You mean this doesn't do it for you, Zia?? :p

Cleveland has now surpassed the whole state of Hawaii in terms of voting. Who knew Cleveland was so large? :rolleyes:

Maybe there are sickos out there who just want to see American Idol made fun of. Possibly get the show cancelled and off the air. Vote the Fat Bastid in and MAKE them give him a record contract.

You know.....the ultimate PUNK'D!!!!!!!!!

(Maybe Ashton is lurking!)

"average joe"? Nope. I think that would be Anthony.

"Underdog"? Nope again. That would be Vonzell. All females but one AND all blacks have been eliminated. An underdog there if I ever saw one.

"Anti-Simon votes"? Nope. Again, that would be Vonzell. He never has anything nice to say about her.

Do they let peeps in prison use the phone on Tuesday nights? Hmmmm.......

I heard something about that Dubba is going to have a press conference or something tonight at 8:30. So I wonder if they will show the last half hour of Survivor when the President is done or what?

He knows someone at the Fox Network. Or he threatened Paula let me win or I will bash your head in with a phone.
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This is the 2nd time in the same week that these reality shows has ticked me off. How dare they vote off Steph? Why couldn't they vote off Katie or Caryn? I bet Tom will get the boot next week.

Damn straight Mignon.

I missed Survivor but tuned in right at Tribal Council.

Sad. I like Tom, but I'm not interested anymore now that Steph is gone.

Apprentice? Yay!! I waited a loooong time for THIS firing!

Weird... What they did in my neck of the woods was put on Survivor after G-Dub's press conference, so I got to see the whole thing.

Sad that Steph is gone.

OK, not really, but I was pretty inconsolable for about 2 seconds... :p

Weird here too. I didn't even see anything on Dubya out here. Survivor started at 7 - though I was busy and didn't watch it until the last 5 minutes, then I switched over to NBC for The Apprentice at 8.

Maybe they don't telecast Dubya in the blue states?

EDIT:

Can someone explain to me why Steph voted for Caryn? Wasn't it Steph's plan for an all woman alliance? I know Caryn blabbed to Tom about the plan, but did Steph know this? Would have made more sense for Steph to vote for Tom (though it would be a futile vote). Should I have just watched the whole show to answer my silly questions??

To recap those who didn't see the whole thing (if you didn't want to go to CBS.com):

- Started off the night after the Janu quitting/Steph plea tribal council talking about how weird it was in camp

- Steph starts her game - attempts to get an all-girl alliance together - not the worst idea in the world, other than the fact that she's the alpha-female of that group and she'll get voted off the first chance the other girls get

- Tom makes a speech saying that because he tried his hardest, Koror has made it that far and that people shouldn't hold that against him




- Reward Challenge - not really a challenge - they just did the auction thing where they bid for things before knowing what they were - prizes included a hamburger, hot fudge sundae, spaghetti and meatballs, and letter from home



- Immunity Challenge - survivors line up about 10 feet behind a number of targets, the object is to have all 5 of your targets knocked out with coconuts - the ones with bad aim will hit other people's targets - Ian wins immunity

- After the Challenge - CBS does its best to confuse the audience on who the next one to go

- Stephenie gets kicked out

Steph vote on Caryn was random. Although CBS tried its best to make people believe that the decision was up in the air, I have a feeling everyone knew it would be Steph.

Thanks DB for the synopsis. I did see part of the coconut throwing challenge. I thought Caryn and Steph sucked at it. How hard is it to lop a coconut through the air and have it land SOMEWHERE on the given space? Theirs seemed to fall short from where I saw.

Tom's arrogance is really rubbing me the wrong way. I am now kinda hoping Ian wins the whole thing. The kid really needs to eat something soon! Check out those ribs!

I was EXTREMELY worried that Tanna was going to get the axe over that silly 'Bedazzler' quest. Now that Angie's gone, Tanna is my favorite to go all the way. Thank GOD she came back swinging and made a strong case on her ability to serve as the Apprentice.

As is the case in many a boardroom battle, the tide turned on ONE issue, Alex's # of losses as PM. Or...lack of knowledge thereof !!

Apple

Amen Sister!

Funniest line of the show from the mouth of Tana (again):

"I am the Master Studder!"

How many times did she mention that stupid Bedazzler? I remember I had one of those as a kid growing up when studding your denim jacket was all the rage! I don't think the Donald was as impressed with it as she was!

I too was afraid for Tana. Luckily she put her track record out there for Trump and tripped up Alex in the process.

Though I missed the first few episodes of the show in the very beginning, I did not see anything in Alex I liked. I felt he was lazy and a tad overconfident.

I really think Tana will do well in the interviews. She seems a little more polished and mature than the others.

I think the initial idea itself was fine...but to spend all that time looking (God only knows how many phone calls she made) and then finally trek out o Staten Island for that dopey thing!! Alex sure was right about being able to use that as ammunition in case of a loss!!

The studs definitely brought the shirts up a notch...but the design was already great without them. Far superior to Magna's. I like the lesson learned on this loss; despite the quality (and price) of the merchandise, without a decent marketing plan they still got beat.

Incidentally...I though it was hilarious to see Kendra and Craig have to work together; these two can't STAND each other!

Kendra is in for a rude awakening since she seems to think she's got just two more opponents to knock down on her way to becoming Apprentice.

Apple

I have not read ONE thing about the Idol all weekend - (too busy) - but my friends here in the know have also heard British Invasion or Movie Night.

They usually do a Movie Night every year. Anthony loves Celine so we should expect to hear the Titanic theme

Motown? Seems like they beat Motown to death in auditions....I would welcome the beating Vonzell could give Carrie in the Motown genre though...

Does amazing race come on tonight?

Amazing Race comes on after AI (on CBS)...The race is down to the final four...

NEW AI THEME RUMOR

I find rumors are closer to being true on the day of the show.

Two themes. Each contestant sings 2 songs, one from each theme. The themes are supposed as follows:

American Top 40 of the past year - Isn't this close to what they did last week?? :rolleyes:
So we are going to have alot of Usher, 50 Cent, Destiny's Child, Avrile and Green Day??

Bo already did the Gavin DeGraw song. This is my LAST plea and opportunity to wish him to do a 3 Doors Down song!!!! :p

Second theme is songs by Lieber and Stoller. Yep. Who? I knew a few songs from the 60's - had to look some others up. Seems the choices range from Elvis songs (Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog) to songs like Stand by Me, On Broadway, Under the Boardwalk, Love Potion #9 and Spanish Harlem. Then there are the "gimmicky" songs - Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown, Kansas City and our sure personal favorite - Fast Women and Sloe Gin.... :rolleyes:

This show has T-R-A-I-N-W-R-E-C-K written all over it.

We can only hope that Scott will screw up big time

Are you kidding?

It is all over the entertainment news today.

Votefortheworst.com IS for real!

I had heard there were people doing this, in fact I mentioned in an earlier post that I had heard people were out to make a joke of the show or were hell-bent on getting it cancelled.

This website is supposedly some serious chit. These maniacs WANT to crown Scott Savol the American Idol.

Supposedly the website was up and running last year and that is why John Stevens got so far undeservingly. I guess this year, membership there is at an all time high and when Constantine proved TOO GOOD to be the worst, they all changed to vote for the worst - Scott Savol.

Wonder if this trend will hold? There has to be a whole lot of OTHER people voting for their favorites, right?

It seems that site has been suspended!

But that could backfire, making all its members work even harder now! I hope the people responsible get sued by AI.

Anybody watching AI? The first round, the contestants had to sing songs by Lieber and Stoller, who wrote Jailhouse Rock, etc. Anthony was horrible, Scott was good (I hate saying that), Vonzell was fun AND good, Bo was wonderful, and Carrie was pimped beyond belief in spite of a mediocre performance, IMHO.

The second round is something about Billboard hits. Anthony, again, was not good. Scott was okay, but a bit flat.

Vonzell just sang her second her song and she was heart-breakingly beautiful. Absolutely amazing.

Not alot of posts about AI tonight. I missed Anthony's and Carrie's first song. I thought Bo and Vonzell did great Scott did ok I can't believe I just wrote that. Do any of the judges ever say anything about bad about Carrie? Since there is only five left will they still have a bottom 3? My 3 are Carrie,Scott,Anthony.
BTW I voted for Vonzell tonight.

For the FIRST time this whole season I can honestly say Carrie blew me away with her performance tonight!

That first Elvis song she did - dang! NAILED it. It was the first time I ever just watched her and was completely entertained by her and awed by her talent. She found her niche...and that was the PERFECT song for her. EXCELLENT!

That said -

THE GOOD

Carrie's second song. I hear that song on the country stations and she sang it better than the group Rascal Flatts. First time I felt she really connected with the audience (at least with me). She also looked beautiful tonight. I am not a fan yet - but I gotta give this girl her props and an A+ for improvement.

Bo was good on both songs. I thought Los Lonely Boys was a bit of a cop-out, no money notes - guess I was still wishing for a 3 Doors Down. It was nice to see a more subdued side to Bo.

Scott - I thought he did both songs very good. He is no Bo or Carrie but he had 2 good song choices.

THE MIXED

Vonzell - first song was good. A really different take on the original but very soulful. I didn't like her choice on the 2nd song - the "charity single" for AI? That was a sell out and it is not a very good song anyway. But she sang well and looked beautiful as always.

Anthony - his first song was horrific. His second was great. I think the judges didn't give him enough credit for that 2nd performance. I did notice while watching him sing the Backstreet Boys how much he resembles Nick Carter :p

THE TOKEN CELBRITY IN THE AUDIENCE

Anyone see Cheryl Ladd? Still gorgeous after all these years!

I seriously can't remember how they do the boot when there is only 5 people. I am still very worried about Vonzell. I worry about her fan base.

We'll have to wait and see. Film at 11. (8 MST )

First, my rant of the day: Does Simon ever have anything nice to say about Vonzell? Seriously... She sang those songs perfectly well (although I wasn't crazy about the first song since I didn't know it much like, I'm guessing, 95% of America) but Simon keeps putting her down. His obvious pimping of Carrie and his obvious jabs at Vonzell aren't kosher.

Anthony - Sounded horrible on the first song, OK on the second song - His 13 year-old fan base needs to come through for him. How many times did your daughter call, Part?

Scott - He actually sounded pretty good. His arrogance is going to turn off a lot of people, but with people voting for the worst, I think he's safe. The very first villain of American Idol, ladies and gentlemen!

Vonzell - She sounded great on both songs. Doesn't matter - she's in trouble tonight, I think.

Bo - He sounded great on both songs. I don't know though - is it me or does he pick songs that are easy to sing?

Carrie - To show that she has personality, Carrie kicks the mic stand. That's right - she kicked the mic stand. What a performer! :rolleyes: :p In any case, she sounded great.

My personal bottom 3: Anthony, Scott, Carrie

The Reality Bottom 3: Anthony, Scott, Vonzell with Anthony leaving

No.

I actually KNEW that when it came Simon's turn to speak, he would say something negative about her. I'm not really sure how much power Simon holds with the show but I am pretty certain the producers are wanting to choose a winner based on demographics. How many times have we heard that a 'rocker' is gonna win this? I'll bet they would love a fresh faced young country girl as a winner. A sistah won last year. A man of color the year before. I'm thinking they are wanting something different this year.

I am honestly very afraid for Vonzell right now. Can the U.S. Postal Service save her by voting all night last night? This could be here last night around tonight....

I am so sick of superior performers leaving the show while other, less deserving competitors stay on week after week. In all fairness, as much as I loathe Scott, I think that Anthony deserves to go before him, and they both deserve to go before Vonzell, Carrie or Bo. At least I feel that Vonzell puts her heart and soul into every performance. She's cute and pretty and perky and sweet, AND she's got a nice voice.

As for Bo and Carrie, could the show pimp them as the Final Two any more than they already do? The judges give them constant tongue baths and, since they performed 4th and 5th last night, they even showed them standing together and waving at the camera! Simon can't even hold it in any longer, and called Carrie robotic last night.

Who's gonna watch that ABC special about AI tonight at 10pm after the results show? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Vonzell will stay and not get the boot. I voted for her last night.

I won't be home tonight at all until very late so I will miss the results show AND this "expose". I think I will survive...

So, now there is an incriminating voice mail out there from Paula to Corey Clark in which she sounds desperate and paranoid about the press she is getting. Oy.

And this:
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4512077.stm

Paula Abdul had transatlantic hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s American Idol judge Paula Abdul had an affair with singer Corey Clark while he was a contestant on the talent show, he has claimed in a US TV interview. Clark, 24, told ABC's Primetime Live that Abdul, 42, secretly coached him before he was ejected from the 2003 series for hiding an arrest record.

Idol network Fox said it would "look into any evidence of improper conduct".

Last week Abdul said Clark was "an admitted liar and opportunist who engages in unlawful activities".

'Better song choices'

Clark said Abdul gave him money for clothes and a haircut before he was disqualified from the show in April 2003.

"So she was like, 'You got to have better song choices, and I want to help you do that. I want to look after you like - like I'm your mom,'" Clark said.

"And then she was like, 'Well, more like your sister,'" he added. "And then she was like, 'Well, maybe more like your special friend.' And then she was like, 'Well, maybe more like your anal sex slave.'"

Fox said Clark never notified the network or producers of any concerns about the show despite "multiple opportunities" to do so.

In a statement on the American Idol website it added that the public should "carefully examine Mr Clark's motives, given his apparent desire to exploit his prior involvement with American Idol for profit and publicity".

Before becoming an American Idol judge, Abdul was a pop star with transatlantic hits including Straight Up, Opposites Attract and Rush Rush. She also co-wrote Kylie Minogue's 2000 hit Spinning Around.

Clark was ejected from the talent show in 2003 for failing to disclose that he faced criminal charges of battery and resisting arrest after a fight with his sister. He pleaded no contest to the charges.

Now in its fourth season, American Idol attracts an average of nearly 28 million viewers for its weekly broadcast. Its latest winner will be chosen and awarded a record contract on 25 May.
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"anal sex slave"? Really Paula, you should be more careful what you say!

So forget the argument that she was single, he was single. She was a JUDGE!! You can't sleep with the contestants! This whole show has no credibility in light of this and the whole Votefortheworst.com.

Granted, there is no solid proof that this affair happened. But the burden of proof IS on her and he knows way too many details about her home and rooms within her house (decorations, placement of objects) that even if she DIDN'T sleep with him, she allowed him to be close enough to know information about her. Her credibility is toast. Big mistake.

I say fire Paula and bring back either Mark McGrath or Quentin Tarantino (best judges ever) to replace her.

I'm not watching next year unless they start allowing voters to vote the worst OFF the show every week OR have Sugar Ray as a judge. The eye candy alone would at least ease the pain of watching this show week in and week out.

Oh, poor Anthony, is he going home on his birthday?? I'm so glad that Vonzell and Bo are safe and that there's a 50/50 chance that Scott will be going home.