American Idol 2005--Live Thread

3-15-05

[silent_jonny]

AMERICAN IDOL 2005
LIVE THREAD

[silent_jonny]

Hi! (yes I'm still here, but not for long--getting sleepy :) Glad you're enjoying the thread. Here's a link to The Amazing Race VII

See ya later

Jonny

[StrictTime]

I'm just thankful nobody sang any Celine Dion, esp. "My Heart Will Go On"... but I better not give Lt. Dan any ideas.

Prediction
Bottom Three: Scott, Anthony, Nadia (she always looks like she's going to murder someone in the audience. Very angry looking when she sings. She scares me more than Slingblade does...)

Going home: Scott

[TonyWpi]

Remember last year and we had the 3 black divas?
Jennifer Hudson, Latoya London, and Fantasia. They all were really good, but Jennifer and Latoya were clearly better singers than Fantasia and they got the "boot" early. Why? Simple....because the "votes" were always split between them.
With Vonzell's "come from behind," I think that will hurt Nadia more than anyone else.
And Vonzell has a higher "likeability factor" than both Jessica and Nadia.
It would be sad to see Jessica go because she is one of the better vocalists and as Simon says, "it's a singing competition."
Just my 2 cents...

[TonyWpi]

Remember last year and we had the 3 black divas?
Jennifer Hudson, Latoya London, and Fantasia. They all were really good, but Jennifer and Latoya were clearly better singers than Fantasia and they got the "boot" early. Why? Simple....because the "votes" were always split between them.
With Vonzell's "come from behind," I think that will hurt Nadia more than anyone else.
And Vonzell has a higher "likeability factor" than both Jessica and Nadia.
It would be sad to see Jessica go because she is one of the better vocalists and as Simon says, "it's a singing competition."
Just my 2 cents...

[CAluvdubya]

thanks for the link. Sleep well :)

[Dad yer funny]

yeah,...I'm 55 I remember,but not with opening lines like that,...did you hear that infected scrotum stuff,...whewee!! And I'm no prude

[ken5050]

FYI..conclusive proof of Anwar's sexual orientation. They dug up his personal ad on a gay black website..Go here..Explains how he hits the high notes, I guess..

[kevkrom]

Thank you American Idol for this forced reminder that 90's music completely sucks. That aside, there were some strong performances... in the second half of the show.

My rankings for the evening:

1. Nikko -- He just blew me away. I didn't like the song (see initial comments), but he simply nailed it. What Simon said last week about Bo performing rather than competing seems to apply here. (Oddly, Mrs. kevkrom did not like Nikko's performance at all.)
2. Vonzell -- Doing "Whitney" is hard. Doing it well is even harder. So despite a somewhat rocky beginning, Vonzell gets a lot of credit from me on this performance, because most of it was spot-on. I loved the transition, as well.
3. Carrie -- Rock-solid as usual, the only possible weaknesses are when she gets into the lower end of her lower register (things get a little weaker and muddy), and she needs a little more stage "presence". At this stage of the competition, these are nit-picks.
4. Anthony -- So, the real Anthony finally shows up! He still looks unconvincing (read: like a dork), but after yet another rocky start, nailed the song.
5. Nadia -- Excellent song choice, ans another good performance, but I worry about the quality of the voice... sure, she hit the notes, but the vocal quality changes when she goes for the higher notes. I may have ranked her higher except I think this might be as well as she could possibly sing, and I don't see any room for improvement.
6. Jessica -- So much for the appearance improvement from last week. And another horrid transition within the song -- she really needs to do better with her "cuts" because they are completely throwing off any flow in her singing, which is otherwise quite good.
7. Constantine -- Good risk, interesting song choice, especially considering that the 90's should have played well to him. A better performance from last week from a technical standpoint, but still left me feeling "so what"?
8. Anwar -- If it was just on the last 30 seconds, he'd be near the top. Unfortunately for Anwar, he's singing for a lot longer than that, and the rest is tedious.
9. Bo -- 9th? Yes, unfortunately... I didn't like the look, there was no risk or challenge in this song whatsoever, and even with that, it wasn't his best performance... and here's a guy who needs to bring his vocal "A" game every time, because it is his weakness. I never thought I'd say this, but I thought Bo was dull tonight.
10. Scott -- What happened??? Pitch was all over the place, his vocal quality sounded thin and weak, and he had roughly zero empathy up there. I know he is better than this, but it sure didn't show up.

Despite the rankings, expect the bottom 3 to be Scott, Jessica, and ... I'm not sure. The third one will be the one given the first trip back to the other contestants.

[cajungirl]

Ken,,,HOW CAN YOU DO THAT TO ME, I AM SOOOO UPSET.

It reminds me of sitting in Officer and Gentleman movie with a friend. And remember that incredible scene when Gere carries Winger out at then end and that wonderful song is playing and it is so romantic women everywhere are weeping. I turned to a friend and said "do you think Gere is really gay?" and she went totally crazy. She stood up and started screaming at me for spoiling the most wonderful romantic movie she had seen in years.

Ken, I want to scream. Don't say Anway is gay. I love Anwar

Just kidding!!

[kevkrom]

Jennifer and Latoya were clearly better singers than Fantasia

I'd disagree on that... Jennifer was a one-trick pony ("let me belt something out, the rest of the song can be crap") who went off at just about the exact right time. LaToya failed because she hit her peak early and never improved (and also got bit by the Jasmine jihad). As much as I disliked Fantasia, she was a more versitile singer and performer, and deserved at least a top-3 finish.

[Collier]

I read somewhere that Michala wants to do a sitcom.

She said if Fran Dressler wants her to play her daughter, she's ready.

[cajungirl]

Oh my, talk about barf tv.

[Collier]

House is great.

[Collier]

Speaking of that, do you remember when one of the first 3 were voted off, Elton John called American's racists!!!

I couldn't believe it. I was really pi$$ed.

Turns out, 2 of 3 Idols are black.

[Collier]

Hi Cajun,

I thought I was here by myself.

I go out on Tues nights, so I'm late reading this thread.

[StrictTime]

I have to agree with you about Nikko. I have never heard that song in my life, at least how he sang it, but I thought he looked great doing it. He has tremendous stage presence and can MOVE. Contrast this with Carrie's "I can't move my feet" performances.

I will say, the more I see this walking around the auditorium business (Bo, Anwar, Lt. Dan) the more I hate it. It's really cheesy and the vocals suffer when the singers are trying to find the steps to climb up or down. More kudos to Nikko for being able to pull all that movement off while singing.

[ken5050]

I just gave you a link..(sigh)

[cajungirl]

But, but,but Ken,,,you broke my heart. You disillusioned me, you have driven me into the arms of, well, Bo for starters.

[cajungirl]

Dang hon, you are late. Voting is tonite!

[ken5050]

BTW.Carrie Underwood would win Nashville Star..do you ever watch it? IMHO, it's far better than AI, and I'm not a real big C/W fan..