American Idol Season 8 – Top 11 – Performance – VIDEO

Go Alexis!

Great! Allison has a good spot! Seems like she and Server aren’t going in the first four after all. That’s good.

Performance order?

Oh, crap. Sarver is in pimp spot and Anoop is freaking 3rd. Hmmm.

I second that … what’s the order???, please

Oh good, I was wrong. whew!

what is a “michael sarver flavor” lol

Michael is going first after all. Does that mean Matt has the pimp spot? That’s so fckd up!

Awesome, Matt’s not first!

Sarver just got thrown under the bus….

1.2 out of 10….

Matt went second to last – last week, and is now going last THIS week? TCO

Thank you Michael, for explaining country music to us. BTW, your performance sucked.

Michael was ok. It’s certainly not a singer’s song. Sometimes it’s best to just stfu. You aren’t ever going to make it better for yourself.

Sarver just got thrown under the busà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

I thought all the judges but Simon were pretty nice to him, considering.

Nice guy, but Simon was right. I know that song and even I had a hard time following the lyrics.

oh michael. you’re toast. i didn’t like you that much but i’d rather have you in the top 10 than scott macintyre. oh well.

wow this is an observation of mine,
Kris and Allison have been paired together every episode so far.

BTW I hated Michael’s performance.

It wasnt great but I enjoyed it, boo on you Simon, you gave them country music!

Eh, I enjoyed Michaels’ performance. I thought it was fun.

michael sarver is matt rogers 2.0… bye bye.

That’s it for me. I hope Allison steals the whole season out from underneath the TPTB and Lambert and Gokey. She’s got IT.

She was behind the beat but other than that good job Allison.

I love Allison more and more each week

I think Michael was terrible, he wasn’t singing, he was making sounds. I couldn’t understand antyhing and I don’t think he was breathing right.

Allison rocked it! I love this girl, love the tone in her voice.

Allison is so darn cute. Proved that she can be a rock star or a country star tonight.

Randy learned a new word for this week : DOPE !!!!

lol on ryan on the “30 million viewers”. dude, that was three years ago.

I thought Allison’s vocal was totally out of sync with the band. Two separate elements that never really merged. Glad everybody liked it.

Kris is right, he didn’t copy Garth’s version, he copied Adele’s.

It’s a Bob Dylan song, not Garth Brooks. Geez!!!! Know your music history, dude.

Like Allison a lot.

Pleasantly surprised at Kris’ performance. Very smart performance.

I think Allison reminds me now of Amanda Overmyer with a voice. She is good at what she does, but can she do anything else? Kris’ falsetto for me is weak…the entire song for me was weak. Give me Bob Dylan and his bad voice any day.

Kris was awesome. Tender Dog, steal it from the pimpees.

Aww. Kris did well. Little pitchy at the end, but overall good. And he remembered not to dedicate it to his wife (smart move, heh!).

Well done, Kris!

Choose a song everyone will love. Perform it well.
Why can’t they all do this every week? Well done, Kris!

West Coaster here. It sounds like it’s not the trainwreck I feared.

Omg, Kris was great! Good for him!

Kris was awesome. Tender Dog, steal it from the pimpees.

That was good. I am curious how the judges are gonna pimp the pimpees after THOSE great comments.

I thought Kris did well, but thought it was a bit dishonest to claim the originality card, when he clearly performed Adele’s version.

For Opryland, that was a real intelligent song choice and arrangement by Kris.

Now, that’s MY American Idol!

Kris’ performance was the only thing this whole crappy season that has made me actually give a crap. That was amazing.

Ya Kris, Im rooting for ya!

Yup, Sarver is out for sure. I like Allison – I just hope she’s able to show more versatility in the future. I agree with gingerly that she reminds me of a younger, somewhat more talented Amanda Overmeyer.

I’m so happy for Kris tonight. Yeah, the performance wasn’t exactly flawless (if I were him, I would have passed on the high note at the end, for example), but it was still beautiful. And I’m glad he took the opportunity to leave behind his guitar again.

West Coaster. So someone just sat there and SANG WELL? Imagine that! Good for Kris.

Aww, dangit, I think I just got attached to this season. (and I haven’t even seen tonight’s show yet, lol.)

Kris was awesome. Tender Dog, steal it from the pimpees.

That was good. I am curious how the judges are gonna pimp the pimpees after THOSE great comments.

He was third. They’ll probably forget about him. LOL!

And he remembered not to dedicate it to his wife (smart move, heh!).

LOL! And yet, it was all about her. Loved it.

I thought Kris’s performance was really beautiful. He has a really nice tone to his voice.

Kris did a smart thing… I know I keep comparing him to Jason, but that last note also reminded me of Jason. The weak falsetto that doesn’t really hurt the performance.
Well done by Kris, who is really going far this season.

Lil was bad, really bad. I think she started truly off and didn’t recover well, the last note didn’t sound good too. Not her thing at all. And I hate that Kara is just another Paula!

Oh, Lil. That was … weak.

I thought Kris did well, but thought it was a bit dishonest to claim the originality card, when he clearly performed Adeleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version.

I have a feeling that when it was just Kris and his guitar, playing for Randy Travis, he was able to put more of his own spin on the song than the band arrangement allowed him to do. Just a possibility, of course.

Lil. Not good at all.

lil is losing her frontrunner status. i’ll not be surprised if she’ll not make the Top 5.

The contestants are too chatty tonight.

Simon is an ass.

uhm… mj, independence day is originally done by martina mcbride, not carrie underwood. omg, lil is talking back.

Kris did a smart thingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I know I keep comparing him to Jason, but that last note also reminded me of Jason. The weak falsetto that doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really hurt the performance.

I totally remember that. End of Hallelujah, right?

ETA: Oh. My. Word. Lil will not shut up.

Lil…didn’t have any charisma on that song…blah!

So is Lil the “depimp” to disprove the “top four already chosen !!!11!!! OMFG!!!!” rumor?

By Carrie Underwood. lol. awesome freudian slip, since she owned this song in season 4.

And that is specifically why Lil Rounds will not win American Idol.

Paula slipped out and said “you are one of the chosen ones” to Lil. LMAO.

The performance order from the rehearsal spoiler is not accurate. Maybe they are tweaking it at the last minute this season.

It could be the week were the favorites stumble?
I am not very confident that Adam and Danny will deliver

lil is losing her frontrunner status.

I don’t think so. The judges were too kind to her given how bad she was. Next week she’ll nail something again and be praised for it. The whole Kara speech just shows she’s still a frontrunner. One bad performance doesn’t change that.

Lil is like LaKisha – bye bye, good bye bye

I thought Kris did well, but thought it was a bit dishonest to claim the originality card, when he clearly performed Adeleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version.

I’ve heard a lot of versions on TMYFML and a lot are alike. Adele does hers with a piano–so does Kelly Clarkson, Trisha Yearwood and Billy Joel. Unless Kris was singing it with a jazz-blues lilt, I doubt it adhered more to Adele’s than it did to Kelly’s, Trisha’s or Billy’s versions. It’s a simple song that, if you have to have bandzilla forced on you, is tough to change-up completely.

Well, I’d say that Jason sang with much more something that Kris will ever hope to have. I can’t say that Jason sang technically better. I can only say I always liked it better. Eh, maybe it’s charm. I really haven’t seen that in Kris.

And Lil was never all that for me. So her not being able to zip her lip delighted me. It’s only good to show something else if you have something else to show. IMO she doesn’t. At least not tonight.

So far, my favorite has been Allison.

Well, I think Lil should at least correct a judge when he condescendingly insists that “Lil is short for ‘little’.”

Adam is making Johnny Cash roll over in his grave at this very moment. :shock_ee:

Well, at least Adam’s moved from screaming on to wailing this week.

*sigh*

The performance order from the rehearsal spoiler is not accurate. Maybe they are tweaking it at the last minute this season.

Last week was the same, rehearsal and live show…this weeks rehearsal sounds quite unusual though, maybe just a one week issue?

WHAT THE HELL ADAM.

My bf just walked in on Adam and said…it’s like a gay danzig….

LMAO; that was really country week

That was either brilliant or off the rails. I can’t decide.

Did not like Adam….AT ALL…super whiny..sorry, and I do think he is something special…

WOW Adam was scary. I’m kinda with Kara on this one though.
But man, that was really creepy and it might even give me nightmares.
:devil_tb: Adam is Satan.

That Adam version was really strange and I didn’t like it very much at all. He’s so whiny when he sings (most of the time). Reminds me how much I disliked Believe.
But his vocals were perfect and he just has That presence!

Adam looks like Conrad Birdie from Bye Bye Birdie.

Just no to Adam’s Ring Of Fire. A thousand times no.

I’m not impressed by Adam’s flippancy about Nashville and the Opry either. Show some respect for a genre that isn’t your own.

I’ve liked Alison and Kris best so far.

All Adam needed was a stripper pole.

I’m not a fan of Adam, but I actually think that his performance was pretty hot. Haha.

Oh. My. Gosh. Adam. I’m sleeping with my lights on tonight.

LOL @ Randy Travis’ reaction.

At this point, I can totally see Kris Allen taking it all.

Well…. I give Adam major points for not talking back to the judges.

Well, now we know he won’t compromise, but that’s really not the route to the title

Freakin me out a bit Adam…..lol

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not impressed by Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s flippancy about Nashville and the Opry either. Show some respect for a genre that isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t your own.

Word.

I’m going to have to watch Adam 100 more times to figure out what I thought of that. I sort of liked it, was sort of scared of it, and kind of amazed by it. The only thing I know for sure is that his vocals were pretty perfect. The arrangement….I don’t know.

Simon called Adam’s version “indulgent rubbish.” Wow. I don’t very often agree with Simon, but WORD! Blech!!!

that was weird

I thought that Randy’s reaction to Adam was amusing, and I love Adam. I thought his peformance was awesome.

UGH Adam. Simon hit the nail on the head. Indulgent. What a mess.

Adam’s version of ‘Ring of Fire’ was amazing.

OMG. Randy Travis is a very polite guy, but you just know on the inside he was going OMGWTFBBQ!

And after that performance from Adam, I’m sort of doing the same. Boi’s got mad talent and skill, but dude. Seriously?

Thanks God Simon is prepared to veer from the script when necessary. IMO Adam was truly awful. He’ll be fine with his fan base, but the judges need to be honest. You could tell none of them really liked it, but only Simon was prepared to call it.

Yes Adam HOT! Was that your BFF in the audience next to your mother? Cool

I don’t know what to think of Adam. I’d have to watch it a multitude of times to decide, and I’m not sure I want to.

I don’t think he’s dissing Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry at all. I think he recognizes he wouldn’t be at all welcome there and that what he does would never translate to anything there. These are facts. He’s well aware of how things are. He didn’t say they suck…he just said he has no plans to go that route.

LOVED Adam- coolest arrangement ever! Just preordered the studio version.

Well, now we know he wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t compromise, but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s really not the route to the title

He should have use this week as an excuse to sing a song straight to show his voice.

OMG. Randy Travis is a very polite guy, but you just know on the inside he was going OMGWTFBBQ!

Lol! That was great.

Holy Hell Adam, wtf was THAT?

I think I agree with Kara..it was strange, but good, and it still made me happy…

But WTF was that?!!?

It was like nothing Idol’s seen before, heck, it was like nothing I’VE seen before!

Adam is nothing if not original…I think it was Slumdog meets country….LOVED IT. This was really an up to date version of that song…AND he performed the hell out of it….

It WAS awesome…sorry people

If the American Public is as uptight and straight laced as we are led to believe, then Adam is dead in the water, right now. If America has the ability to laugh at itself and see the performance for what is was (totally tongue in cheek, IMHO and poking fun at a them week most people seem to hate) then he will do fine.

Still Laughing!!

That’s probably the antithesis of what Kris did. It wasn’t pretty, it was probably the last thing you should expect to see on Idol and it will probably lose him a ton of votes.

“I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s dissing Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry at all. I think he recognizes he wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be at all welcome there and that what he does would never translate to anything there. These are facts. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s well aware of how things are. He didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say they suckà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he just said he has no plans to go that route.”

Word.

I LOVE Johnny Cash beyond words and I think he would have been fine with Adam’s Ring of Fire. Cash himself made his mark on a lot of other artists’ music in his last 10 years, doing his own haunting takes on Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, Bob Marley, Depeche Mode, etc. It’s already an intense song that I thought Adam did a pretty cool job of.

Simon is a bit grumpy tonight, except really for Kris(who I’m sorry was about as bland as they come). He’s just downgrading the “favorites”

Adam definitely is unique. that’s all I got:) Not sure if it was absolutely brilliant or amazingly awful but I will remember it.

Scott is singing the same song every week…

Thank God Adam gives us at least something to talk about! You love him or hate him but you won’t forget him

*shock*

What. the. F*ck. Was. That?!

Interesting, yes.
High quality? Um…where’s the stripper pole?

Damn, Adam….it’s a damn shame that boy is gay.

God, Adam’s gonna take a BEATING from the critics this week. Oh no, oh no.

He should’ve shown off his voice this week with an awesome ballad like Kris did.

Way to go Adam! Stay true to yourself! That reminded me of something you’d hear at a Cirque du Soleil performance. I’m not loving his outfit tonight, but I enjoyed the song.

And Ms Chaos…I was thinking the same exact thing about his BFF in the audience!

Scott is a great guy. He plays the piano really beautifully. And yet? Boring. And pitchy.

But he sort of got a hairstyle, almost.

What the hell was with Simon’s “You shouldn’t go to Nashville” crap? Does he really think Adam has any intention of pursuing country? He took a song from a genre he isn’t suited for and worked out a version he could perform. Personally, given that Johnny Cash was a pretty open minded guy (he covered NIN’s “Hurt” for heaven’s sake), I think he would have liked it.

Oh and Randy Travis has totally seen guys with nail polish before. Stop protesting, Randy, most people already know…

Well, if you like Scott you enjoyed that performance. That’s about all I got.

Okay, I took a listen over at Rickey’s. I literally LOL’d at certain points in Adam’s performance. So I guess I was entertained. W/o a visual, I can’t help imagining a stage, a backdrop, costumes…very Broadway. It needs a dance number!

America may not be ready for Adam, but I sure as hell am! OMG!!

Adam was hot, but I was kinda liking the judges’ comments. FINALLY they are willing to give SOME critiques without heavy irrelevant pimping.

America may not be ready for Adam, but I sure as hell am! OMG!!

ME TOO!

My husband however, did wonder what the hell was happening during Adam’s performance.

I’m just going by the MP3s but I FLOVED Adam!! That’s the REAL Adam!! HOT DAYUM!!

omg scott is getting toast. yay!

Scott is so blah.

Dear Adam,

Okay, I was sorta in your corner before. But now I’m suddenly Mickey from Rocky ready to put ice on your shiner and tell you to keep the eye of the tiger. You got balls, kid. Big ones. Not that I didn’t know that from your wardrobe choices. :innocent1_tb: Don’t ever ever ever change.

Love,

Me

P.S. Hands down, my favorite country week performance ever.
P.S.S. “And Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m glad it was a polarizing performance, because thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the best kind. ”

I liked Adam’s performance.

Adam’s performance reminded me a lot of Daughtry singing What IF.
Except I didn’t like Daughtry that week.

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s probably the antithesis of what Kris did. It wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t pretty, it was probably the last thing you should expect to see on Idol and it will probably lose him a ton of votes

I have more respect for Kris for what he did. Just sit down, no bells and whistles and just SING.

Yes, Adam’s Ring of Fire is definitely NOT what you’d typically see on the AI stage and that’s why …. I loved it. I think Randy’s summation of “Nine Inch Nails meets country” was right on. Can’t wait for the video.

Love him or hate him, Adam’s the one everyone will be talking about tomorrow. lolz

Adam totally channeled Jeff Buckley. I loved it, and I’ve been just “nearly” sold on Adam until recently. And I’m glad it was a polarizing performance, because that’s the best kind.

Haha, Scotty, your performance did nothing for me, but the “we can move it closer” re: the piano, LMAO, I love YOU!

Dug Adam’s performance– the sitar thing made me imagine him in Moulin Rouge– hot! Kris was good too, liked him. Don’t remember anyone else so far.

seriously Scott sounds like he is singing the same song every week

Scott is singing the same song every weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Lol, that is so true.

You got balls, kid.

Sums it up right there sunchick. He isn’t going to let anyone walk all over him. Notice he didn’t say a word to the judges, he wasn’t going to upset that apple cart he had already turned upside down. I think I will vote for him twice as much tonight just because I think he has no end of moxie and won’t get walked all over when he becomes a recording artist.

Adam Is the Idol Queen umm i mean King for doing this tune this way! loved it, just loved it!!!!

My husband however, did wonder what the hell was happening during Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance.

My husband literally stopped in his tracks and gushed over the amazingness of it- and he’s not an Adam fan.

When Randy Travis told him he had seen a guy where nail polish I sbout spit out my beer. Um Randy everyone knows your gay so don’t act like you’ve never seen that…PUUULLEEEZE!

Not sure Adam is my thing. I do tend to like a singer’s singer, something more stripped down. BUT, I sure hope Adam is around until the end. He’s keeping this season afloat. And this show has never seen anything like him, especially this deep into the season. He’s good for the show, IMO.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just going by the MP3s but I FLOVED Adam!! Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the REAL Adam!! HOT DAYUM!!

You didn’t miss much. Except for the smirking, the shirt-lifting, and, of course, the tongue thing he always does.

Haha, Scotty, your performance did nothing for me, but the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“we can move it closerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  re: the piano, LMAO, I love YOU!

That was funny.

P.S. Simon, you’ve clearly never ever seen Billy Joel in concert, at least before he became ancient these last few years. Cuz, um, Billy may be the Piano Man, but ahem, the man puts on a helluva energetic concert, most of it NOT sitting at the piano!

Now, that’s a perfect look for Poison Ivy.

They totally made Alexis up to look like Dolly. Nice touch.

Not feeling Alexis’ Jolene. Course, that is probably one of my top 5 fave songs of all time.

Disappointed by Alexis’s performance. Great song but she sounded tight and didn’t really show off her softer side.

What’s really impresive about this season is that there are absolutely no trainwrecks so far.

alexis was not good at all

Wrong, Paula, she was not vulnerable enough. She sang it like she sang Dirty Diana. Which is WRONG.

Alexis’s hair and make-up are aging her tonight, I think. Especially the hair.

I am becoming an Adam fan. That was a brave, original song choice and performance, and a darned hard song to sing. Didn’t sound very country, but Adam is about as far from country as you can get.

SHUT UP RANDY!!!!!! SHUT UP Kara. SHUT up Paula and SImon.

OTT Praise for Adam’s crap and put down ALexis who did fabulous.

wow. judges are much cooler this week. I’m ok with that, tho because I had been sick of that over pimping of TCO’s.

Dirty it up, more like give it up.

This week has been a bit or a wreck…
I didn’t like what Alexis was doing there, It’s not something that makes me care.

Adam is smarter than all the other contestants combined. Can’t they shut up a bit?

Well, I’m now certain that Kara is an ass. How can she tell Alexis to do the same song every week? That performance was incredible. There’s so much power in that tiny body! She doesn’t need to be dirty every time.

Please contestants- don’t ever ever listen to Kara!!!

Are they encouraging the backtalk this year? What’s going on? And Kara, nice suggestions on the two Carrie songs for Alexis … very original lol!!

Alexis was kinda blah. Her Jolene wasn’t terrible, but like I’ve said about her once before…it just LACKED something. She’s always good, but it just always is missing something for me.

She’s going to “dirty it up next week.” Oh, Lord! The nekkid is a’comin’!!!!

Kara’s starting to freak me out.

Good God…what a f****n mess…..

I wanted Adam to be run over by pickup…my God he sucks!! Literally and figuratively…..

Alexis SUCKED worse than Adam…. and enough alread with the “dirty” bullshit…you’re a little girl in mommies clothes….please get off my TV.

I don’t even remember the blind kid’s name…..that’s how forgettable he is….

Kris was good, actually understood WTF this week is about, but so far, that’s it.

What a hot, smelly mess…..

I dont know what the hell Adam just did, but I love him.

I’ll admit to enjoying Adam last week, but tonight??? That kind of made me uncomfortable and a little spooked…

I really did NOT like it, and I agree with a comment previously that his comments were a little flip as to the genre. Doesn’t have to be his cup of brew, but show a little respect.

JMO

I like Kris so far for being simple about his arrangement and performance and I like Adam for being completely opposite that. It was weird and fun and haunting and memorable.

I really liked Alexis with Jolene. Yep, I believed she was in fear of losing her man. I liked her so much more than Brooke last year.

I don’t think that’s Adam’s BFF with his Mother I think it’s his Brother. He has one that is 2 yrs younger than him and I believe his name is Neil. Adam is what’s making this season fun to watch. I’m the older MIdwestener, Bible Belt lady and I just loves Adam. He has me under his spell.

I thought Alexis just missed it, this week. I just felt uncomfortable for her!

And now for Danny G….what he must be thinking after Adam’s performance!

I think Alexis will totally cover up her skin next time. That would be “changing it up.”

Danny Fundie Gokey doing a song with Jesus in title? I Never! Who woulda thunk it?

I.Love.Adam. His performance was HOT! I’m still trying to catch my breath! He’s not everyone’s cup to tea, but that’s why he appeals to me the most. The more he changes things up, the more I like and respect him. He always stays true to himself. If he’s willing to take risks this early in the game, I can’t wait to see what other surprises he brings to the table as the season progresses and the stakes get higher.

Also, I didn’t think he was being disrespectful to the genre whatsoever. Every season, the judges go on about making a song your own and being yourself. Then when a contestant does that, they back peddle and say they should have performed it like the original. His reply about not having any intention of heading to Nashville was not a dig at country music or its artists, but simply his acknowledgement that he is very well aware this genre is not for him, but he gave it his all as only he can.

kara should be eliminated next year.

Ok, the reactions to Adam here are cracking me up. ha!!!!

Please girls stop mention to give you a second chance next week, that come across very desperate.

OMG. I hated Adam’s performance. Agree with Simon 100%. Ack.

sma11ie ~ I totally got the Moulin Rouge meets Velvet Goldmine vibe from Adam’s RoF. Just pre-ordered the vid and audio at iTunes. In total agreement with those who said the polarizing performances are the best kind. Totally awesome!

Aw, disappointed in my other fave, Alexis tonight. She looked pretty though.

Whoa, there’s Danny …. hit the mute button!

I wish that the judges would stop telling Alexis to be “dirty.”

My god but Kara is annoying, what with the pushing for Alexis to get even more slutty. WTH.

Danny…damnit boy…try to hit at least ONE note in tune!!!!

Lys
Mar 17th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just going by the MP3s but I FLOVED Adam!! Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the REAL Adam!! HOT DAYUM!!

You didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t miss much. Except for the smirking, the shirt-lifting, and, of course, the tongue thing he always does.

I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT THEN!! :jittery_tb:

Are we supposed to believe that Danny is some sort of “angel” with that white jacket? Ugh.

His singing is FAR from angelic……heh.

Ugghh… Danny…Jesus hold my hair while I hurl….

Danny, I hate you and your f*cking white jacket.

No wedding ring this week.

Get ready for the judges’ gushing.

I hate you, Danny.

The judges are going to love this.
I couldn’t hate it more

Danny….now that was horrible! and watch judges praise him…for what? The jacket needs to go, he looks like a snowman!

^Yeah, I’m by no means an Adam fan, but I didn’t think there was anything disrespectful about his comments at all.

Tonguebath in 3…2…

Danny was terrible. He was off-key the entire time. Hate.

Brilliant, Paula? Really?

I hope Carrie is cringing.

Danny was not that good. I just don’t get it.

Danny is really lucky he brought it back at the end…the beginning was very shaky and off key….is Paula on CRACK…..it was ok but not Brilliant….

Aaaaand, Paula is now able to read Carrie Underwood’s mind.

Folks, we’ve officially gone down the rabbit hole.

And Simon? The beginning of the song was way off tune, not ‘held back’. Jay-zus.

kara:
what was it like shopping with taylor?
make love to your husband
dirty it up
so megan
so kris allen
here comes danny!
etc.

Why do they keep calling Danny brilliant? How many notes did he ACTUALLY hit?

Someone mentioned–maybe it was MJ herself–that they didn’t know what Danny’s genre is–I can tell you RIGHT NOW what this is–this is Christian Rock. This is Michael Smith and Amy Grant. That’s what he is, and there’s no getting around it.

They’re setting this season up to be the gay boi versus the christian fundamentalist. Weird. Horrid. I blame the fact that they are British and probably think that’s humorous.

Danny blew it. Lame.

Ugh, Danny. Bleh. Really gaspy. And that lab coat/parka combination. Just go away.

bleck. Danny makes Adam so much more enjoyable. Danny really really needs to get over himself. Another pair of new glasses? Please is that what your dead wife’s foundation is for? It’s the buy Danny a New Pair of Glasses Daily Fund!

Ok, come on Anoop!! Redeem yourself!

OMG. I hated Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance. Agree with Simon 100%. Ack.

He simply sucked. Danny wasn’t great either. The two judges who don’t matter actually gave him valid critiques. The beginning verses weren’t offkey, they were boring. He hit his stride at the chorus, went pretty off in some spots and saved it at the end. Simon simply avoid critiquing him at all.

I think we got ourselves some new frontrunners tonight.

I can’t believe I like Randy the most of the 4 tonight!!!!
Anoop is next, does that mean Megan has the pimp spot??? WAHOU

Adam was awesome. Didn’t like him first week, thought second was much better, this time loved it.

It might be because he teared the genre I hate apart. I a brilliant way. *Adam tard in making*

Without this whole church/sob story staff I believe I could have also liked Gokey.

My favorite Kara moment of the night so far? When she told Alexis she should have picked a song with “more angst” … um, could there be a more angst-filled song than “Jolene”?

(Although IMO Alexis could have sung it with more angst…)

Ms. Potato Mar 17th, 2009 at 9:06 p

Adam totally channeled Jeff Buckley. I loved it, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been just à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“nearlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  sold on Adam until recently. And Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m glad it was a polarizing performance, because thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the best kind.

Rickey has Adam’s video up.

Ms. Potato, ITA. That wordless bridge was pure Buckley, who is one of Adam’s musical influences. I think his Ring of Fire was artistry at a level we’ve never seen before on AI.

Y’all had me nervous and expecting something skeery, like Constantine’s Nickelback swan song. But Adam’s performance was actually very restrained and intimate.

Just. Wow.

I’m really starting to root for Kris and Allison.

Me and my friends must just be missing something. None of us like Danny AT ALL. his voice is just not that strong…and hes not attactive either. Cant tand to look at him or listen to him…its going to be a long 10 weeks…

Danny isn’t bad. He’s just boring. THat’s all.

All I can say about Adam, is he really is taking us all on a ride and I’M LOVIN IT!!!!!!

I didn’t think Danny was THAT good but I found him more tolerable than Adam.

He simply sucked. Danny wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t great either. I think we got ourselves some new frontrunners tonight.

And that is exactly why it’s premature to crown a winner one week into the finals.

Conspiracy Theory #479: They really want Anoop, Megan and Matt on the tour, thus the end-of-night slots.

Let’s hope they deliver.

Come on, Anoop and Megan!

that would be really sad, if that is what their trying to do… I just feel when the judges see Adam and Danny coming they put on their rose colored glasses, like they are superior or something, it turns me off to them big time. call it like it is….Adam was borderline scary and Danny was waaaay off in the beginning, but he did pull it off in the end…so far…Kris and Allison were the best! I am waiting to see what My boy matt brings…..if he does well tonight he will really redeem himself…

#Ugghhà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Jesus hold my hair while I hurlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

:jittery_tb:

Ok, it’s official, Kara needs to stop saying the same thing as Randy. Please stop making Alexis dirty things up. That perfromance wasn’t great, not because it wasn’t dirty. I appreciated the verses in Danny’s Jesus Take the Wheel because it did tell a story. I know he’s like the antichrist around these parts, but Danny’s personality is annoying me less and less– everything I’ve read points to the other contestants really liking him, and the Matt G parachute jacket was pretty funny. The group dancing last week was douchey, but I read somewhere that he did it to poke fun at the dancing comments from his performance the night before. My jury’s still out on his personality, but I’m gonna keep gathering data– I mean, I might as well, since he’s gonna be around a bit, and I do enjoy parts of each of his performances.

Ugghhà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Jesus hold my hair while I hurlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

ROFL … I couldn’t even stand to watch his performance, much less listen to it, but THIS had me literally laughing out loud. A Worster couldn’t have said it better.

T

Danny wasn’t as good as last week, and the first part of the song was kinda of a mess. Far from brilliant!

Noopy sounds good!!!!

Danny is starting to show vocal strain. I’m not sure he’ll be able to make it to the finale as Paula predicted.

Can’t keep up with comments, but concerning Danny. That was truly bad, as in really bad. I don’t get the judges, nor do I get the producers if he’s really who they prefer to win.

The only word I have for him, aside from the lack of performance skill and maybe even talent, is pandering. And, ya know, it makes my stomach turn. Awful.

Sorry for those who love the guy. But, I get a whole lack of genuineness vibe that I just can’t shake. Sorry.

ETA: Oh, and the whole look — like a producer saw his untucked frumpy countryboy shirt and faded wrinkled jeans AGAIN and threw him a WHITE JACKET — channeling angel versus devil (Adam) would be hilarious, were I not totally gagging and disgusted by the — yes, you guessed it — pandering.

C’mon America, don’t be fooled…

Danny isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bad. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just boring. THatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s all.

No, he’s bad. Dead wife pimping. Obnoxious hip thrusting. Prosperity gospeling Danny. I am actively rooting against him.

I saw Adam’s video and it wasn’t scary or nothing. I wouldn’t *vote* for it…For me it was good in a novelty kind of way, but every performance from him has seem so put-on to me. I would love to see something authentic and honest from him.

I am waiting to see what Matty G does too.

I think Adam is damn talented, he really just is a little bit over the top.
Just a tinsy bit.

sma11ie ~ I totally got the Moulin Rouge meets Velvet Goldmine vibe from Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s RoF.

Hee, two of my favorite movies, like, ever. The Roxanne tango is so brils.

Boy, when I predicted we were going to get devil Adam and angel Danny, I was, like, understating it, wasn’t I? Danny overreached thinking the Jesus song was a slam dunk. Who knew country week could actually be fun and the opposite of snoozeville.

WTG Anoop.

Anoop is channeling Michael Bolton on this one.

ANOOP FTW!

Now THAT is the best I’ve ever heard Anoop sing. Way to go, Anoop. You made Willie and Elvis proud.

ANoop was better…a little Kareokee though…

I’m loving Anoop’s hair. He looks so cute.
I guess many people will love that. I think he did well, but to me it was boring. And I expected something to come from it by the end but it was kinda meh. I don’t think he has that amazing vocals.
Very safe and Karaoke.

Pauler’s drunk….Anoop hit one, good for him.

I loved Anoop tonight. Floved.

Ok, I may be alone, but I don’t think Danny was anywhere near as bad as y’all think. And he wasn’t as off-pitch as everyone says either. Were there pitch problems? Sure, but the entire song wasn’t off key.

Great song choice by Anoop – bravo!

Anoop ROCKED!

That was absolutely gorgeous. I’m so proud of Anoop. Well done!!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m really starting to root for Kris and Allison.

THIS.

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe I like Randy the most of the 4 tonight!!!!

Same here. Weird, huh? He even talked about breath support!! *gasp* He actually knows something about singing!

ETA: I thought Anoop just did fantastic. Much better than his performance last week, anyway.

I thought the beginning of Jesus Take the Wheel was way better than the end. =P Stupid Kara and Randy can’t give good criticism. He pretty much was screaming, running out of breath and it was TOO big for him.
I HATE YOU DANNY.

ANOOP WAS AMAZING!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Anybody who has watched an interview with Adam knows he would not say anything disrespectful. He knows he is not a country artist, so yeah, he won’t be at the GOO.
If anyone was disrespectful, it was Randy Travis, what planet does Travis live on that he has never seen any guys with nail polish or who look like Adam. He is in the music business for crying out loud.
Adam was brilliant. That was in no way creepy, go listen to his vocals, the boy is an amazing singer, He did not scream this week, very controlled, if you ask me. I love this kid, he is what makes Idol for me this year.

I thought Anoop did really well. Wasn’t blown away. But it was good.

Yes, ANOOP!!

Danny is starting to show vocal strain.

Very noticeable.

I honesty have NO CLUE why AI wants Danny Okey Dokey Hokey Gokey to win. He sucks! Half of his notes were off this week and last week. He is not good-looking, his voice sounds like he needs to cough up a big ball of mucus, and he is offputtingly full of himself. Furthermore, he is not relevant or current, and he will not sell records. I would compare him to Taylor Hicks, but Taylor is a better singer.

AOOOP!!!!! Way to go….goes to show you sometimes when you just sing..and not be over the top…it pays off….Hopefully Matt G . follows suit…

So Anoop is 1 and a half for 4, good for him

Way to go Anoop!

“Yes maam” to Paula…good Carolina boy!

Anoop….did well. His fans are going to be over the top with this performance and I’ll be right there with them. He’s a “stand up at the mike singer” whose vocals really shine when his body is still and quiet. Liked it alot.

Now I let out a BIG SIGH OF RELIEF for Anoop. *SIGH*

Really not in Danny’s camp at ALL…and I didn’t care for Alexis or Lil tonight either.

Guess, for me so far, it’s Kris and Anoop ~ who knew?

Anoop sang real purty. This is the first time I’ve been impressed with him on the show. Hopefully he can keep it up. Meh, I’m still voting for Alexis tonight. I really liked that.

Kris
Anoop
Allison

Best performances of the night.

When Randy Travis told him he had seen a guy where nail polish I sbout spit out my beer. Um Randy everyone knows your gay so donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t act like youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never seen thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦PUUULLEEEZE!

He is married and has been since 1991.

Adam not so good. Really liked Kris and Allison. Didn’t like the beginning for Danny… his register was too low. I really liked Anoop. He did a good job. Lil talked waaay too much…too much “lip”

Anoop was awesome!

That wordless bridge was pure Buckley, who is one of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s musical influences. I think his Ring of Fire was artistry at a level weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never seen before on AI.

Yes! Forget now who said this upthread, but I couldn’t agree more. Rickey has the audio up and it’s incredible. I really hope Adam doesn’t win and will be snatched up by some forward-thinking studio who will let ADAM be ADAM. Wow.

Anoop was okay. Thought it was a safe choice. Typical AI stuff. Good enough, I suppose. And, hey, let me say Go Tarheels!

Yes Anoop! Great job!

Damn, Megan is pretty.

Yay Anoop! I am glad that he sung differently this week and showed people that he can really sing. He did what he needed to do.

I am actually happy for Anoop. He sang well enough to shake off the negative Sanjaya comparisons bandied about the web recently. Good for him.

i need to know what megan sings… this is almost unbearable. lol

F**ckin’ LOVED Adam. I was saying to a friend a couple of months ago that I predict the next big thing in pop music will be a middle eastern influence and, damn, if Adam didn’t just do that. And he sounded a lot like Jeff Buckley singing “Corpus Christi Carol.” That was beautiful AND sublime.

Loved Kris and Anoop too. Both were beautiful.

Jesus, please take Danny and lock him in the trunk. HATED that!!!

THANK YOU for just picking a good song and singing it well, Anoop!

So what on Megan’s wardrobe looks like it possibly malfunctioned?

Kill me now. Megan sounds good.

Megan is just sooooooo mannered. Probably to make up for the lack of singing skills. What’s with the overpronunciation? This is just horrid in every way.

*sigh*

I’m trying to like Megan. I really am. She seems like a sweet girl, and there’s something about her tone of voice that resembles Natasha Bedingfield’s. But her annunciation…. just… no.

ANOOP, BABYYY!

Megan is breathtakingly beautiful!!!! makes me forget about that ugly ass tattoo she has….but it makes her who she is…She sang well too…I liked it!

You know what, I kinda liked Megan’s performance. Good song choice. Even if every note wasn’t perfect, I liked her approach to the song.

I’m so happy for Anoop!

Megan is a little too green for me. She has great natural talent, but she really needs to learn how to make her voice work for her. The vocal crack, the interesting dancing… she just needs a bit of work. She could be really, really good, but she needs some training.

Knowing she was sick adjusts my thoughts a bit, but I thought the same thing last week, too.

After watching it again, I have officially confirmed my opinion that Adam was amazing. It was completely ridiculous, but I’m someone who likes to embrace the crazy. He is the one who keeps me watching every week, and the vocals were just perfect tonight.

Adam was brilliant. That was in no way creepy, go listen to his vocals, the boy is an amazing singer, He did not scream this week, very controlled, if you ask me.

ITA. He needed to do a restrained song this week and he did. He just did it in a non-traditional way. IMHO, it was way more interesting than just another ballad would have been. And he showed amazing control, to be able to maintain that smoldering restraint throughout the entire song.

Good job by Megan. Surprise, surprise. She didn’t hit all her notes but her styling worked great on this song. Influenza B got overpimped though.

I think Megan started really well, had a few off parts but overall that was pretty good

The hospital/flu pimping was not necessary. And is it that bad that I think Megan is faking the cough? She’d only cough when the judges would stop talking…

OK, I feel a little bad about hating her performance now that I know she’s been sick. The flu is no fun.

Anoop was great! Oh no, sympathy flu votes will keep Megan around another week. I loved that Randy mentioned trainwreck but still pimped her— WHAT?! Some really bad notes there. I guess she’s sick, yeah, but a TON of contestants were pretty sick last season, and we only really heard about KLC and Ramiele. I dunno, the extra sympathy was a bit much for me.

It doesn’t smell good for Michael, Scott and Alexis. I really hope one of the first two go.

Matt is getting pimped a lot, last week he was 12th and now on the pimp spot!

I really like Megan’s performance. But did they really have to bring up that she was sick?

Megan…..that didn’t suck at all! CAW, CAW! Btw….as sexist as it is….nice rack

Ok…I know we have one more, but so far my going home vote is for Scott. He just doesn’t have the charisma to be a performer….he’s a good pianist and probably does well with his family group, but the rest, nah just blah. And, I would rather see Michael go on tour…I think he would do much better live than Scott would.

I had the flu last week (missed 3 days of class). Good for Megan if she can still sing despite being that sick.

I get what Megan is aiming for … kind of a Madeleine Peyroux type style. But so far she hasn’t shown the ability to really pull it off. Her audition came closest.

Does anyone think Megan got the bird flu? LOL

She’s very pretty and has a sweet personality and I believe she will have a great career in Hollywood, but she won’t have a career in singing.

Megan has such an interesting tone to her voice. She needs to train her voice for vocal control.

scott can GTFO.

from the sounds of it… he had the most lackluster performance of the night… and I don’t think I could take any more weeks of him performing because it is all going to sound the same… .i’m sure the producers have to have realized that by now… :/

Really LIKED Megan tonight. She really had a nice deep voice. I can hear her vocals on the radio today…nice!

Oooooo, I’m really liking Matt.

Matt is still the goatiest goat that ever goated. More so than Daughtry.

Yup, Pauler’s really drunk…..Nice job Matt…..

Anoop probably won the hat pick for You Were Always On My Mind. Scott and Matt were his possible competitors.

You know there were moments when Matt’s performance was really verging on being Great. I don’t think it got there. But he has it in him. I’m starting to see that.

I thought Matt did a nice job.

Wow, I think this is the first time my fave has ever
gotten the bells and whistles at the end!! Good job, Matt!!

GO MATT.

Simon, you damn right Matt sang better than Danny. I loved that.

Matt needs to work on his vocal control, for sure. I think nerves tend to get the best of him. But overall, I really liked him tonight.

So…

*scratches head*
… Are the judges setting him up to be the next TCO? If they are, I don’t have a problem with that, lol.

I loved Megan again this week:

ok- i pegged down megan: She starts off like UNBELIEVABLE: the way she dresses, her tone (Oo Kara just said she has the flu), her quirky tone…and it kinda falls a bit apart in the middle- not bad fall apart or ruin the entire song fall apart, but it doesn’t match the magic that she sets up at the beginning of her performance. and i think it has to do with her inexperience. she needs a vocal coach and to strengthen the weaker parts of her voice. but i love her. i loved her tonight. i love her quirky tone and intentions. and she has style.

Adam didnt get enough credit for being original- the judges take him for granted. He was awesome.

Matt was very strong tonight. Love the paino players. OMG @ KARA’s COMMENT ABOUT THERE BEING NOTHING SMALL ABOUT MATT!!!! BAHAHAHAHAH THAT WILL BE ON VFTW IN ABOUT 30 SEC.

I liked Kris a ton tonight. He was awesome. The best “moment” tonight.

Danny sang very well- i love it when he bounces all over the map in his upper register.

Ready for my shock elimination: Allison.

michael sarver should be going home.

Okay…I found my pony.

YAY Matt! That was gorgeous!

Goooooo Matt!!!!!

I thought that Matt did a good job tonight. And I am glad that the judges are being more honest tonight, and giving credit to people who were actually the best of the night, and not just the ones that they have been heavily pimped.

IMHO, Anoop, Matt and Alison were the best of the night. I also liked Adam and I thought that Kris was decent.

And I loved Ryan’s comments at the end about us having ourselves a competition and it being “on.” I agree with him.

I think if anything people need to give this season more credit.

NO trainwrecks. And its country week! Wow!

YES YES YES

My 3 favorites totally pwned everyone else tonight! Great job, guys!

And yay @ Simon saying that Matt outsang Danny!

Matt = total dark horse.

Wonder if Megan’s giving everybody inFLUenza.

Matt = total dark horse.

You better believe it!

I HEART Matt G. Always have always will! Dark horse indeed…I think the others Eclipsed the “chosen ones” tonight!!!

Mark my words….I believe Matt G. Will take it all!!!! I will not falter from that prediction….i am sticking by it….I said it about Taylor in season 5 auditions, and I said it about Matt this year… hope I’m Right

I’m only up to Alexis who I enjoyed. Didn’t get the judges at all. I loved Allison the most of the first few. Hated Adam’s performance with a passion. It was the strangest ever on idol. shudder….. Can’t wait to see Anoop!

My picks are Matt, Allison, Anoop, Kris, Megan.

The rest were meh.

My fave five in no order: Matt, Kris, Megan, Allison and Anoop.

Yay Matt G! Haha, Simon stole the Michael Buble comment from an EW blogger I think. Ok, I liked:

Matt G
Anoop
Kris
Adam
Danny.

Oh man, I feel so unoriginal– I liked all the pimpees! I swear it’s not because of the judges comments!

Nobody got pimped last year for having the flu like Megan got pimped this year. Yeah, she’s pretty. Yeah, she has an interesting voice, but not a very good one, I don’t think.

Adam is whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s making this season fun to watch. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m the older MIdwestener, Bible Belt lady and I just loves Adam.

I love u

I don’t think Matt has that great vocals, I think he doesn’t have much control and I hear his breathing way too much.
He’s been pimped from the start, but this was a bit too much, going last this week. Probably they wanted to make sure he made the tour or something.

I thought that Matt did a good job tonight. And I am glad that the judges are being more honest tonight, and giving credit to people who were actually the best of the night, and not just the ones that they have been heavily pimped.

:thumbup_tb:

voting for allison, i dont think she has a big fanbase and I think she did very well tonight

I definitely agree about Matt being the dark horse in this competition. I definitely think that he has a good chance of winning this year.

Ha! Jocelin, we think alike.

My picks tonight: Lil, Alexis, Anoop and Matt

omg… i’m starting to get freaked out because many weeks ago in hollywood when matt g sang that georgia song, i had a dream a couple of days later where he actually went on and won the entire season… i’m starting to get freaked out because he is starting to become a force to be reckoned with. i really want him to win, not only cause he is my favorite male this season, but so i can go and brag that i’m psychic lol

Hated Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance with a passion. It was the strangest ever on idol. shudderà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..

Word.

Matt was lovely. That.is.all.

Matt’s not a dark horse. Kara’s been saying all along that he was her favorite. That was pretty good. I had the same reaction as last week…not bad, but not blown away.

Nobody got pimped last year for having the flu like Megan got pimped this year. Yeah, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty. Yeah, she has an interesting voice, but not a very good one, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think.

So which season was it during the semifinals all the girls got sick and they kept bringing it up over and over?

Matt is no dark horse; he is as badly pimped as anyone else.

THe guy got a second shot after a horrible performance and then get to sing in the last two spots for the first two weeks.

Anoop, Matt, Allison and Kris are my picks for tonight.

Worst for me tonight Michael, Lil and Scott…not at all surprised.

Besides Kris and Adam, I like Anoop and Matt.

I agree Trina. I think Matt G is the dark horse as well. He did a very nice job on what was a risky song choice. I give him mad props

My fave five in no order: Matt, Kris, Megan, Allison and Anoop.

Those are my picks as well with the exception of Megan. This night turned out better than I thought it was going to.

Best of the night (in order):
Adam
Kris
Anoop
Allison
Matt

Disappointed in:
Lil
Alexis
Danny (very off key)

Bottom 3:
Scott
Michael
Megan

Going home:
Michael

About Adam: My Mom keeps going on about his ‘beautiful smile”; she doesn’t quite know what else to say. :blink_tb: :lol_wp:

Saw a clip of Adam.

DO NOT WANT

Matt has been quite pimped since day one, we’ve seen more of him than most of the others in the top 13 and he has always got great praise. Kris or Allison can be dark horses, but not Matt. At least Adam, Lil and Danny can actually sing and sing well.

Matt is a good performer just not my kind and I also think he’s very much into himself. On Vote For The Worst they had an interview where the Idols could show little known facts or talents. Matt said he did impersonations and did a very uncomplimentary one of Adam and he didn’t smile of laugh like it was a joke he was seriously being a jerk. You don’t do that to a fellow contestants unless like many posters said your very jealous, a jerk or even worse things they called him. I’ve always felt he had a real attitude, more so than Danny who gets all the flack for it. I think he has a big ego problem.

I really hope people vote for Allison, I am really afraid she gets lost in all the pity votes Michael and Scott may receive

About Adam: My Mom keeps going on about his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹beautiful smileà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ; she doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t quite know what else to say.

She could say he’s really talented in his use of eyeliner.

I wish I could do my eyes that well…

The only ones that stuck out to me were:
Anoop, because he was really good compared to last week.
Adam, cause he’s just so different. That was something….not sure what. But I will remember it. I’m still not sure if I liked or hated it.
Megan, she just hurts my ears. She is very pretty though.

Pam, this season suddenly took a turn for the better tonight. Kris, Matt, Anoop and to a lesser degree Allison and Megan all improved their games significantly. Kris, Anoop and Matt especially reminded everyone how they got this far: they can sing and actually connect to the emotions of a song. I’m really happy this many not just be the Adam and Danny show. At least not yet.

So when Adam gets crowned, will they give him a tiara? I might try to get tix to the finale just to see the guy win. I have said this b4, but i really mean it this time, if he gets the boot too early ( which i dont see happening) i will stop watching AI for the first time. The judges not giving him props for his vocals is bullshit.

Looks like Kris, Matt and Anoop will be around for awhile. I think looking good is important this year. That’s one reason I don’t think Danny or Adam will make it to the end. Too many unattractive faces when they sing. Be carefull Matt – you have a similiar problem although I picked him as a contender from the auditions. This is like S6 for me since I really have no favorites. I can see the winner/runners up endng the show without massive fanbases but still potentially selling albums like Jordin.

I spend way too much time over at Dancing with the Stars and just thinking that was way more entertaining. The judges seem very sour and unhappy but maybe that’s just me. I don’t hate anyone or think they’re untalented, I just can’t invest for some reason.

Forget the favorites, I think I may have to bet the field this year. Loved Allison, Kris, Anoop and Megan tonight.

hmmmmmmm….. im just casually watching this season..
but tonight I thin k I like Kris and Matt the best. I actually liked Alexis’ performance too.

MJ, what happened to the link for the pool?

According to Dial Idol, it looks like we’re going to lose Alexis. :cry_wp:

Sometimes I scare myself…..bringing this over

Maybe instead of Danny or Adam being a TCO, they are actually being set up as a stealth villain who is overpimped and suffers backlash?

:smirk1_ee: The plot thickens.

The best performance of the night goes to…..Jewel, who sang on “Dancing with the Stars”!

ATTENTION ADAM FANS:

Adam is close to the bottom on DialIdol. WE NEED TO VOTE!!!

it’s way too early to tell, lgm. The phones have only been open for 15 minutes and the show hasn’t even aired on the west coast. Anyone in yellow is within the margin of error to go home.

Well country night didn’t totally blow!

After all I got one hell of a performance from Adam!!!!

I hate Danny Gokey.

And his white Jacket

And his Jesus song

I personally thought he was terrible and I was actually TRYING to find good in it.

Now onto the pluses. Rewatching Adam a few times now, I loved it. That being said. America won’t.

They’ll go for Danny.

I did however, adore Anoop and Matt.

Adam, Anoop and Matt. You made me happy.

Adam in mostly black(while not red, felt like some devilish color) and Danny in white.

Final Two. I swear to it.

Love matt

jersey; But she’s at the very bottom. The judges threw her under the bus tonight, and I’m not happy about that.

Y’know, I was joking before the show started tonight that they needed Scott to get voted off the island this week or they would have to completely rework the whole tour.

Unfortunately, I think he may have made that come true.

Matt was great tonight, he gets better every week as his confidence grows. I think he’s incredibly artistic and original.

Allison is another very talented singer. I really hope she sticks around a long time.

excited by:

Matt
Allison
Alexis (I liked her Jolene, very passionate)
Anoop (finally I could see what people see in him, that was lovely)

unimpressed by:

- Lil (she is not that great to be honest)
- Danny (way overrated by the judges, he is NOT a great singer by any stretch of the imagination, he just has a lot of confidence and he dances around a lot. He’s like a religious Taylor on helium)
- Scott (everything sounds the same, very bland and AC)
- Michael (not bad, but why does he say he’s not a country singer?)
- Megan (just too wierd)
- Kris (as Simon would say, utterly forgettable)
- Adam (frightening and I’ll probably have nightmares tonight)

I really hope that Adam and Danny are not in the finale, either one of them. As of now, I want to see Allison and Matt.

LOL cat, I said the same thing in chat.

I hate it, ALexis is and Allison are in the bottom on DI right now

MJ, what happened to the link for the pool?

I disable the sidebars when the site gets busy.

Here’s the link:

http://www.funofficepools.com

I’ll put the widget back up in a bit.

I think I’ll take a screencap of DI for prosperity because I think the chances of ever seeing Matt AND Kris above Adam will never happen again :laugh_tb:

I disagree with the judges. Best for me of the night was Adam by a clear mile. It was just really interesting to hear and watch. Liked it. Everyone else? meh.

If TPTB want anyone aside from The Ghoulish Widower (tm Kristen B) to win, they better do something because Danny so far is leading DI every week. My tummy aches every time I see it.

wowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦judging by these comments, it really is gonna be love it or hate it for Adam for the rest of the season. and you know what? I LOVED IT! Adam is unique and creative and grabs your attention and keeps you wanting more. He was the only stand out on country night. Everyone else sounded exactly the same with country (maybe with the exception of Megan). To make Country innovative and unique and interesting on this show, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve gotta change it up. And I think Adam did a brilliant job. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not sticking to Idol norms for his performances and that might make Simon annoyed but its going to bring the show LOTS of ratings from the younger crowd. Adam is the sole reason the kids today are still watching this show at this point. I still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if he will win, but I know he is going to go pretty darn far, and he will get a record contract out of this show no matter what. Go Glambert!

Thanks, MJ.

Matt said he did impersonations and did a very uncomplimentary one of Adam and he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t smile of laugh like it was a joke he was seriously being a jerk.

Adam named Matt G as the one he’d most like to see make top 13 as a WC after he went through for his week. He said they sang together a bit during the group song and he really liked Matt. I think they’re friends, and Matt was joking.

I get what Megan is aiming for à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ kind of a Madeleine Peyroux type style. But so far she hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t shown the ability to really pull it off. Her audition came closest.

Oddly enough, my husband has on Sirius in the kitchen and Madeleine Peyroux was singing just as Megan finished. While I had the same thought you did, Megan has an interesting tone but she doesn’t hold it throughout and she gets really sloppy. She looked great though.

I thought all the girls looked great actually. Loved Allison’s performance. I though Alexis and Lil sang well but seemed a little tentative. At least both captured the mood their respective songs.

I didn’t hate Danny – but I never do. I like his voice, but I just really hate that stupid song and his outfit made him look like the StayPuff Marshmallow man after a few too many days in the pantry.

Anoop was GREAT tonight! He looked adorable too!

I know I’m in the minority here, but I… really didn’t like Adam’s performance. I guess I’m not one of the cool kids.

Matt and Scott are kind of interchangable to me. I guess I like Matt’s voice better than Scott’s because I find Scott’s voice to be flat. But I liked Scott this week better than last week, and liked Matt better last week than this week. I thought he started the song horribly and it wasn’t an exciting performance. meh.

I give Michael props for singing an unapologetic country song, but the back-sassing was not a good idea.

I like Kris and can see where he would fit in the music world today, but I didn’t enjoy the performance anywhere near as much as the judges.

I have no idea who’s going to the B3.

Duke Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

Duke, I second that emotion.

Mr. “Il Divo” Cowell can’t appreciate classically gorgeous vocals? After his praise for Jason’s rendition of Hallelujah last season, we know he likes Jeff Buckley’s falsetto. Simon loathes country music, so he of all people should appreciate Adam’s reinterpretation.

I really, sincerely do not understand what the judges see in Megan. I don’t care if she’s knocking on death’s door, the funky enunciation, stilted mannerisms, and more than a couple wonky notes made the whole thing cringe-worthy for me. Yes, she’s a beautiful girl, but…meh. And did we really need ALL FOUR judges AND Ryan to mention that she was sick? Excuses much? Eesh.

My picks are Matt, Allison, Anoop, Kris, Megan.

I honestly think the group that seems to be regarded as the second string actually did better tonight!!!
Sorry, y’all, just did not care for Adam’s performance.
Love Danny’s song, but not his take on it.
Lil, what happened?
Alexis, loved the second half, but not the first.
Scott, love you, but need some variation.
Michael, hard to go first, but why did you pick that song, also?

Matt, I bet Carrie loved it.
Allison, didn’t like the song, but you have massive talent.
Anoop, Paula echoed me at home, saying “Anoop is back!” Absolutely gorgeous.
Kris, beautiful song, and the camera loves you. Do you have a brother? I need a son-in-law.
Megan, sounded like the Rosemary Clooney meets Adele meets Patsy Cline, and your dress was Marilyn Monroe goes to Woodstock…but all in a good way.

Megan’s a funny one for me. One minute(all in the same song mind you) I like her voice and in the next minute I’ll cringe and wonder what the heck she’s doing.

She has these moments and then she’ll kill them completely.

She’s very bizarre to me.

Duke Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

ATTENTION ADAM FANS:

Adam is close to the bottom on DialIdol. WE NEED TO VOTE!!!

I’ll be voting for Adam in 2.5 hours on the West Coast.

Take heart, Duke. Less than 30 minutes into voting, Adam has jumped to the middle of the pack.

My rankings for tonight:

1. Anoop- He was, by far, the best of the night. Should have gotten the pimp spot.

2. Allison- Solid. Love her.

3. Matt- I like Matt a lot. Hate his goatiness, falsetto, and uninspired song choice though.

4. Kris- I love that the middle-packers did really well tonight. He’s steadily becoming one of my favorites.

5. Adam- THANK YOU ADAM for not talking back. Seems like a great guy, but the performance freaked me out a little. At least he knows who he is?

6. Alexis- She was solid, but nothing spectacular.

7. Scott- Nice, but forgettable.

8. Lil- THANK YOU LIL for not singing “I Will Always Love You.” Don’t listen to the judges. I think Lil did the best she could considering country is so out of her element.

9. Megan- She sounded better than last week….

10. Michael- A little karaoke. I think he’s in danger of leaving tomorrow night.

11. Danny- By far, the very worst of the night. Simon talked about his outfit just so he could AVOID talking about how much the performance SUCKED.

Totally loved Allison performance of one of my favorite Patti Loveless song’s.

She had that edge like Patti has, love the bigness of her voice, love how she puts everything she has into every song that she sings.

She has to make the top ten!!!

I want to see her perform live!!!

Gracie77:

I really, sincerely do not understand what the judges see in Megan.

Megan is pretty and has a quirky personality and I think 19m wants to manage her for something other than singing. And I’m sure they know that she will not be able to sing live without lip syncing. So they want to promote her another way. Megan will be great in commercials and other television appearances, but she is not a singer.

Alexis seems in really bad shape at DI… which is funny considering that article from today.
Danny’s lead is something, the dude really has the huge fanbase.

I’m still scared, Terrie. Ill be voting for the next 2 hrs. Anyone one with unlimited texts find it worth it??!! i might be changing my plan to vote for the guy every week.

Adam- THANK YOU ADAM for not talking back. Seems like a great guy, but the performance freaked me out a little.

You know, there was a lot of talking back tonight. A LOT.

Don’t they know not to do that?

So yay for Adam taking it like a man…

Adam, Alexis and Danny need to get off my damned TV, they are OVER pimped for the half-asses singers that they are….seriously sucked tonite….please go home…

Pauler was waaaay drunk tonite…..funny actually….

Voting for Allison. I hate seeing her so low on DialIdol. She’s great and she had a solid performance tonight. I wish they’d give her the pimp spot.

I loved the whole show! Absolutely loved Adam’s performance! Thank goodness Anoop is back. Great job.

Lil disappointed me the most. If you can sing, you should be able to sing anything and she had a lot of trouble tonight.

^Yeah, I see what you’re saying, lovegoodmusic. And I’m not so naive as to think of AI as a pure singing competition. But she just hasn’t, IMO, shown herself to be anything more than a walking gimmick in a pretty package, and it rankles.

Maybe instead of Danny or Adam being a TCO, they are actually being set up as a stealth villain who is overpimped and suffers backlash?

I can buy that The pimping started so early for those two and I can’t imagine they think they can maintain the OTT pimping for the entire season. They better start gassing up the bus for Danny though, if DI is anything to go by (blech)

Even if Adam ends up at the bottom which he won’t, the judges will save him.

There’ve been weeks that I thought he was in a totally different league than everyone else in a good way, but this week was terrible because Adam put himself ahead of the song. When Adam is great and he can be great (like last week and when he sang Satisfaction), he’s still putting the song first.

Very good job by Matt, he’s my favorite of the night. His sincerity came through on So Small and he did a good change up on it. He wasn’t perfect vocally but he still outsang just about everybody tonight. Kara almost ruined it with her comment about nothing about him being small though. Hello?

But Matt’s an example of the judges putting style over vocals, which they’ve done with Megan and Alexis. If they like your style and think you’re staying true to it then they’ll praise you and ignore vocal mishaps like they don’t matter. What’s annoying about that is that they’ll point out vocal problems only if they don’t like your style or don’t think you were true to it so they’re not consistent.

No one was flat out fantastic but Matt, Anoop, and Megan were good, Allison, Kris, and Michael were OK, Danny and Alexis were a level below them, and Lil, Scott, and Adam were all weak IMO.

I’m not surprised about Adam. He was really bad tonight. I am worried about Alexis and Allison, though. Anoop was the best of the night for me. Loved him! He really showed his voice. :wub_tb:

My favorites tonight were Anoop, Allison, Matt, and Alexis.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Matt has that great vocals, I think he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have much control and I hear his breathing way too much.

I don’t know if his vocals are technically great or not, but I did notice the breathy thing in his studio recording. It drove me bonkers. Not so much live though.

Well…I haven’t read anything else yet…so here I go!
!) Tonight was thoroughly entertaining…AFTER Lil, EXCEPT…(brings me to #2)
2) If Kris Allen doesn’t go through after tonight, I think I may lose a little faith in America, because Wow, just WOW!~!!!

My opinion in order of performances:

Michael S. He’s in trouble unless he already has a fan base that keeps him in, or some peeps who were on the line about him were entertained.

Allison-Even though I included her in those who were not entertaining, I thought she was quite good! I lurve her rocker vibe. However, she struggled on those low notes and wasn’t as good imo as in the past.

Kris-Well, he better go through. That’s. All.

Lil-Ho hum. I think tonight will tell what kind of fan base she truly has.

Adam-I’ll say this. He’s never forgettable! That’s why I don’t think America will forget him. I personally didn’t like his performance tonight. I thought It was completely OTT. BUT, as I said unforgettable.

Scott- See Michael above….(initially put Matt, mistake)

Alexis- LOL, this is the song choice I had in mind for her, but she disappointed me. Alexis, I hope you go through.

Danny-I’m sorry, back story aside, the fact that peeps will be jumping all over him for his song choice aside, Danny CAN sing! I agreed with Kara and Randy that the beginning wasn’t great (at all really), but the chorus? Yeah, IMO, he brought it!

Anoop- It’s a contest!!!!! I haven’t been behind Anoop on the show until tonight, and well I think I may just buy that song. (Good lookin’ out Anoop!!!… tm Randy) I am finally okay with the fact that Anoop made it through the WC round. I’m so glad I can buy this song (If it’s as good as the performance.) You have one happy fan base tonight Anoop!!!!

Megan- I don’t get it! Why do the judges love her so much? Since I’m a sympathetic person, I’m sorry she has the flu. I’m sorry she was in the hospital…Did I mention that I don’t get it?

Matt-I’m lovin’ it!!!!!! I’m lovin’ Matt! He’s a true artist imo!!! Go Matt!!!!! Wow, just wow!!!!

Bottom line: Kris and Matt are still my favs. Anoop, has potential to be. I’ll be buying Kris, Matt and Anoops single from tonight. They all need to go through and I’m happy.

ETA: changed /added a couple of things for clarification.

If there is a God, Adam will be sent packing tomorrow.

P.S. I forgot. I want Kara and her bumbling repetative crap off of my TV.
She makes Paula look like Einstein. “You made it your own!” blah, blah BS

I really don’t get how Danny can be so popular, the guy has tons of concurrent in his bluesy soul kind of vibe and he still dominates everyone in the voting?

Is there really that many religious families voting?

I hate to break this to ppl but Lil’s fanbase is actually bigger than most ppl think, I’m not that worried about her.

I am worried about Alison though, I don’t think she’s as popular as ppl think she is, same thing goes for Alexis!!!

Preordered Kris’ stuff, am considering Allison and Anoop, although I don’t particularly like the song Anoop chose. I took a listen to Matt and I dunno, it wasn’t fantastic… was he at the piano?

Not sure if anyone else has posted this but Adam’s version of Ring of Fire was done by Dilana on Rockstar a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whtQZJ7R3EU

If there is a God, Adam will be sent packing tomorrow.

The judges’ save will bring him back.

I witnessed TCO pimping tonight. Matt G.

I hope Anoop and Megan make it into the top 10.

I can live without Michael and Scott. And I can really live without Danny.

I really donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get how Danny can be so popular, the guy has tons of concurrent in his bluesy soul kind of vibe and he still dominates everyone in the voting?

Is there really that many religious families voting?

Are there that many faith builders? I mean my gosh, who is voting for him! I keep wondering the same thing!

I know I’m not…although I did accidentally vote for scott when I hit the 6 instead of the 5 when I was dialing…just once though!

I can’t say I’d accidentally vote for Danny, ever.

If there is a God, Adam will be sent packing tomorrow.

If there’s a God, the Douchey McDoucherson, the douchiest douche who ever douched, should be sent packing for his glasses, his white popped-collar jacket and singing “Jesus, Take The Wheel.”

While I actually enjoyed Adam tonight – being a theater arts person myself (and knowing he was in the tour company for “Wicked”), I have to say he belongs on BROADWAY.

I LIKE Megan! I don’t know if I could listen to a whole cd of her, but unlike say, Jasmine Trias, I can see what the fuss is about!

I think of all the talking back, Michael Sarver was the worst. I think he should go home.

My fear is that to keep things even for the tour boy/girl-wise, they’ll lose a boy even though a girl might get the lowest number of votes. Random thoughts.

If there is a God, Adam will be sent packing tomorrow.

Whoa! I find that offensive in so many ways. Just wow.

Duke ~ I’m voting like crazy for Adam here on the east coast.

So many of the kids made predictable boring song choices; typical AI fare. One of the reasons I’ve lost in interest in this show the last couple of years. Adam brings something new and fresh; original and intriguing to the show. Thank GOD for Adam.

Why are TPTB pimping Danny so much?! They do know that the boy is not current and won’t be able to sell records even if his life depended on it, right?!

Anywho… BEST of the night were my 3 boys – Kris, Matt and Anoop! For the girls, probably Megan. She’s the only one I enjoyed.

Is there really that many religious families voting?

I’m religious. Evangelical Christian, in fact. NO WAY IN HELL I’m voting for Danny Gokey.

(…oops, is that blasphemous?!)

Thank GOD for Adam.

AMEN!

Not sure if anyone else has posted this but Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version of Ring of Fire was done by Dilana on Rockstar a few years back.

Which was in turn very similar to Wall of Voo Doo’s cover. Yeah, it’s been discussed.

Adam was totally brilliant. I am unable to understand how that can’t be seen by some. His take on the song was unique. His vocals were etherial. I did not like “Little” or Megan. Mr Sarver showed no vocals at all. Allison, who was a screamer before tonight, impressed me much.

Best three of the night:

Kris
Matt
Anoop

I am unable to understand how that canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be seen by some.

It’s not what I’m seeing. It’s what I’m hearing.

I gave Adam three weeks. I am now over him.

Is there really that many religious families voting?

Is that a serious question? Seriously.

WHEN is David Cook going to be ON this SHOW?!?! OK done with that…hee. Did NOT read all these comments! Just adding mine….

I haven’t been watching all of every show this season. Tonight:

ANOOP! He really got me tonight. Lovely. Beautiful, controlled vocals. Very nice arrangement, as a judge said (forget who). I felt connected with him for the first time. Heartfelt.

I loved Matt Giraud tonight! I like his voice and his stylings. I think he can sing…definitely better than I can! Hah. Love his piano playing. I used to play a bit…he seems like a natural.

I liked Kris Allen tonight too. Really nice.

I’m trying to think along these lines…would I buy a whole album by him or her? Would I go see this person LIVE?

I kinda liked Megan tonight but she makes me uncomfortable. Like she’s gonna…do…something…any second…I don’t know what. Very unique voice and style. But I don’t think I could listen to an entire album of her.

Adam Adam Adam. I LOVE YOU! That arrangement was a little too out there for me – but damn what vocal skills! OK we know he has those, he has that range, he has that control. BRING THE SONG, Adam-baby. Make us feel the song. Not just the PERFORMANCE, but the song, the words, the music, you. I still think he is fabulous and I am amazed to see him on Idol. I want to know what he’ll do next. In fact, he is why I’m watching now!

Danny G. Ummmmmmmm. I felt it for a second. But then he closed back up and got hesitant. Or something. He’s really put me off so far, but tonight, I almost got him. I think I smiled during his performance.

Michael Sarver is my guess for goin’ home this week.

Loved Randy Travis!

If thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a God, the Douchey McDoucherson, the douchiest douche who ever douched, should be sent packing for his glasses, his white popped-collar jacket and singing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Jesus, Take The Wheel.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

:lol_tb:

i hope the drop scott tomorrow night… only because it will be easier for them for the tour… besides, i don’t like scott’s style at all… it’s very monotonous… :/

OMG, I KNEW that when Danny picked that song there’d be hell to pay here. It’s not like he chose some obscure song from some obscure Christian band, he chose a song by a mainstream former idol. There are many that deserve to go before Him. (hee! Note that I capitalized the “H” in “Him”!! Har!)

Megan reminds me of the Late Anna Nicole Smith.

And I Loved Adam and Matt..That’s IT!!

Paula needs a mussel or a shock collar. She was all doped up tonight!!

Michael Sarver: Ugh. I agree with Simon, could not understand MOST of what he was saying. I really wanted to like him but yeah, no.

Allison Iraheta: She was alright, I wasnt jumping outta my seat. lol.

Kris: He was really good tonight!! I was surprised he didnt do a Keith Urban song. I loved this though!:)

Lil’: And no Simon its is not short for “Little” haha. I dont think it was the best song choice. It annoyed me that she kept saying “im not country” yeah Lil’ who cares.. there were other people tonight who werent country and still sang amazingly tonight! I HATE HATE when people talk back to the judges. just shut it!

Adam: Wow. Really?! really awkward performance. I had the same reaction to the song as Kara. I did kinda like it.

Scott: This guy creeps me out for some reason. Way wrong song for him.

Alexis: I def. thought she should have done before he cheats, she did it in hollywood and sounded good! Even though I dont think ppl should sing Carrie:). With that said, there is nothing too special about her.

Danny:Poor poor,Carrie. Lakisha tried two seasons ago and Danny tonight, people should not touch this song by her!! I totally disagree with Paula, Carrie would not buy he album she would burn it!! Kara and Randy were right on the verses are horrible, its like he doesnt even try he talks/sings through them. Then he hitst he long notes but who cares if he hits the long notes if the other parts of the song sound like poopy.

Anoop: Kara is right!! ANOOP is back!! Thank God, I was hoping he would be able to pull this song and he did!!
awe, Simon was sweet. He does deserve to be there!

Megan: She sounded alright the song suits her voice much better than it did Kellie Picklers 3 seasons ago! Boohoo, so she has the flu. I believe people had the flu last year and didnt complain like she did. The judges want her though to the next round, you can tell that for sure. She reminds me of Nelly Furtado/Norah Jones.

Matt: he was 2nd best tonight! I dont like that he did a Carrie song, but he did a different version so it was all good!! Im glad he didnt try to have power vocals in that song like carrie does because that would not have worked for him. He pulled the song off though.

LOL: at Kara saying “Theres nothing small about you”. eh hum. haha.

My bottom 3:

Scott
Alexis
Danny/Megan

Americas bottom 3:
Scott
Alexis
Megan/Adam??

Megan, sounded like the Rosemary Clooney meets Adele meets Patsy Cline, and your dress was Marilyn Monroe goes to Woodstockà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but all in a good way.

Probably the best description of Megan I’ve ever read -lol.

Meganà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a funny one for me. One minute(all in the same song mind you) I like her voice and in the next minute Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll cringe and wonder what the heck sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing.

She has these moments and then sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll kill them completely.

Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s very bizarre to me.

This too. It is puzzling.

Vote for Danny Gokey, must be in every church’s weekly program or something. He was bad this week. He’s way ahead on dial Idol.

LOVED Megan!! She has the most unique singing style. I think it would be a most welcome change on the radio. She also seems to have the least experience. I look at how wooden Carrie U. used to be .. and how she’s improved. I think with more experience Megan could really be something special. I’m always interested in someone who brings something unique and different. And I LOVE her voice. To me, the best artists and singers do not have to be the ones with the ‘purest’ voice and biggest range.
Way to go Megan. LOVED your performance tonight!

Adam .. ???? Hated the song, but loved Randy Travis’s reaction. Adam is very talented, but that was awful. I suspect I wouldn’t be buying his tunes, either. To me, he’s a welcome contestant because he’s entertaining on stage … but I’d quickly get tired of the high-pitched screamy stuff on a cd. But I’m having a lot of fun watching him on AI.

Danny – why do they love him so much. He bores me. Speaking of boring .. Scott, Lil, Michael.

Kris and Matt are okay…but nothing special in the music world. I don’t see them standing out in any way after AI.

Anoop — Loved that performance. First time I’ve heard him sing really well and it was good!

My faves tonight: Megan, then Anoop and Alexis.

Looking at DialIdol right now.

No way do Allison and Alexis belong in the bottom two. :furious_tb: And they’re not even my favorites.

Saw a clip of Adam.

DO NOT WANT

ROTF!!!

There was an amazing quality about GLambert’s performance, but it WAS indulgent and the song’s arrangement doesn’t fit well within the minute-and-a-half or whatever restrictive time slot they’re allotted.

The easternized-arrangement itself evoked strange feelings and his vocal stylings lifts you to a place that is either frightening or exhilarating, but the problem (for me) is that the trip didn’t last long enough to adjust appreciate the view and the landing of the song was abrupt. Or something. Or maybe it’s the vocal equivalent of mixing stripes and polka dots. Anyway, I guess I’m saying that perhaps the format of the show is not the best showcase for what he seems to want to do as an artist. At least not this week.

Sing a simple song simply, dude!

His style also reminds me a little bit of certain vocalists who obviously have powerful voices but tend to go way off into melismatic riffs just because they want to show off and not necessarily to serve the song. There’s a youtube floating around of Christina Aguillera and Brian McKnight singing some Christmas ditty, each trying to out-run the other. Unintentionally hilarious!

I really liked Adam’s performance. I’m probably biased, since I am not at a country music fan (save for a few songs), but I just thought his performance was cool. I’ve also always loved Middle Eastern and Indian type flairs on music. I think Randy is completely right about him, he’s definitely the most current contestant there, and he has a completely different feel to everyone else. I mean, everyone kind of has their own genre that they do best and are more comfortable with, but Adam is Adam, and I like that he does his own thing. I think he expected there to be some negative feedback. He knew country fans would probably not be huge fans of his performance, he just wasn’t bothered by it, ’cause he’s his own performer.

St.Lucia
Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Thank GOD for Adam.

AMEN!

And on the 6th day, God created Adam. In hopes that he would one day save American Idol Season 8 from complete disaster with his amazing voice and fashion sense.

Megan was, as always, god aweful. She can’t sing, but she is a pet of the PTB.

No way do Allison and Alexis belong in the bottom two.

They’re not guaranteed for bottom two. Adam, Megan, Michael, Scott, Allison, or Alexis could go home. I’m predicting a Michael/Scott bottom two, and the judges will save neither one.

I totally forgot this was on tonight. Ah well, at least it looks like my boy Anoop brought it.

W-wait . . . Danny actually sang Jesus Take The Wheel?? I’d suggested it a few days ago, but as a JOKE! Goddammit, Danny, why must you make me hate you?

I thought Kris was way, way overpimped tonight. Alison performed just before him and was so much better. In tonight’s performance, IMO, Kris was a poor man’s Archie. He should stick with his guitar cuz he just can’t bring the big vocals. Still think he’s super cute of course

My favorites of the night were:
Alison
Adam
Matt

happy he bounced back:
Anoop

meh:
Sarver
Kris
Lil
Scott

blech:
Gokey
Megan
Alexis

Adam will not win, because as Simon said the other week, this is not the format for artists. Adam is an artist. He’s riveting to watch, and while not bowled over by his interpretation his vocals were clean and dead on. He excites me, and not in a teevee boyfriend kinda way, but in a I can’t wait to see what he does next because everyone else is so damn bad, boring or both.

The judges not giving him props for his vocals is bullshit.

My faves tonight in no particular order Anoop, Allison, Kris, and Adam.

Middle of the pack was Alexis ‘call me dirty’ Grace, they are going to cause her to pull a Lil Kim and come on stage with a g-sting and pasties. The idea is to sing well, she picked an incredible song, right in her wheelhouse, and totally wiffed it. It could have been a moment, but it wasn’t.

I salute Lil for not doing the typical thing, I thought it was far better vocally than they gave her credit for. I am glad that she didn’t sing I Will Always Love You. Are they all fucking nuts? Sing Whitney, don’t sing Whitney, step outside the box, get in the box, she must be one confused sister right now. She will get back in her box, and be gone within three weeks. She was the second best female vocal of the night.

Danny really stank it up tonight, he showed all kinds of weakness tonight that even surprised me. What the deal was to me is he was like a kid with a jelly donut, all they want to do is get to the sweet spot. He had no regard for the set up of the song. He just wanted to get to the point where he could wail. By the time he got there though the moment was gone, and so was most of his voice. He will have to pick better songs. Seriously. Oh, btw, he’s a singer, but he’s not a good performer, and certainly lacks artistry. The only reason that his is middle of the pack and not in the dungeon is that he does have a voice that normally might appeal to me, but his song selection is just horrible.

I just need to see more from Matt because I didn’t love it, nor hate it. It was just okay, but I am certainly not on that bandwagon at all. I was a bit tickled at the look he had when compared to Michael Buble. He caught himself, but it was a moment, lol.

I can’t critique Megan because she is a talk singer. Quirky, yes. A good singer no.

My worst was Scott and Michael. I just think that Scott really doesn’t have the chops and they are just not going to tell him that yet. I agree with Paula, and it was in no way disrespectful to say that he uses his piano as a crutch, because he does. Simon was wrong alot tonight. Paula for the most part was spot on. Randy has a great ear for the singers, he would be invaluable if he would step up his game as Paula has. He has good instincts, he just expresses it poorly.

I actually enjoyed the show tonight. Absolutely loved Anoop, Allison and yes, Megan. I sure don’t get what anyone sees in Adam. I find him torturous to watch and listen to. Gokey is ok, however, I don’t get all the pimping either. Oh well, this is AI.

Should stay: Kris, Allison, Alexis, Michael, Anoop, Matt
BAD: Danny, Adam, Megan. Unfortunately their fans don’t mind bad.
Snore: Lil, Scott
My husband thought Adam sounded like what Jim Morrison might have done to that song. then suddenly it was like listening to a bad McArthur Park-type performance. And I totally agree with the comment that Adam was being disrespectful of Grand Ole Opry and country in general. Like he’s just too special to try to move out of his narrow-minded niche.
They can’t really use the SAVE this week – how would that work in a double elimination next week if one of them has to be in the Top Ten for the tour? Who decides which one is on the tour?

Can someone tell me, how does this dialidol work? how do you know if they are correct? have they always been correct?

The easternized-arrangement itself evoked strange feelings and his vocal stylings lifts you to a place that is either frightening or exhilarating, but the problem (for me) is that the trip didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t last long enough to adjust appreciate the view and the landing of the song was abrupt. Or something. Or maybe ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the vocal equivalent of mixing stripes and polka dots. Anyway, I guess Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m saying that perhaps the format of the show is not the best showcase for what he seems to want to do as an artist. At least not this week.

This is a fantastic description…

And I think you might have been right. This was not the week to maybe do what he did. I LOVED it, but I’m not the rest of America who will likely not love it as much as I did.

Country music is just so much more about singing a song simply and really letting the meaning get through. And Randy Travis is the epitome of that. He didn’t know what the hell to do with Adam.

So Adam did what he wanted to do anyway…because Randy didn’t have any constructive criticism for him at all after that performance.

I always hate country week because it’s such a distinctive sound that not everyone can pull off nor would they want to….it’s not necessary for showing a contestant’s diversity as a singer…well at least to me since I pretty much hate country, haha. I thought the night as a whole was subpar at best.
Adam creeped me out and was too over the top for my taste….I remember Dilana’s version of the song and for her it worked, maybe because of the show or whatever but he just seemed like he was trying too hard and it blew up in his face.
Anoop did way way way way better than he ever has on the show before and maybe it was one of the better of the night but it wasn’t that exciting.
Kris was really good, I thought he worked the song well and I liked it.
Danny has a great voice, I personally prefer that grrr sound and I do agree with what the judges said on this one. It was good in the sense that he has a lot of real passion when he sings. The jacket was ridiculous though!!!
Allison also has a voice that I love, I hope she stays around a long time. She also looked kinda cute this week compared to the super hard edge of last week.
Matt is growing on me more and more every week…he’s making a fan out of me!!
Megan having to perform while that sick sucks but I think the judges were giving her a huge break by giving her unearned praise….whatever. I do like her and her voice but didn’t see much tonight.

The rest all fell in the blah, whatever category for me…..I personally would like to see Scott go…that guy is snoozerific but I highly doubt that will happen….I’m guessing it’s Michael, which kinda stinks since I kinda like him.

I definitely agree about Matt being the dark horse in this competition.

How is Matt a dark horse? Brought back for and given a wildcard spot, went 2nd to last last week, pimp spot this week, judges have loved him except for 1 performance. That sounds like a judges favorite being rescued and pimped to me, not a dark horse.

The easternized-arrangement itself evoked strange feelings and his vocal stylings lifts you to a place that is either frightening or exhilarating, but the problem (for me) is that the trip didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t last long enough to adjust appreciate the view and the landing of the song was abrupt

Which is why I’m waiting for the studio recording. That’s going to be awesomely acid-trippy.

FWIW and to whom it may concern,

I’m voting for Adam here, smack dab in the Mid-America bible belt buckle. But, sadly, I’ve received only a handful of busy signals, so it’s no surprise Dial Idol is where it is. But, to soothe myself, I choose to look at the raw scores. After all, most things are better for you raw, aren’t they?

ETA: “Which is why Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m waiting for the studio recording. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be awesomely acid-trippy.”

LOL True that.

Oh gosh, I wouldn’t say that Danny was the worst of the night by any stretch of the imagination. Adam was really dreadful. Michael was not memorable, and Megan was sick but still the song was a bit off. Both Lil and Danny spent too much time on verses that didn’t show off their voices, but both hit their stride on the chorus and sounded great.

And on the 6th day, God created Adam. In hopes that he would one day save American Idol Season 8 from complete disaster with his amazing voice and fashion sense.

And on the 7th day he rested because creating all of that fabulousness can even make the Almighty a little tuckered out!

I liked the show. But it was weird. The judging was all over the place. I loved Anoop, Allison, Kris. I actually liked Lil more than the judges. It wasn’t super fantastic, but it was nice to me. I liked Alexis more than the judges too, and I think she should have got more points for trying to make it her own. I hated Danny. Funny story. I was watching the show with a friend who does not watch idol. She knew nothing about any controversy. She said Danny sang like he didn’t know what the words meant, and he yelled at the end. What she said. Matt did what he always does. He sounds good until he starts oversinging and losing notes. Megan… I think I’m done. And I like Megan. But maybe I’ll give her the sick pass. Scott should go home but he won’t. Roughneck should go home too, and maybe he actually will.

Glambert. No words. It was like Axl Rose meets The Cure meets Johnny Cash. My friend hated it. My husband loved it. I was confused. At least he wasn’t boring.

I will have to say that when Adam sang “Ring of Fire,” I had a visual of Satan and the burning fire. :twisted_wp: :lol_wp:

I don’t care for Danny. Matt is winning me over. I thought he was the best tonight. Adam is entertaining. The rest are a bore.

Adam’s back in the green!!!! WOOHOO!!! Keep voting tho.

And on the 7th day he rested because creating all of that fabulousness can even make the Almighty a little tuckered out!

:lol_tb: That just made my night, abbysee.

regardless of what you may think of adam’s performance, his vocals were just amazing. not many singers period could do what he did tonight. the range and the absolute control. the way he can transition into the high notes. just amazing. i always look forward to hearing him.

and as someone said earlier the boyz got balls.

most likely he has no desire to win this thing. can you honestly see adam trying to fit into a pop artist?! no way. this is his moment to audition for a million other possibilities.

personnally i think he would be a terrific front man for a band. just think of how he could play off the other members. his stage presence would benefit from having others in the picture.

matt is more of an idol type. adam – he is meant for something better.

“Which is why Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m waiting for the studio recording. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be awesomely acid-trippy.”

Are they making studio recordings out of all the songs? I might get Adams if they do. I think I have decided I like it. It was weird. I like weird sometimes.

I don’t think Adam was being disrespectful to country music or Grand Ole Opry. He just knew he wouldn’t fit in that environment. He’s just to out there for them.

Which is why Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m waiting for the studio recording. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be awesomely acid-trippy.

I can’t WAIT for that!

Can someone tell me, how does this dialidol work? how do you know if they are correct? have they always been correct?

Those in green are safe. Those in yellow go home. Usually.

Anoop and Danny probably got some Jasmine/Jorge votes, not that there were many.

Say bye bye Scott.

Kris and Anoop were the best tonight. Matt a close third. Allison was buried at the beginning of the show and probably the best girl tonight.

I wish Alexis had done slightly better, but she wasn’t as bad as the judges made it out to be. And with the DI scores… I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s gone.

Would they save her? Doubt it, because then we’d have a Top 9 not a Top 10. Eee. I think Alexis is the best girl and my favorite girl, so I’m going to be really bummed if she doesn’t make it. Which is why I’m getting off here and voting!

I’m sorry to hear so much negativity regarding Danny. He has a beautiful voice, in my opinion, and sounded great tonight once he hit the chorus of that song. I voted for Kris for most of the last hour, but I would vote for Danny. I’m not getting Adam tonight. Great range, no doubt, but I really hated the song tonight. I loved his Satisfaction last week though. Tonight I agreed completely with Simon. Self indulgent rubbish. Ah well, different strokes for different folks, right?

edit: keep your opinions focused on the subject, not on your fellow posters opinions.

Adam is one smart cookie. He’s making the headlines again. Second week in a row. Love it or hate it, that performance stood out. I too felt confused by the peformance, but was still blown away by the vocals.

I keep wanting to like Allison and being really underwhelmed by her tuneless growling. If she makes it, she needs to listen to Paula (underneath the gibberish) and switch it up, cuz she sounds almost tuneless– people complain that Scott sounds the same each week but Allison does too. I hated Alexis tonight, but I liked her voice and interpretations in the past, so I hope she comes back. I’d rather Sarver go, but I’m thinking Allison.

I take it back, Megan was brave enough to do Patsy Cline! Pretty good job.

My husband thought Adam sounded like what Jim Morrison might have done to that song.

Adam was unique – and I wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say it was weird. Rather it was dark, mysterious, and very different. I don’t see him as the winner, but possibly TOP 3. Thatis if Simon can hang on that long.

Anoop was wonderful!! I loved his song and stage persona. It was the best performance of the night for me. He’s so sweet…

I liked Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance but she repeated herself too many times during her critique. I knew what she was saying, but the judges didn’t understand. Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not in danger, IMO.

Danny’s performance was OK. I cannot believe how much the judge’s like this man. Oh well…

Alexis and Matt did enough to be on the tour.

I see Michael and Scott as vulnerable. Kris wasn’t as strong as I thought he would be. I didn’t like Michael’s comments back to Simon.

Allison has a great future in singing.

Randy did a nice job mentoring.

I take back, what I have said earlier.
It has been a smart move from Adam to choose today to see how far he can go on Idol.

ETA:
I am not sure that the judges pushing Alexis to be more dirty doing her any favor. There will be enough people, who wouldn’t like it.

Duke, I like you!

danny way oversang the song tonight. too many rehearsals belting out the song. his voice was toast.

It has been a smart move from Adam to choose today to see how far he can go on Idol.

hmmm, that is an interesting idea. if he’s voted off, i have no doubt the judges would save him.

but i also think that adam is going to, week after week, march to the sound of a different drummer. he’s not about to conform to what it would take to win idol. he’s going to do whatever the hell we wants to which is why he’ll probably get knocked out around 4th (too late for the judges to save him). he career is beyond idol. idol just gives him the stage to audition for a million other things.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sorry to hear so much negativity regarding Danny. He has a beautiful voice, in my opinion, and sounded great tonight once he hit the chorus of that song.

Danny was fine. This wasn’t his best night…by a mile. He’s got a nice voice.

I take back, what I have said earlier.
It has been a smart move from Adam to choose today to see how far he can go on Idol.

I didn’t read what you said before, and I haven’t read all of the comments on here, but I do think Adam was testing the waters tonight. I think he’ll be fine, but I didn’t like it.

After listening a few times to Adam’s performance, I conclude that it was very interesting, well-sung (amazing vocals!), unique, extremely strange, a bit sensuous (maybe too much for some idol viewers), and highly entertaining, but not something I would listen to on my free time.
However, he is definitely, again, the most talked about contestant. Adam’s definitely making a name for himself – which is exactly what I think he wants to do. Good for you Adam! And, he’s got guts, possibly the most out of any contestant ever on Idol.

However, this performance has no doubt lost him a lot of votes. Next week I think it would benefit him to sing something non-”screamy” and perhaps a bit more “in-there” to show off his amazing voice (a la some stuff he has on youtube). That is, if he wants to be less polarizing. (I love Adam any and all ways though!)

The best of the night were Anoop (good vocals, but esp. for the improvement factor) and Matt (originality, good vocals), followed closely by Allison (she’s been solid throughout the competition!), Kris (showed off his vocals non-offensively), and possibly (???) Megan (I’m on the fence about her).

ETA: Adam was not dissing country. The genre is just not how he identifies himself as an artist. At all.

edit: you know better

I will have to say that when Adam sang à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ring of Fire,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  I had a visual of Satan and the burning fire.

Think that had something to do with the fiery background? lol And, against Danny’s angel white jacket (singing “Jesus take the wheel…”) is EXACTLY the picture the simpleton producers want to paint. (Insert Eyeroll Here — how ’bout a tad of subtlety 19E (and Fox)?)

Whew – I can’t read this many comments, but I really did try. My random thoughts:

Adam cracks me up with his crazy accessories. I loved that he was cool with the fact that he was never going to Nashville. I wasn’t in awe of his performance, but it was entertaining and his vocals were good. Allison has a great voice, and she’s fun to watch, she just doesn’t move me to vote for her. I’m quite fond of Alexis, but I thought she was a bit meh tonight. Just not feelin’ it so much.

This was the first night I really noticed Kris. Possibly because he sang a song I already have affection for. He sounded just plain lovely. I have no love for Scott or Matt. The piano boys bore me to tears, which is odd, since I typically like piano boys.

I’m already bored with hearing myself talk about Gokey. I want to punch him – no going back now.

Here’s where I cite my most unpopular opinions: Megan has an incredibly odd voice – but I love it. I can’t help it. Sarver seems to be a favorite online whipping boy, but I love him too. He’s got a good voice; he sang a difficult song well; and well, I have to admit, I’m just a sucker for a great smile. While I thought Lil started out pretty weak, I believe she finished strong. To me, she has a great voice, tons of a charisma and a really fun personality.

Lastly, I thought Anoop redeemed himself well tonight. That was a beautiful rendition of that song. Vocally, he was strong, and the new haircut was awesome.

I was quite taken aback by all of the contestant chatter tonight during the judging. So many of them seemed to do it. I was even yelling at the ones I like to just shut their stinkin’ traps. I’m starting to wonder if that back-talking/explaining is being encouraged by the producers or if it’s just plain nerves? Either way, it was weird to me.

In Season 4, they did the “Little Bit Country, Little Bit Rock-n-Roll with Bo and Carrie. I guess if Danny and Adam are the final 2, they might want the angel, devil contrast.

I think Danny won’t be in trouble this week because of his strong fanbase- The Evangelicals or faithbased folks…and I think he is just being true to His self…like Mandisa few season’s ago…

Adam- gay communty were voting for him until their fingers bled…its their gay pride… :devil_tb:

Anoop- gilrs were voting for him.. :grin1_ee:

Megan- guys were voting for her because she is so stunning…huh…

Scott- He is an inspiration whether we like it or not…this is one of the reasons why America is tuning their Tv on Fox….

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m starting to wonder if that back-talking/explaining is being encouraged by the producers or if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just plain nerves?

I think they’re being encouraged to do it. We can’t very well eliminate them all if they all do it.

My faves of the night::: Adam, Anoop, Kris

I felt Matt’s vocals, though heartfelt, were a bit weak… as were Gokeys. Alison did well but seemed a little shouty. I want her to tone it down some. Alexis disappointed me tonight. Scott I never felt was a strong singer whatsoever. The piano is a big crutch for him. Michael had good effort but fell flat. Megan was interesting. I didn’t mind her performance really. I kinda like her style…

As for the 3 favorites of mine tonight… Kris and Anoop surprised me because they both finally proved that they can legitimately sing. I love Kris’s tone to his voice. It probably had to take a lot of guts for him to just come out there, no piano, so stripped down of an arrangement. Anoop on the other hand, I was so happy to hear him like that. No gimmicks, no dancing, no trying to please the crowd. Just him. It was great.

And as for Mr. Adam Lambert……I have never been so intrigued by a contestant before. His arrangement and interpretation of “Ring of Fire” blew me away. I didn’t know if I should be freaked out by it or not, but the longer I watched him the more uh…….weirdly turned on … and impressed by his vocals I got. That kid has a range on him. It’s ridiculous. I got a definite “Muse” vibe off of the performance and it worked for me.

Danny is still the one to beat in this competition.
I am a bit surprised at the size of his fanbase, though. Cleeeaaar lead on DI!

Allison was the best girl, but I thought she had a little too much vibrato going on in the verses. Lil was second best. I can’t believe she didn’t receive more props from the judges. I love the little shades of her gospel self that spilled over into that song. Alexis did not do justice to Jolene. Not at all. She should’ve kept with the original musical arrangement and just sung the damn song straight up; she tried to put her own spin on it, but you just don’t mess with that song.

Once again, I think Danny Gokey was very good, but didn’t manage to outdo Matt.

Ring of Fire by Adam Lambert…hell yeah, I’d download it.

ANyways, in my opinion Adam is being disrespectful to Opry- He should sang a ballad and not shouting and too much belting….huh… :wacko_tb:

regardless of what you may think of adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance, his vocals were just amazing. not many singers period could do what he did tonight. the range and the absolute control.

I think it depends on what you care about in terms of vocals. If it’s just range and control than Adam is fantastic, but I don’t care at all for his tone, or how he sounds in his upper register (which comes off as screamy). Sure, he’s perfectly on pitch and hitting the notes, he transitions from low to high very well, but I get little enjoyment from hearing it. I much prefer a rounder, fuller sound. His vocals sound thin. That, more than is tendency to go OTT, is why he’s not exciting for me.

I thought Danny was okay tonight but hate the song in general. I thought Kris showed his voice more tonight but he’s still so boring and unmemorable. Michael was fine but it wasn’t the best song choice. Allison was so good and also Alexis. I don’t get the judges sometimes. Simon says she was too much like the original. Has he ever heard that song? They also said she should do what they like about her but if she did they’d say she should change things up. You can’t win and I think that’s why she’s in danger. I’d hate for her or Allison to go. I’d much rather see Megan, Kris, Michael, or even Scott who I like go before them.

I’m actually surprised at how strangely horrible Adam was tonight. I think you’d have to be a fan to like it and he certainly wouldn’t have won someone over with it. I didn’t like Dilana’s version which was similar but at least it was just boring. :blink_tb:

Adam disrespected the country music genre tonight. What a rude, spoiled child he is. Having said that, I think Adam’s performance was the best thing I’ve seen on TV in years.

I liked Alexis, Allison and Anoop very much.

Randy Travis was a hellava good mentor. It must have been tough to work with 11 contestants. I like that Randy said he watches the show.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for Adam here, smack dab in the Mid-America bible belt buckle. But, sadly, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve received only a handful of busy signals, so ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no surprise Dial Idol is where it is.

I think the “record-breaking” vote totals that we’ve heard about each week are due to them having many more phone lines this year. My daughter and I have voted for the whole 2 hours on 2 phone lines each week, usually for one of the front runners, and we’ve barely gotten any busy signals. Last year I always got many busy signals, even voting for someone who went home that week.

Kristen Miller’s arrangement of Ring of Fire seems closer to Adam’s and Dilana’s than Wall of Voodoo’s. Much more Middle eastern sounding. My husband spent the last hour listening to Ring of Fire snippets to find it!

http://www.rhapsody.com/kristen-miller

I agree with the posters mentioning the Angel vs Devil contrast between Danny and Adam. I too think that the producers are loving this and will play it up to the hilt as long as they can. Let’s face it, except for Meghan, the rest of the contestants are pretty boring personalities.

Lastly, I thought Anoop redeemed himself well tonight. That was a beautiful rendition of that song. Vocally, he was strong, and the new haircut was awesome.

I’m pretty sure I noticed this haircut last week. I IMO, it was the performance that made him stand out this week.

P.S. Matt, stop ending your songs on the falsetto. However, he’s still up there w/ Kris for me.

My question, Simon Cowell, is how the HELL was Adam indulgent, but Scott and Matt weren’t? Double standards IRK me.

I am not a huge Adam fan, but I really enjoyed that. It was like he did Johnny Cash in the style of Jeff Buckley’s Dream Brother. I might actually get the mp3.

P.S. Matt, stop ending your songs on the falsetto. However, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s still up there w/ Kris for me.

I second that. His falsetto is probably my least favorite part of his voice (he never does it on key), and yet he chooses to torture us with it EVERY SINGLE FREAKING WEEK.

Matt, I like you, but please learn. Thanks.

So guys who is going home?? Sarver or Scotty?
I am torn, both of them will probably be in the bottom along with Adam and Alexis for shock value.

Well Adam was a bit strange but I kinda like it after listening to it again. He does make you want to see what he will do next.

I LURVE Anoopie tonight, he looked so cute too.

Kris and Matt was pretty good too.

Megan was the best girl tonight, she sound great.

Lil was boring and I didn’t like Alexis nor Allison’s performance at all.

Oh I love Scott’s comeback about “bringing the piano closer to the audience”, lol. Scott look good tonight too but he may be booted off. Hmmmm

Decisions decisions, who will go Sarver or Scotty???

I’m not a big believer in DialIdol, because if AI wanted to, they could skew it just by opening more lines for someone — DialIdol scores are drawn from a formula based on busy signals. More lines, fewer busy signals.

That said, assuming Gokey’s scores are pure, they signal to me that the far right must believe that, if Gokey wins, they can take back the White House. What other explanation could there be?

Yeah, Adam is an artist, but I think I don’t care for the art that he produces. Yeah technically he can do things with his voice, but I don’t think I like what he creates.

There’s something that seems almost evil about him when he sings. He has a sweet smile when he’s not singing, but I don’t want to go where he’s taking me.

What he did tonight might have worked in a play where he was playing a ghost or demon, but what did it mean in terms of reaching human beings? He showed off his range and technical skills, and he definitely can shock and be different, but what is the overall effect? Creepy and strange, I think.

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Watching live on the West Coast and I gotta say STFU Simon!!!!

Allrighty, I’m going to be honest and say I DO NOT like or love country music and of the five contestants that have sang tonight, I only knew Johnny Cash’s tune (pathetic, I know). So, with that said……I LOOOOOOOOVE YOU, ALLISON & for the very first time (and I kinda hope the last, cuz I don’t want to have to vote for him) ADAM!! They were both cool versions and if they came on the radio, I wouldn’t change the station. They ROCKED the Country :clap_tb:

If Alexis leaves, I’ll be effing annoyed. I had other stuff to do and couldn’t keep voting. Sigh.

Beauty is objective. That is, an object has a finite amount of beauty. Understanding the true beauty of an object or a song comes from knowlege. Beauty itself is not in the eye of the beholder, but in the ability of the beholder to appreciate the beauty that exists.

Been lurking only this season so far trying to get a feel for everybody. I have to say the only one that has caused any reaction for me good or bad is Adam, and unfortunately it’s not good. I thought his performance tonight was a train wreck, my husband was in the other room while he was singing and said OMG, WTF is that noise!! It’s nothing personal but I just can’t get past the overacting and cabaret/theatrical vibe. My measure of trying to determine the next Idol is imagining the individual recording an album of their own. When I apply that measure to Adam I come up with nothing. I had the same reaction to Taylor Hicks winning also, loved him as a person but couldn’t imagine a market for his music., jmho.

I don’t want to hear Adam sing that song ever again. That was all kinds of wrong.

On the other hand there were several good performances tonight, a nice surprise.

lefty
Mar 17th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
My favorite Kara moment of the night so far? When she told Alexis she should have picked a song with à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“more angstà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ um, could there be a more angst-filled song than à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Joleneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ?

(Although IMO Alexis could have sung it with more angstà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦)

Totally agree… “Before He Cheats” or “Last Name”? Throwing up in mouth. (Actually, I think Alexis did BHC in Hollywood week.) BHC is the number one karaoke song these days, at least where I go to karaoke. Kara’s idea of an angsty song = ridiculous.

Jolene is a great song. I wanted Alexis so badly to knock it out of the park, but she was just so-so. Still doesn’t deserve to go home though.

Few comments on Adam…

The boy can blow…vocally, i mean..hehe.. Seriously, he’s the smartest contestant in the history of Idol. For the second week in a row, he’s the most talked about singer. Love him or hate him, everyone is talking about him. For me, his performance was sensual, sexy, smoldering..and HOTT!! I think the temperature in my apt. went up a few degrees after it was over.

Look, he know who he is, he knows he’s not everyone’s cup of tea. He also knows that of all musical genres, country is his weakest. LIke someone else said, he’s testing the waters..pushing all Idol boundaries and probably flirting dangerously with censorship regulations. I think he’ll tone down his freak flag for a few weeks after tonight, and as the season progresses we will slowly get some glimpses of the Glam Queen that he is. Do I see him coming out in full drag, not a chance in hell..but can you imagine the ratings if he did?

Finally (I know i’m totally rambling), I disagree with those that say he’s connecting with the performance, not the song. Look at the songs he’s sung on the Idol stage. I felt his every word of Black & White, the message he conveyed was loud and clear. Tonight, same thing. I think the smart thing for him to do is sing some sort of ballad and show how he can really connect without the visual theatrics. My absolute favorite video of him is him singing “What’s up”..check it out. The way he sang that song changed the way I think and feel about music itself. Can’t say that about any other Idol contestant, ever.

Shutting up now….

Beauty is objective. That is, an object has a finite amount of beauty. Understanding the true beauty of an object or a song comes from knowlege. Beauty itself is not in the eye of the beholder, but in the ability of the beholder to appreciate the beauty that exists.

Damn, that was good!

I love Rufus Wainwright’s “Ring of Fire”. Tomorrow I’ll have to go on Idol and hear some of the versions mentioned here. But none of them will be as horrendous as Adam’s, I bet.

The boy can blowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦vocally, i mean..hehe.. Seriously, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the smartest contestant in the history of Idol. For the second week in a row, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the most talked about singer. Love him or hate him, everyone is talking about him.

Reminds me of Sanjaya.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m still scared, Terrie. Ill be voting for the next 2 hrs. Anyone one with unlimited texts find it worth it??!! i might be changing my plan to vote for the guy every week.

Duke, I have unlimited texts and not just for AI. But it definitely does help when I vote and it’s totally worth it. No busies, every vote goes through. The only thing I hate is that the iphone doesn’t have a resend button so I have to type in “vote” every time.

I loved Adam’s Ring Of Fire. Just watched again at Rickey’s. Vocals were on point. I think it was more Siouxsie-esque than Rufus. Just sayin.

My criticism of Adam is that he’s trying too hard to learn the cameras, how to work them. He’s overdoing that, and tonight it was distracting. Otherwise, I totally got his performance and I’m enjoying watching it again on youtube. Not everyone will enjoy him, but I do.

And as for Mr. Adam Lambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I have never been so intrigued by a contestant before. His arrangement and interpretation of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ring of Fireà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  blew me away. I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if I should be freaked out by it or not, but the longer I watched him the more uhà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.weirdly turned on à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ and impressed by his vocals I got. That kid has a range on him. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s ridiculous. I got a definite à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Museà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  vibe off of the performance and it worked for me.

Yes!!! Muse and Jeff Buckley and a little Hoosiers in there as well. Not your typical Idol fare AT ALL, but I’m guessing that performance will be getting a lot of buzz tomorrow, and that “key demographic” that doesn’t normally watch Idol will be on You Tube viewing it over and over again. My DS came into the room just to see who was singing what, and he wasn’t familiar with the original at all, but Adam definitely got his attention.

And FWIW, I didn’t think Adam was disrespecting “country music” (which I guess deserves more reverence than Almighty God at his point, LOL) at all. Randy Travis (whom I used to love) didn’t have the most welcoming comments to make about him, so I don’t think Adam should be expected to embrace a genre that has no place for him. He was very respectful of both RT and the judges’ critiques though.

Re Megan, she has a very cool voice but she sings off-key!!! I was cringing through the entire performance. But she’s gorgeous, I’ll give her that!

I really had decided to take a break from AI this year. Adam is the reason I didn’t, and he did not disappoint. I’m more enchanted each week. I love music that takes me to unexpected places, and Adam gave me a taste of this tonight. I would love to hear a longer version.

Matt G did so awesome! I felt what he was singing…

Finally he got the credit he deserved.. I still think he is not TCO (Danny anyone?) but I don’t care. I just hope he lasts a long long time.

Can someone please tell my why Alexis Grace is on the bottom of DialIdol?!

HELLO WHERE ARE HER FANS!!?

I power voted hand and foot for her tonight. Apparently y’all didnt.
I can’t believe it…..if she goes home I am going to be SOOOOOOO mad……

The judges are most definitely being unfair to her. She didn’t give a perfect performance tonight, but last week? They didn’t give her anywhere NEAR the credit she deserved.

Disappointing.
And the judges should be absolutely ASHAMED if they did not use the save on her if she leaves.

Tonight proved Adam can literally do any genre and either make it his unique own or sing the bejeezus out of it. I am dying for him to sing “What’s Up?” by Four Non Blondes. His youtube video is beautiful. OMG, and if they did a broadway night, I want to hear him just completely make “Defying Gravity” his own! An iconic female broadway tune, done by Adam Lambert. Brilliant.

Judging by the comment count on here and on Rickey’s and other Idol sites, Adam is the most talked about. That’s what this show is about…vocal Talent and entertainment! And Adam definitely has both.

I actually enjoyed that more than last week’s show.

LOVED:
Anoop – FINALLY! Gorgeous voice with none of that goaty, breathy, nasally stuff I hate. Thank you for calming the hell down.
Adam – Weird and awesome. It seems I much prefer Adam in one place humping a mic stand to prancing around the stage. The shirt lifting is also >>>> crotch rubbing. Yay. This might be as subtle as Adam gets during his run. I’ll take it.

Liked – Kris, Allison, Alexis

Matt was OK, everyone else seemed off to me. Danny looked so ridiculous in that jacket, I sort of want him to be forced to wear it every week.

Reminds me of Sanjaya.

Except, he can sing circles around Sanjaya, every day of the fucking week, plus 10.

Sanjaya, while I heart him, didn’t get anywhere based on his voice. Adam is where he is because he can sing.

Alexis, you made that song…um, maybe, not your own….You made it CHER’s!!! :blink_tb: Really, that performance and arrangement was not very good :thumbdown_tb:

Wow, this is getting kinda boring. I think I’ll start reading all of y’all’s comments (cuz y’all can bring the hilarious).
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Peace Out Y’all & Poke Smot :smoke_tb:

Holy hell, Adam was incredible. It was exciting, it was raw, it was epic, it was radical, it was totally iconoclastic, it was sensual – and all of it was on Idol. That’s the part I can’t get over. Did that just happen on Idol?

As for Simon, I don’t think he knows what the hell he’s talking about. Lol.

I still don’t know how I feel about Adam’s song but… he’s magnetic, can’t stop watching him. My husband and I both were intrigued, disturbed, and admiring him all at the same time. He’s something else. I think I might love him a little more than a little, which is how much I loved him last week.

Kris, despite being about 1/2 my height, is adorable. And I thought he did very well tonight and just kept it simple and did a nice job.

And YAY! My Anoop is back! Love his voice. Are his eyebrows shrinking? He’s precious.

I went back and forth on Matt’s performance. I liked it… didn’t love it. I don’t know if it is nerves that kick him into that vibrato? It gets away from him sometimes.

I didn’t like Michael, thought if felt like he was chasing the song. Alexis was ok, Allison did a pretty good job, I wasn’t feeling Lil but then again I adore Martina and that’s tough to live up to. Lil needs to shhhh just a bit. Though I found myself laughing at that asshat Simon’s “Little? Can I talk?” Snort.

Scott is sweet, pleasant voice, sounds like he’s singing the same thing every week. Though his moving the piano closer comment made me spit out my drink. Thanks, Scott. That was funny.

Megan… eh, I don’t know. My husband loves her, of course. She’s one beautiful girl. She’s definitely different.

I know I’m forgetting a lot of people but really it was Adam in a love/hate/weirdly sexy hot sort of way, and Kris & Anoop with simple and sweet vocals that stand out for me tonight. And Kris was kinda wallpaper to me before tonight but he definitely stood out.

Chalk me up as another who totally dug the Velvet Goldmine meets Moulin Rouge Ring of Fire, courtesy of Adam. Honey I loved you before but that song has me completely sold. And I don’t think he showed disrespect for the Opry. I think that tone had more to do with Simon’s completely worthless advice not to go the country route.

Danny makes me nauseated. Pimps a dead wife and Jeebus. Blech.

Alexis is last on Dial Idol? Well, there goes the Final Four Fix theory.

Comment of the night was when Kara said to Matt ” there’s nothing about you that’s small “. I was like WTF Kara ??? Do you know something we don’t know ??? LOL….

Gah, just saw the Muse comment! I TOTALLY agree!

I guess because I started off not lovin’ Adam, I’m happy with him so far. I mean, I think he’s a breath of fresh air. And because he’s not singing Cher every night, I’m impressed. He seems to have a rich knowledge of music, and pfffft to the idea that he wasn’t respecting country by re-doing the song. That’s just crazy talk, but YMMV. I know that Loretta was probably mighty happy that Jack White came along and made her relevant. Sometimes it’s good to change things up!

ETA: I voted some for Allison and Alexis. Sometimes life gets in the way and you can’t power vote. Or, it’s just boring. LOL. I think they both deserve to stay over others. We shall see. I think the judges will save a girl.

Once I saw Alexis and Allison were in trouble I changed my dialidol to both of them.

I know you don’t all agree and it would be boring if we did but I haven’t hated a performance as much as I did Adams since KLC’s horrendous “8 Days a Week”.

All right, Judges… STOP THE PIMPIN! Danny was NOT good, he was not great, he SUCKED!!! Oh, Anoop Dawg is next…can’t wait…..

Oh, and someone asked in chat why anyone would do a Nine Inch Nails version (per Randy) of Johnny Cash. Well, look in the reverse and see the beauty that is Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt.”

I wouldn’t really call it a NIN version, though. Randy was closest, though.

ETA:

Alexis is last on Dial Idol? Well, there goes the Final Four Fix theory.

How so? It’s just DI. She hasn’t been eliminated yet and they could save her. LOL.

I think Adam keeps Bandzilla on their toes — and they must absolutely love it.

Just as professional musicians cheered when Elliott Yamin sang Moody’s Mood for Love with jazzlike precision, Adam raises the level of musicality whenever he performs — and he’s about way more than the drama. If you listen to the arrangements they give him, there are so many instrumental flourishes that I never heard on AI before.

Think about all the performers who had problems hearing their own voices on that stage. Then listen to the first notes of Ring of Fire before Adam begins to sing. It’s basically a very spare rhythm section with a fretless bass guitar providing the only musical tones, which makes it infinitely harder for a vocalist to find the right starting pitch. Adam made it seem effortless. His musicality is undeniable.

Menzel
Mar 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Not sure if anyone else has posted this but Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version of Ring of Fire was done by Dilana on Rockstar a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whtQZJ7R3EU

THAT’s where I’ve seen that before!!!!!!! I knew it looked familiar.
Thanks Menzel! Loved Dilana.

Ironically, I found Danny’s performance tonight, shouty mcshouterson and indulgent nonsense. Everything about Danny just gives me the creeps. And I think he definitely gets the most over-praising of all the contestants. More than Lil and more than Adam. And it’s totally un-deserved.

I was sure I was not going to get into Idol this season but here I am into it. I’m back on track with Anoop and I’m finally getting Megan. She is reminding me of one of the great female background singers from Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks. She’s got that cool sexy rockabilly jazzy thing all goin’ on. And sick as she was, pretty darn good.

Adam may not be everyone’s cuppa tea but he’s a breath of fresh air IMO. And has such vocal chops, wow.

Kris and Matt were pretty good too. Actually no one was really awful. I guess Scott would be the weakest contender but I have to say I’m glad for him that he’s there.

If Alexis isn’t showing well on Dial Idol it’s because her performance was this uneasy blend of country and whatever else. She’s awesome but this wasn’t really her night.

Well for what it’s worth I loved Adam tonight. I have been meh on him but tonight I loved it. Dude can sing. Not only that but he goes places that no one else would dare and I love him for that. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him for fear I was going to miss something. Thank you Adam for actually sparking my interest in Idol this year.

Jesus…err…Douchbag…err..Hokey Gokey….whatever the hell his name is…just get off my tv. I noticed that after he pimped the hell out of the deceased wife he now no longer wears the ring. Thinking maybe he can steal those PYT’s from Kris now that they are all heartbroken about his wife??? He just creeps me the hell out. And that jacket…shudders. Between that jacket and Cook’s Adam Ant circa 1981 white mistake last year, if I ever see another white jacket onthis show I think I may throw something at my tv.

LOVED Anoop Dawg tonight. Nice comeback and well deserved praise.

I thought Lil was flat throughout most of her song.

Alexis….DO NOT LISTEN TO KARA.

I don’t think Pauler timed her meds correctly tonight. They seemed to wear off too soon. She was coherent until about the last 45 mins of the show. Then she went off the rails.

I admit it. I do not get Megan. AT ALL.

Have they told the Idols to talk back this year??? Me no likey. Shut up, take the comments (good or bad) smile, say thank you and leave.

WOrst look of the night has to go to Randy Travis’ wife…EEK!!

Question: Do 10 idols always tour? So if Alexis (just for example) were to have the lowest numbers, and the judges decided to save her tomorrow night, would 9 or 11 go on tour?

pj Mar 18th, 2009 at 12:10 am

I loved Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Ring Of Fire. Just watched again at Rickeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. Vocals were on point. I think it was more Siouxsie-esque than Rufus. Just sayin.

pj, can you believe that we finally have an AI contestant even remotely reminiscent of Siouxsie Sioux or Rufus Wainwright? Maybe Morrissey will show up as a mentor during New Wave week. :happy_tb:

Adam disrespected the country music genre tonight. What a rude, spoiled child he is. Having said that, I think Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was the best thing Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve seen on TV in years.

I really wasn’t getting the disrespectful vibe. I thought he was totally admitting he didn’t fit in the genre and was joking about it in a more self deprecating way than in the “this music sucks so I’m not going to sing it” kind of way. Mileage varies, and it’s all good

Randy Travis was a hellava good mentor. It must have been tough to work with 11 contestants. I like that Randy said he watches the show.

Totally agree. I thought Randy was a most gracious and kind mentor. He had a lot of really good comments. Like some others seem to be, it appeared that Randy was completely turned off by the bastardization of that Johnny Cash song. And, although he let it be known that it wasn’t his cup of tea, he ended his comments with positive thoughts about Adam. I thought that was a really classy way of handling something you don’t quite like that much.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m pretty sure I noticed this haircut last week. I IMO, it was the performance that made him stand out this week.

Thanks Cookcricket. I’m a little slow on the uptake sometimes and I appreciate the heads up :lol_wp:

Beauty is objective. That is, an object has a finite amount of beauty. Understanding the true beauty of an object or a song comes from knowlege. Beauty itself is not in the eye of the beholder, but in the ability of the beholder to appreciate the beauty that exists.

A lovely sentiment, but alas I must disagree. You know I love ya’ MrRJ, but I’m still down with the idea of beauty being in the eye of the beholder. Beauty exists where you find it, and it matters not if the whole world disagrees with you. I’m oddly comforted by the fact that others find the beauty in things that I find repulsive. It takes the pressure off of me to look for the good things, when someone else will kindly do it for me.

bean99, once again I agree with you completely. I personally think Adam was trying to do a “Billie Jean” kind of thing with “Ring of Fire”. It was risky and you have to give him props for that. It was one of those things Simon says could have been awful or amazing. To me it was awful. That does not mean I don’t like him. Just didn’t like his performance this week. He still has crazy range and is a fantastic performer. The song tonight was just creepy rather than brilliant.

Over all tonight, I agree with several other posters who said Kris, Allison, Anoop, and Matt gave the best performances of the night. I thought the weakest were Michael, Megan, Scott, and Adam with Lil, Alexis, and Danny somewhere in the middle. Country week always seems to upset the apple cart so to speak. It will be interesting to see who goes home. If I am honest, I would hate to have Adam, Danny, Alexis, or Lil eliminated tonight because I would enjoy seeing all of them on tour next summer. If any of those four were eliminated by the vote, I hope the judges do use their save to bring them back. Kris, Allison, Anoop, and Matt all gave performances that in my opinion are worthy of the support of voters and they deserve to stay in the competition. So, I guess if someone has to go, my guess is that it will be Michael, Scott, or Megan and the competition would survive just fine without any of those three without missing a beat. It would feel like a bigger hole if some of the others were eliminated. It is the top 11 and they are all good at this point..

Just finished watching on TIVO. I thought Lil was one of the worst of the night. I like Alexis, but she didn’t stand out. Anoop was much better, but I think the judges gave him more credit than they should have just because they had low expectations. Scott is sweet and I like him. He also has great piano skills, but he doesn’t hold a candle to Matt, who IMO was the best of the night. Adam…. was seriously weird, but he has a very unique thing going, as Megan does, and I could see a unique place for him in the music world. Michael is comfortable in country music, but overall, I don’t think he is that strong. Allison is strong every week. Danny was weaker in the opening of his song. I think whoever said that didn’t mean that it should be loud, but that it should be strong and have feeling. The last part was good, but as I have always felt, he doesn’t have all that much star quality. He would probably do well in Christian music. Kris is a bit of a weak singer in the lower and upper range, but he is charming and cute and had feeling in his song.

I can’t believe Alexis Grace is at the bottom on Dial Idol.

Well, I guess I can but it’s a HUGE MISTAKE.

(hey girls and guys ! )

pj, can you believe that we finally have an AI contestant even remotely reminiscent of Siouxsie Sioux or Rufus Wainwright? Maybe Morrissey will show up as a mentor during New Wave week.

Terrie, indeed! The fact that we are having this discussion rocks.

I am not ready to lose Allison or Alexis though. Sigh.

ETA: I feel bad for Alexis. She did change the song up, but it didn’t work as well as it could have. She was still way better than some of the others (Sarver, Scott, Lil, Danny), etc. Sigh.

megan-people are being too hard on her…i think lots of people are not yet ready to embrace “new” idol persona bcoz many still think that only belters deserve to be in the show..c’mon open up your mind…megan has a talent but it’s hard to see coz she never got any training and experience and it’s hard to see her talent bcoz people judge her before she started singing..

matt-simon is right that he don’t get the credits he deserve..yah kara always say that he is her fave but didn’t get (OA) comments like wat she gave to adam, lil, danny…matt like megan has talent but needs to learn how to control his voice and avoid getting too much excited…

alexis-megan is my fave for d girls but since alot of people are hating her i decided to have another bet and it’s alexis…but after hearing jolene i guess i still like brooke better…kara plssss stop pushing her to go on diiirrrrtttyyyy…she’s no christina a.,i like alexis better when she’s soulful…

danny-no comment…never like him anyway..i’m not sold to his performance the way i was impressed with cookie and johns last season…

adam-seems to be a good guy but not a fan…

kris-probably the jason castro of the season…

anoop-thank God he’s back in the competetion but i think he’s a bit arrogant probably bcoz he’s an only child…but like him anyway

My husband thought Adam sounded like what Jim Morrison might have done to that song.

That’s bizarre … my husband said EXACTLY the same thing!

(but we hated it anyway)

My faves for the night:

Matt, Kris, and Anoop. In that order.

eta: I agree with those who thought that Randy Travis was a good mentor. I was particularly impressed that he seemed to have actually watched some of their prior performances (or it seemed like he had based on some of his comments).

Not sure if anyone else has posted this but Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version of Ring of Fire was done by Dilana on Rockstar a few years back.

SHHHHHH! Adam is innovative. Dilana went to the future and stole that from him.

Ok, stirring the pot —

Danny is going to win. I.just.know.it.

Matt was awesome and I didn’t hear any notes out of key. Anoop and Kris rocked too but Adam was one hot mess. That was the worse thing i have ever seen. I agree with Simon what was that?

Someone a couple pages back made the comment that Danny seemed to muddle along just waiting till the big finish. That’s exactly what I said in chat. The first 2/3 of the song were all kinds of pitchy and he was just getting thru it till he could hit the big notes. The entitled vibe just seems to pore off of him….IMHO….and I don’t get the justification for it.

SHHHHHH! Adam is innovative. Dilana went to the future and stole that from him.

I thought he said he found a different version? No, he did say that. Ahem. Perhaps Dilana did too. Either way, I thought his was way more riveting. YMMV.

Anoop, you wuz good, DAWG!!!

Megan, megan, megan…I’m sssooooo disappointed. I so wanted to hear you sing Patsy, but, you sucked all the soul outta Patsy!!! I’m gonna go sit in the corner and cry!! And that dress made you look like a Hoochie!! Fire your stylist!!

And last, but, not least, Matt G….what’s up with all the dudes singing Carrie songs? (bite him Paula) Matt, that was kinda boring; I’m changing the radio station.

Well, this nite was very eye-opening for me. I enjoyed performers/performances that I was not expecting to like. Randy, STFU, that was not that great!

I’m off to vote for Allison, Adam and Anoop…and, I’ll throw a couple to Kris…he was very good.

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Peace Out Y’all :smoke_tb:

Hi Baxter…..You are making me fall into that ring of fire….

West Coaster here…Wow, this was a damned fine show. Not a trainwreck performance among them. I think I might have underestimated this group. Their baseline is quite high. There’s a lot of ability here. And a lot of room to grow.

To me Megan is to singing what a painting of Elvis on velvet is to art.

Danny probably will win. Or Matt. I think both actually need winning this show to be successful more than Adam does. Adam just needed this bit of nationwide coverage. I think he is set for his career when the game is over, AI crown or not.

Matt was easily the worst for me tonight.
I disagree completley with Simon.

Caffiend, I agree with you, the talent level tonight seemed to grow by leaps and bounds from last week.

pj Mar 18th, 2009 at 12:51 am

I am not ready to lose Allison or Alexis though. Sigh.

My favorites are Adam, Allison and Alexis. I think Allison has been consistently excellent and I find her charming. Why doesn’t she have a ginormous fan base?

Dial Idol was wrong last week. Maybe it’s Scott’s turn to leave?

My 3 favorite tonight (in first-name alphabetical order) are: Adam, Kris and Matt. I also liked Allison and Anoop (Yay!) a lot. Megan was pretty good, too.

I thought he said he found a different version? No, he did say that. Ahem. Perhaps Dilana did too. Either way, I thought his was way more riveting. YMMV.

That didn’t stop people from calling him innovative.

Adam’s performance was ridiculous and not in a good way. I didn’t get it, but that’s just me. I admit he’s very talented, but I just don’t see him being a “superstar” in the sense of selling millions of records.

As for Meghan, I don’t think she’s really “current” as the judges keep saying; I think she’s more of a throwback. She sounds really 1940′s to me. I like it, but she’s not my favorite.

I heart Anoop! Haha! His style is more the style I listen to and would by albums of. Do I think he’s gonna win? Probably not, cuz I haven’t chosen a winner since Ruben. =)

but after hearing jolene i guess i still like brooke betterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I adore Brooke, and her Jolene still resides on my iPod, but I thought Alexis did a totally respectable rendition of the song. It just wasn’t as good as she’s previously been, so I was kind of disappointed (not however disappointed enough to be okay with her going home tomorrow!). I still want to keep her for a while. And, little Spens thinks she looks like Tinkerbelle, so she would miss her a lot.

Danny is going to win. I.just.know.it.

Caro my friend, please do not torment me in that fashion.

Oh, and yes Baxter, you are correct about the Gokey. He craps his way through 2/3 of the song annoying me with his stupid glasses and hideous facial hair just waiting to give us his big moment with his awesome glory notes. That is the reason that when I do punch him in the face, it’s going to be really, really hard.

ETA:

To me Megan is to singing what a painting of Elvis on velvet is to art.

As a Megan lover, I must say that’s some funny shit right there.

Oh, and one more thing, for those of you not liking Matt ending his songs on his “falsetto”…. well, that’s because it’s not actually falsetto, but a seriously wonky note that has no business on national television. Just sayin.

Although Alexis didn’t have a great standout performance, it would be wrong if she went home.

COUGH COUGH :yell_tb: > CAW CAW :jittery_tb:

West coaster…

Michael – Not terrible, but I’m disappointed. I like the guy and hope he makes it, though that seems improbable .
Allison – Why is she always so low on Dialidol? She’s awesome.
Kris – WTF, where did that good performance come from? Dark horse? Reminds me of Jason Castro in a way. Very good, one of the best.
Lil – Not bad…. not good. Not a bad performance, but by her standards, not so great.
Adam – What. The. Hell. Was. That?! I agree with Simon there. I was on the fence at first because he is overrated in my opinion, but then I started to like him. After this performance… Ugh, he took it too far. Creepy. But unique, I’ll give him that. Still, it was pretty crappy. At least he’s through and can pick it up next week .
Scott – He was okay, kinda meh tonight.
Alexis – I thought she was good. I’m worried about her tonight, apparently she’s in danger! NO! STAY!
Danny – Not as bad as other people are saying. People do love to hate him and the extent of the hate comments here has me quite PO’d eople talk like they want to kill him. Seriously, what the hell?. It’s gone way too ****ing far). Sure, he was…. ick and pimped, but he wasn’t terrible.
Anoop – He’s back and better than ever. Damn great.
Megan – This was the Megan I loved during her audition. Great choice. Good performance. Get better soon.
Matt – Weird choice, but the BEST OF THE NIGHT! I totally agree with Simon’s end comment, he did outsing Danny tonight. Lil/Matt 09.

The best were Kris, Anoop, Matt, and Megan.

Everyone else was good to meh. The worst of the night was Adam. Just too much, felt indulgent, did NOT feel right at all. If he pulls off another one of these types of performances anytime soon, I hope he goes. He can be over the top, but he went too far with this one. Lil and Danny were also not good, but only for their standards. Heh, ironic, my top 3 all kinda… sucked tonight.

Michael, Alexis, and Scott are probably the bottom 3. I feel bad for Scott, it doesn’t seem like there’d be much else he could do other than piano and singing…. His lack of versatility may hurt him. If he stays, hopefully he changes it up next week. Michael could have been good. I wouldn’t say 1.2 out of 10, though.

I’m still questioning Allison’s presence near the bottom of the Dialidol list.

Why did Matt get to go last this week, when he went second to last – last week?! Can anyone explain this to me???

Check Dial Idol – guess who’s number 1? Yup, Danny. Wasn’t his best night, but if you don’t like him, too bad. He’s not going anywhere and that’s the way it should be. When he got to the chorus, it was amazing.

ANOOP! So happy to see he’s back. I thought he was the best of the night. Loved, Loved, loved him! Way to just do it.

Matt – woo hoo. Man I love this guy. I thought his performance was really nice.

Lil – bad song. I too wish that she had done I Will Always Love You. i still love her though.

Adam – Meh. Not my thing. I love the original and I while I love the fact that he is unique, some of those falsetto notes were horrid. I don’t care if he’s over the top, I just care if he sings well, and tonight was not it.

Megan – great song choice for her. But honestly, sick or not sick, I CANNOT STAND HER PHRASING. Blech.

Alison – Great performance, but will people remember her?

Michael Sarver – the only one who really sang country tonight. I don’t like that song, but he served the genre well

Chris Allen – this is the first time I really enjoyed his vocals. Great job!

Alexis – ugh. Poor thing. I did not like this interpretation. Did Brooke do this last year? I seem to remember liking Jolene better last year. I like her and I hope she doesn’t go anywhere.

Scott – I didn’t like his song choice. He’s an awesome pianist, but I just haven’t connected with him.