American Idol Season 8 – Semis – Group 1 – VIDEO

Jackie.

OH. MY. GOD.

Yikes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to leave the room for Jackie’s performance. Ouch.

You know it’s not good when Randy compliments your “trousers”.

And . . . now I have to find a new favorite girl contestant. Drat.

Also, seriously, how much would it suck to have to DISCUSS your crappy performance right afterwards? Just, no. (Plus, I’m probably the only one here, but I actually kinda liked the video packages. We wouldn’t have gotten ‘Word Nerd’ if not for them.)

Sometimes I *really* love Simon. God bless him and his brutal honesty.

LOL Oh Jackie, now only with wildcard!!
It was fun, but the wrong take for first performance.

At least last year the guys who didn’t have any air time went last, poor Rickey this year… doesn’t even have that chance.

Wow she was awful.

She’s so ANNOYING!

Totally agree with Simon about Jackie, that was awful.

Jackie. No.

The whole parents on the red couch schtik is….awkward.

Jackie was awful. I hope this isnt a sign of whats to come

Wow that sucked!

His voice reminds me of Clay

Ok, Rickey that was nice !!!

I think this song is boring, but the guy is pretty good. Really liked him.

OMG Ricky kicks ass!

Damn, Ricky was good! I hate this format.

Better than Jackie thats all I can say for now

Did not like that, at all.

Oh noes, AI will start an hour later in my country…

Okay, Ricky has a good voice but he sucked every ounce of soul out of that song. And Jackie….sweetie…a whole world of no.

I LIKE RICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow, he came out of nowhere. beautiful voice but too nice.

Simon telling his own criticism is that he lacks charisma? Reminds me of someone… which is probably good for Ricky.

That was good, not great for me. Ricky has a great voice but I think Simon was right … and that’s why he is the perfect contestant. Raw talent, room to grow.

I think that Rickey did a good job tonight. I think that he seems like a nice guy and that it’s possible that he could take one of the top vote getter spots. If he doesn’t I could see him being bought back as a wildcard.

I thought he sounded like Clay Aiken on parts. Not exactly a soulful version but it was a pretty vocal.

All the couch nonsense is already on my nerves and we are only through two people!!!

Cruz- It isn’t on here until an hour later, so I will be watching with you.

Too bad Ricky didn’t get more pimping he was good and so likable.
I didn’t like his SFY as much as Elliott’s but he was waaaaaay better than Jackie.

Am I the only one who is mildly pissed off that people (and the other three judges!) keep booing whenever Simon is speaking? He’s being constructively critical, for God’s sake. And seriously, the last guy didn’t have any star persona to me, too. Good voice, but I can’t see even advancing to the next round right now.

I’m also in the mood to mute the TV whenever Randy is speaking. His “Check it out, dawg!”‘s are getting tiring.

I really like Ricky. Ma and Pa are a hoot with The Braddy Bunch.com. This is an actual fansite set up for Ricky..genius

Eeek. Ricky is really good. I hope Anoop is better. I didn’t like Jackie’s performance at all.

LOL at Danny going last. So predictable! WTF was that Jackie?! Stop trying to be cute. That is annoying. Ricky was awesome!

The lack of a backstory could be lethal tonight.

Brian Mansfield said that about Ricky. Yeah, Ricky, we’re sorry that you weren’t batshit crazy or didn’t have a sob story to exploit.

I haven’t seen Ricky’s performance yet, but just because Simon says something does not make it true for everyone. I hate that he makes such statements when people just haven’t gotten to know these contestants yet. Unfortunately many will listen to Simon, because they can’t think for themselves, and will blow off Ricky. That’s why people are booing Simon.

This one is so forgettable. Why can’t they pick recent songs? This all feels so old.

Cruz- It isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t on here until an hour later, so I will be watching with you.

Great someone to talk about it with

Can they just rotate between Paula and Kara between performances. Do we have to hear them both?

Not liking anyone too much yet .

WOW Alexis blew me away, I agree with Simon she could be a dark horse.
I didn’t like her audition that much but I LOVED her tonight!

Was that suppose to be good? That was boring as hell.

I didn’t watch the first 2 yet but did catch Alexis Grace. She brought it tonight. I hope that will get her top girl.

^lol Tony, but does that mean that Randy made more sense that Kara, I guess she wont be getting another year in the show then…

Regarding the judges, Kara is disappointing and Simon is repeating last year’s comments. Not a good start.
I was honestly bored by Alexis. Maybe need to watch it again.

Am I the only one who is mildly pissed off that people (and the other three judges!) keep booing whenever Simon is speaking?

Nope, they annoy the h*ll out of me, I wish they’d knock it off.

So far they all suck. Rickey has a good voice, but that bored me.

^lol Tony, but does that mean that Randy made more sense that Kara, I guess she wont be getting another year in the show thenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I just think that 4 ten minute opinions on a 1 minute song is just too much. Once Kara made the “Genie out of the bottle” comment, I started to zone out. I’m already used to Paula’s silliness but Kara is taking some getting used to.

So, maybe I’m on a different planet, but I thought Alexis easily gave the worst performance so far. Kelly Clarkson my ***. Sabrina Sloan did that song WAAAAAY better back in the season 6 semifinals.

love those dimples!

I don’t think that Alexis was that good. I think that Ricky has been the best so far.

Wasn’t this guy Brent on the Nashville Star show awhile back ?

Bucky references

Brent really doesn’t have good vocals. Unless he gets the country vote I don’t see how he’ll make it. Cute guy and that’s it.

^Yep he was… it was in the spoiler MJ posted in december and in an article by EW.COM today…

Boring “hick” song.

Brent was really not that interesting…

Brent is cute but that performance was so boooooooring.

looks like Brent is going back to his hick town

Brent – you’re such a cutie. You disappointed me.

Loved Alexis. She looked and sounded great, and wow, she has perfect skin!

Kara is useless so far. Now we have 3 time-wasting judges, and Simon. He repeats his stock comments, and he’s brutal, but at least there’s some detail and accuracy in his comments that the contestants can use constructively.

I just spent the last 15 minutes explaining the “new” semis format to my dad…I think I want the 12 guys/12 girls format back. Not only was it easier to follow with 12 less people, it also gave those who weren’t eliminated another chance to show what they could do. If we’d gone back to the old format last year, I doubt David Cook would have made Top 12 unless he got picked for the wildcard round and did something to get the votes needed.

Didn’t know the song but thought he did quite well .

^Told you so, fresh meat department…

I think his only hope is wildcard. He has a great smile and a down home swagger but a low key performance. He is a cutie though.

Hisaki, I think you hit it right on.
I absolutely love David Cook but I think a reason he won was that we were able to see how he evolved throughout the whole journey.

This new format sucks.

so far, after 4 people, the only one i am really happy for is alexis grace. i thought she was good and i also have to admit i was rooting for her because of her backstory with the sweet kid. but you never know if somebody that seemingly young and inexperienced can deliver under this kind of pressure onstage. well, she killed it and i couldn’t be gladder for her. she can sing and make it look easy and she is lovely and so is her kid. most likely i will be voting for anoop, my big fave rave, but i hope she makes it way down the line.

i still don’t understand why the jokey people were put through (the giggling girl and the comedian). there are so few precious spots. i wish the teenage girl who sang her own song were here.

Oh no Stevie… Yikes.

stevie seemed really really nervous.

microphone sucked.

Oh My! Worst of the night. This is awful. She is so out of tune and everything. I actually thought she could sing, clearly I was wrong.
What a disappointment.

DISASTER STEVIE

I didn’t really care for Stevie’s performance.

I can’t wait for ANOOP!!!

Poor Stevie. Sorry, but I can’t see her making it after that. She’s likely toast.

OMG that was painful. HORRIBLE.

Stevie Wright. Sigh. You should have waited a couple of years.

YAY ANOOP!!!!

Anoop! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!?!

Ok, everyone is just disappointing me. LOl Anoop, why that?
I think he’s safe and all, but that just Ok. Nothing memorable and it really didn’t show his vocals. He was off in parts.

Anoop… very, very disappointing.

So far, Ricky’s been the best by a mile.

Kind of boring night so far

I didn’t like Anoop tonight How boring.

Wish Stevie would have done a ballad instead.

I thought this Anoop guy was supposed to be GOOD?

WTF, was that ?

What’s with everyone picking slow boring ballads (or being AWFUL)? It’s like this season’s the Return of the Archuleta or something . . .

Anoop’s vocals were on point, but he really should have picked something upbeat. Still, if he gets sent home, I will be VERY disappointed.

Stevie. Cute girl but not ready for prime time.

Anoop. Likeable. Unaffected. Song was not dynamic enough.

Hmmm, so far – Jackie – no, Ricky, niceness, Alexis – liked her better tonight than previously, Brent – nice but forgettable, (not echoing Simon on purpose but he’s right). Stevie – what was that? Really not liking the family on the couch thing. I don’t like the set. I don’t like the set-up. I’m not feeling season 8 at all right now. Sorrow………………

Watch Tatiana be the best of the night.

I sense a takeover. The frontrunners just might not be frontrunners anymore. ANOOP! I’ll vote for you!!

So disappointed in Stevie and Anoop

Gonna vote for him anyway tho.

TPTB will never let Anoop go home. He’s too much the crowd favorite.
He will at least be a wildcard.

Is on and IÂ ´m already sleepy…

Wish Stevie would have done a ballad instead.

At this point, I’ll bet Stevie does too.

Anoop it’s alright, I still love you dawg. I thought his parents were adorable, no clue why.

Stevie, Stevie, Stevie….I agree with your Mom. The judges are idiots. Tell you to young it up then tell you it sucked when you do. Although, it did suck.

Hello Alexis. I think I change my mind. You shall be top vote getter for the ladies unless I get a surprise although seeing what is left, not likely.

Um, can they stop having a commercial after every SINGLE performance. This could totally have been an hour of my life saved if they had done more songs, less commercial.

And I’m sorry Brent Keith, country fans will forget that too.

poor stevie. i put points on her. i thought she’d be an underdog for sure. looks like she’ll be back in school by the end of the week.

Wish Stevie would have done a ballad instead.

At this point, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll bet Stevie does too.

You must sound better than Taylor Swift if you wanna sing her song.

I don’t that this peformance was Anoop’s best, but I still think that he was decent. I am going to be voting for him because he is my favorite and I would definitely like to see what he else he would sing on the show if given the chance. I thought that he was better than some of the other people tonight so far, and I hope that he gets through.

ANOOP FTW!!!

I’m so sad for Stevie.

I actually thought she could sing, clearly I was wrong.

Well she CAN sing if you’d seen her before audition and all that. But a Taylor Swift song is definitely NOT a way to show it! Damn you Simon! Keep your mouth shut! Her old soul voice actually works for her….not this cheesy young crap!

Oh no Casey, this is not good at all.

Um, Casey. I had to walk out of the room. It was making me horribly uncomfortable.

Oh my word is this an awful night or what ?

Guys, Anoop wasn’t that bad. I personally loved his performance, and I think he has enough of a fanbase to get him into the Top 12. I’ll be voting like crazy for him!

I thought Ricky was good, great voice but he is missing something. Simon is right.

He is taking Elliott’s path with that song, but E’s million times better. JMHO.

Geesh, Casey – ick.

yeahyeah, that would suck, if tatiana was the star of the show, but i guess it could happen, tatiana does sing well. how depressing!

anoop was off his game, something wasn’t right there between him and the band i think, but it wasn’t a disaster, he is still wonderful and he will get it right next week.

this person on now is totally embarrassing. her moves are so awkward. ouch ouch ouch.

OMG what the heck is that girl Jackie wearing… really Elvis song should be ban…last year was Danny Noriega and now this, poor guy should be rolling in his grave…

ETA:
Her grandpa/dad looks like Mister Miyagi…

For gods sake I’d give my right arm to have the Davids back right about now. What a bucket of suck.

Wow. They’re throwing Casey under the bus…and then backing over again.

Well it WAS THAT BAD.

I’m cheating here because AI doesn’t come on in LA for another couple of hours, but I’m terrible when it comes to waiting. I was really hoping Stevie would be good. Was she really that bad?

Yikes, Casey!

Weird friggen facial expressions on this girl is right.

undercooked-

she really was that bad. awful.

lol trina, im not watching.. but from the sounds of what everyones saying it does sound like a bucket of suck… lol

I was really hoping Stevie would be good. Was she really that bad?

In my opinion, Stevie had one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen on the show.

Casey was even worst than Stevie. She just can’t sing well, why does it matter she is cute?
And after 7 years, haven’t they learnt about song choice?

OMG Casey’s singing face is SKURRY!!!

For gods sake Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d give my right arm to have the Davids back right about now. What a bucket of suck.

Amen sister…

ps.
please don ´t be mad MJ…

Stevie and Casey, the worst performances ever.
What were these girls thinking?

undercooked Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m cheating here because AI doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t come on in LA for another couple of hours, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m terrible when it comes to waiting. I was really hoping Stevie would be good. Was she really that bad?

IDF has mp3′s up if you want to hear for yourself, but in a nutshell. It was that bad.

It hasn’t aired in my neck of the woods…but based on these comments I’m not sure if I should even watch. Is everyone cracking under the pressure? Will the other groups have an advantage with more time to prepare?

JACKIE. RITALIN.

Here are my reviews of the first 6. Pretty underwhelming.
1. Jackie Tohn à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’A Little Less Conversation. Interesting voice and I really liked her up until now. But bad song that didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t show off her voice. I still like her personality though à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ making fun of the Diva belters! 6 of 10
2. Ricky Braddy à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ A Song for You. Wow, he was good. I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know the song and couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t remember him from before. Pretty good stage presence, just a little cheese. 8/10
3. Alexis Grace à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ I Never Loved a Man. Great voice, loved the tone. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure the song fits her look though. But she knocked it out. 8/10
4. Brent Keith à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Hick Town. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s good for country, which isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t my thing, to be honest. Good tone, fun song. A little boring for me though. Did he lose his place a little? 7/10
5. Stevie Wright à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ You Belong With Me. Blah, bad, sad. That was not good. And that is one bad song anyway. She looked scared and was even kind of singing to the other contestants for a while, I think. 3/10
6. Anoop Desai à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Angel of Mine. Never heard the song before. Could do without ever hearing it again. Boring. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m disappointed. What is up with those background singers? They are pretty obtrusive tonight. 6/10

Well, Casey was obviously put through for fantastic cannon fodder… I didn’t think she was going to fail that badly. That’s weeding out some of the teens though since it is highly unlikely that Stevie or Casey make it past tonight.

Damn you Simon! Keep your mouth shut! Her old soul voice actually works for herà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.not this cheesy young crap!

See, this is where her uncertainty comes in. With surefootedness as an artist, it wouldn’t have mattered what Simon said. She hasn’t been doing it long enough

Oh gosh, Casey Carlson KILLED me with that wide open mouth. She gave Von a run for his money.

Is it a bad thing that I think Jackie has the best female performance so far?

After seven singers, Ricky’s still owning BIG TIME.

Plenty of good people left, though… I expect a lot out of these last five.

Oh gosh, Casey Carlson KILLED me with that wide open mouth. She gave Von a run for his money.

:lol_tb:

waahhh…

i am feeling a little cranky right now and i bet you are too. but i predict one great performance will snap us all right out of it.

I must say I’ve forgotten about Ricky.

He may have been awesome, but I still think he might not have enough to pull through. “A Song for you” just is kinda boring and second is also kinda a death spot.

Well, the other girls aren’t giving Alexis much competition so far. She wasn’t one of my favorites going into tonight, but she is now. So far, she’s the only one who’s been able to take the judges’ previous comments and make them work for her.

Cruz- My son has his solo and ensemble marimba solo at 7:30, so I won’t be watching until after that with TIVO. Sorry I couldn’t join you! If it is as bad as it sounds, maybe I don’t want to watch it.

Bahaha. This guy makes me laugh.

The background vocalists sound better than the Idols so far…….

I like Rickey….

Michael you aren’t anywhere close to Bo Bice on that song sonny boy. :annoyed_tb:

Is it a bad thing that I think Jackie has the best female performance so far?

No, I think she was. At least the only one I will remember. Sure she wasn’t amazing, but at least she sang on key and wasn’t boring.

Ricky was the best so far by a big mile. I’m really rooting for him.

Michael is good I think by the end he really brought it. One of the best so far, which is not saying much. I don’t think he has much chances in this competition though.

Ah. Michael. THAT SUCKED TOO.

I don’t really care for him, but that wasn’t something to win me over to his side. He kinda looked constipated to me.

And it didn’t compare to Elliott.

ETA: And Bo too! Because he made me love it first.

I never really thought that Casey could sing that well. I really didn’t like her first audition, “A Thousand Miles” and I don’t think that she should have gotten through to Hollywood with that audition. I don’t think that she did a good job tonight.

I think that Michael Sarver did okay.

I still like her personality though à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ making fun of the Diva belters!

LOL – Jackie cracks me up. I’m kind of disappointed with some of the people I liked tonight. I like Anoop a lot – but I hate that freaking song. At this point, Alexis is the only one I even remember.

I must say Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve forgotten about Ricky.

At least you remembered what he sang – I didn’t!

boring

I hope Ann Marie will redeem the girls because IMO they don’t stand much chance tonight. 2 guys will be getting through for sure.

New York Avon Lady Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

The background vocalists sound better than the Idols so farà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I thought the same thing on Carrie’s Alone a few years back but the opinion never got much traction. I gave up when she went quad-platinum.

Well, out of the four idol performances of “I don’t wanna be”, this one came in fourth.

I thought Alexis has been the best of the girls so far. I thought Jackie was horrendous and overdone and sadly she wasn’t even close to the worst tonight. Speaks a lot for this group for sure.

Anne Marie just made Alexis a shoo in. Hush girl.

My son has his solo and ensemble marimba solo at 7:30, so I wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be watching until after that with TIVO.

Marimba… like marimba… I didn ´t know you guys play Marimba in US… wow… well I guess I will go ahead and comment alone… have fun… good luck to your song…

Anne Marie has sung with the most power!

My favorite moment so far … Paula distracted by Sarver moving the microphone from hand to hand. Too. Funny.

they should combine this show with my other favorite reality show, project runway, and they could each wear a designed outfit, so that even if the performances are boring, you have something else to get into.

she was okay.

That song is too big for her voice, she just couldn’t pull it. But in a bad night, she stands out.

I must say Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve forgotten about Ricky.

At least you remembered what he sang – I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t!

I didn’t! I had to look at the list MJ has so kindly posted. Thanks MJ!

So I don’t get any props that I really remembered.

Well so far out of the girls she was the best so far .

i liked the Anoop performance and song Angel Of Mine . Monica hit #1 on the Hot 100 with it and was the #3 song of 1999.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The Billboard Hot 100&g=Year-end Singles&year=1999

Such bullshit that SImon Cowell can tell Ricky Brady, who has had ZERO screen time and vocally kicks ass from what ive seen so far tonight, that he has no star quality and is brutal on him 7 then tell Michael Starver he hopes he gets through because even tho his vocal was average, he hopes he gets through because he ‘deserves a shot’. FUCK THAT SHIT.

Oh dear. Ann Marie. You just made Alexis top female performer tonight and she had a DEATH SPOT too!

idolbeat Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

Anne Marie has sung with the most power!

I’m sure Von is really ticked off that he won’t get to challenge for that title tonight. :dunce_tb:

LMAO. Ann Marie sat on something hard.

LOVE Ryan’s reaction to “I just sat on the hard part.”

Wow. Hahahahaha….

I with Paula on Ann Marie. I liked her.

Such bullshit that SImon Cowell can tell Ricky Brady, who has had ZERO screen time and vocally kicks ass from what ive seen so far tonight, that he has no star quality and is brutal on him 7 then tell Michael Starver he hopes he gets through because even tho his vocal was average, he hopes he gets through because he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹deserves a shotà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢. FUCK THAT SHIT.

The drives me nuts too. Michael does seem like an “all round good guy” but so what. I’m not voting for “All around good guy” I’m voting for the best singer of the competition and that is BY NO MEANS Michael Sarver. I can’t say I really remember Ricky but I’d rather him get through than Michael Sarver because I can work with Ricky’s personality but I can’t take Mr. Constipated trying to strut his stuff on stage because he’s a “good guy”.

Right now Alexis Grace is the only woman standing between Tatiana and the Top 12. It amazes me how badly these other girls are falling apart.

wow. i feel like alexis has turned into sandy from grease.

That song is not meant for vanilla vocals. Ann Marie is a good singer, but you need to have SOUL for that one! Did NOT work. At all.

I didn ´t like Alexis, and she should stop wearing her baby dolls to perform… I ´m seriously bored…

Oh god Tatiana. I’m not ready for her yet. I think I need some wine before I endure Tatiana.

alexis’ dad’s hair. holy cow.

oh i forgot about him, i like him, i hope this is good

I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t! I had to look at the list MJ has so kindly posted. Thanks MJ!

LOL – then we’re in the same boat

Oh, and just for the record, I DO NOT want to meet any of the contestant’s parents. I could give a rat’s ass. Making me sit through them is bull shit.

I still have hope for Stephen. Please be good.

Tatiana is sooooo flipping annoying.
There is no way she makes it. I really can’t stand her.

he was so nervous but he’s doing better now, he has a really nice voice

Oh my, backup singers, could you please sing in tune?

I think I need some wine before I endure Tatiana.

Want some Valium…?’

it’s not working out though, he is too inexperienced and nervous

I’m still waiting for a great singer, so far everyone sucks!

Stephen – pitchy dude and what’s with that song???

ETA: I first thought this 12 was too overloaded with the ‘good’ ones and would suffer from the new format. Now I see I was wrong.

Yeah, really bad song choice for Stephen.
Everyone is falling apart.

Hmm – Stephen picked the wrong the song. Okay, I’m going to have to completely rearrange my early favorites LOL.

Steven. This did not work at all.

Man, I hope Ricky makes it through. At this point, he definitely deserves it.

Hmm just wondering are they not allowed once again to play instruments ?

Oh man I think I cannot vote for anyone tonight .Its been a bad karaokie night

I like Stephen, but why pick that song? So many to chose from, and this? I really don’t undestand the contestant’s decisions. Maybe it’s all about seeing them grow so they have to start from the 0.
He was fine but it didn’t do anything for him.

Tatiana will make it to the top 12, I’m now convinced, they’re just making it that easy. And Danny will get the “BEST OF THE NIGHT!!!” comment…

Oh god Tatiana. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not ready for her yet. I think I need some wine before I endure Tatiana.

I’ve spent some quality time with the Captain in anticipation of her performance

I feel like screaming at my TV. This night has gone downhill and fast.

It’s going to hell in a handbasket.

And I haven’t even seen Tatiana yet!!!!

Wow, too bad. So far Alexis and Anoop for me. If Danny doesn’t mess it up, these will be the three that make it.

dang Simon, please just be quiet! Stephen had moments of glory -s hooot.

…bloodbath

Tatiana, please be good. Yes, I hate you, but please be good.

This episode has probably been their suckiest pilot to date.

Tatiana will make it to the top 12, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m now convinced, theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re just making it that easy. And Danny will get the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“BEST OF THE NIGHT!!!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  commentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Shoot. I might as well hold the door open for Tatiana to walk into the top 12 because I actually thought she stood absolutely NO CHANCE, now I think she stands the best one.

Scary.

Ooooh wine….

wow, the way it’s going, groups 2 &3 make the top 12 and group 1 goes home.

Oh, Steven.

*sob*

Hulu ad FTW and I think I ´m goint to watch Lie To Me tomorrow… they screw up with the video for Brent…Go boy lost the shirt… ehhh ooops… sorry I hope this isn ´t a PG-13 thread…
I don ´t like country…

This night brought out the suckies. Nobody has really got my attention yet.

Why Stephen? Why did you pick that song?
After he did that Stevie Wonder song (which he did amazing) everything has gone downhill. I mean come on, Michael Jackson?

These contestants don’t know how to choose songs to save their lives. Just saying. Sigh.

i hope tatiana is putting us on about being such a nervous annoying freak because if she’s for real, the producers are taking a chance putting someone who seems unstable on the show.

i do think she and her crazy lady laugh can make it in the movies, specifically, horror movies. she could be the jilted lover who lost her mind and kills. and laughs. and kills. and laughs.

she scares me.

This is the longest night of my life. 1. TOO MANY DAMN PEOPLE. I can not do two hours of this foolishness every week. This is fodder-o-rama. 2. MASS MUSICIAL SUICDIE. lol. There is way too much choking going on right now. My god, can no one pull it together? And what the hell is up with these rotten song choices. 3. I MISS THE DAVIDS. I have been waiting for months for the new season because I was so ready to move on from the endless convos about the old one. Tonight, I want he old one back.

damn, she can sing.

oh noes.

They just let Tatiana have a shinning start. I hope the “nice, sweet, victim” edit does not help her advance. UGH.

She over sang the song and was very pitchy.

What gets me is that I think she is completely fake…smart, but fake. She was smart enough to go home and learn from all the critique and criticisms she received online.

Ok, just saw her last desperate plea. I rarely get emotionally invested in contestants this early, but she has COMPLETELY turned me off. I am rooting against her and I normally don’t do that. I just don’t like her.

there’s something vaguely katherine mcphee-ish about her.

Ahem, ok, I’ll just say it… Tatiana was one of the best of the night.
I don’t even believe I’m writting this.

Ummm… she wasn’t that bad. And Tatiana was batshit crazy.

She might go to the top 12.

Aw shit. Tatiana didn’t suck. Hold me I’m scared.

Get off the stage Tatiana!!!

Does anyone mind if I just watch AI7 again instead?

Well well Tatiana. She can sang. Still don’t like her. Simon is right – she’s a Pauler in the making. Poor crazy Tat.

I will vote for Tatiana one million times if it means keeping Danny Gokey off the stage. Plus, she wasn’t actually half bad, relatively speaking.

yummystars Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm

thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s something vaguely katherine mcphee-ish about her.

Quite a few IDFer have been noting that. I think they both like the Aguilera-ish melisma for stylistic flourishes. I actually like Tatiana’s voice (tone, control) and think she makes pretty good choices on songs that fit her instrument.

She’s Sybil!!!!

Tatiana? Was that Tatiana and she wasn’t entirely, ENTIRELY horrifying?

Holy CRAP.

Excuse me, I’m holding the door open for Tatiana into the top 12…

Dammit.

At least Simon had it right. She is a DRAMA QUEEN.

I need Tatiana to say……….coochie coochie coochie………..charo style

Tatiana creeps me out. And, she wasn’t that good. If she makes it to the top 12, I’ll hate America for at least a week. She should learn to shut her mouth, the more she talks, the more I want to smack her!

Wow, this whole show sounds like a train wreck. Maybe Tatiana scared everyone backstage with her drama.

Am I the only one who doesn’t like Danny?

we are in the twilight zone.

Tatiana sucked, its just the others have sucked so much more that she sounded not that bad.

Am I the only one who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny?

Nope! I’m over him too! If his wife comes up once in his package I’m not even watching.

Am I the only one who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny?

Nope.

LOL. You know what? Is there going to be a puerto rico voting block, like there was with the girl from Hawaii?

Oh my god.

Tatiana my be with us for a long, long time. :help_tb:

I’m going to bed. I’m so depressed. *sigh*

Am I the only one who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny?

Nope. I haven’t liked him so far. But, I’ll give him the chance to make good use of his pimp spot. Ask me again in 8 minutes LOL.

Caffiend Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:50 pm

Am I the only one who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny?

I hate him, his back story, his glasses, his fake friendship with the guy under the bus. Did I leave anything out? Help me here. He sings pretty well though, unfortunately.

Ok, I’ll admit it because no one else will – Season 8 needs Tatiana in the Top 12. I’m not explaining, it just needs to be.

I feel like I’m in the Twilight zone…

On a night where Tatiana ends up being one of the best females of the night and so many people just flat out crashed and burned. I thought this was going to be a tough group to possibly decide Top 3 in, meaning, I thought that they’d FIGHT for it.

Dang. Top 3 tomorrow is going to be a piece of cake.

I don’t really like Danny, but I kinda feel bad for him. He is being pimped so much that people start to hate him and it’s not really his fault. He should stop talking about his wife though.

Tatiana was pretty good. She definitely toned down her act tonight. If America finds her likeable now that they realize she was playing a character she might squeak into the top 12. I think it will all depend on how many votes Alexis inspires, and whether or the other 5 guys split their votes too much to be top 3.

I hate him, his back story, his glasses, his fake friendship with the guy under the bus. Did I leave anything out? Help me here.

He is boring as hell?

Of course Danny gets the pimp spot. Heh.

tatiana was good.

i am rolling in my grave.

registered just to post that.

Am I the only one who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny?

No, there are many of us. Now wait for him to get the best comments of the night.

Ok, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll admit it because no one else will – Season 8 needs Tatiana in the Top 12. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not explaining, it just needs to be.

Nope. Can I have Nick/Normund too? Need the entertainment.

Ok, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll admit it because no one else will – Season 8 needs Tatiana in the Top 12. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not explaining, it just needs to be.

Agreed.

Oh, and Danny? Shut up.

Still don’t like Tatiana, and I don’t think she was that good. Certainly not better than some of the people the judges raked over the coals. She only seemed better than she was because the expectations were so low for her. The judges basically told her that she’s there to be the drama queen character. She’ll get through to the Top 12, either because people will have forgotten Alexis by the end of the show, or because the judges bring her back as a wildcard. Ugh.

ETA: Danny’s doing okay, but I dislike Mariah Carey so much that I can’t judge the performance. Even David Cook couldn’t make me like her songs.

What the hell is Kara even doing there? She’s pointless.

Please god let him fall off the stage.

I’ll say it – before he sings. I love him.

I don’t know what it is about about Danny, but I just don’t like him.

we’re in good hands with this guy

I ´m tired of all the family from all the contestants and if they are going to do the same with the 36 I don ´t think I can handle it…

I din ´t like Stevie…
and now I don ´t like Anoop, and I have no idea who I ´m going to vote in the poll…

This is one unworthy pimp performance.

Even Danny sucks.

I’m done. I’m not even watching the rest. I’m turning it off.

Still loving him. Yes I am.

I suspected all along that Tatiana brought the crazy in order to get her name out there in the Hollywood rounds and that she’d bring the voice tonight and she did it. Girl is brilliant and I do hope this pays off for her. She and Alexis were the only women tonight who didn’t sound horrible.

Of course, Danny gets the pimp spot.
Nice voice but his over-exposure may do him some bad in the end.

JUDGES CALM DOWN.

Sign me up for the Irrational Hate of Danny Gokey club. I just get the feeling that he’s actively trying to be all inspirational and shiny like David Archuleta, only with Archie it came off as genuine, whereas with Gokey it just seems calculating and fake. Plus I still haven’t forgiven him for sending in footage of his proposal to his DEAD WIFE to TPTB – especially not after a season where the a certain contestant refused to give even an iota of information on his tragic family to AI.

The redeemer? More like the aniti-Christ. Bring on the backlash.

DANNY. IS. NOT. WORTH. THE. PIMPING. SIT THE FUCK DOWN, PAULA.

/shot

Dead wife whoring out, massive pimping aside, damn it I loved me some Danny, well compared to the other hot messes anyway.

ARe the judges falling all over Danny?

He was good but that judge reaction was OTT. Man, this sucks.

I want a time machine…

Okay, Danny was good, but they are going way overboard. I agree with Simon.

So Tatiana and Danny gets the last spots? How predictable of you, AI.

I am so not getting pumped by this season at all.

You can tell who they want to win. Last year they were pimping the Davids, this year it is the Danny.

Okay, Danny was good, but not THAT good! Paula. Randy. Kara.

Alright, who is performing next week because this group SUCKED SOMETHING AWFUL.

St.Lucia Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

ARe the judges falling all over Danny?

Let me check the script…..[shuffles pages]

Oh YES! they are!

And I’m shocked (In my best Claude Raines voice.) that pimping is going on in the final spot of the night on American Idol.

You can tell who they want to win. Last year they were pimping the Davids, this year it is the Danny.

He’s early TCO… they’ll turn on him eventually.

I don’t know about these song choices…..the kids can pick great songs to audition and to sing during Hwood week, but they can’t for the biggest performance of their life on national TV? I wonder how many had to go with 2nd, 3rd or 4th choices because their original picks wouldn’t “clear”? I mean, really, “Rock with You”? I can’t believe that was his first pick.

For the first time I don’t feel the need to vote.

Unintentional penis joke FTW!!!!!!!

Thank god for Simon keeping it real.

Last they pimped Archie, not Cook until towards the end. Danny is definately the Archie of this season. He will not win either.

I suspected all along that Tatiana brought the crazy in order to get her name out there in the Hollywood rounds and that sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d bring the voice tonight and she did it. Girl is brilliant and I do hope this pays off for her. She and Alexis were the only women tonight who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sound horrible.

Sigh. Along the TPTB manipulation, we now have contestant manipulation. I’m not sure which is worst.

I wonder what Nick/Norman will do.

Sold out arenas? Puhlease.

Danny gave the kind of christian/gospel performance I’d see on some televangelist program.

I think not even Archie was pimped so much, and Archie was way better than Danny is.
He sang ok, but that wasn’t reason for the histerical Kara and Paula. Kara stop drinking from Paula’s coke.
Plus, not even a good song choice. What does it say about him as an artist? Nothing really.

I like Danny. I like his glasses. I love his friend. I liked his performance tonight more than anybody’s other than Alexis. He knows how to sing and he knows how to perform. He knows what songs to sing. Next time, maybe he can not have a dead wife so people won’t hate him so much.

Please bring on the next two groups!

Two favorite performances of the night: Ricky and Jackie.

Sadly, I don’t think either of them are going to advance.

Guy: Danny (should be RICKY)
Girl: Alexis (should be Jackie)
Other: Anoop (should be Danny)

Sigh… poor performance order, producers.

I am so not getting pumped by this season at all.

This is AI7 Part 2: Same Manipulation, Less Talent!

Last they pimped Archie, not Cook until towards the end. Danny is definately the Archie of this season. He will not win either.

I agree, but IMO they didn’t have to try as hard with Archie as they are trying with Danny. Archie was just.. better and, really, I think he was less pimped than Danny is now. I agree with others–Michael and Carly were pimped just as much as Archie at this point, if not more. Way OTT with Danny.

Danny gave the kind of christian/gospel performance Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d see on some televangelist program.

This.

Last they pimped Archie, not Cook until towards the end. Danny is definately the Archie of this season. He will not win

Agree, Archie got all the pimping before the top 12, then Cook took over with the pimping with a little bit of archie pimping now and then

Unintentional penis joke FTW!!!!!!!

Hehe. Simon’s facial expression was priceless.

The difference with Danny versus the pimping of Archie last year was that there were other pimped contestants last year (Michael J, Carly). This year it seems he is getting all the pimpage unless you count Tatiana.

OK can we fast forward to Season 9? I don’t recall a worse semis show.

Next time, maybe he can not have a dead wife so people wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hate him so much.

Oh, I’m pretty sure I’d still hate him even if his wife was still alive.

Not only whole bunch sucked, they pimped who they wanted after subpar performance. I mean if you do this make this performance really pimp worthy. Terrible way to start voting rounds.

Okay I peeped the repeat(so I could get anoops number becuase I still love me some Anoopdawg and I need to vote so I can at least be entertained for the remainder of the season) and I already want to wipe the disingenuous look off Danny’s face. And I only saw a clip! It just…I’m sorry felt FAKE to me. I feel like some awful person but I can’t shake that feeling.

My reviews of the last 6. What a disappointing night. I’d put Ricky, Alexis and Danny through. With maybe Jackie, Brent and Anoop to the sing-off.

6. Anoop Desai à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Angel of Mine. Never heard the song before. Boring. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m disappointed. What is up with those background singers? They are pretty obtrusive tonight. 6/10
7. Casey Carlson à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Everything Little Thing She Does is Magic. Did she have facial spasms during this performance? Bad. Hello FF, Goodbye Casey. 1/10
8. Michael Sarver à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ I Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Wanna Be. Weird smiling/faces. Karaoke performance style, with awkward moves on stage. Very average. 5/10
9. Anne Marie Boskovick à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Natural Woman. First notes were kind of sharp, but she settled in. Voice is just okay, nothing interesting or unique and nowhere near rich enough for this song. 5/10
10. Stephen Fowler à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Rock with You. Man, not that good either. Not a song to showcase good vocals. What is up tonight! 5/10
11. Tatiano Del Toro à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Saving All My Love. She wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t great, but she was a long ways from the worst woman. And she dropped the crazy act. Randy basically admits they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think she could sing but put her in there anyway. 6/10
12. Danny Gokey à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Hero. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mind his pimpage by TPTB(not his fault). But again with the wife story? Many past Idols had personal tragedies they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bring up all the time. He sounds good but not great. Not a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Momentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . 7/10

Grade on the night for entertainment value D-

They didn’t really start majorly pimping DC until Billie Jean. Michael was the one the judges were fawning all over a year ago this week.

Next time, maybe he can not have a dead wife so people wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hate him so much.

That’s how Idol works. It’s the whole package. Personality plus talent. The choices Danny makes is going to affect the way people feel about him. That’s the way it is.

So when does Adam perform?

At least he’ll be something to talk about love him or hate him….

OMG calm down Kara. Sold out arenas huh Paula? REALLY? Paula? REALLY?!

Oh, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m pretty sure Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d still hate him even if his wife was still alive.

I don’t think the pimping would be quite as heavy is his wife were still around, because he’d have no sob story to milk in the sympathy votes. I like his voice, but this undeserved pimping makes me want to shoot myself.

I totally agree with Preston. They really need to stop bringing up the dead wife or it will start turning people off. big time.

I’m a Danny fan by far, BUT even I will agree that Randy, Kara, and Paula went way overboard. He was very good, but the song ain’t that great no matter how good ya sing it. Lots of suckage tonight for sure in what was supposed to be a very talent stacked group.

Danny, Michael, and Alexis…I’m callin’ it.

I really liked Danny. Just don’t like Tatiana at all. I was disappointed in quite a few of my previous favorites tonight. I liked the first guy, Ricky someone. Don’t remember seeing him at all before tonight and I thought he was really good. He and Danny are my favorites at the moment, but can I just say so far absolutely no David Cooks, at least not for me. Not sure that there will be another one ever, but I am trying to get interested in these contestants.

Next time, maybe he can not have a dead wife so people wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hate him so much.

That’s not the problem. He just doesn’t have to talk about it ALL the time. It’s like he’s looking for the pity vote.
He was good, but not that amazing and I think he didn’t chose a good song. I would like to understand what kind of music he’ll do in the future, that’s what the judges told to others. Will he be a Diva? Is that it? The next Mariah? Michael Bolton maybe, cause he’s a guy…

I think Danny, Anoop and Tatiana will make it. Wildcard should be Ricky or Jackie/Anne Marie if they want a girl.

In a perfect world, the 3 best of the night – regardless of gender – would move forward: Ricky, Anoop and Danny.

Since only one male is assured a spot, it will be Danny. I pray that Ricky will be the next biggest vote getter. Between the two, I thought Ricky outsang Danny tonight, but the fanatical pimping of Danny will give him top spot. It annoys me to no end. Last season, Archie was thrown under a bus as TCO and he didn’t even do anything to encourage it….and IMO he was more genuine and talented than Danny which makes this all the more frustrating. This season, it’s completely reverse. UGH! As Simon said, Danny’s good, but he’s not the second coming. I don’t know why I care so much….I think Adam will take it to the end anyway.

For the ladies, dare I say it, Tatiana is in. What she lacks upstairs she more than makes up for in talent…as unfortunate as it is for me to admit that.

Wow, I don’t think AI will be making much $ off of iTunes this season. What a terrible selection of tired songs. Aretha, Michael Jackson, etc., etc.

They were all quite terrible and to think three of this crew will make the final 3. So at least one of them will make the tour. Horrific thought. Performance wise I actually liked Tatiana. Kara and Paula falling over themselves for Danny, not quite getting it. Anyway, he’s a lock. Stephen Fowler and Michael were both really bad. Boo.

Yeah, in the fog of memory it can seem like Archie was the sole chosen one, but really it was Carly, MJ and Archie that got big time pimping coming out Hollywood. One could even argue Brooke got a fair amount of pimpage as well. I’d say Carly got the most. Cook and Jason were added in the mix going into Top 12. Cook pulled out front with Archie after Billie Jean.

That said, Carrie was the chosen one her year and she won. So I wouldn’t count Danny out yet.

how did casey get here?

The difference with Danny versus the pimping of Archie last year was that there were other pimped contestants last year (Michael J, Carly). This year it seems he is getting all the pimpage unless you count Tatiana.

At least they were all pimped on TALENT not other reasons.

ALRIGHT.
Okay.
Tonight sucked.
I think we’ve all established that by now.

Danny does not deserve /half/ the hype for that performance.
It was juvenile. It was pitchy. He was by far, the worst guy of the night.
No sarcasm.

He didn’t deserve anything.
Didn’t think I heard one good note.

Anyways.
I’d like to point out that I liked him during the first auditions.
Not a single performance otherwise. His voice is boring. And I think if he makes it to the top twelve, he will get boring really fast. I mean, I got bored after the second time I heard him.

NOW THAT I’VE ESTABLISHED THIS, I THINK ANOOP WAS THE BEST SINGER OF THE NIGHT.

By a dozen miles.

I think the song choice was great.

So my top two guys of the night were: Anoop and Michael (cause I think Michael has a ton of potential, and he’s got a lot more to show us).

Top two girls were Tatiana (don’t shoot me), and Alexis.

Who I want to go through: Alexis, Anoop, and Michael.

Who will probably go through: Danny, Ricky, and Alexis.

Ricky’s likable, and I think his parent’s fan site will earn him some votes, I just think he’s limited, like Danny.

well that was a complete letdown of a week-long anticipation.

Danny did well.
But the fact that the judges were raving like that over a performance that was simply “good” is going to take away supporters that may have liked danny simply by his vocal talent because nobody wants to buy in to what the producers try to shove down your throat.

Stevie Wrong is Stevie Nixed. Sorry, sweetie. It’s hard to be worse than Taylor Swift.

They really need to stop bringing up the dead wife or it will start turning people off. big time.

I think that ship has sailed.

Casey and Steve suck big time… and this program is really long… à ¡t this point I ´m only watching so I can participate in MJ ´s poll… and is Ramielle taking over Casey ´s body????
Made her cry Simon!!!!!

Sorry, Anoop was terrible too. His background singer sounded better than him. That’s deadly in the competition like this. Nice guy though.

TMZ: According to our mole, Anoop had to restart his song 4-5 times because the band kept messing up.

Mmm hmm, they didn’t help him much either during the live show. Urgh.

Early results, dialidol has danny with a huge lead and Alexis leading the girls

So, I only saw the last few contestants, but Danny did really well.
I heard from other people that the others did not do so great??

WHen they played back everyones numbers, I thought Alexis sounded really good from the few second clip I heard.

More about his late wife? It really is getting to be too much. All in all sounds like it was a rough night.

That said, Carrie was the chosen one her year and she won. So I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t count Danny out yet.

I agree.

Fantasia was pimped from the moment she stepped out onto the Idol stage until the very end, Season 3.

I would not use Season 7 as a set-in-stone blueprint for Season 8

Danny is so earnest it comes across as preachy and fake. We’ll be getting message song after message song into May. He is Archie without the youth, innocence and charm. Or pure pipes.

My rankings for tonight:

GUYS (all quite close actually, parenthesis – ranking coming in)

1 – Anoop Desai (2)
2 – Ricky Braddy (6)
3 – Danny Gokey (1)
4 – Michael Sarver (3)
5 – Stephen Fowler (4)
6 – Brent Keith (5)

GIRLS

1 – Alexis Grace (6)

(a huge gap to)

2 – Tatiana Del Toro (5)
3 – Ann Marie Boskovich (1)
4 – Jackie Tohn (4)
5 – Stevie Wright (2)
6 – Casey Carlson (3)

Should make it: Alexis, Anoop, Ricky

Will make it: Alexis, Anoop, Danny

As far as Danny is concerned, we have a saying here in Texas:
“Turd in a punch bowl”. Something/someone that catches the eye simply because the others around them are horrible.
Of course he stood out tonight, there were very few contestants even worth paying attention to! Geez, what an awful first night. If my boyfriend dies and I become a nutbag drama queen with an alter ego, can I get on AI?

I HATE THE DEAD WIFE PIMPING. It’s making me not love Danny, who I think is otherwise awesome. Anoop is still the coolest dude on the show. I wish we could put Ricky through along with them and forget all of the girls.

where are the other groups, this seems like it’s gonna take forever, are there still 2 more groups?

i would rather see all the groups in one week to get a better sense of who the real frontrunners are. this seems kind of disorganized.

i’m gonna vote for anoop, he is still my little ‘noopy. but for me, it was a pretty bad show overall.

I’m growing a bit weary of the dead wife story. We all know what happened. We knew what happened pretty much the moment Danny auditioned. I really think it’s time to just stop focusing on that, and start focusing on the talent.

My picks for top 3 tonight:::

Danny
Alexis
………either Ricky or Anoop.

Ricky sang circles around both Danny and Anoop, but that doesn’t matter right now to America. He’s gotten like 5 seconds of screen time….. so that’s a little too bad.

and yet somehow, as horrible as this is, it just makes me more anxious to watch the next few weeks! and i’m fine with all these girls sucking – that just makes felicia’s odds better, right?

did they announce group 2?

Was it just me or did Ryan just say the Top 3 get through and made NO mention of the Top Guy/Top Girl thing? Did I just miss that part?

I’m still hoping it’s just the Top 3 vote getters – PERIOD.

Well, Danny does have that Robert Downey Jr face going for him. That can’t hurt.

how did casey get here?

She’s gorgeous. Also, fodder.

I heard from other people that the others did not do so great??

In a few short words, tonight SUCKED.

Overall Rankings:

1. Ricky

2. Jackie
3. Danny

4. Ann Marie
5. Tatiana
6. Alexis
7. Anoop
8. Michael
9. Brent

10. Stephen
11. Casey

12. Stevie

Danny sounds like a great worship leader but I have a great worship leader at my church that I would put up against Danny and I think he would win.
Yes, he is inspirational and has a beautiful voice. I will give him the best of the night against the rest of group 1. Alexis was really the only other one who made you feel something. Tatiana surprised me.

In retrospect, on a night when the talent was majorly mediocre, Anoop was quite good.

Tatiana del Toro is #2 on Dial Idol. Snort!

By the way, Bucky Covington or his fans should send Simon an e-mail explaining that Bucky has a very decent career going in country music. That was a very odd moment.

Danny sounds like a great worship leader but I have a great worship leader at my church that I would put up against Danny and I think he would win.

That depends. How’s his wife feeling?

Oh noes!!!! that guy is killing Gavin DeGray song… no cool… Nobody have used instrument this year, it is allow, isn ´t it???? I want this torture to end ASAP….

My order: Alexis (good), Ricky (good), Tatiana (uneven but not bad), Anoop (in hindsight it was good), Danny ( not bad but I don’t like being proselytized to), Michael, Anne Marie, Jackie, Brent, Stephen, Stevie, Casey.

Tonight was pretty much…horrible.

The only good performances were Ricky, Danny, and Alexis IMO. And my god, Tatiana was the second best girl out there. That alone has to say something.

I predict:
Danny, Alexis, and Anoop will make it through.

Go Ricky! In the name of fairness, I have to vote for this guy. He sounds great, and he’s been unfairly ignored for the past few weeks. I like Danny (despite the dead wife harping), but I think Ricky needs my votes more!

I miss David Cook.

Unintentional penis joke FTW!!!!!!!

:laugh_tb: No kidding. Can we vote Penis Joke through?

Um, I remember last year Mariah night thinking, please Cook, don’t pick Hero. It would be too obvious. So, um, yeah. Sounded fine though.

If I were voting, I’d vote for Anoop or Ricky Bobby…err, Braddy…who at least tried to pull off performances that spoke to their musical identity, even if Anoop’s love of old school R&B isn’t exactly my cuppa. Oh, or the country guy, if I liked country.

Tatiana is obvs trying to downplay her crazy edit, and who can blame her. The thing is, though, you can’t get a crazy edit if you don’t act, well, crazy.

Dayum! C’mon Danny, I need a horse in this here race! He started off well but then the song just laid there. And CURSE YOU Tatiana! Wish you’d had stronger competition! I fear that we will be stuck with you for another session, you drama queen you.

Too bad you weren’t married to Danny…..

For gods sake Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d give my right arm to have the Davids back right about now. What a bucket of suck.

Yup, that pretty much sums up my feelings for tonight’s episode.

:wallbash_tb: Please tell me it’s gonna get better than this…?

I just had to register to offer Danny some advice. Danny to stop these fine,understanding and goodhearted people from hating you, all you have to do is forget that you ever had a wife. Don’t ever mention her name, never refer to her, forget her eyes, her smile ,her face, her body and the way she smells. Maybe you should even put upa video of you burning her clothes and pictures then and maybe then these nice people might start forgiving you for having a dead wife.

edit: if more of your posts are like this one I’ll be deleting them.

Those David Cook days were the best.

Too much dead-wife pimping for my tastes. Just get out there and sing, please.

I can see what you’re saying, but in his defense, the video packages had them talking about their reason for auditioning and their song choices and Sophia was part of his reasons for both, so uh should he have just made something up instead?

I do think a different song would’ve suited him better though style wise.

looks like gokey, alexis and sarver right now. ….as the crow flies.

Wait! I missed the inadvertent Penis Joke! What was it?!

If this were a fair fight we would not have a girl out of this group as I thought they all sucked. The worst guy was better than the best girl imho. I think Alexis is not Kelly Clarkson, that song was too big for her smallish voice and her slip was showing, in fact, she wasn’t wearing a dress. I thought all the judges were way off base. Then I heard all of the other girls and she was the best of a sad lot. Tatiana is a fucking job, and a fake.

I sorta fell off the Danny boat tonight. First of all I think Ricky outsang him, and the OTT praise of Danny doing a fairly hackneyed job of a very cliche’d song was just too much for me. And then he preached, evangelicized and evoked his dead wife, yet again. Enough already. STFU and sing or I will never vote for you. Anoop disappointed me, but he was still at least third best therefore I vote to overturn the rules and let the top three votegetters through. I am almost sure it would be:

DeadWifeDanny
AlmostNeverseenbeforeRicky
AnoopindahouseDesai

Everone else should pack their bags and go home, but unfortunately there has to be a girl in the group and because they need someone to equal Nathaniel’s drama, Tatiana might squeeze through.

Dammit, I hate this show, yet I love this show.

That depends. Howà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s his wife feeling?

Ouch…

so is this nerves?? or are these people just not that good??

He just doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to talk about it ALL the time.

Well this is the only the second time that HE has actually talked about it himself on camera.

Sold out arenas? Puhlease.

Danny gave the kind of christian/gospel performance Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d see on some televangelist progr

Ha. I think so too.
I mean Danny seems like a cool guy and he does have a great voice, but honestly there’s nothing special about him. What type of artist he is saying he is by singing Hero?
He is not a rocker, so I don’t think he will be selling arenas anytime soon. I think he has potential but I dunno there’s something missing.

No one really blew me away tonight. I gotta admit that Ricky was the best vocal by a mile.

This show was fucking awful. Probably the worst I’ve ever seen. That being said:
Jackie- Chris Daughtry wiped your ass with that song during season 5, and omg, do you own a mirror?
Ricky- from NC (shout out), but again, Elliot wiped your ass with song during season 5. He was ok, but not great by any means.
Alexis- while she was singing, I didn’t think I liked it, but after hearing all the other girls now, I think she may have a chance.
Brent- I always thought it was nice to have a country singer each year. Until last year w/ KLC. Now I realize we can do w/o country. That was the WRONG song!
Stevie- oh my.
Anoop- ugh, wish he had picked a different song. Still throwing him some votes though. I think he just had a semi off night. I know he can do WAY better.
Casey- see Stevie
Michael- see Ricky
Anne Marie- no Aretha. No Kelly either. Sorry, I was pulling for ya, but you let me down.
Stephen- I just didn’t like it. I wanted to though.
Tatiana- shit, I didn’t think she was terrible.
Danny- pimp away, after tonight, he’s the only one who deserved it.

Please dear God, let next week be better. There’s no way it could be worse!

Dial idol has three being Danny Alexis and Micheal

I miss David Cook.

I’m in your boat.

Someone please explain to me how high school girls find Danny Gokey appealing.

AnoopindahouseDesai

I’m nto sure why but I LOL so hard at this.

Last year, Archie was hyped but when I heard “Shop Around,” the pimping was well-deserved. Danny not so much.

My votes go to Danny, Michael and Rickey tonight. All of the girls sucked except for Alexis, and I think it was more the song I liked than her. Anoop was not good tonight, I didn’t think. At least not as good as I would have liked. And since we only get one shot at them, he lost my vote tonight. I am sure he will get through, though.

I don’t understand why they didn’t give more air time to Ricky and why he was second. Clearly he was one of the two best of the night, he deseved more. And the judges liked him.

I don’t thin he can go there by votes (maybe if he sang last or second to last) but he deserves a place on top 12.

well idolfanatic…he must have told someone at idol…cause they got the story from somewhere.

it will be sarver, gokey and alexis.

and now…new person…we do not need him to forget his dead wife…we need him to win not based on a gimic…that and not be part of a wacked out church. oh…and to improve his looks …lose the glasses, and sing better. cause guess what…he was not all that…no matter how crazy some of the judges were. simon had it right.

Whoa. One of the worst opening salvos AI ever put out. Randy, Kara, and Paula were just so grateful it ended on a high note, they were OTT with Danny. Thought he at least brought it, as well as Ricky and Michael. Did not like Anoop’s song, but he has such a great voice and personality.
ALEXIS! Girl did AWESOME! Watched it back twice and so impressed, even NAILED the places in the song where the background singers came in. She performed. To me, Tatiana came in as second girl, amazingly– at least she hit the notes.
Is it just me, or were the judges really viscious tonight? Guess I have a hard time watching young girls holding back tears.

Was disappointed with Stephen, Anoop and Michael. The song choices were not great.
Was entertained by Jackie. Sue me.
Didn’t think Tatiana was terrible – by comparison, anyway, to the other girls.
Alexis was awesome!
Ricky and Danny were very good.
The rest were unmemorable for me – or memorably bad.
The judges are tedious although so far Randy’s been more coherent then I every remember.

I don’t buy the hype either but Danny was my favorite guy of the night. As for pimping his dead wife – yeah it’s been overdone, not entirely his fault, but I wonder what else the guy should have said during his bio since everyone else is talking about their families and what the win would mean for them.

Has anyone been having trouble getting through to the lines tonight? I dial for Alexis and get through, but I dial Danny and get dead air.

The live format didn’t work well on this show. You compare this to the Top 12 Guy or Girls show from last year and Garret and Kady made some of these people look bush league.

justshootme, LOL! She’s alive and well and a great singer in her own right.
My worship leader has a record deal – he wouldn’t qualify unless he gets let go.

how I wish I wasn’t hooked on this show… please tell me this season will get better… cause once you’re hooked you’re hooked… no matter how awful it gets

i don’t understand why they picked these songs!!!!

Dammit, I hate this show, yet I love this show.

Too funny! LOL! And that’s exactly what the producers count on….that we still tune in no matter how much they piss us off

So far the best of the show is Wolverine… IÂ ´m so watching that movie…

DeadWifeDanny
AlmostNeverseenbeforeRicky
AnoopindahouseDesai

:lol_tb:

I’m sure this has been said, but I just got here:

Of course Danny was last. ::rolls eyes::
Talk about a set-up.

I’m starting to think the idols only have 50 songs to choose from. We keep hearing the same ones over and over and over….

For my money, NO ONE can top JPL’s A Little Less Conversation to save himself in the wild card round!! Season 3, I think…

And still waiting on the Penis Joke!

I have to admit it… as unbearable as she was during Hollywood week, Tatiana was not bad tonight. I liked her and Alexis out of the girls and only Ricky out of the guys. Am NOT a Danny fan at all!!

Someone please explain to me how high school girls find Danny Gokey appealing.

They do?

I miss Archie.

Boo.

Actually, I miss a lot of others too… Jordin and Melinda and Elliot. I even miss Taylor. Where are all the singer singers with a unique personality (and I don’t mean crazy like Tatiana)?

BORINGG!!!!!!!

I think there were maybe three good performances for me; so ltes start:

CRINGE WORTHY (in order from worst to not as bad):

1.Michael
2.Stephen
3.Stevie
4.Casey
5.Brent

ALRIGHT/DECENT(in order):

6.Ann Marie
7.Anoop
8.Tatiana
9.Jackie
10.Danny

BEST (in order):

11.Ricky
12.Alexis

I loved Ricky and Alexis and will vote for them like crazy, but unfortunately the right people will not make it through due to pimping issues.

I thought tonight was HORRIBLE, it started out with promise, but when it hit Brent it just went downhill from there.

I HATE Michael, his performance was awkward and horrible, i mean i thought he was supposed to be goo but c’mon, if he makes it through :wallbash_tb:

If this is a look into this year, wow.
I’m incredibly dissapointed; Alexis which I did not like coming into this came out my favorite from tonight; and I hope she does well.

Who I want to make it through:

1.Alexis
2.Ricky
3.Jackie

Who WILL make it through:

1.Danny
2.Alexis
3.Anoop

Danny is so earnest it comes across as preachy and fake. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be getting message song after message song into May. He is Archie without the youth, innocence and charm. Or pure pipes.

Perhaps. And Archie survived the onslaught of hate he got last year all the way to #2 last year and is still making new fans every day. So if that’s how things end up for Danny, no shame in that.

And after tonight, does anyone feel like buying any song from Itunes?
Honestly, there’s not one song there I want. Maybe Michael’s…

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand why they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t give more air time to Ricky and why he was second. Clearly he was one of the two best of the night, he deseved more. And the judges liked him.

He’s probably not “interesting” enough. TPTB only recognize and pimp real talent when it comes in an interesting package.

You know I like Danny a bit, and I feel for him but he never had to mention it. Idol never had to have the footage of his proposal, and seriously he didn’t have to audition 4 weeks after burying his wife. If 16 year olds should wait a year (which after watching the young ones crash and burn tonight, might be a good idea to wait three or four years, lol)then mourning widowers should wait too. I am not a David Cook fan, but I respect him so much for not using his ailing brother to up his chances. He is the prototype for class. Danny, not so much.

Like I said, he should just stfu and sing, and not ‘I will survive songs every week’. In three weeks I so don’t want to hear this, or i will not vote for him even if he sings like an angel. He was ok tonight, inspirational, not so much. Furthermore, I see why they his Ricky Braddy. He’s just as good as Danny, but with a boring backstory. Chicken fingers just arent as meaty as a dead wife.

I think Tatiana has been reading the boards and toned down her drama.

I just loved Ricky!!! I checked DialIdol and he is pretty low on the totem pole. Hope this isn’t accurate!

Danny is wonderful but I fear that the pimpage will ruin his chances.

I don’t think I like this new format. What were they thinking?

And after tonight, does anyone feel like buying any song from Itunes?
Honestly, thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not one song there I want. Maybe Michaelà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢sà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

HELLL NO.

You couldn’t even pay me to listen to some of that crap again.

Where are all the singer singers with a unique personality

I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for Adam … please jeebus.

Perhaps. And Archie survived the onslaught of hate he got last year all the way to #2 last year and is still making new fans every day. So if thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s how things end up for Danny, no shame in that.

yeah but at this point last year, Archie already had WAY more fans than Danny has right now. I actually would compare Danny to MJ more… early frontrunner, but I don’t think they are both able to garner a strong fanbase that can carry them all the way to the finale.

If Danny wants to talk about the death of his wife (I hate seeing her called the “dead wife”), that’s his choice. He seems like a chatty guy and maybe this is his way of dealing with his grief and honoring her memory. I’m giving him a free pass on this, even though it seems it’s turning off some viewers and may hurt him in the long run.

But if he’s doing it for pity votes (but my gut says no)…yuck.

Best performance of the night: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.

Ted Danson is so old.

Best performance of the night: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.

LMAO.
Loved the second of Neil-clapping screentime we saw.

“So, a penis walks into a bar…..”

I am not a David Cook fan, but I respect him so much for not using his ailing brother to up his chances. He is the prototype for class. Danny, not so much.

Like I said, he should just stfu and sing, and not à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹I will survive songs every weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢. In three weeks I so donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to hear this, or i will not vote for him even if he sings like an angel.

I was a David Cook fan and I always admired him for his class with his brother which I’m sorry, I imagine being JUST AS HARD as having a dead wife. I can’t say watching your brother SLOWLY DIE is any easier. And damn what class.

David and Danny are like the two sets of my friends going through a divorce. David is the friend who always checked his bags at the door and came to do his job(SING A DAMN GOOD SONG) and then Danny is the guy where everyone in the damn building knows his business and is annoyed by.

Whose the winner, I say the classy one who checks his shit at the door.

I agree. just freaking sing the damn song and let me fall in love with that.

I just had to register to offer Danny some advice. Danny to stop these fine,understanding and goodhearted people from hating you, all you have to do is forget that you ever had a wife. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t ever mention her name, never refer to her, forget her eyes, her smile ,her face, her body and the way she smells. Maybe you should even put upa video of you burning her clothes and pictures then and maybe then these nice people might start forgiving you for having a dead wife.

:lol_tb:

well idolfanaticà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he must have told someone at idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦cause they got the story from somewhere.

That’s not what I meant. I was responding to someone saying that HE talks about it too much. Well HE has only talked about it twice. Idol got the story from him and mentioned it a couple other times on their own and people are freakin’ out. It’s almost too funny actually how upset it makes people.

but I wonder what else the guy should have said during his bio since everyone else is talking about their families and what the win would mean for them.

Exactly.

They do?

Well, my friends do. I’m thinking I should just stop talking to them about AI so they don’t shun me because I hold different opinions from them.

I don’t see grief in Mr Dead Wife, I see cynicism. It’s fine to mentioned it once, but to keep repeating it is just creepy.

Vote for Ricky.

What am I gonna do if Anoop Dogg doesn’t make it through?? He’s the only one I like, and the only guy who sung in a way that sounded relevant to today’s music scene.

I hate Danny! Also – I hate Cara! She sounded so fake all night, it drove me nuts.

I miss Archie – can’t he go on the show again, please? :cry_wp:

Hisaki Feb 17th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

I just spent the last 15 minutes explaining the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“newà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  semis format to my dadà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I think I want the 12 guys/12 girls format back.

Hisaki, I can envision the judges’ three wild card picks being used to “equalize” any gender imbalance in the top 36 voting results. If the guys dominate the first three groups of twelve, there might be pressure to select female wild cards over male. Think of it as the worst of the old and new formats. Heh.

Best performance of the night: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.

He was in the audience isn ´t he?… he is awesome… I love him since Doggie Howser…

Is Tatiana pregnant or just put on a lot of weight… she doesn ´t sound that bad…actually good…I can ´t vote in the pool

But if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing it for pity votes

If? I like Danny, but for me there is no doubt. None whatsoever.

nah…he is doing it for the church coffers.

and in fairness to archie…he will never be as weird as danny. danny is off the charts wacked in the freaking head.

you lose your wife, unexpectedly…and 4 weeks later audition? you use her for yoru personal push through the auditions cause you have a decent voice but need a gimic….and yeah, he is so not cute enough without the gimic.

who exactly is he marketing to? i mean they had problems with taylor? what do you do with the freako church dude who is NOT cute at all?

I like Danny! I would like to just get to know him, to have something else to identify him by rather than just his late wife – but I suppose that during the audition process, which is the bulk of what we have to judge him by, that pretty much just consumed his whole identity since it was still so fresh.

Plus, if he waited a year, he’d be too old to audition. And I DO sense a sadness about him – although maybe it’s the Robert Downey Jr. vibe I’m getting…

cause you just KNOW it went down with danny going up to some producers and saying “listen, my wife just died….”

he did this. he formed the story. they just ran with it.

nahà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he is doing it for the church coffers.

All Danny’s performance was missing was an Amen or a Hallelujah at the end…and I’m a faithful person but I don’t want it on my tv or at least to feel that way

I am not a David Cook fan, but I respect him so much for not using his ailing brother to up his chances

Yeah it’s possible to not put it out there. I dunno, it just doesn’t feel like her memory is that sacred to Danny if he keeps talking about it on national television.

I didn’t follow Asia’h closely that year but was her dead father backstory mentioned as much as Danny’s?

Tatiana just sounded good cause all of the other girls were bad.

I think that Jackie Tohn can sing, but she picked the most bizzare song of the evening imho. And her outfit was as though she let one of the other girls dress her, and they knew there was only one slot for a girl.

Is it just me, or does Kara make Paula look REALLY old? Anyhoo… I liked Alexis A LOT, even if I NEVER agree with Simon pulling out Kelly Clarkson comparisons on any contestant. Danny certainly sang on key the whole song, which was nice. I think we all agree the dead wife pimpage is a bit much with him…other than that, it was okay. Some train wrecks were there, some solid performances…mostly forgettable as most of these nights are. Can’t wait for results and ADAM LAMBERT whenever he comes up.

OMG, Anoop better make it through, he is gonna mess up my office pool pts. Dang it, what happen? Why didn’t he pick a better song? I am trying to save ya Anoop, lol. Uh the contestants all seem REALLY nervous tonight and they chose crappy songs. I should of put all my freakin pts on DannyGothroughforsurekey. DANG IT!

Well it looks like the best girl tonight is Alexis follow by Tatiana who I kinda like. She is just spunky.

Why can’t they just put through the top 3 vote getters? Ok so it’s going to Be Danny, duh, Alexis and ?????maybe Michael or Anoop? Who knows? Maybe even Tatiana, lol. Please make it through Anoop, please!!!!

Not a good first night…top 2 vocalists: Alexis, Ricky. Danny got so much hype he is a shoo in unfortunately..he is just ok. Ricky will not make the cut..its a shame…hopefully gthe judges will give him a wild card.

My top 3 tonight:
Ricky, Alexis, and undecided (no one really was that good)

Will get thru:
ALexis, Danny, and Micheal…

you need screen time in the beginning…all those 3 got it…Ricky did not…shame on you Idol producers!

I hate Danny. Seriously. I hate his personality, and his singing is mediocre.
I am praying Anoop makes it but now I don’t think he will. And seriously, I never realized how many fans Michael had. I didn’t like his performance at all.

After hearing Stevie sing, I don’t think she deserves a second chance.. Maybe I’m just afraid she’d screw it up again.

I’m already sick of talking about the dead wife. LOL. I’ll forget about it if AI leaves it alone from now on. He was one of the best singers tonight, so he deserves to go through, OTT pimping and all.

My top favorites were Danny, Ricky and Alexis

Worst: Jackie, Stevie, Casey, Michael and Stephen

It will be interesting to see how the voting goes.

I just don’t think there’s any way he’d be pimped like this without the whole “dead wife” angle. And if AI can pimp him because of it, then I can detest him because of it. Fair game.

And folk? I think I love you.

ugh, DialIdol has Danny way way way ahead.

Hmmm…how well do you think he will get along with Adam Lambert in the Idol Mansion? :laugh_tb:

Terrible, terrible, terrible show tonight. Didn’t enjoy it at all. From the terrible song choices to the terrible singing and arrangements to the awkward interviews with the parents present. Not one memorable performance (unless you count Stevie, Steven, and Casey’s trainwrecks; I guess we can always remember those for being horrific).

* Enjoyed Ricky Braddy
* Don’t understand the lovefest with Alexis Grace’s performance
* Michael Sarver sounded AWFUL. They took it quite easy on him.
* Anoop was disappointing
* Danny Gokey’s performance was fine. What’s with that outstretched arm to the camera thing he has going on?

Good:

1. Ricky

Meh:

2. Danny
3. Ann Marie
4. Anoop
5. Alexis
6. Tatiana

Terrible:

7. Stephen
8. Michael
9. Brent

WTF:

10. Casey
11. Stevie
12. Jackie

This was a really awful night.

Like I said, he should just stfu and sing, and not à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹I will survive songs every weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢.

OMG, if they have a Disco week and Danny sings “I Will Survive”, I SWEAR I will pee my pants.

Okay, y’all are making me like Danny more. I’m a REBEL.

he did this. he formed the story. they just ran with it.

You bed your ass he did.

Is it just me, or does Kara make Paula look REALLY old?

No, just more sane and likeable. I am not so much on the Kara bandwagon as I was a few weeks ago.
Sometimes I get the vibe that she wishes that she were in the contestant shoes as singer seems to be what she wants to be most.

I think Danny used Idol to not deal with the ramifications of her death. Who would audition after 4 weeks? Someone who realized life was too short, someone who needed to do something radical and it took off from there.

But I could be wrong.

And, I’m not a Danny fan. I thought his audition was good, but was average in Hollywood.

Still debating whether to watch this tonight..

After tonight, I so appreciate the Davids of season 7. Adam to the rescue.

thanks JSM:) but yeah without his dead wife…he never even makes it to hollywood…all he would be is a total dork with a beer gut who kind of sings ok. i mean, i guess he can headline in beloit…but um….who the hell else is buying his tickets other than the freaky church people who are convinced makeup wearing is an act of god?

OMG, if they have a Disco week and Danny sings à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Will Surviveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , I SWEAR I will pee my pants.

Or an R&B week and he sings “I’m a Survivor” by Destiny’s Child!

Brent and Stephen let me down. Out of this group, I really wanted to like the two of them.

Regarding the wildcard, I am still wondering how they will choose the last three. Do the nine not chosen tonight all go home or do they just hang around until the wildcard show? Will the three be from the 27 not chosen? I thought Ryan was going to clarify that tonight but he stopped short.

For example, has there been a country guy in all of the seasons and if so, would that mean Brent has a better chance at coming back?

Danny Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was fine. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s with that outstretched arm to the camera thing he has going on?

Waiter hand à   la Archuleta.

Ugh, DialIdol has Danny WAY in the lead, with Alexis and Michael Sarver after. Which, okay, I get that Anoop was not at his best tonight, but losing out to Danny or Michael? Not. Cool. Plus, my little Latin diva has to make it through! VFTW, why have you forsaken me?

Danny Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was fine. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s with that outstretched arm to the camera thing he has going on?

It’s DA in 10 years!!! With the waiter hand!!!

ETA: This blog is TMTH today!

Danny ´s tape was good until he started talking about why he pick up that song… and I dono ´t like the way he is singing that song…

My fav tonight was Rickey I hope the Judge wildcard him because he isn ´t getting enough votes as it is…The girls I liked Anne Marie Boskovich….

Who is passing:
Danny,
Alexis
Anoop…

And Paola, Kara and Randy are monkeys…

Danny Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was fine. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s with that outstretched arm to the camera thing he has going on?

He’s parting the red sea showering us with the spirit and saving our souls.

“….and the Priest says to the Penis, “That wasn’t your pillow!”"

I think Danny used Idol to not deal with the ramifications of her death. Who would audition after 4 weeks? Someone who realized life was too short, someone who needed to do something radical and it took off from there.

I don’t think I’d be able to function 4 weeks after my spouse’s death. Danny looks like he’s having a lot of fun for a recent widower.

And, he didn’t earn the pimp spot tonight. That was just okay to me. I hate the glasses. I tried to like him, but I can’t. I think he’s a big insincere phoney.

OMG, if they have a Disco week and Danny sings à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Will Surviveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , I SWEAR I will pee my pants.

BWAAAH!!! I can totally see that happening now. And I too shall wet myself.
David Cook has set my bar ridiculously high. Anyone else see his Biloxi show on Saturday? Yeah, none of these kids can even come CLOSE to achieving that level of awesome.

Perhaps this was the devil’s night because the judges were seated backwards. I need Simon on the right like always! And four judges are too much!!

OMG, if they have a Disco week and Danny sings à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Will Surviveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , I SWEAR I will pee my pants.

But I won’t be surprised.

You know I am riffing on him, but he was good tonight. Not great, not better than Rickey, but good enough. He made himself a target and he will have to deal with the wrath that follows. For the record I don’t think he is hot, or even cute. He does sorta look like Robert Downey, with without the tortured sexiness. Brent and Stephen were hotter imho, but not good enough. They both disappointed me greatly.

Who the hell is voting for Michael? Tell them to stop mucking up the works. He can’t win. There is no make over that will possible do. Nice guy. Can’t win.

David Cook didn’t have to bring up the story of his brother because the word sure got out somehow. Sneaky, sneaky pimpage. I swear, that is all I ever read about last season. That and the fact that his brother’s initials were on his guitar every week to remind everyone.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be able to function 4 weeks after my spouseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s death. Danny looks like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s having a lot of fun for a recent widower.

And, he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t earn the pimp spot tonight. That was just okay to me. I hate the glasses. I tried to like him, but I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t. I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a big insincere phoney.

You and me both. His glee is downright creepy. Who acts that way after losing anyone, much less a significant other? And his using the situation is much creepier.

If Danny wins, he’d be the worst selling winner to date.

Sold out stadiums? naaa. Way disappointing tonight.

David Cook didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to bring up the story of his brother because the word sure got out somehow. Sneaky, sneaky pimpage. I swear, that is all I ever read about last season. That and the fact that his brotherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s initials were on his guitar every week to remind everyone.

But we didn’t know about it until pretty well into the season and it wasn’t something David himself volunteered. I don’t blame David for the talk that followed, becauseI don’t think David had the cotnrol over the media blitz that surrounded his ailing brother.

And I’m an ignorant one at times, but I don’t know HOW long it took me to notice that the AC on the guitar stood for his brother.

David never had a backstory that followed him. The information that came out about his brother came out because EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY DOES(DUI’s and all!). There are no secrets from Idol.

Someone suggested earlier that the Wild Card choices may be used to balance out gender inequality, and the same thought crossed my mind tonight. I really hope they don’t just stack the deck to make it even, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I don’t think they’d be so obvious to put all three ladies in if the split goes 6/3 (in favor of guys) going into that last night, but who knows.

As for tonight…UGH. I can’t even tell you how many games of solitaire I played while watching. This is brutal. Don’t know if it was the songs or the people or the interviews…although I gotta say, the weirdness of “I sat on the hard part!” made the night for me.

I fear that Tatiana is going to squeak through only because none of the other girls – besides Alexis – were at all worthy of power voting. I hope Alexis has enough fans of tonight’s performance to cancel out the blocks of people voting for the crazy of Tatiana (as opposed to her decent performance tonight…which, in my opinion, was decent mostly because it was being compared to a) everyone else and b) my very low expectations for her).

Danny won’t win. He’ll be like Michael Johns. 6-8. I bet.

If Danny wins, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be the worst selling winner to date.

But… but… but… Paula said he’ll be selling out stadiums!!!!

If Danny wins, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be the worst selling winner to date.

Butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Paula said heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be selling out stadiums!!!!

He might be selling out stadiums…but she never said who the audience would be or what he’s doing on stage!

I hate the set up where the three either most pimped or possibly just having one good night contestants make it through. The rest are fodder. Plus the judges will have to balance out the top 12 to make for a variety of styles on the tour. Not a good way to get good talent but maybe they don’t give a crap about that.

I think the TV ratings trump everything this season. It’s not that Danny is so bad but watching Kara and Paula pee their pants for him was very annoying.
Sold out stadiums — huh?

Wow, interesting night tonight. I thought Danny, Ricky, and Alexis were great, and Anoop and Tatiana were pretty good. The rest failed at song choice… it was kind of sad to see :/ (and hear)

Poor Ricky, I really wish he had more screentime earlier. I decided to give him a couple votes.

LOVED Alexis and Anoop.

Amazing. First time ever for me wanting a gal contestant to win. I’m really excited to hear what Alexis does next. And Anoop? Love his voice, really want him to hang around for awhile…

So happy it’s down to the voting now…

David Cook didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to bring up the story of his brother because the word sure got out somehow. Sneaky, sneaky pimpage. I swear, that is all I ever read about last season. That and the fact that his brotherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s initials were on his guitar every week to remind everyone.

Those initials were on that guitar WAY before Idol.

Ricky and Alexis should move on after tonight.
Hopefully, Anoop has built up enough of a fan base to survive because he wasn’t all that good.

The over the top pimping of Danny by the judges is hard to take. His voice cracked twice during that performance. But I fear, he’ll be the top vote getter.

WOW Peeps, 9 pages of comments and it’s just started on the West Coast!!

Hhmm, I don’t know whether to comment or go back and read y’alls comments.

I think I’ll just wait till it’s over; check y’all in a few!

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Peace Out & Poke Smot :smoke_tb:

Has anyone ever heard Robert Downey Jr’s cd The Futurist? I swear Danny Gokey is an alien clone of RDJ. Now with 80% fewer demons!

Woah, there is no Danny love in this building!
I will give Danny my support for now because he is getting me my 20 office pool points, haha.

If I remember correctly, many people didn’t like David Cook in the beginning… so I think these contestants just need some time to grow on us.

He might be selling out stadiumsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but she never said who the audience would be or what heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing on stage!

That is so awesome. :lol_wp:

The dude sang “hero”. Quite frankly, I don’t even wanna bother listening.

Question for anyone, can I change my weekly pick now and not have penalties or is it too late? This is for the office pool. Thanks…

OH NOW I GET WHY MICHAEL SARVER IS DOING SO WELL ON DIAL IDOL.
Simon told America to vote him through the next round. Damnit Simon!!!

I knew about David’s brother, but he never spoke about it during the time when others were building fanbases, or even being introduced. I can’t even think of songs that Danny has sung, but I remember his wife.

Even if he knew it was being leaked and used in the press, he handled it in a way more classy manner. Dammit, defendind David Cook. Who’da thunk it?

OHMYHECK, David Cook sang well enough and was always a nice guy, but oy! I don’t even remember him from the beginning and now he’s practically being cannonized!

I’m hoping that SOMEBODY reaches out and grabs me, I don’t have a horse in this race yet, and I don’t want to suffer through another season whatever that boring season was….

Let’s keep this discussion focused on SEASON 8. We fought the David fanwars last year. Stick a fork in it ok? Thank you.

I’ve watched Idol since season one but never read any of the boards or blogs until this year. It’s a very very different experience. I never knew about David Cook’s brother at all. Even when he was there, they only showed him and never talked about his circumstances. I didn’t know about MJ, Carly or Kristie record deals, Archies dad, etc. I never really thought much about pre-show “pimpage” or heard the term cannon fodder.

I think that is more the typical viewers experience.

But I don’t think Danny is necessarily fake in either his earnestness or grief. Just comes across that way. I actually liked his performances up until that last Hollywood song and tonight. He was just okay tonight, not wow. Except for the tragic backstory there really isn’t much else that i’ve seen to make him interesting.

Hey, this just entered my mind. Since only three people make it to the next round tomorrow, will the rest of the contestants still have a sing-out? Cause that could take a while. Or will they let the three who make it, sing again?

If I remember correctly, many people didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like David Cook in the beginning.

That was because in the beginning, he had a fauxhawk, a soul patch, argyle sweaters, and a voice that made him look like a weird Blake Lewis/Bo Bice mix, NOT because he had a dead wife backstory (or dying brother backstory that he never mentioned on his own, in his case).

So, if a penis pees in the woods and there’s no one around to hear, does it still miss the tree?

Crap, I was so disgusted by the whole show, I deleted it from my DVR without watching the very end — did they show who is in next week’s group?

I was totally bored tonight, and this format really sucks! Ricky, who clearly was a cut above the other men, will most likely only be saved by the wild card round because he had no screen time. I really liked Danny’s audition, but the bromance and the widower back stories have grated on my last nerve. He was good tonight, and compared to the rest of the pack, deserves to advance. However, I agree with Simon’s critiques tonight. Based on tonight’s performances, it should be Ricky, Alexis, and Danny. But, we know how AI voting goes…. Hopefully next week will be better!

So not fan of Danny.

What a yawner tonight was. I liked Danny, I guess, because I liked his song. I liked the rest of the guys mainly because they’re “nice guys”. Seems like dial idol is indicating that the country voters are representing, lol. On the girl side, Alexis and maybe Ann Marie were the lesser of other evils (imo). The gals kind of all just blended together to me, nothing stood out. All in all, not idols best night. But all is not lost, there’s always NEXT week, lol.

David Cook didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to bring up the story of his brother because the word sure got out somehow. Sneaky, sneaky pimpage. I swear, that is all I ever read about last season. That and the fact that his brotherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s initials were on his guitar every week to remind everyone.

First of all, I don’t really care whether Danny speaks about his wife’s passing. People deal with grief differently. But I think Cook really did keep things under wraps for a long time. TMZ will ferret out things eventually. TMZ reported a possible reason for Cook’s sudden rush to the hospital for high blood pressure. That was top 9 or 8, I think, three months into the competition. Ryan tried to pry answers out of Cook more than once after that but Cook would always shrug things off and not talk. It’s not like he offered them footage or pictures of his brother, and he never talked to the press until after the finale. Ryan may have asked him about AC, and I think he said that the initials stood for his brothers- Andrew and Adam.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m still keeping my fingers crossed for Adam à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ please jeebus.

As long as it’s not Barbra Streisand or Bette Midler, after that Cher number last week.

Ricky KILLED IT!!! He Be Da Bomb!!

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sorry, that first line was a quote from justshootme, but i didn’t do it right.

Someone please explain to me how high school girls find Danny Gokey appealing

FWIW my 14 year old and most of her friends are all about Adam. A couple like Anoop but more towards Adam.

IdolFanatic

I just had to register to offer Danny some advice. Danny to stop these fine,understanding and goodhearted people from hating you, all you have to do is forget that you ever had a wife. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t ever mention her name, never refer to her, forget her eyes, her smile ,her face, her body and the way she smells. Maybe you should even put upa video of you burning her clothes and pictures then and maybe then these nice people might start forgiving you for having a dead wife.

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not what I meant. I was responding to someone saying that HE talks about it too much. Well HE has only talked about it twice. Idol got the story from him and mentioned it a couple other times on their own and people are freakinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ out. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s almost too funny actually how upset it makes people.

Where was this anti-back story outrage when:

1) Nikki McKibbin repeatedly talked about missing her little boy and of course we were told over and over about the deaf parents of Jim Verraros in AI1

2) Ruben Studdard’s brother Kevin was pulled on stage repeatedly and Clay’s mother Miss Faye in AI2

3) John Stevens’ grandparents, Jasmine Trias’ dad and LaToya London’s stepchildren were shown repeatedly in AI3

4) Farm girl Carrie Underwood never having flown in an airplane, Anthony Federov overcoming the inability to talk after a tracheotomy and Scott Savol’s estrangement from his father were a big part of AI4

5) My boy Elliott Yamin’s deafness/diabetes/mommy issues, Chris Daughtry sacrificing his musical ambition to be a husband and stepfather, Katharine McPhee’s crying father and vocal coach mother, Paris Bennett’s famous grandmother, Bucky Covington’s twin brother, all of Ace Young’s brothers and Kellie Pickler’s whole family situation in AI5 — the back story mother lode

6) Phil Stacey’s new baby and Navy career, single mother Lakisha Jones, and did you know that Jordin Sparks is only 16 in AI6

7) Hopefully you all remember the AI7 back stories of nannies, horses, tattoo parlors, word nerds, vocal paralysis, tennis pros, growing up in government housing, etc. because I’m sure I am skipping back stories you remember and my memory is starting to hurt.

According to Sophia Gokey’s Bebo page, she was a huge Taylor Hicks fan who loved AI. She died suddenly 7 months ago. He still wears his wedding ring. What else do you expect from him or especially from a show that loves to promote the drama and sympathetic back stories?

By the end of the night, I really disliked Kara. She is USELESS. She is like Paula 2.0 (er, fawning over Danny?) but just less funny. She has no original thought whatsoever.

THANK GOD FOR SIMON.

What I hate about this new format is that there’ll be a three week gap before you see this delightful batch again, WHOEVER makes it.

I can’t believe that I wish they’d go back to the guys one night, the girls the next, and the results the next. MUCH better.

Hey MJ…congrats on the site tonight. Looks like you got all the bugs worked out. No outages!!!!

Seems like dial idol is indicating that the country voters are representing, lol.

But.. Brent Keith is predicted to be voted off according to Dial Idol.
And Michael Sarver’s not country. Simon Cowell did tell America to vote him in though.

Too bad Ricky didn’t have more face time earlier.

I started watching this season on the last week of Hollywood rounds. After watching tonights whole show my thought was, ” I missed HOmeland Security for this?” I liked roughly half dozen singers in hollywood rounds, and tonight I liked only 2. Alexis Grace was very good imo. Danny was good, but not as good as the judges let on. Without his backstory Im sure the judges wouldnt have been so effusive, especially Paula’s Sold OUt Arenas remark. What does she put in her koolaid??? Simon totally poed me with his Bucky Covington remark. Why does he insist on putting down other Idols who are earing a good living singing? Bucky has had 3 top 10 singles out of 3 releases and a new album due next month. In these times esp,. thats very good. I really hope the show gets some of its magic back for me this year after the last two lackluster years, for me. Im finding it easier and easier to switch the channel when Idol is on, sigh. I used to practically be an Idol stalker online, big change.

I am looking forward to Adam, Matt G. and Nick/Norman! I hope they bring it! I am almost tempted to vote for Tatiana, lol, I like her, really. She is so entertaining. Alexis was good but that lipstick was really red, I was distracted.
I am praying that Anoop makes it through, but if he doesn’t he will make it through the wildcard, he better.

EXCELLENT points, Terrie! Amen! Hallelujah! David Cook!

I am having high hopes now for Matt Giraud.

He is great IMO. Impressed me the most during Hollywood week.I hope he can be part of the top 12.

In what group is he in for the semis?

GENEREAL REMINDER:

No more arguing about David Cook and his backstory. If you aren’t here to talk about Season 8, you are in the wrong thread.

If it continues, I start deleting stuff.

I know I probably shouldn’t expect so much from these contestants on their first live show……..but where’s the originality? I loved David Cook last year and I was always pleasantly surprised by how he’d take a song and morph it into something unexpected. I’m hoping some of these Season 8 kids step it up soon and take some risks. Because when I stop and think about it, tonight’s show wasn’t just a trainwreck and a half for most of the contestants. It was really boring.

Oh shut up Gokey. I’m so over you.

I liked Danny….hated Tatiana (but I decided that before the show started haha). Ricky used his “once in a lifetime chance” the best…hope he makes it through somehow!!

I think some people think Danny is using his back story for sympathy and that it’s too soon after his wife’s death and such but I think everyone deals with tragedies differently and if focusing on AI, which is a show that she loved helps him then so be it, I’m not going to judge and decipher it. I watch this show and judge people based on their performances, they can save the rest of the crap and I would be perfectly happy.

Oh and Brent is freakin HOTTTTT!!!! I hope a country label snatches him up….I don’t listen to country but I might if it was him!!

Alexis started great; going deep and low with the vocals. But she eff’d up when she got screechy at the end. Also, the backup singers should not have sung over her vocals during the chorus. Simon was way wrong; Ricky was the best so far!

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I am having high hopes now for Matt Giraud.

Same here. At this point, he’s pretty much the only contestant I’m interested in and want to succeed.

He’s in the second group, right?

Some random thoughts……..
I’m sure a crapfest like tonight will bring the “young demographic” in droves. (along with free laundry soap)

When Anoop was singing, I thought the backup singers were singing a different song. The sound production sukz on this show.

Tatiana’s crazy act is totally scripted by Idol producers.

Who the heck is voting for Michael Sarver?

The producers want Danny’s emotional baggage front and center.

I think I remember reading that the judges’ wild card picks might not necessarily be from the top 36. Bring back Danny’s friend!

I’ve only missed one episode of this show in eight years (yes, I have a life…sort of…), but I might not see it tomorrow night. Just. don’t. care.

I know….MATT GIRAUD, please save this season for me!!!

(Felicia, too, but I seem to be capable only of fantarding about guys.)

I think some people think Danny is using his back story for sympathy and that ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s too soon after his wifeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s death and such but I think everyone deals with tragedies differently and if focusing on AI, which is a show that she loved helps him then so be it, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not going to judge and decipher it. I watch this show and judge people based on their performances, they can save the rest of the crap and I would be perfectly happy.

I agree with this. I still disliked Danny’s proselytizing performance.

Wow!! I wonder how Danny made it to the top 36, he’s the worst singer of ALL the auditioners, he,s fuglier than gholam and he’s obviously a blithering idiot, and to top it all he’s a secret agent of a corrupt,slimy non-church. I guess having a dead wife finally paid off for him, cause that gimmick is the only reason he’s still here. He must have been planning this along with the idol producers, during his wife’s funeral you think? or maybe even earlier ? I could almost hear the evil laughter now. I am now officially over Danny.

I heard (dunno where the post is – a friend of mine told me) from idf that during the dress rehearsal, Anoop had to repeat numerous times cos the band and backup were messing up.

I also thought that the backup was singing differently to Anoop – anywho, only thing a fan can do now is vote for the dude.

If Anoop doesn’t get in, I’d love for Ricky Braddy to get in.

Danny is definitely getting in, no questions asked. Ugh.

FWIW my 14 year old and most of her friends are all about Adam. A couple like Anoop but more towards Adam.

I understand Adam; I like him too (Anoop as well, because I think his voice is awesome and he’s a likeable guy). It’s Danny that gets me. Maybe I’m just really sick of backstories at this point.

Oh, and sorry, MJ. I’ll shut up now.

Here’s my big question tonight. Yes, Alexis CAN sing very well, but how on earth is that Simon did not pull out the “old-fashioned” comment on her while he did with Ann Marie? I did think Ann Marie chose the wrong song, her voice is not soulful enough for that one, but the first thing I thought of with Alexis was old-fashioned. Did not get it….at all. Nonetheless, the suckage that was the girls tonight virtually guarantees her making it through.

Well, I dislike Danny because he has a very whiny quality in his voice – kind of like the Fray, but not nearly as good. It sounds like he’s begging someone for a cookie. “But Mooooom! I’m a HEEEERO! And a HEEEERO lies in YOOOOU TOOOOOO!” Also, when he pointed his finger at the camera, was anyone else reminded of David Cook unfurling his hand with the message “Give Back” written on it? It was so cheesy I nearly fell off the couch laughing.

It was a disappointing night. The only really good performances for me were Danny and Alexis. The rest ranged from decent vocals but good performance to bad everything. The girls were especially bad and handed it to Alexis from the looks of it. I hope the rest learned from this group that song choice is everything. Haven’t they watched this show before? It doesn’t matter if it’s your favorite song ever or even if it’s a great song if it doesn’t suit your voice or style or is unmemorable to the audience. What a waste of good talent. I’m afraid Anoop won’t pull this off and may have to wait for the wildcard round to try again.

Anne Marie was awfully boring. I’m so glad Alexis outshined her.

oh god, tonight’s show was rough. Ricky was the best tonight followed by Alexis, Anoop and Danny. Poor Stevie and Casey I almost cried for them, they were so bad. And the over pimpage of Danny was obscene. I’m soooo offended that I’m not voting for him. I will vote for freaking Tatiana before I vote for Danny. It was ridiculous beyond belief.

How come Tatiana got the penultimate pimp spot? With the VFTW wind at her back, methinks she has a good shot at being the top girl this week.

Having an ill sibling, while hugely tragic, is not even comparable to your spouse, your other half, DYING. Danny answered the question as to why he was going through with the audition and said he hoped people could see who his wife was through him. I personally see nothing fake or horrible or evil about this. I didn’t hear this kind of hatred towards Asia’H auditioning four DAYS after her dad died last year. Thankfully, they didn’t mention her story more than twice, so that helped. But she sure seemed gleeful and happy most of the time for someone who recently lost her dad. Does that make her an awful, heartless and fake person. No.

What else do you expect from him or especially from a show that loves to promote the drama and sympathetic back stories?

Yeah it has to be front-runner status he’s being given already. They usually do get the most hatred for whatever reason happens to be there. Fantasia was even more polarizing if I remember correctly.

Stevie that was awfully flat and amaturish; she doesn’t know how to move while holding the mic at a proper distance. Her vocals are good, but her song choice sucked!

Idol needs to hold a “Song Choice 101″ lecture during Hollywood Week; some of these young singers (and parents) don’t know or realize what constitutes a “good song choice”.
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Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve said before, but obviously it bodes saying AGAIN:

Saying it once is probably enough.

Now Sarver has overtaken Desai on Dial Idol.

This was a good night . . . for Adam Lambert. It looks like Danny’s out-polarizing Adam.

MJ, congrats on getting so many new commenters and the site’s problems staying fixed!

Lol, I just took the time to read through all of the comments on this page. And wow, so much Danny hate. I think he has a great voice, and it sucks that he’s getting pimped this much because that’s making everyone hate him!

And seriously, who’s voting for Michael? Maybe I should take these last 5 minutes to squeeze in some more votes for Anoop and Ricky.

I thought Alexis was wonderful. Of all the girls tonight, I was really hoping that Stevie and then Alexis would come out with something great. Stevie failed miserably, so my girl hopes went right over to Alexis, who I thought killed her song choice. I liked it because she didn’t blast it the entire time (Sabrina Sloan was awesome, but she sort of did that). She had some highs and lows and really outshone the rest of the ladies tonight by a mile.

With the guys, I’m torn. I liked Danny in some of the audition and Hollywood footage, but the wife thing is getting on my nerves. I actually think he’s pretty charismatic and wonder how he’d do if the wife thing wasn’t brought up at all. I actually still think he’d be a front runner. I like his style of singing, but I’m not up for the schmaltzy song choices and his preachiness. Melinda Doolittle was an uber-Christian contestant, but you wouldn’t know if from her song choices or post-song antics. (Melinda’s also my favorite all-time, ok maybe tied with Cookie, so I’m biased.) I really wanted to like Ricky as well, but again too schmaltzy – and Elliott owns that song. And Anoop and Michael were letdowns.

Actually, pretty much everyone except for Alexis was a letdown. Even Tatiana – I was expecting histrionics from her and I didn’t get it! I felt Alexis was the only one who actually improved from her past performances.

Ann Marie and Jackie can suck it. PLANTY PLANTY!

Man, I was pulling for AnoopDawg during Hollywood Week, but that was B O R I N G! Dawg has a good voice, but, he choked! :smoke_tb:

Yes the singing sucked…but am I the only one who noticed that the band and backup singers were Gosh darn awful. I got a really strong impression that the singers couldn’t hear the band….everyone was just ahead or behind the band. Didn’t notice any ear pieces, though, guess that bit of professionalism hasn’t made it to these contestants yet. I thought Anoop, expecially, was really thrown for a loop by the band, even though he was courteous not to put the blame where the blame really lay.

Also I thought the whole sound system sucked big time and none of the contestants figured out how to get their voices amplified, half the time they faded into oblivion.

Song choice, across the board sucked. you would think with the whole history of top 100 song choices to pick from they could have made better decisions.

As far as Danny is concerned…I seem to remember that it was his friend that brought up the passing of his wife…not to excuse the fact that Danny still refers to it…that is just poor taste, since AI isn’t the best forum to talk about it.

Ugh…what an awful show. I know most of us are sick of/sickened by Danny’s sob story and blatant pimpage by the producers, but I guarantee that there are thousands of people out there right now….my mother in law, for example, who are just so touched by his situation that they will vote until their fingers bleed. I just feel manipulated and dirty.

Anne Marie was awfully boring. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so glad Alexis outshined her.

Ditto on that – she does nothing for me.

Yeah it has to be front-runner status heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being given already. They usually do get the most hatred for whatever reason happens to be there.

Not for me. I’ve liked a lot of frontrunners. I’m just not a Danny fan. I don’t have a hate on for the frontrunners. He just comes across to me a little odd. And, I think that while he’s a good singer, he’s just not that special. I don’t even like anyone else all that much at this point. So for me, it’s not rooted in some kind of anger over his excessive pimpage being a problem for someone else. I’m just not digging him. It’s possible for people to just simply not like someone without any hidden agenda.

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And seriously, whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voting for Michael? Maybe I should take these last 5 minutes to squeeze in some more votes for Anoop and Ricky.

LOL – I did, but only 5 votes. I also voted 5 times for Anoop. Ricky’s got a great voice, but he bores me to tears. I think Simon was spot on about him.

Stevie that was awfully flat and amaturish; she doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know how to move while holding the mic at a proper distance. Her vocals are good, but her song choice sucked!

Actually I thought her presence was cute but her vocals were really bad tonight. Definitely agree that it was crappy song. Taylor Swift songs are not the way you show your stuff vocally. But if it HAD to be a Taylor Swift song, at least do something more recognizable than that one. Teardrops On My Guitar or Love Story….something! But I am upset that Simon told her to be younger….most of the younger songs out there (at least the teen ones) suck big time. I actually think she might have done well reprising Bubbly or even taking on Love Song by Sara Bareilles like was suggested for Ann Marie tonight. That would’ve worked much better in her range. I’m so sad for her. She showed much more promise earlier on than what we saw tonight.

No, seriously. I’m really made that Simon Cowell had to go tell America to vote for Michael Sarver. Anoop’s not going to make it now..

Lots of people are tuning in for the first time tonight. For many, this will be the first they’ve heard about the late Sophia Gokey. Sorry. I just cannot call her Dead Wife.

Anyway, my aunt just called me, ranting and raving about how she loves “the guy whose wife passed away.” So yeah, the casual, uninvested viewer is blatantly manipulated and totally unaware of it. Me, I welcome the manipulation.

From the Top 12, only four of them stood out anyway: Alexis, Danny, Anoop (in retrospect, he was pretty darn good), and Ricky. Everyone else can pretty much go away.

Yeah it has to be front-runner status heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being given already. They usually do get the most hatred for whatever reason happens to be there.

It’s really important that folks NOT question or assume the motives of fellow posters. It comes off as rude, and can start arguments.

Thank you.

According to Sophia Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Bebo page, she was a huge Taylor Hicks fan who loved AI. She died suddenly 7 months ago. He still wears his wedding ring. What else do you expect from him or especially from a show that loves to promote the drama and sympathetic back stories?

He just rings insincere to me. I don’t think its just the show in this case. He seems like he’s exploiting it himself by bringing it up whenever he has the chance.

I remember back in Season 5 my fave was Ace and when I first read about his involvement with the Denver Children’s Hospital, I was a tad leery until I read that he had done it for years… even before AI existed. It seems that the whole AI charity thing has gotten a little out of control. I’d much rather Danny support an existing charity than keep mentioning his dead wife and seem jolly in the next clip. I don’t know… creepy. Could be the editing, but still.

Having these feelings doesn’t negate the manipulations of the show in the past at all. If anything, it confirms them.

IdolFanatic
Feb 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so sad for her. She showed much more promise earlier on than what we saw tonight.

Me too. I really loved Stevie’s audition, so much.

Earlier, about Danny, I guess what annoys me more than the wife thing is the preachy thing. I’m afraid he’s gonna pull out a bible on stage. Which is fine for some people, but that’s not what I watch Idol for. He can go make Christian music when he’s off Idol, but now, please, refrain. I do like his voice a lot, though…

I’m excited for Matt Giraud, Megan Corkrey, Alex Wagner-Trugman, Adam Lambert, Matt Breitzke, maybe even Arianna Asfar… and of course, Felicia Barton!

Alexis was really good! Wow. Did not get the judges reaction to Danny. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Ricky was much better.

My fav girl used to be Ann Marie, but I thought she acted very arrogant tonight. She was okay but the judges were right about the song. It didn’t do her any favors.

I don’t get why Michael Sarver doesn’t sing country. I think he would have a huge career and he has a perfect voice for it. He’s lived a real life to sing about.

Hmm. If Adam and Matt don’t go through i don’t see how it will keep my interest. I was embarrassed for many of them tonight. maybe I’ve watched it too many seasons.

I voted a little for Ricky and Alexis.

What the hell does Casey have on her feet? That was not good for her, for me; her facials were hilarious, though. Such a beautiful girl with good vocals; she should have been a shoe-in to the next level, but her performance was just corny. She’s right though, she was having fun up there. :smoke_tb:

BTW, I don’t get the RDJ and Danny resemblance/comparison at all. Danny isn’t even in the same zip code of hot as RDJ is.

They could of done that show in an hour if they would forget about the parents and not have the contestants walk back to the the red room, that was a waste of time. What is with all the freakin commercials? I was soooooooo bored. I like the other format 100% more now…I miss it…bring it back.

Yeah it has to be front-runner status heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being given already. They usually do get the most hatred for whatever reason happens to be there. Fantasia was even more polarizing if I remember correctly.

IdolFanatic, the irony is that TPTB couldn’t overdo Fantasia’s back story because her personal life turned so many people off, but they definitely pimped her to the detriment of the entire season and other good contestants — most notably Jennifer Hudson.

I never hated Fantasia, but I didn’t like her shoutiness and all the “yah yah yahs.” The first time she sang on AI, my smart aleck husband said, “She looks like Chris Tucker and sounds like Macy Gray. She’ll go far.” So guess what I thought of every time she appeared on the show?

I was so angry at how George Huff and JHud were treated that I spent hours voting for Diana DeGarmo in the finale — a contestant that I couldn’t have cared less about. I realized that was a stupid waste of time consumed with negative energy. It wasn’t Fantasia’s fault that the show is so manipulative and unfair.

Away from AI, I actually like some of Fanty’s recordings, especially Hypothetically, her duet with Lyfe Jennings.

They could of done that show in an hour if they would forget about the parents and not have the contestants walk back to the the red room, that was a waste of time.

Amen to that. Why the heck should we care about their parents? I’m watching contestants on a singing tv show. They’re lucky I can summon the interest in them. I don’t have enough energy to be interested in their families at all.

Simon, stop telling me how to vote!!!

Either the microphone is total crap or these kids need to learn how to keep the mic closer to there mouths, cause their vocals keep coming in and out. Which totally made Matt’s performance sub-par; or maybe that was just him. I must listen again. :smoke_tb:

Alright, Ann Marie!! That was really good!! Randy, S T F U!!! This is not supposed to be Karoke! She’s not supposed to sing it like Aretha, she’s supposed to put her own flavor on it, which she did. Thank you, Paula; she did sing it good, she was on pitch and she put her all into it. She getting my vote. :smoke_tb:

I actually enjoyed Stevie’s performance. True that Taylor Swift’s songs aren’t as melodic but it bugs me that the judges don’t reward people who choose songs that are different. They’re so predictable. I still don’t know why they didn’t put Frankie through, and they didn’t let her finish “The Story” which is a great song by Brandi Carlyle that they didn’t recognize or appreciate.

I have to say that I agreed with Simon most of the time tonight though. The judges were giving constructive criticism for a change, and encouragement, however they all talked far too long. Worst of all was bringing the families back again, cringe! I speeded past every bit with the families. What a boring show tonight. I guess I could say I liked Stevie, Alexis, and Ann Marie.

First ratings are up at whatnottosing.com. Danny is first with 81, Alexis and Ricky are in the 70s, Tatiana and Anoop around 60, everyone else below 50. Not a great night.

I think the Red Room/parents thing was another attempt to make the show more dramatic, by having Ryan question the contestants as they are being comforted by their parents….hoping for fireworks, trying to make it more like typical reality TV.

The problem is that most reality TV shows are taped, and contestants provide their “in the moment” feelings in taped clips. More can be done to edit the little interviews to feature the most entertaining bits.

oceana Feb 18th, 2009 at 12:27 am

The judges were giving constructive criticism for a change, and encouragement, however they all talked far too long.

Oceana, I agree. But with the new format, when will the 9 who go home this week get to apply all this helpful, expert advice — karaoke night at their local bar?

Oh goodness. This show has devolved back 6 years. What a disaster overall. I know everyone doesn’t like the backstory deal, but Gokey is good. Can he win? I don’t know. This new format is weird. If this was last years format, Cook might not have made it through. He was very very iffy his first night.

Jackie ~ What the freak was that. She had one moment to show who she was and all she could come up with was that awful excuse for a performance. Terrible. Off pitch. Annoying personality. Toast

Ricky ~ Didn’t quite reach heights set by other idols on that song. He can sing. He’s very good looking. Ordinarily, I’d like to give this kid a shot to watch him grow cause there is potential there, but sadly I think voters invested enough to vote will be flying to the aid of other early round favorites who faltered.

Alexis ~ Well, she’s definitely got a retro sound and the look. This one’s a sleeper.

Stevie ~ Wow. I think I counted a total of 5 notes that were actually in tune. Terrible.

Anoop ~ In a word, disappointing. I’ve heard several of his youtube videos and he’s got the chops to pull this off. I think he picked a bad time to have an off night. At best, he’s put out some of the wind from his sails, but will still have enough momentum to get through. At worst, he’s got a wildcard shot. He’s got likeability in spades. He’s really got a great voice. He’s got room to grow. Either way, we’ll see Anoop again.

Casey ~ Wow. I think I counted a total of 6 notes that were actually in tune. Terrible.

Brent ~ Wrong song. Looked extremely nervous at the start and took too long to loosen up. Too bad. On a show that has churned out one of the best country singers to hit the charts in recent years, Brent did nothing to show that he is anywhere near the league of others who have come before.

Anne Marie ~ Poor song choice. She does not have the voice for that song. She’s Kat McPhee with less chops and even poorer song choice ability.

Michael S ~ Unfortunate. There is talent there, just completely unmined. I hope that he gets a chance again somewhere cause he does have a cool sound. That just wasn’t the song to showcase that.

Tatiana ~ Not bad. I was expecting worse, but that’s not saying much. Not a shot in God’s green Earth to win this show, but producers will milk her for all that she’s worth.

Danny ~ Very good. Not epic good like the judges were making it out to be. Put this up to David Cook’s Hello in the early rounds and well, it might actually come off sounding like a bit hokey. I could do with less tragic, life sucks backstory, if only because Danny has the talent to do this on his own without it. This one is going far and rightly so. Can he win? Well…it’s very very early. And as last season has shown, anything can happen.

All I can say is GO NORMUND GENTLE!!! LOL

I can’t get the hype about Danny either. I’m sorry that his wife’s dead but come on, his “Hero” is not THAT good! And I agree with someone here who said his voice is whiny. Me no likey.

I wish they’d replay Season 7 instead…

I like Ricky, but he won’t get through. I like Anoop, but he wasn’t at his best. I like Michael, but he tanked…still might get through, though. Not interested in the girls, but Tatiana was actually pretty good. This night was full of surprises!

Danny was better than I expected (I honestly have not been impressed with him since his first audition, so I lowered my expectations). He was pretty much the best tonight (tied with Ricky). But I don’t quite get him. What is his musical identity? Where would he fit in the music business? I guess he could have a Christian music career…is that what he’s aiming for? What do you think?

I kind of want someone who’s more…musically interesting. (Jamar, for instance, was more intriguing to me.) Not to mention, Danny doesn’t have a spectacular voice. Don’t get me wrong–he has a very good voice. I like the texture. But honestly? David Cook’s range blows his out of the water. I don’t think he can measure up…

Maybe Adam can. Or Matt Giraud. (I’m counting on you guys!)

I feel that the pimping is overly blatant this season. That’s not all Danny’s fault, but it’s still annoying.

Thanks for the videos.
We LOOOVE you MJ! :clap_tb:
I really loved Anoop and Danny. For the girls, I think Anne or Alexis have a good chance making it. Yey! :jittery_tb:

Jackie — embarrassing performance (sounded okay but it was a different story if you could bring yourself to watch). This girl was overrated from the start. She thinks she is better than she is. She’s more of a NY bar singer.

On a different note….

I’m still not thinking Kara can come up with an original thought. She agrees with Randy every time.

The way I see front runners this early on is that the fan base must be huge and continue to grow throughout the competition or you are toast. I don’t think Danny has the ability to grab the voters of booted contestants into his corner…YET. ( see Archie from last year) Also, was it weird to anyone else that Danny got no couch time after his performance?? I think they were stretching the time with Tatiana because they were running ahead and then …oops….ran long????

Looking forward to seeing Felicia ( please let her be good), Matt G, Lil Rounds ( as long as she doesn’t sing some bombastic diva song) and Adam.

ETA…where were the instruments?? I found it odd that no one played anything tonight.

Also I was really looking forward to a Castro/Yamin moment tonight from the fodder and didn’t get squat….booooo!!!

ETA x2- Last year, we bitched about the restrictive themes in the semis resulting in awful song choices, but dayum….with the wide open theme tonight we still got stuck with crap. Either the availablity wasn’t what we were lead to believe or the contestants suck large at picking the right songs for themselves.

dulce Feb 18th, 2009 at 12:41 am

Oh goodness. This show has devolved back 6 years.

And Ryan’s 1950s preppy look goes back even farther. What does he think this is — “Leave It to Pauler”?

overall….it was not good. I cannot remember who was good. even Danny. No one stood out to me. I hate to say, only one surprise was Tatiana was better than what I expected. sadly.

I LIKE RICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did I really not submit this when Ricky first sang? LOL! The comment is still in my comment box.

Even the background singers sound like crap during Steven’s performance! OMG did his voice just CRACK??!!! It did!! CRAP Song Choice, Dude!! hh_ee:

NNNNOOOOO!! Tatianna cannot be good! I refuse to believe it! :dunce_tb:

I’m pissed; they’re going to “Archie” my horse (Danny); they’re going to hype him up so much, people are going to vote against him just to go against TPTB! Idol SUCKS! :furious_tb:

I’m outtie 5000!
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Peace Out & POKE SMOT :smoke_tb:

Simon really did bring clarity to Danny’s performance. It certainly did not deserve the pimpage it received tonight. The beginning was just okay, but the ending was really, really great!

Mr. Randy Jackson 19 cooperate man overlooked the beginning of the song and didn’t even point it out.

AND, has there always been this many comments on the first night of idol in the past?

Ricky and maybe Anoop, I hope you get called back for the wild card!!!!!

Wow, everyone went crazy on the comments while I was gone. I just finished the show. IMO, even though I am not crazy about Jackie, she had a good performance. The top 4 were Alexis Grace, , Ricky Braddy, Danny Gokey, and Jackie.

If I were to vote for just one based on their performance tonight and “star quality” it would have been Alexis. Ricky has not been shown much, which I feel is unfair, but that is the way idol works.

I agree totally with Simon about Danny Gokey. He was good, but the other three judge’s comments were way over the top. Danny has not proven to me yet that he is really unique or that he has star quality.

Anoop did a very sub par performance, but people like him, so he may get a pass– not fair in my opinion. I have never thought he was that great. We will see what happens.

Funny thing– I just remembered that I thought Brent Keith did a great job, but it would be really hard to do well on idol in country music. I guess the fact that I forgot him until just now kind of says it all.

81?! Bull. Fucking. Shit. Gokey does NOT deserve a five star rating for that performance, and certainly not when Cook’s Mariah cover only got a 75.

mj-

I’m getting the Stevie Wright video instead of the Anoop Desai video.

edit: Have an opinion on tonight’s show? Post it. Everything else is off topic

Simon really did bring clarity to Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance. It certainly did not deserve the pimpage it received tonight. The beginning was just okay, but the ending was really, really great!

Good point, cookcricket. Let’s pause to savor the delicious irony of Simon calling out the other judges for their pimpage.

Now that I finally saw Danny on the big screen here on the west coast, I still like him a lot. I thought his performance was more emotional — emphasizing the roughness in his voice, which I like, but YMMV — and therefore less technically proficient than his earlier clips. Ryan set him up to talk about his wife, but he pointedly did not take the bait. However, it was beyond obvious that Paula and Kara are hooked on his devoted widower story as much as his musicality.

I like Anoop, too, and hope he is a wild card pick if the Dial Idol numbers hold. Simon’s right about his massive likability — I will probably continue to like Anoop if not his song choices.

Tonight didn’t change the ranking of my favorites and I still like Adam the best. I wonder what TPTB will do with his back story. Heh.

Michael Sarver is still ahead of Anoop on Dial Idol. I think that he is going to get voted in along with Danny and Alexis tomorrow night. Anoop is going to probably have to get a Wildcard to make it to the top 12.

I hope that the judges give it to him, if he ends up needing one. I think that there is a good chance that he will get one, if he has to get one to make it to the top 12.

81?! Bull. Fucking. Shit. Gokey does NOT deserve a five star rating for that performance, and certainly not when Cookà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Mariah cover only got a 75.

His Mariah performance was pitchy at parts, probably because he was emotional and nervous, but still. Seriously, watch it back and listen closely. I say this as a huge Cook fan. I loved his arrangement of the song, and the studio version is breathtaking, but he had better performances IMO (e.g. Hello, Billie Jean, MOTN, and FTEISYF, which all earned higher scores than Danny’s on WNTS).

…Ok, back to season 8 (sorry, MJ)…

WOW! I think I must have been seeing a completely different show then a lot of you guys were tonight. I read all the posts before it showed here on the West Coast, so I was expecting a massacre, but I was pleasantly entertained by everything tonight and saw only few trainwrecks. Here’s the thoughts of a 16 year old girl who wants to procrastinate from her AP studies, hahaha:

I, for one, really like Danny Gokey. I am not turned off by his story like most everyone is, for I think it shows that he has a big heart, and that is my #1 for people, in general. Great voice, great look. He is charismatic and chooses some fantastic songs, without a doubt. I don’t hate on others because of how the show portrays them or the information they give…I go for the package and he is truly an endearing person. I’d be humbled to meet him.

My favorite is definitely Anoop. I REALLY enjoyed his performance tonight! I know what he’s capable of and I think it was a perfect, middle of the road option that he took. Everything about the performance was good for me…very pure and commanding. Plus, his personality shines and he, once again, has a really big heart that I admire. This guy IS going somewhere–Top 3, for sure. I can’t wait!

While Stevie and Casey weren’t stellar or anything, I thought they were both cute performances and were having fun. It’s something that I love to do in my bedroom, hahahaha. They both seem like genuine people and it was fun–no worries.

I thought it was a fun opening show and gave us a promising look into the season. But let me just say: I HATE this format like no other. We won’t get to see these guys until the top 12, which America may forget over the next few weeks and I absolutely hate that. I loved last season and everyone on it, but hey–I’m going to deal with it! Most of all, I think of these guys as human beings and I cannot even imagine how hard taking on live TV would be…holy flip! Focus on the positives guys Hahahaha but really, it was a good show!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting the Stevie Wright video instead of the Anoop Desai video.

It’s fixed.

i would like to see ricky braddy as a wild card, possibly over anoop if michael beats them both in… is it possible for two from the same night to get a wild card? (i wasn’t watching the show back in the wild card days.)

To me the only one that really stood out was Rickey Bradley. But unfortunately with his lack of screen time, he’s doomed until the wild card hopefully.

The good/OK bunch were:
Alexis Grace – very good, didn’t know she had in her
Anoop Desai – could have done better but still nice
Tatiana Del Toro – she was good you have to give her props
Danny Gokey – his sob story is way over done at this point. I hope he doesn’t suffer the backlash like David Archuleta did.

Below avg – they didn’t commit any terrible crimes but they were forgetable.
Michael Sarver
Ann Marie Boskovich
Stephen Fowler
Brent Keith

Terrible:
Jackie – way over the top with out the fun aspect
Stevie Wright – she went for a song that did not suit her voice just to please Simon
Casey Carlson – what was the girl thinking. You don’t ever try to sing police unless you’re in a Karaoke bar.

There is like a million posts. Oh well, I might as well pile on with my review:

General Comments:
1. Everybody watches this show with some sort of bias. I don’t watch the auditions and didn’t even follow them this year (I used to check out those getting buzz on Youtube). I watched all four Hollywood episodes in one sitting. So, my bias is towards those featured in Hollywood, those that don’t have too many runs, those that don’t scream and those that pick songs I like.
2. My “First Impression” is what I remember about the person going into the show.
3. Simon is an a$$. What is Bucky Covington doing? Does Simon work in the biz? He’s always so freakin’ clueless. Bucky isn’t the biggest success off the show, but he’s done well enough that he should at least know what’s he up to.
4. I HATE the family being interviewed afterwards. Of course Mom and Dad are going to like it. Leave them in the audience.
5. The production values on this show are LOW. I’ve seen smoother production during the local community TV telethon. Some of those camera cuts were jarring. My advice? Don’t submit this episode for Emmy consideration.
6. Ryan is a star. He did great handling the all the production mistakes.
7. Paula brought her “A” game.
8. Hmm…There was an ad for the touring company of “Annie” during the show.
9. Am I being paranoid, or do the intro videos seem much better put together for the “chosen ones”? Most of them are kind of mess, but some actually seemed to have stories and were very positive.

Performance Comments
1. Jackie Tohn: First Impression: I liked her in Hollywood
– The movements seem a little over-thought and she never really seemed to connect to the music. It was too self-concious. She’s got a good voice. I’d like to see her stick around. (7/10).

2. Ricky Braddy: First Impression: Who?
– Where have they been hiding this guy? It wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty entertaining and showed off his skills. This is a tough song to sing (8/10)

3. Alexis: First Impression: Pink haired girl. There is always a pink haired girl.
– She owned that stage. She seems so professional compared to the others. Wow. That arrangment was amazing. (9/10)

4. Brent: First Impression: Who?
– There seems to be a lot of working guys this time around. Country male is probably a good direction to try. Still, this seems terribly karaoke. I’m not buying it. Best guy in the bar, but I’m not sure if it’s enough. I agree with Kara. Take more risks. (6/10)

5. Stevie: First Impression: Who?
– This is an idiotic song. I don’t think singing quietly in a low range like that often works. I don’t often criticize outfits, but whatever she was wearing did her no favours. Wow, the flames of pimpage aren’t what they used to be. Bleh! (3/10)

6. Anoop: First Impression: I’ve heard his name around here, but I wasn’t impressed with him in Hollywood. Too many runs
– Does AI give these kids performance lessons, because this guy could really use them. He so doesn’t know how to move in a natural way. This song has too many runs and bores me. He’s got a nice voice, but this isn’t memorable. Judges tell us to vote for him anyway (6/10)

7. Casey: First Impression: Who? Didn’t she already sing? All the girls are running together.
– She sang this song because it’s fun? It’s not fun for us when she sings that out of tune. Oh, and the vamping doesn’t work. Poor girl. She’s cute, but this is a total train wreck. (1/10)

8. Michael: First Impression: Great backstory. Decent singer. Lots of air time. Seems likeable.
– I must be grumpier than Simon tonight. I didn’t like that song either and he’s not that great of a singer. I do think it was more cohesive performance than the last couple of songs. Based on Simon’s comments, I think he’d at least make the wildcard. (6/10)

9. Anne Marie: First Impression: Who?
– This arrangmenet is a misake. It’s weird and too slow to wow the crowd given the format. A bit shouty. She’s a good singer, although I’m not sure she did enough to make it through given the semi-final format. (7/10)

10. Steven: First Impression: Dude who couldn’t remember the words of TOML. Secondary Impression: Could he hug any more of the failed singers? Either he’s VERY empathetic or he’s playing to the camera.
– Song isn’t the best choice. Started a little weak, but then he found his groove by the end. Was able to show off some vocal skills. Paula is so wrong about singing the Cook song again. I didn’t think it was as bad as the judges did (6/10)

11. Tatiana: First Impressions: It’s all about Tatiana. All the time. I do not like this girl. I can’t get past her personality
– She’s not letting anybody get in the way of her dream? She’s her own biggest roadblock. Who is arranging these songs tonight? This arrangmenet is terrible. She has a good voice, but she went off on the big notes. Plus, I don’t like her. I think it’s sad that the judges encouraged her to emphasize all her worst traits. Way to use her judges. Now, I almost feel sorry for her. (6/10)

12. Danny: First Impression: Was it just me, or did the Hollywood round seem like “Danny: The Documentary”? Could they have featured him more? I KNEW he’d get the pimp spot.
– The guy hasn’t even sung yet, but I’ll bet my calculator that he’s going to the finals. Dude was pitchy in places and seems to have lost his vocal support a few times (got breathless). Nerves? I don’t know. It wasn’t all that great. Simon was the only sane one (5/10)

Who Should Go On: Alexis, Ricky (can’t pick a third person)
Who Will Go On: Danny (big gap), Michael, Alexis
Who Will Get Wildcarded: Anoop, Tatiana, Brent, Jackie?

Jackie Tohn – i didnt like anything about her performance..maybe her smile

Ricky Braddy – solid stuff..never heard a version like that before

Alexis Grace – owned the stage..composed…really great performance as a whole
Brent Keith – wasnt bad…but not good enough for tonight

Stevie Wright – aka jessica biel…not good at all

Anoop Desai – I actually liked it ..was not spectacular..but it was good

Casey Carlson – bye
Michael Sarver – well he has a fan base…he was not even close to his hollywood sing off…
Anne Marie Boskovich – i dont see anything in her
stephen- terrible song choice
tatiana- was pretty good…was it enough?
Danny- he ended the song in spectacular fashion..the first part was hit and miss at parts

my picks- danny, anoop, alexis…wildcard ricky

what will probably happen….danny, michael, alexis wildcard ricky/anoop

baxter Feb 18th, 2009 at 12:53 am

Also I was really looking forward to a Castro/Yamin moment tonight from the fodder and didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get squatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.booooo!!!

Baxter, I miss my two favorites, too. I guess we were really lucky to have Jason and Elliott — and in a format that allowed them to blossom.

That was ATROCIOUS.

I don’t remember the show being this bad in a long time.

It seemed so old fashioned.

I HATE the parent thing. I HATED the song choices. I HATE Kara.

And most of all… I hate the obvious, fake, ridiculously disproportionate praise of Danny’s performance.

It’s out of control. He seems nice and his singing is OKAY but I HATE him because of the way they’ve already crowned him the fucking king of American Idol.

What the hell can they be thinking?

Are people actually stupid enough to fall for this?

Man, was that brutal. Just brutal. The only one I liked was Ricky and he doesn’t have a chance.

Between the wife angle and the preaching I’m completely Gokey-ed out. And I don’t like the ‘parents in the red room’ deal. It’s awkward to see someone’s parents after they’ve been chewed up and spit out by the judges. It kinda made me cringe a few times.

I hope next week is better.

Forgot to give my little insight to who will get chosen:

Top guy: Danny
Top girl: Alexis
Next highest vote getter: Anoop

I’m VERY confident with those picks

Stevie just passed Alexis on DialIdol (busy percentage)

I mean I am an ass watcher (at times), but it was a little disconcerting to see the behinds of all of the contestants as they made their way between Ryan and their family. After about the fourth or fifth time, they finally lifted the camera. Dumbass direction.

Ryan is a pro. Paula indeed was on her game tonight. If Rickey doesn’t make the top 12 somehow, then I will cry foul. He’s really good.

I don’t know AT ALL how this wildcard thing works, but I sense Ricky will not get through tonight, so I am holding onto some hope that Paula will have a say in bringing him back for the wildcard round. IIRC, he was one of her three top picks this season. Paula, I’m counting on you to use whatever (however big or small) pull you may have in this matter! We NEED to see Ricky sing again, IMHO!!!!

My faves were Alexis, Ricky, and (gassssp) Tatiana. I’m pretty sure one or both of those girls will get through but Ricky will probably be steamrolled by Danny/Anoop being early faves.

I hope Anne Marie gets in somehow, whether here or as wildcard. Bad song choice tonight but I really love her tone and overall vibe.

Feeling backlashy over the ott pimping of Danny…

fwiw Anoop was my early favorite but he was pretty boring tonight. If he goes through (and I think he will) it won’t be on the merits of tonight’s performance alone, and I dunno how I feel about that.

eta: Michael is leading for Spot 3 on Dial Idol?! WHAT?!

I was actually very impressed with how well Casey handled her comments from the judges, even though they were true. She truly enjoyed performing in front of a crowd and i don’t think she;s going to give up on her career, whatever that may be…

This is just a test to see if anyone really reads the 539th comment?? Holy toledo MJ, blazing hot blog tonight. You pulling some kind of Reality Steve on us?

LollapaSnooza………not much impressed me tonight. Everyone’s already said it all, so no need for me to be redundant.

And on another note, KUDOS to you MJ. I bow to your popularity AND mediation skills!

I also was pleasantly entertained by everything tonight! This round was the best judging session in a long, long time. I sense that Kara provided an extra spark tonight. Will it continue? I hope so.

GOOD DECISION: I love when a guy sings a female