American Idol Season 8 – Top 3 Performance – VIDEO

GO ADAM!!!!!

Hope it’s a great night… after Eurovision I need something to clear my ears! And I’ll think twice before criticizing any of these 3…

” But he made à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“filthy bitchà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .”

*drools with anticipation*

My stomach is in knots before a show for the first time this season.

Here we go!
That’s some drama^^

Knock them out of the park, Kris!!

Wow only 300 shows

So very excited. I just wish I didn’t have to sit through Danny first…

I always love Top 3 night!

Am I the only one seeing Danny copying on Kris’ style? Douche.

What is Adam wearing?! :laugh_tb:

I think Kris only owns pants with holes in them. LOL Cute as can be any way.

OMG they are going to show Streaker Girl tomorrow night~

OMG THEY’RE GOING TO MENTION STREAKER GIRL!

Hey, that’s the KISS guys!

did annyone understand what Paula just said

TEEHEE. Adam’s streaker got a mention….or what did Ryan say? Bumrush?

Ouch. He sounds like he’s pushing it again.

Either Danny’s voice is totally shot, or this really sux. Maybe both.

karagokey ewww…

Woo and do do do do dooo

Aha, so 5 notes in the song = “keep your voice in that magic spot”

LOL so the company line still is that his vocals are good… uh-huh

Man, his voice is shot.

Argh, no. He got in the do-do-do’s.

And more do-do-do’s lol.

I really hardly hear or see anything during the show. I’m too nervous. heheh Did you see Kris glance at Adam right when they walked out. :)

I don’t like this Little Sister song.

Here we are starting off with Danny shouting at us and doing his generic stupid dancing and singing bit.

What’s with the weird “doo doo doo”s?
Gosh, just go home, Danny.

Danny is shouting as usual and Simon calls that singing. I don’t get it. This is not pretty. I gues it isn’t supposed to be. He is giving it his all, I’ll give him that. I love the saxophone. The judges are going to heap on the praise because it is their last chance to put Danny into the finals with Adam.

Ouch. He sounds like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pushing it again.

He sure does. Sounded flat to me……but the judges will think he’s genius……

In the inimitable words of Danny Gokey”

“doot do do doot do”

They liked that

Ugh. Shoot me.

If this is the better one of the two(going by spoilers) I’m very uh…worried for DAnny.

Nevermind! What am I saying! This could send his ass home!

HORRIBLE DANNY

adaaaaaaaaaaam!!!

OMG I think Kara half redeemed herself.

At least he didn’t have many words to forget. I think it was a stupid song choice by Paula. Oh well… ;) Kara and Paula….hiss, meow, hiss.

Too gyrating for Kara? Bah. There’s no such thing.

Paula looks kinda hot tonight

Damn. Wrong thread again.

So I repeat: That was AVERAGE.

GO ADAAMMMMMMMMMMM

This is ridiculous. I am getting ulcers over Kris Allen and it is already preordained that he will go home after tonight. I hate this. I hope he sings a good as I know he can.

Shut up, Gokey!

Kara called it correctly.

Is Adam going last again????? That makes me laugh and cry at the same time lol

Shut up Danny. Just shut up. You. Can’t. Dance.

Thanks Simon

Paula was right about one thing, that did showcase his 5 note range.

Put the GO in Gokey!!

Kara was so right, other than that Danny’s voice is just subpar. I hate that she was right on the money with Danny, though I do hope America sees that THAT’S the truth about that performance.

LOL Adam’s outfit is questionable compared to his previous outfits.
Anyway… poor Kris. Wait till he comes out with that acoustic guitar and shut everyone up.
The judges talk. too. much.

Kris wasn’t as good as i thought he would be

whoa, finally got back in!

I really liked Kris at the piano for Apologize. LOL I have no idea what the Judgery was up to, but not like I expected a serious commentary from them.

Also: lol at Paula and her “loud bum note” comment….uhhhhh last week, Danny? Kris gets no Aplus for effort?

Sorry for crashing the blog, MJ. :)

And Yay for Simon Pwn’ing Kara’s ass!!

Kris was really good. He’ll kill it with Heartless, I can tell.

Well, it looks like they are in faint praise mode with Kris.

Frankly the worse is Paula, she clearly has invested way too much into her Danny-Adal finale.

Kris was soooooooooooooooooo good!!!! What is wrong with judges minus Randy…

Poor Kris, he didn’t stand a chance against that giant charter bus that just flattened him. The judges spent more time arguing than they did critiquing him. *Sigh*

Kara was right on about Danny, but WTF about Kris. Simon was right (about her being wrong, but somewhat wrong on Kris). But I do praise Simon for at least saying Kris’s was competent. Still, you should’ve liked it!

Kris >>>>> Danny.

I think Kris is in trouble. I thought he was really good, but the judges are ridiculous. *eye roll*

Oh. So they had to get One cleaered, not WG? Wierd. Grrr…

Danny does mediocre karaoke and gets his usual ass licking. Kris does a fine job singing and plays an instrument and gets told he’s disappointing. Situation normal.

Meanwhile, Adam shows us once again why he should win.

I don’t know why we should listen to the judges tonight anyway. They’re way more interested in manhandling each other than they are in the singers. Disgusting.

OMG ADAM

Woah, Mad World lighting…

It’s okay. I think Kara set Kris up well. She said she wanted rearrangement…she is going to get it. Big time.

LMAO, he is going for the elvish look, but he smashes it like always.

The sway bots are back!

Holy Crap. I have chills

Yes! Toned down Adam! But not the high note!

I’m sorry, but I don’t like the gaspiness, otherwise it was OK.

I don’t know this song Adam is singing. The harmonies sound off.

Adam is ruining one of my favorite songs. Yikes, bad. I’m shocked. He’s usually great.

I liked Danny’s performance of “Dance Little Sister.” I thought that he did a decent job of it.

I thought that Kris was okay, he wasn’t as good or better than the original IMO. Also, did anyone else notice that it looked like Kris’s fingernails were painted? I thought that it looked like his fingernails were painted in his hometown video. Maybe he has been taking some tips from Adam?

The only positive thing to come from the ridiculous judge commentary on Kris was Kara saying that she wanted him to come out with his guitar and do something acoustic and surprising for the next song.

Um, bring it on…

eta: rbidol, you beat me to it :)

He looks like he’s gonna cry. But like fake, acting cry. Whatever. He sang his face off, I really liked it.

My only complaint: It was too short. The arrangement was weird.

I didn’t like that. still, waiting for tonguebath in 3…2…

lol and i forgot, simon song choice = automatic props from simon

Why so whiny Adam? I don’t get it.
Honestly, didn’t love One much.

Apologize was good, some bad notes and nothing special. But fine.

I didn’t even recognize what Adam sang. Did not like it at all. But I did like the less-glam look. Not as much eyeliner and he’s still pretty.

Kris sounded off key. Not a good performance.

Danny-ok
Loved Kris!
Adam-not so much..too screechy JMO..;)

Danny:
I think the theory that he’s imitating previous seasons holds water. Anyone else think he was trying to mimic Blake a bit there with the Sax?

And either I’m watching Adam’s videos too many times or Danny was totally mimicing several of his performances there (Black or White in particular).

Other than that, I didn’t *hate* it, but I didn’t love it eitherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Kris:
I had a phone call, but I thought this was also kinda dull. Liked it better than Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. And Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s defending Kris! Nice. :-)

Adam:
Unfreaking believable. That was awesome! I can’t wait for the studio.

He looks like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gonna cry. But like fake, acting cry. Whatever. He sang his face off, I really liked it
I don’t think it was fake, him being gay the meaning of One is HUGE

I love “one” and I loved the way Adam sang it!!! Great song choice!!!

LOL Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s outfit is questionable compared to his previous outfits.

How so? I can’t watch from here.

I missed Gokey’s first song. Hated the bus coming for Kris, and Adam’s meh performance. I hope their personal choices go better.

All 3 look damn pressurised tho’

I don’t think that Adam’s performance of “One” was that great. I am not really that a big fan of that song, and I don’t think that it really suited him well.

LOL Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s outfit is questionable compared to his previous outfits.

Yup. Is he wearing 2 completely different colors of denim? Sorry, Adam, but outfit = fail.

Let me know when Gokey’s over…

I thought the beginning of “One” was terrific, but the 2nd part was… weird. I dunno, it was okay.

Adam was great, but not *completely* *original*, contrary to Kara’s gushing–his rendition of the chorus came from Mary J. Blige’s version.

I thought all 3 of them sucked. What a mess.

Adam was as brilliant as always. As great as I imagined.

I found this live feed. Small screen, but watchable for those who can’t wait.

Live Feed

But seems like Adam and Kris are off their game tonight. Stress or no rest from the homecomings?

Adam was fine, but it was far from his best performance.

I dont think anyone was that great.I wonder if kara will say well maybe i was wrong about the guitar.Yes i did think of blake when danny hit that sax part.

I don’t think that there was really a clear winner in the first half of the show. I thought that Danny was decent, Kris was okay and that Adam’s song choice didn’t really fit him that well. Let’s see how the second half turns out.

whats with the ear monitors? lol Adam looks like a pixie… rofl..

Kris killed it and gos run over and backed up on….
hokey pokey was ok…
didnt like adams.. couldnt even tell what he was saying half the time.. o.O;

Dear judges: you are not cute or amusing trying to one-up each other. please focus and CRITIQUE THE PERFORMANCES otherwise stfu and stfdown.

Hmm. I don’t really love the song “One” and what I hoped would be a moment for Adam, even though he did give me chills, left me kinda eh. It was too short. He took the best parts of it and stuck it together, but the arrangement didn’t flow right for me. It just didn’t have the build it could have, or should have had.

I still loved it, but it felt a little off…. The beginning was better than the latter.

And I’m shocked to say that because I do love me some Adam but I wanted so much MORE.

I somewhat blame time constraints because well, that song is long.

I wasn’t blown away by Adam’s performance. For me, he had many others that were better this season.

Adam’s was beautiful!

Adam was meh AHHH NOOO MY EARZ. Okay, not really, but even though I’m not his fan, it wasn’t his best. Shoulda gone Mad World esque with this. Hopefully his next performance is like Feeling Good.

Kris did good, but there were some off points. Still, he’s never taken the baby grand, so it’s a good move by him.

Danny, meh, quite off.

Kris >>> Adam >>>>>>> Danny.

But the judge’s choice seems to always go terrible. Last year, it wasn’t very good either. Their choices should go better, although with David Archuleta, he had a strange choice and a decent execution. I liked With You.

Yup. Is he wearing 2 completely different colors of denim? Sorry, Adam, but outfit = fail.

Gee he’s human! I wear two different colours all the time.

Another brilliant performance Mr. Lambert!!

Simon called Bono personally? M’thinks he likes Adam just a smidge!!!!

Loved Adam as usual. He’s had several better performances but he is still in a class by himself. Also he looks sexy tonight!!

Btw, good job to Kris, love that song!!

When you do a song like ONE you walk a tight rope and Adam did very very well. You cannot over sing that song and he was very careful not to do that and to respect the song. He is a phenomenal singer and strategist.

He’s just plain awesome. It wasnt his greatest performance by a long shot but his worst performance is better than anyone’s best. JMHO. Apparently Im not alone.

Are they trying to remind people that they cut IGB this year? :blink_tb:

Gokey was boring and predictable.
Kris was great, didn’t get the credit he deserved.
Adam was good. I don’t like the sing though so that’s influencing my judgment.

Round 1 goes to Kris and Adam.

Yeah, I think Simon had good intentions but One is difficult to condense into a soundbite.

My ranking of the first round, based on my enjoyment of the performance is:

1. Kris – Competent, I loved the piano, vocals were good (but not spectacular), and it was very pleasant to listen to.

Tied for 2nd – Adam and Danny – I didn’t care for their tones. Danny was a bit strident, and Adam was a bit whiney, as someone upthread noted. Both showed problems with breathing technique. Danny’s choice of phrasing I didn’t care for, and I really can’t stand Adam’s gasping for theatrical effect.

Frankly, I was disappointed in all of their performances, but Kris bothered me the least, and is more like the style I’d listen to.

Another live stream. Hope this works.

Live Feed for AI

What’s the song ( before carrie’s) that was playing during the clip?

Hmm. Honestly, I was expecting more from them all. But it’s bogus that the judges hold Kris to a higher standard than Danny. Was Danny pitch-perfect? No. Did he did change up his song arrangement? No. And yet they criticize Kris for not doing those things, while giving Gokey a pass.

Oh well. Like you said, Cathy, situation normal.

Not impressed with all three performances. I guess Kris had the edge because he was at least musical and not OTT. I don’t know what Danny and Adam were doing with their atonal attempts to phrase a melodic line.

Meh.

Adam just hit it otta the park!!

Oh, I get it. They threw in the commercial so Danny doesn’t get completely outclassed by Adam.

Adam looked like a dark-haired Legolas if you ask me^^

I understand why other fans would be pissed at Adam, they’ve done everything except crown Adam right there.

Kris is not Matt on the piano – he should have played the guitar.

Carrie is not as good as Matt on “So Small”

Adam is amazing.

I thought all 3 of them sucked. What a mess.

Yeah… pretty much. Lets hope the second round is better.

They’re over again. Three songs plus commercials in 20 minutes with THESE judges? Imposible.

Adam and Kris were kinda all over in place. Danny…. was Danny

I really loved Adams “One” cant wait for the studio version

No way are they going to finish on time.

Theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re over again. Three songs plus commercials in 20 minutes with THESE judges? Imposible.

The Carrie thing should of been tomorow

Round 1
Decent, but not mindblowingly awesome.

Adam
Kris
Danny

What ya got next, top three? :3

Kris is not Matt on the piano – he should have played the guitar.

If they were doing only one song tonight, then I would agree with you – he should have gone with a guitar. But since he’s already got an acoustic arrangement planned for his personal song choice, I think playing the piano on ‘Apologize’ was a good move.

ETA: At this rate, they’ll probably go overtime… AGAIN.

seriously, one ad break after each song, carrie underwood little piece included?!?!?!

Im a west coaster, but it sounds like the judges are getting ready to run over Kris w/ a bus (a train, bulldozer, or a 747). I hope Kris rocks “heartless!” and shows the judges something different and current!

Are they trying to remind people that they cut IGB this year

I think that they are just trying to use of some of the spare time, they have. Last week they filled that time by letting the contestants do duets, this week they decided to use that time to showcase Idol Gives Back. That time could have been used towards letting the contestants have 3 songs each.

But I think that because the judges comments run long, there isn’t quite enough time to give the contestants 3 songs, but enough to have a segment on Idol Gives Back.

I agree with those who say that none of them have been that great yet tonight.

The problem I have with Adam is that, just as Randy said, he kind of lost the melody in the rearrangement. He did the same thing disco night. These songs with classic melodies…you really can throw them away. Glory notes without a melody…its just lacking something essential.

There are so. many. commercials. :wallbash_tb:

And the reward for waiting thru them: Danny. lol

I bet Adam’s studio version will be a lot better than the live one. You can’t really condense that song very well.

Hopefully Adam goes home after that screechy mess. Kris was good but God, what an awful song choice. Kara & Randy….wtf. Just because it’s a #1 on the Hot 100 doesn’t mean it’s a great song to perform live. Danny was OK.

tara8, it was Africa by Toto during the carrie video

Idol really fails at timing this year.

Ugh.

I was wanting to be blown away by Adam….I wasn’t. He was still good. I hope he has a “moment” with his last song.

Gawd, here comes Hokey again. Time to mute.

Of course there’s 20 minutes of commercials. As Mj reported the other day, ratings are down and profits are up.

Sadly, I think Danny’s performance was actually the best of the three (and it hurts me to say that). He actually got the worst song choice of all of the them and did the most with it (ignoring the dancing). Kris was mediocre but in retrospect, I don’t think it was a good song choice on Kara’s part . Simon’s song choice was the best, but I thought that Adam’s rendition was absolutely horrible. Randy was the only honest one.

I didn’t like any of those… wow. I love One, and did not like what Adam did with it, or the way he sounded on his upper register… it was not pleasant and hurt the beautiful lyrical interpretations. Kris was probably my favorite, but I agree with Kara that he should have interpreted it differently.

Can’t wait for Adam’s studio version too. Some songs do not sound well in reader’s digest format.

I have to admit I need to eat my words. Kris was the best that round. Adam = very disappointing

Shut those women up, for cryin’ out loud!! LOL!! I thought Adam was awesome, as always. No comments on the rest….

It’s going to go over…as always. Why can’t they figure this out??? GRRR

OMG! Danny brought tears to my eyes. Best of the night so far.

I LOVED ADAM. OMG!

WTF?

Oh God I’m callin it he will cry

I agree with lys..on the fact that Gokey didnt change it up and he got praise, yet Kris did a wonderful performance, and gets thrown under the bus…so not fair..

Oh shit. He actually sounds good

So Sprinkles interviews Gokey just so he can say it out loud that he rearranged the song. *rolleyes*

PS: Is my tv’s sound to low or he’s singing very, very low?

More band.

Oh, this is awful, even for Danny.

His voice is really screwed up. He needs rest and lemon water.

Loving Danny’s YASB. I.am.loving.it. Good stuff.

SCream Danny. Scream your voice off. Spoil the song!

Oh Danny, breathing in the wrong places, no breath support on the soft intro to the song. Not good in my opinion.

Oi vey Danny………..can I wake up now?

Woo. Hated that, Danny. You sounded like a great creeper.

He actually did kind of… well. *eyetwitch*

Get ready for that bus, Kris, my dear.

Dang it, I’m seeing how someone could consider Danny a good singer. Let’s hope this means he goes home…

Danny, that was worse than last week. Sorry.

Go Danny. I thought he did a good job with “You are So Beautiful.”

Probably his best

Man, I actually liked that. Not sure how modern it was or if that would be on the radio, but it was okay.

Thanks Thea.

That really wasn’t that great. No emotions evoked here, except disgust and confusion. Where was that magic you’re talking about, Paula?

shut up danny.

GO ALLISON! SAVE THE ROCKER!

-in deep denial-

Well – considering they had their homecoming and had to worked on two songs – so far so good.

OMG…Danny just got done and…. I love Joe Cocker and I actually had a simple and plain *bar band* singer sing this to me. OMG OMG OMG!!! They are praising him like crazy.???? WTF???? NOOOOOOO I just don’t hear what they are hearing?????? I give up….

Sigh. I hate this but he didn’t suck on that. OMG Paula can barely contain her squee… :P

I know ya’ll mostly don’t like Danny, but his second song was aaaaawesome.

“Mad vocals”? WHAT?! His vocals are completely shot. These judges…. AHHHHHRGH.

Frankly, I don’t know who gave you those spoilers MJ, but that performance was way better than I was expecting.

yeah, I kinda liked Danny’s arrangement of YASB and the vocals were good but not enough for me to vote for him…

Danny prob just made it to the finals….that was really hard to type

Ugh. The over-pimping just started. Poor Kris. I can hear the bus backing up already.

Are the judges tongues black from all the ass-licking yet? But dammit, he actually sounded quite good.

Kris and Adam, BUCK UP!

Didn’t love the rearrangement, but thought he sang very well. It’s going to be close tonight!

that was

Simon is a sell-out.

Pardon me while I make an appointment with my ENT as, clearly, my hearing must be shot to hell. Danny’s performance = a vocal masterclass. WTF?!

I can’t get much more of this. Never in the history of this show the judges comments bothered me as much.
It’s just beyond ridiculous.
I did not hate Danny’s performance, it wasn’t bad, but vocal masterclass???!! Who are we kidding?

Master class? That pitchy, breathless, breathy performance? Are we watching the same show?

Ooohhh!!! Pocket idol is wearing a sparkly shirt!

I did not mind that, unfortunately. Damn!!!

Off topic, why can I only post one time? I have to go and reload the site to do so again. Any ideas?

There seems to be a huge difference of opinion on Danny. I just don’t like the he – he – he that he did at one point in the song (putting breaks in a single syllable because he couldn’t change notes smoothly….sign of bad technique).

SO excited for Kris.

Vocal masterclass? Is that what Simon said?

Wow, did Danny cry? I don’t question that is emotions are genuine, but that was… icky to watch nonetheless. YMMV. The thing about Danny is that I always like his voice in parts of each performance, and I’m like, ooh! But he never has a good all around performance. Vocal masterclass, Simon? The lower verses are not well supported. Also, why is he’s talking/explaining soooo much tonight?

Wow. Kris sang both songs that Matt should have sung. Boo.

Kris’ voice sounds bad. Much as I hate to say it. it sounds pitchy, and not emotional like Danny’s YASB. But his arrangement sounds good. Doubt the judges would praise it tho’

Danny was good.

I may be in the minority, but I loved Danny’s performance.

For all those that criticize people’s facial expressions matching the lyrics, why is Kris smiling about someone being heartless and leaving him? I like Kris, but I’m just saying…

Kris sounds horrible too.

Loving Kris! This is the record he would make and that I would buy.

I can’t believe Kanye let them use his musis, didn’t like it kris

I got a sinking feeling that it is possible that Adam may not win afterall :-(

Love ya Kris!!

Oh KRIS!

Kris was amazing!

LMAO the lyrics talking to the show. GO KRIS! Should I mute the judges now?

eta: omg they are not bussing him. Uh guys, might wanna let Simon talk :D

AWESOME JOB POCKET IDOL! no matter what happens he went out on a high note!

Yay thank you for the minipimp Ryan!

I am liking Kris! but just watching on small little in and out screen! argghhh! Adam was wonderful and Danny not to bad, Danny was just boring though – he never goes out on a limb, never reaches for the stars. Well, he tried last week and failed miserably didnt he? lol

Not loving Kris either. Not a Kanye fan, and I just don’t like this song. Still thought it was better Danny’s.

KRIS- HEARTLESS=AMAZING!!!!!!!

NO BUS!!!

OMG. Kris was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! With Heartless…not so much with the first song.

I thought that Danny was better vocally than Kris was tonight. I thought that Kris had an okay arrangement of Kanye’s “Heartless.”

The were some rough points in that.

The bad parts were pretty bad, but the good parts were awesome.

kris, hell yes! thank you randy and karrah for giving him the credit he deserves!

What did they hear that I didn’t – ugh. He rushed it.

At least he is getting praise

Kris was pretty awesome!!!

Ha, I love Heartless. Loved it. And his shirt sparkles!

huh? Randy loving Kris? Ah, Kara, SHUT UP! You screwed Kris over, and you’re blaming him?

Antipating Simon whacking. look at his face.

OH MY FUCKING GOD. Kris fucking tore it up!!

Yeah Simon!

I love the restraint comments from Paula, her agenda is showing.

this is hard to follow since i’m west coast. but did simon say danny shouldnt have rearranged yasb, but kris got dinged for not re-arranging apologize?

OMG YES YES YES

Kris fans, VOTE YOUR BUTT OFF like he just got run over.

A vocal MASTER CLASS??

Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!

Oh come on.

I HATED the arrangement. That song needs to stay simple, pure. Ewwwwww.

They over pimped Adam and had to make up for it on Danny. Thats what happened.

That was AWESOME! Dare I say, best of the night so far.

kara*

i spelled her name the way i spell mine by accident :)

Now thats how you do it. What a risk, go Kris Allen!

Kris’s performance was the best of the night so far by a long margin! That was great!

Too late, Kris. You are still toast, I’m afraid.

STELLAR. BEAUTIFUL. AMAZING.
KRIS.
If that didn’t save you for the finale I’m gonna cry.

is anyone else sitting there and saying *shut up, Kara???* Omg…the woman can’t shut up. No wonder it takes it over. And, I used to complain about Paula. Kris did good. Simon even said so. But, the girls have to stop it!!!

OMG *stressed* to the major factor!!!!!!!!!!! ACK!! I’m too old for this..lmao!

I liked Kris’s performance, but would like to shoot the person doing the sound mix. The guitar needed to be brought up a little….definitely was not loud enough….just like the night that Archie performed and also when Cook performed. Come on sound techs, you can do better than that. It was as if Kris was singing without the guitar.

Now let’s see how it goes with Adam.

hate to say danny was better than expected.

kris’s Heartless was FANTASTIC

Kris, that was incredible. You are so going to do more amazing like that in the finale next week. I can’t wait for it. KRADAM is going to happen.
Sweet shirt.

I expected a bus with Kris but I didn’t think Paula would be driving it.

See you all later. Getting phones ready. Go Adam. Go Kris!! :)

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Oh God, that was one AMAZING PERFORMANCE!

Gokey was a mess…I just give up on why they praise.

Anyway…Kris. That was freakin’ AWESOME. I loved that!

Coming in late to the 2nd songs

Sorry, did Simon call Danny’s performance a vocal masterclass? The last time he used that, he used it for Elliott after A Song For You. I feel so insulted on behalf of Elliott. It was good but it was nowhere near Elliott’s A Song For You.

Kris’ performance was good too. Finally some decent comments from the judges. Simon however still managed not to give a compliment.

Kanye West Kris! Love the shirt and accessories! But I’m stunned, they praised Kris?!?!?! Just hope it’s not a tactic by the judges to make Kris’ fans complacent and not vote.

Go Kris!

*trembling for Adam*

choiceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦If you arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in the final next week it will be one of the biggest upsets.

I hope I am wrong, but it looks like the bus might be revvin’ up for Adam…..

Kris was just okay. Not that good.

OHHH! The Pressure!!!

The reason people think Adam was disappointing is that we all have crazy high expectations for him, more so than usual on a U2 song. Give him a break he did great with what he was given.

Kris was awkward 2nd time around sorry. Didn’t like the arrangement.

Danny was actually alright for me his 2nd time.

JMHO

ETA: typo. I hate typing on my iPod. Btw I love the busy signals! I haven’t gotten thru once.

Too late, Kris. I think you are toast. Sorry

Ooohhh can I just say that this is such a slap to Danny if Adam pulls this off. Danny,here’s how you sing Steven Tyler. *slap*

Not an Adam fan, but it’s annoying that the BGVs are louder than him.

And then the screaching… that’s why I don’t like him.

Okay this type of song suits the tone of Adam’s voice, not U2, Simon! Haha, I love that this is like Adam’s F-U to Danny’s Scream On. This is how you do “early” Aerosmith (tm Kara haha).

Oh, Oh, that was a very bad note Adam. That’s the first time that I heard him off pitch.

He’s going too much over the top, in my opinion. He’s having an off night, and it’s a bad time for it.

Yeah, looks like Adam is off his game tonight. Shoot! So Adam’s fans won’t be vote splitting, and it’s headed for Adam/Danny final.

*Cryin’ for Kris*

Danny was so much beter than Kris and I don’t even like Danny. The Fray’s cover is 100% better that what Kris sang. Randy, I don’t know what you were listening to!

I love Adam, but tonight was not his best night. Not even close.

Those back up singers should shut up and leave the singing to Adam!

Ugh, the back-up singers were AWFUL.

Kris was just okay. Not that good.

I agree. I thought that “Heartless” was a decent song choice, but I thought that Kris was just okay vocally.

Wow the vote must of been close last week.

that was awesome, best of the night!

I loved Adam’s ‘Cryin’, but why the hell did he pair up with a back-up singer? Weird.

I don’t think that Adam was that great tonight.

I really liked Kris’ version of Heartless. I like my singer-songwriters more offbeat, so the slightly cracked sound to Kris’ voice was awesome to me.

Simon had a point there, reminding Adam fans to vote. So the bus is still headed for Kris.

Damn…who arranged Danny’s YASB? He actually sang it well, without the scream and high note.

Sigh….Adam/Danny final. Hate this.

Did I just hear Simon tell everyone to vote for Adam?

LOL Simon is asking people to vote for Adam, more than asking… begging! I think he’s really afraid Adam might not make it.

I don’t recall Simon going so far as beg people to vote for a contestant.

Kara is sometimes so dumb . After hearing Kris second song it was clear that he wanted to give his two songs a different vibe and she still goes on over the first song.

I was not diggin Adam’s performance of “cryin” but he still deserves to win…..

Hahaha Simon, very strategic and smart.

That was like, epitome of why I can’t cheer for Adam. Too much with the OTT and the (whatever you want to call it) high notes plus his timbre. But I’m sure he’ll make Finale.

Big question is…could Kris have Heartless’d his way into Finale with him past Danny’s pimping and invincible fanbase?

Oh Simon and judges, obvious much? They’re literally telling people to vote for Adam. Good gosh. That being said, yes thanks for reminding me. Will do (for both Adam and Kris). Sorry Danny, AC has never been my cup of tea.

I think that this is going to be an interesting voting night tonight.

I loved how Simon practically begged people to vote for Adam. So disgusting.

I wish Adam wouldn’t sacrifice a good tune for glory notes. It is not what music is about. I don’t get the judges.

WTF at simon…… heck to the no…. seriously… wtf… stuff it

Actually Simon it’s not strictly a singing contest, It’s part singing, part ability to enter the music business.

but with that said i haven’t seen it yet so what do I know!

Oh, I love my boy. Even gives credit to the others…what a guy. If no one else sees this, it’s ok with me. I really don’t care.

Adam…Adam…Adam!!!! Vote, peeps!!! He HAS to be in the finals and kick Gokeys ass..

Who can resist that laugh??? Really….

Ok, I’m done. Tomorrow is going to be a really long day.

I’m glad Simon made sure Adam’s fans don’t get complacement. I was worried about that.

Simon had a point there, reminding Adam fans to vote. So the bus is still headed for Kris.

I think they had the bus going towards him and Danny they were nice to Kris

I can’t get through for Kris :)

Circuits have been busy for Kris’ 05 this entire time and busy on 08!!! Argggghhh!!!

Someone please fire those background singers on Cryin’. They ruined that middle part of the song.

I love the restraint comments from Paula, her agenda is showing.

Yeah, after Kris finished Simon looked pissed and Paula looked like she’d been slapped. Even if Kris gets booted tomorrow, I’ll remember their looks with glee.

Liked it much better than One, but WTF at the background vocals? That was terrible.

The back up singer for Adam was atrocious. WTF was that??

Kris was the best tonight and deserves to make the finale. The other spot is wide open for Danny and Adam…whos got the most fans?? Danny has never made the b3..its going to be a fun night.

I loved Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢, but why the hell did he pair up with a back-up singer? Weird

I know…….I kept telling the backup to shutup already! They were overpowering him. He was still awesome!!!

WTH was up with the ear thingys and wires with him tonight? I’ve never noticed them before.

Good for Simon reminding people to vote!!!

if you are voting on vocals only tonight – Danny was the best. Better than Adam I think but still think Adam is a better singer. And, I am not voting because of looks.

I’m only through the first 3 songs. I absolutely hated Adam tonight. It was horrible and he ruined the song completely. I’m so sick of the judges’ and producer’s pimping with him. Kris was blah and doesn’t have the voice for that song. Danny was the only one that was good and it was a song I wasn’t familiar with.

I’m a bit surprised by all these “too little, too late” comments regarding Kris. If anyone fits that statement, it’s Danny. Kris has been a heck of a lot more consistent then he has. And if Kris makes it into the finale tomorrow, he’ll have earned it based on his overall consistency. JMO.

Well, Kris’s phone lines are crazy…I’m getting no busy signal nor vote confirmation most of the time, just silence. Only got 2 votes in so far.

All three of them were good tonight. It’s gonna be close for #2.

The back up singer for Adam was atrocious. WTF was that??

I agree. It was so distracting! He is still my fave though.

I did NOT like Adam’s Cryin’ and I wasn’t jumping up and down over his “one” either. This is the first night Adam hasn’t been outstanding for me.

He had moments, but over all, not so good. :( I blame time restraints on a lot of it. Cryin’ and One just don’t lend themselves well to be chopped up and shortened, so I also blame bad song selection. Sorry Simon, I don’t care if you called Bono…..if he can’t sign the whole thing it isn’t worth it.

Better go vote. His ass better be in the finale or I won’t even watch.

And the backup singer in Cryin….just needs to not help Adam. It was too screechy even for me there, and I don’t mind the screech.

This evening was an epic fail for me all around.

Although I still think Adam was better than Danny and only slightly better than Kris because I quite enjoyed Kris’s “Heartless” which totally redeemed his “Apologize” for me.

ADAM FTW!!!!

VOTE PEOPLE!!!!

My Ranking tonight (from watching online without my great receiver!):

Adam>Kris>Gokey

I’m pleased I’m not the only one thinking there was something up with the backing singer on Crying she totally ruined it .. also is that the first time Adam’s had earpieces on Idol .. he didn’t have them on the recap of Crying .. but did on the live performance .. probably wanted to block out the awful backing singer

ick. Adam and Danny were off tonight, actually i thought all their first songs sucked. well I did like “apologize” for Kris but he did NOTHING with it at all.
but it suited his voice very well.

I loved Kris’ “hearltless” and thats how he should have changed up apologize, made it different.

Danny is annoying.

Kara was really spot on tonight and i enjoyed her and Simon:)

paula ick.

id love to see a kris/adam finale.

like kara said “kris is a dark horse” and he is, he made it this far, i can see him making it to the finale.

I’m voting for Adam and Kris (yeah, I know). Haven’t been able to get through for Kris AT ALL … but am having no problems voting for Adam.

probably wanted to block out the awful backing singer

No kidding! Wonder why he chose to wear them tonight of all nights.

personally thought heartless was the shizz….. hope its on itunes… heck ill own up to being a danny hater.. but he was better than adam tonight….

did anyone notice, that danny got the crap spot lol. anyone who sings 1st on the top 3 in all seasons has gone home. please please go danny

I can’t tell you who had the best vocals, because I couldn’t get through 15 seconds of the treacly sap that was Danny’s version of You Are So Beautiful. I value the money I spent on my dinner and wanted to keep it for a while.

I’m finally starting to get through for Adam. FINALLY. And I’m not sure how I feel about that.

I think the judges did not slam Kris because TPTB have read the blog and watched Idoltry and know they went to far.

The new back up singers were horrible the whole season

brb, voting A BILLION TIMES for kris. PUT THE GO IN GOKEY!

1) Kris – Heartless – I admit it, I have never felt the Kris love before tonight. That was awesome, though – reminded me a lot of Castro’s Over The Rainbow moment last year, another of my faves. Absolutely fantastic. 9/10

2) Adam – One – U2′s an incredibly difficult band to both cover and sing, and I think Adam did a MUCH better job with his arrangement that Cook did with his U2 song last year. That blew me away. 9/10

3) Kris – Apologize – Frankly, I thought it was better than Archie’s duet last year. He didn’t do much with the arrangement, but why would he need to rearrange a modern song that fits with with his style of singing? 7/10

4) Adam – Cryin – Ugh, that screech is back. Not that different from any other Glambert performance we’ve seen. 6/10

5) Danny – You’re So Beautiful – His voice was seriously gone. Way too scratchy and gaspy. 5/10

6) Danny – Dance Little Sister Dance – Seriously, how did this guy make it past Allison? That sucked. Almost as bad as Dream On. 3/10

and wth at the ear monitors…. they didnt get them top 3 night last year..

Back up singers ruined “Cryin’” for me…..seriously, someone remind that woman that she is BEHIND the scenes, not the main attraction. Which is, of course, Adam :D

Voting like crazy for Kris because Adam’s lines are ALL busy. Getting thru a few times for Kris!

Carrie is not as good as Matt on à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“So Smallà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

HAHA as much as I love Matt, nobody beats Carrie on So Small. Unless you’re talking about other things. LOL

OMG OMG Kris’ Heartless was KICK AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEE

I get circuits busy for all three of Kris’ lines. Not a single vote through yet. :help_tb:

Today show was just strange!!!

Nobody had MOMENT for me….I need to rewatch the performances….I think that adam was great but not amazing like last week… I was little disappointed he was doing his scream notes during “One”…but actually it work quite good in his “Crying”….

I really liked Chris…I didn’t get the judges comments…he was good, I don’t know the song by west but I liked kris’s guitar arragement….

Danny – the first song was only screaming for me…the second one was better but avarage….

This night was strange to me maybe because I had too high expactation after song spoilers and after super last week…

I hope America do it right! Adam in the finale….

Kris wins the night on the beautiful strength of Heartless.
Stellar. (I think we finally have another above 90 performance!)

Adam comes in second.
This was one of his more lackluster nights, but even then, he still shines.
But talk about back-up singer sabotage during “Cryin”! What was that woman thinking?!?

And of course, Gokey.
His first song was very Gokey-karoake.
His second song was much better – I enjoyed the performance – but the other two outshone him.
So GTFOkey.

In 16 minutes, I’ve only managed to get 3 votes to go through. Arggggh

My rankings:
1. Cryin
2. Heartless
3. You Are So Beautiful
4. Apologize
5. One
1000. That AWFUL Danny Gokey song that Paula chose

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  by Aerosmith – Adam says heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not going to change it up too much. Those who arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t fans of the rock wail wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be happy here

Nah. I’m a fan of the rock wail when it suits the song, per Cryin’, but not when it’s jarring and distracts from the spirit of the song’s lyrics, like what Adam did on One.

I’m dialing on 03 for Adam(lucky number so that’s what I’m sticking with) and I’m not getting thru…

I was surprised to hear Simon begging for votes for Adam. That was abit weird.
I think Gokey goes tonight. I don’t think anyone was all That great though to be honest.

personally thought heartless was the shizzà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.. hope its on itunes

Frog, you should know that if it’s anything like last year the worst one will end up on Itunes…

Tis ok, I’m getting all texts through to Kris on 3 :wub_tb: phones…I’ve only done this for Cook before and, while, I am not uber invested in Kris, I find him most deserving, and I learned how to do this last year…tis rather fun.

Kris was the best of the night for me. Incredible, intellegent, brilliant, well-thought out, came accross as humble… YES. And Adam, damn, he did great as always. Really hoping for an Adam/Kris finale. Glad that Simon ate his words. Danny… can’t even remember any of his freakin’ performances. Just dull, shouty, and… BLECH. Vote for Kris!!!! Vote for ADam! (But vote for Kris, LOL)

OMG OMG Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Heartless was KICK AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEE

What is “kick awesome”?! :blink_tb:

I’m getting through for Adam every single time now and still have not been able to place one single vote for Kris. :idea_wp:

The only standout tonight for me was Kris’ Heartless. He deserves to be in the finals. Danny was mediocre and his voice does nothing for me. Adam had two awesome song choices and killed them (in a bad way). Now Simon is begging people to vote for Adam. This is not a good season.

Dial Idol is really close for all of them. I may have to change from Kris to Kris and Adam. I just don’t find Gokey worthy. He wouldn’t know music if it kicked him in the ass.

This feels like such a political race…and Kris is some sort of third-party candidate…

Totally voting for Kris…if I can ever get through.

Also…really wishing Allison would have had the chance to sing two solo songs. :/

Kick-awesome

Popular term in the Kris fanbase.

Coined after in one of his interviews Kris said “kick…. awesome”. Presumably, he was going to say kick-ass but caught himself and replaced “ass” with the more politically correct “awesome”.

Kris’ heartless was the performance of the night.

Gokey was actually pretty good tonight. YASB was outstanding.

Adam was good, but not as good as the judges made him out to be. As usual.

busy signals for Adam on two lines…not his best performances, but he still (imo) is miles ahead of the other two.

They’ve all performed better. Nerves?

Adam might be in trouble :S

I will NOW be happy with ANY combination in the finale.

Tonight I’d put them:

1) Kris “Heartless”
(gap)
2) Adam “Cryin’”
3) Danny “Dance Little Sister”
4) Adam “One”
5) Kris “Apologize”
(gap)
6) Danny “You Are So Beautiful”. If that was a masterclass, I’m flunking out. Sheesh.

“Frog, you should know that if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s anything like last year the worst one will end up on Itunesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦”

leome… dont i know that…… hahaha i still WTF over longer….

I’ve never bothered trying before but I feel the need tonight! Is there any way I can vote from up here in the great northland of Canada?

Agreed, no one had a moment and yeah I actually felt bad for Adam with the back up singer trying to outscreech Adam and doing a bad job, and there was some lame ass guitar work as well that made the song sound weird. Same thing happened on Apologize, they had a guitar doing a keyboard part or background vocal part which to me was distracting.

I am not a Gokey fan but he did better on both songs than I expected. Kris was adequate on Apologize, he should have slowed it down a bit and I think that would have also helped him with his nerves, but I did love his version of Heartless. I’ve always liked that song and it is better than the Fray’s version. I agree with Randy on that one. To me it was the boldest risk that paid off.

And I am sorry Simon, U2 will never approve a song for American Idol again. That verison of One, which started off well until Adam went all Sam Harris on it, which is a sacrilege. I actually agree with Randy again? wow, that he mucked up the melody too much – I couldn’t tell what song he was singing by the end there.

So this could be a horse race indeed and I am glad they didn’t totally throw Kris under the bus. So my American friends, vote vote vote for your faves because I am not sure anyone is safe tonight.

Getting lots of busys on Adam. I have only been able to get through a few times. Crazy!

Best of the night was Adam on Cryin’ followed by Kris with Heartless. The rest were okay..

I think “one” will be better on the studio when he has time to build it up.

I can’t get through for Adam , my daughters are texting their fingers off…VOTE ’till 11

I voted 10 times for Kris. His “Heartless” was the first time I’ve felt compelled to vote for someone the entire season (well, except for Felicia, lol).

I think he may have nabbed the casual viewer vote

First I just have to say I hate Kara, she’s so freakin’ annoying, she pisses me off.

Gokey’s 2nd song was alright, he played it safe. ‘ef’ for Effort.
Kris’s 2nd song was really, really good, way way way better than JokeyGokey and I loved his sparkly shirt.
Adam’s was good but wtf? I thought a background singer was supposed to be in the background.

It should be a Kris – Adam final, they were the best two tonight and have been consistently better than Gokey.

I’m having no trouble getting votes through for Adam. This is a big concern for me, because as much as I loved Kris tonight, I’m not at all sure I can tolerate a Gokey-Adam finale. I have thrown a couple of dials Kris’ way because of “Heartless”, but his lines are busy for me.

I think Adam’s in big trouble if his voting bloc doesn’t get with it. Gah.

I thought Danny’s first song sucked (see? I don’t even remember it). Kris’ first song (Apologize) was ok, but I did think it was a somewhat inferior copy of the original. I wasn’t jumping up and down over Adam’s first song, though it was good… I think I’m just so used to him being good that it would take a whole lot to blow me away now and that kinda sucks because… he’s really good!

Round 2 I actually thought Danny did fine with You Are So Beautiful, though after the first verse I was about to take a nap… glad it picked up a bit. Vocal masterclass, though? Nah. I loved Kris’ version of Heartless, bum note and all… I like that sort of acoustic-y vibe about him, and I still say he sounds a lot like Keith Urban. I was enjoying Cryin’ a lot and was in awe, again, over Adam’s insane range but… WTF backup singer? She was caterwauling right over his vocal!

Weird night, but this should be a close race. Hoping for an Adam/Kris finale. Don’t listen to a word the judges say, I go do laundry and cook dinner when they are yapping.

remember you can send “vote” as a text to both Adam and Kris multiple times in the same text!

I just checked on my phone and it works!

Save “vote” as a draft and send it to the (570…#s) Enter the number(s) of the people you like best up to 10 times per text! For example enter 5703(adam) x7 and 5702(Kris) x3 and save it.

Then keep on sending, and sending, and sending, and sending.

MJ if you see this please post it somewhere/ spread the word! Thanks! No vote splitting tonight!

Kick-awesome

Popular term in the Kris fanbase.

Coined after in one of his interviews Kris said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“kickà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. awesomeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Presumably, he was going to say kick-ass but caught himself and replaced à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“assà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  with the more politically correct à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“awesomeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Thank you! That’s pretty funny.

Depends on who you want to vote for clearone…nah just kidding. I’ve no clue. I do know, however, that people further away from you vote. Just never needed to find out how.

What is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“kick awesomeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ?!

It was a phrase that Kris used on his top 36 interview, and his fans have kind of adopted it as a catch phrase for him.

Getting through repeatedly for Kris. Over and over and over….

If DI is to be believed…..Adam is ahead of GoGoGokey by little more than 3 points, and only 1.2 points separate Danny from Kris.

Wow…
It might come to be a Danny versus Kris finale.
I really hope Adam still can make it to Top 2.

This is going to be a very exciting result show.
I still think Adam will make it but the second spot is going to be very tough, both Kris and Danny will be battling it out.

again, america got rid of Allison and we are stuck with a smug Taylor Hicks 2.0….

Please Kris, make it through

Adam choked tonight. He was extremely underwhelming. Dont know if he was very NERRRVOUS, or whatever, but I expected better. I liked Cryin more so than One. He ruined it when he did the vocal acrobat with One. That song would have worked being simple. The high notes worked for Cryin though.

Kris surprised me in a good way. I knew the Heartless song would be good if he arranged it to suit him, but he exceeded my expectations.

Danny was blah for me, like always. But I did enjoy his Beautiful song.

That was not the version of One I wanted from Adam :( He deserves to be in the finale based on the whole season of performances but it was not his best night tonight. Cryin wasn’t fun enough and he was too OTT for One. Adam fans should vote like crazy for Adam because I think there’s a real chance he won’t get through based on tonight.

Heartless was the best performance of the night by far IMO. That’ll be a great song for Kris to go out on. Competent was the right word to describe Kris on Apologize but at least his moment came later.

I thought Danny did a very good job on You Are So Beautiful and it will be enough to get him into the finals IMO. He was solid on both songs but I didn’t like the first one because it seemed amateurish.

I freaking LOVED Kris tonight. Apologize was my fave performance from him and then he came out with Heartless and nailed it. WOWWW! Save Kris Allen ppl. Get him to the finale. Adam was amazing as usual, but gotta admit Kris won me over tonight. Gokey was overrated as usual. Should have been Anoop/Allison in his place. They would have showed him what a real Top 3 performance is like.

I have to give the night to Kris. Heartless was really good. I already gave him the edge in the first round over Danny and Adam.

I liked Danny’s second song, but my dvr switched to Deadliest Catch and by the time I could find my remote Adam was finished. I hope to catch Adam’s performance later.

Okay I heard the other 3. Danny was so good, Kris was pretty good but still not special for me, and Adam just screamed.

Overall I liked Danny the best, then Kris with one of his songs. Hated Adam tonight more than normal. That first song was horrendous. :shock_tb:

So funny, my hubby and his friend were watching Idol w/me (and drinking beer) and they both were like “this isn’t even a competition, that Adam dude has it in the bag”. I laughed, knowing that he doesn’t have it in the bag. But, this is coming from two “metal heads” that travel to see Black Label Society and such. Their comments: the other two are boring. I made them vote for Adam a few times. Ha! I’m worried though…

I’m calling all of the numbers for Adam and i’m getting through every single time…. =/

i’m scared.

I voted 10 times for Kris. His à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was the first time Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve felt compelled to vote for someone the entire season (well, except for Felicia, lol).

I think he may have nabbed the casual viewer vote

That’s what I suspect as well. He certainly had the most current, recognizable choices.

Geez, I could only get through TWICE for Kris! Is this sabotage or something? Haha

ETA: Hopefully they didn’t cut down on the number of phone lines open for him. Though if they did, I wouldn’t be surprised. :/

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never bothered trying before but I feel the need tonight! Is there any way I can vote from up here in the great northland of Canada?

Gizmo5!

Geez, I could only get through TWICE for Kris! Is this sabotage or something? Haha

Wow, I have to say that this was an odd show for me. No one really blew me away, yet the judges couldn’t stop heaping praise on each of the contestants. It was like they were totally trying to brainwash the audience, but I simply couldn’t be swayed. Danny’s 2nd song a vocal masterclass or something? Seriously? I thought he sounded so timid in the beginning and not in a good way. I liked Kris’ rendition of Heartless though – very creative, and I wanna give props where its due, but that might have been the only performance tonight worthy of some of the effusive praises the judges were giving out tonight. Wasn’t my favorite performance for Adam, the backup singer totally screwed him up and it seemed really rushed toward the end since Idol was running 3 min overtime.

Everything else just seemed kind of bland and safe, nothing new – we’ve seen this from them all before. Totally felt something was missing. That’s right… wish Allison could have brought it on tonight. ;_;

Simon chose a good song for Adam with “One”, but the damn soundbite was too short. It’s like Adam hardly began, one high note, then it’s over. Sheesh, the judges spoke way longer than the guys’ songs. The background singer should be fired. Did Danny bribe her or what?

Kara sucks big time. If she wanted acoustic guitar, she should have said so. WTF?

I was a bit stunned by the fact that the judges actually praised Kris tonight, but their ass-licking of Danny is really sickening.

Conspiracy theory – praise Kris, put Adam under bus, Kris-Danny final, Danny win. See the train of thought there? Sheesh.

But Adam was kinda off his game tonight. Shoot. *cries for Kris and Adam*
Danny pulled out his surprise trump card today. Where had he been hiding the guy rearranging YASB? He used up his clearance allowance on hiring that guy, is it?

I can’t get thru for Adam…guess thats good

Kris’ Heartless was so amazing that my mother is voting for him! My “Idol is a pox on everything real music is” mother. Holy crap!

She asks me how long we need to vote, and I said “um…four hours,” and she said “oh, okay.” Oh, okay! Oh. My. God!!

…back to voting and watching Fringe…Yay!

I think Danny has the least text votes. I think this race is closer than Dial Idol has a clue. They’ve been wrong so much this season. I’d not be surprised if based on Dial Idol results, Danny goes home (maybe it’s just wishful thinking). My only investment this year is that Danny goes away. I don’t care who wins if it’s not Danny.

It’s election night all over. Adam/Obama, Kris/Biden and Danny/ Palin(I hated her)

Clearone, all I can say is Gizmo, but I don’t understand how it works, when I voted in the finale last year it was set up for me by others.

Really, the show made it all about the judges being bitches to each other and not about the singing.

I’m so glad I decided to DVR the show and skip all the judges comments! Not only was I able to enjoy all the performances significantly more and relatively unbiasedly, I got the whole show down to about 20 min! Lol. Skimming over what they said, I don’t think I would have been able to keep my rage in check otherwise. At this point, what they say means shit to me. I know who I’m voting for and nothing they say can change it.

Impressions …

Danny - I only have one thing to say … “Doot Doot Doot Doot!”

Kris - I love him acoustic and at the piano. He did alright, but he’s definitely done better. Not that it matters. Based on his past performance I know I like him and his style and his musicality. I know I want to see more performances from him, and I know I want a record from him. ‘Nuff said.

Adam - Adam was Adam. That is to say he performed well, but it’s all too OTT for me as usual.

I miss Allison. :sad_wp:

Danny, 1st song: …and Lame-o is my name-o!
2nd song: very nice

Kris, 1st: okey dokey (not gokey–dokey)
2nd: Fantabulous!!! Loved it!

Adam: 1st: WOW!! (damn, he’s gorgeous!!)
2nd: Holy back-up singer batman! Were they TRYING to drown him out, or what? Even he pulled his ear thingy out…

I want an ADAM/KRIS Finale!!

YEAH BABY!

It would have been much better if each of them did THREE songs as they have for past seasons. I could have skipped all the dumb fighting between the judges. A third song would have really helped people decide in what could be a close race.

I agree Allison was missed tonight.

Dang… I’ve only gotten through 5 times for Kris in 30 minutes!
I’ve tried Adam about 5 times and got through once.

Crazy night – Idol, The Biggest Loser finale…hockey game….. ACKK

Why was Adam wearing an ear monitor for the first time? I could barely hear him sing tonight. I loved both of his outfits though. As always, he looked great.

I’m still praying for an Adam/Kris finale, with Adam winning. There might be hope for both after tonight.

Been voting 33 minutes for Kris, and managed to get 17 votes in.

Kara sucks big time. If she wanted acoustic guitar, she should have said so. WTF?

She can’t. The judges aren’t allowed to make suggestions about the arrangement, etc. Her point was that she was hoping Kris would change up the song like he had done for everything else this season because that is one of the things that really makes him stand out.

Got in about 50% of the time the last half hour for Adam, the other times it was busy, dont know what to think, do we get 2 or 4 hours of voting?

I’ve been getting through for Kris on 05 pretty much since 8:20…

Of the last twenty votes I’ve dialed in for Adam, only twice did I get a busy signal on 03. Holy cats, this can’t be good. Where the hell are his voters?

I hated the backup singer/s for Adam.

Got in about 50% of the time the last half hour for Adam, the other times it was busy, dont know what to think, do we get 2 or 4 hours of voting?

Keep going until they won’t let you :)

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m calling all of the numbers for Adam and ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting through every single timeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. =/

ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m scared.

Me too.

Getting through for Adam almost every time now. My mom quit on Kris :(

Gotta go vote!

I miss Allison.

Oh yeah me too. She should have been there instead of Gokey.

I’m getting through for Kris no problems, got the busy signal just twice in the last 38 minutes.

Busy signals really vary per phone.

On my Verizon cell, I constantly get busy signals.
On my landline, I can get thru much more often.

“First I just have to say I hate Kara, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so freakinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ annoying, she pisses me off.”

You know what most annoys me about Kara? The fact that basically all her mannerisms come from Sarah Jessica Parker’s character in Sex in the City. Has anyone else noticed this? It’s annoying in itself, but especially annoying since she’s always telling contestants to be *themselves* and to be *original*!!

By the way what was the bs Simon flung about calling U2 to get the rights to use One because it’s already been DONE on the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AivrvGd5B2g

And Elliott did it much better than Adam even if Mary J sung over him.

I’m getting through everythime for Adam, not good

Not one busy signal for Adam…Adam fans vote vote vote! Adam was not in the greatest voice tonight, but I want to see him in the finals! “Criyin” was good, but the band was horrible tonight.

I can’t get through on Adam at all

Simon begging did not go over well.My mom said she wouldnt pick the phone up for adam after that.I did for kris but i’m done now only my lava girl gets the whole voting time from me.

jpfan, I think it was cleared because it was Mary J. It probably wasn’t cleared by U2 for general Idol use.

I miss Anoop:( He should have been there besides Gokey. ugh.

Whoever said ‘One’ is dissapointing… I beg to differ. I totally disagree. In my humble opinion, it IS one of his best. I can feel his pain. I sincerely love it. Watch it again, it’s up on net now: Link

Sorry, Danny, Taylor Hicks kicked the crap out of YASB. You can find it on you tube. Didn’t like either of Adam’s songs, and I think that Simon didn’t either. Why else would he tell people to vote for him? Or was he afraid that the voters would get complacent since they all licked Adam’s boots. Yuck!

I absolutely loved Kris’s version of “Heartless.” Lines are busy off and on. It depends on the area of the country from where you’re calling. A lot of the time the operator says my call isn’t going through. Shut up, operator! I know TPTB have AT&T on the payroll, so why should I expect anything different? J/K.

They gassed up the bus and have it running for Kris. We haven’t had a shocking elimination yet this season, so hopefully, tomorrow night we’ll have one. One can hope.

I keep going back to Dial Idol to see if Kris has surpassed Danny. Yeah, I’m such a patriot and hope and expect for America to get it right, if not during this hour, during the next….I’m thinking I’ll be sorely disappointed.

Is voting open for four hours tonight? I thought that was only during the finale? But I’ve seen a couple of people mention voting for four hours tonight?

I’m not surprised Simon was begging for votes for Adam, he did that for Leona as well

Gizmo5!

Got it! Now how do you tell if it got through? I just got a clunk….

I really really think Danny is gone tonight.

TPTB must be thinking what I am thinking. Why would they want Danny as a runner up when they can’t market him? He is not marketable period.

Kris is a Jason Mraz type and that can sell. And Adam is just Adam and he will sell just because he is who he is.

Also, if Danny is gone tonight ,Kris might take the whole thing next week.
Who would have thought?

NO Vote begging. I’m going to start banning people who do it.

One actually was a lousy choice for Adam. So Simon can stop patting himself on the back for getting it cleared.

Simon begging did not go over well.My mom said she wouldnt pick the phone up for adam after that.I did for kris but ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m done now only my lava girl gets the whole voting time from me.

In general, Simon’s plea will help Adam.

You know why would Adam go OTT on One like that knowing he had a rock em sock em song like Crying to go OTT on? Either Adam has no impulse control and can’t himself – only on Mad World was he able to keep the OTT in check ergo my fav performance of his or I wonder…..

i am voting for adam like crazy.

i really dislike the song u r so beautiful But i liked danny’s version a lot. it surprised me that he changed it up. he did sound hoarse tho. i really didnt like the kanye west song by Kris at all.

adam is just so much in a different league. he looked gorgeous in the first song.

can’t really type right now. i hope adam is in the finale.

bye!

I think this is the closest a final three has ever been on idol!
as of now on Dial idol:
41.4=Adam-2= Danny-1=Kris=38.08

Still hardly getting through for Adam, even with alternating between his three numbers. Man, if he makes it through to next week, maybe I *will* get a go phone….

rbidol: i like the term ‘glory notes.’

LOL, I guess it’s all perspective. I didn’t think Adam went OTT on either song tonight.

You gonna ban Simon, MJ? I’d love it if you did…

I got like 40 votes for Adam so far. i’m getting through most of the time.

VOTE VOTE VOTE.

how long is the voting period tonight?

I don’t know if you can really blame the judges for a song choice. It is up to the contestant to pull it off, right?

oops sorry MJ! I meant Vote for who ever you want! just make sure you do so they don’t go home! it could be Danny, Kris, or Adam!

I’m having a hard time getting through for Danny on all three lines. I’ve only gotten about 3 votes in during 45 minutes.

gingerly
May 12th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
You gonna ban Simon, MJ? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d love it if you did

:clap_tb: :drunk_tb: :jittery_tb: :thumbup_tb: :lol_tb:

Maybe I’m just getting tired of Idol, but these 3 didn’t do much for me. Adam is a star, but tonight was not his best night. Gokey has a great voice and a weak stage presence. Kris – I guess he’s talented, but I doubt if he can sell albums or concert seats. Pretty boring semifinals.

Four judges is a really bad idea. Idol is 1st about the talent and then about the judges.

Just listened to Taylor sing “You Are So Beautiful” and it blows Gokey away. Yet the judges all praised Gokey. I think they overscripted tonight a little too much.

^^^ I just don’t want these threads filled up with posts about votes. Or people arguing about vote splitting.

Only 23 votes for Danny so far — his lines have been busy constantly.

adam 3 points ahead of danny kris one point behind danny

elliott did not do a “better” job than Adam on One…simple because he sang 2 lines then was ignored. He didnt sing the song. Elliott is a great singer but he doesnt fucking hang the moon in my world.

I dont think Simon was begging for votes for Adam but to tell people not to forget to vote becuase nothing is a sure thing right now….IMHO

OMG! Now I know why Adam looked so diff. tonight…he wasn’t wearing guyliner–at least not for “One”—he looks so innocent—and verrrrrrry cute!!

Adam–I wanted to like him. But I still find him screechy and affected. Too theatrical–a subpar performance.

Kris–Didn’t like Apologize. Liked Heartless a lot–full of nuance.

Danny–Didn’t like either performance. The guy has no sensitivity. Just not a great singer.

ZOMG Kris is out-trending Adam on Twitter! I’m gonna take a screenshot cause who knows how long that will last!

Will we get studio version for all performances?

Got it! Now how do you tell if it got through? I just got a clunkà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

Yeah me too. Only got “Thank you for voting…” twice or so. I think after the clunk the vote’s counted.

Oh mj, please don’t ban me. I’m just trying to help :(

‘how long is the voting period tonight?”

2 hours

the LOVE of (more) Money has led simon to beg for Votes for a contestant,,,,,,so SAD and sortA pathetic.

NO Vote begging. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to start banning people who do it.

Please ban Simon.

It made me sad tonight that there was so little singing – about 12 minutes?

I hate the format this year and all the judges blabbering…..sigh

Obviously, Elliott singing it better than Adam is my humble opinion. And Simon was def grubbing for votes. I think he did it for Melinda Dolittle too right before she was voted off. He must be a tad worried.

We should all know by now that you can’t tell anything about the voting at this point, so why stress? We will know tomorrow. We can only hope for our desired results right now. It’s an hour before showtime here and I intend to vote for Adam the entire time. That’s all we can do.

yah i’m just a poor west coaster getting antsy about all the excitement! I’m looking forward to Adam’s “One” because i really like that song and Kris’s “Heartless” because I don’t like the arrangement of the song and want to hear a new version!

I hope iTunes makes all 6 of the songs available!

God these guys are boring! Bring back the rocker chick!!! Allison!!!

Whoa, I really, really liked “Heartless”! I can’t stand top 40 radio, so I’m not at all familiar with the Kanye West (or The Fray) version. But that was all kinds of awesome.

I loved how “One” started out, but then yeah… it didn’t need the patented Adam wail.

I liked “Apologize”, but then I like the song. “Cryin” was typical Adam…. I love Adam but not so much his OTT stuff.

I didn’t mind “Dance Little Sister” all that much, at least compared to other songs Danny has done. YASB is just a boring song, and I didn’t like what he did with it at all.

OK, tonight was a mixed bag.

First up, Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Really didn’t like this at all, and the sax thing was a mistake, since the sax sounded better than Danny.

Kris with “Apologize” – He didn’t sell it very well. Kris needs to mix up songs like this, since his vocals are weaker. Very college bar…

Adam – “One” – This was the best performance of the first half, by a mile. Unique arrangement, but this song needs to build, and Adam didn’t have the time to really showcase the power of this song. The studio version should make up for it.

Danny – “You Are So…Meh” – It was a lot better than I thought it would be. Emotive without the sap…still not brilliant.

Kris – OK, I really liked this a lot, but I couldn’t help but be reminded of a street musician standing at a subway entrance. All he was missing was the guitar-case for tips. Still, nice turn on the song.

Adam – OK, not thrilled with the song choice here, but I am a die-hard fan. THIS is a vocal masterclass, Simon. Liked the props to his brothers in the back at the end, but his first performance was much better.

Rankings:
1. Adam – still squeaks by with the overall best showing tonight.
2. Kris – one hot, one cold. Sort of like his entire run in the show. But he ended on a great note (best performance of the night).
3. Danny – Go home, Danny….just….go….home…for the love of all that’s decent.

Kara is a space cadet.

OK-

So, Adam really changed up One. The small changes he made at the beginning were some of the best things i heard him do all season. His musicality fars exceeds the rest for me. The big parts- well, he “adamized” it. And i did love it. For me, round 1 he absolutely raped.

The second round i thought all 3 of them were amazing. I think tomorrow night Adam’s background singers should make a public apology on stage for ruining that 20 second interval of Cryin’ for Adam. The end of it was incredible. Especially that part he changed up where he sung it really high. wow.

I mean, all signs point to adam to win this whole thing. And even if he doesn’t, everyone will either be asking Why didnt Adam win? or Who is Kris?/Who is Danny? lol

I hope iTunes makes all 6 of the songs available!

I think they are, they have them up for pre-order at least.

ZOMG Kris is out-trending Adam on Twitter! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m gonna take a screenshot cause who knows how long that will last!

Not surprised. I love Adam but, IMO, the “Heartless” performance by Kris was the best tonight … by a comfortable mile.

Kanz
May 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
God these guys are boring! Bring back the rocker chick!!! Allison!!!

8 DAYS :clap_tb:

Kris was good but I think Heartless was awkward and way overrated. Love ya Kris but I didn’t care for it.

Anyone that splits votes tonight is very very stupid.

Please remember to vote on the whole season, not just tonight.

nm

had no plans in voting this year…. just whipped out the phone for kris LOL

Kris Allen, according to Dialidol, is ahead of Gokey. 96.35 to 94.32. Sweet. Busy percentages, anyway.

When the “sheeple” are told repeatedly how amazing Danny is they believe the judges and as a result he is in the top 3 and potentially in the top 2.So when the judges tell everyone that Adam will make the finale they assume he will be and not need to vote. THAT, IMHO, was what Simon was saying

Milwaukee’s pride did just fine tonight. Will he win? Who knows! Kris was good (as always) and Adam … well, his OTT screaching was his own all right. Neither Bono nor Steven Tyler have to worry about their legacies wrt Adam.

My guess is the votes will be real close. No runaway winner (or loser) tonight.

edit: don’t bait posters

I think Kris heard about the show “Taking the stage” and the girl on there did an acoustic version of Heartless…. dang I forgot her name.

Kris did great tonight.

I feel like Danny is shouting at me. although he did pretty good with the second song. it pains me to say that.

i dont think that adam did a wail tonight…and after all fantastic performances, he should and deserves to be in the finale… i like kris..and danny is ok but they have never had the consistant unbelievable performances that adam has had.

he has earned the right to be in the finals and win.

well, it’s official:: i really fucking miss allison.

They gassed up the bus and have it running for Kris.

There was no bus tonight. They didn’t like his first song but it was meh. They raved about his 2nd one, even Simon. That is not throwing him under the bus in my world.

I doubt Adam will go home but he deserves it with these performances tonight. The arrangement of the first one was dreadful and in Crying he just screeched throughout.

I think Kris heard about the show à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Taking the stageà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and the girl on there did an acoustic version of Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. dang I forgot her name

Mia

I wish I could vote but I have a killer flu, bad headache, etc and I got a new phone which is driving me crazy. It has these tiny little buttons. Anyway, I do have my nephew texting votes for me. For Kris.

I don’t think I have the stamina to hold out another hour. I though both Kris and Adam did a good job. I’m pretty sure Adam will take all. It’s Kris and Adam for finale. And let me say Adam is a very gracious guy and humble as Kris is too

whoever goes out tomorrow night is in a shit position. he has to stick around until after the finale. no press. no talk show circuit. a lot of nada.

as for going out second, who wants to be the “first loser”.

you’d better hope your guy goes the distance cuz to lose now gets you nowhere.

I think Kris heard about the show à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Taking the stageà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and the girl on there did an acoustic version of Heartless

Mia! She’s awesome.

I doubt Adam will go home but he deserves it with these performances tonight. The arrangement of the first one was dreadful and in Crying he just screeched throughout.

If that’s the criteria for leaving, Danny should have been gone last week.

Isn’t the phone lines open longer tonight? Like 3 or 4 hours?

I honestly think Kris is doing better than his Dial Idol numbers. How many times did they show him last and he was safe. I’m still doing my bestest to make sure however. I honestly hope it’s Kris/Adam for the finale, but I’m only truly concerned at this point with Kris making it.

Thoughts

“One” was way too short. Can’t wait for the studio version, if there is one.
Smart choice of second song, if not his best. Again, it seemed super short. WTF???

Kris- I fear that “Heartless” will not be the right choice, because the older idol crowd will not recognize it. Not enough at this stage. 2 very current songs, that is not wise.

Danny, who cares? But yeah, he’s probably played right to his audience.

Adam’s got to make it!!!

Only 6 songs and they still run long?????

Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the phone lines open longer tonight? Like 3 or 4 hours?

Ryan said At Least 2 hrs tonight.

I really love an underdog, so it’s fun to root for Kris. Thought Heartless was brilliant. IMHO, it would be much more fun to watch Kris battle it out with Adam next week. Danny would be too predictable.

Adam looked STUNNING in One. I still cannot get over it.

Thank you Duke

Was Danny pitch-perfect? No. Did he did change up his song arrangement? No.
Ummmm, yes he DID change the arrangement completely! In fact he made it his own. Better than the original and better than Taylor Hicks (whom I was a great fan of). He has better vocal ability than Taylor.
Danny’s voice was not shot in the least. And great falsetto! In fact his voice sounded better than Adam tonight.
He knocked that one out of the park. That was his best vocal of the season. Lots of feeling and emotion,brought tears to my eyes because it was so good!
None of the 3 were pitch perfect. Kris was GREAT! Both of his songs were better than Adam.
Adam didn’t do so well tonight. Only the beginning of “One” was good, but then he screamed. Not good. The second song was terrible to me.
I have liked a few of his other performances better than these two songs.
I have to say that we have a competition. I think all 3 deserve to be there.
my rating:
Danny YASB
Kris Heartless
Kris Apologize
Danny Dance little sister
Adam One
Adam Cryin

Kris is ahead of Danny in the Busy Percentages on Idol. That Text votes = finale for Kris?

I’ll go ahead and predict that IF Adam “the screamer”, wins, it’ll be the end of AI as we know it. He’ll be one of the biggest flops in AI history in terms of record sales. Major changes will have to happen to keep the $$ rolling in due to so many sub-par finalists…

he sucks in every way imaginable….this ain’t 1982 and big hair, screamer rock sucked the first time it came around.

Gokey, aka Taylor the 2nd….won’t sell anywhere near Hick’s modest levels…he ain’t nearly as good (?) as Taylor and certianly isn’t as believable as an “artist”.

Kris is the only one I could allow on my radio…..reminds me of Keith Urban….but then again, I already own KU’s CD’s, don’t need a wanna’ be……where the hell is Jesse when you need her?

edit: don’t bait posters

DLS–song choice–puzzled. don’t care about dancing. vocal good.
A–one bum note outta 200 isn’t all that bad. nice piano.
One–strange arrangement. good vocal. toned down.

YASB–actually, i thought the arrangement started oddly but ended up amazing. vocally one of his better performances of the season. solid.
Kanye–huh? but he did his thing with it and good for him. nice guitar!
C–what can I say? Adam will be Adam. Nice control, tasteful. Orderly. Smart.

STILL no Billie Jean, Hello or Imagine. Boo.

Kris or Adam is going home. Not judging, just predicting.

damn, there was no magic tonight. i wanted “moments” but there weren’t any. adam just didn’t do it for me tonight. and man, the votes from previous weeks must be really close for simon to order people to vote for adam. this isn’t a sure thing at all.

shocker boot in order – adam will go tomorrow night.

As we’ve hit the one hour mark, I’m going to take a break from speed-dialing for Kris…

1. Danny’s first performance was awkward and kind of icky. The sax player outperformed him, IMO, and his voice was showing the strain. Paula calling Kara out on the “I’m a choreographer” deal was funny and bitchy.

2. Kris’s rendition of “Apologize” was good, not his usual level of awesome, but I like that he stuck to the original arrangement because a) the original is fabulous and haunting/dramatic and I think he did pretty well with it and b) he reworked “Heartless” so much that the juxtaposition created a nice affect. I laughed out loud at the tension between the judges, especially Kara and Simon, they all need a break from dealing with each other, I think.

3. Adam’s “One” really left me underwhelmed and not because I’ve built him up so much that he can’t even live up to his own expectations, or whatever his superfans are saying. He’s just a man, not a god. The beginning I think I could’ve loved, with a longer arrangement, but the OTT of the top of it really left me wanting the Bono raspiness. Not bad by any stretch, but just not his usual standard with songs like “Mad World”/”Tracks of My Tears”.

4. Oh, Danny. Or shall I say, Oh, Simon. Vocal masterclass? Really now. He was decent, I’ll give him that. The arrangement was horrible, what were those random lyrics he threw in there? He was kind of gaspy and his phrasing is still horrible. He is the weakest link, sorry. At least he was better on YASB, but not deserving to stay.

5. Kris “Heartless” = best of the night! Seriously, I hate Kanye West and everything to do with him, as a general rule, but Kris made that shit work like crazy. KICK AWESOME fo’ realz. That song, in addition to his consistency throughout the competition, should get him into the finale. The guy has a gift for interpreting music, definitely on par with Adam’s mad vocal skills.

6. I definitely enjoyed Adam’s “Cryin’” moreso than “One”, shockingly enough, but it still fell short of Kris’s second song for me. The guy was off tonight, but it shouldn’t matter: he’s been the best all season, and Kris is my favorite. His OTT-ness was more at home with this song (sorry, he didn’t top Steven Tyler, however) and it was second favorite of the night.

Sorry I’ve written a novel here; I really enjoyed this top 3, once I got past the anger that Danny was singing instead of Allison. Hopefully America makes it happen and we get a Kradam finale next week, as that would be freaking stellar. Back to speed-dialing… :D

I have been an Adam fan all season, but think he’s had better nights. This was not the night to do two songs that required the rocker screaming. He should have mixed it up a bit. Even with that, though, he was the best.

I really liked what Kris did with “Heartless” and didn’t think “Apologize” was as bad as the judges seemed thin it was. Kris is the perfect underdog here, quiet, humble, but dogged and determined.

As for Danny, much as I hate to admit it, I liked his YASB, “Dance Little Sister,” not so much.

This is going to be a nailbiter. I have to stop peaking at DialIdol and vote!!!

I’m getting through for Adam about every 3 times. I change out numbers, when I need to. I totally missed the back up singer cause I was listening to Adam. I thought he did awesome. JMHO and don’t care what anyone else says. I’m old and have a right to my opinion..lmao! Back to voting. Major multitasking here. OMG!!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOO ADAMMMMMMMMM :):):)

Been voting for over an hour and will continue til I can’t anymore. I didn’t vote this much for Cook last year and I love the guy!!!

I don’t know if not knowing the song is bad. I only knew You Are So Beautiful and Apologize. I’ve really never heard (or don’t remember if I have) any of the others. I thought Kris’s Heartless was amazing. It’s not just because (or even because) he changed the song. I just felt it. I felt it more than any song tonight, though Apologize would have to be my second. I didn’t love the entire thing but at the end he had me smiling. I guess what I like most about Kris is that he makes me smile. While I can recognize that Adam has a stellar range, his tone leaves me cold, almost all the time. Danny, well, I don’t even want to go there…

I… LOVED that show.

I wasn’t expecting it, but I must admit that I’m incredibly impressed.

Each of them gave their best performance yet in my opinion (One, YASB, Heartless).

Wow!

Weird. The “one time confirmation” that my test MSG was received isn’t coming through. Hope it’s all working right

Adam vs Kris..its gonna happen people…

The final 3 hasn’t been this close since Elliot, Kat, and Taylor

I think so soccerboi…I’m working to make it happen.

I am committing heresy as an Idol fan. Tonight, there was no bus. There, I said it.

That was actually a pretty fair show. All of the judges’ picks were decent choices. There was a stupid, stupid amount of judge horseplay–hateful and stupid and embarrassing–but their actual remarks did not carry out any really insane vendettas and manipulations.

Simon saying Danny’s middling 2nd song was a “vocal masterclass” was the only really out-of-touch with reality remark, but it was balanced by the fact that Danny for once got balanced criticism on his first song.

Judges’ reaction to Kris’ first song was inane, but because they were all shouting over one another cancelled each other out. And for once, for once, for once on this whole season Kris got the props he deserved for his stellar Heartless. I laughed with glee when I heard the choice and loved the absolute cool and craftiness. Personal favorite of the night.

Adam: I thought Cry was hot and fun; was there a bit of a tasteful revenge there for a certain recent bunch of hubris? *This* is who sings Aerosmith this year. Ahem.

“One” was elegant and interesting, but lost touch with the core melody. It was like Sondheim doing U2–I got it intellectually but it missed a bit in connection.

Voting for: Kris

“Adam vs Kris..its gonna happen peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦”

it better!

Kris’ Heartless was by far the best of the night!! Apologize was okay, didn’t hate it or love it

Adam was totally overrated as usual….One started out great and then went to pot fast. Cryin was crap from beginning to end….sounded like a dying cat, just terrible to my ears….and I’m all about rock, I love Aerosmith and that song so that wasn’t my issue, it just wasn’t good for me!!

Danny was meh as usual….his dancing wasn’t that big of a deal in that song so I thought it was stupid for the judges to talk about it so much, it was a fast song he would’ve looked worse just standing there….although he may have gotten a little spastic :P I’m guessing YASB must’ve sounded better in person cuz it did not work for me over the TV.

crossing fingers Kris makes it through, he deserves it!! Already know Adam will be the other one…oh well!! I see Danny going the contemporary Christian route so who cares if leaves now anyway.

The final 3 hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t been this close since Elliot, Kat, and Taylor

Good call, terps. I also haven’t voted this hard since that season. Like I said earlier, got to love the underdog here. Would love to see a shocker show tomorrow!

Phone lines are jammed to hell.

Nostradamas
May 12th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll go ahead and predict that IF Adam à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“the screamerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , wins, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be the end of AI as we know it. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be one of the biggest flops in AI history in terms of record sales.

Didn’t you hear about the iTunes leak where Adam led the sales of songs by a mile. He took 4-5 of the Top 10 downloads, Kris had 2, Danny had none or just 1, if I remember correctly.

Adam is the most downloaded contestant on iTunes. That’s why TPTB changed their tune, and Simon started predicting Adam for the win.

Kris is closing in on Danny on dialidol.

Adam – 35.96

Danny – 33.7

Kris – 33.16

I don’t recall dialidol ever being this close.

Weird. The à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“one time confirmationà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  that my test MSG was received isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t coming through. Hope ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s all working right

It took a while before I got my confirmation message for Danny.

i been getting through and now my line is busy for kris… lol

Kris is closing in on Danny on dialidol.

Adam – 35.96

Danny – 33.7

Kris – 33.16

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t recall dialidol ever being this close.

it’s going to come down to texts, isn’t it? meep.

Nostradamas
May 12th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll go ahead and predict that IF Adam à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“the screamerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , wins, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be the end of AI as we know it. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be one of the biggest flops in AI history in terms of record sales.

Have you seen the iTunes numbers for each week? Adam has one EVERY week for iTunes sales. and owns well over Half of the top 10 spots. That’s the only thing we have to go by now…and if you say he is going to FLOP, then i’d say the future isnt looking so bright for the other 2 either.

DialIdol shows Adam ahead in votes, busy signal percentages, etc., with Kris second, but on the graphs, Danny looks far behind. And on the Geoprediction map, Danny so far is the projected loser. Does this site usually get the predictions right? BTW,texts get through with no chance of busy signals, so I’m not sure why more people don’t try texting instead of dealing with busy signals. GO ADAM!!! Not my favorite night for any of them, but he deserves it.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was elegant and interesting, but lost touch with the core melody. It was like Sondheim doing U2à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’I got it intellectually but it missed a bit in connection.

Your assessment is much kinder than mine but I love the analogy.

Perhaps more like a Fosse musical doing U2?

I really liked where Adam was going initially – I thought he was going to have the stellar moment of the night but then he lost me. But I might be a U2 purist.

Exactly… the best part of Dance Little Sister was during the “toy” sax solo when Danny wasn’t singing. Unfortunately, he even tried to ruin that with his silly Doo Doots.

Cryin has to be one of my least favorite Aero songs. I was very disappointed that Adam chose it. I would have preferred him singing Dream On and showing Gokey how to hit the last note.

I dislike Kanye. I can’t say I’ve ever listened to any of his songs in their entirety (including the Idol results show when he performed) but I could definitely listen to the version Kris sang. Very cool.

Kris and Adam are artists. Danny isn’t.

ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to come down to texts, isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it? meep.

It that’s the case, Kris is in good shape.

GO KRIS GO!

What I find interesting is that the “non-invested” fans seem to be voting for Kris. I think it’s because he’s got amazing musicality, he’s not threatening and, for me at least, he always (always) ALWAYS! makes me smile. I’m truly unconcerned who wins this year (if his initials aren’t DG) but I’m voting for Kris for the grin factor.

right gingerly… totally not invested this year and picked up the phone first time tonight for kris… lol

Holy crap, this is INTENSE! I’m not going to let my favorite get eliminated at #3 again… (Elliott.)

I’m not going to psych myself up or anything…but it certainly feels like Kris has captured the casual vote and his regular fans are the texting bloc…we could actually make the Kradam finale a reality!!

This does not compare favorably with David vs. David. No real moments for me this entire season. I’m really bummed. On the bright side, I’m not sure it’s ever been closer at this stage. Kinda exciting.

Making the general assumption that Kris gets more texts votes makes no sense to me. Its like the people who generalized David Cook having all older fans and David Arch having all young fans last year. You can’t generalize any of the fan bases. They clearly appeal to a wide range of people since they are in the top 3. For me DI is bogus this year, and i think its pretty obvious that Kris’s generic voice (yes, in the context of Idol Kris is very generic) and small range could never makes him a Final 2 contestant.

Matt
May 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to come down to texts, isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it? meep.

It thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the case, Kris is in good shape.

It does seem he owns the text vote every week

I honestly do NOT know who will be going home. I’ve no clue.

I’ve gotta admit, THANK YOU SIMON for telling people to not assume Adam is safe. After the others said “See you in the finals!” I was screaming “NO. NO. NO!!”–voter complacency at its finest. So yeah, thanks Simon.

Cryin was crap from beginning to endà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.sounded like a dying cat, just terrible to my ears

To be fair, did everyone realize that the backup singer was singing louder than Adam and she was offkey or clearly not in harmony with Adam, the fact she didn’t throw him off was a testament to Adam’s stage experience I imagine. I was pretty sure he was on pitch and she wasn’t.

Now some people just don’t like the rockstar wail but that’s another issue.

32.48 and 32.13 danny and kris

Holy crap, this is INTENSE! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not going to let my favorite get eliminated at #3 againà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ (Elliott.)

Isn’t that an interesting way to look at it…revenge of the Elliott fans from Season 5…OK, I’m sure it’s actually different than that, but I can’t say I wouldn’t feel a bit vindicated as an Elliott fan if the one who was “thrown under the bus” as you are all saying made it through to the finale…

I think Kris’s Heartless was best of the night by a clear mile. Adam had his worst night ever possibly. You can’t change up One that much, it’s simple and elegant as it is.

Danny was OK on YASB.

I hate Simon pandering for votes.

Did Adam rip off one earpiece in mid song during Cryin’ or was I seeing things? Too busy voting to investigate.

Kris is above Danny in Busy Percentages. He was even behind Matt Giraud when Matt got eliminated. I think this is good for him.

ITA, gingerly, I’m not really invested this year and haven’t been worried much about who will win but I just don’t think Danny has the musicality and talent to win. I don’t hate the guy at all but to have him win the season and stand as the cream of the crop of season 8? That’s all kinds of wrong. So I’m voting for Kris, I’ve enjoyed his performances all season long and I figured I’d vote for someone whose music I would actually purchase after Idol. I mean that’s the bottom line isn’t it? lol

Honestly, iTunes sales for the songs sung on Idol do not necessarily translate into post idol sales. I still have no idea if Adam will do well post idol.

That’s it, I’m putting my pool points on Gokey.

I’m in Canada and can’t vote. Someone need to take up my slack and vote double hard for Adam!

Funny…. Adam is like a fine wine and improves with age (or repeated listenings).

1st listen – Not sure… was that only 15 seconds long?
2nd listen – Oh, now I hear that range. We get to hear a lot of the lower register at the beginning of both songs. In Cryin’ I think it may be the lowest we have ever heard him.
3rd listen – I’m choked up. I really feel his emotion in both songs. Cryin’ was freakin’ amazing. Can’t wait until the full version is out on Itunes.

Translation….. he will be huge as a recording artist. The first time you hear him, you perk up and catch a few bars. By the 3rd or 4th listen, you are up past your neck in the Kool-aid and breathing out of a straw!

Please, please, please America. Do your part for your Northern neighbours and keep Adam in the competition!!! I will be forever grateful.

Excuse me – I’m going back in for round 4.

This was the least respectful top 3 night ever.

Two songs, instead of three.

Judges antics.

No, “Thanks for voting for me, Adam (or whomever)”…

And I cannot begin to express my disappointment that Adam did not sing “Wicked Game”, no matter how stupid that rumor may have been.

How does everyone know Kris always leads in the Text votes

What I find interesting is that the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“non-investedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  fans seem to be voting for Kris. I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s because heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got amazing musicality, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not threatening and, for me at least, he always (always) ALWAYS! makes me smile. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m truly unconcerned who wins this year (if his initials arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t DG) but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for Kris for the grin factor.

Gingerly, I have to agree with you 100% here. I have not liked this Season AT ALL. Didn’t really vote this year nor have an emotional investment. Unlike last year where I was totally Cooked and voted like crazy every night, the entire night and was stressed performance days and results days.

I am not a fan of Adam and can’t stand Gokey. Won’t buy either of their albumns but have enjoyed some of what Kris has done and might consider giving his a go. And as you said, I am voting for the grin factor. I want the underdog to come in and pull the rug out for the the other two.

I will be voting for Kris tonigth!! Kris and Adam Finale!

Gigi3
May 12th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Did Adam rip off one earpiece in mid song during Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ or was I seeing things? Too busy voting to investigate.

Oh- he did. Probably to save himself from going deaf by listening to those fucking off-key background singers. FIRE THOSE GIRLS PLEASE!

It occurred to me as I was rewatching Kris’ “Heartless” that Kris HAS to rearrange a song to get credit for it, while Gokey can just karaoke his way through anything and almost always get away with it. I know he has a more impressive sounding voice, but really? Ugh.

I got in about 80 votes for Kris. I think that’s the most I’ve voted for any one contestant. My fingers are sore, and I have other things to do, so I’ll leave the rest up to the rest of y’all Kris voters. Keep it up!

What I find interesting is that the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“non-investedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  fans seem to be voting for Kris.

Probably ‘cos he’s the only one with really current song choices that would appeal to the young ‘uns. He was smart and the best performer tonight, IMO. I’m quite sad over Adam’s performances tonight, and tremble for him. One was too short for a good soundbite, and the f-ing backup singer screwed with Adam’s Cryin’. I’d prefer that he’d dressed OTT and toned down the glory notes tonight. One song with glory notes should have been his maximum.

I played Kris’s Heartless for my DH as a goof because he haaa-aates that song so much. Almost as much as he hates American Idol. He liked it. A lot.

1) I don’t understand why people think kris would get more text votes than any other contestant;

2) Adam seemed off tonight but he still gets my votes for overall body of work and overall talent;

3) Kris did as expected with Apologize (he struggled on the higher notes every time). Second song? Much more appealing and I liked it.

4) Danny – I admittedly have a bias against him and cannot judge him objectively. But in no universe can his abilities fall into the realm of a masterclass, especially with that breathy delivery on the second song.

Did Adam rip off one earpiece in mid song during Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ or was I seeing things? Too busy voting to investigate.

Yes he did! It was probably to get rid of that backup screaching in his ear.

still have no idea if Adam will do well post idol.

He has the best chance out of this season, then probably comes Allison

Did Adam rip off one earpiece in mid song during Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ or was I seeing things? Too busy voting to investigate.

Yes, he ripped his earpiece out–prolly cuz the friggin backup singer thinks she is contestant #4—she was totally drowning him out & so was the band.. imo…

My ranking for tonight:

1. Heartless
2. One
3. Cryin
4. You are so beautiful
5. Little Sister
6. Apologize

Still voting, so going to stfu. Getting through everytime for Adam

edit: don’t lecture. Be polite. read my guidelines

It occurred to me as I was rewatching Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  that Kris HAS to rearrange a song to get credit for it, while Gokey can just karaoke his way through anything and almost always get away with it. I know he has a more impressive sounding voice, but really? Ugh.

I hate this expression, but: RIGHT?! Kris doesn’t get credit unless he mixes things up because he’s set the bar that high. Danny’s bar is just above karaoke range so he gets away with a lot more. It’s stupid, but it proves that Kris is the better musician.

And don’t worry, I’m voting enough for both of us. ;)

Watching the show a second time……Most of “One” was really good, just one part difficult to listen to. Sounds to me that this was quickly thrown together, given the late clearance.
“You are so beautiful”…Does Danny know about one million singers have performed this about one million times? Groan. But I thought he did fantastic on the first song-which I wouldn’t like no matter who performed it.

Kris? Sorry. Ho hum. Even with the Kanye song. He is a nice singer, but he puts me to sleep. I am sure there is a niche out there for Kris-the same people who love Bryan Adams. Just not me.

I have yet to get a busy signal for Adam, which does not bode well. But I feel that he is more auditioning for the lead singer in a band, not to be the American Idol. So if he goes home, I’m okay with it. He’ll probably be better off in the long run.

Oh yeah… and someone needs to kneecap Adam’s backup singer.

(and he deserves extra points for looking so fucking delicious during Cryin’…. in a non-gender specific, asexual way of course)

I guess I think that Kris’s text votes are more than some of the others because he’s been shown on the bottom on Dial Idol at least once and been safe. If that site has any credibility, and I don’t know if it does, I can’t help but think it must be text voting. I’m texting for Kris….oh and I’m 52 years old (lurves her 17 year old daughter who talked her into unlimited texting for the family plan).

lol MTV live blog mentioned David’s apologize was better

Nobody can “drown out” Adam, lol.

“That was actually a pretty fair show”

Oh, really? When was the last time Kris went last? How about Adam?

What does ITA mean?

Nobody can à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“drown outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Adam, lol.

That backup singer did. Hopefully she’s unemployed after tonight

ITA= I Totally Agree

lol MTV live blog mentioned Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s apologize was better

This isn’t a commentary on either David or Kris singing better, but I don’t get it…I barely remember David singing that song with OneRepublic. Like, at all. If I hadn’t been reminded when the choice first came out…it would be of even less consequence than it is.

ITA means I totally agree…and sometimes I do…sometimes not so much. Depends on what ITA with :)

Danny has gotten a lot of criticism throughout the season, much of it deserved. He deserves credit tonight. He threw down, especially considering he was given the most hokey song pick by the judges.

Kris’s “Apologize” was worse than Archie’s, which I didn’t find to be one of his (Archie’s) best performances. “Heartless” was almost great, except it got too low for him at one point.

Adam: just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD. In other words, just because you can hit all those notes, doesn’t mean you should do it. On “One” in the beginning, you had me. Then you “Adamized” it and you lost me.

“Cryin’” was an indulgent, hot mess, and I can’t believe Simon didn’t say so. He could have motivated your fans to vote and ensured you made the final simply by calling it what it was: a performance that gives new meaning to the abbreviation OTT and possibly your worst one of the season

Kris has overtaken Danny

canucky
May 12th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Oh yeahà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ and someone needs to kneecap Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s backup singer.

:lol_tb:

carolinacharms
May 12th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Nobody can à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“drown outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Adam, lol.

carolinacharms, meet Scream On…

WHAT THE FRIGGIN HELL was up with the background singers on Cryin? Holy God. Off key much? Don’t do Adam any favors people.

Whoever was running the mixxing board tonight and made the backup singers louder than Adam should be fired.

yep, numbers are 30.52 (Kris) to 30.33 (Danny)…first time Kris has taken over tonight? Correct me if I’m wrong…

Okay, Kris just popped ahead of Danny in DialIdol score. Time for me to keep adding to those votes. Kris deserves the finale, at least.

YES, Kris in second place!! I’m sure that’s the first time it’s happened all season…gotta love the minor victories.

IMHO this was adams worrst night of the whole show. Fortunately, everyone else was worse

Kris surpassed Danny on DialIdol! Please stay that way!!!

I don’t think you can compare the Apologizes due to the fact Archies was a duet with Ryan Tedder and One Republic, Kris’s was with Kris

Kris had passed Danny on dial!! woot woot

If Kris gets into the final, it’s on the strength of his consistency throughout the season, and the brilliance of Heartless. Awesome.

Random Thoughts….

Well, I guess tonight Danny proved that his is indeed NOT Taylor 2.0. Taylor sang the shit out of YASB, and Danny sucked. The judges of course continue to slobber all over every shitty note that guy spews out.

And, why does Ryan keep giving Danny 10 minutes after each performance to talk about himself? Yay Narcissism! Nice Soliliquies Danny.

Paula is just a huge fucking idiot. And, she needs to turn in her choreography card if she thinks what Danny was doing was dancing.

Kris – I admire the way you pulled yourself out from under that bus tonight. That was the best Fuck You the bus performance I’ve ever seen on this show. Not to mention, one of my favorite performances of the season. I’ll be buying that one. Your Kanye risk paid off.

I liked Adam’s first song, although not one of my favorites of his. Crying however, was totally kick ass. I agree with Kara – who the hell hits those kinds of notes? Tha kid’s go a gift. And, way to be gracious to your competitors Adam, that was a lovely way to end the show.

So, what was with Kris’s nail polish? Is this some sort of solidarity thing between him and Adam? Did he read the article about the “Thanks for not wearing nail polish Danny” signs?

Danny deserves to be in the finals. He was in a class of his own on that 2nd song.

Kris is closing in on Danny on dialidol.

Adam – 35.96

Danny – 33.7

Kris – 33.16

Yeah, and if you look at the predicted winner Geomaps, it’s pretty much taken over by Adam and Kris with a teeny tiny helping of Gokey. Don’t know what it means, but remember someone mentioning the Geomaps were important.

As for performances…

My two faves of the night were One and Heartless. I didn’t care about the losing the melody thing with One because that song is so ubiquitous that it might be boring to sing it straight, and anyway it worked for me artistically. I honestly could kinda smack Randy for the losing the melody comment because I think people are going to fixate on it and have a ROF type of outrage going on. Sigh. Anyway, here’s my impression of the night, in brief…

During One, Adam sang his heart out to the audience at large. Man, so very connected and heartwrenching. I *liked* that he transitioned from the quiet Adam to the OTT Adam because it fit with the lyrics right then: “we’re one, but NOT the same…” Kinda like, you dig me the most when I tone myself the hell down on these ballads. But should I do that to be accepted, ahem, brothers and sisters. No, so here I go. Guh, I just loved it so much, but I am askeered people won’t get the interpretation and equate it with the whole “you butchered a classic” ROF backlash thanks to Randy’s douchey comment. Douchey comment which IMO was really just a pissy thing directed at Simon for ragging on Apologize and had nothing to do with the performance. Come on America, come through for me and don’t listen to Randy talk out of his butt. I wanted someone to hug Adam after that song, or something.

ANd then there’s Heartless, in which Kris sang his heart out to the judges. At least, that’s what I got from it. Reminded me of Matt’s Gladiator crack way back when…are you not entertained? Great cover. Didn’t stab me in the heart like One did, but rather got my inner rebel goin “yeah, you tell the man what’s up, little hobbit.”

That’s the takeaway in a nutshell for me. Crazy was fun and definitely schooled Gokey despite the background singer’s ridic mic problems, Apologize was competent but I don’t like Kris at the piano nearly as well as I like him with his acoustic guitar and well I’m so effing sick of that song. If I could punch a song, I’d punch that song. Or maybe I would punch that last tune by Gokey. Gokey was cheesy to the velveeta power, both times. First he was uptempo trying too hard cheese, and then he was ballady cheese. Do not want.

Based on tonight’s performances it should be Adam and Kris. Total no brainer. But I’m bugged by the lack of praise directed at Adam’s performances rather than Adam in general, and worry that he was being subversively set up for a shock boot.

The top 9 kris was second

the finale will be kris vs. gokey, imo.

“I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think you can compare the Apologizes due to the fact Archies was a duet with Ryan Tedder and One Republic, Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s was with Kris”

aside from the fact LOADS of peeps saw it on tour…

dial idol means squat, IMO. I think Adam is gone. Kris vs Gokey finale.. barf

To be fair again it may not have been totally the back up singer’s fault but the sound people had her mike up too loud or Adam’s was not up high enough, I have seen that happen at live performances and you just want to yell “turn down the mikes on those back up singers” – after all I didn’t pay to hear them sing – that is what sound checks are supposed to be for.

I was relistening to the Aerosmith version and the harmonies sound so good because I think that is Stephen Tyler harmonizing over his own back up vocal.

ETA I see mitchellvii said this more succintly.

Former Allison voter here, thought I would be voting for Adam tonight, but no it’s Kris. Kris put on a great show.

W00t! Go Kris!

Of course, I don’t put much stock into DialIdol, but it’s nice to see such things anyway. lol

Also, I do hope my votes help Kris. As the last few weeks, all my votes went to Allison. So this is at least one powervoter that Kris didn’t have last week. Not because I didn’t like Kris last week, but I was trying to save my girl. :(

It occurred to me as I was rewatching Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  that Kris HAS to rearrange a song to get credit for it, while Gokey can just karaoke his way through anything and almost always get away with it. I know he has a more impressive sounding voice, but really? Ugh.

I would disagree. Danny has rearranged a lot of his songs but they never comment on it. I was annoyed at Simon tonight because he was basically telling Danny not to change his song but has previously criticised him for not changing up one of his songs. My issue with Kris is that he changes the songs to basically sound the same. I couldn’t distinguish any of his performances other than rock week which was bad.

Has dialidols #1 ever want home?

DialIdol is a joke. Don’t read into it. And AL has nothing to complain about. He got the best judges’ pick, the pimp spot, and he did a great job. That background lady’s mike was simply amped up. Poor mix. Not her fault. Didn’t hurt Adam one bit either. West Coast will be voting momentarily!

West coast voting hasn’t even started. I think Adam will be fine.

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Just gonna post my comments without reading anybody else’s so as to not be swayed, but this was like the dullest Top 3 I’ve ever seen. Maybe it’s me, but it’s just getting old. Danny was Danny — nothing horrible, just nothing I’d ever want to listen to unless I want to get slain in the spirit at church.

Adam was competent, and technically very good, but I just wasn’t feeling him tonight. Maybe because I thought he was going to perform my dream selection of “Wicked Game,” only to have it replaced by a rather monotone U2 song (great lyrics, but I want great music at this point) and another boring Aerosmith song. Why didn’t he pick something more current? I just don’t get it. I love the kid, and I think he deserves to win, but the OTT pimping is so ridiculous, and tonight, for me, for Adam, I felt like he was playing “rock star” and not really being one. This is the main difference between him and Cook (and Daughtry) for me.

Kris, Kris, Kris. I love you, kid. And I voted for you tonight. “Apologize” was fine, but I’m not sure how he was supposed to change up that song. I’ve heard several people cover it and nobody really changed it. I floved that he played the piano and the guitar tonight, though, because he proved he’s a real musician, and I thought he was fantastic on “Heartless.” Best of the night.

But, all in all, a very meh show. It’s like last year the kids were taking AP classes and trying to get into the Ivies, and this year a few of them were college prep and the rest were graded on a curve. Just a big disappointment.

Yay Kris is ahead of Danny on DI… I want a Adam/Kris finale even though I know what the result will probably be in the end.. but Kris deserves to be in the finale!!

Kris over took Danny for 2nd at Dialidol. Its been crap this year but……that would be awesome.

And those background singers for Adam really fucked things up. It was painful.

So, what was with Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s nail polish? Is this some sort of solidarity thing between him and Adam? Did he read the article about the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thanks for not wearing nail polish Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  signs?

What article was this, Spense? I must have missed it.

Adam vs Kris…its gonna happen people!
Hokey Gokey is going home!

I like One but Adam just killed the song … in a bad bad way

put that final go in gokey!! LOL

Yes. Danny was in a class of his own tonight. A remedial one… :dunce_tb:

Kris fits the premise of the show best. Raw, undiscovered talent.

While I can appreciate Adam’s talent he has already performed with RENT.

Gokey had recorded some really bad Christian music.

Hands up anyone who is an Adam fan who thinks DialIdol is a joke.

Kris fits the premise of the show best. Raw, undiscovered talent.

Right on. Hadn’t thought of it that way…but right on.

Idol is loving this being this close. They can put the totals on the board like they did in season 5 and make us guess who’s is who’s. Ryan can do they whole “Less then 1million votes seperate second and third place”

I would disagree. Danny has rearranged a lot of his songs but they never comment on it.

I’m going to have to, respectfully, ask for some examples. Cuz I have to disagree with your disagreement.

This one Calliope

clearone
May 12th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Hands up anyone who is an Adam fan who thinks DialIdol is a joke.

*raises hand* *raises other hand*

Kris is a fighter, god bless ‘im. He refused to allow the crap hurled at him to get him down and turned in the best performances of the night. His choice was fresh and original and he killed it.

I am no fan of Danny’s but I thought he did better tonight than he has in the past, which is admittedly not saying a lot.

Now as for Adam, I don’t get the OTT praise. Adam has range and is an actor. He completely missed the boat in his arrangement of One. He massacred the song in my opinion. It is not a song one should screech. Simon practically begging for votes for Adam tells the tale. Simon is worried about Adam tonight because Simon knows he is not running away with this thing.

Gawd I’m still missing allison. This top 3 is just meh.

Gokey with that f*ckin’ grin on his face, very karaoke as always, I feel ashamed of myself for having him as my early favorite. I just hate his lack of phrasing and interpretation, he just shouts like there’s no tomorrow. I’m really sick of him.

Kris is a decent performer, he have had bright moments and nice arrangements. He has potential, and he’s the most bold contestant left, he picks the right songs and take risks. He deserves a spot in the finale (along with allison, my not-going-to-happen dream finale!!! LOL).

Adam, oh the favorite (not mine), I recognize he has a great personality and is likable, but speaking of a post-idol carreer, are the people really gonna buy 80′s glam-rock??? seriously? I think he belongs to brodway and he’s going to be huge there, but he has no potential in today’s market. I’m sick and tired of the tongue-out screams which makes all the songs predictable.

An overall weak season, there were not really stand-out performances, and the contestants weren’t so good, just a few good prerformances and a bunch of meh ones.

I’m really missing allison (again) and the last season (even more).

Phone Lines Now Closed On East Coast
Only 2 Hours Of Voting.

4 cells and one landline later. Done. Hope Adam is in the finals!

I didn’t like what Adam did with One (sorry – this is a classic to me, which means I have high standards for it). Cryin’ was ok, because Adam can do an Aerosmith song. He will be in the finals, probably.
Apologize wasn’t so bad, but Heartless was what Kris is all about. Maybe Kris is good with the songs that he has to modify to fit him. When he has to keep it close to the original he loses points. (By the way, I was excited when I heard he was going to sing Apologize, but I ended up think it wouldn’t be good).
I didn’t even see Danny’s perfomances. I think he annoys me now. I think the only good song he sang in the competition was PYT, so, if people vote for evolution and merit, he is out tomorrow. But he is going to the finals.

Okay West Coasties–take it away!
(Now I can eat my strawberry shortcake :bye_tb:

BTW..love love love the sarcasm in here….very entertaining to watch while I’m dialing….u guys crack me up…in a good way :jittery_tb:

I’m reading a lot of “I’m voting for Kris” posts. What happened to Adam’s voters?!?!? *Sniff* :down_tb:

Does the west coast start voting now or in one hour?

if you are texting, will it tell you when the lines are closed?

Yay for Kris passing up Danny on DI! Has Danny ever been their bottom person?

I think those of us who assume Kris gets the text vote is cause he’d been in the bottom of DI several times this season but never hit even B3 till Top 5. Since DI only measures phone votes, we assume he made up the difference in text votes. But yeah, it’s a black box so really no way to know. Just that the pattern is Kris usually fares better than his DI score indicates.

Hard to say against Danny though. His votes are truly mysterious :)

eta: if you are going by the maps, though, Danny just might be in worse shape than Kris… it’s really close this week!

I thought Kris was the best tonight and he deserves the finale and heck even to win the whole show.
I still miss Matt though, he’s another one with this incredible raw talent, I wanted a Kris/Matt finale but I know Matt will have a career regardless.
Adam will be HUGE in broadway and Danny will be a Christian singer.

Wow, dial idol has Kris ahead of Danny. Could it be true?

Adam didn’t do as well tonight as he has in the past. The 2nd song was too high-pitched and screechy. Not a sound I would want on my ipod. “One” had beautiful parts but was ruined for me by too much emoting in the middle. Adam, this isn’t a play that you are acting in. just fyi.

I think Kris won tonight. His 2nd song was pretty amazing.

Danny, eh, I liked that he didn’t seem arrogant tonight and to me he seemed more likable, but the singing is not that good imo. Don’t know what the judges are smoking.

Kara I know you are new but come on, tone it down. Way, way OTT every week. Hard to take.

I think this season has the best talent so far.

1) Adam- just wow. arguably the best idol contestant of all time. and he made the season…even if you didnt like his singing. you must admit he kept the season afloat as far as “chatter” outside the idol stage.

2) Allison- IMO, the best Singing 16/17 yr old girl on the show. Her studio recording of Cry Baby was like a 35 yr old divorced/alcoholic who has survived her whole life. and yes, thats a good thing.

3) Danny- yes he’s not my cup of tea, but he made quite a splash on the idol stage. and honestly, in the big scheme of things, he does have an excellent voice and its very very unique.

And i though the filler contestants, Megan, Matt, Kris, were all really good.

What article was this, Spense? I must have missed it.

Not Spense, but I saw it too. Looked like Blue nail polish on his right thumb. That or one heck of a bad bruise.

What happened to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters?!?!?

Power voting like me?

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m reading a lot of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  posts. What happened to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters?!?!?

They were voting……..

I honestly don’t care what Adam’s background is, nor any of them. We could argue all day whether it is more damning to American Idol if they had a self-produced CD or where on another Television contest or spent time doing broadway plays. I truly listen to what they sing and how they sing it. Based on what I’ve heard this year, well I voted for Kris tonight for the entire two hours. I find his musicality so very much more amazing than any note Adam Lambert can hit. Yes, Adam is the vocal range maestro this year, he just has never made me care. I’ve never said that Adam’s vocals were OTT because if they were and they had made me feel, I would have loved it. I guess I am more concerned with who moves me and time and time again this year, it was Kris. I have to think that if David Cook wasn’t around last year, I’d have been OTT for Jason Castro. That this year I’m not OTT for any of them is, IMO, an homage to last year’s amazing group.

As Rock Week taught us, there is no winning based on performance.

Resurrect the ROCKER!!!!!!

What happened to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters?!?!?

Power voting like me?

Exactly… Speaking of, did texters get the “voting is closed…” as usual? Cuz, ya know, I didn’t… Hum?

elw
May 12th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Wow, dial idol has Kris ahead of Danny. Could it be true?

DI has been off by almost 5 points sometimes this season. It sucks this season. ANYTHING could have happened with the voting this year.

I would LOVE them to release the voting totals at the end of the season just to compare it to DI.

I am stupidly excited about the DI polls. Kris is building a little bigger lead over Danny and now the Wisc. voters are in the mix. Adam’s lost a point in the last hour. Will the west coast boost Adam’s lead? Can Kris pull it off? This is fascinating. Incidentally, I was curious about Season 5 and dug into my article archive and found this:

Ryan stands in front of a huge billboard-type screen. The figure 33.06% is displayed, followed by 33.26% and 33.68%. This is, he tells us, the way the 50 million votes broke down. Wow. He then asks us whose name goes with what number. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Who is so close, but is going home?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  There is dead silence in the audience. 33.06% is alone on the screen, and then Elliottà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s name appears. Elliott is going home.

I don’t think this season will be this close… this one was truly a heartbreaker. I still get irritated when I think about Elliott being eliminated three years later!

I’ve had an epiphany. Just now. No, seriously. I am a Kris Allen FTW kinda viewer now. He has come the farthest. He’s the most raw. He’s the most earnest. The nicest. The most hungry. The best looking. The most-improved. The arc is perfect with him. He’s THE all-American boy seeking his all-American dream.

Tonight did it for me. He sealed the deal. The others were fine. But Kris has taken the punches and came out swinging for the fences! Adam has not been punched, he’s been carried around in a golden cart sipping Dom and getting massages. Danny’s been pumped up and overheated(hyped) so much that’s he’s bound to explode like the Hindenburg!

Nay, it’s only Kris who has been kicked, beaten and bulled into near submission, only to rise from the ashes like a beautiful Phoenix. Behold!!*

Funnyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. Adam is like a fine wine and improves with age (or repeated listenings).

This is what I’ve always thought about Adam and it’s what makes me worried for him with voting sometimes. Often when you first hear his song it’s so inyourface or different or not what you expected that it takes a few listens to really let it sink in. But he’s so damn good because he makes you WANT to listen again and again and again. I just hope people vote now and listen again later! LOL

Well, this guy here thought One was one of the best performances of the season (and ever, actually)… and just got done voting for Adam for 2 hrs. Whew!

I haven’t gotten the “voting is closed” yet either. still texting..

OK, on repeated listenings, “One” wasn’t really as far off the melody as I thought, and it wasn’t really too Adam-ized. The change is maybe a bit jarring due to the compressed time frame, but I like the performance much better than I did the first time around. :)

Blue nail polish on Kris‘s thumb during the homecoming video. Adam and Kris = BFFs. Back to voting for Kris – my cell phone is really getting hot, and needed a “cool down period”. LOL!

I power voted for Adam so hard my phone’s about to blow the hell up.

I just re-watched Crying and I wanna bitch slap that background singer. Holy shit she was wayyyy off key. No wonder he flung the earpiece out of his ear.

I thought Kris was the best tonight and he deserves the finale and heck even to win the whole show.
I still miss Matt though, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s another one with this incredible raw talent, I wanted a Kris/Matt finale but I know Matt will have a career regardless.

Omg, I thought I was the only one who wanted a Kris/Matt finale!

come on kris!!!!!

Hi everyone, it took awhile for me to find the videos of the performances but I was able to get up to speed! I didn’t watch the judges commentary – I didn’t need to as MJ summed it up for us. (Thanks MJ!)

Lord, they all look tired. This Idol thing is such a grind, But, no trainwrecks tonight. A few vocal stumbles, a few lyrical snafu’s, but nothing epic. And not a single song about Penguins. Hooray!

My grades:

Adam – One – A
I loved it. Period.

Kris – Heartless – A
I loved it. I loved that Kris totally defied expectations tonight, and every night. One of, if not the, best of Kris’ season. The dude knows when to turn it on. Good luck Kris!

Adam – Cryin’ – A-
The backup singer(s) botched the words. And the harmony. But even so – this wasn’t as good as “One” but it was better than “YASB”.

Danny – You are So Beautiful – B
Oh how I wanted to hate this. But it was good. Not perfect, but good.

Kris – Apologize – B
I think Kris did just fine with this but his voice cracked several times. I loved that he played instruments this week – this man is savvy.

Danny – Dance Little Sister – C-
A bulldozer straight down the middle of this song. Belted from bell to bell. Pitchy, too. It was undoubtedly the worst song pick of the night, but this was also the worst performance, to me.

No voting is closed text either..

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m reading a lot of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  posts. What happened to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters?!?!? *Sniff*

I’m still power voting for him! Or at least I was until the time ran out :sad_tb: Now I just have to try to not lose me sanity before tomorrow night… :unsure_tb: Also he and Kris were FABULOUS! I came home from my piano lesson to hearing Adam sing One, and it was wonderful! Oh my, I sound like such a teenie :laugh_tb: I guess I kinda am, since I enthuse an unhealthy amount over Adam and Allison(I MISS HER) and I’m only 13 :ponder_tb:

Hey Kris lost to bandzilla on the first song and finally did what he needed all season, he sang with the guitar only and just killed that song. Put the GO (the f home) in Gokey!

Im in Southern Cali and i have ATT Cable and for some reason FOX 11 has no sound!! this is really weird!!

Resurrect the ROCKER!!!!!!

Amen!

And please America don’t do it again, vote for an Adam-Kris finale. Kris earned that tonight. Please, pretty please???

For the first time this season, I think Danny outsang Adam. Danny took a song that I loathe, You Are So Beautiful, and made it fresh, moving, even compelling.

Adam took a song that I absolutely love, One, and made me indifferent. Then Adam took a song that I loathe, Crying, and I loathe it still.

It is unfortunate that Adam’s off night coincided with Simon’s OTT pimping. Simon practically begging for viewers to vote for Adam on Idol and every other show that would let him do so may harm Adam more than it helps.

Kris is sneaky talented — the little engine that could. If consistency and growth count, we should see Kris in the finale. I was a T-H-E-Y (Taylor Hicks-Elliott Yamin) fan in AI5, but I believe this truly is the best top 4 — miss you, Allison! — in Idol history.

For me, Ring of Fire is the all-time best vocal performance on Idol evah. Adam is still the force of nature who excited me the first time I heard him — regardless of who wins this contest, I believe Adam’s career trajectory is up, up and away.

About the choreography, this former disco queen would go dancing with Adam or Danny in a hot second.

Holy shit, Kris might actually have a chance. DI has him leading Danny by a tiny margin on both the regular and geographic charts, and we all know that he absolutely runs away with texters. Is this the power of the rocker’s revenge?

If Kris gets voted off American is HEARTLESS!

Power voting like me?

Yep. Too busy voting to post :)

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think this season will be this closeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ this one was truly a heartbreaker. I still get irritated when I think about Elliott being eliminated three years later!

It was a heartbreaker. But ya know what, I’m actually thinking that it might be super close this year as well.

Well, this guy here thought One was one of the best performances of the season (and ever, actually)à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ and just got done voting for Adam for 2 hrs. Whew!

*nods*

DialIdol is off tonight because of the 3 phonelines per contestant.

In-ear monitors are hard to get used to at first, and Adam’s been singing without them every week up to now. I don’t know how much he may have used them pre-AI, but probably not a lot. Plus, I doubt he’d have had much of the backing singers in his mix. It was probably mostly his own voice. He didn’t pull it out while the backing singers were wailing, so I suspect he had trouble hearing himself.

Why didn’t Simon actually give a critique of “Cryin’” and instead just encourage people to vote for Adam? I would have liked to have heard his thoughts.

In my opinion, Adam was awesome and light years above the others. Kris was fabulous on both songs, better on “Heartless” though, and he really deserves to be in the finals. If I wasn’t afraid of vote-splitting knocking Adam out, I’d have voted for Kris quite a bit too. Danny was awful on his first song, and just about average on his second, and how Simon could call that vocal mastery is way beyond me. I’m beginning to think my ears aren’t working with all the praise of Danny!

I’m curious, were people voting for Danny and Kris able to get through all the time? I only got a few busy signals on Adam and I dialed on the 03 number for two hours straight.

Adam has not been punched, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been carried around in a golden cart sipping Dom and getting massages.

I’m sorry, but where did you read this? Because from all the I have read, Adam has fought a hard battle every single inch of the way to where he is today. He has sacrificed ALOT to get where he is. Crappy jobs, crappy apt, taking any kind of gig he could get even if it was for free, just so he could sing. I give anyone mad props to “anyone” that do anything they can to make their “own” future like that.

If the other two have also done this, then please let me know. As far as I have “read” they have not.

I love it how everyone looks to Dial Idol as some sort of good indicator of votes…
Wake up people its been wrong all year…sorry..i could tell you that all of the them are safe each week…geez. It means nothing…stop watchin it

Wow, dial idol has Kris ahead of Danny. Could it be true?

Don’t forget Lil went home when she was #1 on Dial Idol. That site has been completely wrong all season.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m reading a lot of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  posts. What happened to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters?!?!? *Sniff*

I was trying to get through…it was busy for me all night….had better luck with the landline than cellphone….plus, there were three numbers, so it is all good. I suspect quite a bit of vote splitting for Adam and Kris tonight.

“Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t forget Lil went home when she was #1 on Dial Idol. That site has been completely wrong all season.”

I believe it was correct last week, though, right? But I hear ya…I am nervous for Adam.

I’ve been voting all season for Allison but tonight, sent my votes Adam’s way. I hardly ever got through. Maybe 20 or 30 times, total.

This was a really lackluster show for me. Not at all impressive. One of the season’s worst, as far as I’m concerned. I was voting on the basis of the whole season, not tonight’s show.

I’ve just rewatched Adam’s performances and I have to say I enjoyed them a lot better the second time around…he was amazing and deserves to win.

Just got done voting for Adam I got a lot of silence and busy’s,I had my two friends voting beside me for Adam.

I think Adam and Kris rocked tonight.
I loved Adam’s “Cryin” and Kris’s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  the best tonight. I hope both men go through tomorrow they both have such talent.

Thanks Adam voters. I was kinda worried there for a while. I tried to download Gizmo5 repeatedly, but I kept getting connection problems. Love to Adam and you guys/gals. :clap_tb: :thumbup_tb: :king_tb:

“I love it how everyone looks to Dial Idol as some sort of good indicator of votesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Wake up people its been wrong all yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦sorry..i could tell you that all of the them are safe each weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦geez. It means nothingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦stop watchin it”

allison was at the bottom last week and she went hooooommmme D:

Adam had an off night but should probably win based on talent and overall consistency.

I’m not really sold on any of them this year. Allison was my favorite and she’s gone. Nobody can compare to David Cook … so it’s anticlimactic to me.

“guess I am more concerned with who moves me and time and time again this year, it was Kris.”

You weren’t moved by “Mad World” & “If I Can’t Have You”?—they both still move me to tears every time I watch and/or listen to them.

I love Kriis–but I love Adam more.

I hope the predicted winner for the Geomap on DialIdol says it all!

I would have expected Wisconsin to go to Danny but…
Wisconsin – a projected win for Adam!! :thumbup_tb:

It’s funny to read the posts. It seems like all the Adam voters were missing — probably because they were too busy voting.

Also Dial Idol has is statistically tied but Danny usually is very strong there and is in numeric third place. Ha!

Busy percentage looks good for Kris and great for Adam. Let’s put the GO (the f home) in Gokey!

i kinda thought that heartless sucked….maybe its just me…

Rocker’s revenge, haha. Not. Anyway, it might happen but not cuz o’ dat purported phenom. Casual voters are driving this train from now on, and Kris Allen looked the part 2night!!!

I didn’t like Adam’s take on One at all… probably because I love Bono’s version. I didn’t even know that Cryin’ song but I didn’t really like that either. My favorite Adam performance is still Satisfction.

Kris blew me away with Heartless tonight. I WILL be downloading!

jlc: I know you weren’t asking me, but Kris’s emotion exists in the earnestness he puts into his songs, like “Aint’ No Sunshine” and “Falling Slowly”. There’s an urgency, a poignancy, that he puts into everything he sings and I think his fans really like that. Adam just slays most songs, no denying it, but I don’t often feel that urgency (“Tracks of My Tears” not withstanding, my personal favorite of his this year).

I believe it (Dial Idol) was correct last week, right?

It was, and it was also correct the week before when Matt went home. I don’t consider DI the be all and end all. There are too many variables. But it is fun to watch on a night like this.

I love you Adam! I’ve just spent 2 hours voting for you, that’s why I wasn’t commenting. There has never been or will never be anyone like Adam!

Ok, finally voting is closed text… Whew!

I thought they all did well. Yay, Kris for stepping up. And, One was really beautiful, he really felt that song and emoted so well imo. His mom felt it too. snif snif. Just really touching to me. I also enjoyed Cryin’ but obviously for different reasons. I think he had fun and did a great job too.

Adam, like Cook last year, seems to suffer when he has to truncate 5-6 minute songs into 1:45-50. The rocker’s dilemma, I guess. It always feels a little choppy to me. Maybe it was me, but when they first started, I thought they were singing longer because Danny’s (and to a lesser extent, Kris’) seemed to go on and on, unlike most weeks. The Adam’s is whambam, thank ya mam! LOL Like I said, maybe it’s me…

But, I agree, Adam is indeed a finely aged wine. Because listening back, they are even more enjoyable than the first time around. (Yeah, that concerns me for voting, but it is what it is…)

Danny did fine with his first song, but it was so monotonous to me. And I didn’t like YASBTM at all, too much all out from start to finish. But, my daughter liked it, so it didn’t suck. LOL

Kris really did step up, and I hope he and Adam are the two left standing. If there’s any justice, they will be. Those two deserve it most, of the three left.

“Busy percentage looks good for Kris and great for Adam. Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s put the GO (the f home) in Gokey!”

dang right!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m reading a lot of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  posts. What happened to Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters?!?!?

I was voting. Beat last week’s record…got in 1,100 text votes and 600 phone votes. Hope he’s okay tomorrow. Gotta admit that I’m worried.

lava girl went out 4th but i’m thinking lavagirl’s voters may send danny out 3rd.Would be sweet i could live with adam or kris.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve just rewatched Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances and I have to say I enjoyed them a lot better the second time aroundà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he was amazing and deserves to win.

Me too .. as an Adam fan I felt there was something not quite right tonight but on listenig back his vocals are great ..

I loved the start of One ad kind of wished that he sang it straight all the way through .. he went off slightly in the middle but pulled it back at the end.

I was too distracted by the backing singer from hell at the start of Crying to appreciate the performace fully .. but on further listening he sounds amazing .. pity about the backig singer though

Adam just slays most songs, no denying it, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t often feel that urgency

I thought Adam had the most emmotionally connected performance tonight with One. Kris a close second with Heartless.

Well, this guy here thought One was one of the best performances of the season (and ever, actually)à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ and just got done voting for Adam for 2 hrs. Whew!

*nods*

I know I’m worn out. It’s really so close.
My most votes EVER….Hope the Pacific time zone brings it home
for Adam!!

Tomorow they will put Kris threw first to have the shock of Adam and Danny (the front runners) being left only to send Danny home :)

well, kris needed a moment and he just got himself one…i guarantee the press will be all over that heartless peformance.

Danny…bye bye bye??? :bye_tb:

Dial Idol has Kris in second place, but he must have a lot of people who text because he always comes in higher than Dial Idol. Here is hoping that Kris makes it through.

Adam has not been punched, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been carried around in a golden cart sipping Dom and getting massages.

I think Adam’s been punched plenty over the last decade when he was scrambling for work and recognition every single day in LA.

sunchick: I SO wanted that connection from Adam tonight! But the second part of the song killed it for me…perhaps upon re-watch I’ll feel differently.

1) Is anyone here wishing for a Kris-Adam finale…in part…or wholly…out of a desire to ensure victory for Adam? As if perhaps Danny’s fanbase is a bigger threat?

2) Does anyone here think Kris can beat Adam 1 on 1?

Ellie2–”I think Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been punched plenty over the last decade when he was scrambling for work and recognition every single day in LA.”

Huh? I never read anything about the Idols beyond what relates to their show-related lives. Accordingly, I’m not really interested. It’s just me. Edit: dreamr below is correct. My comments are limited to their time spent on this show. :=)_

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve had an epiphany. Just now. No, seriously. I am a Kris Allen FTW kinda viewer now. He has come the farthest. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the most raw. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the most earnest. The nicest. The most hungry. The best looking. The most-improved. The arc is perfect with him. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s THE all-American boy seeking his all-American dream.

Tonight did it for me. He sealed the deal. The others were fine. But Kris has taken the punches and came out swinging for the fences! Adam has not been punched, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been carried around in a golden cart sipping Dom and getting massages. Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been pumped up and overheated(hyped) so much thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bound to explode like the Hindenburg!

Nay, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only Kris who has been kicked, beaten and bulled into near submission, only to rise from the ashes like a beautiful Phoenix. Behold!!*

I totally agree with everything you just said. :)

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sorry, but where did you read this? Because from all the I have read, Adam has fought a hard battle every single inch of the way to where he is today. He has sacrificed ALOT to get where he is. Crappy jobs, crappy apt, taking any kind of gig he could get even if it was for free, just so he could sing. I give anyone mad props to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“anyoneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  that do anything they can to make their à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ownà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  future like that.

If the other two have also done this, then please let me know. As far as I have à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“readà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  they have not.

I’m pretty sure carolinacharms is referring to their Idol journey, not their entire lives.

Oddobserver, Adam’s voters were probably voting like crazy and too busy to post. I know I was. I counted 547 votes, but I could be off either way. The most I’ve EVER voted before was about 30 for Mad World and last year’s finale. Goes to show you how much I love Adam!!

I was hard on Kris earlier on this board and I stand by what I said, but I’m glad to say that it looks like Kris has pulled through. He has been close to the top of the list for me all season. I thought Danny was unbeatable but I’ll be surprised if he’s in the finale. I refuse to believe that Adam is not there, and Kris seems to have tons of loyal fans.

Is it possible? Are we going to get a Kradam finale after all??

Maybe because it’s a Kayne West song but I’m feeling very Heartless about Kris. Not one of my favorites. Since I’m not a big U-2 follower I liked Adam’s take on One. Taylor (a favorite of mine) killed You Are So Beautiful in season 5 and I hardly recognised the song tonight. I heard hardly any of the original songs words. The judges all love Taylors version, so maybe they heard more than I did tonight as they gave Danny good marks. Not my favorite night but still lots of excitement. No splitting votes here, it’s Adam all the way. I wasn’t listening to Simon, I was listening to my heart.

I dont understand why all the stuff about Adam having an off nite, because he cant outdo him self anymore? How much more can he do? If he had done ROF tonite, there would have been screams heard around the world, too OTT, whatever. Adam was Adam, and he better get in the finals, he was awsome all season, I voted my 2 hours for him, that’s all I can do. Go home please Gokey. That’s all!

I got a lot of busy sigs for Adam, it was probably 50/50. I know DI is not the be-all and end-all, but Kris and Danny couldn’t be much closer in busy signals at this point. Plus, they both probably will receive a high number of text votes from their highly mobilized fanbases…this is going to be a close one folks! I think Adam’s going to be allright.

I too thought the show was kind of blase’ tonight. This was not Adam’s best night, but that didn’t stop me from voting the full two hours for him. My husband and daughter thought Kris ruled on the Kanye song. I have to admit, he was awesome. Danny’s YASB was ever so much better than the shouty first song. Simon was right though, it needed no re-arranging.

Adam truly is like a fine wine. Everytime I watch his performances they just get better and better. “Feeling Good” is just amazing and I can’t BELIEVE he was in the bottom that week.

“Pansexual alien gorgeousness”. That’s my new moniker.

Still no “voting is closed” text for me. Does this mean I can still vote?

The problem is we can never really trust who is in the bottom, just like Nygel said in his interview they would sometimes put random people in the bottom just for the shock value

Staggering back in after two hours of the most terrified powervoting of my life, christ. Adam picked either the best or the worst moment of the season to have his first night I didn’t love. I voted like a madwoman as a result, so possibly it will turn out okay, but he has to *bring it* next week. If he does, it’s still his to lose; otherwise, if Kris makes it, I think it’s his to steal. Which would be a freaking travesty, after this season Adam’s given us.

Even though I think he’s the biggest threat to Adam, I can’t begrudge Kris a spot at the finals after Heartless, which was the best of a startlingly crappy night, although I didn’t love it. I did think it was a great approach to the song and a good arrangement; I just felt like the sound mix was off (as it was the whole night) and made it sound overall weak, and he looked lost on the empty stage. Apologize just was meh — his falsetto was just not there, and it was 100% kareoke, and totally done better by Tedder and Archie.

Adam — man. Both his songs had amazing, amazing parts to them, and I’m waiting for the studio versions, but overall the arrangements didn’t work in the 90 second limit. I feel robbed on One, because it was definitely good, I just kept feeling after rewatching that it could’ve been *brilliant* if he had just kept it low the whole way through. Cryin’ on the other hand was wrecked by the backup singer, and I feel like he tried to recover it with a heroic effort of vocal acrobatics as a last resort because everything else had been lost. It *was* heroic, and I liked it in the end, but again it just wasn’t as good as he’s been. The camera angles on him were terrible also, and again the empty stage did him no favors either.

Danny turned in two mediocre performances after turning in the worst of the season last week. Not much more to say.

Yeah, that performance of One was just horrible. That screechy over blown interpretation made my ears want to vomit.

I must say I wasn’t blown away by anyone tonight. Im an Adam / Kris fan but even they didnt overly impress me tonight. I guess I like the original U2 version of One too much to like the ott version Adam did, and I didnt like the Aerosmith song at all. I didnt like Apologize and never heard Heartless before although it was ok. I didnt think the song Paula picked for Danny was a good one and I think Taylor Hick’s version of You are so Beautiful is much better then Dannys. I got a one and a half hour long call from Florida at 9.09 so didnt get to vote till the last half hour but still got 271 votes for Kris in.

I really liked last weeks songs though.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve just rewatched Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances and I have to say I enjoyed them a lot better the second time aroundà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he was amazing and deserves to win.

Gah! This is what scares the crap out of me because a lot of Adam’s performances are like that simply because he doesn’t do the same stuff we’re all used to. I hope it doesn’t lose him the casual vote!

I think Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been punched plenty over the last decade when he was scrambling for work and recognition every single day in LA.

I so agree with that and if you listen to him talk, you see that peak through. He knows he is lucky to make it as far as he has here. He wants to be a superstar, I so hope he makes it.

Plus he has worked very hard to develop all these performance skills.

You know, I love Allison and she is my favor this season, but I kinda think Adam has earned this crown. Do you really think Adam wanted to be the understudy in Wicked? I bet not, he wants to be a rock star.

LOVED HEARTLESS and Apologize. I voted for Kris for the full 2 hours tonight.

I think kris wins if he is in the finals.Danny’s harecore voters will vote just as hard for kris.With them it is not a vote for danny but a vote against adam.That is sad but true.

People call Adam’s screech horrible, but there are tons of rockstars who wold die to be able to do that screech

I was barely getting through at all for Adam, so I did a test–

I voted 5 times for Kris on his 2nd line, and I got through all 5 times (from a cellphone).

I voted 5 times for Adam on his 2nd line, and I got through 2 out of the 5 times.

I couldn’t bring myself to do the test for Danny because I don’t want to cast even one vote his way. ugh.

Okay, so I STILL haven’t gotten a text voting closed message for Adam. I don’t want to stop voting…but I’m TIRED!!! LOL

FWIW, I got tons of busy signals for Adam throughout the two hours. I was dialing on 06 for most of the time, switched to 09 after checking Dial Idol, then back to 03 when I started getting all busy signals on 09. It was odd. Usually, it’s busy for 10-15 minutes, then clear sailing from that point forward.

I hope this reflects dialing traffic and not line problems…

Kris fits the premise of the show best. Raw, undiscovered talent.

I think Kris is fantastic, but I disagree with this on a couple fronts.

(1) I’d never heard of any of these people before the show and was very unlikely to, given their career paths at the time. They were all undiscovered by the great, unwashed pop seeking populace of this country. And unless they were cutting indie albums, it’s very unlikely that I’d have ever run across any of them.

(2) The raw “talent” here is Gokey. Kris has a lot of sophistication about what he does. I mean that in the best way possible. He may be untrained, but he’s not raw, at least not where it counts. His vocal quality is sometimes out of his control, for sure, but there’s more to singing than that.

I figure if Idol finds me someone great that I wouldn’t already find, they’ve satisfied the premise just fine.

Karen….

how about

“Pansexual alien gorgeousity”

Just a little tweak but it does him justice (thanks, Lainey)

I lost count of my Adam votes tonight but, like others, did not stop to comment.

I also find I appreciate his performances more when I listen to them again — and again — and again.

My ranking for tonight”
#1 – One – even better the second time I watched it. I think the studio version might be his best. I don’t know who arranged it, but brilliant!
#2 – Heartless – THe BEST Kris has done this season. #1.1 in my book!!
#3 – Crying – maybe this will help Steven T. forgive AI for last week!
#4 – Apologise – OK, not a good choice for Kris IMO
#5 – YASBTM — masterF***up if you ask me! And what’s with the string quartette.
#6 – Dance Little Sister Dance – Paula what were you thinking — that call-and-response with the sax was not a good idea. Danny, your “memtors” led you in the wrong direction! And that “dancing” URGH!! Thank god I never liked this song!!

Kris fits the premise of the show best. Raw, undiscovered talent

They all are undiscovered talent, if it wasn’t for idol we wouldn’t know any of them

Kris a close second with Heartless.

Sunchick, I gotta disagree with you on this one. Kris was smiling through several large portions of the song. I even commented to my mom about it. I like the guy, and I usually think he’s connected, but I didn’t get it from that performance.

a few thoughts –
-remember the final 3 had to do 3 songs last year? I wish they hadn’t changed that
-Liked “Heartless” best tonight, by a mile.
- Why is Gokey forgetting to shave and dressing like Cookie? No, danny boy, you’re not in his league.
-Adam had an off night, I think, but he’s still safe. and he’s still not attractive to me, looks wise or music wise. (but better than the Gokey, of course)
-Managed to get in a few votes for Kris. Will check here for results tomorrow & I’ll be watching the “Lost” finale.

I agree with your grades, ettacandy. I think what tonight showed was what happens when a contestant is forced to sing a song they don’t want to sing. Danny danced around trying to divert our attention from the fact that he was unwilling to invest 5 minutes worth of effort into the song. Kris did a karoke version. Adam changed it up so much as to make the song unrecognizeable. Adam and Kris both had it most difficult as they had songs that are so clearly identified with their original versions. Isn’t this something the judges rail against? Danny had a song no one heard of and after his version, no will remember it either.

its so weird that adam is so amazing and he has spoiled us every single week of this competition, that if his songs…which are always fantastic vocals no matter what, dont top what he did previously, we have to be panicked about him being voted off. he is light years better than anyone and if danny didnt get voted off after that primal horrible off tune scream, adam should be perfectly safe.

Kris was smiling through several large portions of the song.

I don’t remember this, it very well could be true, but are you sure it wasn’t just the side-mouth singing? You know how he does, haha. ;)

Adam is my A #1. And…

1) Is anyone here wishing for a Kris-Adam finaleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦in partà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦or whollyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦out of a desire to ensure victory for Adam? As if perhaps Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase is a bigger threat?

2) Does anyone here think Kris can beat Adam 1 on 1?

1) Not me. And, no.

2) Absolutely. I happen to believe Kris has a way better chance to beat Adam than Gokey does. And I still want him in the final, because he’s more deserving based on his performances, including talent, growth and consistency.

That’s just how I roll.

holeighannie:

Love the discussion–so don’t worry bout whether I asked or not :wink_wp:

Just for kicks..ck out Adam’s face at the very end of “IICHY”—that boy was totally inside himself during that song—almost looks like he’s been awakened from a dream and finds 1000s of peeps in his room staring at him.

I do know what you mean about Kris–I really do love him and his style. He has a James Taylor vibe I can’t resist. At this point, Adam doesn’t need the win–he is already a superstar. Secretly I have been hoping Kris could take it all as I feel he needs the win to propel him into his musical career. However, regardless of how things play out–I don’t think he has anything to worry about and I would def. buy his music.

west coaster here….just saw round 1:

danny was danny, good voice, wedding singer moves, he should learn how to stop throwing random “whooos” in the middle of his songs, thats what makes him sound like a corny county fair singer.

kris was better than i expected having read the reaction on this msg board…his falsetto was the only thing that bothered me, however, overall i could see him doing this type of song. kinda odd they expect kris to just magically change EVERY song…but danny gets a pass. grading on a curve much?

adam…loved the beg of the song, but then it went off course too much for my taste and ears, wished he would have kept it simple bc it gives haters/casual voters something to nag out (the screaming at the end)

round 2…HURRY UP!!!

Of all times for Adam to have an off night. “One” left me cold and “Cryin” was only slightly better. And yes, the Elliott/Mary J. version of “One” they did three years ago was light years better than Adam’s (and I love Adam) even though Mary J. hogged the whole song. Kris was so meh on his first song but was great on the second. Gokey I don’t bother to comment on any more. He’s like the cockroach after the nuclear holocaust– still miraculously there. Very underwhelming night overall. Is the season over yet?

Posts do get lost when there are 1,000 opinions.

I was actually cheering for Kara when she confronted Simon. She did something tonight many people wish they could have done. She put her hand over his mouth. Brava!

Oh, and then there was Paula hitting Simon and causing a commotion that even the camera guy didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want us to see. Brava! MJ is right, “kindergarten behavior.”

Now what a minute hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦there wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t time for three performances, but there was plenty of time to focus on the judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ activities? Sorry folks, but I am not buying it. And just how much time was actually focused on the homecomings?

The mismanagement of Season 8 has been atrocious! Focusing on the judges and not on the contestants this week was an insult to Danny, Kris, and Adam.

The contestants know that they will be singing 3, 4, or more songs consecutively on the tour. This was not asked of them tonight. Other seasons, this feat (of singing three songs) has been done successfully. At this point we have seen 5 less performances than other seasons. This should anger the fans of these three contestants. I know I am angry and my guy did not reach this point.

(Opinion share elsewhere.)

Loved Kris tonight. Thought Heartless was beautiful and amazing. Voted for him for the ENTIRE 2 hours – texting and calling. On all 3 lines.

I hope to GOD that Danny is NOT in the final, but it seriously is too close to call. The picture is still very very fuzzy as to who will go home tomorrow.

carolinacharms May 12th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

DialIdol is a joke. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t read into it.

Yeah, the busy signal part imo is. Some have asked about Kris’s text messages. Kris has been on the bottom of DI more than once (I’m pretty sure), yet didn’t end up in the bottom three. This is why several peeps (me included) believe he has a lot of text messages going to him.

Now that I’ve done all I can for Kris tonight I can finally comment. I’m content. If for some reason Kris goes out tomorrow night, he’ll be able to leave on a strong performance. As my husband commented, if Kris would have gone last he could have very easily have earned a “Best of the night” comment. Having said this, I am rooting for a Kris/Adam finale.

Bothhave been strong over the season, imo, I just happen to like Kris’s sound more.

So I’m pretty sure that I’ve decided that if it’s a Kris/Adam finale, I probably won’t vote. (I’m tired, lol).

If it’s an Adam/Dannyy finale I won’t vote.

If it’s a Kris/Danny finale (please no!), I’ll vote for Kris.

To me, the judges made it more about themselves than about the contestants tonight. Esp. Paula and Kara. Actually they always do on top 3 night (at least they did last yr.), right? Randy is back in my good graces right now. LOL. I think he judged very fairly tonight overall. Paula, imo, reluctantly praised Kris after “Heartless” and Kara made too big of a deal out Kris not rearranging “Apologize”, even after he simply killed it on “Heartless”. I guess “Heartless” was just too amazing for Simon to do anything else but give props to Kris about it. :)

Wow, I don’t know if I can give an order to the songs tonight. I can state top and bottom for me though:

Top: Kris-”Heartless”
Bottom: Danny- DLSD (I had to go to the top of the page to find the name, because to me it was forgettable.)

I’ll rate the contestants overall:
1)Kris. Yes, “Apologize” wasn’t Kris’s best of the season by far, but I still saw connection. However, “Heartless” made me forget that there was even a question about the 1st one.

2)Adam. Technically Adam can do all of the right things, hands down. His range is astounding and never fails, but not his best, imo on either. BTW, I think Adam was smart to comment on Kris and Danny’s performances after Simon begged for votes. (Simon is probably right, but went about it the wrong way.)

3)Danny. While I actually thought he did a good job on YASB, if he were worthy for the top 2 spot, he should have been performing like this early on, on grown from there. The first song was far more karaoke than Kris’s “Apologize” by a mile, imo.

Sorry for the long post, lol.

lava girl went out 4th but ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking lavagirlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voters may send danny out 3rd.Would be sweet i could live with adam or kris.

Rock on Lava Girl!

Although, if my dream were to come true and the Go really was put in Gokey – I’ll give all the credit to Kris for pulling himself out from under the wheels of that bus and to Adam for just being kick-ass in general :)

FWIW, I got tons of busy signals for Adam throughout the two hours. I was dialing on 06 for most of the time, switched to 09 after checking Dial Idol, then back to 03 when I started getting all busy signals on 09. It was odd. Usually, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s busy for 10-15 minutes, then clear sailing from that point forward.

I was calling from North Mississippi — not exactly Adam country — and we hit more busy signals than last week. Also, we would go for stretches of 15 minutes straight busy — almost in blocks — like at 9:00. It was odd, I’d get in 20 straight then go for 15 minutes with only 1 call in then back to 20 more straight. But, we sure got in a lot of votes.

If Kris makes it…what an underdog story that will be. No audition shown, no Hollywood performance shown(that I remember anyway)…He barely scraped through to make it into the top 13 (I kind of doubt the judges would have brought him back for a wild card had he not), and even then nobody thought he had a shot. He deserves mega props just for rising from total obscurity and quietly but confidently fighting his way to the top.
That being said…I still think Adam is going to win, and deserves to. I think Kris does also, but even if Adam’s style isn’t my taste, I can’t deny that he has been consistently brilliant.
Danny…please…just…go…

Just for kicks..ck out Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s face at the very end of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“IICHYà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ that boy was totally inside himself during that songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ almost looks like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been awakened from a dream and finds 1000s of peeps in his room staring at him.

I love that part. He almost gives himself a little shake, like he’s returning to reality. He was definitely in the moment with that song. I wonder who broke his heart…

Webster….note I said he fit it best. oh, semantics, semantics. but i’m intrigued by your assertion that Gokey has talent in the raw.

I was barely getting through at all for Adam, so I did a testà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’

I voted 5 times for Kris on his 2nd line, and I got through all 5 times (from a cellphone).

I voted 5 times for Adam on his 2nd line, and I got through 2 out of the 5 times.

I couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bring myself to do the test for Danny because I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to cast even one vote his way. ugh.

Well, you did better than me and I was trying very hard to vote for Kris. I had to give up trying to vote for Kris the regular phone way because I was constantly getting busy signals. I am going to eat it on text messages, but that was the only way I get through. I tested the phone lines for Kris every so often, no luck, so I would go back to trying to get in a few texts. I have rarely got any busy signals for Kris in the past, so I hope the constant busy signals this week for Kris is a good sign. The actual number of votes that I was able to get through for Kris has to be an all time low for me compared to my success in past weeks, so I hope that Kris has lots of others peeps that were successful.

I did not try anyone else. Adam is my second favorite, but I decided not to vote split several weeks ago.

Kris went and got his armor on haha Hopefully gokey jokey goes home tomorrow…

Looking at the raw numbers on dialidol, I’d say that Danny is going home tomorrow night, without a doubt. His phone lines are ranked 7th, 8th, and 9th. Adam and Kris – see you guys in the finals!

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t remember this, it very well could be true, but are you sure it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t just the side-mouth singing? You know how he does, haha. ;)

LOL, yeah, I know he does that. But no, these smiles extended to the eyes. It was a bit disconcerting to me, actually. Could be because I’m a Kat McPhee fan and remember all the flack she got for that…. (ducks and waits to be pummeled)

I am no fan of David Cook, but none of these guys are even close to his level of talent. I will say that Lambert does stand out compared to the other two guys. He voice is pretty hard on the ears, but his theatrics sure out shine the others.

So I counted my votes on and off, and was averaging about 100 votes for Adam in a 10-15 minute period, so counting a few breaks to check out this blog I’d say I got in at least 500 votes for him. I hope.

As other people have mentioned, I loved both “One” and “Cryin’” twice as much upon re-watch. And I predict that the studio version of “One” will be his best ever.

People have wondered whether the Dial Idol numbers mean anything, given how inconsistent Dial has been. I think they mean a lot.

If Kris is anywhere near Danny at the end of the night (I wouldn’t be surprised if he slipped back down, he usually does, but that would be no big deal as long as he stays close), then I think he has an excellent chance. Dial Idol has always “underestimated” him. I don’t know if it is just text messages or what, but Kris has been at the bottom of DI three times (I think), and he saw the bottom three on none of those occasions on the actual results night.

I think it is fair to bet that Kris has a much larger texting base, since he has a much younger feel. I would be shocked if there is a huge Danny Gokey tween following. Add to that the fact that Heartless, and also Apologize, will appeal to the casual tween texter much, much more than either of Danny’s songs.

One more thing: as someone else has noted, Kris is killing in Arkansas. Danny is loosing Milwaukee. Having Arkansas (and other Southern states, I’m sure) in his pocket is huge for Kris.

“With them it is not a vote for danny but a vote against adam.That is sad but true.”

And if Adam doesn’t make it into the finals, will it be sad but true if his fans vote against Danny no matter what. Or will people be encouraging others in a massive anybody but Danny vote. And I doubt many will be admonishing people to feel sad about it either.

Excuse me for laughing at the electoral politics of American Idol. Who’s winning Florida? Isn’t that the swing state in most real elections.

Someone should splice the high long notes in Adam’s Cryin’ next to Danny’s Sceam On on the same video, and then make it go viral. Casual voters memories are short. They need reminding.

JMO, I loved the first part of One, ‘cos that was the popular Adam for the casual voter, and I was hoping that they’d vote for him, but I think the 2nd part may have turned them off a little, especially with Kris’ Apologize and Danny’s YASB, which were slow numbers too, and not that badly done. YMMV.

I felt kinda dissatisfied with tonight. Maybe it’s all that energy missing that we had in Rock Night. But man, they did look really tired. I think they’d be glad that it’s the finale next week.

Kris pulled out his current cool guy trump card tonight. Not so much ‘aw shucks’ vibe after “Heartless”. Loved the way Paula said that the song was describing Simon. :lol_wp:

Dial idol has been spot on in all the finals they have done.They were the only site to get last years right

Just watched Kris’ Heartless in HD (west coast feed). Good lord, but he’s gorgeous! *stretching texting muscles*

What a sweet, incredible guy Adam is.

This really is his contest to lose and he could lose it easily, not because he doesn’t have the most talent. He does. But because certain people out there will vote for anyone but him just because of what they think he represents, not because of the person he is.

Yet he always takes time to thank and praise others. That shout out to Kris and Danny wasn’t calculated, it was heartfelt. He didn’t have to do it, yet I’m sure even he is aware of how much Simon has been running around town predicting his win these past few days. It was a classy thing to do. Adam is a class act. And I’m sure Danny and Kris, and their families, appreciated it.

Just watched Cryin again, that has to be the worst. The backup singer was smoking the good stuff or something.

Just saw Dial Idol. It’s so close. So exciting.

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It’s a “rock wail” … really? I believe that’s a massive injustice to the TRUE rock artists of the 70s/80s which Adam is trying (unsuccessfully) to mimic. To keep comparing adam to the rock legends defies logic. We get it already … Adam can scream … in a girlish high pitch … so? My sister and I enjoy laughing about the ‘cat getting its tail stuck in the door’ week after week. He’s got one and only one “money note” and it is nothing but a shriek. Sorry, that’s not music. He’s not that brilliant at mellow either, but he’s got the musical theater staging and melodrama down to a science. Good for him. I hope he enjoys many, many happy years on Broadway … where he belongs. Who exactly is the fan base that’s currently buying glam rock of the 70s/80s? Again … follow the money. I’ve always thought they be better off pimping him as the lead in a new broadway show … American Idol the Musical … nice idea I think.

Follow the money … “Glambert” fans will be dialing their dollars away to be sure he’s “safe.” That’s also the reason Adam inexplicably decided to grow a (fake) conscience and say he is in the presence of two other worthy singers. Why just now? Because he needs the votes, pure and simple. Adam’s been gloating/sucking up all the glory for weeks and weeks, but now he needs to drive the voting some more, so he’s going to seem a bit more humble and/or desperate. It’s pathetic. But I’m not sure which is more pathetic, that American Idol has turned into the “Adam Glambert” hour or that so many “millions” still cast their votes (and their dollars) out the window.

I haven’t read all the posts yet, but has anyone else mentioned the AI blue spotlighting that Adam got tonight? Just like the intro to every AI show that showcases a generic winner … hmmm. That’s just a bit over the top, pimp-wise, and at this point I wonder why they didn’t just cancel the previous 5 or so shows and just annoint him the winner? Oh yeah … follow the money …

Vote, vote, vote! Or keep your money and teach AI a lesson. :-)

The REAL rocker, Allison, was voted off during rock week. Same as Daughtry … hope she does as well if not better. She’s a great kid, and a wonderful PURE talent. She doesn’t have to fake it to make it … she’s got it! As Slash said, she’s better than a lot of 30-year olds he knows.

I’ll buy Allison’s CD … looking forward to it! And I hope her phone is ringing off the hook with record deals.

Just watched Cryin again, that has to be the worst. The backup singer was smoking the good stuff or something.

Gemini Dolly I think you are the one that is smokin somethin

Today as a whole was a bit “meh” for me. I thought Gokey’s first song was meh, it was the same thing he always does every single week (except last week. LOL); kind of corny performance-wise, within the same vocal range as usual, but it still sounded decent enough, I suppose. Danny’s “Come Rain or Come Shine” was, by 10 million miles, my favorite of his. I just wish he’d do something like that again. It’s the one time I thought he wasn’t cheesy, and un-cheesiness suited him well. YASB is a pretty damn cheesy song to begin with, so I was already prepared for the cheese before he started singing. I thought it was better than the first song as far as vocals go, but still cheesy Danny, and I thought that the arrangement was a bit boring.

Even thought I was totally stoked when I heard Kris was singing “Apologize” (I looooove that song, and I thought it was perfect for Kris. Was hoping he’d hit a home run), I thought that was meh, too. It just seemed like a watered down OneRepublic. I really liked “Heartless.” I’ve never heard the original, but I know what Kanye sounds like, and based on just that, I thought that Kris arranged it spectacularly and not only gave the song a bit of his own flavor, but made the song his own. I always like when Kris goes jazzy acoustic.

I adored the beginning of Adam’s “One”, but I didn’t feel like he had enough time to build it to the point that he took it too. I think the big rock wail middle part of the song could’ve worked really well if he’d had more time to build the song up, but it was really quite sudden and seemed to not transition all that well. “Crying” was better. He stayed pretty much true to the original arrangement of the song, but the parts that he changed up still worked into it well, and it was a good rendition of the song, even though the backup singer forgot she was on the Idol stage singing backup and not at home singing in the shower.

I think the final 2 will be Adam and Danny. And I’m not basing that on performances at all. I simply think that the 2 of them have a larger fan base than Kris does. They’ve both has people gunning for them from the beginning, and Kris sort of just emerged toward the middle. Adam and Danny have stories that stir up people’s minds. I think that’s why they’ve built up more public interest than Kris has. I think it’s unfortunate that that sort of stuff matters as much as it does on a show like this, but that’s how it goes.

I think, though, that it’d be far more interesting to have an Adam/Kris finale. Here’s why: Everyone thinks that Adam and Danny are opposites, but I think Kris and Adam are moreso. They are the completely opposite sort of performer. Her’s why:

Adam knows how to work the crowd and own the stage. He gets people pumped up. He’s got great vocal control and range that completely floors people. He can bring emotion to a song through his body language and through his facial expressions better than I’ve seen anyone on the show do. He can sell out venues, and put on awesome shows. People will want to see him.

Kris is not a stage performer. He doesn’t exactly work the stage or bring the crowd to their feet, but he makes up for it with his cool, mellow vibe. Kris knows how to bring emotion to a song through his arrangements and instrumentation. He’s more contemporary, and I can see (hear?) him being popular on the radio. I can see (hear?) people downloading his stuff onto their iPods. People will want to hear him.

This isn’t to say I hate Gokey. I don’t. I think he’s fine. I think he’ll do pretty decently after Idol. But I think Kris and Adam both bring something totally different to the table, and it’d be interesting to see who America would choose.

I good thing if danny goes now and you see them on tour.Beer run right after allison :drunk_tb: :smoke_tb: :drunk_tb:

I want to see the shit look on Danny and the judges face when Danny goes home.There t2 wet dream will be crushed.

Adam wasnt that bad.The backup singer bothered me.It wasnt bad compared to Dream on.Adam was also humble tonight.I hope you were there randy.

I voted on one land line and one cell. My eight year old daughter voted on another land line. What an Adam warrior–I was proud of her. I thought she would fall asleep. We both voted for two hours straight. I did do split votes. My 6 year old son insisted on voting for Kris. Me ( crazed) said no!!! but dad let him get one vote in. I never compromise my little guy’s happiness, but Adam has made me insane! We did our best for Adam. We love Kris too, but it’s Adam all the way!

We did our best for you Adam! You were so awesome tonight!

Kris’s lines were all messed up…I always got “all circuits are busy” or dead air..You think they did that so he wouldn’t get alot of votes?

Any way I thought Kris did an awesome job on “Heartless”. When I herd he was doing that song I thought “oh no”..Buy he pulled it off…I loved it..

Adam would have been so much better without the background singer..(who arranged for that?) I was excited when I herd he was singing “Aerosmith” but the background singer ruined it for him..

I really didn’t get Danny..(sorry)..Didn’t really like any of his songs.. Then again I have never been A Danny Fan!

One more thing: as someone else has noted, Kris is killing in Arkansas. Danny is loosing Milwaukee. Having Arkansas (and other Southern states, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure) in his pocket is huge for Kris.

26,000 saw him live do you blame them

“…intrigued by your assertion that Gokey has talent in the raw.”

Maybe he sings better when he’s nekkid…? :flush_tb:

Randy is back in my good graces right now. LOL. I think he judged very fairly tonight overall.

I thought Randy was by far the worst tonight. If Adam goes home I’m blaming Randy for his stupid “lost the melody” comment after One which I think wasn’t even directed to Adam but to SIMON in retaliation for the Apologize comment. He totally put a damper on Adam’s big moment of the night IMO and I think may have cost him a lot of casual votes by throwing in a buzz word that harkens back to the “don’t mess with a classic” ROF backlash. I started having Feeling Good flashbacks wherein I loved it and Randy used the Broadway buzz word. And that didn’t turn out so well. Randy :tongue2_tb:

Well I loved both of Adam’s songs and I really didn’t think Gokey’s Dance Little Sister was horrible. Just boring.

Kris did an awesome job with Kanye!

I’m watching on the west coast and it’s always interesting to watch the performances after reading the blog.

I thought Danny’s YASB was better than people said.
I didn’t think Kris’s Heartless was the masterpiece everone said.
I though Adam’s Crying was much better than I was lead to believe from this blog. But I will say the back up singer needed to go. But she was only audible for a snippet of the song.

overall it was a lackuster night for everyone one. I just think it’s too much for them the week that they do the homecoming visits. They all seemed really low energy.

Im about to shut it down now but I tell you what…..Adam Lambert is something special. Whatever that it thing is, he has it. You talk about charisma, he’s got it, you want talent, he’s chock full of it and then some.

I thought his version of One tonight was pretty good but once again, when I watched it over (for about 15 times now) I get sucked into the world of Adam Lambert. I get pulled into this half dream state. To a place where, for a few seconds, Im not sure Im even in the present. Thats what he does to me. Now that my friends is a gift.

I want this boy to win but if he does not, someone big is gonna scarf him up quick. His career is well on its way.

I thought I loved Taylor Hicks for a lot of the same reasons I love Adam but man, Taylor was just a teenage crush next to this full on love affair Im having with Mr. Lambert.

When I watch him, when I listen to his interpretation of anything at all, I know I am in the presence of greatness.

Night kids, its been fun.

So, what was with Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s nail polish? Is this some sort of solidarity thing between him and Adam? Did he read the article about the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thanks for not wearing nail polish Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  signs?

OMG! Kris was sportin’ nail polish? lol! I’ll have to go back and check it out!

I actually liked Danny’s choice of song. It’s not current, but he made it his own. He sounded good. I felt bad that he was hoarse.

By the way… I should have said this first. I hate the song “you are so beautiful”… It makes me gag.

But Danny did great with it. I didn’t recognize it!

Just watched One again. This suffered from 2 things. They chopped it up to fit the time frame, which does not give the song justice. Also, there was no need for the Adam wailing in this song.

Watching Adams performances again, he was worse then I first thought. UGH.

edit: ditch the defensiveness or I put you in moderation

If this were truly a singing competition Lambert would not be in the finals.

The “nail polish” on Kris was during the Hometown visit text clip…looked to me like it was just his thumb..and just 1/2 of it..blue…like he did it with a Scripto…like doodling while on the plane?

who knows? :smoke_tb:

Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lines were all messed upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I always got à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“all circuits are busyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or dead air..You think they did that so he wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get alot of votes?

Earlier, in chat, we were theorizing that there was a big conspiracy to screw with DI tonight. some people were voting for Kris, some for Adam. All kept reporting to each other the weirdness of the night. Usually, you only get busies in the beginning – then, after the casual voters give up, it’s free and clear. But, tonight on all of those lines, people kept getting extened periods of busy or the “all circuits” thing or air.

It was strange. None of us wanted to try and vote for Danny to see if the same held true for him though LOL.

Websterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.note I said he fit it best. oh, semantics, semantics. but ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m intrigued by your assertion that Gokey has talent in the raw.

I did note that, but I don’t see that he fits it best, since they are all equally unknown to me. It’s not like some years where someone had a record deal and lost it, so they’re technically unsigned.

And if I was getting picky, I might wonder if Kris fit it least of the three. I don’t know his story much, but I was under the impression that he did some playing out, playing his own music, maybe making a self-produced indie album? If so, he’s closer to having a pop singer career than the other two. He just had a low key, low paying one. Adam and Danny were both working in music, but not in their prefered field of music (one supposes, based on their decision to go on the show). I like it to people who do wedding gigs and take in students to pay the bills, all the while hoping to make it on their own. Adam’s theater career was taking off, but that still leaves him a total unknown, no foot in the door, for being a solo rock singer.

But I’m with you totally and forever in favor of being picky about semantics. Drives me nuts when people complain about arguing semantics. If we don’t care about what our words mean, what’s the point.

re Gokey = raw talent. First, I put talent in quotes, but basically I just mean that he’s got a nice sounding voice, if you like that particular kind of gruff voice, and I do. But he has no adjectival clue what to do with it. No knowledge of music, and not much apparent interest in it. Llittle style or nuance. I’ll not go on. It’s like the decently well made guitar that I’ve got sitting in the next room. It can make good sounds, but not with me messing with it.

FWIW, Zabasearch says Kris is going home.

So who knows? All I Know is that I want to see Matty G next week. Yay.

I was a big David Cook fan. And I voted like a maniac. BUT I NEVER WENT ON LINE TO CHECK OUT HIS OTHER MATERIAL. I NEVER TRIED TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM! Yep, I’m shouting. But Adam is in anther league, completely.

Adam Lambert has stolen my heart and soul. Thank goodness. I wish him the greatest success.

I actually bought David Cook’s cd and never listened to it. Funny–can I have a refund???? Joking!

I have downloaded everything of Adam’s and have listened to him non-stop for 5 months.

Adam you are a true American Idol!

The à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“nail polishà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  on Kris was during the Hometown visit text clipà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦looked to me like it was just his thumb..and just 1/2 of it..blueà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦like he did it with a Scriptoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦like doodling while on the plane?

who knows?

It’s probably a huge bruise because he slammed it in the door or something, and I was probably wrong about the polish LOL.

OMG! Kris was sportinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ nail polish? lol! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll have to go back and check it out!

He actually had it on for the results show last week!

I voted and texted for Adam. Got a lot of busy until I switched lines. I thought they would show more of the home visits tonight… instead of the judges, bleh.

Kris gave it his all and he had nothing to lose by going for it. Good job. Either way he wins.

Adam was very good, he has set the expectations so high, and sometimes it is better to not be perfect (I seem to remember that David Cook had a night like this in top 3 or top 4). Anyway, it would be a travesty if he did not make it, but hopefully his material and post-song comments will help him with casual voters. He can be proud no matter what happens.

Kind of a weird night, and tomorrow will be a very long day.

My last comment was for brewster. Adam has an Angel’s voice. But he likes to rock and roll! Luv luv luv Adam……

I am so at peace right now. Adam did his best. I guess we’ll see what happens!

Can I clarify something? When did they go on their homecoming visits? Could it be the fact that they only knew their judges’ choice at the tail end of homecoming cause them to not sound that good in their performances? How much time did they have to practise their judges’ choice? Maybe that’s why Round 1 was somewhat lackluster while Round 2 was much better.

The ‘nail polish’ on Kris thumb looked more like he drew on his thumbnail in boredom with a ball-point pen (hey, the journey there could have been really boring) or an unfinished polish job. Maybe he was being the tester nail for Adam’s latest nail colour? :smile_wp:

Maybe all that guitar plucking caused a thumb bruise? Maybe he couldn’t find his lucky red/maroon(?) guitar pick?

maracaibo
May 13th, 2009 at 12:09 am
FWIW, Zabasearch says Kris is going home

THATS BEEN UP SINCE THURSDAY.

“If this were truly a singing competition Lambert would not be in the finals”

:surprised_tb:

See I knew that somebody will comment on that blue spot light Adam had evne thought it wasn’t held through out the performance… Poor Gokey and Kris - no one ever pays attention to their lights even though they didn’t receive boring lighting :blink_tb:

Also, there was no need for the Adam wailing in this song.

Which is why I think it was a braver, more artistic choice in reference to the lyrics. So people are still resistant to embracing Adam’s Adamness at this point, well, he can’t do all of his ballads all quiet and restrained indefinitely unless he wants to pander. I’m glad he didn’t pull a Tracks Of My Tears because while it worked for the buried melancholy of that tune, it wouldn’t have fit the very personal lyrical interpretation he was going for with One.

Getting more busy votes than EVER for Kris! Good sign? On even the other two lines!

I did do split votes. My 6 year old son insisted on voting for Kris. Me ( crazed) said no!!! but dad let him get one vote in. I never compromise my little guyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s happiness, but Adam has made me insane!

This totally cracked me up!!! :-)

Round 2

Danny….not a fan of this arrangement. got a giggle out of the sit down interview…he went through a list w. “his team” . would love to see the choices he mulled over. again, good vocals…hicks version does stick out in my mind as better. also , if matt was often accused of over riffing, so should danny…he really overuses the growl affect and it kills to song, imo. but then again, im not a fan

kris…..my mom called me and asked for me to download the song for her when it becomes available. MY MOM. my mom hasnt bought a record since we left romania in 89′. once i told her it was a kanye song (she does read US Weekly folks), it impressed her even more. i do agree that for once, his vocal really did shine (i think the last time they were really on display was falling slowly and to make you feel my love). best by a mile …..wow. great song choice, great delivery, spot on vocals…….the best moment on idol for me

adam…somebody find that backup singer and yank her hair. seriously. much better than One. this arrangement really suited his voice…too bad that dumb lady screeched over him when he was going for the softer notes (him, beautiful…her, WTF). not a rock god, but mos def a rock stud.

hoping for an early christmas miracle….simon wisely pointed out that we shouldnt assume adam is safe (vote) and kris HOPEFULLY picked up some of the casual voters w. heartless (vote)

Kris and Adam just got a (admittedly small) bump on DI with the West coast joining. Danny…not yet….

I just saw Kris’s first performance. I haven’t read other comments, but did anyone else notice that at the hometown thing, he had purple nail polish on?? Funny!

Just saw Adam’s “One” and he had a bum note on the video at 4:29 but of course, the judges overlook his bad notes.

edit: either follow my guidelines or I put you in moderation

Well California just started voting. We get it an hour earlier here in AZ. I voted the first hour with maybe 1 of every 5 calls not going through. Now it is either circuit busy or busy on all lines. Don’t want to stop…but it is annoying to get the busy signals.

Go my little Opie/Adam. You guys all looked exhausted tonight. By the way why do Danny’s song always last 30 seconds longer than the other contestants?

Kris’s blue nail polish thumb matched Adam’s polish! funny. my 6 year old said he wanted to paint one nail black, I guess Kris painted one nail blue. It wa nail polish people! FuNNY! It is a non event. (but cute just the same)

OMG! Kris was sportinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ nail polish? lol! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll have to go back and check it out!

cookcricket, check out the homecoming video of Kris. That’s where you can spot the nail polish. I loved it!

Edit: Never mind. Everyone else pointed it out already.

Adam was simply not good. He needs to learn less is more. I really think he hurt himself tonight. He may yet lose this thing.

If this were truly a singing competition Lambert would not be in the finals
What are you talking about, he has one of the if not the best voice this year

adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦somebody find that backup singer and yank her hair. seriously.

Ok got allison on it :nono_tb:

I guess no one is actually going home next week, since it will be the finale, and everyone comes back for that. Welcome back Anoop and Allison!

If this were truly a singing competition Lambert would not be in the finalsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

….and Gokey would win hands-down in a Cat’s Dying Scream competition….

Adam inexplicably decided to grow a (fake) conscience

…and Lenscrafter inexplicably started doing the hand-heart signs in their commercial, and it’s not related to Danny’s hand-heart sign (*His conscience is clear* :innocent1_tb:)….

Undercooked:

My husband commented on the back up singer for Adam. He said where is she/he?, way to loud. I only noticed Adam of course!

“I want to see the shit look on Danny and the judges face when Danny goes home.There t2 wet dream will be crushed”

You think the judges really care who goes home (other than Lambert of course)? I think Danny’s going home too.

I’d be careful Adam fans about the answered prayers of a Kris/Adam finale. I think Kris has a better shot against Adam than Gokey (believe it or not.)

Thought Adam was not as good as the judges made out. He killed One but not in the right way.

The judges seem almost afraid to say anything negative about Adam.

Adam is usually very gracious, but tonight he had a verbal lapse that nobody has mentioned yet.

After taking liberties with the melody of One — which he was able to perform only because Simon lobbied Bono personally on his behalf — Adam introduced Cryin’ by saying Steven Tyler is so awesome that there was no need for him to rearrange the song. Oops!

Steven Tyler = awesome.

Bono = chopped liver?

Adam was the best tonight. He looked gorgeous and sounded great. No one wants him to trample the others. So I think the judges gave good comments.

If I was Danny or Kris, I would not want to beat Adam. They know it would be wrong. They understand Adam’s talent and I think it would just kinda suck for them.

I hope the AI viewers put the deserving Adam Lambert into the finals.

jlc: Haha, alright, awesome. You’re right about “If I Can’t Have You”…that was a really good performance. I just always come back to “Tracks of My Tears” because it was SO GOOD, my favorite of his. I don’t mean to cut the guy down, he’s my second favorite. For me, Kris wins at interpretation and Adam wins at vocals, they are my dream finale, haha. That’s not to say they can’t overlap in their specialties, because they do. :)

I am curious about them saying Bono gave Adam permission to sing “One”. Daivd Archuleta sang it on his solo tour he recently finished as part of a medley, so maybe it isn’t as hard to get cleared as Simon is putting forth.
:ponder_tb:

“re Gokey = raw talent. First, I put talent in quotes, but basically I just mean that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got a nice sounding voice, if you like that particular kind of gruff voice, and I do. But he has no adjectival clue what to do with it. No knowledge of music, and not much apparent interest in it. Llittle style or nuance.”

Agree. And Gokey is too insensitive to sing with genuine sensitivity.

Adam lacks a musical bullshit detector. He oversings like crazy–and it ends up as bombast.

Kris has a mediocre vocal instrument–but a genuinely sensitive soul.

Allison was the real thing–with talent to spare. Her singout was the best performance all season and its only “moment.”

Are you guys looking at Dial Idol? Compare the predictions with this week in Season 6. Almost identical.

Regarding Zabasearch–they had a lot of errors last year. In fact, when the results were announced they’d change their prediction to make it right!

After taking liberties with the melody of One à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  which he was able to perform only because Simon lobbied Bono personally on his behalf à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Adam introduced Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ by saying Steven Tyler is so awesome that there was no need for him to rearrange the song. Oops!

Steven Tyler = awesome.

Bono = chopped liver?

Possibly Adam was trying to balance out Simon’s self-preening remark, you know, 1 good remark from Simon for Bono, 1 good remark from Adam for Steven Tyler.

or…a sly slap at Danny for rearranging, nay, redefining (and not in a good way) Dream On last week.

“If I was Danny or Kris, I would not want to beat Adam. They know it would be wrong”

Yeah, I’m surprised they even bothered to perform tonight. Although I think Simon agrees with you. :)

Lambert took One, a song that may be Bono’s best work, and butchered it. I wonder what Bono really thinks about that massacre.

Terrie:

Adam is always gracious. I guess you misinterpreted his response.

I am curious about them saying Bono gave Adam permission to sing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Daivd Archuleta sang it on his solo tour he recently finished as part of a medley, so maybe it isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t as hard to get cleared as Simon is putting forth.

Clearance for TV is different (and harder to come by) than performing covers in a live concert.

The judges seem almost afraid to say anything negative about Adam.

hmmmmm, i was thinking the same about Danny. He get an a for effort even if he sucks. just not right.

Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lines were all messed upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I always got à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“all circuits are busyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or dead air..You think they did that so he wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get alot of votes?

I couldn’t get more than 5 or 6 votes through for the first 20 minutes. A lot of dead air. On all three lines. After that, it was better, but it still happened every so often.

I was happy to read in the spoilers Kris was doing Heartless, just the choice itself shows he’s smart and his musical/performance instincts are great. The peformance was so good (Apologize was also good). I didn’t notice if he smiled during Heartless. But did you ever see Judy Garland sing The Man That Got Away in A Star Is Born? A sad torch song, and she smiles all the way through it. You can sing “against” the meaning of a song, sometimes, too, a lot of singers do it, blues singers, jazz singers, Billie Holiday, Sinatra, etc.

General Comments
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1. Interesting. Paula revealed that she picked her song after Danny picked his (she picked uptempo since his other song is a ballad). I would have thought the judge picked first and then the Idol had to scramble. Hmmm…

2. Simon said “What these two should have done, which is what I did, which is to work out the arrangement. If she wanted you to play on the guitar, you should have played it on the guitar. You can’t blame him. You didn’t hold up to your responsibilities”. Eh? Did Simon work out the arrangement of Adam’s song? Seriously? My mind is totally boggled. And then Randy says they weren’t allowed. What the hell is going on? An entire knoll could be built on this exchange. [Pssst, Simon, I don't think your arrangement worked out all that well. Maybe you should stick to what you are good at...making the snide comments].

3. Bruce. Bruce. Bruce. Why are you so incompetent? It looks creepy for singers to be standing on their own faces while they are singing. Could you not put something else on the “bridge monitor” when the contestants decide to perform there? Oh, and do you have to keep repeating shots? Everytime Adam goes for the glory note, you don’t have to have the steady-cam operator run laps around him. The first week you did it, it was kind of cool. Now, it has become trite. And then, when you did it with Gokey, the poor camera dude only got halfway around him before the note gave out. You could almost hear the camera guy thinking as he briefly hesitates, “Should I keep going? Should I duck out of the shot? Should I just whack him with the camera?”

4. Kris did two songs I suggested Matt try this year. Hunh.

5. Lots of ear monitors tonight.

6. Thanks for the videos, MJ. Show was pre-empted in my area.

Performance Comments
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1. Danny – “Dance Little Sister” – I’m like Danny, I didn’t recognize this song, but I went to listen to it on youtube. That didn’t do Danny any favours. I don’t think Danny has quite learned the lesson about being subtle. I think that this song would have had more power if he’d started it less intense and then build it. By starting this song at 11, the song had nowhere to go. It just seemed rather shouty and I think I could see the kernal of a good performance in there (what Paula was aiming at), but it was smothered by all the non-stop bombast. I also think that Danny has not learned to duet. He should have acknowledged the sax player before he ran off. It was like he suddenly remembered he was late for math class and he booked it. Paula’s/Simon’s antics probably helped Danny seem more likeable.(6/10).

2. Kris – “Apologize” – Holy reverb, Batman! I haven’t known Kris relying on that trick before. Is he doing it for effect or is he wobbly with this song? Oops, he’s having problems with his higher register. I’m thinking the reverb is for the wobbly. Either that, or they are feeding him crap in that ear monitor he’s wearing. I think that Kris should have attacked this without playing the piano. Everytime I’ve seen Tedder do this song, he’s been on the piano and it was pretty deja vu. Plus, Kris really doesn’t have the piano chops (compared to the other two piano players this year) and he might have been able to concentrate better without it. I’ll give him points, though, for committing to the song [hey, if the judges can give A's for effort, so can I] Plus, he sounds very current. (7/10)

3. Adam – “One” – Simon name dropping and Bono knows who Adam is. The Pimp-mobile is in racing condition tonight. The crew got a break when the didn’t have to move that piano between numbers. This started out angelic. Beautiful tones and emotion. Probably his best connection to date. Then, he tore the microphone of the stand and turned his performance into an SNL skit about oversinging. He turned into Adamzilla. He ripped the song’s head off, spit in its neck, dragged it through the forest, banged it against a few trees and stomped it until it was as flat as a pancake. Then, like an abusive boyfriend, he told the song he loved it again. Don’t believe him song! Run away! Ooo! Simon leads and closes with the mega-pimp. (Start of the song
9/10. OTT portion of the song 3/10. Average: 6/10).

4. Danny – “You Are So Beautiful” – I’m sorry, as this song starts, all I can think of is that Danny must have practiced by singing this song to himself in the mirror. Just something about his eyes. I just don’t buy that he’s singing this to somebody else. It just seems to calculated. And, it’s always tough at this point in the competition because voices get shredded and Danny is definitely showing the effects of that. Still, better than his last one. Vocal masterclass, Simon? Dude, his voice was toast. Get the hearing aid checked (7.5/10).

5. Kris – “Heartless” – Wow. That was great. Even the swaybots were mesmerized into clapping properly to the beat. I really enjoyed that. Current. Relevant. Amazing. Kris came to compete (9.5/10).

6. Adam – “Cryin’” – I think it was a mistake to sing to OTT songs in one night. He really should have kept “One” on the ballad plain. This kind of made the performances run together. As I made pretty clear last week, I’m not a fan of this style of rock, but it seems like he did a good job of it. Simon schilling for votes for Adam? Hmm…. (8/10)

I’m getting through a lot on Kris numbers. sigh.

But he can go out with his head held high, whatever happens.

Meanwhile, the pimpage for Adam was off the charts in an almost humiliating way. I can’t ever recall Simon urging people to vote for someone in particular, even if he obviously liked them. WTF? It’s not a fair fight when the refs call a favorite.

sorry, but I agree the judging has been screwy as all get out this year. It’s always wacky, let’s face it. But this time they had such transparent agendas about nearly every contestant that it really got ridiculous. I mean, they wanted to shove Megan down our throats?? And Lil?? And they didn’t give the far superior Anoop or Allison the time of day, until they couldn’t ignore that viewers really liked them?

I have to say that it’s a miracle Kris made it this far, on talent or hotness or a combo of both. If they could have gotten a hook and dragged him offstage, and given his place for one of their inferior faves, they woulda…..

I love watching Adam’s parents. So proud. So supportive. I wish they could adopt me retroactively…

The backup singer tweeted that ” the mix u hear @ home is NOTHING like the mix in house. The engineers have WAY more 2 do w/ the TV mix than the band/vox.” She was responding to people saying the backup vocals were too loud. So although we heard the backup voices in Cryin, those voices were not overwhelming in the studio.

If this were truly a singing competition Lambert would not be in the finals.

I’m wondering if we are inhabiting the same planet. Adam’s singing is in a league that is steps above the others. Kris’s arranging talent is wonderful and Gokey is just plain mediocre. the voice is fine but there is nothing else there.

After taking liberties with the melody of One à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  which he was able to perform only because Simon lobbied Bono personally on his behalf à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Adam introduced Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ by saying Steven Tyler is so awesome that there was no need for him to rearrange the song. Oops!

Oops! I noticed that faux pas, as well.

LOL, Bono has no worries, he owns that song with his vocals, IMO.

My favorite Adam performance is still Satisfction.

Lu, “Satisfaction” was also my favorite Adam performance!

I think he will have a successful recording career and will become more marketable on the stage. He is a great performer and deserves to win.

Although, I voted all season for Anoop; tonight I voted non-stop for Adam. I think an Adam/Kris finale would work out just fine. I have tried to like Danny, but YASBTM was just average compared to Taylor’s version.

Kris did a nice job, but I don’t think the judg’s want him in the finale.

I think Simon has found his true love. I always wondered why he never married.

Adam – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – Simon name dropping and Bono knows who Adam is. The Pimp-mobile is in racing condition tonight. The crew got a break when the didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to move that piano between numbers. This started out angelic. Beautiful tones and emotion. Probably his best connection to date. Then, he tore the microphone of the stand and turned his performance into an SNL skit about oversinging. He turned into Adamzilla. He ripped the songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s head off, spit in its neck, dragged it through the forest, banged it against a few trees and stomped it until it was as flat as a pancake. Then, like an abusive boyfriend, he told the song he loved it again. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe him song! Run away! Ooo! Simon leads and closes with the mega-pimp. (Start of the song
9/10. OTT portion of the song 3/10. Average: 6/10).

Kirsten, your posts are made of win.

Ding ding ding — we have a winner!

One gets a lot of play. And don’t get me wrong it is a great song. But I don’t think lyrically it is even close to Bono’s best. And this is coming from someone who has seen them twice and bought her first 45 in 82. U2 is my favorite band but One is not the Holy Grail that most casual U2 fans think it is. Which is why I *liked* the fact that Adam had to balls to switch it up.

Oddobserver….

lmao! :lol_tb:

The backup singer tweeted that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  the mix u hear @ home is NOTHING like the mix in house. The engineers have WAY more 2 do w/ the TV mix than the band/vox.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  She was responding to people saying the backup vocals were too loud. So although we heard the backup voices in Cryin, those voices were not overwhelming in the studio.

Well, SOMEONE sure screwed up, and it’s no excuse. How many MILLIONS more voters are there in front of the TV screen, compared to the numbers in the studio audience?

If she’s the backup singer that decided to be contestant #4, she ought to be tarred and feathered.

I refuse to stay up past 1 a.m. tonight.! Have fun everyone!

I need sleep!

Adam was the best. Danny surprised me tonight and I feel bad for all of the heat he has gotten.

Peace.

koolgurl May 12th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

Wow, dial idol has Kris ahead of Danny. Could it be true?

Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t forget Lil went home when she was #1 on Dial Idol. That site has been completely wrong all season.

Yes, but didn’t DI say there were problems that night with Lil’s votes? I just think votes have been so close this yr. we can’t tell anything on DI. However, some have pointed out is the past that the Geopredictions part have more accurate. I’m hoping this is true since it shows Danny having the least votes.

Adam truly is like a fine wine.

I tend to think of him more as an extravagant tropical cocktail in a fancy glass with a cherry and pineapple garnish.

(Before you Adam fans jump me, I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way.)

Are you guys looking at Dial Idol? Compare the predictions with this week in Season 6. Almost identical.

Oh crap. And when you add it to Simon’s comments at the end (didn’t he say his girl Melinda should be there based on talent), it looks like Adam is getting Melinda’d.

I wonder what Bono really thinks

I think Bono might dig it as much as I did, considering the intent of the tune. Cuz Bono and I are tight like that. :smirk1_ee:

I just did a wiki search and I think it’s kind of interesting that Bono zeros in on the line that I thought was the focal point of Adam’s version when he described the intent…

Bono described the song as such: “It is a song about coming together, but it’s not the old hippie idea of ‘Let’s all live together.’ It is, in fact, the opposite. It’s saying, We are one, but we’re not the same. It’s not saying we even want to get along, but that we have to get along together in this world if it is to survive. It’s a reminder that we have no choice”

I don’t think he murdered it at all. I think Adam understood where Bono was coming from very well. This song isn’t a quiet chill kumbaya. It’s “Yeah, I’m different and out there. Grow up and deal with it.”

anyone that isnt sure, put earphones on and listen to adam’s songs. his vocals are amazing and he couldnt hit a bum note if he tried. he is one of the most talented singers ever to grace any stage.

The sound mixing has been just aweful this year. I have complained non-stop. Instead of improving from show to show it gets continually worse. The uneven mixing from tonight was shocking. Kris had some aweful moments on song one, Adam and the backround singer has been well documented. Unfortunately, they turned on the Gokey mike so we could witness his “masterclass” (my ass)

Adam rocks my world. Can’t wait to see him in August. I know I will only get a little glimpse, but we bought tickets for two nights in a row in NJ. I think Adam is selling out the AI tour.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he murdered it at all. I think Adam understood where Bono was coming from very well.

He may not have murdered it, but what he did was pretty damn close to a felony.

I voted for 2 hours for Adam in Flordia although the lines were often busy. Got busy signals here continually for the entire 2 hours…usually it tapers off and you can get through after the 1st hour.Very frustrating!!!!
I felt Adam “won then night” through consistency. It wasn’t my usual “OMG” reaction to him tonight…he did seem a little “off” (maybe exhausted or sick) but bother performances IMO were “above average”. The beginning of “One” was beautiful and I wish he had stayed in that mode throughout the song rather than speeding it up and going high with it. It would have been a “moment” . “Crying” was rocker, wailing Adam but he hits the notes and controls the wails then is able to bring it back down again. He always commands the stage.
Kris comes in 2nd. “Apologize” was bland and average. But “Heartless” was great. Going acoustic really showcased his vocal abilities and while he doesn’t have the range Adam does he’s never pitchy, never oversings and has a unique, cool sound.
Once again I don’t understand the judge’s praise of Danny. The first song for me was a trainwreck. He’s the real screamer and he’s so awkward on stage it’s uncomfortable to watch. “You are so Beautiful” did nothing for me…he sounded like he was losing his breath. I’m no Taylor Hicks fan but if you watch his version of the song from Top 3 night Season 5, it’s much stronger than Danny’s.
I think Danny may be the “shocker” elimination tomorrow in spite of the judge’s praise.

some hopefull signs….adam and kris are on twitter’s top ten talked about topics…danny no where in sight. danny is leading 42% in DialIDol’s poll of who do you want to see go home (kara is in second place! hehehe)…..but keep voting

and yeah, towards the end, kris did smile during heartless….who knows maybe its more of an F U song to someone who did him wrong

1. i like kanya’s heartless much much better

2. i hate adam’s background singer!!!!whoever she is!!!

3. pray danny will be in the finale with adam

I think that the judges should start wearing bibs to protect their clothes from all of the drooling and slobbering that occurs when Lambert sings. I thought he screamed tonight and both songs were butchered IMO. Steven Tyler has nothing to worry about that’s for sure. That mess was awful.
Kris did a good job on his songs and Danny was very good on YASB but the first song was unknown to most people so most will be unable to judge if he did a good job or not. Paula always picks weird junk.

Could it be we all heard it wrong, due to the piss poor soundmixing?

Simon didn’t say “masterclass”. He said “masterCRASS” *Wink*

I keep hearing a lot of you say that you were not impressed with Adam’s performances, that he was not a good as he has been…Adam’s version of One was something that mere mortals will never get. Crying was good, but the success of the song was impeded by the bgv. Yet Adam did what he had to do. Adam has been consitently the front runner the entire season, he has done a magnificent job with all his songs.
Adam will be in the finals and he will win.
ROCK THE VOTE FOR ADAM LAMBERT!!!

Damn. I was caught up with something so I didn’t get the first hour DiGeo data analyzed.

Here’s the final points update for DI Geo.

Adam 150
Kris 183
Danny 211

And Kris usually overperform. There is hope.

P.S. People who are freaked about all the “circuits busy” and “your call cannot go through” recordings they got…I got the same thing voting for Adam in Florida and for the entire 2 hours it was tough to get through. I took it as a good sign that his lines were jammed with callers!!!!

Sunchick, that’s funny, cuz Bono told me that he wrote One about The Edge’s divorce. [/self-mockery]

I adored Ring of Fire due to Adam’s reinvention of the song’s artistry. Reinvention of a familiar song on AI is a huge risk that plays with the expectations of the listener. As Kirsten noted, the beginning was gorgeous, but the abrupt switch to caterwauling was not artistically pleasant to some of us who admire Adam greatly.

Regarding the comments that Simon made to Kara about Kris’s arrangement of Apologize, the backup singer tweeted this:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“In short, the backstory to what Simon said to Kara. I was told that all the judges were given the opp to work w/ each kid…

“…they were told the time slot for each kid’s rhrsl. They could come & advise the contestant on how 2 get the most of their song.

“But on rhrsl day, only one judge actually showed up and did that… guess which one.

“Hope that backstory helped u guys understand a bit… I’ve gotta go listen to music for 2morrow’s session! Gd night!!”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Stop bitching about the voting, or you end up in moderation. How many warnings do I have to post?

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version of One was something that mere mortals will never get

Mere mortals?? What is this American Idol or the movie Highlander? :lol_wp:

edit: don’t bitch about the “bashing” or you get put into moderation

LoveCert, Can you explain the DialIdol Geo Numbers…

Is it better to be lower or higher? I’m confused.

Adam’s mom was in tears after One. I literally cried my eyes out. That song, the way Adam sang it, was just sooo….I cannot even describe to you to depth of what that song means. The press, Christians, people from everywhere have had something negative to say about Adam. But One said that love is a temple, love is a higher law. Just because someone is different does not mean that they do not deserve love. I, for one, Adam, love you very much.

I wonder about Kris’s two songs, they both seem like break up songs lol.

I thought Adam was amazing tonight!! I can’t wait to hear the studio version of both of these songs! Does anyone know who the guy is that was with his family? The one next to his brother in the tank top? I have noticed him at a couple of shows now.

Gokey was pretty good on YASB, made a very lame song palatable.

Adam hurt my ears on both tunes, and I’m getting to the point where I hate watching him sing–ugh to the tongue. I just don’t like screechy or subtle Lambert, but wouldn’t have been mad to see him in the finals except for the over the top pimping. Simon begging for votes————Really?

Kris was good on Apologize and outstanding on Heartless, a song I loathed when performed be Kanye. Even though I am not an invested fan of Kris, I voted for over an hour because the finals won’t be worth watching for me without him. I also thinks his performance tonight was my favorite of this idol year. But I agree with whoever posted upstream, that I have not had a Billie Jean or Imagine “moment” this year, with the possible exception of Allison’s singout. Did I mention I miss Allison

One gets a lot of play. And donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get me wrong it is a great song. But I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think lyrically it is even close to Bonoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s best. And this is coming from someone who has seen them twice and bought her first 45 in 82. U2 is my favorite band but One is not the Holy Grail that most casual U2 fans think it is. Which is why I *liked* the fact that Adam had to balls to switch it up.

THIS.
I’m sure Bono was happy to be name-checked on the most popular tv show. Adam changed it, fair enough, but it did not lose it’s impact. It’s a very commercial U2 song, which is why Simon picked it, and Adam had to do something different. I agree with the posters who wanted him to keep it quieter, but he still sung it well IMO.

When is Bono going to mentor? THAT would be cool (I know he did some Idol GIves back thing a while ago, so get him back on the show!) My personal fav U2 song? Bad

edit: you’re in moderation now. Congrats!

I am curious about them saying Bono gave Adam permission to sing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Daivd Archuleta sang it on his solo tour he recently finished as part of a medley, so maybe it isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t as hard to get cleared as Simon is putting forth.

Clearance for TV is different (and harder to come by) than performing covers in a live concert.

Not to mention that it is much different to gain the rights to a song which will be recorded and released on iTunes and sold to the public. That is the most difficult to get due to the wide release, audience impressions and increased income generated. The author must sign off on the new recording being used in all sorts of ways including commercials and other promos….it’s a big deal.

Everybody is so busy saving Kris, they are going to get Adam sent home.

That is what I am afraid of tonight!! I have not had a busy signal for Adam since 9:30pm…calling #6.

I wonder about Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s two songs, they both seem like break up songs lol.

Nah, they’re songs directed at Simon. Even Paula noticed it. She’s quite coherent this year.

This is the only time when I’m glad that a bus is soooo late (for Kris).

BTW, did it seem like there was a wardrobe mix-up between Adam and Kris tonight? :smile_wp: Solidarity, dudes?

Another here chiming in on how off Adam’s back-up singer was (as in out in left field with the sun in her eyes). Did you see his face when she hit that one particular note? Ouch! Contestant #4 making herself heard! Adam tried to compensate by backing off and softening his approach – but it didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t do much good. She was off throughout. I say yea to Adam that he managed just fine in spite of her. Boy – how frustrating was that? Arguably the most important night of his life dependent upon some strange woman’s sense of pitch? Maybe she should have tried actually singing instead of Tweeting about it.

And wooho Kris! His interpretation of ‘Heartless’ was masterful. Indeed better then the original – and he sang it beautifully. Another ‘Sunshine’ moment there. Here’s hoping he makes it into the final along with Adam. Danny just didn’t ‘wow’ me (he never does) – not like Kris or Adam. Adam’s still my guy – but yay Kris! And big whoop to Kara for putting Simon Legree in his place. “Have YOU ever tried arranging a song?” Bam!! Knockout! Kara for the win!

Just got done watching the videos from tonight again. At this point (delerious!–can’t spell, whatever) I can say lot’s of nice things about the 3 remaining guys. It’s after 1 a.m. again! I have to get up with three kids and three dogs in like 5 hours! Ugh..

Thanks everybody! Much fun. Thanks MJ– great blog.

Till tomorrow….

(kind of early but someone is letting off firecrackers on my street)

Missed the live show…..Jersey Boy’s rock! Anyway, was in the theater fiending for updates……haven’t read any comments……Adam Lambert ftmfw! Kris I will be purchasing Heartless, your version tomorrow. It was pure genius! Now I will go and read 16 pages of comments, see you guys in the morning!

Overall something seemed off tonight. It may be that this is the first time they had to do two solos plus it was their busiest week. But it appeared that there were production issues tonight — what was with the sound. And Adam pulled out his ear piece, feedback issues?

Dance LSD – 3/10 – Paula didn’t do Danny any favors. The arrangement with the call-and-response sax section was clunky and didn’t fit well with the overall performance. Danny was breathy, had poor phrasing and didn’t seem to connect with the song. Finally, this is not a radio singing contest, so Danny’s awkward dance moves do matter.

Apologize – 4/10 – I think this was a good song choice, but Kris didn’t do much with it. It wasn’t a good idea to accompany himself on the piano, it made it more difficult to get involved with the performance. Kris couldn’t pull off the high notes, he doesn’t have a developed falsetto. His only choice with this song would have been to substantially change the arrangement. Putting together two arrangements in one week, plus doing the homecoming, is a lot to ask. On this performance there appeared to be a bit of a sound problem.

One – 8/10 – I still don’t think this was a great choice for Adam but better than the other two got. I mostly loved it but I am predicting the studio verion will be much better because there was clearly some sound problems going on.
I liked the arrangement but this may be a mini RoF. People seem to either love it or hate it.

YASB – 2/10 – This was the bottom of the night for me. I hated the arrangement. And the performance was lackluster. I found nothing redeeming in this performance and thought the judges were way too kind AGAIN.

Heartless – 7.5/10 – The nicest surprise of the night. I hope this performance gets Kris into the final. My only criticism is that he actually was a little off on the high notes which he compensates for with that cool twange-mini-yodel that makes it sound like Kris, but the performance would have been better if he just hit these notes.

Crying – 7/10 – Not surprisingly, Adam can handle rock. Helped wipe “Dream On” out of my mind, so thanks Adam.

A lot of the comments are comparing Adam performance to past Adam performances rather than the other constestants. If either of the other two contestants did what Adam did tonight, we would be giving them 10/10.

Tonight’s winners – Kris and Adam; Danny does not deserve to go further after tonight’s performance.

UNfortunately, what Kris does is not that uncommon to find in the US. Adam on the other hand- one in a billion voice.

“The backup singer tweeted that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  the mix u hear @ home is NOTHING like the mix in house. The engineers have WAY more 2 do w/ the TV mix than the band/vox.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  She was responding to people saying the backup vocals were too loud. So although we heard the backup voices in Cryin, those voices were not overwhelming in the studio.”

With all due respect to the background singer, I’ve heard about all the tweeting I can stand from her in one night. Not only was she way too loud in the mix, she was ghastly off pitch. Almost sounded like Lil Rounds.

Adam doesn’t screech. Adam sings really high notes without breathing for like 10 minutes. His tongue is cute. He could make a living posing as a singer with his mouth open wide( and yes, tongue out).

Except, he doesn’t have to because his is an amazing singer. Outta this world, super hot, super amazing.

I’m so glad Adam was on AI this season, and there will never, ever be any one like him again.

That was kind of a weird Top 3 night for me.

Danny – Dance Little Sister – This was the usual cheesy, mediocre Danny performance that I’ve come to expect. My ears didn’t bleed, which is about the nicest thing I can say about a Danny performance. It wasn’t terribly pitchy or anything.

Kris – Apologize – Eh, that sounded exactly like Kris singing Apologize. I’m glad he didn’t test the falshitto out too much. It was nice enough. He at least looked like he was trying.

Adam – One – This was the first Adam performance that, musically, I couldn’t appreciate on any level and it’s not because I’m a Christian (I’m not!), a hater (I’m not!) or anything else. I just hated the moaning, whispering stuff, followed by the anti-melodic mess in the middle, following by the moaning, whispering stuff. I appreciate that he put his heart and soul into the performance, but the actual singing and musical choices did not compute for me. At all. I understood the lyrics of the song 18 years ago and they made a hell of a lot more sense and sounded better when Bono sang them to me.

Danny – YASB – He starts off singing tunelessly and all warbly in his lower register and then he starts singing some worship song that has nothing to do with the song he’s supposed to be singing and then he yells and swallows his glory note and all of that equals vocal masterpiece? Did they mean vocal masterpieceofpoo?

Kris – Heartless – Brilliant song choice for Kris and he executed it pretty well. I liked the acapella intro. I hadn’t heard an acoustic version of the song before, so it really made an impact. (However, after the show, I clicked on 3 YouTube videos of guys singing Heartless with acoustic guitar. On the third click, I found one with a very similar arrangement and a better voice than Kris) Still, within the context of the show tonight, this was THE performance. I’ll definitely buy the download.

Adam – Cryin’ – I hate this song so much that I couldn’t even deal with it. I kind of wish he HAD changed this one. Vocally, it seemed pretty much perfect and I love that he picked Aerosmith after Danny ruined Dream On last week. I just wish he had picked a different song. I think it’s unlikely that Adam will make it as a classic rocker in 2009.

Overall, I would say that Adam had the best vocals, Kris had the best performances and Danny laid a turd on the stage (again). I think someone dumped some sort of amphetamines into the judges Coke cups tonight. They were OTT annoying.

hwc — thanks for passing that on. There really seamed to be some sound issues tonight. Of course, that TV broadcast is what we get to vote on.

The Confessionals are down , for all you appy iPhone peeps

Any way we can vote the judges off the show? If that wasn’t the worst Idol show ever it was darn close. I don’t yell at the TV during a sports event as much as I did tonight. Can we just have Randy and Simon next year, please? Yeah, I like that idea, and have a guest judge each week. I know, it’s been tried and didn’t work that well but just think, no Kara blabbermouth and Paula I am not high on anything. I’m beginning to like this idea!

I wonder about Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s two songs, they both seem like break up songs lol.

He was dumping TPTB :laugh_tb:

Has this article been posted?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-05-12-idol-peek_N.htm

Interesting quotes from Adam, almost sounds too egotistical-very unlike him. Oh and his quote about Danny, you can tell they are forced to get along. LOL.

Sunchick, thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funny, cuz Bono told me that he wrote One about The Edgeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s divorce. [/self-mockery]

Really? Bono once told me New Year’s Day was inspired by that poor Baby New Year with the giant ears from the Rudolph holiday special. Course he was drunk at the time, and he also told me that he wears sunglasses because he has the ability to shoot laser beams from his eyes like Cyclops from the X Men, so… (jokes!) Obvs I don’t agree with Kristin’s take on the performance and got something totally different from it, but whatevs. That’s ahhht for ya. For some reason I tend to enjoy envelope pushing Adam more than understated Adam with the exception of Mad World.

I hope Adam & Kris are the final two after tonight. At least Danny didn’t wake my sleeping dog last night, but then none of them did. If I had my way, the final two would have been Anoop and Adam or Allison.

My husband just came home and watched AI on DVR. He watches only the performances and the judges’ comments and nothing else and, interestingly, he started watching but then fast forwarded through only two performances — both of Adam’s. Basically, he seemed fine with the start but then when Adam started going up in his high register, my husband just lost interest and didn’t want to see/hear anymore. When I told him that Adam would probably win, he said, “That guy? No way.” He is typically very much influenced by the judges, especially Simon, but this year he has been puzzled by / disagreeing with Simon a lot. He never goes online for AI stuff so I thought he may be a good data point for how casual viewers/voters who never read blogs/media coverage, etc. may be looking at the competition.

Kai May 13th, 2009 at 1:06 am

Why all the hate for Danny! Geezà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦and youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re all adults?

I can only speak for myself. I don’t hate Danny. I only think he should not be where he is in the competition right now. It’s time for him to go home.

Good night all.

Simon didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“masterclassà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . He said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“masterCRASSà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  *Wink*

Master ass?

I swear I have nothing (much) against Gokey! I just couldn’t help myself.

edit: don’t spam my blog

Haven’t watched any performances yet – because it was election day today and the channel I had set to record Idol was pre-empted for results (DAMMIT!!!). At least I’ve got MJ’s videos here to watch. BLESS YOU, MJ.

What I will say from reading a few of the comments is this:
Why oh WHY are the judges pimping Hokeley-Dokely?!?! From the comments I can already tell I’m going to hate his performances. Have the judges gone *completely* deaf (as opposed to their usual slightly-deaf)?!?! I’m just shaking my head over here.

Has this article been posted?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-05-12-idol-peek_N.htm

Interesting quotes from Adam, almost sounds too egotistical-very unlike him…

I see it as a boy very eager to win. YMMV. We all know he’s basically on AI to catapult himself into the music industry, after trying to break through for so long. But his admiration and respect for talent and ability is clear, and I see where his remark that “both Danny and Kris are really talented” in tonight’s show come from now. Danny and Kris seem a little nonplussed by the intensity and pressure of the competition. This article does showcase quite well the madness of being an Idol. Thanks for the article.

I was at the rehearsal and couldn’t hear the backup singer at all. She was not a factor in the studio! I was surprised when I watched on TV.

Overall something seemed off tonight.

The band wasn’t on the stage, were they? And the sound mixing has been ass all season, for sure. It’s even worse on results night.

Adam – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – I think it was a mistake to sing to OTT songs in one night. He really should have kept à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  on the ballad plain. This kind of made the performances run together.

Kirsten, I thought the same thing. Give the viewing audience a treat and don’t do the wailing part. I wanted it sweet and simple. I wish Simon hadn’t gone overboard for Adam. It wasn’t necessary unless he knows something we don’t? It would be a shocker if it was a Kris/Danny final.

But I agree with whoever posted upstream, that I have not had a Billie Jean or Imagine à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“momentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  this year, with the possible exception of Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s singout.

She did an outstanding job. I was also very pleased with Anoop’s sing out. He was relaxed and brought a terrific performance. If there was a “moment” this season, it was performed by Adam.

I still wish we had heard three songs. What a disappointment this turned out to be in other terms.

from IDF-

according to the twitter of the the backup singer Sy Smith. http://twitter.com/Syberspace (set to private tho)

Basically, because it was the week where the judges picked the song, they had the option of coming to the rehearsal and give pointers/advice to the contestant that they picked a song for. Simon was the only judge who cared enough to check up on his contestant for rehearsal. So he was telling Kara it’s not fair that she’s upset with him for the way he interpreted his song, because if she really cared she could have come to the rehearsal and go over it with him.

So that explains Simon’s comments to Kara.

edit: DON’T LECTURE POSTERS!

Nonsequitur:

Gokey I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bother to comment on any more. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like the cockroach after the nuclear holocaustà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ still miraculously there.

This is one of the funniest things I’ve read!!

Can I steal it?? :jittery_tb: :thumbup_tb: :snake_ee: :clap_tb:

Eyelids getting heavy. Good night y’all. See you again in the Results posts.

Peace out…to paraphrase Adam’s words – “Let’s agree to disagree”

Good night and good luck!

LoveCert, Can you explain the DialIdol Geo Numbersà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Is it better to be lower or higher? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m confused.

The lower the better but the numbers are still too close. I’ll say Adam is safe and Kris and Danny have to fight it out but since Kris usually underperforms on DI and the fact that his “Heartless” performance will probably be the one to sway the casual vote, I think Danny will be eliminated.

Has this article been posted?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-05-12-idol-peek_N.htm

I think that this is an interesting article and that it gives us a little more insight about the contestants and the idol process. I think that it’s interesting that the contestants have to dip at least sometimes dip into their own pockets to buy clothes. $1,700 for Adam’s suit on Rat Pack night, and he had to dip into his own pocket for most of that.

I think that with all of the money that Idol makes they can definitely afford to give the contestants more than the $400 allowance for clothes each week. IMO, the contestants really shouldn’t have to be dipping into their pockets a lot to buy clothes.

Tess:

By the way why do Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s song always last 30 seconds longer than the other contestants?

Welcome to hell.

I believe Adam chose to sing an Aerosmith song just to show Danny how It Is Done. It was Adam’s “Sit down, bro, you’re out of your league, watch a real man sing” finger-pointing message to The Crokey Gokey.

The footsies and punching and mouth-holding shenanigans at the judges’ desk tonight was ridiculous. Does anyone watch the show to see more of this idiocy? If so, please stop egging them on. It is an insult to the audience.

Kris is delicious. I wish he and Adam could win– for different reasons and different fan bases.

However, it is painfully obvious that Adam is on the cusp of stardom. HE was American Idol this year. He saved the show from mediocrity. (Bring back Alison!)

He was THAT good. The others were there for the ride on his coat tails.

By the way why do Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s song always last 30 seconds longer than the other contestants?

Welcome to hell.

LMAO!! This is AWESOME.

edit: don’t repeat yourself. we get it

That was unexpected. I felt like they all got bus-smacked in their own ways. “One” is the kind of song where Adam’s purity of tone is actually a liability, “Apologize” is almost impossible to put Kris-style funk on without pwning the emotional intent, and as for the obscure-even-for-Terence-Trent-D’Arby song… omgpenguinswtfbbq.

The information from the backup singer was really interesting. If Simon’s really the only one who showed up to work with his contestant on the arrangement, then I have to wonder if he’s the one who pushed for the middle section with the ooo-ooo backup singers, which seems more Simon’s taste than akin to anything Adam has chosen for himself over the competition.

Really, really tired of the judges’ inane antics taking up so much showtime. Had a moment of warm fuzzies when Ryan reminded them that the show is supposed to be about the contestants and apologized for their behavior.

“By the way why do Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s song always last 30 seconds longer than the other contestants?”

“Welcome to hell.”

hehe…an attempt to replace quality with quantity, perhaps?

I didn’t like what Adam said in that article posted…

Gokey admits that being home makes him want to win for the hometown folks. “I did wonder, ‘Why do they want me?’ But I just want to give love back. I’m not here for the attention.”

“I am!” Lambert cuts in. The line cracks the others up, but he’s not joking.

“Look,” says Lambert, “I didn’t really come here to win as much as I came to get exposure and build my career. It’s about what the show gives us.”

That seems a bit off to me. Yeah, I’m sure it is paramount to have “American Idol finalist” on your resume’, but this quote comes across as selfish and borderline toolish. When you have an opportunity like this, winning should be top priority. He shouldn’t even be looking ahead during a time in his life like what is happening to him right now.

He went down a notch in my book.

Coaching a contestant at their rehearsal? I’ve never seen Simon so invested before. It is kind of spooky. Maybe Adam should be getting out the protective gear.

The article was very insightful. I just think that Adam has so much more of an appreciation for how lucky these guys are at the moment, and how little Kris and Danny have been exposed to in the music world. I thought Adam’s most interesting comment was about his regret at putting his music theater background on the audition sheet. Kind of worked for him and against him, in the end, although I think he was better served by getting it out of the way at the beginning. It would have come out soon enough anyway.

AI should absolutely give them a bigger clothes budget, come on. That is ridiculous, unless they want them to shop at thrift shops. Spend some of Simon’s salary, or the hoards of cash that the show is generating from license deals.

I’m sure there will be a whole new thread on this tomorrow

Interesting Dial Idol facts:

Number of times Danny has topped the chart since the Top 13: 5

Number of times Danny has been at the bottom: 1 (today)

Number of times Kris has beaten Danny on DI: 1 (today)

Number of times Kris has been in last place on DI, but not in the bottom three: 2

It seems to me that Kris is very often underestimated on DI…and I have a hunch Danny is overestimated on DI (this is not a random hunch. I’d simply be surprised if Danny is attracting huge numbers of text messages). Therefore, even though the numbers are close, the fact that Kris has been able to pull ahead of Danny is very, very good news for him.

I believe Adam chose to sing an Aerosmith song just to show Danny how It Is Done. It was Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sit down, bro, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re out of your league, watch a real man singà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  finger-pointing message to The Crokey Gokey.

If so, the only thing he proved is that both Danny AND himself can suck while doing Stephen Tyler. Because, I said it before, but that was one indulgent hot mess.

Both guys should have rewatched the performers from Season Seven. Take a look at Michael Johns and David Cook if you want to see how to cover Aerosmith.

The sound coming out of my tv tonight on Adams performances was definitely messed up, both the background singers and the electric guitar where fighting with his voice, I could not understand the words until I got on this website and reviewed the videos here, and that was even after rewinding on the tv three times to listen again. Plus he pulled his left earpiece out about halfway through the performance and the other one out as soon as the song was over.

I still voted the entire two hours for Adam until all three lines stopped right at the two hour mark. I sure hope he makes it through, I don’t really care which of the other two is there with him, as long as he is there. I was glad Simon told everyone to vote for him because he deserved to be there based on his talent, probably the smartest thing he has said all season.

Of course, Adam was all humble and pointed out how well the other two did also. Good for him!!!

Yep, I pointed that out earlier. Kris always is under predicted on dial idol and Danny is always over predicted. Kris has a lot more people texting than Danny.

That makes sense. Look at this article. Danny fans are older.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/older/2;_ylt=ArXLZhRaG7VxtWBY8A2tCAfan414

Kris fans are younger. I bet the text more.

ATTENTION: Lots of Adam fans on IDF complained that their Votes for Adam on 06 just went to Danny. Same thing was happening to Kris fans as well.

“Ok I just Voted Idol’s 06 and each time I voted when it went through it said, watch American Idol on Fox sponsored in part by AT&T, but it didn’t say thanks for voting for contestant number 3, that happened several times and then this last time it said thanks for voting for contestant number 1 UGH, it was working earlier, it said Contestant 3 but now it’s going to Danny”

see http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=609334

Did any of you encounter similar situation? is Fox doing it on purpose?

As well as Kris did, things are looking bad. His fans have crashed the phone lines in Ark apparently, no-one is getting through. There goes a few million votes. Some texters on IDF (kris and Adam fans as well, are getting a confirmation for Danny when they vote)

Danny – I have to repeat, WHY are the judges pimping him?? “Masterclass”, Simon? Really??? You’ve got to be effin’ kidding me. Blah. I truly hope to the bottom of my soul that the voters listened more to the tortured mangled vocals than to the judges’ overly-complimentary sunshine-&-puppydogs – but I’m afraid that because of all the gabbing (and catfighting between Simon & Kara!), the voters will have forgotten the performances and thought “Oh well the judges liked it, so I’m gonna vote for him.”

Kris – I have to admit, I prefer Theo Tams version of ‘Apologize’ from Cdn.Idol last year, but this was not bad; I have never heard the original (apparently I don’t get out much), so these two are the only performances I have to go on). I don’t listen to whatever-type-of-genre Kanye West falls into and I’ve never heard that song. Not a fan of the song (which just confirms to me that Kanye is NOT my type of music), but Kris did a good job.

Adam – I had a feeling I was going to wish it had been ‘Wicked Game’ instead, and I was right. Even though I love pretty much anything Adam does (yeah, no bias here, lol), I was not a huge fan of “One” when he kicked it into the higher gear; I think it would have been better if he had stuck with the slower tempo he started out with. “Cryin” was great, although that backup singer was too loud at one point, and it was pretty clear there was some issue with the sound – Adam sounded better as soon as he took his ear piece out, so it was like he couldn’t hear himself until then.

Bravo to Simon for reminding everyone to actually vote. …Very interesting to find out what happens with the numbers. Not sure I have enough patience to wait until tomorrow night.

edit: KNOCK IT OFF

Top 3 Night was a huge letdown for me. I didn’t think any of them truly delivered a stellar performance. And this is coming from a HUGE Adam fan.

I was disappointed in One. Maybe because I have never been a fan of U2 and I had hyped myself up all weekend for Wicked Game. Adam didn’t really seem to thrilled about it either. And this is proven in that USA Today article where he even says that he’s not a big fan of U2 but respects them as artists. I feel the same way. Still though, Adam did well with what he had. Agreed with Randy, didn’t enjoy the arrangement and it really felt like broadway meets U2 to me. But I give Adam one thing, he delivered completely on the emotion on that song.

Cryin was good as well, just not great. Of course the backup singer needs to be taken out back and slapped. If anyone was an indulgent hot mess, it was her, not Adam. You could tell he was really excited to do that song and her off-key screaming really got to him and threw off his flow.

Danny was mediocre at best as usual. I found it more tolerable on Dance Little Sister than on YASB. At least with Dance Little Sister, it was fun in a awkward uncle dancing at your wedding sort of way. And he sang it decent. I HATED his YASB. I found the whole performance (string quartet and all) trite and contrived and his voice sounded awful like it was about to give any second.

Kris didn’t do any better. Apologize was Karaokeyish and I definitely heard that bum note Paula mentioned. And I found Heartless over-rated. I give him credit for an interesting and creative song choice, however it was just so blah to me. So many kids I know can do that same thing…right off the street. I’m not a fan of the Jason Mraz/John Mayer/Dave Matthews style of music that’s popular on Top 40 today. Of course Kris will do well on those charts, but it’s just same old same old.

Adam for all his polarization, does deserve this the most. He played the game better than anyone else this season. You can see it in his desire to succeed. I don’t think he comes off as selfish or egotistical in the USA today article at all. You can just see that he really wants to do well. Most people who come from musical parents as well who have performed for years have that same drive and energy. Sorry if Adam comes off as selfish in the regard to want to be succesful, I mean maybe he should just go back to busting his butt for a living with small time theatre gigs. Let’s not forget, David Cook was often criticized last season for seeming smug on TV.

So on that regard, for his sheer drive and quest to win, Adam won Top 3 night for me. Kris comes in a close second. And Danny should go home and make his Christian Album. He’ll do well with it.

Also, I think Simon seems so invested in Adam because Simon has already blatantly said everywhere he thinks Adam will win. So Simon HATES to be proven wrong. So he will do as much possible to ensure Adam gets to the finish line. Whether it be coming to rehearsal to help Adam with arrangements or by reminding the audience to vote. Simon isn’t dumb, he knows how polarizing of a figure Adam is. But he knows that Adam deserves it the most this year based on sheer talent and performance skills. And he knows his opinion matters most to casual voters. I think Simon’s plea at the end may have saved Adam tonight from being Melinda Doolittle-d out of the finale.

popo830:

Ok I just Voted Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s 06 and each time I voted when it went through it said, watch American Idol on Fox sponsored in part by AT&T, but it didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say thanks for voting for contestant number 3, that happened several times and then this last time it said thanks for voting for contestant number 1…Did any of you encounter similar situation? is Fox doing it on purpose?

I’ve always been skeptical about the various phone-line conspiracy theories over the seasons, but it did happen a couple of times to me and my son, while voting for Adam. I double-checked the phone number to make sure the redialing number hadn’t gone wonky on me. It was showing as the correct number on the phone.

So yeah, it was wierd…

It’s not a claim b/c the texting thing, I saw with my own eyes. My friend was texting to 5702 and got a confirmation for DANNY.

Adam is my boy and I loved both of his performances tonight…not floved but loved.
Have strong beklief and confidence that he will be in the final.

Now about Kris…his “Heartless” was my fave performance of the night…that I floved. His “Apologize” was okay. I have really grown to like Kris..and quite frankly he deserves to be in the top 2. I can definately see hearing Kris on the top 40. His sound is very current.

Danny…. what a frumpy, awkward unappealing mess he is. He is just so mediocre. There is absolutely NO star quality and his voice sounded shot to hell. What an undeserving and clumsy winner he would be. He is so dated.

Kris and Adam for the MFF!!!!!

The backup singer ruined “Cryin’” for me. I could only hear her awful voice. Part of this had to be a sound production problem (what else is new on this show?) Also, I did not like the judges choices. Out of all the great possibilities and they chose those? What a waste! In the future, it would be more interesting if they let the fans/viewers choose.

Interesting that Adam says in that article that he’s not much of a U2 fan and that the author insinuates that he wasn’t even familiar with the “One?” Where has he been?

Adam truly is like a fine wine.
annabelina
I tend to think of him more as an extravagant tropical cocktail in a fancy glass with a cherry and pineapple garnish.
(Before you Adam fans jump me, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t necessarily mean that in a bad way.)

Oh no, I agree – I can’t think right now who I *would* describe as fine wine, but to me Adam is definitely more of an “extravagant cocktail” (and there is absolutely nuthin’ wrong with that, bring it on –  ¡mucho mà ¡s, por favor!). …Ummm, fine wine = Pavarotti, maybe.

The sound mixing sucked tonight. It’s so much better when the band is on the stage instead of up in the balcony. The sound technicians can’t seem to get it right when the band is up there. Besides that, I really wanted to tell the backup singers to STFU! They really ruined Adam’s performances for me tonight. It was almost like listening to two different songs at the same time, competing for attention. This is one of those nights when I bet it was amazing to be in the audience. Not happy with the production.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not a claim b/c the texting thing, I saw with my own eyes. My friend was texting to 5702 and got a confirmation for DANNY.

If so, then then there are almost certainly Danny fans who inadvertently cast votes for Adam/ Kris. Something about wires/ circuits/ lines getting crossed.

I wasn’t kidding when I said it happens each year. Last year David Archuleta fans reported that their votes were going to David Cook, and David Cook fans reported hearing messages that their votes were being directed to David Archuleta.

Keep in mind, we’re all taking it on faith that they even follow the votes at all….

Has this article been posted?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-05-12-idol-peek_N.htm

Interesting quotes from Adam, almost sounds too egotistical-very unlike him. Oh and his quote about Danny, you can tell they are forced to get along. LOL.

GeminiDolly, thanks for posting that. I thought it was a really good article that managed to reveal some of the true personalities of the guys. Adam seems to have genuine respect and admiration for Kris and Danny. I don’t think he’s egotistical at all. He’s just very determined and focused on what he wants to achieve out of his AI experience, win or lose.

And I don’t think he feels “forced to get along” with Danny at all. It’s clear he thinks Danny has a great voice but he has more in common with Kris.

Kara was so annoying! I think everyone knows why so I don’t really need to explain myself.

Kris was awesome with Heartless. I loved that he did it with his acoustic guitar only and my favorite part was the little acapella beginning! His Apologize was good but I didn’t get why they gave him such a hard time about not rearranging it when Danny before him basically did a straight version as well! And he had only 3-4 days to do 2 songs so give me a break!

Elliott Yamin’s “A Song For You” – a vocal masterclass? Yes. Danny Gokey’s “You are so beautiful” was not. btw, i was reading that usa today article someone linked and I’m wondering if jamar helped him out with the arrangement.

Adam was okay but that’s only because I know he would have done a fabulous job with Wicked Games and was anticipating that song so much, anything else would have been a letdown.

Kris/Adam for the final 2!

THANKS for the videos!
GO KRIS ALLEN!
Hope he makes it in the finale! :thumbup_tb:

Umm, I was wondering if you could try uploading your videos on Facebook or Google Video. Your Yahoo links won’t seem to load on my browser.

Lotsa love! Way to go MJ! :clap_tb:

Here’s my take on the performances –

Danny
Dance Little Sister – I didn’t hear anything memorable with this one. I also think that the strain in Danny’s voice is more evident. You can hear the hoarseness.

You Are So Beautiful – I happen to love Joe Cocker and think he is a tough act to follow. Danny was better with this song, but I do think he messed up the words. I saw Joe Cocker perform when I was in college back in the day. He was at his peak and I can say from personal experience that NO ONE can top him. Danny did his thing, but he pales in comparison to the original.

Kris
Apologize – Kris didn’t lower the key, so he didn’t hit the falsetto notes. It sounded like he changed the key in mid song and lowered it. But this was nothing special. His voice seemed to be straining all through the song.

Heartless – I have to sazy that this was Kris doing what he does best – rearranging a song and making it his own. He seemed more comfortable, relaxed and happy than I have seen him in weeks. I will never love his voice, but I do think he did a great job on this one.

Adam

One – I loved how he started the song and thought maybe he should have kept it soft and stripped down. I still loved how beautifully he sang it. I do find it interesting that when Adam changes up a song people say he butchers it, but when Kris does it, then it’s considered genius. Hypocritical much? Adam is incapable of giving a bad vocal performance, but I think he needs to pull it back.

Crying – I have read that in the studio the backup singer didn’t sound that loud, but watching on TV it was really too much. Adam seemed to know something wasn’t right and he tried to power through it and finished strong. I have no idea what is going on this season with the sound issues and backup singers. The problem for Adam is that expectations are so incredibly high. He can’t get by with just a good performance. It has to be mindblowingly good. He has set the bar so high.

I must say that the judges were an absolute disgrace tonight. I have seen six year olds behave better. It was insulting and disrespectful to the contestants. Less of the judges and more singing would have been much better!

I think this is going to be close. I am really hoping that Adam makes it through. I voted like mad out here on in L.A. Kris gave it his best and may well have done enough to get into the finale. I am okay with either Kris or Danny, as long as Adam is there. But I have to say that I believe that Kris deserves it more than Danny.

Coaching a contestant at their rehearsal? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never seen Simon so invested before. It is kind of spooky. Maybe Adam should be getting out the protective gear.

Last year at this time Blender had an interview with Simon that indicated he was coaching DC too..

ETA: here I found it

Of course it’s also true that Simon is coaching Cook this week, which means he’ll sing “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” a ballad also recorded by Cowell’s chart-topping X Factor discovery, Leona Lewis. “I love that song! David Cook didn’t even know what it was,” Cowell snorted.

Interesting that Adam says in that article that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not much of a U2 fan and that the author insinuates that he wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even familiar with the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“One?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Where has he been?

yeah, that was surprising to me. that and the fact that on “free choice pick whatever you want we even managed to get kanye for kris and we love you tons better” — he picked of all things, cryin’ by aerosmith.

I’m no mode for work (It’s 4 p.m. here in my office)

Bothà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ were amazing, but I am afraid that he choked back his originality than usual.

I keep hearing a lot of you say that you were not impressed with Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances, that he was not a good as he has beenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s version of One was something that mere mortals will never get. Crying was good, but the success of the song was impeded by the bgv. Yet Adam did what he had to do. Adam has been consitently the front runner the entire season, he has done a magnificent job with all his songs.

I agree with adamsluvjnes and I really really hope Adam/ Kris final.
( I loved Kris’s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ )
It would be awesome!

NVM.

I do find it interesting that when Adam changes up a song people say he butchers it, but when Kris does it, then ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s considered genius. Hypocritical much?

Umm, nope. I was totally on board with Adam’s rearrangement until he hit the middle of the song. He went overboard, I thought. Before that, it was awesome. Kris just knows how to arrange without over-doing it. Adam should, and does, get his dues for manipulating a song. “Tracks of My Tears” = his best performance by FAR.

I’m totally wishing for a Kris/Adam finale — as the two most deserving (although an Allison/Adam finale *might* have been better), but I think if Gokey goes, his votes will go to Kris and then Adam simply will *not* win. So, I don’t know what I’m rooting for. I guess Danny/Adam although I’ll cry at Kris going home. And then, Adam beating Danny, even on the boring sappy coronation song. I don’t know what else to hope for.

Danny: Stop wearing the shoulder pads. This is the 2nd week in a row you’ve tried to bulk up. It’s not doing you any favors.
Talk about bum notes. Listen to the YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL performance. It’s awful. Gasping, choking, off-pitch. What was that worship chanting in the middle? That was a DISASTER class!

OMG, I just realized that Kris combined two of my favorite performances into one – the gorgeous a capella of Bo’s In a Dream and the acoustic simplicity of Cook’s The World I Know.

Wow, just watched all the videos after the comments, expecting Heartless to wow me, and seriously apprehensive about Adam..talk about mileage….

THEY ALL SUCKED!!!

Danny should go home, but it may be Adam…I can’t imagine I’m staring at a Danny vs Kris finale…….yawn!

L2
May 13th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Tess:

By the way why do Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s song always last 30 seconds longer than the other contestants?

Welcome to hell.

ROFLMAO L2. Post Award of the year!

I know it’s really self-indulgent to start throwing song suggestions for the finals, but. I must :)

So, you what would be a great song for Adam? Fall Out Boy’s Sugar We’re Going Down. (!!!) It would never get cleared, but just think about it. That song is freaking difficult to sing perfectly, and Adam could do it.

Adam, please beg Simon to call Patrick Stump for clearing it to the finals. It would make my life.

P.S. Mj, the blog password ended up in spam in my gmail account.

I was disappointed in One. Maybe because I have never been a fan of U2 and I had hyped myself up all weekend for Wicked Game.

I couldn’t have said it better myself. I SO wanted Wicked Game and was disappointed from the moment the spoilers were released.

So I’m guessing there won’t be any duet between Adam and Bono at the finale, hmmm?

Except for that anxious look while waiting for Simon’s critique, Danny appeared at peace with his status as the internet’s public enemy #1 in the Year of the Glambert. He seemed prepared for elimination — but I’m not so sure Danny will be eliminated.

According to Ryan Seacrest, the AI5 top 3 vote totals were very close. That week Kat McPhee had a better night than my boy Elliott and the rest is history. Even at this late stage, casual voters reward strong performances and penalize weakness.

Is Adam’s fan base big enough and enthusiastic enough to compensate for casual voters who may have been less impressed with him than usual? We’ll find out shortly. I might have to spend the next week hiding from AI websites in my basement — and I don’t even have a basement.

MJ, have you considered offering a suicide hotline? Heh.

I might have to spend the next week hiding from AI websites in my basement à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even have a basement.

Bwahahhahahahaa……..spare a crack in that basement for a chipmunk, please..I think I will need it too :laugh_tb:

A lot of the comments are comparing Adam performance to past Adam performances rather than the other constestants. If either of the other two contestants did what Adam did tonight, we would be giving them 10/10.

I think that if this were Adam’s first performance of the season and everyone weren’t so invested in him, most people, including the judges, would be giving him a 4/10. Music is not just about range and glory notes. Kris seems to grasp this but Adam doesn’t. “One” is a beautiful song that should have been performed without the runs and wails (the way he did Mad Mad World) and it would have been an Imagine moment. I love Aerosmith and I thought that Adam would own Cryin. Instead, he removed every single verse from the song so that he could cram the bridge and all the choruses into 90 seconds. He has yet to figure out how to show off his vocals without sacrificing the song. It’s not that I don’t like drastic song rearrangements either ( I thought his Ring of Fire performance was great), it’s just that not every song lends itself to that. The judges have not been doing him any favors with their over the top praises.

Is Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fan base big enough and enthusiastic enough to compensate for casual voters who may have been less impressed with him than usual?

I doubt it..i think Lambert’s going home tonight..sorta breaks my heart since for me, he’s been the best all season…cumulatively speaking

Ok this is really odd. Here is what is on ZabaSearch right now:

“AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 on ZABASEARCH
Find Out Who Gets Voted Off American Idol Before Voting Results Shows Air!

As seen in (The New York Times) and (Fox)

American Idol Season 8 Winner: Adam Lambert

May 20, 2009: Most Votes – Adam Danny – Least Votes

May 13, 2009: Most Votes – Adam Danny Kris – Least Votes”

May 20th and winner? Is this a mistake or is this their prediction?? WTH? I don’t ever remember them doing this before.

http://www.zabasearch.com/ai_stats.php

LOL. Zaba has been crazy this season. DI has become irrelevant and now we actually depend on a website that allows internet users to vote only once per ip in a 24 hour timeframe, regardless of where the users come from. Which also predicted wrongly last week.

As they say for some, season 8 has just begun.

It’s a shame about the mix tonight, hurts Adam more than the others. Lame, lame, lame. I think One was quite emotional and moving, especially that last “hurt”. He really connected. BUT I do think he went way too far from the melody on that one, and the final build would have been more powerful coming at the end of a more traditional version. It started out great — nice changes, but the middle? Too much. Adam, you will get your chance to write melodies. You don’t need to rewrite U2. I also think building it up and then coming down at the end was too much for this performance. Would have been better to just build and end big. Hope he brings it next week …

Kris avoided the sound problems by doing it all himself! Loved seeing him happy and excelling tonight on “Heartless”. And the judges gave him props! Seriously think this guy has great instincts, great musicality. He’s got rhythm, he’s got music, he’s got his gal, who could ask for anything more?

Danny really stank on the first song. I can see why people will like So Beautiful, but I just don’t think he pulled it off, quite. I agree that his voice is going. It seems like he’s the one getting tired now. Let him rest, America. And did you notice how similar his “So Beautiful” arrangement was to Adam’s “One”? Not the same, obviously. But they both started small and intimate, built to craziness, ended with a couple of quiet phrases. Not an uncommon way to present a song, but still funny. Adam does it better, Danny.

After listening to them all over again, Adam rocked…he didn’t seem to have as much time as the others ??? Weird…

But, did anyone else notice that Simon had Paula’s makeup on his white shirt???? On his left chest?????????? Too hilarious!!!!!!!!!!

Still love Adam. Always will…Go Adam!!!!!!!!!!!

my clock says 4:44Am…OMG…

nite

But, did anyone else notice that Simon had Paulaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s makeup on his white shirt???? On his left chest?????????? Too hilarious!!!!!!!!!!

They were making out during that Top 3 crapfest? lol…can’t say I blame em.hehehhehehehe :laugh_tb:

It’ll take me a long time to read this whole thing because I’ve been too busy voting and making my blog.

But I have to say that the title of Best Performance of the Night and Moment of the Night has to go to Kris Allen’s Heartless not because of my bias but because of WhatNottoSing.com rankings. I’ll be amazed if Kris doesn’t make it after that.

The whole show was meh for me and I was really disappointed. Nobody blew me away, nobody had a moment- it was all like so much “Just OK”.

I rewatched this morning and it was not nearly as tepid, so I think it is all a matter of increased expectations, unrelenting hype, and the damn show moving the band away and losing all the wonderful dynamics we saw last week.
Then to add insult to injury the sound mix guy failed miserably and should be fired immediately. And fire the backup singers too for crapping all over things.
I have no doubt this sounded 100% better in person, but broadcast sound reeked in this house.
Eh.

I think I felt this same way last years Top 3 show, so maybe it’s me.
By this point each year I am ready for it to be finished.

The whole show was meh for me and I was really disappointed. Nobody blew me away, nobody had a moment

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Same here….all in all, very underwhelming night..bleh

Has this article been posted?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-05-12-idol-peek_N.htm

I’m going to go out on a limb after reading this article and just the general attitude of the last couple of weeks…

I don’t think Danny wants this…

Not winner. I think Danny is ready to go home and go back to his Faith Builders Church and just leave Idol all behind, record his gospel album and have more people in his congregation and be well known in Milwaukee. I think that would make Danny happiest of all.

I don’t get the general “I want this” from Danny. I get a “what the heck did I get myself into” feeling and I’ve had it for weeks now because the lack of effort he puts through seems obvious, but he isn’t willing to push himself out of comfort levels too much except to absolutely not try at all(Dream On anyone?) and I think this is a bit too overwhelming for him. What seemed like a good idea at the time doesn’t necessarily feel like a good idea now.

I think the only one I genuinely get the “I want this” from is Adam. He lives and breathes fame, music, and everything that comes with it. He’s prepared for what will happen, he wants it to happen, he is focused on his goal and he’s trying to make it happen.

I get that a bit from Kris as well, I feel he wants this and I can picture his musical success already, but I don’t get it at all from Danny.

Does anyone think that even if Kris got more votes than Danny that they will say he still got the lowest votes?

Anyone else think that Simon actually went home and voted his little fingers off last night?

Last night was kind of meh. I loved “Heartless” and “One” was good. “Apologize” was fine. I hate the song “Cryin” but I loved Adam singing it (background singer excepted). Neither of Danny’s songs did anything for me.

Kris and Adam for the finale!

“Does anyone think that even if Kris got more votes than Danny that they will say he still got the lowest votes?”

shhhuuuusshhh dont say that… LOL but really all 3 of them are so close on DI.. they really could send any one of them home and we would be none the wiser.. taking in count it doesnt count text votes…

Anyone else think that Simon actually went home and voted his little fingers off last night?

:jittery_tb: :lol_tb: :lol_tb: :laugh_tb: :clap_tb:

I was wondering the same thing!! Simon totally OTT in his love of Adam. Was he like this before with his favourite contestants? Melinda? Fantasia? I was not watching the seasons often so unable to gauge Simon’s reaction

Simon’s in love, for sure :laugh_tb:

Has this article been posted?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-05-12-idol-peek_N.htm

Thank you for this link. What a great article written with great empathy for the 3 guys in a way, which made me like them (*gulp, even Gokey….for a minute!), even with warts and all. This is why I like AI so much: with all the manipulations and pimping and corporate-shilling and unrelenting media frenzy, stoopid judging, it’s still the salt mines for the contestants. It still makes them earn it.

And can I say I looooooooooove Debra Byrd. I’d actually love to hear more from her. She’s always given very insightful but incredibly kind support to the contestants. As a non-Gokey fan, her comment made rethink some assumptions. I think if Danny goes out tonight, I’m not gonna say another bad thing about him (LOL).

And this:

For each of the three, last season’s show marked their first true exposure to the Idol phenomenon. Gokey says watching all of Season 7 inspired him to try out, while Lambert says David Cook turned him on to the show’s promise and possibilities.

“He really was the first to look beyond the obvious with his song choices and arrangements,” says Lambert. “David paved the way for people like me to create their own path on the show.”

Allen adds Jason Castro to his list of ex-Idol favorites, as much for his song choices as his ability to play along as he sang.

Season 7 is still my favourite: something shifted in the competition that year. Allison remains my favourite of this years contestants, but an Adam-Kris final two would be great.

Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in love, for sure :laugh_tb:

Maybe Adam should consider running?? I do not think Simon is his type. LOL