Posted on 04/05/2011 6:02:17 AM PDT by silent_jonny
Current Haley can be a star on Broadway..like Linda Ronstadt before she gained 100 lbs..
Do you remember when Jennifer Hudson was eliminated? She made Haley look like a saint when she was criticized. When the contest gets down this far the judges shouldn’t have been so critical like they were over the Gaga song. They should just let the voters decide instead of the producers scripting the judges who they want to go. But Nigel Lythgoe will have none of that.
I like everyone who was left and Pia should have been there too but some were getting old like Scotty One Note. He can sing those old Country and Western ballads great but they put me to sleep and James’ high notes in EVERY song were always cringing. What is unique about Haley’s voice is her growl, reminiscent of Big Momma Thorton but in a nicer package, and nobody else has that. If you ask me the top three should be Lauren, Haley and Pia, they are the most marketable.
LOL!
You said some magic words, son (?). Big Mama Thornton. Wow, now she was an original. I loved her “Lucky Old Sun,” among others.
Haley has that flair for the blues, and a white girl singing the blues like she does hasn’t come along in a while. Think Bonnie Raitt, Dusty Springfield...
I have to say, I haven’t followed every season completely, not sure if I caught the Hudson drama. I do recall she had some drama in her family post-Idol. I really don’t care for how shrill she can get, so I pass on Jennifer.
America is voting against the judges, and I think they still don’t get it.
Interesting. Randy had no problem with it. Simon said “a bit shreik-y.” Haha.
And Scarnato was selling sex and her bod much more than Reinhart.
Probably because she is a mediocre singer and pretty obnoxious when she gets criticized... other than that you are right...
Both have great legs, and lungs...
And she’ll be laughing all the way to the bank.
Speaking of Katherine McPhee what ever happened to Taylor Hicks?
He made Forbes List of top ten Idol winners.
” Bruce and Cookie Hardy commented | 15 minutes ago
The phone system was not functioning properly/the numbers were skewed so voted for James actually went to Haley/the internet voting wasn’t functioning right either. Something needs to be done.”
“Thursday, May 12, 2011, 10:18 PM [General]
How many people had trouble voting last night?!?! I was voting for James, and it thanked me for voting for different contestant !”
“When I called to vote for James, contestant #5, I got the message ‘THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR CONTESTANT #2.’ I didn’t even get #1. My sister voted and got the #1 reply. I even checked my number to make sure I was voting for contestant #5. How do I know he really got my vote?”
“I too voted for James I dont know how many times and it kept telling me thanks for voting for contestant 3.”
“Anyone else have problems voting online?? I vote EVERY week for James .... last night, while I was able to get about 20 votes in - I kept getting error messages about the codes to enter - it kept telling me it was the wrong code, when i had it correct.”
“WOW...I agree...I tried over and over to call and could not get throught to vote....So I went online and I kept getting error messages when voting for James.”
” I had problems to, when I tried to vote online I would get error messages. So I tried the phone and it was busy, I tried for two hours with no sucess.
I was having a problem also!!!!!
SAME ISSUE”
“I voted for James quite a few times using both 5701 and 5705. One of the times I called I was thanked for voting for contestant 3. This was definitely wrong since I verified I dialed correctly. Now I read in this thread of comments that 5705 was for Haley? This is really messed up. James was by far the most talented and this voting issue needs to be addressed. This is not even to mention all the times I called and could not get through. It is not a fair vote if votes are not counted and are directed to the wrong contestants.”
“Same thing happen to me. I was only voting for James. I kept getting that error message or getting booted off to the home page of American Idol. “
“i agree american idol needs to do a recount i tried voting for 2 hours and kept getting error messages!!! “
“I would like American Idol to explain to all of us WHY the contestants were put out of order last night for the first time ever. I would also like to know why so many people had trouble getting through to vote for James. “
“I called in excess of 220+ times over the next two hours and ONLY recorded 8 votes for James. All my calls were only for James and yet I only got in 8 times. My wife also had the very same issues with your phone network but not sure how many times she attempted to vote for James! “
“I am certain based on the number of other people making similar comments on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other web chat rooms; other viewers obviously had the same issues as my wife and I did while trying to vote for James. And yes, I tried both number equally for James (5701 & 5705) and both numbers frustrated me with similar results.”
“I also was unable to get thru’ to vote for James.”
“Last night around 10 pm I kept having problems voting online and my votes were not going through. My boyfriend said he voted on at & t but they weren’t going through. I had heard that James and Haley’s numbers were transposed, meaning switched.”
“I voted online last night for James. However the minute I tried voting online it was busy for over a hour. Not once did I get through.”
“There are a high number of posts saying there was something wrong with the phones last night and they couldn’t get their votes in for James. Sounds like so many people were voting for James, the line were jammed. They need to investigate this.”
” I HAVE BEEN VOTING FOR JAMES SINCE DAY ONE AND I HAVE VOTED FOR THE ENTIRE TWO HOURS STRAIGHT AND I NEVER EVER HAD ONE BIT OF TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH............UNTIL LAST NIGHT. I GOT MORE RECORDINGS THAT SAID WRONG NUMBER OR YOU MUST DIAL A 1 AND BLAH BLAH BLAH AND I WAS HITTING REDIAL EACH TIME. I KNEW THEN THAT SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG.”
“I also voted on 5705 and it said thanks for voting for contestant 1.”
“You are so right. I voted for 2 hrs for James mostly on the #5 number. I thought it was his. I couldn’t get through on the #1 number. I even went back in the DVR to check to be sure I had the right numbers. It showed 1 and 5 for James not 1 and 8.. What happened. I think Scotty and Lauren kept their same rotations so their numbers would have been failsafe.I feel physically sick to my stomach. I was voting for Haley and didn’t know it.”
“They did James a misjustice. They changed the order of second song and Haley sang in James number 5 slot. Idol needs to compare votes for number 1 and 5 (what should have been James numbers) and number 2 and 6 (what should have been Haleys numbers and see if they match. They owe this to James and he and the Judges should insist on it. I have watched all seasons and have never seen them change the order on a two song night.”
“Idol definately needs to do a recount. I tried unsuccessfully 01 several times before finally voting for James at 05. Since he sang 1st and last I’m sure a lot of ppl voted 08 for him by mistake.”
“Yes yes yes. I tried for two hours to get through and could not. I thought he was getting bunches of votes because I never was able to get through on phone numbers. I’m VERY upset! “
“We tried to vote on 3 different cell phones and many of our votes were thrown to Haley and Scotty. We were not misdialing as American Idol suggests because we were redialing after successful calls.”
“I voted 32 times to 5701 and did not get a single confirmation! “
“I agree. Weds night was the first night all season I had a hard time getting through to either one of his numbers. I voted for Lauren and had no trouble getting through on her line. Something is definitely wrong with the system.”
“I had same litch when trying to vote by phone for James. This flaw3ed voting must be addressed in a fair and equitable manner. “
“When voting for James via telephone I got a response of “thank you for voting for contestant 3” when I didn’t vote for contestant three- but contestant one. I checked my redial on my phone and it went through correctly the next time and did say contestant 1.”
A surprise that Haley beat James. One person said James had made a Satanic sign (I doubt this is true) and that is why she did not vote for him.
I do believe Scotty is going to be big in the country music genre. I just can’t stand country music, but I can appreciate that he will have a following.
Direct links would be nice. How can I verify any of that!
Good for her... doesn’t make her great. Just means people are stupid.
I can’t be bothered? Seems to me you are being awfully nasty when you are the one who “can’t be bothered” to even read the links I provided. In any event, I’ve spent quite some time showing what lots of people are saying about confirmations they were getting for votes they didn’t make...and generally how very screwed up the entire voting process seems to be.
Oh FGS. Look it up yourself. I’ve already provided links. READ THEM.
I like it..wee shall see..
Pls see my #5618..meant to include you..forgot..my bad..
Hey, you just now posted material. What do you expect. People aren’t going to do YOUR work.
I did a search on that first one. That one didn’t even exist when you made your first accusation over 4 hours ago. That one was posted 2 hours ago now, and it was posted 15 from when you grabbed it.
I looked through several pages and so far that is the only one from that site. Sounds more like sour grapes or someone made it up later. Wouldn’t be the first time.
If there was a number screw up it usually appears on the idol forums immediately and gets fixed the following night with a revote.
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