinda walked out, and right away, people started begging for photos...At the time, I was worried that I was in the wrong place, so I started to ask her if she knew where the Q&A was, but she was too busy walking away from the rabid fans.

So, then, some lady with a camera came up to the line. Soon after, the State Fair's PR lady showed up. She asked me if I could name the AI winner...Then she asked me about second place. Then third. I ended up giving her all the names and their (correct) places. I felt like a loser, esp. when I realized that I could also name the top 24. So, after that, they took me and one other girl back to a tent. There were already chairs set up, and the AI press lady quickly went over the rules. Basically, we were to conduct a series of ~7 minute one-on-one Q&A sessions with five different idols...no autographs.

I guess a few more press people showed up during the session, because it reached a point where all idols were talking with someone. Phil came up to me first...Prior to the Q&A, I knew that there were going to be five idols, but I only heard four names (Jordin, Melinda, Chris S. and Sanjaya). So, I was a bit flustered, and it didn't help that he was a bit boring. That Q&A went pretty well, despite me not being prepared. Then Melinda sat down next to me. Next to Jordin, she was probably the nicest. I told her about the Dap-Kings, since she hadn't heard of them. The rest of the interview went pretty well...She was pretty funny and laid back.

Then Chris Sligh sat down. Awkward interview. Then Jordin. I started out: "Hi, my name's Chris...We already--" "OH MY GOSH! You're Chris?!?! OH MY GOSH! It's so nice to meet you!" etc.

Then I ruined everything by asking a few straightforward questions (in retrospect, I should have just had fun and had a normal conversation with her). I gave her the article/front cover. She seemed really excited to have it. Sanjaya came over and peaked at the story. They started talking about it, but the AI PR lady came over and told Jordin to move on (though she said something about how it was sweet of me...she somehow knew who i was???). Then I interviewed Sanjaya. It was pretty interesting...It sounds like that Gwen Stefan1 rumor (the one I posted way upthread) is actually true. He left.

I waited for Jordin to finish. While waiting, the AI PR lady came over. We chatted. She was very nice, and she thanked me for being on time. Jordin's interview ended. I went up to her and gave her the cd. "I hope you like this...It's a bunch of my favorite pop songs." "AWWWW. That's so sweet. I know I'll find a new favorite band on here." Then we hugged, and I left with the rest of the press people.

I put all my contact info on the tracklisting. I hope she calls me back. I really, really do like her a lot. She's sweet, funny and genuine. I don't know if she really likes me. I'm afraid I was too stiff. I don't think I was very charismatic at all, which is a shame, as I'm generally much more lively and memorable.

Then I wandered around trying to spot Jordin again. I saw her once, but everyone was trying to get her attention, and I didn't want to be one of those people...

I ate an overpriced piece of pizza and met my brother and sister. We entered the stadium and quickly found our seats. I really enjoyed the concert (even though I was surrounded by huge, sweaty people). With the exception of Haley and Sanjaya, everyone sounded great. I was particularly impressed with Jordin, Gina, Melinda and Lakisha. Blake and Chris R. were much more enjoyable live, too. We left after the first encore (my siblings wanted to get out before traffic was bad). So, we got home around midnight.

But now the whole thing is over. I'm afraid she'll never contact me. And summer ends tomorrow. And the more I think about yesterday, the more depressed I get. All these idols are living their dreams. Meanwhile, I'm sitting at home, stuck in a terrible high school with a family that doesn't support my dreams. :( x 1000

― Tape Store, Sunday, 19 August 2007 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

pre-order now!

http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-American-Idol-Soul/dp/0757306454

― Mike McGooney-gal, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:38 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

Hey ILXors, I am now a starving grad student and am doing a project on the show that is the subject of this thread. The research involves doing a survey, and doing a survey involves getting people to take your survey, which is why I am posting here. So if you would like to help me not fail my research methods class, you could take my survey. Here is the link:

American Idol survey

Each and every one of you is a peach.

― Eppy, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

What is your age?
17 or under
18-21
22-24
25-27
28-30
31 and above

;_;

― HI DERE, Thursday, 8 November 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

Random specificity makes you seem more academic!

― Eppy, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

done and done.

I became a little sad when I truthfully answered the question about how many times you vote for one contestant during an episode.

― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

SUNDANCE HEAD

― Abbott, Friday, 9 November 2007 03:30 (eighteen years ago)

I couldn't figure out if my life would be happier without politics or not... :O

Also:

SUNDANCE HEAD

I seriously was thinking about reviving this thread today because I really wanted to remind the world: SUNDANCE HEAD.

― Abbott, Friday, 9 November 2007 03:32 (eighteen years ago)

ten years pass...

lol sanjaya

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 March 2018 04:50 (eight years ago)

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