American Idol Season 8 – Top 7 – Performance – VIDEO

Loooooool QT love it already
2 by 2 wth that means?

Ooh the band is onstage! LOVE.

ETA: Ryan is making fun of Simon’s knighthood thing… lol.

Wait, what? Talking 2 at a time? Argh, can’t we just have Randy, Kara, and Paula take turns judging with Simon?

nigel lithgoe come back man!!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Steven!!

Wait, what? Talking 2 at a time? Argh, canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t we just have Randy, Kara, and Paula take turns judging with Simon?

Can’t we just get rid of Kara?

and get rid of kara

Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t we just get rid of Kara?

Lol, true.

Is anyone as creeped out by Quentin as I am? Good mentor I guess, but seems creepy to me.

I like Kara better than randy.
ETA: although that is a pretty low bar

hell no

With all the cool songs from QT films, why didn’t someone pick one of those?

Hmm, not liking Allison’s lower register. It’s not strong enough.

Wow, this is really Allison’s worst performance. Pretty terrible even. And she is probably my favorite, (if I had one.)

I love Allison…not lovin her rendition of this song. Its just so overplayed….hope she is safe tho

Not really liking Allison tonight…. Arrangement seems very similar to David Cook, she’ll probably get that comparison. I only liked the ending, which was good, but the rest of the performance was really meh to me.

Oh…. not Allison’s best performance.

Ouch. Didn’t like that. I love her, but I don’t think that was good.

Sorry Allison, but that wasn’t good

Loving Paula right now! FINALLY Allison gets some credit! Simon too, and he just called out Lil. :clap_tb: Not Allison’s best, but whatever. At least they liked her.

For those complaining about song choice, FYI….the theme they were given was not simply movie songs, but songs that were written for a movie originally. It’s not as broad as most think. Still, kris probably has the best and least clichà © pick of the night.

About time something somewhat bad about Lil

Wow, this is a TRAIN WRECK by Allison – total pitchfest (and I like her). Going first and after that she may be in trouble this week. The judges seem to have heard a different song than i did. oh well.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Simon’s pimpage
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lil is loving Simon’s comments, I’m sure. Way to put her confidence down.

Lil is officially under the bus? And Allison in very much IN the bus. And IMO on the first performance that didn’t deserve it.

Wow, that was from a script because the singing did not deserve that commentary

Eh? Okay, Allison’s worst performance, but she’s getting pimped? I mean, it’s good she’s getting credit, but I just didn’t feel that performance at all. Something doesn’t seem right, it’s like what’s been happening the past few weeks this season.

I mean, it wasn’t terrible, but for Allison, yeah, pretty bad. I don’t really get it. She does well, is unappreciated. She does bad, appreciated? WTF?

Only two comments – love it. I don’t care what Randy and Kara think anyway. And who is dressing Allison? Slap them. She is so much cuter than what they are putting her in.

She tries way too hard to sound like a rocker. it’s really really annoying. If she didn’t force her voice so much maybe I would like her better. I think it was good not fantastic.

i don’t like the 2 judge thing, keep it to four, and talk fast

and another thing, I am getting so sick of people saying to get rid of Kara. She knows a hell of a lot more than Paula and even Randy. So shut it.

Well, they haven’t given her credit when she’s been really good, so I guess it balances out that they praise her on a night when she really wasn’t good.

You know, sometimes i think the judges have adecided before they even sing what they will say and it doesn’t matter if they butcher the song.

I like Allison, but that was a pitchfest and shouty in the big parts.

I am worried about Adam’s song choice here. Oh well hope he does well.

I guess I’m the only one who liked it

Hmm…not sure I like just two judges giving comments…hmmm. We’ll see…I guess Kara and Randy dont matter too much anyway…

Interesting. That was the worst of Allison’s performances and it gets the most praise. Well, I guess it’s her turn to get the pimping. She is due.

So they pimp her when she sucks? They think we don’t have ears?

Could they hate Anoop more…..let alone going second, Simon’s not even going to comment on his performance

Scripted. I normally like Allison, but that was not good. But seems like the judges decided ahead of time to make up for past offenses and planned on pimping her regardless. Just hope it doesn’t backfire and get Allison voted off cuz she IS the girls’ only hope.

Not bad, but really not her best either. Plus, the song is soooo overdone.

Well Simon is making up for the times he should have complimented her and didnt so its all good lol

Well, that was interesting. One of the few times I didn’t care for Allison and Simon gives her all kinds of kudos. Lil must be about to barf right now – I would be.

I love Allison, but that was way-off.

Ok

I guess they started with Paula and Simon so they get to talk about Adam since he is third

Pimpage or not, that performance isn’t going to get Allison a lot of votes. Allison, B3 tomorrow.

Funny, they give ‘Lil the pimp spot then Simon says Allison is the girl’s only hope. Weird.

WTF? Allison was BAD. Not in a good way.

Well…anyone else hear the bus getting revved up? Anoop’s going next.

Simon REALLY wants her to stay around. She was not good but she got pimped to high heaven.

I liked her performance..not her best, but really her worst is better then the majority of the contestants.

Maybe they said that about Lil so that after she sings, Simon can “take back what I said earlier” and give her major pimping. Viewers love when Simon apologizes or takes back a put down.

Weird night for them to pimp Allison and throw Lil under the bus, since Allison is first and Lil is last. I think they know they need Allison around, though, and that’s why they over-pimped her. At least it made up for the lack of credit they’ve been giving her. Also, I have a feeling that was one of those performances that sounded a lot better live.

Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lower register was not good. But this is a hard song to sing, so not many people will be able to nail it. She’s one of my favorites and I might have to vote to keep her in.

well Simon did his best to pimp her but saying she’s the only hope and she sang it better than any girl he knew isn’t totally like saying “that was incredible, you should win the show!”

Finally Allison gets the review she deserves!
Best of the girls left for sure…..no duh!

To me this was Allison’s weakest performance. Pitchy and sometimes it’s like she was having problems controlling her breathe. But obviously this is the performance that gets more Judges love.
I don’t mind, I think it’s a sign they want her there and that’s more than fine with me. But she wasn’t good.

O_O I also really don’t like the 2 judge thing. Personally, I think they all contribute fairly well, including Kara. It just doesn’t feel right.

The crowd seemed to insanely love Allison’s performance…Thank god for some pimpage from simon

I liked it! Haha I mean it’s a really weird song to sing.. I can’t wait for the recorded version..

I read something somewhere about the judges listening in on dress rehearsal — that’s what they’re judging Allison on, not the live performance. They were probably talking during the live performance, tools that they are.

wow Quentin is the best mentor we’ve seen so far.

QT is icky. And I don’t think Anoop is capable of roughing it up – he ain’t got no growl in him.

Wow, Anoop sounds good tonight. This is the kind of sound he should go for.

So they pimp her when she sucks? They think we donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have ears?

Yes, they do.

Now, that *is* pimpage. Her weakest performance and she gets the comments that her other performances should have gotten.

ahh this is not doing it for me Anoop.. he needs to stop staring into the cameras.. it is creepy

Random thought: Anoop should open his eyes when he sings the line “Look into my eyes.” :dry_tb:

I feel sorry for the contestants being judged by Kara and Randy . . . but it seems that the more ‘important’ ones (Allison, Adam, Gokey, Lil) are going to get Simon’s pimpage, whether for good or bad. Wrong night to pimp Allison, but fuck it, I’m just happy they’re actually acknowledging her. Going first is not going to help her out at all, though, especially on the back of that performance.

Ok so when Allison is awesome she gets nitpicked. When she has an average or off night she gets pimped? Works for me, I guess, but it seems they had her storyline arc scripted tonight.

Lil’ is horrid. she doesn’t deserve to be there.
Um. hello. Anoop didn’t follow that advice. he didn’t rough it up at all.

he sang it exactly like the original.

lil’ s on VFTW. not surprised

Why have 4 judges if only 2 can speak??? Crazy.

Wow, Anoop is pretty good, tonight. Not FANTASTIC, but great.

Why is Anoop’s upper lip sweating so bad?

Anoop’s best yet – by far. He was GOOD!

ANOOP KILLED IT!

Anoop is just alright. But at least without the rasp he is putting a different spin on the song. He is boring to me, though.

The 2 judges thing sucks.

Anoop was very predictable. I keep hearing about his great vocals, but I just have never heard anything great from him. Very very average for me.

Anoop may have snuck into the Top 5 with that. Well done dog.

I thought Anoop did great.

I liked Anoop for the first time tonight. Still not in Adam or Kris’ league but good finally.

Wait, Randy thinks Anoop has found his zone over the past few weeks? Huh? So “Caught Up” and ballads is his zone? Erm…

Anoop sang pretty but I found it rather boring. I also wasn’t feeling what he was wearing. Vest was so long it reminded me of vests my 76 year old mother wears…

Anoop did good tonight.

Electronic? This should be good.

Huh, is the sound live way, way, way different from what’s on my TV? Because I *LOVE* Allison and I found that a bit painful. First it sounded like she was going too fast for the band, then she struggled in her lower register. It was all over the place. Unless they are hearing something totally different… that had to be scripted, but I guess I’m glad she got some positive attention. But by far IMHO her worst. I liked Anoop, and he was my early favorite, but he’s just not very exciting.

OK, Adam time…

Adam makes me laugh.

I like Adam’s new look tonight.

Well done Anoop, very well sung. Definitley the best vocal out of the first 3 (thought maybe not the most entertaining)

I’m joining a bit late.

Pure vocals from Anoop.

Pure cheese from Adam.

Holy crap Adam, that wasn’t very good.

I. Freaking. Loved. That.

ETA: I think Paula has a jar of words and she just picks a bunch and puts them together for her critique.

All I can say is HOLY F****** S***! Adam Lambert is off the hook.

Ow I have a headache.

i get the adam love … but my question all along and each week i’m getting farther away from the answer… what kind of record is he gonna put out?

I agree with Simon on Adam.

Adam is a ROCK GENIUS!

Did Adam get a haircut? I like it. Performance was fun, but not quite my thang. Not a huge fan of the tongue out “aaaaaahhh’s”. Haha.

and I’m stilling fuming about them putting Anoop 2nd. Arrgh!

My ears are ringing. Thank you, Adam.

Sorry, I didn’t like that Adam. It was all over the place. And not in a good way. Maybe it was visually good and exciting or whatever, but as I sat here, looking at my computer and merely listening to the vocal, I didn’t enjoy it.

This is so much fun reading every week from the left coast….it’s like the United American Idol Nations of fans.

“get the adam love à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ but my question all along and each week ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting farther away from the answerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ what kind of record is he gonna put out?”

Personally, if he does or doesnt that is ok, just entertain me while you are on AI and I will vote for you but the kind of record he is going to put out is – a good one.

Basically, Simon doesn’t like rock. Face it, he founded I’l Divo. Simon wouldn’t know a rock hit if it smacked him in the face.

So Simon, half the people that say that are going to despise it? Really dude? get a clue. Simon, that’s called a “rock concert” baby..

Why all the screaming Adam? I might like you more if you would JUST STOP THAT…*going to take some excedrin now*

Adam is a rocker…he cant sing slow songs every week…geez people. He is the only original person on that Idol stage.

Not an Adam fan, but he is a great singer and performer. However, vocally…I hardly think that was his best.

Meh, Anoop was good, Allison and Adam, not so much. And, of course, Adam caused the swooning of many in the audience. Seriously, I was right on with Simon with that performance. STOP. FREAKING. WAILING.

He’s back to his old self-indulgent self tonight. It’s like a yo-yo with him. One week, relaxed, chill, and awesome. Another week, he’s way too over the top. Blah.

Love them all so far.

allison was awesome (imo)…. she has the beginnings of what could bring lots of money in for the idol machine

i dont see her winning this though (shame)

That was the definition of cheese and OTT. Can Adam do a rock song without the wails? It’s like Mariah and all the unnecessary runs. (sorry Randy)

I give up being objective when it comes to Adam. I just think he’s incredible and should have been discovered years ago. Awesome.

I respect Adam’s guts to do something different.

Yes, I’ve been solidly on board the Adam train, but I gotta say, that rocked. My face off. I floved it.

Go Adam!

(I thought Anoop did great too, best so far for him!)

Those of you who didn’t like Adam, have you EVER been to a rock concert in your entire lives? That was ROCK BABY. Geesh, sorry he didn’t sound like Michael Buble this week.

BTW, did you gear the audience losining their minds?

I guess that’s the only way to perform a song called Born to be Wild. It will be more polarizing than Mad World but Adam did more than enough to rally his base. I loved it but I have very little Adam Lambert objectivity left when it comes to his performances. LOL

This was one week when I thought Adam’s histrionics worked, as opposed to PTFMWB. It sounded very 1986 metal, but the performance was off the hook.

get the adam love à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ but my question all along and each week ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting farther away from the answerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ what kind of record is he gonna put out

Pop rock, like No Dounbt, elton john, Fall out boy

Ummmmm…I like Adam’s hair.

Simon should have told Allison that a month ago.

Really? The girl’s only hope? When she’s only being compared to Lil? How about when she was being compared to Megan? Genius.

Basically, Simon doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like rock. Face it, he founded Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢l Divo. Adam wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know a rock hit if it smacked him in the face.

So Simon, half the people that say that are going to despise it? Really dude? get a clue. Simon, thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s called a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“rock concertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  baby..

True, but not all people like rock concerts.

I agree with Simon in as much that some will love that, some will hate that. It’s true of most anything, eh? Bottom line, the man can wail, sing ballads, dance, rock, what else? who knows. Adam puts out every performance, he doesn’t miss a thing, never has taken a lazy out with a safe song. Love him or hate him, you cannot deny he brings “IT” every friggin’ week.

“That was the definition of cheese and OTT. Can Adam do a rock song without the wails? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like Mariah and all the unnecessary runs. (sorry Randy)”

Wait, a rock song without the wails? You mean like opera without the big notes? Lord. yes, lets have nice soft elevator rock.

Damn, that was EX-CI-TING! Go Adam!!! Dude ROCKED the house! (And, he looked sort of current, like he could make a rock/pop record. LOL Sorry couldn’t resist…) YMMV, as always.

Great show, so far…. Hope it continues~

Loved Adam and the Rocky Horror comment from Simon, take it as a positive Adam, because me thinks that’s what he was going for ………… pure glam rock, awesome!

Those of you who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Adam, have you EVER been to a rock concert in your entire lives? That was ROCK BABY. Geesh, sorry he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sound like Michael Buble this week.

Yes, I have. Thankyouverymuch.

In fact, I listen to my local rock station more than anything else. It isn’t the “rock” side of Adam that I dislike. It is Adam’s voice. It’s no different than me not enjoying the front man for Fall Out Boy. Or any other band out there. Just because I don’t enjoy a specific rock singer doesn’t mean I don’t like rock. :rolleyes_wp:

Can anyone who knows estimate what note Adam hit there? Good lord – chills.

So far, Anoop has been the best. Allison and Adam sucked, but I give props to Adam for sucking in a unique way. Tried too hard. I really think he’s the most overrated contestant ever in Idol. Not saying he’s bad, but he just does too much.

Matt is good. Doesn’t look good for Kris.

Scratch that, Matt kinda crashed in the middle, but it still wasn’t that bad. But I kinda agree with Randy here, he fell down a lot in that song. Wasn’t his best.

Oh Matt. Hate the song…
But Im gay so I cant relate to those lyrics…oh well

Adam is brave. He knows that high octane rock wailing won’t win him the competition but he’s gonna do it any way because it’s part of who he is.

And bless him for it because I FLOVED it….

omg.. loving matt… he sounded great

Liked the 1st half more than the second half of Matt’s

So far Anoop best but I liked Matt.

Matt was awful. Off notes, boring, not convincing… when will he go home?

I am guessing that Simon is NOT aware that “Rocky Horror” was one of the most populat cult films of all time?

So to say, “You sound like Rocky Horror Show” is to say, “You sound like one of the most popular films of all time!”

Matt was rough. Crap. He just can’t get his stuff together. Too bad, he records really well.

makes sense why Adam is usually on late in the show…how is anyone supposed to perfom after him and impress

You can tell Simon wants to talk SO BAD when Randy and Kara are giving their critiques. :laugh_tb:

omg, Danny, put the glasses back on, you’re freaking me out dude

Oh, Kara, so Matt has to hit every note perfect. I guess there’s a different standard for him than for some *others*

Bye bye Matty.

makes sense why Adam is usually on late in the showà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦how is anyone supposed to perfom after him and impress

That is why they would never put him at the very beginning of the show…as it is everyone after him tonight is going to suck in comparison

Wow, Matt. That was even worse than Adam. It was pitchy as all heck somewhere in the middle. And must he do that “falsetto” warbling that he sticks in every single performance? He’s really not that good at it. It’s like Adam and his screechy wailing. We get that you think that’s your strongsuit…but really, you don’t have to do it every. single. week.

Adam Lambert is the most annoying contestant in the history of this show.

I thought he royally sucked tonight. Like most other nights. Yet people are falling over themselves to praise him.

Awful. Go back to Broadway.

makes sense why Adam is usually on late in the showà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦how is anyone supposed to perfom after him and impress

LMAO – spoken like a true fan.

Adam is amazing just by the fact that he can sing anything anywhere in almost any range, yes some will hate the rock and roll Adam but will remember the sweeter Adam, he does what he does and better than almost any Idol I have ever seen on that stage.

So far (for me):

1. Anoop
2. Matt
2. Adam
4. Allison

Awful. Go back to Broadway.

There aren’t any awful singers on Broadway so if he ends up there it will mean he’s pretty damned awesome.

soccerboi Apr 14th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

Oh Matt. Hate the songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
But Im gay so I cant relate to those lyricsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦oh well

I don’t care who you are , that’s funny right there, yup.

Matt was terrible, absolutely terrible. Not sure what he was trying to do with the lyrics orthe runs,or well… anything really. Just wretched.

i get the adam love à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ but my question all along and each week ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting farther away from the answerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ what kind of record is he gonna put out?

Umm, one where you skip every other song?

Seriously though, it’s a pattern isn’t it? Smooth ballad followed by OTT song followed by smooth ballad followed by OTT song followed by . . . you get the picture.

Those of you who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Adam, have you EVER been to a rock concert in your entire lives? That was ROCK BABY. Geesh, sorry he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sound like Michael Buble this week.

I’ve been going to rock concerts my whole life, I saw the Stones, who are LEGENDS of rock about 10 times and Adam gave me a headache.

Matt could be gone with that performance. Bad song choice, topped off by mediocre performance.

Matt was NOT good. Allison was ok. So far Anoop did a great job!! Adam- not his best but- Adam’s Adam. So.
I think people should give Anoop a fighting chance n vote for him.

I don’t think everyone after Adam will suck in comparison. Or any other week.

SO far for me:

1 – Adam, by a mile
2- Allison

3 Anoop
4. Matt

What kind of record would Anoop record? Honestly.. I mean could you see yourself going to an Anoop Desai concert? That’s what gets me about him.

Heh, I’m mostly a rock fan but didn’t like Adam’s performance this week and usually don’t like his performances..just not my thing, I guess.

Allison was meh, Anoop was great!

ETA: Forgot about Matt..yeah..forgettable.

“Seriously though, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a pattern isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it? Smooth ballad followed by OTT song followed by smooth ballad followed by OTT song followed by . . . you get the picture.”

Yes I definitely get the picture and love it, Adam can do it all and that IS what you do on albums, not all are ott and not all are soft, how boring would THAT album be, for instance Guns n Roses, Sweet child then november rain – ott, sweet thats the way to do it

Oh Matt. He messed up that one part, but I don’t think it was a big fail– if he had nailed the performance, I think the changes he made to the song would’ve been great. He *did* infuse that song with a lot of soul, so Kara, shut up about him straddling rock/soul already! He picked a Bryan Adams song but did it with soul– this is not the same as Coldplay or The Fray, so stop bringing that up!

Where did Danny’s glasses go? That’s like his thing.

Those of you who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Adam, have you EVER been to a rock concert in your entire lives? That was ROCK BABY. Geesh, sorry he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sound like Michael Buble this week.

BTW, did you gear the audience losining their minds?

Yes, I’ve been to rock concerts. I’ve been to dozens of rock concerts over the years. And that wasn’t rock. That would get your rear end kicked at most of the shows I’ve been to. That was Liberace trying to rock out. That was Ace Young doing We Will Rock You. Pee Wee Herman trying to stare you down.

If that is rock today then rock-n-roll has finally died.

Danny sounds horrible.

Wow, I’m not liking this by Gokey at all. BOOOORING.

Uggghh…Danny. Awful! His voice just is not good…I think he sings better with his glasses on

I mean could you see yourself going to an Anoop Desai concert?

Yep – I’d be there. At Adam’s too.

I didn’t think this was possible, but the beginning of that for Danny was a pitchfest.

Matt did okay, but I think he’s headed straight for the Bottom 3.

Danny also sucked. Too wedding-ish.

Blah, tonight has sucked except for Anoop.

Ugh, Danny. Not good, especially that falsetto.

Good critique from Quentin to Danny. He needs to control those hands a bit– he’s like Archie’s hamburger hands from last year. He still did it, but maybe a little less. Okay, the singing? Hmm, it was okay.

Okay I an NOT a Gokey fan but he sold that craptastic song. Hats off.

The only time Gokey sounds good to me is when he follows Adam Lambert.

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Oh Simon did NOT just say that.

Man, this is such a cheesy song. Danny makes Anoop look super exciting. Boring, despite the reaching for the heavens stage moves.

I knew this would be another Ring of Fire moment. Boy needs to learn to dial it down a notch or twelve. Still, the only other option is Danny freakin’ Gokey, so I say GO ADAM ALL THE WAY! -sneaks off to vote for Allison-

I never liked Matt, but I want to see Gokey or Lil (or Gokey) to go before he does, at least.

Danny was pitchy in the beginning and the song totally sucks. Did.not.like.it.

Danny is hot without glasses. XD

blah danny doesnt and will never do it for me cheese cheese cheese

AAAAAAH. Simon, WHY? I was so loving your citique and then you had to bring out… THE WIFE. Duh-duh-dunn.

Adam wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know a rock hit if it smacked him in the face.

I’m guessing the post quoted above will be edited because I’m pretty sure the original poster meant to type “Simon” instead of “Adam,” but I’m quoting it now because I agree with it completely as written.

Adam is a lot of things. But to me he is not rock. His performances are too studied, too mannered, to be truly rock-n-roll. Rock requires a spontaneity that I have not seen (yet) in Adam. His performances are high-drama for sure. But I want to see him do something where every note, every move, and every expression to the camera is not carefully choreographed and pre-rehearsed. Adam is interesting but I have yet to see him do anything that felt truly authentic, even in his tenderest moments. Until he does, he’s theater, not rock.

The brilliant singer again? Simon. What are you hearing? Whatever it meant to him personally, and god bless the guy, it sounded like crap.

I love Danny’s voice.

You know, I understand that I am an Adam guy, but i just have to say that Adam’s whole performance level is about 1000 times higher than anyone else.

P.S., now i know why Danny wears glasses – he has beedy eyes.

P.S., Who does Danny look like without glasses? Radar from MASH.

OK, I’m not objective anymore either, I just love Adam. I love his *sick* range, and I love how he just does his things. Who knows what kind of album he’ll put out… he is so entertaining. Plus I thought he looked really cute tonight, I like the hair.

Matt… ugh. It started ok but he had a bit of a train wreck in the middle. There was some scary stuff going on! I want so badly for him to do well but wow, when he goes off pitch or hits a wonky note, it’s like cymbals crashing and horns honking, lol.

Danny… sigh. You know, I don’t hate Danny. But he’s… well, he’s just boring. Now, I know people have asked a million times “Who is voting for Danny?” My non-Idol-bubble family *loves* him, he can do no wrong!

Anoop’s vocals left Danny’s for dead tonight.

the only thing I can figure with Danny is they are pushing him along into the final 2 with Adam figuring they can lower the boom on him at the finale with massive depimping so that Adam can triumph over him in a cakewalk. I keep waiting for Simon to turn against him and it never happens, even on weeks when there is plenty to criticize.

OK, so we have had pimpage on Anoop and and Allison. Lukewarm on Adam, Danny. Dumping on Matt. Didn’t see that coming…

Matt wasn’t great either. Him and Allison are my favorites and they both weren’t great tonight. I have this feeling one or both will be in the bottom three tomorrow. *sigh*

Danny sucked. I was actually gagging…blech.

Kris, please save this schlockfest!

STOP PIMPING DANNY GOKEY. HE DOES NOT DESERVE IT. “You weren’t that great tonight, but your wife is dead SO IT DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE YOU ARE THE MESSIAH COME BACK TO INSPIRE US ALL.” Jesus, it’s like Return of the David Archuleta Tonguebath X 10000000, and at least Archie could SING and wasn’t, y’know, a smarmy assface devoid of humility or any other positive features whatsoever.

So far, Anoop is the best.

Danny did okay.

Adam was Adam.

Allison wasn’t that good, but she deserved the belated praise.

No – flat out no – to Matt. He’s going home.

Is it bad that I’m hoping Lil really bombs it??

Danny needs to stop eating….he’s really starting to pack on the pounds!

Thanks for letting us know we were on the wrong thread. LOL I missed Allison and she is one of my favorites. Have to read the posts to see how she did until the video is up. I loved Anoop tonight. I haven’t actually been a fan, but both last week and this week I have loved his voice. Adam was way over the top this week. Not my favorite performance. I think Simon is right. His fans will love it (Paula included), but not everyone is going to appreciate the theatrics. I was disappointed in Matt this week. He just has a really hard time staying on pitch. I have to say I really like Danny’s voice. He sounded beautiful tonight. I think Simon was comparing him to David Cook’s Hello last year, but they are completely different songs and completely different singers.

“Yes, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been to rock concerts. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been to dozens of rock concerts over the years. And that wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t rock. That would get your rear end kicked at most of the shows Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been to. That was Liberace trying to rock out. That was Ace Young doing We Will Rock You. Pee Wee Herman trying to stare you down.

If that is rock today then rock-n-roll has finally died.”

OMG–thank you. My thoughts exactly. He is not rock–I get his creativity and originality, but come on he is no rocker. I do like him though.

edit: NO

I think that Anoop and Matt are going to be battling for last place tonight, even though I think that Anoop did a pretty good job. Adam and Danny will be at the top as usual. Allison got overpraised for one or her weakest performances, Lil, has the pimp spot, Kris has consistanty behind him, regardless of how he sings.

So I think it’s down between Matt and Anoop. I like Matt, but I love Anoop and I really, really hope that Anoop can pick up enough casual votes to put him ahead of Matt tonight.

Does Danny Gokey have naked pictures of Simon or something?

Criticize style, mania, studied, choreographed, but listen with eyes closed and you hear an friggin’ amazing vocal from Adam. Effortlessly amazing. And that it was effortless with all the dancing and whatnot, and it’s that much more fantastic to me.

Danny, please put the glasses back on. And by the way, thank you for taking my suggestion on not shaving. Looks 100% better with the rough look.

Is it bad that Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m hoping Lil really bombs it??

Not at all. I’m hoping the exact same thing. She seriously is the worst singer left. In no way should she fairly outlast ANYONE left.

Was that some major Danny de-pimpage by Simon. Slam him with the David Cook reference. Damn. That was funny and unexpected. Heh.

Looks like Allison pimpage is taking over.

Kris sounds pretty. Such a beautiful song.

Adam – #1

- BIG SPACE -

Anoop (his best ever)

- BIG SPACE -

Allison
Matt
Danny
Kris

Geesh, what’s with Danny, Kris and Allison all being so pitchy tonight? these people are good singers but tonight terrible.

So far, only Anoop and Adam good.

Good ol’ Kris Too bad my 100 or so votes are reserved for Adam, no matter what…

Not sure about this song of Kris’s. It started off kind of boring. I love this kid, but wish he had selected a different song. Do’t know what the judges are going to think.

I love Kris’s song. and he’s done a fine job singing it. But I’m not sure his voice is “interesting” enough compared to Glen’s. This song actually would have been great for Jason Castro last year, I think.

Kris….I did not like that.

Randy’s smoking crack.

Liked Kris – thought it was kind of sweet.

This is the first time this year that I got the connection with a performance. And I will want the studio version of it.
Kris, that was awesome man!!
Shut up Randy!

What performance was Randy watching? Pitchy from note one? Whaaaaat, dawg?!

Does Danny Gokey have naked pictures of Simon or something?

:laugh_tb:

Come on. Why can’t Kara finish her comments. That is really so unfair. We got to hear the pitchy to me and one of your best moments was cut off.

wtf Randy? I thought Kris was great.

First I must say I must have been to too many weddings in my life because “Endless Love” ranks right up there with the first song on every wedding I attend and shortly followed by every bad karaoke I’ve had to encounter.

So that being said I hate “Endless Love” with a bloody passion unlike any other.

I don’t care if my favorite band in teh world came out and performed that song I’d STILL hate it.

Danny made me walk out of the room.

Boy of all teh greats songs of the movies, they’ve sure picked some crappy ones.

Those of you who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Adam, have you EVER been to a rock concert in your entire lives? That was ROCK BABY. Geesh, sorry he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sound like Michael Buble this week.

[old man voice]Well, young whippersnapper, back in my day, I used to see these AC lite bands called U2, Nirvana, Soundgarden, NIN. But nothing as hard rocking as Adam Lambert, for sure. Must be why Adam’s voice hurts my ears.[/old man voice]

Seriously though, the guy is a very good technical singer and a great stage performer. I just don’t like his voice. (To be fair though, I haven’t tried to listen to his recorded vocals. Maybe they are better?)

I love Kris but crap I didn’t like that…Im so disappointed. I want him to be safe…I like him so…at least looking at him. His voice isnt bad either…

Adam could come on stage and eat a bucket of Kentucky Fried, burp and walk off and I’d still vote 450 times for him.

Kris kind of got the bum rush on comments there. Only 2 judges going and they still haven’t paced it that well.

Geez, even with only two judges speaking they still are struggling for time.

See both judges points, was a bit pitchy but also beautiful

Geesh, whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s with Danny, Kris and Allison all being so pitchy tonight? these people are good singers but tonight terrible.

Not enough rest.

Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s vocals left Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s for dead tonight.

Yes, but judges didn’t call Danny on bad performance and praise for Anoop was just tepid, as if they were forced to admit he did great. Then, buried him behind Adam’s OTT mess.

If Anoop avoids bottom 3 it will be because viewers are listening to the performances and ignoring the pimping.

One of my fave movie songs and I think Kris did a lovely job. A little rough at first, but he closed really well. I don’t think he’ll be going home this week. Good job Kris. Nice recovery back to smart song choices.

Wait, what? Simon remembers David’s name?!? Haha.

I think Simon was comparing him to David Cookà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Hello last year, but they are completely different songs and completely different singers.

Simon brought it up because DC took a completely cheesy Lionel Richie song and made it interesting, while Danny took a similarly cheesy Lionel Richie song and sang it exactly as the cheesy dreck it was. I agree.

OMG, I’m biased cuz I FLOVE that movie and song, but I thought Kris was great.

KRIS!!! I’ll forever be your fangirl now. *swoooon*

Is it bad that Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m hoping Lil really bombs it??

:lol_tb:

I really don’t like this four judge thing. It is not fair that Paula and Simon are the two judges that people listen to and no one really cares what Randy and Kara have to say. Is it an accident that both Adam and Danny got Paula and Simon while the less pimped contestants got Randy and Kara?

And Kris was one of my favs

1. Anoop
2. Danny
(tie) 3. Matt
(tie) 3. Adam
5. Allison
6. Kris

You dont think Adam can rock? I saw him in the Knitting Factory in LA with Citizen Vein take the stage at 12AM a year or so ago. Unbelievable.

Gokey bombed.

Lol, well this is certainly a diverse group. Adams’ song left me literally cheering. Major chills. While some of you were covering your ears. I guess that’s why there are so many records at the store.

I thought Kris started off shaky in his lower range and as soon as he went higher/opened up he saved it and had a really nice performance.

Oh Kris. That bit, darling. Boring and pitchy. And I think you’re adorable (Pauler moment there).

Pretty lame night. Adam hauled out vintage Adam which I do love, especially because he HITS THE NOTES PEOPLE which no one other than Anoop has been able to do tonight with any regularity. Seriously. Who is coaching these poor kids?

Love the performance or hate it, give Adam credit for staying on key, because tonight that’s a freaking rarity. And since Simon already threw poor Lil under the bus during his critique of Allison, she’s unlikely to be any different.

IMO Kris is becomming boring, we slam Anoop for being a baladeer but Kris has done exactly the same thing, I totally expect him to be safe with the tween votes

I thought even Kris was meh tonight. I’m actually highly disappointed in the show tonight…I’m sure Lil will not be much better.

Oh look, it’s 8:56 and Lil’s package just started. Great job timing the show again, Idol!

What is wrong with Randy? He never likes any of the super great performances. He’s all, “For me…” and says some “what are you talking about” crap.

Wait, what? Simon remembers Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s name?!? Haha.

God knows I have him on the brain through some of this mess tonight LOL

Must say I did love Anoop. That song just holds a place for me as one of my favorite quintessential love songs. I adore it.

So he was a favorite tonight.

And as far as I’m concerned, Adam can do NO WRONG for me on the Idol stage. I don’t care what he comes out and does nothing but smiles at teh camera, I’d still be happy. He could sing the ABC’s and I’d find it brilliant. As far as I’m concerned the show ended for me after his performance, so I pretty much turned it off.

Lil’s worst wig yet.

Lil just has no emotional connection for me

Fortunately with Randy, most of the viewers could care less about his opinion so he can’t inflict much damage. He’s gotten progressively lazier over the years because he used to express valuable and constructive comments.

Question for those who have seen Kris and did not like him – were you familiar with the song?

I’m a little worried that the fact that the song, while awesome, isn’t quite as well known as the others might hurt him.

Best:
1. Anoop
2. Kris
3. Adam

big space

4. Matt
5. Danny
6. Allison
7. Lil

omg.. how far Lil as fallen!

I want to like Lil…why can’t I? Oh I know why…her voice is not that great. Syesha puts her to shame…TO SHAME!

Lil….meh. this song is pretty due to it’s emotion and simplicity. A bunch of extra runs completely ruined it.

She looks more beautiful each week though.

Loved Kris’ song choice and the harmonies were killer.

Lil was really, really bad.

omg Lil that sucked

Wow that was baaaad Lil. But she won’t go home.

kris was better last week, and i cant stand the pimping of lil..she needs to go. i dont care if she goes first or last…shes just not good.

Ewwww Lil. Just not good. Kris wins the night!

oh lil. perhaps the producers will cut to your kids to save you.

You know, I must just not have any compassionate bone in my body because after rave reviews I rented the movie “Once”

And I must be the lone sole that didn’t like the movie AT ALL. Must have missed the point or the passion in it because I thought this could have been so much better.

So sadly as much as I adore Kris, that song did nothing for me becauase I’ve never liked it.

Lil’s out.

It wasn’t spectacular. But it was her best by a mile.

LIL DO NOT TALK BACK
DON’T TALK BACK

SEE: SCOTT, MEGAN JOY

I haven’t seen Kris and Lil left but loved Anoop. Danny was my 2nd fave. I can’t tell you how much I hated Adam’s performance. Its was screechy and not even melodic at all during the main part.

Valentin 432, I am not a tween, but I will be voting my fingers off for Kris tonight. He is a beautiful singer.

GO SIMON!

Lil thinks she’s much better than she is.

Oh Lil. Don’t give the nice Ryan a heart attack. They’re running over AGAIN and you sucked honey.

She’s so dead.

Kris was amazing. Chills. That was gorgeous.

Just watched Glambert’s performance. Sorry, I’ve been to MANY rock concerts. What Adam Lambert performed was something I’d expect to see at Constantine Maroulis’s Rock of Love. That was ridiculous and OTT. He’s “performing”. If I heard that at a rock concert, I’d laught or think I was punked. The wailing at the end was so OTT affected I was shaking my head. I totally agreed with Simon. Rocky Horror Picture Show.

She looks more beautiful each week though.

That she does. I do like her look tonight.

talking back = death

Lil – Sistah’s ‘tude came out. She was rolling her neck and everything. It’s over.

They gave Allison a good bit… yea!!! I’m so worried about her and Matt.. off to vote crazily

Best of the night:

#1. Adam easily won the night
#2. Allison
#3. Kris

SWEAT and ALL…..the night goes to Anooooooop
Kris was lovely too

Lil needs to chill with the attitude. You are not that good, sweetheart.

‘Lil was tragic – can’t sing – she is going home and she needs to shut up. I think she is mouthing off because she knows she is going home.

P.S., NEVER talk back to the judges. Just do like Adam – when Simon says “you sound like “Rocky Horror” just say “Hey I love that show!”

Other than Adam and Anoop, tonight was a disaster. Even the ggood singers sucked.

I didn’t know the song Kris sang and I rather liked it once he got going. I thought it was lovely. I think he has a great falsetto.

Lil was pretty meh. Great song, but I wasn’t feeling her (like I ever have).

omg and people had problems with the little Anoop backchatted :blink_tb:

If there is any justice Lil would be going home tomorrow night, but I’m sure the south will save her. *sigh*

1. Anoop
2. Danny
(tie) 3. Matt
(tie) 3. Adam
5. Allison
6. Lil
7. Kris

Bye, Lil.

Off to put in some votes for Allison. I’d like the kid to stick around another week or two.

Pack your bags, Lil!!

Is there even a letter for that last note ‘lil sang?

I’m getting an all circuits busy thingy tonight trying to vote for Kris.

For me:

1. Kris
2. Adam
3. Anoop
4. Allison
5. Lil
6. Matt
7. Danny

So far tonight…..

1. Kris. Definitely the best performance. A little slow at the beginning, but he slaughtered that ending. What the hell, Randy? Simon should’ve judged that!

2. Anoop. Great. I loved it.

3. Matt. A HUGE gap between him and Anoop. He didn’t do very well, he was all over the place!

4. Lil. Okay, she stepped it up a bit, so I might be biased because of that. It wasn’t very good, but it was one of her best performances so far. WTF does that mean, Paula? She didn’t need to argue with Simon, he was 100% right. Moments, but she’s been wrong a lot.

5. Danny. Wrong song, bad vocals, I actually see what people don’t like about him more so now. He was my favorite early on, but not anymore.

6. Adam. Back to OTT Adam, and not on a good note. This one sucked. Yikes.

7. Allison. Her worst performance by a mile. I didn’t feel it at all.

Bottom 3 SHOULD be Danny, Lil, and Adam. The three pimped performers all bombed tonight. But I know Danny and Adam won’t be there, so Allison and Matt are there.

Allison and Lil for bottom 2, with either one leaving.

Tonight was a real let down. I can’t really sum it up more than that. :\

For me tonight:

Kris
Allison
Danny
Anoop
Adam
Matt
Lil

Bottom 3 should be Lil, Matt & Adam (sorry but that performance was insane, totally OTT)

they shouldn’t do movie night unless they are going to spring for a better song list. I am giving the contestants the benefit of the doubt on their song choices. Knowing AI they gave 7 singers 12 songs to pick from.

Lil has just kicked herself out.

I don’t think they even would save her as one of the two girls left now, which I thought would be a reason to save her.

1. Anoop
2. Lil (really was hoping she’d go home but think that was her best)
3. Kris
4,5,6 Allison, Adam, Matt (didn’t like any of these)
7. Danny (bad, boring, bleh)

Okay, I’m preparing to be burned at the stake, but I thought Kris was boring. *hides* Great vocal (except the beginning which was rough), but it just wasn’t captivating to me.

Note: Kris is my 2nd favorite, and I voted about 10 times more (not 10 total times more… like multiplied by 10) for him last week than my 1st favorite. So yeah, I’m not a hater.

Very few people have had the pimp spot and gone home, especially in the earlier parts of the competition. Lil may be saved by the fact that she went last, even though she SUUUUCKED.

Okay, Adam fans and Danny fans, I have a proposition for you. Neither of the two are hitting the bottom three ever, so can we band together and vote Lil out of the competition please? I’m not asking for much, just throw a couple of votes to Anoop or Allison or Kris. Spend half an hour dialing for those three instead of for your boy, because that half an hour isn’t going to matter jackshit for either Adam or Danny, but it may just tip the scales against Lil’s favor. Please? She does not deserve to make the top 6 over Allison, or Anoop, or Kris, or even Matt. The enemy of my enemy, and whatnot.

Wow, we were all so eager for THAT? Simon Baker, take me away!!

I stupidly posted something like this in the spoilers’ comment section, so I’ll repost here:

I’m not a fan of BTBW, but Adam made me love it. Yes, he wailed, and he also channeled Bruce Dickenson/Rob Halford, and it was brilliant. I’ve been dying for him to do Iron Maiden, and he did it one better: he did BTBW like Maiden might do it.

1. Anoop
2. Kris
3. Adam (on pure entertainment)
4= Danny
4= Allison
6. Matt
7. Lil

Well, if Lil stays another week, it will really prove the power of the pimp spot.

LOL Lil was pissed. After what Simon said to Allison and then the criticism to her… I get it.
She wasn’t as bad as other times. And well, Allison, Anoop, even Matt are not really being artistic too and they don’t criticize them for that. I love Allison, my favorite, but I don’t think it’s fair.

Kris was my favorite of the night. Matt was the worst. I think he should go home. But Anoop may be in danger.

Is there even a letter for that last note à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹lil sang?

It’s called “Zzzz.”

Pretty horrible show overall.

I’m only halfway through but I have to say that the two judge thing is annoying. They should go back to three, and honestly I think Randy should get the boot at this point. When has he given any useful advice, anyway???

Adam FTW!!!!

That is all.

Yeah, if Lil gets voted off, I think the judges pretty much telegraphed they will NOT save her.

This from Adam’s number 1 fan:

Tonight’s finish

1. Kris
2. Anoop
3. Adam
4. Allison
5. Matt
6. Danny
7. Lil

Both Lil and Danny were excrutiatingly bad. Matt was so uneven. Allison and Adam both sang well. Anoop, one of his best performances. Kris…GREAT SONG CHOICE and he killed it.

I had high hopes for this night. Everyone sucked in their own unique way. Some should have picked better songs (Matt, I’m looking at you), some should have sung better (Matt, I’m still looking at you), some should have had improved their stagecraft/performance IQ (I’m looking at most of you) and some should have restrained theirs (Yes, Adam, quit trying to rock out. The whole bit with the band and backup singers was eep awkward).

You know what saved it for me — Quentin Tarantino.

Allison, not her best, but I love her voice.
Anoop, sang well, but he’s kind of boring.
Adam, totally entertaining, was not bored a bit, I liked it.
Matt, that was not good.
Danny, worse than Matt.
Kris, not bad, not great though.
Lil, she just doesn’t have a good voice. She’s got a big voice, but it’s not good.

Bottom to me should be;
Matt
Danny
Lil

What surprises me about ‘lil is that everyone seemed to think she was this amazing singer at first then somehow lost it. i thought she was a tragic pitchfest from the first audition.

Oh well, ‘Lil is out tomorrow.

Adam (the best)
Anoop (his best yet)
Danny (because of his fan base)
Kris (was good in spots)
Allison (her worst ever)
Matt (awful)
‘Lil (tragic)

Kris Allen? Good? Are you serious? That was one of the worst performances I’ve ever heard in my life. “Absolutely lovely falsetto. This is a winner.” That was funny when I read that because he has no falsetto. This kid is a disgrace. I hope nothing for the worst for him now.

Loved Adam, and surprisingly (to me) liked Anoop. I love the song Falling Slowly and I do like Kris, and I wasn’t feeling it. Having the female backup singer was too distracting but I guess it is an integral part of the song. Allison was just ok tonight. Love her and hope she stays to the end.

I didn’t find Matt bad at all. He was thrown underthe bus. Lil and danny weren’t good but weren’t thrown under the bus. Vote matt hardcore or we lose him and get lil again. 5 weeks she has done nothing and is still there.

866-436-5704

Lil, two words for you: GO HOME !!!!!

Oh, and Quentin lost about a million cool points with me when he said that he was impressed by Danny’s vocal ability. Just. BARF. What, the ability to sing off key and like you have a frog perpetually caught in your throat? No. Thank. Yew.

I am off to vote like crazy for Anoop. He DESERVES to stay. He gave a great performance, especially compared to everyone else.

Allison – I didn’t like it as much as the judges. But I’m glad they pimped her. She might be in trouble tonight anyway.

Anoop – I really liked it. I thought Kara was right on.. that was his niche. Not trying to be an R&B guy, but bringing soul to clean-cut pop.

Adam – OTT Adam and screeching, and I LIKED it. Heh. I disagreed with Simon. And I think adding electronica to his songs is exactly what he needs to be doing.

Matt- Lost it in the middle. He just can’t hold on during runs! I thought he was a little better than the critique though.

Danny – crazy off notes on the soft parts. as usual. kid cannot do subtle. He shouted the whole thing. But it wasn’t THAT bad.

Kris – You know what? It was just okay to me. Finished better than he started. I’m not mad at Randy at all. I felt the same way.

Lil - Best thing she’s done lately. Not perfect, she dropped some notes. I liked it more than Simon, but not enough to make me think she needs to stay. And no, her speech didn’t help.

Lol, wow, ‘Lil almost tied for first so far on DI!!!! Who the heck is voting for this woman?

does it cost to text vote for american idol? like if i have 5000 txt messages will it just be part of my plan??? i can’t get in on any phone lines haven’t been able to any week, i’m thinking it’s a cell phone thing, don’t have a land line.

1. Adam
2. Allison
3. NOBODY

Tonight really sucked, if this were a movie, it would be called Attack of the Shitty Ballad’s Night. Adam of course killed it tho. thank you for saving S8, Adam.

Does anyone think Adam should be the next Maybelline spokesperson? I mean, “Maybe she’s born with it…maybe it’s Maybelline.” I’m not joking, and im deff not making fun of him but i think it would be fantastic publicity for the company and im sure Adam wouldn’t care and would love the $$$. I love that guy.

Mom: “Adam should just sing for everybody.” haha, i mean it makes sense. but to be fair and make it somewhat of a challenge, let the other contestants pick the song and let Adam sing it. We can still eliminate one person a week based on who picked the song for him. And taa daa, we have a better show and a winner crowned at the end!

I’m very disappointed with tonight, but you have to look at the overall picture.

Lil should go home.

The problem with going before Adam is that he is so entertaining (love or hate him) you sort of forget what happened before he came on

Kris Allen? Good? Are you serious? That was one of the worst performances Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve ever heard in my life. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Absolutely lovely falsetto. This is a winner.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  That was funny when I read that because he has no falsetto. This kid is a disgrace. I hope nothing for the worst for him now.

Wow. I can think of a lot of worse performances than his, and six of them were tonight’s. Just my opinion.

B3 = Allison, Lil, Matt. If Kris is in the bottom 3 I will be sad. Someone help vote, I have something to do tonight and I won’t be able to vote that much.

Does having the pimp spot mitigate sassing the judges?

Okay, Adam fans and Danny fans, I have a proposition for you. Neither of the two are hitting the bottom three ever,

They sure will, if everyone throws their votes to other people. Daughtry, anyone?

Are. You. Kidding. Me.

DialIdol better change drastically tonight because Lil is in THIRD right now, with Matt, Kris, Allison, and Anoop behind her. Seriously, America?

And I can’t vote tonight. ARGH.

Is there even a letter for that last note à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹lil sang?

:lol_tb:

Lol, wow, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Lil almost tied for first so far on DI!!!! Who the heck is voting for this woman?

Deaf people – she did look pretty.

Hmm, not getting many busy signals for Adam, that’s weird.

Kris! Beautiful, understated, sweet, heartfelt and subtle….so of course Randy didn’t like it.

1 – Anoop !!!!!!
2 – Danny
3 – Adam
4 – Allison

Bottom 3:

5 – Kris – horrid
6 – Matt – what a mess!
7 – Lil – Just go home.

Kris probably gets a ton of text votes. Notice how he was in last place last week but was not in the bottom 3. I hope tonight holds true.

Danny sounds like Bebe Winans.

Lil isn’t suffering much yet, according to early DialIdol. Please, let it be wrong. I’ll take Scott singing “Mandolin Rain” for 24 hours straight over that.

hypertwink
Apr 14th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I had high hopes for this night. Everyone sucked in their own unique way. Some should have picked better songs (Matt, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m looking at you), some should have sung better (Matt, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m still looking at you), some should have had better stagecraft/performance IQ (Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m looking at most of you) and some should have restrained theirs (Yes, Adam, this is for you).

You know what saved it for me à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Quentin Tarantino.

Perfection!

Guys, remember last week? When DI is all yellow, its anyone’s game…well, except Adam and Danny of course.

And i’m officially tired of Danny. I do love his voice, but he has 0 originality. And im so so so so so so so sick of the pimping of the dead wife. cmon. ugh.

After last week, thought Adam was pretty disappointing. It was kind of like “Play that Funky Music” all over again.

Kris=AMAZING. I had chills.

Anoop or Matt is probably going home which sucks because we found out tonight Lil Rounds is an idiot on top of being a bad singer.

OldHag – LOL.

I agree. Can you believe that Lil is third on dialidol at the moment behind Danny and Adam. Who is voting for her???? She has been awful for the past several weeks.

Dave Cook>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Allison. Not even close.
I thought Danny, Matt and Anoop were the best tonight.

Is there even a letter for that last note à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹lil sang?

Yeah, its in between a C & D…i think its called C-suck

Right now Matt in on the bottom with Kris only slightly ahead of him. Vote Kris fans, please.

You know the one thing that Adam is that no one else on this show is? FUN. he is always a kick to watch. This guy could do a 3 hour one man show and you would never be bored.

P.S., Man I am getting NO busy signals for Adam. have aleardy logged. 35 votes for him. I don’t think many people are voting tonight cause it was so lame./

I just punched Randy!!!! I couldn’t agree more with mj’s assessment of Kris! At the end of the show I said I wish they made a punching bag that looked like Randy. A couple of minutes ago, my hubby brought out one of my son’s punching bags with Randy’s face drawn on it!!!! LOL!

Please don’t get any wrong ideas, I don’t punch people and would never condone it, but it’s a punching bag y’all!!!

Goshh …
for thus who don’t like Kris’s performance – I’m sure you guys never heard the song before.
FYI: Falling Slowly won Oscar 2007.
And I think Kris did amazing job, and even more lovely than the original performance.

Victoria you do know that Lil is the Vote for the Worst pick right now, right?

They’ve tried and failed to save first Megan and then Scott, so I’m guessing they’re out in force for Lil right now.

Just….ick.

My favorites of the night were Kris and Anoop. I hate to say it because I like him, but I think Matt’s going to be going home tomorrow. I think Lil may have enough of a fanbase (I ask again, who is voting for her?) to carry her through. Was it me or did she at one point look like she was going to walk over to the judges and do them some bodily harm, LOL

OK – only posted a few times. But, I have to say that Adam would be a very entertaining show to see. Is he a rocker? Sure, for American Idol. He’s not Zach Wilde from BLS or James Hetfield, but that’s OK! Love him…I’m liking Kris a lot more as well.

Lil SUCKED tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She so better go home.

I don’t even know who to try to vote for to try to save?

Sigh

I need to rewatch but from just kinda watching: from best to worst

Kris
Anoop
Adam (only cause he is my fav and it was entertaining and on key)
Allison
Danny
Matt (very pitchy)
Lil (off the chart pitchy and she is so full of herself)

And as far as Lil being mad: they are SUPPOSED to improve every week – even though she changed up the song – it was off key and over horrible.

I did not enjoy this week.. I am sad

Wow, according to DI anyway, Matt Giraud is in very deep doo-doo.

seriously though, who the heck is voting so much for ‘Lil. She is just tragically horrible.

Um….no chills for me tonight from Kris Allen. He was good, but “To Make You Feel My Love” and “Ain’t No Sunshine” were better. He was boring, and there wasn’t half the emotion in tonight’s performance. Of course, once everyone was done, the boy could very well be wearing a freakin’ halo.

Tonight’s show sucked, and Adam Lambert earned me a call from the front desk, telling me to lower the volume on my TV.

^ :laugh_tb: at the Adam thing!

Victoria you do know that Lil is the Vote for the Worst pick right now, right?

Theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve tried and failed to save first Megan and then Scott, so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m guessing theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re out in force for Lil right now.

Justà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.ick.

Lol, whoops I forgot! Thanks for reminding me In that case, I hope they fail again this week.

Is ‘Lil Rounds REALLY beating Anoop by 5 points?

Man, slow voting night – I havent had a busy signal for Adam in 10 minutes – 60 votes so far.

I had to rewind first and watch Allison’s performance. I missed seeing her live. I’m having a hard time with my rankings. The top two are easy and the rest are bottom feeding the tank.

Top tier:
Anoop
Kris

Middle rung:
Allison

Interchangeably overwrought:
Adam
Danny
Matt

Definite least favorite:
Lil

Wow, according to DI anyway, Matt Giraud is in very deep doo-doo.

They said Kris was last week and he wasn’t. Scott, Anoop, and Lil were actually below him.

What surprises me about à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹lil is that everyone seemed to think she was this amazing singer at first then somehow lost it. i thought she was a tragic pitchfest from the first audition.

Tragic pitchfest indeed. I was beginning to get very worried about Simon’s hearing ability. Fortunately, he redeemed himself tonight.

“Adam Lambert earned me a call from the front desk, telling me to lower the volume on my TV”

Ha! Rock n’ Roll baby!

Huge jump between Kris and Anoop. I hope Kris can close the gap. Poor Matt is really down there, but no more so than Kris was last week. I didn’t think Matt sounded very good tonight though.

Considering voting blocks….Danny and Lil will do better early on because of the east coast and central time demographics. Other contestants will pick up steam once the mountain and west coast time zones enter into the mix. Just remember to vote for your favs….every man and woman for themselves from here on out.

Please, though, all things being equal it really should be Lil on her way out. You don’t gospel up a Bette Midler song!! I’m sure her fan boys would have a nicky fit about that one (and me too). That was AWFUL!!

Allison – I thought it was pretty good, of course the pimping was OTT, but she deserves it from previous week. I think people will judge her more harshly because she was praised. Was a little disapointed that QT didn’t give her more love.

Anoop – Really strong vocals, he has that soulfull voice thath gives you chills, I thought he was the best of the trio of soul boys

Adam That was another OTT, love him or hate him performance, I am firmly in the love him camp so it was all exciting and great.

Matt After what he did tonight, he has the best chance to go, forgettable, not well sung and a middle of the order spot. I smell trouble for him.

Danny That was incredibly cheesy, the look on his face made me close my eyes, the song couldn’t be more boring, just awfull all around.
I am sure he is going to get a ton of votes tough.

Kris I would say it again, I thought he was boring tonight, it was a lot like his country night song. He knows how to pick songs that are good for him vocally.
He gave his standard, sitting on a stoll, looking pretty cool and making his fans drool performance (= no B3 tomorrow)

Lil Bette Midler after Celine Dion and Tina Turner? What kind of artist does she think she is? She sang it really badly, I hope she would go home but the pimp spot garantees her another week.

All in all not a very bad night, the only notable developpement was Allison getting the pimping instead of Lil, so that’s done.
I was hopping to see more of QT and the 2 judges at a time is one of the worse idea in the history of AI.

You know what saved it for me à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Quentin Tarantino.

He wasn’t as mean as I wanted him to be. Darn! Off to watch the DeGarmo video again.

I’ve actually only been able to get through for Adam twice, and I usually don’t have so many problems. *shrug*

I was actually surprised that Adam didn’t use his falsetto more tonight…

EDIT: And of course the minute I post that, I get through a bunch of times. oh well.

edit: keep your comments focused on the topic NOT on your fellow posters

I actually quite enjoy Kris normally, but I didn’t like that (and I do know the song). I actually kind of agree with Randy (that is so painful to say).

Kris is near the bottom. Again. And LIL is 5 points above Anoop, Kris, and Matt. Okay, why are the two best performances tonight near the bottom on Dialidol? It should be Allison, Lil, and Matt in the bottom 3.

Didn’t watch the show, but reading MJ’s description, if DI is right and Danny really is in the lead, AI has created a real monster.

GO Allison!

Hummmm, I have a lot of fun watching Kris, Allison, too.

DI is full of crap. I refuse to believe that Danny would have the most votes tonight. But then I keep reminding myself that it only measures landlines…who the hell has one of those anymore?

Danny totally took off his glasses so we would be sure to see the tears, Lil totally wanted to beat up Simon, and Adam totally kicked ass.
That’s all I remember.

Oh, and I’m glad they pimped Allison.

What Kris did tonight, I can find hundreds of those of kinds of performances around the country. Absolutely nothing amazing about it for me/

adam allison and kris were the best. Kris was in no way pitchy.

What surprises me about à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹lil is that everyone seemed to think she was this amazing singer at first then somehow lost it. i thought she was a tragic pitchfest from the first audition.

Agreed! I remember them pimping her at the audition and thinking, “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?”

ADAM…visually, technically, theatrically, awesome, but the tone of his voice….ouch!!!!!He is definitely playing a rockstar…nothing wrong with that. He tone reminds me of Axle Rose.

I think Matt, Kris, and Allison get a lot of text votes. Kris was on the bottom last week on DI and wasn’t even in the bottom 3.

I’m watching this show because of Matt and Kris, with an occasional Adam. Now that Matt’s a goner, I have one less reason to tune into this show. Nuts.

I loved the three A’s at the beginning. After that, the show went downhill fast.

Gokey was ok. Probably my favorite performance from him, though that’s not saying much.

Kris was kinda boring–didn’t like him tonight though I think it was the song choice more than the performance.

Matt–not so good. Worse that the original, which is among my favorites.

Lil needs to go home asap. She absolutely butchered The Rose.

Lil totally wanted to beat up Simon

Hehe. She was about two seconds from taking off her earrings and ripping off her wig. Then, it would have been on.

VFTW must have loved that.

Really…I am baffled….who votes for Lil???…she is almost 2nd on DI

Lil is almost even with Adam on Dialidol for second place behind Danny.

That is just so wrong……..

Who the hell is voting for her – she is not even entertaining – and she has a serious attitude – and she sucks vocally on this stage.

Makes me so mad for the others.

for thus who donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance – Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure you guys never heard the song before.

I’ve owned the soundtrack to the movie “Once” since the movie came out so I’m extremely familiar with the song. Before Kris sang a note I said he picked the best song. Kris is the one I like the most this year..but I thought it was off key and boring.

I’m not surprised Danny is 1st on DI. Whenever Adam does his shrieking he’s not #1.

Well, haven’t watched anything yet but I did read many comments here so after all, I think Lil should go home and Anoop must have been one of the best tonight (so of course he doesn’t deserve to go home tomorrow!)

Anyway, maybe this was such a disappointing night but the producers must also be blamed, I guess they gave the contestants too few choices so some couldn’t choose what they really want to sing. It’s kind of being forced to sing what you don’t want to.

lol, I think DialIdol is full of it again! Not to discourage anyone from voting (keep voting, keep voting!) but in the last half hour I have only gotten through for Kris four times. This is the fewest number of votes I have ever had for him at this point in the evening.

As for his performance…Randy praises people who are EXTREMELY “pitchy” all the time. Tonight Kris hardly missed a note…and Randy says he was pitchy from start to finish? This has to be one of the most off-based critiques of the year (and that’s saying something).

It was beautiful. It was a bold and inspired song choice. I definitely think Kris is back in the top tier.

Doesn’t Dial Idol only measure landlines though? I can see how that would put Gokey and Lil Rounds closer to the top, they probably appeal to an older audience.

My dial idol at home shows Matt and Kris doing much, much better than it shows on the offical idol site. But here is the kicker Lil is almost in 2nd Uuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Whoa, it only measures landlines? That’s the greatest news ever. Only old people use landlines which is why Danny is on top. By votes, it should be something like Adam, Kris, Anoop, Danny, Matt, Lil, Allison.

Kris was the best for me tonight, then Anoop. They were very close, though. Everyone else sucked, but Adam and Danny have rabid fans, and I’m fine with that. Kris and Anoop better not touch the B3, though. If I had to choose one, it would be Anoop again :/

Thanks, Cricket. Punch him once for me, too.

Lil played the role of persecuted idol contestant tonight. Apparently it got her fans fired uo and they shot off some votes her way.

She is not going home tonight.

Danny did the emotional tragic widower thing. He is going nowhere.

Adam is Adam. He was the only one tonight not standing still singing a ballad.

Everybody who is not them is in danger tonight.

I think one of the vote-splitting soul boys is going home. I’m thinking Anoop.

My favorites of the night were Kris and Anoop. I hate to say it because I like him, but I think Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be going home tomorrow.

ditto

307 kiwifan
Apr 14th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
The problem with going before Adam is that he is so entertaining (love or hate him) you sort of forget what happened before he came on

Um. No. I’m in the hate catagory. He’s was horrendous tonight. He’s always gasping and yelling; simply offending my ears.
Tonight sucked! And that includes his majesty, Adam.

Did someone tell Lil that she must only sing “standards” and attempt to belt them out? It’s really a shame. And she needs to zip it with the arguing, that was kinda obnoxious. VFTW is going to love that, they’ll be voting like crazy. They like angry Lil, lol. I get that she was trying to put some R&B in it and I don’t think it was *terrible* but it wasn’t good, either, and it was a waste of that last slot. Just a meh sort of night for me. I liked Adam, I thought Anoop was good, the 2nd half of Kris’ performance was good… Matt started off ok and fell apart, I didn’t like Allison’s, Danny Gokey’s performance was pretty boring, Lil see above (please stop singing big ol’ songs that you can’t quite sing)…

Okay–Kris was pitchy for about the first 3 to 5 seconds of his song. Maybe he couldn’t hear well. (He did hit a bad one right at the beginning.) After that, he was incredible. In fact, he’s a nicer singer than Glen Hansard. It’s the first time this entire season that I’ve even considered downloading from itunes. I bet the studio version is great.

Otherwise–what was with all the re-hashed songs? And why do idols do songs that have been done so much better by an earlier idol? The judges are good about not telling Allison that David C. was better on that song or telling Matt that Chris D was WAY better on that song. But we compare and it only shows us that they are inferior to others who came before.

What Lil did to The Rose sucked. Sing it straight or not at all.

Danny looked way more attractive with his glasses off. that said, his Miami Vice jacket went great with the early 80′s song. (Royal time warp.)

Sadly, not having trouble getting through for Anoop. If he goes home after that performance I will be ticked.

I think Randy is an idiot. Kris was amazing tonight. And no one bothered to comment on his emotional connection which so out-emoted everyone tonight? They saved lots of time for Lil to have her little row with Simon, but two seconds of a Kara comment for Kris. Dumb.

Doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Dial Idol only measure landlines though? I can see how that would put Gokey and Lil Rounds closer to the top, they probably appeal to an older audience.

EXACTLY!

I LOVE Adam’s new haircut – shorter and thinned out. It really slimmed down his face. Gorgeous. I also thought he was the best tonight, but no surprise there. Truth be told, I’m going to like anything this guy does. Even on his ‘worst’ night so far (tonight) he still performed far better than the others.

Allison, my second favorite, didn’t impress me tonight for the first time. I was surprised she was as pimped as she was and told for the first time she might be a finale contender. As much as that makes me happy, i thought she was more genuinely deserving of that praise any other performance night but tonight.

The judges are really bugging me this season. What’s with all of the ridiculous antics and the constant focus on them instead of the contestants? Also, the whole fourth judge thing is not working at all. It’s Season 8 and they still don’t have the timing down. They almost went over again tonight. My bet is that next year we’re back to a 3 judge panel. I never thought I’d say this, but I see more value in Paula than Kara if I had to choose between the two. My bigger concern though is that the contestants are getting a raw deal only being critiqued by two judges because they’re running out of time. Everybody knows its Simon’s acknowledgement they value the most.

Lol, well this is certainly a diverse group. Adamsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ song left me literally cheering. Major chills. While some of you were covering your ears. I guess thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s why there are so many records at the store.

Yes, this. LOL. Totally adrenalized here during and after Adam’s performance. And just a few notes in, my 4yo was bouncing and dancing in my lap. Different strokes…

Why would someone need to be dialed back and restrained singing Born to Be Wild? Wouldn’t that look/be odd? LOL

It’s easily understandable why Lil is doing good on DI: she has a strong fanbase VFTW (not sure how much it’s worth), moreover she was in the pimp spot and sang a song that a lot of people like.

Um. No. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m in the hate catagory. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s was horrendous tonight. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s always gasping and yelling; simply offending my ears.
Tonight sucked! And that includes his majesty, Adam. No one can even admit when he blows. So sad.

I don’t love Adam either, but I can respect that he owns a stage. I don’t like when he screeches but I still can take my eyes away, lol

And Dial Idol is really irritating. Kris at the bottom(ish) and Danny at the top? It’s insane. Is it true the dial idol only measures land lines? why wouldn’t any busy signal, even from a cell phone, be measured? I thought DI only didn’t measure text messages.

Last week DialIdol was totally off, so I’m guessing this week it will be as well.

Last week on DialIdol:
Scott was fifth, but ended up out.
Lil was 4th but landed in the bottom three.
Kris was last and was safe.

So, it is anybody’s guess who will go…

im really nervous for my 3 favs.. allison, matt, and kris are all on the bottom…

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s easily understandable why Lil is doing good on DI: she has a strong fanbase VFTW (not sure how much ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s worth), moreover she was in the pimp spot and sang a song that a lot of people like.

Actually, she butchered a song a lot of people like.

Can someone explain to me how the rankings for raw votes on Dial Idol are so much different from the DI score? I’m not a dumbass (usually), but I’m not sure I understand.

I think one of the vote-splitting soul boys is going home. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking Anoop.

I really hope not, as he was one of the better ones tonight. I really hope he gets mad votes, but I think Matt & Kris have huge text votes as neither were in the bottom two last week.

I sure as hell hope the text votes save Allison and Kris tonight. There is no way Lil deserves that spot more than them.

The scary thing is Lil has the crew at vote for the worst on her side now, this could explain why she is so close to the top

Adam’s in his own league, he’s the best, and the ONLY ONE that didn’t, and doesn’t have to play it safe. It was unreal how everybody played the safe card this week, except Adam… props!

I really liked Danny’s a lot, too. A lot…

Anoop was really good, again, but he’s such a one trick pony… he really can only sing ballads, but I really like them.. so it’s all good..

Kris didn’t impress me a bit, he’s only popular because the girls love him, but he didn’t do anything that a MILLION people could do, it wasn’t bad, it was just…nothing. Although I really dug “Ain’t no Sunshine”…

I would send Lil, or Kris home.. both are decent, but not top three… to five.

Love this Season, and this blog!

Remember dial idol was just about spot on with the davids last year

Ok… Lil is in 2nd now.. WTF

kris gets the texts and cell votes. he’ll do ok. worried about Allison. : /

Can someone save Matt please and vote 5704?
I know it wasn’t his best but he sure deserves to stay one more week rather than Lil. Just saying.

The scary thing is Lil has the crew at vote for the worst on her side now, this could explain why she is so close to the top

Yep, and they’re probably loving how much we hate it!

Can someone explain to me how the rankings for raw votes on Dial Idol are so much different from the DI score? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a dumbass (usually), but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure I understand.

The raw number is just the number of votes that the people who have dial idol software are making, the dial idol score is a combination of these calls and the percentage of those calls that are busy.

Loved Adam tonight. Love that song and Steppenwolf would have loved his rendition.

I thought Kris was electrifying. I couldn’t move during that song, I could feel the emotion through the TV. I wasn’t expecting it at all. It wasn’t pitch-perfect, but that made it even more real (shoots daggers at Randy).

For me, personally, it made Adam’s performance seem almost silly in its contrived glory. And everyone else was just kind of forgettable for me.

Can someone save Matt please and vote 5704?
I know it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t his best but he sure deserves to stay one more week rather than Lil. Just saying.

I agree he deserves to stay over Lil but Anoop needs votes too. All three of the soul boys do.

Adam made me like a song I don’t like. A
Allison was not good….she sounds like a 50 year old barhound….compare it to Cooks version and see it wasn’t good. C
Kris….the verse was weak, the chorus was pretty good…B
Anoop was fairly good, but he never roughed it up it was delivered with an elevator music style, but it was pitch perfect B
Dannywas as usual pitch and lost at the beginning and growly shouty at the end. He actually had a couple of effective runs B-
Matt picked a bad song for his style and the runs and false didn’t work C-
Lil was all over the place, she wasn’t good at all and she mouthed off, nuff said D

Can someone explain to me how the rankings for raw votes on Dial Idol are so much different from the DI score? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a dumbass (usually), but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure I understand.

The raw numbers show you how many times people using the Dial Idol software have attempted to vote (and how many busy signals they hit).

The Dial Idol scores are based on a mathematical model (using some weightings per state) that derives scores from the percentage of busy signals.

High raw numbers may just indicate that lots of people who use Dial Idol like that contestant. The Scores attempt to remove that bias. The thought is that if X amount of calls are not going through, that is consistent for everybody trying to call (regardless of whether or not they use DialIdol).

DialIdol does just measure landlines, but it will take into account calls made from cell phones (because those will result in busy signals for other callers). It does not take into account text votes.

I think Matt is going home. He tends to underperform DialIdol, so if he’s at the bottom, that’s not a good sign. Meanwhile, Kris consistently seems to outperform his DialIdol results.

“Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in his own league, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the best, and the ONLY ONE that didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t, and doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to play it safe. It was unreal how everybody played the safe card this week, except Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ props!”

Kris did not play it safe, and frankly, Adam did. He did almost exactly the same thing he did two weeks ago. When Adam slows songs down and just SINGS, THEN he’s being bold. This week? Not so much.

“Kris didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t impress me a bit, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only popular because the girls love him,”

Uh…the girls love Adam too. Just saying.

Tonight really sucked, if this were a movie, it would be called Attack of the Shitty Balladà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Night.

and

Mom: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Adam should just sing for everybody.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  haha, i mean it makes sense. but to be fair and make it somewhat of a challenge, let the other contestants pick the song and let Adam sing it. We can still eliminate one person a week based on who picked the song for him. And taa daa, we have a better show and a winner crowned at the end!

LOL. Duke, I think I love you a little. That entire post FTMFW!

Can someone explain to me how the rankings for raw votes on Dial Idol are so much different from the DI score?

Raw votes are only counting the votes of the people who use their software. The predictions are based on formulas they use based on that information.

Last week DialIdol was totally off, so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m guessing this week it will be as well.

It was not off. You can’t look at the rank on DialIdol. Look at the colors. Anyone in yellow can possiibly be the bottom 3. Anyone in Green is safe. People in red are toast. Right now, no one has fallen outside the margin of error enough to be called safe. Don’t look at dialidol until all the polls have closed.

Every contestant is listed 1-7 on DI. Their margin of error is so wide now; I still find it interesting but it really doesn’t indicate anything (like Lil being second — she may be, but she could also be 1st, 3rd, etc.)

Can someone save Matt please and vote 5704?
I know it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t his best but he sure deserves to stay one more week rather than Lil. Just saying.

The problem is that it won’t be between Matt and Lil, it’s going to be between the 3 soul boys and Allison.

I know it doesn’t mean much, but I am really impressed by how well Anoop is doing on DI, after being on the second spot and B3 two times in a row, I think it is well deserved too.

I thought Kris was electrifying.

I can’t wait to buy this one on iTunes

Dial Idol only measure busy signals from people who are voting who have the software. It really tells you very little. Everyone could be anywhere from first to seventh…WOW..hmmm dont have to be psychic to say that…

This is how it will shake out…
Bottom 3:
Lil
Matt
Anoop

Anyone of those three could go home

edit: I mod all off topic posts. There is a thread for DWTS. You can take it there.

Me too, Hollygo9!

Yay, my first time to comment on everyone!

Allison — Sorry, but I don’t get her, I’ve never gotten her. I know she’s popular here, but I don’t like a thing about her. I wish someone could explain the appeal. And I really don’t like that song, no matter who sings it.

Anoop — Love him since I found the Clef Hangers videos on youtube. I thought he did a great job tonight and I hope he lasts another couple of weeks.

Adam — Adam is my favorite this year, which is odd, since I was all about DA last year. I liked what I heard of it, but I got a phone call in the middle of the song, gah!! Waiting for MJ to post the performance to rewatch it. I have to say though that the ending scared my cat… seriously she was staring into space with these huge eyes! Once he stopped singing, she turned her head and returned to normal. LOL…

Matt — I like Matt, but yeah, that wasn’t the best I’d heard from him. But I am sooooo sick of the judges yelling at him for not singing what they think he should sing. It was OK for Anoop to inject soul into a pop song, so why can’t Matt?

Danny — Ugh, the key just seemed wrong to me. I liked him in Hollywood, but haven’t liked anything he’s done since.

Kris — The first few lines sounded familiar, like I’ve heard that song somewhere, but I’m not sure where? I liked it, hope he sticks around a few more weeks.

Lil — OK, automatic strike to anyone who sings a song that Westlife have covered because it never compares to me. (Sorry.) But even discounting that, wow that was awful! I hated it, hated it, hated it, who on earth is voting for that?!

Lil, ouch ouch ouch. Who is voting for her? Bette Midler would be spinning in her grave if she had heard that. What? Bette Midler’s not dead? She will be if she hears this!

Adam FTW.

lefty
Apr 14th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I thought Kris was electrifying. I couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t move during that song, I could feel the emotion through the TV. I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t expecting it at all. It wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t pitch-perfect, but that made it even more real (shoots daggers at Randy).

For me, personally, it made Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance seem almost silly in its contrived glory. And everyone else was just kind of forgettable for me.

I totally agree. Kris really showed everyone what it is to feel a song.

To me, Kris didn’t play the safe card tonight. He took a chance on a song no one had heard of and played it soft and sweet and emotional. He could easily have sung a Bryan Adams song and it would have been right in his wheelhouse. I wish we had heard Simon’s critique. I think he would have loved it.

Kris is my boy, but I’m kind of considering voting for everyone BUT Lil tonight. Homegirl needs to go home pronto.

Gah, I’m texting my votes and I got a confimation for my Adam votes but not for my Kris votes. 5706 right?

Good Lord what a pile of hot mess shit this show was……bunch of pathetic amateurs…and sounded like it too…..worst season ever…..ever……

Kris was bearable and the only one I could stand to listen to….

If I ever hear Adam’s screaching on my radio, I’ll rip it out of the dash and throw it out the car window….my God, he’s fucking horrible!

How in the HELL did Jesse get left out of this competition?!?? She’s LEAGUES above these failures, in talent…..

Kris was soooo much better than both Matt and Lil tonight. He really doesn’t deserve to go home. I like Matt, but I am predicting he will be the one to leave. He sure was great last week though.

Gag, Lil is SECOND on dial idol. Here’s to hoping they use the save this week.

Kris is my boy, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m kind of considering voting for everyone BUT Lil tonight. Homegirl needs to go home pronto.

Kris needs you, boo. I think they intentionally tried to set it up for Noop, Kris and Matt to be the bottom 3.

Kris is 06, yep!

I think they might use the save tomorrow. That way two go home next week, and then it’s the final 5. Just a hunch, but I think that’s what will happen unless it is Lil who goes home.

Rushing the show is getting irritating. Noticed Simon mimicking Kara tonight as she gave advice. Simon just sits back and has no interest in what anyone else says except himself. Not a fan of Anoop, but he sure surprised me tonight!. Adam is the best by far. Matt G or Lil R will go home.

Thanks everyone for the explanation of the whole DI thing.

Lil was just horrible….she has earned her boot ticket (a long time ago actually) What happened to her?? Every year they someone gets “eaten up by the big stage” and this year it was definitely her…sad to see her fall apart in the finals…sadder to have to watch it every freakin week…just go already!! I think there’s a good chance at the save being used if her or Anoop aren’t the ones voted off.

I thought Adam was typical Adam….nothing special tonight. His voice is just not my thing BUT I’m happy he was there to spice up the night of boring ballads!!

Matt is in trouble. The time he was in bottom 2, he had middle of the pack DI scores. I attributed his bottom 2 status to low text votes. If the current DI score holds, Matt is gone. He doesn’t have the text voters Kris and Allison have.

What is with Randy, he laid into Kris big time. I think I saw Simon give the “What the hell” look to Randy. IDK if Kara comments were enough to cancel out Randy’s. I don’t think Kris is going anywhere, due to my above comment, but TPTB are definately trying to get him a Bottom 3 appearence.

Adam was insane. But I like insane. My other favorite, Allison, was no bueno, but Im still voting my nails off for that girl. She has to at least outlast LIL.

i hate the fact that they split up the judges and we couldn’t have heard all the critiques i wish they would have given the judges the chance to critique someone they didn’t get a chance to critique!

also, i know paula has her sweet spot for people like scott, but doesn’t she always sort of support the best performers and support them first? i mean i remember her liking elliott first or archuleta and this year allison. and i remember her supporting trenyce and that being the best wild card pick of that year.

Worried for Anoop and Allison, as it’s always harder to get people to vote for you at 1 & 2.

Anoop was in the bottom two last week, from position 4, even with a great vocal. Doesn’t bode well for singing second. Really hope he gets the votes tonight.

Oh and if he stays, he’s got to get the pimp spot next week right? Lol.

This is how it will shake outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Bottom 3:
Lil
Matt
Anoop

I hope you’re right. I hate seeing Kris so low on DI when he was so incredible tonight.

My order:

Kris
Adam
Allison
Anoop
Danny
Matt
Lil

To me, Kris didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t play the safe card tonight. He took a chance on a song no one had heard of and played it soft and sweet and emotional. He could easily have sung a Bryan Adams song and it would have been right in his wheelhouse. I wish we had heard Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s critique. I think he would have loved it.

No one had heard it?
This is an Oscar winning song. And you could argue that taking a song that everyones know is as big as a risk even more if it has been done on idol and even more if it has been done by a previous winner.

Kris always plays soft, sweet and emotional, I dont’ see how any of this is considered a risk. This is a song in his wheelhouse and he performed it well, I am sure his fans will be very happy and motivated to vote.

Do you think that TPTB are messing with the phone lines and stuff? Giving some people more phone lines.. and others less?

Lil played the role of persecuted idol contestant tonight. Apparently it got her fans fired uo and they shot off some votes her way.

She is not going home tonight.

Danny did the emotional tragic widower thing. He is going nowhere.

Adam is Adam. He was the only one tonight not standing still singing a ballad.

Everybody who is not them is in danger tonight.

This. I really don’t have a dog in this fight, but if I were a big fan of anyone not named Adam or Danny, I’d be spending less time checking DialIdol and spending more time voting for my favorite and only my favorite.

I agree that one of Anoop, Matt or Kris is gone tomorrow night. I don’t think the judges will use the save on any of them-they need to thin the herd of R&Bish Pop males. If Allison lands in the bottom, I could see them using the save on her.

Dial Idol was worthless last week and I’m hoping it’s the same this week!! Please let Lil be gone….please please please!!! She was awful and then copped an attitude about it….just blah!!

I for one am not going to count on DI being wrong again this week for Kris. I’m still going to keep voting.

In the past, I’ve always liked Matt better than Anoop, but I believe tonight was Anoop’s best to date.

Honestly, Kris’s gave me chills! He may have hit a couple of wrong notes, but I didn’t notice. Here’s my order for tonight:

Kris
Anoop
Adam
Allison
Danny -possibly tied w/ Allison
Matt

Big space

Lil

LOL I guess I’m the only one who thought Kris was boring. Electrifying, I did not get, at all. Oh well. Mileage totally varies here I guess.

And yes, I knew the song. I watch the Oscars every year, and saw it performed the year it won.

I HATE “Endless Love”. Horrible song. And did you notice all the hand gestures even though he was specifically told not to do those?

“Do you think that TPTB are messing with the phone lines and stuff? Giving some people more phone lines.. and others less”

I sure as hell hope so. Tonight was a bullshit show. I wonder how in the hell half of these people made it on the show in the first place.

ETA: I cannot get the quote feature to work in my state of disgust, lol

Worst show of the season.

WTF is up with these themes? When do we get a Beatles night? A standards night? An ABBA night?

Heck, I’d take Gloria Estefan night at this rate.

These “themes” are killing the kids with the awful song choices.

I think they might use the save tomorrow. That way two go home next week, and then ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the final 5

The residents of the Knoll think that there is an excellent chance of them doing that. The thinking goes that the producers love to do the “Huff” trick (make somebody pick a group), so why not do it twice? Also, J-Hud is singing tomorrow. She went out during Top 7 and the original Huff. How much of a point could they make if they save the bootee the night she is on? They would have saved her then if the cool new rule existed (except not. Simon savaged her back then).

I think that they might save Kris or Allison (Danny and Adam wouldn’t need it). Matt and Anoop have already been wildcarded. Maybe they would save Lil. Maybe they will clause somebody. Maybe they will make people THINK somebody is in last place when they are not (the old Jordin Top 6 trick). And then save them!

Wow…interesting night.

1) Allison: She’s a performer and her performance ability alone saved this. She had several off-key moments and it just didn’t sit well within her register. Her worst performance by a mile.

2) Anoop: Just a gorgeous vocal and I think he actually connected with the song a bit more this time. Probably the purest vocalist left next to Adam Lambert. BTW, WTF was he wearing?

3) Adam: I laughed the entire time which I’m not sure is a good thing. His upper register was all over the place tonight, not centered like it has been in the past. That being said, he’s not going anywhere.

4) Matt: Currently doing battle with Lil in regards to the WORST performance of the night by a mile. Pitch problems ALL OVER THE PLACE. Not like this is anything new for Matt…he’s always 1/2-1/4 pitch off the note…but this is the worst I’ve ever heard him sound. That falsetto note he “tried” to hit was a note I NEVER want to hear again.

5) Danny: He started off with several pitch problems but pulled it together in the end. I don’t know what to make of the “no glasses” look. The harp needed to go.

6) Kris: Went wayyyy to low in his register for his own good, but saved it in the end. Not his best, but definitely better than others tonight.

7) Lil: That was a pitchy, terrible, dated performance (basically like all of her others) that was made worse by her mouthing off. I get that getting lamblasted by the judges week in and week out is hard…but seriously…she’s gotten FAR better comments throughout this competition than her talent merits.

Bottom 3: Lil, Matt/Anoop, Allison
Going Home: One of the soul boys. One of them HAS to go before it’s too late for the others to have a good shot at the title.

Anoop was in the bottom two last week, from position 4, even with a great vocal. Doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bode well for singing second. Really hope he gets the votes tonight.

Well, UNC should be back in effect tonight. Perhaps Anoop has a chance. Matt is the other soul boy with a problem, to me. And Allison might be in trouble too. Sigh.

I guess I am in the minority here tonight…I thought this was one of Kris’ weakest yet. I like the guy, but I thought his song selection was awful. Adam is my fave, and even hated his song selection. Overall the night sucked

Dave Cook>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Allison. Not even close.

Kind of ironic, that. They actually shared one trait in their performances of that song — it was the first time she’s had obvious pitch problems, and it was the one time that DC hit a MAJOR bum note (right at the end before he slid up to the last note).

I hate that song. I SO wish my girl hadn’t sung it.

What’s Matt’s number? I have to give him some love, I wasn’t crazy about his performance tonight, but I’d hate to see him go, when he’s on he’s really on, and he has talent.

(And fans of others… don’t trick me with the number:)

OMG. ‘Lil Rounds has now moved into secong place ahead of Adam on DialIdol! What?! She has been HORRIBLE for the last 6 weeks. Who the HELL is voting for her? I mean seriously, someone out there is dialing with a vengeance.

I talk to so many people each week about idol and NOBODY likes ‘Lil.. Who are these voters?

LOL I guess Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m the only one who thought Kris was boring. Electrifying, I did not get, at all. Oh well. Mileage totally varies here I guess.

And yes, I knew the song. I watch the Oscars every year, and saw it performed the year it won.

You’re not alone! I like Kris, but tonight was just ‘meh’ for me.

LoveU —–you are right, he did do the hand gestures against advice! Danny seems to never take any advice.

My bad I see it above..

Hey Adam fans!! We need to keep the voting. He has dropped down a bit. God forbid, below Lil. I just don’t get who is voting for her. She sucks!!

WTF is Lil Rounds in second place on DI????? This is just crazy madness, she was awful!
I don’t get it at all, it’s nucking futs!

LOL I guess Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m the only one who thought Kris was boring. Electrifying, I did not get, at all. Oh well. Mileage totally varies here I guess.

You’re not the only one. I didn’t like it either.

I didn’t see Ain’t No Sunshine as soft or sweet. I think the song Kris sang is less well known then say The Rose, or anything by Bryan Adams, or Endless Love, or Born to Be Wild. So, yes, I think it was less well known. Oscar win or not.

I’m glad you enjoyed it, Sarah. Haha. I mean, i know its a little improbable, but i think it would help the ratings…? Oh who cares, i know id like it better- so f&%$ everyone else!

Oh and I totally agree with you about Kris’ performance…i mean electrifying? c’mon. where have the Idol standards gone?

I just don’t get how it isn’t obvious to everyone that Adam is in his own league. I’m certainly not critizing you for having an opinion, but i mean, I just don’t see a single person in this competition who comes close to his talent. Allison has potential, but without the experience, its hard to compete with Adam. Maybelline Man FTW!

Kris was great ! Adam sounds like he walked straight out of the 80′s rock band game. I Like Adam butsounds the same when singing these types of songs !Allison didn’t sound great on those low notes….Anoop sounded good but really didn’t sound much different from Bryan Adams version, needs to make his not copy. Matt is not consistent and hit some off notes tonight. Lil has fallen out of the judges love affair and I dont think she can sing anything to please them at this point. Danny is boring and not reallly growing. Bottom three: Lil, Matt, Danny or Allison. Allison will be last and the judges will save her.

i also have not seen any support for Lil and dont know where all her votes come from…i did come across a couple people at another site that did like her…but not enough to have her as one of the top vote getters….i guess all the non internet folk

mitchellvii:

Can anyone who knows estimate what note Adam hit there? Good lord – chills.

I checked on my keyboard, and it was a G5. That’s the same note that IdolRanges lists as his highest when he did Satisfaction…. but it’s a step and a half LOWER than they list as his highest for Play That Funky Music, if you can believe it. Guy’s outta sight.

I agree Shell which is why I have voted for Kris about 200 times.

I agreed more with Randy about Kris than Kara. I didn’t think it was pitchy but just not that good except for a bit of the chorus. I didn’t know the song at all but haven’t seen that movie either. Lil also had a good moment but overall didn’t like her performance. I always like Allison’s voice but not this arrangement. I was kind of surprised at the kudos the judges gave her but they owed her I guess. Matt wasn’t that good tonight and could be in trouble. Adam was the worst and won’t be, lol.

I’m voting for Anoop alone because he was better than Matt and I think they might save Allison if she were to be the lowest.

The Lil with the mystery voters is about to be in 1st place as she is really gaining on Danny. Perhaps we are in an alternate universe!

STFU Lil is just about in first place

Lol, this is nuts but in DialIdol, ‘Lil is about to overtake Danny Gokey for first place!

I’m telling you, something is up here because this make no sense. She sucked and the judges hated her. the she talked back. That is ALWAYS recipe for disaster. yet she takes first place>

Bizarroworld.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_zHjeqQ05o&feature=PlayList&p=7E2A4041285C0478&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2

This is why I believe Adam’s in a league of his own.

I think Lil scores big in southern states as she has the black r&b diva spot to herself this year, so no vote splitting for Lil.

Think her votes will go down, as Adam’s go up when the West Coast starts voting.

Adam is a lot of things. But to me he is not rock. His performances are too studied, too mannered, to be truly rock-n-roll. Rock requires a spontaneity that I have not seen (yet) in Adam. His performances are high-drama for sure. But I want to see him do something where every note, every move, and every expression to the camera is not carefully choreographed and pre-rehearsed. Adam is interesting but I have yet to see him do anything that felt truly authentic, even in his tenderest moments. Until he does, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s theater, not rock.

that is a great observation especially the last line. the carefully choreographed and pre-rehearsed aspect is starting to get to me – and i am an adam fan.

Omg. will Lil be in first on DI soon? WTF. I might start boycotting her performances. Seriously Lil, you thought that was R&B?!

..

LiL = Syesha ?!?! the “holy-shit-how-in-the-hell-did-she-make-it-that-far-,who-votes-for-you” contestant?

Allison à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Sorry, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get her, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never gotten her. I know sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s popular here, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like a thing about her. I wish someone could explain the appeal.

Glad I’m not the only one! I just don’t get what’s so great about her. Don’t like the sound of her voice, and never have, but she sounded especially rough tonight. Her pronunciation and phrasing was really weird.

Adam’s performance was the only thing exciting about the entire night. Seriously.

Lil talking back all the time is getting really old. It makes her seem really, really obnoxious. Kind of like Megan. I don’t like obnoxious contestants. Can she please go home now?

I will be upset if Kris goes home tomorrow. I hope the judges will save him if he does in fact get the lowest number of votes. Otherwise they’ll probably use it next week no matter who is to be sent home. (Lil? -gag-)

Perhaps were are in an alternate universe!

I think we must be, it’s the only explanation LOL
All her voters live on Planet Paula.

I bet VFTW is having a heck of a happy fest. Good Lord, never did I think anyone could sing so awful and do so well with voting.

Vote for Kris. He needs the votes

I just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get how it isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t obvious to everyone that Adam is in his own league.

His performances just don’t feel real to me. That’s all.

And the skipping during his performance tonight? I can completely see why Simon referenced the RHPS in his critique.

I’ve thought about it for a while now…and that was just disappointing all of the way around.

These seasons are just Too.Damned.Long. Too long for the judges, too long for the audiences, and definitely too long for the contestants. It starts reminding me of the book The Long Walk, in which 100 young men walk until they drop dead….last one standing wins, although he’s insane.

Digressing…

but when did singing ON KEY become such a rarity? Maybe because I only watched AI before during Season 6, in which you had Melinda who never hit a bad note…but tonight almost every last one of them HURT MY EARS. Yes, MJ, even sweet little Kris was in fact, pitchy. I don’t like Randy, but he was actually right. And I really wanted to love both Kris and Allison…why don’t they help these kids pick a key they can sing in? Both were pitched too low for their voices…

And I’m a huge fan of Adam’s, but so wish he had done something a lot more current tonight. But I do give him major points for hitting the notes and working really hard to entertain.

Everyone else was either deer in the headlightsing it (poor Anoop) or milking the sympathy vote (Gokey, you fame whore, you).

Rough night in AI-ville. Over and out.

Hey–everyone who thought Kris was great tonight–go vote. I know that he tends to do better than DI predicts–maybe he’s got a lot of text messagers–but if he’s in the bottom three, he’ll never make the final. Go vote. (He was better on that song than the songwriters. And they’re awesome.)

This is Falling Slowly as performed on letterman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPbC2YrUUsI

I wonder if DI is having problems. Remember that time last season (top 20 I think?) where the bottom two guys were actually showing up on DI as the top two?

Alison: I really like her but this was just not a great night for the girl. I was disappointed. She hit the glory notes really well, but the rest was pretty bad.

Anoop: Wow. He done brung it tonight, and good on him for that. Great vocal, emotional performance, and while he didn’t drastically change the song, his phrasing and where he chooses to go with the notes and change up the melody was great. Loved it.

Adam: Oh, Adam. Why must you be such a cunundrum to me? You’ve got mad skills, you are fun to watch, you are a nice guy. Why do I not love you? I’ll give you that it was fun, and fun to watch.

Matt: Oy. The beginning was fine but once he hit the middle the wheels sure did come off. Why always with adding the runs where they needn’t be? Hot mess. Sorry, Matt. I like you but that was pretty bad.

Danny: Pure Velveeta. Did he squeak out a tear? Really? Urgh.

Kris: I LOVE this song. I wanted you to be amazing with it. The beginning was shaky, but you brought it home in the end. It wasn’t what I was hoping it would be, but it was pretty good.

Lil: I … Hmmm … Yeah. I got nothing here. That sucked and way to backtalk the judges. Did you learn nothing from Anoop two weeks ago?

My rankings:

Anoop
Kris
=Adam
=Alison
Matt
Danny
Lil

I’m sending mass texts out right now. Multiple votes at one time.

WHO IS VOTING FOR LIL?!?!?!

I am sorry, I really do not mean to offend anyone, but if there is anybody reading this who voted for her I would really like to have it explained. I am not being sarcastic. I am truly curious, because I do not understand it. IMO her performance was horrible AND talking back to the judges – never good. It’s their job to give your critique and your job to shut up and take it, even if you think it’s out of place. I really didn’t like her character tonight.

But of course, that’s just my opinion, and OBVIOUSLY there are people voting for her since she is pretty high on DialIdol right now.

Lil is first because vote for the worst has told their readers to vote for her

Wow so many comments so quickly! My 2-cents worth, although I rarely have any cents…haha….

Allison I ALMOST got her when she sang I Can’t Make You Love Me. Oops, not gettin’ her again now. I do like her voice, but I have not liked her singing much really. She is a bit mealy-mouthed and I heard a lot of non-enunciating tonight. When she sings lower and softer, she doesn’t have much control really. I didn’t think she was as nearly as great as the judges thought. And yes, I compared her to Cook’s version from last year. He was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better.

Anoop sang nicely. But I was bored. I just don’t hear buying a whole album from him. Nice nice voice, nice guy, but boooooooooooring. Nothing new and fresh yet for me, from him, for me. hah.

Matt was a little pitchy I thought. Again, he was trying too hard instead of just doing it and having confidence that he CAN do it. I really, really like him though and hear tons of potential to be a current recording artist. I’ll probably buy this one too.

ADAM! had me on my feet in the living room! hee. Sorry, I flove him. I liked the little changes to the melody and to the arrangement, I thought they were noticeable. When they said “Easy Rider,” I knew he was singin’ “Born To Be Wild.” What else could it have been? So. Yeah. I floved him. Well, that last note was a little much, baby. But I love ya! And Simon’s comments FTW…LOLz…. Buying this video and audio fer shure. What a STAH. What a singer.

Kris actually kinda blew me away this week! I’ve liked a couple of his performances A LOT and this one too now. I did NOT know this song at all, I don’t know the movie either. But I loved Kris’ performance. So heartfelt. And what nice nice control and pitch on this one. Just beautiful. I could really hear him on the HAC station I listen to a bit. Along with…ADAM! hee.

Lil had some good moments singing that song, I thought. I was kinda liking it, then she lost me. Eh. Another booooooooooooring song, for the most part. And I did not even listen to all her talking. I thought Just STFU, you are NOT helping yourself, and I got up and left to go feed cats. Yep, I’m a crazy ol’ cat lady…and so it goes.

OH OH I almost forgot Gokey’s pitchy snooze-fest for the night. UGH. No. Well OK I hate that song anyway. Stupid, inane song. And Danny, boy, that was kinda all over the place. He didn’t even almost grab me tonight. I almost had to grab the remote and mute that. Just no likey the Gokey. He was not a stah tonight. At. All.

nice video, lorenzo!

mitchellvii:

Can anyone who knows estimate what note Adam hit there? Good lord – chills.

I checked on my keyboard, and it was a G5. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the same note that IdolRanges lists as his highest when he did Satisfactionà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a step and a half LOWER than they list as his highest for Play That Funky Music, if you can believe it. Guyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s outta sight.

Wow, nice. Very impresssive.

Perhaps were are in an alternate universe!

I think we must be, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the only explanation LOL
All her voters live on Planet Paula.

:laugh_tb:

Yeah, I guess I jinxed the show when after Adam I said it had been a good show to that point. Sorry. LOL

Lil is benefiting from the Bottom 3 plus Simon hate backlash, I’m afraid. Yikes!

Let’s just hope that DialIdol is tracking all the VFTW people.

No one had heard it?
This is an Oscar winning song.

For most of America, I doubt that matters even a little bit. My parents watched the show with me and neither of them even remembered it ever existing. Especially with a movie like Once, the little indie that could in many ways, people who don’t follow the Oscar race or pop culture aren’t going to care enough to remember it. Especially with the complaints about the Oscars over the past 5 years or so…but that’s a whole different debate, haha.

My bottom line: It was risky because this show is aimed at mainstream America, who doesn’t care about Oscar song winners that aren’t “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. It may be right in his usual vibe, but so was Adam’s performance, which has also been labeled risky tonight.

I accidentally jumbled up the numbers when I was dialing just now… 46357 instead of 43657… and I got a woman speaking spanish. I wonder what I called… :huh_tb:

Seriously Lil, you thought that was R&B?!

hee. The exact same question flew out of my mouth.

I would LURVE to see Adam play some AIR guitar next week.

it would look great with the light show idol gives him….smoke machine — smoke machine

I am sorry, I really do not mean to offend anyone, but if there is anybody reading this who voted for her I would really like to have it explained.

I have not voted for her, but I think it’s possible that some voters are voting for her because they think she’s been picked on by the judges (she has kinda), and because they want to vote for the mother of three. I think the people voting for her are doing so for reasons unrelated to her performance.

OK. I dont know what kind of news this is, but i think its worth a mention cuz lets face it, tonight sucked (except for adam of course- but thats a given):

Dealing with all the talk about Adam’s sexuality on the news and in the media, a lot of ppl are still asking if he is guy (What? are these ppl fucking stupid?) ANYWAYS, has anyone seen this video? Adam pretty much tells you he is gay in the first 30 sec. And it was really funny. Um, hiding? i think not:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSHm4x4TGk&feature=PlayList&p=7E2A4041285C0478&index=3&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

“…she’s wonderful, she’s appearing in Wicked right now…I’ve gotten to kiss those lips, and although it’s not necessarily my preference it was really nice…really nice…”

ok, tell me i’m way behind on this now and that we discussed this clip earlier.

Kris needs you, boo. I think they intentionally tried to set it up for Noop, Kris and Matt to be the bottom 3.

Don’t worry, Kris is still getting the majority of my votes. I’ve also voted for Allison and Matt and thrown Anoop a few votes.

Everyone is in yellow on DialIdol. I wonder if we’re going to see the save used tomorrow night. Hmmmm.

Okay:

Why Kris didn’t electrify me?

Because, I can’t tell the difference between that song and “To Make You Feel My Love.”

I voted for the first time this year — threw a bunch of votes to Kris.

Lil does equal Shyesha — good lord, who’s voting for her? I thought the church folk were voting for Danny.

I enjoyed Adam a lot as well.

Okay, I think Randy fell asleep after Matt’s performance and didn’t wake up until after Kris’s and still thought he was judging Matt…

I don’t like to be mean and I’ve liked Matt a lot, but tonight was painful to watch.

who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care about Oscar song winners that arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Somewhere Over the Rainbowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

I would like to thank all of the contestants for not strapping us with this song tonight.

I am sorry, I really do not mean to offend anyone, but if there is anybody reading this who voted for her I would really like to have it explained.

I have not voted for her, but I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s possible that some voters are voting for her because they think sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been picked on by the judges (she has kinda), and because they want to vote for the mother of three. I think the people voting for her are doing so for reasons unrelated to her performance.

I also think some people just like the songs she chooses, regardless of how pitchy or authentic her interpretations are (or aren’t). I know a couple of weeks ago my mother-in-law was waxing poetic about Lil’s performance of that Surrender song, and that song is just up my MIL’s alley. (For the record, she also loved Scott each and every week. mm-hm.)

I want all three of the soul boys to stay. I want Lil to go home but that isn’t going to happen.

Quoting snuffles from a previous thread.

Not sure where to put this. But this is a GREAT audio clip of what Adam thinks when he watches back his performances on Idol.

http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/04/14/adam-lambert-channels-his-inner-simon/

This is especially to all the people who think every last thing about Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances are calculated and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“stagedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Tonight was weird for me. We really need more moments and/or absolute clunkers this season. And this week definitely did not deliver that.

I liked Allison, Adam, Kris, and Anoop.
I disliked Matt, Danny, Lil.

I don’t really feel strongly about any of the performances tonight though…. it’s all kind of ‘meh’.

Kris is lowest on DI now.

As pointed out, DI isn’t full of crap. EVERYONE is yellow, therefore EVERYONE is in danger, even Danny and Adam, which means we have a battle! That is to say a battle of voting via fans. Ahem.

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Allison – I love love love this girl, but that was not her best performance, although it looks like it sounded better in the studio? IMO no one can sing this song except Steven Tyler, and no one includes David Cook, as much as I love him. That said, I don’t mind the pimpage even if, I daresay, it’s undeserving because they still owe her from the “I hate your clothes” episode and beyond. It’s long overdue, so I’ll take it.

Anoop – I would have liked him to rough it up more like Q said, but I overall I liked it. I like him singing pretty pop ballads best. No more frat boy please.

Adam – He’s a lot more fun to watch than he is to listen to. Sorry guys, anytime he does his screechy thing I can’t help laughing. He can win Idol. I don’t really care, but I won’t buy the record.

Matt – Ugggggh. The bridge was horrible. What a terrible song choice. I like Matt, but only when he sticks to the melody.

Danny – I actually end up liking his performances more often than not, but I did not like this. Cheesy, pitchy, and cheesy, harp and all.

Kris – I thought it was brilliant. I get it might not be up some people’s alley *coughrandycough*, but I definitely FELT that one.

Lil – I get her frustration and I feel for her, but omg, I wish she would just get voted off and not be saved, so she could be put out of her misery! Either that or grow Kristy Lee Cook thick skin.

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Tonight really sucked. Hey Idol! Four judges is one too many. :dry_tb:

Lil’ being a betch is not going to get you voted. especially when you suck 6 weeks in a row. honestly, she needs to leave So so sick of her and Anoop.

MJ, are you a guy?

Kris gave the emotionally intense performance that I was hoping for. I hope he keeps exploring that side of himself.

Anoop also really connected with the song this week, and seems to have hit his stride finally. I think it was his best yet, but I do worry that the judges are putting him in the ballad box that they put Archuleta in last year.

Matt was fine, but he’s just not my cup of tea.

Lil and Danny sucked, as always. They both seem to think that we should be grateful they showed up, and that they don’t need to do much more than that to succeed.

It’s difficult for me to judge Allison’s performance, since I have David Cook’s version memorized. Her version was edited differently from David’s, which I found very jarring. Hopefully enough people liked her’s to keep her around til next week. My husband is frantically using DialIdol to save her, since she’s his favorite.

I was hoping that Adam would do something upbeat and fun, since we haven’t really seen that side of him since Black or White Top 13 week (I don’t count PTFM, since he seemed really nervous during that one). I loved it. He reminds me of Robert Plant when he gets up into his “screechy” rock wail. Robert Plant seems to have done okay with his voice and singing style (and is winning Grammys 30 years later), so I’m not going to worry about Adam’s chances for success. He doesn’t need to be first in votes every week. He can sail straight through to the finals using David Cook’s “just don’t be last” philosophy.

I suspect that Matt or Anoop will go home this week, though it should be Lil. I don’t think Lil will go until 2 of the 3 soul boys are gone.

Tonight proved that we only need 2 judges- Paula and Simon typically say everything that needs to be said, between the 2 of them, while Kara and Randy spout useless cliches and gobbledy-gook.

Okay, Kris at the bottom. Again. Time for everyone to vote their fingers off for Kris. I’m definitely trying to do it.

OK. I dont know what kind of news this is, but i think its worth a mention cuz lets face it, tonight sucked (except for adam of course- but thats a given):

Dealing with all the talk about Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sexuality on the news and in the media, a lot of ppl are still asking if he is guy (What? are these ppl fucking stupid?) ANYWAYS, has anyone seen this video? Adam pretty much tells you he is gay in the first 30 sec. And it was really funny. Um, hiding? i think not:

[link]

Lol, the “is he a guy” talk has been going on for awhile. It started as a joke and some people took it seriously. IMO it’s pretty funny, the things people come up with…

The link isn’t working, but I’m a assuming it’s the one where he says kissing girls isn’t is preference? There was a gay pride video too but I think it’s been removed.

Everyone is in yellow on DialIdol. I wonder if weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re going to see the save used tomorrow night. Hmmmm.

I think so. Plus, they NEED to use it, ust so they can say they didn’t screw up when they made it.

MJ, are you a guy?

MJ is a girl.

MJ, are you a guy?

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. that trumped anything from tonight’s show. i love this blog.

Matt is still lowest on my screen. I wonder why?

First time poster! Hi guys!

I really hope people throw some votes to Anoop! Yes I am an Anoop fan and I’m proud! But I think he had the BEST performance tonight (a lot of slow songs for one night though) and his last two bottom 2 appearances may hurt him again this week! So please vote

My rankings for tonight:
1. Anoop-beautiful voice, but looked kind of sad tonight Please smile Anoop!
2. Kris-chorus was fantastic, but other parts, meh.
3. Matt-first half was good, then went downhill, but love that song
4. Allyson-she looked nervous, poor girl. I love her, but this was off for me.
5. Adam-Didn’t like the messed up chorus, didn’t feel he connected much to the song, it was just okay for me.
6. Danny-Ugh. Sorry, can’t get on that train at all.
7. Lil—-what can I say? It was not great. But the SASS BACK? Yikes! She doesn’t take criticism well does she? Guess she misses her kids so much she has to act like them.

UH…when Lil was talkings tooz Simon after her PREformance I was just hoping she would pull her Wig and earrings off and march down those stage stairs and rip off her HIGH heel shoes and BUST Simon in DuH eye with her heels.

she did look real cute tonight !!!!!

Oh, you are right. I just refreshed the screen. Vote Chris fans. I know he wasn’t bottom three last week even though he was on the bottom, but I sure hate to take a chance that would happen two weeks in a row.

My rankings
1. Anoop .. he would be getting so many more votes if he had the freaking pimp spot!
2. Kris .. his reviews are all over the board.. well i loved it.
3. Adam .. absolutely hilarious. just couldn’t stop laughing.
4. Allison .. worst performance yet.
5. Matt .. i have to relisten to this.
6. Gokey .. pitchy.
7. Lil .. annoying and pitchy.

Awww man! Why is Kris on the bottom of Dial Idol?!!?!?! I might just give the rest of my votes to Kris.

Allison was not goodà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.she sounds like a 50 year old barhoundà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.compare it to Cooks version and see it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t good. C

I was thinking the same thing… I actually watched David’s performance from last year after the show tonight, and liked it much better. I don’t know what it is, I feel like I should like Allison better than I do. I like the type of music she does, but I just don’t connect with her that much.

I liked Adam the best, I don’t really like that song much but liked what he did. I kind of liked Matt too, and I usually don’t. The rest were just ok to me.

I think I am finally understanding the frustration people felt with Sanjaya in season 6. I didn’t really get into any of the people that season so I really didn’t care. Last year the two I liked best were the final two. But man – I really like a lot of the contestants this year and watching them sweat while a sub-par Lil and so-so Danny seem bullet-proof is aggravating.

Looking forward to Kris on the west coast. Excellent song choice. Love the song, and it is one of the few that is “really” the theme of a movie. Some of the other contestant’s choices are just plain weird, and have little to do with “at the movies”.

How on earth is Kris at the bottom on Dial Idol???

The 2-judge thing is ridiculous.

Ok reading the thread most people are in the consensus that Anoop was AMAZING!!! So let’s throw some votes his way because he does not deserve to be in the bottom 3!!

Wow, that A#5 is up there for Adam, but how low can he go? I see only a C#3. Heck, I’m a girl and I can get down to D3 on a good day.

I love that idolranges site, but it only lets you know their range in competition, and not their actual ranges. It’s fun to compare, but hopefully Adam can go lower than a C#3. (Just for kicks I looked up Cook’s range on the show. It was from A2 – Db5, but on tour he routinely sings E5, night after night in Hot for Teacher. So yea, Adam’s A#5 is in the stratosphere, which is probably why so many people think that he’s screechy.)

I really liked Kris’s song tonight, but it did start out a little iffy.

Matt, oh why do you insist on going into a falsetto? It’s bad boy, stay away from that.

And Lil – it is time for you to go “bye-bye,” as Ramielle would say.

^ Wordnerdarchie, I’m pretty sure Adam has gone lower than a C#3 in some of his pre-Idol stuff.

Am I looking at a different part of Dial Idol than everyone else?! The page I’m on still says Danny is #1, not Lil????

coco
Apr 14th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I would LURVE to see Adam play some AIR guitar next week.

it would look great with the light show idol gives himà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.smoke machine à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  smoke machine
That’s rich!

After letting it sit for a while I think I am more disappointed than pleased with tonight, and that includes the trifecta of awesomeness that is Adam-Allison-Kris (my faves, haha).

Allison…well, honestly I just don’t like that song. She sang it really well of course, but it was easily my least favorite performance of hers so far (but still better than most tonight.) I didn’t quite understand the judge’s pimping tonight, but hey if it saves the rocker girl, I am ALL for it!!!

Kris….I ADORE that song (and that whole soundtrack/movie actually…Glen and Marketa are LOVE!) and I was so excited to see he was singing it, but the first half of the song was underwhelming (it seemed too low for him, pitch-wise), and while I loved the last half, the beginning kinda ruined the whole performance for me. I’m glad other people seemed to love it though, bc I need him safe for my final 3 dreams to come true

Adam….well, Adam has been my absolute fave since I first saw his insane (in the best possible way!) youtubes, so its hard for me to be objective. I love OTT Adam as much as I love emotionally connected Adam, so I naturally enjoyed him a ton tonight, but I honestly think he needs to find a middle ground between the crazy,rocking fun and the hauntingly beautiful or he is going to lose momentum….so while I loved tonight, I don’t think it helped him much in terms of those who are on the fence about him.

As far as the rest, Anoop was really really good, Matt was not-so-good, Danny was boring, and Lil was a bit of a mess. My bottom 3 would be Lil, Matt, and Danny, but since Danny is invincible, I think it might be either Allison or Anoop in his place, with either Lil or Matt going home.

This is an Oscar winning song.

Interestingly enough, only two of those songs haven’t been nominated for an Oscar (“Born to Be Wild” and “The Rose”). The Best Song category sure can be a cheese fest.

“Endless Love” – 1981 – Lost to “Arthur’s Theme”
“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” – 1991 – Lost to “Beauty and the Beast”
“Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” – 1995 – Lost to “Colours of the Wind” (Pocahontas)
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” – 1998 – Lost to “When You Believe” (Dreamworks “Prince of Egypt”)

“Falling Slowly” is the only winner (2007) beating “Happy Working Song” (from “Enchanted”), “So Close” (from “Enchanted”), “That’s How You Know” (from “Enchanted”) and “Raise it Up” (from “August Rush”).

I purposely kept my eyes focused on paperwork during Matt’s performance and it didn’t seem THAT bad (aside from that one tragic run). I think his nervous face really makes his performances uncomfortable to watch.

I read this article about a contestant last season in which the author likened vocal runs to tossing a cat in the air. In the case of the subject of the article the author said no matter where the run went, the cat always landed on its feet. I’d say in poor Matt’s case tonight, the cat went splat. He lost all control on that run.

Nice post “WordnerdArchie”, very cool…

Check adam doing “Is there anybody listening” that’s a perfect range for him, not sure it’s lower than the “c3″… I’ll have to check it again.

But a great post… with substance!

I don’t understand why Kris in the bottom three, he was really good tonight. Oh well, we can’t save all the good ones.

And I agree that Lil has oodles of mystery voters that like watching her on the show, but for some reason or another they don’t buy her iTunes music. So maybe she has a lot of older senior citizen fans that don’t download music and post to message boards.

Where’s Adam’s video???!!!???!!!

Is it too late for Simon to announce tomorrow night that they are introducing “The Kill” to eliminate someone who deserves to be in the bottom three but isn’t? In honor of this week’s mentor, they can call it the “Kill Lil.”

Disclaimer: No actual contestants were harmed in the writing of this comment.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Endless Loveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – 1981 – Lost to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Arthurà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Themeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Well, thanks, Kirsten. Now I’m just sad that no one sang Christopher Cross tonight.

lilbrusc102
Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.well, Adam has been my absolute fave since I first saw his insane (in the best possible way!) youtubes, so its hard for me to be objective. I love OTT Adam as much as I love emotionally connected Adam, so I naturally enjoyed him a ton tonight, but I honestly think he needs to find a middle ground between the crazy,rocking, fun and the hauntingly beautiful or he is going to lose momentumà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.so while I loved tonight, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think it helped him much in terms of those who are on the fence about him.

This.

I have a feeling maybe, maybe Adam’s just saving this “middle ground” performance and his lower register for later? Well, I hope.
Cause his lower register’s awesome.

When the numbers are this close on dialidol, don’t trust it too much.
I learned my lesson last week.

Wow, I thought DialIdol was useless last week. It has NO ONE safe.

Tonight, I liked Anoop even though I hate that song and I liked Kris, even though I thought his version paled a little bit compared to the original and didn’t really add anything to it. Falling Slowly is definitely one of my favorite songs from the last couple of years and one of those songs that gets me randomly crying for no reason. Kris didn’t quite take me to my random crying place, but he was good. I prefer Glen Hansard’s earthier vocals. I think Kris would have had more impact on me if I hadn’t heard the song before. (I guess I had the same reaction with Mad World last week)

Adam was very entertaining but a bit much. But I did laugh the whole time and OMG, the skipping! I liked Allison, but it was far from her best. Parts of it sounded really good, but I wasn’t crazy about some of her phrasing.

Matt was not that bad overall but the parts that were bad were REALLY bad. Gokey made me reach for the mute button. That wasn’t Lil’s worst, but it was far from being good.

7. Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ -what can I say? It was not great. But the SASS BACK? Yikes! She doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t take criticism well does she? Guess she misses her kids so much she has to act like them.

:lol_tb:

OK i just watched Matt’s performance back – that 10 second part in the middle of the song was absolutely horrendous. i mean, wow. wow. i love matt, but dude, that was baaaad. too bad that 10 seconds is going to cost him the competition.

Well, in 5 minutes, I got in a dozen votes each for Anoop, Adam, Matt and Kris… no busy signals at all.

Why are the Top 5 contestants in the bottom 5 spots on Dial Idol? =P

I 100 percent agree with MJ on Kris’s performance. Chills, absolute chills!

I want to hear this on the radio, right now!

Randy, was it in your contract to dis Kris tonight? *shakes head*

Can’t wait for Master Class Lady’s review. Wish I had Randy’s email, not that it would matter, lol.

Kris for F3!

MJ, you posted Kris’ vid twice: Once again for Adam’s.

Feel that Judges WILL use their save tomorrow night, no matter who it is.

I’m about to watch the west coast feed. Can’t wait to compare it with the rehearsal.

I can’t find my notes, but I some stuff I remember other than what they sang. Before the singing started, they filmed them MANY times walking forward looking dramatic for tomorrow’s results show. I noticed Anoop doing his Thriller dance and a someone else did it, too.

Danny didn’t pelvic thrust, but while on the stool of pimpage he thrust out his chest and did the zoolander pose with his mouth. Ewww. He comes across the same way he does on TV. He sounded okay during rehearsal, but what a boring song choice.

Kris, ONTH, rocked the song choice this week. Can’t wait to see show. Now, that’s a falsetto! I flove “Falling Slowly” and the movie, Once.

Ryan wasn’t there yet. He was coming back from Europe, so Debbie the stage manager pretended to be him.

Adam REALLY knows how to work the stage. He seems like a natural. I was happy he went uptempo this week with the song, the performance, and glad his emo hair is back. But holy make-up batman.

There were some middle school classes in the audience. They seemed to love Allison, Adam and Gokey.

Deb the stage manager calls Anoop “Noopie.” She calls Gokey “Gokeyman.”

Carie is as delightful in person as I thought she would be!!!!!

If I think of anything else, I’ll post later. Off to watch the show.

Oh, I’m voting with my central time zone phone and it works even though I’m on the West coast!

Susan
Well, in 5 minutes, I got in a dozen votes each for Anoop, Adam, Matt and Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ no busy signals at all.

Wow, impressive!
Am I the only person on this blog getting busy signals? Damn.

ETA: Thanks for the info, pj!
LOL @ Noopie and Gokeyman (not a superhero I would ever want).

Here’s the weird thing about ‘lil and Dialidol.

Every week she has high busy signals and BY FAR, the lowest raw vote totals.

KathrynTX:

Allison I ALMOST got her when she sang I Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Make You Love Me. Oops, not gettinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ her again now. I do like her voice, but I have not liked her singing much really. She is a bit mealy-mouthed and I heard a lot of non-enunciating tonight. When she sings lower and softer, she doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have much control really.

To my ears, the control thing in her lower register was just tonight. She did beautifully with it last week, and didn’t have a problem when she actually went a half step lower on Alone. But yes, she did have problems down there tonight. Maybe she’s sick? But based on how uncharacteristically off her pitch was, I wonder if she was having trouble hearing herself over the band. There were nights last year when it seemed that all the reliably on-pitch singers were sharp, or all were flat, so I do wonder about the singers hearing themselves on certain nights or performances.

As for the mealy-mouthed / non-enunciating thing, as I’ve said before, it’s a style. Some like, some don’t, I don’t care one bit. Actually, sometimes I think it does add to the performance. I really don’t get why people have a problem with it.

I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think she was as nearly as great as the judges thought.

Agreed, but as with the inexcusable “your clothes and hair are awful” comments a few weeks ago, tonight’s comments were not about her performance. They were about advancing their scripted plans. Which is fine with me in this case, since she deserves the love after how they’ve under-praised her.

Well, in 5 minutes, I got in a dozen votes each for Anoop, Adam, Matt and Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ no busy signals at all.

I know and I want all the soul boys to stay. I am still worried about Anoop because of last week but I think Kris will be saved by the texters.

MJ, you posted Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ vid twice: Once again for Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s.

Oh, but that’s perfect! MJ, you don’t need to change a thing.

Adam was very entertaining but a bit much…

lol, haven’t you been paying attention? “A bit much” IS what Adam does.

Is it too late for Simon to announce tomorrow night that they are introducing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Killà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to eliminate someone who deserves to be in the bottom three but isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t? In honor of this weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s mentor, they can call it the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Kill Lil.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Disclaimer: No actual contestants were harmed in the writing of this comment.

Thank you Terrie, I enjoy a good laugh…..and God Bless this Blog.

Oh well, we canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t save all the good ones.

Yes we can. Go vote for Kris.

The dialidol score and the busy percentage are so different from each other, more so than past weeks.

Is it too late for Simon to announce tomorrow night that they are introducing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Killà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to eliminate someone who deserves to be in the bottom three but isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t? In honor of this weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s mentor, they can call it the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Kill Lil.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Disclaimer: No actual contestants were harmed in the writing of this comment.

hahahahahahahahaha that’s brilliant.

The show wasn’t that bad. There is no reason they cannot get all the judges comments in an alloted time. It may mean one or two judges saying, “Awesome” or “That was a pretty good performance.”

Now, Anoop was awesome! There is no one that can sing a prettier ballad in the Top 13.

Adam is a real rocker! Cool. Will half of America accept this?

MJ – Need Adams Video pretty please – you have Kris up in Adams spot (pouting)

Four more minutes to get in votes for Kris. I have my fingers crossed. I hate to be nervous all the way through the results show.

“Give a holler to Eddie’s father”- all I can figure is during the Play That Funky Music performance, some people said Adam’s hair resembled Eddie Munster’s. Eddie Munster was a werewolf making his father a wolf who howled (hollered?)?

And as already mentioned “The bird did it”- The original members of Steppenwolf came out of a band named “The Sparrows”.

oops. I guess time is up.

I voted about 350 times for Kris. (Not as much as my 500 last week though.) But I think I would bawl if Kris went home on that song.

Alright, there are my 300-400 (if not more?) votes for Kris. Tomorrow is going to be a looong day of waiting…

Okay, I voted for the full two hours and was able to get in maybe, MAYBE 60 votes for Kris. Much less than one vote every other minute. In the past, after the first twenty minutes I have gotten through every single time.

Not to discourage the people on the West Coast from voting, but…

There is a major flaw in the Dial Idol methodology if it is not able to account for cell phones, which are on a separate circuits from land-lines.

It’s weird that voting is over on the East Coast, and none of the contestants are even in the green. What’s up with DI??

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Give a holler to Eddieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fatherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ - all I can figure is during the Play That Funky Music performance, some people said Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hair resembled Eddie Munsterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. Eddie Munster was a werewolf making his father a wolf who howled (hollered?)?

And as already mentioned à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The bird did ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ - The original members of Steppenwolf came out of a band named à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Sparrowsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Those clues were practically impossible. Fun, though! That Eddie Munster thing was the first thing I thought of when I heard the clue, but I thought Mr. Lambert had presented it as a song spoiler or something so I thought it must have to do with the song… guess not.

Just watching those videos it would appear that Idol is getting seriously desperate at this point and is going to push Allison hard because that was a mediocre cover of a mediocre Aerosmith song and they left the applause light on way to long to be credible.

Just spent the last hours power voting for Kris. I use my cell phone…no land line for me. I didn’t know the song but Kris he sang it with such sweetness and vulnerability. Just really love this guy. I’m still trying to figure out if I like Adam or not. Someone mentioned that all of his moves seem so rehearsed, I agree. Must be from his theater background.