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Skydiver6
Member
07-21-2006
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 5:04 am
Jason - the "dreads" have kept you here. Your fan base, however is the same as David A. & he has more talent. I don't think David A and Jason have the same fan base at all. My friends and I love Jason. We are all in our 40s. I think David A has teeny boppers and some older grandmas.
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Kittyab
Member
07-16-2005
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 6:11 am
Costacat, Ryan said at the beginning of the show that everyone should wave at Carly who is home.
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Kittyab
Member
07-16-2005
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 6:14 am
So what was up with Paula? Drunk or stone or what?
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Yoda
Member
08-11-2005
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 6:52 am
Sayesha was the best last night IMHO Brooke is still the only one I would buy a CD from although I think she's going home tonight. I know I'm in the minority on this board but I like her. David C is okay but I'm not much of a rocker and don't like what I call scream/singing David A is still very High School musical to me (although I'm glad he was told to work on singing with his eyes OPEN...that always drove me nuts) Jason always sounds the same to me and I hope if he doesn't go home this week that he goes home next week. I feel about him like most people feel about Brooke...I don't get him and don't like listening to him. I know she'll never win since TPTB seem to want a David C/David A final two but I'm pulling for Sayesha at this point. And what was up with Paula? OMG she needs help
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 6:59 am
This was the first time I ever liked Sayesha. It's strange that they are complementing her on talents for stage and acting when Simon used to use that as a criticism. It's a shame Michael Johns isn't still there to go up against David Cook in the finals. They were the best this season. Brooke always looks scared. Like she's afraid she is going to screw up again. I think if she would relax, she would do much better. David A and Jason, well I'm just over the two of them. But the most important question is: Who do I vote for in the poll? ETA: I have bought two of Brooke's songs on Itunes.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 7:07 am
Paula was scary last night. I realize that she's been that way for several years but the people in charge of AI really should replace her after this year. They should be humiliated -- to see her so confused during a broadcast is horrible! I love Jason, but if he goes after last night's performances I will understand. I think he really needed a few years more of performing before he was ready for this kind of competition. I think he has loads of potential but I felt he just gave up on the second song. I did like his first one however. Syesha was great both of her songs. I thought her first song was beautifully sung and her second was dramatically sung -- and both done well. David Cook did "his thang" and "worked it out" well just like he always does -- I thought his second song was better than the first. Brooke - first song WAS a trainwreck, second was better but not that much better. She needed to quit hiding behind an instrument...should have done one of her songs standing behind a mike. David A -- I didn't think he sang either song particularly well, considering his vocal talent. I thought he dropped some notes and was uncertain about pitch. Not to mention -- has he EVER done a song that isn't exactly the same as the one before? And did anyone doubt that he would do America? He's boring. Talented but boring. There's something weird about looking at someone who looks so young and sings like an old person. But the judges are very biased towards him so who knows. I think David A is amazingly talented but I do feel all warm and fuzzy toward him. Jason and David C -- I can get warm and fuzzy toward either of them, but David A -- I just want to slap the toothy smile off his face sometimes! (not really, not really!)
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 7:14 am
I was bored with all of them tonight. I am amazed though at how much better Syesha has gotten. If there was a most improved award, she would win hands down. The others are still pretty much at the place where they stated. I have a question about Syesha. What is with the bare feet. This was not the first time for bare feet. I personally hate high heels, but I have to admit they make a woman look great.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 7:17 am
I fast forwarded through most of them myself. I think the bare feet thing was comfort. I would be nervous enough about being in that huge stage -- let alone wearing high heels and trying to move. That is one of my favorite things about Syesha - she actually knows how to move on stage. The rest of them basically just stand around and sing.
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 7:17 am
David Cook needs to start tanking this thing now so he gets out. What is he going to do in the finals singing the lame "American Idol" song? Eccch. But TPTB want him and David A in the finals because that's the only one that will bring real competition and ratings.
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 7:31 am
About the only thing the show last night did for me was make me realize just how good Neil Diamond really is... I wasn't impressed with anyone. Especially not David A. I thought both his songs were awful. If pressed, I'd have to choose David Cooks second song as the best of the night, and I actually thought Syesha did okay. Other than that...meh. The only CD I would run out and buy after watching the show last night would be Neil Diamond's! Which I probably will when it comes out next Tuesday! 
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 8:07 am
No one can sing Neil Diamond's song like him. Last night proved it. I thought the entire show was very boring!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 8:58 am
On another site, people are pointing out that Jason looks like (without the dreads) early John Travolta, facially. I definitely see it in the eyes.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 9:06 am
Some of us here saw and discussed that during auditions. It definitely endeared him to me since I like John so much. And then when we got to hear him talk a little more in his sometimes slightly spacey way, he was almost like a sweeter and softer Barbarino...LOL I really enjoy Jason.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 9:11 am
I think I can see the reason why David A hasn't gotten far before (other than his stage dad). At first you are impressed with his talent but then after a while he is boring cause each song sounds the same. JMHO Dial Idol has him in the bottom 3 this morning and Brooke last place.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 9:16 am
I thought both Jason and David A were excruciatingly boring. And Brooke's first song was boring also. Personally, I think the only reason Jason is still there is because he's cute. He's a good singer, but he's not great. If he wasn't so cute with those dreads, he'd have been long gone. David A sounds the same very song. And I totally disagree with Simon (while America was a good song choice, he ruined that song). I half liked Brooke's second song, but she really ruined the Monkee's song. Syesha is sounding better, but I still see her as a Broadway singer. I don't know if she's done enough to stay around. I loved David C's second song, but I thought he also did a good job on the first song, just not his usually stellar performance. The re-arranging that he does, though, proves that he has the chops. I predict bottom 2 will be Jason and Syesha. And while I think Jason should go, I think it'll be Syesha. (Personally, I think Jason and David A should be in the bottom, and either of the two could go, though.)
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:01 am
David A reminds me a little of Eddie Munster. I can't help it...every time I see him I see Eddie!
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 11:32 am
Thank goodness for Paula and the "medicine" she's taking. Her antics are the only interesting thing this season.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 11:33 am
My favs were David C and Syesha. Jason didn't sing "Forever in Blue Jeans" loud enough for me.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 11:38 am
If Brooke would have put more OOMPH and loudness into the Monkey's song, it would have been better. The second song was really raw. Syesha was great. I like David C, but his hair reminds me of Chandler Bing's on that one episode of friends where they are doing the flashback's of Thanksgiving....like the band Flock of Seaguls.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:11 pm
Thanks, Roxi! Now that's what *I* am gonna see every time!!! Grrr... 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:21 pm
I haven't been watching AI much this season, it is kind of on in the background while I do dishes and chat with the family. Last night was the first time I really listened and paid attention. (wow, what a goof by Paula) My impressions are that no one sounds as good singing Neil Diamond as Neil Diamond. Even with that in mind, I think Syesha and David C were so much better than the others. David A was great in the second half of the second song he sang. The rest wasn't even good, to my ears. Brooke was just ok in the first song and good in the second. She kind of bothers me when she isn't singing. David A doesn't have much stage presence when he isn't singing and he seems a lot younger than his actual very young age. Jason sounds boring to me. His voice doesn't sound powerful enough. I never thought Forever in Blue Jeans would be quiet calm slow or boring. That was disappointing to me. Maybe it is just too disappointing to hear those wonderful ND songs when ND isn't singing them for me. I think my ears just crave to hear them the exact way ND sings them. Maybe I just couldn't get past that enough. I thought I tried though. I thought Neil's speaking voice grew deeper after all these years. Nickovtime, LOL about Reverend Blue Jeans!! Roxip, LOL about Eddie Munster, I see it too!!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:37 pm
The thought that it's some kind of teeny popper vote keeping Jason in the competition is a thought that also baffles me, Skydiver6. I think it's a tag stuck on anybody at this stage that the vocal majority in whatever said group don't like. Because believe me, he is LOVED outside this group in many places by others than teeny boppers, including me.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 1:22 pm
Naja and Skydiver I agree with you both. I would be considered in the grandma group (even tho my damn kids refuse to get busy and give me any), and I adore Jason. He strikes me as a very gentle soul and reminds me of a time when I fell in love with John Denver.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 1:34 pm
This would be so much simpler if you just called in and voted for who you thought was the worst. In the beginning, and even now for some, you have to call in to "protect" the ones you like.
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Charlottesmom
Member
01-03-2008
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 2:20 pm
ITA Darrellh, that is a great idea! I would be voting for Brooke non-stop lol.
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