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American Idol Finals - Live Thread!!
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| May 21, 2003
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Posted on 05/21/2003 4:24:46 PM PDT by pbear8
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americanidol; boring; bunchofloser; clay; clayfriendoffamily; clayshouldwin; claysmyfriend; contest; countallthevotes; getalife; getoffyourbutt; getoverit; ihavenolife; iknowclay; iloveclay; music; norapmusic; paula; pointless; randy; ruben; simon; singing; snoozefest; stupid; stupidtalentshow; turnoffthetv; wannakissclay; wasteofelectrons
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To: Howlin
I would be embarassed that people are that worked up over a singing contest :) I turned into it with 30 mins to go, so I could see what was going on...
461
posted on
05/21/2003 7:03:21 PM PDT
by
jern
To: pbear8
It was rigged & I have already let Fox know that I would no longer be watching any of their shows. The best singer did not win. Clay will be a winner as more people will buy his cd's.
462
posted on
05/21/2003 7:03:21 PM PDT
by
jrcats
To: CarmelValleyite
"Ruben won because he is BLACK. The white person won last time -- this is OH SO TYPICAL!!!!!!!!!"
Nah! He only won by 1000 votes. Which really is not a WIN. It is not decisive in any way. It's a tie and zillions of people love Clay and they love Ruben so both will do well.
463
posted on
05/21/2003 7:03:25 PM PDT
by
Theresa
To: CarmelValleyite
"Ruben won because he is BLACK. The white person won last time -- this is OH SO TYPICAL!!!!!!!!!"
Nah! He only won by 1000 votes. Which really is not a WIN. It is not decisive in any way. It's a tie and zillions of people love Clay and they love Ruben so both will do well.
464
posted on
05/21/2003 7:03:26 PM PDT
by
Theresa
To: jern
No, it was the reverse discrimination fanatics who handed it to Ruben -- like his mother supposedly voted what, 100 times???? -- according to one report.
To: CarmelValleyite
Look, these so-called reality shows are all like this. Ever notice the hardly subtle "coincidence" of winners on Survivor? Male-female-male-female-male-female. Yeah, it just happened that way. Um hmmmm. Ruben is the diametric opposite of last year's AI winner, the cute little white chick. The network has to keep the demographics going. Was there ever any doubt that this would be the result, especially after Oprah did that bit on Ruben last week and Fox has been pushing him so blatantly? Not to mention the obvious way the show was stacked. Honestly, anyone who thinks they're actually voting for the winner in these things is, to put it nicely, supremely naive.
466
posted on
05/21/2003 7:04:00 PM PDT
by
Scothia
(Wear the old coat and buy the new book.)
To: republicandiva
I feel nauseated!Clay has such a powerful, beaitiful voice!I wlll buy all his cd's! What a rip!I guess they were afraid of the reaction in the black community,I mean they would burn down l.a.,we will just be pissed!
To: Howlin
Ruben can't sing....he never could....I don't know how he got this far...he almost was voted off a couple of weeks ago.
468
posted on
05/21/2003 7:04:22 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil)
To: jern
Everybody does their own thing.
But you did feel like you had to turn it on and come on this thread, I see. :-)
469
posted on
05/21/2003 7:04:29 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Theresa
POOP!
Clay sings circles around Ruben. Ruben is not even in the same league.
470
posted on
05/21/2003 7:04:42 PM PDT
by
joyful1
To: ARA
Thank you for a voice of reason. The same race baiters on this thread are no better than Jesse Jackson's hysterics
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471
posted on
05/21/2003 7:04:46 PM PDT
by
jern
To: pchuck
Think whatever you want, which I'm sure you will.
472
posted on
05/21/2003 7:04:53 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Jorge
I think you might be right. It was American affirmative action idol.
We don't discriminate against fat ugly sweat-hogs
I completely concur with your point. I am buying Clay's CD the moment it comes out, he should have won, Clay is where the REAL talent is
To: Guenevere
I don't know if the vote tallys were rigged, but the judges certainly had their favorite. And that may have influenced the viewing audience. I don't think because Ruben was black so much as he'll be easier to market as a 'pop' or r'n'b star. If it was just a race issue, Clay would've been booted off instead of Kimberly. Clay has a fantastic voice, and I wanted him to win just because the judges were so biased in favor of Ruben. But I can see where people would consider Ruben more marketable in the 'pop music' world. Honestly though, if there was only a 1,300 vote difference out of 24 million or so cast, that's a statistical tie, and they should have given the title to both of them.
To: Jorge
That's bs .... Rubes had soul.
To: Theresa
How do we know what the vote difference was? Fox can make up any damn number they want to make it sound supenseful.
I like Ruben. He's good, but he wasn't the better singer of the two.
To: CarmelValleyite
2 girls in my office said they got in 12 votes each for Clay.
477
posted on
05/21/2003 7:06:02 PM PDT
by
jern
To: ican'tbelieveit
>>Congratulations to Ruben.<<
I'm on the left coast. Funny, they bcst it here but WE can't see it until the shootin's over.
Not that I ever watched a single episode, I am proud to say, but my wife liked the snippets they showed on Good Day L.A. of Ruben.
Well, she'll be happy. Those same snippets gave me a headache since all the finalists think that shooting for the rafters in over-vamping stylism is somehow "singing."
The naitonal nightmare is over, thank God.
478
posted on
05/21/2003 7:06:12 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Peace through Strength)
To: RMDupree
I'm going to bed. Got a case of the vapors? :-)
479
posted on
05/21/2003 7:06:16 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: ejdrapes
Honestly though, if there was only a 1,300 vote difference out of 24 million or so cast, that's a statistical tie, and they should have given the title to both of them. I wish there was a way that we could lobby for that.
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