Posted on 05/08/2006 4:22:13 AM PDT by silent_jonny
I'll guess three.
I think Taylor will say it 11 times. He may only get two chances but he will rapidly repeat it.
Special
American Idol: Taylor Hicks to mention 'Soul Patrol' (live footage) Book Closes 23 May-18:00
Win Only
Add 'Soul Patrol' mentioned: Once or Less 7.00 Bet
Add 'Soul Patrol' mentioned: Twice 5.00 Bet
Add 'Soul Patrol' mentioned: Three Times 4.00 Bet
Add "Soul Patrol" mentioned : Four times 3.25 Bet
Add "Soul Patrol" mentioned : Five times or more 3.00 Bet
He's singing 3 songs, at least 9 times. ; )
Looks like Taylor's fans are a diverse bunch! :)
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http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/entertainment/14626265.htm
10 reasons Taylor Hicks should win
10. At 47, I no longer like songs that I have to deconstruct. Hence Chris Daughtry held no appeal because his songs sound like promotions for wrestling videos in which steroidal maniacs bemoan their very understandable isolation.
9. Nobody on TV has spaz-danced liked Taylor since Elaine on Seinfeld. The time has come again.
8. I'm tired of watching Katherine McPhee's dad weep like it's nuc-u-lar winter every time his kid opens her toothy mouth.
7. Elliott Yamin: a great future hanging with Clay Aiken. Selling records? Not so much.
6. Taylor: music to soothe a long drive. Kat: an advertisement for orthodontia and Maybelline.
5. Simon Cowell is more likely to have a crippling seizure if Taylor wins.
4. Taylor: now downloadable at such Web sites as www.graycharles. com. Katherine: more memorable for wardrobe cut so high on hip and low on bosom that you can watch her dinner being digested.
3. After hearing Kellie Hickler, er, Pickler, crease my fillings with her falsetto on Unchained Melody, I think American Idol owes me a palatable winner who is not being marketed as the next Jessica Simpson.
2. No worries of Kat-like wardrobe malfunctions with Taylor: He exudes all the hormonal danger of Liberace crossed with Willie Nelson.
1. Taylor reminds me of Bill Clinton, Sweet Home Alabama and Play That Funky Music -- all popular in the days when I was not close to AARP membership. Kat reminds me that my knees hurt, the living room needs new paint and I have kids to put through college -- the mundane concerns of middle age.
Saturday Night Live Pokes Fun Of American Idol Finalists
http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2006/05/saturday_night_.html
Saturday Night Live poked a little fun at the American Idol finalists on their Kevin Spacey hosted finale. The opening monologue had Kevin Spacey profess his dream of wanting to perform on American Idol. Spacey then proceeded to sing a song while walking through different steps like tossing the microphone, looking at the cameras, and assembling some wholesome-looking family and friends to sit in the front of the audience.
Spacey’s funniest line was “I would get down on my knees, and I would look squarely into the eyes of that little Puerto Rican judge who’s always drunk, and I would make her cry with my sincerity.” Spacey also rolled around on the floor like Katharine McPhee and then spoofed Taylor Hicks dancing style, saying he would finish the song “as a black person.”
During the Weekend Update segment, a Taylor Hicks impersonator interrupted the news. The Taylor Hicks impersonator spoofed a couple of Taylor’s trademark dancing moves and screamed out Soul Patrol repeatedly. When asked about the finale, the Taylor Hicks impersonator claimed he was going to do what he does best, “sing from the heart and scare the hell out of children.” The Taylor Hicks impersonator also described himself as “a cross between Jay Leno and Fred Flintstone,” and Katharine McPhee as having “creepy long brown hair, the pretty white teeth, and them tig ol’ bitties.”
Some additional feedback.
People who use Verizon were getting busy signals. People who use other carriers like Comcast or Vonage had no trouble getting through.
Another thing to consider is that you have concentrations of households up to 10,000 strong all trying to dial in and vote. Good luck. Ten years ago before broadband people were having problems making outbound calls due to people dialing up AOL and sitting on the line. These networks are engineered to handle normal traffic patterns.
Boston Symphony Orchestra--one of the best in the world
Boston Conservatory--Leading music school
Berkley College of Music--Leading music school. Very heavy jazz influence.
Plus, a great local music scene and some national acts that have done very, very well.
There are worse places to go and do music than there
It's not the Olympics: It's the Eurovision Song Contest, the annual kitsch extravaganza, known for its bland dance music and bubble-gum pop, that sees acts from 24 countries face off before tens of millions of television viewers.
But in a stunning upset for the contest that launched the Swedish group ABBA, a Finnish metal band with monster masks and apocalyptic lyrics won the contest late Saturday.
The band Lordi scandalized some of their compatriots when their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was chosen to represent the nation. At a press conference, the band's frontman said his plan for the final was to "scream louder. And turn the amps up."
"This is a victory for rock music ... and also a victory for open-mindedness," the band's lead singer, Mr. Lordi, said after the win — Finland's first. "We are not Satanists. We are not devil-worshippers. This is entertainment."
Combining crunchy guitars, a catchy chorus and mock-demonic imagery, Lordi is reminiscent of U.S. '70s stars KISS — an acknowledged inspiration of Mr. Lordi.
Band members never appear without their elaborate masks and makeup, and do not reveal their true names.
Lordi beat an unusually eclectic 24-nation field, which ranged from the perky pop of Danish teenager Sidsel Ben Semmane and Malta's Fabrizio Faniello to the balladry of Ireland's Brian Kennedy and the country-pop of Germany's Texas Lightning.
Regarded by many as the contest good taste forgot, Eurovision is adored by fans of camp everywhere.
"You don't imagine something so bad could be so good," said Carmela Pellegrino, an Australian who traveled to Athens from London to watch rehearsal ahead of Saturday's finale.
Since 1956, it has pitted European nations against one another in pursuit of pop music glory. Previous winners include '60s chanteuse Lulu, ABBA — victors in 1974 with "Waterloo" — and Canada's Celine Dion, who won for Switzerland in 1988.
Saturday's showdown was broadcast live in 38 countries to a TV audience estimated at 100 million. Some 13,000 fans packed the indoor arena used during the 2004 Olympic Games, from Goth supporters of Lordi to cowboy-hatted Germans supporting Texas Lightning. Some 3,000 police officers were on duty for the event.
NBC announced plans earlier this year to replicate the formula — a forerunner of "American Idol"-style talent contests — in the United States, with acts from different states competing for viewers' approval.
The European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, said it was in talks with NBC over rights. If successful, the American version could go ahead as early as this fall, said the group's director of television, Bjorn Erichsen.
Athens staged the event because Greece won last year in Kiev, Ukraine.
Lordi received a trophy shaped like an ancient Greek column, and the show opened with a garish musical number inspired, organizers said, by Greece's rich history, mythology and sparkling seas. The hosts — Greek pop singer Sakis Rouvas and "Access Hollywood" correspondent Maria Menounous — made their entrance by "flying" onto the set, which resembled an ancient theater.
Some of the acts, like Switzerland's Six4One, stuck to the classic Eurovision formula of catchy tunes and blandly uplifting lyrics, singing, "If we all give a little, we can make this world a home for everyone."
Ireland's Brian Kennedy offered a syrupy ballad entitled "Every song is a cry for love," while Bosnia's Hari Mata Hari said it hoped to bring people together with the love song "Lejla."
Some acts were more daring: Latvia's Cosmos perform a cappella on "I Hear Your Heart." Others were optimistic: "We are the Winners," by Lithuania's LT United, consists largely of the lyrics "We are the winners of Eurovision."
Yet Eurovision victory is no guarantee of fame.
Dion and ABBA went on to glory — as did Olivia Newton John, who lost to ABBA while competing for Britain in 1974. Other winners have sunk without trace, victims of the "curse of Eurovision."
Many of this year's competitors are big stars in their home region but little known elsewhere. Swedish diva Carola — a previous winner, in 1991 — has sold millions of records, while Lithuania's Andrius Mamontovas has performed for crowds of 60,000 in his homeland.
Hmmmm not sure what to think of NBC's idea on that one yet. Need more information.
I'm quickly skimming thru the posts. Is it true that Kat will sing "Climb Every Mountain"? If so, she will be very screechy on the high notes. Some of those notes are above high "C".
No, that was someone's suggestion, instead of the 'original' song.
REGARDING....
Is that really what they have to sing!
Gross, I thought I just needed to burp, but it's vomit!
well, she lives in Sherman Oaks, so what's the difference? LA is a collection of liberals.
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