Comments on: Has Next Week’s Theme Changed to Billboard #1′s?

By: mj

mj — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:52:44 +0000

Fred Bronson just tweeted that he was at tonight’s mentor meeting…he’s a Billboard Chart guru. Things that make you go hm.

By: HstryQT

HstryQT — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:47:32 +0000

If the theme has changed I’ll be bitter. I’m in much anticipation of the cheese-fest Teen Idol theme. (I truly can’t wait!)

By: rk349097

rk349097 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:13:41 +0000

Didn't we just go through three freakin' weeks of Billboard #1 Hits? Let me guess: Michael Lynche will sing Against All Odds, Casey James will sing I Don't Want to Miss a Thing and Katie Stevens will sing My Heart Will Go On (quite possibly the three most overplayed songs in Idol history). What a boring, played-out theme. Yes, the rumored "Teen Idols" theme was cheesy (and a potential epic train wreck), but it at least had the potential to be interesting and fun. This is just...ugh...

By: Cari

Cari — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:50:24 +0000

No clue here on what is going on. Was ‘Teen Idol Week’ an official announcement. I don’t recall.

I thought MJ said there was a press release…?

By: weese

weese — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:21:18 +0000

I’m disappointed. All this talk about Hanson made me go look up some of their new acoustic stuff. And then I actually bought a song by Tinted Windows for a summer playlist I’m working on.

By: luvadamlambert

luvadamlambert — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:07:34 +0000

I hope not.This woul be a great theme but people would choose old songs!!

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:41:43 +0000

Billboard #1’s hasn’t been used since Season 4

If memory serves me correctly didn’t Taylor Hicks use “Something” as a Billboard Top 10, because it was on the compiltaion disk Beatles #1? I seem to recall some flack on that.

By: Studio57

Studio57 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:23:39 +0000

I was on a waiting list for tickets and finally got picked to go to the AI taping next week. It’s Teen Idol Week, and Miley Cyrus and one of the Jonas Brothers are guests on Wednesday according to the email my husband got:

“Tuesday we have two tapings; the first is a full dress rehearsal which is a
taping of the entire show including all performances and Ryan Seacrest. The only
thing you don’t see in the rehearsal is the judge’s comments. The second taping
on Tuesday is the LIVE performance show. On Wednesday we are taping the LIVE
results show with special guest performances by Miley Cyrus and Joe Jonas!
Please remember vouchers are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Thank you and enjoy the show”

By: frogcooke

frogcooke — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:58:09 +0000

Though billboard #1′s could mean more than the hot 100… if they go that route, otherwise it will be limiting.

By: chessguy99

chessguy99 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:30:25 +0000

Billboard #1′s hasn’t been used since Season 4, by coincidence it was also Top 11 Week. That year we got Carrie’s Alone performance out of that week. IIRC, there wasn’t much in the way of “artistry”, the best of the night pretty much sang the song off the original arraignments.

This could a challenging theme. These are songs that both were big sellers and had massive airplay. Also, if they stick to the BB Hot 100 list, as in S4, it is very limiting as many years had only a dozen songs. The songs are pretty much pure pop, very few country and rock songs make it to #1 on the Hot 100.

By: TwigLA

TwigLA — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:26:10 +0000

No clue here on what is going on. Was ‘Teen Idol Week’ an official announcement. I don’t recall. I’ve been patiently waiting for the iTunes list to go up. I think that’s one of the best changes they made this year. They finally got it that the audience likes to play along.

For me the concept of ‘Teen Idol’ said ‘Bubblegum’ and I thought was a huge step backwards in getting street cred for the products of the show.

By: alxsavage

alxsavage — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:25:13 +0000

Maybe the beans have been spilled for the Top 10 week by mistake.

By: Cari

Cari — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:48:06 +0000

They had better not changed it to that completely lame theme… Billboard #1s?? Definitely reminds me of last seasons weird iTunes theme…

By: kcostell

kcostell — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:47:39 +0000

Note that that same set of mouseovers also has a picture of Katelyn at the piano with the caption: “Watch Rolling Stones Week Performances Again”.

Not exactly confidence-inspiring as to its accuracy.

By: widz

widz — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:19:07 +0000

Aww, I liked the “Teen Idols” theme. Billboard #1s would be a boring show, just like the semi-finals :/