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.

I’m not understanding why people think DialIdol measures landlines only. Isn’t a busy a busy no matter what kind of phone is calling?

Thank goodness Adam decided to rock…or the ENTIRE show would have been all ballads from long forgotten movies…eeewwhh!

DI sucks tonight, they have everyone in danger.
Frankly I could see almost everyone in B3 (only Gokey is safe IMO) but ultimately, I believe Matt is going home tomorrow.

ETA:
“I think it would be on Allison, who is also sinking fast on busy percentage.”

I think that her busy percentage is sinking because she has the most raw number of votes and the busy calls are almost all registered in the first 30 minutes.
I think that the text votes are going to make a big difference tomorrow night.

I don’t think they will use the save tomorrow night because TCOs (Danny, Adam) are taking quite a dip to Lil and Anoop in the busy percentage, and they might feel they have to save it for one of them (just an opinion). If they do use it, I think it would be on Allison, who is also sinking fast on busy percentage.

I voted like crazy for Kris. Land line and my cell. I had trouble getting through on my cell at first. One interesting thing. My land line is a WV area code and my cell is NY. We have a family plan with my inlaws so our cells have a NY number.

karaokequeen Apr 14th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

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

I utubed it today for the first time and fell in love with it right away! Kris did it great justice!!!!

Hubby, who sings, was not familiar with it at all and said Kris was definitely the best of the night and perhaps one of the top 5 best songs in the competition to date.

BTW, hubby loves Adam. (Just to give some comparison for what he was saying). Of course there’s the whole milage thing and all.

Here is to hoping that the West Coast isn’t feeling the Lil love – I want to have another week with both Adam and Anoop. Not worried about Adam, he is golden, but I do about Anoop.

I relistened to Kris and Anoop’s performance. I love them both. Seriously. Now Kris’s song. I really could listen to that all day. It’s weird how so many people thought it was the worst and so many people thought it was the best.

I don’t know what to pick for any of the things in the pool

Danny Gokey and Lil Rounds #1 and #2 on Dial Idol? So sad.

Awesome meeting you too, pj, my friend!

Dialidol is worthless this week. Well, we all thought nobody really sucked badly so it could be close. Prior weeks will definitely come into play and any one of about 4 of them could go tomorrow. I want it to be Lil but it will likely be Anoop or (sniff) Matt.

I really hope people throw some votes to Anoop! Yes I am an Anoop fan and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m proud! But I think he had the BEST performance tonight…

Welcome, Jillianjiggs! You will find many ANOOP fans here. Most voted for 2 hours! He might land in the bottom 3, but I just cannot see him going home.

I though Lil had a bit of an attitude, but tonight she lost it! If she is voted to go home, I hope the judges don’t vote to save her.

I thought Danny’s song was a real mess.

I’m sure I got in over 300 votes for Kris using my landline.

One of the reasons I am pretty sure (though not absolutely positive) that the land-lines are on different circuits than cell phones is that, in the past when I had a land line, and I used both, there were noticeable discrepancies in how often the call went through.

Based on tonight’s evidence–where I had an “all circuits are busy” message all night long and very few calls went through, compared to the Dial Idol numbers–I am even more convinced that the circuits for land lines and cell phones are different.

However, if anyone works for a phone company, maybe they can correct me.

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 songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ guess not.

Well, not song exactly, but band for sure.
Wolf…. Steppenwolf.

I actually thought this was a decent show, but it may have been the gin martinis I was drinking.

1. Allison–not her best but I still enjoyed it. I wish I liked the song better.
She is still my girl and got lots of votes from me. Is this becoming the official Idol pimp song? (I hope so since I love both DC and Allison.)

2. Anoop–good vocal but I already forgot what he sang.

3. Adam–ouch! This is how one imitates a rock performance.

4. Matt–I kind of enjoyed him but a few bad notes.

5. Danny–I actually kind of liked his voice though this may be one of the worst songs ever written. I didn’t realize this was a Lionel Richey song for some reason. How did DC ever make a LR song palatable? Even though this is not popular here, I actually think he really felt this song and sang it well for a shit tune.

6. Kris–I thought he was best of the night. Why are subtle and heartfelt so underrated on Idol. Every note does not have to be perfect to be a very enjoyable performance. Got a few votes from me.

7. Lil–poor girl.

Still think Allison is the best winner of the group. Would love an Allison/Kris finale, but that appears to be a pipe dream. Off to drink more gin.

Wow, tonight made me miss David Cook!

Allison for the first time actually disappoints me AND they give her kudos? WTF! Granted that song is hard to sing (although Cook nailed it), but she did not sound good. Still, I’m glad she got props finally even if they were clearly scripted. I hope she doesn’t suffer any backlash though. And I can’t believe Simon didn’t rip her one for that outfit. Yikes. Her pants matched her hair. Made Carly look like she belonged on the cover of ‘W’ Dolly Parton week.

Anoop was awesome tonight. Didn’t Cook sing that song, too, last season? Anoop sounded good in comparison. I thought he really took QT’s critque to heart. He was sooooo much better than dullsville Danny, who also made me miss Cook. Lionel Frakkin’ Richie? Seriously? And he sang it straight? And badly? Yuck. Simon has sold his soul to the Devil. Oh, that’s right he is the Devil!

I thought Kris started out a little shaky, but that was an awesome, earnest performance, and I flove Glen Hansard. Good job, Kris!

Adam was OTT, but I still loved him. I think Simon was right, though, and a lot of folks are not going to like that performance. I don’t care. I think he has to have fun now and then and not be relentlessly flawless.

Matt was awful. I’ve grown to really like the guy, but he is just not a good live performer. Still, I hope he outlasts Lil who has sucked the entire season. I wasn’t wowed by her audition, but I thought it must just be me. But I was right after all. Like Scott, she sucked from Day 1 and continues to suck. And she gave Simon a talkin’ to, LOL. Oy. Still she’s safe. I just don’t get it. She is wretched.

Final rankings for the night:
Anoop
Kris
Adam
Allison
Danny
Matt
Lil

I split my votes between the Top 4.

mj, do you have adam’s video? there’s a video of kris in his spot.

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.

If Adam has an Achilles heel that might keep him from winning it would be this. Simon is right about personal likeability being important, especially when it comes to the final two or three when everyone is talented, and it’s hard to really like someone you don’t really know. Adam has been behind a theater mask all season; even with Mad World he was hiding in that light. They may find him interesting but does the average Idol voter care enough about him personally to vote for him to win it all? For better or worse and despite his flaws, Danny comes across as a real knowable person and that’s an asset. Scary thought, no?

I skimmed the past page of comments before writing just to make sure I don’t repeat everyone… and I just realized, cheese, you and I are the same person. Every single opinion I had tonight, you captured here, so I’ll just quote you:

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 didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢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 didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t quite take me to my random crying place, but he was good. I prefer Glen Hansardà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s earthier vocals. I think Kris would have had more impact on me if I hadnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢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 wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢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 wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s worst, but it was far from being good.

Oh, and how did they go over AGAIN, after cutting out 2 judges AND with one less contestant? Geez, they really need to pick up the pace this year. NO WAY they can fit 10 performances for Top5 night this year if they keep up the shoddy pacing. Then again, they probably won’t do that just cuz they don’t want to throw Paula too many curve balls and get another Paulagate…

Well, not song exactly, but band for sure.
Wolfà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. Steppenwolf.

*facepalm* I am so slow tonight. Lol, that makes much more sense now.

OK peeps. Stand up and admit it now. WTH is voting for that whiney Lil Rounds???! That was bad behaviour, unreceptive to constructive crticism and never in my life seen some contestant going off at Simon so badly! It’s all in bad taste guys seriously…worse than that week Anoop was arguing with Kara…

STOP VOTING FOR HER!!! SHE IS AT No.2 ON DI!! Do you guys honestly wanna see someone with better talent go home before her??!! *sobs* (Talking about Matt, Kris, Anoop, Allison etc…) :cry_wp:

1) Anoop – I started this season off as an Anoop fan, and I might have stayed one if all his performances were this good. A callback to his FANTASTIC audition and Hollywood Week. Why can’t you be awesome all the time, Anoop? 8.5/10

2) Adam – Annnnd we’re back to obnoxiously screechy, gender ambiguous Adam. Still, while my ears are ringing from those ridiculous high notes, and while Adam was incredibly OTT, his vocals are almost always technically perfect, which is much more than you can say for any of the other contestants. Plus, at least he’s entertaining. 7/10

2) Kris – I’m sorry, but I’ve never been that into Kris. He usually bores me to tears. I felt this way about Jason Castro last year, too – maybe I’m just not a big fan of the guitar strumming, Jason Mraz type of guy. But hey, while it wasn’t my cup of tea, it still tasted pretty good. 7/10

4) Allison – MY FAVORITE HAS FINALLY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE POWERHOUSE THAT SHE IS . . . right on the first (and only!) night when she didn’t deliver, of course. Dammit. 6/10

5) Matt – This was not a good day to flub. I had flashbacks to Vida la Viva, or whatever that Coldplay song was called. 4/10

6) Lil – Wow, that was off pitch. And shouty. And generally awful. Plus, talkback is never a good idea. Why was she in the pimp spot? Right, because Idol needs to be racially diverse until the final three. Which also happens to be her score. 3/10

6) . . . but hey, at least she didn’t choose a song about Hurricane Katrina and then (fake) cry at the end. 2/10 for Gokey. No wait, fuck it, the actual vocals were all over the place and complete shit as well. 0/10 (Yes, I do realize how unashamedly biased I am.)

I’m betting that most of Kris’s split fans are voting their hands off for Anoop, who was recently in the bottom two and gave a spectacular performance in the one of the worst spots possible.

Ok west coast is “live now.” I love QT, and I love that he loves idol.

Allison – not her best, but that’s ok. They can’t keep it up week after week. I think she is safe. I hear what everyone says about her lower register.

Here comes Anoop – sounds good. He does well on the slow ballads.

This is the direct link to mj’s adam video -> http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j141/mjsbigblog/Top 7/?action=view&current=adam-top8.flv

Voting just stopped in my area so now I can post. I don’t know about you but I can’t type and vote at the same time. I use a cell phone to vote and get no dropped calls like I did on my land phone. I’m a die hard Adam fan even tho I am old enough to be all their grandmothers, live in the Midwest . He just makes me happy. He gorgeous, uber talented and seems very nice and respectful. And did I mention he can really, really sing. I love him plain or made-up, and I ‘ve seen all his online videos and it just makes me more in awe. He’s now getting all my votes as I’m not splitting anymore to save someone (like Kris last week) I learned in season 5 that splitting votes may cost your favorite or at least put them in danger. I’m not sure what the attraction is with Danny as he is not really good looking, sings well but doesn’t have a lot of charisma IMO and I don’t think of him selling lots of records. I’m a Taylor fan and think he could out sing and out perform Danny even on one of his bad days.

I am watching AI now. I am a huge Diana DeGarmo fan, and for years they have treated her like the stepchild of the show, she makes Taylor Hicks seem like a favorite.

That being said, they finally mention Diana and it has to be THAT, the big “I don’t care” moment.

Wankers at AI.

Seriously, Lil was way worse than Anoop. Ryan asked Anoop to respond to Kara. At least he was brief and respectful. Lil brought on the comments herself. Not to mention she wouldn’t shut up!

It doesn’t even matter how much de-pimping they do to Lil and Gokey. The producers have created monsters.

thanks arca!

Adam Lambert is a freakin’ rock star. Who needs Broadway? Not that there’s anything wrong with theater, but he is so much bigger and better than that. He should be fronting his own band. I have no doubt he’ll be successful whatever route he takes.

Anoop…man, that’s what I’m talkin bout. Yeah, finally! The best Ive ever heard him.

I picked Adam from his audition. I think he’s incredible and hope he wins. But, at the same time, he frustrates me! Hearing him sing some songs on YouTube, he has a beautiful lower/middle register that he’s yet to use on Idol. Anybody who’s watched knows he’s used his Rocker voice to great effect and can sing a quiet ballad … but in almost complete falsetto. So, a plea to Adam if you’re reading :smile_wp:: please sing a song in your “regular” voice without the embellishments. I’m sure you’ll gain many, many more fans that way than the one’s I’m afraid you lost tonight. You didn’t lose me but then I’m in Canada and can’t vote so I don’t matter. :biggrin_wp:

Adam’s Born To Be Wild. It belongs in one of QT’s movie.

I like the tennis shoes. He is out there, but puts on a great show. It was a lot of fun and he sang it well. Obviously the crowd got a kick out of it.

Sorry about adam’s video. It’s up now.

I thought The Rose was nominated for an Oscar for best song. Nope, it won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song – Motion Picture.

Wrong choice again Lil. Why can’t she select a male gender song? She really does need to go home. I think TPTB did fail in finding a top R & B singer this year.

Kris did a nice job, but I expected just a little bit more.

Great to see so many appreciate Anoop’s performance tonight. I hope someone will tell me how the studio recording sounds. I hope he sings, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Everything I Doà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  for the tour. It was beautiful.

Why is everyone in yellow tonight?
Dial Idol is not very reliable anymore, isn’t it? I am sue Adam is safe, but other than that OK maybe Danny.

I hope Matt gets to be on the show one more week. He was good tonight, he was just off in the middle of the song. but the beginning and end were really heartfelt.
Anyways. I really really hope Lil is off the show tomorrow. Enough is enough.

Maybe the save will be used tomorrow for sure.
I hope they use it for Matt if he is indeed the last one. I hope not! I love you Matty G! And he looked super hot tonight too.

Anyone but Adam or Danny could go tomorrow.

Paula – as usual loves him

Simon – I think is right….some will love it, some will hate it. But you can tell Simon gets a kick out of him and the performance.

I like Adam’s hair cut.

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Born To Be Wild. It belongs in one of QTà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s movie.

I like the tennis shoes. He is out there, but puts on a great show. It was a lot of fun and he sang it well. Obviously the crowd got a kick out of it.

I couldn’t stop thinking that whole performance! :laugh_tb:

I’ve been quiet this season, and admit I’ve not looked at more than the last page of comments, but I had to comment on Kris Allen tonite. I thought he was great tonite and couldn’t believe Randy thought he was off key. I noticed something, though. The arrangement used a harmony that was dissonant (deliberately), which I actually LOVED. I think it caused Randy to imagine him to be off key, though.

I said it again……..i’ll say it again – WHOEVER, SEND LIL HOME PLEASE!! This type of talk back is why contestants should be called arrogant!!!!!

Okay, overall boring show. I was kind of hoping QT would rip into Lil a la Diana. Oh well. You let me down, QT.

Faves of the night were Adam and Kris. Didn’t much care for anyone else. Adam worked the stage like a mo fo, and really, the disparity between, say, Adam’s very engaging stage craft this week and Danny’s cheesy-ass stage craft from Motown week is so huge. Plus I’m a big fan of the rock wail. It’s sick! That said, when Simon brought up Rocky Horror, I was wistful and wished Adam had gone even MORE over the top. If you’re going to bring it, then BRING IT. I know, I know, he’s in it to win it and doesn’t want to scare Ameriker away, but just once on that stage I want some Adam dipped in crazy sauce. Sigh.

Kris was so emmotionally connected I didn’t mind the wobbly vocals in the beginning. Beautiful job. Me like very much.

Endless love is a crappy song. If ever there was a reason to change up a song, Lionel Ritchie is it. Danny is no David Cook. (See, I didn’t bring him up in regards to Allison.)

And since it can’t be said enough, WHO IS VOTING FOR LIL ROUNDS? Seriously? You want to gospel-ize The Rose and wonder why Simon questions your artistry? Bleh. I’m so over her.

Going straight to reply, will check comments later.

I actually agree with Randy. Kris started to low and it seemed awfully off to me. Same for Allison who I usually adore. She was not so great tonight. She was out of breath as well. Danny Gokey is a bore. It’s official he doesn’t take advice well. He didn’t listen to QT and it showed me that he doesn’t understand that it’s not just about having a nice voice. He is so anxious to get to the payoff that he doesn’t understand the climb. There should be a beginning, middle and end. He doesn’t much care about the beginning or middle and can’t wait to get to the end so he can have the big finish. What a waste.

My rankings tonight

Anoop
Adam
Allison
Kris
Lil
Matt
Danny

I don’t know who the bottom three will be, but I suspect Lil, Matt, and Anoop because the idol Gods are odd.

I thought Anoop sang really beautifully tonight. I’m just not sure he’s exciting enough for this show. Plus, the shitty placement didn’t help him tonight. I have a ton of admiration for Matt as a human being, and a mentor in the Big Brother program. However, I think even his best is just mediocre on this particular stage.

I loved Kris’s performance, so I sent a bunch of texts his way. To me, that was just plain lovely and kind of awesome. I would be disappointed to see him leave before others who for me are clearly less talented than he.

Allison was good – not her best – but definitely good.

I cannot fathom that D-cubed and Lil are at the top of DI. Lil was not good at all, and her attitude sucks. Why she kept arguing about her R&B crap, when Simon was clearing trying to tell her that she just wasn’t as good as he originally thought was totally beyond me. Danny’s vocal was crappy, but I guess America is a sucker for the HARP OF GRIEF. And, Simon’s comment didn’t help matters (still love you Simon, but I’m a little pissed tonight.)

And, I loved Adam tonight. I’m amazed by his raw talent. I find the notes that he can hit quite incredible. I don’t mind the OTT stuff, and I love his big rock scream. I understand how that may not be everyone’s cup of tea though. But, I dig it. A lot of votes for Adam went out of the Chez Spens tonight. Mr. Spens, the newly crowned Adam fantard, said “He’s like Axl Rose kind of, but better”. LOL

Just with Quentin, Kris & Adam, that was a great show for me tonight. One of my most enjoyable AI nights in quite a while.

I’d love to be the executive producer of this show, so I could fire Randy & Paula for all around uselessness and moronic thoughts spewed out in streams of words that make no sense.

West coast here…i was at dress rehearsal and I gotta say, when there are no judges telling you how to think, all the kids are great singers :) That said, Adam obviously got the deluxe rockstar lightshow package and had the flashiest performance of the night. Allison had to yell to be heard over the band (maybe her voice was worn out for live performance time?), Kris and Anoop gave beautiful vocals and were dead-on pitch. Danny and Lil have great voices but their performances/song choice were a little more boring.

It’s very interesting to see how judges’ comments affect voting… a little frustrating to see Kris at the bottom of DI again but I suspected that would happen since the song isn’t as well known as the others.

I wish they’d found a way to let all the judges speak :/ Those who didn’t get Simon’s critique got ripped off IMO.

My order tonight:

Anoop – best of the night for me and I think it could be his best performance
Danny – not perfect but I liked his vocals tonight and he looked good without the glasses for a change
Allison – I didn’t like her arrangement or the beginning but did like the last half
Matt – not his best and probably not the best song choice but still like him
Kris – bad in parts, good in parts but overall nothing special
Lil – I didn’t like the beginning but the gospel parts were okay, didn’t like the backtalking
Adam – horrible, it was so OTT that it only felt like rock as it would be portrayed in musical theater. The vocals weren’t even that good tonight.

I’m not sure who will be in the bottom 3 but I’m pretty sure one of my favorites is in jeopardy. I’d be okay with Kris or Lil going but probably not happening.

Wow. Everyone sounds better live.

Michelle, where were you? We were right behind the faux judges. The place looks huge on teevee.

jz

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 Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just saving this à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“middle groundà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  performance and his lower register for later? Well, I hope.
Cause his lower registerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s awesome.

I hope so too!!! I mean, I love his sensitive falsetto and his rocker wail, but I can’t really argue against anyone who desires a bit more variety from him (vocally) than the energetic rocks song/sensitive ballad pattern he has going. Adam is a smart and talented man though, so I’m sure he’ll bring what he hasn’t shown soon…

My favs tonight- Anoop and Kris . What happened to Allison ? She seemed to start on the wrong note and the rest was a mess . She can sing but IMO wrong song choice. I love Danny but I hate that song he sang . I hope it doesn’t bite him in the rear tonight. I know so many people who hate that song I hope he survives. Another bad song choice. Some really strange song choices tonight and not a very good show overall. And ….Quenton Tarentino … you’ve got to be kidding no wonder the strange song choices. This guy is really strange.

Has this been posted already? Katy Perry will be performing on Idol at the Top 3 results night:

The video (like almost everything in Sin City) is over the top and will debut on YouTube 4/24. Appearing on Idol, May 13 (the results show for the Final Three). Already on Z100, WXXL, WRVQ. Impacting 4/21.

SOURCE: http://www.allaccess.com

I *think* Kris will be in danger this week, judging from the comments here (and mixed reviews) people think he will be saved by texters :( :(

I think TPTB did fail in finding a top R & B singer this year.

They could have if they hadn’t sent LENESHE home. Stupid!

Pass the Vodka…..Lil(replayed the comedy bit of her and simon) promised she R&B’d it Ups ….with a dash of Gospel……one of the reasons I still love ai…….Artistry is still ALIVE

I thought Kris was off key too. I didn’t get it at all. I think he’s gotten too smug with his “sexy face” and that has gone to his head. Anoop was good. I’ve been saying all along Allison doesn’t have the range to be a Kelly, or whatever. She wasn’t that good. I do think in the studio they can make her voice smooth, and that she has the teen package. I can so see her on Disney and Nick.

It will be interesting tomorrow.

Kris = AWESOME. I loved, loved, loved it. He was my fave tonight!

Man, this was not a good show, IMO. With all the variety that can be found in film music, there was sure a lot of plant your feet and belt about your feelings. Oy. That said:

Allison was really off. I usually like her tons, but her voice sounded like nothing tonight. I hope she lives to sing another day, but she doesn’t deserve it based on this. Really unlistenable. Makes me wonder how the vocal coach ever let her get by with that key.

Anoop was a belter, and his stuff usually bores me to tears, but tonight he was pretty good. At least he was in tune and the delivery was interesting. I’ve already forgotten every detail, so that’s not a good sign, but I do remember kind of digging it as it was happening.

Adam. So glad to hear him going all out again. I wish he’d gone edgier with it, because it was just a tad too gleeful and wholesome. Nothing wrong with either of those on their own, but together, well, it’s a shame. So, good, but not great, like Ring of Fire and Mad World were. But I love his attitude and his voice, and I’ll deny to the death that he’s screechy. There’s music in that schriek. Like they say: you jump, you jive, and then you wail. Those are words to live by. The man knows what he’s doing.

Matt, Danny and Lil were just off, off, off. Off key, off emotionally, off the charts. And I don’t mean that in a good way. I mean it was like they were reading their songs off a chart. Nothing at all creative sounding, at least not to my ear.

Kris, I can’t say anything about. He’s had some performances that I liked a lot, but I just detest the song he sang, so I switched channels as soon as they announced it. I will not willingly listen to that song, if I can help it. I hope he did well and gets votes.

Even though Lil was not very good, I’m glad to see her (and even Danny) above Adam, who I absolutely cannot stand.

pj!!! I didn’t know you were going to be there too :) We ended up over to the right, all the way at the edge. And in front of those annoying kids who kept screaming “I LOVE YOU DANNYYYYYYYYY!!!!” whenever there was a silent moment :/ Do they let middle schools come to dress rehearsal every week?

yep I wanna know what lenses they use in those cameras cause the stage is the size of a high school auditorium’s, lol.

eta: this is interesting. at rehearsal, danny’s sit-down was about him being a worship leader. now it’s about his buying a guitar.

Looks like Ameriker isLoving Sassy Lil………….you GO gurl!!!!!!

i hope everyone on the west coast who loves adam is voting for him. we are in the top seven and if lil can be in the top two, we shouldnt assume that adam will always be safe. we have to vote!!!!!

Kris was incredible tonight. Too bad it doesn’t look like he is pulling in the numbers on Dial Idol. Sorry Adam, Dana Carvey so pwns you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYb1TsNzSPo :)

eta: this is interesting. at rehearsal, dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sit-down was about him being a worship leader. now ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s about his buying a guitar.

Maybe they decided worship leader emotional song = too much pimpage?

Michelle!!!! We just showed up and got in because others had extra tickets!!!! I am on vaca, so it all worked out! Would have loved to have met you! But yes, it looks so big on the tele compared to the reality. It’s interesting from a film point of view. Those cameras positioned up high give the illusion of space, I think. We were on the first row behind the faux judges, and it looks like there’s a lot more space than there actually is.

I kind of wished we were to the side. Faux Pauler blocked my view of Allison for most of her performance. LOL.

I maybe in the minority here but I have to be honest that I actually liked Dannys rendition of that song. The thing is the softness and tenderness of his rendition shows his vulnerable and soft side and I like the no glasses. He didnt change the song much but I think the song suited his kind of voice. I really liked it.

Adam was really good!

Song choice was a bit odd, but he really rocked it. I LOVE the way Adam can sing around all the notes of a song. The man is really talented. And folks, those are high notes he is singing, that is not screeching.
After reading a lot of the comments I was worried he would be too screechy but thankfully he just really rocked the higher notes tonight. (I have heard him screech, once I think, and tonightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance had no screeching). The BF agreed, and he is a huge critic of anything and anyone on Idol.

Re à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“rehearsed movementsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , you donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Cook rehearsed his microphone swinging during “Happy Together,” or his rock swagger during his more rocking performances? Or his slowly closing his eyes, and grazing his lips across the microphone? Or that sideways, sexy glance with half closed eyelids that he does? Oh puhleeessseee… All these guys rehearse all their moves. ( And I am a huge Cook fan.) Difference being, is Adam has a lot more moves goinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ on, so you notice them more.

West Coast can vote in 10 minutes, maybe Adam will move up on DI.

ETA: I do think Adam wore WAY TOO MUCH black eyeliner and mascara tonight… Sheesh, he has such pretty eyes, and you couldn’t even see them what w/ all that friggin’ mascara.

Nobody topped Adam tonight. That kid is talented and very entertaining.. hee!

Wow!! What a night. I thought Anoop was AMAZING tonight. Definitely the best for me. Kris was good, Allison- not her best- but good. Matt was off today.
LIL ROUNDS- STANK ATTITUDE!!!
I just wanted to tell you guys. If you think Anoop’s performance is good- PLEASE throw votes his way. He needs it more than anyone else. I don’t want him to go before LIL!!

The faux judges are hilarious though…Faux Kara has her down pat :D She even said “artistry”.

Stage Manager Debbie was taking questions, and someone asked about how performance order was determined. She said the director (Ken Warwick?) looks over the songs earlier in the week and tries to even out the fast-slow, boy-girl songs. Of course I realize that may be the company line, lol.

Here’s my string of random thoughts about this week:

Love Quentin as a mentor. He’s actually given better advice than most singer mentors.

Many boring and predictable song choices across the board.

Thought Danny was bad as usual. Thought Matt Giraud was the worst.

Thought Adam was better last week. But he was still good this week and by far the best of the remaining contestants. Only problem is with his up-tempo rock songs, the audio itself isn’t as interesting as watching the whole package, it all works amazing when you’re watching him perform. I still did enjoy his song choice overall. Loved his playing on the stage.

Kris Allen came in a distant second for me.

I thought Kris sounded really nice. I have always liked that song. Not sure why it doesn’t relate on DI, except that most of his fans must text. I didn’t think he sounded pitchy.

Let’s face it, the slow sweet songs are the DI crowd pleasers usually. Last week, Adam went slow, was the best of the night, Kris appeared to be in danger. This week, Adam did well, but it wasn’t a moment. I don’t know if this qualifies for Kris as a moment, but it was nice. Anoop also get’s the highest praise for his ballads.

I think Danny has a nice voice, but I can never remember his performances. I don’t know why. It always seems like he blends into the background.

Allison should be ok even though it wasn’t her best. I didn’t get see Matt as I had to take care of something for one of my kids. So I will watch that later.

Still waiting on Lil.

Since Adam is my fav, I’ll be voting for him. DI has no one safe. And with texting you just don’t know.

juliec
Apr 14th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I maybe in the minority here but I have to be honest that I actually liked Dannys rendition of that song. The thing is the softness and tenderness of his rendition shows his vulnerable and soft side and I like the no glasses. He didnt change the song much but I think the song suited his kind of voice. I really liked it.

I tend to agree with you, Julie. I know sometimes the opinion is that he’s a bit too OTT – I like that he held back tonight.

I thought Allison needed to either take the key up a step or two, or pick a song with a smaller range. It’s too bad – I really like her, but I think she’s in danger this week.

Anoop was nice. Forgettable, though.

I’m just not a fan of Adam’s style, so I don’t know that I’m the best judge of him. He’s talented, but I’m just not a fan of rocker screaming/shrieking. I would be in the 50% of the country that didn’t like the performance. That being said, I wouldn’t have liked it no matter who sang it if they sang it in that style. Does that make sense?

Something was off with Matt tonight. It was like his voice totally gave out. Very disappointing. He’ll probably be an artist with a good recording career, but totally disappointing in concert.

Kris… I’m torn on this performance. Artistically, it was lovely, though the song’s limited range made it seem slightly monotone. I really like the guy. But even though the song/movie won an Oscar, it’s not that well known, so I fear that and the lack of drama/excitement in the song could really hurt him.

Lil, Lil, Lil…. no matter how much you try to say this song was in your genre, it was not! The Rose??? How she’s currently second in DI rankings is beyond me. Easily the worst performance of the night. It should be your time to go.

Michelle, I think that was totally company line. Especially since Adam is the only one who didn’t sing a ballad. LOL.

Faux Kara is the best. Faux Simon looks the part, but is the worst. LOL.

They all sounded better live.

I think Lil has some nice moments. QT is right about taking more of a gospel route with this. Oh, but she has a problem with pitch in some parts. Maybe the pace of this competition is too fast for her. She doesn’t sing every day like Matt, Adam and Danny. Does Kris sing in a bar as well? So I think that is what is hurting her. If she had more time, I’m sure she could work it out.

webster:

Allison was really off. I usually like her tons, but her voice sounded like nothing tonight. I hope she lives to sing another day, but she doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t deserve it based on this. Really unlistenable. Makes me wonder how the vocal coach ever let her get by with that key.

I’m assuming she had to use that key because the highest note in the song (D5) is the highest she’s gone on AI — she probably couldn’t go any higher, and so the key had to be set that low.

As I said upthread, I think something was wrong tonight (sick, hearing the mix, etc.), because she’s gone that low and lower in previous weeks without a problem.

Having listened to her performance a second time, I was more appreciative of the good parts — heck, I was able to console myself that there *were* good parts! I think the first time through, the fact that she wasn’t nailing it as usual was such a shock that the bad parts stood out much more. But there were some very good parts. Still, a mediocre performance from her is very disappointing, as opposed to mediocre performances from the likes of Danny and Lil, which are the best they can manage.

PJ – I’m glad you’re having a great trip to CA! I look forward to hearing about the rest of your trip later :)

Lil’s recap sounds pretty good. Kris’s recap not so good. Does anyone else think so?

I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gotten too smug with his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“sexy faceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and that has gone to his head.

You do realize that his whole “sexy face” thing was a joke right? Kris does not seem like one to take himself very seriously.

I think Allison’s gone. Looking at GeoPredictions, Virginia is usually surprisingly accurate. The one eliminated is always one of the VA’s bottom 2.

There’s so much going on for Lil. The producers suddenly passing on Danny and saving Lil for the pimp spot. Add on to the bottom 3 rebound effect from last week. Add on VFTW support. She’s not going home tomorrow.

Adam obviously got the deluxe rockstar lightshow package and had the flashiest performance of the night.

Michelle, looking back 8 seasons – no one comes close to outrageous, interesting, and totally off the wall performances like Adam. I like him, although I did laugh a bit tonight. He’s in a class of his own.

I thought Anoop sang really beautifully tonight. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just not sure heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s exciting enough for this show.

I think there is a need for balance on the tour. Anoop is a perfect with his ballads. After seeing Adam tonight, it all becomes clear to me. LOL! Anoop is needed.

Did I miss AI? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
What a SNOOZE!

I would never buy their albums, but I would watch Adam on Broadway.
The guy is a great performer. He belongs on Broadway. I still think his OTT is VERY Broadway. If he would stop screeching…I would love him.
I think Adam sounds better on the studio version of his songs.

Ho Hum. Boring.
I wish Paula & Simon would show Kara some respect.
They always make “faces” during her comments. It’s rude.

Jordin Sparks is whatshernamefromseason? is performing next week??
I should take a sleeping pill for that performance.

General Comments
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1) I love it when they have the band on the stage.

2) American Idol has made a lot of changes lately. Some of them, like the mosh pitt, have been terrible ideas. The absolutely worst idea that they have had is to only have two of four judges commenting on each performance. Just talk less. Canadian Idol has four judges. They used to have four judges when they had the guest judges. Fire the director, buy a stopwatch, stuff the judge’s ego in a box and just get it done in an hour. And how knollish is it that the Chosen One’s all get reviewed by Simon?

3) Quentin’s review of Diana was harsh, but it was a wake-up call for her. With the help of Barry Manilow the next week, she began to connect better and Nigel says that she led the voting from that week until the finale (whereas before, she owned a condo in the bottom 3)

4) Quentin at least looks like he’s trying to help the kids. Too many mentors just sit there and kind of smile with thought bubble’s above their heads saying “How much longer is this going to take? Who are these people, anyway? I hope my manager is right and this is going to boost my sales”.

5) Sure, the week that they get a director as a mentor and the Idol director shows off how epicly bad he is. For goodness sake, poor Quentin practically had to yell “CUT! DAMMIT CUT!” at the end of each intro clip. The guy’s finished speaking, why must he keep nodding at them to stop the filming/clip?

6) See, this is how Ryan acts when the show is going long. He gets squirrely and manic and cuts off the judges and looks like a kid who needs to pee. Last week, he didn’t do those things. Odd.

Performance Comments
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1) Allison – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” – This started out really well. I liked her phrasing. But, she had trouble with her lower register. Is her voice going because she didn’t belt with as much force as usual. The praise was over the top considering the vocal issues. Oh, and Quentin, the song was only sung by Aerosmith. It was written by schlockmeister, Diane Warren. Will there ever be a Diane free season on this show? (6.5/10)

2) Anoop – “Everything I Do, I Do For You” – Anoop did a nice job on this. I think this is his best performance. He added his own twist to it and sang the crap out of it. Even his outfit worked for me this week. He owned the song (even if it usually isn’t a song worth owning) (9/10)

3) Adam – “Born to Be Wild” – Holy, pimp lighting, Batman! I felt like I was watching the Eurovision Contest and Adam was the contestant from Slovakia. Dude, way to use the song to feature your vocals without giving a crap about what the words mean. The phrasing had little consideration for the words. Plus, it was a bit too much. Of everything. If Spinal Tap gave us the concept of dialing things up to 11, this was a 14. On the other hand, he his hair looked great and his vocal skills are impressive (7.5/10)

4) Matt – “Have You Ever Loved a Woman” – This started out and ended fabulous. When he went for the bombast, though, he lost it. Dude’s totally losing his voice and couldn’t support that. Poor Matt. He’s probably going to go home. I think he threw in the runs/falsetto because he’d lost the pitch and was trying to cover. If I was going to rate the beginning and end, I’d give it an 8.5/10, but those bad notes knock it down (7.5/10)

5) Danny – “Endless Love” – Danny says he bought the guitar because he will have nothing to do on the tour bus. See, even Danny realizes that nobody is going to talk to him on the bus. Maybe they’ll make him ride on top of the bus like Gonzo does when the Muppets hit the road. I hate this song and he’s losing his voice too. Still, I can’t say it was a bad performance. (7.5/10)

6) Kris – “Falling Slowly” – That beginning was really rough. It almost seemed like he forgot a word. And ALW would tell you that you need to keep your eye’s open when you sing. And it is an odd choice not to play an instrument on a song from a movie about musicans. Still, there were some nice parts to that. (8/10)

7) Lil – “The Rose” – Why do the stylists hate Lil? Why does Lil have the musicality of a kumquat? Why does she miss so many notes? Why is she in the pimp spot? Seriously, I’ve heard better karaoke versions of this song. Paula, compliments the lyrics, but does not mention Lil. Heh. She cannot even compliment her look. Lil, that wasn’t R&B style. (2/10)

Who Should be Bottom 2: Lil and Allison (can’t pick a third, there is a three way tie)
Who Will be Bottom 3: Anoop, Kris and Matt…hmm…the Randy/Kara trio.

They’ll probably do a modified Huff tomorrow. Break the singers into three groups of two and tell the Huff they are in the bottom three and to pick the other bottom two. Didn’t they do something like that to Constantine they booted him? Except it was two groups of two and Scott/Constantine each had to pick their group.

My comments on tonight’s show–

Allison: voice sounds tired. I like her but not my fave from her…plus I can’t help but compare to DC last year, and imo his performance comes out on top.

Anoop: Very pretty vocal but a little boring imo, harking back to “You Were Always On My Mind”. Solid performance. His fanbase should rally after last week’s B3 scare, so he should be ok.

Adam: lol what is there to say? Very entertaining, but to me it’s the same show as PTFM, and the running around on stage reminded me of Danny’s “Get Ready”.

Matt: thought this was a great song choice, but his voice started playing tricks on him during the song. I think he has a serious case of stage nerves, cause he was perfectly fine during rehearsal.

Danny: cannot objectively judge, heh. I will say his voice sounds great live, but his song choices and delivery put me to sleep… Also bulletproof. Glad Simon called him out though.

Kris: Aw, I love Kris so I can’t be objective about him either. A less-known song which will hurt votes, but I thought the harmonies were pretty and I’m glad he went up into his falsetto and hit it. I did not hear any pitchiness, Randy :/

Lil: I think her voice is wearing out too. She hit some rough notes in performance that weren’t there in rehearsal. I can’t help but think of Napoleon Dynamite when I hear this song, which I know is the wrong movie, but still :D Not sure what she was trying to do with the talking back to Simon, on one hand I’m glad she stood up for herself, on the other hand it looks a little desperate, which makes me feel bad for her.

Ranking:
Kris
Anoop
Adam
Allison
Lil
Matt
Danny

Should be B3: Matt, Lil …DIWasWrongLastWeek (lol)
Should leave: Matt

Ok, I am going out on a limb here, but I ENJOYED Lil’s gospel spin to “The Rose”. Reading here before I watched, I was expecting Trainwreck, and did not get it.

It was predetermined that they were going to Torpedo Lil from the very beginning when Simon declared that Allison, whom I LOVE, was the women’s last hope. Of course she is because TPTB dictate it so.

While Lil IMO has not lived up to my expectations, I think she is given such crappy conflicting critiques from the judges that she ultimately has collapsed and caved in. Each week she has become increasingly pulled. She follows their advice, they give her different advice, she follows that and is admonished, it has been lose-lose for weeks now, and she has not helped herself.

Missed you guys in chat again! LOL. I’ll hang out for a bit. ;-)

I’m totally shocked Kris is not getting better feedback. Gah. Wish I had voted for him.

I offically can not handle Adam Lambert any longer. I mean that in a GOOD way, lol. He actually started off freaking Born to be Wild by SKIPPING. He’s all over the place and has these sick, insane vocals that just don’t quit. Then when the rock wail ends, he’s this sweet, thankful guy who I find to be completely genuine and unstaged. Also, his reaction to the Rocky Horror comment…priceless. Seriously, stop being so awesome Adam.

I also really, really liked Anoop tonight! He is a very good vocalist, and I thought he was in fine form with that song.

Kris…I usually love Kris. I voted for him last week because I thought he didn’t deserve to go home yet. But tonight, I did feel a little bored-and yes, I was familar with the song. I thought Kris emoted it beautifully, but for some reason, I couldn’t get into it. That being said…I hope he sticks around until th finals!

Allison is my other favorite. Glad to see she got some great comments from Simmon, but this was easily her worst performance. Not the worst performance of the night, but just not up to her usual Allison greatness.

Faux Pauler blocked my view of Allison for most of her performance.

Well, she completely blocked mine and I have the worst stiff neck. But it was SO MUCH FUN as usual. You’re right, pj, they always sound better live and it’s so cool to be like 20′ from them.

How in the world is Kris in last place on dialidol and lil is in 2nd place? What the hell? Dialidol had better be wrong, but 3 of my 4 favorites are in the last three places — that can’t be good.

Hope they don’t do that stupid and unfair two-judges-for-each-Idol thing again. Just get rid of either Randy or Kara and stick to three judges. That was totally unfair.

Color me disappointed about several things right now.

Vote for Anoop! This kid has gotten such bad spots in the performance order…we REALLY need to vote for him tonight!

Well, she completely blocked mine and I have the worst stiff neck. But it was SO MUCH FUN as usual. Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re right, pj, they always sound better live and ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so cool to be like 20à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ² from them.

It was FUN. Not something I will ever get to do on a regular basis, so I appreciate your help, my friend! People in line are very nice and giving. That totally rocks, doesn’t it?

I’m going to come back next season and drag Sarah’s butt out here. ;-)

The alternating 2-judge commentary sucked. I hope they NEVER do that again.

Allison – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Want to Miss a Thingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – When she started singing to QT..it sounded like it would have been great if she was backed by only a piano…anyway it was alright…almost seemed like she wasnt trying

2) Anoop – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Everything I Do, I Do For Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – loved it..so pretty and perfect

3) Adam – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Born to Be Wildà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – while watching i realized my mouth was open and not really breathing cause i didnt want to miss a note….he rocked the shit out of idol…it was a non stop assault….i loved every second of it…guy is on a different planet

4) Matt – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Have You Ever Loved a Womanà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – it started out awesome…he should have just stuck with what he was doing instead of going into whatever its called he went into…he tried to take it up a notch when he should have just continued on course since he was on the yellow brick road…for some reason he wanted to visit the munchkins and took off in another direction and will be going back to kansas or where ever he is from

5) Danny – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Endless Loveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – what Paula said was right…well i agree with her…i only like him when he gets into Michael Bolton mode…sounds great…its pretty much blah till he gets to the end parts…he has the AI formula down though…end it with a bang

6) Kris – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Falling Slowlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – best song choice…however it was just ok…he sang it like the recording…nothing really spectacular about the performance…and he didnt do it better then the original singer

7) Lil – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Roseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – i cant stand lil anymore…ive always said she is a generic singer..nothing special about her….ive never liked her…ive never seen her do anything near the hype she’s gotten since hollywood…out of all the performances …today she seemed less copycat..which makes it her best performance ive seen…but still one of the worst of the night

the bottom 3…lil rounds, Matt, Allison

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to come back next season and drag Sarahà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s butt out here. ;-)

Hell yeah! Come on out west, Sarah! And we need to get MJ out here to spoil her own blog. How cool would that be???

Hell yeah! Come on out west, Sarah! And we need to get MJ out here to spoil her own blog. How cool would that be???

I have the feeling the NY Post will be paying MJ’s way next year! If they do that. LOL. But yes, we gotta get her here next year.

3) Adam – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Born to Be Wildà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – Holy, pimp lighting, Batman! I felt like I was watching the Eurovision Contest and Adam was the contestant from Slovakia.

You watch Eurovision? LOL To have MJ and the members here commenting on it would be the most entertaining thing. Adam would kill there.

On topic? The whole guitar thing with Danny was so dull

pj, glad you got to go to dress rehearsal! :)

My thoughts on the night…

Allison — I hate this song so much, it takes a lot for me to appreciate it. Allison didn’t quite get there. Not my favorite performance of hers, and I was pretty surprised at Simon’s glowing feedback. I’m happy about it because I want her to go far, but I just don’t think this was Allison at her best. Grade: B-

Anoop — I like the liberties he took with the phrasing and stuff. Good job, Noop Dawg. I kind of hate the fact that Idol is turning him into a sappy balladeer, however. I like the fun, contemporary stuff in the Clefhanger videos on YouTube. Grade: B

Adam — LOLOLOL. I love srs bsns Adam, but I love this side of Adam too. As I said in chat, he makes me smile so hard my cheeks hurt. Was he SKIPPING at the beginning? Oh, Adam. Insane vocals as per usual. My favorite part was when he slowed it down again toward the end. The Simon/Adam dynamic is interesting. He floves Adam — it’s written allllll over his face. But I think he wants him to be Il Divo or something, idk. Grade: A-

Matt — I’m sorry Matt, but I was still trying to process Adam’s wtfness while you performed and I didn’t pay any attention to you. :(

Danny — Pleasant enough vocal, but beyond that I just don’t get the appeal. He’s like Archuleta was for me last season. I feel like he’s performing the same song every week. Grade: C

Kris — I guess I’m smoking whatever Randy was, cause I agreed with him. The beginning, when he was singing the low part, sounded pretty rough to me. Thankfully, he got back to the sweet part of his voice as the song progressed. I like Kris a lot but this performance was subpar. Grade: C plus

Lil — Wedding performance, yuck. And then she had to go and make it worse by getting all defensive with the judges at the end. Grade: C-

Rewatched Danny’s performance, and it was much better the second time around. I must have been distracted when I initially saw it, due to the “no glasses” look. Overall, I thought it was a strong performance and still feel we will be seeing him in the finale.

Note to the idols: next week, come over to MJ’s and READ our song suggestions for you before you pick crappy songs again.

I finally got to watch all the performances (thanks MJ!!) Here is my ranking:

1. Anoop–fricking FANTASTIC!! There is no reason that he should be in the bottom 3
2. Adam–there were parts I didnt like but damn he is mesmerizing
3. Allison–her worst performance but she has that thing to her
4. Kris–really did nothing for me and was pitchy
5. Danny–I don’t like him but it wasnt the worst performance of the night
6. Matt–What happened in the middle?????
7. Lil–Please gp home..you are not close to any of the awesome divas that have graced this show

@JohnM:

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m assuming she had to use that key because the highest note in the song (D5) is the highest sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gone on AI à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  she probably couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t go any higher, and so the key had to be set that low.

…but, but, but: there’s no law saying what the highest note of the song is (well, maybe there is, but it’s mostly relevant to copyright infringement issues). You can always twist the melody to fit your range (if you’re willing to take hits from people who love the original and don’t like that choice). Adam’s constantly extrapolating a melody up higher as part of his interpretation of a song, so folding it back down is, in my book, kosher, too. It’s all comes down to whether the end result is musically pleasin and still recognizably the same song. But I have tons of tolerance for tune changing and tend to prefer performers who do it more rather than less, anyway.

But I’m thinking your surmise about health/vocal issues is on target. The tune probably fit her fine when she was first concocting it, and she doesn’t have the experience or right kind of improv chops yet to rework it on the fly. Poor kid. Like I said, I hope she gets through. I threw her some pity votes.

OMG! I just went back and listened to/watched Kris again and it was just as good as the first time around! I cannot wait to download this studio version!

Were’s my punching bag again! Randy did not know what he was saying. Quentin did, Kara did and bless you Paula for your little “yes!” there at the end, she knew too!!!!!

Emoting aside, the vocals were beautiful!

Vocals aside the emoting was beautiful!

Combined= chills!!!

I guess with the whole QT intro at the beginning and the intro with QT before ea. song I understand the whole only 2 judges commenting thing, but I did not like it at all! They each just need to know how to say what they need to say quickly and succinctly.

ETA: Oh yeah and I forgot to mention that Kris’s “that’s cool” comment to Randy, demonstrated to me that he was singing for the love of this song and for the love of music.

Thanks for putting the videos on here MJ. A very classy thing to do – especially for international guests!

I’m a huge Adam Lambert fan. The guy is pitch perfect and entertaining every single week! But I have to say that I preferred Danny Gokey and Anoop’s performances and song choices better. Steppanwolf ain’t my bag, I guess.

Hey does anyone know what the deal with Dial Idol is? They have everyone in the danger zone of being voted off!

I wish I could go to a performance show because what I heard on TV was not what I heard during the dress rehearsal. Hard to say whether it was nerves or acoustics. I will agree that they are all good singers. Even Gokeyman. Eww. I just said he can sing. Sigh.

Also, they only let 2 judges comment during the rehearsals, too. That was the same. Like I said, no Ryan. Sigh.

After watching Adam’s performance for the umpteenth time, I noticed something awesome. The arrangement Adam went for (the electro beats.), I closed my eyes and I totally pictured it being in a scene from a Tarantino movie! Adam is clearly playing the Idol game to a perfect tee. I see it in every move he makes every week. Superb idol contest playing!

ETA: The smiles on all the judges faces after Adam’s performance is PRICELESS. I can see $$$ in Kara, Randy, and Simon’s eyes after it. And Paula, as usual just creams herself. Adam really has surpassed all expectations of the show.

Adam is a thrill on a show that has become old and stale. One of the things that I like about him is that he is so “in your face, American Idol”!

dial idol is showing that nobody is safe…anybody can go home tomorrow

We can forget Dial Idol this week to give us any indication. Last week Kris was dead last, but when it was results time, he wasn’t even in the bottom three.

Lil Rounds was fourth out of eight on Dial Idol last week and she ended up in the bottom three. Anoop and Scott were 6th and 7th last week and they were in the bottom three.

So Kris has alot of texters. I’ve been texting for Adam tonight. I thought I would also phone for a bit, and I never got one busy signal.

They can all sing. Live, the worst for me was Lil. :-( I wanted it to be Gokey. He still had issues where he has to take breaths between notes, which is distracting. He also picked a terrible song, so yeah. I would love for him or Lil to be gone. Not Kris. Yeah, he took a risk. I loved the risk. That’s what I want to see on this show.

What was Simon doing while Kara was critiquing Matt? LOL. Was he imitating her? Did anyone else notice that? (Sorry if anyone commented on that already….i haven’t been able to read through 700 comments).

webster:

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but, but, but: thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no law saying what the highest note of the song is (well, maybe there is, but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s mostly relevant to copyright infringement issues).

LOL!

You can always twist the melody to fit your range (if youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re willing to take hits from people who love the original and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like that choice). Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s constantly extrapolating a melody up higher as part of his interpretation of a song, …

True enough — good point. And, like you, I love it when people turn a song on its head — which is why I call Adam’s Ring of Fire a masterpiece. However….

… so folding it back down is, in my book, kosher, too. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s all comes down to whether the end result is musically pleasin and still recognizably the same song.

I think folding it back down is way more risky — I think it’s much more likely to make people think it’s not musically pleasing — “Oh, he/she couldn’t reach for that high note, so they dropped it an octave.” I confess I have that thought when aging performers do it because Father Time has stolen their high end. Still, I think you’re on target, and she would have done well to compress the range on this particular night.

She got your pity votes? She got my DialIdol computer votes — all 500-some-odd of them!

Ok, I am going out on a limb here, but I ENJOYED Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gospel spin to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Roseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Reading here before I watched, I was expecting Trainwreck, and did not get it.

Yes, Lil really changed it up and made it her own. I think she was way better than the comments here would indicate. From Dial Idol it looks like America got it right once again. Allison, Matt & Kris as a bottom three sounds about right to me. I have no idea what Kris was trying to pull off but if it sends him home at least he can know it happened on his least compelling performance since Grand Old Opry night. Weak sauce.

Dear AI

Get rid of Kara. You only need 3 judges.

After watching Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance for the umpteenth time, I noticed something awesome. The arrangement Adam went for (the electro beats.)

Oh, you know this is cool. On first viewing I was all about soaking in the performance, so I went back and watched again and the arrangement is pretty sweet. It kind of reminds me of what Blake did with YGLABN…changing up the verses with the electro beats and hanging on to the big rock chorus. And he got similar Simon comments, the half will love it, blah blah. I’m in the love it half.

have no idea what Kris was trying to pull off but if it sends him home at least he can know it happened on his least compelling performance since Grand Old Opry night. Weak sauce.

Interesting reaction. My friend didn’t like it either. She wasn’t familiar with the song. I totally floved it live and almost floved it as much on television. I say almost because it all sounded ten times better in the studio. The problem is that he took a duet and the back up singer was too much in the picture. I still thought it was one of the better performances on the tele version.

And Cheese is right. Kris is no Glen Hansard and the back up singer is no Markita. But damn. I am loving the fact that Kris chose that song and not something like the Rose. Gah.

PS: Matt, see Kris for falsetto. Just sayin’

And Cheese is right. Kris is no Glen Hansard and the back up singer is no Markita. But damn. I am loving the fact that Kris chose that song and not something like the Rose. Gah.

YES! I think the fact he even chose the song at all should keep him on the show!

Lil à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Wedding performance, yuck. And then she had to go and make it worse by getting all defensive with the judges at the end. Grade: C-

Wow, I was sure Simon was going to say that. I even said that out loud while she was making noises, oops, I mean singing…

I haven’t seen the video yet but I’ve heard the performance of Kris. I flove Once with the fire of a thousand suns and I love love love Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova and I love Kris’ performance. I have no idea what Randy is smoking. But it’s really messing with his head.

I’ve been racking my brain, trying to figure out who Adam sounds like on this song (besides Axel Rose) and I have finally figured it out — Led Zepplin!!! Especially at the 3:11 to 3:00 mark on MJ’s embedded video.

Anybody hear what I hear?

Randy will never understand a song like “Falling Slowly.” Or guys like Kris and/or Jason Castro. He only gets rockers and belters.

“Gokey- arrogant as hell, standing there like he’s the Messiah or something”

probably the funniest comment ive read all night..haha..

i think Adam Lambert is a bonafide rockstar, diva, whichever you wanna call him. he’s a voice that reminds me of true rockstars with one in a million kind of voices and not the Chad Kroegers we have today. of course Simon will not get this kind of rock, what to expect from a show that thought Daughtry and Cook to be real rockstars.

General thoughts:

* Fire the show’s director. He obviously isn’t doing his job; either he is shirking his duties or is totally incompetent. How is it that even with one fewer competitor and only two judges’ critiques per performance, they still need to rush proceedings with the final two singers AND run over time AGAIN?

* Limiting the judges’ critiques to only two per competitor is not the answer to the time management problem. AI should check out some video of Canadian Idol which used four judges from day 1 and always finished on time.

* With one of the broadest categories to date, the song choices (aside from Kris) were oh so predictable.

My reviews:

1 Adam Lambert – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Born To Be Wildà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Steppenwolf) 26.5/30 (vocals – 9, stage presence – 9, song choice – 8.5) – More amazing vocals. Definitely over-the-top but that really worked for this song and the arrangement he used. Even his rock wails were spot-on pitch-perfect.

2 Anoop Desai – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Everything I Do (I Do For You)à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Bryan Adams) 25.5/30 (vocals – 8.5, stage presence – 8.5, song choice – 8.5) – He managed to do a really good R&B version of a Bryan Adams love song which is no mean feat.

3 Allison Iraheta – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Want To Miss A Thingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Aerosmith) 22.5/30 (vocals – 7.5, stage presence – 8, song choice – 7) – I wish she hadn’t picked this song. For all the comparisons to Kelly Clarkson, this performance unfortunately reveals that she has nowhere near the vocal range of Kelly. It was apparent every time Allison had to alter the arrangement so her voice wouldn’t be straining to hit certain notes.

4 Danny Gokey – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Endless Loveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Diana Ross) 21.5/30 (vocals – 7, stage presence – 7.5, song choice – 7) – A very personal song choice for Danny and should please his considerable group of core fans. I’m with Simon though; it was kind of boring and compares poorly to David Cook’s re-interpretation of Lionel Richie last year.

5 Kris Allen – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Falling Slowlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova) 21/30 (vocals – 8 stage presence – 8, song choice – 5) – Fine demonstration of a surprisingly good vocal range and control. However, it’s a risky song choice for the more casual AI home viewers who are supposed to be inspired to pick up the phone and vote for him.

6 Matt Giraud – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Have You Ever Really Loved A Womanà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Bryan Adams) 20.5/30 (vocals – 5, stage presence – 8, song choice – 7.5) – Song choice wasn’t the problem here; he just failed to vocally deliver very well in the second half of the song. There were a LOT of bum notes along the way. His piano skills were far superior to his singing.

7 Lil Rounds – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Roseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (Bette Midler) 17.5/30 (vocals – 5, stage presence – 7.5, song choice – 5) – Terrible choice of song to attempt all those fancy R&B runs. Made the entire performance come across as a pitchy, out-of-tune funeral dirge. She can’t seem to understand why a Bette Midler song, especially this one, does not translate well to R&B unless you radically change the tempo and the melody line. Easily the worse performance of the night but I doubt she’s going home this week even though she deserves it for two bad weeks in a row and being generally unimpressive since the Hollywood round.

pj
Apr 15th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Randy will never understand a song like à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Falling Slowly.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Or guys like Kris and/or Jason Castro. He only gets rockers and belters.

YES! I don’t think THIS show gets songs or artists like that. We should be calling it American Belter.

I flove Adam. I cannot wait to see what he does next. I just hope this is not the week that Kris goes home. I really want him to stay around awhile longer. But Lil can go home now.

ETA: I hate the two judges taking turns. I want to hear what Simon thinks each and every time. They really need to rethink that strategy.

dcismyfav, good call on Led Zepplin! Awesome!

I guess my hearing is bad as I didnt agree with the judges on a few who got good critique and I thought were sorely out of tune. I love Allison but she was soooooooooooo pitchy tonight and didnt the judges hear that or was it their manipulation at work? I love Kris but didnt like anything about tonights performance, especially the song choice. Im not a Gokey fan, Lil was off, I wasnt crazy about some of Adams performance. Not an Anoop fan but thought he totally nailed it tonight, beautifully sung.

As for time shortage, Ryan could use some editing imo, too much chit chat when he knows time is short. Maybe they could give the judges score cards like on DWTS and they could just show the contestants their score, no talking lol. QT makes a better judge then mentor. I didnt agree with some of his suggestions for the songs, sounded more like acting directions for a movie, not a song.

Still few famous faces in the audience like seasons past, not even fox channel people. Maybe the economy is keeping people from paying the 100.00 for the tickets when they can stay home for free.

OK. I just finished voting while reading through all the comments. I gave all my votes to Anoop, the Noopster. I felt that he gave the best performance of the night. Here’s my ranking:

Anoop – beautiful, moving performance. nerves kept it from being amazing.
Adam – full of energy, OTT, didn’t much care for the vocals but they were on key
Danny – moving performance but showed clear vocal limitations
Allison – had trouble with timing and pitch. her worst performance yet
Kris – a load of missed notes, kind of boring arrangement
Matt – a mixed bag, some hits but a lot more misses
Lil – if she hit her target, it could have been great; but she was miles off, so it was horrible.

And the final Dial Idol Score!

Danny is in the Green and safe!??
Lil is second and Adam is 3rd!!!!!????
Kris is Last?!!!!!!

BOOOOOO!

Dial Idol has Danny in the green. He is the only contestant in the green, but Lil is ranked after him in the second position. Kris is at the bottom, but I think that could change because Kris was at the bottom last week, and didn’t even hit bottom three. I think that Kris has a lot of people texting for him and I think he’s safe. I hope that Anoop is safe.

gah seriously who the eff is voting for hokeyjokey.
well at least when he wins, taylor won’t be the worst selling winner anymore. hurrah!

overall, tonight was a bit boring…i only remembered anoop’s and adam’s…disappointing considering the movies is such a great source of songs….

my rankings

1. Anoop-it was original, pitch-perfect, timing/credence was appropriate,and most of all, heartfelt…his performance position sucked…

2. kris- it was boring…boring because there was almost no dynamism to the song…but i also feel this was heartfelt…i don’t know about the ptich because not very familiar with the song

3. allison-valiant effort…but she was clearly struggling…she was out of breath…she kept stomping her feet in an attempt to reach for those notes…this is I think the first time I’ve seen her struggle with a song…shows her vulnerability vocally

4. Adam-technically wow…but whenever he sings like this…it’s an acquired taste for me…or maybe, it’s a love-it or hate-it type of thing…I just don’t like this type of singing…maniacal…it’ll make my ears bleed…

5. matt-he was trying too hard imo to put runs into the song…he had pitch problems…not good

6.Lil- I honestly forgot what she sang…I don’t care also…I just placed her above Danny because Danny was again unnecessarily praised somewhat….

7.Danny-he sang the cheesiest song on earth….performed in the cheesiest possible way….and yet Paula gushes over him…and Simon points out what a brilliant singer he is and that the song “means a lot to him…blah, blah…hint, hint….”…..which is sad really….

dcismyfave: yes! Led Zeppelin. That’s why I don’t like that screamy part of Adam’s voice. They were always overkill for me.

Look, Kris sang “Falling” exactly as it was meant to be sung. Accusing him of pitchiness and not Matt? Or Danny? Gag me….

I couldn’t take my eyes off of Quentin’s shell necklace in that flashback. WTF was he thinking?

OMG, Simon invoked the name of David Cook!

Of all times to pimp Allison… that was definitely her worst performance.

I used to hate Danny Gokey but now I just feel bad for him. He is clueless of his own mediocrity.

Adam = Danny Zuko 2011

Anoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop!

Kris was great! Great song, great performance. Don’t know why they hate him.

Lil’ Rounds was just bad… I don’t care that she put a gospel spin on that song, I care that she did it poorly.

Simon absolutely MUST chime in on everyone’s performance or the show doesn’t work. They need to get rid of Kara NOW.

I noticed that Danny has lost his trademark glasses! What’s with that?

interesting night. I totally enjoyed QT. He gave some good advice.

Allison-it was ok. Her vocal didn’t deserve the praise that she received but so many other times she didn’t get the praise she should have so I guess it evens out a bit. I think she should make the top 3.

Anoop-great vocal almost all the way through. I just don’t think he has the “it” factor to win the whole thing. Would like to see him make the top 5.

Adam-I don’t know about the vocal but my mouth hung open the whole time or I was shouting at the tv. He is a true entertainer and has “star” written all over him. What I would truly love to hear though is his middle/lower register. It is in his vocal suitcase because I’ve heard him do it. Open the sucker up and take it out. His song from the 10 Commandments was impeccable and used the total spectrum of his voice. Just do it Adam……….do it. You will feel better and so will we.

Matt-Matt started pretty nicely and there were some great piano flourishes in there but it jumped the track in the middle. It was a pretty nasty jump too. I think he should wear a hat every week to cover his “third eye.” It is distracting. It wouldn’t be difficult to have it removed either. Just a little lidocaine and the mole-a-matic. My husband is a pro at taking them suckers off…….we’ll do it for you Matt. Just get me 2 tickets to the show.

Danny-hmmmmmmm. well………Danny only pulls one rabbit from his AI hat. It is the plain, white rabbit. Danny, I would like to see some black, gray, or marbled rabbits come out of the hat. Everything sounds the same to me. QT gave you some advice about not using your hands but you didn’t listen.

Kris…….I waited and waited for that song to go somewhere but it barely left the station. I really like quiet, slow building songs but that one didn’t build to anything. It totally lacked any texture or tension at all to me. It started at the bus stop and moved slowly down the street to the next stop. There were no hills, no traffic, no jay walkers, no curves………no nothing. It was kind of just there. It didn’t suck…….but it didn’t impress either.

Lil……….now that was suckage. Major problems with everything. The notes were all over the place, except where they were supposed to be. She totally sang around the song. Her vocal suitcase is totally empty. She should be packing it up with her clothing tomorrow but for some reason people are voting for her. I didn’t care for her back talking either.

Bottom three……..Lil, Matt, and Kris
who should go………..Lil, no question. Who will……..no idea.

Allison: definitely not her best, but still better than some of the others…

Anoop: I do appreciate he has a good voice, but I find him boring, both the song choice and the singing. Sorry.

Adam: off the charts. In a good way. He’s from a different planet.

Matt: this week it was pitchy all over. I hope he still goes through – I generally quite like him, and he has quite a distinct style (well, sometimes not distinct from JT, but still)

Danny: emotional connection with a song does NOT mean singing it blandly and then looking up to the sky in the last five seconds (with or without glasses). It was pitchy and disgustingly manipulative. And America loved it, it seems.

Kris: I love the song, and I loved the performance (despite a couple of pitchy notes). Felt a lot of emotion there.

Lil: she’s just bad, and annoying.

I noticed that Danny has lost his trademark glasses! Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s with that?

QT told him to channel his energy into his eyes so I guess he dropped the glasses to make it obvious….NOT.

Lovecert, I confess I was a little disappointed about how hands-off Quentin was. Not that I was expecting to see a blood bath a la his movies. A couple of vampires would have been good though. Still at least Lil was channelling her inner Kill Bill in response to Simon.

OMG, pj went to a rehearsal?! I saw your name, but I wasn’t sure if it really was you. That’s so cool! How’s SoCal treating you?

If this episode gets more people to watch Once, then I’m happy with whatever happens tomorrow. That movie is amazing…and so was Kris’ performance. Honestly though, I think Kris has a lot of young voters, and they just tend to text more. I think, like last week, he’s safer than he appears.

I had the opportunity to see The Swell Season (The Frames Marketa) live, and this totally does them justice. Just a great cover, as opposed to the karaoke that was the rest of the night…okay, except Anoop. Anoop actually got me to listen to and enjoy a song I hate with the passion of 1,000 nuns. That’s quite a feat. Still don’t think I can listen again…oh man, that song is awful.

I like Kris more and more, just as Adam starts to get on my nerves more and more. Ugh. Plz pick better songs and stop screaming at me I really want to like you, kthx.

Bad night for Allison, and bad song choice. I hope she gets to stay.

Still love Danny’s tone and hate his song choices. Don’t think he was pimping the dead wife, just think he actually has a dead wife who would cause him to get emotional. He should keep the contacts.

Matt is too uneven and can go as soon as possible. Lil can just go…please.

Also, Randy can suck my proverbial balls. Asshat.

Posting this separate so that it doesn’t get bogged down in my tl;dr review:

For those who use Twitter, Paula Abdul asked for feedback on the two judges thing. Please go let her know how awful it was. I saw that Demi Moore and a few other celebs had already chimed in. heh

Hope it’s okay. Feel free to delete if you need to, mj.

twitter is so…wow… seems like every single celebrity out there has twitter now…

^^^erinnthered — you SO are in my head on your performance recap. But sorry I can’t offer up any aforementioned balls for Randy to suck… Otherwise, I’m right there with you!

And Cheese is right. Kris is no Glen Hansard and the back up singer is no Markita.

I know you floved it, and I’m more responding to the idea in general than any perceived critique of the performance, so…

I know what y’all mean, but I still kinda think it held up in it’s own way. It was definitely a cover, but Glen’s strength is in his emotion not his vocal abilities. The guy’s really spiritual and open and lets it all hang out there on stage. What did it for me tonight was that depth of emotion. Kris seemed to let it all hang out up there, and that’s what made me appreciate it…at least on camera. I also think he was trying to dial it back a bit in deference to Glen. Glen kinda sing/ talks the song at points, and Kris has a bigger range than him.

The only crap thing for me about the performance for me was that popped collar. Really, wardrobe?

Agreed about the backup singer, but I thought she did admirably given the circumstance.

For those not familiar, in case no one has posted it yet, here’s a live version of Falling Slowly. From Chicago, no less. ;-)

Anybody want to guess that Randy didn’t want to admit he hadn’t seen Once and didn’t know the song? Pitchy, my ass.

Actually this is the only site where Kris gets bad reviews from posters…lol

On all the music critic reviews Kris/Adam are their top picks.

I agree with MJ. Kris Allen was one of the best last night, followed by Adam Lambert.

^^^erinnthered à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  you SO are in my head on your performance recap. But sorry I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t offer up any aforementioned balls for Randy to suckà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Otherwise, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m right there with you!

Hee! Thanks, but I don’t have them either. That’s why they’re proverbial. ;-)

Simon is right about personal likeability being important, especially when it comes to the final two or three when everyone is talented, and ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to really like someone you donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know. Adam has been behind a theater mask all season; even with Mad World he was hiding in that light. They may find him interesting but does the average Idol voter care enough about him personally to vote for him to win it all?

Are you kidding?
Do I care about him personally?

I want nothing but happiness and rainbows and success for Adam in whatever manner he desires it.
So yes, I do care to a remarkable degree.

I don’t feel as if he has hidden himself in the least- IMO he is the most emotionally exposed contestant there when you are speaking on a personal level. When he speaks I know this guy- between the confessionals and the interviews and his history I feel as if I know him quite well.

On a professional level he offers such a variety of selves that it is impossible to know what he is going to pull out of his hat next. I don’t find that to be hiding at all- a performance is supposed to be a performance!, not an expositional poetry reading, although I am certain he could do that as well, and will when the time is right.
I guess I am saying that he is multi-dimensional and that I prefer that type performance to johnny one note, angsty, explorations of someone’s personal psyche.

He has lots more to surprise us with when it is down to the wire and more intimacy is called for- He hasn’t watched seven seasons of this for nothing and knows to keep something in the wings for when the going gets tough.

Adam on this show is like a roller coaster ride in the neighborhood kiddie playground- totally unexpected but a delight to have stumbled across.
He is fun.
He performs.
He entertains the hell out of me.

And then when it is over he turns back into a real person that I can 100% respect on a personal level- how cool is that!

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David Cook said that his top two favorites are Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.

Jordin Sparks likes Kris Allen. Someone posted this that Jordin liked Kris’s performance last night.

“Tonight jordin twittered that she liked kris’s performance tonight!!”

http://www.twitter.com/therealjordin

David Archuleta said he loves Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta, weeks earlier he said Matt Giraud also.

Constantine said his favorite is Adam Lambert.

So past Idols have picked their top favorites.

Fantasia loved Danny Gokey from the beginning.

I dont know what randy was smokin…. Kris was definately one of the best. Even though i had no idea what the song was LOL

Yeah I saw jordin’s twitter.. heh

So Gokey is the only one safe in the green on D.I.? On that performance?

Okay…I’ve tried to convince myself that anyone else has a shot but I really can’t kid myself anymore.

Kirsten made some good points the other day regarding who will potentially benefit most from the move to two songs per week (probably Adam, because he can provide the most effective contrasting performances) but I don’t think even that can de-rail the Gokey train. He sounds like he sings the same frigging song every week and still ends up either first or second on D.I. (mostly first) so if his fans are happy to reward him for that then I doubt they’ll have a problem with him singing the same song twice in one week!

Oh well.

I love Adam, he just makes me smile with every performance, even the OTT ones! I also love Kris but I didn’t love the song. It was the most inspired choice but I thought the beginning was rough in his low register but “he worked it out, dawg!” (He didn’t get the benefit of Randy’s critique so I thought I’d provide it for him).

I voted for both Adam and Kris last night and got a confirmation text of my votes for Adam but never got one for my Kris votes. I sure hope they went through, given Kris’ standing on dial idol!

Matt and Lil were the worst last night, followed closely by Danny. I would be happy if any of them went home, but I’m betting on Matt.

Anoop was the best of the night. Adam’s was deserving a Tony winning performance not sure if it was grammy winning though. Kris was okay and the rest were sub-par to very boring.

Not surprisingly, after a great performance, people are only hesitantly warming up to Anoop and wishing for the use of SAVE for one of the failed ones from last night.

Hopefully Ryan will reserve his sarcasm for others tonight and let Anoop watch the results show at ease and declare him safe first.

For those who use Twitter, Paula Abdul asked for feedback on the two judges thing. Please go let her know how awful it was. I saw that Demi Moore and a few other celebs had already chimed in. heh

She said there’s 4 standouts. Let’s see… Anoop, Kris, Adam and who?

Oh right. Danny. “Pulled our heartstrings” and proceeded to decimate them.

David Archuleta LOVES Kris Allen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMhlpgs7KcM&feature=related

I’ve read a few “I liked Lil’s gospel feel to that song” posts. For me, I couldn’t get past the horrible vocals. Lil it wasn’t the arrangement. It was that you didn’t SING IT WELL.

Whoever posted that you like slow, building songs and that Kris’s just didn’t build to anything… right. there. witcha. I think that was my exact problem.

I liked Anoop a lot this week. I’m not a huge fan, but I’ll be annoyed if he’s in the b3 after that.

Every last thing about Danny annoys me. What people like as gravelly vocals, I hear as a frog perpetually stuck in his throat. Can’t ya clear it already dude? Plus, just not a fan of that song.

Matt was doing fine until the bridge. But I still don’t think he was the worst of the night, but I do think he’ll hit bottom 3.

I’m glad Simon finally gave Allison some props, even if the performance didn’t deserve them. And yeah – I’m on the “love it” side of Adam’s performance. Even only halfway through, I said in chat “I’m kinda floving this.” lol.

Kris wasn’t in the bottom 3 last week, but those bottom 5 numbers were all really close. There were less than 3 point separating Kris and Lil, which is something that could probably be made up easily with some dedicated text voters. This week, the margin is a bit steeper. All of those bottom 4 probably get a good amount of text votes. Kris probably moreso than Matt. Sadly, I think Matt’s screwed tonight. Just as I was starting to kinda like him.

I was so disappointed with tonight! Bryan Adams? 2 Bryan Adams song? Why is this show stuck in the prior century. There have been amazing soundtracks in the last 9 years, yet Kris is the only contestant who chooses any recent song. Really disappointed.
My list best to worst:

Kris Allen – Love the song, the movie, and Kris for singing it–Randy was way off

Anoop – Yes, it’s Bryan Adams, but at least he sang it well and changed it up

Adam – Not because I actually enjoyed the sound but I know he can sing on pitch and that’s actually nice. He really needs to choose a recent song though

Allison – So disappointed she chose this song and MJ’s right, definitely a lot of rough notes. Not her best night

Matt – Bryan Adams? I love Matt but why would he choose this song? He missed a lot of notes, he could be in trouble

Danny -This was so boring. He missed notes, at least he finally got called on just doing the song the same as the original. The reason why he couldn’t make this another “Hello” is he doesn’t have the chops and doesn’t deserve to be in the top 2 Simon!

Lil’ – She missed some notes, sang a beautiful but old fashioned song. Typical Lil’ it wasn’t good. Arguing w/judges was lame but I think Simon wanted her to do that so it would keep her on another week

I think bottom 3 will be Anoop (despite a great performance), Matt and Allison with Anoop or Matt going home…I don’t want to see either go but this is the way it usually goes on Idol.

If this episode gets more people to watch Once, then Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m happy with whatever happens tomorrow. That movie is amazingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦and so was Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ performance.

I’ve been listening to Kris’ performance practically all night. I had never heard the song before, but I thought that it was gorgeous and that Kris sang it beautifully. The thought has crossed my mind of looking up the movie “Once” and checking it out. If it even comes close to being as touching as the song, I’m sure I’ll love it. :)

Kris was the best of the night and Adam was the most entertaining. Randy is a tool.

Fantasia loved Danny Gokey from the beginning.

So did Mandisa and Phil Stacey. As far as non-Idol celebrities, Keith Urban and wife Nicole love him, too. He did not do as well on this performance, I thought, as on others; but the emotion and passion were undeniable. Just like Phil before him, he sang about and to his dear wife. Go Danny!

This week was a total snooze fest. The only one that didn’t sing a sappy love song was Adam so I give him props for that. He really is the only reason I even watch the show. Tonight I found most of the performances to be pitchy with exception of Anoop (who I’m not a fan of) and of course Adam who has spot on vocals (no one is even in his league). I kinda feel for Adam because he’s so good that he’s held to a higher level and expectations are always so high; but to date he hasn’t disappointed. Danny was just so irritating…if he said “jour” (instead of your) one more time I thought I would slit my throat. I don’t get why everyone likes this guy…it’s like he has no range whatsoever and every performance is unremarkable. Lil was just a train wreck. It was like two songs in one, the traditional version and a gospel song, what the heck was up with that? That isn’t putting your own take on the song, it’s just confusing and messed up. Allison was off tonight, yet they keep pimping her out. She’s like Gokey – she can do no wrong in their eyes, yet that version of the song was horrible, another one who always sounds the same to me. Kris did a good job for the most part, the beginning was a little rough but he worked it out. Maybe the should have a Bryan Adams night next week – that should make them all happy – the rest of us not so much. Matt – I don’t even know what to say about that except I miss Scott.

Dial Idol canNOT be right. I cant completely explain why I dislike Gokey so much but a large part of it is his (IMO) “pimpage” of his personal tragedy early on and so now, I am suspicious of his motives. When he raises his eyes to the heavens at the end of the song in tribute to his wife, now it turns me off. Losing someone sucks, it just does and using that tragedy to exploit fans (which is what it feels like to me) sucks even more. Danny will probably win Idol, he is a piece of white bread and most people will buy it.

Adam of course was magnificent.

Lil in 2nd place behind Gokey? Well thats just funny, no way. She should go home tonight with Matt right behind her but it looks like, if Im to believe Dialidol, that Kris goes home and thats all kinds a crazy even though Im not a fan.

Lil in 2nd place, rollls eyes.

Hopefully Ryan will reserve his sarcasm for others tonight and let Anoop watch the results show at ease and declare him safe first.

Me too but doubt it will happen, Zs. Last week and now this week I’m resigned to Anoop probably going home but at least happy he had a good performance. I do think his performance was the best of the night and really doesn’t deserve to be in the bottom 3 let alone go home. I have a feeling they’ll bring out the save tonight unless it’s Anoop or Matt.

My bottom 3: Lil, Kris, and Adam but only Kris has a shot of being there imo.

Danny is the only one that makes me want to buy the original song every single week! He has the look for Endless love but gosh that was way off and pitch-y like he always was. Yet he could do nothing wrong in their book!

I agree with Randy’s critique of Kris; but I think he will be safe tonight.
Matt, IMO, will be leaving us tonight. That was a total mess.

What time is it now in the US?

Ok I still do not get the Kris appeal. He is by far the blandest, boring singer on the competition. That performance was drab and at some points, just awful. Adam owned tonight along with Anoop.

My prediction is Kris or Matt go.

I was glad to see Simon say something negative about Danny. Too bad he had to then indirectly remind us that Danny’s a widower again. He does NOT have the vocal ability to sing Endless Love well. I cringed when he tried to belt. Ugh… Lil was even worse IMO. The Rose is so iconic and not the song to try and add gospel elements to. Besides Adam, I thought Anoop and Kris were really good. I am a big Allison fan, but I thought she sounded too hoarse and tired on this vocal. Matt was just ok for me. Who should go home? Lil… Who will go home? I have no idea!

What time is it now in the US?

7:05 here in New Orleans

Lil’s performance was heinous last night. Nothing to do with the arrangement which I thought sounded quite promising in rehearsal with QT; she simply cannot sing in tune. I haven’t heard even ONE performance from her that wasn’t significantly sharp and/or flat in places. She was SO bad last night I even started wondering if she has hearing problems (and she wouldn’t be the only one judging by her rank on D.I… :help_tb:).

Ya know Coke pays for Ryan’s “chat time” with a contestant (s).
They are trying to subliminally get that red and white Coke bottle
image stuck in our minds. Ryan has to kill the time chatting about
nothing while the red lava is moving around.

Ok I still do not get the Kris appeal. He is by far the blandest, boring singer on the competition.

Apparently David Cook, David Archuleta and Jordin Sparks don’t find Kris Allen ‘boring’ or ‘bland’.

And you all know who they are? LOL

All three of them said that Kris was either their favorite or their 2nd favorite.

They like Kris Allen. I bet they would want to work with him after the show.

David Cook’s favorites on season 8 are Adam Lambert AND KRIS ALLEN.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/entertainment/dpgo_cook_adam_lambert_kris_allen_lwf_0414092410799

David Archuleta tells Singapore TV the best/coolest contestant is KRIS ALLEN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMhlpgs7KcM&feature=related

Jordin Sparks twittered about Kris Allen AND LOVED his performance.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Tonight jordin twittered that she liked krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance tonight!!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

http://www.twitter.com/therealjordin

Gokey so has to go. Sign me up for the “I don’t get the fascination” club. I notice Slezak & Co hve backed off but they are not giving him face time. I’m glad America found Adam as he will have an amazing career henceforth no matter where he places. The man is talent. All the rest to me are BLAH! But, I have experienced seasons like this before. There are only 3 seasons where I purchase the winners music and actually only 2 consistently as I am not a fan of country. All seasons can’t be everything to everybody. The 2 judge thing is absurd. Why can’t they limit comments to a minute or 4 sentences…. they are too verbose. Simon needs to chime in on everyone. I also never thought I’d see the day where Paula made the most sense.

I could care less which Idol the former Idols are promoting.

dreamr
I had never heard the song before, but I thought that it was gorgeous and that Kris sang it beautifully. The thought has crossed my mind of looking up the movie à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Onceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and checking it out. If it even comes close to being as touching as the song, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll love it. :)

Brace yourself. :) It’s a doozy.

Kris was def the highlight for me last night. When he said in the clip what he would be singing, my 16-year-old daughter and I squealed like a couple of fantards. And he certainly delivered.

I could care less which Idol the former Idols are promoting.

lol…well they tell their labels who they want to do songs or duets with. So IT IS important who “former Idols” like.

They also HAVE A LOT OF PULL in today’s music scene and they talk to other music artists. So it is better for some BIG “former Idols” to be in your corner…then let’s say some anonymous posters on some blog.

wow. this show really didnt live up to what i thought it would.
my faves: anoop, kris, adam
middle ground: allison, i didnt particularly like this song for her.
my bottom 3: danny, lil and matt, with matt (matt being allowed back to the safe zone first).
going home: lil (i hope)

lil, i don’t care what type of artist you wanna be, just try and, i dunno.. sing well.

im hoping its an all guy finale, or even top 4. we had a male top 5 for the last CI, and it didnt seem to be all that big of a deal.

is tonight the night where someone is asked to choose a side of the stage? i hope its anoop.

I am delighted that everyone thinks they know Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he is a professional theater ACTOR à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ this is not to say he is devoid of emotion but in an early interview he said that he has a lot of experience with selling a song; this is what he does for a living. In addition to fantastic singer I think we need to add professional salesman to his list of talents because there are a lot of people buying out there. Talented; extremely. But as Simon said last night though more delicately, that was like a drag show performance. He took an iconic rock song and turned it into an over-the-top burlesque routine.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve read a few à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I liked Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gospel feel to that songà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  posts. For me, I couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get past the horrible vocals. Lil it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the arrangement. It was that you didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t SING IT WELL.

Agreed. It was painful for me to listen to… and honestly, I was rooting for Lil to come out and shine. Without a doubt, Lil had the worst vocal of the night… and there were some pretty sucky vocals last night IMO.

My favorite contestants this year are Allison, Adam, and Kris. However, after watching and listening to the video, my favorite vocal of the night was Anoop. Whomever wrote that he may be the Sysesha of this season… I hope you’re right, because based on that vocal, Anoop deserves to continue on.

Adam was electrifying and awesome, but I still put Anoop #1 on my personal list. Adam’s #2 for me, for week 7.

Hooray that Allison finally got some praise, but why for this song? It was clearly her weakest performance of the season. I don’t get it. So many mixed emotions!!!

I do think Lil should get the boot based on her performance, but I think it will be Matt and Kris as the bottom two.

I’m going out on a limb to predict that Kris is the lowest vote getter. Many of us really enjoyed his performance, but the song wasn’t well known. DialIdol isn’t always right but looking at WNTS and blog comments, sadly I think he’s at risk as the “shocking boot”. However, if Kris is indeed at the bottom I believe they will use the save. If Matt G as the lowest vote getter, I’m not sure they’ll use the save.

My rankings:

Kris-It was beautiful. I don’t know from pitchy because Kris is the only one I’ve heard sing this song.

Adam-It was definitely entertaining. The dude can sang, but yeah, sometimes a bit OTT for me.

Anoop-He sang the song very well. I found it boring. Compared to the 30 seconds we heard David Cook singing it in Hollywood last year, it just paled in comparsion for me.

Matt-Because I like him and the rest are fairly interchangeable in their dreadfulness.

Danny-He doesn’t sing well but he does have an interesting voice. He always has breath and pitch issues. I detest his cheesiness. He seems so much more contrived to me than Adam ever could be.

Allison-Horrible from her enunciation to her pitchiness to her lack of range on a song that really needs it, there’s not one thing I liked about this performance.

Lil-Love that song, and I believe she did the best she could with it, but her best just ain’t good enough. I didn’t like her audition, and I haven’t liked anything she’s done since. I have always had a problem with her attitude. Oh and Simon, she’s exactly the “artist” you met 7 or 8 weeks ago :wallbash_tb:

As much as Anoop deserves to be put out of his misery first tonight (assuming he’s safe), top 7 is usually the night they divide the kids into two groups of three, and then tell the 7th person they are safe and ask them to pick thier group of fellow “safe” people.

They could do this with Anoop being the person to pick the group to save… it fits his “nice guy” personna to be asked to choose. As in the past two seasons, Anoop won’t be able to choose and they’ll put him in the “safe” group.

However, I’m betting Danny will be the safe person. He has the chutzpah and confidence to play the game and select a group “to save”.

“Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was heinous last night.” Jeffrey Christ from American Idol Report Card says “In the Meryl Streep/Jack Nicholson film à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ironweedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  there is a scene in which former singer Helen Archer, the drunk character Streep portrays, sings to the rest of the despots in a bar, and it is a glorious, haunting song. A few moments later, we realize that the beauty of her voice was the workings of the voices in her head, and we heard what the true voice sounded like.

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s how I imagine Lil Rounds whenever she takes the stage. In her mind, here stands a passionate, glorious singer, enthralling the masses with her indisputable, natural talent, as if she were the second coming of Aretha Franklin. And what we hear is vocal disembowelment, a musical version of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Exorcistà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , possessed, frightening and vomiting pea soup.

It was a recital so painful to listen to that Paula Abdul couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t find words to critique it, rather praising the lyrical beauty of Amanda McBroom and the direct coalition the lyrics have to each Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sojourn to the top 7. As it stands, it was the most wasted pimp slot performance of the year. Her sassy backtalk to Simon further proves her ignorance, as she portrayed herself as Idol pariah, but you know what, Lil? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not about putting your à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“own bit to ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  by adding à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“R&B and Soul and Gospelà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  – ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s about comprehending nuance, control, and emotional commitment to the song.”

my favorite vocal of the night was Anoop

Mine too!

Last night was a joke. They have one less contestant than last week, only 2 judges waffle and they STILL go over, too funny.

I didn’t see the point in QT. Why was he a mentor? I could have been more help than he was, seriously. The only person I felt actually benefited from his ‘advice’ was Anoop. I didn’t see QT the last time he was on so i’m miffed as to all the hype accompanying him.

Allison – I’m glad she finally got some kudo’s, I don’t like that song but she did o.k with it. I hope it’s enough to keep her in after going first.
She should have had the pimp spot over Lil and closed the show imo. I’m glad Simon said she was the best of the girls.

Anoop – Best performance from him so far. I felt emotion from him last night, that was no frat boy performance.

Adam – It was WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILD! That’s all i’m gonna say about that.

Matt – I didn’t think the song suited his voice at all. Bottom 3

What was Simon doing while Kara was waffling? Looked like he was fake puking or something LOL

Danny – OMG One huge gorgonzola cheese fest and the little look to heaven when he was finished…………..pass the puke bucket Simon.
That song sucks donkey’s balls. Soppier than an OTT cheesy hallmark card and Gokey didn’t sing it well. Bottom 3.

Kris – Lame song. Maybe if he could have done the whole song but the beginning of that song is terrible, it gets better as it builds to the end. I don’t think he had a chance to really bring it. Too bad for him.

Lil – Hate the song. She was TERRIBLE! LOL at Simon rolling his eyes. She was the worst by a mile, no, a hundred miles. crap crap crap. Bottom 3 and should go home. I knew when she opened her mouth to sass back the word ‘artist’ was coming…….LMAO! GO HOME LIL!

I think we my be heading for another heated fan battle between the danny fans and the Adam fans

Lil really benefited from that two judge panel. If all four had panned her and she had spoken back, she would have come off far worse I think. But with it really just her vs Simon it came off as a personal attack, which rallied her fan base. I agree with MJ–two judges is NOT THE ANSWER.

Haven’t read the 15 pages of comments yet, but Dial Idol is showing Gokey & Lil in the first 2 spots and Kris dead last? WTF? I hope it’s wrong again like last week.

Allison – I thought she did well, not her best performance, but finally getting some positive comments from the judges.
Anoop – his best performance so far. That said, that doesn’t say much. He is always boring.
Adam – solidly fantastic as usual.
Matt – dull dull dull. And he has got to stop thinking he has a good falsetto.
Danny – Just OK. He’s done better, but this was not one of his better performances. No way should he be top in dialidol.
Kris – I thought it was one of his best performances & very lovely. He took a slow song and made it INTERESTING, unlike Matt, Anoop and Danny.
Lil – Should not be #2 on DialIdol. Should be going home. Maybe it’s the VFTW folks helping her out?

Oh man.. I sadlyalso think Matt is screwed tonight.
Matty, why did you pick that song? It was the worst song choice for him.
He can soul up songs but not all of them. Remember when he did “So Small”? That was amazing. But.
This Bryan Adams song was not in his wheelhouse. When I heard he was singing that I just knew.

He still seems so nervous all the time. Last week he was incredible but I do think he just can’t seem to cope with the pace of this show. That’s so endearing to me. HE is very very talented that’s for sure but as mj once said he is just not ready for this, YET.

It will be hard for me to see him go, but I am already prepared. And yes, the judges will definitely NOT save Matt. They will use next week for either Danny, Adam or Allison I guess. If they use it at all.

Sniff. Sniff. I wanted Matt to reach Top 5, but I guess that’s not happening.
Hopefully he can have some sort of career after this.

Okay, this is now my favorite quote from Michael Slezak:

As for Lil, well, hmmm…what to say? I mean, the woman’s Idol season has contained more awkward missteps than Elisabeth Hasselbeck at a Gay Pride parade.

Movies night was more like elevator music night. What horrible, horrible crap song choices. So props to Kris Allen for picking something that wasn’t utter rubbish. I’m also starting to like Lil. Simon is giving her a hard time for not singing ths stuff he likes. I don’t really care who wins but I hope Kris and Lil stick around longer. They’re the only two I enjoy as personalities right now.

Off topic, but I just saw the Britain’s Got Talent video. Sure it’s cheesy but American Idol could use a few more cheesy moments like that. I miss the Cinderella stories.

I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see the point in QT. Why was he a mentor?

Because it’s all about the big names again this year and our Idols have had to take second place to them and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Cakenbake – thanks for sharing that, I care what they think, esp DC. :D

But yeah, last night overall was kind of a yawner (except for Adam’s sudden jolt that was entertaining even though it wasn’t my fave of his).

Kris was soothing and pretty. It did lack a punch, but it WAS on key (Randy, wrong!).
I thought I saw the beginning of that movie Once and turned it off due to extreme boredom. Did I miss something?

Allison’s performance was… not so good. And I normally like Allison.

Anoop can sing on key, yay. But the performance was zzzzzzz.

Danny looked like he kept forgetting not to move his hands, and would grab the mike and looked really awkward. That was just not great overall.

Lil sadly tried to be an artist by messing up a song and singing it badly. I feel bad that she gets all the slamming when Danny is no better, c’mon.

And Matt I thought did ok, not great, but not as bad as the judges hated on it. He needs to get over those nerves.

Good morning from NY….I dont know what the hell was up last night on IDOL…

I am a MAJOR Adam Lambert fan so of course I will love everything he does…I taped it and watched it over 50 times already and I must say his vocal range in out of this world…he always hits great last notes but its the in between notes that I think are magical…He goes so high and in a nano sec..he goes so low it’s on real.

I’m a little worried about tonight result show…I was texting and calling ADAMS # for 2 hr non-stop and if I got 5 busy signal it was a lot…I was like WTF… I got my husband (waked his ass up..lol), my mom, sister, in-laws and brother to call non-stop as well…last week I only got like 5 calls in for ADAM it was so busy this week I checked my call log and it said I called his # 382 times and on my land line I called him about 20 times as well…..

I’m hoping for the best…’cause if they vote him off or if he is even in the bottom 3 I will be kicking some MAJOR a$$….not sure whose but I will let my Jamaican come out big time…..

May fav: ADAM, Matt, and Kris
Everyone else can pack their bags for all I care…..

PS…does anyone know when the Idols are going on tour or at least when they will announce that they are going on tour?….I have to book by vacation soon and I don’t want to miss it…I have to see my man Adam..lol..oh do they still to that VIP ticket thing with the tours still?…I did that when Fantasia won and got to meet the idols back stage…

I thought Kris was the best of the night. I was concerned with him singing that song since it’s not well known (despite the Oscar) and it’s repetitive in its entirety, but he more than did it justice. It was hauntingly beautiful.

I think this is the first time I really gave Kris more than a passing glance.

I have a problem, though. I swear at the end Ryan gave out 07 as Kris’ # to call. If that’s the case, it would explain how Lil is 2nd on Dial Idol. Did anyone else hear that? I’m west coast, so we see the taped version.

Adam was good, but I cannot stand the scream singing.

Anoop gave a lovely and convincing performance of a tired song.

I enjoyed Allison, but it wasn’t her best work.

I hated Danny’s performance and he didn’t look emotional to me at all. I just thought he sang bad.

Matt’s nerves are really getting the best of him.

Lil was hands down the worst of the night. She was all over the place.

If Kris ends up being the one to go, I pray that they use the Save on him. He deserves it.

TwigLA – watch the video on top of this page – Ryan says 06. But that would be majorly messed up if people on the west coast somehow got 07 matched to Kris. No matter what, Lil doesn’t deserve top 2, and Kris better get saved if he bottoms out!

I still think Matt is a goner; but it could very well be Allison.

I could care less which Idol the former Idols are promoting.

Ditto that. However, in THIS particular case, I happen to agree with them. IMO, Adam, Kris & Allison are all top tier.

Yep, after sleeping on it, I’m thinking Matt’s a goner. Allison and Anoop come in second. I think if Kris or Allison end up in the bottom, they will use the save. I don’t see them saving Anoop or Matt.

If anybody wants to hear The Swell Season (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova), who won an Oscar for “Falling Slowly,” they gave a great live performance in DC that you can listen to for free on NPR.

I think Glen is just an awesome singer and amazing live performer. And I thought Kris did a fantastic job of covering the song. He deserves to last another week for showing he’s got some awesome taste in music. And while I know a lot of Idol watchers probably haven’t seen Once (see it, it’s outstanding), the soundtrack has been doing well on iTunes for quite some time.

Live Music from the Film ‘Once’
Glen Hansard and Markà ©ta Irglovà ¡ in Concert

No way Randy ever heard that song or saw the movie. What a ridiculous fool/tool.

I really didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think that Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was as bad as its being made out to be; I actually liked it better than last week. And for the life of me I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand how anyone can hold Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s wife against him; whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s wrong to paying tribute to a lost partner? I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he has one scheming bone in his body; he actually reminds me of Elliot Yamin who was one of the nicest guys this format has ever seen. I think that is why he is so popular, that and because he has a beautiful singer.

I am a huge Adam fan so I’m not sure I can be objective where he’s concerned anymore. This was by far my favorite of the night. I loved the vocals and the performance. My only wish was for better backup.

My top two have always been Adam and Allison. Allison has been amazing. I wish the judges praise had begun earlier and when she most deserved it. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for her. Going first and sudden Simon praise on probably her weakest vocal of has me worried.

Kris, Matt and Anoop have traded places throughout the competition for my third favorite. I’ve had a tendency to lean more toward Kris, but I enjoyed Anoop’s performance slightly more than Kris’s last night although they were both very good.

I’ve enjoyed Danny a few times, but he really does sound the same on every song, and the overpraising has not always been deserved. Lil has yet to be a standout for me.

I think Kris was the best of the night, the second half of the song never fails to give me chills, chills!! But I have to agree that the first half was a bit too low for his range. I think the song by itself is so gorgeous, that half of the work is done by just picking that song, not discrediting Kris’ vocal here, but can anybody deny that its just such a pretty pretty song?

I love love Anoop, but I agree that he hasn’t been that exciting ever since the big idol stage. Like the joy of singing that we can all feel when he was singing with his group was just sucked out of him. If he manages to stay another week, he really has to do something unpredictable, like doing an acapella or something. He is now bordering on forgettable, despite the undeniable smooth vocals. Still rooting for Anoop, but I must admit that every time he performed, I kept waiting and waiting for something more, but it never came!

I dont really care about the rest. Allison was not up to par to her usual standard; I never get the Adam love (I admit he has the vocal chops when he sings ballads, but the glam-whatever-adam just lost me); Danny is Danny, boring and boring what a waste for a beautiful harp, couldnt agree more with Simon; Matt was just..trying too hard, unnecessary runs bordering on annoying; and Lil should just go home.

I think B-3 will be: Matt, Anoop, and maybe Allison. With Anoop or Matt sent home. The judges will let Anoop go but might use the save for Matt. Sad, but thats Idol for you.

Why can’t our Idols be this good? Maybe we could get some Simon love. LOL
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/15/singer.simon.cowell.youtube/index.html

Allison will not go, they will save her

Regarding comparing Adam to Led Zeppelin: Paula compared Adam to Zeppelin weeks ago, I think after the “Ring of Fire” performance.

Wide open field last night and ONE contestant picked something current — Kris. Weren’t all the other songs from the 70′s and 80′s? Thank you, Kris. You gave the best performance of the night.

What’s missing for the most part this season is song choice.

For me over the past seasons the ones who made great song choices were Bo Bice and David Cook – I’m sure there are others but I can’t think of them off the top of my head and those 2 stand out as the best.

I can’t think of a word that describes last night’s choices – bland comes to mind but even that word is not strong enough….

Out of all of the songs that could have been chosen, the ones they picked were just painfully, unbelievably boring. It’s hard for me to conjure up any level of enthusiasm for this group, and it has to do with song choice.

Adam – you are the most talented of the bunch, you are a star. Lately I’ve been seeing Adam more as a front man for a band vs. a solo performer. He feeds off of the music, and having a band (much like Daughtry) to front is what I see. The performance was great – voice was great, performance OTT but that’s what I expect with Adam. He commands the stage, and I love him. But the song he picked for me was just okay.

Kris – love the look and love the voice. Ain’t No Sunshine was absolutely great, but the others – a big loaf of white wonder bread. You sang that song last night beautifully, but I almost didn’t care I was so bored.

Danny – I like his voice alot – I think he’s attractive but I know many people don’t care for him and see some arrogance there. Personally I don’t see it. But again, why that song? Trying to convey sorrow and pain is fine – but pick a better song. I wasn’t sure if he was teary eyed after he finished – maybe his new contacts were bothering him? His eyes looked squinty last night.

Anoop – has a beautiful voice and sounded great last night. I put him in the same class as Matt however – see loaf, white wonder bread above….wake me up before you go go.

Lil – get over yourself. Lots of people can sing okay – the real test is when you get up on the big stage. You are not a star, you have not got what it takes. Some people have “it” and you don’t. Lil’s feelings are hurt each week because she feels betrayed by the judges who said she was the second coming – now she just needs to be going.

Allison – she is talented for sure. I keep feeling like someone needs to work with her more to cultivate her skills. She is rough around the edges but I do like her voice. But I haven’t felt compelled to vote for her, although I should because she is 100% better than Little Rounds.

Nola – in the same vein as your last post – this is a guy a lot of us have been begging to try out for AI – this is just one of many covers he does on web cab from his room, so if you like it he actually has a lot of stuff. This is the kind of talent that should be making its way to the top of the show; absolutely beautiful.

I noticed that Danny has lost his trademark glasses! Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s with that?

All the better to notice the tears in his eyes as looks upward to heaven, my dear. :smirk1_ee:

David Cookà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s favorites on season 8 are Adam Lambert AND KRIS ALLEN.

ZOMG, we have the same favorites!!!11 :smile1_ee:

…sorry here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgttjMJAHgE&feature=related

Dear AI

Get rid of Kara. You only need 3 judges.

If I were getting rid of judges, Kara would be 3rd on my list.

Randy will never understand a song like à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Falling Slowly.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Or guys like Kris and/or Jason Castro. He only gets rockers and belters.

Well yes, there’s that.

Also, Randy can suck my proverbial balls. Asshat.

And that.

No way Randy ever heard that song or saw the movie. What a ridiculous fool/tool.

Yep. This too. I just felt like collecting a lot of Randy hate all in one place. He’s such a moron. And, I don’t think Paula said one thing that made any actual sense last night. Does she just spit out words now to set Simon up for one of his little jokes? It’s like a pattern – Paula strings together random words with no coherent meaning – Simon comments on how he has no idea what she just said (either do I Simon).

They also HAVE A LOT OF PULL in todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music scene and they talk to other music artists. So it is better for some BIG à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“former Idolsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to be in your cornerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦then letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s say some anonymous posters on some blog.

I’ll respectfully disagree here. While I’m sure it’s nice for the current contestants to know that previous contestants appreciate their performance, I don’t really think it means anything to their careers. I don’t think any of those former idols have any kind of pull in the music industry.

I think last night is just proof that there’s no stopping the Gokey train. He sang the cheesiest song ever, without doing much to reduce the Velveeta, trotted out the harp of grief, left bad notes flying everywhere and revealed that he’s still pretty fug even without the stupid glasses. Yet still America votes like mad. There’s no stopping the widower. (Not to say I won’t still try!)

I don’t get it. Why won’t America vote for Kris??? Why Kris gets no love from America??? Ugh!

I predict Allison as the bottom vote-getter and the judges will finally use their damn save because she’s the girls’ only hope left.

Best of the night for me – Kris most definitely. I love that song and he did it justice. I didn’t care for Allison last night but am hoping she sticks around for awhile. I don’t really care if I hear Lil sing another note again. I don’t like her singing and I don’t like her attitude. Sorry, Lil lovers – and there seems to be a lot of them out there.

This has been a weird Idol year for me. I don’t have a clear cut favorite and have liked/disliked songs from everyone. So I got on You Tube last night and was watching David Cook’s performances from last year. Admittedly, I am a Cook lover but, for me, no one matches what he did last year.

I cant stand Anoop, asked my sister if I need therapy to get past his attitude and his look, she told me to close my eyes while I listen to him, so I did. He has a very pretty voice but in closing my eyes that voice is just a pretty voice, wont be able to distinguish from any other on the radio, but, he was good last night. The problem with him is he wants to be Usher or Bobby Brown, he went into the box nicely after the judges told him to but after this he is probably going back to imitating his Idols, maybe – oh who knows but I did enjoy his voice, hated the song choice cuz I dont like Bryan Adams songs at all. I did enjoy Allison and Kris but Adam blew me away – he just can do anything – now I wanted to like Matt, I finally got him last week but he was cringe worthy darn it all and LIL OM HECK (if you are from Utah) she is awful but she has a voting block completely to herself so I dont see her gone. I agree it will be one of the soul boys going home tonight but you just never know on this show

I voted my fingers off for Kris and Adam

Oh and my teenage son came home last night and asked me how I liked Adam, I said NO WAY you were at your friends house watching American Idol!!! That is a first, he said they liked Adam the most and that they have been watching it cuz of him. I couldnt bribe Christian to watch AI ever before, so, that bodes well for Adam, at least in my little demo area

Oh wait I just realized I missed someone – hmmmm

Jordan Sparks Chris Brown cover by Airto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF5YySfcPnQ&feature=related

dreamr
Apr 15th, 2009 at 7:27 am
If this episode gets more people to watch Once, then Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m happy with whatever happens tomorrow. That movie is amazingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦and so was Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ performance.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been listening to Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ performance practically all night. I had never heard the song before, but I thought that it was gorgeous and that Kris sang it beautifully. The thought has crossed my mind of looking up the movie à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Onceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and checking it out. If it even comes close to being as touching as the song, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll love it. :)

It is an extremely touching film. Please see it!

If Kris ends up being the one to go, I pray that they use the Save on him. He deserves it.

No kidding! He was the only one who took a risk last night, and he’s been taking risks for weeks now. Not to mention that’s he is AWESOME!

Love me some QT. Loved his intro packet.

Well, I’m just gonna say it, I was really disappointed in the show- for a few reasons:

1) With the exception of Adam ¨’s and Kris ¨’ songs- the choices were pretty bad.

2) Two judge thing aint workin’ for me. I want to hear what Simon says after eache performance- whether I agree or not, or even if he is being a surly ass.

3) I am so disappointed that QT was not a judge and just a mentor…he did a good job, but IÂ ¨’d rather see him in te role of judge.

Performances:

In a league of his own
Adam! Love this song. Remember dancing on top of a table to it at a party back in the day…ah yeah- good times!He was just effin ¨’ awesome. My boy rawks and he’s so purty.

Almost had a moment:
Kris- Kudos to Kris for singing “falling Slowly”..such a pretty song and he did it justice. Has better taste in music than I originally thought. I’m starting to like this boy.

Boring but nice vocals:
Anoop. What else is there to say?

WTF Allison?
I adore this girl and her voice but this was bad. I only put her before Danny because she has been bringing it every week and I would still rather listen to a bad Allison over Gokey. She was out of breath at the beginning and just did not hit the notes. She took a mediocre song and made it sound worse.

Boring but okay:
Danny. I HATE this song, and couldn’t stand how he looked up at the heavens at the end. And what was up with the harp? He was okay though- at least he was holding still.

Just Plain bad:
Matty, Matty, Matty. That was not good-at. all.

Send her home:
Lil needs to be sent home for that absoultely dreadful performance. (I dislike this song too!)As she is 2nd on DialIdol, she is obviously popular with many many casual voters. I don’t get it. She.Is.Not.An.Artist. Hell, she ¨’s not even a singer!

Should be in bottom 3: Lil, Matt and Allison, with Lil going home.
Will be in bottom 3: Matt, Allison, Kris, with Matt going home.
Will the judges save him?

DialIdol: What a racket those people have going. If you dial the last hour in the west coast time frame it’s you and only you, buddy. Not a single busy signal, EVER, except in finals night. Their measurement may be semi-accurate in the east coast because of the amount of folks (isn’t AIs strongest demographic the Deep South) but it deteriorates the farther west you head as time overlaps diminish. They can measure trends, but not any kind of total accuracy.

I have a great time reviewing the result nights from past years. Scott Savol, remember him…ugly and chubby with a really bad demeanor and voice…well he led DialIdol a few times…as well as countless others who have since fallen into the abysmal black hole of obscurity. Let’s wait until tonight to see who will rise from the ashes.

Going home, my prediction, one of the three soul guys just because they are splitting votes at this juncture. And if the person is Saved…then next week two of the soul guys will go home. So be careful what you wish for. Lil isn’t going anywhere…for awhile….she is getting VFTW, women with kids, the black diva vote, and the “I hate Simon” crowd.

mattsrun
Apr 15th, 2009 at 10:24 am
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦sorry here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgttjMJAHgE&feature=related

Very nice, mattsrun. Thanks for sharing!

I just watched the youtube of Adam from a different angle, he is so amazing (to me) – what WAS that note he hit at the end, that is NOT screeching or screaming – he has the range to pull those notes out and up and beyond, hold it there forever and just wow. I wish I knew the technical terms

And for the life of me I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand how anyone can hold Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s wife against him; whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s wrong to paying tribute to a lost partner? I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he has one scheming bone in his body; he actually reminds me of Elliot Yamin who was one of the nicest guys this format has ever seen.

It seemed fairly calculated to me that the wedding ring that has been missing for weeks made its reappearance last night, the ever present trademark glasses were removed so that we could clearly see the delicate little tear, and that heaven’s own instrument- a freaking harp- stood center stage as he lifted his gaze towards the heavens right on cue at the end

I suppose it could all be coincidental…..
Nah.

I think last night is just proof that thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no stopping the Gokey train.

Morning, Mrs. Spens! Told ya Danny is your next Idol. Not my fav;
but he stands right up there with Adam and he has no baggage.

I don’t understand the Danny hate here and other places. It just make people want to vote more for him.

Morning, Mrs. Spens! Told ya Danny is your next Idol. Not my fav;
but he stands right up there with Adam and he has no bagage.

Morning! Ugh, just thinking that thought makes my head hurt.

Because this:

It seemed fairly calculated to me that the wedding ring that has been missing for weeks made its reappearance last night, the ever present trademark glasses were removed so that we could clearly see the delicate little tear, and that heavenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s own instrument- a freaking harp- stood center stage as he lifted his gaze towards the heavens right on cue at the end

is totally spot on.

It seemed fairly calculated to me that the wedding ring that has been missing for weeks made its reappearance last night, the ever present trademark glasses were removed so that we could clearly see the delicate little tear, and that heavenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s own instrument- a freaking harp- stood center stage as he lifted his gaze towards the heavens right on cue at the end

So I am not the only one seeing the ring then!

Anoop was just awesome. Who said an R&B singer with booooooming voice has to be a black diva?

So I am not the only one seeing the ring then!

The ring goes on and off, I believe, depending on whether he’s the pelvic thrusting Gokey attempting to entice the fangirls into becoming tour groupies or whether he needs to play the grieving widower card.

NOOP, there it is!

LOL at Rickey Minors (spelling?) face trying to keep up with Adam in the youtube video! He about gave him a heart attack, shook up that mostly boring ballad night. That is what you need in an artist someone who can do ballads, and then be ott LOVE both types – all in the same night in a concert, at least he is not boring.

White bread is bland and relatively tasteless and yet it outsells all other breads by a wide margin. Other breads have wonderful crusts and fuller flavors, but fall to the bland white bread. Danny is white bread. He was sold early on with the dead wife and good friend angle. He will not die no matter how out of tune he is. He could nursery rhymes and still be top vote getter.

I have a headache……..

I think Adam is too big to win AI. This is the first time I ever thought that idea much less said it. He’s too big for Idol and at this point in time, Idol looks like a joke for him. He’s in another galaxy.

Edited to add that idol is all about the contrived and Danny is all of that. he is that shows dream. Adam is a whole ‘nother story but the show needs him and they know it. Without Adam the ratings would be a hell of a lot worse than they are.

Snickers…….I have vibes of season 5 and its tickling me. The whole division thingy goin’ on. Thats gotta make ya smile.

Idol judging has turned into a parody of American Dreamz, a parody of Idol. In the movie, the folks in control don’t care about talent, only ratings so they preordain the top 3 to cause the most drama. A Jewish rapper complete with side curls and black suit, a wanna be Taliban terriost and a blond bombshell.

This year, we were told the final 3 would be a flamboyant gay (and, just in case we don’t understand that Adam is gay, they make each of his numbers into a complete theatrical production), a conservative Christian widower (yep, glasses off so we can see the heaven bound tear) and, since the blond Megan was subpar, a black diva.

Last nite’s judges statement had nothing to do with performances! Paula spent her time draped over Simon (which we got to see when they wanted us to ignore the contestant (poor Anoop!) and then recited her cue cards. Simon praised Allison on her worst ever song and the last two performers were each given one good/one bad review to up their chances of staying on another week.

So, either Anoop or Matt are supposed to leave tonite – Idol management says so!

They also HAVE A LOT OF PULL in todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music scene and they talk to other music artists. So it is better for some BIG à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“former Idolsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to be in your cornerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦then letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s say some anonymous posters on some blog.

Yeah because the idols who can’t even manage to get their own careers to superstar level will go out of their way to help these idols. Sure.

Last night was the first night I actually liked Lil and Danny. He was dressed better, and sang sincerely and from the heart. And he looked cool. Ditto for Lil. I was glad she spoke up and defended herself. I still think she should go home soon though.

Adam was electrifying and is always in a league of his own. QT recognized him as a real talent, the kind who could make it in the real world.

I love Allison every time and she looked cute last night. Her singing was exciting to me, so I don’t get that it was worse than usual. Not for me.

Anoop was kareoke with a few sweet notes here and there but not enough to justify why he is on this show still. Kris, did nothing for me. Overall, it’s the worst season ever as far as talent or excitement.

I liked the judges 2 at a time. 4 at a time is ridiculous especially when they are so self-indulgent to talk forever. I don’t need to hear Simon every time. Randy is just as accurate these days.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I am LOL that the current TPTB can’t even fit seven 90 second performances into an hour without a struggle. Pitiful.

The two judge critiques: a bad idea that should not be repeated. Personally, I think Simon is as full of crap as anybody, but there’s no question that he’s the most influential judge. Half the Idols don’t get a Simon critique = unfairness.

Simon mimicking Kara when she was speaking? Grow the f*ck up, Simon. Kara made as much sense as anybody on the panel last night.

Kris gets points from me for picking the best song of the night, and doing a decent job with it.

I think back fondly on the Flames of Pimpage that used to surround Daughtry on a regular basis a few seasons ago. But – the Lightning Bolts of Pimpage that TPTB broke out for Adam last night? Awesome. Adam is my fave, but I have to admit I thought that was kind of a lightweight version of “Born to be Wild.” OTOH, it was the least boring thing I saw last night, and a nice break from the onslaught of dreary ballads.

Anoop was at his best. Allison – I just can’t get behind that awful song. Matt is just not a great live performer. Lil – I don’t mind a little back talk, but not after that performance.

Gokey really is shameless. Simon: “We all know you are a fantastic singer.” We do?

“So, either Anoop or Matt are supposed to leave tonite – Idol management says so!”

Oh I have to disagree with this, I am not a mindless dolt, I want and vote for whomever Is good or entertains me – they disliked Jason last year but they couldnt change my mind about him, people are not going to change their minds about their favorites no matter what the judges say, no matter what a blogger says. I sure as heck cannot get people to vote for Adam or Kris if Anoop is in their head and no one can swing my vote to Anoop or Lil or anyone else by the same token. Randy didnt make me not vote for Kris, so I have to disagree with this

Oh, and Matt should go! Can’t stand him.

Actually I want Danny to go home like yesterday but that’s not gonna happen so I’m gunning for my 2nd least fave.

DialIdol: What a racket those people have going. If you dial the last hour in the west coast time frame ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s you and only you, buddy.

Pretty much. I almost never hit busy signals except on Finale night, and even then not very many. I don’t know if people figure the vote’s already decided by the time we get in on it, or we have a vast oversupply of phone lines, or the west coast is just lazy about voting, or what.

What with text votes becoming a big factor, and the bottom ranked on DI so close together, it’s hard to really determine who’s going home from DI. Of course I say that and this week it’ll be back to being dead-on, and poor Kris is at the judges’ mercy :confused_wp:

Can’t recall the exact wording, but from a random tweet last night: Apparently tonight’s theme is songs David Cook sang better than you or would have had he chosen to sing them

I watched MJs/Rickey and Jims Internet show about Idol and I love watching that.

I’m really biting my nails for Kris. I hate that DI.

“All the better to notice the tears in his eyes as looks upward to heaven, my dear. ”

I totally agree that there is ott pimping of Gokey but I dont think he has to conjure up fake tears, his mother f – ing wife passed away less than a year ago and he can cry if he wants to – whew and sorry for almost cussing but I HATE the pimping of him when he is bad, I dont like him that much but sheesh, every one is awwww – Michael misses his child, he is crying, awwwww look at Lil, she misses her little girl she is crying and there she is in Randys arms, Awwww Danny misses his wife, he is crying and its not like that, its more like – ok Danny Suck it up dont miss someone who is actually gone never to return – hold it in for 6 months, dont show you miss her or we will all hate you more.

It seemed fairly calculated to me that the wedding ring that has been missing for weeks made its reappearance last night, the ever present trademark glasses were removed so that we could clearly see the delicate little tear, and that heavenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s own instrument- a freaking harp- stood center stage as he lifted his gaze towards the heavens right on cue at the end

So I am not the only one seeing the ring then!

Only…that’s not a wedding ring. Never has been. He lost the wedding band two years ago. That’s a Christian ring with crosses on it. That’s what I hear from the fans.

women with kids

I have kids and Lil is not getting my votes.

Re: Danny. I think at this point he is damned if he does or damned if he doesn’t around here. I am a fan of his voice, the gravelly tone works for me. About his personality, I don’t know that he is calculating. I think (and I don’t mean to be offensive) that he is just not very bright. The other contestants seem to really like him so I am apt to believe that he’s likable. Somebody like David Cook or Adam Lambert would have handled the public side of his “story” differently, probably a lot better, but I for one don’t feel all the hatred toward Danny because of his lack of this social skill.

Having said that, I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Kris’ performance last night. I agree with those that said song choice is sucking this year, but Kris chose well!

Onlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not a wedding ring. Never has been. He lost the wedding band two years ago. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a Christian ring with crosses on it. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what I hear from the fans.

I’ve heard that rumor too. But for me, the question still remains on why said ring seems to switch from his right hand to his left hand or disappear and reappear. Comes off as odd and calculating to some people.

Awwww Danny misses his wife, he is crying and its not like that, its more like – ok Danny Suck it up dont miss someone who is actually gone never to return – hold it in for 6 months, dont show you miss her or we will all hate you more.

I don’t feel that way at all. I feel the loss of a spouse is devastating. Far too devastating in fact to be auditioning for AI within mere weeks of its occurance. For some people, every moment of Danny’s televised grieving process has come across as insincere, beginning with his melodramatic first telling of his story which just came across as really unnatural and off to me.

And, I’m aware that everyone grieves differently. But, I’m also aware that some people are narcissists who are completely full of shit. When you decide to share your mourning period wiith a television audience, all different sorts of people will have all different sorts of opinions. That’s the risk you take.

Tragedies are sad. But they happen to everyone, good and bad. Some people are douchebags before the tragedy and continue to be afterward. The tragedy itself does not change their inner douchebagness. And, it doesn’t make me have to like them.

Anoop gave the best performance on AI last night. He was so smooth and almost flawless. I bet the studio verson is beautiful too! I hope he’ll be safe for another week (or two, or three).

Adam gave another exciting performance! Such energy and talent.

I think it’s time for Lil to go home. She is less and less like an R&B Diva and more like a back-up singer.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“All the better to notice the tears in his eyes as looks upward to heaven, my dear. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

I totally agree that there is ott pimping of Gokey but I dont think he has to conjure up fake tears, his mother f – ing wife passed away less than a year ago and he can cry if he wants to -

Nobody said Danny shouldn’t have himself a good cry or ten, or that he’s not allowed to get truly emmotional when he sings if his thoughts drift to his wife. It’s the contrived nature of the song lyrics PLUS the harp (heaven’s own instrument, as another brilliantly put it) PLUS the sudden lack of spectacles PLUS the upward gazing PLUS the tears all converging in the same performance that brings out my cynical side. I am all for using music as a catharsis, but I don’t like a musical catharsis used as a gimmick. I dunno…I don’t think Danny’s some machiavellian strategist or anything…more like a big harmless dog who has this instinctual drive to be petted and fawned over constantly and will pull out all the stops to get your attention…giving you the sad face, begging, doing tricks, tail wagging…. There’s a palpable difference for me between say Fantasia’s Summertime or Cook’s ABMB and TWIK or Jason’s Hallelujah (or maybe even Adam’s Mad World or Kris’s performance this week) which were personal performances that genuinely moved me, and Danny’s Endless Love, which had me rolling my eyes. Mileage, I guess.

hardkandy Apr 15th, 2009 at 2:57 am

gah seriously who the eff is voting for hokeyjokey.
well at least when he wins, taylor wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be the worst selling winner anymore. hurrah!

HAHAHAHAHA

No lame group number this week?

Paula Apr 15th, 2009 at 11:01 am

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand the Danny hate here and other places. It just make people want to vote more for him.

The hate has never had that effect on me. I’ve never understood the Danny love because his singing seems below par practically every time out.

Film: ‘ONCE’

The IMDb (film) rating is 8.1 out of 10. That is excellent!

It’s popularity is down 3% this week.

(Not any more. Better rent it before the weekend. The music has won a lot of awards.)

Tagline: How often do you find the right person?

With regard to Danny, to quote the song: “Hate is a stong word, but I really really don’t like you” (him). He seems to be arrogant, and sings at best so-so, yet he gets votes up the ying yang. Even without the dead wife stuff, he is just a mediocraty and still is THE front-runner despite all the buzz about the much better Adam.

“Re: Danny. I think at this point he is damned if he does or damned if he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t around here. I am a fan of his voice, the gravelly tone works for me. About his personality, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know that he is calculating. I think (and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mean to be offensive) that he is just not very bright. The other contestants seem to really like him so I am apt to believe that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s likable. Somebody like David Cook or Adam Lambert would have handled the public side of his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“storyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  differently, probably a lot better, but I for one donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t feel all the hatred toward Danny because of his lack of this social skill.”

you are right, the hatred on Danny seems to have everyone puts meaning on every single thing he does from changing glasses to taking them off to squinting his eyes, wearing a ring. yes, at this point no matter what Danny does is taken in the wrong context, he is really damn if he does and damn if he dont. I think the reason he is getting more votes is people like underdog and the more hatred, the bounce off is people keep voting for him. I for one like Danny but I dont think he should win but I think he should be given a break. I think Danny is just the way he is and if we get to know him just like the other contestant, we will grow to like him. its sad that Danny is being judged so harshly. I also believe that he lacks social skill and hes not like Adam Lamber whos street smart and has been out there.

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.

This is what Adam thinks after watching his performances back:

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

It was posted a few pages back but the above quotes came afterwards so I’m posting again.

I’ll be the first to admit that I am a VERY VISUAL person and that I am shallow enough to be drawn towards someone that is more visual appealing. To me Danny just doesn’t cut it…and it turns me off, but it isn’t just about natural beauty, it’s about what you do with the face you have. Considering that he seems to have tons of money to buy new glasses every week, and now new contacts why hasn’t he done anything about his teeth and his smile? And he’s putting on weight at an enormous clip. And he just looks dirty when he doesn’t shave, as opposed to guys who look sexy with a stubble. He also doesn’t allude charm. I know tons of really ugly guys that exude so much charm that I think they are beautiful (Steve Buscemi (sp) anyone?)

Every video clip I see of Danny, every interview, every group photo he so tries to put himself front and center. He seems like he is so STARVED for attention, either a combination of coming from a large family or taking a back seat to a wife that probably had more attention directed at her because of her medical problems. I’m NOT saying that Danny was jealous of his siblings or his wife, but that “human nature” causes most of us to seek attention when we don’t get enough of it.

Because of this perceived character flaw that I see in Danny I just cannot embrace him as a performer. I support those that are comfortable in their own skins, who have the charm to draw me in, who attempt to be stylish and current, who put a smile on my face with their smile, and who are eye-candy of some sort. Men need to tickle my whatever and women need to seem like someone I would like to be friends with. Gokey just turns me off and makes me feel uncomfortable.

I dont hate Danny. I just dont like being played and from day one thats what he has been doing with the event of his wife’s death imo. He continues to do it even without words by the dramatic eye movement towards the heavens last night after that dreadful song.

He is doing what he needs to do to win this thing, I get that but I dont have to like it.

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.

I don’t think Adam is trying to be “rock-n-roll” in the traditional sense. I think, for example, that BTBW was more like a pop punk/nuwave cover of a classic rock song. And pop punk and nuwave borrowed heavily from the RHPS vibe of the 70s glam movement, so there you go.

ALmost forgot…watching back the show for the second time, Anoop was a lot better than I remembered. I think he benefitted by QT’s mentoring the most because he’s a good vocalist and a fun guy but not necessarily an innately gifted showman. QT told him how to sell it by hitting the big emmotional beats, and Anoop delivered. Nice progress. Let’s see if he can apply that to an upbeat number next and recapture the fun of My Perogative. I’d put him behind Adam and Kris, and he shouldn’t be going home.

I think Matt performs better when he wears his hat. For serious.

Re Danny, I have no personal feelings about him one way or the other. I don’t hate him; I don’t care enough about him (or any other contestant) to feel hate for him.

I do have questions about the way he is handling himself on Idol. I sometimes wonder if he is merely shameless about exploiting his wife’s memory, or if obliviousness is part of the problem – possibly he is clueless enough not to sense how he comes across on camera. But I tend to doubt it.

I think he is mystifyingly overrated as a singer, but he has some talent. I liked his performance last week, and I’m content to enjoy his singing when he picks the right song, isn’t pitchy, and does not preach or get mawkish. Last night, however, he sucked.

Reading a comment from EW blog:

I’m such a MAJOR “Once” fan, and even got to see Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova perform last year in their “Swell Season” concert tour.

Well, TPTB need to contact Glen and Marketa to see if they are able to perform à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Falling Slowlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  with Kris for the Finale.

There is such positive vibes about this song and the movie “Once”. Good for Kris!

ALmost forgotà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦watching back the show for the second time, Anoop was a lot better than I remembered.

Yep, sounds like you got taken in by the producers, too. Camera angle, focus, backdrop, lighting, judges lukewarm comments. Then, immediate start of lightening/strobes/frantic drumming “vote for this guy” performance of Adam intent on making you forget Anoop. No commercial break, no pimp spot or even close to the pimp spot.

And, of course, they follow up with Matt who is the other “get rid of him now” choice of the powers-that-be.

flyaway Apr 15th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

ALmost forgotà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦watching back the show for the second time, Anoop was a lot better than I remembered.

Anoop was good both times I watched it but boring as all get out too. Anoop is sort of a smooth ballad singer. His voice is quite good but when he is “on” the results are invariably soporific.

my take on adam stays the same. OTT performance. he actually has some good vocals tonight (no screeching at least) but lots and lots of wailing. i agree with simon rocky horror picture show theater. that’s not a bad thing but I AM LOOKING FOR A POP STAR! not a musical theater star.

i still can’t stand danny. his voice is boring. the songs he picks are boring. his clothes are boring. what else can i say. blah blah blah

Anoop was great but if he doesn’t know how to sing a fast song what’s the point of winning. (you can do it anoop!!!!)

Allison did a decent job. could have been better but she is still great.

i love Kris!!!!! he did a great job. Randy is an ass. it was a rough start but everything else was beautiful.

Matt & Lil are in the same boat to me. Either can go. Hell I hope they both leave tonight. i’m done with both of them.

NOLA, that is a great link of Susan Boyle!

With a Disco theme, this could be the “moment” for Anoop. Song choice is vital, and it cannot be a ballad.

Adam will have such fun with this theme. It is not easy, but I have always enjoyed the results. This time around, Adam will add so much color and excitement!

Oh dear, Anoop must first get through tonight. Here’s hoping the right person is sent home.

From all the Danny supporters, it does look like he’ll be around for awhile. I just can’t enjoy his performances. There is nothing there that appeals to me.

When I first heard the spoiler for Kris’s song, I immediately went and looked it up. I definitely have never heard Falling Slowly or Once before yesterday. And when I first heard it I thought, Eh, it’s alright. But it’s kind of boring.

So then Kris sings it. Wow. I thought it was better than the original. This was definitely not boring. It was heartfelt, emotional, and completely on pitch the whole time. And it was definitely my favorite performance of the night. (Okay, I keep switching between Anoop and Kris) This is a performance that I could listen to over and over and over.

Pitch comments are always strange. For Danny, from the very first line, I could tell, Wow this is going to be incredibly pitchy. And it was. It was pretty unbearable for me. Not one single note seemed in tune. And yeah, Matt was pitchy too, but it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t stand to listen. But Kris seemed perfect.

Okay, I relistened to Danny. It’s not as bad as I thought it was originally. Still very pitchy though. Actually, now I’m noticing something. He sounds really nasally. And it’s bothering me now. Having gritty vocals is one thing, but Danny really just sounds like he needs to clear up his throat =/

thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not a bad thing but I AM LOOKING FOR A POP STAR! not a musical theater star.

I’m not. Some people – like meee, are very, VERY happy to see someone bringing back glam rock. Adam is into so many different genres & can do so many different styles from opera to rock to pop but he’s said he wants to do glam-rock/alt-rock/art-rock…exciting OTT theatrical music that’s NOT theatre ie. Bowie, Prince. He doesn’t listen to show-tunes on his ipod.

If people were unaware of Adam’s theatrical background, I don’t think any one would even be mentioning that. What’s funnier is that people view it as a negative. SO may greats started out in theatre.

I’m worried about Matt. I think if Kris gets the bottom spot, he’ll get saved, because he was great last night, and will be again tonight if he needs to be… but if Matt’s the bottom vote-getter, he’ll have to “sing for his life” without his piano (because they always lose their instruments for the singout, right?), and that will not do the song justice. It sucks Matt had an off-night, because I think his version had the potential to be really good. I think if he had pulled off that bridge, he would not be in this position… DAMN nerves!

I’m hoping against hope that since everyone but Danny is yellow per Dial Idol, that maybe America will surprise me and kick Lil to the curb. Everyone left has something, except for her. Her and Danny, who is inexplicably perpetually safe (ugh).

I wonder what Simon thougt about Kris? Hmmmm…

I just went back and watched some of these again and I went from liking Kris’ performance to just loving it. The beginning I didn’t like as much but as soon as he got into it… yeah. That was gorgeous.

I watched Adams performance yet again and I really love this guy…his pants are so darn tight…he is one sexy man…

I notice when he ran over to the band that the backup singers voices were so low it made that part of the performance sound like someone forgot their words…however it shows how perfessional he is because he made up for that lapse by rocking the head moves harder…it took me about the 20x to notice it.

MY sister pointed out that his gorgeous jaw line is disappearing…have anyone notice this?
I was looking on some pics and video of Adam Lambert and I too notice that he has been putting on some weight….I love him (no matter what size)

Also, I took a look at all the contestant and they all seem to be putting on weight..unlike past idol contestant who had weight lost that was very visable over the course of the compition…

If people were unaware of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s theatrical background, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think any one would even be mentioning that. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funnier is that people view it as a negative. SO may greats started out in theatre.

I don’t agree at all. His performance is so OTT and theatrical that it’s hard to avoid. If I didn’t know he’d been in theater I’d have been suggesting he go there. I don’t have a problem with anyone who does theatre but if I want to hear it I’ll go there. I don’t want to hear it on my iPod.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been listening to Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ performance practically all night. I had never heard the song before, but I thought that it was gorgeous and that Kris sang it beautifully. The thought has crossed my mind of looking up the movie à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Onceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and checking it out. If it even comes close to being as touching as the song, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll love it. :)

Yay!!

It really is an amazing movie. It’s one of the best, if not the best, I’ve seen about songwriting and creativity and how that process evolves. I highly recommend it for music fans…or writers…or really anyone who is interested about that kind of thing.

If people were unaware of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s theatrical background, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think any one would even be mentioning that. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funnier is that people view it as a negative. SO may greats started out in theatre.

WORD. WORD. and TRIPLE WORD! Every time I read a musical theatre comment, I think to myself — what a lazy criticism. If anything, his musical theatre background was a handicap in the beginning because in his early performances, he didn’t know how to work the camera. But he’s a quick study and the complete package that people see now is due to his amazing improvement since Satisfaction when there was a little too much eye-camera action going on. The guy has charisma, confidence, energy and incredible vocal chops. Emphasis on the vocal chops. Like some poster said upthread, Adam could have sung (probably nailed) every other constestant’s song on the show on Tuesday, whereas no one else could have even come close to his version of BTBW. That’s why he SHOULD win the AI crown. He is simply the BEST one out there and has been since day one. (Since DAY ONE – tm Randy- dawg!)

Oh and his fellow Idols love him. He’s their go-to guy if they have a problem (Camp Counselor Adam FTW!).

i can hardly wait to see what Kris does for Disco week. He totally amazed me this week !!!! Awesome !!! I have played it backed and listened to it several times and love it more and more each time. I didnt even know the song and now I am hooked. Kris is a all around entertainer !!! Looking at some of the funny stuff on line and other perfomances he has done just cracks me up!!! I wish a little of that was shown more on the show but WELL DONE Kris keep up the great work !

Oh and his fellow Idols love him. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s their go-to guy if they have a problem (Camp Counselor Adam FTW!).

LaurieD..If you look at some of the videos of the other contestants they all have said that they go to Kris for advice. Adam said that Kris is the one that calms him and helps him because he tends to spaz out !!! Look at Adams Video where he talks about it !!!

MY sister pointed out that his gorgeous jaw line is disappearingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦have anyone notice this?
I was looking on some pics and video of Adam Lambert and I too notice that he has been putting on some weightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.I love him (no matter what size)

I do not think he is gaining weight. HE was using alot more makeup in the beginning and used some to define his face. Without it he appears to have put on a little. He is still the same ole’ Adam. I was really surprized looking at him in person how much makeup he really wears. He has some bad skin so I think he wears it to cover some of that. He is still nice looking with or withot the makeup. My sister said that she thinks he wears so much because of all the freckles. He even has freckles on his hands!!! I think he should try letting the freckles show on the show one night …could be fun and a different side of Adam !!!

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