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Webkitty

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I will still vote for Kelly, but I HAVE to throw some votes Tamyra's way, she was awesome!!!

Jenhavins

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That's okay...great job. Thanks!

Webkitty

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think its going to be a close race between Tamyra and Kelly for the winner at the end. They are both just really, really good.

Quietstorm4

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with you Webkitty. If it's anyone but the two of them something is seriously wrong!!! (I still want Tamyra to win .)

Ariasmum

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I really think RJ is sweet but I find it uncomfortable to watch him perform because he seems so uncomfortable with himself. Not that I think shyness is a bad thing but he doesn't seem to have the stage presence someone wanting to be an American Idol would need. I remember someone posted before how he seems uncomfortable in his body and it is so true. He even stands stiffly. Poor guy.

Labpuppy

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Guess your job is easier tonight, Kitty, since it's pretty obvious that Nikki is done. So we don't need your always astute tele-polling data.

Thanx for the great updates. btw, what's the idea behind letting all of those who had previously lost sit in the first row; I'd love to know what ryan (if that was her name) screamed at simon when he said something negative about rj.

Wcv63

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought Kelly and Tamyra were the top two singers tonight. I guess you had to be there in person to catch the depth of Tamyra's performance because, although I thought she was good, I didn't have the same attitude as the judges (except for Randy. He said she seemed nervous and I agree.) Maybe it's just that I'm not familiar with the song and didn't really know what to expect.

I just loved the song Kelly chose and I think she did a wonderful job with it....it seems to me that as the weeks go by, people will begin standing by their favorites more and more. Kelly is my choice and has been since the beginning so I'm throwing my votes her way.

Justin did well and I like the song he chose. RJ did a good job with his song.

Nikki...ACK ACK ACK

Ariasmum

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Burt seemed to echo the judges opinions of who will succeed too. He seemed really taken with Tamyra and Kelly and wasn't overly praising Nikki. He just said he thought she'd do fine with that song.

Muse

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 07:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tonight's episode really paled in comparison to last week, IMO. I felt like most of the contestants weren't really feeling their songs this time around. No one really stood out that much. Anyway, my review:

Kelly - She was belting when belting *really* didn't fit with the song. This is my least favorite performances that I've seen from her. But she's still in the top three for the week, of course. :)

R.J. - Nice, although I felt that he was overdoing it as well. He and Nikki seem out of their league at this point, although that was a fairly good performance for him.

Tamyra - I was surprised that the judges were so impressed, because she struggled vocally a bit there. She was still the best of the night, IMO, but certainly not her personal best of the competition. I was wondering if she was nervous (like Randy suggested) or if her voice just wasn't up to snuff for whatever reason (strained, maybe?).

Justin - I thought he sang the song beautifully (and was really working that charisma up there :)), but I agree that the song is sort of boring. He saved it, but again...nothing too exciting.

Nikki - Karaoke. Good karaoke, but still karaoke. She tried, but she just can't keep up at this point. I wonder if her son (who is adorable, by the way) coming up to the stage will help or hurt her at all in terms of votes.

That's what Friends are For was super cheese, although a decent performance. I thought that Burt Bacharach looked a little scary. lol

Seamonkey

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 08:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Haven't watched yet tonight.. Burt IS scary!!

Justin's charisma doesn't work for me at all.

I wish wish wish that they'd set things up so we could call in to vote for who we want to GO..

Kady

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 08:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just really didn't like the music tonight. It was boring!! Kelly is my favorite but I must say Tamyra looked extra beautiful tonight. I'm probably the only one here that will say I enjoyed Nikki tonight. Not that it was all that great but she put her on little spin on a boring song.

Shortnsweet

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nikki's performance was a copy of Adam Ant's rendition of the song. She really didn't do a good job!

Lvhawaii

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope that all of you have voted tonite for whomever you liked!!

I think Kelly was AMAZING!! She gets better each week.

Tamyra I thought was mediocre tonite. I know she is very talented. Maybe she just picked the wrong song. I was not that impressed with her this evening.

Justin was good. I agree with Randy that he should have picked a song to stretch his vocal range more. He has got charisma to spare and alot of talent. Someone needs to pick him the RIGHT SONGS!!!!!!

Nikki and RJ, well I was not impressed with either. I really hope RJ goes next because I think Nikki has a better voice than RJ. When she does her rock and roll stuff, she is great!!

No matter who you want, make sure you VOTE!! I know I have. I have made more calls than any other week up to this point.

Moondance

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Webkitty... I have class on Tuesday but can always depend on you to keep me updated:)

Rissa

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 07:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Is anyone else as sick and tired of the Simon jokes by those two bozo hosts as I am? They are not funny and seem intentionally mean-spirited, I just groan and roll my eyes at their introduction of the judges every week. If I was Simon I would be ripping them a new one after the show went to commercial and if I was Paula I would be helping him because according to the idiot twins she is simply eye-candy. Have they ever even acknowledged that Paula does have a FEW credentials which led her to asked to judge besides the fact that she is attractive?

Anywoo, rant over. LOL Tamyra was great.. shaky start but even shaky she is outsinging the others. Kelly was great but comes just shy of Tamyra (IMO). RJ performed much better then past weeks, but YES he does seem painfully shy on stage. Nikki's voice repeatedly went flat or right off key. Justin did a good job but I always feel like he is playing it safe, is that because it's the best he can do or because he can only sing in a very limited range?

Spramp

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I know I'm in the minority when I say I just don't think Tamyra did that great of a job - I thought she was pretty weak in the beginning and a few places throughout. She ended very strong but I don't think it was waterworks-worthy (Paula) or the best TV singing performance of all times (Simon). Actually - I thought most of the five were all a little off. (But I'm still a "Go Kelly" girl!) I did think it was one of RJ's best performances. I don't think he'll win it but I do like that he's growing in confidence with each show.

Nikki was by far the poorest performer (in my opinion) and will be gone this week.

Brenda1966

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 08:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Boring show last night. I was excited when Burt Bacharach showed up, but where did they dig these songs up? I know he has some better songs than these. I don't think I've ever heard the ones Justin and Tamyra sang, and therefore was not blown away by either performance. Someone needs to tell Justin that he overuses his smile. When you smile 99.99% of the time, its effect wears off.

Kelly is still my favorite, but last night wasn't her greatest either. She did fine, just the song wasn't the best pick.

I liked RJ's song selection the best. I thought it worked well for him and he shined last night. No, he's not in Kelly or Tamyra's league, but I'm happy to see him do well.

I didn't know Adam Ant recorded a version of the song Nikki sang. Must be on a new album because I have all his old ones... Anyway, it's time for Nikki to go home. She's just not capable of singing the range of songs they want her to.

I do have a rant about Paula. I know many here bash her for kissing the contestents behinds and heaping on fake praise. I think this is her role. Simon's role is to be the big meanie. Randy's role is to be the honest one and Paula's role is to be the Cheerleader and give praise. Most of the time she does that (and sometimes too much when it isn't deserved). I think the contestants expect to hear something positive from her, so when she suddenly turns on them and doesn't say one nice thing I think it stinks. After hearing her heap fake praise on contestant after contestant, she couldn't think of one nice thing to say to Nikki during what is probably her last performance? That is weak. She could have said "Yes, I agree with Randy, bla,bla. However I think you'd make a great singer in a rock band." She can cry over Justin's performance but she can't say one nice thing to Nikki? Shame on her.

Avrey258

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 11:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I taped the show and just watched it again. I thought Tamyra was the best. Her vocal range is amazing. Yes, I got a feeling she was a bit nervous tonight.

Kelly, in my opinion was a close second. Didn't really like her song choice either. But she did sing it amazingly well.

Josh, ho-hum! Sorry, I just never felt he was a strong singer.

R.J., have to agree with Simon. He is a good singer but not great.

Niki, well she looked nice. I do like her style, but her vocals need some work.

I think Burt Baccarhat (sp?) was most impressed with Tamyra.

Realfan

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You've never heard the song, "The Look of Love"?!
Man, maybe I'm really old...

I love Burt Bacharach songs. Love them. There just isn't a pop composer today who can fill his shoes.

ITA on Kelly blasting it when in some spots she should have gone soft. But I still love her.

Tamyra was amazing.

Nikki was painful to listen to.

As for the judges, I am WAY sick of hearing Simon insulted. It's insulting to the audience to be subjected to their lame jokes.

And I read in next week's TV Guide that Paula hired a WRITER to write one-liners for her to use on Simon! So her stupid lines about being breastfed by his father or whatever are written for her. Why am I not surprised?? I would love for Simon--who apparently has refused all scripting--to call her on that on the show!

What annoys me about Paula and Randy is how they parrot the comments Simon makes. They blast him for his comments, then use the same exact statement on later contestants. It's SO annoying. For instance, Simon said to one contestant (RJ?), "You're out of your league." Paula acts like that's a terrible insult. Then Randy tells Nikki "You're out of your league," and apparently that verbal plagiarism is A-OK.

Hypocrits much? :P

I would love to see this show parodied on SNL. The judge's comments are getting so predictable.

RJ: "RJ, RJ, RJ...Those are my initials, too! Nice outfit. I didn't think your singing was the best tonight. But it was okay, a solid performance."

Paula: "You've really raised the bar..." while she sobs uncontrollably.

Simon: (Either)"You're out of your league" or "You're exactly what we're looking for. You have the X Factor."

BTW, Simon is writing a book to be titled "The X Factor," about the pop music industry.

Brenda1966

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 11:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I love the song "Look of Love"... by ABC! :) The one Justin sang was vaguely familiar so maybe he just butchered it for me. I thought I'd know Burt Bachrach songs -- I'm surely old enough to (she says as she throw on her Butch Cassidy CD).

The judges: what can be said. It's so obvious that some of the snappy lines are scripted. The breastfeeding one from Paula was the absolute worst. The two hosts are also lame, but remember who the target audience is. :) Randy rarely comes up with a constructive comment. I think Paula would be okay if she's just concentrate on finding something positive to say but still be contructive. Simon is the one who tells it like he sees it. And, yes, I think he is encourged to be ruthless and that Paula is encouraged to be shocked and upset. It's a set up so the audience can have fun getting mad at Simon (kind of like on the Gong show where they put the really bad acts so we'd have someone to boo and gong). So, yeah, it bothers me when Paula is suddenly unsupportive to the singers when she's ragged on Simon for doing it.

Yuhuru

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Realfan you forgot this one:

Randy and Paula: "You made the song your own"

For some reason it really annoys me when they say that.

Realfan

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Yuhuru. Yup, that's one, all right!

Ketchuplover

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I believe there will be a spoof of AI either on the Teen Choice Awards or the next Mad TV show.

When are they on? What am I the Tv Guide?

:)

I'm glad to see my thread about the hosts is still around :)

Webkitty

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ketchup, you need to adjust your meds j/k!

We are having a storm here right now, if it gets any worse I might have to unplug my webtv, I've already lost one to lightning this summer.

If the elimination show starts and no one sees me posting in this thread about it, could someone on the east coast post the results for our other TVCHers in other time zones?

Thanks, webkitty

Shortnsweet

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 05:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was confused! It was "Naked Eyes" that sang "Always Something There to Remind Me"!! 1983 the same year Adam Ant had a big hit. Sorry!!

Here's a link

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/naked_eyes/65785/album.jhtml