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Posted on 01/12/2009 5:57:19 AM PST by silent_jonny
No. I thought it was horrible.
As for the changes, there is going to be an extra Hollywood week. Also, from USA Today:
Thirty-six hopefuls, up from 24, will be chosen for February's semifinals, and wild-card picks — back for the first time since Season 3 — will let the judges put three singers into the top 12.
Starting Feb. 17, six male and six female semifinalists perform each week for three weeks, with the top man and woman in viewer votes moving to the finals, along with the next highest vote-getter.
Aha..that explains it..show us LESS now, in order to have MORE to show us later..as usual..they find a way to screw with success
I can see where this could be a recipe for disaster. They could put the top 6 into one group and 5 of them wouldn't make it, while those with lesser talent could be in other groups and make it. The could also put the 6 worst on one group and 1 of the worst would actually beat out someone that is better from a different group.
“Thirty-six hopefuls, up from 24, will be chosen for February’s semifinals, and wild-card picks — back for the first time since Season 3 — will let the judges put three singers into the top 12.”
Thanks for that info. I was confused about the number going into the semi-finals. So it’s 12 more than usual.
They seemed to be letting a lot of not-so-good people through last night. Everthing seemed speeded up and as someone above said—more commercials than content.
I had a few favorites (based on vey brief glimpses of them). I like the curly-haired Puerto Rican boy; the waif Rose Flack; the heavy black kid who sang the Stevie Wonder song absolutely pitch-perfect; bikini girl; blind guy, and Osmond kid. I hated rocker Emily, ghastly Norman (No-Man); pug-nosed screamer Von (didn’t his Mommy ever teach him how to use his inside voice?); and the Gay Weeper.
Also liked pipeline guy; Robert Downey, and Downey’s best friend.
David Cook’s Self Titled Debut CD is Certified Platinum by the RIAA for Sales Exceeding 1 Million Units
Last Season’s American Idol Winner Kicks off his first Headline tour “The Declaration Tour - 2009″ in Tallahassee, FL on February 13th.
Released on November 18th, 2008, David Cook (19 Recordings / RCA Records ) entered the Billboard charts at #3 and the digital album charts at #1, marking the best debut from an American Idol winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from David Cook have sold over 2 million tracks and ringtones combined. The first single, “Light On,” dominated the AOL Top 40 radio chart with 8 (non consecutive) weeks at #1 and is currently Top 10 at Hot AC radio and still growing. In late September “Light On” premiered on AOL Music’s pop culture news site, PopEater.com, receiving over 1 million plays in less than a week.
Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” recently went platinum, with over one million tracks sold. “The Time of My Life” is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history. “The Time of My Life” also held the #1 position at mainstream AC radio for nearly 4 months straight. Cook is the 34th “American Idol” contestant to appear on a Billboard chart.
Cook kicked off 2009 by performing for troops during a USO tour. He visited seven different bases, singing songs off his self-titled album. SOURCE RCA Music Group
http://www.foxesonidol.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article2540.art&page=1
BACK TO SCHOOL
You might remember that David Cook was represented as quite the brain on American Idol. Cook is going to have a chance to recharge those intellectual batteries, in a way. Your reigning American Idol is going back to school. Several schools in fact – to rock them!
“There’s something inherently nostalgic about playing college shows. So many amazing acts used to do it, so it’s nice to be able to bring that ideal back, in some small way,” Cook told Reuters.
The college tour begins at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, on February 13, 2009. Then he’ll be making another 37 stops before the final show at University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK on April 25.
It’s an aggressive schedule, but Cook is optimistic. “Touring on a bus beats what we used to do, which was cram five guys into a seven passenger van for one show, 13 hours away,” he added.
Kelly Clarkson was hoping All I Ever Wanted would shake off the ennui left by My December. She wants to show the world that she can have another platinum selling album. It looks like she’s well on her way, as “My Life Would Suck Without You” is already number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and on iTunes in downloads (not to mention doing well on Amazon.com.
Not surprised is songwriter Dr. Luke, who admits Kelly is a bit of a muse for him. “After ‘Since U Been Gone,’ we wrote all these songs for Kelly,” Dr. Luke explained to EW.com. “This one, which I think is the first single – we had the chorus a while ago and added the verse more recently.” “It’s sick,” he added. “She sings a song in two hours and kills it. You’re just like, ‘Holy sh—.’ She has powerful lungs. She’s like the Lance Armstrong of vocal cords.”
THE THRILL OF VICTORY
Everyone, and I mean everyone, is buzzing about Jennifer Hudson’s amazing rendition of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. At first it was because the soul-stirring rendition left viewers and attendees alike slack-jawed and teary-eyed at the same time.
Since then some reports have surfaced that she lip-synched. Ricky Minor, American Idol’s music director and the producer of the track, says this is not unusual. “That’s the right way to do it. There are too many variables to go live. I would never recommend any artist go live because the slightest glitch would devastate the performance.”
Despite the fact that this is a common practice in huge stadiums like Raymond James, where the acoustics are horrendous and the sound bounces off the cavernous walls in distracting ways for a singer, some people are crying foul. Artists who perform in such stadiums (like U2 and Madonna) make heavy use of backing tracks, and Faith Hill, whose “America the Beautiful” preceded Hudson, also used a backing track.
What many people don’t know is that the National Football League has required Super Bowl performers to pre-record their songs since 1993, when Garth Brooks threatened to walk off the stage mere minutes before he was set to perform if NBC did not play his new video. The NFL would have been left with nothing if Brooks had followed through. (Ultimately, NBC agreed to play a part of the video, and the game itself was rolled back three minutes.) Since then, the NFL has made a practice of having a backup. So Hudson, Hill, and Minor were simply following orders.
Those in attendance say they definitely heard Jennifer singing live. Viewers say they could tell by her breathing that she was projecting something. Could she have been singing above the pre-recorded track? Neither JHud nor the NFL has responded to date.
THE FABULOUS CASTRO BROTHERS
Well, we all know the story of Jason, the dreadlocked wonder whose mewling of “Mr. Tambourine Man” and stoner vibe has inserted him into the annals of Idol history. We are learning the story of Michael, the seemingly wilder, less “girly” Castro as he has begun his Idol journey.
One person who was blissfully unaware of either Castro was the producer and co-writer of Amar a Morir, Harrison Reiner. Reiner says he became familiar with Jason Castro and his stirring rendition of “Hallelujah” (while he still wanted to win) only by surfing the net! Reiner told the SB Independent, “I entered the word ‘Hallelujah’ – I didn’t know what would come up. And suddenly I see the face of this guy with dreads and I listened to him singing the song and thought, ‘Oh my god, this is amazing.’”
Reiner commissioned Jason to record the song for the Mexican/Colombian film’s soundtrack and Jason is getting critical raves, as he did when he performed the song on Idol. Meanwhile, Jason Castro’s MySpace page is getting nailed with traffic from viewers curious to know more about the enigmatic younger Castro.
How in the world do YOU know about Juggs? It ain't because you were browsin' the perfume ads! LOL!
You are something!! Where, or rather how did you find, “Hot Chicks With Douchebags?” I want lurid details!
Actually, it's totally innocent. LOLOLOLOL
It's because of a scene in "Raising Arizona" and Jonny can back me up.
Again, I'm totally innocent! I followed a link on Dlisted.com. The guy's commentary had me laughing so hard!
Ok, let's here all about it, Vouchmiester!
Do you remember the scene in "The Golden Child" when he catches that guy looking at that porn magazine...What was it called?
Ok everyone RK's new nickname is:
Retro_Totally_Innocent_Kitten! LOL!
Sorry! I don't know that one. The only part I remember from that movie is Eddie Murphy at the prayer wheel saying, "I I I I would like the kni i i i fe.."
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Evenin’ all
That is one creepy graphic, Jonny!
Let’s see what happens.
The new judge still isn’t adding anything and I suspect they will jettison her at the end of the season.
LOL!! As soon as I saw "Juggs" I thought of that scene.
In related news, I still get the menstrual cramps real hawd :)
I made it! Just watched last night’s show, a lot of faces crammed in there. I hope tonight will have more drama:)
Evening :)
ROTFLMAO!!
Evenin!
Can’t wait for tonights episode of idiots on parade! (Let’s all guess which one will be the lead majorette! ;-) LOL_
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