American Idol 2010--Live Thread

americanidol.com ^ | January 11, 2010

[CounterCounterCulture]

It’s always difficult to get a true feel of the contestants with all the post-production editing before the live shows start, with some contestants getting decent coverage, and others next to nil. Next week will be the first opportunity to see and hear them at an equal level of coverage.

This would seem to give the people will little coverage an unfair disadvantage, although Kris Allen (winner) and Allison Iraheta (finished in 4th place) managed to survive that huge cut from 36 to 12 (well, thirteen actually) last season.

So my first impressions will favor those will more coverage and hopefully the lesser known contestants (e.g., Paige Miles) will be able to get their due.

Right now the most intriguing of the female contestants is Crystal Bowersox, who seems to have a complete package of talent (despite not being one of the glamour girls).

Closely following her is Lilly Scott. She has calm-cool Aimee Mann vibe to her.

Haeley Vaughn also intrigues me. It’s nice to have her break out of the pidgeonhole most young black girls shoot for (Aretha, Whitney/Mariah, Rihanna).

And we’ll see how the other girls fit into this picture as we get to hear and know them better. Ashley Rodriguez has a marketable look to her. Will young Katie Stevens be the next Demi Lovato/Selena Gomez? Will Lacey avenge being pushed out of Season 8 by Megan the “Caw Caw” Girl?

Initially the girls intrigue me more at this point, and Simon has been pimping that the girls field is stronger than it has been in past years.

Of the guys, Andrew Garcia made the best impression on me with his nice change-up of Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up.” Casey James has Kara all-a-flutter with his good looks. That 70s guy Tyler Grady reminds me looks-wise of a singer who goes by name Mika.

So in closing, and most importantly, who’s going to be our drama queen for the rest of the season now that Fat Thadbert is gone? ;-)

[silent_jonny]

You’re welcome ;-)

[silent_jonny]

Is ellen still part of it? I refuse to watch her.

She's only been on the show for a couple of weeks. So far, she's better than I expected. She's not pushing her lifestyle on the audience.

[silent_jonny]

He needs to keep practicing.

LOL! Yeah that smile will get the door slammed in his face.

Speaking of unwanted visitors ...

LMAO!!!

[silent_jonny]

No problem :) I like your tagline, lol

[silent_jonny]

(I’d love a pic of that)

I think I saw a picture of that on the Idol site, but I'm not sure ... I can't get into the site now to check. It was with the rest of the Casey photos.

[silent_jonny]

Thanks, Didi :)

[silent_jonny]

Who the heck is that guy? Looks like he just wandered in off the street.

Why didn't they replace him Thadbert? ;)

[silent_jonny]

Wow weird. But clearly that is Montgomery from the original "Fame". ;-)

ROFL!!!

[silent_jonny]

Oops, sorry if I spoiled anything. You should watch Wednesday’s show if you have it recorded just for the epic bathroom stall rejection :)

[Miss Didi]

I read that article three times and still don’t understand who got the boot and who the stand-in is.

[silent_jonny]

You're welcome :)

I don't know if I have any favorites yet, but it is a strong group this year.

[Miss Didi]

You didn't tell us your husband went to Haiti...;)



Kris Allen arrived in Haiti today, to help with the relief efforts in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation. A couple of photos, from Dominic MacSorley of the humanitarian organization, Concern, tweeted a couple of photos of Kris as he visited the Place de la Paix camp for 1,00 displaced in Port au Prince..

MacSorley tweeted, “off to meet Kris Allen, Amercian Idol – visiting Concern baby tent -a quiet ‘get well’ space in a crowded camp for mothers and children…Ok Concern Haiti officially loves American Idol Kris Allen -he’s so cool & even sang Amazing Grace to mothers & children in our baby tent”

MacSorley tweeted two photos. Above, Kris sings “Amazing Grace” to the kids. After the jump, another photo of Kris performing for camp-dwellers.

[mathluv]

Thanks for that info.

[Miss Didi]

From MJ's Big Blog"


Notice that Tim Urban was not revealed until the boys dance at the very end? Rumor has it, Chris Golightly was DQ’d, with Tim Urban taking his place. You see, Chris was on the spoiler list from Day 1. But today, when the kids at IDF discovered the links to the contestant pages (seriously, TPTB at Idol are so dumb sometimes) at the official site, they found all the spoilers were correct except for Chris/Tim.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Bookmarking so I have a clue what’s going on .... Thanks, Jonny! :)

[silent_jonny]

Hi, Hetty!

Just doing my job ;-)

[Palladin]

What a nice guy!

[Palladin]

“Initially the girls intrigue me more at this point, and Simon has been pimping that the girls field is stronger than it has been in past years.”

It’s girl’s turn this year, isn’t it?

[just me]

Hi jonny :)