New American Idol starts tonight !!! - Page 12

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 03:04 PM

They claim to have kept that Scott guy on last year, and certainly he lasted longer than he should have (both in terms of performance and the fact that he had a domestic violence rap against him). Whether they had anything to do with it is another story.

Cuckoo · 03-22-2006, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ajaxab

Anyone know anything about votefortheworst.com? Do you think a site like this can actually garner enough votes to singlehandedly keep someone like Covais in the competition? A very brief glance at their forum would seem to suggest these people are pretty passionate about trying to get votes for the singer they deem the worst. I'm curious as to just how much of a dent they can make into the broader audience's choice.

I'd say they're definitely having an impact. Although it's impossible to tell just how many votes they're generating, I'd guess quite a few. I'd also guess they're one of the big reasons Kevin's still in the competition, and Scott lasted so long last year.

I don't, however, think they have enough to influence who actually wins. So it's maybe an order of elimination thing but not much more.

Daimyo · 03-22-2006, 03:28 PM

With a computer and a modem it would be very easy to write software to auto-vote for a contender. If they've done than I guess you could make a pretty big impact with a (relatively) small number of people. If you had a way to send SMS text votes for free i guess you could really influence the voting.

Mustang · 03-22-2006, 07:02 PM

Ya.. they could probably keep someone in the game until around 7 spot but then the numbers of the legit callers will start to overwhelm the people just voting for the worst.

Joe · 03-22-2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ajaxab

Anyone know anything about votefortheworst.com? Do you think a site like this can actually garner enough votes to singlehandedly keep someone like Covais in the competition? A very brief glance at their forum would seem to suggest these people are pretty passionate about trying to get votes for the singer they deem the worst. I'm curious as to just how much of a dent they can make into the broader audience's choice.

Their effect is minimal. They just take credit for existing voting patterns.

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:16 PM

They're going to have to call security to remove Bobby, or else Barry is going to get raped and killed tonight.

ice4277 · 03-22-2006, 08:16 PM

Yep, Barry Manilow still makes me want to vomit.

It still amazes me that week in, week out, a competition for teens and twenty-somethings can manage to feature artists who were in their primes 20 to 30 years ago.

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:18 PM

I can't stand Manilow's music at all, but I have to admit that I respect the hell out of his talent. You could tell, just in the clips from him working with the contestants, that he knows music inside and out. I just don't want to listen to him, but behind the scenes with arrangements and such, the guy is brilliant.

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:21 PM

"What's a ballsy?"

Good Lord. This chick has to be putting us on.

sabotai · 03-22-2006, 08:22 PM

Kevin, Lisa and Bucky. Bottom 3.

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:23 PM

I might have switched Lisa for Ace, but all four of them should be gone in order.

LoneStarGirl · 03-22-2006, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

I think it will be Bucky, Kevin, and Lisa. Lets hope Kevin goes home

OOoooh right on the money

sabotai · 03-22-2006, 08:28 PM

Lisa is safe, it's Kevin or Bucky. Win-Win

LoneStarGirl · 03-22-2006, 08:28 PM

YES!!! Kevin is going home!! Thank goodness!

sabotai · 03-22-2006, 08:29 PM

Kevin is OUTA-HERE!

LoneStarGirl · 03-22-2006, 08:29 PM

He looks like he is about to cry.

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:32 PM

Ding dong, the chick-en's dead! Chicken Little's dead!

Joe · 03-22-2006, 08:32 PM

this is total BS. Kevin should be going on the idols tour

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

That's BS and the single most important reason to get him off tonight.

Because you've already got your tickets...?

Buccaneer · 03-22-2006, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by George W Bush

this is total BS. Kevin should be going on the idols tour

That's BS and the single most important reason to get him off tonight.

RPI-Fan · 03-22-2006, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

That's BS and the single most important reason to get him off tonight.

Didn't Kevin make the top 10?????????

RPI-Fan · 03-22-2006, 08:37 PM

Also, what was with Kevin's last statement.

"America, please vote for one of these wonderful contestants [points at all 9 remaining people]!"

Ksyrup · 03-22-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Didn't Kevin make the top 10?????????

No, he was #11.

RPI-Fan · 03-22-2006, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

No, he was #11.

????

Will got kicked off, and then Melissa. 12 and 11. Kevin #10.??????

LoneStarGirl · 03-22-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

????

Will got kicked off, and then Melissa. 12 and 11. Kevin #10.??????

Will got kicked off before Ayla and that was before the final 12 were announced. Kevin was 11

Logan · 03-22-2006, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Also, what was with Kevin's last statement.

"America, please vote for one of these wonderful contestants [points at all 9 remaining people]!"

He was saying, "America, please pick one of these people..." as if the contest would end with a "to be continued..."

Jackass.

Buccaneer · 03-22-2006, 08:50 PM

Come on people, talk in sequence here so I can follow what @%!$# you're saying.

LoneStarGirl · 03-22-2006, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

He was saying, "America, please pick one of these people..." as if the contest would end with a "to be continued..."

Jackass.

He was acting like because he got voted off America would just stop voting. He sounded stupid. I bet votefortheworst.com is pissed right about now.

Mustang · 03-22-2006, 09:07 PM

Maybe he thought we would fabricate a new singer...

Pumpy Tudors · 03-22-2006, 09:42 PM

Kevin's parting comment did sound silly, but I just took it to mean that he wants the 13 people who voted for him to keep on voting. It was phrased in a strange way, but it made sense to me.

I don't give a shit about this show as an actual singing competition, and I admit that I'm going to miss the little guy.

FBPro · 03-22-2006, 09:58 PM

Finale will be Chris vs Katharine.

Joe · 03-23-2006, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by FBPro

Finale will be Chris vs Katharine.

As long as Chris can keep doing covers of covers, he'll be there

Thomkal · 03-23-2006, 12:46 PM

Thank the Gods he's gone.

thealmighty · 03-23-2006, 01:01 PM

As thealmighty, I must insist that, when thanking the "gods," it is put in lower case.

Sincerely,

thealmighty

Critch · 03-23-2006, 01:04 PM

I'm glad he's gone because he was an annoying little dweeb with a crappy voice, but I'm even gladder he's gone because it's a poke in the eye for the self-satisfied votefortheworst types.

I do think there's a chance that this might be one of those times where the producers have made use of the little "producers reserve the right to completely ignore what the voters want and impose their own results" disclaimer that pops up in the end credits though.

Daimyo · 03-23-2006, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Critch

I'm glad he's gone because he was an annoying little dweeb with a crappy voice, but I'm even gladder he's gone because it's a poke in the eye for the self-satisfied votefortheworst types.

I do think there's a chance that this might be one of those times where the producers have made use of the little "producers reserve the right to completely ignore what the voters want and impose their own results" disclaimer that pops up in the end credits though.

Heh. I never noticed that disclaimer. I remember after Jennifer Hudson got voted off in season 3 there was a lot of talk in the press from Simon and the producers that AI was in no way tied to fan voting going forward and would consider alternate means if people figured out ways to effectively game the system. I assume they would actually announce any change like that, but I wouldn't shed a tear if someone pulled executive privilege to get rid of the kid before got too embarassing for them (although i wish they would have excercised that option for the red head crooner too).

Arles · 03-23-2006, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ice4277

Yep, Barry Manilow still makes me want to vomit.

It still amazes me that week in, week out, a competition for teens and twenty-somethings can manage to feature artists who were in their primes 20 to 30 years ago.

I agree 100%. Outside of former "Idols", has anyone been brought in as a special guest under the age of 40?

MJ4H · 03-23-2006, 04:41 PM

Barry Manilow is the effing bomb.

Eaglesfan27 · 03-23-2006, 05:18 PM

My wife LOVES Barry Manilow. I have to take her to his concert if he comes within "500 miles" of where we live according to what she told me last night...

I never noticed that little clause in the credits. I'll have to keep an eye on it.

JeeberD · 03-24-2006, 04:40 PM

Oh dear...

The Pickler in her prom dress:

hxxp://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3494/635/1600/pickler.jpg

JonInMiddleGA · 03-24-2006, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

The Pickler in her prom dress:

Prom theme must have been I Dream of Jeannie

GoldenEagle · 03-24-2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

Oh dear...

The Pickler in her prom dress:

hxxp://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3494/635/1600/pickler.jpg

I am calling BS on that. It does not even look like her.

LoneStarGirl · 03-24-2006, 05:26 PM

At my prom you couldn't show barely any skin. You would be kicked out before you got out of the limo if you were wearing that.

Daimyo · 03-24-2006, 11:57 PM

That photo totally looks faked.

Joe · 03-25-2006, 07:08 AM

that looks like a dress she'd wear to the AVN awards, not the prom

Joe · 03-25-2006, 10:53 PM

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'Idol' Fans Say Daughtry Copied Song
Friday March 24 3:06 PM ET

"American Idol" chat rooms were buzzing Friday over a controversy surrounding Chris Daughtry's version of "I Walk the Line."

Judges praised Daughtry for making the song his own when he performed the Johnny Cash tune on the Fox network show.

But some fans say the version wasn't Daughtry's, but ripped off from one done by the band Live in 2001.

One fan posted a message saying, "I just want to punch him in his bald head." Another reads: "This guy is a rip-off. Judges are plain dumb." And a third message says, "Live singer Ed Kowalczyk called and said that he would like his vocal style" back.

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060324/114324156000.html

Joe · 03-28-2006, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Arles

I agree 100%. Outside of former "Idols", has anyone been brought in as a special guest under the age of 40?

If they haven't before, this week will be a first.

On Wednesday, Shakira and Wyclef Jean will be performing their latest single, "Hips Don't Lie."

LoneStarGirl · 03-28-2006, 08:30 AM

What is the theme for this week?

Mustang · 03-28-2006, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarGirl

What is the theme for this week?

21st century songs.

As for Chris.. pretty much alot about nothing. I have no reason to believe that he tried to pass the song of as his own. He recognized that RHCP did 'Higher Ground' so.. very possible he mentioned Live's version of 'Walk the Line' and the producers probably just hacked it off. I'd probably say 99% of the songs out there have been covered or redone by another band.. especially a popular 50's song.

wade moore · 03-28-2006, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

21st century songs.

As for Chris.. pretty much alot about nothing. I have no reason to believe that he tried to pass the song of as his own. He recognized that RHCP did 'Higher Ground' so.. very possible he mentioned Live's version of 'Walk the Line' and the producers probably just hacked it off. I'd probably say 99% of the songs out there have been covered or redone by another band.. especially a popular 50's song.

Agreed. I think that is much ado about nothing. The judges are the ones who pimped it up that he did it original... what, did people actually think he was furiously doing his own arrangement all week? Come on now...

03-22-2006, 03:04 PM	#551
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	They claim to have kept that Scott guy on last year, and certainly he lasted longer than he should have (both in terms of performance and the fact that he had a domestic violence rap against him). Whether they had anything to do with it is another story. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-22-2006, 07:02 PM	#554
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Ya.. they could probably keep someone in the game until around 7 spot but then the numbers of the legit callers will start to overwhelm the people just voting for the worst. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

03-22-2006, 08:16 PM	#556
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	They're going to have to call security to remove Bobby, or else Barry is going to get raped and killed tonight. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-22-2006, 08:18 PM	#558
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I can't stand Manilow's music at all, but I have to admit that I respect the hell out of his talent. You could tell, just in the clips from him working with the contestants, that he knows music inside and out. I just don't want to listen to him, but behind the scenes with arrangements and such, the guy is brilliant. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-22-2006, 08:21 PM	#559
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	"What's a ballsy?" Good Lord. This chick has to be putting us on. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-22-2006, 03:28 PM	#553
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	With a computer and a modem it would be very easy to write software to auto-vote for a contender. If they've done than I guess you could make a pretty big impact with a (relatively) small number of people. If you had a way to send SMS text votes for free i guess you could really influence the voting.

03-22-2006, 08:16 PM	#557
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	Yep, Barry Manilow still makes me want to vomit. It still amazes me that week in, week out, a competition for teens and twenty-somethings can manage to feature artists who were in their primes 20 to 30 years ago.

03-22-2006, 08:22 PM	#560
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Kevin, Lisa and Bucky. Bottom 3.

03-22-2006, 08:23 PM	#561
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I might have switched Lisa for Ace, but all four of them should be gone in order. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-22-2006, 08:28 PM	#563
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Lisa is safe, it's Kevin or Bucky. Win-Win

03-22-2006, 08:28 PM	#564
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	YES!!! Kevin is going home!! Thank goodness!

03-22-2006, 08:29 PM	#565
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Kevin is OUTA-HERE!

03-22-2006, 08:29 PM	#566
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	He looks like he is about to cry.

03-22-2006, 08:32 PM	#567
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Ding dong, the chick-en's dead! Chicken Little's dead! __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 03-22-2006 at 08:32 PM.

03-22-2006, 08:32 PM	#568
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	this is total BS. Kevin should be going on the idols tour

03-22-2006, 08:37 PM	#572
RPI-Fan Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Troy, NY	Also, what was with Kevin's last statement. "America, please vote for one of these wonderful contestants [points at all 9 remaining people]!" __________________ Quis custodiets ipsos custodes?

03-22-2006, 08:50 PM	#577
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Come on people, talk in sequence here so I can follow what @%!$# you're saying.

03-22-2006, 09:07 PM	#579
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Maybe he thought we would fabricate a new singer... __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

03-22-2006, 09:42 PM	#580
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Kevin's parting comment did sound silly, but I just took it to mean that he wants the 13 people who voted for him to keep on voting. It was phrased in a strange way, but it made sense to me. I don't give a shit about this show as an actual singing competition, and I admit that I'm going to miss the little guy. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

03-22-2006, 09:58 PM	#581
FBPro College Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SE	Finale will be Chris vs Katharine. __________________ GM RayCo Raiders-est. 2004-2012 Charter member of the IHOF-RayCo GM GM Tennessee Titans PFL 2011-2014 GM Tennessee Titans FOWL 2020-2025

03-23-2006, 12:46 PM	#583
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Thank the Gods he's gone.

03-23-2006, 01:01 PM	#584
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	As thealmighty, I must insist that, when thanking the "gods," it is put in lower case. Sincerely, thealmighty __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

03-23-2006, 01:04 PM	#585
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	I'm glad he's gone because he was an annoying little dweeb with a crappy voice, but I'm even gladder he's gone because it's a poke in the eye for the self-satisfied votefortheworst types. I do think there's a chance that this might be one of those times where the producers have made use of the little "producers reserve the right to completely ignore what the voters want and impose their own results" disclaimer that pops up in the end credits though.

03-23-2006, 04:41 PM	#588
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Barry Manilow is the effing bomb. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

03-23-2006, 05:18 PM	#589
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	My wife LOVES Barry Manilow. I have to take her to his concert if he comes within "500 miles" of where we live according to what she told me last night... I never noticed that little clause in the credits. I'll have to keep an eye on it. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

03-24-2006, 04:40 PM	#590
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Oh dear... The Pickler in her prom dress: hxxp://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3494/635/1600/pickler.jpg __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-24-2006, 05:26 PM	#593
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	At my prom you couldn't show barely any skin. You would be kicked out before you got out of the limo if you were wearing that.

03-24-2006, 11:57 PM	#594
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	That photo totally looks faked.

03-25-2006, 07:08 AM	#595
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	that looks like a dress she'd wear to the AVN awards, not the prom

03-28-2006, 08:30 AM	#598
LoneStarGirl College Starter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR	What is the theme for this week?

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