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Conejo

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought Kim was fantastic last night and she gave me goosebumps again!
Clay was also outstanding. Ruben was great again, but he just doesn't do it for me. Trenyce was good, but I think she has given better performances. IMO

Josh was not very good, as usual, and definately needs to go home! His facial expressions are painful!

I also thought that Neil Sedaka was the best judge so far this year. His comments were very well stated. IMO

Nutsy

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
She drank the olive oil before her performances - said it "keeps her vocal cords moist".

I don't think Trenyce has the chops for this - sure, she can perform, but she's performing an act - I totally got Simon's drag performance comment - it was put on, and for me, that's Trenyce's downfall.

Also, I don't think she has the vocal ability and range the others do. She's good - but not nearly as good as Clay, Kim, or Ruben.

Hobbs

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tex, It is usually while they are talking to the judges or while Ryan is just bantering. They take the shot from the stage and he is looking to his right so that his eye-line is going past the back of Paula's neck towards the audience on the side of Randy.

Texannie

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hobbs, isn't that just so he can look at the judges while they are talking and give Paual a raft of sh*t?? LOL

Hobbs

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They might not be talking at the time. The first time I noticed it was the night his girlfriend was there. I thought he was always looking at her. But it has continued since. It's like he is looking for direction from a producer or director or someone. Maybe his girlfriend was there last night. He was all smiles. This is really nothing. The show was good last night so I had to find something to pick on.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I wasn't going to post my remarks - don't know why, just thought I wouldn't... anyway, I rethought it and here they are:

Ruben: I know this guy is a good performer, but I'm getting bored with each performance. He's good, but he hasn't changed a bit since the beginning - he's taken the steps to change his image with the new outfits, but musically, he does the same performance each week - it was blase... don't get me wrong, I like Ruben, I'm just bored (Lord, I feel like Simon!) shrug

Trenyce: I thought this was probably her best performance night so far, but she has to find something to show who she is, she completely emulated Tina Turner, and I don't know who Trenyce really is (and the Olive Oil thing???? I've tried a lot of things before a performance, but anything that's thick coats the vocal chords and chokes you up... I always eat a lemon to strip any gunk off my vocal chords before a performance... and can I just say - YUCK to the olive oil? lol) :)

Josh: Has performed his final time on the show - he is so far behind the rest that it's not funny... the attitude was a little too much to take! He was completely cheesy with the first song, and then in Bad Blood, all I kept thinking was eeeeeeekkkkkkkk he's so far off key it's not funny - it was awful!!! Did anyone else notice that he forgot the words half way through? rant

Kim: I LOVED both of her performances - that girl can definitely sing!!! Of all the contestants, I would buy a cd by her or Clay, that's it! She has such a haunting voice, and the RANGE!!! What a fantastic night for her!clapping

Clay: They definitely saved the best for last!!! I was dancing around the livingroom to "Buttercup" and believe me, if I had Hermione's phone number last night, she would have had a phone call!!! "Solitaire" had me in tears, as well as Neil Sedaka, and was absolutely wonderful... I loved his version (as well as the Carpenters), and was so moved by the performance - it was just so raw!!! LOVED IT!!! love

Neil Sedaka is by far the best guest judge - I too was rather leary of him and his songs (I kept thinking Calendar Girl as well), but was blown away last night!

What a fantastic night!!!

Crazydog

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the olive oil explanations. Yuck. But hey, whatever works for her.

I'm still a big fan of Ruben but I like Kim better. As Paula said, she is so versatile and she sounds and looks better and better each week. Ruben's performances were great but I liked his "Kiss and Say Goodbye" the best so far. And it's really funny what Simon said because he was so right - when Ruben sings he looks so happy it is infectious but as soon as he is getting comments he looks so serious.

I like Trenyce's performances. I downloaded "I Have Nothing" and "Power of Love" and they sound great. I think she will be successful. She does have appeal and I would hope someone signs her.

Clay is a good singer but I prefer the others.

Also, I think it's a great thing that 3 of the final 4 contestants are minorities. It's nice to see.

Bandit

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought it was a great show, and although Trenyce was o.k. last night, I couldn't help but think of all the people that didn't like Kim C. because "she yelled." Um, hello?!?!? What was Trenyce doing last night?!?!?!? Yelling her way through Proud Mary.

And Kim L was FANTASTIC!!!! She's going to give Ruben and Clay a run for their money! She's rapidly becoming my fave-good for her!!!!!!

Clay's Solitaire was amazing. And I was also dancing around to "Build Me Up, Buttercup". My bf and I even put in the There's Something About Mary DVD in to watch the music video at the end!

Grooch

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
All I can say is that I agree this was the show everyone's been waiting for.

Josh should clearly leave tonight. I hope it happens, but I have my doubts.

If he does leave tonight what a great show it will be next week. everyone will actually have to vote for their favorite and not someone else that they want to save. I don't want anyone to lose at this point of the competition. They are all winners in my book.

From now on, it is really going to be painful to see anyone leave.

P.S. I am so happy to see that talent won over looks this season. <bseg>

Marymc

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
just a lil side note on the olive oil....she has to sing a number of times per week (don't know if she takes it before she practices) but the effect on the body has to be....uhh.... rather....how do i say this? uhmmm....i'd be in the bathroom a lot.

Hobbs

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for chiming in Deej. I look forward to seeing what you have to say after each show. So please don't hide in the corner. You always seem to be on the same page as me. That just shows how smart and on the ball you really are!!

Hobbs

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mary, maybe that's why she always has that strained look on her face!

Tabbyking

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
when they first asked her about the olive oil thing, i thought it was the olive oyl thing and she was going to tell us her friends called her olive oyl because she is slim and has big teeth! then i thought she was going to rub some oil on her legs!
when she drank it, i wanted her to do a wine vinegar chaser, so she could be a salad dressing! lol and marymc so tactfully put it, wouldn't it sort of be like 'stuff' through a goose?

Brenda1966

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think you guys said everything I'm thinking. Ruben was good, but the same, whereas Kim and Clay really stepped up the game. I was so proud of Clay last night. He kicked #%@$!

I've always liked Terynce's voice, she's just not very likable and is a total Diva. Josh was awful. The war is over, it's time for him to go.

I can't recall from last year, but are they really going to do the 'bottom 3' thing this week and next? If they do it will tell us who the top two are. IF they did it next week it would tell us who the top 1 is. Does anyone remember how last year went?

Hermione69

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
When it was down to four, they only pulled two. I remember Tamyra and Nikki going up and everyone thinking it was finally going to be Nikki's night to leave. There was no one else up there with them.

I read somewhere that they are pulling three tonight and the bottom three will have interviews and stuff to fill the hour.

Rissa

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Djgirl, I was thinking the same thing, wouldn't thick, goopy oil make it harder not easier? Maybe she's a heavy smoker and if she takes a deep inhale on a dry throat, she'd hack out a lung? LOL Dunno, makes no sense to me except that it's a DIVA thing. :)

I love Kim, want her to win in the worst way but she didn't blow me away last night. Maybe it's because I am expecting SO much from her now. Clay on the other hand DID blow me away, both songs. First he is obviously willing to step outside his comfort zone and try something new when suggested and his Solitaire was just stunning. Not drama queen or melodramatic just very poignant/heartfelt.... beautifull.

Reuben is so adorable but I am starting to wonder what he does for an encore. LOL Those dimples and that smile can't be beat but he is turning into a one-trick pony for me.

Josh has always left me cold. Not a bad singer, I am not running for aspirin or heaving in cold sweats, but just OK. He goes off-key as often as he hits the notes and is sooo obviously more comfortable with the country twang that anything else he tries dies on the stage. On an irrelevant side-note, is that boy gaining weight faster than Kim is losing it or what??? LOL What are they feeding these people? :)

Trenyce {sigh}. I felt sorry for her last night. I thought her first song ROCKED and didn't get Simon's comment at all. She was right into it, having fun, and performed, really performed. Her second song didn't do anything for me but the judges loved it, so what do I know? RFLOL I just feel sorry for her because she obviously came to play last night and still the judges make it clear they have no place for her in the winners circle.

I hope Josh goes tonight and Trenyce gets one more week. I agree with whomever said that Josh doesn't seem to be trying. He is the only one, IMO, who doesn't make a sincere effort to raise his game each week.

P.S. Tabby... RFLMAO!!!!!!

Marameko

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
All I have to say is ditto ditto ditto to Crazy.................

Marymc

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
oil makes everything "slide on through"....my ex's uncle swore by it "for medicinal purposes"...

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Hobbs... I shouldn't read anyone else's thoughts on the previous night's show before I put down my own because a lot of the time I sit there and wonder if we actually saw the same show... and Marymc - I agree wholeheartedly about the oil...

Beachcomber88

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 12:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hobbs, on the Simon turning thing - I mentioned this several weeks ago when I first noticed it also. It sometimes happens during the actual performances. I think he's trying to gauge audience reaction. But you're right, it is rather distracting.

Realmom

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great posts from Demeter, Hobbs, DJ, and many more of you. I had to tape the show last night and watch it at 11:00, so I didn't get to vote for anyone.

I'm feeling a bit vindicated because I took quite a bit of teasing as a teen and young adult for being a Neil Sedaka fan. I mentioned last week what a wonderful entertainer he is. I sat through two of his concerts and was never bored. He talks to the audience and played encore after encore--very gracious. Maybe I just have a thing for singers who also play the piano. Anyway, I always thought that, though many of his songs are bubblegum (hey, that was the times), he is a versatile composer. I mean, how different are "Solitaire," "Calendar Girl," and "Where the Boys Are"? That was what was missing for me in the Diane Warrin show--all of her music sounded the same. I actually didn't know he wrote "Where the Boys Are" because it isn't on any of his albums that I own, but that makes sense because it would be weird for him to sing such a song. I would love to hear Clay or Kimberly sing "Sad Eyes" which is one of Sedaka's boogie blues songs.

"Solitaire" is a great song, and I would have loved to hear Clay sing the whole piece last night. It is definitely a song for him. He was incredible last night (though "Buttercup" isn't one of my favorites), and I was so happy to hear Simon acknowledge that Clay has been taking the constructive criticism and working to improve.

Kimberly was also incredible. I never cared for Connie Francis' version of "Boys" and thought Kimberly turned it into a different song entirely. The jacket is a good look for her. Someone said it was peach, but it was pink on my t.v. Of all of the contestants, Kimberly seems to know what songs are right for her and her picks are dead on.

Trenyce was better last night, but she exudes a vibe or attitude that I just can't get into. Anyone else notice that her finger beats on the microphone aren't in time with the music? Wonder why she does it...

Ruben was good as always. I thought his voice was perfect for the slow version of "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and he had fun with his first song. I'm not sure Ruben should win this, but no matter. I think he has a recording contract in his future and is going to do well win or lose.

Josh - Buh-bye! I fastforwarded after the judges' comments, so I missed his comments. His first song was too country for my liking and "Bad Blood" was pitiful. He tenses up his nose, hence the ugly faces, so he can yell through his nasal resonators with lots of force. He has no control over his voice, so he can't control his pitch. I sure wonder what he would sound like after working with a good vocal coach. I think the talent is there--it just needs to be developed.

I would still be happy with a win by Clay, Ruben or Kimberly. If I had to, though, I'd rank them: 1) Clay, 2) Kimberly, 3) Ruben

The drinking of olive oil is just plain gross. Reminds me of a bad experience I had when I was a kid. It was the morning that my 6th grade class was leaving for weeklong winter camp in the mountains. My mom got up and cooked pancakes (a rare treat), and I was in such a hurry that I poured Crisco Oil (remember it used to come in those amber bottles--easily confused with pancake syrup) all over my pancakes. I didn't want her to get mad at me, so I ate them. The thought still gags me a bit. I've never heard of coating the vocal cords with oil. I've used honey or honey and lemon tea when I've had to sing with a cough or sore throat, but olive oil sounds like it would gum up the works.

Kellirippa

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is it possible that Simon is watching the monitor?

Pagal

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There is a monitor in front of the judges table. I agree with Beach that he is gauging audience reaction - he has said before that he always watches the performances again on tape because he can get more out of them then he can by seeing them on stage. Sounds weird to me but "ok." LOL