Originally Posted By RoadTrip <>>AI wins AI.<< What does it mean?>> Artificial Intelligence wins America Idol. Archuleta seems like a robot. Technically he is great, but he has no soul and his eyes seem hollow. Wind him up, push the button and he sings.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Did I hear Ryan say the RnR hall of fame songs are next week? Lots to choose from there. They should all be able to find "their song". But they probably all won't.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I think Sayesha will be the next to go, followed by Jason--leaving the 2 Davids to fight it out in the end. (With Cook winning..)< This is exactly what I am predicting! I think Jason gets a lot of the pretty boy vote from girls all over the country, but he's not in the same league as the Davids. And as to Paula's gaff - seems she was prepared to write notes on 1st song, 2nd song. When called upon unexpectedly to comment after the 1st round, she got all flustered, looked at her notes, probably saw nothing on Jason's 2nd song (as it hadn't been sung yet), and just blustered and made up the rest, trying to keep up with the live moment. If you look back on it, as Simon is doing his shotgun review right after her, she's just completely whacked out, fumbling through her notes and freaking out, trying to catch up. Honest mistake, but a funny one!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I believe the singers get to run through their songs just before the live taping. (In fact, I think sometimes the "recap" clips from the performances at the end of the show are actually from the rehearsals rather than the live show - check it out, sometimes they do different little "runs" and things.) I've heard that there's no rule about the judges seeing the rehearsals or not, so it's possible Paula DID hear Jason's second song during rehearsal, but got flustered and forgot she was only supposed to be commenting on the first one, which was ostensibly the only one she'd seen so far. She might have actually seen the second one already in rehearsal, and so was commenting on it before Ryan and Randy corrected her; AI likes to hold to the illusion that the judges are seeing these performances for the first time at the taping. Or so I've heard.
Originally Posted By mele Still, it kind of sucks to hear their opinions about a performance that we haven't necessarily seen. Rehearsals aren't always as great as an actual performance in front of a live audience. Not that I really care, though. Paula is such a dingbat. LOL This show must be getting to me because I dreamed about David Cook this morning. I don't think I've ever dreamed about any of these people before.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall They often watch rehearsals, they get live feeds to their dressing rooms, not just on Idol, but on most live shows. Ellen Degeneres, the View, Jay Leno, they all see the rehearsals, not all of them have to judge---and especially when they had to watch both performances before their remarks, I really don't think it's that big of a deal. The only big deal is that, the production wall was broken, but it happens on nearly every live show. Cuts, edits, retakes, etc.
Originally Posted By danyoung > I think sometimes the "recap" clips from the performances at the end of the show are actually from the rehearsals rather than the live show...< I believe you're correct on that, which is too bad. It would take a bit of logistical work, but with today's technology it's entirely possible to have an editor doing the edit of the recap throughout the course of the show, and then show it at the end just as it was finished. But it is easier to do it early.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Somehow I don't think the time is right for David A to win American Idol only because he's so young and not yet out of high school. Is there a rule prohibiting him from coming back to the show in the future if he wants to audition again? I think a lot of lower level contestants audition again but I've never known a finalist to come back....
Originally Posted By topdisneymom I just saw on vote for the worst that they are all going to be voting for Jason next week. They are ruining AI!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Would it be politically incorrect to say I just want to strangle Jason Castro? Is he a dim-wit? He acts like he doesn't have his marbles. He's passive aggressive in his attitude about the judges constructive critism, well other than his soul mate Paula. Ugh! I sincerely hope he goes and Syesha makes it. Aye yi yi, what a joke. Oh by the way, hey everyone!! I haven't been able to watch AI all the way through for weeks so I haven't been commenting. LOL
Originally Posted By mele I didn't dig David Cook tonight at all although he was better than Jason. I think the bottom two should be David Cook (who I think should win) and Jason. Syesha did a great job but will probably be in the bottom two again. :-( It's a good thing David A didn't sing "Hungry Like the Wolf" or Labuda might have figured out a way to jump through the tv and strangle him. Love ya, Ann! ;-)
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I just saw on "vote for the worst" that they are all going to be voting for Jason next week. They are ruining AI!>> AI's ratings are dropping. The producers are commenting that they're not concerned at all: "We're still the biggest thing on TV." They say they're not planning to make any significant changes to the structure of the competition or to the format of the show (or to the cast). But viewers are tuning out, and that's got to be a scary trend for the producers. I suspect that many viewers are dropping because they've become disenchanted with the results that the current voting system brings. My guess is that if Jason is not voted off this week, enough viewers will quit the show that the producers will begin to re-evaluate the voting system.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 What a beautiful voice David A has, and what amazing control he has for someone so young. But tonight I finally figured out why I'm not more enthusiastic about him. He's too Michael Bolton-esque, too unnecessarily bombastic. An "over-singer." He became my #3 tonight with his version of "Love Me Tender."
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I don't really care who wins. David Cook will sell far more CD's than any other Idol contestant whether he comes in 4th or 1st. As far as I'm concerned, he is the first AI contestant with true rock-star potential.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Jason was just ridiculous. Simon was right on when he said it was like a bad first round audition. Even paula had trouble finding any good in it. UGH!!! I really like Sayesha. I can see her following along the lines of Jennifer Hudson and doing Broadway shows. She'd be great there.
Originally Posted By danyoung I wouldn't say that Jason is a worse singer than Sanjaya. But his cocky, "I don't care if I'm here or not" attitude really sucks. He would have been gone long ago if not for that stupid vote for the worst site. I thought David Cook did well, although it almost seemed like he was slightly drugged or something. Just kinda passive, but still a great singer and arranger. David A. put in another fine performance, but I just don't think he has that something that it takes to be a true pop star. And Syesha really belongs on Broadway, and I'll betcha anything that's where she ends up soon after the summer tour. My vote for bottom 2 this week - Jason and Sayesha, with Jason going home. My vote for final 2 - David and David, with Cook pulling it off. I actually phone voted for both of them last night, after watching the show on Tivo about an hour after it aired. It was easy getting through to David A.'s vote line, but very hard to get through to Cook. Good sign!
