For disco night, ADAM SHOULD TACKLE GEORGE BENSONà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢S à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“LOVE BALLADà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP8XqK6C7wc)!!

He can have tender moments with the first part (it’s time for some slow) and display his great low tones at the same time. Then he can kick up the tempo with the second part and have mad fun the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“glambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  way! This performance will (1) definitely stand out from the rest and catch everyone by surprise (again), (2) showcase his wide vocal range without compromising the high falsettos he loves to hit, (3) appeal to a wide audience!

If not à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Love Balladà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , then Rod Stewartà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Do You Think Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m Sexyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or George Bensonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Give Me the Nightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . McFadden & Whiteheadà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ainà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t No Stoppinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  or Sophie Bextorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Murder on the Dancefloorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (re-arrange and pull out killer moves) might prove interesting.

Him performing Diana Rossà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m Coming Outà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  would be hilarious! Ha. Bill O’Reilly would have a heart attack:)

Bottom line, though: Adam Lambert – Love Ballad.

I corrected that and I apologize I dont know him from a hole in the wall, I doubt he is evil but he LOOKED evil and it just made him ugly to me, it was a scary look maybe more than evil – I dont think the others have stood up there and should be perceived as liars by being silent or agreeing with the judges – they just have manners and were taught not to talk back for the most part, I think. Heck, I dont know him at all but I sure felt something that wasnt very nice at all, no one should kiss anyones butt or brown nose, speak your mind if you feel the need just be polite and dont look like you want to actually kill someone and people will be more open and accepting of you and this is show biz and you gots to somewhat, play the game to stay in it, to win it.

Anoops apology was just a little too late, he showed his true evil self last week and people saw that I think and it creeped them out-

There’s a lot of comments out there about how people don’t “get” Adam; well, I don’t “get” how Anoop looking at Kara as if she were insane makes him “evil.” Kara, with the exception of yesterday, has made the most ridiculous comments in the short time she’s been here. Simon and Paula have shown complete disrespect for all the contestants. Even if I got up there and they praised my performance, I would give them the so-called “evil” look because they haven’t shown me a reason to respect them.

Try to think of a teacher you’ve had who played favorites or was unorganized. Did you respect that teacher? Were you more tempted to act up in his/her class or not take it seriously?

I know, I know, it’s show business, not school. However, there’s some basic concepts of human decency and interaction that have been thrown out the window this season. The false praising. The lack of attention. The blatantly unrealistic deliberation. If I were a contestant on the show, I’d be fed up, but still torn between throwing it all away or fighting to win.

All in all, I’d rather see Anoop’s honest and logical reaction to the judges than the lies pushed on us by this show.

In my very humble opinion Adam has crawled and scratched his way up the ladder on Idol with his terrific personality, his great demeanor, and his awesome talent. Other than being given “good” spots in the performance order he hasn’t received anything special from idol that many of the other performers have. It’s easy to say that Adam is where he is because of Idol pimpage rather than to be honest and say that the man has proven himself and swayed the voters with his immense talent and enthusiasm. Geesh!

So yeah, when reasonable minds could differ about Adam’s performance, Simon slammed him, then kicked him and beat on him some more.

Personally, I think they yanked his chain a little with PTFM too, since we learned that he had to switch songs the Monday before the Tuesday performance. Maybe it was a way to test his mettle, maybe they wanted a meh performance, maybe they assumed a disaster given the song and Taylor’s prior cheesefest. But as I said before, Adam stepped up and refused to suck. LOL

Anyway, there’s no denying that Adam is popular and well-liked, and why shouldn’t he be? I think he has enough “stuff” to bring him down, being tossed about gently (?) in the media and what have you. If TPTB are doing as some suspect, maybe that’s part of it, ya know? It’s not that they don’t trust Adam, but rather they don’t trust America (and certain of its longheld hot-button prejudices…)

In the end, I believe Adam totally has the mad talent to bring this one home on his own. And, I don’t think that he should hear otherwise if his performances are good. So great reviews for great performances can’t form the basis of overpimping, imo. YMMV

I guess, if Adam is being pimped, Simon & Co must be seeing dollar signs, which I hope means that the pimpage is based on the fact they think he is mega-talented.

I would think that their pimping of Danny (which they do- big time) would be more in line with what they would want from the winner. I would imagine they would almost be a little nervous about Adam being a “loose canon”…he doesn’t exactly fit into what middle America would spend their bucks on. He must seem to be a bit of a risky venture for them.

And yeah…Adam’s ROF on country night frightened the shit out of a lot of people…including Simon who did not hesitate to give his very negative critique. I thought it was bloody brilliant.

I wish I could drink the Adam Kool-Aid cause then obviously Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be enjoying this season more

Oh Michelle, save some for me too. :drunk_tb:

I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see Country night so I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know went down, but there are a few indulgences I think the judges could call Adam on, but they never seem to (unless they did on Country night).

Oh, you missed a goody. Randy and Paula liked Adam’s performance of Ring of Fire and compared it to Led Zeplin and Kara said it made her feel weird and happy. But Simon said to Adam “what the hell was that?” He also said it was horrific and that people would be throwing their televisions out the window. Ryan asked Simon the next night if he still felt that way about Adam’s ROF, and Simon said he still thought it was horrible.

Adam didn’t talk back and stood there on performance night. And on results night, when Ryan brought it up again how horrible Simon thought it was, Adam laughed at himself.

Plus you missed the complete awkward mentoring by Randy Travis, who said “I never did see a guy wearing nail polish” followed by “I guess you don’t plan on going to Nashville” to “I don’t know what to make of this guy.”

Overall it was not a pretty night. Adam dropped to #6 on Dial Idol even though he was in the green.

Oh lordy you asked for it and got it and then some – lol – I just disagree that they would call the pimped one overindulgent and horrible a couple of weeks ago, Adam is doin his own pimping performance by performance. TPTB’s pimpee’s this year have changed week to week it seems with Danny still their # 1 – he was good last night, I liked him a lot but he did not deserve all that smoke up his butt – he is still their favorite to win

I, too, think Adam can/should/would probably win.”

Awwwwww – it is sooooo nice to see you back!!!!!!

- The producers calculate that Adam, Danny and Allison votes percentages were high enough to save them from double elimination.

Translate: Three of them had to had enough votes to being in top 6 next week in double elimination.

Adam and Danny will 100% in top 6 vote getters. I doubt about Allison. One mediocre performance and she may be in bottom of the votes. Just like Kris this week.

Will the rating stay the same like now? Or will it collaps even more and Dancing With The Stars will take over the lead for the first time in so many years?

Will the producer try this? Put Danny and Lil Rounds last and Adam first in top 7?

Exactly HOW is Adam being OTT pimped? If he does well, what are they supposed to say/do? It really is a sincere question because I respect your opinion and your store of AI knowledge. Just what exactly are the judges doing re Adam- can you be specific?

Sure.

1) Adam was one of the “featured” contestants coming into the Top 36. People knew who he was and he had an opportunity to gain a large fan base before the competition even began. He got a lot of screen time. Coming into the top 36, I felt that TPTB’s favourites were Danny, Lil and Adam. My suspicions felt validated when those three were chosen to sing last during the semi-finals. Adam and Danny were also chosen last to sing on semi-final results night despite there being very little chance they would lose to whom they were paired with (Tatiana and Norman). Contestants like Anoop, Michael, Megan and Matt did get some early screen time, but not compared to the “Big Three”

2) Performance slots. Given attention spans are getting shorter, singing near the end of the show is beneficial. For years, Idol has propped people up by having them sing near the end of the show. Adam almost always sings at the end of the show. The one time he did sing in the first half of the show, he sang 5th out of 11. That’s as late as you can go in the first half and still be in the first half. Somebody asked upthread if singing last is a virtual guarantee of surviving despite how badly you sing? Well, in the early rounds, it seems to be. Only 4 people have got the boot singing last and that’s out of about 100 rounds. Those boots all happened when there were 4 or fewer contestants. If you heard Ramielle in her pimp spot last year, that was all kinds of bad and she sailed through the elimination. There are lots of examples. The last is not always the best of the night.

3) I didn’t see Country night so I don’t know went down, but there are a few indulgences I think the judges could call Adam on, but they never seem to (unless they did on Country night). The same goes for Gokey who is also pimped (Matt gets good performance slots, but the judges are hot and cold on him). There are a few things that Simon has long hated (overly theatrical, Broadway styling), but for some reason, he suddenly doesn’t care. Seems odd. But, this is the weakest point because reasonable people can easily differ on what they think is good/indulgent/etc. But, it is a little suspicious.

4) Random judge pimping. The entire speech that Paula did praising Adam last week on results night? Que? Very knollish.

5) Weird things. Ryan is not very sponteneous. When he sits on his little chair and talks to the kids, he’s all Perry Mason. He knows what answers he’s expecting. I’m sure the questions are practiced in rehearsal. Of all the questions that Ryan can ask Kris he asks one that leads up to “all the world is an Adam fan”? Isn’t there something about Kris we could have learned?

6) He gets really good lighting. Now, he’s got a theatre background so he knows what to ask for. But, I’m pretty sure that if the producers hated him, they’d screw up the lighting (like Ace when they wanted him gone) to make things look bad.

7) He’s intro clips always seem so great. Granted, he seems like a great person, but as the Queen/Ace incident showed us, the producers aren’t afraid of Franken-biting you into looking like an a$$ if they want you gone. We got that confirmed from the band itself, not from angry Ace family members (I sound like a huge Ace fan, I’m not, but we got so much evidence that year about the bus that ran over him we almost got the license plate number). Or Danny ignoring Smokey (just don’t include the Smokey tip. Feature some other bit and Danny doesn’t look like a complete jerk).

The biggest pillar supporting the pimping theory is the performance slots. I don’t buy the ratings thing because I see no evidence supporting that theory (just people’s feelings about it. Unless I’m misreading it, Idol’s ratings fell off a cliff after 9 pm last night. If everybody wanted to see Adam, they would have stayed tuned. Overnights do not measure Tivo/VCR/time shifting, so, that couldn’t be it. In any event, ratings are down this year, so I’m not sure we can prove he is a ratings messiah. There is a long history of performance slot favourtism and and I don’t see why this year should be any different).

The other, points, taken in isolation, you could probably pick apart. But put together, I think they make a convincing argument that the producers like him. I am not blaming Adam. I do not hate Adam. I just wish the producers would trust him a little and calm down a little. At least let us think it’s a competition.

Its like, he’s too damn good to win Idol if that makes sense.

IMO kris should not go home, not even close. It should be Lil or Scott but Scott has a lot of sympathy voting going on and he is adorable where as Lil has failed to bring it every time since she made the grade. I dont know whats going on with her but I think its too late.

I think also that the judges would definitely save Kris. They know that Danny and Adam have bases that will save them for a bit but Kris may not have that powerful a base and he is really good.

Its a lot of gibberish from someone who doesnt have a real clue.

I’d really like to see her go as far as possible…please send Lil home first…so that she will become a household name before she heads out into the cold cruel world.

I loved her last night, and always love the timbre of her voice, so her presence in the bottom three when others (cough, Lil-Scott-DANNY-cough) can’t seem to stay on pitch get all loved on…

it buggeth.

dante Apr 8th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

I think getting the pimp spot last night was a disadvantage.

Most people tivo or dvr the show – I happened to be watching live for the first time this year thankfully or I would have missed Adam entirely. All my workfrineds DID miss him and they donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t go to the internet like I do.

I was watching the Sharks hockey game (Go Sharks! WHOOT!) and flipping over to scan and watch the performances during commercial breaks (perfect length songs for a two minute commercial, btw) and watched Adam. I didn’t think it lived up to the gushing Internet hype or “Cowell ovation” but such is life on Idol this year. All sizzle, scant steak.

You either hated him or loved him and not much inbetween.

I was “in between” (silly me even entertained the thought Katharine was going to win, lol) until I saw him live in concert, at which point I loved him.

Until seeing tonight’s show (thank you, mj! i never get to catch it on TV anymore), I thought my AI habit was broken. For some reason, my interest was reawakened last night. I think that Allison performance may be the culprit. I hope she makes it to the top 3, at least. Unfortunately, at this point, I just don’t see her winning.

I, too, think Adam can/should/would probably win.

Most people tivo or dvr the show – I happened to be watching live for the first time this year thankfully or I would have missed Adam entirely. All my workfrineds DID miss him and they don’t go to the internet like I do.

So, the conclusion is: getting the pimp spot means that people will like your performance, no matter how bad it is, and vote you through.

Nope – not imo. I think it just means that you have more of a chance of being remembered if you get the pimp spot. Adam doesn’t need it. Some of the others that are battling it out for second place and a recording contract could probably use it.

The thing is, I think Adam could win this without the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“League Interfanceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . And how much sweeter would his victory be without the extra à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“helpà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ?

Kirsten,

Exactly HOW is Adam being OTT pimped? If he does well, what are they supposed to say/do? It really is a sincere question because I respect your opinion and your store of AI knowledge. Just what exactly are the judges doing re Adam- can you be specific?

I see them OTT pimping Danyy who hasn ¨’t the tenth of the talent Adam has, but quite honestly it doesn ¨’t bug me like it did last year.

A lot of people did think Daughtry would/should win including me, Lu. I think Taylor was very polarizing much like Adam is. You either hated him or loved him and not much inbetween. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s different for me this time is that I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hate Adam per se but most of his performances and his singing style.

bean, I hear you. I felt that way about Elliott that year…. but it seems to me that polarizong = chatter = votes. We’ll see. ITA on your thoughts about Adam.

I just hope he keeps performing and singing and being Adam and succeeding doing all those things, so I can continue to watch and listen. I’m selfish like that.

Speaking of, I’m dying to hear his studio version this week. I hope my expectations aren’t too high, as he’s not disappointed me yet (remarkably, given last week’s song! LOL)

And…If past years are any indication…I would hate for the best performer to go first and hear “you just didn’t measure up to ________” from all the judges the rest of the night. This has happened before and the other contestants, no matter how well they sang, just didn’t seem to connect to the audience like one of the first performers out of the gate.