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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:08 pm
They better have some good talent this year, or AI will definitely be over. It just won't be the same without Simon. Nigel, JLo, Steven Tyler & Randy Jackson? I'm bored already.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - 6:48 pm
I'm glad Ellen won't be back. She was out of place here. I like her on her own show but not on AI.
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 8:08 am
I think this pannel of judges isn't bad really... Hey, for a while there it was looking like it was going to be Howard Stern, Perez Hilton, Jessica Simpson and Bret Michaels!!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 9:33 am
I loved Ellen on this show. She always added a bit of humor and was so sweet. I could tell she hated to say anything to the contestants that would hurt their feelings. Perhaps So You Think You Can Dance could replace Mia Michaels with Ellen? 
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 5:50 pm
Good point, Kellirippa!
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 1:47 pm
There are auditions going on right now at the IZOD center, not far from here ( I read it's the only East Coast spot for trying out) - so who really are judging the hopefuls?
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 7:31 am
Apparently, the open "cattle call" auditions are done in front of producers off camera and the call backs (for the good and the really not good) are actually held up to a month later. The show is edited to appear as though everything happens in a particular city within a day or two, but apparently a production team does a great deal of weeding out several weeks before the on screen judges ever arrive in any given city.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 7:51 am
Yep. They show a stadium with something like 20,000 people in it and it's not like they see them all in a day. 
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 9:07 am
right Jimmer! Just pointing out to Panda that the IOZD auditions she's wondering about don't require the on screen judging panel, and there's still plenty of time for the final decision on judges to be made.. (also,contrary to my previous assumption, although Nigel Lythgoe is confirmed to be rejoining Idol as a producer, he will not necessarily be a judge...)
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 5:34 pm
My step-niece-in-law (my brother's stepson's wife) won the Maine Fox channel's AI tryouts. That means she and her dh get an all-expenses paid trip to San Francisco, where she will audition before two producers. She gets to skip all the cattle call and call back auditions. This is the final step prior to auditioning before the judges. Even if she doesn't make it past the producers, it is exciting to her and to all of us! She told the Fox people that it will be her wedding anniversary weekend. The Maine Fox station added a fourth day to the trip so that she and her dh can have time to celebrate. They leave in two weeks. She was accepted to Juilliard for singing when she graduated from high school. She didn't go because she didn't want to be that far away from her then-fiance, now dh. In April, she also won the Maine Games 2010 Anthem Singer competition. Whatever comes of this, she and her dh are having quite an adventure! myfoxmaine.com
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 7:18 am
So Nigel will be back as producer and he wants Paula back. This might be getting interesting...but I still hope that I don't choose to watch the show this year!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 8:47 am
Grats to your niece Mak1 !
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 9:33 am
I think a lot of the participants in that poll we took a few months ago wanted Paula back. Simon was PISSED that she didn't come back.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 12:00 pm
Well I for one DON'T want Paula back. Just seeing her on the finale reminded me why I was glad she was gone in the first place. I felt like hers and Simon's antics belonged in a preschool most of the time. It was very distracting and disrespectful to the singers who had all their hopes and dreams on the line. I think this year will be the last for AI.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 1:49 pm
Thanks, Nyheat. 
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 4:47 pm
Paula can't come back, she's under contract with CBS to do her dance show. I guess once it gets going and were to be cancelled, then she might be free to come back. I saw an old interview with Nigel on Jimmy Kimmel and they were discussing why he had originally left Idol. One of the things he didn't like was having 4 judges instead of 3, he said it took away from the performers. So, I'm guessing that the panel could go back to 3 and just be Randy, Steven and Jennifer...
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 4:52 pm
"Steven Tyler Hasn’t Been Made An Offer By Idol Yet, According to Sources" http://mjsbigblog.com/steven-tylers-publicist-puts-the-brakes-on-idol-rumors.htm
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Kellirippa
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 5:26 pm
Joe Perry from Areosmith was giving interviews saying it was a done deal (and he wasn't happy about it).. but, this is good news. Fingers crossed it could still be Harry Connick Jr., although I've read that 62 year old Steven Tyler has more youth appeal than 42 year old Harry Connick
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 12:01 am
I honestly never gave it much thought about how they get seen, called back until it was in the paper about the auditions here! haha But yes, now that I think about, there are so many people in the stadiums there is no way they can all be seen-I heard the traffic was horrendous that day. So we know that the crazies get through.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 1:17 am
Well, several auditioners who post on boards and some Idols have said how it works. Of course, I have not seen it myself, so it is hearsay. There are several production people who are set up to listen to lines of people. about 5 at a time are called in and get a few seconds to sing. There are two kinds of lines - one type looks for "bad singers" the other is looking for talent. I have no idea of the proportion, just that if you are a superb singer who goes through the loser line, you will be rejected out of hand. After that they interview people and look for some sort of personality. If you fit into what they are casting that year, you are lucky, if not - too bad. They have casted this show since season 1, but in the last few years, having a story seems to help a lot. there is some more honing down, not sure exactly all the steps. Months later the judges arrive and the scenes are acted out and re acted. They are semi scripted with multiple takes. And some are chosen for Hollywood.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2010 - 10:19 am
Crystal Bowersox got married on 10/10/10 to longtime friend, musician Brian Walker. "Our lives have never made more sense than they do right now,” Bowersox tells PEOPLE. “I can't believe how incredibly lucky we are to have found so much laughter, love, and light within each other. We're one happy WalkerSox family." people.com Sorry, I don't know how to link to People.com articles. The name of the article, dated 10/10, is "Crystal Bowersox Gets Married!"
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 11, 2010 - 10:25 am
I read the article. It was a very earth-friendly wedding...LOL! I wish her the best, and I am still looking forward to her CD. I still consider her the best artist out of this season.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, October 11, 2010 - 11:17 am
I also read this morning that Crystal will be on Brian's new release, due out in November. I had seen a YouTube of them performing together, maybe last month. He's good too! (I do love Crystal.)
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 1:32 pm
Lee DeWyze has a single out now and his album will drop in about 3 weeks, if you are interested, you can look out for it. He said he co-wrote every song on the album.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 5:20 pm
There's a youtube of Crystal singing "I Run for Life" with Melissa Etheridge. "Available on iTunes worldwide starting Tuesday, October 26th with all net proceeds to benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “I Run For Life" will debut on ustream.tv Saturday, October 23rd at 3pm PST, part of the 5-song Pinktober performance." mjsbigblog.com For Casey James fans, here's audio to a song called "She" from his pre-AI days. I think he sounds very much like Eddie Vedder on it. I like it. youtube.com
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 1:21 pm
Crystal's new album drops Dec. 14 Link There's a link to listen to the title track at the end of the article.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 10:41 am
Billboard has predictions for Lee's album based on one day sales - he is expected to sell between 30 and 40 thousand
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 7:48 am
I actually might buy Crystal's album. She was the only interesting contestant to me this season.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 10:06 pm
Well, the HDD figures are in for sales and it seems like Lee sold 39K or the lowest of any winner or runner up to date. Now the final sound scan can go up or down a few percentage points, but this is the general vicinity of sales. There won't be an HDD report for Crystal because it is HDD's vacation week, but there will be a sound scan. I think this shows how dire things are in the music industry as a rule today. I remember when Clive Davis said that the first 500K of sales was from appearing on TV for 1/2 a year and anything over that was indicative of the fan base of the idol.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 9:49 am
Not much traffic here, but it's just been revealed that Casey James Band is opening for Sugarland for some of their Incredible Machine tour dates this year. Little Big Town is also on the bill. This is a great line-up! http://www.kssn.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=273336&article=8075730
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 10:21 am
That should be a good show! I'm happy for Casey.
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