Amanda Overmyer Exit Interviews
A post-idol interview without the words, ”you haven’t seen the last of me yet…” or a breathless description of what that first album–the one the newly-minted Idol just knows is inevitable– is going to sound like is pretty remarkable. Amanda is so grounded, she doesn’t seem cut out for show business bullsh*t. Her determination to be herself is admirable. Unfortunately, I can’t see anyone willing to bank on her with out changes. Firmly rooted in classic rock, her sound doesn’t fit into any current niche. Her one chance? She might want to consider Nashville…Â
Reader, Beesims, posted a quote in comments that I missed this morning:
That’s the attitude I’ve had with all of this. I’m thankful to be here and feel very privileged to have come this far. But I absolutely refuse to be nostalgic about it. You know why? That’s when you lose a sense of reality. I saw it happen with a few people. It’s just ridiculous. We have the potential to be stars right now. We’re not stars. All we are now is recognizable. That’s it. I’ve got a hell of a lot more work in front of me before I can exhale and say, ”All right. I’ve made it.”Â
More excerpts from Amanda Overmyer’s exit interviews ahead:
Sources: Entertainment Weekly, MTV, Eonline, ETOnline
- Song she would have performed next week for “Birth Year”, “On the Dark Side” by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.
- On Vote for the Worst, No, it didn’t personally hurt me at all. Votes are votes, you know? From what I hear, they weren’t too harsh on me. [Laughs.] I think a chunk of them liked me for real.
- Her favorite and least favorite performances, The two that I did on the big stage were both equally my favorite, because I was more in my element there with a crowd in front of me and everything. The least favorite would have been all the group numbers we had to do. [Laughs.] But if I had to pick my least favorite one, it would probably be the Kansas one ["Carry on Wayward Son"]. Personally, I liked it … but that’s the one I got slammed on.
- About the judges comments, Their comments weren’t going to sway me one way or the other as far as what I’m going to do. The objective of being on the show was to just go out there and show America me à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ perform like me à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ and see how well it would take. The comments from the judges were more often than not about trying to win, and I just had a different agenda.
- About singing a ballad, I wouldn’t have done it. If we got to do four or five songs, sure, I’ll throw a ballad in there. But when you’ve got people like Carly and Syesha and big ballads are what they do, I’m not even going to try to do a big ballad. Take Chris Daughtry’s song ”Home.” Excellent song. But put it right there next to a Celine Dion ballad and whose is going to be better?
- When Simon told her “You can smile now”, That particular day I had caught the bug that everyone else had already. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to sound like, ”Oh, woe is me. I am sick.” Now that I’m off the show, I can tell you I just didn’t feel good and wanted to get off the stage as quick as I could.
- Does she think the spat with Simon hurt her? I was just being honest with him. With Simon, the only thing with him is he’s a male and men have huge egos and pride and they gotta have the last word, but he didn’t get the last word. I did. I didn’t consider that an argument. I was just being honest when I said it’s fine if I’m selling 50 tickets in a bar in Lafayette.
- Would she ever go back to being a nurse? I might have to. You never know. Number 11 is still pretty far down there on the food chain. Hopefully I created enough attention that somebody wants to pick me up and let me do something with music. But chances are they won’t and I might end up right back where I started. I’ll probably give it a good six months or so and beat the pavement. If this ends up being my 15 minutes of fame I will gracefully bow out and move on to do something different. This will not be the unicorn I will chase for the rest of my life.Â
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38 Responses to “Amanda Overmyer Exit Interviews”
Thanks, Kirsten, for all that info!
I guess I’d better start saving up now!
I really don’t like it when Idol contestants say that they didn’t care about winning but just wanted to make the tour. To me, it just feels like that person is taking the place of a talented person who wanted to win but did not get a chance because that person was picked to compete instead.
Of the 107,000 people who tried out for the show, I’m sure that there were thousands who were more talented than Amanda who would have been in it to win it. Her odd look and odd voice probably enticed the PA to put her through to the second round.
Good luck to her. It’s nice that she has a career to fall back on.
No grammer check or spelling on this computer on the internet…Making sence it is called ADD it happened before i was born you can complain to my mom
Haha I just had to comment on the pic of Amanda being hugged by all the other idols after being eliminated- the look on ther face is priceless…hahaha.
The words to those uneducated on this manner the computer works but the output devise does not work as well or sometimes the input. I know that I do not. it is frustrating..sorry mj I need to defend myself on that manner.
God would i love to see amanda on tour- after thinking about it she was prob my numb 2 fav contestant (and dvid h and danny were 3&4) but there is something inside me that just really wants danny on tour because i think he has more of a shot at making a career, not just in singing, out of the idol experience.
oh and i love amanda’s personality- a simon would say, “its a breath of fresh air” from all the bubbly, smiley ppl idol has all the time.
having said that…GO DAVID A!
AWWW! Now I am even more disappointed that Amanda is gone. I just love her.
I live in Chicago and would gladly get some friends together to make the 2 hour drive to that “50 seat bar in Lafayette” she wants to sell out.
Better yet, Amanda, come to Chicago. There are plenty of venues here where you would be appreciated.
Pop – Dont you worry about it. We all have posts where we have some things out of place. Sometimes the brain works faster (or in my case slower) than the fingers. :wink_wp:
Your second point is probably true. I don’t think when she auditioned she thought she would go to Hollywood. I think she was just getting her groove when she survived the 12 spot.
Like she stated this is all new to her, being in Hollywood, she will be out there for 6 months to see what happens. I can honestly see her as a sidekick to Leno or Kimmel. She gives off a sidekick vibe to me.
LOL. There are plenty of rocker chicks in Chicago that pwn Amanda. Just sayin…
Please don’t mod your fellow posters. Don’t comment on their spelling or grammar. It’s rude. Thank you.
Wasn’t sad to see Amanda go because her voice sounded the same in everything she did and it had become chalk on blackboard for me.
I think she made an error not changing it up by singing a ballad, cuz no one knows if Amanda’s voice is flexible enoughh to do justice to a slower song.
Amanda turned every song she did into some sort of rock anthem, so maybe the Star Spangled Banner is in her future.
Other than the voice, I liked everything about her. She read about the rock industry(at least during the auditions) and it showed in her approach, and stoic reaction to the judges’ criticism.
In a way it is too bad she is not on tour because I think she would write an insightful insider’s account of life in the AI bubble.
Actually, Season 4 was the only season where nobody other than the top 2 were signed by any record label. Only 3 finalists from that season released CD’s – Carrie and Bo on Clive’s label and Constantine – on his own label.