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!!!!

[OldFriend]

LOL...I took the phone to bed and kept redialing in the dark.......was shocked when I heard that voice.....you have voted for contestant #2.....watch American Idol tomorrow....blah blah blah.......then I was so excited I had to come down to the computer.......

My daughter was emailing from the west coast. She's watching now.

[OldFriend]

silly but a good kind of silly............and we have tomorrow too!! yyyyyyaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy

[OldFriend]

From what I understand you can keep dialing for hours after your time is up. Go for it.......

[OldFriend]

You can keep dialing. They count all the votes no matter when they come in.

[OldFriend]

Are you watching the same show as I've been watching???????????

[bootless]

:-) See? Now, isn't this much more fun?

OK, I saw it. Ruben seemed sharp intermittently throughout the third song, which I thought was rather dreary. Clay did a terrific job with Here, There, and of course, Bridge. I would have preferred a less Vegas-y arrangement, and lose the choir. But the boy can SING!

[JustPiper]

They are both American Idols to me

[OldFriend]

Even Seacrest made a quick comment about Ruben sweating tonite. Methinks there is concern there. He seems to be moving more and more slowly as the weeks go by. I suspect he has gained weight.

[JustPiper]

An exerpt today from Noel Holston-Newsday

The ousted Locke would have been better makeover material than Aiken or Studdard - not just because she's pretty but because her voice will adapt more easily to the expectations of contemporary-hits radio. Studdard is a powerful singer, but he already sounds as mature as Luther Vandross, who never really was a teen heartthrob. Aiken has a fine voice, too, but so does Jim Nabors.

It's hard to imagine Aiken or Studdard making it really big as a pop recording artist - pop, not easy-listening, not R&B - even if either of them looked like Justin Guarini, the vocally limited, criminally cute runner-up in the first competition.

Someone suggested to me that the ideal "Idol" finalist would have Studdard's voice and Guarini's body. I beg to differ. Given the market the producers are gunning for, Locke's voice and Guarini's body - that would be the killer combo.

[merry10]

grrrrrrrrrrr

I missed the first 40 minutes of the show and my husband would not call me on the cell phone while he had it on the TV so I could listen! Now I've spent over 40 minutes dialing for Clay, and can't get thru!

[JustPiper]

Chicago=Rat Central

Wanna take that back? Here's the Chicago Tribune poll, I am fair and post both sides, who else here is that objective?:)

The final two -Who's your 'Idol'?

51.9% Clay Aiken (178 responses)

48.1% Ruben Studdard (165 responses)

Have at it Clay fans, now who would do this for me, a Ruben fan hmmmm?

Vote Here 343 total responses

[A CA Guy]

He's dying out because he has been made to do events.

I was at Wango Tango at the Rose-Bowl this weekend. They performed and Reuben could barely walk and looked like he was ready to be wheeled out.

I think he is not used to doing more than sitting and eating.

He can perform the duties required for the job.

On the other side, Clay looks like a Martin Short impersonator with palsy in his left eye when he sings.

I kind of think he has that gay, Barry Manillo thing going on.

I guess they both have strong negatives.

[merry10]

the triple silliest! I almost feel like I'm in a Yahoo chat room!

[JustPiper]

Is this not the SILLIEST thing we have EVER done on FR??

LOL, yeppers, us serious types of the rightwing faction!LMAO!

[A CA Guy]

Meant to say Reuben can't do the job if he wins.

[merry10]

Pokey regarding your fitness america; I don't agree. I think Idol has to have the whole package...be able to sing 3 hours nonstop! Ruben can't even get thru 3 songs without breaking into a sweat!

[JustPiper]

See another poll yet for Clay, see us Ruben fans are not gloating :

The Quad cities vote:

American Idol is down to Ruben vs. Clay. How do you vote? Ruben

34.4% (145) -Ruben

38.6% (163) - Clay

I never watch this show - 27.0% (114)

Total votes: 422

Have at it Clay fans ;)

Here

[OldFriend]

You didn't miss much during the first 40 min.........they saved the best for last...........Clay singing Bridge Over Troubled Waters...........LOL.......and I bailed and missed Sedaka........drat!!

[OldFriend]

You manage to be the only negative thing on this thread.

[Biblical Calvinist]

Well, (Dallas Texas here;) I voted CONSTANTLY throughout the 3 hour time frame; Every time I hit the redial button, I got a busy signal 6 times out of ten calls. BUT I WAS able to get through. I dunno how many times I actually DID vote, but it must have been around 300 times or more during the 3 hours. Hope Clay wins !

GO CLAY ~!