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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 8:54 pm
^^^^Maybe "ridiculous" is too harsh of a word to use...Mediocre would be better I guess.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 8:59 pm
I think Jennifer is beautiful and she is a much better judge than I ever expected. She appears to care about the contestants and she always seems pleasant and coherent. At the risk of comparing, I like her judging much more than Paula, Kara or Ellen. I don't particularly like what she has sung on the show but apparently a whole bunch of other people like it because they are buying it.
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Northstar
Member
09-29-2008
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 9:05 pm
Jimmer, you always have such kind and even-toned things to say. Thank you.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 9:10 pm
I was trying to differentiate between whether it's ok to pimp a judge's a career on the show, as to whether they are a good performer or not. I'm not sure why that's not kind. It's just being honest.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 9:31 pm
I find it pretty distasteful that they allow any judge to take up this much time.. wasn't cool with it when Paula had her video. I'm sorry if Haley was really bottom two.. should have been Lauren. But Jacob needed to go anyway.
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Northstar
Member
09-29-2008
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 9:40 pm
LOL Naja, I what I wrote to Jimmer had no correlation to what you posted. I've been reading his posts throughout the day and it just struck me....so I said it.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 10:25 pm
Jacob looks like he has the mumps.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 10:26 pm
LOL...Yeah, you made me feel bad for a minute there Northstar...I thought I was being pretty mild...LOL
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 3:42 am
hooray is all I have to say!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 4:37 am
Haley!!!! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 5:41 am
I happened to catch part of the show "live" last night and Naja, you're 100% right. The woman is mediocre at best (and that's really being nice). If you paid attention, at one point she wasn't using a pre-recorded track and yelled at the audience and oh hmmm... the voice was completely different. Hell, even *I* would sound good with proper mixing! And I'm sorry but the pimping of THAT judge has gone over the top. It's not just one thing on the show, it's multiples (twice last night as a matter of fact). So Bonza, I don't know how much local coverage, but I'm talking about time on the show. So far, I've only seen one mention of Tyler's People mag cover, and he hasn't spent any time showing videos or performing "live". Oh yeah. No way was she singing live last night. I fervently hope that she's not a judge next year. I may just need to bail if she is. I could give a royal crap how "nice and sweet" she is. She's not a realistic judge (there is no freakin' way everything is "beautiful"). I'd rather have Paula, who never pretended to be much more than she really was even when she was all (allegedly) drug addled.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 6:30 am
Thanks Northstar. Big celebrities/stars often generate strong feelings. So some people are crazy in love with them and other people intensely dislike their performances (and sometimes even dislike the star). The problem with Idol is that the contestants are encouraged not to take chances and generate strong feelings. LOL - Frankly, J Lo couldn't care less if Costa doesn't like her because she already is extremely successful with lots of fans who love her. However, an AI contestant does have to care because he or she needs votes. Which leads to the contestants taking fewer chances and being less out there. And that is what we ended up with the last few seasons. So Haley gets the chance to do something really cool like sing a totally new Lady Gaga song and the judges are negative about it. Brutal for her and really sad for American Idol.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 7:15 am
@ Seamonkey. Lauren was in the bottom two, not Haley.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 7:16 am
@ Jimmer, ITA with your 6:30 a.m. post. You nailed it on the head.
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Bidasea
Member
08-04-2005
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 7:17 am
I don't mind JLo promoting her new song(even tho it isn't my favorite kind of music), but I don't really care to see her wash her hair, and run through the ocean after shaving her legs..She has all kinds of promotion on this show. Go Scotty and James.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 7:21 am
as far as Judging goes, I think Jennifer has been pretty good and I have agreed with her more than not. I love Stephen as a judge just for entertainment value but he really doesnt add anything to the actual critiques.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 7:34 am
heh, I don't care if Jennifer promotes herself, the results show is about anything but the contestants lately - can't believe they cannot sing together - wonder if that is an indication that they spend more time on recording their song of the week and have no time to practice or if they just don't know about harmonizing (choir anyone?) Could not believe the number and poor quality of the runs in Jacob's sing off - does no one know what they sound like - it was horrendous. That James was not in the bottom after his horrible performance the other day. That Lauren s so not prepared to be voted off - they should let her go off stage some where, this contest is too hard on her. On the other hand, I was rolling on the floor laughing during Big Bang theory and didn't have to see much of idol last night.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 9:21 am
How old are the remaining kids, including Jacob, who was booted?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 10:40 am
Current ages: James 22 Scotty 17 Haley 20 Lauren 16 Jacob 33 Casey 20 Pia 22 Paul 26 Stefano 22
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 10:53 am
Oh yeah, Lauren... good freaking god. The girl has no business being on this show if she can't handle the possibility of being voted off. That was not at all amusing to watch. I hope she's gone next, although I'd really prefer to see Scott leave next week. And what the heck? Jacob was 33??? Did he not learn ANYTHING in his almost 15+ years he had on most of the others? Maris, sorry, but I disagree. For the most part, Jennifer has not judged anyone really. Everyone's performance has been really beautiful and there have been very few real comments. Not counting her negative bullcrap on Haley's song choice last week (which is what they ragged on, not how well she sang it). For the most part, the only judge who has actually really commented on singing has been Randy. And lately he's not even done all that well.
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Gldnlvr
Member
08-03-2007
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 11:13 am
Is jacob supposed to be 23 instead of 33? i thought 28 was the max age.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 11:16 am
ooops, my bad, he's 23!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 12:33 pm
I almost felt a little jealousy in Jlo's critique of Lady Gaga's song. Remember Lady Gaga has been going like gangbusters and jlo's career is fading. She did get a big dig in there. I was so impressed with Haley's rendition of House of the Rising Sun. I wish she had sung the Woody Guthrie version. One of the back stories is that it is a woman and the House of Rising Sun is a bawdy house...and the woman is dying of some venereal disease. That's just one of the stories..interesting that a song can have so much history. But then Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly were History with a capital H.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 1:18 pm
I almost got the same vibe, SG. Lady Gaga has performed on the show (and will be making another appearance as a mentor) and it appears that she has been good about supporting AI and the contestants' careers (Adam opened for her). I think it was generous of her and a considerable honor to Haley and the show that she would let Haley debut an unreleased song. I'm surprised that the judges would be so negative about it. Like her or not, she has had a stellar career so far and is one of the most popular current artists out there. They did the same thing with Miley Cyrus and while I'm not her biggest fan I do think that she deserves some respect for appearing on the show, acting as a mentor and having a very successful career to date. Definitely some negativity going on there. Oh and I love House of the Rising Sun. Awesome melody and lyrics. I love songs where you can try to analyze the writer's thoughts and see the meaning.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2011 - 1:39 pm
The thing about House of the Rising Sun, lyrics aside, is that the melody is just plain sexy.
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