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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 7:08 pm
Anthony & Bo F2 !!!!! 
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 7:50 pm
Well - I don't know how the other's lines are, but Anthony's is extremely busy. I got a quick 5 calls through just as the show was ending, couldn't get through at all again until 10:15 and have only been getting through every 5 or so attempts since then.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:03 pm
Anthony's was busy here for the first hour, but I got many calls through in the second hour, especially the last half hour.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:13 pm
I was only able to get through every 10 times or so the last half-hour for Anthony. It was extremely busy, but that doesn't mean anything. I haven't been able to get through before and still had the person not go on or come in 2nd.
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Highlighter
Member
09-03-2003
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:25 pm
I think it's Carrie's night to go, but she seems to have a solid fan base. I thought the first song was just eh, and the second song stunk. I would grudgingly agree that the first type of song is more what she should sing because she just doesn't have a "pretty" voice, which is why (IMNSHO;) why the second song (which requires a good voice) stunk. I was jaw-droppingly shocked that the judges actually called her on it, too! It's like they admitted they didn't like songs that Bo and Carrie sung tonight, but then they'd still throw in that they are the best, etc.... Then Vonzel and Ant sing, and the judges are like, wow, good song, BUT.... Argh! Maybe some didn't like Vonzel's first song, but it gave me goose bumps. That girl has grown on me Big Time! What was up with her after that first song, though? Obviously something was going on, and Paula knew about it Couldn't get through for the first hour for Anthony at *all*! I liked that review someone posted about Anthony being some "expert's" choice-he's not completely polished yet, but with just a little fine-tuning, I could listen to him forever! (I was listening to MP3s of Clay's final two songs, and I'm just amazed at how powerful his voice comes across to me. Anthony isn't quite there yet, but I think he has the greatest potential) Bo and Carrie-nope, not at all.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:27 pm
Boring .... yawn .... zzzzz (I'm referring to the show - not anything that anyone has posted here, which is vastly more entertaining in comparison).
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:29 pm
FWIW - Just because Carrie sang first doesn't necessarily mean she chose the song first. She could very well have chosen it AFTER and it just seemed like Anthony copied. He'll just get nailed for it (as usual) because he sang it aferward. Poor Anthony - can't win no matter what, esp. against the "golden girl."
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:30 pm
I am here! Not enthralled with Carrie or Bo, even though I love them both so much, Vonzell, eh. But I thought Anthony's performance was amazing!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:35 pm
With so many good gamble & huff songs, I am suprised that they couldn't pick two different ones. I love that they are there tonight. That is cool.
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Highlighter
Member
09-03-2003
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:36 pm
Watching, I thought the exact same thing! Sheesh.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:39 pm
WHAAAA????? I loved Carrie's rendition of "if you don't know me by now!" Hey, everyone else got reemed by the judges, maybe it's Carrie's turn. Although, so late in the competition, it might hurt her.
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Highlighter
Member
09-03-2003
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 8:48 pm
Oh, and another thing-I think they've been dribbling past contestants into the audience lately. Last week, I coulda sworn I saw JPL, but no one else confirmed it. Tonight, I saw John Stevens, LaToya, and shoot, the girl from Hawaii (I really liked her; forgetting her name is a sign of my aging, not lack of interest). Kewl 
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Loyolamom
Member
05-10-2005
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 9:27 pm
Hi all! Long time lurker but first time poster. Did anyone else have trouble voting tonight? I spent the entire two hours trying to vote for Carrie and Anthony and only got through for Anthony once and Carrie not at all. When I wasn't getting "All circuits are busy" I was getting a busy tone. Same thing happened last week when I tried to vote for Anthony and Scott. Thanks!
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Dingy_diva
Member
07-23-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 9:32 pm
Kind of a dismal show. I haven't read all your thoughts but I will after I post. Ant did really well tonight and for the first time, I voted for him. Mainly because he's received so many negative comments from the judges. Carrie was not to good tonight, and I felt like Simon was being overly kind to blame it on the band. *sigh* Bo was okay on Money, but I didn't really get into him tonight, and I generally like his stuff. Vonzel was just so emotionally boiling inside it showed in her voice and her dancing. She really was having a hard time. But I can't give her pity votes, that's just not me. So all in all, a pretty bad show over all for each of them IMHO, but Ant I felt deserved for once to have some votes thrown his way, even if all it does is give him some larger numbers to go home by. I for one think this show is majorly rigged, but hey I'm a consipiricy bug. Well, sorry to have rambled...just sorta felt I needed to let you Ant fans know he pulled some new votes. IF I vote again, it'll be for the one I feel is best. I have no favs...and it's all rigged anywho. ROFL
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Dingy_diva
Member
07-23-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 9:34 pm
Hey Loyolamom, I got through for Antyony about 60 times I think...I was using redial and watching Amazing Race, So I wasn't listening. Hit a lot of busy at first but was able to get though later in the hour. Welcome, I don't post much, but I always read this groups thoughts. They are great!
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Babyboo
Member
06-16-2003
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 9:48 pm
Highlighter, her name is Jasmine Trias.
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Dee
Member
08-08-2000
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 10:20 pm
I got thru 5 calls for Vonzell. Took a long time due to busy signals but I finally found out how to "redial" on my phone so it wasn't so bad, LOL. I love Vonzell but must admit Anthony gets the Most Improved award. He has gotten better just about every week.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 10:32 pm
I don't know if they are serious or not - but if this is not a joke, it is very bad. But then again, why would deaf people be dialing? American Idol Gets the Numbers Wrong AGAIN! After American Idol messed up the phone numbers the first time resulting in the first ever American Idol re-vote surely it could never happen again. After that embarrassing error, American Idol producers surely put some checks and balances in place to ensure that a similar error could never happen again in a million years. Wrong. It happened again tonight. After Anthony Fedorov's second performance, the phone numbers displayed in the closed captioning were incorrect. As visible in the image above, the first two numbers that appeared were 1-866-IDOLS-01 and 1-866-436-5701, and the last number was Text Vote 5704. Only the last number is correct. The first two numbers are actually numbers for Carrie Underwood. This error only occurred in the closed captioning. The numbers in the audio and displayed on the screen graphics were correct. Will this error lead to the second ever American Idol re-vote? Since the numbers only appeared in the closed captioning it is very unlikely that there were many fans that got confused by this error. However, as everyone now knows, Fox does not reveal the total number of votes for each individual contestant. What if Anthony Fedorov gets eliminated? His fans will never know if he got eliminated by a million votes or by a single vote. It could very well be that this error could confuse at least a couple people and send some of Anthony's votes to Carrie Underwood. So not only was this show boring to the upmost, it was also messed up!
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 10:42 pm
And now they updated the site. Update: Not only were Anthony's numbers in the closed captioning incorrect, but Bo_numbers_wrong_4 the closed caption numbers were wrong for Bo Bice and Vonzell Solomon as well. As like with Anthony's number, Bo and Vonzell's phone numbers were incorrectly listed as 1-866-IDOLS-01 and 1-866-436-5701, which is the number for Carrie Underwood. This problem could be more serious than first reported. Many people view American Idol in large noisy groups and could possibly be watching the closed captioning for the numbers. These three errors could very well affect the outcome and send additional votes to Carrie Underwood that were not intended for her.
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Dingy_diva
Member
07-23-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:09 pm
Hey Sadiesmom, I just Googled that as well. Looks like they got all the numbers on the Closed Caption listed as Carries number. THe only thing about this is, if you were say at a crowded bar and saw only the closed caption numbers and wanted to vote, you'd be wrong...but that also counts that you'd have to be buzzed and not remember out of 4 contestants which place your fav sang in! ROFL Here is the link if you all want to read the entire thing. http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2005/05/american_idol_g.html
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:24 pm
This show was another bore but it will garner good ratings, I'm sure. Carrie's makeup looked great tonight, in contrast to last week, but her wardrobe was awful. That weird blouse in the first number, which she probably bought from the bedazzler on The Apprentice (or a recent immigrant who loves sparkley appliques) looked awful and boxy, but at least it drew your eye from the camel toe she was sporting in those slacks. Yikes. I personally thought both songs were terrible, but somehow I was more offended by "If You Don't Know Me." I remember Amy's version of that Dixie Chick song on last year's AI being much better than Carrie's version. I personally think it's a bad choice to sing Dixie Chick songs right now, especially when you are probably much more popular in the south than in the north. Remember, the Dixies made some mean comments about a political figure who is quite popular with Carrie's fan base. Beaux gave two performances that sounded and looked very much like all the other performances he has given this season. Tell me, Beaux: how have you grown this season? What are you giving me now that you didn't before, except maybe the fascinating fashion decision to wear a three-piece suit without a shirt (but with flip flops)? Yes, I know the Queer Eye guys advocate flip flops with suits sometimes, but on you it was a fashion Beaux faux pas. The cross tattoo, the beard, and the long flowing locks? It's moved beyond metaphor now, Beaux. Please stop it. The "Money" song? Not. Money. At. All. Vonzell was great at crying. That's an amazing talent. Much better than her singing on the first song. We'll have to hear about that emotional day on Good Day L.A. tomorrow morning, Baby Vee, but we loved your brothers and your father in his fedora. You were very good on the second song, in a nice satin dress, but we can't help thinking you have a somewhat anonymous voice. Nonetheless, you have a rear grace and beauty so I hope you don't get cut Wednesday night. Tony Federov, whose mother I think supplied Carrie's sparkly blouse, was really quite sublime tonight, and we have never been fans of his work. Yes, whomever applied his lipstick made him look like a cartoon and his hair still isn't quite right--why does it look bulbous in the back, anyhow?--but he performed both songs beautifully. You actually thought he meant it when he sang "If You Don't Know Me."
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Dingy_diva
Member
07-23-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:33 pm
My my, what an interesting night. I figure most of you gabby one's *wink* must be in bed by now, so I'll leave this for you to check into later. On another board, I read an interesting theory about subliminal messaging on the AI. The theory is, Each of the last contestants to be booted off, have had RED as their background colors. IE: Con had generally had blue, but his last performance he had red. Same for Scott, Nadia, and a couple others. (don't recall, but several posters reviewed their old tapes and all agreed it did happen) Theory says: they try to make us associate red with irritation with that contestant. HMmmm...totally conspiracy theory! (because Carrie has the red background this week and we all know she is not going anywhere...?) The closed caption votes get messed up again as well. Now how is it possible for this transcriber to truly belive out of only 4 contestants that each one has the same number...1. Hmmm...Totally conspiracy theory! Vonzells crying: Reports say: 1: her dog was run over today 2: her father has some form of cancer 3: her brother says she's just homesick 4: her grandmother was attacked by an allagator while on a golf course in FL. This is the list I have for now folks. I didn't make 'em up, I just compiled them! Conspiricy theory I say! Wow where is Ewing when you need him? Well I'm off now to sleep...That number 4 just did me in. I may have some really strange dreams now. 
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Dingy_diva
Member
07-23-2004
| Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:57 pm
One last post: here is a News_press release I just found: Solomon breaks down in tears after performance Published by news-press.com on May 11, 2005 Vonzell Solomon, the Fort Myers singer and one of four contestants left on Fox's "American Idol," broke down in tears shortly after Tuesday night's performance on the hit show. As judges were weighing in, judge Paula Abdul asked if she had a rough day. It seemed to cause a breakdown. Immediately after Solomon left the stage, her brother, Kendall Solomon, spoke from home. "I think she's homesick. She's just riled up." Here is the link:http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050511/ENT12/505110438/1002/NEWS01 That's it for me folks, I'm off to bed now! Oh and the Report say part of my post above about Vonzell, were found around other boards, not news reports. Sorry about not adding that. Night!
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 12:32 am
Agreed, Tishala... Amy's version of 'Sin Wagon' was miles better than Carrie's. So we have Carrie being outsung by Amy & by Anthony. Anyone see a problem 
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 5:08 am
Thanks for the interesting background info and theories, Dingy_Diva.
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