Archive through February 13, 2003
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Archive through February 13, 2003
Goddessatlaw | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 05:56 pm     OMG - watching Bernie Mac and laughing myself sick. |
Hotlantan | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 06:09 pm     No offense, but did Jennifer really think she had a rat's "behind" chance in "heck" of making the Top 3??? Those convulsions on hearing the bad news seemed totally out of left field. She must be even more delusional than Edgar! |
Jenhavins | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 06:10 pm     I think that she thought she was in at first. That is what her reaction seemed to be. |
Muse | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 10:23 pm     I'm very disappointed that Clay didn't get in. Ruben was a good choice, but I just don't find Kim especially engaging or interesting. Plus Randy and Simon seemed more hung up on Clay's "look" than Kim or Ruben's for some reason, so that might work against him for the wild card spot. Well, that and the fact that there will probably not be more women than men in the finals by then (unlike last season). I'm still convinced that part of the reason RJ got in was because they wanted a male singer to even out the ratio. I didn't get Jennifer's reaction, either. Even if she thought that she'd get in (??), she should have prepared herself to handle either situation. Candice, Clay, and the others showed a lot more maturity, IMO. It's wrong, but I was quite amused by Ryan being actually injured by Ruben and his brother. And I wonder if Simon will have any comments for Paula next week because of the way she just pulled the plug...lol. |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 10:34 pm     I managed to oversleep.. short nap went very long.. so missed all but the last few minutes, so it was very cool that I could come here and get all the dirt.. I'm happy with the outcome. |
Northstar | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 11:55 pm     Jenhavins, I think you're right. And I think the buried head was a moment of gaining her composure...At the end of the show Ryan again mentioned the wild card, somewhat addressed to Clay, and I heard Paula saying rather firmly, "that's right, that's right". I'm pretty sure he'll get one....I had a roommate in the early 80's who looked like Clay. Even their mannerisms are similar. Paul would have also readily admitted he'd pee'd 15 times, lol...I got all choked up when they showed Ruben's mom clapping and smiling. What a proud mom and what a great moment. |
Djgirl5235 | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 04:29 am     I missed the last 10 minutes (my vcr switched over to the Bachelorette - not a good moment last night) so I missed them telling Kimberly. I'm happy with both choices but really wanted it to be a tie for the second chair between Kimberly & CLay. I'm sure that Clay will get one of the wildcard chairs... I'm hoping anyway! His voice is beautiful - who cares what he looks like?! |
Hermione69 | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 05:52 am     I agree that it is interesting how they all went on about Clay's not looking like an Idol, but not Ruben or Kim. None of those are cookie cutter people, why single Clay out? I really hope he gets a wild card. Oh, have I said that already? DJ, I had my fingers crossed that they would tell Clay and Kimberly that the voting was so close that they decided to let both of them through! |
Spygirl | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:12 am     From what I understood, they weren't so much saying Clay didn't fit the American Idol image so much as they were saying that the voice that comes out of his mouth sooooo doesn't match his body and look. "Where does that voice come from" is an example of a comment like that. I know they've implied both, but I think it is the latter that they are most amazed by. |
Conejo | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:20 am     I don't get what all the fuss is over Ruben?? IMO he has a very nice voice, but he doesn't seem to have any great performing skills - just stands there and throws an arm out toward the audience now and then. He just doesn't seem like an American Idol to me. Oh, get his dang brother off the stage!! I'm not a big fan of Ryan's, but I thought Ruben and his big brother almost crushing Ryan was totally uncalled for - yet they seemed to think it was "cool". I thought it showed NO respect for the "host" of the show. IMHO |
Spygirl | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:23 am     I agree about Reuben. After having heard him sing several times now, I don't think his voice will hold up during the latter and more intense parts of the competition. If you listen closely, there are points where his voice almost breaks. To me, that indicates he is throat singing and he'll never be able to perform repeatedly like that. I thought he sounded good, but the quality and strength of Clay and Kimberly's voice far outweighed Reuben's, IMO. |
Essence | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:35 am     Being a Ruben fan, I guess we'll have to wait and see (if his voice can hold up). I for one hope it does, because I enjoy his singing. I'm glad he made it through, and I'm pretty sure that Clay will get a wild card spot. (I enjoyed him too.) |
Prisonerno6 | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:36 am     Conejo, they did the same thing Tuesday night (squishing Ryan on the couch), but IIRC, someone made a comment about it being Ryan's idea. Honestly, I don't understand it. Kimberly gets knocked for comments made when Paula and Randy were egging her on -- comments that Simon obviously (to me, anyway) thought were amusing (Ok, you're up to a six, keep going!). Now Ruben gets slammed for "not respecting" the host for doing what the host apparently told him to do in the first place. Good grief. These people are *human.* They're on national TV for the first time in their lives. Yes, they might get a little over excited and do things that might make some of us cringe -- but can we give them a break? I mean, how many of us have the cojones to do what they're doing, let alone the talent? |
Hermione69 | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:41 am     Oh geez, so now we are not allowed to react? We are human, too. |
Cjeanne | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:45 am     clay still has a chance for the wilcard spot I hope he gets it....Clay was just as good as kimberly. |
Cjeanne | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:49 am     northstar keep the faith Clay will pull thru and he could win..win it all |
Marameko | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 07:41 am     Ok, relatives...........keep your behinds on the couch. |
Wink | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 08:51 am     Does anyone know if they show the actual number of votes each contestant received at any of the American Idol sites? It would be interesting to see how close in vote totals the three were. |
Denecee | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 09:12 am     I'm torn between Clay & Rueben as they both sang really good. At first I didn't think Kimberly was as good (I was on the phone when she performed the night before)but I just love how she made "Over the Rainbow" her own song. As far as Rueben & bro squishing Ryan, Ryan liked it , no disrespect was intended. |
Walker | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 11:14 am     i agree conejo..i think reuben has a nice voice but its not all that spectacular to me..i actually think that clay has a much better voice and i see nothing wrong with his appearance. |
Grooch | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 11:21 am     Wink, I don't think they have it posted anywhere. I think Clay is better than Ruben also. I don't understand why the judges said he was the best one yet, esp in stage presence. What did he do on stage that was so different than the rest? He stood there just like everyone else did. But he does have a nice smile. Is that the difference? Also, I don't think he has much range. Maybe I preferred Clay over Ruben because his voice tone is more comfortable on my ears than Ruben. There are some singers that are very good singers, but their voice is to high or low, and it just doesn't feel comfortable to my ears. So I can't listen to them. |
Realfan | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 11:25 am     I wanted Clay over Kim, for sure. Even over Reuben, I think. Reuben sang well, but didn't knock my socks off. In fact, when he went from the chorus to the refrain (or vice versa) and the tempo slowed, it bugged me. So did the way he reached out with his hand over and over. Hmmmm . . . I sure hope they let Clay have a wildcard spot! He deserves it!!! I thought Paula acted high on Tuesday's show. Really bizarre, all happy about everything. Jumping up, clapping, asking for dates. Bizarro. Also, I'm getting really sick of people dissing Simon, like he's the butt of every joke. Even kids who got compliments from him diss him. Makes no sense to me. And I am really disappointed Kim made it after her showing off and snotty comments. Yeah, it was supposed to be fun, but I wasn't entertained. I prefer gracious people who can take criticism from their mentors, not upstart snots. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 11:42 am     I'd rather vote for a snot who can sing, than a gracious person with less talent. |
Grooch | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 11:45 am     LOL! You know, Seamonkey, I was going to agree with you, but then that means I would have wanted the first Kimberly to advance also. I'm so confused now.  |
Hermione69 | Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 11:53 am     Humility is a very underrated virtue. There is no reason why you can't be both gracious and talented. Clay was both. Kelly was both. Tamyra was both. Shall I go on? |
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