American Idol: Discussion Thread

[SteveFrame]

Here is an interesting post in a Blog I read sometime. The post might have some stuff that I can't post here so I will just link to it.

http://thiscircusicallmylife.blogspot.com/...-elections.html

He basically is voting for Sanjaya for a joke. Read it - it is so funny.

ETA: On BTW I do not agree with all he says in there - I just found the other stuff funny about why he voted for him.

[RogerNewcomb]

I loved Jordin, Chris Richardson and Blake (Cake) and Melinda tonight. Phil must go. Sanjaya outperformed him.

[R!ck]

Top 3

Jordin - Dayum, the girl can sang!

Melinda - Perfection! What more can I say?

Haley - She has made leaps and bounds from a few weeks ago.

Mid Pack

Chris Richardson - Cute as hell to look at, but very boring song. Love him anyway

Sanjaya - The lost Jackson child actually did good. His voice sounds much more powerful doing rock.

LaKisha - Was okay, not her best performance, but she's still great

Blake - TimberLite did quite well. safe!

Phil - The Daughtry wannabee needed this to stay in the game, although I didn't care for it. Hope he goes, but probably not

Bottom 3

Stephanie - Played it safe, Haven't seen her break lose, great signer with the personality of a statue.

Gina - What happened dear? Too much manic panic hair dye fry your vocal chords. I was expecting something great.

Chris S - Cannot stand him, so I wasn't even paying attention.

[DaysFanJean]

I think Simon made it perfectly clear that Phil should go and I think he is correct. The remaining ten will be on the tour and he won't be a money-maker whereas the others will, even Sanjaya who will pack the house with teeny-boppers. Actually, I was a teeny-bopper tonight. I LOVED his performance tonight and felt the music LOL.

Melinda was perfection. I absolutely love her.

Disappointed in LaKisha's performance as it was to controlled and subdued and the LaKisha sounds was missing even though she looked gorgeous and had to have felt fabulous wearing over a million dollars in diamonds.....whew imagine it.

Loved the fun, sexy, playful Haley tonight.

Loved Blake to pieces. Did ya'll notice the raptured expressions of the audience when he was on? They looked totally in rapture and it was a bit scary to me. A charismatic person with that power is not to be taken lightly....imho.

Disappointed in Gina tonight.

I'm not fond of the sound of Chris R.'s voice, but he did very well.

I think Chris S. has the best of the male voices. He rocked for me tonight.

Disappointed in Stephanie, too.

Loved Jordin.

Obviously, I think Phil should be the low vote getter.

[DaysFanJean]

Here is another prediction poll. It was 100% accurate for the bottom three last week. So far it has Stephanie, Sanjaya and Phil in the bottom three with Phil number 11. I think Sanjaya will ultimately do much better than that, though. He was good tonight.

http://television.aol.com:80/americanidol/poll

[darraholic]

OMG CRYING GIRL <3

Jordin & Lakisha were my favorites tonight.

[PhoenixRising05]

As I said in the ITZ thread, it seems to me the crying girl was a sick child or a Make A Wish child or something.

Anyway, enjoyed the theme tonight. Great songs.

Haley: Very good. I was worried that she was channeling Katherine McPhee too much but she was quite unique tonight. Playful, pretty, fun...liked her alot. She may come on like Vonzell did two years ago. Vonzell started off shaky and then hit a groove so I hope Haley does well. I like her vocals and her.

Chris R: Good. Much better. He was coming too close to Justin Timberlake and he deviated from him this week. I thought it was his best performance to date and it was great to hear his vocals and not see him jump around. Nice vibe.

Stephanie: Where others branched off, she stuck to copycatting. She needs to get away from her Beyonce-vibe. It's cutting too close. She did ok but nothing special and she lost her likeability factor weeks ago and can't seem to find it. She is vulnerable. She sung fine but...it was lacking and too generic.

Blake: Last week he gutted the song and changed it too much but this week he did it just right. He made it modern and his own without gutting the song. Excellent. Good vocals, nice dancing, he got his own vibe in...very good.

Lakisha: She is starting to fall a bit. I wonder if she peaked too soon. She has been steadily losing points with me. She always sings well but tonight just felt off. I think she should've chose the other song. I think Simon was right in that it was old-fashioned. I thought she looked nice but the whole package was wrong. I said a few weeks ago that Lakisha will be this year's shocking ouster and I hold to that. I really think she will get picked off for some reason like talented others have in the past. The fact that some are catching up to her might hurt her too.

Phil: Oy...all over the place. He was fake. He tried to create this rock vibe and, as Simon said, he doesn't have enough grit. He doesn't look right singing a song like that. He has a nice voice but this was all wrong in terms of presentation. He is in danger.

Jordin: Beautiful. I think this girl is going to the finale. She has the voice, the look...a rising star. She is so young and so poised...loved her. She picks the right songs and is so controlled. Excellent.

Sanjaya: Why is he still here? Teenyboppers have ears don't they? Whatever...America please send him home. There was a brief moment at the end of his song where he actually sung in tune but the rest was horrible. He reminds me too much of Michael Jackson at times and that isn't good either. He is just not ready for this and is all wrong. I hope America corrects it's mistake of late and sends him packing because he was hands down the worst.

Gina: A mess. I love her but she was all over the place. She was off-pitch, off tune...she screamed the last half of the song. I also feel the song was too extreme and a major turn off. I think she is in danger too but I think she may survive as she is different.

Chris S: Ok. Nothing special. Paula was right that he should've worked the crowd more. He walked through the audience and didn't even make eye contact or shake hands. Talk about cold. I am beginning to turn on him. He seems too standoffish for me. His vocal was ok. He was just ok for me.

Melinda: Brilliance. No more needs to be said.

My bottom 3 is Sanjaya, Phil, and either Stephanie or Gina.

My pick for going home would be Sanjaya but I won't believe it until I see it. I think Phil or Gina may go home.

[DaysFanJean]

I just checked Dial Idol and the AOL website polls and so far Phil is shining bright. Wow, I cannot believe that. Maybe Simon helped him along saying he would be in danger. He shot himself in the foot if he is loaded with Phil in the top 10. Gina and Stephanie are in trouble and if you can believe it, so are Chris R. and Chris S. Phil's got to go.

[R!ck]

Even though Sanjaya was #3 in DialIdol last week, but wa sin the B3 here are the final results anyway lol

1 Melinda Doolittle - 18.1

2-6 Phil Stacey - 12.9

2-7 Blake Lewis - 11.0

2-7 Lakisha Jones - 11.0

2-7 Sanjaya Malakar - 10.9

2-11 (B3) Jordin Sparks - 9.8

3-11 (B3) Chris Richardson - 7.9

6-11 (B3) Stephanie Edwards - 6.5

6-11 (B3) Chris Sligh - 6.3

6-11 (B3) Gina Glocksen - 6.1

6-11 (B3) Haley Scarnato - 6.0

I'm going to say...

B3

Chris R, Chris S, and Stephanie with Stephanie going byebye

[alwaysAMC]

That little girl that bawled her eyes out will grow up in 5-10 years and be very embarrased when she sees out ridiculously obsessed she got with a gay Michael Jackson look-alike.

Anyway - I'm tired of Phil and Haley. Send either one home please.

Blake was my fav. tonight.

[darraholic]

I kinda feel bad for the little girl. She's probably going to have a rough time in school.

[David_Vickers]

Awesome show last night, for the most part. Jordin, Melinda & Lakisha & the guys (except Chris Sligh) really brought it IMHO.

My top 5 (1) Jordin Sparks ----- she's done a lot better. If she keeps it up, she may very well be the IDOL.

(2) Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha ------------- almost a 3 way tie for the top. Love these 2. I kinda wish Melinda kept her hair longer.

(4) Blake Lewis ----- awesomely talented, he's "now", I can see him on the charts---Top 10, Love his making the old songs new again. His "Time of the Season" was better than the original, which I've always hated. But Blake made me like that song. It could be a hit for him.

(5) Chris Richardson ------ very good, good voice and performance, showing his voice. Never heard of "Don't Let the Sun Getcha Down", but it was good. He could also be on the radio now with that song.

Middle (6) Phil Stacey ---- didn't like him much until last week. THis and last week are his 2 best performances from him.

(7) Sanjaya Malakar ----- shockingly pretty good. Great performance and did pretty good with the Kinks "You Really Got Me". Like Randy said last night, I was in shock. Definitely does NOT deserve bottom 3 this week (and this is coming from a Sanjaya hater, lol).

(8) Stephanie Edwards ----- I've had her in my Top 3 at the begining, then Top 5, but she's dropping IMHO. I think it's nerves and picking the wrong songs. She's singing "too old" songs, songs that make her sound like she's in her 30's or 40's.

And my Bottom 3 are...........................

I sure hope that Dial Idol's correct this time! These 3 were definitely the worst.

I have Gina in 9th, I love Gina, but this week she was horrible, I agree with every thing Simon said. She was all over the place. Sung "Paint It Black" partially as a pop song, partially as rock, partially just a horrible mess. Hope she doesn't go home this week.

10) Chris Sligh----used to like him, but he's getting worse and worse. Sorta reminds me of Taylor Hicks & Ruben Studdard put together, but worse than either of them. I wouldn't care if he went home. If not this week, then next hopefully. I can't believe why anyone would think he was one of the best of last night. Do they need hearing aids? IMHO.

11) Haley Scarnato-----I sure hope this horribly untalented thing leaves the show. I cannot stand her. Thank God she didn't copy Kat McPhee last night. But she and Chris were by far the worst 2 this week. Her voice is so weak, you could hear the backup singers a lot more than her. Her outfit also looked like that of a street walker. Did she get it from DAYS's Willow Stark. LMFAO. Please let her or Chris be gone.

[David_Vickers]

PLEASE, for the love of all that is GOOD and RIGHT in the world, let this untalented twit go home and never to be seen again! Same goes to Chris Sligh too.

[PhoenixRising05]

I have read on several boards that girl is a Make A Wish child or that she has some sort of illness. She had a Idol t-shirt on and was asked on stage at the end of the show. They never ask a fan to come out on stage unless there is something else going on so I am thinking that what I read was right.

[alwaysAMC]

Damn - Stephanie and Chris R. are the bottom 2? They better get rid of Stephanie. Chris is a shocker.