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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2010
    polkatese wrote: »
    Your girl will go home next week Bob...:p

    She wasn't even bottom 3 this week... :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited April 2010
    They sent the right one home, and the right two were in the bottom two! America is getting it right!

    By the way, I HATE that show. I thought almost every 'professional' singer was god awful last night. Alicia Keys was horendous, the silver dress girl's voice was pitiful...the last one where they did the Zepplin song was pretty cool, but aside from that...

    I won't watch another one. I'll just tune in at 9:50 to see who goes home!
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited April 2010
    They're all boring me. Urban and Lee are the only ones that hold my attention anymore.

    And now apparently Urban is gone (i didn't watch the show yet).
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited April 2010
    i got the feeling that sox' father was escorted to the gig...something didn't seem right.

    whats up with lee not acknowledging the little dude he was standing up with..
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited April 2010
    Siobhan's lower register is weird.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    aww....my ears bled. screamer.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2010
    Who the hell picked "The Shanai Twain Songbook" as a theme? One of the worst artists out there, most of her music is just her talking.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    The Screamer went home tonight. TG!
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited April 2010
    polkatese wrote: »
    The Screamer went home tonight. TG!

    +1
    What took so long?
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    Fongolio wrote: »
    +1
    What took so long?

    Apparently Bob had created a batch keypunch program to send text messages in her favor, by the millions, to keep her in the running..:p
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2010
    Haha, yeah, it was all me. Now go hug your Tim Urban pillow and remember what could have been ;)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    oh no. Urban was also on my **** list. Can't stand him with his fake smiles either.

    I wish Lee has more personality. I do like Big Mike but don't think he connects enough with the majority (read: giggling 14 YOs bunch). Chrystal, well, I don't know.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited May 2010
    Whoever called Lee to win it is right. Crystal is getting horribly outclassed at this point.

    Casey got SCREWED by the judges song choice, in my opinion, and i think Simon shared the same sentiments.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2010
    Casey came way too far IMO. Lee has grown like few others have done before in the show, and I don't know what's up with Crystal; she blew me away in the first few weeks, but later on I just don't think she's that good.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited May 2010
    Crystal all the way. The most consistently original Idol in a long time. She won;t win though because Lee is the perfect cookie cutter Idol winner. All the Idol winners are cut from the same boring mold. He has talent no doubt but he's just so "Idol" if you know what I mean.

    Crystal deserves it more from an artistic POV, but Lee is more like every other Idol winner and I think if Crystal wins it would be a great disservice to her as she would be molded into something she's not.............a syrupy, mainstream, cookie cutter, cardboard "pop" star.

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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited May 2010
    Glad it's over.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2010
    Crystal just has issues or something. Her head is not in the game.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited May 2010
    polkatese wrote: »
    Glad it's CANCELLED for next season.

    Fixed it for ya:rolleyes:...





    I know it's not cancelled guys, but I can dream, can't I? Ryan Seacrest makes me want to puke.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited May 2010
    lee is very corporate, ready for radio and tv...he does seemed moved after he performs, tho...the whole story seems manufactured...

    crystal seems outgunned. she does'nt seem as hungry. i've tired of the 'start softly, then shift into full-throttle-white-aretha franklin formula...she's cool, she not an idol...she could make quite a career bustin her butt, gaining audience around college campuses. less payday, but more rewarding musically...my 2

    lee's the one
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    It's entirely possible Crystal doesn't want to win. She didn't even want to be in the competition to begin wtih, she was talked into it. Given how restrictive the Idol contract is -- if you win, they own you for like 5 years -- she may want to lose to Lee so she has more freedom for when she does get a contract.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited May 2010
    That's a very plausible argument Bob.

    Look at Lambert, he is thriving being in second place, and Chris' career is stifling.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited May 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's entirely possible Crystal doesn't want to win. She didn't even want to be in the competition to begin wtih, she was talked into it. Given how restrictive the Idol contract is -- if you win, they own you for like 5 years -- she may want to lose to Lee so she has more freedom for when she does get a contract.



    hmmmm. you could be right! she was kicking **** a few weeks ago, for sure! either way, she will win.

    even if she loses idol, i should say
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2010
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited May 2010
    I voted Crystal...she's my girl!
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited May 2010
    I say Lee wins. My profound theory: More young girls text / vote than guys. Girls think Lee's cute. Therefore Lee wins.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2010
    BottomFeeder wrote: »
    I say Lee wins. My profound theory: More young girls text / vote than guys. Girls think Lee's cute. Therefore Lee wins.

    You may be right.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited May 2010
    unfortunately i think so too... but no doubt about it.. Crystal was way better than Lee.. you could even tell that Simon didn't really want to say anything bad about lees last performance so he just talked about how far he'd came.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2010
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Bowersox is back!!!

    + 1,000. She showed what made me like her from the beginning.
    Much better singer than Lee, but Lee would be a much better idol. Things will work out for both.
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  • bopicasso
    bopicasso Posts: 878
    edited May 2010
    Lee sucks, he ruined the U2 song, I've heard better karoke. I can see why Simon is leaving. The show is going down hill.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited May 2010
    The show has lost its mojo. Time to kill it and invent a new one.
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