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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/14/11 10:18 AM
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I think my Conspiracy Theory still holds water. The votes don't count. The producers pick the winners. Consider this. Who is the biggest star to come out of AI? - Carrie Underwood. Musical genre - C&W (or Country PoP). The past three winners have been commercial duds - Cook, Allen and Deweyze. The pop genre is saturated and frankly losing its mass appeal. Country PoP is taking over. Pia, great voice - Pop. Stefano - Pop. James - eh, talented, but maybe a little out there and a gamble on making money. Where's Lambert these days?
Way back in my high school days I took a Journalism class. The teacher asked us what is the main goal of a newspaper. Of course being brilliant 10th graders we were saying "to tell the truth", "report the facts", etc. Nope. #1 goal - MAKE MONEY. Same is true with AI. They almost lost the show as the past three duds proved America wrong. Winning formula - Country PoP; Lauren, Scotty, Haley (semi-pop). .... and the winner is ?? American Idol $$$$$$$$$$.
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/19/11 12:55 AM
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Top 3Three songs each tonight: 1) Contestants' choice (w/ Beyoncé), 2) Producer Jimmy Iovine's choice, 3) Judges' choice.
B+ Scotty "Amazed"
B+ Haley "What Is And What Should Never Be"
B Lauren "Wild One"
B Scotty "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"
B Lauren "I Hope You Dance"
B- Lauren "If I Die Young"
B- Scotty "She Believes In Me"
C Haley "Rhiannon"
D Haley "You Outta Know"
had a pretty decent night. "Amazed" I mostly loved, good to see some range from him. Like the song even after all those weddings I taped. S: Better and better; J: Grown so much; R: Few pitchy spots, but money. "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" was good, but I didn't get into it, a bit Zzzzz. S: Real character showing through; J: So good, in the zone; R: Approaching that Garth level. "She Believes In Me" is a good Kenny Rodgers song, but I think the song's bigger than Scotty. S: Put it over the top; J: Good job, baby; R: Very nicely done. LAUREN was middle of the road tonight. "Wild One" was almost there, but a little weak for Top 3. J: Very good; R: Have fun, nice; S: So ready for this. "If I Die Young" sounded good, she looks the part, but again not 100% there. J: Most beautiful tone of finalists; R: Missed modulation but back up; S: Did it again. "I Hope You Dance" was okay. J: Gave me gooseys head to toe; R: Sang it great; S: Good going. HALEY, as usual, does great AND sucky each night. "What Is And What Should Never Be", with her dad on guitar, was good. Thought it'd be worse, not sure of song choice. R: What it's all about, one of your best ever; S: Superb; J: [Must've missed her comment] "Rhiannon" had some weak spots, no moments. Did she forget some words? R: Good job, somber, in the zone; S: Beautiful; J: Thought you'd take it further at the end. "You Outta Know" was okay high, but lower register was horrible. R: Some rough parts; S: So nailed choruses; J: Strong parts were choruses [but no comment on verses??] --- According to the judges: ROUND 1 went to Haley: R: Hands down; S: Got her freak on; J: Moment was created. ROUND 2 went to Scotty: S: Lauren; J: Scotty, Scotty, Scotty; R: Scotty, Scotty, Scotty. ROUND 3 (of course, gotta keep it equal) went to Lauren: S: Haley; J: Lauren; R: Lauren. Apparently Steven likes his girls. We were also "treated" with a teaser of Beyoncé's new video for "Run The World" that apparently (as I fast-forwarded) was created in post production, even beyond Auto-Tune. --- So IMHO... 1) Scotty (B+/B/B-, #1/#4/#7) 2) Lauren (B/B/B-, #3/#5/#6) 3) Haley (B+/C/D, #2/#8/#9) 25 votes for Scotty. James should've been here instead of Haley. Obviously. But it was nice to see James on Fallon last night, making a guest appearance with Randy, performing "Any Way You Want It" by Journey. I'm glad he had a big, well-deserved, homecoming from the few seconds they showed of it. NEXT WEEK Idol's on Tues/Weds to end the season.
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/19/11 02:13 AM
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Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performancesBy DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer – 2 hrs 45 mins ago LOS ANGELES – The lights aren't out for Scotty McCreery on "American Idol." The deep-voiced 17-year-old country crooner of Garner, N.C., who first became known to "Idol" viewers this season for bellowing the lyric "baby, lock the doors, and turn the lights down low" from Josh Turner's "Your Man," flawlessly performed a trio of tunes on the Fox talent contest Wednesday, while his two competitors briefly botched their songs. "You're approaching that Garth (Brooks) level," judge Randy Jackson told McCreery. The finalists were tasked with performing tracks chosen by the show's judges, mentor Jimmy Iovine and the singers themselves. McCreery launched with his personal pick of Lonestar's "Amazed," following it up with Iovine's choice of Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" then sealing it with Kenny Rogers' "She Believes in Me" from the judges. "You put it over the top for me just now," judge Steven Tyler said after McCreery's last performance. It wasn't as effortless for Lauren Alaina, the twangy 16-year-old ingenue from Rossville, Ga., and Haley Reinhart, the feisty 20-year-old fatale from Wheeling, Ill. Alaina missed a key change on The Band Perry's "If I Die Young" from Iovine, while Reinhart slipped on the stairs — but kept on rockin' — during her pick of Led Zeppelin's "What Is and What Should Never Be." "It's not about how many times you fall," Tyler advised. "It's about how many times you get up." That moment didn't seem to trip up Reinhart, who's appeared as a low vote-getter four times. She won praise from the panel for her moody, wind-swept rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" from Iovine and her energetic take on Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know" from the judges, though the panel noted that Reinhart struggled with the wordy verses. "I think we all heard the same thing in the middle parts," judge Jennifer Lopez mildly scolded. Alaina's flub on "If I Die Young," which Lopez dubbed "a very honest moment," didn't deter her from later taking on Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance," chosen by the judges. Lopez said Alaina, who's appeared at the bottom once, gave her goosebumps, and Tyler noted that the pop-country princess waltzed onto the stage like she "owned the Grand Ole Opry." One of the three finalists will be eliminated Thursday with the other two advancing to next week's finale, where one will win a record contract and be crowned the 10th season "Idol." McCreery, who's never appeared at the bottom, is the presumed front-runner, likely leaving Alaina and Reinhart to duke it out to sing in the final round next Tuesday. ___ Fox is a unit of News Corp. ___ Online: http://www.americanidol.com
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/20/11 12:11 AM
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Top 3 ResultsOver 95 million votes, 15M more than last year, a record for non-finale voting. Top 4's "Mission" by production company Bad Robot (in support of their new movie, "Super 8"): to use Super 8 cams to record their homecomings. Haley's homecoming in Wheeling, IL Ford Music Video: "Smile" Il Volo, from Italy, sing "O Sole Mio" -- and very well! [ Video (not from tonight)] Scotty's homecoming (Garner, NC) - made me cry Nicole Scherzinger (from the Pussycat Dolls, and judge of NBC's The Sing-Off and the upcoming X-Factor) performs "Right There" with 50 Cent Lauren's homecoming (tornado-ravaged Rossville, GA & Chattanooga, TN) - very touching Lauren, Scotty, Haley...... after the break. First safe is... Scotty! Then.... Lauren! Goodbye to Haley (deservedly, and a week too late, IMHO), who performs Elton's "Bennie and the Jets"
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/21/11 12:13 PM
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Anyone here seen the new singing competition on NBC called THE VOICE? Yeah, I've been watching that, too. It's different enough to be interesting. I hope X-Factor will be, too...
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/23/11 08:28 PM
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I think Scotty's better than Lauren, overall. He never had a bad week, while she has. She looks the part more, though. I'm rooting for Scotty (meaning Lauren will win). 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/25/11 02:26 AM
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I think Scotty's better than Lauren, overall. He never had a bad week, while she has. She looks the part more, though. I'm rooting for Scotty (meaning Lauren will win). Still true. Final 2The 2 youngest (16/17) finalists ever. Lauren had vocal chord issues during practice, but is "good to go" Three songs each: 1) Contestant's favorite; 2) Idols' idols choice (Carrie Underwood for Lauren, George Strait for Scotty); 3) Their potential first single Judges didn't comment until after the second round
B+ Lauren "Like My Mother Does" (3)
B Scotty "Check Yes or No" (2)
B Lauren "Maybe It Was Memphis" (2)
B- Scotty "Gone" (1)
B- Lauren "Flat On The Floor" (1)
C Scotty "I Love You This Big" (3)
The repeat songs were compared to previous versions SCOTTY "Gone" wasn't as good as the first time "Check Yes or No" was good, but not very original LAUREN "Flat On The Floor" was a bit better than first time "Maybe It Was Memphis" was okay, raspy okay, but not 100% After Second Round: Randy: Fine choice America, Round 1 slight edge to Scotty, Round 2 to Lauren J-Lo: Explosive start, R1 Scotty, R2 Lauren Steven Pig: Both rounds to Lauren "cuz she's prettier than you" (wtf?!) Tyler Cruise sings the winning Coca-Cola competition songs, "Positive" Round Three: SCOTTY "I Love You This Big" wasn't great, should've been faster tempo to end it R: Great range, in it to win it, not sure about song; J: Great story teller, amazing job; S: Nailed it again LAUREN "Like My Mother Does" was a better original - emotional, so points there, shaky, but good R: Wow (x3), amazing song, Lauren has arrived, amazing (Standing-O); J: You may have just won with that song; S: You are in [as American Idol] in my eyes So basically, Lauren gets a better song to end the competition. Wonder if it's fixed?? After Third Round: R: Round 3 to Lauren J: Tough to choose, tight race [but you already did choose] S: Lauren hands down David Cook performs the go-home song "Don't You Forget About Me" -- Lauren B+/B/B- (1,3,5) Scotty B/B/C (2,4,6) Lauren, to me, wins the night. And as I said, she looks the part and can improve to be a star. Scotty was more consistently good, though. I gave my 20 votes to Scotty, but, Lauren will probably win this. Tho I'm always wrong anyway. But AI won't lose either way -- they made sure of that.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/25/11 10:46 AM
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Poor Scotty. Could they have tried to manipulate the audience much further?? You got THAT right! I was disgusted with what I saw last night. And then the report on TMZ that the Idol producers were scrambling to track down Haley, just in case Lauren was unable to sing for the finale. I'd bet my left buttcheek the whole story was a load of BS, and AI reps put the story out there just to garner sympathy for Lauren. It's clear who they want to win. Hell, ALL season the judges have avoided giving Lauren any kind of meaningful criticism. IMO, that's the ONLY reason she made it to the finale. And her "AW SHUCKS" southern belle schtick REALLY bugs the SHIT out of me!
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/25/11 11:03 AM
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For some reason, the judges hated Haley, maybe because they wanted a Carrie Underwood 2.0, something Lauren would fill nicely. The truth is, this is NOT a singing competition. I don't think they make nearly as much money from the singers and their success or lack thereof as they do from the show itself and all its advertising dollars.
Once the competition is over, who have we really seen be successful? Where's Taylor, Reuben, Kris, any of the others? The only three that enjoyed any real success are Carrie, Jennifer and Kelly, and where's Kelly been lately?? Chris Daughtry and Elliott Yamin had a few hits, but again, where have they been? Given the fanbase that these performers built, I can't imagine that it would be difficult to promote them, but AI doesn't really seem that interested.
What I thought was touching was that for her recent AI appearance, Jennifer Hudson had her fellow AI alum George Huff as her backup singer. She hasn't forgotten her roots, has she?
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/26/11 01:06 AM
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Season Finale Recap
A record 122 million votes cast, 3/4 of a billion over the season
Top 13 perform Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (C)
James performs "Living After Midnight" and "Breakin' The Law" with Judas Priest (B+)
Video Recap, "Randy: The Veteran"
Jacob performs "I Smile" with gospel singer Kirk Franklin & Gladys Knight (C-)
Casey performs "Fat Bottom Girls" with Jack Black (B-)
Top 13 Ladies perform a Beyonce medly (C+)
Video Recap, "Steven: The Loose Canon"
Haley performs "Steppin' Out with my Baby" with Tony Bennett (C-)
Video Recap, "J-Lo: The Most Beautiful Woman In The World"
Top 13 Ladies perform with TLC & Lil Jon (C)
Scotty performs "Live Like You're Dying" with Tim McGraw (B-)
Video: "Idols' Unsung Heroes" (best of the worst)
Marc Anthony performs with wife J-Lo and Sheila E (B+)
Video: "Eliminations suck" with Casey & James, and Pia
Top 13 Guys perform a Tom Jones medley (D+)
Ford Music Video: "Whenever You Remember" -- Top 2's two favorite teachers are presented with a new Ford Focus. Top 2 are presented with their choice of new Ford vehicle.
Lady Gaga performs "The Edge of Glory" (meh)
Lauren performs "Before He Cheats" with Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood (B)
Video: Contestants' thoughts on the Top 2
Beyonce performs "One Plus One" (FFWD)
Bono sound-alike Reeve Carney, from Broadway's "Spider-Man," performs "Rise Above 1" with Bono and The Edge (FFWD)
Steven Tyler performs Aerosmith's "Dream On" -- without James!
RESULTS...
The winner is... Scotty! (Wow!)
Scotty sings his first single, "I Love You This Big" -- well, he sang some of it. He was (understandably) choked up and hugging everyone.
And that's a wrap for Season 10.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2011 American Idol
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05/26/11 02:03 PM
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What started out to be a great season ended with a whimper. Boooooring. Since the two contestants were so alike, it really didn't matter which one of them won.
I did notice the Scotty/Lauren kiss last night and heard him say, "I love you, baby" to her. However, this morning he was all, "We're just good friends."
JG, good synopsis, but I would have given higher grades to the Tony/Haley duet. I was charmed.
Edited to add: I think you gave Marc Anthony's performance such a high mark because of JLo and that fringed dress. Or should I say, how JLo made those fringes move???
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