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Identity Of 'Idol' Crying Girl Revealed!
Hollywood Defamer ^ | 3.21.2007 | Defamer

Posted on 03/21/2007 2:18:26 PM PDT by rface

The LAT's crack American Idol Showtracker investigative team was backstage at last night's taping, which introduced Fox's latest breakout star to nearly 30 million television viewers: young Ashley Ferl, the girl so memorably paralyzed by the spasms of tears elicited by Idol's resident Destroyer of Popular Music Sanjaya Malakar's eardrum-perforating performance. Reports the Times on how the show's producers came to identify the undeniable talent in their midst:

" First things first: Who was the crying girl? After the show, I chatted with Idol's newest superstar, the crying girl, Ashley Ferl, aged 13, from Riverside. For some long minutes after the show, Ashley remained in a state of inconsolable sobbing, unable to choke out a single word. However, through an interpreter (her mother) we were eventually able to learn some facts about the young superstar.

" The family, I was told, obtained tickets on a website to attend a taping of "Smarter Than a 5th Grader" a day passage that included not just the taping of the show itself, but also the dress rehearsal of either "Grader" or "Idol." The fates were kind, and the mother and daughter found their way to the "Idol" rehearsal, where Ashley's waterworks began. Her prowess was quickly brought to the attention of "Idol" producers who summoned the clan to a ringside seat of honor at the final taping.

" Her powers of speech slowly returning, Ashley revealed that while she was on stage she had been thinking that "this was the coolest thing ever." Asked whom she was supporting in the competition she named "Sanjaya, Melinda, Gina and Jordin" as her picks, refusing to narrow her vote down to a single choice. All my journalistic powers of persuasion, cajoling, bullying and insistence that on her vote might turn the entire competition, that "Listen to reason, young Ferl, there can't be four American Idols," would not convince her to name a single favorite. To my every argument, she would only repeat her mantra, "All Four: Sanjaya, Melinda, Gina and Jordin." And so the race begins in earnest, with tears at every step of the way.

Their reporting makes no mention of whether or not Fox, never a network to leave any opportunity for exploitation unexplored, has invited Ferl back for tonight's result show, knowing that the superfan's unflagging support of four of the remaining eleven hopefuls leaves them with (at worst) a thirty-seven percent chance of capturing on camera the utter ruination of her childhood should one of her favorites be dismissed. The resulting paroxysm of sorrow will immediately become part of the "farewell montage" that plays each contestant off the stage and into the professional purgatory of the Idol Tour, where the girl's flood of uncontrollable tears will remind viewers about the lives they destroy each and every week with their phone calls and text messages.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ashleyferl; chat; hmmmm
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To: Txsleuth

That coming from an industry who considers a size 10 as "large"...


21 posted on 03/21/2007 2:33:30 PM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) "These lefties are terminally inebriated on dishonesty." The Nuge)
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To: taxcontrol

That's why Baskin Robbins offers 31 flavors of ice cream...we don't all like the same thing.


22 posted on 03/21/2007 2:34:21 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: Shimmer128

"12 year old girls and Howard Stern"


12 year old girls and Howard Stern and the "gay" community. Sanjaya + gay, was in the top 100 of all internet searches on google for the last 30 days.


23 posted on 03/21/2007 2:36:20 PM PDT by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: rface
I don't mean this to be cruel, but that young girl was just not right.

There's a diagnosis there that they are not sharing.

Of course, Sanjaya - Destroyer of Music, got his own share of genetic precursors.

24 posted on 03/21/2007 2:36:31 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Ladysmith

Exactly.

The Entertainment industry has done a lot more harm to the psyche of young girls than those singers ever could.

I think they are positive...because it shows you don't have to be a size 0 to make it in this world.


25 posted on 03/21/2007 2:37:06 PM PDT by Txsleuth (I don't know who I am voting for yet...just window shopping.)
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To: taxcontrol

......[I know, but don't watch and find it a waste of electrons].....

IDOL is sort of a reversion to yesterday where there were talent shows on TV every week. Arthur Godfrey was an icon and his show was a favorite.

In a day and time where sex and viloence and liberal propaganda are the daily TV fare, a show that allows fans to determine who is the best of the crop is very welcome.

Idol although Brit in origin, is American to the core and has led to many imitators that are literally changing the face of TV.

Watch once, pick a favorite and then root by voting.


26 posted on 03/21/2007 2:37:38 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P.)
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To: Txsleuth

Absolutely - you nailed it on all points.


27 posted on 03/21/2007 2:38:23 PM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) "These lefties are terminally inebriated on dishonesty." The Nuge)
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To: rface

I love AI. I think all parents should love it.

Imagine, something that is fun, rewarding, gives them their needed attention, and isn't about sex, or drugs.

Of course, being an un-requieted singer, I am prejudiced.

:O)

P


28 posted on 03/21/2007 2:39:09 PM PDT by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


29 posted on 03/21/2007 2:40:19 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: taxcontrol

I used to think it was so silly, too. But it's really great fun--especially our thread. Join us tonight!


30 posted on 03/21/2007 2:40:25 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: DeerfieldObserver
"Sanjaya kicked ass last night. You Really Got Me , by the Kinks."

I have to agree, in part. It was the best he's done on TV, so far. However, he's not even worthy of sharing the stage with some of the others in that group.
31 posted on 03/21/2007 2:41:00 PM PDT by RavenATB
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To: papasmurf

american idol isn't about sex just like the 2nd amendment isn't about an individuals right to bear arms...


32 posted on 03/21/2007 2:43:30 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: rface

My nine year old daughter still claims Antonella was robbed.


33 posted on 03/21/2007 2:43:44 PM PDT by Texican72
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To: Txsleuth

I guess girls in halters with no bras and short shorts is the ideal now.


34 posted on 03/21/2007 2:44:05 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: papasmurf
"I love AI. I think all parents should love it."

Me to, but I'm getting nauseated with all the cheap, childish slams at Simon. Listening to that little twit of a host trying to get one up on Simon is like watching a "B" version of the Jerry Springer show, if such a thing is possible. It's trailer park garbage.
35 posted on 03/21/2007 2:44:27 PM PDT by RavenATB
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To: rface

I thought Sanjaya sucked last night, he sucked last week and the week before. And all those different hair dos, sheesh, looks like he's competing with the girls not just in the singing category, but who can change their hairstyle the most.


36 posted on 03/21/2007 2:45:01 PM PDT by psjones (u)
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To: Miss Didi

Yep...I am sure Neil Cavuto felt that way.


37 posted on 03/21/2007 2:47:21 PM PDT by Txsleuth (I don't know who I am voting for yet...just window shopping.)
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To: Shimmer128
12 year old girls and Howard Stern

When I was 12 years old I would have asked my mommy if Sanjaya was a boy or a girl. I don't get the attraction....

38 posted on 03/21/2007 2:47:47 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: taxcontrol

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1800020/posts

American Idol thread.


39 posted on 03/21/2007 2:48:58 PM PDT by Txsleuth (I don't know who I am voting for yet...just window shopping.)
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To: DeerfieldObserver
Sanjaya kicked ass last night. ...

When you can't sing, I suppose your only alternative is to "kick ass"!

Sanjaya appears to be a nice guy but is only a karaoke singer...at best! I was embarrassed for him for such a poor performance.

40 posted on 03/21/2007 2:49:07 PM PDT by bygolly
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