Phil Stacey, Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glocksen and Chikezie may be heading to a town near you on the American Idols Spring break tour. Laura Saltman interviews them just as they are about to hit the road. Watch the video after the jump.
She asks them about the new Judges Save rule, and it’s a pretty big thumbs down from all of them.
As an aside, Saltman interviewed some other Idols HERE about the Save.
Guess who isn’t a fan? Michael Johns! He says, “I personally donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really dig it that much. As someone that was the shock value and it would have helped I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really think its necessary,” Michael continues, “I think thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the drama of Idol isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it? That sometimes America gets it right. Sometimes they get it wrong. You gotta vote for the people you love.”
There you go! And I agree. Phil Stacey says, “Basically what they are saying is donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t vote Adam Lambert or Danny Gokey out cause if you do they will get saved. Paula wants to see them in the finale. So they will save them.” Ha ha. Gotta love Phil.
Plus, Chikezie will be recording an album while he’s on the road. I wonder if he’s signed with Universal?
Video, and dates for the Idols Spring break tour are after the Jump. I am seriously thinking of hitting the Springfield, MA show in April…
3/18/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Panama City, FL at Marina Civic Center
3/20-3/21/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Dallas, TX at Dallas Symphony
3/25/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Lancaster, PA at American Music Theatre
3/26/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Kalamazoo, MI at Wings Stadium
3/27/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Dearborn, MI at Ford Center
3/28/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ St. Charles, IL at Arcada Theatre
3/30/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Marion, IL at Marion Cultural and Civic Center
4/15/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Worcester, MA at Hanover Theatre
4/16/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Springfield, MA at MassMutual Center
4/17/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Morristown, NJ at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
4/18/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Glenside, PA at Keswick Theatre
4/24/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Boise, ID at Morrison Center
5/1/09 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Ivins, UT at Tuacahn Center for the Arts
Sure all that’s good for you but I still reserve my opinion of him. Sorry, I’m just not a fan of this guy or his attitude… and I’m sure he will get along just fine even without my support.
Er, was not trying to change your opinion, just sayin how I saw it but ohhkaaayyy, lol. Anyway about the save, I thought it’s interesting that some fans think the judges are likely not gonna use it and that maybe the idea is to keep viewers wondering and tuning in if they will. Other than for the producers’ benefit, I still don’t get the merit of this rule change for the fans or contestants.
^^Yep and I am just telling you I don’t see it the way you do and I stand by what I originally said… YMMV of course…
It would be hilarious if someone they save this week gets eliminated in the double elimination anyway. The save thing is just dumb. Even if they save my favorite Adam, I’d still think it’s dumb.. if America didn’t really vote him in for the win, then maybe he doesn’t deserve it.
Oh, and Phil is awesome.
As a fan of Michael’s opinionated self, I’m all for standing by one’s views;) But Phil ain’t awesome–he’s the annoying douche for being a jealous hater who thinks too highly of himself instead of giving props to this season’s best contestants!!! I keed, I keed, of course.
Haha. Which is why you’re right–the save is dumb. I’m curious if fans of the other so-called ’shock boots’ even like or appreciate this rule. Of course, Daughtry and JHud fans as big as those two are now, don’t really care. But most MJ fans aren’t also thinking, ‘I wish they had this last year’ or ‘Thank god for the save, so what happened last season won’t happen to us again’ with their new favorite. Now I don’t know about Tamyra fans. I still have no favorite this season so I’m also wondering how other fans would feel if the rule was used on someone they like. I’m sure there’d be short-term relief but how they feel about it would eventually depend on the later outcome of the show and the kind of post-AI success the contestant gets.
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I don’t even find Michael’s elimination all that shocking. Sure, he was never in the bottom 3 prior to his boot ie Brooke, KLC and Syesha, but Brooke has had 3 good performances that has been ingrained in my memory before the top 12 (You’re So Vain, LIAB and Let It Be) and because of that she had built an early strong fanbase. KLC had the worsters backing her up LOL and as for Syesha, I’m still scratching my head on how she had survived the bottom 3 week after week.
As for Michael, I’ve forgotten what songs he had sung before top 12 and the only performance that really stood out for me from him was IAWBIAR. And he was the first to perform during the week he got booted. So no… not surprised that he got booted.
Phil Stacey is far from being a douche and surprised and grateful for having made it as far as he has. He has himself said that there were others better than he that were cut back in Memphis. He called it right concerning David Cook winning the title and even predicting where the winner would audition (Omaha), and I think he is right here, too. The link below shows him and Melinda at a charter school in the Florida panhandle. mj, if it does not show up, can you please correct it? Thanks! Their next appearance with the tour is tonight in Panama City. Go, my 2 season 6 favorites. :biggrin_wp:
http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/bay_haven_idols/mbb7715206/
Yup, you are not alone Prop Joe :smile1_tb:
I have heard and seen every interview of Michael Johns. Where this self-entitlement is coming from I have never seen it. His interviews are hilarious and he is so humble. You can tell the interviewers just love him..he is just fun to talk to. And you can tell he hates it when they ask him the same stupid questions over and over again..but, he obliges them. Michael is a sweetheart and if you followed him you would know that already!
So, yes I was totally shocked at is elimination…I can think of seven that was way worse then him.
Gah. Sensitive Michael Johns fans might want to step out of this thead DO NOT TELL OTHER POSTERS HOW TO POST.
I’m deleting and editing where necessary.
Everybody take a step back.