American Idol

“yo stumper.....these dudes are now boasting agents and getting more than their share of fame...sheesh...the two of them (monkey boy included) were on the Today Show this morning for cryin' out loud and probably show up on Letterman or Leno this week....they're going to end up making a little dough out of this entire ordeal...so I wouldn't get all huffy-n-puffy over them man....its pure genuine American Capitalism at its quintessential paradoxical best my friend...peace out dude...”

“LOL
The only huffy-n-puffy peeps I see are the one's busy justifying their questionable behavior.”

“Believe me Stovey, the disabled do not want us to treat them differently. this also includes being patronizing to them. If you audition for American Idol you put yourself out there for the same treatment as everyone else.

Why is this guy any different that the abled tall girl who Simon called a giraffe? None. It shows Simon is a shlt, not everyone who doesn't jump on a soap box.”

“Stratusloop has a point. Anybody remember that asian guy with the bad teeth, horrible voice and no rhythm. They made fun of him too. Sheehs, what was his name? He actually put out an album and had numerous appearances. For awhile he was an icon in college culture. I assume he made money off the experience.

Still, I think it's wrong to make fun of people who are clearly mentally unstable. I don't think they have the capacity to understand what is being done to them, even if the producers put it all in writing.”

“William Hung. Not that I watch the show...cough, cough.”

“That's him! "She Bangs" was the song. Gawd, that was really funny to watch.”

“Special Olympics: No Beef With 'Idol'

By Lisa de Moraes
Monday, January 22, 2007; C07

"Special Olymics International says "American Idol" should be commended for giving one of their former athletes the opportunity to be seen last week on national TV getting the Simon Cowell treatment.

...Those who condemned the inclusion of Jayne in Wednesday's episode are preaching against the Special Olympics' message. "Whether on the stage of 'American Idol' or on the field of competition for Special Olympics, people with intellectual disabilities don't want pity or special treatment," the group's statement read. "They want to be judged for who they are and appreciated for what they can achieve.

"...'American Idol' should be commended for providing Jayne with the same opportunity to succeed as any other contestant...."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/21/AR2007012101164_pf.html

Take that Fuego #&%!$ elsewhere, SS!

:p”

“nice call beermagnet.....

SS....report to the fuego section and start a raucous thread about AI.....sheesh this here thread is for some serious thoughts....man...that ain't right....
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“Oops.....
Should have known better than to make a comment based on moral values on TT.
Forgot where I was.
Carry on...........”

“Wow. Memphis is full of Special people.


LOLOLOLOLOL!”

“Couple of good voices. I agree with Simon about the guy he said should make it to the finals.

That guy has a money voice; he just needs to brush up on a few things.

The backup singer is also one to watch. She can belt it.

I haven't seen every tryout, so I have no idea what else is in so far.”

“Am I the only one who felt like they were kissing asses and handing out reach arounds last night? Trying to polish the image a bit now?”

“"Am I the only one who felt like they were kissing asses and handing out reach arounds last night? Trying to polish the image a bit now?”
Nigal"


Could be. I don't know if I could sit through all of those people. Perhaps they just got worn out.

That stuff is pretty taxing to sit through. Maybe Paula's sharing her drink with Simon and tha Dawg.”

“This show has jumped the shark.
Bush had better ratings last night.”

“That stuff is pretty taxing to sit through. Maybe Paula's sharing her drink with Simon and tha Dawg.”

I told my wife that if it was me there, I'd be even meaner than Simon because you know these dinks know they don't have what it takes. They want a shot at getting on TV and that's it. I would make it like a Shock Collar Gong Show system. You wanna audition, put on this dog collar and go out there...”

“What did everyone think about the cheerleader guy? I thought he was better than some of the people they let through later in the show.”

“mocha chocolatte hey hey hey
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“Well NY was good for some real wierdos like that one CB.”

“Another good group of singers tonight.

The young opera-trained women (she's one of the ones to watch), Pedro, the best friends, the 16 year old dood that Paula about dropped her panties for and that Justin knock-off rounded out a good group so far.

"I told my wife that if it was me there, I'd be even meaner than Simon because you know these dinks know they don't have what it takes."

The thing that gets me is that there are a fair amount of people who go through that process that really think they have it. Some do, and don't get through (the caberet singer, as Simon puts it); however, this show has been on long enough for people to know what they are looking for; one of the reasons why you don't see my sorry ass up there.”

“How bout the Castro/Osama Look alike guy? I thought he could sing pretty good.”

“"How bout the Castro/Osama Look alike guy? I thought he could sing pretty good."

That's right. I forgot about him. Besides the look, he needs some work, tho. AI requires pretty much the full package. Recent years have seen a decline in standards, with last years Hicks and previous years Ruben.
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“If he makes it pretty far into the competition, it will be interesting to see how he changes his looks...cuz they all seem to in one way or another. He will be the most interesting, I think.”

“Castro dude should have jumped on the table and turned their cokes to wine. LOL!

That dude in the blue shirt was great! I thought they were going to have to hit him with the fire extinguisher he was flaming so much. The lisp with the New York accent was too much! i gotta work on that for the next time I hike with Wolfeyes. LOL!

I felt bad for the Simon look alike guy. He had a great voice but it was weird to see this guy and hear a woman's voice coming out.”

“Us Weekly reports that Paula Abdul is being replaced with Courtney Love on American Idol. Courtney says that American Idol's executive producer Nigel Lythgoe called her office last week inquiring if she'd be interested in sitting in as a judge.

"He called," Love tells Usmagazine.com. "He was wondering if I was interested. I thought it was kind of weird but brilliant." But a source tells Usmagazine.com that Lythgoe was considering having Love "replace Paula."

Doesn't replacing Paula Abdul with Courtney Love sort of defeat the purpose of replacing Paula Abdul? It's like getting bit by your pet dog and deciding to replace it with an angry polar bear that hasn't eaten in two weeks. Yeah, Paula Abdul is usually drunk and incoherent, but if they put Courtney Love on the show she'd spend 90% of the time crawling on the floor crying and calling up old boyfriends to take her back. Then she'd start dry humping a trashcan before throwing up and muttering about how embarrassed she was as she fell asleep.”

“damn. They put courtney on and I'll have to watch past the auditions.”

“simon-haters could rejoice, cuz she would probably drive him to cobain himself”

“oh god... kelly pickler is back.”

“are you talking about the 17-year old "blonde bombshell"?

the simon in me says "no, your voice is too annoying, you gotta go"

but the dirty old man in me says "welcome to hollywood, baby!"”

“Couple of decent ones, but nothing like the NY episode.

I've got money that sez that young opera trained women from NY makes it at least to the final 3. She might wear a little bit as the run goes late, but if she can control it, she's a finalist.

Same thing goes for the "Sundown/shine-whatever" guy (the husky one from a couple of weeks ago). That's another I'd be real surprised that didn't make it to the final 3.”

““are you talking about the 17-year old "blonde bombshell"?

whichever one was talking about how her dad shot himself and his wife after he found his wife cheating on him.. he's now paralyzed.

she reminds me waaaaaaaaay too much of kelly pickler.
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“I thought I talked Southern. That chick from NC who started in about her dad shooting his self, "but it's ok" pretty much shamed them into voting her in. I don't care for hte early rounds, but had to watch the B'ham episode. We've been to the circus and Disney on ice at the civic center. When the kids saw it on TV they started going nuts and rattling off all of the things we've seen there. Kinda cute.”

“wait, i think ive got a couple of contestants confused. the one with the annoying speaking voice was the one that just got married, the hot 17-year old "blonde bombshell" was the one with the shot daddy.

boy, do they grow 'em juicy in the south”

“The one who brought the husband out was pretty funny. Almost pink shirt with the collar turned up. Stylin'!”

“Oh, and how about hoochie mama that went first and kept singing to the point that security was about to have to drag her off the stage.

I also liked the one at the end who blamed her performance on the flooring of the stage.”

“sherman for president!”

“AMEN Crash...Sherman made me boo hoo!!! What an amazing man.”

“Courtney Love claimed yesterday she was being brought in to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol, but now the executive producer who allegedly called her is denying he ever made the call. He says:

"I did not call Courtney Love and am afraid someone may have misrepresented me. Courtney Love is a very talented artist, but the judges for American Idol are Paula, Randy and Simon. We have no plans to add to or replace any of them." So who made that mysterious phone call? A source close to Love says, "It was probably a prank." A rep for Love adds, "There's no truth to it whatsoever."

The first sign the story might not have been true was that the source was Courtney Love. I'm surprised she was quoted as even using words. Usually it's just some slurred mumbling like: "Iaa wannna make nngggghh. Nggghhh it huuuuuurts. Huungry. I'mma so huungry. Nggghh." She probably thinks she gets important calls all the time, when really she's just talking into her shoe like it's a phone

www.thesuperficial.com”

“Courtney Love is a skank that may as well have put the gun into her husband's mouth.”

“hey! we agree on something today!”

“I got a kick out of the "eccen-tric" dude, with his patented panther crawl, funky dance and the cougar noise. WTF was up with his goatee?

The Sherman thing was cool, a nice tribute to an obvious special lady in his life. I'm glad he was treated so well.”

““I got a kick out of the "eccen-tric" dude, with his patented panther crawl, funky dance and the cougar noise. WTF was up with his goatee?

That guy scared our cat. Hell, he scared me a little too.”

“The boys kick it off tonight!

I'm looking for good performances from:

Sundance
Sanjaya (my pick to represent the dudes)
Chris Sligh (gotta love this guy)

I hope that Nick Pedro dude goes down in a ball of flames....what a wanker....pufter...

And then the Ladies take the stage tomorrow....man, I can't wait....”

“Who's the fat dude?
He can sing!”

“Stove dude.....I think you're referring to Chris Sligh.....and yes he can sing man....he's got the pipes.....or smokes one or something like that.....

http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season6/chris_sligh/”

“Yep, that's the one.
That guy can belt one OUT.
Too bad he isn't pretty enough to last very long, but I hope I'm wrong.”

“Best Performance: Chris Sligh

Worst Performance: Tie Sundance and Nick

Going Home: Sundance and Nick (darkhorse to go home: Rudy)

Sad Commentary: None of these guys is even in the same league as Eliot, Chris, and Taylor.”

“I bet it's a real safe prediction that a female will win this year.

These guys all sucked IMO.”

“I didn't watch it last night but Sligh cracks me up. I loved it in the first interview when he walked out and Simon looks all taken aback. He asks Chris, "....Sooooo, why are YOU here?" Chris Answers, "I want to make David Hasselhoff cry." I still laugh about that one.”

“WTH was that about simon and teletubbies?”

“Il Divo is one of Simon's groups that he put together, so in a way he was comparing Il Divo's singing to the teletubbies. It was funny and it pissed Simon off, so that'll get Chris big points with the voters.

Sligh has the Taylor factor going for him, he'll be on until the end, even if he has a few bad performances because you want him in your living room every week.”