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The TVClubHouse: American Idol/Canadian Idol/Other Talent Shows ARCHIVES: American Idol VII: 5/20/08 The finals: Archive through May 21, 2008 users admin

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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Mine takes a long time and then it loada blank
:-( Normally I'm refreshing dialidol all evening.

Just heard first DC performance.. maybe I'll vote when voting starts.

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
Keldogg, lol! I plan on listening to him before I go to bed tonight!Won't need any ambien. He is a talented young man, but there was no range in what he sings. He just bores me silly.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
My thoughts:
DC 1: too great a song to change the tune and not have people think it isn't as good as the original. Good, but not as good as...
DA 1: love the original, and thought he did great with it
DC 2: I quite liked the song, I think he did really well
DA 2: Nice song, nice portrayal, pretty good

Haven't seen song three yet.

I've agreed with Simon so far, both rounds go to DA, but I think perhaps the judges know how the previous votes have gone, and are either backing DA because they want, when he wins, to say he deserved to be the winner OR they're backing him to make it more exciting if the previous public votes have been for DC.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
I was disappointed tonite, too (David C has been my fave all season). I honestly thought that David A really outdid himself and outshined David C on songs 1 & 2. Was really impressed -- good for him. I think it was nice that the judges gave David A his due when he really stepped up his game and delivered.

Wish that David C had dressed better, shown more originality, brought his A+ game. I sensed that he was a bit overconfident, and can see why the judges were disappointed.

All of that said. I was disappointed that the judges completely turned their backs on David C. He entertained us the entire season and made it worth watching. David A has been a bore and a disappointment for most of us adults I think throughout the season, even Simon conceded he was just 'okay' last wk (which was like every other wk). If David A can get a pass thruout the season why shouldnt David C get a pass tonite. He still did well, maybe just not his personal best ...

How odd that the judges would operate under the assumption that only tonite's performances are relevant in determining the american idol. I feel like they gave David C the proverbial finger after all of the originality and pro-level performances he delivered all season. I hope that we David C fans can help him throw it back in their faces. keep dialing!!


Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I love DC and know I'd purchase his cd.

But my heart went out to DA tonight. He looked so overwhelmed, like he was going to fall apart. And I loved his song choices. Very sweet.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I agreed with Simon on the third one too. DC did show a range of his abilities, but DA's Imagine was THE stand out performance of the season, and DC should have done one of his real killer arrangements to counter it.

I think it's a close call, but if the votes go on tonight's performance I'd say DA deserves the win.

(Which makes me think of the third option as to why the judges are pushing DA - they heard the rehearsals and know he beat DC tonight.)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm having a hard time getting through with my Cook calls. It's busy, busy, busy.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Keep dialing Mames! I know you can do it!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
David C - 45.47
David A - 33.47

This was about 5 or so min. ago. I'm still having trouble getting through on the east coast, although I have gotten through a few times more than when I tried earlier.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I'm in the midwest and never hit a single busy signal for Cook on 05. I'm not sure how many times I've voted. Not non-stop for sure. Maybe 50 or 60 times total.

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
I finished watching.

My opinion only: What David A did to "Imagine" was a crime. He not only dropped lyrics, changed lyrics (if he didn't change them, then he sang them wrong), but what he did to the melody was horrible. I believe that singers should make the song their "own" but there were parts of that song where I would never have known what he was singing if not informed previously.

He has a great voice, no question. But he's only 17, he doesn't understand enough about what that song is about to do it justice.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
David C - 45.99

David A - 34.34

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I'm relistening to the show now and David C. sounds better to me than the first time when I was distracted typing. David A is great vocally, but like others have said, sometimes he just seems to not have the emotional maturity for what he's singing.

BTW - Wasn't one of the past Idol winner songs, "In This Moment?"

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
My first post here all season... LOL I am all for DC. I personally am so annoyed by DA now. I used to like him. But i can't stand it that he looks like he's going to burst into tears every time someone compliments him.

Maybe I'm biased, I've been a Cook fan all season, but I think he did great tonight.

I agree with Shirinia. The judges really did turn their back on DC. That was wrong.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Now at the end of east coast voting we have:

David C: 45.16
David A: 33.2

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've gotten through a total of 6 times so far. It's continuously busy.

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roppiepie a private message Print Post    
I agree with you, Keldogg. David A doing Imagine, a couple of times I heard him flub the lyrics and it seemed to me that he was throwing in all those nonsence runs to cover up !!! He is young and hasn't had a lot of life experiences yet, so to me he sounds robotic. I hate all the shuck and jive posturing he did when he was complimented...reminded me of Melinda Dolittle last season...it gets old so quickly.
I guess Simon's strategy is working! An awful lot of folks are angry and are fighting for a David C win !!!

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
I dont think its Simons strategy for David C to win....I think on finale night when he declares a winner, he expects it to stick

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I don't even think people are angry. I think David C just plain has more fans. He's more than a one-trick pony and people have seen that all season. If Dial Idol is right, he should be the winner. But don't count on anything and keep voting while you can.. 15 min. left for the west and then we have Alaska and Hawaii, right?

David C. - 41.52
David A. - 29.84

If this holds true, it will be the first time the person I liked all season has won!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 3:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I didnt watch the show live but watched it when I got home. Here is my take and I am sure you will all think I am crazy. I think David C threw the competition. I don't think he wanted to win it because he would be tied to the Idol machine for a year, by coming in second he can benefit from the publicity but wont be tied to the producers in the way the winner would

I also think that Simon doesnt want David C to win for that very reason. I thought Simon's comment at the end that David C was the nicest contestant they ever had and I think he knew that David C deliberately did not put his best out there. I believe that Simon really likes David C and wanted to do him the favor and nudge the callers the other way.

If David A wins, the judges will learn a lesson for next year, especially if David A's sales go the way Taylor Hicks sales went. I think David A is too young to win and I also think that he isnt emotionally prepared for the pressure that is going to be heaped on him by his father and the producers. But I wish the kid well.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 3:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Former Idol Luke Menard Diagnosed With Cancer
(FROM CBS) - Former American Idol contestant Luke Menard has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a rep for the singer's a capella group Chapter 6. News of the 29-year-old's illness was first reported by VoteForTheWorst.com. The Leukemia & Lymphona Society website says that Hodgkin Lymphoma may be treated with radiation therapy or a combination of drugs and describes it as having ''a high cure rate.'' Menard made it to the Top 16 on this season of Idol before being voted off in March.

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Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 3:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Could be Maris, because it seemed like he was not trying too hard last night. I loved DC and think he is absolutely great. But the songs he did last night, were not out of the park songs. His performances, while great, were not out of the park. It seemed that DA wanted it more last night, and perhaps Maris got the answer. Because I know DC is capable of kicking butt. If he did one of his more powerful songs, he would have blown it out of the water.

Skydiver6
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07-21-2006

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skydiver6 a private message Print Post    
but DA's Imagine was THE stand out performance of the season

I couldn't disagree more! John Lennon's Imagine is one of my all time favorite songs and I was disgusted with David A's version. I thought it was painfully horrible. Like Keldogg said - David doesn't even understand enough of what it is about to do it justice. I haven't cared for David A all season but I did think he did a great job on the first 2 songs last night but I hated Imagine. When I first heard he was singing it I thought "oh no" as I thought it would be great and I want David Cook to win. But I thought David A wrecked the song - and badly.

Skydiver6
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07-21-2006

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skydiver6 a private message Print Post    
Former Idol Luke Menard Diagnosed With Cancer

Oh no!!! I loved Luke!!!! I sure hope he beats it.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
As always I love the EW synopsis - my favorite paragraphs:

Okay, but enough waffling. I'm paid to have an opinion. So cue up the Rocky theme and let's discuss round 1, better known as Clive's Choice! Or, alternatively, as the round in which Clive Davis continues his ongoing love affair with Elton John's ''Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me,'' the same song he chose for Bo Bice on top-three night in Idol's fourth season. Seriously, Clive, I know it's a pretty ballad, but after spending almost six decades in the music business, don't you know a few thousand great songs that you haven't already foisted onto an Idol contestant? (And maybe one that hasn't been covered on the show by Justin Guarini, Clay Aiken, and Jasmine Trias, as well?)


Side note: Randy managed to cram three of his favorite clichés — ''in the zone,'' ''sing the phone book,'' and ''another hot performance'' — into his critique of ''In This Moment.'' Um, dawg, how about ''you took the elevator to an undiscovered floor,'' or ''you could sing the back of a cereal box,'' or ''that was another scalding effort''? I mean, Mr. Jackson certainly makes enough money to invest in a thesaurus, if not a team of writers to help him freshen his stale lineup of five or six quips

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