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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:11 pm
Chad, oh my...yummo. I was saying "keep on smiling baby," He was sexy.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:21 pm
Down Girl!!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 7:16 pm
has there ever been a winner that America wasn't shown a backstory or 1st audition? AI 1 - didn't watch until re-runs of the final 6 AI 2 - yep, we saw Ruben & Clay AI 3 - Sure, we saw Fantasia & I think Diana too AI 4 - Carrie's backstory was pushed on us but we didn't see Beau until much later (they were pushing Constantine) AI 5 - We saw alot of Taylor (he won my heart) & I think a little of Katherine. Don't remember seeing Chris or Elliott until much later though. AI 6 - We did better - I don't recall Jordin being pushed off on us early on (they were all about a couple other females). I think Blake had some early exposure though. I say, show us something on everyone that makes it to the public voting stage of this & show us in the audition round. It is not fair for the producers to "pick" a select few to try & push off on us. I will try to not be manipulated by those folks this season.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 8:13 pm
We definitely saw Katharine's first audition and backstory on her Mom being a vocal coach. We saw Bo as well and they made quite a deal out of bringing two rockers into the top twenty. They definitely showed Kelly's audition. If I remember right, it was particularly memorable as she actually went and sat down at the judge's table!
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 10:24 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbeQwYDrcg Hockey player, Igor Larionov's daughters auditioned for Idol and made it to Hollywood. Not many details out there. Attached is a video of them singing Ave Maria. They sing like angels.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:59 am
I just caught a "headline" which says the ratings are down this year. Maybe they should listen to America and what Ryan said they WERE going to do and that was focus more on the good singers and their back stories. Honestly, sometimes I have trouble even remembering who the final two were after season 2. Actually, I heard Chris Daughtry has had unkind words prior to this regarding AI. I know my DD was/is a huge fan, but was put off by his comments and she told me something at least a year or more ago. Also, I saw Blake on The View the other day, and I wasn't as impressed w/his original as I was with when he would put his spin on the older songs. He was my favorite, but I don't think I could take listening to a whole CD of what he put out there as his first single. It reminded me of techno/rap, of which I'm not all that fond. Give me a melody and then add the tweaks. FWIW I don't know how faithful I'm going to be. Unless they come up with some fantastic people, AI might have run its course for me. Let's home the changes they said they're going to make are as good as they say. I definitely want to see more of all the singers and their whole back story prior to the voting stage, not just a few.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:30 am
The ratings were down in the States but up for it here in Canada. We love the Idol! Canadian Idol is a huge ratings juggernaut here.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:49 am
Also, down is relative. It is still far and away the highest rated non-sports program by a very wide margin.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:24 pm
But I also remember that Simon has said that he didn't have any memory of Kelly's original audition. Bo Bice was barely given a mention or a glance during the original auditions...there were two other guys (Constantine and another one) who got a lot more publicity.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:38 pm
I don't like the focus on the bad singers, but I am ok with not too many sympathetic background stories going out as well. I think that sways the vote, I personally vote on the talent and what I hear that night. I don't want to have to throw in feeling sorry for someone cause their grandmother is sick on top of it all, IMHO
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:42 pm
Just for fun and it is cute! Kelly's Audition Interesting though because in this one they show her singing something different. They had her sing more than one song. Another Version
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 1:42 pm
I don't want to have to throw in feeling sorry for someone cause their grandmother is sick on top of it all, IMHO Perhaps they throw in the background info so we get to know them....make us "idol" them more. I think certain situations in life build character and show who you are and how you got there. It think it could show how dedicated you could be to filling the role of "American Idol" AI probably turns away good singers because of stuff in their background.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 2:29 pm
I agree with that too and I am sympathetic to it but I don't want it to sway my vote. Maybe it is my own issue and I am not strong enough to ignore it. I like to know them but I want to vote on them based on talent alone. Or maybe that is how I want everyone else to vote on them and I worry they aren't voting on just talent. All of that being said, I have agreed for the most part with the winners so maybe it doesn't sway us or I am more swayed than I thought!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 18, 2008 - 5:14 pm
With Clay Aiken, I was blown away by his singing, the fact that he mentored kids, just made him even MORE awesome in my book.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:41 am
I would perfer them to save the backstories until they get to the point where the fans vote, then they would have time to show all of them and they would get equal time. Let everything up to then just be the music. I just don't think it is fair for some of them to go into it with a ready made fan base where the others have to start from stratch. If you are not going to show them all, then don't show any of them.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 1:11 am
I agree.. So next week is North Carolina. I wonder if we'll see the audition of Fantasia's brother? I read that they were excited when they found out who he was, but he was horrible.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 6:19 pm
OMG! I really liked the chunky black brother and sister! YAY!
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:31 am
they were a delight, weren't they 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 6:57 pm
My Fox station is mostly <100>. I watched a special on the parthenon instead.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 6:33 am
Last night I liked the sound of that rocker guy, David Cook, but his look totally turned me off. Maybe they can fix him up a bit for the next round.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:31 am
what happened that caused Ryan to sit in on the judging?
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Bidasea
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:56 am
Ryan came into the judging room and asked why the last singer had'nt made it to Hollywood. (She was horrible)Simon told him it was a lot harder to judge than he thought it was. Paula went out to be the greeter, and they had Ryan sit with them to judge the singers.
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Nessietessie
Member
02-03-2007
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 11:29 am
I didn't care for the girl who likes to arm wrestle with everyone. Her singing was o.k., but wanting to arm wrestle everyone seemed too aggressive. I think it may be because one of my cousins started doing that, and she kept on getting very aggressive and now it turns out she has alzheimers.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 11:38 am
Hmm...I used to like arm wrestling and was pretty good, but the only males I would challenge would be the ones who hadn't hit puberty. I thought she was cute as a button and could sing pretty good too.
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Nessietessie
Member
02-03-2007
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 12:09 pm
Hmm denecee, I guess like they say, "different strokes for different folks!" Yes, she is cute, but it just reminded me too much of my cousin in her early stages of alzheimers, the aggressiveness and meanness was not her fault, but it just triggered bad, sad, memories when I saw the girl wanting to arm wrestle with everyone.
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