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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 9:13 pm
You tell 'em, Nick!
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 9:57 pm
Well maybe I have a tin ear, but I think this is easily the most talented group overall the show has had. That said, I also felt let down tonite. Maybe it was the songs. Or maybe it's that they sort of come across posers who lack a certain authenticity. Can't put my finger on it...... I really enjoyed Blake again though and think he has mad talent and a very pleasing tone. It appears likely that Jared and Sanjaya will be the ones to get the boot.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 10:46 pm
Keep Blake and get rid of the rest. I just don't think they are very good singers.
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Zadeira
Member
10-03-2006
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 10:48 pm
I didn't care for any of them tonight. After Sanjaya's song, I thought he'd go home....but after everyone else I think he deserves to be there as much as anyone else. Even the guys that had previously gotten my attention fell flat. Based off of past performances these are the ones I would like to go home (in no particular order). Jared, Brandon, Sundance, Sanjaya, Chris R. and Sanjaya (as much as I love him). Can't we have 3 guys and 9 girls?
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Kaylasmom
Member
07-27-2005
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 4:57 am
Wow - these boys sure haven't pulled any wow-factor out yet, have they? I think the judges are right in that there are only 4 worthy of being in the top 12 and my four choices would be Blake, Chris Sligh, Jared and Brandon...only because there is something buggin' me about Chris R. and it might be that boy band sound that comes out of him.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 5:06 am
What I thought was funny was Randy asking Paula and Simon in front of Sanjaya, how did they pick him in the auditions. "Were we hearing something else", cracked me up. They could be asking themselves that question with most of the people on the stage. I find it hard to believe out of the thousands that went before them, this is the best they came up with. I really like Blake but I suspect we may end up with two women in the final two.
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Kaylasmom
Member
07-27-2005
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 5:12 am
ITA - this one will be won by a woman
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 5:38 am
I still don't get Chris Richardson and the fawning from the judges over him. Yes! I thought I had missed something - I was telling myself "He's gonna get it now" and then they praised and encouraged him!?!?! My pick to go based on performance - Sanjaya and Phil. My pick based on personality - Not a clue!
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Kizz
Member
07-26-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 6:12 am
Dialidol has given up and officially they are saying the men are "too close to call". Should make for an interesting Thursday.
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 6:12 am
I feel the same with the Chris R adulation (and boy do they lay it on thick!) My guess is that they are harboring a fantasy that AI can produce the next Justin Timberlake. He also looks slightly like David Beckham. His 'look' is very in now. 1950's - 1980s -- far from it. But for AI now, that is like their 'ideal' guy.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 7:46 am
link I think this article says it all (I had to snip a lot of it due to length): Eight Men Off Michael Slezak I don't know what's freaking me out more right now: The possibility that I had a mildly telepathic moment with Simon Cowell tonight, or the sudden realization that I might be an even crankier crankypants than American Idol's notorious British judge. That said, there were varying shades of awful among the five guys at risk of going home on Thursday (as well as one contestant who appears to be inexplicably safe). I'm actually considering saying a prayer before I go to bed tonight that Sanjaya Malakar will get the boot. To be fair, the kid probably hit fewer wonky notes than Brandon (and maybe even Phil), but the discomfort level of his performances is so off the charts that it borders on unbearable. With his hair — the unspoken ninth contestant on the men's side — straightened and layered to alarming effect, Sanjaya delivered John Mayer's ''Waiting on the World to Change'' in a thin, nasal warble that would've been perfect for a duet of ''I Love You'' with Barney the Dinosaur but had no place in a serious singing competition. Would America allow a Pomeranian to break from the Kentucky Derby starting gate? Or let a seven-year-old girl play defense in the NFL? Then Sanjaya's run must end — stat! If Sanjaya's meekness (as well as his hula demonstration) was a turnoff, though, so too was Sundance Head's hubris in choosing ''Jeremy.'' Sure, the judges praised his ''Mustang Sally'' cover last week, but that's only because the whole performance was nothing more than an excuse to ''Shout, Sundance, shout!'' The winding, complex Pearl Jam melody represented a whole different degree of difficulty, and Sundance wouldn't have been able to hit most of the notes if he'd been wielding an oversize tennis racket. Of course, if Brandon scores sympathy votes because Simon mistakenly called him ''Travis'' during the post-performance critique, then it could lead to the unfair, but not exactly upsetting, elimination of Jared Cotter or Phil Stacey. Paula (extremely lucid tonight) was completely on point in her criticism that sharp-dressed Jared needs to do more than simply sing on key, but I thought he deserved a little more credit for doing so, considering that proved to be an elusive task for most of his competitors. Phil, meanwhile, ranked No. 3 on my list of the night's best performances, despite brutalizing the opening bars of LeAnn Rimes' ''I Need You.'' Unfortunately for Phil, I don't see any scenario in which he'll outlast the one contestant to whom I've developed a powerful allergy: whiny soul man Chris Richardson. Why doesn't the Justin Timberlake wannabe take up track-and-field, considering he hasn't said no to a single vocal run all season? But it's not just the fact that Chris R. seems incapable of sticking with a melody, or that he managed to turn ''fall'' and ''eyes'' into eight-syllable words; it's also that his paper-thin voice was consistently off-key on Keith Urban's ''Tonight I Wanna Cry.'' Tell me I'm not the only person in America who's not getting him. Actually, if I'm being honest, I didn't completely get anything tonight, not even Chris Sligh's and Blake Lewis' routines — which isn't to say the two men's front-runners didn't maintain, or perhaps even widen, their massive lead among the guys. Paula was right (again!) that Chris S.'s performance of D.C. Talk's ''Wanna Be Loved'' was not his best effort. Similarly, Blake's choice of 311's ''All Mixed Up'' left Paula, Simon, and Randy slightly befuddled, although the track's reggae rhythms were especially well suited to the spiky-haired contestant's slickly contemporary style. The real problem for Blake (and it's the same thing that plagued him during last week's Jamiroquai cover) was the way he got winded and subsequently a wee bit (dare I say it?) pitchy, over the duration of his performance. For now, Blake's managing to cover his flaws with intermittent bouts of beatboxing, but when he's sharing the stage next week with ladies like Melinda, LaKisha, and Stephanie, the emperor had better make sure he's fully clothed.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 8:03 am
wow, I see I didn't miss much last night ... in fact, sounds like I should be happy I missed it ...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 8:45 am
To be perfectly honest, I don't think ANY of these guys are that great. And I think this season's crop of guys, overall, is the worst of any season. That said, I still like Sundance, Blake, and Chris Sligh. The rest of the guys? Not so much. And I'm not "so not impressed with Chris R" bandwagon. I think he's got a "pop" look, but I dunno why the judges fawn all over him. I'm not wild about Jared and Brandon either. I thought Phil was horrible last night, as was Sanjaya. I'm sure they are all nice people, but goodness gracious. As Simon keeps reminding us... THIS IS A SINGING COMPETITION!
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 8:52 am
Nick...your post had me ROFLOL! The men ranged from okay to downright awful. Nobody stood out or had an outstanding performance, imho. Sanjaya is the worst, imho. The voice, the hair, the mannerisms, all not good. He needs to go, NOW!
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Laneesmom
Member
05-12-2005
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:01 am
But, Chris R. is such a cutie!!!!! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:11 am
Honestly, I don't think he's that much of a "cutie." I'm not into the JT look at all, at all.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:23 am
I agree Costa, I don't get the Chris R love. But then again I don't get the Justin Timberlake thing either...so I guess we'll have to make a new couch over to the side and let the rest of them run past us...LOL!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:33 am
I'm on the couch, Roxi! Let's see who else comes over to share our bellinis! 
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:35 am
awwwww I thought finally some will give in and not think Sanjaya was the worst of the evening. Didn't happen. I thought he once again sounded smooth and wonderful. At first I cringed when they showed Sanjaya doing the hula...I thought "Oh crap, more fuel for the gay bashers on the other boards", but then I realized it was a good thing. Hawaiian voters alone are supposedly a huge % of the votes and can make or break a close match. As for the others that are sticking out in my mind at the moment--I feel like Sundance and Chris S. are having a shouting match, I very much enjoyed Jared, and Phil kind of weirded me out with that hat and odd tone to his voice in the first part of his song.
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Mush
Member
09-09-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:36 am
I think that I just like the kind of music that Blake sings -- he's by far my favorite of the guys. Over the past couple of weeks he's introduced me to two songs that I'd never heard and really like. I'm just sick of the same sound with the other guys, no matter how good the singer is.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:42 am
It's not so much that the guys are terrible singers (except Sanjaya who is not performing well at all - sorry Naja). I'm just finding them incredibly boring. A few of the women are great though and they are saving the season for me.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:49 am
Yeah, most of them have fairly decent voices. But "decent" really doesn't cut it. I mean, out of the tens of thousands of contestants that auditioned, these are the best of 'em? Pretty slim pickin's, really. None of them have really made me sit up and go, "oh yeah, THERE'S your next American Idol." Of the guys anyways. The girls are another story. It's definitely a girl's contest to win this year.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:56 am
but then I realized it was a good thing. Hawaiian voters alone are supposedly a huge % of the votes and can make or break a close match. Love your optimism.
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Sportygirl
Member
06-14-2005
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 10:39 am
I'm not a big fan of Chris R's either. I love that Keith Urban song but I was wincing when Chris was singing it. I also thought Phil was not at his best but I give him props for challenging himself and trying to do something different with a song. He sang a song made famous by a woman (LeAnn Rimes) and then tried to rock it up a bit and turn it into a rock ballad. His lower notes weren't great but he did hit the high ones. He definitely didn't play it safe and he should get credit. I do like Blake and he is diferentiating himself but for once I would like to hear a song without the skatting or beat boxing just to show he can do it.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:01 am
Blake HAS sung without any beatboxing, and got dinged for it by the judges.
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