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Maris
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03-28-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:52 pm
Jessica is another EH in my book. Take a look at me now she sings. Better sing that song, because we may not be looking at her for too much longer.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:53 pm
Jessica Sierra - Against All Odds. Better than alot of the previous performers, but not stellar. Nervousness is coming out in her voice. Randy - liked it man, liked the tone, husky voice Paula - you commanded the stage, confident Simon - not your best, nervous tonight. hope you stay this week, have potential
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:54 pm
Jessica Sierra Take a Look at Me Now Hair in face nice voice; no bad notes 88% Randy: I liked it. Liked your kinda husky voice. Paula: Like how confident you are. Simon: Don't think it's the best we've seen of you. You have potential.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:55 pm
I am not impressed with Aloha.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:56 pm
I guess she has to wear that big flower in her hair because her name is Aloha. Jasmine dumped hers after a while, so maybe there's hope. Actually, it goes very nicely with her sexy red dress.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:56 pm
Well Rand thought she was the Bomb, I dont know, something wrong with me because I thought she bombed.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:56 pm
Aloha - another song I've never heard. Very energetic, got an Aretha Franklin thing going. Very confident, no nervousness. Don't care for her style, but she's the best tonight, IMO. Randy - yo, loved it (3 times) it was da bomb. Paula - great niche, showmanship and prescence Simon - did the job, out of 12 I will remember 3 or 4, that was one of them
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:57 pm
They all loved her... 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:58 pm
Aloha Gonna Work it Out?? Wow! Wasn't expecting this outta this gal! LOVVVVEEE HER!! 97% Randy: Yo! I loved it, loved it. Don't ape Beyonce too much. Paula: Great showmanship. Simon: You did it tonight. I will remember 3 or 4 performances tonight, and yours is one of them.
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Ilovethecoach
Member
09-10-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:58 pm
I like Mikeleh! I think she is a doll. Am I the only one???!!! I guess I better find someone else to root for just in case!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:58 pm
I think I'm going with Janay and Melinda for bottom two this week.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:58 pm
I dont know I would have a tough time choosing which two should be voted off. Too many to choose from to vote off.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 6:59 pm
Wow, the clips they're playing back at the end of the show seem to be showcasing all the bad notes. Either that, or 10 of these girls were really, really bad tonight.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 7:23 pm
i like mikalah, too, although she can't spell our name right LOL i haven't seen the show yet tonight, but i think she's spunky so far.
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Kizz
Member
07-26-2001
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 7:37 pm
Mikeleh is just a hoot to me. She picked a bad song tonight IMO. I thought Carrie and Nadia were both the best tonight, and I really thought the girls were much stronger overall than the boys were last night. I do think that this is Carrie's competition to lose at this early point, but I am very interested to see what happens when she sings something without a country twang. Although in every season since the first they have "genericized" the genres so that you could practically sing anything and they would make it fit. Bring back Big Band week, I say! Make it challenging
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Babyboo
Member
06-16-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:00 pm
Both of those young girls Mikalah and Janay need to go home today, My goodness.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:09 pm
The girls were far more fun to watch than 90% the guys. They just seemed to have so much more life in them. I agree with Simon’s comments that people will either love or dislike Mikalah’s performance. I didn’t care for it all that much myself and I think it could quickly become tiresome. That said, I’d rather watch her than some of those dull boring performances the guys came up with. Janay seemed awfully shaky (shades of Jasmine). The rest were all pretty good. I did like Carrie a lot and I also liked Nadia. But then I am looking for more than pure singing.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:47 pm
carrie is my favorite so far. i like aloha, too, though. her voice does remind me a bit of beyonce's. i was suprised i liked her voice...i don't remember her from auditons. i though sarah was horrible, and also celena and lindsay....i think lindsay just picked a poor song to sing though. i liked her before. i have only heard half of the songs they sang tonight before. very odd song choices, imho. looking forward to this season. i think it's going to get better. last year kinda sucked (again IMHO)
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:51 pm
i thought lindsay cardinale sounded exactly like better midler on some notes. i didn't like mikalah's choice of songs, but i don't think she was the worst tonight, so she'll probably go another round or two. some of her notes sounded like barbra to me...if they made a bio of barbra, mikalah could play her in her younger years! i still see a ton of barbra in her, especially when i think of some of the old comedy streisand films. well, i think i have two more to hear...
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:01 pm
janay and sarah to go........
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Rabbit
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:28 pm
Uggggh. Let me preface this by saying I watched last night's show in dolby digital on HDTV and tonight I watched it on a 13 inch TV in my branch's sales office. Tempered with that I thought that seven of the performances tonight were worse than Jared's performance last night which I thought was the worst of the men's. Some of the men were boring and safe last night but they hit their notes and carried their tunes. I really wanted Fran Streisand to do well, but dang that just hurt my ears. I think she'll have a second chance to redeem herself though as several others sang as bad and lacked personality, which she has loads of. Carrie seems to have a strong voice, hated the song, but I guess she'll be one of my draft picks. I am lost for who to pick second. The performers that the judges and East Coast spoilers liked did nothing for me. I was expecting Aloha to blow me away but to quote a famous music critic, "EH". Oh well, it's early and in years past some of them improved in leaps and bounds. What a change though from last year when it was instantly apparent that 5 of the girls were better than any of the guys.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:47 pm
i don't really care for how the judges have decided there will be 6 men and 6 ladies to go to the final 12. not that i don't think at this point the men are worse than the girls as a whole, but it doesn't seem fair to HAVE to have 6 of each when there might be 8 great of one gender and only 4 of the other...i think they are really heading for a male winner... i have to look at the game and see if i will have time to keep up with it this season! i hate to start playing if i get busy and can't make my pics down the line.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 3:46 am
The guys seem to be better at this point, but we'll see after some of the nerves settle down and they understand what type of music they should be picking to showcase their voices. I think that one of the reasons that Clay and Kimberly did so well in the competition (as well as Trenyce, come to think of it) is because they listened to the feedback they received and incorporated the parts they could live with. I think they key is to take the feedback but not let someone else tell you who you are - that is the fine line they have to walk. Of the girls (and I confess I was not as riveted to the TV tonight) I liked Carrie, Nadia and Aloha. I also really like Lindsey's voice and I think Sarah Mather will do better with a different song choice also. That "young Kelly Clarkson" one needs to go away and practice voice control for a few years. I don't think that Fran Streisand is going to be able to stay too long either. Janay was painful.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 8:54 am
From Zapit: Say 'Aloha' to the 'Idol' Women (Tuesday, February 22 09:12 PM) By Daniel Fienberg LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Tuesday night (Feb. 22) is Ladies Night on "American Idol," following a testosterone-heavy Monday performance episode that produced more complaints about song selection and boring performance than emerging favorites. If the men were all bowing to the altar of "smooth," the ladies seem to aspire no higher than "perky" as they take the stage. Vonzell Sullivan kicks things off with that old "Idol" standby, "Heatwave." Dressed in glittery pink, Vonzell gets everybody up and clapping, but why does she seem to dodge the song's highest notes? It's an acceptable way to start the evening, but the song has heard better "Idol" days. Randy says it was pitchy in parts, but that she worked it out. Then Randy enlists the men to be his "Dawg Pound" and whoop in approval. I'm less bothered by the 1991 flashbacks than by somebody imploring a group of men to hoot and woof at attractive females. Paula says everybody had fun. Simon seems impressed, excusing her tendency to over-sing by predicting she could go far in this competition. Vegas showgirl Amanda Avila slinks to center stage for a lackluster cover of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?" She has trouble finding the notes at first and even when she discovers the melody, she sounds nervous and pleading. Randy dubs it "alright" and then either upgrades or downgrades to "aight." Paula just calls Amanda beautiful, but says it wasn't her best. Simon agrees with Paula, criticizing Amanda for not having a unique voice. But at least there's something he likes about her. "In a second life, I want to come back as your microphone," Simon leers. Host Ryan Seacrest is speechless, asking the judge for clarification and then finally just apologizing to Amanda, probably no stranger to objectification, who's just smiling through her bewilderment. After the break, Janay Castine warbles her way through "I'm Gonna Love You Forever." She's visibly nervous. Mostly her arms are glued to her sides or to the mic, but when she raises them, they're shaking. Some of the shrill tone to her voice is mere affectation, but she also sounds a bit terrified, struggling to land the notes. Randy recognizes her fear, and also disliked the song. Paula misses Janay's sense of fun. Simon says the song was too old for her and that she should be embracing her youth. In a month or two, if she's still around, Simon will start bemoaning how young Janay is and start pushing to restrict the age range. At least he doesn't say that he wants to come back as her hair scrunchie in a second life. Carrie Underwood has something to prove. For the past 24 hours, message boards have been buzzing about how Carrie didn't clap for the men during Monday's show. Theories ranged from snobbishness to partial upper body paralysis. Her arms seem OK as she belts "Could've Been." She's got a strong voice and after Janay, her confidence on the stage is striking. Like Latoya London last season, though, she often doesn't hit her notes immediately, having to push down from sharp beginnings. She's a breath of fresh air for Randy, who calls her brilliant. Paula thinks she's great and wonderful. She's one of the favorites for Simon, who also digs her presence. He doesn't say that he'd like to come back as her hair curler in a second life. Sarah Mather looks great and sounds really bad. She suffers from the familiar "Idol" malady of being unable to sing and move at the same time. Her voice noticeably slips whenever she shakes her hips or does a little slide-step. Her last note is particularly weak. Randy says it was aight and that he enjoyed himself a little bit. Then he repeats "a little bit." Paula points out that it's a group song and shouldn't have been performed solo. Simon dismisses it as clumsy and forgettable, but stops short of craving a second life as Sarah's syrupy Southern accent. We haven't seen much of Melinda Lira, who gives off something of a Latina Kelly Clarkson vibe. "I'm Your Lady" is such a predictable song choice that she can't help but come off a bit dull. She over-relies on her vibrato, but she has some good moments, including a very strong concluding note. Randy also makes the Kelly Clarkson comparison and says she has one of the best voices in the competition. Paula wasn't into the song choice, but is otherwise happy. Simon's not sure she was a star, but at least he doesn't say he'd like to come back as a tendril of her hair in a second life. Nadia Turner just explodes with energy and confidence. She's got a strong voice and she has the chops to go from rocker chick to diva with ease. If she sticks with song choices like this, she may draw comparisons to another big-haired singer with the same last name. She's one of those performers who has an innate knowledge of where the camera is at all times. Randy gives her props and cues the Dawg Pound. Paula didn't know Nadia had that in her. "You are the antidote to karaoke hell," says Simon, who raves that Nadia threw down the gauntlet. He seems to wish he could come back as that gauntlet in a second life. "I Will Love Again" starts off too low for Celena Rae, but she works it out. How much pancake makeup is she wearing? A lot. After Nadia, both Randy and Paula think Celena was tentative. Simon blames the song choice for the fact that he doesn't know what Celena's about, but is willing to accept that she could be good. Then again, he could just want to come back as one of her hoop earrings in a second life. Mikalah Gordon is funny. She has a good voice and she seems like a lively enough gal. If you're being complimentary, though, you'd say she's the country's youngest Babs impersonator. A less embracing assessment is that if the "Best in Show" gang ever does a semi-improvised take on "American Idol," Mikalah would be played by Jennifer Coolidge. She seems like a parody of something, but I'm not sure I can identify the original. For Randy, It's all about Mikalah's personality. Paula calls her a character, as well as lovable and goofy. Simon knows that she's going to polarize audiences, half of whom will be amused and half of whom will be annoyed. In his second life, maybe he'd like to come back as Mikalah's odd New York accent. Lindsey Cardinale is very pretty and entirely uninteresting. I don't remember what she was singing, because as much as I enjoy her smile, I stopped paying attention. The judges also look fidgety. Randy didn't like the song choice. Paula didn't hear her sexy tone. Even Simon thinks she was better than the performance. "Against All Odds" is another familiar "Idol" choice, but Jessica Sierra tries hard, perhaps too hard. To me, she sounded like she was pushing both the singing and the performance. Paula and Randy, though, think it was very good. Simon acknowledges her potential. It's doubtful that either Lindsey or Jessica has anything that Simon would like to come back as in a second life. Aloha Mischeaux. What a fantastic name. I want her to stay around just so I can keep saying "Aloha Mischeaux." Mostly left out of the audition footage, she's a sassy revelation, working the audience into a frenzy with "Work It Out." Randy loved it and calls her the bomb, but warns Aloha about trying to be too much like Beyonce. Paula says she has her own thing going on. Simon explains that he's only gonna remember three or four performances and hers is one of them. In a second life, he'd probably just want his mamma to name him "Aloha." Carrie, Nadia and Aloha seem to have set themselves apart in an upper echelon after the first night. The lower group is a bit tougher to call, though Janay, Amanda and Sarah should all feel some nerves when Ryan announces the results on Wednesday http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|93740|1|,00.html
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Azriel
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08-01-2000
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 11:31 am
I thought that Mikalah had the worst performance of the night. I was not believing it when the judges gave her thumbs up. It was just gawd awful. I really was expecting so much more out of her. I didn't like Sarah Mather's performance. You know what just irritated me the whole time she was singing? That stupid crouching stance with her butt sticking out and her knees bent. She was like that for nearly the whole performance. It's just so ugly. Why do girls think that looks sexy? My favorite of the night was Nadia. Her performance was so good. She looked like she was having fun and I was having fun watching her. You know Carrie has a beautiful voice, but she is just so blaaaaahhhh. She reminds me of Diane Degarmo. She sings the song perfectly, like a cute little wind up doll, but I can't feel the song.
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