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Post by Wolfgang on Feb 25, 2005 18:36:12 GMT -5
the kind of cheap stunts they do on the contestants (and the audience) on the Wednesday Get-the-Boot-Home Show is the stuff my college frat used to do all the time. You know, like using looong pauses:
"Constantine....you are NOT....(long pause)...going home." (whew, big sigh of relief)
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Make the entire back row stand on stage and reveal no one got the lowest number of votes to be sent home....however....you Judd Harris, sitting there comfortably on the couch (camera pans quickly over to Judd Harris)...you are OUT.
My frat used to get in big debates about whether these types of tactics was nothing more than "hazing" albeit of the psychological variety. We ultimately decided it was too fun to give up. So they continued to do it. It was just too pathetic, as far as I was concerned and I didn't want any part of it.
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Mar 1, 2005 8:52:30 GMT -5
I'm rooting for Constantine, the long-haired rocker. Not Bo Bice, although he's very good, too. But the other one, the cuter one with the slightly uneven teeth. The one who sang that crappy song. And then did it even worse last night, and got nailed by Simon and Randy ("There are a thousand guys singing in bars who can do what you do.") But come on, this supposed "rocker" singing a Michael W. Smith song? Bo Bice is the Real Deal, though. He can sing, his song selection is awesome. He knows what he's doing. (Note the thing that Bice does great - he has a part in his songs where there is a rest, and then he picks it back up right on cue - that's not easy, but shows how good the guy is). When did she start sounding like Fran Drescher? He's got a great story, and therefore has a lot of support. He hasn't really pulled off a spectacular performance, maybe because he spends too much time singing bad Richard Marx songs (OTOH, it could be worse - at least he's not doing yet another Stevie Wonder cover)
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Post by Mumsie on Mar 1, 2005 16:01:03 GMT -5
He's got a great story, and therefore has a lot of support. He hasn't really pulled off a spectacular performance, maybe because he spends too much time singing bad Richard Marx songs (OTOH, it could be worse - at least he's not doing yet another Stevie Wonder cover) What's his story? I noticed it looks like he had a tracheotomy. I really liked his voice last night and he didn't seem as nerdy. Seacrest said people compare him to that leprechan from the other show, but I don't see it.
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Post by Mumsie on Mar 1, 2005 16:03:10 GMT -5
-OR- Make the entire back row stand on stage and reveal no one got the lowest number of votes to be sent home....however....you Judd Harris, sitting there comfortably on the couch (camera pans quickly over to Judd Harris)...you are OUT. . That was so rude! What a jerk. But, I thought Judd Harris (was that his name?) handled himself really well.
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Mar 1, 2005 18:01:09 GMT -5
[quote author=Mumsie[/b][/color] link=board=chitchat&thread=1106157742&start=17#1 date=1109710863]
What's his story? I noticed it looks like he had a tracheotomy. I really liked his voice last night and he didn't seem as nerdy. [/quote]
When he was young, he had a tracheotomy and was told he would never _talk_ again.
I have noticed in earlier rounds, he wore higher necklines that covered his trach scar, but more recently it is far more noticable.
He did better last night. Still not where he needs to be, but he's got a great story that will carry him a long way. If he keeps up good work, he has to be a favorite to win the whole thing.
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Post by 5100 on Mar 5, 2005 12:19:59 GMT -5
Janay Castine should've gone before Aloha Mischaeux.
Lindsey Cardinale is hot. As is Carrie Underwood. Sarah Mather was cute too. Nadia Turner. And Celena Rae. She looks like a younger, hotter Courteney Cox.
A couple of good singers were never given a chance. Like Sharon Galvez the showgirl from Las Vegas and that girl who got on the wrong bus.
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Mar 6, 2005 13:02:10 GMT -5
Janay Castine should've gone before Aloha Mischaeux. Lindsey Cardinale is hot. As is Carrie Underwood. Sarah Mather was cute too. Nadia Turner. And Celena Rae. She looks like a younger, hotter Courteney Cox. A couple of good singers were never given a chance. Like Sharon Galvez the showgirl from Las Vegas and that girl who got on the wrong bus. The dingbat who got on the wrong bus had her chance. She even made it past that round. No, she failed out on her own merits.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 29, 2005 23:20:44 GMT -5
Is it me or is this year's AI kinda boring? Or maybe I have too many other distractions in my head.
Mario has no future.
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Post by 5100 on Mar 29, 2005 23:26:44 GMT -5
No, it's not just you.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2005 19:47:26 GMT -5
I think the judges really missed this one. Carrie made a lousy Pat Benatar song sound fantastic. How on earth could they criticize that performance?
And then the stuff they did like. Anwar for instance. Yuck. Federov. Yikes.
There was nothing wrong with Nadia's song either.
That was a really weird show, from a judging viewpoint. Even weirder than usual. I hated what they liked and liked what they didn't.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Apr 12, 2005 20:26:50 GMT -5
I think the judges really missed this one. Carrie made a lousy Pat Benatar song sound fantastic. How on earth could they criticize that performance? And then the stuff they did like. Anwar for instance. Yuck. Federov. Yikes. There was nothing wrong with Nadia's song either. That was a really weird show, from a judging viewpoint. Even weirder than usual. I hated what they liked and liked what they didn't. Hey (R)uffda, the show has yet to air in Hawai'i. Please post a spoiler notice, you doofus maximus!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2005 21:13:38 GMT -5
Oh, pray tell how my post could have possibly spoiled anything, you dork. (And it's not my fault you choose to live so far behind the time. You don't like it? Move.) Dipsheet.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2005 21:15:31 GMT -5
Hall and Oates! Yowzer, what a surprise that was!
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Apr 13, 2005 9:33:22 GMT -5
I think the judges really missed this one. Carrie made a lousy Pat Benatar song sound fantastic. How on earth could they criticize that performance? It's not a lousy Pat Benatar song, but she did fine with it for the most part. I thought she looked a little mechanical, but the singing was just fine. I thought Federov was brutal (again). Anwar sings ok, but talk about boring. In the early performances, he was really good at taking songs you didn't expect him to go with and making them sound good. Now he is just forgettable. She had a lot of the same thing as Anwar, where she takes a song you don't expect to hear and turn it into something that sounds surprisingly good. This time the song just went a little too far to the "not expected" and she didn't make it sound especially good. Besides, that wierd thing she keeps doing with her face is driving me nuts. But at least this week Paula actually let Simon talk, instead of other weeks where she kept cutting him off. OTOH, I thought he had an off week in judging.
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Apr 14, 2005 10:37:59 GMT -5
So Nadia Turner's attempt at Chrystal Gayle got her the axe. Some aren't happy, but personally, I thought she was trying to be too much like Fantasia. And her face contortions drive me nuts.
It's worth noting that, despite our questioning the judges, Simon absolutely nailed the results: Nadia gone, Bo Bice struggling to get votes with Freebird. That was your bottom two.
Get rid of Scott Savol and I don't care who wins. They've all had good moments.
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