This week's performances - 6/30
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This week's performances - 6/30
Muse | Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 08:45 pm     My initial thoughts: Nikki - She just doesn't impress me. The last note wasn't enjoyable, either. Ryan - I'm not really liking her lately. Up until this episode I wanted Nikki to go first, but now I don't really care. Her performance seemed kind of blah. I don't think she's very interested in sticking around anymore. R.J. - Good performance, although it seemed a bit over the top, especially for him. I agree about the boy band stuff. That's not really an insult, because I think he's good. But I don't see him as a solo act. Christina - Less of the vibrato, thankfully, but it was still there. I'm glad to see Simon admit he was wrong about her performance last week. Good song choice. She's still one of my three least favorites (along with Ryan and Nikki), but I wouldn't mind if she stayed around another round. Like Randy said, she seems to be trying to improve herself. And I'll give her credit for that. Justin - Aw, he seemed sad. I thought his apology was sincere. He probably read some of the comments people made on the AI message board and realized he made a mistake. Unfortuantely, I don't know if people will buy it. I did, but others might not. Anyway, his performance was a bit subdued. It was good, but not great. Like Christina, I felt that he tried to do what the judges wanted him to do (basically, cut down on the performing, and stick to the singing). I never had a problem with the performing, though. Kelly - Great, as always. Not her best performance, but I don't think anyone had their best performance tonight. Tamyra - Also a little subdued, but very good. |
Kady | Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 09:32 pm     I loved Kelly tonight. I was just like a little kid and made use of my redial button.  |
Ladytex | Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 09:33 pm     Nikki - better than last week, but I wasn't too impressed Ryan - I didn't like her performance at all, really stiff. I like the song, she could have done so much with it. RJ - I've been calling him a backstreet wannabe from the beginning, so I totally agreed with Simon on that. Saying that, he did better than Ryan tonight, I thought. Christina - I liked her choice of song tonite. She was much better than last week. Justin - I didn't particularly like his choice of song. He didn't impress me at all. I think his apology was sincere, because he must have heard or read the bad press he was getting, and that's what he's sorry for. Kelly - another good performance for her Tamyra - very good performance. I think Ryan was the weakest tonite ... |
Wcv63 | Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 11:05 pm     Nicky- Sang "Heartbreaker". She did okay but certainly wasn't in the top 3. Don't think she's "Pop Idol" material. I don't think she'd want to do mainstream popular music. Not her style. I still think she and Ryan will be duking it out for who leaves tommorrow. Ryan- Sang "Last Dance". Better voice than last week but I just think she has lost that spark we saw when she sang "Frim Fram Sauce". Christina- Sang "Ain't No Sunshine" (which I love). Pretty rendition, better performance..2 weeks ago I would have said this girl had the chance to go all the way but I think she's swimming upstream now. Justin- Sang "Someday we'll all come Together" (or something like that) I'd never heard this song before. He did sing more, perform less, no eye twinkles, winks or hair tosses. He seemed to be really intent on doing some damage control. Kelly- Sang "Don't Play That Song". Man, I really do like this girl and just LOVE her voice. She has been consistently getting raves from all 3 judges since she made it into the final 10. She has an awesome personality and she is my personal fave. R.J.- Sang "Superstition" Love the song, he sang it well. That dance bopping thing with his legs spread is kinda weird though. He is trying harder with the choreography. Tamyra- Sang "If I were your Woman". Good song for her. Well performed, loved the 'costume' complete with the bead sandles on bare feet. She did a good job. |
Honey51 | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 06:11 am     Loved Kelly and Tamyra. I didn't like the way Simon said that Tamyra should win it all. Kelly has a good chance and is my personal fave too. |
Jenhavins | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 07:01 am     Okay, my 2 cents: Nikki: I think her stage presence is good, however, I didn't like the song for her. She was off key a bit. Ryan: Beautiful girl (my opinion). Again, I think she was off key and off beat by a 1/2 step a few times. Don't see her going through to the next round. R.J.: Although my favorite, I was uncomfortable watching him. He would be great in a boy band, but I don't think he is comfortable with himself as a person in a body. I thought he gave a great effort. Justin: More subdued this time. That song didn't do it for me. He wasn't literally making love to the camera either. I liked his humbling stage presence a bit more. I just didn't care for the song too much. He hasn't found his groove just yet and he is running out of time! Kelly Kelly Kelly: I thought she did great. Even got Simon snapping his fingers. Didn't scream her perfomance. Very powerful voice and happy attitude. After R.J. gets the boot (pouting), I will jump on her bandwagon! Christina: Still on the blah side for me, although she did tone down the vibrato some. I thought she did much better this week. Tamyra: Great performance...she is consistant week in and week out. |
Webkitty | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 08:42 am     I have come to the conclusion that none of these kids are what I would consider stand alone American Idol material. (keeping in mind that this competition is geared toward the youngsters) With that said, I can see a slot for each of them, here goes. Nikki, she has the edge, looks and stage presence but just an ok voice, good enough for a rock band. I think she could really find her nitch there. Christina, a true beauty, classy and sophisticated, but her voice is rather strange, and imo, a little weak. She needs to be doing SOMETHING in front of a camera, because it loves her. I can see her in high end magazines for some reason. Simon said she had the Sade thing going on, I agree, I could also see her being a solo recording artist, just not American Idol for THIS competition. Justin, has a good voice, but he is so full of meeeeee, that I can see him doing broadway. His need for audience adulation and his over the top "mugging" is needed for that. Kelly, great voice! I can see her being huge in the country/pop crossover jandra(sp) I like her and think she is cute as a button, but she doesn't have the "edge" that (in my mind) American Idol would need. RJ, boyband, he could do really well here Tymra, has a true, powerful voice, but so do must backup singers that need to fill in voice for the "star". She seems very sweet and nice but like Kelly, she just doesn't have that certain different edge I would expect from an American Idol. Put Tymra's voice with Nikki's edge and looks, and that would nail what in my mind would be the American Idol. Ryan, this is a hard one. When she sang Frim Fram Sauce, I thought she had the certain "something" for this competition, she nailed in on the vocals, everything. I don't know where to put her. She has a powerful stage presence (a little rough, but there) American Idol or outta there? |
Brenda1966 | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 09:38 am     None of the performances last night blew me away. I hadn't even heard many of the songs before (and it's not because I wasn't born yet LOL!) Nikki -- I predict she's gone. I love Pat Benetar, but that song just didn't show much talent. It's a song I could do at karaoke. Ryan - She's gone soon too. THis song was much better than last week, but I think she's relying too much on those stick legs and Liv Tyler pouty lips. Her voice is not something I would want to listen to song after song on a CD. Kelly is still my favorite. An amazing voice and a genuine person. Justin's remorse didn't win me over. It does appear he learned a little lesson about being so cocky. I'm still hoping the teeny bopper girls don't rule the day and make him the winner. ANd thinking more about this I think it is possible that one of the girls could beat him. Look how many women are left in the competition compared to guys. AJ had a bunch of screaming fans but he was eliminated. Christina -- sometimes her voice gets a bit too nasaly for my taste, but I liked this performance. Tamyra was great as usual. RJ was cute -- and boyband material all the way. No crime in that. Go Kelly! |
Realfan | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 11:45 am     ITA, Brenda. I wasn't won over by Justin's apology, either. Sounded sincere, but he addressed it to Paula, when Simon is the one he so rudely interrupted. I agree on people's assessments--Nikki would be a great lead singer in a rock band, and RJ can be in a boy band. Oh, and I also was surprised how few songs I was familiar with. And trust me, I WAS around in the '70s. There were so many great songs that would have pulled at my memories and heartstrings that they could have sung--but didn't. Yawn. I think Tamyra and Kelly are the two finalists. Possibly Justin, but I just don't like him much anymore. Great idea about him being on Broadway, though! |
Spot | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 01:42 pm     I probably read more into this that was really there...BUT, I thought that Simon's comments to Kelly about what a genuinely nice person she is and how she won't become a "Diva" and forget her fans was true, but don't you think he was also speaking to Justin? As in, "You ARE a Diva already, Justin". Just a classy and sly way to get back at ol' Mr. Me on live TV! |
Kitt | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 02:42 pm     Could someone tell me what Justin did? I could only see the first half of the show (taping the Mole on the other side then had to turn over for Scrubs) so I missed his performance... thanks! |
Yuhuru | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 03:52 pm     I like Kelly and Tamyrah. Tamyrah should win in my opinion. Not only is she consistent, she's consistently awesome ! From now until the end, I will pretend that I'm a teenage girl and do the redial thing as much as I possibly can before I fall off to sleep. |
Ketchuplover | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 04:34 pm     Why don't you try taping the button down |
Webkitty | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 07:20 pm     Ryan is gone. But they said just slightly over Justin. Was hoping it would be him! Nikki got the third least votes. Just a quick post, off to watch the tape of BB. Next week everyone! Oh, I almost forgot, the judges final words to her: Randy, keep trying, he knows she will make it. Paula, usual crap, Simon, call him anytime for anything! (whatever that meant! LOL) |
Buzzbyjoe | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Webkitty: you are the best. THANKS for the update. I am watching BB3 and trying to find the info you just left for me about who left in AI. Thanks again Webkitty. buzz. |
Kady | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 09:52 pm     Gosh that was close. Ryan handled her exit very well. I really wanted Justin gone. He bores me. (Can a Mod please change the date on this thread title? It is driving me nuts, and I don't have that far to go.) |
Muse | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 11:19 pm     Heh - sorry about the date, Kady. I thought that Justin might be in the final three, but I was surprised that he was second. And a close second at that, apparently. I personally like Justin (hmmm - I often feel like I'm the only one around here who does ), so I'm glad he made it. Anyway, no surprise about Ryan going. She handled it well. It was nice to see Simon being so kind to her, too. I bet her departure will send more votes Nikki's way in the next few weeks. |
Kady | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 11:52 pm     The thing I like to see is how these kids seem to grow each week and give us a better performance. Kelly just seems like a very sweet young girl and that is why she is my favorite. I watch BB and tape AI so I only had 30 minutes to hit my redial button. From now on I'm gonna get the # for her and redial for the whole two hours. Hehe, watching BB is making me act like a teenager.  |
Realfan | Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 08:48 am     Wow, Justin got a dose of reality tonight on the boot-off show!! Guess he's going to realize his winking at the camera only gets him so far... Good lesson for him. I was glad Ryan went instead of Justin. I think he's much better than she is. But I really, really don't want him to win, since Tamyra and Kelly are both better than he is. Loved Simon's comments about the seven left having talent, and inviting Ryan to call him for help. Awesome. And Ryan was a very stand-up gal to tell the judges how she valued their critiques. Good for her! Wow, we're cutting into the meat here next week. |
Brenda1966 | Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 09:31 am     I was so surprised that Justin was in 6th place. It gives me hope that the teeny boppers won't rule the day and make him the winner regardless of whether he deserves it or not. It seems a lot of people, including Justin, thought he already had this thing won. I'm glad to see that isn't true. Ryan's departure was not a surprise. I think she handled it quite well. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 02:05 pm     What bugged me most was that when the other six were cheering for Ryan .. Justin kept shaking his head to make his hair bounce. Seemed very practiced and attention-getting, especially since he was the tallest there. I hope he is outta there soon. RJ too. I understand they've put on security because RJ's mom is so upset with Simon . I was happy to hear what Simon said to Ryan.. that for the first time with someone leaving he's saying.. "call me anytime".. |
Webkitty | Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 02:45 pm     Seamonkey! I can't tell you how many times all over the board that you post what I am thinking. I forgot to mention Justin's head/hair bouncing last night, how irritating that was! It only took a moment after he was saved for that smirk to re-appear too. Can't wait to see him gone...... And the thing about Simon telling Ryan to call him. How much you wanna bet he was hoping it would be Justin that went last night? |
Admin | Friday, August 02, 2002 - 10:39 am     Kitt: see the Why did Justin need to apologize to Simon? thread. |
Kitt | Friday, August 02, 2002 - 02:06 pm     Thanks Admin. I caught the initial exchange the other week, but didn't see him apologise again this week... caught up on Wednesday's show though. I hope he doesn't apologise again next time, he needs to let the matter go. And pick a better song! |
Enbwife | Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 09:51 am     Justin has been picking the wrong songs the past few weeks and really going downhill in my mind. He's now in the bottom 3!!! He was so good before 2 weeks. Kelly is amazing. RJ has to go... don't like him. Nicky is going down although I used to like her. The others - not really in my books much. Love this show!!! |
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