Haley Reinhart to sing Rhiannon on American Idol tonight

[RickRobert]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

The dude's gonna win, don't recall his name. I predicted him weeks ago. Not cause he good, oh no folks, He's "Cute" That's the mindset of the audience. He's soooooooooooo cute. Yea.

Mick

If that's their mindset, how did Lee DeWyze or David Cook even break the top 13?

[bluefox4000]

Sombody found them cute

Mick

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Rhiannon didn't kill her. Loves teenage voters killed her. She is clearly the best. Idol is a joke.Clearly, Crystal Bowersox and Adam Lambart should of won their seasons. I'm not watching the final. I think all the judges know it is a joke too.

Agreed. Idol is a joke! I reluctantly started watching it this season, mostly out of curiosity at what JLo and Steven Tyler would add. But it became evident that their critiques were benign and without true merit or criticism. And as soon as J. Durbin and now Haley have exited, It has confirmed my belief that this show main voting demographic has become mostly red state pre-teen to teenage girls and their mothers, nobody of true diversity or unique style will ever win this show again.

The last winner in Idol's history to win with true vocal prowess and some uniqueness & diversity was Fanatsia winner of season 3 way back in 2004. Do we even remember the other winners besides Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson?? Whatever became of Taylor Hicks?? and Jordan Sparks, Dave Cook, Kris Allen and Lee Dewyze are all forgettable and Idol failures for the most part Even my own mother decided after Adam Lambert was cast off 2 yrs ago that she was boycotting the show! And she has, and I find myself in the same place -I'll never watch this show again. A complete waste of time. And I will tune out watching these 2 boring country bumpkins compete in the finals next week. This show has always been somewhat of a joke, but it has now officially jumped the shark for me. It's telling when they have a viewership of 20-25 million viewers and 95 million combined votes cast for the final 3! How can you compete with these individuals (mostly teens) casting hundreds, if not thousands of votes via text or otherwise - It's totally skewed. In comparison I cast a paltry 10 votes for Haley, I couldn't be bothered voting more It is what it is and I for one am not surprised with the outcome. I saw it coming as soon as James was voted off last week. Goodbye Idol, It's been sometimes fun, but mostly frustrating and mindless entertainment.

And finally, Thank God Stevie nixed her appearance on Idol! I'm now very happy that she will not be a part of this fiasco and bombastic finale.

[BombaySapphire3]

Too bad about Haley very good voice and great looks and presence.I only tuned in for that one show to see the Rhiannon cover but the other two remaining ones do not even seem to have much star quality at all compard to the girl that got the boot.

[Lee]

"It has confirmed my belief that this show main voting demographic has become red state teenage girls and their younger mothers, nobody of true diversity or unique style will ever win this show again. "

Hey, that's not totally true; my mom just loves Scotty & she is way past the younger mother stage.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the what ever happened to the Idols. In defense of Taylor (though I don't know why I am since he cancelled a singing event close by to me that I had tickets for so he could try to sell his book), he's been touring around in plays for like forever. I'm not sure he's interested in singing in clubs & venues (touring) I guess; maybe it's getting old for him.

Yeah, I like Haley. She has cool parents, she's into classic rock & she's only 20. She's probably better off; she's not stuck in an AI record deal. She can do her own thing (& maybe with Casey, I'm just saying) I sort of think you should be 18 anway to get a record deal.

I do like Kelly Clarkson though. Don't like country music & I do not like Carrie Underwood.

I am, too, kind of glad Stevie is not going to be on AI now.

Lee

[WildHearted]

Rhiannon certainly didn't help Haley's chances of staying on. It just frankly, wasn't that great of a performance of the song and it wasn't that great of a performance for Haley, especially not for a final 3. Like someone else mentioned above, for the most part only Stevie can do Stevie.... and while I do think that Haley could have pulled something of Stevie's off, Rhiannon was clearly not the right song... she would have been better suited doing Edge or something tbh.

However, I personally know a lot of people who didn't vote for Haley because her attitude the week before was pretty bad apparently. So obviously there are a lot of factors.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

However, I personally know a lot of people who didn't vote for Haley because her attitude the week before was pretty bad apparently. So obviously there are a lot of factors.

yeah...because rock and roll stars are supposed to be models of good attitudes and behavior... Thank goodness no one ever told Mick Jagger to behave.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

yeah...because rock and roll stars are supposed to be models of good attitudes and behavior... Thank goodness no one ever told Mick Jagger to behave.

I didn't even watch the episode... I'm just repeating what my friends who watch told me.

[MarkMc1990]

People are so dumb for basing their support or lack of support on "attitude". Did the people criticizing her for "talking back" happen to notice how biased and idiotic Randy and J-Lo were with their critiques? Frankly the judges have RARELY, if ever, criticized Scotty and Lauren and even James even when they clearly deserved it. Meanwhile they would be hard on Haley to make the public think she was the weakest so they wouldn't vote for her. It was all part of exec. producer Nigel Lythgoe's plan for an all-country Final 2. Haley was just defending herself and calling BS when she saw it. She should be admired for it, not chastised. I would have done the same thing.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by MarkMc1990

People are so dumb for basing their support or lack of support on "attitude". Did the people criticizing her for "talking back" happen to notice how biased and idiotic Randy and J-Lo were with their critiques? Haley was just defending herself. I would have too.

Yes, I agree. Randy rambled on and on negatively about her rendition of MJ's "Earth Song", while I thought it was a poor song choice for Haley, but she did sing it about as well as she could have. But she certainly didn't deserve the berating she got form Randy & JHo, but mostly Randy. If I were Haley I would have been definitely a little put off as well. But that was the week James was voted off. Ultimately,the judges seemed to be started showing more and more bias towards Scotty and Lauren and priming the finale for a bland country showdown between these two slight personalities. That and throw in the demographic factor of the voters and Haley & James did not stand a chance.

[CelticGypsy]

Originally Posted by Lee

"It has confirmed my belief that this show main voting demographic has become red state teenage girls and their younger mothers, nobody of true diversity or unique style will ever win this show again. "

Hey, that's not totally true; my mom just loves Scotty & she is way past the younger mother stage.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the what ever happened to the Idols. In defense of Taylor (though I don't know why I am since he cancelled a singing event close by to me that I had tickets for so he could try to sell his book), he's been touring around in plays for like forever. I'm not sure he's interested in singing in clubs & venues (touring) I guess; maybe it's getting old for him.

Yeah, I like Haley. She has cool parents, she's into classic rock & she's only 20. She's probably better off; she's not stuck in an AI record deal. She can do her own thing (& maybe with Casey, I'm just saying) I sort of think you should be 18 anway to get a record deal.

I do like Kelly Clarkson though. Don't like country music & I do not like Carrie Underwood.

I am, too, kind of glad Stevie is not going to be on AI now.

Lee

My mother-in-law and her sister are over 70 years old and they have been voting for Scotty all season. Reason - he's from NC. I liked Lauren out of the three that were left so glad she is still there. Scotty looks like the MAD magazine character with a touch of Duggar family looks