American Idol 2007--Live Thread (Part I)

FOX ^ | 1-15-07

[ken5050]

Be grateful that he posted the pics. This way, we know that she can NEVER run for Congress from New jersey.

[ken5050]

Just wondering..where's SirLinksalot??? Just realized I haven't had many 3000 word reviews to read each week? Did he leave?

[misterrob]

I am, I am, I am

[Millee]

I just checked it again. Antonella & Sangaya are both in 4th place. I-DON'T-GET-IT!!! They must be sleeping with the same guy. Caaaack!

[kevkrom]

Again, no detailed notes from me... but the clear "losers", as in, the ones needed to be voted off, are Haley and Antonella. That said, history has shown that we're due for a "surprise" elimination, and given how shallow the guy's talent pool is, it's going to come from the girls.

I will say I'm not on the Lakisha bandwagon, and I thought the judges did her a great disservice but not providing constructive criticism -- specifically, her diction was awful; I could only follow the words because I knew the song.

I'm sure everyone else is on the Melinda train, and I've got nothing bad to say about her.

With most folks focused on Melinda and Lakisha, I think the two gals to watch for are Sabrina and Jordin. Sabrina brings a little touch of "different" to a competition that appears is going to be dominated by powerful gospel singers, as such she poses an alternative choice for voters. Jordin can't match the other power singers with her voice, but she has great personality and energy; she should connect well with the teenage voters who dominate the AI voting.

[Netizen]

I just checked it again. Antonella & Sangaya are both in 4th place. I-DON'T-GET-IT!!! They must be sleeping with the same guy. Caaaack!

Good one!

[kevkrom]

I thought the judges did her a great disservice but not providing constructive criticism

Errr... make that I thought the judges did her a great disservice BY not providing constructive criticism

[kevkrom]

She [Antonella] REALLY sucks!

No, those pictures were fakes. :)

[retrokitten]

Just wondering..where's SirLinksalot???

I thought this exact same thing yesterday! I don't know. I haven't seen him around at all.

[retrokitten]

They must be sleeping with the same guy. Caaaack!

ROTFL!!

[Lucky9teen]

I have Haley and Skank gone tomorrow...and also I picked 4 of the guys to go LOL...Sanjaya, Jared, Brandon and Chris (the blonde Chris)

I completely agree.

Sometimes I wonder about the "vote-for-the-worst" voters, wondering if they are the reason these talentless contestants remain, when they are nowhere near the caliber of the other contestants.

Haley and Antonella SO need to go...otherwise, one of the girls who actually has talent will be off the show and that would suck. And although Stephanie can sing, she sounds like every other black female artist out there. She's NOT unique or different and to me, her voice sounds like Beyonce's (close your eyes next time and listen...you'll hear it). Plus she looks too much like Fantastic Burrito and that look really bothers me. I say it's going to be between Lakesha and Melinda with Gina and Sabrina as close runners up.

As for the guys....ugh...any of them except Sundance, Blake and Chris Sligh, could go and I wouldn't care. Those are the only 3 in my opinion who I would consider buying their albums, but I highly doubt a guy will take it this year. None of the guys are even close to the same caliber as Melinda, Lakisha, Gina and Sabrina.

But who knows who America will vote in...after all, they kept Bo Bice up until the last minute and he shouldn't have stayed past the top 10, imo. Mr. Lucky keeps vowing to stop watching AI because of that, but I keep reminding him that it really doens't matter who wins AI. Anyone in the top 10, pretty much gets a record deal and depending in their talent, actually do better than those that have won. Look at Clay Aiken and Daughtry....

[Lucky9teen]

I find I keep forgetting about Jordan and I shouldn't because she is good, especially for her age. She has some serious lung power and I think she'll be up in the top 3, above Sabrina and Gina.

She's from AZ, so of course, I have to vote for her.... :)

[Lucky9teen]

Oh no. Melinda has OCD. TMI.

She shouldn't have sung this song. It's too old. Makes her seem old.

I completely disagree. Melinda singing that song was SO perfect and she did it SO well. It is nice to hear a black female artist sing something other than the crap that is out there today, that sounds the same when any female black artist who sings it.

I love that she went back in time and was DIFFERENT. We need that in this competition. And she did GREAT.

[ChocChipCookie]

It really hurts right HERE to see Antonella at a higher "score" than Jordin at dialidol. :o( Never underestimate the stupidity of the masses.

[Lucky9teen]

Haley Scarnato - She’d be a good candidate for Country or Christian pop genres.

The whole time she was singing, I totally felt like I was in church...listening to the "singers" before the sermon...

[Wyatt's Torch]

"The whole time she was singing, I totally felt like I was in church...listening to the "singers" before the sermon..."

I felt like I was watching the Ms. San Antonio pageant...and she finished as sixth runner-up...

[Wyatt's Torch]

"Never underestimate the stupidity of the masses."

Nor the ability of people to make money capitalizing on it...I think PT Barnum said something like that...;-)

[Lil'freeper]

The whole time she was singing, I totally felt like I was in church...listening to the "singers" before the sermon...

Agreed. And in *that* context, she wasn't bad. She's just not pop tart material.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Re Haley: I finally figured out last night who she reminds me of. Kathy Lee Gifford. Which puts her, of course, squarely in the category with the church singers and pageant contestants. Not a horrible thing to be ... but not something I would ever go out of my way to hear.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Re Stephanie: I really liked that jazzy song she did on the very first night, and I love her look. I think she knows how to dress, and presents herself very elegantly. She looks like Fantasia THINKS she looks! LOL!

But in the last two songs she's done, she's had real problems dealing with the songs' timing -- she seemed to always be out of synch with the beat -- and her voice, on listening to it further, is good -- but just that. Good, not great. I don't see her as Idol material. (Though I certainly hope she outlasts Haley and La Skank, who both need to go!)

As for the guys, I am beyond caring who goes or stays. None of them will win.