Simon Cowell Wouldn’t Have Saved Anoop Desai, Disco Night is “Made” For Adam Lambert

So, in short, Anoop is leaving next week and Lil is staying.

I really hope Lil goes bye bye pleas.e…

And Matty G! Please rock it this week and prove Simon wrong.
He has to stay… After that emotional save I am rooting for Matt now more than ever.

So, in short, Anoop is leaving next week and Lil is staying.

Maybe they will both go! Heh.

Simon is mean, as usual, but I kinda agree on Anoop. Matt too really. At this point if you are not clicking then you are not clicking. Both those guys have already been given second chances. Anoop ends up in the bottom even when he sings well! He’s not gonna win and everybody know it, so the most you are doing is putting off the inevitable for a few weeks at best. If you can’t see someone in at least the finals – or even the top 3- you probably shouldn’t be saving them IMO.

And I like Anoop a lot. But the idol game is not working for him.

Two have to go next week is all I’m saying. Let’s hope one is Lil. I’d be delighted to never see her again (not even going to the tour this year). I actually am not even concerned who goes with her as long as she goes.

Ahhh all this talk about how disco is made for Adam and how he’s gonna do so well with this theme is making me tense. I mean I’m confident in Adam’s abilities but knowing that Simon seems to expect so much from him coz this is “made for him” scares me a little. And this is a very important week for them to do very well coz of the double elimination. I just hope Adam can fulfill or as Paula would say – shatter everyone’s expectations.
And I still think it’s weird that they saved Matt when they don’t really see him as a real contender. He’ll be eliminated for a third time, I bet that’s so much fun for him to have America say no to him thrice.

Cool Simon. So, you wouldn’t want to save Anoop, but you would want to save someone who you said doesn’t have a chance of winning? Makes perfect sense. Do you have some sort of personal issue with Anoop?
Whatever. This only inspires Anoop fans to vote harder.

If Lil was really the 2nd lowest getter this week and Anoop was the only the 3rd lowest getter, why would Anoop be there next week so Lord Simon has to use his SAVE for him? Will it not have been Lil’s turn for his highness to consider the pardon? Also he hated Matt when Matt was with Michael, bu the hates him less when he is with Anoop? does not make sense. I know Matt’s fans will come to his great musicality defense, but the only way that Simon can shut his mouth is to have a la Susan Boyle performance from Anoop, sending Matt and Lil home. This will be sweet revenge and justice served. My pick would be to send Danny home with Lil, however given Simon will NEVER utter a word against the middle America boy (and yes Simon will never say about Lil what he is saying about Anoop as he knows the ACLU is watching him), he is NEVER going home.

Man, I knew Simon didn’t like Anoop – but dang…..

Just watch him prove Simon wrong, stranger things have happened on this show – I would say watch Danny be the one to go with all the online hate, I dont understand how he has gotten so many votes. I have been doing a sort of side survey on that and a whole lot of our viewers and several peeps here are liking Danny but they have never been online anywhere, in regards to Idol, unless I pull up Mj’s for them. A lot of viewers who missed the show I directed them here but cautioned them that there is not a whole lot of Danny love on here – so dont blow a gasket.

I sort of hate it when Simon makes comments like “disco week was made for Adam Lambert.” Talk about added pressure!

Having said that, I’m already dying to find out how “far out” Adam’s gonna go next week. On the one hand, I’d love to see him do the exact opposite of what people seem to be expecting. But on the other hand, disco is a perfect excuse to glam it up – costume, big hair, glitter and all – and take AI where it’s never been before.

I wonder how Terry feels about interviewing him. does she make sure that she’s as attractive as attractive can be and then say things like “Oh, this old thing” or “Oh, my hair must be a mess!”

Simon doesn’t know everything. Adam will do better than everyone else, but that’s it. Anoop won’t necessarily completely crap out this week. Maybe he’ll have a bright idea or a particularly good song choice.??

also, I agree that Lil could do well, but her choices are so lame–even when told her choices are lame, she comes back the next week with an even lamier choice–that she’s just going to pick “Last Dance” and completely rush it like she’s running a sprint like she did with “Heat Wave.” And then maybe we all can be put out of our misery.

Uhhhh Simon, let’s not jinx Adam, plz? Okthxbye.

Poor Anoop. In my dream scenario, Lil and Danny would be kicked to the curb next week. Sadly, Danny’s not going anywhere, and you never know about Lil. I’m fine with Matt being saved, but if Allison, Adam, or Kris is in any danger because of it, I will NOT be happy. I guess it’s time to fire up the go phone so I can powervote for two people next week. Sigh.

Sadly, Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not going anywhere

I don’t think anyone is safe this year.

Simon expects too much from Adam – though I have so much faith in Adam and I believe he can handle all of these pressures, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m still afraid for him :)

by the way I have found this amazing site that has Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s clothes and accessories worn on the show.

http://coolspotters.com/musicians/adam-lambert

If Lil was really the 2nd lowest getter this week and Anoop was the only the 3rd lowest getter

why do you think that? Ryan only said that he could send Anoop back to safety, by implication stating that Anoop was not the lowest vote getter. That’s all. AI switches around the actual order of the results without lying a lot. I have no doubt that the lowest vote getter is actually announced, but beyond that, only what is explicitly stated is true.

Remember last year at Top 5 week when it was down to Brooke and Syesha? Well the next week we figured out that, because Syesha had won a week, she must have been the highest vote getter the previous week. Yet, AI presented her with Brooke on the Top 5 elimination show, implying that she was second to lowest. (Jason had probably been second to lowest but with the snafu with Paula, AI had to send him directly to the couch to get the spotlight off Paula and they didn’t want a David standing next to the departing Brooke because the Davids had to have perfect records going into the finale to keep the suspense as high as possible.) Simon Fuller and Co do what needs to be done.

My daily prayer to the benevolent one: Please, please, for the sake of all things fair and just please have Lil and Danny utterly fail next week….and may they both be put out to pasture. I would really dig on watching the best and most entertaining singers make it to the top 5. I just don’t think I can stand to hear Lil or Danny sing twice in one night. But the upside would be that I wouldn’t have to buy 4 tunes on Itunes. Here’s HOPING!

Something about hearing Simon declare that he wouldn’t save Anoop and that disco night is made for Adam makes me want to vote for Anoop and have a shock boot just to make Simon squirm. :devil_tb: Not sure what it is. . . . . .

Suzanne: I agree with what you say, and I do not believe also on the random 2 that they pick every week other than the actual lowest vote getter. Even with this jinxing around, Ryan said ‘America: this is your bottom 2″, hence my questioning about Lil’s turn for Simon to think about saving. Simon always takes pride in his choice of words and behaves in a manner that IDOL is all about him (was not surprised he perpetuates this arrogance in the British Talent show even though I really liked the other 2 judges on their show – they seem smarter than our vacuum filled panel); hence throwing it back to him on his own faux-pas, that’s all. I truly believe we can find our own talented judging panel and still make this show interesting. we do not have to time and again find outsourcing solutions to find it entertaining or interesting. Simon needs to go home and Randy and others have to step it up, and Paula can leave also.

Lil has yet to choose the ‘right’ song imo. Maybe once? That’s right, she chose well during semi-finals.

Next week is going to be extremely nerve-wracking, or as my son would say nervousing, for the contestants. I really feel for them.

I’m still glad Matt got saved, because it made for great tv. IMO, anyone (except Allison) who has been in the bottom three can go home next week and I’ll be fine with it. But, I almost don’t want to say anything about who should go home until I see the performances next week.

Oh, Simon. What a complete and utter twat you are. I’m sure you’ve already got your scriptwriting monkeys working diligently away on the insults you’ll devliver to Anoop come Tuesday.

That’s cool. Anoop has made you eat your words before. He’ll make you eat them again.

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I would love to see Danny get the boot next week, along with Lil or Matt. I still can’t believe they gave Danny a pass on that steaming pile of a performance Tuesday. Did they not hear the bad notes? Did they not hear him gasp for air in the middle of words “and I’ll giii *gasp* iiive it all to you..”
Beautiful rendition my ass.

Even when they criticize TCOs, it’s very gentle criticism and always tempered with lots of compliments.

And exactly how does Simon know Anoop will be gone next week? I mean, I’m *sure* they wouldn’t boot him if he really has the votes to stay, right? [/sarcasm] RIGHT?

Simon : [Matt] did his best at the end, he was popular….

umm, in what universe is Matt popular? Does he know something I don’t? Plus, I agree with Simon about Matt having NO CHANCE of winning. Even 4th place is a little generous. (lol yeah, you would never be able to tell that I’m a Matt fan.)

So Simon thinks Lil will do well next week, huh. That sucks because I really, really want her to go.

I really have never liiked Simon or any of the judges giving these “candid” interviews before the ultimate idol is picked. Whatever.

Something about hearing Simon declare that he wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t save Anoop and that disco night is made for Adam makes me want to vote for Anoop and have a shock boot just to make Simon squirm.

I’m with you! This pisses me off! I suddenly have the urge to powervote for Anoop and start praying Adam and Lil tank just to make Simon look stupid. I’ve never seen such public contempt for a contestant, well maybe Taylor but still.

Seriously how is Matt popular? He had to be saved by the judges not once, but twice.

OMG. I am sooooo voting for Anoop next week.

Of course they wouldn’t save Anoop. I mean, Kara gave him great praise Tuesday and then said he deserved to be in the bottom 3 on Wednesday. So I guess that translates to, no matter what Anoop does, he deserves bottom 3. It almost seems like they have some sort of personal vendetta against him and I don’t have any clue as to why.

I do wish Lil and Danny would be the ones getting kicked off next week. They are the worst singers left and they probably deserve to go. Also, Lil’s stank attitude lately hasn’t left me with a good impression of her, and Danny’s idiocy and pompus attitude hasn’t left me with a good impression of him ALL SEASON.

I have already confidently (and sadly) placed my 20 points on Anoop for next week. I don’t even need to hear him sing. I hope that the silver lining is that Lil is the other one kicked off.

Also……..Danny Gokey disco-ing?? That’s scarier than the Exorcist movie!

I don’t think Simon hates Anoop at all, he just knows he doesn’t have the “package” to win Idol. Anoop has really bad stage presence and although he has a beautiful voice, we all know it takes more than that to win. Anoop could probably sing circles around Cook (Even Cook has said he doesn’t have a great voice) but Cook had that extra special something that Anoop lacks. It is what it is.
Matt has the same problem, when he is good, he is very good, but when he’s bad, it’s pretty sucky.
When you’ve been in the bottom 3 at least twice, there is a reason.
Voting like mad to save either one of them seems like such a waste of time, especially when someone much more deserving, someone who has proven they should be the winner could potentially get voted off because of it.
This is a great article about how the contestants handle the judges critiques written by a business man. Kinda sums up why some people have been in the bottom 3 so often.
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/ … age1.html#

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to depend on how the whole Rachel Lampa thing goes down with his fans.

What?

Something about hearing Simon declare that he wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t save Anoop and that disco night is made for Adam makes me want to vote for Anoop and have a shock boot just to make Simon squirm.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m with you! This pisses me off! I suddenly have the urge to powervote for Anoop and start praying Adam and Lil tank just to make Simon look stupid. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never seen such public contempt for a contestant, well maybe Taylor but still.

By all means, vote for Anoop then! Join with the Anoop fans who hate this mistreatment and give a big FU to Simon and co.

(Danica, you slay me.)

That’s pretty harsh, even for Simon. I’m with those who wonder if he’s got something against Anoop personally. Unless he’s pulling another stunt like his infamous dis of DC’s “World I Know,” and we missed the wink. But I doubt it.

I also don’t appreciate him calling out Adam like that. Now there will just be more howls of “they’re setting it up so Adam can win.” The only way to counteract that, is to have Toby Keith be mentor the following week.

why do you think that? Ryan only said that he could send Anoop back to safety, by implication stating that Anoop was not the lowest vote getter. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s all. AI switches around the actual order of the results without lying a lot. I have no doubt that the lowest vote getter is actually announced, but beyond that, only what is explicitly stated is true.

Ryan said TWICE on results night that Lil and Matt were, and I quote, “The bottom two.” Not just that one of them was in danger of going home. Not just that “These two are in danger,” or “One of them will have to sing for their life.” He specifically said bottom two.

Trina, yf7184 et al: I agree about the power vote. We usually throw in few votes for adam and anoop every week, that’s about it. The way Anoop has been treated on the show has made us powervote for the first time from last week. That said, the last thing I want to see on national tv is a Brit telling us what we should do and who we should choose. I cannot change the rest of America that waits for his signal, it is their choice. At least Anoop is an American, even if Simon does not want to credit him for that.

In regards to Simon saying Anoop will be in the bottom three next week, I’m not sure if it is contempt for Anoop so much as it is the fact that Anoop doesn’t seem to do well with uptempo numbers and disco is usually uptempo. But does Disco have to be uptempo? Anoop could do “How Deep is Your Love” by the Bee Gees. Yes? That would be a very nice song choice for him.

As far as Disco being made for Adam, I think it means that Adam is most comfortable with dancing and glitter. Plus the Bee Gees high singing is in Adam’s wheelhouse. Jive Talkin’ would be a lot fun.

I hope peole don’t backlash against Adam because of the praise he has been getting. I hope people keep in mind, the media attention into his personal life has probably put Adam under more stress than any other contestant.

This only inspires Anoop fans to vote harder.

makes me want to vote for Anoop and have a shock boot just to make Simon squirm.

And exactly how does Simon know Anoop will be gone next week? I mean, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m *sure* they wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t boot him if he really has the votes to stay, right? [/sarcasm] RIGHT?

I suddenly have the urge to powervote for Anoop

OMG. I am sooooo voting for Anoop next week.

Looks like I won’t be alone when I power vote for Anoop next week!
Anoop is dangerous to Adam and Danny and therefore capable of
making a complete ass out of Simon. I hope peeps will wake up out
there and vote for Anoop and let’s send Lil back home where she belongs!!!

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to depend on how the whole Rachel Lampa thing goes down with his fans.

What?

There’s a rumor posted on rickey.org that Danny called Rachael Lampa asking her out on a date. But as of now it’s just that – a rumor.

I like Anoop but being in the B3 so many times means something. I think him and Lil are gone this week just cause everyone else has solid fanbases and the Matt fans, who I think Anoop usually shares, will be focused on keeping Matt alive. That dynamic might touch Kris too, but for him I think the worst is a nerve-wracking appearance in bottom 3. I hope!

I would normally say when a contestant is considered a shoo-in for a theme week, it’s a trap (see: DC and “rock” week) but I think Adam’s not gonna have any problems at all.

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to depend on how the whole Rachel Lampa thing goes down with his fans.

What?

Danny allegedly is back in the dating pool. I think rickey has a post on it. The girl looks exactly like his dead wife, gotta say.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Simon hates Anoop at all, he just knows he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“packageà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to win Idol. Anoop has really bad stage presence and although he has a beautiful voice, we all know it takes more than that to win.

Excuse me…
Two Words…
Carrie Underwood

She had a horrible stage presence during her season.

Even when they criticize TCOs, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s very gentle criticism and always tempered with lots of compliments.

Wow, I’d hate to live in a world where “What in the hell was that?!… A lot of people are throwing their TV sets out the window right now… Horrific… Indulgent Rubbish…” is “very gentle criticism” “tempered with lots of compliments.” LOL

When youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been in the bottom 3 at least twice, there is a reason.

If I’m not mistaken, Fantasia was in the bottom 3 twice and she won the whole thing.

okay, but Anoop’s been there three times in a row. It’s about momentum now.

I definitely don’t like Simon’s attitude towards Anoop, and I think that it goes in line with IMO, TPTB’s hateful attitude toward him in general. Something that I really don’t get at all. If they don’t really think that he is a threat to anyone then why do they work so hard to push him, down and demean him. It seems personal and I do not like it at all.

Also, if Simon thinks that Lil is going to do well, I guess that means that he expects Anoop and Matt to go home next week. Especially since according to him and his psychic abilities, there is not possible way in the universe that Matt will go beyond fourth place.

I think that TPTB have their script written out for next week, and I think it will go down like something like this.

Anoop is going to get slammed no matter how he may perform. Simon is going to rip into him, tell him he has no chance of winning, and that he doesn’t deserve to be there. Kara is going to throw in some cutting remarks, and if all four judges get to comment next week, Paula is going to tell him that his song didn’t work for him, and Randy may not slam him, but isn’t really going to help him out in any way. He will probably also go early next week. They are going to run the bus over him as much as they can to try and get rid of him.

Lil is going to get overpraised regardless of how she does, to increase her chances of staying around another week.

Matt may or may not get overpraised, it depends if the judges want to possibly try and keep him around other week, to make them look better since they used the save on him. Or if they aren’t going to care about that and try and tank him, so that they can get him to leave along with Anoop.

Kris, Allison, Danny andn Adam will either receive comments that are a combination of fair and/or overpraised. But I think that they will all be overpraised and/or get really good coments from the judges to help ensure that TPTB get the final four that they want.

I personally would like to see Anoop survive next week and Matt as well. And see Lil and someone else that’s not Anoop or Matt go home. I would like to see Lil go home, along with a shocking elimination. Or better yet two shocking eliminations and watch TPTB have to deal with that, in spite of all the hateful, manipulative things that they have done this year to some of the contestants, to ensure that they get the final two/four that they want.

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a rumor posted on rickey.org that Danny called Rachael Lampa asking her out on a date. But as of now ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just that – a rumor.

Rachael Lampa wrote about it on her blog, so while the “date” aspect of it is under debate, he DID ask her to meet up with him.

BTW, I heart Rachel Lampa. I have the CD she made when she was 16, and she can outsing Danny anyday.

Wow, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d hate to live in a world where à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“What in the hell was that?!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ A lot of people are throwing their TV sets out the window right nowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Horrificà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Indulgent Rubbishà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“very gentle criticismà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“tempered with lots of compliments.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  LOL

Yes, Simon’s criticism for Adam on ROF was probably some of the harshest I heard on AI.

I think Anoop is very talented. But I don’t see him winning. I don’t think Simon see’s him as winning. Obviously he doesn’t see Matt as winning. So I think he wants these two to go next because he doesn’t see them as having a chance of winning. I’m not sure it’s personal. I think it’s just business.

Excuse meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Two Wordsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Carrie Underwood

She had a horrible stage presence during her season.

Carrie Underwood never spent a second in the bottom 3.
She was consistent singing every song. SHe never had a “Bad” week. Ever.

Anoop is going to get slammed no matter how he may perform. Simon is going to rip into him, tell him he has no chance of winning, and that he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t deserve to be there. Kara is going to throw in some cutting remarks, and if all four judges get to comment next week, Paula is going to tell him that his song didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t work for him, and Randy may not slam him, but isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really going to help him out in any way. He will probably also go early next week. They are going to run the bus over him as much as they can to try and get rid of him.

I predict Anoop will sing well and receive praise commensurate with his performance. And, assuming he’s not the best of the night and he fails to capture that elusive “moment,” he will still go home. Sometimes that’s just the way it goes. He has not wow’ed the judges for the most part, or the majority of viewers, imo. Accurate or not, he’s also come across poorly during critiques. I do believe that it’s Anoop being hardest on Anoop, and his body language sells him out. But that does matter when trying to win fans on TV.

When youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been in the bottom 3 at least twice, there is a reason.
Voting like mad to save either one of them seems like such a waste of time, especially when someone much more deserving, someone who has proven they should be the winner could potentially get voted off because of it.

Sometimes being placed in the bottom three does not mean one is necessarily in the bottom three, yanno? This is Idol we’re talking about here, after all.

I’d much rather vote for someone who has been in the bottom three but I thoroughly enjoy watching and listening to, than have to listen to/watch someone who has a voice and personality I don’t enjoy.

Por ejemplo:

I know some people love him, but Danny has a voice that gets in your face and forces itself on you whether you want it or not. Lots of Idol viewers like showboaty voices, and tend to forgive lots of bad notes in a song if there are one or two good glory notes.

Anoop has a voice that strokes you slowly until you reach a slow burn. It’s not showboaty, it’s smooth and sweet like honey. That may be too subtle for some viewers.

But for me, I know which I prefer.

As for Anoop’s stage presence, his last two performance have shown a lot of growth in that area, and I’d like to give the guy a chance to develop further. He deserves it, his voice deserves it.

Danny has shown all he’s got and he’s never going to grow or surprise. Ever.

Simon : [Matt] did his best at the end, he was popularà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

umm, in what universe is Matt popular?

I didn’t watch, but maybe Simon meant in the studio that night? From the on-the-scene report, it seemed like the room was electrified after the other contestants started chanting SAVE SAVE. And heck, at the very least, Matt seems popular with his fellow contestants if not with the voting public LOL. Like Adam B Vary said, Simon can read a room like no other, and there was a definite sports moment vibe where everyone was rooting for the underdog there, so I do feel Simon’s decision factored that all in as well.

Anyway, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m a big Matt fan, but I do think he and Anoop are in the same position in terms of their chances, and how well theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re doing in the competition. Honestly, neither has a shot at winning at this point, after their past missteps, so ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a matter of preference for who youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d rather see last a little longer. Seems like Simon went with Matt, mostly because at least the girl judges still have faith in him. And this is just my opinion, but I do think Matt, even with his crash-and-burn tendencies, has more potential to wow than Anoop, who doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seem to get people excited even when heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s really solid. Not to mention (again, my biased opinion), I think Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music seems more commercial. So in that sense, I really agree with their using the save on Matt, even though he wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t win. I do feel bad for Anoop though. Rushfieldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s chat says some of the Idols read their stuff online, so if Anoop gets wind of this kinda stuff where ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s clear the judges have it in for him, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gotta suck.

ETA, wereallinnocent, WORD to your entire post. Anoop may more may not do well next week, and may or may not get praised, but unless he wows everyone (and IMO he hasn’t yet, even when he’s excellent) he’ll likely go home. Same with Matt– except that Matt could wow, and has in the past, despite his flaws (just not Adam Lambert-level wowwing) All this is IMO, of course.

flynnsgirl, I never said she did spend any time in bottom 3.
I was referring to your comment about stage presence.

Simon is all about self-promotion and creating buzz for himself. If he can make something controversial so that it will keep him in the headlines he will attack full speed ahead. The man really doesn’t have an empathetic bone in his body. He doesn’t care who he wails on, or when. I get really sick and tired of people saying “Simon, just tells it like it is” and then blindly go forth and drink his Kool-ade.

The few thousand of us that post on-line about AI can’t change how it is. But we can be as supportive as possible without becoming Simonistic in our comments.

I do hope that Danny and Lil go home because I just don’t get them as people or singers. I like the Soul boys and find all 3 of them interesting. The remaining two are my personal favs and I will vote and root for them but that is all I can do.

Wow, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d hate to live in a world where à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“What in the hell was that?!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ A lot of people are throwing their TV sets out the window right nowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Horrificà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Indulgent Rubbishà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“very gentle criticismà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“tempered with lots of compliments.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  LOL

Overall I think that Adam has been treated pretty well by the judges.
Simon only said comments to Adam like that one time. And I honestly believe that Ring of Fire, was one of those love it or hate it performances. I recall a lot of people in general, fans, media, either absolutely loving that performance or absolutely hating it.

I think that people were split down the middle on that performance. So I do think that quite a few people felt the way that Simon did about that performance even though there were quite a few people that loved it as well.

But ever since Simon made that comment, the show has been pimping him at every turn, constantly letting him perform towards the end of the show, mentioning that other contestants should strive to be like him, etc..

They have never told him that he didn’t deserve to be there, or told him he did well, the night before and then backtracked on their comments the following night, even though there were people who did worse than him and who deserved to be in the bottom three instead. They are not constantly yanking him around, or messing with his head. And they have never told him or hinted that he has had no chance of winning like they have with others.

I think that the TCO’s have had it pretty easy this year, with all of the overpimping, and in some cases overpraising.

I really don’t understand this contempt for Anoop. Fine he won’t win this thing but he said the same thing about Matt so what would it have mattered if he had used the save on Anoop. And you are saying that after he was rated as having one of the best performances of the night. Anoop deserves top 5. Sometimes I wonder if Simon says these things to rile the fans up. It wouldnt be the 1st time he has used reverse psychology. This is such a sad state of American Idol

On a side note: I am rallying people that don’t watch American Idol to vote. I have about 10 ppl committed and I will be power voting like crazy also. I don’t even care how bad the performance. I just want Simon to eat his words.

Okay, I’m new to MJ’s blog, hey everybody!

I’m a huge Allison and Kris fan. But I am so disheartened to see this interview from Simon. Even though they’ve been really easy on my favorites, it’s hard for me to watch them be so biased and outright disrespectful to amazingly talented, charming people like Anoop. And so when Matt finally leaves, it will be his THIRD time being eliminated? This is not American Idol, it’s TPTB’s Idol.

I’ll be pulling out all the stops for Anoop next week. I have never been so angry. I will powervote like hell for him and I hope others, no matter your faves, will join me. Those of us who are fans of someone besides who we’re TOLD to be fans of have had enough.

This is not American Idol, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s TPTBà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idol.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be pulling out all the stops for Anoop next week. I have never been so angry. I will powervote like hell for him and I hope others, no matter your faves, will join me. Those of us who are fans of someone besides who weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re TOLD to be fans of have had enough.

:clap_tb:

I know some people love him, but Danny has a voice that gets in your face and forces itself on you whether you want it or not. Lots of Idol viewers like showboaty voices, and tend to forgive lots of bad notes in a song if there are one or two good glory notes.

Anoop has a voice that strokes you slowly until you reach a slow burn. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not showboaty, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s smooth and sweet like honey. That may be too subtle for some viewers.

But for me, I know which I prefer.

As for Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s stage presence, his last two performance have shown a lot of growth in that area, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d like to give the guy a chance to develop further. He deserves it, his voice deserves it.

Danica, I feel like we’re always on the same page. I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Also, that slow burn line has my mind in overdrive…

I’m going to vote for my favs and my favs only. It’s not that I don’t want my soul boys to succeed, but I want my Adam and Allison to keep forging ahead. We’ve lost some talented people in the past because others just thought they were safe…never want that to happen again. Better make sure my Daughter doesn’t use her phone this month so I can save up my minutes for Tuesday night!!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be pulling out all the stops for Anoop next week. I have never been so angry. I will powervote like hell for him and I hope others, no matter your faves, will join me. Those of us who are fans of someone besides who weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re TOLD to be fans of have had enough

oh my god I love you….and just for that I will put in some extra votes for Kris and Allison b/c I too believe that they are talented people and deserve to stay also!!

I feel so bad for Adam with all the super high expectations. Matt and Kris can’t even hit their falsetto’s, Allison sings songs where so many other singers can do in much bigger range. Then there’s Adam who sings each week in a different style, kills in range, and puts them all to shame in falsettos. Pulled out a few resonating tones last week that reverberated throughout the place. And then I’ll hear things like…… Well, I liked Adam except for those last 3 notes were a bit much. Are you kidding? It’s down to picking apart his performance when the others get praise for just an overall kind of did it. Adam’s vocals are so unbelievable. And he’s doing it on the Idol stage, no earpiece and week after week. Famous artists can’t even do that. The Grammy’s were horrible. (Kelly and Carrie can do it so they stand out among the best of the best)

Sad to say, but it’s looking like Adam might go if he misses one note, or doesn’t sing a song one expects, or does one move you don’t like. Adam could sing every single one of the songs that all the Idols have done so far, yet NONE could do what he has done. Not one single one.

But, yeah, lets’ “get Simon” and vote Anoop in and keep poor sweet Matt cause he’s BFF with everyone, and Danny is a widow and Kris is so sweet to everyone and don’t forget about his values. (Not directed at any one person) I’m only frustrated for Adam, and I feel really bad for him. I only hope after the show he gets the appreciation and respect he deserves. Maybe it will be best for him to go next week and move on.

^^Jx, my comments about the Adam criticism went directly in response to the claim that the TCOs have only been gently criticized. (“Even when they criticize TCOs, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s very gentle criticism and always tempered with lots of compliments.”)

I do think it’s fair to give Adam a little credit for both the praise he’s received and the fact that he’s not been told he can’t win. It’s not as though Adam and Anoop, as people or their performances, are interchangeable. So comparing their critiques and the assessment of their chances of winning seems impossible, or at least a little superficial (and alot unfair, as it assumes no credit to Adam, and well, no blame to Anoop.)

I get the angst over Anoop and Simon’s BS. I couldn’t agree more that Danny should leave before him, as should Lil, if we’re measuring purely on talent, performances, and even presence. That’s a matter of opinion, too, of course. And, mileage varies. :-)

ETA: To me, Simon was the most assholic for looking around for someone better the entire time Terry was interviewing him. Gives a glimpse of what it was probably like to date him. Blech! Douchebag indeed!

ETA: LOL at all the not so veiled attempts to get folks to abandon their favs and vote for Anoop. Seriously funny stuff. Regardless of feelings against Simon (or whomever), you abandon voting for your favs at your favs’ peril. In the not so distant past, I’m sure peeps thought previous “shock boots” were safe too. I’ll be voting for my favs only. I wish Anoop all the best, but I wish the same for my favs too. :-)

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to vote for my favs and my favs only. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not that I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want my soul boys to succeed, but I want my Adam and Allison to keep forging ahead. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve lost some talented people in the past because others just thought they were safeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦never want that to happen again. Better make sure my Daughter doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t use her phone this month so I can save up my minutes for Tuesday night

I am voting for Adam, Allison and Kris. I don’t take anything for granted as far as anyone being safe. At the end of the day, people should vote for their favorites. If Anoop was my favorite, I would be power voting for him regardless of what Simon said.

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wjmtv wrote: “I also donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t appreciate him calling out Adam like that. Now there will just be more howls of ‘theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re setting it up so Adam can win.’ The only way to counteract that, is to have Toby Keith be mentor the following week.”
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Agreed! And ROFL re: T.K. (love him)! Actually I think Toby Keith would be a great mentor, and I predict that if someone asked him, he would say he is a big fan of Adam. I could be totally wrong of course, but I think he would have approved of Adam’s take on RoF. Yes Toby is country, but he’s not mainstream-white-bread country and he’s taken a few risks himself (or at the very least, he doesn’t play it safe in terms of image and lyrics). I would definitely have preferred to see/hear HIS reaction to Adam during Country Week, rather than Randy Travis’ lame comments about men wearing nailpolish (where has that man been living, under a rock?!).

Adam is the only one that you don’t have to worry about.
Adam is THAT good. He could be eliminated next week and
there is no doubt that he will have a great future.

Adam isn’t worried. There is no reason.

simon is a douchebag

I predict Anoop will sing well and receive praise commensurate with his performance.

I don’t believe that’s going to happen for a few reasons I think that TPTB want him gone and have wanted him gone for a while now. I think that they have constantly shown contempt for him, by shutting him out of most of the group solos, hardly showing him in the Ford Commercials, constantly trying to bait him by asking him certain questions, making the comments that he said to the judges out to be worse than what they were. In addition to constantly yanking him around.

And they have rarely ever given him praise/criticism that commensurate with his performances. The only time they did that IMHO, was when he sung “Always on My Mind”. The other times, it’s either over the top criticism or dim praise. I thought that telling him he doesn’t deserve to be in the competition after one bad performance was too harsh.

And while I don’t think that “Caught Up” was his best performance, I thought that the vocals were decent but Kara, and Simon didn’t give him any credit for that. And then they were really harsh on him, and insinatued that he wasn’t taking the competition seriously.

And when he does well, for the most part he gets dim praise. Like “I didn’t know you can sing, or I didn’t know you had a voice like that or you have a skilled set. Or in this case. Kara basically told him that she didn’t know that he could that well when he sung “Ooh, Baby, Baby,” Even though the week before he had sung, “Always On My Mind” which IMO, was even better than “Ooh, Baby, Baby”.

And then this week, she tells him he did a decent job, but then turns around and basically bactracks the next night and says that he deserved to be in the bottom three. IMO, he did not deserve to be in the bottom three, regardless of whether he was the best of the night of not. Allison should have been in the bottom three, because her performance was rough, and she sounded worse than he did, but of course she got overpraised. I thought that Kris was worse than he was as well, even though I know that’s more debatable.

I don’t expect the judges to give Anoop due praise if he does well next week and if he sings better than others, including some of their chosen ones. I think they are going to slam him hard to try and get him out of the competition, or give him dim praise even if he does well and gives one of the best performances of the night, like he has done two weeks in a row. Or maybe they will give him some decent praise, and then backtrack on it again, the next night.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m a huge Allison and Kris fan. But I am so disheartened to see this interview from Simon. Even though theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been really easy on my favorites, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard for me to watch them be so biased and outright disrespectful to amazingly talented, charming people like Anoop. And so when Matt finally leaves, it will be his THIRD time being eliminated? This is not American Idol, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s TPTBà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idol.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be pulling out all the stops for Anoop next week. I have never been so angry. I will powervote like hell for him and I hope others, no matter your faves, will join me. Those of us who are fans of someone besides who weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re TOLD to be fans of have had enough.

Sigh Simon…..What the hell….I’m just speechless at the outright atrocity of him actually saying that on national TV, even for you Simon, that was completely CLASSLESS. Blech.

krisallisonFTW – just wanna say welcome to MJ’s blog and i agree with you 300%! I’m double, triple voting for Anoop next week. I don’t believe anyone needs to receive such treatment! Anoop doesn’t even suck, in the first place!

I read somewhere in EW.com forums that when Simon flat out replied “YES” to Ryan’s question about whether Anoop deserved to be in the bottom, Adam shot Simon a smirk. Honestly, even Adam who knows he’s one of the favourites, felt disgusted towards Simon’s behaviour.

Simon – if you don’t want to be here in AI (sure looks to me you look bored half the time), then don’t renew your bloody contract.

You know what though, he does this same thing every single year. Last year it was with Cook – he said Jason was gonna go, Cook and Archie were better, blah blah blah – didnt change a thing when we all got huffy about Jason and voted like mad, he was still gone BUT SIMON – look at Jason now!!!!

I’m neutral on Anoop, I think when he’s on, he’s great and when he’s off, it’s . . . sorta painful, imo. But his whole demeanor these last two weeks has been like he’s over it. ymmv

Cay – Don’t feel bad for Adam. He should do well Disco week. It fits his many styles. I agree Simon shouldn’t have said that about Anoop, but the comments about Adam were already known. Could you see the riot if Adam was undeservably kicked off this early???? He’s on the front of Yahoo again today. Can you say that about any other idol? lol

I actually think Anoop can do well next week as long as he works on his stage presence/image. Thats his biggest problem to me. He has a great tone to his voice.

I’m glad to see some people defending Anoop. I watched this clip earlier today and was disgusted.

I honestly used to like Simon, even his mean comments to the awful people, well because some people are just plain awful and don’t realize it (especially in the auditions, yikes). And I think a lot of people used to think it was funny.
But come on! Why all the Anoop hate? I agree with many of the posts here, that this was completely CLASSLESS, MEAN-SPIRITED, AND VERY RUDE. They were talking about Matt, and he brings up how he wouldn’t save Anoop-why even bring it up?
Good lord, this show is just, errrgh. I don’t even know what to say anymore! Anoop is a fantastic singer, and though he may have trouble with some upbeat numbers, everyone else on AI is not perfect either! But TPTB really seem to push that Anoop is always just “scraping by” because apparently they think he has little talent. So not true.
I’ve liked Anoop’s voice since his audition, and when I became a full-fledged fan and watched his youtube videos with the Clefs, I’m amazed that his sweet soulful chocolate voice comes out of this cute college Indian-American from the south!
I would love to see Anoop make the top 5 and further, hell I’d love to see an Anoop, Allison, and Adam/Kris top 3-screw you Simon.

Simon should just take the title “judge” and chuck it out his limo window! He hasn’t even heard Anoop’s performance for next week and he has already decided that he would not have been willing to save him.

I am not usually a wacko conspiracy theorist but it has become so obvious that even I can see that the producers want Anoop and Lil gone. Simon declared Allison to be the girls’ only hope before he even heard Lil sing. Granted, I am not a fan of Lil, but can he at least pretend to have an open mind???

The write above was so right — week after week, the judges have messed with Anoop. They’ve humiliated him, baited him with questions at the worst possible moment and then exaggerated his honest replies just to make him look bad and turn the audience against him. I am a Kris fan, but next week I am going to vote for Anoop just in the hope of making Simon eat his words!

Anoop is dangerous to Adam and Danny and therefore capable of making a complete ass out of Simon.

I don’t see this AT ALL. Anoop may be dangerous to Matt or Lil but I don’t think he’s a real threat to the other 4. Although if he really nails disco, he’s certainly capable of making a complete ass out of Simon – wouldn’t mind seeing that actually – lol.

If Anoop was my favorite, I would be power voting for him regardless of what Simon said.

Exactly. The judges manipulate, sure, but if the contestant can’t win over the audience, be it through song or personality, it’s not completely Simon’s fault if the votes aren’t there. Anoop (or any contestant) has to take some of the responsiblity for not convincing America to vote for them. Taylor Hicks got blasted right and left by Simon, on the show and in the press, but, he evidently had *something* that made people want to vote for him.

Haha, I REALLLLY don’t think Adam fans have anything to be worried about. Did someone say if he sings one wrong note he’s gone? I think he could sing ALL the wrong notes and he’d still be around.

So I guess we’ll see the judges split up AGAIN since we still have 7 contestants? I hate that they all got robbed of a full critique, but that select people got a Simon critique. It was almost too obvious – Danny Adam Allison and Lil get Simon and my Kris gets left out? Anoop too I guess now that I think about it. And Matt. It’s pretty obvious who they want out. If they give those same people the shaft again, I’m going to scream. Can’t wait until we get a shock elimination this week. I really think we will, and Simon’s face will be hilarious.

ETA: AIOUTRAGE – I’m glad to see another like-minded Kris fan voting nonstop for Anoop this week! It’s time we took this show back into our own hands.

ETA again – I saw Kris had on an “Anoop’s Troops” button in his iPhone confessional and I heard Anoop wore a “White Chocolate” bracelet during his performance. I think they’d approve of my plan.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s (Adam) on the front of Yahoo again today. Can you say that about any other idol? lol

Yeah, I thought it was hilarious that for most of the day on Thursday, on the A T & T home page, along with the article about Matt being “saved” was a picture, not of Matt, but of Adam – lol.

LOL at the sudden onrush of support for Anoop. I don’t think it’s so much to do with the show treating him “badly” than with the fact he just hasn’t made a case with the voters to support him. If he had a big fanbase out there waiting to act they would have done so after he scraped by Scott with 30,000 votes. I got 500 votes out via text this week while surfing online. 30k is nothing. It’s literally a roomful of people texting, and yet he hasn’t seemed to be able to significantly boost his votes since then.

He’s gotten positive reviews from the judges the past two weeks, significantly outperformed Scott and Matt respectively, and even that hasn’t gotten him out of B3. To me that’s just a failure to connect between the audience and Anoop.

This has nothing to do with Anoop.

I feel that Simon is REALLY saying this:

“I don’t want to be in possession of the save when Lil get booted next week.”

This explains why they would all agree to save someone ‘who could never win’…..they wanted to dump that save when they had a chance, rather than have all Elton John style finger pointing when they don’t save Lil. He would have no problem not using on Anoop, none at all. This is about avoiding the negative fallout when they choose not to save Lil.

Well, I love Anoop and his pretty vocals. He’s my preppy geek, though I think he needs to show more the lighter side of him; sense of humor, I mean. Anyway, I’m not so sure that Simon’s remark regarding Anoop was antagonistic; if it was, Simon is as antagonistic and as unforgiving to everybody else, save a few.

If at all, solid Anoop’s fans would probably power vote for him if they want him to stay, or something like that. I remember Simon bashed Jasmine Trias from Season 3 and said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Jasmine, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d better hope that every home in Hawaii has at least five telephones, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll need all the votes you can get.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Well, Hawaii surely sent a tsunami of votes, and one of the judges’ favorites then, La Toya, got the shock-boot. Perhaps, now, the viewing public is being set up for a shock elimination or whatever. So, vote wisely. Anyway, two contestants will be going home next week, so it is just a matter of delaying the inevitable.

Excuse meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Two Wordsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Carrie Underwood

She had a horrible stage presence during her season.

yeah I think he knew she would make a lot of money for him

all these people splitting votes sent shivers down my spine. lol (save Kris! haha)

Don’t be a pooper; save the Nooper!

Jeez…why the hell does Simon hate Anoop so much?

Oh I sure hope Kris fans are not really going to not vote for him and be manipulated by Simon, peeps, seriously, he does this every single year to stir up drama – mama’s. He is loving the brouhaa haa he is causing right now, he probably loves Anoop and this is his way of saving him, they are sneaky sneaky that way.

All you so-called Kris fans saving Anoop… Hmmm, knock yourselves out! Just so long as NO Adam fans feel the need to follow suit, I’m good. LOL

But, I do like Kris too… :-)

ETA:

There are high expectations for Adam and I do worry about it but I worry about complacency more. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think anyone is safe next week.

Yes. This!

I definitely think Anoop is getting royally shafted by TPTB at American Idol. I’m not sure why, but I see evidence of it all over the place, as has been well-documented here at MJs. Certainly, Anoop has faltered at times, but never in huge ways. It’s like every little misstep Anoop makes is massively magnified, and everyone else’s missteps are either ignored, given a brief mention or simply glossed over. Even Adam, the chosen one, in any other season, would be critiqued for his tendency toward overblown acting rather than connecting with the audience and for his off notes, but nary a word is spoken about it. Meanwhile, Lil is praised for her potential when she delivers a wheelbarrow full of bad notes. I don’t remember hearing the judges give Anoop credit for his potential.

Yes, Anoop is still learning about how to sell a performance. But, the man can absolutely sing, and his studio recordings are beautiful. This show is supposed to be about finding undiscovered talent and helping them to grow and find their footing on the big stage. It angers me that they are taking the rough jewel that is Anoop and instead of helping him to shine, they kick him down the road. Totally infuriates me!

My greatest hope, at this point, is that Anoop takes all of this as a learning experience of how tough the industry can be, and directs his well-founded frustration and anger into his performances. Man, with all that fuel, the man could soar into the top 3! But as importantly, everyone who appreciates and enjoys his performances, needs to do the hard work of ignoring the judges obvious preferences and get up and vote like crazy for the guy. It’s got to be a reciprocal kind of relationship if we really like the guy, we need to show it, as in power vote. I do think that all the messages we’re getting that he doesn’t stand a chance, can easily be self-fulfilling and deter the casual voter from voting for a guy that they’re hearing can’t win. I just hope that we can dust off that programming, and help deliver Anoop into another week, and another opportunity to enjoy his beautiful voice.

LOL at the sudden onrush of support for Anoop. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so much to do with the show treating him à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“badlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  than with the fact he just hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t made a case with the voters to support him. If he had a big fanbase out there waiting to act they would have done so after he scraped by Scott with 30,000 votes. I got 500 votes out via text this week while surfing online. 30k is nothing. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s literally a roomful of people texting, and yet he hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seemed to be able to significantly boost his votes since then.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gotten positive reviews from the judges the past two weeks, significantly outperformed Scott and Matt respectively, and even that hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t gotten him out of B3. To me thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just a failure to connect between the audience and Anoop.

Yup. ITA. Love Anoop, nice guy, good voice… not connecting. He sings well and still ends up on the bottom. His fanbase has had several scares now. If there were really that many fans he wouldn’t keep ending up on the chopping block. Besides, he’s also gotten some good critiques lately. Simon did what Simon always does, answered a question in his typical blunt fashion. But there have been lots of times in the past where Simon said something and the voting audience thought otherwise. Anoop has not been able to catch on but its not necessarily because of Simon or the “bus”.

Reminder:

I hope that some of you new people pledging to vote for Anoop while claiming to be fans of other Idols are on the up and up.

Let’s just say that I am well aware of the organized campaign by an Anoop fangroup that’s been underway for awhile.

Folks on this mailing list have been urged to target popular AI blogs with Anoop propaganda, while dissing Anoop’s competitors in order to make it look like Anoop is more popular than he is.

I’ve been watching Idol for awhile, and I will tell you that sort of thing usually backfires.

This doesn’t apply to the folks who are sincere Anoop fans and are here because they want to be part of the conversation. But if you’re here for any other reason, please don’t waste your time.

ok ya know what? i usually like simon but what an a– hole!!! i love anoop he’s my favorite this season! im gonna vote like crazy when tuesday night rolls around grrrrrrrrrrr.

I was going to powervote for Anoop one last time this week and hopefully get him to 6th place, but I might add a second phone to my plans.

I wasn’t really annoyed with the show’s perrceived “mistreatment” of him until Wednesday night. It seemed cruel to force him to talk about whether he thought he deserved to be in the bottom 3 (both before and after he was put there), and then have Simon just bluntly say “Yes” he deserved to be there with no explanation. Paula’s comments were inconsistent, Kara and Randy withdrew their praise and the whole thing was just weird. That would have been bad enough without Simon publicly stating that he knows Anoop will stink up the stage next week and they would never want to save him. I think he’ll definitely sing first next week. I was joking in chat that they would have Debbie the stage manager kick him in the balls before he goes on and maybe turn off his mic or make him perform on a dark stage.

I certainly think it’s possible for him to do well enough to come in 5th in the voting again, but I’m sure that they’ll control the situation. They’ve probably already written up the judges’ comments. Meanwhile, I just know that Danny is going to come up with something akin to a muscial guest on the Love Boat circa 1978 and get great praise.

I think that they have constantly shown contempt for him, by shutting him out of most of the group solos, hardly showing him in the Ford Commercials, constantly trying to bait him by asking him certain questions, making the comments that he said to the judges out to be worse than what they were. In addition to constantly yanking him around.

Has anyone considered that Anoop doesn’t seem to want to put himself out there. He was pissy about the Ford commercial shoot, I don’t think he really enjoys all the extra crap the kids have to do. This comes across to the general viewing public.

As far as Adam being one of the chosen, what exactly are the judges supposed to say to him? You sung like crap? You haven’t changed it up enough? You have lousy stage presence? What? KId has out performed everyone on the show, doesn’t matter if he is your cuppa or not. It’s just a fact.
Danny on the other hand has not done any of those things, so yeah, he should not be praised.

edit: don’t insult fellow posters

…and i forgot to add that power voting for someone not your number 1 will probably leave you crying. well, just vote wisely lest you want to end up with nothing.

If he had a big fanbase out there waiting to act they would have done so after he scraped by Scott with 30,000 votes.

Our local newspaper had a small article about that after it happened. Seems one of the Anoop fansites put up the wrong phone number for Anoop which turned out to be Scott’s number. No telling how many fans got their number from the site and ended up voting for Scott.

What is happening to Anoop sort of reminds me of how Anwar Robinson was treated. He had the best voice there but he just kept getting shot down until he finally just gave up … you could see him give up … and then he was gone.

all these people splitting votes sent shivers down my spine. lol (save Kris! haha)

Our house was solidly in the Anoop camp for the early part of the season but his inconsistent performances and attitude issues appeared right at the time Allison needed help hanging in there because she hadn’t amassed a fanbase and the judges were so non-supportive. She has so much potential that we wanted her to stay in so the last few weeks we’ve been splitting votes between the two, with no apologies.

Once Anoop made the top ten and the doors opened to the opportunities that come along with being on tour and afterwards, I really haven’t been all that concerned about him. Based on talent, originality, and his instincts for song selection, he could’ve gone out at any time once Megan and Scott were gone. Allison on the other hand could conceivably make it to the top three. I would probably be most likely to buy Anoop’s album should there be one, but honestly there is something very endearing about a real live non-pageant type teenager in an underdog position that’s made us up our efforts.

Oh I sure hope Kris fans are not really going to not vote for him and be manipulated by Simon, peeps, seriously, he does this every single year to stir up drama – mamaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. He is loving the brouhaa haa he is causing right now, he probably loves Anoop and this is his way of saving him, they are sneaky sneaky that way.

I actually kinda agree with your conspiracy theory because for the life of me I could not figure out why he was clapping when Anoop was declared safe….he usually doesnt…that being said I’m still power voting and recruting ppl….I’m also going to vote for Adam,Allison, and Kris because I think they deserve it. So it’s not just an Anoop thing…it’s a talent thing…

“Folks on this mailing list have been urged to target popular AI blogs with Anoop propaganda, while dissing Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s competitors in order to make it look like Anoop is more popular than he is.”

Ah haaaa!!!! I was wondering was the heck is up, I have never ever seen this much noop lovin goin on here, I have seen it yes but not like today

There are high expectations for Adam and I do worry about it but I worry about complacency more. I don’t think anyone is safe next week. This double elimination is a nerve-wracking situation.

If I had to guess I’d say they want Matt to advance. They won’t want the judges decision to look bad or the save to be completely overruled in one week.

Danny will probably get the pimp spot and advance easily even if his performance is a complete disaster. Eek.

Lil is skating on thin ice and if she goes first or second this week she could be doomed. OTOH, she is one the few people who seem like they have a shot with the Disco theme. On paper, that is.

The rest? I don’t know.

Btw, I agree that Adam deserves every bit of praise he’s gotten. Disco week WAS made for Adam and I’ll be voting for him after trying to get Anoop to his ho-hum 6th place finish. This is my first time in a while supporting a fodder/bottom dweller contestant and I’m remembering that it’s not that fun, lol.

My fav has always been Anoop; Adam 2nd.
Adam doesn’t need me. Noop does. LOL

I’m not good with technology so I end up reading the posts late. Well, MJ, your post just answered my question why people seem to state that they’d abandon their faves in favor of Anoop. Now I get it. For a while, I thought people were getting fickle-minded, and had to put up a VOTE WISELY campaign like it’s a race for the presidency, and had to google Simon’s remark regarding Jasmine just to make my point across. I can relax now.

About disco night, Simon says it à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“madeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  for Adam Lambert and he thinks everyone else is going to struggle, except for Lil Roundsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’if she picks the right song. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s still calling her à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Littleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Oh Simon.

Jinx.

It happens every time.

That’s why “Hungry Like the Wolf” does not exist on my iPod.

“Anoop (or any contestant) has to take some of the responsibility for not convincing America to vote for them. Taylor Hicks got blasted right and left by Simon, on the show and in the press, but, he evidently had *something* that made people want to vote for him.”

background_noise, I understand what your saying, but while I watched season 5, I got the strong feeling that so many people were voting for Taylor Hicks because he was (and still is imo) a complete joke. Look at his career now.

I do think the contestants need to connect to their audience, sure, but I think we are underestimating how much the general public is influenced by blatant and subliminal messages. It’s been discussed the many ways Anoop gets shafted, so I won’t repeat them here, but I’ve spoken to other people (some from other countries) and casual viewers who can see that Anoop is this season’s “whipping boy” so to speak. If it is reiterated again and again that someone has mediocre talent or poor stage presence or in Allison’s case, is not “likeable” the public will pick up on it no matter how great or emotionally connected contestants are. TPTB are called that for a reason: they have the power.

The Anoop love may have to do with Simon’s strong statements against him. There’s no way to know really.

Anoop is dangerous to Adam and Danny and therefore capable of making a complete ass out of Simon.

I’m a fan of Anoop’s, but I’m realistic. He’s no threat to Adam. I don’t think anyone could bring Adam down at this stage anyway. If he wins, I’m good with that because he’s a real showman and a decent guy and has tons of talent. And even if Adam was a shock boot at Top 3 or 4, he’s going to have a career after the show no matter what.

I just want to see Anoop crack the Top 5 at the very least. I want him to have a solid chance to record after the show (because I will totally be buying his music), and a few more weeks of exposure could really help with that. And he deserves to stay over Lil and Matt and Danny.

Meanwhile, I just know that Danny is going to come up with something akin to a muscial guest on the Love Boat circa 1978 and get great praise.

Bwahahaha! So very true.

I see some people say Kris and Alison will struggle with Disco week. I sort of don’t think they will. They may not turn in performances that are “moments” but I’m sure they’ll do just fine.

An organized effort to undercut votes for other contestants? Come on guys, that’s just sad :unsure_tb: Not to mention kinda obvious, lol.

I’ve been watching this show from the first season. This is around the time that people have to stop voting for a selection of faves and narrow it down. Right now, Adam seems to have, by far, the largest light on him, both on and off the show. Seems to me that, many people, at least here, have more than one fave amongst the other contestants. Folks who like Anoop, also often like Kris and/or Allison or Matt or Adam. Adam’s fans tend to only vote for him, while others tend to split their votes which is why we’re getting the results we’re seeing. I think Kris/Anoop fans felt so concerned at the combination of Randy’s critiques of Kris, Anoop’s praises and DI’s rankings, that they made the decision to throw all their votes to Kris, assuming Anoop was safe. Which he was, even though that knocked him down to the bottom three. I’m wondering if there is a way to get both Kris and Anoop onto the next week without one sacrificing for the other. It will all come down to the performances and the judge’s spin on them. If Anoop and Kris blow us away, great. But if one of them falters or gets panned, there’s a good chance that the other may get sacrificed as folks rally to the defense of the one in trouble.

“He was pissy about the Ford commercial shoot, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he really enjoys all the extra crap the kids have to do. This comes across to the general viewing public.”

flynnsgirl, please enlighten me to how Anoop was “pissy” about the Ford commercial. That’s the first I’d heard of it. In all of the ‘making of’ videos of the Ford commercials, he is smiling and laughing with everyone and seems to be having a great time.

I hope I’m not seen as one of those ‘anoop propaganda’ people, I’m a fan who thinks Anoop is getting treated unfairly.

An organized effort to undercut votes for other contestants? Come on guys, thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just sad Not to mention kinda obvious, lol.

It’s not undercutting…I may vote for one person more than the other but I’m still gonna vote to where the talent is and that is for who I think the top 4 are talent wise…Adam,Anoop,Kris, and Allison.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been watching Idol for awhile, and I will tell you that sort of thing usually backfires.

True dat.

Good Lord, Miss Moneypenny! That fellow Cowell has been telling people that a contestant who never has enough votes, CAN’T WIN!

The horror!!! The horror

Continuing to vote for faves.

This “Anoop stuff” is pretty sad. I don’t get this call to arms and will just assume it’s a few people pretending to abandon their favorite. It makes Anoop look bad. Kris is far from my favorite, but I’d hate to think any fan of his would abandon him to play this little game. Look, it’s 7 left. Everyone who leaves now is very good and have a ton of people who love them. But, Kris or whoever, shouldn’t pay the price for Simon’s childish ego. I agree that this is some silly ploy by a few people and it should not reflect poorly on any group of fans.

This is serious stuff for the remaining Idols and it’s getting down to the wire. They are working their butts off, and have put everything on the line for themselves and their family. I would urge people to fully support the person or persons they really think deserves to win, and certainly not vote based on what some judge or producer does or says. I think all of the remaining contestants deserve that much respect.

“flynnsgirl, please enlighten me to how Anoop was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“pissyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  about the Ford commercial. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the first Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d heard of it. In all of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹making ofà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ videos ”

I think maybe because he didnt want to wear the makeup but that is all. Is this the group Mj is talking about?

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090411/BLOGS20/904119936

Ok, no more, if you want to remove this I understand

I would urge people to fully support the person or persons they really think deserves to win, and certainly not vote based on what some judge or producer does or says. I think all of the remaining contestants deserve that much respect.

Yep. If you let them affect your vote, that’s one point for them and one less for the kids.

^^^ I really don’t know.

No more reaction to my reminder please. I don’t want this thread to become a discussion about Anoop’s fans.

BB matt CAN WIN!.. ugh.. this makes me sooo mad!!!
oh and that was very low of him to say about anoop.. I’ve always had the feeling they didn’t like him.. poor anoop man.. they been treating him like crap.

I will have to throw some votes for anoop as well..

Most of the posts supporting Anoop seem to me to be from regular or semi-regular MJ posters. My sense is that Anoop supporters are often as laid back as he is, and tend to lie pretty low, not feeling a great need for major fangirliness. (Has anyone else noticed that he’s often found in the back in the group pics?) Heck, maybe that’s even why Simon doesn’t have him on his radar. But I think we are quietly purchasing his music, and enjoying the performances, which is the point of the show anyways. Now, folks have been pushed to the point of greater action by the way he’s being treated.

please enlighten me to how Anoop was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“pissyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  about the Ford commercial.

He didn’t want to wear the glitter makeup. Ryan asked him whether he “owned the glitter,” and he admitted not but that he “had to” because “everyone else did.” To me it was pretty innocuous, but to others, it came across as he is “difficult.” So maybe that’s a reason why TPTB may not be all “whoohooo” about Anoop, assuming that’s the case.

And before everyone jumps up and says, see Ryan set him up AGAIN, I’ll offer the pre-emptive defensive strike and say, Anoop has to own how he reacts and responds. Some of the responsibility falls on Anoop. He’s a grown man…

ETA: At the risk of stating the blatantly obvious, and to responding when baited :-), NO ONE IS SAFE UNLESS FANS/VIEWERS VOTE FOR HIM/HER no matter how good they are! Whew, I feel better, thanks for letting me get that out. LOL

haha lmao that is stupid.. international fans have been voting sing season 1… haha is just that the media is just hearing from it.. thast why the ratings and the votes dont match.. hahahaha!!!

I have to admit I have not voted for anyone yet this season. My suggestion to those who want to support Anoop to spite Simon is to also put in votes for the one person (other than Adam, who I am sure is safe) you would be very unhappy to lose this week.

At this point, I don’t think the place a person gets will make or break their ability to do well in the music industry. No matter where Adam falls, he will do well, IMO. Just look at past idol winners, runners up and the rest. Some succeed, some don’t, but it has little to do with your position in the end if you are in the top 10. Definitely the winner has a huge advantage, but it is no guarantee. JMO

When Anoop was performing this last week, the producers had the cameras pull way back to reveal Paula and Simon gabbing and ignoring him. When Gokey was performing last week, the producers had the camera do intimate closeups and soft focus views through the harp.

When there are complaints about a contestant ‘connecting with the audience’, just keep in mind how much the producers can manipulate this through camera work. I do think they want Anoop gone. The pull back to show Paula and Simon actively ignoring him was pretty flagrant, and Simon’s comments above are his telling us who he wants out next.

TPTB are brilliant, I give them that. Here’s my read:
1. They use the save because this really is the last practical week to use it given 2 songs/week in Top 5. And they don’t want to squander the “drama” of the save.
2. They want a shocking elimination. There hasn’t been one, really, this season. But it drives a lot of fan interest and even casual interest. Just look what M Johns is saying about his exit.
3. So we head into a week where 2 will go home. Now they very loudly throw Anoop and Lil (in my mind she got even worse treatment than Anoop in the last few judgings). Now I agree, pretty much, with the Anoop and Lil comments, but they are still done to stir fan bases.
4. So Lil and Anoop’s fan bases power vote for them, in addition to Matt’s somewhat more energized fans given his exit.
5. And we have a shocking eviction. Oh, and the DRAMA! They can’t be saved!!! I think it will be Kris or Allison.
6. TPTB smirk gleefully from the sidelines.

American Idol….26 million viewers….vote night 36 million votes. One and a half (or less) votes per person watching. I would gather that the casual fan has no interrest in voting. So say 1 million people vote. That is 36 votes per person. And a difference of 30,000 votes (like what happened between Scott and Anoop) is 1000 people choosing to put their 36 votes on someone else. So, if you choose to take your 36 votes and divide them between your fav and someone you want to save and a 1000 people do the same you have just cost your contestant the win. Each of the 6 contestants lost votes…..while one contestant garnered 3 times more than any of them.

Be smart….vote for your favs. At this point it truly is every man for themselves.

By the way my numbers are purely bogus, but I hope they prove a point.

Hold on a second…on Tuesday Danny is singing to his dead wife, newly-discovered/purchased wedding ring back on finger, surrounded by white light and HARPS…then glancing ever so mistily heaven-ward…

And two days later he’s out trolling for a date?

Look he has the right to start dating again any time he wants to. But don’t keep playing the Grieving Widower Sympathy Vote Card at the same time.

Tacky. That is all.

Some succeed, some donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t, but it has little to do with your position in the end if you are in the top 10.

I know we’d like to believe that everyone in the top 10 has a shot, in reality, it has not proven to be true. Season 5 has, so far, proven to be the exception in that Elliott Yamin (3), Chris Daughtry (4), Kellie Pickler (6), and Bucky Covington (8) have all done well, to varying degrees, and even Paris Bennett (5), and Mandisa (9) have charted.

But other seasons have shown everyone outside the winner and sometimes the 2nd and 3rd placer as having to struggle to get noticed. The longer the kids can stay on the show, the more of a shot they have. No guarantees, but exposure counts for alot on this show. So far, really, they’ve only had 6 weeks of full national exposure. It’s very hard to build a career on that, especially when they are not the chosen one and have 1 1/2 minutes each week to leave their mark .

Vote splitting is a sure-fire way to get your favorite the boot, IMO.

I agree with Simon, Adam should do great and he will do great (he is 7 for 7 IMO so far). He is a combination of freakish natural ability great musicality and experience.

I thought Simon would stand his ground against Paula and Kara better, he pratically admited that he didn’t want to save Matt.

Vote splitting is a sure-fire way to get your favorite the boot, IMO.

It certainly is. While it’s admirable to want to help Anoop, by doing so you will be costing the contestant that you usually vote for votes. You should vote for who you want to win. At this point you cannot take anything for granted not even for Adam…….heck I’d even say especially for Adam.

I wonder if VFTW would consider making Anoop their pick this week.

I totally agree with your post moving2thabeet.

Has anyone considered that Anoop doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seem to want to put himself out there. He was pissy about the Ford commercial shoot, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think he really enjoys all the extra crap the kids have to do. This comes across to the general viewing public.

As far as Adam being one of the chosen, what exactly are the judges supposed to say to him? You sung like crap? You havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t changed it up enough? You have lousy stage presence? What? KId has out performed everyone on the show, doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t matter if he is your cuppa or not. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just a fact.
Danny on the other hand has not done any of those things, so yeah, he should not be praised.

I think that it was only one time that it was mentioned that didn’t want to wear glitter in one of them, but other than that I think that for the most part he probably enjoys the Ford Commercials, at least based on what I have seen of behind the scenes footage of him, he seems for the most part, to enjoy them. I do feel like they sheist him in those.

And I also definitely feel like they cheat him on solos on the group performances. Even if he doesn’t like participating in the ford commercials that much, I would think surely he wouldn’t mind having more solos in the group performances. I believe that he’s on Idol to win, and I think that he would probably be happier with getting more solos in the group performances, instead of hardly getting any and being shoved into the background, while some of the others get muliptle solos, in a single group performance and continue to get multiple solos in other group performances.

Anoop has only had two solos in two group performances. Allison has gotten that many solos in one single group performance. And it this has happened for her at least a few weeks. I think that Lil got three solos in the group performance of Motown. Anoop didn’t even get one, even though he hadn’t gotten a solo prior to that week, and even though Motown music is a genre that is really easy for him to sing.

In the past seasons of Idol, I have never seen contestants almost get completely shut out of the group performances. Everyone from the TCO’s to the darkhorses, to underdogs, to the “villianous” contestants, everyone got decent amount of solos, for as long as they were on the show.

Not to mention in the past they were really good with pairing contestants together in the group performances, based on their vocal ability and their ability to blend with another contestants. I don’t think that TPTB cared about Syesha or Jason last year, but I don’t recall the both of them almost getting completely shut of the group solos. They have done that to Anoop, and I don’t think it’s right.

Also, in regards to Adam, and the overpraising, I don’t for the most part have a problem with the praise that Adam has gotten. I think that for the most part he has deserved the good praise that he has gotten.

I am more annoyed with the amount of pimping he and some of the others get and the way they have treated Anoop, and to a much lesser degree Matt, and earlier on a couple of other people, to try and ensure that the frontrunners, maintain their status.

Adam was and maybe still is my second favorite contestant this year. I think that he has a great voice, I think he should be in the final, and my hope was for him and Anoop to be in the final. And I think that he seems like a genuinely nice guy as well.

But I do not like the overpimping of him, Danny, and up until recently Lil, and now I think they are going to really start to do that with Allison and Kris to ensure that they get the final four that they want. I don’t like how prior to this week, Adam had performed, towards the end of the show, while Anoop has had to perform towards the front part/first half of the show four weeks in a row now.

I don’t like the ways that they overpimp some of the contestants, sometimes to the detriment of others, and I get the feeling that even Adam knows that they are overpimping him and I don’t think that he’s a big fan of it. He seems like a pretty aware person.

I don’t dislike Danny either. I am not a fan, but I think that he has a decent voice, and I think that for the most part he has been consistant. But I don’t like the overpimping that he gets and at times overpraise that he gets. I think that he’s decent but I think that he has definitely been outsung by some people this season, even though he has gotten a lot more praise for his performances than they had for theirs.

I don’t want to see a Danny/Adam final two, but I wouldn’t mind both Danny and Adam being in the top 5 and maybe the top 4.

I am very frustrated at the way TPTB is treating Anoop, including in comparison to some of the other contestants that they are constantly overpimping. But while I think that a little bit of the way that he is being treated, is in relation to ensuring the frontrunners keep their status, I think a lot more of his treatment, has to do with something else. Like TPTB just plain having utter contempt for him whatever reasons that they do.

When Anoop was performing this last week, the producers had the cameras pull way back to reveal Paula and Simon gabbing and ignoring him. When Gokey was performing last week, the producers had the camera do intimate closeups and soft focus views through the harp.

You made me look…I watched the videos and yup for the 2 seconds the camera pulled away to give an audience perspective shot of Anoop…Simon had his arm around Paula and their heads were close together! The exact same camera angle was used for Danny’s song and probably for the same amount of time…..but this time no arm from Simon around Paula.

Now if those 2 seconds constitute blatant malfeasance on the part of the director we might as well talk about the subliminal coke add that is imbedded in the video film.

I wonder if VFTW would consider making Anoop their pick this week.

Nope, VFTW is going for Lil Rounds (and while I would agree that she is the worst, I sincerely hope they are not successful in keeping her on the show.)

Geez, Fantasia has really gotten trashy. Went to see the pimping of Lil on VFTW and Tasia’s pic jumped out at me. LOL Ewww.

I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT VOTE SPLIT!!!!!!!!!!!

ESPECIALLY if your a Kris or Allison fan; don’t give any votes to Anoop, Matt, or Lil.
They will get voted off if you vote split, just like what happened in Chris Daughtry’s case

flynnsgirl, please enlighten me to how Anoop was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“pissyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  about the Ford commercial. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the first Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d heard of it. In all of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹making ofà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ videos of the Ford commercials, he is smiling and laughing with everyone and seems to be having a great time

This is an excerpt from this article: http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/articles/18607/1/Feedback-Dos-and-Donts-From-American-Idol/Page1.html#
How the Idols react to the judges:

Resent It: In weeks when his performance doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t land well (usually when heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s trying to perform against his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“good guyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  image), Anoop Desai sort of glares at the judges as if he really resents what theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re saying. Not a great strategy. He loses the audience when he does this as well as the judges. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s totally a body language and facial expression response on his part and people pick up on it. You almost wonder if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s aware that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing it. How often have you seen a similar dynamic in the workplace?

I’m sorry you are upset by this, but this is how he comes off to the general public. I’ve seen it said by many. During Idol Extra the other night, when they were all up on the stage, Anoop was all huffy and pissy. The kids were trying to snap him out of it. I know he is the scapegoat this year, every year someone is. Last year it was Jason, they treated him like he was the stupidest person on the face of the earth. Cameras showing him yawning all the time, the continual bus throwing, etc. He had a huge fan base and they kept him in till 4th.
Anoop comes off as an incredibly spoiled child, when you are a fan of someone you have a tendency to not notice these things. He needs to toughen up a little, it’s a TV show. He shouldn’t be there if he can’t take it.

It’s either a massive ploy to rally Anoop’s fanbase and set someone up for the “shock elimination,” or there’s more to Simon’s dislike for this guy than we know about.

It may be irrational dislike…there are people who just automatically rub each of us the wrong way for no obvious reason…or they had more than one conversation that Did Not Go Well.

I imagine Simon’s pretty used to being Alpha Dog around that place. Anyone not being sufficiently submissive (I spend too much time with canines, obviously) would get his hackles up permanently.

Off to look into remedial metaphor schools online…

If he wins, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m good with that because heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a real showman and a decent guy and has tons of talent. And even if Adam was a shock boot at Top 3 or 4, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to have a career after the show no matter what.

I am huge Anoop fan who would love to see Anoop win, also wouldn’t have a problem with Adam winning. I think that Adam is very talented and would be a deserving winner I just want to see Anoop get treated a lot better than he’s been getting treated, and to go as far as he can go in this competition. And I think that he can do better than 7th or 6th place.

And I think that there are definitely some people left who he should outlast. And I too want him to stick around longer, so that he has better chance of being successful in the music business.

I actually am not even concerned who goes with her as long as she goes.

gingerly – that makes me laugh!

Anoop could probably sing circles around Cook (Even Cook has said he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have a great voice) but Cook had that extra special something that Anoop lacks. It is what it is.

flynnsgirl – my conclusion too. Even when I recognize it’s a nice vocal, Anoop has never ‘grabs’ me. It just isn’t going to happen.

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans tend to only vote for him, while others tend to split their votes which is why weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re getting the results weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re seeing.

I don’t think that’s true. Massive numbers of Adam’s fans admitted to voting heavily for Kris the night he did “All She Wants to Do is Dance.” Which is fine. People should vote for whomever they want to vote for, but I’d like to think that for the most part it is based on the contestants themselves and not on anything Simon says or TPTB do. Doing anything out of spite rarely works to one’s ultimate advantage.

I would think practically everyone has a second or even third favorite they would like to see remain in the competition. Even if they do have a definite top favorite/numero uno contestant, if they’re convinced that person is perpetually safe, the temptation to vote for others is easier to justify. There is a certain amount of danger (from both complacency and backlash) that comes with being thought of as a shoe-in.

I like Anoop. Voted for him in his group round, along with Alexis. Looked up and repeatedly watched all his Clef Hanger youtubes. But then when he began competing with the others in the Top 13, he dropped down my list of favorites far enough that I couldn’t spare any votes for him. Same situation as Matt, for me. I’m assuming that’s happened for enough other voters and that’s why he’s been in the bottom 3 three weeks in a row. He sings well. Very well even. But he seems out of his element on that stage, especially in comparison to some of the others. So no, he can’t win and that’s just reality.

I wasn’t surprised to see him in the bottom 3 this week (or last week either) despite good performances. After all, most of them gave good performances this week. When the judges were asked if the bottom 3 were the right ones, I don’t see what else they could say while sitting there looking at those in the bottom 3 and those who were safe, so I certainly didn’t see their response to that as any sort of maltreatment of Anoop or retraction of any good comments the night before.

Don’t get me wrong about Anoop. I would LOVE and will rejoice greatly if Anoop and Matt outlast Danny and Lil. But my three priorities of Adam, Allison and Kris will get every ounce of support I can wring from my AT&T Unlimited Family Texting Plan.

So I got tired of reading all this 1/3 in. Ultimately I think people just don’t connect with Anoop. It has nothing to do with his voice or your hormones. He has a perfectly lovely voice. I guess most people don’t even care. People just don’t seem to want to vote for him. I actually think it has nothing to do with Simon either. I think it all lays in Anoop’s lap.

I’ve only voted for Alexis this year and, well, we see how that went. I was tempted to vote for Kris one or two times when I thought he needed votes but, still, I couldn’t be bothered. I’m actually hoping that Kris or Adam wins but not having voted, I don’t think I could bitch if either gets eliminated. I just don’t think Anoop is all that special. My hormones are unimpressed by his singing and sometimes they are offended by their perception of his attitude.

He didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to wear the glitter makeup. Ryan asked him whether he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“owned the glitter,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and he admitted not but that he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“had toà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  because à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“everyone else did.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  To me it was pretty innocuous, but to others, it came across as he is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“difficult.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  So maybe thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a reason why TPTB may not be all à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“whoohoooà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  about Anoop, assuming thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the case.

And before everyone jumps up and says, see Ryan set him up AGAIN, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll offer the pre-emptive defensive strike and say, Anoop has to own how he reacts and responds. Some of the responsibility falls on Anoop. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a grown manà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I don’t think that he’s extremely difficult, and not so difficult that they would continue to treat him the way that they do. And I don’t think that Ryan should have bought up the glitter thing, especially since every single week, he’s bringing up something about Anoop or trying to bait him in some way, and/or IMHO, paint him in a negative light. I don’t know why TPTB are doing this, but I don’t think it’s because Anoop is incredibly difficult.

One of the backup singers, talked about how much of a gentlemen he is, one of the music directors has spoken well of him, and he seems to get along well with the other contestants. (Based on what I have seen from behind the scenes footage). I think that he gets along well with Ricky Minor as well.

All of these people are around him more(especially the contestants) than the producers are, so if he’s was that difficult as a person, I think we would notice more in how the contestants respond to him. And I don’t think that the back up singer would have complimented him, on his personality if he was very difficult to work with.

Unless he is only difficult around the Ford Director, whoever is choreographing and assinging solos to the group numbers, the producers, who he probably doesn’t see that much, and Kara and Simon, who he also probably doesn’t see that much outside of performance/elimination nights.

I don’t think that TPTB’s treatment of Anoop really has a lot with him being extremely difficult off camera. I think there are other reasons they are treating him this way.

Add me to the chorus of those totally baffled/annoyed at the Simon hateration of Anoop. I think Simon was never fully on the Anoop bandwagon — at his audition Simon could only snark on his geeky appearance until the other judges told him to basically stfu and concentrate on his vocals. That being said, Anoop is not entirely blameless in his apparent fall from grace. His ballads, tho gorgeous, are downright soporific. He does not have Adam’s riveting stage presence to maintain interest during a slow, quiet song. I disagree that he is incapable of doing upbeat r&b — he just needs to do it without the ridiculous stank face and snarling, which he cannot pull off with his pretty face. A little tongue-in-cheek never hurt anyone. I think it’s shame since to me he has the most gorgeous voice of all the guys. While the others all have cool vocal tics/tricks (Matt = jazzy riffs, Danny = rasp, Kris = adorable bleat, Adam = crazy range) Anoop has the most purely beautiful tone to his voice. I really hope he can turn it around next week, since he deserves to stay over at least three other contestants.

okay, but Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been there three times in a row. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s about momentum now.

Good point. Matt had only been there twice, right? This could have something to do with him singling out Anoop…

Even when I recognize ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a nice vocal, Anoop has never à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹grabsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ me. It just isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t going to happen.

See this view is what I consider to be a consequence of the subtle messages TPTB are giving you about Anoop. Just because Anoop is still working on his stagecraft skills is no reason to conclude that he doesn’t have what it takes. Some people have more ‘presence’ on the big stage than others. That’s life. But this show is about helping young people with the opportunity to develop those skills.

Let’s imagine, for a minute, what it would be like if all the judges gave Anoop the kind of praise they’ve been giving to, say, Danny. How he’s got what it takes and how he’s going to go all the way. And let’s say they give him the prime real estate of last and second to last performance with power lighting. And let’s say they gave him useful tips on what he could do to blast to the very top. Everyone would be saying Anoop would be a lock for the top 4, like they are saying for Danny. All these messages do effect people’s perceptions, even when you think they aren’t effecting your own.

I’m not saying that Anoop doesn’t have work to do on his performance skills. Heck, I know I would like Adam alot more if he used his considerable charisma and talent to go deeper, showing us more of himself and less of the whole theatrical approach. But that’s just me. I do think that subtleness doesn’t sell much on this show and Anoop is feeling the full brunt of this reality. It’s often about the big power notes and the last note in particular. That’s why I find it funny when Danny or Allison can have a bad or mediocre performance, but when they end it all with the big punch at the end, they get praised for a great performance. It’s as if we have such a short memory that we forget everything that happened before that final AI power note. So Anoop often doesn’t play that game, and he certainly is not getting anywhere close to a pimp spot or pimp lighting. So he’s dealing as best as he can in this fairly hostile environment with his beautiful warm tones and softer stylings. It might not get fireworks going, but it is good music and I happen to appreciate that Anoop approach to music.

I sincerely hope that when Anoop is afforded the opportunity to record that he forms a “group”. I look at how much I enjoyed Anoop with the Clef Hangers and how very rarely I am moved by his current solo performances. There are just some singers that feed off of a group performance and I think Anoop is one of those. He really should have a good career….just not as a solo artist.

See this view is what I consider to be a consequence of the subtle messages TPTB are giving you about Anoop.

I think it’s a little presumptuous to assume that folks who don’t care for the vocal stylings of Anoop Desai are merely dupes to the manipulations of TPTB.

Mileage and all that, yes?

I’d prefer that posters not question the motives of their fellow posters or assume to know what they are thinking and feeling. Just trying to avoid arguments here.

By all means, vote for Anoop then! Join with the Anoop fans who hate this mistreatment and give a big FU to Simon and co.

F*ck You Very Much Simon!

I hate this show more than ever now and I don’t think it’s a good thing for the family to watch, especially the kids because of the cruelty and unfairness of it all. I’m disgusted with the way this show has treated Anoop. It’s demoralizing for Anoop and it puts him at an unfair disadvantage in so many ways, because of it’s effect on him and on the voters. I wish people just voted based on their own independent thinking, but unfortunately too many people are just like sheep. The sheep are susceptible to all the manipulations. It’s up to the voters now to support Anoop with their votes. I’ll be voting hardcore for Anoop! I hope Anoop gets all the voter support he needs so my faith in humanity will be restored.

” donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s true. Massive numbers of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans admitted to voting heavily for Kris the night he did à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“All She Wants to Do is Dance.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  ”

Yep, thats what I did, towards the end I put them all on Kris instead of Adam but this week a bit will go to Kris but mostly Adam. It would suck not to get to hear three songs a night from him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But then Kris? I would miss him, oh what to do, what to do???

“Heck, I know I would like Adam alot more if he used his considerable charisma and talent to go deeper, showing us more of himself and less of the whole theatrical approach.”

I see this and just want to go on and on and on, on how deeply he touched me with some and blah blah blah, but nothing anyone says will make me vote for Anoop and nothing I say will make anyone, who doesnt see Adam as their fav, vote for him – oh lordy how I have tried – doesnt work, so I dont see how anything that TPTB do will work either, you like who you like and that is it. A song or a person touches your soul, your whatever and you are a goner no matter what anyone says about anyone else is how I think

In terms of Anoop and lack of stage presence:
I may be alone in this, but I don’t give a rip about stage presence. For me, music is about the listening experience…even if I’m watching. It’s about how they connect with the song vocally. Some of my favorite singers don’t have great stage presence. Heck, I love Ray Lamontagne and he sometimes won’t even look at the audience. I do feel a connection with Anoop when he performs. I felt it in his audition when he looked like a geek and sang a cappella. It has always been all about his voice for me.
That said, with the type of show AI is, maybe it isn’t the right venue for him…though it still doesn’t explain Simon’s apparent disdain. Since apparently most AI viewers do tune in for pure entertainment and “amazing” stage presence, that could explain why he hasn’t connected.
Whether it is the right venue for him or not, I’ll power vote for him as long as he’s there and I’ll eagerly await whatever he does when he is done!

Anoop could probably sing circles around Cook (Even Cook has said he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have a great voice) but Cook had that extra special something that Anoop lacks. It is what it is.

I like Anoop’s voice a LOT, but no way in hell he’s ever singing circles around Cook. (Would love to hear Anoop sing “Man in the Box,” “Music of the Night” or the godawful “Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.”) And when did Cook ever say he doesn’t have a great voice? He’s said he wasn’t the strongest singer last season (he’s cited both Syesha and Carly as the best), but I’ve never heard him disparage his own voice.

I do agree, however, that Anoop seems to be lacking that “extra something special.” Cook was my favorite last year precisely because I floved the voice AND thought he was in a league of his own last season. YMMV, of course.

Simon seems to be gunning for Anoop regularly. I can’t tell if he genuinely loathes the kid or if he’s trying to stir him to come out swinging. I hope Anoop can rise to the challenge. Regardless, he should do whatever the hell he wants next week because he really has nothing to lose.

Anoop has the most purely beautiful tone to his voice. I really hope he can turn it around next week, since he deserves to stay over at least three other contestants.

I agree that he has a pretty voice. I think that one thing that he struggles with his finding the right song choices that suit that voice. And I think that he is looking at the wrong artists and song choices, and that is one of the reasons why he hasn’t been doing so well.

Instead of looking at people like Usher and Chris Brown he needs to be looking at some other artists. Michael Sleazak mentioned something about Anoop that kind of struck me.

He mentioned that he didn’t see why the judges wouldn’t focus more on Anoop and see that he could be like a younger Brian Mcknight/Babyface, type of singer. And while Paula has compared him to Brian Mcknight, I have never heard anyone compare him to Babyface.

But that got me thinking that there are a whole list of artists that Anoop could model himself after, who have songs that would suit his voice well, and whose influence he could use to rearrange a song onstage to suit his voice and style.

Instead of trying to model himself after Usher,he needs to be looking at people like Brian McKnight, Babyface, Joe, Jon B., Frankie J, and Avant. He can pull off some of Neyo’s stuff and Neyo is pretty current.

He needs to try be more of a smooth R&B crooner type who could with the right songs also pull off some mid tempo stuff, and maybe even some uptempo stuff.

I think that he could pull off a mid tempo R&B hit like Donnell’s Jones, U know what’s up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdqOM0wcS20

and if he was able to get really creative and get help from Ricky Minor, he could rearrange a non R&B song into a mid tempo R&B song, like this group did with Patrick Swayze’s “She’s like the wind”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbJG4M3orw

I think that Anoop would sound really good singing songs like these and they aren’t ballads, and would be more fun for him to sing than ballads. Yet they aren’t so fast, that they would throw off his vocals. As long as he didn’t dance around the stage a whole lot while he sung songs like these or rearranged song in these styles, and just belted and sung his heart out, he would do well.

movin2thabeet, I agree with your entire post!

flynnsgirl, I get you’re not an Anoop fan and you totally have your opinion made up about him, probably the same way I have my mind made up about Danny. I disagree with your assessment, I don’t see him acting like an “incredibly spoiled child” in the least, and I think lately he is tending to look despondent rather than “huffy or pissy”. I think he’s allowed to show emotion after he is probably trying harder than all of the other contestants to do well and often does do well, with praises across the internet.
But hey, you’re right, it’s a tv show, and I’m not getting my panties twisted too much about it. It’s certainly not for the faint of heart, and I have to commend everybody on that show for having the courage to step out there every week and deal with all the public crap. I really hope Anoop puts on a fantastic performance (disco will be dicey for everyone I think) and if he leaves, he goes out with a bang. But I’m rooting for him to make top 5 or further, because like others have said, he has the smoothest and purest voices of the guys imo.

I watched the interview, and I’m not picking up any Anoop hatred coming from Simon. He’s just being realistic.

I do agree, however, that the Anoop torture during the results shows is ridiculous and uncomfortable to watch.

I wish people just voted based on their own independent thinking, but unfortunately too many people are just like sheep. The sheep are susceptible to all the manipulations. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up to the voters now to support Anoop with their votes.

See I think most people do vote based on their own independent thinking. There are a vast number of people who have never read an AI blog and the various dissections done online recounting the manipulations that TPTB use. They look at the show as a singing contest and don’t second-guess everything that is said or done. They truly are voting by what they see and hear without realizing that any manipulation is taking place. I think they outnumber fan groups and online AI people by a vast amount.

“See I think most people do vote based on their own independent thinking. There are a vast number of people who have never read an AI blog and the various dissections done online recounting the manipulations that TPTB”

This, I agree to also, until last year I had no clue who MJ, rickey, ew, idolator, all the various Idol shows with Kim, Never ever read or watched them and I have been an AI watcher since Kelly, so what you said is so true, I was amazed when i found this, love it, but amazed that Idol had it’s own world unto itself?!

See this view is what I consider to be a consequence of the subtle messages TPTB are giving you about Anoop.

I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a little presumptuous to assume that folks who donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care for the vocal stylings of Anoop Desai are merely dupes to the manipulations of TPTB.

Precisely my response, but MJ beat me to it. My apathy towards Anoop is entirely due to the lack of connection I feel with him. It has nothing to do with his lack of stage experience (which I wholeheartedly disagree with) or with the feeble attempts by the judges to manipulate. After all, I am a huge Jason fan – and if any contestant ever had awkward stage presence coupled with Simon/Randy bashing, it was Jason. But he DOES grab me, imperfect vocals and all, due to the charisma and connection I feel. Nope, I’m not being duped, just have my own preferences.

Independent thinking? Would be nice. But the judges are definitely influencing public perception and voting and TPTB, especially Simon, are very aware of this fact. Why do you think the judges are even there, and now four of them, and without a vote? I think Simon swings the vote even more than the actual performances themselves. A contestant can bomb, but if the judges unanimously rave afterwards, did their actual performance even matter? (And this has happened more times this season then I’d like to even remember.) They have a product to sell just like advertisers have toothpaste, laundry detergent, the latest drug, etc. to sell. And, obviously it works. The show would not be so popular if it didn’t. Why do you think some writers are paid the big bucks to script out what these judges are going to say, before nary a singer has sung?

They’re selling both the show and particular chosen ones, who might or might not change depending on how well they’re selling the show. It has nothing to do with on-line blogs and fan groups, and everything to do with marketing. We’re simply observing and commenting on the phenomenon. People also think they’re buying a certain detergent because it works better, without being aware that they’ve been told everywhere they go that this is true. Subliminal messages are no less true simply because they happen beneath the level of people’s awareness. If we had to realize manipulation in order for it to be real, I think most marketers would be out of a job.

See I think most people do vote based on their own independent thinking. There are a vast number of people who have never read an AI blog and the various dissections done online recounting the manipulations that TPTB use. They look at the show as a singing contest and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t second-guess everything that is said or done. They truly are voting by what they see and hear without realizing that any manipulation is taking place. I think they outnumber fan groups and online AI people by a vast amount.

Exactly Bobbi. I completely agree. After watching this show for so long, I just don’t think that Simon is being uniquely cruel to Anoop. And, I like Anoop. The fact of the matter is, Anoop needed a wildcard to get in. And, he’s been in the bottom 3 a few times. Obviously, he’s not connecting with America as much as some others are. Just as I’m aware of that, so is Simon.

Would I like to see Anoop outlast Danny, Lil & Matt? Yes, probably. Do I think it will happen? No, I don’t.

For me, I’m still going to vote for the people who move me to do so next week. I’m not a huge fan of the “job” of voting, but I’ll do it if someone inspires me to. While I like Anoop, and I think he’s got a great voice, I have yet to feel the urge to vote for him. And that has nothing to do with the way Simon or anyone else feels about him.

Wow @ all the people voting for Anoop just because of what Simon said.
Yes, I did powervote for Anoop last week. But I don’t know if I will do that again. He needs to have the best performance of the night for me to actually vote for him.

If Kris does amazing, I’m voting for him. I really want Kris to win now. I was on the Anoop train way early on and I still am. But, Kris has proven himself to be worthy of winning. Not to mention, he actually has a shot at winning unlike Anoop and Matt. I don’t know why, I just REALLY want Kris to keep up his neverbeeninthebottom3 streak.

I love Adam, but I really don’t want him to win.

Bobbi said:

See I think most people do vote based on their own independent thinking. There are a vast number of people who have never read an AI blog and the various dissections done online recounting the manipulations that TPTB use. They look at the show as a singing contest and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t second-guess everything that is said or done. They truly are voting by what they see and hear without realizing that any manipulation is taking place. I think they outnumber fan groups and online AI people by a vast amount.

I didn’t say anything about fan groups or people reading AI blogs or anything online.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s either a massive ploy to rally Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase and set someone up for the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“shock elimination,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s more to Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s dislike for this guy than we know about.

It may be irrational dislikeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦there are people who just automatically rub each of us the wrong way for no obvious reasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦or they had more than one conversation that Did Not Go Well.

I imagine Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty used to being Alpha Dog around that place. Anyone not being sufficiently submissive (I spend too much time with canines, obviously) would get his hackles up permanently.

Add me to the chorus of those totally baffled/annoyed at the Simon hateration of Anoop. I think Simon was never fully on the Anoop bandwagon à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  at his audition Simon could only snark on his geeky appearance until the other judges told him to basically stfu and concentrate on his vocals.

It’s because Simon has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to people who are more educated than he is. He’s said in interviews that he did badly in school and ended up dropping out of college. I think he’s threatened by intelligent (“geeky”) people and that’s why Anoop rubs him the wrong way. He was the same way with Clay and he criticized Cook for the “word nerd” thing. So I don’t think Simon’s dislike of Anoop has anything to do with his talent or abilities. He doesn’t want Anoop to win and he didn’t want Clay to win, because he thinks they are too “geeky” to be Idols.

I am so over this show. If Anoop is eliminated next week, I hope he will follow the examples of past contestants like Elliott and JHud and pursue his career far away from anything Idol related, because they clearly don’t appreciate his talent or his potential. The best revenge he can get for how he’s been treated is to be successful without these douchebags having a hand in any of it. Anoop is smart and he has a great support system back home that is ready and willing to help him. He’ll be fine no matter what happens.

I guess it depends on what the “save” really means. The way it has been presented is that a contestant has the chance to save themselves by “singing for their life.” As we know, this is a bunch of BS. Simon just confirmed it. I think Anoop has strung together a couple of good performances in a row. If Simon won’t save him regardless (and he’s saying he wouldn’t have), can we please drop this stupid charade?

So, if the “save” is based on the body of work on Idol, let’s get rid of the “sing for your life” crap and just let the person have a swan song or a victory sing out.

As for Anoop, he’s not the first to meet the bus and he won’t be the last. I’m not going to vote for him based on this. I pretty much want a top two of Adam and Allison. I’d love Kris to round out the top 3.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The best revenge he can get for how heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been treated is to be successful without these douchebags having a hand in any of it.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

so. much. WORD.

Jason Castro being signed by Atlantic is a great example. I won’t claim he’s successful yet, but the opportunity is there.

Good luck to Anoop. He appeals to me more than Matt, Lil, and Danny. I think he’ll be fine.

BTW, the “save” was hella fun to experience live. I am happy for Matt, but if Allison goes next week, I’ll be pissed.

“The best revenge he can get for how heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been treated is to be successful without these douchebags having a hand in any of it.”

so. much. WORD.

So we agree that they are all talented and we will vote based on our own liking….

Here is an article in the LA Times that gives us more of an insight into their personalities and really what a tough process this is…whats awesome is that they are so close and support each other so much….It’s funny that we argue back and forth in the forums yet these kids support each other..

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/04/backstage-with-the-top-seven-giddiness-reigns-at-the-first-ever-save-dinner.html

BTW, the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“saveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was hella fun to experience live. I am happy for Matt, but if Allison goes next week, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be pissed.

This is exactly why I wasn’t happy that they used the save on Matt this week. With only 7 left Matt, Lil, and Anoop could go out in any order and it’s not going to make a whole lot of difference for them career-wise.

I love conspiracy theories, and I love how the results are pre-determined before any of the idols step on stage. But for the life of me I’ll never understand why they chose Katherine and Taylor for season 5. Neither one has done great after idol and neither one seemed like the chosen one out of the gate. But I guess, since this is all predetermined I’ll just have to swallow my bile and figure that TPTB knew what they were doing.

Now who is going to win this year? Somebody must know if its been predetermined!

Let’s say then that the most direct form of voter influence the show has is judges comments. Here are the comments Anoop has received recently (pulled from mj’s episode recaps)–

Top 8, “True Colors”
Randy says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“You pulled it backà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦that was a very nice vocalà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦props to you.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Kara says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“You controlled the song, it didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t control you, congratulations.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Paula says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Great choice of song, flawlessà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦fantastic.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Then she babbles on about colors and crap. Simon says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“One minute youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re down then youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦that was very good, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think it was fantastic.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Simon says he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to apologize.

Outcome: Bottom 2

Top 7, “Everything I Do”
Randy says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The last couple of weeks, you have definitely found your zoneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦you did a really good job.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Kara says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“You definitely found your placeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦pop songs adding your soul to ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I think this is your bestà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I felt connected to your singing.

Outcome: Bottom 3

If voters really are sheep, they haven’t followed their orders regarding Anoop these past two weeks.

Tess, I wouldn’t say it’s predetermined. I think they have a few TCOs each year and it depends on who shines. If an early fave struggles, they will depimp that person. Predetermined? No. Manipulated? Yes. It’s really obvious.

ETA: Michelle, faint praise is a killer. It would be better for Anoop if they slammed him. Compare Anoop’s comments to some of the others, and you’ll see it was faint (deserved or not… that’s a matter of taste, I guess).

^^I would agree if I thought there was a fanbase to rally — that’s when a slam can rile them up to vote. I’d think 2 straight B3 appearances would also cause a rally, but no dice. If anything the praise helped Anoop a little bit because he did go from Bottom 2 of 8 to Bottom 3 of 7, along with a bad night from Matt. But if that’s the best that he could do…

Michelle, faint praise is a killer.

Faint praise is the WORST. It’s deadly

Here is an article in the LA Times that gives us more of an insight into their personalities and really what a tough process this isà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦whats awesome is that they are so close and support each other so muchà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funny that we argue back and forth in the forums yet these kids support each other..

They really must snicker at some of the goings on that they read online. I’m glad that they do support each because nobody else can really understand what they are going through right now.

What I found interesting in that article was that someone else seemed surprised by Adam’s off-stage persona.

I don’t really get all the conspiracy theory thrown around.
The judges have their favorites and will pimp them because they want them to stick around, nothing wrong with that. For the most part their critics seem honest and believable.

The serious problem is at the core of the show, the people behind it will have to promote the winner and want someone they find marketable. They push for people they believe in, again perfectly understandable.
That doesn’t mean they get their way every time, Hicks and to a lesser extent D. Cook are proof of that.

^^I would agree if I thought there was a fanbase to rally à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s when a slam can rile them up to vote. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d think 2 straight B3 appearances would also cause a rally, but no dice. If anything the praise helped Anoop a little bit because he did go from Bottom 2 of 8 to Bottom 3 of 7, along with a bad night from Matt. But if thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the best that he could doà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Basically. The faint praise theory can work… once. But the week after you’ve been bottom 2, everyone has been sufficiently reminded of your vulnerability. If people were inclined to save you they would kick in then. But then he still ended up in the bottom the following week. AND he had one of the better performances of the night.

He just doesn’t have the fanbase. And he is not standing out with casual voters.

Tess, I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s predetermined. I think they have a few TCOs each year and it depends on who shines. If an early fave struggles, they will depimp that person. Predetermined? No. Manipulated? Yes. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s really obvious.

I agree with that too. TPTB start out with favorites, and they certainly work to give those people an advantage. But once the voting starts, if new people start to emerge as voter favorites, TPTB will shift their support, especially if they think those new people are marketable. Hence the better treatment for Kris and Allison this week. And the depimping of Lil.

It’s not fair, but they been pretty transparent about it every single year IMO.

My fav has always been Anoop; Adam 2nd.
Adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need me. Noop does. LOL

This.

I guess I have no idea about Anoop’s popularity or fanbase. However, he obviously got more votes than Matt last week and the judges came out and said they wouldn’t have saved him like they did Matt. For Simon (probably the most listened to judge) to say that speaks volumes. Anoop is being tossed under the bus. I can’t see that Matt’s fanbase is any bigger since he got the fewest number of votes. Besides, size of a fanbase doesn’t necessarily equate with whether a contestant is pimped or not. Nor does it equate with post-Idol success.

I’m not voting for Anoop, but the bus is obvious to me. That’s all I’m saying. :-)

I watched the interview, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not picking up any Anoop hatred coming from Simon. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just being realistic.

My problem with it is he didn’t have to say it. He seemed to go out of his way to dismiss Anoop and the producers have been much worse. At this point I don’t care anymore other than to continue to vote for him because he’s been my favorite right from the start. I think that the pimping or in Anoop’s case antipimping has more effect on the casual viewer/voter than fans. All the pimping in the world isn’t going to make me want Adam or Kris to win. I like who I like.

“After watching this show for so long, I just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think that Simon is being uniquely cruel to Anoop. And, I like Anoop. The fact of the matter is, Anoop needed a wildcard to get in.”

Anoop needed a wildcard to get in because Simon told voters to keep Michael Sarver. If 30,000 folks listened to Simon (out of what? 30 million?) then there’s the difference.

And, Matt also needed a wildcard but Simon was willing to save him.

I get that it’s a reality show and we’re supposed to be manipulated, that someone has to be the punching bag. I also understand that it may help Anoop.

The reason I support Anoop is his voice. period. I listen to music, don’t watch mtv or attend concerts (except for last years Idol tour which was awesome) and I listen mostly in the car when I want mellow soothing stuff. Anoop works for me – understand he doesn’t for everyone. Just really believe he deserves to outlast Lil and maybe Danny/Alison/Matt depending on this week’s performance.

i am not going to let my disgust for this interview control my emotions. NO! even if simon singles out poor anoop in this interview and decides to throw him under the bus one more time, it will not break my spirit to continue to support anoop in every way i can.

i am happy that during wednesday’s results night, it seems that anoop has found his inner peace and does not let the mind f*ck games get the better of him. that’s our dog, anoop! don’t let the harsh bullying overcome your self-worth.

dear anoop, do not let the dark forces surround the idol franchise (haha) break your spirit. do not let them write you off on disco night. i know you will do well and we’ll all be here for you. you got your troops all over the world supporting you and praying for you. we got your back :)

Simon’s right. He’s always right. Except for Terri. She’s a catch.

I wish people just voted based on their own independent thinking, but unfortunately too many people are just like sheep. The sheep are susceptible to all the manipulations.

People also think theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re buying a certain detergent because it works better, without being aware that theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been told everywhere they go that this is true.

Wow. And to this, I quote this:

I see this and just want to go on and on and on, on how deeply (Adam) touched me with some and blah blah blah, but nothing anyone says will make me vote for Anoop and nothing I say will make anyone, who doesnt see Adam as their fav, vote for him – oh lordy how I have tried – doesnt work, so I dont see how anything that TPTB do will work either, you like who you like and that is it. A song or a person touches your soul, your whatever and you are a goner no matter what anyone says about anyone else is how I think

movin2thabeet, you no doubt have great insights into the magic and nuances of marketing. I’m sure you’re right about many things. But in this instance you seem to me to be forgeting about one factor, and turns out, it’s a BIGGIE. The music.

Music reaches you, touches you, inspires you, excites you, even disturbs you, or it doesn’t. For a lot of people, the music they hear from Anoop doesn’t reach out and grab them, sparking some emotion or memory, or touching their soul. That doesn’t make those people sheep, it means they are humans responding (or not) to the music.

My fav has always been Anoop; Adam 2nd.
Adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need me. Noop does. LOL

Everyone keeps saying that…so who’s voting for Adam?
This is how shock evictions happen :/ It’s pretty frustrating reading stuff like this when I can’t even vote.

Simon is an a**. That is all.

I really wish this show would start fresh with a new group of judges and NOT let them into dress rehearsal.

Anoop needed a wildcard to get in because Simon told voters to keep Michael Sarver. If 30,000 folks listened to Simon (out of what? 30 million?) then thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the difference.

This could be true, I have no idea if those 30,000 chose to play a game of Simon Sez or not. Also, I liked Sarver :)

And, Matt also needed a wildcard but Simon was willing to save him.

Indeed he did. Matt won’t last much longer either. Clearly, America is not voting for him (and, not voting for him more than they’re not voting for Anoop).

I do like Anoop. I just think that it’s obvious he’ll be out at some point within the next 2 weeks. I can’t get too upset about them running over him with the bus, because I just don’t think they needed the bus’s help in the first place.

You always have to keep voting for your favorite (if you feel so inclined) if you want them to have a shot. But, AI is a game of momentum (outside of all of the manipulations and whatnot), and some of these kids just can’t seem to get it rolling.

That’s all I’m saying about Anoop. He seems like a great guy, and he’s got a lovely voice. But, even without the judges making life hard on him, all evidence has shown that he’s simply not a frontrunner.

Unless TPTB pull one of their dirty tricks, I don’t see Anoop getting the boot next week. The masses are pissed. Fans like myself, who haven’t voted this season, will be out in force Tuesday night. Adam and Danny are shoe-ins already, so that leaves Lil, Kris, Allison, and Matt and I think 2 of them will be eliminated.

My fav has always been Anoop; Adam 2nd.
Adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need me. Noop does. LOL

Everyone keeps saying thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦so whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voting for Adam?
This is how shock evictions happen :/ Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty frustrating reading stuff like this when I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even vote.

It is VERY frustrating! NOBODY is safe at this point…..nobody! Not Adam, not Danny, not Kris….nobody and if people fall for Simon’s mindgames one of these favourites will go the way of Daughtry or Hudson. Don’t take their safety for granted. Just don’t.

I am truly shocked by the number of people who are Adam fans and say he deserves to win, but vote for someone else because they think Adam doesn’t need it. DI shows that all the Idols except for Danny are so close that it can’t tell the difference. Everything is pointing towards an Adam shocker elimination. Michael says he got so much press from leaving earlier than people think and it’s all good. But, I’d sure like to see a little more from Adam before he leaves.

No question that music is a very subjective experience. What moves one person does nothing for another. I do think it’s fairly absurd to judge one person as ‘better’ than another when it often comes down to personal taste. But on AI, the factor of influence also looms large. From judges comments to performance order to stage lighting to camera shots, there are numerous ways AI subtlely affects our perceptions of who is hot. What a different show it would be if there were no judges and performance order was on a strict rotation.

I also had a brainstorm. What if the judges were regularly rotated with 1 rep each from the music biz like Simon or Randy, an acclaimed working musician and an AI blogger like MJ, Rickey or Michael Slezak. Would save the show a heap of money, it would be way more entertaining and would also be a much fairer means of judging. Win-win-win.

I am truly shocked by the number of people who are Adam fans and say he deserves to win, but vote for someone else because they think Adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need it.

I always vote for Adam as I do get concerned that people will get too complacent. But really, it is the casual voter who picks the winner. And it will all be based on the performances. Adam has built a reservoir of good will based on a terrific run of performances, so even if he is so so, the causal voter might still toss a couple of votes his way. But I never take it for granted and I use my ATT unlimited texting to send hundreds of votes Adam’s way each Tuesday.

I haven’t had a chance to read all the posts, but JX, you make some very strong points.

I am very frustrated at the way TPTB is treating Anoop, including in comparison to some of the other contestants that they are constantly overpimping. But while I think that a little bit of the way that he is being treated, is in relation to ensuring the frontrunners keep their status, I think a lot more of his treatment, has to do with something else. Like TPTB just plain having utter contempt for him whatever reasons that they do.

You know, I think it is Simon. If anyone rewatches Anoop’s performance, Paula starts to clap, and then stops. Simon says something to her. It is all she can do to contain herself, because she knew he had an outstanding performance! It is just for the best that Anoop be polite and then ignore every word Simon says.

Two of my other favorites were popular but were sandbagged by the judges. Anthony and Jason had powerful fan bases that carried them beyond what TPTB wanted. However, Simon’s hositility towards Anoop is very intense. If the interns check any AI forum, they will see that Anoop is right up there after Adam and Danny in fan support. For some reason that is not being reflected in votes received. Why?

It is so very important we remember that contestants are told to say certain things. Scripted moments. Former Idols have told us this. My bet is that Anoop was told to say he didn’t like glitter.

WE WILL BE UNDETERRED!!
ANOOP FOR THE WIN!!

Do you think it feels awkward for Simon or Terry when they do an interview together? I would think that it is. That’s what I was interested in while watching this. I just think that would have to feel kind of weird.

WE WILL BE UNDETERRED!!
ANOOP FOR THE WIN!!

Yes!!!

..and Simon Cowell, don’t call me for help if you ever need to be saved!

Scripted moments. Former Idols have told us this. My bet is that Anoop was told to say he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like glitter.

What the f–k? Someone can’t really believe that something a blogger thinks was a negative was set up and scripted by AI. I don’t much think that Anoop likes make-up of anykind….doesn’t make him bad, discriminating yes. These kids all say weird stuff..my gosh who would have thought that some religious guy would go on and on about facials and manicures and pedicures.

Give it a rest…the kids say what they say, no scripts. They may be given topics to discuss but the words are theirs. And if someone isn’t voting for Anoop because he doesn’t like glitter I bet the same person isn’t voting for Danny because he doesn’t think that the girlish stuff he likes is appropriate.

Oh Tess, I do like your posts, but I say with all respect that this matter of scripted moments has been mentioned so many times by the Idols themeselves. I have nothing to gain by telling a lie.

Carmen was a regular guest on the Joe Scarborough show and she said several times that there are scripted moments on the show and she was surprised the viewers don’t know this.

Remember the calimar jokes from Kellie Pickler? She admitted that she ate calimar many times, but they told her to act dumb about it. The whole thing was scripted. These interviews have been in written interviews and on TV.

Remember when Amy Adams called Ryan a “monkey” in a sit down interview. She was eliminated the next week even though she was a wonderful singer. She felt bad because she was told to say that.

Scott Savol was given scripted moments as part of his “villain” role. He complained that he wasn’t what he came across to the viewers.

Ryan is very often involved in these moments. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn’t. It has been discussed on TWoP and other forums.

Give it a restà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦the kids say what they say, no scripts.

I am so sorry, if it sounded like the whole show is scripted. I just asked a question. But there are things they are told to say, often for humor. I don’t say this in any bad way. I thought most knew this. Part of the fun is trying to figure out when a scripted moment comes up. Oh, one other thing … ALL reality shows have scripted moments.

(I know I shouldn’t be upset, but I am a wee bit..)

Simon’s private school had a lot of Indians and they probably put his nose out of joint by doing incredibly well academically. He’s petty enough not to forget that.

Anoop has seen that bus many times if he’s been watching AI and he’s seen some of the hit and run victims doing well. He’ll survive.

There is no doubt that Simon can be a little bitch sometimes, but what else is new?

Anoop is obviously a competative overachiever who seems to be loosening up and is not as tense as he was in the beginning.

I think he has a lovely smooth voice and has performed very well the last two weeks. However, there is nothing really unique about him or his voice…he lacks the “it” factor, and unless he has a moment soon he has no chance in hell of winning.

Water cooler talk but this may be one of the reasons he hates Indians? They’re in the Top 10 richest people in the world and have made their zillions in Britain? Sort of in his path to Sirdom?

http://top–10.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-10-richest-person-in-world-2009.html

Can you believe this is actually Anoop?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8n80Epjz1s

Can you believe this is actually Anoop?

Exactly my point…put Anoop with a back-up group and he will shine through. His personality feeds off of the other singers. This is where his vocals shine, and he seems so comfortable.

I’m looking forward to hearing the upcoming Anoop and the “Dawgs” album. Him singing Solo…not my cup of tea.

No Simon doesn’t particularly care for Anoop. It isn’t personal and it certainly isn’t racist. He doesn’t like Anoop because Simon hates being bored. Anoop bores him. This is a Cardinal sin in Simon’s eyes. Yes Simon is as ass, but he has heard thousands of people with pleasant voices earnestly sing ballads to him at this point, and he tunes them out unless they surprise him a bit. He is getting frustrated with Gokey for the same reason. If he (and the producers) really hated him they would never have given him a wildcard. Also, the guy has been voted out once before, has been in the bottom to middle of the pack since the finals, and hasn’t had a breakout performance. In short, he’s no threat to any favorite.

Water cooler talk but this may be one of the reasons he hates Indians? Theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re in the Top 10 richest people in the world and have made their zillions in Britain? Sort of in his path to Sirdom?

I do not think Simon has done anything to indicate that he is racist. Nor do I ever get the feeling that he especially dislikes people of Indian decent.

The only color Simon sees is green. He can often be wrong about who may or may not make money. But, once he believes you’re no good to his revenue stream, you are dead to him. He treats a lot of the contestants that way, regardless of their ethnicity.

Do you think it feels awkward for Simon or Terry when they do an interview together? I would think that it is. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what I was interested in while watching this. I just think that would have to feel kind of weird.

I don’t think so because apparently they’re still friends. I heard that she’s got a guest suite in his house but not sure if she ever uses it.

Simon may be bored with Anoop’s style but he doesn’t seem to be down on Kris who’s had some yawners. He and the producers seem to go out of their way to dismiss Anoop as often as possible. Even my dh who’s not particularly a fan of anyone notices it. I don’t think Simon’s comments would bother me as much if not for the rest. Speaking of that, I heard at the grassy knoll that Ryan was on LKL by phone when they were talking about Twitter and he said something about how easy it was to use and how he could twitter about how angry Anoop was on a commercial break. I guess it never ends. :huh_tb:

Ya know, “they” may be gunning for Anoop, but Anoop is providing the ammunition. And, no, I don’t believe for a minute that it’s motivated by race or racism.

Please, Kris fans DO NOT power vote for Anoop unless you want Kris out!!!!!!!!
Because that’s what will happen, I hope it doesn’t but it will if a lot of Kris fans vote for Anoop or anyone else instead of Kris, Kris will be eliminated.

I’m not telling anyone what to do – I just want Kris to be safe.

I hate this show more than ever now and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a good thing for the family to watch, especially the kids because of the cruelty and unfairness of it all. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m disgusted with the way this show has treated Anoop. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s demoralizing for Anoop and it puts him at an unfair disadvantage in so many ways, because of ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s effect on him and on the voters. I wish people just voted based on their own independent thinking, but unfortunately too many people are just like sheep. The sheep are susceptible to all the manipulations. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up to the voters now to support Anoop with their votes. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be voting hardcore for Anoop! I hope Anoop gets all the voter support he needs so my faith in humanity will be restored.

You know, I have to liken the treatment of Anoop to the way they treated Taylor in Season 5. Simon tried hard to run over Taylor with that bus, but the Soul Patrol refused to let that happen. Point is, Taylor didn’t let it get to him, and the public didn’t let Simon get to them.

What will be will be with Anoop. He’s hardly the first contestant on AI to be unpimped, anti-pimped, depimped, or thrown under the bus.

I actually think it’s more sheep like to join the *f*ck you Simon* mindset, and to power vote for someone just because you think they’ve been wronged by the show. As mj says, I do love this cheesy show, but dang I don’t let it get my panties in a knot, and the kids that make the finals all have the opportunity for great success in their lives after AI. Whether Anoop finishes 7th or 4th really matters not at all.

I do worry about Adam making the finals, seems to be a whole lot of shades of Daughtry here. I’m so looking forward to seeing Adam singing 3 songs a night in the finale, but starting to worry that he’s not going to make it because everyone assumes he’s safe. I split votes between Adam and Anoop last week because I thought they did the best, but no more. I’m voting for Adam from now on, and that’s it.

Please, Kris fans DO NOT power vote for Anoop unless you want Kris out!!!!!!!!
Because thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what will happen, I hope it doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t but it will if a lot of Kris fans vote for Anoop or anyone else instead of Kris, Kris will be eliminated.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not telling anyone what to do – I just want Kris to be safe.

Aggree!

I’m afraid they are planning a shocking elimination for Kris just to make the show unpredictable and “interesting”!
I just think Kris is not strong enough to survive vote splitting!

I don’t think they’re planning a shock elimination. There seems to be a step gap between Lil, Matt & Anoop and the remaining 4 with the public. The fact that Allisson went 1st and didn’t sing her best but still escaped the bottom 4 indicates that even she’s starting to get on a more solid footing.

I think the singing order this week will give us a big indication of how much the bus is revved up for Anoop. Having gone 1-4-2 in the past 3 weeks and never having had the pimp spot, he’s due to go 6 or 7. Lets see what happens.

As for Simon, he assumes Anoop will be the worst disco week, hence his comments. What’s annoying to me is that he seems to have made up his mind before the contestants even perform and that doesn’t seem right for a judge. Give the kids a chance! They’re definitely coming across as way too scripted this year.

As an Anoop fan, I feel for him and hope he’s discussed his song choice with Adam this week and surprises them. Go Anoop!

Exactly my pointà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦put Anoop with a back-up group and he will shine through. His personality feeds off of the other singers. This is where his vocals shine, and he seems so comfortable.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m looking forward to hearing the upcoming Anoop and the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dawgsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  album. Him singing Soloà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦not my cup of tea.

Hahaha! Anoop and The Dawgs album! That’s funny…but that could be a good idea for a name there….hmmm…. :ponder_tb:

I really see Anoop being picked up for acting, come to think of it. He’s VERY articulate, got personality, and has had experience before. I just really want something positive to come out of his idol experience. He really looks like he works hard and deserves the best–not some petty insight by the shows producers.

Please, Kris fans DO NOT power vote for Anoop unless you want Kris out!!!!!!!!

Please! Kris is safe. Remember, he’s “Mr. Sexy Face,” right?

I just saw this posted on Anoop’s fb fan group by someone who was at the live studio:

just so y’all know, at the live taping during the commercial, we saw Simon say to Randy (about Anoop) “he was really good”

And I am guessing this was before he answered to Ryan’s questions saying that Anoop deserved to be in B3. Oh well it is a reality show anyways.

^^Even if true, I have to remember that out of 7, bottom 3 may have still been fair for Anoop considering the collective performances of the others. The only ones left — Adam, Allison, Kris, Danny — could be fairly considered top 4, not bottom 3. Personally, I’d disagree about Danny, but still. It’s not an unfair, totally illogical statement to say that Anoop, Lil and Matt belonged in the bottom 3.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m afraid they are planning a shocking elimination for Kris just to make the show unpredictable and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“interestingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ !

I respectfully disagree. I don’t think Kris would be a shocking elimination at all. The only shockers at this point would be Adam or Danny, IMO.

I think the singing order this week will give us a big indication of how much the bus is revved up for Anoop. Having gone 1-4-2 in the past 3 weeks and never having had the pimp spot, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s due to go 6 or 7. Lets see what happens.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t pay attention to the pimp spot until the Top 12 (or, in this case, Top 13. That is when we vote and that is when the competition begins.

Top 13 – Alexis
Top 11 – Matt
Top 10 – Allison
Top 09 – Kris
Top 08 – Adam
Top 07 – Lil

Danny will get the pimp spot on Tuesday, as he hasn’t had it since voting began. It sucks for Anoop; but it is what it is.

Jlyn, ITA, Simon is bored with Anoop.

And you could see the boredom with Danny last week in Simon’s eyes, but he just wouldn’t pan him the way he would have weeks ago with someone who was not a recent widower.

Remember early on, when Simon was more himself with Danny, and he said “I’m not buying the hype yet” or something, and then Ryan chastised him and said something like “I thought you had a heart”. I suppose Danny had sung something inspirational about life or death or love or something. REALLY annoying, this implication that everyone is supposed to puff Danny up because of his backstory.

And yes, I’m even more bugged because I see him as a threat to Adam, who is my obsession of late.

Sigh.

I just saw this posted on Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fb fan group by someone who was at the live studio:

just so yà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢all know, at the live taping during the commercial, we saw Simon say to Randy (about Anoop) à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“he was really goodà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

And I am guessing this was before he answered to Ryanà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s questions saying that Anoop deserved to be in B3. Oh well it is a reality show anyways.

*GASP!* Then…then why would he say that and then contradict by saying that Anoop deserved to be in B3 after??!! *confused* Doesn’t make any sense, even if it WAS for reality TV purposes… :shock_tb:

Ryan should have bought up the glitter thing, especially since every single week, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bringing up something about Anoop or trying to bait him in some way, and/or IMHO, paint him in a negative light.

Independent thinking? Would be nice. But the judges are definitely influencing public perception and voting and TPTB, especially Simon, are very aware of this fact … Subliminal messages are no less true simply because they happen beneath the level of peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s awareness.

The fact that Michael got voted in over Anoop by 30,000 votes might be ‘proof’ that a certain segment of the population listened to Simon’s suggestion. I am sure there have been professional studies done to confirm how powerful this method is on influencing opinions ( votes). This situation ended with Anoop being the world card choice. Take away Simon’s ‘plea’ and Anoop was a shoo-in. He had a good performance which Simon saw as a threat, IMO.

Is it possible that after all this discussion and debate, Anoop will be featured in the group performance and sing in the pimp spot? Maybe?

Remember when Amy Adams called Ryan a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“monkeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in a sit down interview. She was eliminated the next week even though she was a wonderful singer. She felt bad because she was told to say that.

CORRECTION: The week Amy Adams called Ryan a “monkey” was the week she was eliminated.

What Simon said about Anoop during the commercials to Randy:
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu340/anoopdawg/Anoop-1.jpg

I agree with NOLA on this comment:
“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m afraid they are planning a shocking elimination for Kris just to make the show unpredictable and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“interestingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ !

After venting frustration on Simon’s acerbic comment on not wanting to save Anoop, took a closer look at dialidol numbers for the 5 contestants that are probably not safe (Kris, Matt, Anoop, Lil and Allison). Ranking these 5 on their average % vote received compared the highest vote getter of the 5 in a particular week (from Top 10 week), the ranking is clear – 1.Lil, 2.Allison, 3.Anoop, 4.Matt and 5.Kris. Matt and Kris are neck-neck in their %, and if we assume Kris gets more test votes than Matt, then it will put him behind Anoop in no.4 position. Early in the game, TPTB pimped Danny and Lil to an extent they have done some irreversible damage in not being able to send either of them home before Top 5. Now, all of a sudden they realize Kris’s rising popularity with the mass and the media that they have only ANoop left to beat in order they can get Kris into the competition. The high profile events planned for Kris this week and Simon’s open cynicism over Anoop all plays well into their well orchestrated plan of ousting Anoop for Kris, never mind the fact that Anoop has been consistently scoring higher than Kris even on a relative basis (dialidol is a fair estimate and good indicator for anyone that agrees reasonably with statistical error of margin that can come from text votes) . Like Simon said, they do not particularly care for Matt.

With Lil and Danny secure from the shameless pimping early on, Anoop is probably the only threat for Kris’s Top 5 position now, and I think this is why we see it play out as we see happen.

Avg % ranking from Top 10 week for the 5 look as follows:
1. Lil – 87%
2. Allison – 80%

— very tightly within each other—
3. Anoop – 70%
4. Matt – 68%
5. Kris – 67%
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Should be an interesting watch this week. At this point, I am resigned to all kinds of shocks and surprises including a scathing appraisal for Anoop’s performance. At least I will convince myself it is really not about Anoop in as much as they desperately want Kris into the Top 5.

Well based on a bunch of factors,here are my conclusions-

Anoop totally deserves to be in the top 4…he’s got an awesome voice and he nver gets the credit he really deserves.Simon is kinda a douchebag…why does he not like anoop over all the other contestants?

The dico theme is obviously a setup to eliminate anoop and another contestant the judges may dislike…..i feel real bad for the guy,he’s been getting shot down for the past few weeks….it was sad to see him told too be the first in the bottom 3….he’d have to watch all the performance with the fear of leaving in his mind..sigh

For me, Lil rounds dosent deserve to be there at all..she’s a failure and cant pull her act together…period.

Basically its anoop who needs help..hope ppl actually do vote for him instead of sharing their sympathy.

P.S. Adam’ really a star, but Danney Gokey is NOT.He is boring and can only do a few energetic song…i hope he’s not in the top 2.

Let’s hope for a great stroke of luck that results in Adam being one of the two sent packing this week! The sooner he goes, the quicker we can get to someone who would make a far better selling Idol.

He’s destined to be no better and maybe worse than Taylor Hicks.

It’s a pity that his phreak show has gotten this far

Anoop would have stayed for 1-2 weeks atleast if Simon didnt make his “Racist Comment”
Simon please learn to respect people.This is not good for the show.