American Idol Season 5

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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2007
    They will send two packin' next week, though, and votes for this week will be tally-up and add to next week votes. My bet are Chris and Lakisha...
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited April 2007
    I felt ripped off! What a cruel thing to do to Jordin - to make her think she was gone. & To yank their audience around like that - a lousy gimmick!

    Crumby deal!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2007
    Meh, there was a lot of criticism going into last night about how you can juxtapose a night of charity with a night of booting someone off, so I think it was more in response to that than in response to who got voted off. There have been plenty of seasons where the "best" was kicked off before the finals. Hell, even last year. Between Taylor Hicks and Katherine McPhee? I'll choose no one, thanks.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2007
    C'mon folks, it's television. This stuff is scripted. Gotta keep things fresh for the ratings. Now everyone's gonna be watching the show next week.

    BTW -- Jordin should win the whole thing. She's a triple threat -- talent, looks, and personality. Besides, she's young and malleable, a producer's and marketer's dream. I didn't see the show last night, but I don't believe she got the least amount of votes, either.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2007
    Sweet Jesus.

    Sanjaya and Joe Perry! How freakin awsomely awful was that? LOL:D
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited May 2007
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Sweet Jesus.

    Sanjaya and Joe Perry! How freakin awsomely awful was that? LOL:D

    no ****, I threw up a little

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  • m00npie
    m00npie Posts: 697
    edited May 2007
    I think the sound from Fox's broadcast is almost as bad as Sanjaya. Did I see Joe run the opposite way of that hack Sanjaya?
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2007
    Doolittle should win dammit! She will do so much better than Blake or the other one..like Chris Daughtry did. Top selling ..wow! Good job.
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  • m00npie
    m00npie Posts: 697
    edited May 2007
    Looks like we are going into OT. Next season they'll be running on like the Oscars
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    That girl can't carry a note... pity.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited May 2007
    MrNightly wrote: »
    That girl can't carry a note... pity.

    ? are you deaf ?

    She is outstanding
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2007
    What about those golden idol awards? How ridiculous was that??? What a shame!!!!
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited May 2007
    HTrookie wrote: »
    What about those golden idol awards? How ridiculous was that??? What a shame!!!!


    Making fun of those with less than a full deck is truely a shame
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    hoosier21 wrote: »
    ? are you deaf ?

    She is outstanding

    Outstanding? Give me a break.. the girl can't carry a tune.. she was continuously flat, and went off key. She won't make it in the record world... I have no idea why she made it this far...
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited May 2007
    are you talking about Melinda or Jordan??? Both are amazing singers with amazing control. The better of the two IMO won tonight though. :D

    If it sounds that bad, either you have something wrong with your system or you're tone deaf. lol
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    Toxis wrote: »
    are you talking about Melinda or Jordan??? Both are amazing singers with amazing control. The better of the two IMO won tonight though. :D

    If it sounds that bad, either you have something wrong with your system or you're tone deaf. lol

    No, Melinda had a good voice. And I don't have a thing wrong with my hearing... and my opinion is backed by a professionally trained vocalist who lives in my house... Jordin continually went off key, and had poor control of her voice... that's why I'm surprised she won. Never once, in all the songs I've heard her sing, did she blow me away...

    But to each their own... and that is my humble but deadly accurate opinion... :D
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited May 2007
    MrNightly wrote: »
    and my opinion is backed by a professionally trained vocalist who lives in my house


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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2007
    Ha! My DVR cut out as they were opening the envelope. Way to go overtime, Fox!

    I liked Jordin, I think Nightly and his trained vocalist are wrong on this one. There were some "trained vocalists" during the auditions too, if I remember... ;)

    Melinda definitely had the better voice, but Jordin had more star power, and a bit more relatability for the audience, which is what matters I guess.

    The winner is really irrelevant though, as shown by recent years, early castoffs often do better than the "winner".
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited May 2007
    Not surprisingly, Jordin won. She deserved to win. Of course, Melinda had more talent, but that's not enough to win. I'm happy for Jordin because she's young and will improve greatly over the next few years. However, her first CD will sound like ****. Not her fault, just the sound of commercialism.

    Kinda liked Gladys Knight's performance, too. After nearly 50 years in the business, she can still sing circles around these youngsters.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2007
    MrNightly wrote: »
    and my opinion is backed by a professionally trained vocalist who lives in my house... :D

    yep, great endorsement, someone who lives in a house, trained, can't sing a lick...................

    Loser........................

    Jordin Sparks..........................Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited May 2007
    Unfortunately, my wife was addicted to this show and I was occasionally in a position to actually have to listen to some of them sing. More often than not they were singing something they had no business trying, their arrangement sucked and they were not very good. I don't own anything recorded by an "American Idol" participant...and seriously doubt I ever will.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2007
    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...............neither do I, however, most pop singers have a half tone deviation either way from perfect pitch, enter Alison Krausse.

    I saw Tony Bennet sing, sure he was not perfect, but he still has IT, whatever, IT is. For the whole show of 2.5 hours I tivoed it and watched 10 minutes, still missed who won as the tivo cut off like some others here mentioned.

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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    yep, great endorsement, someone who lives in a house, trained, can't sing a lick...................

    Loser........................

    Jordin Sparks..........................Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    RT1

    Wow you sure like to assume don't ya buddy?

    I'm going to branch out here and assume, just like you, that you weren't meaning Her as in the girl in my house, when you called her a loser...

    And as Shack said, Jordin's gonna suck for a while, and maybe she'll grow into her voice sometime... maybe. (Ok, Early said this not Shack... my bad.)
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Ha! My DVR cut out as they were opening the envelope. Way to go overtime, Fox!

    I liked Jordin, I think Nightly and his trained vocalist are wrong on this one. There were some "trained vocalists" during the auditions too, if I remember... ;)
    Melinda definitely had the better voice, but Jordin had more star power, and a bit more relatability for the audience, which is what matters I guess.

    The winner is really irrelevant though, as shown by recent years, early castoffs often do better than the "winner".

    That there were, and they flat out sucked! :D

    But you are right, the runner up's have had better record success than the winners of these things...
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited May 2007
    I thought Jordin was terrific, especially when she launched into her upper registry. Her version of "Broken Wing" gave me major goosebumps. & I don't recall any of the judges taking her to task for being off key. That chick can sing and she'll only get better.

    Though I loved Melinda's voice and, for a while, wanted her to win, I began to find her voice a bit boring, with every song sounding the same.

    Reading the comments here, you sure see how we all have different opinions! Different strokes...!
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2007
    Jordin should at least get better and mature I suppose. I thought Blake was more entertaining and fun to watch. Right now if any of them were singing locally I would only step out of the house to see Melinda. I did download Daughtry's album from I tunes and it aint half bad for a first effort. It has some great running songs that make me go faster!:)
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    Here's a link for some food for thought:

    I also like that the week Jordin was voted off, they suddenly decided that nobody would get booted, due to "Charity week." I call BS!

    From my wife's blog:

    And, since this is my site and I can say what I want, I have to
    complain about this last American Idol winner. Melinda was the best singer,
    hands down. She was always in tune, and everything she sang sounded
    good. Lakisha was the 2nd best, and Jordin was the 3rd. I've felt
    anti-jordin for a while now because all everybody could do was harp about
    her being 'only 17'. As if that's a good reason for her to be the
    winner. She was much pitchier than the other 2 girls, and 'shouted' more
    than Lakisha ever did.
    I was hoping Blake would win. I think he's a much better performer,
    even if his vocal skills weren't top-notch. I believe he will have a
    much more successful career than Jordin, in spite of losing to her.
    I'm sure you were all dying to know my thoughts on the matter.
    So there you have them.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited May 2007
    I had forgotten that Jordin was voted off. Double BS!!!!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2007
    Of course not Mr. N., I was poking fun at you, I took your post in jest as I believe that is what you intended with yours.

    if not........

    Gotcha

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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited May 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Of course not Mr. N., I was poking fun at you, I took your post in jest as I believe that is what you intended with yours.

    if not........

    Gotcha

    RT1

    Very good :D That's what I like to hear... otherwise I'd have to sick my little wife on you, and that wouldn't be pretty... I doubt you could keep up with her ;)

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