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Fruitbat

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
>>>> Simons major goal is have someone win that he thinks is the AI and the production want this show to be the best entertainment they can create.

>>>> The judges controling 50% of the vote would suit Simon but may not be the best for audience participation and entertainment value.

>>>> It is probably a little thing and we will all groan.

Webkitty

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Car, Simon didn't say he was doing a twist like on Joe Millionair you silly! lol. he said: if you thought the twist on Joe Millionair was good, wait until you see this one. It was just to frame the reference.
He also said that Paula doesn't know what it is, but that it will be good. (as he raised his eyebrows and opened his eyes wide)

I seem to remember him saying something to the effect that the twist would be "later", but I can't be sure about that, and I can't review my tape right now.

I really don't think the twist will have anything to do with Simon having more control over who goes forward. The public wouldn't like it, and that would not make it a "good" twist.

Brenda, thanks for posting that article!

Car54

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
But I didn't. I thought the twist on Joe Millionaire sucked the big one. So if Simon is making that comparison, this is gonna suck bigger.

Hermione69

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Webkitty, while I am with you on this one-- "I really don't think the twist will have anything to do with Simon having more control over who goes forward. The public wouldn't like it, and that would not make it a "good" twist."-- I've decided we should let Fruitbat have her fun. She is getting way more enjoyment out of speculating about this twist than we will probably get for the real thing, don'tcha think? LOL!

Webkitty

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Herm, you could be right. We have Bat hooked on this show now, the more the merrier. All speculation welcome.
Car, I promise it will get better, wait, SIMON promises it will get better (gotta trust the Simonmiester) Just go with the flow, its all good :)

Fruitbat

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 03:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yep, I am loooooooving the chase.

Fruitbat

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You are absolutely right Webkitty. The show would lose some audience enthusiam if they did not have the choice. Last year was a huge success, why muck with a good thing.

Kitt

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 03:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
According to the TiVo summary, next week the judges pick one of the finalists, the phone vote picks the other, so I assumed this was the "twist".

If they've changed it so that there are four finalists from the wildcard group, perhaps they are having the judges pick two and the audience pick two.

Tatyana

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just saw Paula on ET and she says we'll learn about the twist next Tuesday. But she also said one twist is there will be 4 wildcards picked next week. Sincer there are only 2 guys and the rest girls next week I see Clay getting through plus 3 girls.

Ketchuplover

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kim Bauer from 24 will accidently shoot Simon in the bum.

Hermione69

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ketchuplover, what is your fascination with bottoms? I just left Ms. Kitty a note in her folder and saw that you were going to bite her butt. What is going on? You know, therapy can do wonderful things...

Tabbyking

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
maybe ketchuplover just has an 'acination' with bums!

Hermione69

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 05:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Be careful, Tabby, or we are liable to give Adven a new research topic! LOL!

Adven

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 05:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bums,eh. It has definite research potential. Although, we in the scientific community prefer to use the term "glutteous maximus" - or was that Julius Caesar's second in command? Anyway, Hermi, this "tush" research idea of yours may be worth pursuing.

Djgirl5235

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 05:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh no, Herm!! Look what's happened (lol!)

Grooch

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 07:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I could get into talking about buns. I think football players have the cutest looking buns in their football uniforms.

Ladytex

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Can we please have one area of the board not hijacked for this nonsense?

Puttergirl

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 10:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Be sure when you vote on the POLL this week that you vote for 4. There is also a bonus question, so go look!!

Hermione69

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 07:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From TV Guide Online

"PAGING FRENCHIE...: Fox has found a way to extend American Idol's second season by two episodes: add two more finalist slots. There will now be 12 finalists, up from last year's 10. The four remaining slots will be filled during next week's wild card round. (Why not just give Kimberly Caldwell one of them now?) Speaking of Idol, what's the deal with this big "twist" that Simon said was coming up? Sources say viewers may finally get an answer to Juanita Barber's question, "What About the Children?""

?? Any thoughts?

Pamy

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What is that supposed to mean?? Children?? Is that a clue? I am stumped!

Hermione69

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 08:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It made me wonder if they really are bringing Frenchie back. It starts off with "Paging Frenchie" and finishes with a cryptic comment about Juanita's song, "What about the children?" which reminded me that Frenchie's pictures ended up on a child porn site. ??? I dunno. Just thinking out loud. And they have 9 contestants, which is kind of an odd number to have. The thing is, if they are bringing Frenchie back, they are going to have to let it "slip" because they have gotten SO MUCH publicity out of her being kicked out, that their ratings will be astronomical if they let her back in. They won't want it to be a surprise because more people will tune in to watch her than some "twist" that they don't know anything about. So I'd expect to hear about it by Monday if she is really the other twist and if nothing comes out, I doubt she is.

I don't really think it will be her. She has gotten so much exposure on ET and other sources that it would be extremely unfair to the other contestants at this point.

What about the children? I have no idea!

Pamy

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 08:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good thinking Hermie! I think you are on to something about the Frenchie -child connection. Or maybe tv guide doesn't know the twist and they are trying to be clever.

Hermione69

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 09:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Probably the latter, LOL! :) Have a good night, Pamy. It is midnight here and I need to get to bed.

Wilsonatmd

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 11:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm hearing stuff about perhaps the twist being one of the four wild cards being decided by a vote of the 8 contestants already in the finals....it would be judges get to pick one, finalists pick one, and audience picks two....since the judges get to pick the wild-card show contestants, the finalists can't really vote for a bad singer to help them, so this could work (I read somewhere that the Canadian version of Popstars is doing this, execpt the contestants vote a person out instead of in)....

...the other twist rumor I'm hearing is that they'll be TWO winners this time....one male and one female.

Pamy

Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 01:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can see the 1 female 1 male as a twist. Then they will have to change the name to American IdolS