The final push for the Idol crown is the TV Guide cover story for their May 19 issue (on newsstands this week).
Dark horse Syesha Mercado says, “I believe if you’re passionate about something, it has to happen for you.” In other words, watch out peeps! I still think it’s entirely possible that Syesha could sneak into the Final Two…
David Archuleta defends his stage dad Jeff, “I’ve heard some of the weird things that people have been saying, and it’s kind of a bummer…I think I, of all people, would know what’s going on, and he’s been great. He’s given me a lot of good advice and helped me from making any dumb decisions. He understands more than anyone what I want in music, and I’ve felt really blessed to have to have someone like that.”
Meanwhile, there’s a detailed account of Jeff Archuleta in the studio with David micromanaging his recording session. I can hear a collective sigh of relief from the Idol staff now that Daddy Archuleta has been banned from the rehearsal hall.
David Cook has refused to use his brother’s illness–brain cancer–as part of his backstory, “The sympathy vote idea leaves a real sour taste in my mouth…I swore to Adam and I swore to myself when I got on the show that if I was gonna do well or poorly, it was gonna be on my own merit.” The Adam Cook story has become part of the picture, regardless, even if only to the internet fans who follow the show closely. David says he welcomes the show as a mental break from the stress of his brothers illness, yet, “By the same token, what he’s [Adam] is going through, allows me to kind of have a purer perspective Yeah, Idol is huge and it’s career building, but it’s just a show.”
More after the JUMP…
TV Guide Cover story on the Final 3 (May 19, 2008)
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I got this one in the mail today. The pics are fantastic of all of them! :)
Grab that brass ring, Cookie. Grab it!
The interviews are nice too. They are a good final three. Say what you will but they are all mega talented. It could go either way. Hell truthfully Syesha could win this thing. It would be the biggest upset in idol history, but it could happen.
I’m pretty much happy with this final 3.Syesha is a good singer but I really want a Archie/Cook final 2 with David Cook winning that would be wonderful.I can’t wait to get a copy of this!
Syesha is a beautiful girl but that ‘up her nose’ picture on the mock poster is unflattering. Bad angle.
Of course, it took me ten full minutes to notice that it was there next to Cookie’s smoking hawt poster.
Syesha looks 45 on that cover. The inside pic of Cookie is just delicious, though. He’s going to cause my death one day, I can feel it.
I could kind of care less about DA and Sy, but it’s good to know DC still hasn’t given up to the idea of garnering the sympathy vote.
Interesting how Cookie seems to be placed in the center in every top 3 pic I’ve seen. Good luck to them all tomorrow! May the best singer-most popular person-reality show contestant win!
“Interesting how Cookie seems to be placed in the center in every top 3 pic I’ve seen.”
I think it’s because he’s much taller than the other two. it would look awkward if he was on the side.
Cookie is smokin hot in that pic
JA doesn’t come across well in TV guide. He takes way more than 30 seconds, when granted 30 and is never satisfied. Like most abused kids, DA defends him which means nothing. As a prosecutor I saw kids abused horribly physically who would straighted faced defend the offending parent.
LOL…this year’s TV Guide American Idol cover looks like it may play out just like season 5’s cover: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9297/tvguidemay22gn9.jpg
From left to right: 3rd place, 2nd place, winner
Are we allowed to gush on MJ’s site? David Cook look freakin’ HOT!!! Dayuuuuuuum!
Sy looks much older than she is, and David A like he always does.
Have I already said that DC looks Haaaawt!?!
Ummmmm.. So Syesha and DC get the glamour shots and DA looks like he submitted his senior class picture….cardigan and all!
ETA….Well HELLO Mr. Cook!!!!!
I had come across on my DVR tonight David’s “Happy Together” performance. Good lord those Idol stylists deserve the highest honor for bringing this level of hotness out of the mess he was back then. It doesn’t even resemble the same person.
Ain’t that the truth!!! He looks like a star on page 1! Love that shot.
And to top it off…boy can sing! Lethal combination. DCFTMFW!
Syesha: Beautiful Model
Cook: Handsome Hawt Rocker
DA: Cute Kid Sinatra
What else can they do with DA? Really? He does not *Rock*, which always cracks me up when his fans say *David is Going to ROCK it*. Ummm yeah. They could have had him standing crooning into a mic but honestly don’t know what else they could have done.
They are all good shots tho.
Jeffy did want him posing! Songs to practice!!!!!
That woman Bax is here today
As pretty as the month of May
The ETA of this post cracked me up…my sentiments EXACTLY. Yups…I admit it-went back for another uh…. peek.
Cookie and Archie both look great.
There’s no way Sysesha should win this. She hasn’t a distinctive voice and her recordings are shrieky - not a winner in the studio.
What she does have is no competition - last woman standing. Past female contestants would have sent her home at top 24. Max.
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i cracked up reading your remarks about the angle of Sy’s pic. there is actually a retouching technique that is called “de-emphasizing nostrils.”
Cookie is placed in the center of the pics because he is taller than the other two. Unless the photographer wanted to take a lot of time to use techniques to alter perspective, or place some of the others on boxes-then placing cookie in the center balances the image better.
Cookie makes a delicious centerpiece for me!
He looks downright Gorgeous in this picture!!
Go Cookie.
You ROCK my ipod!!
Hey, instead of Syesha, let’s just call her *******
That totally works for me.
C is for Cookie…
“Hey, instead of Syesha, let’s just call her *******”
I like the cover but it almost seems like all three pictures were taken separately and then photoshopped together!
I LOVE the cover, and I want that page 1 pic of Cook in poster size. Guhh at the hotness.
Do we know if EW has any plans for an AI cover story, or did that boat sail with the “How do they pick their songs” article?
On another note, I like that Cookie went into this thing refusing to play for the sympathy vote. He knows the story is out so talks a little, but I think it’s great that he wants to get somewhere on his own merrits.
And… he looks pretty nice. Whomever said that Sy looks old in her poster, ITA, not very flattering photo of a girl I think is beautiful. It’s unfortunate that Archie got the sweater wardrobe selection….they could have made him look much less dorky.
oh man what a gr8 pic of dC :)
ty for posting them
I dont see anything unique about Syesha rather the opposite the same old same old same old. Give me a female Amy Winehouse anyday without the shreiking and runs. Little David is playing up the daddy angle but what you all forget is daddy´s private coach arranges David´s songs and he is not ready for this. He cannot even do an interview and when asked questions he giggles.
David Cook is the ready made package. He has the works. His arrangements are masterpiece and Debra Byrd, the vocal coach says that he is a visionary. Don´t be misled by all this Little David press. Where did Jordin go - America needs an International star and David Cook is that. There is such a buzz about him on all the international sites.
I’m glad that DC seems to be the focus of the photos (even if it is only because he’s taller). He’s going to need the practice being the center of attention because he sure is going to get a lot of it after he’s crowned the winner next week!
Oh, lo!! DC looks scrumptious!!!