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SurvivorLDog93	AI9: ONGOING SHOW COMMENTARY, Vol. 6, FINALE WEEK	Lead	[-]
Posts: 42399 05/20/10 03:48 AM Admin/Play-By-Play Guru SKYNET is SELF-AWARE! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	One of these icons will win AI Season 9. Discuss.
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cabanachat		#1	[-]
Posts: 5642 05/20/10 12:07 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	more than eight hours later and still no discussion? yep, stick a fork in this crapfest.
Blatantly Oblivious		#2	[-]
Posts: 3019 05/20/10 04:56 PM I don't get most of the jokes Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I am still to wet over Travis Garland and Justin Beiber to respond right now!
Thom Thom		#3	[-]
Posts: 1425 05/20/10 06:10 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	cabanachat wrote: more than eight hours later and still no discussion? yep, stick a fork in this crapfest. I think that's because no matter who you favor these two artists are at essence likable people. It's difficult to hate on either one of them. Of course Lee has no business being anywhere near the finale of American Idol, but looking over the ten people sitting on the bench who does besides him? Marginally he is the best of the rest I suppose, although it's really difficult for me to say because I subjectively do not like the sound of his voice. Not so much the singing, the actual sound.
SurvivorLDog93		#4	[-]
Posts: 42399 05/20/10 06:38 PM Admin/Play-By-Play Guru SKYNET is SELF-AWARE! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Only 18.46 million viewers tuned in Wednesday, according to the Nielsen overnights. (Even less cared!) http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/20/tv-ratings-good-guys-off-to-bad-start-idol-down/51917#more-51917 ETA: And only 18.3 million tuned in Tuesday (although if you're a "glass half full" person, you'd point out that AI won the night). http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/19/tv-ratings-idol-glee-win-again-lost-up-v-finale-down/51825#more-51825 Last Edited By: SurvivorLDog93 05/20/10 06:42 PM. Edited 1 times.
erickman		#5	[-]
Posts: 25705 05/22/10 05:24 AM MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts	soup said it best i'm simon cowell get me out of here
Survivor2345andbeyond		#6	[-]
Posts: 4161 05/22/10 04:00 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	It's a real shame, cause this season really had potential to be amazing. I don't want to sound like a total fantard but I truly believe this season could have been saved if Lily,Katelyn,and Alex and made it through to the Top 12 over Paige,Lacey,and Aaron/Tim. Didi and Andrew falling short of expectations didn't help either.
Blatantly Oblivious		#7	[-]
Posts: 3019 05/22/10 06:04 PM I don't get most of the jokes Reply Quote More Recent Posts	from Reality Blurred dated May 21 - don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but apparently Simon told Oprah on her show: American Idol in part for the show’s declining ratings and slammed his fellow judges when discussing his replacement. “You’ve got to have somebody on that panel who actually knows what they’re talking about. Everyone’s talking about casting a nasty person or getting another Brit. If we were judging the ice skating Olympics, you wouldn’t have somebody on who’s obnoxious, you’d have somebody who knows the difference between a 10, a 9 and an 8. I think, to a point, you kind of have to go back to that,” he said, according to Oprah’s web site. While you might read this as a dig against Ellen DeGeneres, as some have been doing, he’s actually suggesting that when he’s gone, there will be no one left who “actually knows what they’re talking about.” He reiterates that point discussing Paula Abdul’s departure, speaking in the past tense about the judging panel: “We had a great team. The show’s a different show” now, he said, blaming the ratings decline in part on her exit. Simon has always been right
Ann Margret Thatcher		#8	[-]
Posts: 11937 05/22/10 06:13 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Simon doesn't know much about music - never has. He's a businessman, and that's cool. But I'd like to have someone who knows music and can judge them legitimately on that. (Randy's been a professional musician/producer for years, but for whatever reason can't or won't articulate in a way that's helpful or meaningful to anyone). I'd like to see maybe a vocal coach, someone like Byrd, to judge the artistic/vocal end and then have a music biz type to judge the pragmatic business end of it.
Drew B		#9	[-]
Posts: 8345 05/22/10 07:26 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ann Margret Thatcher wrote: (Randy's been a professional musician/producer for years, but for whatever reason can't or won't articulate in a way that's helpful or meaningful to anyone) It's not just that he can't or won't articulate his criticism -- it's just that he's flat-out WRONG way too much of the time. Many of the performances that he calls "white hot lava" are WAY more off-key than ones he complains are pitchy...
Blatantly Oblivious		#10	[-]
Posts: 3019 05/23/10 08:52 AM I don't get most of the jokes Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I think Randy checked out this year, he was pepetitive, pointless and downright ridiculous at times - Ellen was funny (sometimes - but lost), Kara is, well Kara and she is annoying and just about herself, that leaves Simon who still tries but knows the ship he built is sinking and wants to get off as fast as possible.
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Blatantly Oblivious		#11	[-]
Posts: 3019 05/23/10 08:54 AM I don't get most of the jokes Reply Quote More Recent Posts	well obviously, I meant to type repetitive - lol!
Thom Thom		#12	[-]
Posts: 1425 05/23/10 10:21 AM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I think the show is too old. It's heading into 10th season. It's been a money machine for a long time and it's picked up too many hanger-ons and too many legal and business entanglements and commitments. The format is old. The set character slots they invent for the contestants are old. They no longer even bother to see if the contestants actually fit those slots. The show has been on automatic for a while now. Everything is warmed over tripe. The things that made the early seasons interesting have been turned into phony theater. The show is old and moldy. It's just been around too long. We've seen it all before, and before, and before.
Utopian		#13	[-]
Posts: 7372 05/24/10 11:38 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Simon doesn't know much about music I don't know if Simon doesn't know music, but what he likes is limited, as he himself has said.
AmericanHiddenImmunityIdol		#14	[-]
Posts: 2837 05/25/10 01:54 AM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	X Factor should seriously be the replacement for Idol, there's no law a TV show needs to stay on forever. New breath of fresh air new judges, keep Simon, new song lists, new host, everything i've wanted for awhile. I think I'm making the jump but TBH I might watch both.
BlueJammies		#15	[-]
Posts: 1354 05/25/10 01:29 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	First of all, if they keep Ellen and Kara as a judge, I will probably quit watching. I think there only needs to be 3 judges aand they need to be fresh new faces. Harry Connick Jr. was a great mentor and had sort of a funny/sarcastic sense of humor, I think he would make a great judge. Then they should find a female judge who can bounce off HCJ's sense of humor and kind of give it right back. I think the bantering between judges is the best part of their job. To judge correctly, but also be funny and contentious..we had none of that this year at all. I would like them to change the rules/format a bit. No more instruments, it just ruins the whole do or die feeling of the contestants performing. It gets so boring watching the same people come out and sing behind their instrument. Also, it restricts them from having to work the stage and show great stage presence. Finally, I'm following Simon wherever he may go!!
Thom Thom		#16	[-]
Posts: 1425 05/25/10 02:28 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	You're right on the mark about the judges. Ellen and Kara can go. Harry Connick Jr. would bring both stark honesty and real authority to the panel not to mention some real entertainment. The best of the temporary judges was Neil Patrick Harris. He can replace Kara in a heartbeat. I don't agree with you about the instruments. What we have this year are actual musicians rather than belting cabaret singers. I realize that people have been complaining all season about the talent level, but I think that is mistaken. Many of these people have very good musical talent. They each play several instruments and know why a musical note or phrase should follow another. The difference is the difference between when Harry Connick Jr. needed to explain to Aaron to get off a certain note after four beats because harmonically it didn't make sense and when he told Crystal, "There's nothing I need to tell you, I mean you know what's happening."
ketchuplover		#17	[-]
Posts: 2980 05/25/10 04:58 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	At least with Simon gone we won't have to hear Randy's retarded booing. Be nice if someone booed him for a change.
8trackmind		#18	[-]
Posts: 3626 05/25/10 06:30 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Randy has not been a good judge since about season 4, and Kara & Ellen have never been any good. That's 3 more reasons why I don't plan to watch the show after tomorrow. Tonight's matchup is a lot like season 6's: talented woman vs. not so talented man. Like Jordin, Crystal is a very good singer whose voice doesn't really have a unique or instantly recognizable personal style. And Lee's vocal chops, or lack therof, are vaguely comparable to Blake's, even though their personalities, ranges, and musical tastes are totally different. Another similarity to season 6 is that I don't think Blake or Lee should have made the finale at all. Melinda was easily the best singer in season 6, and Siobhan might be the best singer this year (though her performances were not consistently good). The big difference from season 6 is that Lee is almost certainly going to win this year.
SurvivorLDog93		#19	[-]
Posts: 42399 05/25/10 06:56 PM Admin/Play-By-Play Guru SKYNET is SELF-AWARE! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Can you feel the ... ???
lilnubber		#20	[-]
Posts: 16047 05/25/10 07:00 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	EXCREMENT!!!!
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