American Idol Top 3 – Wrap Up and Predictions

put the final GO in Gokey tonight!!!

Pleeeze! Oh pleeze! Go, Danny, Go ………… home.

anyone know where this is streaming live tonight? please!?!
American Idol needs Adam Lambert to stay. No one will watch the finale if he’s not there!! Go Adam

Please, oh, please, may there be enough votes for Adam to stay for the Finale!

There are pros and cons for either Kris or Danny to be there with him, depending on what kind of Finale you want. Fun and friendly like last year (with Kris), or polite, but fierce competition with Danny?

I’ve heard Kris say last week that he’s okay with being #2 (to Adam), but maybe since he’s been home, he realizes that he can actually win this thing?

Danny’s gotta gain his strength back and be the cocky confident sonsabitch to attack the Adam train.

I’m scared for tonight!

I’ve been refreshing your blog the whole day for this! Thanks mj! lol

In short, the backstory to what Simon said to Kara. I was told that all the
judges were given the opp to work w/ each kidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦they were told the time slot for each kidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s rhrsl. They could come &
advise the contestant on how 2 get the most of their song.

But on rhrsl day, only one judge actually showed up and did thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ guess
which one.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Hmmm. That explains it, then. Last night I assumed it was like any other week, when the judges aren’t allowed to help the contestants. I think it would have been to Simon’s benefit if he had brought this up. It would have made him look like less of a controlling, know-it-all jerk.

I suspect if Kris hadnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t been flying half way across the country and back over the weekend, maybe he would have had the time to re-work that chorus a bit.

He did rework the chorus some. It just wasn’t the drastic change Kara wanted. But I agree that he would have done better with it if he had more time.

ETA:

anyone know where this is streaming live tonight? please!?!
American Idol needs Adam Lambert to stay. No one will watch the finale if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not there!! Go Adam

As soon as the show starts, go to Justin.tv and search for American Idol. There is usually at least one channel with it.

I hope America put the GO in Gokey tonight.

… otherwise, I don’t think I can watch a finale with him in it.

GREAT wrap-up MJ…and this…

the giant slab of Velveeta

is the best description EVAH.

I guess we’ll know in a few hours, hmmm?

As a music fan, Kris should stay and Danny should go, already, just GO. (having ruined You are so Beautiful to me, and I love that song, and MASTER CLASS SIMON WTF?????)

As an Adam fan, Kris should go, because he’s three times the musician/performer that Velveeta will ever be, and therefore much more competition for Adam.

But Adam clearly adores the guy, so je suis conflicted…

anyone know where this is streaming live tonight? please!?!

Just google “celcasters american idol” you should be able to get it

I can’t decide whether to curl up in a fetal position on the sofa and watch this live or stay here and read the play by play before I actually watch it.
I am seriously thinking about waiting until I know what happens before viewing and that is something I have never done before.

If I watch live I’m taking aspirin first to stave off the cardiac arrest.
I’m way too old for this crap.

Just an FYI – the same person that tweeted about the backstory had this to say on Monday when Simon showed up to hear Adam:

“I won’t say which judge… But the contestant got a good reaction from the whole staff on deck… & rightly so, it’s gonna be a good song.”

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been refreshing your blog the whole day for this! Thanks mj! lol

ha, me too. The life of a grad student has few pleasures…looking forward to this analysis is one of them. Thanks, MJ.

thanks you guys for helping me watch it…i don’t think i can wait to watch the videos on the blog…oh the suspense is killing me!!

anyone know where this is streaming live tonight? please!?!
American Idol needs Adam Lambert to stay. No one will watch the finale if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not there!! Go Adam

Go to rickey.org and click on Rickey tv. He streams it with his commentary in a small box in the corner of the screen. I think he is pretty fun to watch.

Thanks, mj for getting the scoop on Simon’s comments last night. They seemed very strange. I wish Kara would have helped Kris.

I am seriously thinking about waiting until I know what happens before viewing and that is something I have never done before.

I’m thinking of doing the exact same thing. I just KNOW they’ll save whatever Adam’s fate is until the last possible moment and I will be sick with dread the entire time.

Sorry, I always do this backwards…

anyone know where this is streaming live tonight? please!?!
American Idol needs Adam Lambert to stay. No one will watch the finale if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not there!! Go Adam

Go to rickey.org and click on Rickey tv. He streams it with his commentary in a small box in the corner of the screen. I think he is pretty fun to watch.

Thanks, mj for getting the scoop on Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comments last night. They seemed very strange. I wish Kara would have helped Kris.

if adam isnt in the finale, it will be a BOREFEST. i wont watch if adam isnt it in….i really hope he doesnt go tonight but if he does, i feel sorry for the other two because he will be getting all of the press no matter who wins:)

If I watch live Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m taking aspirin first to stave off the cardiac arrest.
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m way too old for this crap.

I’m with you. And I’ll confess…I haven’t watched it live in two weeks. WAAAY too stressful.

*Sigh* I don’t know. For whatever reason, I am getting a terrible feeling that Adam is going home tonight. I have since last night. I would love to be proven wrong, but…I’m scared. :/ I really hope I’m wrong.

I can’t say I was thrilled with any of the performances last night.

I agree with MJ on his first song, it was way too obscure and shouty for Danny to have any kind of a moment with it. It was boring. His second song, he seemed out of breath and tortured. Even the gospel-ly parts fell flat for me.

Adam didn’t fare a whole lot better for me, and I am a big Adam fan. I always look forward to his songs the most. They just seemed like they’ve been done before, nothing real original or heart-stopping. Maybe Adam’s stellar past vocals are becoming too expected, and anything less falls short. I just didn’t connect with either.

As for Kris, I thought “Apologize” was pretty good, admittedly not Kris-tified like many of his others, but solid. I know I am going to really irk the masses here but I kept looking down near his feet during his “Heartless” rendition, for a hat to throw money in. It felt rushed, frenetic, and tuneless.

Anyway, I am hoping for a Danny boot tonight. I think Kris deserves it much more after an excellent finals competition. Kris and Adam deserve the final two spot, in my opinion.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m with you. And Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll confessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t watched it live in two weeks. WAAAY too stressful.

Im with you there – the final result show I will watch without looking though (unless Adam somehow isnt in it – then I wont watch – Ill just catch Kris’s videos online)

Simon is REALLY invested in Adam, he must want to sign him so bad

I agree with the MCR pick. I think Adam could have killed it with “Helena”.

For a more exciting finale’s sake- i hope kris goes home. Dudes voice is just average for me. He will never be on the same playing field with Adam.

I know that the vote must be close, and that Adam fans spend a lot of time online, but looking at the comments to a number of articles asking about how people cast their votes — the vast majority were Adam fans, even some who didn’t really like last night a lot. In second, and leading on the Christian sites comments, was Kris. I think Kris may have taken some of Danny’s voters with his performance last night — along with everyone in Arkansks!

I predict/hope that Danny goes tonight.

Tonight is the first true nail-biter of the season. It could go soooo many ways.

1. Who is deserving? Adam and Kris
2. Who do I really want? Adam and Danny
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ I want to see Adam wipe the floor with Gokelie-Dokelie Flanders, which would certainly happen in that scenario.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ 

3. What is going to happen? Kris-py “Cream” Allen gets frosted.
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ I love Kris, I really do, but ultimately I think he is strong competition for Adam, and I cannot imagine a universe that would give Lambert such bad evil juju by pitting him against the only other semi-deserving contestant.

I just had a thought – what if Gokey’s fans that hate Adam split their votes for Kris and Danny? Did they just screw up Danny? Or did they just balance out similar vote splits from Adam/Kris?

I am seriously thinking about waiting until I know what happens before viewing and that is something I have never done before.

If I watch live Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m taking aspirin first to stave off the cardiac arrest.
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m way too old for this crap.

This.
I don’t think I can stand the drama either!
If they pull someone other than Adam to safety first, which I think they will, then I probably will stop breathing…and they will most likely do that
and then go to a break,
and then let Jordin sing,
and then Katy Perry sing,
and then more commercials,
waAAAAAAAAAAy too much stress.
I live on the Left Coast, so I think I will just go on the internet after dinner and get the results. And then if they are pleasing to the palate I will watch the show live.

I know people think that if Danny gets kicked off, his fans will just vote against Adam…I can’t imagine investing your time in this. I have never voted after my favorite has left, its just a waste of energy IMO. Does anyone plan to do this? I am just curious.

If Adam is gone next week, that’s it. I am done power voting. It won’t matter to me anymore.

^^^
Adam cannot go home tonight.
I swear, TPTB would die.
Paula would cry (so would Simon).
The net would explode.

In all seriousness, I think Adam is safe.

I agree with the MCR pick. I think Adam could have killed it with à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Helenaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

YES. That would have been AWESOME. Hopefully he’s saving something like that for the final 2? I think that My Chemical Romance or Muse would be AWESOME for him to do. I would like, die of excitement. :mrgreen_wp:
Seriously, Gokey needs to finally go home. He has overstayed his welcome, in my opinion (Allison should have been in top 3). Adam/Kris finale and Adam ftw please!

I was told that all the
judges were given the opp to work w/ each kidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

That’s a little like The X Factor, isn’t it? Wonder if that will be the compromise that keeps Simon doing AI for a while. I wouldn’t want the judges to mentor the contestants all the time, but I do like the idea of them actually working with the kids occasionally, maybe as the “guest” mentors every Top 3 or 4 night. It would make those critiques a lot more meaningful. If Simon thinks someone sounds like they’re singing on a cruise ship, let him try to help someone develop a more unique style, for example.

I’m glad Simon called Kara on her critique of Kris. Is Kris supposed to be able to read her mind?

ETA: I think that, if Kris is safe, they’ll tell him early on, just like last week, then leave the “shock” boot of Danny or Adam until the end. Kris and Adam are the 2 that are most talented and who’ve worked the hardest in my book. I think a finale with them as Top 2 would be great. The only way Danny keeps up with Adam’s abilities is in volume. Kris beats Danny in every other measure of talent, and is a much more worthy opponent for Adam.

I don’t know, MJ. I’m not sure Adam is at all safe. I have that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Melinda Dillonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ feeling. BTW – Did you hear how Slezak referred to the back-up singer debacle?

A fearsome howler monkey wrestled the mic away from a backup singer and offered aggressive, unwanted support to Adam Lambert as he performed Aerosmithà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Well that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹fearsome howler monkeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ (and how fabulous a description is that?) may end up costing Adam the competition. Some national polls have him listed as the one whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going home tonight! I think thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s why Simon made such a fuss about the voting. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll see how tonight unfolds à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ but I have to say, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m really worried. Oh à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ I know someone has to go (unfortunately) à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ but looking at the entirety of each contestantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Adam should have a clear shot (he should). Cases can be made for either Kris or Danny (both pro and con) à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ but Adams excellence has been consistent à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ as was the case with dear Melinda. Her abrupt departure came as quite a shock. Well…..I have a bad feeling we may be in for another such shock tonight.

Adam is doomed no matter what. Kris’s votes will go to Danny, Dannys vote will got to Kris. Kris is in a win win because if Adam didn’t make it to the final most likely Adams votes would go to him

I think I will have to distract myself by catching up on my Gossip Girl episodes and wait for MJ to post the results

Adam cannot go home tonight.
I swear, TPTB would die.
Paula would cry (so would Simon).
The net would explode.

What great TV that would make!

Ahhhh, I don’t know what to put my points on!!!
My gut feeling says Gokey. But somehow after seeing that crazy Season 6 DI result I’m thinking it might be Adam. But no way am I putting points on Kris. xD Actually, my gut feeling has always been right this season so far.. hmm. Maybe I should split between Gokey and Adam. Nah, I need to go all or nothing.
I’m thinking I should answer both bonus questions with the same person, so I’m bound to get at least one of them right. (maybe)

LOL. I HAVE to watch the show live. Not being able to watch is worse than being stressed watching it.

I can’t guess who will go home, but I very much enjoyed your write-up, MJ.

What I hated about One was that Adam changed up the melody in the 2nd part so much it was painful to listen to. If Simon really had something to do with that arrangement he shouldn’t admit it. It was horrible. The 2nd song was okay other than it was too screechy for my taste.

I just don’t find Kris as artistic in his arrangements as some of you do. I think he changes songs to suit his voice however they all end up sounding the same to my ears. The only song he’s done that I can really remember is Ain’t no Sunshine. I don’t think he did enough to warrant being in the final 2 but I don’t think he should have made the top 5 either.

I really liked Danny last night. I thought he did pretty good with the first song even though it’s one few people seem to know. I also thought the 2nd one was really good and the best of the night for me.

I’d like Kris to go but think it could be any of them. I can imagine a f2 without Adam because if Simon has to beg for votes for him, it may mean he’s not getting the % of votes we might think. I imagine there’s plenty of people who would still watch even with the media blowing a gasket if Adam was booted off tonight.

well look who katy perry’s favorite contestant is!!

Not sure if this was posted yet, but Katy Perry just tweeted this:

QUOTE
SO excited for today. Playing on American Idol in my own form of an elvis romper! GAH! C u 2night! Check UR local listings! GO ADAM!

Adam and Simon and are my new OTP. Enough of this Kradam business.

I did not think Simon was begging people to vote for Adam last night. After Kara and Paula both said they’d see him in the finale next week, he just wanted to prevent complacency.

Adam is doomed no matter what. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s votes will go to Danny, Dannys vote will got to Kris. Kris is in a win win because if Adam didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it to the final most likely Adams votes would go to him

Not necessarily.
I really think finale performances will play a big part in determining who wins.
Add in the fact that lots of non-committed people tune in for the finale, the 4 hour voting window, and the result isn’t that clear-cut.

Katy Perry is such a tool and a caricature of her own self, I really can’t stand her. :X

I hope this results show goes by fast, I do like Jordin so at least one of the performances will be alright for me. The rest of the filler…pure torture that I will try and counteract by reading the comments here.

I’ve been waiting for the wrap up all day too! Thank goodness it’s here. But reading everyone’s comments has made me even more nervous. I just feel that Adam is so deserving to be in the finale. They judges criticized him at times, but I really don’t think he ever had a bad or even mediocre performance (even though his high notes may not be everyone’s cup of tea.)

I’m nervous for all three of them. No matter who goes home I will feel sad. I’m emotionally worn out. Sigh….

Kris votes wont go to Danny fans.I dont think Kris fans really care for Danny.
ALOT of people who are Kris fans are also Adam fans.If Kris goes home Adam gets his votes.If Adam goes home Kris gets his votes.I doubt Danny picked up any votes but christain/hometown/old lady votes.

if adam has the fewest votes, simon will see to it they institute another judges save….

I guess people who ~call~ themselves “Christians” like mediocre crap too

Wasn’t Kris’ song picked by by Kara AND Randy? If Kara couldn’t show, why didn’t Randy?

But no way am I putting points on Kris. xD

THIS! lol
I’m already drowning in the pool. So I don’t care. I threw all points on Gokey

I think Adam should win American Idol based on talent. But Danny should definitely be the one competing against him.

I like Danny (I know I’m in the minority on the blog). Kris can rearrange songs but as they say, this is a singing competition. And vocal chops belong to Danny hands down. Kris even admitted that himself a few weeks ago that he didn’t compare to anyone vocally.

And if we’re talking about the most interesting finale it would have to be Danny & Adam. Danny is the one out of all of them in my opinion who has proven that he wants to be there and he’s there to win…studying the videos, listening to the judges and trying to push himself (even if he makes really bad choices like Dream On). Kris doesn’t believe in himself and in all honesty, he has become boring. And Adam, as he admitted just wants the exposure.

I wish we could do a recall on Allison but oh well. America was wrong to let her go.

I’m putting all my points on Adam.

The funny thing about this is that while Kris has a decent chance of being the one to go home tonight…..if he makes it to the finale, I think he’ll win the whole darn thing.

I really do think that much of the Christian Danny vote will sway to Kris in an “anyone but Adam” or “Kris is the next best thing” fashion.

And I think that would put Kris over the edge to victory.

I can’t decide what I want here – I’d like a Kris/Adam finale because those are 2/3 of my faves this season. (Kradison all the way!)

But I want Adam to win it all, so for that reason I’d like it to be a Danny/Adam finale.

But gah…..what do you want to bet it’s a Danny/Kris finale?

I love that we have no idea what will happen! Idol hasn’t been this “edge of your seat” for the top 3 in a while. And I think the finale will match it for “edge of your seat” value.

Adam is doomed no matter what. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s votes will go to Danny,

I actually think most of Kris’s votes will go to Adam.

well look who katy perryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s favorite contestant is!!

Not sure if this was posted yet, but Katy Perry just tweeted this:

QUOTE
SO excited for today. Playing on American Idol in my own form of an elvis romper! GAH! C u 2night! Check UR local listings! GO ADAM!

Go Katy Perry!

I have all my 20 points on the slab of Velveeta. I have no chance of winning the pool so I am going for Gokey-Brokey.

I wouldn’t assume that you know who’s voting for Danny. I’m voting for him because he’s the only one left that I at least like his voice. If he goes I’m not voting anymore because I don’t care enough to vote against either of the others. I do know a lot of Danny fans that don’t like either of the other two so it’s hard to say that Kris would automatically get his votes if Danny were to leave.

I don’t think I’m going to watch live tonight. Much too stressful. As long as Adam is in, I’m fine. He should be in. All the websites are calling for him in the final 2. But I’m worried. It is going to drag out until the end. No one will be called safe – only the person going home. Argh!!!! And it won’t happen until the last 5 minutes of the show.

I’m already deciding what bubble bath I want to use and what book I want to read during that time.

(OTP?)

I knew there had to be a reason to like Katy Perry, and not because of the singing. LOL. Goo Adam!!!!

Kris is in a win win because if Adam didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it to the final most likely Adams votes would go to him

I’m not so sure. Here is how I think it breaks down.

Adam/Danny final – Adam wins. He picks up 2/3rd of Kris’s votes and the anyone-but-that-guy vote is split evenly between Adam and Danny.

Adam/Kris final – Kris wins. Kris picks up almost all of Danny’s voters (those that are still voting) and gets a bunch of any-one-but-Adam votes.

Kris/Danny final – Crapshoot. Kris will pick up some of Adam’s vote and the anyone-but-Danny votes, but Danny will benefit from the screw-you-America-and-judges-and-stupid-producers-you-wanted-him-you-can-have-him-now-try-to-market-this-big-ball-of-toolish-cheese voting block (which may contain a significant portion of Adam fans)

The funny thing about this is that while Kris has a decent chance of being the one to go home tonightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..if he makes it to the finale, I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll win the whole darn thing.

I agree that if Kris makes it to the finale, he wins. But right now, it’s not for sure that he’ll make it to the finale.

Danny is so out of his league. He is boring, has zero stage presence, & the only thing his music is good for is napping to. I am so sick of the judges telling Danny he can sing & he has chops. Are we even listening to the same performances??? I am a huge Adam fan but Kris knocked it out of the park last night in song 2 & deserves to be in F2. Danny should have been gone weeks ago.

As for Kris, I thought à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Apologizeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was pretty good, admittedly not Kris-tified like many of his others, but solid. I know I am going to really irk the masses here but I kept looking down near his feet during his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heartlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  rendition, for a hat to throw money in. It felt rushed, frenetic, and tuneless.

by tommy.

Tommy, Pretty funny stuff on the hat, but the review is dead on, as is the rest of your post. thanks.

the 4 hour voting window

Ugh. 4 hours of voting. I cannot imagine. I can only manage about half an hour to 40 minutes on a good day. I’m a terrible fan, I guess. Sorry Adam, but I just get BORED. And I have a husband and an 8 month old and a job that requires work to be taken home.

But in case you’re reading this, Adam, all is not lost. I’ll buy your CD and maybe some concert tickets if I like what you put out after Idol. As much as I love you on this television show, I cannot follow you blindly into the Idol afterlife. I can’t plunk down the money unless I actually like your stuff.

I guess in the scope of Idol-land, I pretty much suck as a fan. But seriously, I don’t give up multiple hours of my life for Green Day or CCR or any other band/musician I adore. So I just can’t make myself do it for this. I love you Adam, but I have priorities in life.

I think an Adam/Danny finale would be more intriguing just because they are so different. It makes it interesting.

I have to agree with MJ in that I think it will Danny or Kris going. I have my own reasons for this. :biggrin_wp:

If for some reason it is my Adam, then Kris, take it home!

The idea that Kris’s votes would go to Adam and vice versa is simple: Kris and Adam are roommates and good friends and it shows. Fans of either/both of them know that they are really close and tend to like them both because of it (if they aren’t already fans of the music). Danny’s the odd man out, appears to have been for weeks, and the hardcore voters that are fans of Kradam seem to hate him. It’s not an exact science, but there you have it.

Someone on the AI forums a few hours ago said “Im not gonna say how I know this but Adam is in the finale!” with tape over her smiley face. It seemed authentic. Lets Hope so. I dont see Adam going home tonight. It would be very catastrophic for American Idol. Adam is already $$$$ in the bank! :money_mouth_tb:

Danny will benefit from the screw-you-America-and-judges-and-stupid-producers-you-wanted-him-you-can-have-him-now-try-to-market-this-big-ball-of-toolish-cheese voting block (which may contain a significant portion of Adam fans)

Agreed Kirsten, but that only happens (for me) if Kris leaves us tonight.

Whatever happened to Terence Trent Dà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Arby? Didn’t he kinda fade away after one mega-hit (Wishing Well) and a few other songs?

Maybe if ^^^ is true, Paula is sending a subliminal message that Danny is good for one hit and after that he’ll follow the Ruben Studdard/Taylor Hicks road to fame. (The road that goes nowhere)

Oh wait. Paula’s not that smart. Never mind.

I never understand it when there is talk about a contestant somehow would have done so much better but they were screwed over when their first choice couldn’t get cleared. They all face the same issues, under the same time constraint, with the same song book. So it is a level playing field for all contestants.

And I thought it was interesting that this year, beyond only having to sing 2 songs and not 3, the judges didn’t pick their song until they knew what the contestant was already singing. In past years, I believe this didn’t occur and last minute scrambling occurred to change the contestant choice song so the songs wouldn’t all sound the same.

Oh please let Kris kicked Gokey’s ass. Please. If Kris were to go I think his fans for the most part would throw their support behind the person they thought Kris was closest to and in this case its Adam. Thats how it worked for season 5.

T and E’s fans were on each others team.

Whoever gets third place will have little next to none press since next week is the finale. That being said I want Danny to go home this week LOL. The winner and runner up do some press together so I would like Adam and Kris on screen together. It seems they have better chemistry.

Adam is doomed no matter what. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s votes will go to Danny, Dannys vote will got to Kris. Kris is in a win win because if Adam didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it to the final most likely Adams votes would go to him

I dunno…

I think Danny’s fans would go to Kris over Adam.
Adam’s would go to Kris over Danny.

But I think Kris’ fans would be split. There are a lot of Kradam voters would would then not be splitting their votes.

Granted, it’s all speculative at this point. I plan to watch LOST’s finale live tonight – I can’t handle the stress of Idol.

Thanks for clearing up the backstory on Simon’s comments, MJ. I was wondering what that was all about. I don’t ever remember the judges being able to help out the contestants with their arrangements in past seasons. However, I hated that arrangement of “One” (U2 purist here), so if I were Simon I wouldn’t have taken credit for it!

Well, if Kris is voted off tonight, at least I won’t have to worry about the power dialing next week … I can just sit back and watch the show like a “normal” viewer, ha ha.

The votes are so close, I don’t think there is any way TPTB allow Adam to go home tonight. Even if by some miracle of idol voting Adam is at the bottom, some “wonky” votes will be discounted for either Kris or Danny putting Adam in the finale. I definitely think he is the biggest draw for viewers (my opinion based on nothing really, lol). I think the producers think so too. Adam’s in.

ETA: unless the person who posted at idolforums is a producer or Ryan, I don’t think there is any way they can know for sure.

Well, tonight’s the night we get our Danny Vs. Kris finale.

*crickets*

Well, it’s going to happen, so I am preparing myself early.

I made a promise to all Kris fans I would vote like hell for him next week in this case, and I will!

Wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ song picked by by Kara AND Randy? If Kara couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t show, why didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Randy?

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Eww, Katy Perry. I put an endorsement by her somewhere below one by Miley. I am looking forward to Jordin’s new song, though.

It’s been a bit schizo for me as a Kris fan — working so hard between weeks to resign myself to the fact he’s going home (for gosh, a month now lol), watching him kick butt on Tuesday nights and getting my hopes up, being a nervous wreck Wednesday nights and mad I’d let myself get those hopes up, and being shocked/amazed/happy every week he makes it through. Rinse, repeat.

I was TOTALLY TOTALLY at peace with him going out at 3rd up against the massive Adam/Danny fanbases and hoopla. But dammit. He hit it out of the park last night with Heartless, the internet is abuzz with casual fans loving what he did, and … here I go getting my hopes up again! Really, I will be fine if he goes out at 3. Kris has done amazingly well already considering the circumstances this year. But if he makes Finale…..? (omg)

A lovely Twopper has created a numerical model of the DialIdol Geopredictions (the states won/lost) map and her tabulation shows…Danny going home. I know DI’s official prediciton isn’t worth shit this season but the maps have been pretty good the past few weeks. So you never know!

Oh, and I put all my points on Danny last week. Nice to see from the percentages that others have climbed aboard

I looked inside my crystal Ball………carrieU’s 2nd cousin’s uncle’s manicurist just sent a Smoke signal from the Oklahoma hills that he will BeaT his drUm for aDam

I think a an Adam/Danny finale would be more intriguing just because they are so different. It makes it interesting.

but I don’t think there is anything similar about Kris / Adam, other than the fact that they are both more musical than Danny. But their style is about as different as humanly conceivable.

Given the fact that many, many people think Kris has a real shot against anyone in the finale, I think the argument that it should be Danny / Adam because Danny / Adam is more exciting is really strange. Nobody thinks Danny can beat Adam, especially since almost everyone thinks he did the worst both last night and last week. How can he possible compete with Adam if you consider the fact that Adam will have most Kris votes?

Kris, on the other hand, has on a number of occasions been considered the best of the night (see WhatNotToSing). And, given the fact that most Gokey votes go to Kris…that’s an exciting competition. I don’t see what’s exciting about Danny / Adam.

Since someone brought up the Katy Perry loving Adam, I was reading her twitter here:

http://twitter.com/katyperry

and I know this is off topic, but I saw this:

“I’ve taken so many steroids in the past week I feel like I could throw cars like dice, transformers style.”

Errmmm why is she taking steroids?

Like Simon said, Adam deserves to be in the finals. He will be there.
Whichever the other finalist will be is inconsequential, because either one is just ok, and that’s not good enough to beat someone like Adam…who “is in a league of his own.” JMO

Someone on the AI forums a few hours ago said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Im not gonna say how I know this but Adam is in the finale!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  with tape over her smiley face. It seemed authentic.

Totally untrue. My uncle told me that his neighbour’s accountant’s pool boy’s hairdresser’s American Idol production Assistant friend (who was fired two weeks ago in a clerical error and then re-hired the next week and then fired again last night for accidently singing along into a live mic (swears she didn’t know) while one of the contestants was singing (didn’t say which one, but let’s just say that my uncle’s neighbour’s accountant’s pool boy’s hairdresser says that her friend can’t sing worth beans)) says that, in a twist, not only will nobody be going home this week, but Matt will be coming back to make it a F4 and next week the contestants will only sing one song. That song will be picked by Clive and Clive will be joining the judging panel to make for 5 judges.

but Danny will benefit from the screw-you-America-and-judges-and-stupid-producers-you-wanted-him-you-can-have-him-now-try-to-market-this-big-ball-of-toolish-cheese voting block (which may contain a significant portion of Adam fans)

omg that’s exactly where i’m at if it’s a adam/danny finale.

and i agree with everyone else adam has to win or else he will overshadow the winner. i don’t believe adam is the best american idol EVAH it’s just that the media loves him and this would be the angle of the story if he doesn’t win. but i’m not going to lie, when adam doesn’t become the mega star people are predicting, i’m so going to gloat. lol

I think Adam might be leaving tonight. The comments are overwhelmingly negative today, and last night, for many reasons, he just didn’t have a great night. He was off his game, and while parts of the songs were good, parts were inexplicable screaming.

I hope though he goes on to front Slashes new band (lord would he fit in there) or another band that brings him great fame and fortune. Adam is what he is, he makes no apologies or excuses, he is the real deal. I think he is always going to be a head banging rocker-ala Plant, Tyler or Axel Rose. I’ve never really watched this show until this year-because of Adam.

Kris would fit right into the American Idol mold. He is a nice singer, and seems to be an even nicer young man, but he bores me. But I don’t like Bryan Adams either. To be honest, I can’t think of a single AI song that I’ve bought until Adam. (But my kids like Kelly).

I pray Adam doesn’t go, but it seems like a huge portion of the nation is now voting to vote against Adam. But he will do fine.

As soon as Simon mentioned that they could have worked with Kris I remember when he chose Katharine McPheeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s song of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Somewhere Over the Rainbow.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  He gave her CDà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s of other artists and told her that she should follow their arrangement so she could have a moment. He was right since thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s considered one of her best performances.

My uncle told me that his neighbourà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s accountantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pool boyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hairdresserà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s American Idol production Assistant friend (who was fired two weeks ago in a clerical error and then re-hired the next week and then fired again last night for accidently singing along into a live mic (swears she didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know) while one of the contestants was singing (didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say which one, but letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just say that my uncleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s neighbourà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s accountantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pool boyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hairdresser says that her friend canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sing worth beans)) says that, in a twist, not only will nobody be going home this week, but Matt will be coming back to make it a F4 and next week the contestants will only sing one song. That song will be picked by Clive and Clive will be joining the judging panel to make for 5 judges.

Good!! I was hoping Matt would come back. He should be the American Idol!!

I think Danny. Even though I like Danny’s personality better and think he has better vocals than Kris… well, when Kris plays that guitar, not to mention that he has been improving weekly and his good looks, It’s goodbye Danny. Adam’s performance was not as strong as it could have been. “One” is a 4 minute plus song and the 1 minute 19 seconds given to perform it diluted it’s message. Crying was better. You have to give Kris best performance of the night. If Adam goes home it will only be because of to much press by the judges and media. People want to save the underdog, or in this case, the underdogs. If truth be told, it has been Adam that has been under the gun regarding his sexual preference. Adam is a class act who has handled all of the inuendo with style and grace. Luck to all three and may Adam win the title of the “American Idol”, (just a little rhyme, trying to kill some time…until 9:00p.m.).

This stuff is so crazy! Lets just watch Adam perform the whole hour for the finale! A girl can dream……………… :tongue_wink_ee:

I thought they did all right last night, they all appealed to their voters.

I thought that YASB and DLS were actually a strong combo for Danny, and you have to give him props to still be this confident after the crap he has taken this week.
Kris really reminded me of Cook last night, his Heartless was good like Always be my Baby but not quite the showstopper that BJ was. I think he tried to do with Apologize what Cook did with Music of the night, but his voice is not strong enough, his falsetto was particularly weak.
I love rock star Adam, that’s the side I like the most of him and he obviously loves the Led Zep, Aerosmith, Queen… classic rock stuff.

What I found interesting in the voting is that DI number of raw votes decreased a lot this week, don’t know if it’s something that is going to be reflected in the total number of votes tough.

One more thought…

I don’t think TPTB really want Danny to win. They have GOT to know they are not ready to handle a Christian recording artist and wouldn’t know what to do with him. I doubt seriously if they think they can make the big $$$ on a Christian star, which I think is the only rout that Danny will take.

Maybe the big pimp for Danny is intended to get Kris’ fans to work together to push him over the top. Reverse psychology.

You never know…stranger things have happened.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been a bit schizo for me as a Kris fan à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  working so hard between weeks to resign myself to the fact heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going home (for gosh, a month now lol), watching him kick butt on Tuesday nights and getting my hopes up, being a nervous wreck Wednesday nights and mad Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d let myself get those hopes up, and being shocked/amazed/happy every week he makes it through. Rinse, repeat.

I was TOTALLY TOTALLY at peace with him going out at 3rd up against the massive Adam/Danny fanbases and hoopla. But dammit. He hit it out of the park last night with Heartless, the internet is abuzz with casual fans loving what he did, and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ here I go getting my hopes up again! Really, I will be fine if he goes out at 3. Kris has done amazingly well already considering the circumstances this year. But if he makes Finaleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..? (omg)
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Exactly exactly how I feel. I had myself satisfied with third. Knew hw was better than Gokey but you can’t beat those kinds of bases. Then he knocked it out of the park with heartless and my hopes got up. Going to make it harder to take tonight if it doesn’t end well.

Should be a Danny/Adam final. They got the vocals and took the risks and the rap that goes with that.

Have a feeling it will be Kris/Adam. I really don’t think Kris deserves to be there.

Wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ song picked by by Kara AND Randy? If Kara couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t show, why didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Randy?

I don’t know the answer to that but I remember Randy yelling that he didn’t know they were ALLOWED to work with the contestants. Sounds odd if all the judges were told. Maybe Randy was just trying to cover since none of the audience knew about the change in procedure?

Kris/Danny final goes to Kris… In order for this to happen the split between Kris and Danny would be real close this week. Adam fans would either vote for Kris or not vote next week.

Kris/Adam final almost certainly goes to Kris. Gokey fans will not vote for Adam.
Ever. I’m guessing Adam would far more prefer to lose to his friend Kris than to Gokey.

Adam/Danny final would be a horse race. Kris’ vote will split.

Its worth pointing out that Kris and Adam split a huge lions share of Allisons voters and most to Adam since they are the two rockers. I would guess very few Allison fans went to Gokey. That play big into Adam being safe tonight.

Lisa – apparently Katy Perry has been sick and had to cancel a concert earlier in the week. (don’t ask how I know this. I really have no idea where I get this information or why it sticks, but it does.)

Kris deserves to win this thing. Outright.

He’s the non-pimped one. Worse yet, he’s the one TPTB have abused from time to time. He’s also the one who has made the most progress and improvement over the season. His arc is perfect. He’s the underdog. I Love an underdog.Period. Kris Allen FTW, amen (lol).

I guess I am just in for a shock tonight, because I don’t think there is more than a small chance for Adam to go home.

My rationale is that Danny did well last night, he didn’t hump, or howl, he was decent. Usually decent Danny shoots right to the top of dialidol. I know it’s been wonky this year, but that has been the mainstay. If Adam does well, but Danny does just as well, the odds usually go to Danny. Last night many agreed that Adam wasn’t his optimal best. (I must say that Danny has never climbed those heights, evah). Yet were does he stand? At the top of idol. I know it’s a statistical tie, but I think that his lead is probably larger as opposed to Kris lead on Danny. Therefore I surmise that Kris’ text vote may push him over Danny. Anyway I hedged my bets. I think either Kris, or Danny will leave tonight. If Adam leaves, it’s a travesty, but the sun will shine again, and he will be fine, and that is my mantra for the evening.

Well, my brain had to stop thinking this over and over and over at some point, so finally went to the pool and put all 20 points on Danny, done deal. Hope they call Adam safe first. That would help my stress level out quite a bit, lol.

KRADAM for the finale!

season8fan

I like Danny (I know Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m in the minority on the blog).

I like Danny, too. I do recognize Adam’s talent. I must like him, as he’s the only one I’ve taken the time to make a DVD of all his performances. But I do like Danny. I thought his rendition of “You Are So Beautiful” was fabulous and was my fav of the evening. I also adore Kris. Kris will put out the kind of album that I would enjoy listening to. If he had performed all season, the way he performed that last song, he would be top of the heap.

With all that said, I put all of my points on Adam. Not looking forward to tonight. I like them all.

Velveeta? Velveeta? Comparing Hokey to Velveeta is downright cruel and insulting …. to Velveeta.

I miss Allison !!!!!

Maybe Kris has been the stealth chosen one (dark horse) all this time, and Danny has been his shield to take all of the heat. And Idol has been playing us the whole time. Anything is possible.

ETA: And Jason Castro/Brooke White were their test cases last year.

I just read a joint twitter from wilma flintstone and Dino…..wilma is mad at betty rubble becuase she is so into adam because…get this>>> adam reminds betty of Fred…..wilma is N2 kris…his singy overbite thingy is HUGE

Sarah thanks very much for the info! I still wonder why any doctor would give a patient steroids. Crazy. Is it just something good for singers?

What I hated about One was that Adam changed up the melody in the 2nd part so much it was painful to listen to. If Simon really had something to do with that arrangement he shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t admit it. It was horrible. The 2nd song was okay other than it was too screechy for my taste.

I just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t find Kris as artistic in his arrangements as some of you do. I think he changes songs to suit his voice however they all end up sounding the same to my ears. The only song heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s done that I can really remember is Ainà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t no Sunshine. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he did enough to warrant being in the final 2 but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he should have made the top 5 either.

I really liked Danny last night. I thought he did pretty good with the first song even though ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s one few people seem to know. I also thought the 2nd one was really good and the best of the night for me.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d like Kris to go

I agree. I would rather see Kris leave tonight, but someone else could go. I think that Danny is going home tonight. The GeoPredictions have been mostly right this year, and they have Danny losing the most amount of states, and winning the least amount of states. I think that Danny’s a goner.

Which is kind of sad, IMO, because I really like him. I would rather see him in the finale, with Adam than Kris. I think that would be more interesting. I think that Danny would fight against Adam more than Kris would and make it more of a competition. I think that a Kris/Adam finale is going to be boring.

I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t assume that you know whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voting for Danny. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m voting for him because heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the only one left that I at least like his voice. If he goes Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not voting anymore because I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care enough to vote against either of the others. I do know a lot of Danny fans that donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like either of the other two so ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to say that Kris would automatically get his votes if Danny were to leave

I honestly do not think that most of Danny’s voters would vote for Kris if Danny left. Unless they were doing so as “Anyone but Adam votes”. I know some people have said that Kris would get Danny’s votes, because of the Christian Block, but I don’t think that is going to necessarily happen.

I think that most of Danny’s fanbase are not vote splitters. Most of them vote for their guy and only their guy. They are like a lot of Anoop fans in that respect except that they are a much bigger fanbase than Anoop’s fanbase is. I think that if Danny fans wanted to vote for Kris because he is Christian, like Danny is, then they would have been splitting their votes with Danny and Kris all along.

But most of them have not been doing that. I don’t think that most of them are going to automatically jump over to Kris’s side, if Danny leaves, just because Kris is a Christian/worship leader.

I think that a lot of them might be heartbroken/upset if Danny leaves tonight and are not going to vote for anyone come finale time. Unless they are really angry at Adam and want to vote against him, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that doesn’t happen.

I think that most Danny fans are just “pro Danny” voters, not “pro Danny/anti-Adam/anyone but Adam” voters.

I think that if Adam/Kris are in the finale, which I think they will be it’s going to be Kris’s fanbase whatever casual voters he can pick up against Adam’s fanbase whatever casual voters Adam can pick up.

I don’t see a lot of Danny’s fans rushing over to help Kris. I think that most Danny fans will not be voting next week if Danny leaves.

I really hope it’s an Adam/Kris finale.

I’m just afraid that The Hokey Holy One will somehow throw a wrench in that. Grrrrrr.

on ryan seacrest’s radio show, paula said she wanted to pick a song for adam, but that simon demanded it, so the producers gave it to simon. wonder how danny feels about paula publicly saying that! LOL

If I watch live Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m taking aspirin first to stave off the cardiac arrest.
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m way too old for this crap.

Hahahaha! Sitting here in Allison Nation having a wistful laugh over all you Adam fans’ angst. Been there, done that, been there, done that, been there, done that….

elephant1212 May 13th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

on ryan seacrestà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s radio show, paula said she wanted to pick a song for adam, but that simon demanded it, so the producers gave it to simon. wonder how danny feels about paula publicly saying that! LOL

IDK but I bet Adam is relieved :laugh_tb:

“They all face the same issues, under the same time constraint, with the same song book. So it is a level playing field for all contestants.”

This simply isn’t true. How do we know? Certainly not from the contestants or their families who sign those draconian contracts with 19E promising to keep their mouths shut.

But last year Dean Kaelin, Archie’s voice coach–who did not sign the contract–let the world in on what went on backstage. Archie’s choices were continually vetoed–sometimes after they’d been approved and he’d been rehearsing. Cook, on the other hand, admitted on the Larry King Show he had no problem getting songs approved. For Top 4 week Archie chose from the same songbook–yet had five songs in a row vetoed without a reason given. Finally the producers okayed Love Me Tender–another sensitive ballad.

For Top 3 week the producers took away an Aerosmith song they’d approved for Archie and gave it to Cook, sending him scrambling for a song to rehearse the last minute.

The judges praised Cook for clever arrangements, but the producers denied Archie the same right to choose his own arrangement–demanding he sing their choice–the cheesy wedding-song, Longer–straight.

Similarly, they turned down Syesha’s request for violins during a ballad–but gave them to Cook and saddled her with that Penguin song as their choice for her.

They even leaked phony stories to the press–in Archie’s case, about banning his Dad from backstage, feeding into the worst lies about Jeff Archuleta, all ultimately traced back to the show’s staff.

So much for fairness.

I’m gonna watch the show tonight as Anoop will be in the audience. I’m worried about Danny and Adam btw and as someone said Kris might win the whole thing if either of those two wouldn’t make it to the finale.

Did paula say who she wants in the finale in the ryan radio show? I hope she is on board with Kris/Adam.

My favorite is Adam.

I’m preparing myself in case Adam is eliminated tonight. All my votes will go to Kris if that happens. I just want to make sure Danny does not win.

Doolittle – Melinda Doolittle (whatever in the world is wrong with my brain today?). Melinda Dillon is an actress. I don’t know why I keep mixing the two up. Sorry.

Maybe I need a vacation

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m guessing many viewers either never heard or barely remembered Terence Trent Dà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Arbyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dance Little Sisterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

I think Paula is a Machiavellian bitch, which I totally love. She has an image and she guards it with her life, so she plays up the sweet, encouraging optimist for all its worth. Which is why her putdowns are so clever — e.g. “You’re so pretty.” is code for if you were ugly, you wouldn;t be standing on this stage. Did she give Syesha the penguin song? Because that would be what I think Paula does with contestants that she secretly dislikes…she sabotages them, by giving them obscure songs which no one knows or gives them songs they can’t possibly do. Terence Trent D’Arby. Seriously?

does anyone believe the speculation that started this morning that if the votes are really close, they will put all three in the Finale?

i think if Kris is in 3rd, they won’t. but if Adam or Danny are, then I would not put it past the producers.

Did paula say who she wants in the finale in the ryan radio show? I hope she is on board with Kris/Adam.

I think both she and Ryan said they thought Adam would be in the finale but weren’t sure who would be joining him.

I dont like Danny. He isnt personable, he is awkward and because of his lack of social skills he tries to be funny and it falls flat and the whole church thing turned me off initially and I never got past that and thats on me not him. I dont like Danny. I like his voice a lot. He reminds me of a Taylor Hicks whom I adored but where Taylor had fantastic entertainment skill and a great understanding of the stage and music in general, Danny lacks pitifully.

I think I like Kris because he is my weapon against Danny. Not really cause I think he is great.

Right or wrong those are my reasons. Adam has that same look that made me fall for Taylor. He has that obvious command of the stage but also that puppy like quality that makes me want to take care of them. Like they are hiding some painful event in their lives (arent we all) and my mothery side rears its mothery head. Its hard to explain but there is something vulnerable about Adam in spite of the hard rocker edge.

He’s my guy.

Sarah thanks very much for the info! I still wonder why any doctor would give a patient steroids. Crazy. Is it just something good for singers?

If you have a bacterial infection and have asthma most doctors prescribe steriods, but not the build bigger muscle kind of course…she was making a joke, I am sure.

Even though I like Kris, and I want a Kris/Adam finale….I am first and foremost an Adam fan, and if he doesn’t make it to the finale, my votes are gone…Pfft! into oblivion, because I am not gonna spend 4 hrs. voting for Kris, sorry.
I will be done with voting.
So I don’t think you can analyze, whose votes are going where even speculatively, because I am sure there are many like me, who quit after their favorite is gone.
They may toss out a few votes, but to power vote? eh. not likely. IMHO.

Its hard to explain but there is something vulnerable about Adam in spite of the hard rocker edge.

^^^^THIS.

i think if they put all three in the Finale, it would backfire. that’s the surest way to have Adam lose it.

of course, let’s not forget text messages in the context of these (allegedly) close votes on Dial Idol. i sent 2400 text messages for kris.

Did she give Syesha the penguin song?

No, that was the producers. Paula picked for Archie and she chose the Billy Joel song.

I think that if Adam/Kris are in the finale, which I think they will be ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase whatever casual voters he can pick up against Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase whatever casual voters Adam can pick up. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see a lot of Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans rushing over to help Kris. I think that most Danny fans will not be voting next week if Danny leaves.

Kris will pick up tons of Danny’s fans, because of the way Adam’s fans have harassed him/them. Kris will win by a landslide.

I think Adam will be safe so of course it comes down to Kris or Danny. I thought Danny’s “You Are So Beautiful” was beautiful and touching. Kris’ “Heartless” was very good but for me at least it did not resonate emotionally the way Danny’s song and Adam’s “One” did. But Kris did look particularly cute, so who knows! I hope it’s an Adam/Danny final, both because I think that’s the route to an Adam win and because all the Danny bashing has given me quite a bit of backlash love for the guy, even though Adam has always been my favorite.

If Adam were to leave tongith my votes would go no where. I honestly don’t think I could motivate myself to vote for anyone else. I would quietly cheer for Kris, but never left up the phone

Wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ song picked by by Kara AND Randy? If Kara couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t show, why didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Randy?

Randy wasn’t the one being the hipocrite. He gave Kris props for his version of Apologize. Kara was the one saying, ‘why didn’t you do this or that?’ when she had the opportunity to coach him earlier in the week.

I still wonder why any doctor would give a patient steroids.

There are many medical uses for steroids. They’ve just gotten a bad name because athletes abuse them.

Adam is doomed no matter what. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s votes will go to Danny,

If it makes you feel better, my Kris votes will go to no one.

So I just something very disturbing on E! News! They announced that Idol will be down to 2(showing pics of Adam and Danny) and will talk to the latest castoff (pic of Kris)! WTF? Not so fast E!

The most interesting final would be Kris/Adam. That is the only chance for interesting performances.

If it is Danny/Adam, Adam’s strategy will probably be to limit his risks. Against Kris, who doesn’t have nearly as much to loose never being TCO, he will need to take risks to win.

Bye Danny, please.

“This simply isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t true. How do we know? Certainly not from the contestants or their families who sign those draconian contracts with 19E promising to keep their mouths shut.

So much for fairness.”

Indeed.

PS…Did anyone read the blog/article written by that MTV dude about the Danny hate? Holy crap! He’s gonna get crucified! But I must say he’s got some big ones.

“i donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe adam is the best american idol EVAH ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just that the media loves him and this would be the angle of the story if he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t win. but ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not going to lie, when adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t become the mega star people are predicting, ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so going to gloat. lol”

Adam lacks musical judgment.

Sarah thanks very much for the info! I still wonder why any doctor would give a patient steroids. Crazy. Is it just something good for singers?

Cortisone is a steroid -its used for strained vocal cords among other things.

I chose Kris to leave in the pool. I was thinking Danny, but I was wrong last week when I thought it would be Kris. So I went against what I thought (and I cannot choose Adam, even if I thought he would go — it would overall defeat my pick for the win… and you know how awesome I am doing in this pool).

Mj I am putting this here because of your take on Adam’s “One” above. It seem’s Ann Powers has had a rethink of Adam’s “One”. I don’t know if this should be in headlines or here. Since we are discussing last night. Or whether it should be in last night’s thread, lol. Too many threads.

Ann Powers: Rethinking Adam’s ‘One’

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/05/ann-powers-rethinking-adams-one.html

“Lambert’s rendition of “One” may have seemed histrionic to some; various online pundits have complained that he should have kept it cool, as he did with this much-admired reworkings of “Mad World” and “Tracks of My Tears.” But by paying homage to Mary J. Blige, and by choosing to make explicit the line that connects her voice to Bono’s to his, Lambert continued his campaign not just to win “Idol” but to become a pop star who doesn’t just play to his audience, but helps people realize that we’re not the same, but one.”

Kris will pick up tons of Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans, because of the way Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans have harassed him/them. Kris will win by a landslide.

Unlikely. He has a chance, sure. But I don’t see him winning by a landslide.

Don’t see where this harassment argument thing is coming from. Maybe, there have been some crazy fans on the internet. But Adam fans are not the only people who don’t like Danny. And this so called harassment probably hasn’t reached the majority of the voters.

I’m pretty sure that if Danny leaves his fans will just not vote at all.

on ryan seacrestà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s radio show, paula said she wanted to pick a song for adam, but that simon demanded it, so the producers gave it to simon. wonder how danny feels about paula publicly saying that! LOL

LOL I always suspected Simon gets first choice for these judge’s pick things.

I still wonder why any doctor would give a patient steroids.

Just so you know, birth control pills are steroids.

We knew what you meant, TFLS. Don’t worry.

And yes you need a vacation. We all do!

I voted for Kris last night. If he goes home I will vote for Adam. I think a lot of Kris’s fans appreciate his musicality, an attribute that Gokey just doesn’t have. I think Adam will be the benefactor overall if Kris goes home tonight. If Danny goes home, I have to think it will benefit Kris. If Adam goes home, I think Kris will benefit.

That being said I really think we will finally be saying goodbye to Danny. I’m not so invested this year but I do believe that Kris and Adam have proven that they deserve to be in the finale. I won’t cry, however, if one of them goes home. At least I’ll have the other to vote for. If we get the finale I’m hoping for, I’ll vote for the one who I think did better on the night. I’d probably vote a bit more fervently for Kris, however. Underdogedness is so appealing to us here in the states…

>>But by paying homage to Mary J. Blige, and by choosing to make explicit the line that connects her voice to Bono’s to his, Lambert continued his campaign not just to win “Idol” but to become a pop star who doesn’t just play to his audience, but helps people realize that we’re not the same, but one.>>

Powers nailed that one. I didnt appreciate the version Adam did when I first saw it last night but I have watched it literally dozens of times since and it was truly beautiful. I got what he was saying. I totally got it.

He’s not an empty suit, he has a tremendous amount of empathy and understanding probably because of the roadblocks he has encountered.

Thats why he is able to hook me and then successfully reel me in when he sings a song liek One last night or IF I Cant Have You a few weeks ago which had me in a fucking puddle.

elephant1212
if adam isnt in the finale, it will be a BOREFEST. i wont watch if adam isnt it inà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.i really hope he doesnt go tonight but if he does, i feel sorry for the other two because he will be getting all of the press no matter who wins:)

Agreed. If Adam goes home tonight (perish the thought) I *will not* watch next week. And I seriously seriously doubt I will ever watch the show again, regardless of who wins. I was never all that invested in the show in past seasons, and it will be waaaaaay too boring – unless they happen to find another Adam (or Eve?) – and what are the chances of that?

I finally figured out who was voting for Danny!

I teach in a small, rural country school in the middle of nowhere, where I live 30 minutes away in pretty much a sprawling metropolis.

I happened to mention that I sure hoped Adam was in the finale amongst some ladies at work as American Idol had come up.

And I swear everyone looked at me as if I was the most insane person ever. They demanded why on earth was I wanting Adam when he and I quote “Doesn’t know what kind of album he’s going to make”

But of course, Gokey was the most obvious of choices! He was just fantastic. Mind you these women are casual viewers and referred to Danny as “the dead wife guy with glasses”

So I’m not sure what all the entails, but they did say their daughters were voting.

So I guess that answers my question.

I’ve been on pins and needles all day worrying about Adam and the safety of the finale.

I’ll be upfront and say if it is a Kris/Danny finale, I will not watch. If it is a Danny/Adam finale, I will watch but probably leave the room for Danny. If it is an Adam/Kris finale I will watch with full attention and enjoyment.

I just can’t imagine a good finale without Adam. I like Kris, but he’s pretty lite-rockish and I don’t consider Danny a pick me up.

Gah. I wish it was results time.

So I just something very disturbing on E! News! They announced that Idol will be down to 2(showing pics of Adam and Danny) and will talk to the latest castoff (pic of Kris)! WTF? Not so fast E!

That had better be wrong!

Thanks SparklesATL, never took them.

I’m worried for Adam.

Last night in HOUSTON, my daughter and I dialed NONSTOP for 2 hours on our cellphones … I mean NONSTOP for 120 minutes. Each. She got thru 12 times (dialing the 09 number). I got thru 9 times (dialing the 06 number). The rest of the attempts were met with BUSY SIGNALS.

How can this be a fair competition if it isn’t physically possible to cast votes for Adam?

I hope his other fans were able to get thru. This SUCKS.

And. if he is voted off, I WILL BE MAD.

I agree that Kris may have wanted to leave with a bang, but he may not have been aware that he would leave such a strong impression. Kris, who always seems to be second fiddle to anyone (just read all the comments and you’ll know), even made sure to pick a song that would have a significant meaning: the heartless judges, especially Simon, who seem to have ran and told their “friends,” America, that they’re leaving Kris, and that they don’t see what others might see in Kris. So, the judges should wait a couple months then they’re going to see that they’ll never find nobody better than Kris. The judges seem to have picked their final two, and eventual winners, and was even dismissed to be no competition for Adam. Perhaps, that is indeed the coldest story ever told. LOL! So singing that as his swan song, full of angst, it would be nice to see the look on the judges, then America’s reaction, for being so heartless.

And, there’s the song Apologize, which still aptly fits, too. “I’m holding on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground. I’m hearin what you say but I just can’t make a sound. You tell me that you need me then you go and cut me down, but wait. You tell me that you’re sorry didn’t think I’d turn around, and say…”

As for yesterday’s performances, I loves Adam’s “One,” I felt it. But for the first time, I think there was an unnecessary wail near the end (the first wail was spot on, I loved it) which left me confused. I understand it is for the emotional pull to make the end more dramatic, but I was not prepared for that another wail because I just weathered the first one, if you know what I mean. I liked Cryin better. Wailing is appropriate and is never OTT for that song.

Danny, perhaps, this is just my prejudice, but I just cannot listen to him. I admit, though, that he was at least palatable, but the moment he spoke, I lost it. Oh, well.

When it comes down to the final 3 they always get their way so even if by some miracle Kris isn’t the lowest vote getter they’ll find some way to get rid of him. I don’t believe Danny is leaving because he managed to survive a terrible performance and has a solid fanbase, Adam..well if Adam were to be the lowest Simon would probably threaten bodily harm on everyone so I’m convinced they would never let the bestidolever not be in the finale.

If Kris does leave? I will vote for Danny. I don’t care if Adam and Kris are BFF, he will never get a vote from me because the favoritism towards him and the level of pimping he gets makes me ill.

“Adam is doomed no matter what. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s votes will go to Danny….”

The way I see it (and this is conjecture, mind you), Danny’s leftover voters (the ones who would continue to vote) would align mostly with Kris, but Kris’ voters would align mostly with Adam. Adam’s voters would align mainly with Kris, but I suspect that they are the ones who would be most likely to sit out the voting completely sans their fave.

don’t worry>>> adam can always take the daughtry route…seems very lucrative…and then simon and media can BASH kris or danny for the next several years and it is always good for a Hell yeah!!!! fun-times

Slightly OT…there are different kinds of steroids. There are the sex-hormone related steroids, which are the ones you hear about in the sports world. Then there are the steroids which suppress the immune reaction, like prenisone. Then there are other steroids which regulate fluid balances and the hormones relating to them.

So…I’m guessing the steroids they’re referring to are those that cause inflammation as part of the immune response. If you reduce inflammation, the vocal cords work better.

but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think there is anything similar about Kris / Adam, other than the fact that they are both more musical than Danny. But their style is about as different as humanly conceivable.

Given the fact that many, many people think Kris has a real shot against anyone in the finale, I think the argument that it should be Danny / Adam because Danny / Adam is more exciting is really strange. Nobody thinks Danny can beat Adam, especially since almost everyone thinks he did the worst both last night and last week. How can he possible compete with Adam if you consider the fact that Adam will have most Kris votes?

Kris, on the other hand, has on a number of occasions been considered the best of the night (see WhatNotToSing). And, given the fact that most Gokey votes go to Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s an exciting competition. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s exciting about Danny / Adam.

I don’t think that wanting an Adam/Danny finale is strange. I do agree that Kris and Adam aren’t alike in their musical styles, but I think that Kris is boring, and I have seen some other people say the same thing. I think that if Danny makes it to the finale, that there is a chance that he could beat Adam.

I think that Adam will probably win if it’s him and Danny in the finale, but I don’t think that Danny winning over him is impossible if Danny makes the finale. Danny has a big fanbase, and if they can get him to the finale, after last night when a lot of people thought Adam and Kris were better, When Adam and Kris had more people tweeting about them., When Adam and Kris were leading on Dial Idol…, then Danny’s fanbase will have proven once again how powerful they are.

And I think that if they get him to the final two, then he could have a chance of winning against Adam. Especially when you factor in the casual voters who are very powerful at this stage and could be the deciding factor.

I think that Danny and Adam have been taking turns leading in the voting this season, I don’t think that one has been leading almost all of the time this season.

I think that some weeks Adam has led, some weeks Danny has led. So I don’t think that Danny winning is impossible if he makes the final 2. He could give what a lot of people consider two really good performances and get more votes than Adam does.

Some people thought that Adam was really good this week, but I have seen quite a few people say he was “off.” What if performs next week and a lot of people think he’s “off”? And Danny has two performances, that are as good as “Come Rain Or Come Shine.” Danny could possibly win if this scenario happened.

I do think that there is a good chance that Danny is going home tonight. But if he doesn’t I think that there is a possibility that he could win over Adam. Even though I think that Adam is the most likely to win this season, I think that Danny winning is not impossible if he makes the finale.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe Danny is leaving because he managed to survive a terrible performance and has a solid fanbase

Sometimes it takes a couple of weeks for the terrible performance to take hold. I’m not sure Danny did enough last night to make the casual voters forget the scream, nor do I think he did enough to inspire casual voters to pick up the phone.

That said, I’m not at all sure that any of them are safe. Too close to call.

Thanks for posting Ann Powers latest article regarding “One.” She did a nice job of explaining why I felt what I did, even if I didn’t know it myself.

ETA: I just picked up my videos from last night’s performance, and as tends to be the case, the camera angles included are different and imo much better. They focus much more on his face and expressions, so that you get a better view of his emotional connection and interpretation. Really beautiful, moving, special.

Kris will pick up tons of Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans, because of the way Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans have harassed him/them. Kris will win by a landslide.

Not true. By every measure Danny’s fans do not spend a lot or any time online — so they haven’t had a chance to be harassed. The online data clearly shows that Danny Fan Sites have little overlap with general AI website and almost not with “Adam/Kris” sites. And the Danny Fan sites only have a few comments from Adam supporters.

I do think that Kris would pick up Danny’s “Vote for the Christians” voters. But I have no idea how many people select their Idol based first on religion and then on talent. (One of the things I really appreciate about Kris is that he is very low-key about his personal Christian commitment, but the same cannot be said for some of the Christian bloggers — now that they realise he has a chance to win.)

Personally, I think that American Idol should be keep separate from religion — it should give anyone with talent a level playing field to engage and attract voters.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care if Adam and Kris are BFF, he will never get a vote from me because the favoritism towards him and the level of pimping he gets makes me ill.

And how is that Adam’s fault?

I won’t argue that there has been blatant over-pimping of Adam. (And to a lesser extent, Danny.) But that is not Adam’s fault, nor is it Danny’s.

Vote for the person you like the best, right? That’s what I do. Don’t take out TPTB’s manipulations on someone talented and deserving. If you think Danny is the best, vote Danny. If you think Adam is the best, vote Adam. (And no I’m not telling YOU specifically how to vote. I just think voting for reasons other than talent are silly, IMO.) It seems like a cop-out to vote otherwise.

And Danny has two performances, that are as good as à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Come Rain Or Come Shine.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

I don’t see that happening. His voice is shot, and given that Come Rain was by far his best performance of the entire season…the odds are against it by far.

does anyone believe the speculation that started this morning that if the votes are really close, they will put all three in the Finale?

i think if Kris is in 3rd, they wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t. but if Adam or Danny are, then I would not put it past the producers.

This would just be another “judges’ save” by a different name. I don’t see how they could do this without enraging people. Because it would be obvious they are just trying to save one of their favorites. After the country has voted, and declared its preferences, one of them will have to go. I didn’t vote two hours last night for the whole thing to be declared invalid.

Thanks downeast that is what I was looking for. I wanted to know what it pertained to for a singer & that makes sense that it would reduce inflammation so the vocal cords will work better!

Am I dense or what? What judge showed up for the rehearsal? :neutral_wp:

As for the casual vote, I think a lot of it probably went to Kris. Of the several people I’ve discussed last night with, those that had heard the original version of “Hearltess” thought Kris was brilliant. I know this is a small sampling (Like 7 people, maybe?) but I think it could be a good sign for Kris. It’s one of those buzz-worthy performances like Blake Lewis’s “Bad Name” from several years ago. It got people talking. Additionally, “Heartless” was one of my favorite performances of the season, behind several of Allison’s, of course.

Rick

A little OT, but how do you think Adam will handle the conversation about the streaker rushing the stage at his homecoming? I am already picturing very awkward commentary by Ryan. Ugh. I’m guessing Adam will just laugh it off, but I would love it if he looked Ryan right in the eye and said, “It was flattering. But wrong gender.”

Valentin432: What I found interesting in the voting is that DI number of raw votes decreased a lot this week, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s something that is going to be reflected in the total number of votes tough.

During some weeks, I checked the DI raw vote totals, and every time I did, Allison was the hands-down winner. Maybe a lot of those voters gave up after last week.

I didn’t, though. I switched from her to Adam — at least until the DI client program crashed and I couldn’t get it to work anymore — going to have to try reinstalling it. :sad_wp:

I hope Gokey goes home, I want an Adam/Kris finale.
Gokey hasn’t got this far because of his talent, he’s got this far because of the judges gushing all over him and his flock of religious followers.
If they succeed in getting him through to next week then all my votes will go to Kris or Adam, whichever I don’t mind.

It goes the same way Kris will pick up a legion of Adam fans because of the way Adam has been harrassed on boards. So I guess it’s a win win situation for Kris when if he makes the finale.

TFLS
Did you hear how Slezak referred to the back-up singer debacle?
“A fearsome howler monkey wrestled the mic away from a backup singer and offered aggressive, unwanted support to Adam Lambert as he performed Aerosmithà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Cryinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

BAHahahahaaa! Oh that’s awesome, and a perfect description of it.

Am I dense or what? What judge showed up for the rehearsal?

Simon :smile_wp:

I know this is off topic but great article in MTV with Rickey today concerning Simon’s comments last night. I agree with both of you 100%. There is a difference between us Internet Idol fanatics and the “real world”.

Now, regarding predictions for tonight, I’ve posted on here before that I want Adam in the finale. I like all 3 guys, but he is special to me. Simon is taking an invested interest in Adam like he did Leona Lewis. Out of all of the judges, most people thought Simon was the least likely to go to rehearsal but he went. I think that says a lot about him. I don’t always agree with him, but he seems sincere and for the most part knows what he’s talking about.

Conventional wisdom tells us that Adam is in the finale and the second slot is up for grabs between Kris and Danny. But as we’ve seen throughout these 8 seasons that anything can happen.

To me, Adam deserves to be in the finale. He has taken the most risks, and has shown the most artistry. I also think he would make a good Idol.

I am crossing my fingers all night. lol

i hope you are correct, Ross. i agree. i’d be really pissed — even it it means Kris goes home. i’d rather see that happen than something like the “super save.”

Am I dense or what? What judge showed up for the rehearsal?

Simon.

“Did she give Syesha the penguin song? Because that would be what I think Paula does with contestants that she secretly dislikesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦”

No, that was someone else. She gave Archie a middle-aged man’s lament–And So It Goes–feeding into the misconception that he could only sing ballads. Then the producers added insult to injury by saddling him with an even worse ballad–Longer. Paula claimed at the time the song posed a level of difficulty that would be a challenge for Archie–which, of course, it wasn’t. But it was downbeat and slow–which he knew was not doing him any favors. And it was far from the “fun” stuff she’d been urging him to sing once she joined the Cook brigade.

I agree she’s machiavellian–and shrewd. Look how she suddenly shaped up her act now that Kara is on board. Suddenly she’s sober, she’s doing choreography, she’s performing newly released songs–and she’s coherent when she’s judging.

Still holding out hope for Kris. Danny v Adam would be another eruption on Mount St. Yellin’.

Last night in HOUSTON, my daughter and I dialed NONSTOP for 2 hours on our cellphones à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I mean NONSTOP for 120 minutes. Each. She got thru 12 times (dialing the 09 number). I got thru 9 times (dialing the 06 number). The rest of the attempts were met with BUSY SIGNALS.

This is good!! This means people were voting for Adam. :clap_tb: I’m in Pennsylvania, and I had trouble getting through as well.

I was surprised Ryan brought up the streaker last night. I thought they would edit her out of the footage since it’s a family show. Then again Kara’s metaphors about Matt Giraud aren’t family friendly either.

“Still holding out hope for Kris. Danny v Adam would be another eruption on Mount St. Yellinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢.”
Hee. Ok, I’m an Adam fan, but that’s pretty funny.

Ugg, I hope this isn’t a bad omen: Allison’s sing out was CRY Baby. Adam sang CRYIN last night. Nooooooo….. *shakes fist at universe*

Lambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s rendition of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  may have seemed histrionic to some; various online pundits have complained that he should have kept it cool, as he did with this much-admired reworkings of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Mad Worldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Tracks of My Tears.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  But by paying homage to Mary J. Blige, and by choosing to make explicit the line that connects her voice to Bonoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s to his, Lambert continued his campaign not just to win à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  but to become a pop star who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t just play to his audience, but helps people realize that weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re not the same, but one.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Annnd my girl crush on Ann Powers continues to flourish. Heh. I would like to point out that this is exactly what I was saying about Adam’s performance of One last night, althougth I felt that way from jump. And looks like MJ was feelin that way too? Pulling a Tracks of my Tears would have been the wiser strategic move I think for Adam to cast a wider net because John Q. Public seem to love Adam better in Mad World/Tracks mode on the ballads and in OTT mode on the uptempo numbers, but to me, it would have been a lesser choice artistically. And the very fact that he has a Mad World and Tracks of my Tears performance in his repertroire is proof that he is quite aware that he doesn’t always have to go OTT and whip out the crazy vocals and backs it up as an artistic choice and not a lack of restraint. Oh, I do agree with MJ that maybe once One was cleared and he settled on this interpretation, he should have rethought doing Crazy balls to the wall Steven Tyler style and maybe, hey, shocked everyone and did Aerosmith unplugged or something more current for contrast, but hindsight is always 20/20 and they didn’t have a lot of time it seems to rethink much of anything once the clearance came through. Sigh.

I’m hoping, HOPING for the Adam/Kris finale I’ve been calling for since the beginning of the competiton. And if it happens…Adam, think about doing that rocked out cover of Brit Brit’s Toxic that a bunch of us wanted you to do this week. It would kill. There’s tons of inspiration on YouTube. Kthxlove. Or maybe that gorg cover of One Republic’s Come Home from the Upright Cabaret that’s floating around. Or both. And bring back those pantz from rock week. If the unthinkable happens…gulp…that was the first and only time I do anything resembling power voting this season.

Annnnd I’m Audi 5000 for the night. I’ll be watching the Lost season finale and trying to forget the results show is on…

“”"Vote for the person you like the best, right? Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what I do. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t take out TPTBà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s manipulations on someone talented and deserving. If you think Danny is the best, vote Danny. If you think Adam is the best, vote Adam. (And no Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not telling YOU specifically how to vote. I just think voting for reasons other than talent are silly, IMO.) It seems like a cop-out to vote otherwise.”"”

This is my thinking and this is the first year since Kelly that my favorite is maybe maybe going to win ! Clay lost, Bo lost,Chris & Elliot lost, Blake lost, Jason lost, the season with Fantasia – didnt care. So Adam fans, I am sorry if my love for him this year curses him cuz the one I like has never won except for Kelly! So, I am very very nervous but MJ – your recap has made me feel better and I am sorry I was such a butthead earlier today but this blog and comments really worried me, I was so happy with Adam and Kris’s second song I thought everyone would feel the same BUT MJ not once did I say haters quit hatin cuz I KNOW you hate that!!!

“”"I was surprised Ryan brought up the streaker last night. I thought they would edit her out of the footage since ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a family show. Then again Karaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s metaphors about Matt Giraud arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t family friendly either”"”"

I thought that for half a minute and then said, well no, they will show her, she was wearing a heck of a lot more than bikini girl and she was on over and over so whats a lacey pink bra versus half naked bikini girl? Nothing

I have replayed both of Adam’s songs several times, and I must say (as a fan) I thought they were perfectly executed. I completely agree with you, MJ, about “One,” but I have to disagree with you, and say that except for the horrid backup singer on “Cryin’” this was a great performance. He needed to do Aerosmith–if anything, just to get it out of the way, and to please the fans who have been craving it. Current or not, Steven Tyler is obviously one of Adam’s favorite’s, so why not? I voted for two hours straight for him, and am hoping for a Kris/Adam finale. Fingers crossed!

I know people think that if Danny gets kicked off, his fans will just vote against Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t imagine investing your time in this. I have never voted after my favorite has left, its just a waste of energy IMO. Does anyone plan to do this? I am just curious.

I would like to think that Allison’s fans threw their votes to Adam last night.
I have to say that if Adam goes home tonight…I would vote like hell for Kris next week.

Unlikely. He has a chance, sure. But I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see him winning by a landslide.

Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see where this harassment argument thing is coming from. Maybe, there have been some crazy fans on the internet. But Adam fans are not the only people who donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like Danny. And this so called harassment probably hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t reached the majority of the voters.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m pretty sure that if Danny leaves his fans will just not vote at all.

I have seen about just as many Kris fans speak negatively of Danny as I have seen Adam fans do it. I have seen people that don’t particulary care for either Kris or Adam speak negatively of Danny. IMO, it’s not just one group of contestants fans that don’t like Danny.

There are lots of people that are fans of various contestants that don’t like Danny. So I don’t think that’s going to make a huge difference in who some of Danny’s fans might vote for, especially since a lot of people don’t like him in general, regardless of which other contestants they support.

I really do think that most Danny fans are not going to come to Kris’s aid if Danny is eliminated this week. I think they are going to take the route of not voting because their favorite is gone. And that includes most of the section of Danny voters that love that he is a Christian.

I don’t even think that most of those Danny voters are going to vote for Kris because he is a Christian as well. I think that if they had wanted to support Kris because he was a Christian they would have been voting for both Danny and Kris all season long.

I think that most of Danny’s fans have been voting for only Danny and not going to vote for anyone else, Christian or not, when he leaves. I think that most of Danny’s fans are not going to vote at all if Danny is eliminated.

I think that for the most part Kris is going to have to fend for himself. And hope that his fanbase helps him out as much as they can and hope to pick up as many casual votes as possible, if he wants a shot of winning over Adam if they both make the finale.

Praepos is a genius. For real.

I watch this show for the entertainment value. Sometimes however I am reminded that although this is just a cheesy ass show, that serious and powerful things can happen that have resonance and meaning.

I am not a rock fan. Certainly not the kind of music that Adam admires. That is why it’s so interesting for me. I saw exactly what Ann Powers was saying. Someone above implied that Adam wasn’t musically savvy. I don’t agree at all. Adam could have sleep walked his way through this entire show, sorta the way Danny has, relying on his superior vocal abilities, he could have chosen, the sweet, quite, easy way out. Instead he drug my R&B loving, pop diva loving ass over to his side by sheer will of his unique, intelligent, and wide ranging musical choices. Opening my mind and heart to so many possibilities. That’s pretty damn cool for someone about to become the king of cheese, whether he wins this thing or not. He’s the story this year.

I would like to point out that this is exactly what I was saying about Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance of One last night, althougth I felt that way from jump. And looks like MJ was feelin that way too?

Ditto (or is it Thritto now? Hmmm…)

Is there a specific support group set up if Adam gets voted out tonight?

praepos
May 13th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Did she give Syesha the penguin song? Because that would be what I think Paula does with contestants that she secretly dislikesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

No, she gave Archie a middle-aged manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lamentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’And So It Goesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’feeding into the misconception that he could only sing ballads. Then the producers added insult to injury by saddling him with an even worse balladà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’Longer. Archie had been trying for weeks to get out of the ballad boxà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’but he was continually vetoed. Paula claimed at the time the song posed a level of difficulty that would be a challenge for Archieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’which, of course, it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t. But it was downbeat and slowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’which he knew was not doing him any favors. And it was far from the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“funà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  stuff sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d been urging him to sing all season. I agree sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s machiavellianà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’and shrewd. Look how she suddenly shaped up her act now that Kara is on board. Suddenly sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sober, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing choreography, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performing newly released songsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’and sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s coherent when sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s judging.

So he sang the “My Boo” song for his personal choice and we all know how that went. So much drama about the producers horrendous treatment of him last year. Ultimately, if you didn’t get David Archuleta in the beginning and weren’t voting for him then, nothing was going to make you vote for him is my opinion, because the dude has a beautiful voice. He just couldn’t make some of us care. David Cook gobbled up fanbases as contestant left. Very few invested fans switched to Archuleta (save maybe a lot of Syesha’s fans). That’s just my opinion, but the “poor David James” posts get old.

I think, too, this year that Gokey suffers much from the same fate. I actually liked him the most at first but now I like anybody but him. I’ve not seen many who named “fill in the blank” performance as the one that sealed it for Gokey. I think if you weren’t 100% behind him in the beginning, he’s done little to change anybody’s mind. Again, mileage. Maybe I’m just looking in the wrong places.

I would like to think that Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans threw their votes to Adam last night.
I have to say that if Adam goes home tonightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I would vote like hell for Kris next week.

This Allison fan did. Although, I have always thrown him some votes. They all went to him last night.

“”"Is there a specific support group set up if Adam gets voted out tonight?”"”"

Really, where is Terrie and her (((( hugs))))) – last year she helped us thru Jason, I sure hope she is ok, she wasnt doing very well last I heard and I have not seen her on here in a long time

I watch this show for the entertainment value. Sometimes however I am reminded that although this is just a cheesy ass show, that serious and powerful things can happen that have resonance and meaning.

I am not a rock fan. Certainly not the kind of music that Adam admires. That is why ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so interesting for me. I saw exactly what Ann Powers was saying. Someone above implied that Adam wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t musically savvy. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t agree at all. Adam could have sleep walked his way through this entire show, sorta the way Danny has, relying on his superior vocal abilities, he could have chosen, the sweet, quite, easy way out. Instead he drug my R&B loving, pop diva loving ass over to his side by sheer will of his unique, intelligent, and wide ranging musical choices. Opening my mind and heart to so many possibilities. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty damn cool for someone about to become the king of cheese, whether he wins this thing or not. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the story this year.

THIS.

That whole post just made my whole damn day. Thanks. Whatever happens, Adam will emerge the only good thing about this season.

Is there a specific support group set up if Adam gets voted out tonight?

Let’s just really hope we don’t need one. If that happens I may have to call into work tomorrow(just kidding) but I could have a good excuse. I’d claim I was too heartbroken to come in.

Is there a specific support group set up if Adam gets voted out tonight?

I’ll bring the booze and the kleenex.

kizgold
May 13th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
elephant1212 May 13th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

on ryan seacrestà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s radio show, paula said she wanted to pick a song for adam, but that simon demanded it, so the producers gave it to simon. wonder how danny feels about paula publicly saying that! LOL

IDK but I bet Adam is relieved

Werd!

Valentin432: What I found interesting in the voting is that DI number of raw votes decreased a lot this week, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s something that is going to be reflected in the total number of votes tough.

Dial Idol is becoming less relevant because 1. Idol has added more capacity to handle call volume. 2. There have been many inprovements to the US phone infrastructure in the past year reducing the number of local carrier issues. 3. More and more of the power vote volume is moving to messaging. Why both with Dial Idol to get in 80 or 100 votes when you can text a thousands of votes. KrisNation has been very adept at getting fans to power text.

Text Power Voting is can provide up to 5,000 votes per phone. And with unlimited texting, it’s not costing a voter on a plan anything more to do it.

My phone lets me set up a calling group with 99 numbers, so I figure with a big calling group of Adam’s number 99 times, I can text 25,000 votes an hour with one cell phone. I have no idea if these votes would be dumped or not.

Abbysee, that was awesome. Your description, it was awesome. I love when the written word moves me. That right there is a gift.

The point is no one should have to tell kris to change it up, its what all the judges have always said, hello Im sure he has watched idol in the past. I think Kara AND Randy made a great choice. If only Kris would have changed it up. Oh well its over and done with and Kris will probably stay.

Simon is so full of himself anyway, i really have disliked him these past few weeks.

Kris hasnt watched AI much ordinarygirl.He and his wife didnt have a tv for a year and he has said he only saw S1.

And looks like MJ was feelin that way too?

Yep. I mentioned in my live re-cap that I was moved by his performance. I went back to listen a few more times to make sure I wasn’t nuts.

Also, don’t kill me, but I don’t think the backup singer from “crying” ruined the song. She was loud, but she didn’t drown Adam out.

Danny does not have the likability like Adam and Kris. his personality sucks.

Is there a specific support group set up if Adam gets voted out tonight?

Forget the support group. I want grief counsellors. I want pharmaceuticals. I want intravenous fluids.

I want all of the above, but mostly, I want not to need them.

Gulp.

Adam cannot go home tonight.
I swear, TPTB would die.
Paula would cry (so would Simon).
The net would explode.

I’m not trying to be smug with this question, but do some people seriously believe Adam is in trouble tonight?? I honestly can’t imagine it. People are tuning in (and voting!) in droves this year because of him. Simon is blatantly backing one contestant for the first time in AI history. The media craze around Adam has been building since day one and is at a fever pitch right now. He’s been called the heir apparent. AI’s savior. AI is all about ratings and $$$$. Why, oh why would they ever let their #1 draw go just before the big finale? It won’t happen.

uh. it would be a huge joke if adam got voted off. I would watch the finale just to see how bad it would be.

although, i do love kris and his voice, It wouldnt be the same without adam in the finale

I think Adam leaving tonight would for sure signal the end of idol next year

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not trying to be smug with this question, but do some people seriously believe Adam is in trouble tonight??

Yup I do. I have never ever believed Adam would win it all. Still don’t. I’ll believe it when and if I see it.

abbysee
May 13th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I watch this show for the entertainment value. Sometimes however I am reminded that although this is just a cheesy ass show, that serious and powerful things can happen that have resonance and meaning.

I am not a rock fan. Certainly not the kind of music that Adam admires. That is why ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so interesting for me. I saw exactly what Ann Powers was saying. Someone above implied that Adam wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t musically savvy. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t agree at all. Adam could have sleep walked his way through this entire show, sorta the way Danny has, relying on his superior vocal abilities, he could have chosen, the sweet, quite, easy way out. Instead he drug my R&B loving, pop diva loving ass over to his side by sheer will of his unique, intelligent, and wide ranging musical choices. Opening my mind and heart to so many possibilities. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty damn cool for someone about to become the king of cheese, whether he wins this thing or not. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the story this year.

mj – Can we start off a new thread with THIS!!!???

Exactly! :mrgreen_wp:

Currently trending on twitter – Kris and Adam (no gokey)
The #1 Google trend last night: Kris Allen Heartless

***shoves her Banner of Hope into the ground***

I am making my last stand on my Boo before tonight’s show. Adam I took notice during Satisfaction, boy can sing. On B&W it was boy can really sing. RoF was my “Look what I can do” (TM Stuart, Mad Tv) moment from you. Same as David Cook’s “MOTN, Look What I can do” moment did for me last year. (Cook’s MOTN ranks right beside his Creep which I throw hands down as loving until I die).

You gave me Mad World & Tracks of My Tears & Born To Be Wild & Whole Lotta Love etc, and I loved a whole lotta Adam. I can’t imagine the Finale without you. I refuse to imagine it. Yep, totally refuse.

So listen up “interns”, Do NA send my Boo home!

hollygo9, do you mean that’s the general consensus on twitter? folks are speculating it will be those two?

Why, oh why would they ever let their #1 draw go just before the big finale?

Because they LOVE THE DRAMA more than anything. ANYTHING. It builds the franchise interest for next year…and the year after that….and the year after that.

Adam..well if Adam were to be the lowest Simon would probably threaten bodily harm on everyone so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m convinced they would never let the bestidolever not be in the finale.

An Adam boot would make for great TV and great ratings. I know many of you have said you would not watch, should Adam get the boot. But sure you will, as he will be performing next week at the finale. LOL

Those pens are out and ready to sign him. He would do just fine. The ratings would go through the roof next week, after a whole week of people whining that he shouldn’t have been the bootee. Great TV. Great Ratings. Afterall, this is only a reality TV show.

I feel that same sick-to-my-stomach feeling I had the week we had to sit through the results show with Adam in the bottom three.

If Chris is safe, I just know they’ll take such joy in putting Adam and Danny (the two the judges wanted in the finale) and milking this elimination for all it’s worth. Asking Simon which one should go – THEY’LL FINALLY HAVE TO TURN ON DANNY!! And, if GOD FORBID, Adam is eliminated, they’ll have to switch gears quick back to Danny. I think if either Adam or Danny gets saved first, then Chris is going home. No way would TPTB pass up a chance to put Adam and Danny in the bottom two so that we spend an hour knowing that one of them is going home! (GO-in-GOKEY!)

Thoughts? I’ve spent the day convincing myself that Adam will be in the bottom two and will be eliminated, no matter the hundreds of texts I sent, because I tried to convince myself that the shock of not being prepared would be worse. Fingers crossed for Adam!

downeast May 13th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

Is there a specific support group set up if Adam gets voted out tonight?

Forget the support group. I want grief counsellors. I want pharmaceuticals. I want intravenous fluids.

I want all of the above, but mostly, I want not to need them.

Gulp.

I remember back in crazy season 5 or whichever one Taylor Hicks won, I was so depressed when the show was OVER even though my Idol won. AI had consumed so much of my life during that bazaar season that when the show was over it was like all of my friends had moved out of town and my boyfriend (TH) went away after coming to my house two nights a week for the last 5 months.

The day after the finale I wore my “Bah Humbug” tee shirt to work and didn’t speak to anyone. I wore black to work every day for the next two weeks. I was in mourning.

Oh, and I’m not a teenager. I’m long past being a teenager. 2006 was one crazy year.

Well, I’m nervous for Kris. When he is on the bottom of dialidol he has been safe. This time Danny is on the bottom but it is all too close to call. I am really hoping Kris makes it into the finals because he so deserves to be there. 30 minutes to go before the show and about an hour and 30 before we know. Adam is going to be safe without a doubt. It was interesting to see the trend lines on dialidol though. Kris and Adam were neck and neck for quite some time in the votes. I really have my fingers crossed for him. Think I’ll go download anything new from Kris on itunes.

hollygo9, do you mean thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the general consensus on twitter? folks are speculating it will be those two?

No, Twitter has trending stats like Google does. The top ten topics/tags appear on the sidebar. Adam and Kris are both in the top ten tags being used on twitter right now. They have all the buzz.

Would I rather have my favorite win, or have an interesting finale? That’s the issue with me. Kris SHOULD be in the finale, however, the other two…. just aren’t great for my tastes.

Adam will make for a more interesting finale, and the duets on Wednesday will probably be a lot better since Adam seems to know how Kris goes. But Kris will have a smaller chance of winning, and everyone will just about DIE for Adam.

Danny will make a less interesting finale, he’ll slaughter the duet in a bad way, but I think Kris would win.

An Adam/Danny finale would be extremely uninteresting, OTT Overpraised glory notes vs. OTT Overpraised shoutiness. Adam nor Danny are the “lights of the season” people portray them to be. Kris isn’t boring. Just my opinion, and I certainly wouldn’t watch it.

MJ,

I wanted to say that I totally agree with you about Adam’s performance of “One”. I listened to the performances again today on my trusty dvr. I also got the chills when Adam changed it up and gave it more power. The song and the words called for it. Adam is too good a performer and interpreter not to know how to do it. I do actually think now that he was right to do it the way he did, not soft all the way through. It was absolutely brilliant!

I also agree with you about Cryin’. That was the one that puzzled me. Adam never repeats himself and last week he brought down the house with his stellar version of Whole Lotta Love. Why did he feel the need to do Steve Tyler after possibly besting the great Robert Plant? It’s almost redundant. I second your suggestion that he should have gone for some current glam rock song. I would have to believe that clearance issues were the only thing that could have prevented him from doing it. He has been so right on with his song choices all through the top 13 competition.

I am really nervous about tonight. I don’t know that I can bear it if Adam loses his chance to sing for the title. He has so earned it. I think of all the great, fearless, artistically great performances and the sheer excitement he has brought to this competition. I can’t imagine the finale without him.

I believe that Kris earned his way into the finale with that performance of Heartless. When I listened to it again, I thought it was far superior to Apologize. He doesn’t have the kind of voice I normally like, but he used what he had to deliver one of his best vocals in recent weeks. It was a stroke of genius. I will be disappointed if Danny gets in over him. Talk about unfair! But this show has taught me to never be surprised at the outrages that occur every season.

You have given me a boost of confidence and helped my nerves a little with your prediction that Adam will make it. But it’s looking very close and you just never know.

He needed to do Aerosmithà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’if anything, just to get it out of the way, and to please the fans who have been craving it. Current or not, Steven Tyler is obviously one of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s favoriteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s, so why not?

There are four or five songs on Pump alone that would have suited Adam better than “Cryin’” starting with the two songs that open the album, “Young Lust” and “F.I.N.E” both straight-ahead rock songs, then of course “Janie’s Got a Gun,” “What It Takes” and even “Love In an Elevator.” Aerosmith had the cruise control on when they did “Cryin”

i agree that the drama will be if they have danny and adam standing there as the bottom two tonight. they will really milk that.

and remember they sent Kris to safety first last time. that had the same effect.

i hope Kris survives. but i’m not sure he will.

The day after the finale I wore my à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bah Humbugà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  tee shirt to work and didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t speak to anyone. I wore black to work every day for the next two weeks. I was in mourning.

:laugh_tb: And your guy WON.

You should have seen me the one and only other season I ever watched until Adam ruined my spring…Season 6. I was a HUGE, I mean HUGE Melinda fan. LOVED THAT GIRL. Convinced she was gonna take it all…and she lost out to the BeatBox Boy and Pageant Girl.

I sulked for a MONTH. Pathetic. Really.

I would like to think that Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans threw their votes to Adam last night.

This Allison fan didn’t. Sorry. I voted for Kris all evening, since Allison and Kris have been my two favorites all season. And I know quite a few people who feel the same.

I’ve seen a lot of people (not just here) saying that Allison fans voted for Adam and while I’m sure some did, not all did.

If Kris is 1 on google i think people loved him enough to vote.Danny or Adam will go.

20 minutes until airtime, I’m walking away from the computer. It is what it is, at this point.

I’ve been an Adam fan since his audition. When I opened my eyes this morning and realized I was awake, my first conscience thought was, “Oh no, are they going to send Adam home tonight?” So, I’m “kind of” a fan. Everyone who is stressed out, worried and in fetal positions over this needs to learn a very basic technique I discovered that’s very soothing. Follow my lead: make a HUGE pitcher of 100-proof Vodka Martini’s and sip away. It really works! I’m on my third (drink, not sip) and I couldn’t be more relaxed. :biggrin_wp:

I remember back in crazy season 5 or whichever one Taylor Hicks won, I was so depressed when the show was OVER even though my Idol won. AI had consumed so much of my life during that bazaar season that when the show was over it was like all of my friends had moved out of town and my boyfriend (TH) went away after coming to my house two nights a week for the last 5 months.

The day after the finale I wore my à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bah Humbugà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  tee shirt to work and didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t speak to anyone. I wore black to work every day for the next two weeks. I was in mourning.

Oh, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a teenager. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m long past being a teenager. 2006 was one crazy year.

Sparkles ~ you and me both!

What an addiction this can become! I may even start walking in the evenings and calling old friends and…maybe taking in a Taylor Hicks concert or two!
:tongue1_tb:

donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t worry>>> adam can always take the daughtry routeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

It would probably be more like the Blake route (in sales, that is). That said, I’ll be shocked if Adam is booted tonight. He will be this season’s winner, because that is what the show wants badly. Adam needs to win-he will not become the second coming of Daughtry if he loses. Even as a winner, I’m not convinced he’ll be the megastar people are predicting. With maxinum winner’s pimpage I think he has a chance to match Cook’s sales, but I don’t think he’ll go much further than that.

As for who will be in the finale with him? My gut tells me that Kris will get the Elliott treatment tonight but who knows? Maybe the “Go” will finally be put in Gokey.

I think Adam can’t win this competition. It is clear that he IS the best singer by a mile, but on DialIdol prediction site he is almost level pegging with the other when he should be clearly leading. At this point of the competition most people have already decided who they want to win, very little can change how how they might vote. For example last year David Archuleta clearly did better than David Cook in his final performances, but that didn’t matter to those who voted. The absence of a commanding lead by Adam therefore suggests that his fan base doesn’t quite match up to his talent or indeed the hype. Something else is at play here, something that stops people from voting for him and handing him that AI crown. It’s that elephant in the room, doesn’t need spelling out.

Personally, I think if there’s a “shock” boot tonight, it’s going to be Danny, not Adam. That’s not such a huge surprise to us, but the casual viewers won’t see it coming. Besides, I’m convinced Kris won over a lot of casual voters last night with Heartless.

Or maybe this is just wishful thinking. Could be. Probably is.

I think the most important thing to remember at the end of shows like this, were you get attached to one outcome or the other, is that its all a personal delusion. Its fun to watch and root for your favorites but in the end none of them are going to change your life or matter in the long run. Yes some will go on to become stars and enrich our lives – however even then in the scope of things it matters very little to our own happiness in the long run.

Good luck to them all:) Even the unnamed one I dont care for, I hope you have a great career full of love and happiness.

I would like to think that Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans threw their votes to Adam last night.

This Allison fan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t. Sorry. I voted for Kris all evening, since Allison and Kris have been my two favorites all season.

Same here.

I’ve been an Allison fan since the moment she appeared on screen, and a Kris fan since “Ain’t No Sunshine”. I’ve never been an Adam fan, though I respect him and think he should be in the finale, but I’d never vote for him.

Im hearing voices and they are telliing me Adam is leaving us tonight. Make them stop. To the person up top with the vodka, shoot one over.

Best of luck to everyone’s fave tonight!

Is anyone else really sick to their stomachs? I feel like I am getting the Swine Flu, not to make lite of that. Pleaseeeee Ryan, let Adam be safe at the beginning, I cant take it, I need relief. Ug, I havent been nervous all season, just enjoying the show. Now this!!! IDK when the finals come, I just need Adam there, he so deserves it, I know they all do to some extent, but “I” need to see him singing one more week. :cry_tb:

The only objective basis as to who deserves the American Idol title is the sales of their studio version. But alas, that is hidden so as to continue the thrill of the show.

So we are left arguing with each one as to who is the best.

It is not fair to Adam, Kris or Danny to make a direct comparison of each of their performance and vocals because each is very different from the other. Some have the range to take on a higher level of song difficulty , others take on songs that fit their range and make it work for them. Their styles and genre of choice are quite different.

If this were an academic class , then degree of difficulty of song choice would be a large percentage of the criteria.

But this is popular idol. Right now the basis are the feelings and emotions of the fans. This can be volatile.

I just think that its probably time for American idol to let us know how well each contestant is doing in selling their singles. This would put more pressure on the contestants on song choice and interpretation , in making the song their own. In presenting the type of recording artist they can be. This would be a realistic basis.

Like in the Olympics , the scorecard has to be an objective measure.

With that said , I say ,Good Luck to the three. They are worthy competitors of this show. As much as I would love to see Adam Lambert win, I will not begrudge Kris or Danny winning. All three have slaved to put on the best performance of their lives.

And I say, thank you Top three and congratulations.

Wow, seems like the Top Three duel is more thrilling than next week.

I think Adam canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t win this competition. It is clear that he IS the best singer by a mile, but on DialIdol prediction site he is almost level pegging with the other when he should be clearly leading. At this point of the competition most people have already decided who they want to win, very little can change how how they might vote. For example last year David Archuleta clearly did better than David Cook in his final performances, but that didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t matter to those who voted. The absence of a commanding lead by Adam therefore suggests that his fan base doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t quite match up to his talent or indeed the hype. Something else is at play here, something that stops people from voting for him and handing him that AI crown. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s that elephant in the room, doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need spelling out.

I think you’ve got something here. The only person who has been consistently gaining a lot of fans every week since the Top 13 is Kris. I’m not saying he can’t win – he deserves to – but this is definately a concern.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“They all face the same issues, under the same time constraint, with the same song book. So it is a level playing field for all contestants.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

But last year . . .

Wow, the list of Supposed S7 Injustices gets longer every time I see it. Thank goodness fan memory gets more vivid with the passage of time.

I guess we can apply this lesson to S8: there’s no crying in baseball, but this . . . is a singing contest!!!!

ATTENTION fans! Start your grievances.

Im hoping im wrong as I type this. Kris and adam are my favorites..with kris first…but I think the producers want it to be an adam danny final..so I think no matter where kris comes in vote wise..I think hes going home. I hope im wrong..i dont like danny…I just got this feeling that what the producers want..they get..Like I said I hope im wrong, and if I am, Ill be back here to say I was wrong and squeal with delight.

Closing down so I can find a front row seat. LOL

Good luck to all 3 contestants and their fans. It’s been a great season!

Funny how now the shock boot might be Kris! I wouldn’t put it past TPTB to disallow power text votes for him if there was some suspicion about how they were done.

Plus, I do think now that Adam has an easier win against Danny. IDK.

Maybe “Crying” wasn’t Adam’s first choice, and he did it because it was cleared and he already knew the song. It did seem strangely too predictable after last week. But at least he finally did 2 songs from the 90s!

“I think the most important thing to remember at the end of shows like this were you get attached to one outcome or the other is that its all a personal delusion. Its fun to watch and root for your favorites but in the end none of them are going to change your life or matter in the long run.”

I would agree 100% if I wasn’t so disgusted by people voting lifestyle over talent in a talent competition. I think having mega-churches advertising voting parties for the two church leaders of AI really sets this country back. If Adam loses because he’s not the most talented, I’d be crushed, but so be it. But no one can say that Danny and his smug song last week beat out Allison based on his talent alone. His widower back story helps him, and he knows it.

By the way, Adam & Kris fans, we were very lucky that they didn’t show more of home week for Danny considering he spent a lot of time singing at his church and talking about his wife’s funeral.

“Is anyone else really sick to their stomachs? I feel like I am getting the Swine Flu, not to make lite of that. Pleaseeeee Ryan, let Adam be safe at the beginning, ”

I have exactly the same feeling right now…blah…

I hope Adam is in the finale or I will scream the whole night long!!!

I don’t believe he will win, but definitely he could be in the finale! he deserves it…

And I think Ryan will annouce him at the end.. just for the drama…

I think once Kris is in the finale and safe i can breathe again.He cant go home after all the buzz.Neither can Adam.I feel so sick.It might be because i know Adam or Kris might leave so i already drank half a bottle of volka.The minute Danny goes i might just throw up out of happiness.

Took the dog out–check.
Visited the lil girl’s room–check.
Set DVR–check.
Fresh bottle of water & some cashews (& kleenex-just in case) by the tv–check.
Wished the boys luck (Good luck, boys!)–check.

Wished Adam more good luck (Good luck you superfrigginsuperstar!)–Check!

ok, I’m ready. :thumbup_tb:

It’s like waiting on a call from the doctor to tell you if you tested positive for jungle fever….

Not that this is an indication of all casual voters but I know at least 4 people who liked Adam all along and finally got bored with him yesterday and threw their votes at Kris….none of them have ever been on AI blog or look up stuff about the contestants on the internet they just like to vote a little when the like something. I just found that interesting…..I’ve been voting for Kris all along so my opinion is useless in this example lol. My point is that it’s going to be an intense hour coming up….it’s anyone’s game still!!

THANK YOU MJ for appreciating Adam’s rendition of One. I think many people didn’t get it but I love how it is changed up the way it does. I actually like One more than Cryin’.

Let’s hope we will see him in the finale! So excited :clap_tb:

Im hoping im wrong as I type this. Kris and adam are my favorites..with kris firstà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but I think the producers want it to be an adam danny final..so I think no matter where kris comes in vote wise..I think hes going home.

WORD!

*Let’s move to the new thread, guys! haha*

And I have to say, I didn’t feel One very much, except at the beginning. The first part was EXCELLENT. The middle part was downright awful, I couldn’t understand a word, it sounded like mindless blather. The ending, like the beginning, was also good. Cryin’ was MUCH better, but it still wasn’t up to par with Heartless, IMO.

was easy to see allison there

I agree with MJ…….I loved Adam’s “One!” I am also confused as to why someone should go home based on last night’s performances. I understand the concept of the semi-finals, of course. But why aren’t we voting based on the ENTIRE Season 8 performances?

Just have to say – I just finished listening to the studio versions of Adam’s songs from last night.

“Cryin’” – Great! I haven’t heard the original version in quite a while, but Adam was actually more restrained, and more melodic, IMO, than Stephen Tyler.

“One” – I am not a U2 fan and don’t love this song in general, but Adam’s version was, in a word, awesome!

Not a ‘scream-y’ note in either song. I flove Adam.

there is a god!!!! there is a god!!!!! there is a god!!!!!!

danny is OUTTA THERE!!!!11!!!11!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

kris is guaranteed to win. absolutely no doubt about it.

if any of danny’s fans stick around, they’ll toss their votes to kris.

and kris will pick up millions of votes from people who will want him to win so he can get his chance to shine.

adam is guaranteed to make it humumgous big in the industry. people know that and so they’ll vote for kris cuz he needs the win more than adam.

and the great thing is adam will be just fine with kris winning. they’re best buds!!!

what a terrific season now that douche-bag is gone!!!1!!1!!!

I’m so happy that it’s Kris and Adam in the finale. I would honestly still prefer it to be Adam & Allison but at least we get to see her again this week! I just had a great idea for a duet for Adam & Allison, not sure if it’s been suggested before, but I think they would absolutely kill with doing a version of Ozzy & Lita Ford’s Close My Eyes Forever!