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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:36 AM
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Did you agree with the choices on American Idol last night?
Well, for those who watch it anyway!
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:39 AM
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1. Was the show cancelled?
If not, then no - I don't agree!


:rofl::rofl::rofl:


:hide::yoiks:


:poopcorn:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:42 AM
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3. You better watch out!!
And what is :poopcorn:? :rofl:
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:43 AM
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7. it's the new popcorn.
I don't post popcorn anymore - just
:poopcorn:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:44 AM
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8. That brings up and interesting yet disgusting image in my mind!
:poopcorn: :rofl: :puke:
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:45 AM
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9. Someone mistyped it one day (Southofthe BorderPaul?)
and that was the last time I popcorned.

And, yes - that is the image I'm going for!

:poopcorn:
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Ron Mexico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:47 PM
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28. I fully support kick-ass-bob on this. Just sayin'. (n/t)
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:41 AM
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2. I was really, really glad Brenna was voted off.
She was so full of herself and had no talent or looks.
But I think the Donny Osmond look-alike (I don't remember his name) should have gone too.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:42 AM
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5. The little 16 year old boy? I think he looks like Fred Savage!!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:47 AM
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13. HA! see post #10
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:42 AM
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4. 100% --
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:43 AM
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6. I didn't think Sway should have gone before others, but yeah
I pretty much agreed too!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:46 AM
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11. I honestly thought he sucked
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:48 AM
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16. He wasn't great, but I thought he was better than the poor little
"chicken little" guy, who I want to see do well b/c he's just so darned cute in that dorky kind of way!
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 12:14 PM
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24. "Chicken Little" !! Funny. I can see that.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:29 PM
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25. That is what they called him and even put a pic of
Chicken Little right by him!! :)
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:11 PM
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34. Chicken Little is scary looking to me, but not that kid.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:46 AM
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10. Is Kellie safe?
Oh sweet sweet Kellie :P

Oh good she IS safe.

http://www.idolonfox.com/

Yeah I agree. HEather Cox (boy tell me that doesn't sound like a porn name) struck me as being groomed into that position and I mean that in every way. She wasn't very good but they took her along (if you will remember) as the last pick into the final 24 so that we could have a soul crushing moment of TV with the not-so-attractive girl having to be dissed directly in front of the Barbie doll captain of the Cheerleader squad. At least that is what it looked like to me.

The guys were poseurs. "Sway" :eyes: was a HipdaddyVEGAS wannabe and David was doing an impersonation not really singing.

The other girl was just BLAH! nothing of note.

BTW this guy actually appears to be actually morphing INTO Fred Savage right before our eyes (Paula said he reminded her of Bobby Brady)

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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:47 AM
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12. Yeah, you love Kellie! She's hard not to love! She's too darned
cute! That guy is Fred Savage's CLONE!!!
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:47 AM
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14. yes, yes. and yes.
Taylor, Elliot, Chris, Paris, and Katharine make AI watchable.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:48 AM
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15. Yes, and here are my final four:
Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 10:48 AM by JackBeck
(not that it will happen)

Mandisa
Paris
Chris
Elliott
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:49 AM
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17. That's pretty good! I hope Talyor Hicks is up there though! And
Katherine McPhee!!
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:52 AM
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20. Mandisa and Elliot are my favs!
And welcome to DU!! :hi:
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:56 AM
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21. They are my favorites as well!
And thanks for the welcome. Been lurking here for years but only recently started posting.

:toast:
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:50 AM
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18. Yes.....
Most important, what is Paula smoking? She's really been more loopy than normal since they started the viewer voting segments.

I'm disappointed in the final "chosen ones" anyhow. Ace is no Constantine :(
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:51 AM
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19. All of the judges last night were OUT there!!
:smoke:
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Ravenseye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:56 AM
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22. They were fine
Not who I would have picked but none of them belonged in the top 12, definately not the top 6, so it's fine...

Kevin Covais and probably Will Makar are gone next week...Good. Will at least has a cuteness factor, but he just doesn't have the voice....but Kevin? Man...He's terrible. I get that there are 12 year old girls who think he's 'cute' in that harmless way, but just close your eyes when he sings...Simon is right. If you heard him on the radio you'd turn him off. He's nothing compared to people like Chris Daughtery, Taylor Hicks, or Elliot Yamin...and I'm not an Elliot fan. I think he'll be lucky to go top 6...but Kevin Covais? I just don't even get how he made the final 24...his voice is terrible...

Next girls to go are probably Kinnik and Melissa Mcghee

Then we'll be in final 12 territory...

Ayla Brown
Ace Young
Bucky Covington
Chris Daughtry
Katharine McPhee
Kellie Pickler
Elliot Yamin
Lisa Tucker
Gedeon McKinney
Mandisa
Paris Bennet
Taylor Hicks

Then we'll lose probably Gedeon McKinney
Then Bucky Covington, or in reverse order with Gedeon.

Then the final ten are pretty strong...

Ayla Brown
Ace Young
Chris Daughtry
Katharine McPhee
Kellie Pickler
Elliot Yamin
Lisa Tucker
Mandisa
Paris Bennet
Taylor Hicks

Alot will come down to song choice at that level. Experience will pay though and unexpected fuckups will happen and doom people so it gets hard to predcit after that point...Any of them could make final six depending on their performances, which means any of them could flop.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 11:42 AM
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23. Yep - about 90%
The only thing I would have done differently is put Kevin before David. But David really should have a career as a Sinatra imitator or on broadway - he doesn't have enough of his own personality to be a legitimate star. In fact, I agreed that the lowest three from each group were the worst.

Here who I'd like to see in the top 5:

Girls -

Katharine McPhee (very resonant voice, and for an extra, I have a big crush on her)

Paris Bennett (sassiest vocals here; I was impressed with her ballad voice, too)

Mandisa (most powerful voice here)

Kellie Pickler (country voice with personality. Philly radio station B101 said that Idol's getting to her head - I hope not, because she's sweet)

Lisa Tucker (I like Whitney Houston, and she reminds me of a young Whitney)

Guys -

Ace Young (great vocal range)

Gedeon McKinney (could inject life into R&B radio)

Bucky Covington (to me, he's a neat combo of Alan Jackson and southern rock)

Taylor Hicks (he did very well on the Elton John song, and seems to have a good ear for songs in general)

Chris Daughtry (I don't like Fuel, and I hope he doesn't go into that stale modern rock - but he does seem very seasoned this early)





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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:34 PM
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26. Yup.
Which is scary. :scared:
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distantearlywarning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:42 PM
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27. Yes.
Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 01:44 PM by distantearlywarning
I hated that Brenna girl. She was totally smug and smirky and full of herself and delighted in making other people around her unhappy. I was really pissed when the judges put her through to the final 24 but not the girl she was making miserable with her antics during Hollywood week. I was so glad to see her go last night I laughed and applauded when she got booted.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:00 PM
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29. no.
the scrawny kid should have gone instead of Sway, I think his name is Kevin. He's just in over his head.

and...

x( :eyes: to all the AI haters!
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:01 PM
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30. I agree with everything you said!!
:)
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:11 PM
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35. I want Taylor or Chris to win- either one would be fine with me.
They are so different, I can't pick one of them. Mandisa is good, and I think Pickler would have a career without AI, but not as a singer- she needs to be a Kelly with a new Regis. Her and Seacrest could do it! :-) He's getting better this year, much better banter with the judges and esp. Simon. The shirt thing was hilarious on Wed.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:14 PM
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36. Wow, we think a lot a like!! I am rooting for Taylor all the way!!
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:51 PM
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43. :-) Great minds and all...
I am so addicted. I vote! Only five per show- I don't get carried away.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:16 PM
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37. Kellie is better than Carrie was at this stage IMO
And I found Sway's voice to be very phony. But we agree about Mandisa 100%, and I wouldn't mind if Taylor won. Personally, I can't decide between Ace and Gedeon.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:54 PM
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44. I remember thinking Carrie was going to win from the beginning, but
I was rooting for (in love with) constantine.

I think Ace has the looks, and will probably have a career after Idol, but won't win. He'll make it to the top six at least. Gedeon drives me absolutely batty! He did better this week, but I find him really annoying. Sway spent too much time in falsetto, no one really wants to listen to a whole song or verses in falsetto, esp. from a male voice. At least I don't. But, I thought he was better than Kevin.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 03:03 PM
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45. Well, this is very subjective - it's music after all
Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 03:05 PM by mvd
I think Kevin and Sway were equally bad in their own ways. And Gedeon does remind me of Sam Cooke/Motown.

Carrie actually made a better album than Bo. During Idol, I thought she grew as a singer, even though her song choices got worse.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 04:21 PM
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46. That's why it's so much fun to watch and talk about!
everyone hears what they hear, and that's it! Even best friends can disagree and enemies can find common ground. We need a new show- one that can do the same with politics. :-) I have yet to be driven to buy and American Idol winner's album- I did get a few downloads of Kelly's, she's just amazing. My only pop indulgence. :blush:
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:22 PM
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41. That kid, Kevin, goes to my son's school
and he's a very nice boy.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:50 PM
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42. I don't doubt that he's a nice kid, but his voice just isn't ready for
this level of competition. He's not the only one, but his is the least ready. He looks terrified when he sings. give him two years of voice lessons, braces, and lots of public singing, and I think he has a shot.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:07 PM
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31. I didn't see it last night, but now that this thread has brought...
me up to speed, yes, I do agree with the choices. Except for Sway, who didn't perform well this week, but has done well previously.

I'm not the best judge, since I really hate overwrought singing and Top 40 pop. My daughter started watching Idol during the second season and it's turned into a family activity, especially during the early audition shows.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:09 PM
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32. Well, yes and no.
Yes, they bounced the untalented off the show.

No, they didn't bounce enough.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:10 PM
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33. Do you like any that are there?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:20 PM
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38. I have to admit, I've not seen any of it this time around -
not even accidentally, which is odd, because in the past I've randomly across it a bunch of times.

But, judging from past experience, I think it's a safe bet to say that no, I don't like any of them.

The only ones with any real spirit of musicianship and artistry have been William Hung and Bo Brice (assuming Bo was the long-haired David Gilmour type in the last go-round, and not the long-haired sunglass-sporting "heavy metal" fuckwad from last go-round).
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:20 PM
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39. There are a couple this year that would maybe surprise you, but
I get what you are saying!
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:21 PM
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40. We agree on one thing
I was a Bo fan. Too bad they tamed him for his CD.
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