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NFS4

No Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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And is it too late to get a judge change. Ellen is just soo boring and kara has done everything lately but hop on simon's lap and stick tongue down his throat trying to prove she's better than paula: what seemed a rather low bar of achievement yet now feels so high to pass.

All Ellen does is say exactly what Randy says. She never adds in her own opinions other than to throw in a few lame jokes. They need to let her judge first, then she'd finally have to show some balls for a change.
 

kalrith

Diamond Member
Aug 22, 2005
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But damn she must be short, she was a good 4 or so inches under ryan and he's on the below average of the height scale as it is.

Ryan is short for a guy and even looks short next to the girls (but keep in mind that most of them are wearing 6" heels), but he's actually 5'8". Miley is 5'4", which is average for a girl.
 

trmiv

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Agree with most of this stuff so far, damn this season sucks. Crystal and Michael are the only two I like. Casey is OK, but he needs to develop a personality.

I actually want Tim Urban to stay around. Not because I like him, but because he's so unbelievably bad, it's like comic relief for the show. That slide he did had me cracking up. Every week I think this guy can't get any worse, and he just continues to prove me wrong.
 

TheNinja

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Jan 22, 2003
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I actually like Ellen, she's basically there for comic relief once in a while and to play more of the nice girl role that Paula had.
Kara is so DAMN ANNOYING!! All she talks about is how the song's lyrics didn't mean anything to the singer. And how they need to get in touch with the song and express themselves through the lyrics and crap. I can't even think of some of hte other stuff she says but most of it is complete useless junk.....although it is funny when Simon calls her out on it.
It's also pretty obvious that Simon and Kara are hooking up. Man they are all over each other non-stop!

Also - last night....the Jonas brother suit = Night at the Roxberry.....but who am I to mock. The dude has more money at age 17 or whatever than any of us will ever see.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Paige needed to go--kinda wish Tim went instead, though.

I only see about 3-4 contestants that have a chance, or at least deserve to win.

Crystal of course, she's in another league. Not quite right for the Idol crowd, but she's certainly the best one up there.

Siobahn is my 2nd favorite--and I actually like Didi. Not sure what the judges, or others here were listening to this week, but I thought her vocals were amazing, better than Siobahn. She had a laid back performance 2 weeks ago that was also quite good. She's also the best looking of the bunch, which certainly helps. I don't know, I dig her. She's kind of like that Meghan girl from last year, but everything that was wrong about Meghan is right about Didi. She's not a freak oddball, and I don't see anything wrong about her song choices.

...also not sure about the general criticism for everyone's choices this week? WTF cares if the songs were older? what--you wanna hear Black Eyed Peas? give me a freaking break. Choose the older songs b/c they're simply better. How the hell can anyone criticize a song like Me and Bobby McGee being a poor choice...b/c it's old? It's actually a great song. Better than any #1 over the previous decade for sure, maybe even 2 decades. Holy Hell.

The only guy that I think has a chance is Lee. Michael is alright, but he needs to choose a new song for once. He sang Percy Sledge only 3 weeks ago, iirc.
 
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zinfamous

No Lifer
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I actually like Ellen, she's basically there for comic relief once in a while and to play more of the nice girl role that Paula had.
Kara is so DAMN ANNOYING!! All she talks about is how the song's lyrics didn't mean anything to the singer. And how they need to get in touch with the song and express themselves through the lyrics and crap. I can't even think of some of hte other stuff she says but most of it is complete useless junk.....although it is funny when Simon calls her out on it.
It's also pretty obvious that Simon and Kara are hooking up. Man they are all over each other non-stop!

Also - last night....the Jonas brother suit = Night at the Roxberry.....but who am I to mock. The dude has more money at age 17 or whatever than any of us will ever see.

the lady and I drink every time Kara says "artist." Got I want to punch her in the belly.
 

kalrith

Diamond Member
Aug 22, 2005
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I actually like Didi. Not sure what the judges, or others here were listening to this week, but I thought her vocals were amazing, better than Siobahn. She had a laid back performance 2 weeks ago that was also quite good. She's also the best looking of the bunch, which certainly helps. I don't know, I dig her. She's kind of like that Meghan girl from last year, but everything that was wrong about Meghan is right about Didi. She's not a freak oddball, and I don't see anything wrong about her song choices.

I agree. I didn't think her performance was perfect, but it sounded good and was hot to boot. I don't know what the judges heard, but it couldn't have been the same thing I did.

I (and it seems America) felt the same way about Katie Stevens's performance. The judges thought she was great, but I thought it was mediocre at best. Until the very end, she just sang it like the original, which made me automatically compare her to Fergie, and she paled in comparison.
 

TheNinja

Lifer
Jan 22, 2003
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Also - did anyone else think that Casey sounded exactly like the recoding of that song? I mean seriously, when he started singing I thought it was Huey Lewis! I don't know if that's good or bad b/c it did sound dated and sort of copy-cat. But man, his voice was like a spot on impression.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Also - did anyone else think that Casey sounded exactly like the recoding of that song? I mean seriously, when he started singing I thought it was Huey Lewis! I don't know if that's good or bad b/c it did sound dated and sort of copy-cat. But man, his voice was like a spot on impression.

my first thought as well. I thought--holy shit! this Roccks! It was like the perfect cover band. I think great vocals + flawless cover performance were apt critiques. At least it didn't suck camel ass like Paige's performance. (...I think everyone got off light, maybe. In comparison to her, it was hard to lose.)

I've never seen him as a rocker--he's probably best with country--but I think Huey Lewis represents the R&R line that he should approach, but never cross.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Also - did anyone else think that Casey sounded exactly like the recoding of that song? I mean seriously, when he started singing I thought it was Huey Lewis! I don't know if that's good or bad b/c it did sound dated and sort of copy-cat. But man, his voice was like a spot on impression.

Yes, he did, and that what Simon mentioned was the problem.

I liked it, and gawd, he is hot.
 

DVad3r

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Jan 3, 2005
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Crystal Bowersox = teh pwn

Didi = good
Michael = good
Andrew Garcia = used to be teh pwn but now is just good

This season blows, after Adam Lambert (The Bugatti), everything else feels like driving a Ford Focus.
 

shopbruin

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Jul 12, 2000
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What? That was probably Andrew's best performance ever since he did Straight Up.

My performance of the night was Lee. Loved it! Close second would be Casey.
 

kalrith

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Aug 22, 2005
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What? That was probably Andrew's best performance ever since he did Straight Up.

My performance of the night was Lee. Loved it! Close second would be Casey.

I agree.

I don't know what was up with Didi's performance; it didn't even seem like her. With VFTW backing Tim, I expect Didi to go home tonight.
 

syee

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Oct 6, 2001
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I agree.

I don't know what was up with Didi's performance; it didn't even seem like her. With VFTW backing Tim, I expect Didi to go home tonight.

I didn't think Didi's performance was THAT bad...I dunno...I'm no talent scout so what do I know? I thought Siobahn's performance was probably the worst yesterday in my opinion, but everyone knows she can do way better than yesterday's performance.

I'd hate to see Didi go (well, only because she's the only eye candy really left) but she hasn't really wowed us so far. Her voice also really limits her to certain songs and some of the "theme" weeks have really been killing her.

I thought Casey showed a lot more personality this week. Every other week, he's been almost stiff up on stage (he barely moves at all) and this week, he seemed to let loose.

I suspect Crystal is going to win it, but to be honest, I don't know if she's going to have the success of previous Idol's like Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson just because she doesn't have the mainstream appeal like those girls did. (to put it bluntly, she's not hot)
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Another "not so great" performance from Andrew tonight.

I thought it was his Best since the first week. Nice and mellow, controlled...didn't sound desperate. Siobahn and Didi were downright awful. so sad...

Crystal rocked my sox again. Holy shit, she is just damn good.

for me, the top were:

Crystal
Lee
Andrew/Michael

the rest could go suck a nut last night. Tim had a pretty solid voice though; first I noticed it...but the performance sucked. Girls have really been sucking; and I thought they were the strongest going in. Oh well...
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
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What? That was probably Andrew's best performance ever since he did Straight Up.

My performance of the night was Lee. Loved it! Close second would be Casey.

Oh yeah, Casey was good too. a bit flat, and using his Huey Lewis voice..I guess that's his voice for rock/blues, whatever. Huey Lewis singing the blues does sound unique.

also, 12 year-old boy has no business singing Bill Withers. wtf does he know about life? he should stick to Hanson and Miley. Not to slam his voice, which is pretty good, but he just can't carry those songs. at all.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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I didn't think Didi's performance was THAT bad...I dunno...I'm no talent scout so what do I know? I thought Siobahn's performance was probably the worst yesterday in my opinion, but everyone knows she can do way better than yesterday's performance.

I'd hate to see Didi go (well, only because she's the only eye candy really left) but she hasn't really wowed us so far. Her voice also really limits her to certain songs and some of the "theme" weeks have really been killing her.

I thought Casey showed a lot more personality this week. Every other week, he's been almost stiff up on stage (he barely moves at all) and this week, he seemed to let loose.

I suspect Crystal is going to win it, but to be honest, I don't know if she's going to have the success of previous Idol's like Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson just because she doesn't have the mainstream appeal like those girls did. (to put it bluntly, she's not hot)

well, Crystal's lack of mainstream appeal has more to do with her preference for good music, I think. She isn't used to singing crappy poppy tunes, so that will limit her more than anything.

the problem with Casey showing more personality was that he was smiling while singing a song about loss and pain. A bit off, and stiff...but not bad. A lot of these guys have no soul. Crystal and Michael are the most honest performers of the bunch, it seems.
 

kalrith

Diamond Member
Aug 22, 2005
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I didn't think Didi's performance was THAT bad...I dunno...I'm no talent scout so what do I know? I thought Siobahn's performance was probably the worst yesterday in my opinion, but everyone knows she can do way better than yesterday's performance.

I'd hate to see Didi go (well, only because she's the only eye candy really left) but she hasn't really wowed us so far. Her voice also really limits her to certain songs and some of the "theme" weeks have really been killing her.

I thought Casey showed a lot more personality this week. Every other week, he's been almost stiff up on stage (he barely moves at all) and this week, he seemed to let loose.

I suspect Crystal is going to win it, but to be honest, I don't know if she's going to have the success of previous Idol's like Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson just because she doesn't have the mainstream appeal like those girls did. (to put it bluntly, she's not hot)

I didn't think Didi's performance was as bad as the judges' comments about it, but it was definitely way off the mark for her. Since the judges didn't like her last week either, that might hold some weight with the voting this week. Compare that to Siobhan who's been good every week except this one, so I don't think she's at much risk for going home, especially compared to Didi.

Even though the judges like her, I also think Katie is at risk of going home, esp. since she's already been in the bottom three. For me her performances don't seem believable. She's picking big (and usu. old-fashioned) songs and singing the vocals well, but I don't think her personality is at the point to own those songs and make them in any way believable. I rarely visit VFTW, but I did today for some reason. I think VFTW's following quote about Katie sums it up pretty well:
Her authenticity at being done wrong by a man is under-cut severely when she sings the line, "for five long years, I thought you were my man." So this happened when she was what, 12? Gross. It's safe to say that any song invoking pedophilia is a bad song choice.
Edit: I forgot to mention that Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood are by far the most successful Idol winners. They each have about FOUR TIMES the record sales of the #3 most successful winner, Ruben Studdard (Source). So, if Crystal were only half as successful as those two, she'd still be leaps and bounds ahead of the 3rd most successful Idol winner. Obviously the winners aren't always the most successful, especially if you look at Kris Allen who's #20 on the afore-mentioned list and Chris Daughtry and Clay Aiken who have each sold more records than 6 of the actual Idol winners.
 
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dwell

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Oct 9, 1999
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Crystal is great. Was blown away by her singing last night. I hope she wins.

Casey is your average bar singer. If he didn't have looks going for him he'd have no chance. Hate that they said he's the best guitar player ever on Idol. Shit, some of the acoustic strummers are better than him. Who plays electric with a capo?
 
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