Ok, how insane is THIS???

****Song selections for 4/29 SPOILERS Ahead****

Supposedly, it is Neil Sedaka night tonight. Not sure if he is gonna judge (ick) but they will be singing songs written by him.

Rumor has it Ruben is gonna do a slow version of "Breaking Up is Hard To Do"...(down dooby do don down.... )

Trenyce will be singing "Love Will Keep Us Together"

Clay will be singing "Solitaire" - (is this the one the Carpenters did?? )

Kim will be singing "Where the Boys Are"

And Josh will be doing......sit down for this.....the WORST song in the history of the Universe - "Bad Blood".

We may be waving buh-bye to Josh tomorrow night.

*****End of Spoilers*******


Did I mention.....insanity???????

Actually with Carmen gone I believe Clay will sing 'Where the Boys Are'

Don't forget Calendar Girl and Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen

Oh and without hearing them sing my prediction this week is we'll be saying good bye to Josh. Next week Kimberly, followed by Tyrence with only Clay and Reuben to battle it out.

Nothing like seeing a Marine sing a Neil Sedaka song

All righty now... two songs each this week. First round, Kimberly and Josh were in the pits. Second round, Kimberly kicked Trenyce's butt.

Josh is history tomorrow. With some work he's gonna make it big in Nashville, so I don't feel too bad.

Truthfully, though - and I love Ruben, don't get me wrong - but I thought he was relatively weak this week. I never thought he had a great falsetto, and tonight was no exception.

I will say this, too - the dweeb kicked fucking ass this week, like it or not!

OK - appears my earlier prediction of Josh going was fairly accurate. I still have my bet going that Trenyce beats out Kimberly but I will say Kimberly was excellent on the second song - each week I doubt my bet more and more.

And JGeoff - you are right the dweeb did kick ass this week.

Funny I read the earlier post by LDV and when I heard them singing I was like how did she guess the exact songs. I was sitting there shocked , like how would she know and then I re-read on this post and saw that she had spoiler so she obviously gotten the info somewhere. So much for my amazement

BDD- admit it. You will always be amazed by me....

Okay, some observations:

Neil Sedaka = a fat Regis Philbin????

After watching tonights show, I will admit everyone pretty much raised his or her game (except Josh - Hello Josh? There is a show on now called Nashville Star??????). But tonight I am convinced that Clay should be the American Idol. I can just see him doing the Leno, Lettermen, Entertainment Tonight, etc...circuit - the guy has so much personality and the peeps love him...

I'm a geek. I actually voted.

Oh, the insanity.

Geoff, you're right about one thing. I think Clay, unfortunately, can win this thing. Everyone keeps saying Ruben definately will... But; there's just so many of those DAMN CLAY FANS!

AL - If I was to go ONLY by last night, then Clay deserves to win hands-down. But I still see why you "hate" him so much

But overall, it will be a tight race between Ruben and Clay. Either one will win, and, BOTH will become stars regardless. (So will some of the other Top 12...)

As for Clay fans, I'm sure there are as many, if not more, Ruben fans.

What's going to be interesting is after tonight when there are only 4 left. I wonder if they'll still do a "bottom 3" at that point? Eventually one of those two will be standing there, sweating in the "bottom" group... should get interesting.

What's with the hour-long show tonight? During my Yankees game?

Ruben did an excellent job last night, also. I know you said you didn't think so... But, I thought he sang both songs in somewhat different styles. He switched it up a bit; and his voice, as always, we superb. No doubt, there's ALOT of Ruben fans, but everytime Clay's finished singing; there's BLASTS of screaming. Maybe it's just not as loud for Ruben because a bunch of people yelling "RUUUUUUUUUUUBEN!" I dunno; but I know everywhere I look... I see all these annoying Clay fans!

Hour long show? Didn't know about that. Sweet. Which ya gonna watch, Geoff?

It'll either go like one of these; they'll do a bottom three, leaving one left that's not in the bottom, and take one out, as usual. Or, they'll do a bottom two. Then, the NEXT time(two weeks from now); they'd just take one out, since there'll only be three, leaving it to the two finalists.

Ahh, so they picked only the Bottom 2 tonight... makes sense...

HOLY CRAP!! As I was typing "No shock tonight" when it was down to Ruben and Josh... RUBEN ENDED UP IN THE BOTTOM 2!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH AMERICA!!!!

Idiot people voting for Josh cuz he's in the Marines instead of how he can sing? Even I said Ruben's performance last night wasn't up to par, but it was still better than Josh's!

Disgusting.

Anyway... *whew!* Ruben's safe... Trenyce is outta there!

I'm fucking outraged!!! I'm sick of Josh and his country shit. Fuck him. The only reason he wasn't in the bottom two is 'cause everyone felt sorry for him and voted for him! Okay, everyone who doesn't vote because "it doesn't count"... VOTE! See what happened this time? I hope everyone who voted for Josh out of sympathy gets a big smack in the face; and feels dumb... Because they are! OUTRAGED!

Ruben = AMERICAN IDOL.

Wow, what a shocker!

It could be that America thinks Ruben has it in the bag for #1 and were voting for other people to a) keep them around one more week, or b) alienate other contestants - hoping that they would go home.

It is crucial now that America votes for the person - the one person - they want to win the competition. This is no time for Survivor-like strategy. The one with the most votes wins, plain and simple.

My favorite part last night was the 60's medley. They all sounded fantastic - individually and collectively - even Josh sounded good singing one of my favorite songs "Young Girl".

I have it on good authority that next week's theme is the Bee Gees with the show flying in Robin Gibb to be a celebrity judge.

Didn't they already do Disco night?????????

I wanna see an Elvis theme. I wanna see Clay to sing Suspicious Minds or Its Now or Never. I want Kimberly to soulfully sing In the Ghetto. I want to see Ruben sing Youre The Devil in Disguise. I think Josh could pull off Burnin' Love before getting the boot.

Notice I didnt go with the obvious: Ruben singing Let me Be Your Teddy Bear....

Bee Gees?? Who can sing those sings besides the Bee Gees themselves? But I supposed they'd have those high-falsetto backups on tape anyway.

It's not all disco, tho, obviously. They had some great tunes way before the disco era.

Let's see... what Saturday Night Fever songs can the contestants do next week:

Clay - "More Than a Woman" (or maybe Paula would pick "You Should be Dancin'" for him)
Ruben - "How Deep is Your Love"
Josh - "Stayin' Alive"
Kim - "Night Fever" is the only one left

Oh JG, that is terrific! But if I had to choose a song for Kim and her sultry voice, I would want to hear "If I Can't Have You".....

Sad JG that we probably still own the Sat Night Fever 8-track and have all the songs memorized, no??

I didn't have many 8-tracks as I wasn't driving yet back then, I got most of what I had from by older brother; I still have all my LP's tho

Elvis theme would be cool. Or Sinatra. Or how about an 80's theme, those groups we were chatting about last night? REO Speedwagon, Def Leppard, Van Halen, 38 Special, Scandal, Quarterflash... that'd be great! I bet Clay could sing the hell out of a Styx song!

God! I can so SEE him singing Sail Away!

80's - should have been a theme when there were still 10 finalists. Would have been a ton of choices there.

*Edit: 8 tracks came with the Gremlins, Opels and Pacers??? Not like I was driving back then JG - watch yourself regarding my age! I must have had it good, I had an orange portable 8 track player in my bedroom. I think the 8 tracks I owned were the SNF soundtrack, Electric Light Orchestra, Beach Boys and Moody Blues....all hand me downs hahaha.....

First off regarding last night - that was pretty lame we all knew that Josh should have been packing. And I lost my bet because Tyrence went before Kimberly also. Glad it was only a 'friendly' bet with nothing real wagered .

Regarding next week and the Bee Gees they will probably have something like the did this week (60s') only they will sing a song from the 70's and then maybe a Bee Gee song in the second half. Someone will sing 'I Started a Joke'

The following week they will probably do 80's. Styx would have some good ones although I can hear Clay sing Journey's "Open Arms" - I'd feel like I'm back in high school again .

Were you watching in Week One? Clay DID sing Open Arms..and he rocked!

At lunch today I was at Target and the American Idol Season 2 All Time Classic American Love Songs CD was out. On sale for $11.99.

Since it was only 12 bucks, I picked it up. 13 tracks - 2 by the group - others the songs the individuals did before (?):

Superstar - Ruben
On the Wings of Love - Clay
At Last - Julia
Three times a Lady - Josh (thankfully not TOO countryfied...)
Lets Stay Together - Trenyce
Back At One - Rickey
Killing Me Softly with His Song - KimBenet Caldwell (Best she ever sounded)
Open Arms - that freak Corey
How Do I Live Without You? - Carmen Goat Girl (awful, awful, awful track - she sucks!)
Over The Rainbow - Kim Locke (Excellent)
Overjoyed - Charles

God Bless the USA & What The World Needs Now Is Love - All

It is amazing how good these contestants sound when mixed in a studio!!


And BDD- all bets are friendly...all taken seriously as well.

Actually No - I didn't see the beginning so didn't know he sung that.

Loser I believe this is what is referred to as 'disposable income'

Wow, the outrage of Ruben's bottom placement last night actually made the news this evening! (Well, it is FOX 5 News in NY, but still )

Where did they place his bottom, and was anyone hurt????????

Wherever they placed it I'm sure they were bummed out about it. They probably asked for a Corned Beef Reuben. I guess that's the extra fatty version.

Five words... I LOATHE THE BEE GEES.

Okay, I voted for Joshua Gracin as the person who I WANT to win. The person I THINK will win is Kimberly Locke (or Ruben freakin' Studdard). My top 3 are Joshua Gracin, Kim Locke, & Clay Aiken. I personally think that Ruben is talentless. I think the only reason they keep him there is because he is 'huggable'. My question is this...Why would anyone want to hug an extremly obese, soul wanna-be with no neck? I would be afraid of the stinch coming from his pits. I'm sure he has a hard time getting around on stage. Scooter anyone?

Oy vey.

I can't wait to see Lombardi's reply to you, Shorty...

Lombardi is my boy. I'm not worried about him.

He doesn't like Ruben, does he? I didn't know he did, anyway.

...I'm restraining my anger from EXPLODING on you, ShortCake.

Ruben... Talentless? I can't see how he can be talentless if he's in the TOP FIVE SINGERS IN AMERICA. O_O He's extremely talented. Listen to that voice... Can you say, HONESTLY, that's not talent? That man can sing, give him some freakin' credit, man. He's got a great voice. And the reason people vote for him isn't 'cause he's "huggable." I doubt he'd be up there with the top five singers in the USA because of being "huggable." Fuck, I'm huggable( ) and I'm not in the top five. Says something, huh?

And just because you think(key word, fellas) that he is talentless... Doesn't mean you have to go on insulting him. Saying he's obese and "smells" and shit. That's kind of rude. O_O There's nothing wrong with big people. Hell, alot of my family is big. They're people, too.

Josh Gracin? Meh... I'll admit he can sing. But, as of late, he's been fucking up. Out of key, tuning problems, etc. I think most people vote for him out of sympathy and 'cause he's in the army... And with this "war" thing going on; we know how everyone's supporting the army. But, alot vote for him because of talent, which I admit he has.

*sigh of relief* PHEW. There... Yeah. Sorta explode. But... No one talks about my RUUUUBEN!

Just my opinion. Using my 'freedom of speech' rights. I think he sounds bad.

Not liking someone is ONE thing, labeling him as "talentless" is completely differ.

Shut-Up. this isn't your battle. Plus, AL and I are talking on AIM right now and things are cool. YES, it is my FREEDOM OF SPEECH!

Listen SC2, read the "posting rights" at the bottom of the GD page. If it wasn't my battle, it would be in private, but this is on the BB where there are about 300 regular posters. If things are cool with this battle, then good.