Idol Headlines for 04/15/09
Cover Story: Paula & Kara’s Idol War
Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not just the contestants fighting to stay alive each week on American Idol. Both Paula Abdul and Kara DioGuardi are in danger of losing their spots alongside Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson at the overcrowded judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ table next season, and the tension among the panelists has become unbearable.
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The plan to add a fourth person backfired,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ an Idol insider tells OK! about the troubles that have been mounting since Kara joined the cast at the beginning of this season. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Now the producers are left with a tough decision: Do they go back to the original three-judge format, or leave Kara there?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬
Former ‘American Idol’ Sierra wants camera ban lifted
TAMPA – Former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra is expected to be in court today seeking to set aside a judge’s order that she stay at least 100 yards from microphones and cameras.
Sierra and her attorney will ask Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Gregory Holder to erase an order imposed by Circuit Judge Daniel Perry.
Sierra made a similar request in June in order to participate on the VH1 reality show “Celebrity Rehab II.” Her attorney later withdrew the request, saying the show had a change in production.
More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…
‘American Idol’: On the scene at the Top 7 performance show
Here’s one way to know you’ve been covering American Idol for too long: You dream you’re standing on the Idol Thunderdome stage watching Scotty MacIntyre rocking out to a Ziggy Stardustian number while standing on his outsized, bedazzled grand piano, climaxing in a very rough, Greatest American Hero-style stage dive onto the piano bench. And then — after Simon Cowell asks you on live TV for advice on what Chikeze (yes, Chikeze) should sing next, and you somehow suggest doing an R&B spin on the folk stylings of Nick Drake — you wake up, and your first thought is that Smirkelstiltskin, the snark demon you invented that appeared on your shoulder one day while covering American Idol, has finally invaded your subconscious.
‘American Idol’ Recap: Pulp Affliction
We’re 28 episodes into American Idol’s eighth season, and the show still hasn’t lost its ability to surprise. Who’d have thought, for example, that the sound of two judges yapping would turn out to be more annoying than the standard four-windbag formation? How could anyone have guessed that redheaded teenager Allison Iraheta is filled with/fueled by ‘’special sauce”? And when did the show institute a new rule making female contestants ineligible to receive credit for rearranging their songs? These are the burning questions being asked tonight by a speed-dialing Idol nation (or, at least, me). Still, if there’s any takeaway head-scratcher from tonight’s ”Extreme Treacle: Soundtrack Edition” episode, it is this: How come no matter how low one sets one’s expectations, Randy ”Yellow Stripe” Jackson can always find a way to disappoint?
The Rushfield Review: Too Lil Too Late
Adamlambert0414-250 Could the cultural chasm that has divided Idol Nation have been any more starkly demonstrated than it was by our two main combatants tonight; on the one hand, representing the left side of the culture wars was Adam Lambert — swooshed around the stage backed by explosions of electricrity to the free-living anthem from cinemaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s greatest homage to the 1960à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s drug culture. On the other hand, Danny Gokey, lit in golden light, sang a tender Top 40à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s ballad from one of the 1980à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s most overwrought star vehicles — and backed by a harp.
Kris Allen Wows On ‘American Idol’ Movie Night
You’d think that by now the brain trust behind “American Idol” would have figured out how to land the bird on time every week. But because the show ran over by more than five minutes last week à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ causing many viewers to miss Adam Lambert’s stellar performance à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ the producers switched things up again on Tuesday night and had the judges critique the contestants in pairs to save time.
Still, the program went three minutes over and some viewers might have missed Lil Rounds’ spirited defense of another poorly reviewed performance. This time, however, Lambert took the stage much earlier and gave another solid performance, while Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta both made a case for the crown.
Idol Worship: Best To Worst Of ‘At The Movies’ Night
Since when does à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idol At The Moviesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ week mean weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re all in for an hour-long snooze fest? Whereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the showmanship? Some sense of cultural legacy beyond Armageddon and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves? And whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up with the Bryan Adams fixation? Fortunately, there were a couple of bright moments, particularly Kris Allenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s take on the Oscar-winning song from Once, and, of course, Lambert. But other that those two now obvious frontrunners, the rest of the Season 8 kids are starting to bore us silly. Read on for our best to worst rankings of movie weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Disneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹American Idol Experienceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Almost Beats The Real Thing
I had the craziest dream a few weeks ago, while I was stumbling around Disney World. I imagined I had stepped into à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idol.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Not just any à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idol,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ but the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ I fell in love with years ago.
Turns out, I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t dreaming at all. I was merely taking part in the brand-new attraction called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The American Idol Experienceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ at Disneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Hollywood Studios, which has theme-park guests performing on a pitch-perfect replica of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ stage. Even the judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Coke cups are there!
So how was a theme-park attraction based on a TV show more fulfilling than the actual TV show on which ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s based? Let me count the ways.
Simon slams Lil Rounds on à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Idol’sà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ movie night
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ took on the big screen on Tuesday, under the watchful gaze of Quentin Tarantino. Because nothing says à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“musical geniusà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ like the director of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Pulp Fictionà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Kill Billà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ movies.
This was Tarantinoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s second trip to the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ stage, having served as a guest judge on season three. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s about the combination of music and movies, and how they work together,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Tarantino said, but he kept most of his comments short. That was part of a brave but futile effort to keep à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ from running long again.
Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re Live-Blogging The Top Seven à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Performances!
I often eat popcorn while I watch à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idol,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ but tonight ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s even more appropriate because à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢sà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ headed to the big screen! Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t worry, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“From Justin To Kelly 2: Electric Boogalooà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t green-lit. Nope, tonight the theme is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Songs From The Movies!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬
Even better? à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ fanatic Quentin Tarantino is joining the party, acting as guest mentor this week. He made quite the splash as a guest judge in Season Three, where his brutal honesty was a welcome change of pace to that seasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s endless parade of celebs too polite to say anything bad to anyone.
Phil Stacey Blog: American Idol goes to the movies
I am watching tonightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances in Worcester, MA with my dear friends and fellow season 6ers Gina Glocksen and Melinda Doolittle. We are all really excited that Quentin Tarantino is the guest judge. Seriously! How cool is that?
So the theme tonight is à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Movie Songsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ And apparently, because they talked so much and went over time last week, Simon will only be judging half the contestants tonight. Which is a little dumb. Simon is what keeps this show on the air. Fifty bucks says weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be back at three judges next season à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ no offense intended for the judge that will not be with us. Without Simon, how will any of us know what we think about these performances?
American Idol’s Stylists Talk Season 8 Fashion
Every week American Idol’s contestants perform in front of millions and millions viewers, and the only thing that’s as memorable as how they sound is how they look. We chatted with American Idol’s style gurus Miles Siggins, the guys’ stylist, and Soyon An, the girls’ stylist, about season eight’s contestants, finding fashion that works on stage, and what they think of Simon Cowell’s style advice.
The 5 Types of American Idol Watchers
Junk-haus auteur Quentin Tarantino is a guest judge on American Idol tonight, for the second time. He’s an unabashed, earnest fan of the show. It got us thinking. What kind of people watch Idol?
Basically, it breaks down into five types. They are as follows:
Adam Lambert: America’s First Gay ‘Idol’?
There’s the eyeliner. There’s the YouTube video in which he declares kissing girls is “not necessarily” his preference. There are the Web photos of him making out with guys.
None of it seems to matter.
Adam Lambert appears to be this year’s chosen “American Idol” contestant, whatever his sexuality may be, signaling a shift from the moral scrutiny once piled on “Idol” contestants.
Game Over: Adam Lambert Masters
Love it or hate it à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ and if you are like me, you hate yourself for loving it à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ you would have to have been hiding in a cave in Afghanistan for the last decade not to realize that American Idol is not only the biggest show on television, but probably the most ingenious marketing tool in the history of entertainment. Since its 2002 debut, Simon Fuller’s American Idol has proven to be the biggest money-making machine ever conceived.
Adam Lambert: Change We Can Believe In
I have shocking information for you: Adam Lambert might be gay. I know! I am as floored by this as you are.
Sorry, I was just getting my Bill O’Reilly on for a second there. But sadly, I wasn’t exaggerating. Apparently, the notion that Lambert à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ the musical-theater kid with the penchant for eyeliner and the flair for the dramatic à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ could possibly be gay is quite the jaw-dropper. I’m not exactly sure why this is, but boy, do people love talking about it.
And that’s a bummer.
Michael Johns: ‘I Won’t Be Wearing Short-Shorts Like John Mayer’
If you’re anything like the 30 million fans who watched Michael Johns shocking season seven elimination on “American Idol,” you’ve spent that last 365 days saying to yourself, “he’ll be fine.”
Well, Michael has spent the last year trying to prove you right. Today marks the debut of his first official post-”Idol” project — the single “Heart on My Sleeve,” a killer track that you can listen to after the jump.
The timing of MJ’s track couldn’t be better since “Idol” is currently coming down to the wire, so I got Michael’s take on this year’s contestants, his thoughts on the judge’s save and found out that the Twitter-newbie could be considered a never nude!
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Rock of Agesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Hits Broadway With Eighties Anthems, Hair to Spare
The newest jukebox musical on Broadway begins with an announcement from Whitesnakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s David Coverdale: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“No flash photography unless youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re really, really hot and willing to show us your boobs.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Rock of Ages, a show featuring Eighties hits from Poison, Styx and Journey, made the leap to the Great White Way last night, April 7th, after a three-month off-Broadway stint (Rock Daily first reported on Rock of Ages in October 2008). The musical, which features onetime American Idol hopeful Constantine Maroulis and an onstage metal band led by Night Rangerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Joel Hoekstra, uses familiar tunes including à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“More Than Wordsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Heat of the Momentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ to tell the story of a wanna-be rocker who works in a legendary L.A. dive and chases the girl of his dreams while German developers threaten to demolish the Sunset Strip
What Should Demi Lovato And David Archuletaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Summer Tour Be Called?
According to Archuleta Fan Scene, Buzzworthy crush David Archuleta and unofficial Jonas Sister/ Taylor Swiftà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bestie/Princess Protection Program and Sonny With A Chance star Demi Lovato (whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been Tweeting up a STORM with John Mayer, but really, does ANYONE Twitter more than John Mayer?) will be making beautiful pop music together on a summer tour. And seriously, besides peanut butter and bananas, Michelle Obama and J. Crew, Rick Astley and Internet hijinx, and Tokio Hotel and Robert Pattinson (so that last one was probably just a rumor, but still) has there ever been a sweeter pairing than Demi and David?
Fallen American Idol Star at Gay Bar!
Speaking of people competing to be famous, I ran into David Hernandez, who was voted off American Idol last year after his past as a male strip club star emerged like a genital ricocheting out of a G-string. “It wasn’t the stripper thing,” Hernandez told me at Beige last week. “It was the gay thing. That’s Middle America for you. I feel like New York and L.A. are two separate countries.” Well, the gay thing came up again on the show when Adam Lambert’s same-sex kiss photos caused weird tremorsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ as if a gay in showbiz is supposed to be such a shocking thing. When I noted that Lambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ who’s a friend of Hernandez’s “from the scene”à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ hasn’t been voted off the show because he’s gay, the singer knowingly replied, “Not yet.”
VIDEO: Scott MacIntyre: “Someone out There Literally Saved My Life”
Blindness hasn’t been the only challenge for American Idol’s Scott MacIntyre. In a visit to the TVGuide.com studio, he said he also suffered from kidney failure for two years and received a life-saving transplant in 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ information he did not share with producers on the show.
“It’s something I didn’t want to bring up during the competition process because I wanted to be judged on my voice and my artistry,” he says.
It’s Back to Bacharach and David for DeGarmo, Lowe, Mosher and Thomas Starting April 15
Back to Bacharach and David, the musical revue featuring the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, makes its Los Angeles debut April 15 at the Music Box @ Fonda on Hollywood Boulevard.
Actress-comic Kathy Najimy directs the production, which will run through May 17 at the L.A. venue. Opening night is April 19.
The cast features “American Idol” finalist and former Hairspray star Diana DeGarmo, West End musical actor and “American Idol” contestant Tom Lowe, musical and film actress Tressa Thomas and Hairspray’s Susan Mosher (Mosher replaced the previously announced Mary Birdsong.)
At Home with Paula Abdul
“Extra” visited Paula Abdul during a photo shoot at her house, and she had plenty to say about her fellow “American Idol” judges! Paula and Kara DioGuardi used to be roommates, and Ms. Abdul is spilling secrets about Kara’s past!
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Dancingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ sends home a fan favorite
A change of plans: After Monday nightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s shakeups (Gilles Marini, down; Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Kim, up), viewers were looking at two familiar guys at the very bottom of the judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ ratings. Steve-O and Ty Murray have both struggled in the past, though Steve-O has consistently stunk, while Ty was down, then up, then back down. The two of them seemed destined to share space under the ominous red light of the bottom two. But host Tom Bergeron surprise-announced early on that there would be no dance-off this week, for reasons he did not share.
Restraining Order Extended for Shawn Johnson’s Alleged Stalker
The parents of “Dancing with the Stars” participant and Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson arrived in court today with her lawyer to seek an extension for the restraining order against Shawn’s alleged stalker, Robert O’Ryan.
The restraining order has now been lengthened to an additional three years. The 34-year-old O’Ryan was arrested last month at a CBS studio facility after reportedly carrying loaded guns and attempting to crash the set of “Dancing” in order to meet Shawn.
O’Ryan has pleaded not guilty to all three counts against him in the Shawn Johnson case — one felony count of stalking and two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
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47 Responses to “Idol Headlines for 04/15/09”
Kara has got to go. She isn’t adding anything to the panel. She really is a waste of time. I like how Simon was mocking her when she was talking about Matt and then Ryan cut her off because of time, lol. Stick with the original 3 judges, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. They each add and element to the show. It sucks that we didn’t get to hear Simon/Paula/Randy’s opinion on each contestant. If they with stop with the stupid chat with Ryan and the contestants and Ryan messing around with the judges then they will make time perfectly. If they are going to stick with this format then the show has to be 1.5 hours. There is no other choice because the two judge at a time critique sucks. If CI can do it why can’t AI?
Oh wait they don’t have Kara who talks to freaking much, sometimes she just needs to shut up. I hope she is gone next season. BRING Nigel back!!! He was doing fine.
So true. Why did they bother employing her if they were going to treat her like a sub-judge? This whole idea was bad. They should’ve either replaced Randy or Paula with her, or they shouldn’t have brought her at all. Not to mention that everyone keeps blaming her for their running out of time. It’s not her fault alone. It’s just the fact that both her and Paula can’t get to the pont. Especially Paula, who takes like 5 minutes to even start her critique.
Really, the four judges idea should not be this difficult to carry out. They do it perfectly fine on Canadian Idol and X Factor. It’s just these particular judges that can’t get their critiques, and say them on time. You know what would be good? If they just fired ALL THE JUDGES, (INCLUDING RYAN) and hired the judges (and host) from Canadian Idol. Really, I’m just sick of them all. They’re so self involved, and the idol studio can barely contain all their egos, not to mention they don’t ever seem to be paying attention to the performances. Until they realize that it’s not about THEM, and that it’s about the contestants, then I stand by that. Off with their heads! :p
Ooo! Clever way of getting Ben out of the country and unleashing his smarm on the unsuspecting Americans. They already blame Canadians for all the cold snaps, Celine wailing and Bryan Adams dreck, sowhy not hit them with the big weapons!
The judges on Canadian Idol are way more helpful, coherent, consistent and don’t require translators (yo dawg-I mean-man-dawg-that was-for me-yo-for me-ah-you know what I mean?). Plus, they get it done on time.
I do kind of like Ryan though. He’s everywhere at once. And it’s so funny when they try to catch him “dancing” because he cannot find the beat.
I have some love for Kara, if she is able to made her comments and critics short…please… I will get rid of Randy… I don ´t understand anything of what he is saying…
And please JIVE don ´t let Archie sing with Kara for Idol Night that will be a waste of promotion…*seriouslylovethankyou*
And I just put all my points in Matt, I think Lil will be save by the black vote, not being racist here but I think is the only way of explain her being safe… it always worries me that Kris and Allison are always so low in dialidol.com, but hey, I ´m not American so I can ´t judge your choice…
Well, since the rest of the world blames us for EVERYTHING, we need you guys as our scapegoat. We appreciate our Northern neighbors being there for us in that capacity.
And, just sayin, I think last night proved why Canada really owes us an apology for Bryan Adams. LOL I’ll cut ya’ some slack on the Celine thing, since her insane tour revenue helps our shitty economy
David Cook thinks Adam and Kris are the standouts this year:
http://www.myfoxyumaelcentro.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8404037&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1
I am thinking you will be right tonight Kirsten
i really like kara and i think she is great for the show. someone who is CURRENTLY very very successful in the music industry. how many hits has she written in the last ten years? major albums she has worked on? from what i can tell, and what i’ve read/heard, she is very talented. i value her opinion right up there with simon’s. i like paula, and love her comments, but is she a great singer? no. is she a great song writer? no. is she a great performer? nah. but i like her. as for randy…uuuh….he can be the judge to go.
and it’s a shame what has become of jessica sierra. she was my favorite contestant her year, and i wished her the best. she seems to be pretty down and out these days though.
Kelly did a Q&A with Rolling Stone
http://i39.tinypic.com/11mgjs5.jpg
Well, considering Justin, Diana, Blake, Kat, Bo, Kristy Lee, Taylor, and others were all dropped before their second album, I should think this is quite a step up.
It’s not the quickest a major artist in general has put out a second album. There were 8 months between Rihanna’s first two albums. Her first album had one really big hit, Pon de Replay, and the album went gold in 2005. Her second album did better in 2006. It spawned three top 10 hits–SOS, Unfaithful and Break It Off, although Break It Off was her 4th single. Her third single off her 2006 album, We Ride, failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (so flops can even come after 2 huge hits). Her third album only came a year and 2 months after her second, even though her second was very successful. That album made her the queen of CHR airplay.
And since we’re talking David/Demi today–Demi will release her second album 10 months after her first, in July.
Marc Berman has posted the fast national numbers for Idol last night:
American Idol
8:00 p.m. V: 22.52 m, A18-49: 8.0/23
8:30 p.m. V: 24.44 m, A18-49: 8.5/22
This would seem to indicate that the show doesn’t need Adam to sing in the last three performance slots in order to boost ratings. The ratings take care of themselves. This may indicate that there is another reason the producers keep putting Adam in relatively safe spots. That reason may be pimping.
And if the reason why the ratings were higher in the second half is because viewers were “trained” to expect him to sing late, this just demonstrates the folly I pointed out earlier of not having him sing in a variety of performance spots. Why train your viewers to only tune in for a small portion of the end of the show?
I wish there had been one or more new judges after the dysfunctional third season. The Simon-Paula-Randy dynamic was always dominated by Simon and long ago became a predictable rut usually resulting in lazy, lockstep opinions. At least Kara tries to give constructive criticism to help the kids and I think her more analytical approach forced Randy and Paula to improve their “judging.”
There is no changing Simon. Either he cannot hear the performances — notice how he is always asking Paula what somebody on stage said — or he doesn’t care enough to pay attention. His behavior during Kara’s critique was extremely disrespectful to everyone. The producers need to make him apologize tonight — and not let it turn into a stupid Simon vs. Ryan joke.
Paula is another attention hog — her look-at-me dancing is as rude as Simon’s self-absorption. Randy should make a bigger impact since he knows more about American music than Paula or Simon, but he is little more than “that other judge.” When current or former contestants are asked about their favorite judge or which of the three is most influential, Randy is never mentioned.
I think would the show and the competition would be greatly improved if the panel consisted of a music producer (Todd Rundgren or Linda Perry), a more relevant ex-performer (Mark McGrath), maybe a knowledgeable writer who can think independently (Michael Slezak, Fred Bronson or Dave White), and/or a former Idol (Chris Sligh and Clay Aiken have good senses of humor).
ROFL. I laughed at the way you phrased this.
Personally, I think that since the Judges are responsible for choosing the top bunch of people, then they should also be held responsible by 19 for the relative failures in sales that have been the top finishers of late. They manipulate the contestants and public opinion and are a major reason that some of the more talented people don’t make it into the top ten because they aren’t “what they are looking for” …. “they” don’t seem to be very good at what they do, so can ALL of their sorry asses…..especially Simon who is the most musicaly ignorant of all of them.
Time for some new blood to rescue what is left of a good idea.
Kelly Clarkson is singing the National Anthem at the opening of new Yankee Stadium tomorrow, From MLB Twitter
WHAT? You mean 4 people going after Adam didn’t cause everyone to turn their TV’s off?!? People hung around to watch those other people?? I’m SHOCKED at this! :laugh_tb:
i think that much had been indicated some weeks ago when people turned off before Adam performed. Some fans like to think everyone wants to see Adam, but if anything the audience is probably waiting for Danny (it’s more plausible…)
Yes, it’s all about pimping Adam, has anything to do with ratings.
Wait, so David Hernandez is “out”? Why is he making music (not to mention VIDEOS) like Ginuwine or R. Kelly, then?
I wondered how long it would take before the Adam/ Obama comparisons began….
Nice to read about David Hernandez again. *sigh*
Here’s an excerpt from a good MTV Jason interview/article.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609312/20090415/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler
It’s sooo cool that he got his publishing deal before his label deal. I remember how excited Elliott was when he got his publishing deal. At the time some fans did not understand just what a big deal it was. I’m glad that I know now and can be ultra thrilled at Jason’s publishing deal. I’m so excited for him.
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David and Archie’s Manila Concert Ad #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQz6mM2hFI
Concert Ad #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fChscyFfaFg
What a slacker that Jason is. Writing, recording, publishing deal, record contract!