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Twinkie
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09-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 1:27 pm
When I was in school I used to arm wrestle the guys and beat them because I was a classical pianist and when you practice 6-8 hours a day you build up muscles. LOL
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Sportygirl
Member
06-14-2005
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 3:17 pm
Got a chuckle out of the girl who got the golden ticket to Hollywood and then when riding down the escalator with her parents said she was going to be America's Next Top Model. I also liked the last guy who auditioned. He was very personable and his comment about his mother saying something like always wanting a homecoming queen but thought it would be one of her daughters was priceless.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 4:05 pm
Nessie, I hope you didn't read my post as slamming you. I totally get how people can remind us of other people.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 5:55 pm
Thanks for the Kelly auditions, Jimmer. I didn't know they sang more than one song for the judges. That clears something up, because you'll see more than one person singing the same song as they skip by them and yet it's not the song they sing in front of the judges. They must have them sing a song of their own choosing and a song AI assigns to them. Interesting. I haven't cared for it much at all this year. Most of it is fastforwardable (is that a word?) For the first time, it's not getting rave reviews.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 6:55 pm
Nobody's watching?
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:56 pm
Ok, I thought the 16 yr old girl who made top 12 4 yrs ago on jr. idol should have gotten a ticket to HW. Yes, I found her full of herself & a little over the top but no more than any other 16 yr old girl who has had good things happen already in their young life. I wander why they didn't want her.
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 9:01 pm
She was better four years ago.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 7:30 am
Simon had her pegged exactly right. Overindulged. She has probably been told all her life how good she is and she breezed in there expecting to wow the judges. I found her voice a bit weak. But I also think she picked a bad song to show her talents. I think this happens to a lot of them. I see quite a few that I think have pretty good voices but they choose the worng song, and go flat in spots or go over the top with them. When you are singing without music, it is not wise to use songs that have pauses for musical notes to fill in or has a hard tune to carry without the musical support. Of course if you are very good, the harder songs will impress the judges, but if not, it will kill you.
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Kitt
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09-06-2000
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:12 am
That one who was Ochichobe (don't know how to spell that) and then South Florida Idol picked a bad song to sing too. You have to assume if she won both of those idols that she could carry a tune but you certainly couldn't tell from the song she chose.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 11:18 am
Forget whether she could sing or not...her attitude would have turned off voters. And I honestly didn't think she could sing that well either.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 11:26 am
Yeah, I agree....The American Juniors girls really didn't sing very well. She has lost something in 4 years from her voice. Add in her personality, and I think she wouldn't have made past our voting anyway. The weirdest one of the night for me was the girl who worked in her folks butcher shop with all the awards. She did so much of that crazy stuff with her singing that you couldn't even hear her nice voice underneath. I think she could have made it to Hollywood if she hadn't already acquired all those odd habits making her sound strange.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 12:12 pm
I agree. She could sing but she chose to growl her song instead.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 2:03 pm
I thought the American Juniors girl should have made it through. The second song she started to sing was pretty and I think she still has a nice voice. I felt the judges were trying to make a point when they wouldn't let her through. Simon seemed to be very facetious when he said he just loved the American Juniors show. He actually hates having contests for younger people. They let sooo many bad singers through last night and stopped her. I don't think it was right at all. I agree she had an attitude, but it would have gotten straightened out right away in the rehearsals in Hollywood. I would like to have seen what she could have done.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 3:11 pm
I felt a bit sorry for her because it seemed she had no clue that Simon was not being sincere with his comment about the Junior AI. She seemed to come from a place I like to call LaLa land. I know she is only 16 but my 16 yr olds didn't seem so spacey, just saying. I did think she could sing better than some they let thru to Hollywood.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 6:29 pm
I think & always have thought that 16 yrs old is too young for this show. I would like them to raise the age to at least 18 & 21 would even be better. When you have these minors, you have to deal with the guardian pkg (Mama). They also have those labor law issues that they've gotten in trouble in the past over. Maybe, they are trying to keep the 16 to 18 yr olds to a bare min. this yr. & that's ok with me.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:46 pm
And I think she had gotten so many bad habits that even IF she had sufficient singing talent that she would have been unable to change. The girl was so convinced of her own greatness that she wouldn't listen. Just my opinion though.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 7:26 pm
Still think - they just don't want the issues associated with the underaged unless they are blown away by them. My 16 yr old grandson has been saying since season 2 that he would audition as soon as he was able - well, he turned 16 Oct. 2 & I will not be a cheerleader until he's at least 18 & I've told him so. I also told him that if he was serious, why don't we get him some prof. vocal training etc. Well, he thinks he is good enough without anything so I refuse to stand in line with him next yr. Such a shame, because he has been singing like a little angel since he could talk.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 10:18 am
Anybody else note that they prominently feature photos of Kelly, Jordin and Carrie during the auditions but they definitely film it so that you rarely see Ruben or Taylor? I doubt that's accidental.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:17 pm
Even though these auditions were filmed in August, I read a couple of weeks ago that the record label dropped Taylor and Katherine McFee. There was also some mention about Ruben leaving the record label. So maybe the writing was on the wall (so to speak) regarding Taylor and Ruben back when they did the auditions.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 11:53 pm
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. But I can't help myself...Taylor is still my all-time favorite Idol. He might not have been very marketable but I loved to watch the way he loved music.
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 4:17 pm
It would make sense that AI would not show photos of those who have left the record label.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 8:43 am
HOW is it not Hollywood week yet? I feel like I am being tortured. Honestly has it been FOUR weeks of auditions? I tuned in this week relieved that it was finally Hollywood week but you guys it wasn't. I am going crazy. I wouldn't watch but I like to see the original auditions of the ones who move on. Is it me or have there been more audition shows this season than ever?
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 8:51 am
I liked rocker nurse last night.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 8:52 am
Madelane, I was disappointed too that it wasn't hollywood week yet, especially after some AI previews I saw were showing hollywood week. I turned it off.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 8:56 am
I liked the rocker nurse last night too.
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