Posted on 01/12/2009 5:57:19 AM PST by silent_jonny
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Rumors are flying around the ‘net that eliminations will no longer be made by the telephone voters, at least until we get down to the final three contestants. Instead, the bottom three will be made to “sing for their survival”, and the Stooges (Executive Producers) will decide who gets booted.
People have noticed:
There are now 4 judges on Idol.
There are four judges on X-Factor.
Last night, the judges got an announcer introduction.
An announcer introduces the judges on X-Factor.
On X-Factor, the home audience picks the bottom three, but the person who leaves is selected by the judges.
My opinion: If this is the “dramatic twist” Mike Darnell of the FOX Network is talking about, this will ruin “American Idol.” Why vote if the public can’t decide who it wants to go home?
When they did this on “Rockstar: Supernova”, this assured Lukas Rossi of winning.
If the Producers want to do it this way, I say, cancel “Idol” now and bring “X-Factor” to the states. Don’t change the basic format of the show all of a sudden in its eighth season. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
OK….here’s my take on last night: (BTW…I hear Carrie Underwood is singing the new “go home” song. An old heavy metal remake if you can believe it.)
1. Allison Irehata – This girl is outstanding! I’m surprised she’s falling so low on DialIdol.
2. Danny – Vocally, he remides me of Elliot Yamin meets Taylor Hicks. Great job.
3.. Alexis Grace – Great vocal and great outfit!! Schwinggg!!
4. Scott Mcintyre – Not his best vocal but he’s a much better piano player.
5. Matt Giraud – Good vocals and keys. I’m glad he’s still in this.
6. Anoop Desai – I still like him but he’s going to have to be better next week or it’s his turn to Beat it!
7. Michael Sarver – Vocals and “dancing” was a bit shaky but he’s not bad.
8. Lil Rounds – Fantasia Jr. was OK tonight. I just don’t like her that much and her “attitude” is annoying.
9.. Jorge Nunez – Much better last week. He’ll be lucky to stay.
10. Adam Lambert – I hate to admit it but the faggot can sing. He’s a bit too “over the top” but if dial idol is right those naughty pics didn’t hurt him.
11.. Megan Corkrey – Very cute face but ugly tats are a big distraction. Not very good vocals tonight as well.
12. Kris Allen – I thought this guy was pretty good in his first rounds but this week he was horrible. I feel he’s on his way home if the “Ashley Furls” don’t vote heavy for him.
13. Jasmine Murray – Good Lord why is she even in this thing?? I’ve heard cats in heat that sing better!
I’d say Jasmine and Kris are “gone” but Jorge may also be there.
I agree-I'm not big on changing it up after all this time...but even if they go the route we're thinking (ie., having the bottom vote getters do a sing off and the judges pick who leaves from that) it's still America voting (or not voting as the case may be) that gets those contestants into the danger zone. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. AI has been losing viewers for a while now...will this help or hurt? From the posts I've seen on this thread, it would seem that it will hurt more than help.
A I is becoming a socialist program...
j/k at least I hope it’s not a case of to true to be funny,thus the j/k.
We shall see/hear,I guess.
I want a pre oafbamalamadingdong...(as in bring back #43) Nation, and a pre oafbamalamadigdong A I!!
Thanks for the pro Phil reply! I think he’s awesome,for many reasons!!!! I’m pretty sure I won’t have to list them because of our mutual take on Phil’s many positive attributes.:)
Oh,thanks for Your reply!
In the Madea movies the character is from Gorgia and the accent is such that the character makes a really funny (exageratedly so) r sound when speaking.
:)
how much do you think “identity politics” plays a part in the voting, at least for the first few rounds? I.e., Jorge gets the hispanic vote, Anoop the Indian vote, etc. ??
If You win,I’d give You a prize...Heck,You don’t even have to get to any specific #
:)
I can sum it up in two words: Jasmine Trias.
Then how would he know he won? LOL
I mean I don’t need any reason or # to give Him a prize...
:)He’s prize worthy w/or w/o.
& I know those aren’t the rules,I’m just sayin’:)
I agree again. That was the season after Taylor, Kat, Daughtry and Kelly and it was so obvious they were going for a "type".
I remember who said it, but last night someone said maybe it was too early to tell if this season would be good or not. I hope they are right, because I'm liking very little about it so far.
Maybe I just need a computer/FR break and some vitamin D (aka sunshine LOL) or something.
So far, no one strikes me as “breakout star” in this lot. There’s still time. Let’s see who delivers the first “wow” performance of the year, and whether they can keep it up.
Got home late last night, so had to watch the tape which making splite pea soup for 100 for a Lenten meal tonight at church. It ran late again...on purpose? Keeps eyeballs on FOX and kills the 10PM shows on the other networks, I guess.
No time to scan last night's thread, darn it. I'm confused about the supposedly new format for deciding who goes.
Suprisingly, I found myself really liking Jorge. So, of course, he's in the bottom .
I agree. Normally we can get at least a majority to agree on a good performance, even if we don’t like the person. Everyone knows how I disliked Blake Lewis, but I admit (and did at the time, too) he had a few really good performances. Like I said last night, all the contestants are so mediocre that our preferences are all over the place.
I forgot to add...did you see that scary very close up of Adam last night?..looks like he puts on makeup with a trowel..
DOES anyone know if last nights performances are available on line?...I missed the show and would love to see them all sing to see what I missed...
Any help appreciated...
Don’t worry about being confused, they haven’t really said what is going to change. We are all just assuming at this point.
I thought Jorge’s performance wasn’t nearly as horrible as the judges made it sound. Their critiques all sounded like he was 98 shades of awful. He was pretty good. Not my favorite style or song, but he did a passable, pleasant job.
I searched You Tube and found this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTRpdxLHqMc
I’d watch them quick, because you never know if Fox is going to make them pull the videos down.
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