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Webkitty

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 06:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Christina was one of the low votes, but she gets to stay.

So now its between Ryan and AJ. Break....

Webkitty

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
AJ is leaving.......taking it well....showing Star Spangled Banner (that was so sweet) he's a nice kid, too bad he couldn't have done better.

He will remember the freinds he made and the fans, and he will keep pursuing his career.

Advice for him, Randy, keep growing, keep it up, Paula, yada yada, Simon, get better, its a hard business, words are hollow, said something snide to Paula, Paula, this is what happens when your breast fed by your father!! ~rumble~

Thats all folks!!!!

Muse

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 10:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Webkitty. I forgot to tape tonight, so it's nice to have the spoilers/recap here. :)

A couple of questions....

How did Simon respond to Justin saying he didn't mean to disrespect him? And did Ryan admit she was bad the other night, or did she act like she was happy she made the choice she did?

Spramp

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 10:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think they showed Simon's reaction to Justin but Justin did seem insincere. Ryan was pretty blah the whole night - didn't overly react to the news and didn't say much about her song choice. She did stick her tongue out at one point (before they revealed that AJ would go home)...wasn't sure it if was supposed to be directed to her friends, the judges or the camera (she missed the right camera, then). She just seemed aloof and goofy.

Jenhavins

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 07:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It seemed like Ryan was leering most of the time, and it seemed directly at Simon (although I could have been my vantage point). She is a very pretty girl, but what a chip! I think that A.J. was very graceful in his loss. I hope nothing but the best for this boy.

Webkitty

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 07:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I got a different take on Ryan. It looked to me like she had been doing some heavy crying (puffy eyes, swollen face)
She looked upset and sad to me. I think she knew she had a good chance of going.

I can't see her making it to the end of this competition, but they all have had some great exposure, I'm sure something will turn up for her.

Jenhavins

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You know what, she did look like she was crying now that you mention it. That might have been the case. Sure she was upset and sad and maybe that was the reason she acted the way she did. However, I still believe you can be gracious and I didn't see her acting like that. She was pouty and acted it out. This is a privledge and she may just be too immature at this time to realize that. I know I wasn't much more mature than her at that age. I thought Christina and A.J. acted more mature, except I wanted to smack that gum out of A.J.'s mouth!!

Webkitty

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahhaha, I missed the gum!

Muse, they didn't show Simon's reaction to Justin's comment, it went so fast. Justin did not seem sincere to me at all. This guy has a nice voice but I just can't stand him, never could, right from the beginning. I will be disapointed if he wins this thing.
He is too "on" all the time. Even when they were all around the campfire singing together, he was in the background mugging it up for the camera, ugh.
Its one thing to have stage presence and star quality and another to just be in love with yourself.

Ryan said the song didn't show her vocal range, but showed "who she was"

Brenda1966

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good recap Webkitty!

I agree with others about how poorly Ryan acted. Sure, she's disappointed, upset, worried she was going to be the one to go, but if she wants to work in that business she needs to stop acting like a brat (until she makes it big then I guess she can start being bratty again LOL!).

AJ took his departure with grace and professionalism. I liked one comment Paula made to him (paraphrasing) "Simon will never know the high you felt from singing in front of a live audience". How great it must be for them to have that fan support.

I, too, am worried that the teenyboppers will vote Justin the winner of this thing. I just hope there are enough of us rational people out there to make a difference and get a good, genuine talent to win this thing. :)

Hereiam

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 09:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok I am now tossing my 2 cents in -

The only one I really like is Kelly. She has a great personality (seems normal can you believe it?) and she has a voice that can sing anything! She shows emotion that seems real not fake or just for cameras.

The rest of the group sing well - some better than others but I just don't feel any kind of connection with them. Justin just bugs me.

I know it is not a personality contest but I think it plays a large part in connecting with an audiance. And, I think Kelly has the personality and the voice to go with it.

Well that is what I think.

Labpuppy

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 09:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that Justin has been getting many more votes than the other contestants, thus far, which is why they gave him an opportunity last night to regain some of the lustre that he tarnished the night before. If Simon is gonna give the guy a record deal, he wants to make sure that everyone runs out and buys the cd the day after the contest ends.

In regard to what you said, Brenda, there isn't any way very many adults will sit on the phone hitting redial for 2 hours, which is what I figure is going on. I'd like to know out of the 8 million calls, how many different phone numbers called in? I'd be surprised if it was 500,000.

Realfan

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ITA, Labpuppy. Sitting on the phone hitting redial is how Justin is the most popular (according to an AP article I read in yesterday's paper). And you know who is placing most of those calls--young girls.

Boys (who might go for Tamyra or Kelly) are less likely to waste the time on the phone, or even following the show (my 15-year-old son sure doesn't care).

Depressing, in a way. This is when a .99 charge for the phone call would really help keep things more even.

But, man, you're right. If Justin wins, he'll basically be employed by Simon. Stupid kid. Get over yourself.

Kitt

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 02:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They did show Simon's reaction to what Justin said - while Justin was saying he didn't mean to disrespect Simon in anyway, Simon was looking at him with a mock pouty face, and then he smiled and gave a cute little wink. I got the impression (and JUST my impression from their interchange) that they might have spoken about it before and already mended any bridges, if they needed to be mended.

Paula was just horrible last night. Her comments on last week's elimination show, when Simon wasn't there, were definitely a little out-of-order, but the "breastfed by your father" comment was the final straw. She should be ashamed of herself, I think.

Admin

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Paula is funny! That's the beauty of the internet, we can all have different opinions and still get along. :)