[Timesink]

ping!

[woofie]

Gee Ive never seen that show....am I alive?

[JustPiper]

Clay found out by peeking over show host Ryan Seacrest's shoulder

Thanx for the ping TS...I saw Clay peeking over Ryan's shoulder on the show also...but when Ruben was announced, Clay's body tensed and sprang forward like he thought I may win. What Clay did then changed my feeling like he was a Southern gentleman like Ruben, was after Roo did win, Clay had to make two digs:

1.You stole my title

2.When they went backstage and Roo was being interviewed, Clay pops up on the dias and said well I feel like I won also and you'll share it with my RIGHT Ruben? Smiling like a catty female.

[Always Right]

I haven't found this show too appealing. Whatever happened to the first 'winner'? Haven't seen him/her become a star yet.

[Celantro]

Josh knew that Clay lost to Ruben weeks before the "final vote". Kimberly knew days before the "vote". Simon wanted "image over talent" so he duped the entire nation of TV viewers. Maybe they'll get caught. WWho knows?

[JohnEBoy]

I had never seen the show before Wed. night's. I will give it credit for one thing ... at least everybody was singing real songs and not doing rap.

Personally, I thought Clay had real stage-presence, charisma, and style. He seemed like someone who really might make a career out of this ... I think he might be around even after the hype is over. I was impressed that he was gracious while "losing".

Reuben seemed like a very fine fellow and a good singer, but I don't think he will be able to carry this into a long term career. Also, I thought the young lady who came in third was a better, more polished singer than Reuben. Time will tell which one uses his/her 15 minutes of fame to launch a real career.

By the way, the show was way too long and the duration of commercial breaks was unbelievable ... 10 to 12 commercials sometimes. Plenty of time to go into the kitchen and make a 'reuben' sandwich!

[moyden2000]

Yawn.

[duvausa]

Two sorts of responses have puzzled me on these threads about AI

1. The people who feel they have to express their superiority over anyone who might enjoy such “dreck”—do they do it for the ego boost? Why do they think anyone cares whether they like the show or not?

2. The people who seem overly fascinated with homosexuality—and have to insist that Clay is gay. First, why would his being gay have any bearing on how good a performer he is—and second, have they seen the picture of Clay before the AI people made him over? As someone said, in his natural state, he looks a lot more like the president of the chess club than like a flamboyant gay guy.

[ampat]

Yaawwnn.

[Fzob]

'AMERICAN IDOL 2" runner-up Clay Aiken already knew he had lost to Ruben Studdard at least five minutes before the decision was announced, show judge Simon Cowell said yesterday.

Which prompts me to say. Who gives a rats rear end about this.

[HitmanLV]

People watch this stuff?