OFFICIAL:American Idol thread, new season, new judges, TONIGHT

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Ns1

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Is she even singing? :p


Iv'e always found it retarded how they constantly berate the contestants, and remind them that this is a singing competition! It's all about that voice--that tone! Don't you want to be a pop star like J-Lo?

then, when they have J Lo perform, or Paula, or any of their other weekly guests, that shit is always fucking auto tuned. what the fucking hell?

See! sing your face off, show us your talent now, so you can then get successful by not singing.

And I do like Steven Tyler; Though I think I liked Paula more b/c she was wonderfully insane. Paula + Simon was epic.
seriously right?

work your ass off singing and 15 years later cover up that voice with autotune

WTF
 

zinfamous

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GF dislikes him b/c he's a "wannabe Adam Lambert." --she's a huge Lambert fan. :D

I like him alright, but he does cry way too often. Needs to contain the screaming more, though. add a bit more style. His "Long Time Coming" was absolutely dreadful, though I love that he did Judas Priest. that was pretty awesome.
 

Chaotic42

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I felt bad for the tiny girl who did a Fiona Apple song. She looked like her soul had been ripped out of her body when she found out she was gone.
 

zinfamous

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I felt bad for the tiny girl who did a Fiona Apple song. She looked like her soul had been ripped out of her body when she found out she was gone.

her performance was terrible, though. she had no business singing that song with that kind of voice. I didn't even know it was the Fiona Apple song until one of the judges mentioned it. You could tell it needed a throatier, mature voice, but I honestly didn't remember it as that song.

I think the "I hate the little fat kid" dude took it even worse. hell, he was already falling apart before they announced places in the top 10.
:D
 

zinfamous

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Well, the gods have blessed us, for the worst of the bunch is gone. I still have no idea why in the holy hell the judges thought to give the hack Ashton another shot, then to actually select her for a Wildcard spot, after Lauren's performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbnBlPKtjw

It's funny--she can actually sing. Ashton had never been anything but flat and dull. She has big hair and pretends to be a "Diva" with some fake BS personality. Well, she's gone. It was odd to me, too, that the judges always danced around pointing out how bad she is--compared to criticisms of the other girls, they would never say it was good or bad for her--just not what they wanted. No idea what they were expecting form her.


I think James was the best of the week. Pia was very, very disappointing after the previous week. She needs to branch into something else, and stop doing the same "arm up and down" stage routine. :D
 

trmiv

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I agree Ashton sucked. They kept comparing her to Diana Ross, but the only thing she had similar was the hair.

Wonder how long Casey will last? He was in the hospital last night for the second time during the show. I guess it was a bleeding stomach ulcer. That can't be good for a 19 year old.
 

zinfamous

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I agree Ashton sucked. They kept comparing her to Diana Ross, but the only thing she had similar was the hair.

Wonder how long Casey will last? He was in the hospital last night for the second time during the show. I guess it was a bleeding stomach ulcer. That can't be good for a 19 year old.

dang. i didn't know that was the second time. Really sucks. Stress can upset those ulcers real quick.

I remember Crystal missed a performance night one of the the first weeks of the top 24 or so last year for diabetic shock or something. Hopefully that is a good sign for Casey--he's my favorite by far; though I doubt he could win.
 

EvilYoda

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Pia makes me feel tingly. And I think Lauren will do well if she just experiments and opens up a little. That said, I don't see a guy going home for at least another week or two...just too many weak girls compared the guys.
 

NFS4

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Should have been Naima that went home, but I'm also glad that Karen got the boot. So sick and tired of her "let me switch into Spanish in the middle of the song for no good reason" bullshit.
 

twinrider1

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I liked Naima, but her last few performances have been pretty bad.
Karen needed to go. Yea, you're latina, we get it. Played that card too many times.
Casey, the furry bass player. I think he has potential, but it's like everything is a joke to him. He goes to his trick bag of grits and growls too often.
Pia, nothing wrong with her. But I don't know if there's really a market for her. I feel like she's destined to open for Michael Buble. Or even worse, they try to team her with some rapper/producer.
Thia is an angel, but is too meek. Doesn't have the will to take command.
 

WaTaGuMp

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Should have been Naima that went home, but I'm also glad that Karen got the boot. So sick and tired of her "let me switch into Spanish in the middle of the song for no good reason" bullshit.

I couldn't agree more, this is American Idol, not Hispanic Idol.
 

NFS4

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I couldn't agree more, this is American Idol, not Hispanic Idol.

The thing is, the first time I thought it was kind of cool and it was a nice touch. But she kept doing it for EVERY...SINGLE...SONG. That's why you got booted, perra.
 

WaTaGuMp

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The thing is, the first time I thought it was kind of cool and it was a nice touch. But she kept doing it for EVERY...SINGLE...SONG. That's why you got booted, perra.

It was never cool for me. If she wants to sing Spanish then she can go someplace else and sing it. The target audience for American Idol are English speaking. She can go sign with a label that releases music to people who want to hear Spanish.
 

zinfamous

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Should have been Naima that went home, but I'm also glad that Karen got the boot. So sick and tired of her "let me switch into Spanish in the middle of the song for no good reason" bullshit.

yeah, Naima and Karen are/were the weakest from what I've seen. Really suprised that Naima didn't go home, as I assumed Karen would have strong Latino vote.

Naima has been absolutely dreadful. Her performance this week was the worst of the season so far, that I can remember.

No one really interests me, at all. I like Casey, but...last two performances haven't been that great. Pia has a huge voice but again--too much of the same and not really that interesting.
 

zinfamous

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The thing is, the first time I thought it was kind of cool and it was a nice touch. But she kept doing it for EVERY...SINGLE...SONG. That's why you got booted, perra.

I don't know, when the judges thought it was cool how she "added her own flavor," well...that was just stupid. It's just pandering, in my cynical mind, anyway.

adding your own flavor is changing the arrangement, the genre, the tune, whatever; not just singing every other verse in spanish. Nothing original about it, just annoying. I think it hurts her too--there have been some strong Latin singers that have been voted off early in the past, and I think it's b/c they stick to those type of songs, singing in Spanish and such.

Little white girl won't vote for that. :\
 

Chaotic42

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Yeah, that girl that got voted off was cute, but I didn't think she sang as well as the others and the half Spanish, half English thing was annoying. American Idol is not a terrible show, but man it has so much filler in it. Good Lord. I'd rather them all sing full songs than see Puff Daddy or whatever. I guess the average viewer only has a 100 second long attention span.
 

zinfamous

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Yeah, that girl that got voted off was cute, but I didn't think she sang as well as the others and the half Spanish, half English thing was annoying. American Idol is not a terrible show, but man it has so much filler in it. Good Lord. I'd rather them all sing full songs than see Puff Daddy or whatever. I guess the average viewer only has a 100 second long attention span.

AI is just one giant whore for advertising. I ahve to record it or delay watch it, because the entire two ours is about 20% content, 30% filler, 50% ads. Hell, even teh filler is advertising (ridiculous and pointless Ford commercials, Mustangs parked everywhere, giant coke screen EVERYWHERE.)

I've even noticed that this year, they now have advertising pop up on tickers during the show. amazing.
 
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Udgnim

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Casey Abrams received the least votes

American Idol voting base is so good!

anyways, Motown was pretty hard for some of the Top 11 to pull off this week. glad the judges saved Casey.
 

zinfamous

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I actually thought there were a lot of good performances this week, compared to the year, anyway.

I thought that Thia was the weakest, but would probably still make it b/c she probably has a lot of support.

I'm not too surprised with how things turned out, actually. Going first, with some very solid performances following, I was thinking that Casey might be forgotten. I don't know, it wasn't that great of a performance, either. I'm glad they saved him, but no way he can win this competition.
 
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