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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, June 10, 2021 - 4:34 pm 
Thx Legal!
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 7:29 pm
I remember seeing Storm Large years ago. Darn! I cannot remember the name of the show.They were looking for a lead singer for a band. Seems like the first group was INXS, but they weren't the only ones. It was a really good show.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 10:42 pm
She’s now lives in Portland. We see her a lot locally on tv, every time there’s some sort of music performance involved. Yeah, she was on a show called Rock Star, Supernova in 2006. She’s done a lot of local theatre too.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 1:07 pm
Thank you! Tried to look it up on IMDB.com. That website is not as good as it used to be. Wow, 15 years ago. No wonder I barely remember it.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 2:37 pm
Mameblanche, I love the Nightbirde woman singer! she only has a 2% chance to beat her cancer. my heart hurts for her.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 5:21 pm
I’m not a mean person (and I hope everyone here knows that) but what has her having cancer got to do with her talent?
I remember Storm. I thought she was talented and had spirit.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 4:17 am
Jimmer, I think it’s more of a testament to her desire to pursue her dream even though she is face with a very huge obstacle.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 6:14 am
Jimmer, you old meanie! (Just kidding!!!)
FWIW, ironically, DH has very little patience with the background stories too, and would agree with you 100%. (We just argued about that this week. Lol) He tends to fast-forward directly to the talent portions when he watches solo, and skips the background stories. (We tape all our shows to watch at our leisure.)
But I love them! I would argue that the background stories are always a vital component on these type of shows, like AI, as well as AGT, etc, which allows us to get to know about the performers, keeping in mind it's not the judges, but, we the audience, who ultimately choose the winner.
While the background stories, for me anyways, can be the most compelling element, if the performance is an utter disaster, while it would be a huge disappointment, I'm realistic enough to accept they don't deserve to move forward, or if they do squeak through, that they must either improve, or they justifiably get the boot.
For instance, y'all are talking about Storm Large, (never heard of her) but because of the chatter here about her, I was excited to see her perform. Clearly she's experienced and talented, but I admit to being very disappointed in her song choice, although I do want to see what she does next time, so was glad she got put through. My point is that if I hadn't been aware of her, thanks to you guys, I would have been much less invested in whether she moved on or not.
Sorry this is longwinded... just hope it makes sense.
ETA... ITA 100% with Denecee!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 8:48 am
I think that makes perfect sense from an entertainment perspective. 
It’s one of the reasons that the Olympics draw such large ratings. Some people enjoy the background stories they do about the athletes while others focus more on the actual competition.
Of course, the actual Olympic results aren’t (or shouldn’t be) influenced by the backstories. The fastest person wins the race, regardless of their backstory.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 10:14 am
The fastest may win the race but the backstory gets movies (hallmark vs lifetime depending ON the backstory), books, speaking gigs, endorsements past the immediate moment, etc.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 11:45 am
I also enjoy the backstories and hearing what people have been able to overcome in their journey. When I was finally finishing my degree (English Lit) back in the 90s, one of my teachers told us that wanting to know about an author and their background is a very American thing. It used to be that people just read an author and judged him or her on the merits of their work. But now we like to know all about the author and perhaps what inspired their perspective. I blame it on People magazine!
I think it's the same with performers. So interesting to hear where they've come from and what they've had to overcome.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, June 18, 2021 - 11:36 am
me too, Babyjaxmom and ditto Mameblanche's last post!
the illness has nothing to do with how well she can sing, but I knew as soon as I saw her that she wasn't well, health wise. I loved her original song and her voice was amazing!
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Vsmart
Member
02-09-2003
| Friday, June 18, 2021 - 11:55 am
The Tae kwon do group was amazing, but what can they do for an encore?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, June 18, 2021 - 1:32 pm
Luv Legal's post! Excellent point. (Wish I'd thought of it.)
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 6:09 pm
I've never understood how these quick-change artists do it. She was amazing.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 9:17 pm
Yeah, HOW?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 08, 2021 - 6:44 am
There was some amazing talent on Tuesday night!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, July 08, 2021 - 9:11 pm
Yes! I said the same thing to DH last night.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 10:05 pm
Has anybody else noticed that the background music and the fake CGI crowd noise on this show totally drown out everything else? I sometimes have to turn on my CC, cause I can't hear what anyone is saying! Totally drives me nuts!
Anyone else, or is it the settings on my TV?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 7:24 am
I haven't noticed it at all.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 11:19 am
It's only on this show.
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Nyeratheart
Member
09-03-2010
| Friday, July 16, 2021 - 9:15 am
I have to put on cc all the time for this show. Luckily they’re pretaped so it works. Once they go live we’re out of luck. It never works right
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, July 16, 2021 - 9:31 am
Once they go live, maybe they'll have an actual real live audience instead of the CGI fake audience and the taped sounds. I think it's just too loud. Perhaps the real audience will be more balanced. We'll see.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 4:13 pm
Lots of good acts last night. I wonder what the ones think that got 4 yeses, but yet they don't go to the live shows. There are a lot of them.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 5:35 am
I know, such fun talent this year, I'm really enjoying it. Did they say the have to get it down to 36 or cut 36?
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