FINAL SHOW - 8/4
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FINAL SHOW - 8/4
Costacat | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:52 pm     Thanks all for the spoilers! And thanks for the head's up Faery... I'll be sure to have a box of tissues handy! |
Abby7 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:54 pm     thanks webkitty and faerygdds. webkitty, i'm misting up just reading it! |
Webkitty | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:54 pm     This is so cool, fireworks are going off on stage, everyone is going crazy! The judges look happy....now all the other kids are hugging her and singing the last bars with her, crying here....... |
Abby7 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:55 pm     how aren't the judges crying? especially Paula. |
Webkitty | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:56 pm     Confetti is everywhere! It looks like Time Square on New Years EVe!! They are going to have an American Idol 2, coming to YOUR town soon, so be ready!!! |
Abby7 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:57 pm     thanks, web...bye, going over to BB to see what i missed. |
Faerygdds | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:57 pm     Yes.. Paula cried... I didn't like that song until just now... I'm a mess... need tissues! |
Abby7 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:58 pm     oh, thanks...it's not over? i'll wait. feel bad for leaving you guys crying! |
Faerygdds | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:59 pm     When it was announced Justin bent down, hugged her face.. kind of cradling it in his and said somethinglike, "You did it Baby!" It was so cool... also makes me think that those rumors about them having a little romance behind the scenes is true... He was really happy for her... and it was sweet! |
Abby7 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 07:00 pm     oh, that is sweet of justin. |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 07:04 pm     All I can say is Wooooo HOOOOOO!!!! Kelly made me cry! She was so cute and excited and funny. She called Justin "sexy man, sexy man" and she kept letting out little squeals of excitement during her song....When she got to the line "I can't believe it's happening to me" right in the middle of the song her eyes welled up and at the end she couldn't even get through it she was crying...the whole gang came out gathered around her in a group hug and helped her finish the song. This was sooooooooooo worth it!!! |
Webkitty | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 07:10 pm     Did I hear that right? Did they say they got 100 million votes last night? |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 07:16 pm     100 million votes over the entire series Webkitty. 15 million and change last night. |
Jasonfan | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 07:43 pm     I loved watching Kelly win. And I loved watching Justin be happy for her winning. What mature and admirable young people. Great show! |
Ketchuplover | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 08:31 pm     testing |
Azlen | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 09:00 pm     Kelly deserved to win, she was awesome. Justin was just incredibly gracious in losing, he seemed to be genuinely happy for her. I really hope the Justin haters on this board made note of that and could see that he is nowhere near the awful person they were making him out to be. |
Marymc | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 10:13 pm     justin was so wonderfully gracious.....kelly was beyond adorable.....i love them both. their families and friends must be so proud. a big thanks to both of them for the incredible entertainment this summer. and a big thanks to everyone on this board for the great discussions and input. you all are the best. |
Labpuppy | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 11:21 pm     Sorry I'm writing this so late, but I teach a course until late tonight, so I had to tape the show. But a real interesting note: At the very end of the show, after listing all of the staff people, and thanking ford and coke for annoying us for months now, the following was written: Fox and the producers reserve the right to not count votes which Fox and the producers identify as being submitted via power dialing mechanisms. This seems like a major departure from their earlier stance, that power dialing didn't skew the results, and I assume may have altered the outcome, otherwise why would they make the statement. By that I mean, if Kelly would have won even with power dialing, why would they make the statement? That being said, obviously I'm glad that one of the better contenders won, no matter how it was done. |
Muse | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 11:57 pm     That was in last week's episode too, Labpuppy. But they say they didn't eliminate votes then, so I'm assuming that they didn't bother this week, either. Anyway, fun finale. I still didn't care for some of the top ten (I find Jim especially annoying for some reason), and there were some cheesy bits, but still fun. I was glad that everyone got a chance to do a solo, and I really enjoyed the duets (Justin/Kelly, Justin/Tamyra, and Kelly/Will). I thought Kelly was super cute and adorable. And Justin handled getting second place with grace and dignity. I didn't even mind how a lot of the first hour was clips from previous shows...it was fun looking back on some of those moments. I'm definitely looking forward to AI2. And who knows - maybe going to see this group in concert. I probably won't, but I'm tempted, even if it's just mainly to see Tamyra, Justin, and Kelly. |
Ddsbarefootagn | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 02:53 am     What an awesome show!!! Like many of you, I was sitting here trying to hide the tears before my hubby or brother walked in the room and caught me! lol ... I've never been on the Justin love train (I'm the one who wanted to mop my floor with his bushy hair ), but I'm the first to admit he was a very gracious 2nd place. I refuse to say loser, because #2 out of 10,000 ain't too shabby. I've seen people twice his age lose with much less class; he seemed truly excited to see Kelly win. |
Djgirl5235 | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 05:32 am     That was such a fantastic show!!! I did notice last night, that they were practically SCREAMING that Kelly had won with the amount of exposure she got on the live show. The duet with Kelly & Will pretty much told the tale, and she definitely blew him out of the water!!! Justin definitely took everything with class & grace, and impressed the heck out of me!!! Congratulations Kelly!!!!! |
Bigbird | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 07:34 am     Wow, that was some show. I was so happy to see Kelly win. Justin was a good sport and showed a lot of class. As a ture Tamyra fan, I was a little sad to see her in that backup role - when I truly believe she should have been a finalist. But the duet with Justin was great. I'm glad to hear she was signed to a contract. Although I think Kelly is very good, I'm still thinking that tamyra is going to end up being the biggest star out of this show. |
Jan | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 08:19 am     I wonder if maybe the winner and loser know before they go on air. I say this because Christine went to the hospital before her announcement that she lost, Tamyra said she felt she had lost so wasn't so surprised and Justin did not look at all upset. I just think that they might be told before going on live to ensure that there are no upsetting comments or reactions on live TV??? BTW, webkitty if you have reload (I think you are on web TV???)another poster told me how not to lose a post when you get filelock..and it really works! DO NOT hit BACK when you get filelock. Instead click on reload or refresh or whatever it is called on your browser. YOu will get a small dialogue box that says something about reloading from past data..click yes/OK ...and you will get your post back with no loss! It works great. I wish I could remember who told me to give them credit. |
Webkitty | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 08:25 am     Just reliving some moments from last night I have to say, that although I'm glad Kelly won this, Justin really won me over last night with his grace and sweetness. He seemed genuine in his happiness for Kelly. I also have to say that listening to Tamyra sing against some of the other final 10, she will go far, what a voice! But, I was happy for all of them in the end. Now my big question is: should I get tickets to see all these kids when they come to Tampa? Is anyone else planning or thinking of going to see them on tour? We drive up to the Tampa Performing Arts Center to see broadway shows when they come to town and always enjoy ourselves, and judging from the show last night this tour looks like it might be just as entertaining and powerful. Tickets are already on sale here now so........anyone else thinking about it? |
Webkitty | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 08:30 am     Thanks Jan I was posting while you were posting so I didn't see your post before I posted  |
Kitt | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:10 pm     I just loved the show, it was sooooo good, it really made it so emotional and reminded us how far they'd come. Kelly really deserved to win, although I was (happily) surprised it was a 58/42 split, the tv polls were suggesting she had a 80/20 win. Justin was so gracious, and you could tell they were genuinely fond of each other and happy for each other. It was lovely. And did anyone notice Simon wipe his eyes after they revealed the winner? There was a long shot of the audience, with clips back and forth to Kelly and Justin, then they showed the three judges up in the box, and Simon was touching his eyes (Paula was of course sobbing). Did anyone else notice this? I think it must have been tears from Simon! |
Ariasmum | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:07 pm     I never noticed the judges crying (perhaps due to my own mistiness). I'll have to watch my tape. What do you know, Simon 'Scowl' may have a soft side afterall. I loved when the group of them performed last night (except for quiver lip and Nikki singing off as usual.) They all looked like they were having a great time. I was misty watching Tamyra. What a talent! I really see her making it big. I too loved how cute Kelly and Justin were at the end. He really is a good guy and I'm sure he'll continue to succeed with his career. It will be fun to see/hear Kelly among other musical folks on tv, the radio, etc. I also enjoyed seeing the really bad auditions. Too funny! Now I know why they had a 2 hour show. Very entertaining. I even liked the cheeseball hosts better in the beginning while they were mingling with the early contestants. I'm glad I watched it live and taped Big Brother. |
Ketchuplover | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:56 pm     KELLY FOR PRESIDENT |
Fluff | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 02:12 pm     Who's quiver lip? Jim? |
Spot | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 02:38 pm     I just watched to taped reply of the final show. I thought it was great! Loved the "top 5" clips - very funny! Even Frick and Frack didn't get on my nerves!! The group sing was very nice - esp the first round. A few of the voices grated a bit, but, hey, they didn't win! Kelly's last song was so sweet and pretty, even through the tears. But then good ol' Nicki almost ruined it when, for the very last line, Kelly had temp lost her voice, and Nicki stuck her mouth right up to mic and sang the line - I had my back turned for a moment, and I spun around wondering what awful thing had just happened to Kelly's voice!! LOL! If you have it taped, it is worth a rewind to listen to that last few seconds to see what I mean. |
Danimom | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 03:23 pm     Spot, you are so right about that, Nikki was just shocking when she did that! LOL... I wasn't looking at the TV at the time, but when I heard that, I was whooooooaaaaaaaaaa. |
Webkitty | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 03:30 pm     I have the tape on in the livingroom right now, listening to it while I'm in here typing. I can't believe I ever said an off thing about any of them (except for ~wobbly lips Jim~) j/k! I can't remember his name, one of "J's" he got eliminated early on, (not rj, not aj) anyway, he gave me chills when he sang ~unchained melody~ I missed taping the last part of it, due to BB (I taped that instead) one of those things if I could go back and do over.........at least I got to see Kelly's last song, just don't have it on tape. It will be fun to follow the careers of each one of them now.  |
Kady | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 04:01 pm     Miss Kitty, I believe you are refering to Ejay. Isn't it strange all the guys had J in their name. Justin, Jim, A.J., R.J. and EJay? |
Webkitty | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 08:58 pm     Thanks Kady! Ejay it was. He hit it out of the ball park with that one. And I know! Whats with all the "j's"???????? |
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