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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 7:20 am
Ok, just having to respectfully disagree with those who think Haley needs growls or screams to get a note out. To each their own. Haley singing Cole Porter at her homecoming
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 8:37 am
I think Haley can really sing...but I think she shouted the end of the MJ song this week instead of singing it, which would have sounded a lot better. I could care less if MJ did it that way...the point of this competition is to do what is true to YOU and not what the original artist did. I'm not going to have invested all of these weeks in a show and not watch the finale...LOL I do like Scotty and I don't think he's one note. Yes, he is a country artist, but I feel he has an beautiful voice (and yes, I agree...it reminds me a lot of Randy Travis) and as he grows and matures I think his voice (and his ability to emote on stage) will grow with him. I also agree that Lauren was too immature for this competition. She too has an amazing voice but her insecurities and her nerves have really taken a toll on her throughout the run of the show. That's not to say that she won't have a great career...but she will need to be developed slowly and her parents will need to carefully guard her. I love that James can be so emotional...how inspiring that must be to parents of other children with autism...it must really give them hope. I truly am sorry James is gone but I guess that means his voters got complacent (and also that "Simon" effect - sometimes when he was brutal with a contestant (Sanjaya comes to mind) they ended up getting a disproportionately large vote). If the judges had done their job all season long and really judged these people instead of trying to be nice then we wouldn't have this problem.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 8:50 am
I agree with every thing Roxip just posted.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 9:02 am
I'm hoping James' votes will go to Haley.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 9:07 am
OMG they won't. Some James fans seem very spiteful towards Haley, and are considering voting against her...the more bitter ones anyway. I was under the impression that four people competed in the last round...not two. No one is mad at Lauren or Scotty. People be crazy.

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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 9:35 am
i was a scott fan and still like him but agree that he does the same ole same ole. i don't think that he has much charisma and certainly doesn't have a contact with the audience other than having a good singing voice. haley is quite a talent and imo has been underated by the judges. i love lauren...i'm not sure about the age thing. if she has support she could be a big star.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 10:34 am
I like Lauren but I don't think she's grown much during the competition. She just hasn't done much and she is a bungle of nerves. She is likable though and has a good voice. I think Scotty has shown considerable growth. For a while there when he started I wondered if he only had that one song and that was it. Haley has done astonishingly well, she gets better and better and I hope she gets the chance to do more. To me that is what AI is all about.
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Bidasea
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 10:38 am
For anyone interested in seeing a homecoming for James Durbin...www.kionrightnow.com/story/14642351/durb For the first time ever, American Idol is sponsoring the homecoming festivities for the number 4 finisher. They had so many calls about James, that they felt they should do this. He is having a parade, and performing at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. They are live streaming the video of his day on our local news show. AI is paying for the whole day for him. It won't be shown on TV, but they are expecting lots of people to come. Yeah for James
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 10:45 am

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Ginger1218
Member
08-30-2001
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 1:03 pm
  
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 2:09 pm
If Haley doesn't need the growls and screams then the fact that she uses them constantly is even more of a mess to me. No, I won't be voting, now that James is gone and that doesn't make me bitter or any other epithet. I vote when I'm moved to vote and the remaining three are not likely to move me to pick up the phone. Not even sure if I'll be moved to watch what has become more of a stepping stone for JLo and Career Hail Mary for Steven which has totally eclipsed the fact that Randy is coming closer to being an actual, honest judge, despite still clinging to the constant mantra of "Yo". Wish Santa Cruz was a bit closer or gas lots cheaper.. I'd have headed up there!
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C1mag
Member
07-11-2005
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 2:58 pm
I've never been a fan of Laurens. At the start of the season she sorta reminded me of those pageant girls. I expected to see rainbows and loli pops shooting out her ears but her first song this last week really caught my ears while busy doing something else. I think it was the first time I enjoyed her vocals. The second song was a bit cheesy and back to her usual self but I'll give her credit for the first song. I think it's great A.I. is doing that for James. I still feel they gave him a false sense of security through all of this and knew that based on the votes his departure was going to come out of nowhere as he loomed probably in about 3rd and 4th place. I agree with Sea about the whole JLo weekly P.R. game she's pulled off while being a judge. For as interesting as it's been to see the judges lighten up I've actually hated it. I wonder what Simon would have said with some of Jacobs dramatic performances and some of Scottys performances that in my opinion were sometimes so boring. I really didn't understand his last performance where he walked around periodically making his wrist go limp. As it stands "for me" Haley for the win just for shock value knowing that it's pretty much a done deal that Scott is going to win.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 3:05 pm
I am a fan of Scotty's, BUT I thought his second song was terrible and I agree with c1mag about the limp wrist. He has picked up some really bad habits and I hope win or lose, someone will work with him to break those bad habits. I also hope JLo and Steven are long gone next year.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 9:16 pm
I think Scotty needs more tough love like he got from Gaga... sing into the MIC, not off to the side! Hold that mic close! And he's been told about boring songs. When he and James did that duet, I thought James outdid him even with those low notes meant to showcase Scotty. Haley HAS gotten criticism but instead of taking it it, she mocks it, enabled by Steven Tyler.
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Iluvreality
Member
05-08-2011
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 7:59 am
I noticed the wrists on Scotty too. I can't enjoy his voice because of all the ridiculous ways he holds the mic and stands.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 12:18 pm
My main disappointment is the lack of serious criticism, that seems to have kept some of the contestants from improving or even changing a bit - not that the last few years has had much of that.Haley has been criticized, not always for the right thing, sort of how they drove the early on girls crazy last year with contradictory advice. Scotty really needs to fix his little eccentricities - i.e. holding the mike. Lauren needs to act more her age and not try to be an old woman, that will come soon enough, she certainly is too young to be the but of Steven's leers. James needed to concentrate more on his singing and less on his jumping around. Jacob need to learn that less is more.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 12:45 pm
The judges haven't done any of these kids any favors by pretending everything is wonderful except for Haley and once for Lauren, I think. Some may not have liked Simon, but he would have given these contestants a reality check a long time ago.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 12:59 pm
Simon was often negative but I'm not sure he was often negative in a helpful way.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 1:17 pm
You're right, he did hurt a lot of people's feeling for no reason sometimes. I would still prefer someone who would actually judge the kids and have them work on improving their performance. BTW, has something changed because whenever I come to AI, it says it is a private discussion and I have to sign in before I can get here?
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 1:46 pm
Lazylu, that has been happening to me for the past six months or maybe even longer. Drives me nuts that I have to sign in every single time!
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 1:48 pm
Thanks Rvon. Strange. Oh well.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 1:54 pm
If you are using your own computer, to avoid signing in all the time, edit your profile (by clicking Edit Profile in the top right corner of the page) and then scroll down to the Preferences section and put a check mark in the box next to where it says "Remember my username and password in a cookie" and then make sure there is no check mark next to where it says "Clear the cookie when I exit my browser" and then click the box where it says Save Profile Changes.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 2:06 pm
I think that worked, thank you Jimmer.
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 2:10 pm
Thank you, Jimmer. I had the "Clear the cookie when I exit my browser" checked. I'm sure it is fixed now.
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Bidasea
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, May 16, 2011 - 9:26 am
Thank you Jimmer. Mine is fixed too.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Monday, May 23, 2011 - 2:20 pm
The problem I began to see with Simon the last few years was that his "advice" was often so vague and contradictory that it became meaningless. I always loved Simon, but I became very impatient with him last season. Instead of being "mean to help them," he often was just mean. This season it went to the opposite extreme, but I liked seeing them work with Jimmy Lavine and other producers this season. I think there was more progress from that than there ever was from the judges so called advice. Most of the judges comments have been more for the entertainment of the audience than it was to help the contestants anyway.
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