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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 9:49 pm
Randy: I was worried about your song choice, but you held your own. Some songs are band songs and are more about music and less about the vocals. It worked out. Ellen: we're a bit short on time tonight, but you did a great job. Kara: not my favorite performance; song was unrecognizable. You didn't cut through; you didn't have the tone for that voice and it was all over. Simon: you sang it pretty well, but this is Inspirational songs tonight. That was about Spiderman, right? Last week you were sensational; this didn't quite gel for me, but I think you'll still be around next week. Sorry, I misspelled Michael's last name: Lynche. Hell, I thought he was going to sing the other song called "Hero," which IS an inspirational song. This version ended, "They're watching us fly away. . ." *meh* Normally I love Mike.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 9:53 pm
Crystal Bowersox sings, "People, Get Ready," by ? Alicia Keyes is impressed by Crystal; she told her to go for it and put her heart into it; give the best performance she can. Editorial note: If you've never heard the version sung by the late Eva Cassidy, please visit her web-site at www.evacassidy.org and hear some beautiful, touching music. There are some pieces of hers on Youtube, as well. Eva passed away in '96 of malignant melanoma and the world lost a tremendously talented singer/guitarist.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 9:54 pm
right after Crystal's performance my DVR cut off after Randy spoke. did anyone catch the other judges' opinions?
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 9:54 pm
Crystal stands at the mic, sans guitar, with backup singers just to her left. Her is swept up off her neck with the dreads gathered up kind of messy, but I like it. She's wearing the feather, I think, that she got from She's crying by the end of the song and her voice actually breaks and she is barely able to maintain her composure to finish the note. Awesome.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 9:58 pm
Randy: standing ovation; I've been a fan since day one. Ellen: you've grown and evolved since day one, and you have never looked better. Kara thanks Crystal she appreciates her putting down her guitar and taking the risk. They call you Mama Sox because you just schooled all those contestants. Simon: I'm almost happy to see you emotional because you've been a bit closed down. It's in a completely different category from all the other performances. Congratulations. Crystal attributes part of her emotion to the fact that her Dad is in the audience. He waves hi to her and Ryan gives her his pocket-hanky.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:01 pm
I will feel so stupid if somebody spoiled this in another thread and this was a duplicate. Sorry for my editorial comments; it's so hard to resist the temptation. I am a frustrated critic, it seems. In seeing the very last wrap-up clips of all performances, it's apparent to ME that Casey and Siobhan did not live up to their usual standards. Aaron did a bit better than he usually does. Crystal won the night, in my opinion, and Michael and Tim were okay. Lee was the other standout tonight, in my view.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:18 pm
No duplicate Sia. Thank you very much for the spoiling and for your comments.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:21 pm
Oh, no problem, Jimmer. I don't think I've ever done this before, LOL. My east-coast version taped hours ago, but my tweener DD and 13-yo mouthy son don't let me FF through the godawful performances that I don't like on elimination night--of either Idol or Dancing with the Stars--so I tend to watch the shows when I'm alone. They actually went to bed by 11, so I just watched from my DVR. It was sort of fun to "spoil/recap." I hope I wasn't late in getting the info out to the west-coasters.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:23 pm
Are you kidding, Sia? I'm really grateful for what all you wrote especially after they cut off before the end. I HATE that they don't just tape this show and for heaven's sake, fit it in the time alloted to it. I agree about Crystal, though I still want Siobhan around. And agree about Lee too.. I knew Crystal and Lee were getting heavy votes so hopefully no surprises except maybe Tim will finallly go home.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:24 pm
By the way, Lee didn't sing Bridge, he sang The Boxer. I was in tears with Crystal at the end of her song...it was beautiful and very moving.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:24 pm
Sia. Great Job spoiling!! I could not watch the show tonight but your comments really give me a good sense of how the evening went. Thanks!!
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 11:33 pm
I drank coffee today, you guys. Can you tell? I'm still up, and it's 2:30 now, LOL! It was fun and I would do it again if needed, no problem at all. I suppose some people have to work and can't be at the TV when their favorite shows are on. I feel lucky to be able to record my shows and watch them when I want to. Times were dark here when DishTV messed up and broke its agreement with the FCC and couldn't broadcast CBS for a few years. I missed several seasons of BB and Survivor, and I've never gotten over it! *sob* I really do enjoy watching TV, although I watch entirely too much of it.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 8:59 am
Hi, Sia! I'm on the west coast and have already watched the show with my family, but I love to come in here afterwards and see what everyone else has to say. I pretty much agree with everything you said. Crystal and Lee stole the night. DH loves Siobhan, but she's just not my cup o' tea. Something about her just bugs me. I think Tim is cute as a bug (I loved David Cassidy back in the day, too), but not the greatest singer. He'd be great autotuned on the Disney Channel. He's very photogenic, especially that giant smile of his! Aaron is cute and has a good voice, but he needs maturing. I just don't buy anything that comes out of his mouth. Used to love Casey, but I think I'm getting over him.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:16 am
Can we get rid of more than 1 this week? My fear is that they won't get rid of anyone because of "Idol Gives back".
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:19 am
Isn't this the show where they go through all the drama and then in the end say - OH, we aren't going to eliminate someone on CHARITY NIGHT!
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:27 am
Looks like someone goes home this time. They didn't eliminate anyone during the first Idol Gives Back, but did on the second one. 'American Idol' EP Cecile Frot-Coutaz: Someone will be sent home this week Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Executive Producer of "American Idol," talks about the "Idol Gives Back" elimination, the performers and the charities involved this year. How will the elimination be worked into the show? Cecile: We found "Idol Gives Back" worked better as an extended results show to make it more organic to "American Idol." As such, we do have to do results. Within the two hours we obviously have plenty of time to cover both the charity portion of the event and the results portion. It's a blend of entertainment and actual "Idol" competition. So someone will be sent home this week? Cecile: Yes, absolutely. http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/american-idol-ep-cecile-frot-coutaz-someone-will-be-sent-home-this-week.html
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 10:35 am
This was a week of truly blah singing. I thought Lee and Crystal did the best, and I thought Crystal blew EVERYONE out of the water. Starting her song a capella just proved that that girl knows what she's doing. I thought Lee was second best, but I was still kind of bored with him. The two of them (Crystal and Lee) remind me of Adam and Kris last year. I loved Adam, thought Kris was OK but mostly boring. All of the rest of them? Yikes! OK, Siobhan has pipes but I thought she did a horrible job with that song. Aaron was completely unbelieveable and forgettable. Mike was forgettable. And Casey was just flat out karaoke/bar band awful. I'm betting that next year they cull the singers and won't have quite so many guitars on stage. It's just too easy to hide behind them. Loved how Crystal just stood there. Finally... this was INSPIRATIONAL week? Good gawd, do these people know what that word means? Sia, thank you for spoiling and most particularly, thank you for getting Simon's comments on Crystal. Stoopid AI for running over and cutting off the recording!
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 11:16 am
Alicia Keys is so pretty! That's what I got out of the show! I was flipping and watching Biggest Loser so I missed Casey. I also flipped when I heard that Aaron was going to sing his song, I am bored of it already!
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 12:35 pm
Babyjaxmom, thank you so MUCH for filling in the blank spot in my mind: it's Shaun Cassidy (David's younger brother) that Tim Urban reminds me so much of! Every time I see that kid it bugs me that I think he looks like someone else, LOL. Costa, ITA that the orchestra has way too many instruments in it: it's better to be able to hear the singers instead of having them covered up by all that unnecessary orchestration. My DVR did cut off the final remarks, but luckily I had taped "Glee" following "Idol," so I was able to get the last two judges' comments. I have to say that DirecTV is much better about NOT cutting off many shows before the end, UNLIKE DishTV, which almost always stopped recording before each show was actually over. DirecTV has another feature which I prefer, too: the dual-tuner (?) DVR has the ability to catch the last couple of minutes of the show before the event I want to record, then gets the whole program, plus a minute or two of the next show--even if I'm taping several episodes of the same show on the same channel consecutively. I appreciate DirecTV for not cutting off very many shows prematurely.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 12:44 pm
Sia, we have Dish. I have not one, but TWO dual tuner DVR's. That means I can record 4 shows at once! (Hi, I'm Debbie and I'm a TVaholic.) I usually set my timers to record one minute early and 2-3 minutes after the "ending" time of a show. For AI, I have it set to record 10 minutes over. Why can't TV shows stick to a schedule anymore? Sooooo annoying!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 5:03 pm
I just realized... my 10:35 post? I mentioned six contestants (Lee, Crystal, Casey, Aaron, Siobhan, and Mike). There is, apparently, a seventh contestant... Tim!! Shows how much of an impact he made on me during last night's show! LOL!
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 7:38 pm
That's funny, Costa. Tim doesn't make much of an impact most weeks. And Babyjaxmom, I am a TV-holic, too, so I'm right there with ya!
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