American Idol 2006--Live Thread (Part II)

FOX ^ | 3-25-06

[silent_jonny]

still for Tammy

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Don't forget that September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day! Mark it on your calendar early. :)

[Pure Country]

Too bad Hee Haw is off the air.

Three's Company comes to mind.

[Ciexyz]

A blessing, we won't have to listen to Kellie's inane and embarrassing chatter and her caterwauling. Bye, bye, Kellie.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Aww, Di ... I'm sorry Kellie leaving made you cry. We do get attached to our favorites! I was seriously upset when Mandisa left, so I understand! Don't worry about Kellie; with as much publicity as she has had lately, I'm sure something good will turn up for her.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

You know, I'm actually torn this week ... Yes, I must admit that when I saw Kellie was leaving, I was NOT unhappy about that! LOL! But people really do get emotionally wrought up over all this, and it makes me sad when nice people on this board have to see their favorites leave. But that's all part of the game ... we all know that our favorites are up for grabs any week, if they don't get the votes.

[montag813]

This is the strongest Top 5 in the history of the show, which is pretty cool. No weak links.

Paris is very weak. By far the most overrated. At first she rode this "I can't believe you're just 16" then "just 17" crap. She should never have gotten this far. Cover your eyes when she sings, it's easier to see just how subpar her voice really is.

[montag813]

Bucky and Ace behaved far more humbly and seem much more genuine than Taylor.

Of course they were humble. They were talentless and they knew it.

[montag813]

It's almost like they want to sabotage Kellie and Taylor. Ballads weren't their strong suit and they did them 2 weeks in a row.

No question AI wanted Kellie off. Pickler was destined to be a finalist given strictly pop themes...she even pulled off "Bohemian Rhapsody", which clearly spooked the producers. Only the lame themes of the past two weeks could do her in, and they did. Mission Accomplished for the Idol powers that be. Unfortunately it made for very dull TV (who wants to see Chris singing Bryan Adams? And who on earth wants to hear a Barbra song at all?) So not surprisingly, AI rating have dipped significantly.

[kevkrom]

PS: Look at what the stylists do to Paris each week. She should be acting like Sybil by now! LOL

That's not the stylists... that's pure Paris.

[kevkrom]

And by the way, what in heck was up with Paula last night?

Her blood-alcohol count.

[kevkrom]

Okay, so Dial Idol was not totally accurate about the top 2.

Actually, using their MOE ranges, and knowing the Chris and Kat were top two, the actual results are within ranges:

Performer	Actual Rank	DI Range	Probable Rank
Chris	1-2	1-3	1
Katharine	1-2	2-5	2
Taylor	3-4	1-3	3
Elliott	3-4	1-4	4
Paris	5	5-6	5
Kellie	6	4-6	6

[EmilyGeiger]

LOL! That was funny.

[kevkrom]

HOLD THE PICKLE!

[EmilyGeiger]

Only makes the fans of Taylor and Elliot want to vote that much more...:0)

[kevkrom]

The lusting males with taste are already with Katharine :)

Fixed it for you.

[misterrob]

Problem is that those ranges make it too difficult to see where people really are at this point. I'll give the DI guy credit for building this though. Outside of one week they have given us a clear picture of the bottom people.

[kevkrom]

No Fedorovs. No Jasmines. All talent.

Now be nice... Anthony was actually pretty good once hbe dropped the boy-band stuff and went back to power ballads.

[kevkrom]

What's going on? Simon apologizes for being too hard on the spoiled Brat Kat; Joe Scarborough and guests swear that AI is fixed; posters are fighting on here; and Paula was almost sober. Is there a full moon tonight?

I think I called it on my weekly recap intro in #8900 --we're in Bizarro World this week...

[kevkrom]

Pickler was destined to be a finalist given strictly pop themes...she even pulled off "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Thanks for making me choke on the Mountain Dew I was drinking. Are you serious? Her "BR" was awful... much worse than Constantine's version, which itself wasn't very good.

[commish]

You ready to burn up the lines for Elliot next week bro?

After hearing what they did to Taylor yet AGAIN this week, and then the sickening kissy kissy love fest make up session with Kat last night ... I am so pissed at AI that I will do anything to get a Taylor / Elliot final and get the Chosen Ones (Chris and Kat) out the door.

It is a shame, I love Chris and was looking forward to seeing him battle it out with Taylor and Elliot over the next few weeks. But now I am in a total screw AI mode, and want nothing to do with thier Chosen Two.