Gossip/Scandals 2009: now w/Danny Hokey "charity" news

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curve31		#741	[-]
Posts: 687 (04/27/08 11:36 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	What would be fair is if they drew out of a hat on air. But they would probably fuck with that too. Plus they have to be ready for performances with pianos and stuff shrugs
pjadedd		#742	[-]
Posts: 6273 (04/27/08 3:52 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Now that we're back to only one person going home (they went from 6 to 4 last year), is it safe to say Syesha will be performing second this week?
seaguy		#743	[-]
Posts: 10533 (04/27/08 3:58 PM) AI Forum Moderator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	pjadedd wrote: Now that we're back to only one person going home (they went from 6 to 4 last year), is it safe to say Syesha will be performing second this week? Yes. And if she doesn't have the lowest number of votes, expect a huge light from the ceiling to accidentally fall on her head.
OnlyTheHunter		#744	[-]
Posts: 1477 (04/27/08 10:13 PM) Edgician Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Responding to a question last page, I seem to recall that Jordin won the coin toss, but it was later stated that Blake would have deferred and let her choose had he won. Not 100% positive but it's the first thing I thought of. Either way, she was going last in the finale. Did anyone actually keep a copy to watch? Not holding my breath on that one. Michael
E Love 9		#745	[-]
Posts: 1213 (04/27/08 10:17 PM) I don't get most of the jokes Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I got this article from another board I read. My apologies if it's been posted before. From the National Enquirer: IDOL STAR'S PARENTS FILED FOR DIVORCE Behind his sweet smile, American Idol front-runner David Archuleta suffers a painful secret - his parents' marriage has been so shaky they filed for divorce, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. But David's amazing talent as a performer (and cash prize of $100,000!) saved his parent's marriage and kept he and his four siblings together. His parents, James Jeffrey Archuleta and Lupe Marie Archuleta, filed to dissolve their marriage in 2002. But they stopped the divorce proceedings when David - just 12 at the time - won the $100,000 first place prize on Star Search, saving the family. According to court papers obtained by The ENQUIRER, David's father filed for divorce in July 2002, citing irreconcilable differences. A year earlier, Jeffrey Archuleta's business, Arch Consulting Group, had several tax liens placed on it. The business was listed as being worth "approximately zero" in the divorce documents. David's parents were granted a decree of divorce on January 23, 2003, but the judge never signed the final paperwork. Terry Spencer, the attorney who handled the Archuleta divorce, told The ENQUIRER that the divorce was not finalized because neither Jeff nor Lupe attended the Divorce Education Class required under Utah law. "It was David's winning the $100,000 in the Junior Singer category in the 2003 Star Search competition that kept his parents from making their divorce official," said a pal of the family. Full details are in the new issue of The ENQUIRER.
suckshardcore		#746	[-]
Posts: 13400 (04/27/08 10:24 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Is it wrong that the first thing I thought of after reading that was damn, I hope he doesn't get any sympathy votes because of this.
latingrl2005		#747	[-]
Posts: 2213 (04/27/08 11:27 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tvguide/360653_idolblog25.html Idol Boss Talks Shocking Exits, Sliding Ratings TV GUIDE The Britweek Launch, held Thursday night at the home of the Consul General, was a little like a ball: Nearly everyone, including the five American Idol contestants had a curfew- but forget the Midnight curfew like Cinderella had - the AI gang had to be out by 8:30! None of the Idol contestants are allowed to talk to the press until after they leave the show, so all they could do for the press was smile politely and pose for photos. Off-camera, one journalist asked Jason Castro how long it took to get his dreadlocks. The answer: 15 hours for the initial process (for real?) and a few months to let it all develop. He said he was excited to be doing Neil Diamond songs next week and that no, he wasn't planning on singing "Memory" again any time soon. Inside the garden party, where guests dined on fish and chips, Syesha chatted with friends and was overheard to say, presumably about her fate on the show, "Whatever happens, it's all good." American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has no such gag order, however, and gave us his thoughts on Carly's shocking early ejection the night before. "I was very sad," he admitted. "I think Carly is extremely talented, a brilliant voice. I was sorry to lose Michael and I was certainly sorry to lose Carly." He dismissed the idea that Michael, an Australian, and Carly, who is Irish, were ousted due to having been born abroad. Carly was in the top four last week," he pointed out. "Most times, America votes for the best performance of the night. I think this week, we saw America getting behind people they've supported over a series of weeks." He expects more shockers to come, since everyone left is a strong contender. "This is the season that everybody said David Archuleta's won and now here we are going, 'Ooh, what's happening?'" He got a bit peevish when asked about Idol's lower ratings this season. "We're the number one show, we're the number two show, and when we have three shows in a week, we're the number three show. I don't want to talk about ratings. We're the biggest show in America," he insisted, pointing out that TV ratings as a whole are down from last year. - Sharon Knolle
HoboKitty		#748	[-]
Posts: 255 (04/28/08 1:48 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	suckshardcore wrote: Is it wrong that the first thing I thought of after reading that was damn, I hope he doesn't get any sympathy votes because of this. Of course not. He's still Archtard, the demon child. The people who can actually stand him will feel sorry for him but maybe they'll actually stop voting so he can get booted next week and his parents can finally divorce, with his mother getting full custody. If that story is true, damn, his parents are worst than I thought. That's the weirdest marriage counseling technique I've ever heard of. Marriage problems? Go enter your kid in a talent show! The pressure that little demon child must feel... not that I feel sorry for him or anything!
springfeverish		#749	[-]
Posts: 1452 (04/28/08 6:34 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	If we don't have any gossip, will a conspiracy theory do? Of course they're not going to realese the tallies. That would expose what shams some of the so-called 'Bottom 2's and 'Bottom 3's have been through the years. TV Notes: 'Idol' votes no on full disclosure Monday, April 28, 2008 By Scott Collins, Los Angeles Times It's a bigger mystery than who cuts Simon Cowell's hair: Why aren't "American Idol's" complete voting results ever released? Viewers discover each week which unlucky singer is getting the boot, of course. But one of the main complaints about "Idol's" phone-in balloting is that the show has never published precise voting totals, not even at season's end when such information would be in no danger of swaying perceptions that could alter the competition. Thus viewers can only speculate by how much, say, Jordin Sparks won the contest last season. The lack of transparency sometimes leads conspiracy theorists to grumble about "Idol" being "fixed," especially when a popular contestant, such as this year's Michael Johns, is shown the door. What's surprising is that at least one of the show's producers says he's all in favor of releasing the vote tallies. "If there's any overt rule that says why [totals] shouldn't be released, I'm not aware of it," executive producer Ken Warwick said in an interview last week. "I was under the impression they were open to scrutiny. "No one is saying you can't look at them," he added. Well, actually, someone is. After the interview with Warwick, I asked a Fox spokesman if the network would be willing to release the tallies from last season. The spokesman said that lawyers for the show conferred over the matter. A short time later, a written statement arrived, credited to Fox and show producers Fremantle Media and 19 Entertainment: "The network and producers will not disclose voting tallies for the competition, as the release of such information would only serve to create additional rumor and speculation." The statement added that the show would "be willing" to release "the total number of votes" received this season, as it has done in the past. But, of course, the total number of votes reveals very little. In fact, it doesn't even tell us how many Americans participated in "Idol's" process because viewers are encouraged to phone in for their favorites as many times as they like. It can be assumed that if "Idol" followed a one-person, one-vote system, the results would be much different. But without a full accounting of each season's totals, it's hard to say anything definitive about "Idol" voting. Maybe when "Idol" finally ends its run -- many decades hence, no doubt -- the producers can donate those long-ago voting tallies to some grateful museum curators http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08119/877125-42.stm
HoboKitty		#750	[-]
Posts: 256 (04/28/08 8:11 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The producers can do whatever they want. I just wonder what the consequences would be if somebody had evidence that the votes aren't always taken into consideration (if ever). I know the BBC got into trouble over faking phone contest winners. They were fined and are no longer allowed to have any phone contests. I wonder...would I rather know the truth or would I rather live with the illusion that AI is real (well, as real as The Hills)?
suckshardcore		#751	[-]
Posts: 13405 (04/28/08 12:36 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I think the reason they won't do is because they fuck around with the bottom 3s a lot. I believe that they send the lowest vote getter home but I think there's definitely manipulation going on with who they put in the bottom 2/3.
Drew B		#752	[-]
Posts: 2734 (04/28/08 12:44 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	They would be NUTS to fuck with the votes (at least the eliminations). Who advances/wins is so monumentally unimportant compared to keeping America invested in the show. If it were revealed that they eliminated contestants who were not the lowest-votegetters, the show would be over. The feeling of the audience that they can control the result is the heart and soul of this show. If not for that, the show would have very little going for it. The "talent" is not substantially greater (if at all greater) than that seen on "Rockstar" or either of the Pussycat Dolls shows -- the reason why those shows weren't monster smashes, though, is that the audience didn't decide - at least not entirely...
HoboKitty		#753	[-]
Posts: 264 (04/28/08 1:13 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	from http://www.nypost.com/seven/04282008/tv/rethinking_idol_108461.htm RETHINKING 'IDOL' AUDITIONS SHOWN AS FLASHBACKS NEXT YEAR Post Staff Writer April 28, 2008 -- THE producers of "American Idol" - worried about sink ing ratings - are considering some major changes to the show, including making the auditions flashbacks. Execs for Fox have quietly begun taking audience surveys to see how fans might react to a number of changes in the hit show's format, according to a report yesterday. "Suppose the first few weeks of 'American Idol' started in Hollywood with flashbacks of the auditions," one survey question asks. "Would that increase or decrease your enjoyment of 'American Idol'?" Though "Idol," now in its sixth year, is by far the most-watched series on TV, the ratings have begun to slip this season - the first time that has happened on a regular basis. Last Wednesday's results show, which saw Irish singer Carly Smithson booted, was the lowest-rated episode in five years, according to trade reports. "We're not in denial," Fox exec Preston Beckman told Broadcasting & Cable, the TV business weekly. "It's still the biggest show on TV, but that doesn't mean there are things we can't do. "The feedback from this year, you'll probably see on the show next year," he said. Among the other questions on the survey, a copy of which was obtained by B&C and posted online yesterday were: * Is the banter among the judges too much or too little? * And do fans want to see more of host Ryan Seacrest, or less? ....
seaguy		#754	[-]
Posts: 10550 (04/28/08 1:15 PM) AI Forum Moderator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I WANT A COPY OF THAT SURVEY!! Please and thank you.
HoboKitty		#755	[-]
Posts: 265 (04/28/08 1:19 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	seaguy wrote: I WANT A COPY OF THAT SURVEY!! Please and thank you. So do I...where the hell can we get one? I'm trying to figure out how the show can be getting the highest numbers of votes ever but such relatively low ratings? Does that mean a large chunk of the votes come from a handful of 11-year-old fantards with 5 phone lines?
seaguy		#756	[-]
Posts: 10552 (04/28/08 1:24 PM) AI Forum Moderator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	HoboKitty wrote: Does that mean a large chunk of the votes come from a handful of 11-year-old fantards with 5 phone lines? I'm afraid so. Archtard.
ProbstFan123		#757	[-]
Posts: 9779 (04/28/08 1:51 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	They need to shorten the audition rounds, and increase the length of the Hollywood rounds, for starters.
suckshardcore		#758	[-]
Posts: 13407 (04/28/08 1:54 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	That's exactly why the votes stay the same or are higher even when the ratings slip. It's casual viewers who aren't watching. The hardcore fangirls are still watching and still casting tons of votes.
dagny1331		#759	[-]
Posts: 1063 (04/28/08 2:17 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I think maybe casual viewers got bored last year and decided not to watch this year. That, and the feeling that elementary school girls are on control. Maybe if they limited the voting per phone? Oh, I almost forgot--more often than not the winner doesn't amount to much. Makes the whole concept "so what." This years winner better be a performer, and not just a singer or the show's going to be in even more trouble.
SurvivorFanGP		#760	[-]
Posts: 7468 (04/28/08 4:08 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	1. Not pimping someone on extreme levels, for one. 2. Less audition rounds, more of Hollywood 3. Eliminate the stupid call-in questions 4. Byebye moshpit 5. Leave out the cruel antics like Michael's in his boot. It doesn't bring in ratings. 6. KICK RANDY AND PAULA OUT AND GET SOME BETTER JUDGES. I doubt the changes will boost the ratings for next year. The show's just getting old and people will lose interest, period. It's like Survivor, no matter how good a season is, ratings won't go up anymore.