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Teddybear

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 11:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He just said that he dropped out of high school when he was senior. He says he recorded a demo, but it never got picked up by any record companies. He says he is actually from Pasadena, TX but the website says he was born in Georgia. He says he doesnt understand why because R.J. told them where he was born, but he lives in Georgia. That was about it.

Discoinferno

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 05:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I have a co worker convinced I'm 9 years younger than I really am!

Faerygdds

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And your really 28???! You go Disco!!!!!!!

Today is my 31'st Birthday... I was having a bad hair day (hey I guess SOMETHING had to go wrong on my B-day lol), so I wore my hair half pulled back and half down with natural curls....

I went into a liquor store to get a pack of cigarettes and they told me I couldn't be in there. I asked why not and they said I had to be 21 to be in there! I just looked at her dumbfounded, walked up to the counter, dropped my ID on the counter and said, "Thank you SO much... now... can I have a pack of Camel Lights please?" She looked at the ID and said, Happy birthday... then she realized JUST how old I was!" She said she thought I was 16!!! I told her she was very flattering, but very silly :)

Best Birthday EVER!!

Puttergirl

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know about the rest of you, but that confrontation seemed alittle forced to me. Are the ratings down???

Faerygdds

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Man... who wizzed in Simon's corn flakes???

Puttergirl

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another thing that seems strange tonight- Randy and Paula are being much more critical. Everything tonight seems scripted!

Maybe they are trying to see who can hold up best under pressure??

Puttergirl

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Man, this is a strange program tonight. What was that all about- the drama on the plane????

Hotlantan

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How bullsh*t was that scripted nonsense? Obviously this was the Fourth of July week show. I half expected Randy to threaten Simon with a baseball or an apple pie! Will the contestants now have to say the Pledge of Allegiance before performing? Falling ratings and they go the Springer route - what a shame...

Faerygdds

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK... Melanie just blew me AWAY! She has one POWERFUL voice! Someone KICK Simon!

Faerygdds

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had forgotten Ejay from popstars and everything... that was ... umm...

AWESOME!

Puttergirl

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I predict R.J., Chris, and the last girl, I can't remember her name.

Ketchuplover

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Where was Tamika? :(

Theowl

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations Faerygdds!! That's the BEST 31st Birthday present any woman can get!! Enjoy it!!

Hotlantan

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If this was a level playing field, the three finalists would be Melanie, EJay and Christina. But, sadly, we all know in our hearts that - with the voting process in place - there is no way in heck all three of "them" will move on to the finals! Look for Nikki to steal one of the chairs, probably Christina's. And don't be at all surprised if Mark/RJ/Chris (pick one) still nudges EJay out.

Webkitty

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My picks:

Christina, Nikki and Mark.

I agreed that Nikki has something different from the rest of them. She reminded me of Pat Benatar(sp) a little.

Christina has the "look" and her voice wasn't bad. I thought she had a professional delivery. (something I look for)

Mark has the look, his voice was a little weak, but he seemed at ease preforming. (didn't like his clothes, though)

Ejay has a beautiful voice but not the look.

I didn't mind the "scripted" stuff, its to be expected, I just ignored it.

Zeyna

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought EJay overdid it with the "range". He has a nice voice but that was a little much for me.

And yes, that fight was so staged, even getting the host guy involved, so silly.. Anything for ratings I guess..

Muse

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't get the impression that the fight was staged. I do think that Randy stopped making sense, though. Why did he suddenly snap like that? He knows what Simon's like. And what does being American have to do with anything? I sided with Simon with that (and during the entire argument, really). The comment towards the hosts seemed unnecessary, however. I think Simon felt picked on. Poor widdle Simon. :) Randy *did* need to take a happy pill, though. Or you guys are right and the script needs to be more realistic.

Overall I thought that this group of ten...well, sucked. I didn't find any of the performances particularly remarkable. It's too bad that some more deserving people (Angela, Alexis, Adriel, Chris from the first group, etc) weren't in this group, because I would've voted for them. As it was, I voted for Christina twice. I couldn't even think of anyone else I wanted to vote for.

My predictions: Nikki, Christina, and someone the teenyboppers like (RJ, maybe?).

I agree that EJay overdid it. It just got annoying. I might've liked him more if he had done the song a bit differently.

HATED Kristin's pants. They were so distracting. lol - I liked the different type of song, but I think she was trying to hide a weak voice.

Nikki was cute, but she did a lot of yelling in the song. Plus I tend to be hesitant about Popstar rejects anyway...I don't think I liked her back then, either. And I wasn't impressed with either her or Kristin after hearing about their fight. Oy. In a plane with other random people on board, of all places.

Chris looks very, very young. Umm...Mark has the look, although the soul patch has got to go. Melanie was fine, but I kept thinking Tamyra did the song better. And I barely remember Tanesha, except for thinking that she was okay but not great.

Webkitty

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 09:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, so Nikki was a Popstar reject? See, I've never watched that so I don't know these things.

I still thought she stood out as different among everyone I've seen.

Kristen's pants, I agree with you Muse! I love that song she sang but she didn't do it very well, and, she has a wierd ~cast~ to her eyes.

I agree about Chris too, he looked liked he was about 14 to me.

AND I agree about Mark! LOL He does have the "look" but that little bit of hair on his chin has to go!

Khaleef had a nice voice, but was so nervous I thought he was going to disolve in a limp puddle on the ground!

R.J. is cute but doesn't have the best voice, he seems kind of bland.

Who else......Melanie no, Tanesha no, I think that's it for my

Discoinferno

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 09:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I voted for Chris because his Derek impression was hysterical!

Oregonfire

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 09:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kristen was all soul from the neck up...but all vaudville from the waist down. This show is lame.

Hotlantan

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Speaking of staged catfights, I just finished transcribing Nikki vs Kristin. Ryan brought the subject up completely out of nowhere, got the desired soundbites, then dropped the subject just as quickly…

RYAN: Nicky, let’s talk about this competition for a second. Everybody ah, you know, is, is sorta thrust into this. It’s something very new, there’s a lot of pressure. There was a rumor this week on the set that there was, ah, something going on between you and Kristin, both from Dallas. You guys had some differences. Can you tell us about that?
NIKKI: Ha ha. That’s funny. There were about 10 of us, and we were all bickering back and forth on the plane, and it was just um…
RYAN: What happened?
NIKKI: It was said that um, you know, we were yelling and being loud across about six rows and that she didn’t want to have to associate herself with us. (last four words said with attitude)
KRISTIN: Again that was a rumor, so you might want to check the rumor before you put that on national television (last word said with a chicken head bob)
RYAN: Have you guys had a chance to talk about it?
KRISTIN: No this is the first I have heard that there was a huge problem between us. Um, I guess on the plane on the way back I was sitting up a few rows, and it was really loud, and there were kids sitting next to me and a few parents and they were like “who were all those people…”
NIKKI: Yeah there were like ten of us on the plane, as well..
KRISTIN: Yeah it was at midnight…
NIKKI: It wasn’t just the two of us.
RYAN: It would seem to me that there I mean that there that there’s a fine line though, between support and also, I mean.. one person gets to be the American Idol. And with the emotions heightened and all the pressure, it gets to be I would imagine tough.
NIKKI: Right. Definitely.
RYAN: Well, at least Nikki got the first positive comments of the night from Simon…

Wcv63

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The hosts are really starting to get ultra-annoying. At first, they were just semi dorky and aggravating but now I just flinch everytime one of them opens their mouth. The guy with the pinched face, Brian, is very lame and Ryan is a hipster wannabe.

As for the "fight", I too thought it looked staged. Either something Randy decided to do if Simon "picked on" someone too much or scripted for all parties. Simon really did come out of that one looking best. Shame really.

My guesses at the winners for tonight are RJ, Nikki and Christina. Nikki's look was a lot like Gwen Stefani. RJ because he had to stand there while the judges acted like imbeciles and Christina because she rocked.

I enjoyed Kristin's performance of "Fallin"...thought she really pulled it off but I think her beauty pagent delivery killed the effect. Ejay (EJ...it's spelled different everytime I see it) was good but he didn't have the presence. Mark forgot the words to "My Girl" and improvised and it was very noticable. The tall girl, Melani I think, had a great voice but she was very Vegas....had the height for Vegas too! The rest really weren't very memorable.

Max

Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 11:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just stayed up late to watch my tape of the show. I haven't read everyone's comments yet, so I might repeat some stuff you've already said. :)

Poor R.J.! To have to stand there while the judges argue over Simon's boorish comments must have been torture! I think R.J. did a fine job of making that song his own. Simon is a pompous ass. Clearly Randy and Simon don't like each other. The more the show went on with their ascerbic comments back and forth, the more it seemed fake. Hard to tell with FOX.

Kristen has a great voice and presence on stage, but that song wasn't a pop song and that hurt her for this competition.

Mark Scott was cheesy, to me. His outfit was strange. His song sounded like a karoke version and he forgot the words. Simon's comments to the hosts were totally unnecessary and pandering to the drama factor.

Nikki - lose the tongue stud! The last thing I want to see every time a singer opens her mouth is a bright silver ball and bar. Maybe I'm showing my age, but yuck!

I wish they'd lose the lame reading of the message boards (or faking of it). Heck, they could lose a lot of this show and I wouldn't mind! :)

Chris looks about 13! Maybe he was nervous tonight, but his voice seemed shaky and weak. And what was with that cheesy wink at the camera? I think he's got talent, but needs some more time to develop it.

Melanie seemed like she was shouting for a lot of the song. I kept wanting her voice to get that gravely rasp more for that song, but she only did it once. Just something to give it some more soul. I didn't like it as much as the judges seemed to.

Ejay - the wildcard. I liked his take on the song. It was very pop-star-ish in a good way. I was impressed, especially since he didn't have the same kind of time with the vocal coach the others did. Good for him!

Tanesha - Loved her look. ANd she definitely has attitude on stage. I didn't think her style for the song was the greatest - a bit all over the place.

Khaleef picked a really good song for his style and voice. Without an audience to play to, though, his performance seemed flat. I think a lot of his energy comes from playing to the audience the way he did when he came off the stage in Pasadena. He seemed very nervous.

Christina was great. She started that song off slow and built it very nicely. It's one of my favorite blues tunes and she made it her own. She's go a great look, too. Hope she advances.

Is it just me or does Simon seem uncomfortable when he gives praise to a contestant?

Okay, I'm rooting for Christina, Ejay, and RJ or Nikki.

Christina is the biggest stand out of this group, IMHO.

Wcv63

Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 12:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Max: "Kristen has a great voice and presence on stage, but that song wasn't a pop song and that hurt her for this competition.

She performed Fallin by Alicia Keys. Alicia Keys also sings "A Woman's Worth" and was/is in the top running for many music awards this year. Here's a link where you can listen to some of her stuff.

http://www.aliciakeys.net/media.html

I'm a big fan in case you couldn't figure that out!!

Faerygdds

Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 02:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK... I have to be ugly...

I live 20 minutes from Kristin's hometown...

and tonight... well, I had to agree... she blew it

so much for my hometown girl!