Easily the least talented season

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (kennethp21) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:39:56 GMT

I think what kills this season is the pre-hype "most talented top 12 ever!" by Simon.
Because of it, many of us just expect too much, and unfortunately so do the contestants (i think it put a lot of pressure on the contestants)

if Simon just said "i think it will be a great top 12, but still we have to see how they are doing later", it would be different.

I dunno, that's just my take

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (8trackmind) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:59:27 GMT

For me this has been Idol's dreariest season. The talent is vastly better than the 3rd season, of course; I think 11 of the finalists are good enough to be in the top 12 (since Amanda screamed her way thru all 5 of her performances, we never did find out if she could actually sing) but the raw talent has not translated into a lot of great performances or a lot of singers I'd be happy to be see win. The problem is that everybody seems so gray and desperate. Nobody even dresses...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (SurvivorFanGP) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:14:13 GMT

This season still ranks at the bottom for me. The first five seasons always had at least one "wow" performance every week, and this season (along with season 6) hasn't produced that. Who knows, maybe if one of my favorites wins, i'll like it more than Seasons 3 and 5. Season 5 was awesome, but the winner does (for me) overall have a lot of weight on how much I like a season, and any of the three in the F4 would have made a better winner than Taylor.

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Ginawantsme) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:26:16 GMT

This season ranks 4th in talent IMO. That is 3rd from the bottom and hardly "The Best Ever" which was rammed down our throats for the first 2 months of the season.

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (EllieTay) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:18:51 GMT

Every year they/you say that this is the most talented season ever. Then with a little time and perspective (and some lousy CD sales) the consensus is that it wasn't all that.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Too bad we can't get there faster.

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Starzburst05) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:15:41 GMT

opendoor50 wrote:
I hate the instruments. If the ratings are tanking coz there are no belters and everyone is SO TALENTED, next year belters and trainwrecks, please.

I agree. I hate the instruments as well. Allowing instruments totally gives a free pass to some of those less talented musicians who rely completely on their instruments to pull them through (think: Brooke and Jason). Allowing instruments was a dumb...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Drew B) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:21:39 GMT

I think they found some people with AMAZING voices this year. Sadly, none of them particularly delivered, and they are all [deservedly] gone now. If Kady, David Hernandez and Ramiele had lived up to their potential, it would be the BEST season ever...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (opendoor50) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:43:32 GMT

I hate the instruments. If the ratings are tanking coz there are no belters and everyone is SO TALENTED, next year belters and trainwrecks, please.

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (HoboKitty) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:56:31 GMT

This is definitely one of my favorite seasons and one of the least karaoke-ish. Therefore, I would agree that these are some of the most talented contestants they've ever had. Now, whether this makes for entertaining reality TV is another story. But I for one am pleased. This is the season with the least amount of belting ever! WHOO!

And I like the instruments.

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Nods) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:52:11 GMT

opendoor50 wrote:
Ominous signs for American Idol (off of Drudge)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel21apr21,1,4430265.story

This season is failing for many reasons

1. no decent R/B singers
2. piss poor event nights I mean Dolly, Mariah, ALW, and Neil...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Frankie G Morris) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:48:14 GMT

Perhaps I am the odd one ... imagine that ... but I have enjoyed this season and this board more this season than I did the last two. Season five and six were both meh. Sanjaya was ammusing ... but that was about it. Jordan was the chubby girl with the nice voice that sings at the Christmas eve church service, and Taylor was like the sped that they let sing on Christmas eve ... because he is special and it is Christmas after all.

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (ProbstFan123) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:30:54 GMT

I expect they will make some big changes for next season to shake things up.

And no doubt they will be hyping season 8 as "The Best Season Ever!!!"

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (seltzer3) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:27:20 GMT

I was pissed that Suzy Vulaca and Lisa Leuschner didn't make it to the final 12. Simon really hated them though

I think its ironic that the best guy singer for season 3 (George Huff) was the one that didn't even make it to the semis originally. (He was cut in the last round of hollywood/ first on the alternate list)

I did remember about how there were actually 36 contestants in season 3....

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (opendoor50) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:11:26 GMT

Ominous signs for American Idol (off of Drudge)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel21apr21,1,4430265.story

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (8trackmind) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:43:54 GMT

Unfortunately, I have to agree that Mantasia won fair & square. The judges blatantly favored her of course, but that's happened with people in other finals also. As much as I fervently supported her at the time, Diana was not one of my big favs that season and was the wrong person to take on Fantasia. She should not have been in the finale anyway: Jennifer Vs. Latoya would have been a much better one. In fact, an all black top 3 with George coming in 3rd (and Mantasia eliminated on...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Drew B) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:23:49 GMT

love like a bomb wrote:

suckshardcore wrote:

Honestly I think there are a lot of people who voted based on the Top 2 performances and had Diana knocked DCOL out of the park again and had they actually
been fair and given them an appropriate winner's single that would have suited both of them she would have won over...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (love like a bomb) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:45:53 GMT

suckshardcore wrote:
Honestly I think there are a lot of people who voted based on the Top 2 performances and had Diana knocked DCOL out of the park again and had they actually been fair and given them an appropriate winner's single that would have suited both of them she would have won over Fantasia. At least partly DCOL on Top 2 night got fucked up b/c of AI.

Do you honestly think "I Believe"...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (8trackmind) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:09:23 GMT

I totally agree about this board being great during season 3. That was when I discovered this place (I didn't actually join till recently). The countless trainwreck performances, colorful if hapless contestants, and innumerable other disasters (not letting 4 people sing during the wildcard, continual idiotic voter choices, death threats to John Stevens, etc.) made for a truly wild and unpredictable ride, especially coming after the smooth (aside from Corey, Frenchie and the wildcard mess)...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (James Barber) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:49:20 GMT

This is what happens when the show doesn't think viewers are paying attention. This happened last season when viewers didn't get that Jordin was supposed to be the best ever. Around the top four. They made sure everyone else looked bad.

The men were supposed to be doing better than they are. The viewers were supposed to be getting rid of the people the show doesn't like. Since the viewers haven't followed the script the way they were supposed to, we get shows like...

Re: Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (opendoor50) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:36:39 GMT

It's like all the fun has completely drained out of the show. God, even S6 had Sanjaya to make fun of. What the hell will people say about this show tomorrow? I can barely remember it and I just saw it.

Easily the least talented season

feeds@yuku.com (Romber Rulz) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:58:00 GMT

I mean really... most talented ever? UH NO!