AI Extra host JD Roberto talks to Amanda Overmyer minutes after she’s eliminated. She says that she has nothing to bitch about. She’s not the typical Idol contestant, and to have gotten as far as she did is a big deal. She says she feels blessed to get as far as she did.
JD interviewed Chris Richardson from Season 6. Chris did some recording in Miami. He’s working on album and hopes to release it by the end of Summer 08, or at least by the end of 08.
There’s a vid of the Idols on the set of this week’s video. Michael Johns, Jason Castro and David Cook are roommates. So are Brooke White, Syesha Mercado, Kristy Lee Cook and Ramiele Malubay. Chickezie rooms with David Archuleta. Amanda Overmyer roomed with Carly Smithson.
Amanda is interviewed by JD Roberto:
- She says she’s not disappointed
- She doesn’t think she’s American Idol material
- She’s happy she stuck to her guns performance-wise. Her goals were to get her face on TV and get her sound out there. She wanted to come out every single time and show viewers who she is musically.
- She would have not sung a ballad next week, or ever. She felt that it’s important to stick to what your good at and where your strengths lie. You can’t be all things to all people.
- She never thought she would win. She would have been happy coming in 8th.
- American Idol is the only way she would have pursued music.
- After Chris Daughtry’s success, she decided to give Idol a go.
- She felt more comfortable performing to the crowds than performing to the cameras.
After the Jump: Part 1 and Part 2 of Amanda Overmyer’s exit interview. Chris Richardson performs “All Alone”.
Amanda Overmyer Pt 1
Amanda Overmyer Pt 2
Chris Richardson performing “All Alone” - Nice job Chris!
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Heh! 3 to a room…no wonder they seemed so happy for each other when the found out they were on tour together. “Let’s tour, baby!” hahaha
If only I could be a fly on the wall in that apt… Or, just in that apt. Oh. Hmm… wait. Never mind. *blush*
Chikezie has to room with Daddy Archuleta and Archu-D2 (I can’t help it, I’ve latched onto that nickname now LOL)? Poor Chicky.
Mmmm. Chris Rich. My boyfriend did a good job!! :)
Wait so TCO and CarlyPlant get one roommate a piece and the rest of the lot are crammed together into the remaining two apartments?
I want to live in Casa Cook, Castro and Johns, too. I could learn to cook and clean or something.
Uh oh. MJ, Jason and David C.
If I was married to MJ, I’d demand a nannycam.
I would love to go to MJ, Jason & Cook’s place. Must be fun in there.
Anyways, thanks for the Amanda clips, I like her as a person.
She is so real. I hope she is the wild card chosen to get back into the AI tour. She certainly deserves it.
Heh, me too.
I just knew that somehow, on this thread, Amanda would be forgotten. LOL
Amanda is very mature for a 23 yo. She comes across as a 30 yr old, but maybe her profession makes her like that. She’s so for real. She’s the one who deserves to go on tour.
That was a great interview with Amanda! Thanks for that! She’s a great, down-to-earth person. I enjoyed most the comments that were made by the other contestants.
Random factoid from an interview with Dean Banowitz this morning on my local radio station - Gina Glocksen is staying at his house while she’s doing the AI show for the TV Guide channel. I think that’s the show she’s hosting anyway. And you can go to wjbq.com and I am sure they have the interview up somewhere…..
Amanda seems like a very level-headed person with a realistic vision of this process.
One other thing I want to comment on, the “Boot Video”. Near the end of Part II of her interview, they showed a tape of “Amanda’s Journey” which was great. It showed the highlights of her time on the show including some of her best performances.
That’s what I think the official “Boot Video” should be. I loved how “Bad Day” worked as a boot song, but I think it’s difficult to repeat that kind of success. And I know that it lends continuity to the show to always have the same song, but I want to hear the booted individual at their best. I always think that it kind of sucks that the last impression that these kids leave on the show is singing a song that public didn’t like enough to keep them on the show. I realize that it would be difficult for the singer and the band to suddenly have to perform a song they had done weeks before, so the “trainwreck” is what they must perform.
That’s why I think that the official boot video should be constructed using the songs that the contestant sang. It seems more respectful, it reminds us of why we liked the person in the first place and it’s more fun. It seemed really weird watching Amanda “rock it” while a sappy R&B ballad played over her. A big disconnect.
I was able to catch an episode of Australian Idol once and they have extremely long boot videos (I’d rather have that as filler than the stupid audience questions). They feature the Idol performing, so I don’t know why AI cannot.
Here is a random example: Australian Idol Boot Video
mj - thanks for putting up the vids of ai extra. that channel is not part of my satellite coverage.
Doesn’t David’s dad also have to live with him due to his age?
David has to have a guardian and it’s probably his father since he attends all the tapings (while his mother appears not to, so she is likely at home…doesn’t he have siblings?)
If David’s Dad is half as bad as the tabs describe him, I can understand why they have Chikezie rooming with him. As a TSA agent, I’m sure he’s used to staring down anybody who tries to give him guff. Even so, poor Chikezie.
Thanks for the vids. I also don’t get that channel. Amanda seems grounded. Good for her. I never enjoyed her performances, so I’m not going to miss her.
Oh, and ditto to what everyone said re: Casa Cook, Castro and Johns. Let’s tour, baby! Ahem.
LOL, Kristen!