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Posted on 03/24/2006 9:00:43 PM PST by silent_jonny
I found it interesting that they focused on Chris's wife immediately after Paris was sent back. Probably a good production shot on the fly but could have also been "scripted". I'd be willing to bet that Chris does not grace the bottom three again. Remember that Reuben and Bo were in the bottom three and made it to the finals. There might have been others I'm not sure...
Oh I understand, someone else should have been there all right! I've read a lot of articles and it was pointed out in one that while Chris did a good job it wasn't great and it didn't stand the night, others were better.
It was also suggested that his fans didn't like it so didn't vote. I doubt they are that fickle and surely they must know that he had to follow guidelines. I think his being in the bottom three was merely bad luck. Whose to say who might have been in that bottom three if the lines were open longer. Somebody was falling further and further as the night went on. ;)
I mean, who are they kidding that Ace and Chris could be that close in the voting?
They are looking for cheap drama is all. They told Paris that she was safe but not that she wasn't in the bottom 2. I suspect that she is getting a bit of a push given her family's connection to Randy as well as her huge upside.
I don't know when they make their song selections, but it's early in the week -- like maybe today or tomorrow for next week.
They are given a list of songs AI has acquired rights to for that week. No idea how extensive the list is -- whether it's 20 songs or 100 -- but I think they all get the same list and then make their own song selections.
Someone up the thread said that 'Love Songs' favors the same people that the standards favored this week. In fact, many love songs ARE standards, so I agree.
The only winner I know for certain was never in the bottom 3 was Kelly Clarkson. Carrie Underwood may not have been either, but I don't remember for certain. I think Fantasia was in the bottom three the night the three black divas were all in it. That was when Elton John accused AI of racism, LOL!
I still think it will be slower tempo songs.
One more thing: how plausible is it that they used Chris and Ace in the bottom two to exploit their friendship ("Ben Afleck/Matt Damon of American Idol") to sway Ace's fans to vote for Chris?
Anything is possible....
I think I'm in for a bad next few weeks. I actually like everyone left except Kellie. Gonna be very irritating to see her hanging around when Taylor(well, probably not Taylor), Paris, Elliott, Katharine, or Chris get voted out. My gut feeling is that Pickler is going to make the top 2 but lose to Taylor or Chris. And that's regardless of what kind of performance she turns in. :-(
>>>And I think many of the regulars on this thread probably feel the same way.<<<
Yup! Count me in on that sentiment. If Pickler wins this year, I will know the show is totally bogus and fixed, and I will never watch it again.
They sure didn't tell HER to pack her bags, like they have others, did they?
You are right that most of what Bocelli sings are standards. You can hear the same love songs on the old Lawrence Welk shows on PBS. They are beautiful songs, and I hope all the contestants choose well. Many of those I listed above were pop songs, in English, back in the forties and fifties.
Elliott should sing "Amapola." It's a great song, and it was #1 on the Hit Parade back when Helen O'Connell sang it.
Another good one for one of the guys is "Besame Mucho." I think Chris would drive all his female fans crazy with tthat one...
"Besame, besame mucho--kiss me my darling and say that you'll always be mine."
The ladies on this thread will just swoon!
I've been trying to relocate this article from MediaFiends but so far no luck. I saved it to my hard drive last week or the week before.
Anyway, they did a breakdown.
http://mediafiends.com/
First off, I will show you the wonderful research I discovered on Wikipedia. I had been racking my brain trying to remember the order of past bottom threes, but frankly it was next to impossible to recall. However, I located the bottom threes for every season and realized how incredibly predictably unpredictable this show really is.
SEASON ONE: (The number of visits a singer makes is listed after their name and the one in all caps went home.)
WEEK TWO: AJ GIL Ryan Starr Christina
WEEK THREE: RYAN (2) Justin Nikki
WEEK FOUR: CHRISTINA (2) RJ Nikki (2)
WEEK FIVE: RJ (2) Nikki (3)
WEEK SIX: NIKKI (5)
WEEK SEVEN: Justin (2) KELLY WINS!
Season One was the most different of all of the seasons so far, as there were only 10 people and the first week they kicked off two. This was a guys dropping like flies season at first. Nikki managed to come in third with a record FIVE trips to the bottom three!!! Kelly never saw the bottom three, like Carrie after her, and Justin had one surprise visit before losing to Kelly.
SEASON TWO:
WEEK 1: VANESSA Julia Kim L.
WEEK 2: CHARLES Corey Julia (2)
WEEK3: JULIA (3) Kim C. Rickey
Here's a link for Helen O'Connell:
http://www.answers.com/topic/helen-o-connell
I bet Elliott's mom knows all Helen's songs. She was with the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra, and did great duets with Bob Eberly.
Anyway, Amapola is on Bocelli's latest album.
Pickler is the poster child for Oprah viewers. They will take her under their wings because they all buy her hard luck rags to riches story.
But it doesn't matter anyway, because all of the top 10 have a chance to make a career just like so many of the past seasons. They are all winners in that regard and they have Simon and AI to thank for it.
I am told it is a Donny Hathaway tune....
Nice research there. It makes my head spin. But it also gives me hope that Pickler will go off next week or the week after.
Like I said, I didn't do the research, but glad I kept the page. :)
We all know they have to go at sometime. I think Pickles goes like you said, either this week or next. I'm hoping this week, because we don't know what the following weeks theme will be. This might be a good theme to lose her on.
She is easily the weakest link.
The "Amapola" I'm talking about is a very old song. It was composed by La Calle:
Joseph LaCalle
b. 1860 (Spain), d. June 11, 1937
Overview:
Very little has been published about Joseph LaCalle. However, his tune "Amapola", recorded by Jimmy Dorsey's band, with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell singing, became a huge hit - reaching 19 on the all time Hit Parade Charts.
Career: Composer, as well as:
Music Critic for Columbia Phonograph Company, writing program notes for records
Member of John Phillip Sousa's Band (clarinet, 1893)
Member of the Twenty-third Infantry Regiment Band
Music:
"Twenty-third Regiment March" 1902
"Pobrecito Faraon" 1923
"Amapola (My Pretty Little Poppy)" (1941 Hit Parade Winner) 1924
"Aquel Beso" 1927
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