LIVE THREAD: American Idol Finals

http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | May 20, 2003

[Howlin]

Live thread for comments on the American Idol finals Tuesday night, May 20, 2003!!!!

[JustPiper]

Has anyone gotten through..Im dialing on my cell phone.

Still can't through on Ruben either even now!!!

[mystery-ak]

This is a hard Freep...anybody that ever gets to meet Clay, tell him what we tried to do on FR..

[Carolinamom]

Watching him tonight, I can see he's very hungry for the win.

This close, it's only natural that he'd want the win......and he should get it IMO. Reuben is good, but Clay has more range. I love his voice.

[WatchOutForSnakes]

What's with these cheapskates at Fox? Why can't they have more than one line for each person? They had 10 numbers open when there were ten contestants. Why not have say 1 thru 4 for Clay and 5 thru 8 for Ruben?

[Fawnn]

Paul Anka hit the big time when he was 16! How old is he now?

According to imdb.com:

Date of birth (location)
30 July 1941
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

He also has a Web site.

Amazing the stuff I'm able to get done when I'm avoiding stuff I should be doing. ;)

[JustPiper]

I agree with your analysis Pokey and not just because of Ruben by 3%, I give Clay his due. I liked and agreed with the way you broke it down.

[mystery-ak]

Im using my cell too...I've gotten through one time...Im still tryng.

[MississippiMan]

Last year, they had a head-to-head with Kelly and Justin singing the same song(s). Of course, they obviously didn't mind Kelly showing up Justin. How interesting that tonight we saw no head to head, eh? Ridiculous. I'll be composing a letter to Fox. I'm sure they won't care, but maybe others who are upset will complain, as well, and generate enough numbers for them to get the message.

Ruben's intro was much more favorable, mentioning and then showing juicy comments from the celebrity judges, then not doing anything similar for Clay. They're so blatant about it.

MM, back to voting

[JustPiper]

Usually after 10 is harder, 24 being on we only call at commercials. The 24 Thread fans if I have not pinged you:

Here

[JustPiper]

Thanks! I lurked for years, then got gutsy.

We all lurk awhile, I did for a year (smiles) Welcome aboard Fawnn!

[WatchOutForSnakes]

I got thru!! Going back in!!

[republicandiva]

They also didn't judge the individual songs last year as they did this year. I looked at it as one more opportunity for Simon to try to control the competition...but his last comment did surprise me.

[JustPiper]

Now back to bedrest.

Whats amatta?

[JustPiper]

I think the health factor that could land him next to Barry White leaves hinm at #2 if it's a business choice.

Vandross is still on life support and in a coma;(

[mystery-ak]

LOL...keep trying.

[JustPiper]

Singer / Songwriter

1950's song: Diana

Birthdate:July 30, 1941

Birthname:Paul Anka

Town:Ottawa, ON.

1960's Record:Puppy Love

Early Bio:

Paul Anka started entertaining at an early age. By high school age he was interested in songwriting. On a summer vacation in Los Angeles, he takes some of his songs to a record company. The record company records and sells several thousand copies of one of his songs. In 1957 he wins a trip to New York. While in New York, through the advice of friends, he visits Don Costa at Paramount Records. Costa is impressed by such a young man with songwriting and singing talents, and signs Anka up on the Paramount Record Label.

[JustPiper]

Its the mania they wanted to create and they got us didn't they?

[mystery-ak]

I grew up listening to Paul and Ricky Nelson....those were the days...

[WatchOutForSnakes]

Kind of embarrasing, but yeah, they got me.

[AlwaysLurking]

Still trying....2 1/2 hours now....all circuits busy!

For what it is worth I called the Ruben number and it was busy too....