Comments on: Simon Cowell on American Idol Season 8 – “I’m 100% a Guy Will Win this Year”

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:04:59 +0000

Please spare us Britney on Season 8…..

By: elisad

elisad — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:39:50 +0000

Jason is too young for Idol’s taste. They had Neil Diamond.

By: hypertwink

hypertwink — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:18:17 +0000

I have been hoping TPTB will finally go for a Folk or Folk Rock theme and have an awesome mentor that week.

Let it be Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz. For drama, I’d go with Jason since he can be really bitchy when something irritates the fuck out of him.

By: LK08

LK08 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:48:30 +0000

I was telling my husband about Simon’s comment (being 100% sure) and he immediately said “Simon must have a female he really likes”, insuating that Simon is doing reverse psychology.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:00:03 +0000

Nah I don’t think people will vote for “the blind one” if they do it’s off sympathy. NO OFFENSE WHATSOEVER, i just can’t see ‘the blind idol’

By: terps

terps — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:29:38 +0000

On the x factor, this is ALexandras SECOND time on the show. She tried out before and didn’t make it

By: Hazehel

Hazehel — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:04:50 +0000

This year X-factor has turned into a bit of a disaster. It’s supposed to be one of the best of seasons, but then some of the best singers got eliminated early on, and those left are really second-raters. Alexandra is probably the best of the lot, but that isn’t saying much, and I don’t think there is any chance that she’ll be another Leona Lewis. I think this year is a good example of why judges should not have the deciding vote as to who to kick off in the voting rounds, because they are the ones who got rid of the best singers. And geez, the judges falling for Daniel’s sob story is really too much, watch the blubbering idiot judge and have a good laugh at how he ruined this season by keeping in a mediocre singer –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7K8VN6majY

By: Grammie Kari

Grammie Kari — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:50:29 +0000

I just hope the Top 24 (or whatever number) isn't full of plants. I still love to see an American Dream come true.

IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d like to see someone who is similar to JasonÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s style win it or Brooke it if a girl wins it.

I have been hoping TPTB will finally go for a Folk or Folk Rock theme and have an awesome mentor that week. Is it too soon to get excited about Season 8?

By: Thea

Thea — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:14:40 +0000

Here is, in brief, who’s in the semifinals of x-factor. Only my opinions!

Diana: very peculiar voice and take on the songs, impressive at first. starting to sound always the same though
Alexandra: best voice and singer by far. seems also nice and professional. could be Leona-2 if it all works out well
Eoghann: he’s 16 and cute, so everyone loves him. Imagine a British D Archuleta with more personality. Unfortunately not with the same singing chops
JLS: boy band. good vocals and nice guys (and i’m sure they get some votes for looks as well). some hit & miss performances. nothing too original from them

I’ll let you know how it ends!

PS: Simon is pimping Eoghann because he’s his mentor, but obviously roots for Alex to win

By: JOJOSIE

JOJOSIE — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:16:15 +0000

Simon, the know it all, also passed on Taylor and Daughtry even going to Hollywood. He didn’t like Taylor’s style and he said Chris lacked personality. I for one don’t think he’s right that often, it’s just when he is right you hear about it (from him). A little ego is good but too much leaves me cold.

By: terps

terps — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:10:58 +0000

Love her or hate her you have to respect what she has done in the music industry. Just on a side note to, parts of her performance was live vocals, I think she was sining over a track

By: Tess

Tess — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:14:08 +0000

Everytime I see Britney or Madonna perform my respect for the listening, viewing public heads downhill, again. IMHO it’s a sad thing when “sexy” sells at the expense of real talent. We, the buying public, can sure be led like lambs to the slaughter. And to top it off we don’t have enough self-respect to say “No way” I want good voices, singing good songs, with real emotion and talent.

I wish the Britneys of the world would just give it up and I really wish that non-talented people who think they know everything (AKA Simon) about the entertainment business would just keep their traps shut instead of acting like they are the Mesiah and we should all geneflect at their alter.

By: Hazehel

Hazehel — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:26:16 +0000

I don’t think there are many interesting guys I heard so far. The blind one is OK, and to put it bluntly, I think he will do very well on the show but only because he is blind. Ryan P.A. Johnson has a good voice, but not quite outstanding. There are plenty of people we haven’t heard about yet, so any of them could be the contender.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:46:09 +0000

I actually could see a guy in his early-to-mid 20′s in the the pop/R&B vein winning this year, to compete with the Usher’s and JT’s and Ne-Yo’s and Chris Brown’s, etc, of the world. That’s something they haven’t had as a winner yet. Ruben was R&B, but isn’t exactly burning up the pop charts with his music. I could see them wanting something in the R&B vein but with more of a pop tendency than Ruben.

I could also see a singer/songwriter guy winning it – though I don’t think they’re going to find the next John Mayer, Jack Johnson, or Jason Mraz on this show. JMO. Plus, I see a girl in that style as more likely to win than a guy – they are very marketable right now (which is why I’m still scratching my head as to why 19A-Z signed Kristy and not Brooke.).

Or a male country singer. They haven’t had one of those win yet either. They all get kicked off early then sign with Lyric Street, lol. But Simon only likes country music when it’s young, pretty, blonde, and has boobs, so I doubt he’s talking about a country guy.

However, if they want a guy to win this year, they better “set it up” to be another guy/guy finale, since only once has a guy won in a guy/girl head-to-head finale. That said – I’m with pj here… I just may have to vote for a girl.

Oh, and I thought Britney had a comeback last year? Is every new album she makes from here on out going to be dubbed as her “comeback album”?

And just wow at the lack of boundaries that the paps have. Ridiculous. I mean, Simon can be an ass, but no, he does not deserve having a tracking device put on his car and all that. Ridiculous.

By: Scifisam

Scifisam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:23:54 +0000

I’m kinda glad he said that. I personally really only listen to male singers, and it seemed like we were mostly getting female talent in the spoilers, so it’s good to know before hand that the guy will in fact be representing again this year.