American Idol: Season 6

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Sorry, but I wanted Sanjaya to win. If only to get that horrible show off the air. I totally agree with Sheryl Crow when she said in an interview last month that American Idol feeds commercialism and undermines art in every way.

Oh well.

~jamie

I couldn't believe she said that. This is the woman who has sold her songs to corporate America for all kinds of things. If Sheryl isn't commercial then who the hell is? Don't get me wrong, I like her. But for her to say such a thing is the epitome of hypocritical.

[ontheEdgeof17]

This goes to show that VFTW has no power in the voting. Their past "picks" prove that, as well. They may try to take all the glory, but in reality, their votes mean nothing.


I can't wait to see Sanjaya on the cover of The Advocate in a few years.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

This goes to show that VFTW has no power in the voting. Their past "picks" prove that, as well. They may try to take all the glory, but in reality, their votes mean nothing.

I don;t agree. VFTW kept Sanjaya their longer than he should and upset other favs. There's no doubt it had an impact.

I also think AI is rigged. Taylor Hicks?? I think he sold a total of 12 copies of his album.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I also think AI is rigged. Taylor Hicks?? I think he sold a total of 12 copies of his album.

Could there be a worse song than Do I Make You Proud?

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Could there be a worse song than Do I Make You Proud?

These Strange Times and Lizard People?

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

These Strange Times and Lizard People?

Ooh. Anytime people start singing about feet, you know it's bad.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

Jaz,

I love the new avatar pic..I have never seen that one. What is it from?
What is the deal w/ the sig pic??

it's from the recent Ahmet Ertegun tribute show. as for your sig pic, like I said, I didn't know you were linking from my photobucket so when I deleted it, it went away. I'll have to either send you the pic or reupload to give you the link to put back in your sig. lemme know.

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

Okay..What was up with Fergie and the Lip Synching???
It looked like she was anyway....

yeah. I think she lipsynched the chorus especially.

Originally Posted by skcin

Martina was amazing. Her outfit was not. Hated those short pants. And I'm so glad Sanjaya's gone. BTW - wtf was Fergie doing there? Nice touch for her to lip sync on show that looks for the best singer.

I actually thought her outfit was cute. but that's just me. Fergie is a crackwhore. she needs to act her age a little more.

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I can't wait to see Sanjaya on the cover of The Advocate in a few years.

I know. I heard a joke that in 2 years Sanjaya will have his own show on Disney with a big recording career while Blake poses for Falcon videos as a bottom.

[Richard B]

I think everyone can agree that not everyone can have good taste. Now put 'good taste' into the hands of millions of Americans and you're probably going to get a ****ty Idol winner.

Last night was truly pathetic. What a tedious show focused on Idol Giving Back. Much more of a Idol gives sponshorship a whole new meaning. How self sanctimonious can you get. Yikes. Poor Simon crying about how horrible it is in Africa. He really needs to get out more. I've known about the plight of the poor since I was 7 and not just in Africa. So Idol pulled at your heartstrings and urged you to vote for 4 hours. I can barely vote for 2 minutes, let alone 4 hours. Besides Idol wasn't footing the bill, but another corporate company.

With all this in mind, we just new we would be presented with one ballad after another. Well almost.

Chris R starts off singing a up tempo love song, off key and all over the place. Looking even more inbred and singing even worse. All I could think was where is Sanjaya? Sanjaya left last week so I had to endure yet another lousy performance from Chris. He needs to go.

Now the ballads begin. Melinda was good, very good. I realized last night that she does have a neck!

Blake is no Lennon, but he did have conviction and tried to make it his own. Which for the most part he did, but I wondered...where are his lips? He doesn't have any. Randy gave his idiotic comment about wanting more. WTF? Did he want beatbox? The song is not meant to be fast or have a useless crescendo of musical glory notes to make you think they're a good singer. Randy go home and hire a stylist. Your shirts are lame.

LaKisha looked perty. She may have picked a Fantasia song, but hell, I never heard it and will never hear it again. I did get goosebumps as I do with LaKisha. Not sure why the judges have been so mean to her recently other than to try to get America to agree and send her home. I hope it backfires.

Bat Boy delivers another frightening performance. He is just eerie. But then I think I'm starting to like it. But his speech before his song should garner him those sympathy votes. Good work, Bat Boy/Nosferatu.

And lastly Jordin. She sounded horrible. She frogged her voice early on and it was crap for the rest of the song. My ears felt like they were gong to bleed as she wailed towards the end. Ouch! Stop! It hurts! It hurts! Of course the Judges creamed their pants. They even mentioned that song could be a hit song. Huh? WTF? What Top 10 chart have you been listening to?

I really don't know why I do this to myself. I need to stop watching a show that appeals to the lowest common denominator. For the entire show last night, I really missed Sanjaya. He made the show so likeable. Now there is just a big void.

I'll be passing on the 2 hour results show. It will be pure hell and schmaltzy. Does anyone really need to hear Celine Dion singing with Elvis? Not such a big surprise, is it now AI?

[skcin]

^ I agree with much of what you posted, especially the part about Idol Gives Back. I could barely stop myself from rolling my eyes every 3 minutes. Simon had no idea there were hungry people just minutes from where he lives? Good God.

Lakesha was off, IMO, esp. at the beginning. Timing, key, everything. She was OK for the rest, but I felt nothing. That song does suck, btw. But at least with Fantasia I felt like she meant what she was singing it.

I loved Jordin last night, I didn't find her screechy at all. I sped throught Phil (I love you Tivo! ) but he did OK from what I bothered to watch. Melinda was fantastic, no surprise there - but I hated the dress again. And a woman without a neck should not be wearing choker necklaces. Chris sucked, enough with the vocal inflections every 5 milliseconds for f*ck's sake. Blake was good - but I fear some may find it boring.

I hope Chris is out tonight, but I worry about Lakesha & Blake. When I called last night, I had some difficulty getting through for Melinda & Jordin, but that was it.

Sabres game's on tonight, so I'll be setting the Tivo again for Idol. At least I'll be able to skip past the crappy parts, lol.

[Richard B]

Idol just lost its edge last night. Now it's no fun. What the hell was LaKisha doing standing next to Aladdin? It should have been Chris R or Bat Boy. Stupid hormonal pre-teen and teens.

Anyway, VoteForTheWorst is gearing up to go with their second pick for voting for the worst. They have a poll right now and Phil/Bat Boy is leading. Inching ahead of Chris R and LaKisha. They have not officially announced who their going with.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Anyway, VoteForTheWorst is gearing up to go with their second pick for voting for the worst. They have a poll right now and Phil/Bat Boy is leading. Inching ahead of Chris R and LaKisha. They have not officially announced who their going with.

This is the reason the site isn't working. Every year they have to pick another contestant to try to make it to the top because their first pick doesn't make it that far. Their first pick was Antonella this year, and she didn't make it past the semis. Then they moved to Sanyaya. By then, he already had his fanbase (teeny boppers).....but they take the credit.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I couldn't believe she said that. This is the woman who has sold her songs to corporate America for all kinds of things. If Sheryl isn't commercial then who the hell is? Don't get me wrong, I like her. But for her to say such a thing is the epitome of hypocritical.

True DAT!