American Idol: Top 12

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

speaking of looking at the camera...Chris has gotten really bad about doing that with an open-mouth pout kind of thing.

Jason- this is why you and I are soul-sisters. I'm sitting here eating my lunch, reading along and minding my own business when I read this and BWAH!

My husband and I were totally telling Chris to shut his damn mouth! And we were imitating him and giggling and everything!

That aside, we really don't agree on the Taylor thing. I like him and I like his voice. I just don't like to LOOK at him. Same thing with Elliott. I think they're both very sweet guys. Katharine is pathetic- so I'm with you on that one. She's just so damn pretty!

Since Chris is from where I live, everyone is in an uproar because apparently, he was supposed to be here in Greensboro this week-end doing all these appearances and they are now cancelled!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Good for him. He deserves it! I wonder though, I've always thought he sounds too much like the lead singer of Live. DO you think that will hurt him?

Since a lot of people don't remember Live, I don't think it will hurt him.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Since a lot of people don't remember Live, I don't think it will hurt him.

Badump-bump.

[goldie]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Since Chris is from where I live, everyone is in an uproar because apparently, he was supposed to be here in Greensboro this week-end doing all these appearances and they are now cancelled!

eek! for real? Cancelled? That's kind of embarrassing! But he could still do the appearances .... I am sure he would have just as good of a turnout (if not better) now.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by goldie

eek! for real? Cancelled? That's kind of embarrassing! But he could still do the appearances .... I am sure he would have just as good of a turnout (if not better) now.

The newscasters here say that the people at American Idol MADE them cancel all of his appearances. Weird!

[Patti]

^That's because AI was sending the contestants home. The public appearances were in conjunction with the show and since he's no longer part of the show....

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Patti

^That's because AI was sending the contestants home. The public appearances were in conjunction with the show and since he's no longer part of the show....

yeah. it still sucks cause I know I'd feel embarassed and like I let them down.

but at least he'll be on the tour this summer.

[Patti]

According to the Fuel offer, if he accepts it, they are supposedly going to buy out his AI contract so he doesn't have to tour with the group this summer. I have no idea if there is any truth to that whatsoever.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

According to the AI message boards, Chris is going to be offered the lead in a popular band tonight on Extra. Names that are being speculated are Fuel, Creed, Alice In Chains, Talking Heads, Van Halen.

Talking Heads? Wtf?

[cliffdweller]

I wasn't blown away by anyone last night. I think Elliott's going home tonight too. It seems like the judges weren't all that impressed with him. Katharine is boring and Taylor is only on about 30% of the time. I liked his rendition of "You Are so Beautiful" but his "Try A Little Tenderness" was not nearly on par enough to win this Otis Redding fan over. I was really stoked that he did that song, but the beginning was mostly bad and then by the end he was trying too hard. I don't like his dancing, it's not cute anymore.

Elliott didn't impress me with any of his songs either Dude needs to come out of himself and he could have with Open Arms--that song is nothing if not heart-wrenchingly emotional. He could have done so much with that moment but he didn't. He just stood there like a wooden statue basically. I still think he has the best voice left in the competition, unfortunately, he doesn't act like he does.

Who else is just sick of Katharine by now? Lord knows I am...

[GypsySorcerer]

Ditto to most of what Tracye said. Elliott finally captured my attention during Elvis week, and then lo and behold, he's a dud this week. He is so nervous and stiff on stage, and none of his performances were above average last night.

Screecharine - yuck. She sounded pretty on "Over the Rainbow" because she ditched the vocal acrobatics, and also because she just SAT THERE. When the girl tries to dance and/or be sexy, it's painful to watch.

Taylor - "You are so Beautiful" was very good, but that spastic ending to "Try a Little Tenderness" was just wrong.

Elliott will go.

[skcin]

Nobody has any opinions? Did anybody bother to watch?

OK. Round 1:

Elliot does a nice job with "Open Arms," but he seemed nervous.

Kat butchers "I Believe I Can Fly" with her endless (unsuccessful) attempts at singing runs all over the place. Like Randy said "sometimes, you should actually sing the melody." Her eye rolling & looks of confusion when the judges critique her has grown tiresome.

Taylor did pretty good with "Dancin' in the Dark." Not the best song for me, if Clive wanted a Bruce tune, he should have gone with something else, maybe "I'm on Fire" or "The Rising" or my all time fave, "Rosalita." "Dancin" has always seemed a bit cheesy to me. And Paula playing Courtney Cox? Friggin' hilarious.

Round 1 winner - Taylor, Elliot a close second.

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Round 2:

Elliot - good job Paula, choose a song for him that nobody knows. I can't even recall the title. He was great vocally, but I don't think he connected with the audience at all.

Kat - I don't like her, but I have to give it to her. She blew the roof off the place with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", it was just fabulous. She didn't go crazy & oversing it at all. {Brandon - do you think she did Judy justice?} My one complaint is the song is so gorgeous, so classic - why was she in a T-shirt & jeans sitting on the floor? And I think Kim Locke's version from season 2 (?) was slightly better.

Taylor - The song "You Are So Beautiful" was spot on, he sang it beautifully. Somehow, the sap factor wasn't that bad.

Round 2 winner - Kat

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Round 3:

Elliot - Fab vocals, but again, nobody knows that song well, so he didn't connect. What was the name of that one? "I Know It From My Soul" or something? I'm afraid Simon's right - the songs weren't good enough to move him through to the next round.

Kat - "I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues." Um, yeah, sure, stunningly beautiful white chick from Cali that's on TV has the blues. OK, whatever you say. Randy's right, she thinks she can do Ella, and Mariah, and Whitney, but she's just not quite that good. I wasn't feelin' it, dawg.

Taylor - "Try a Little Tenderness" was the perfect song for him. He kicked that song's ass, it was fantastic.

Round 3 winner - Taylor

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So, I like Elliot, but I'm sure he's out. Taylor & Kat in the final, and Taylor will win.

[skcin]

Too funny that we were all composing our reviews at the same time.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by skcin

Too funny that we were all composing our reviews at the same time.

yep and thank goodness b/c I don't have to spend time typing my review up cause I agree wit everything you said!!!

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by skcin

Kat - "I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues." Um, yeah, sure, stunningly beautiful white chick from Cali that's on TV has the blues.

Dude, don't you know? Whenever they don't like one of Kat's songs all they do is gush about how beautiful she looks! And they've done a lot of that recently . Yeah, her eye rolls have got to go. They used to call Paris "princess P" but I think the "princess" title is more apt for Kat. It doesn't serve her well to pull attitude in front of the voting public like that. And her "ya'll have been so hard on me lately" was pathetic. She needs a big, fat slice of humble pie imo.

If it does come down to Taylor and Kat, I'm pulling for Taylor.