American Idol 2007--Live Thread (Part II)

FOX ^ | 3-13-07

[Sue Perkick]

I.hate.that.song.

[TonyWpi]

It was nice to hear the judges finally rip on Chris tonight for his nasal and “pitchy” voice. I think they must have paid someone to get the blackmail photos from his dressing room.

BTW...Tradesports bottom 3 is the same as Dail Idol now.
Sanjaya to go home with Kiki and Chris just behind.

Last week Tradesports had Haley to go right up until Nigel made a comment about a “surprise” vote off and it switched to Lakisha. I don’t know why Nigel did that because Haley going home was no surprise.

[Wolfstar]

Hi Jonny. Thank you for your ping and for your running commentary. I hope you're still around. I'm SO happy Simon said what we've been thinking for a long time about Melinda and Sanjaya:

Simon: "I'm about to compliment you, but I'm going to ask you to lose the surprise. That was fantastic ... But you have to lose this 'Who? What? I'm a great singer?'"

Simon: "Utterly horrendous. It was as bad as anything we see at the beginning of American Idol ... I know this has been funny for a while, but based on the fact that we're supposed to be finding an American Idol, that was terrible."

As for Chris R. saying this, "Nasally is a form of singing, I don't know if you know that," what a load of bull s&*t! This guy is a calculating, manipulative jerk.

BTW, I've come to the conclusion that Melinda is not a great singer. She's got a really good voice, but she lacks any sense of the musical era in which she lives. She also lacks charisma. All in all, over the weeks she's become stale and uninteresting, and even more than a little bit annoying.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Simon to walk off if Sanjaya gets through again

I was thinking this too...I really don't expect it to happen, but it would just make for some interesting drama:)...

Becky

[silent_jonny]

(Chris R.) Oh...he pulled the Virginia Tech card...too

He sure did. That was shameless.

There's a time for saying something like that, like what Seacrest said at the beginning of the show. But giving a "shout out" to V-Tech right after he was panned by the judges seems shallow and self-serving, even if he was being sincere.

[Sue Perkick]

LOL! He would fit right in.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

BTW, I've come to the conclusion that Melinda is not a great singer. She's got a really good voice, but she lacks any sense of the musical era in which she lives. She also lacks charisma. All in all, over the weeks she's become stale and uninteresting, and even more than a little bit annoying.

I wouldn't go that far, but I don't think she is Idol material. Jordin IMO, from a marketing point of view IS Idol material.

Becky

[silent_jonny]

Did you see the look he just gave Chris before he made that comment to V Tech?

Yep. That "who the hell are you?" look. Chris deserved it too.

This wasn't the night to argue with the judges. Especially if he was planning to mention V-Tech two seconds later.

[Miss Didi]

He’ll wait till he gets a nasty cold to cut an album.

[Sue Perkick]

That’s how it looked to me.

[retrokitten]

Because he’s a producer and ratings are down is my guess. It’s kind of like if there is a ton of advertising for a movie you can pretty much bet on it stinking. When Nigel says the show has a “big surprise” count on it being business as usual.

[silent_jonny]

“Nasal is a form of singing.” Yeah, a crappy, no talent form.

LOLOL!

The more I think about that exchange the angrier I get. What a smug a-hole Chris is.

[Wolfstar]

But giving a "shout out" to V-Tech right after he was panned by the judges seems shallow and self-serving, even if he was being sincere.

I haven't seen the show yet, but I'll bet he was being shallow and self-serving. :)

[silent_jonny]

And every time we hear about Jordin being 17 we take another drink!

LOL! True. And another drink for every time the judges call Melinda a pro.

[silent_jonny]

Yeah, you don’t argue with Simon.

It always backfires.

[Wolfstar]

Jordin IMO, from a marketing point of view IS Idol material.

I agree. I'm hoping for a Jordin and Blake final, if only for the fact that both of them are far more interesting than the others remaining in the contest.

Unfortunately, I would not be at all surprised if Sanjaya and Melinda were the finalists, and I expect Melinda to win.

[silent_jonny]

Then cuts Simon of to make a Virginia Tech comment.
What an opportunistic scumbag.

Absolutely right!

[Txsleuth]

You are spot on with your opinions ...I totally agree with you.

When Simon was telling Melinda to knock off the surprised look...she pretty much ignored him, I think.

[silent_jonny]

Carrie won THREE CMT awards last night.....I love that girl!

I didn't know that. Good for her :)

[Sue Perkick]

When he does that I want to reach through the TV.