American Idol: Season 6

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

It's funny that I haven't met one person yet who is voting for Sanjaya, but yet he will at least make the top 5.

I know lot's of people voting for him. Don't you live in rural WV or something like that? I think large, urban markets (LA/NY/SF) are voting for him. Not to mention the huge Hindu population.

Go Sanyaya! He's one of the most entertaining contestants.

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

One of my nursing co-workers commenting on Sanjaya:

"He couldn't sing his way out of the closet."

I think that about Chris R. He blows.

[Michelle Daya]

oh good, ai! i didn't like sanjaya but he's growing on me now. last week was actually kind of moving. could have done without the camera ******* but he made a girl cry a few weeks ago so he's got a little sumpin sumpin.

haley seemed insulted at simon's comment about her lack of clothes? if it walks like a duck..

melinda rocks but needs to stop acting like a shrinking violet & start acting her age. she's 20-something, not 50.

lakeesha (sp?) really good

blake is smoooooth. bet he gets or will get a lot of tail.

chris bores me but then i don't like justin

jordin is cute & would probably make a good idol

phil is ok but needs to go home next.

that's all

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I know lot's of people voting for him. Don't you live in rural WV or something like that? I think large, urban markets (LA/NY/SF) are voting for him. Not to mention the huge Hindu population.

Go Sanyaya! He's one of the most entertaining contestants.



I think that about Chris R. He blows.

Oh...HELL NO!!! Do not blame Sanjaya on L.A.
We do not play that ****!

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

Oh...HELL NO!!! Do not blame Sanjaya on L.A.
We do not play that ****!

I was just saying. Sheesh.

I always vote for him. Me likes Aladdin. I don't want him to win, but he can stick around. I was thinking of the history of pop star/pop culture icons in America, I couldn't think of anyone that has ever been asian or indian.

And Don Ho (may he rest in peace) doesn't count.

[BTFLCHLD]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Me likes Aladdin.

Me likes Aladdin too.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by Sorceress

I was actually yelling at the tv last night "I hate you Haley!" She looked so desperate with her half-naked prancing and grimacing. Eew. She was horrible. **shudder**

Wow, that's pretty sad. Hate is such a strong word. I have some Idols that I dislike but "hate"? Nah, they just won't get my vote is all. I find Haley to be one of the must humble and genuine AI contestants ever. She happens to be beautiful which (as obviously seen here) can work against you.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Travis

Wow, that's pretty sad. Hate is such a strong word. I have some Idols that I dislike but "hate"? Nah, they just won't get my vote is all. I find Haley to be one of the must humble and genuine AI contestants ever. She happens to be beautiful which (as obviously seen here) can work against you.

Humble? I don't get that from her. I don't think she's a diva either, but humble she ain't. Remember her audition, telling them she decided to wear a "hoochie" outfit? She's pretty, she has a good body, and she know that & knows how to use it to her advantage. Smart cookie, that one. She knew she'd never win, so she tried to stay so she could make a good chunk of change from the tour.

[Sorceress]

Originally Posted by Travis

Wow, that's pretty sad. Hate is such a strong word. I have some Idols that I dislike but "hate"? Nah, they just won't get my vote is all. I find Haley to be one of the must humble and genuine AI contestants ever. She happens to be beautiful which (as obviously seen here) can work against you.

I use hate to mean "strongly dislike" here. I'm not sure I see why it's sad to feel that way? Certainly it wasn't something I lost sleep over or did anything about except post here and discuss it with my coworkers who also watch. I'm sure many people strongly dislike contestants...Sanjaya, for example.

I think my main issue with Haley (other than that I didn't like her style of singing) was that what she was doing--her minimal clothing strategy--made me embarrassed for her. She put so much focus on her body that it demeaned her.

Originally Posted by skcin

Humble? I don't get that from her. I don't think she's a diva either, but humble she ain't. Remember her audition, telling them she decided to wear a "hoochie" outfit? She's pretty, she has a good body, and she know that & knows how to use it to her advantage. Smart cookie, that one. She knew she'd never win, so she tried to stay so she could make a good chunk of change from the tour.

Yeah, I'm not sure either where humble comes in. And she WAS smart--to a degree. If she had been smarter, she would have used her legs(and other assets) in a less obvious, less crass way. Ultimately, it got her into trouble because she went too far over the top with that last performance. She put her hotpants and halter top and her strutting/dancing above her vocals. She pushed it all too hard because she knew it was her only chance. Hence my earlier comments that she appeared desperate.
I have no problem with beautiful women using their looks to their advantage. As women, our looks are sometimes vital tools in getting what we want professionally, personally, whatever. But, we are cheapened when we it becomes just about our appearance--which is I think what happened, whether it was Haley's intention or not. I wonder if she, now most recognizable as the one with the legs, will look back on this and say, "But I can sing too!"

[Richard B]

I miss Antonella.

[BTFLCHLD]

I miss William Hung.

[Sorceress]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

I miss William Hung.

Okay, yeah. Perhaps I'm taking things a little too seriously.

[BlackWidow]

So cool...Simon gives American Idol title to Jordin Sparks so far.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

So cool...Simon gives American Idol title to Jordin Sparks so far.

Simon is also an idiot.


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For the recap.

Bat Boy - Better than usual, but still freaky and unerving to watch.

Jordin - I have discovered a new insomnia drug. I dozed right off when she started and woke on her screech at the end. Course the judges lala at her. She was pitchy. Not a word was spoken about that. Pass and I was glad when the commercial started after her.

Sanjaya/Aladdin - He was his perfect worse. Just stunning. Go Sanjaya!

Chris R - Not only is he slightly inbred, but takes the crown for biggest idiot ever. What was that crap about singing nasaly on purpose. What an id. He needs to go this week. Just trash.

LaKisha - I got goosebumps. I don't give a **** what the judges said. They're useless anyway. That's right dawg.

Melinda - This one is a true performer. Nothing ****ty to say.

Blake - Also, not bad at all. He looked a little silly wailing out the "bluuuuuee" word, but I enjoyed it and a good closer for this pretty crappy episode.

Next week...ABBA...?

[Lisa1769]

Hayley was on Access Hollywood the other day. I wasn't paying that much attention, just remember hearing her saying something about Nair and how she guessed her short shorts did work. Afer reading this thread I googled it and come up with this:



Who Wears Short Shorts: Is Idol's Haley the Next Nair Girl?
Posted by Laura Saltman April 13 at 04:20 PM | Comments (1)


Well guys, the TV stuff is fun but I think I have a new career in my future... Marketing Guru or maybe Talent Manager. Now, I'm not a big phone person. I hate talking on it and I hate having to call people up and ask for things. It's why my career as a talent booker was short lived. When I'm passionate about something though, I put my phone phobias aside.

After, I hung up the phone from yesterday's conference call (where fortunately it’s mostly listening not talking!) with AMERICAN IDOL'S latest casualty, Haley Scarnato, I started thinking about headlines for my story. I needed something that had to do with legs. I couldn't get that famous commercial jingle out of my head, "Who wears short shorts? If you dare wear short shorts Nair for short shorts."



A light bulb came on in my head. I wondered if the company who makes Nair had thought about bringing on Haley as a spokesperson, considering how much attention her legs and shorts got on the show. So, I played investigator and tracked down a phone number for the company, Church & Dwight. I spoke with a lovely assistant telling her that I would like to speak to someone in publicity. I was pretty certain my call would not be returned. However, minutes later I get a call from someone in the marketing department, Dan Bracken. He tells me that no, it’s not something they had thought of but it's certainly interesting. Although, Nair is about to launch a brand new campaign so the timing is not good. He says he is going to talk it over, however, with the Brand Team and get back to me.

Later, I spoke to Vice President of Marketing, Women’s Health Business, Stacey Feldman and she had a great answer for me, "She certainly answered the question ‘who wears short shorts?’. And, like millions of Americans, we were captivated by her talent and spirit. And if Haley was interested in working with Nair, we would love to hear how she would like to work with us."

So, this morning armed with my quote from Stacey, I spoke to Haley. I think I offended her when I mentioned that on yesterday's conference call she didn't seem thrilled by the reporters harping about her legs, '' Well there was one question that was pretty intense but I was wearing shorts you know and that's like the whole deal. It was a costume it was fun. I was classified as a cabaret singer who was never going to get noticed so me and Art (the show's stylist) were like what am I going to do? So, he was like lets go trendy. What is everybody tending to wear right now, which is shorts. So, we did shorts with pumps and a shirt and it worked so we just kind of kept doing the trendier thing and got trendier dresses and stuff like that until I guess it just went over."

I grilled her a bit on whether it was a conscious decision to get votes to keep showing off the legs, "Well not necessarily help me get votes because I was getting votes before. I had never really gotten any great comments from Simon. So, when you get a great comment from Simon you might want to stick with it.

Unfortunately, the plan backfired on her, "Well, I figured something was going to backfire with Simon."

That's when I hit her with the good news that Nair may be interested in working with her, She was genuinely thrilled, "I would love to work with Nair, that would be amazing. So I guess the shorts did work!"

She would love to do a commercial for them but with one stipulation, "That would be awesome as long as I can still have the makeup because that's the only reason my legs looked the way they did because that makeup was genius. It’s like a bronzer. It's like the illusion of skinnier legs."

So, Nair the ball is in your court. Personally, I think it would be a great marriage. Of course, I’ll expect my ten percent when the deal goes down!

http://blogs.nbcuni.com/AHBlog/2007/...le_1.php#more;

[BlackWidow]

Jordin Sparks = American Idol 2007