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Flowergirl

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 03:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
loved the first show. does anyone have a tape of it I could buy?

Jaideyes

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 03:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Those cheesy looking Miami "best friends" chicks in the tarted-up outfits seem to have been kept in the running strictly for the T & A that will keep male viewers tuned in and ratings up for those who might get bored with the talent show. Their voices were mediocre-to-weak. I was surprised that the Alisha Keys-looking curly haired girl (that had the picture of her father in hand) was eliminated over those two chicks, she was such a beauty and seemed to have a lot of potential voice-wise in the first audition.
So now it's likely down to curly-haired dude and the tall similarly curly topped Whitney Houston type do ya think?

Seamonkey

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Many of those unique voices, Bob Dylan being one, proved themselves first as songwriters.. or at the same time..

I remember hearing Gordon Lightfoot the first time, he was brought along as a "guest" at an Ian and Sylvia gig .. they were big then and same quite a few of his songs. He has wildly outlasted them.

Some songwriters write for years and then start singing and even if they have unusual voices by then they have an entree into into the field.

But I don't think "Pop Idol" is anything quite this deep.


I sure agree about grandstanding.. leave it back stage!

Oregonfire

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh yeah, this is the "Next Britney or Justin Timberlake" show for sure! No deeply introspective Carole King types need apply. I wonder how Joni Mitchell would've done?

I still really like the Miss Atlanta girl, although she had one bad audition somewhere in there. She gave me chills during her first audition!

Out of the guys, I like the quicky blonde Chicago kid. He was the one who said "Listen!" before he sang. I could see him doing spoken word or something. I don't think Simon likes him much. I wonder if he's the one Simon called "a corpse" or something like that.

Imbewitched

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The "American Idol" website is back up - http://idolonfox.msn.com/home.htm. It shows the finalist and also the first 10 that will compete next week for the 3 spots.

Do we want to make our picks here?

Wcv63

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 06:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Only 3 of the 10 will be staying. From what I've seen I think Jim/James and Tamra (there could be a "y" somewhere in her name but I'm too lazy to go back and check) will be two of three sticking around.

Whoami

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 11:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It was fun reading the questionaires each of them answered. Especially the "Favorite and Least Favorite Judge" questions.

The "beauty pageant" answers by a lot of them were nausiating. I hate sucking up. If I decide to call in and vote, these people will get the boot first from me.

The ones who weren't afraid to say who their least favorite judge is got a lot more respect from me. But my favorite response (from the first ten) is from Tamyra Gray.

In answer to favorite judge, she said, "Simon, because he's unabashedly honest." A lot of people said Simon was their favorite, and I suspect it's a bit of kisssing up for the answer. But, Tamyra's answer to her least favorite judge was, "Simon, because he's unabashedly honest."

She managed to tell the truth, and be diplomatic at the same time! As far as the first ten go, and how they answered those questions. She's my favorite!

Lwebster1

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 02:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There are actually three girls from Popstars in the top 30. Alexandra and Tenia are from first season and Angela is the girl from second season with the newborn who was more than willing to abandon her child to be a popstar... Alexandra in first season was the girl who tossed her hair and cried all the time.

Bananaclip

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 03:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Alexandra was also in the second season, she just had a shorter haircut.

Hotlantan

Saturday, June 15, 2002 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The show's homepage is http://idolonfox.msn.com
Any predictions on who will be the three semifinalists from the first round of ten? My money is on:
Natalie Burge
Ryan Starr
Kelli Glover

None of the guys in this group impress me AT ALL, although with I do expect to see a lot of audience (sympathy?) votes for Jim Verraros (with the deaf parents), perhaps enough to slide Kelli out of that third spot.

What say you?

Ketchuplover

Saturday, June 15, 2002 - 04:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going insane :)

Seamonkey

Saturday, June 15, 2002 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Going, Ketchup????

Muse

Sunday, June 16, 2002 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmm...you know, my list is exactly the same as yours, Hotlantan. :) Those aren't necessarily the people who I'll vote for, but those are the ones I'd guess would be going on, based on what we've seen of them so far. I'd think that Jim would replace Natalie, though. He might get cut by the judges first, though...Simon doesn't seem that fond of him anymore.

Gadzooks

Sunday, June 16, 2002 - 11:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Howard Stern was talking about American Idol and he loves the show. He said that Simon is going to be a guest on his show this week and they are going to do a talent audition on his show with some of his wack pack. It should be hilarious.

Hotlantan

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 06:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami,
It's funny you should mention "nauseating beauty pageant" type answers and then say Tamyra gave your favorite response, when she is a former Miss Atlanta and a pageant veteran! I've seen Tamyra sing live and she *is* very good; it will be interesting to see what happens.

Muse,
I should qualify what I meant by the guys not being impressive - more in terms of thinking about what the show producers/judges say they are looking for. But the TV audience is voting now, so they may see things completely differently!

Imbewitched

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 07:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going with Ryan, Kelli and Jim.

Jenhavins

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 10:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am going with R.J., Justin, and I don't know who else. I will get back with my third choice.

Teddybear

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am picking

Natalie
Jim
Ryan

Whoami

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 12:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is funny Hotlantan! I have noticed that some of the more intelligent pageant contestants don't go with those suck up answers ("I want World Peace," *glassy stare*, *stupid grin*).

The ones on this program who were saying things like, "Oh, I don't HAVE a least favorite judge. They're all soooooo wonderful." UGH!! Come on you guys, Simon is a prick. Even the ones he's been nice to know it!

You know, they could even be setting these people up by having Simon be a jerk on purpose, to see what kind of reaction they'll have.

Webkitty

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 07:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am going with:

#9 - Kelli
#7 - Ryan
#10- Christopher


Now to watch the mole that I taped!

Luvmom

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going to go with........

#1- Tamara
#2- Jim
#10- Chris

That is ,as soon as I can get through.

Rissa

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just watched the latest and for me Tamyra is the winner.. don't even need to hear the rest. Jennifer Holiday, in my opinion, has the best voice on the planet and for Tamyra to even come CLOSE to her performance is so incredible. I was flinching the moment I realized what song she had chosen but she did an awesome job with it.

Some of the others? I said to my hubby that Kelly? was doing a Whitney impression then laughed when Simon said the same thing. A couple of the guys have nice voices but not for the yelling types of songs that they chose. Rodesia looked terrible in that outfit and really missed with her singing IMO. I also agreed with Simon about the choice of songs being off for more than a couple of them.. if you are competing for a pop competition then you don't pick a 40 year old country song. It's like trying to show a prospective boss that you really know how to type by tiling a kitchen. LOL

Kady

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorites were Natalie and Ryan Starr. Those two chose weird off the wall songs to sing. To me it shows that they were not scared to do their own thing. I am so tired of the Brittney and Christina copycats.

Oregonfire

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Darnit...I missed most of it! :(

Oregonfire

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 09:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Though in the little snippets they showed in the end, I've have to say I agree with Kady.