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Watched it for the first time yesterday, some of the contestants are just hilarious and obviously deaf and blind, the way they dress to come to the auditions. I was amazed how few contestants got through from San Diego, only 15 from over 10000. I don't usually watch the auditions much, so don't know whether the rate is similar to UK auditions. Some good singers across the Atlantic as well though. :thumbsup:
I've watched a few episodes. The one with the guy who looked like a girl made me laugh. He had long nails, long hair and was dressed like a girl. He was terrible :lol:
What makes me laugh even more about some of these people is that they trully believe that they can sing... who is telling them this????????
That guy with long finger nails, was he the one with big fan?? if yes, did you hear what he actually said??? he said nobody has heard him sing that he sings in his imagination!! I sound like Madonna in my imagination!!
That chinese guy last week was brilliant sing "we are brother forever".. I laughed so much
this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwSOx_FYZkc
and this was the funniest one ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huqddMbJDA4
What makes me laugh even more about some of these people is that they trully believe that they can sing... who is telling them this????????
That guy with long finger nails, was he the one with big fan?? if yes, did you hear what he actually said??? he said nobody has heard him sing that he sings in his imagination!! I sound like Madonna in my imagination!!
That chinese guy last week was brilliant sing "we are brother forever".. I laughed so much
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I shall never forget him, he is singing in MY imagination now. :rotfl: :lol:
CrazyLea
28-01-2008, 17:22
I LOVED that guy that sang brothers forever :rotfl:. He was So funny yet really endearing :lol:. That song was in my head all night after I watched it :p.
You know people think that we are awful but I think some of those are worse
annette_tr9
18-02-2008, 23:19
has anyone watched the latest episode??
there are quite a few rock people through aren't there....
good....bored of pop
and simon hates rock so his comments are funnier
they should do rock idol.....
I've seen the two episodes where they went to boot camp.
That lad who kept crying reminded me of Shakey Shaun from the series before last of X Factor. Somehow I don't think he could cope with the pressure of performing on live shows.
StarsOfCCTV
18-02-2008, 23:50
I just catch random episodes on the weekends their endlessly repeated on itv2! I find the ones who sing out of tune hilarious but also painful :p
That brothers forever guy...:lol: bless him he was so hilarious :p
That guy who collected fingernails..EWW! :sick:
Are any of you still watching this? I really want David Cook to win. I absolutely loved his version of Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey. I think the final will be between him and David Archuletta.
Jason should have gone last week. His performances these past two weeks have been rather dreary.
tammyy2j
07-05-2008, 11:53
I hope David Cook wins :thumbsup: :cheer:
annette_tr9
08-05-2008, 13:01
i want david cook to win too, he is by far the best.
i will be on hols in america on the final day!! so i shall vote for him!
Can't believe Jason is gone :thumbsdow
David Cook to win :thumbsup:
I watch the performance and the results shows on a Sunday night so I didn't know Jason has gone.
I'm glad he's gone, he hasn't been up to scratch in recent weeks.
CrazyLea
08-05-2008, 21:20
Noooooo I'm not watching til 10 and now I know who goes. and it's my fave :crying:. Syeesha to win now then maybe. Hate young David. The older David is okay. But Syeesha to win :p
I like young David but his voice gets annoying after a while. I'd definately buy older David's album if he wins.
annette_tr9
08-05-2008, 22:33
jason should have gone this week, he has been a bit boring for the last few weeks now
david cook though......would be great to have a rock singer win for a change!! i think it may be a competition between rock star and pretty boy though!!!
wish i could sing!! although i am good shouter.....if they did rock idol i would be well in.......
Baba O'Riley by David C was brilliant. Its one of my favourite songs ever.
I'm really glad Justin has gone. He seems to have lost his nerve in recent weeks and he's just turned out the same bland rubbish for the past three weeks.
Has anybody noticed that Paula seems a bit... detatched when she's talking? I can't quite explain it but she seems to go somewhere else when she's giving critique or talking with the other judges.
CrazyLea
11-05-2008, 20:18
David murdered Baba O Reily IMO. It was crap.
It's Jason not Justin. :p
Yeah we noticed that about Paula too. Bless her.
Only actually saw 1 act that night. Was doing something :s.
I want Syeesha to win. But I bet one of the Davids win.
David murdered Baba O Reily IMO. It was crap.
It's Jason not Justin. :p
Yeah we noticed that about Paula too. Bless her.
Only actually saw 1 act that night. Was doing something :s.
I want Syeesha to win. But I bet one of the Davids win.
I like his voice and the way he rearranges things. I liked it anyway.
Of course it is, why did I call him Justin? :rotfl:
I don't want Syesha to win. I don't really like female artists, they bore me to death. David A is good but his voice is samey, he does the same thing every week. David C is my winner. I like rock and I like the way he dresses. Thats why I want him to win.
The person who left this week is
Syesha Mercado has left American Idol.
Mercado, who came close to elimination on several occasions during the latest Idol run, was ranked bottom after 56 million public votes and sent home in last night's show.
The 21-year-old admitted to struggling on Tuesday's performance show, where hopefuls had to perform three songs. Judge Simon Cowell described her version of Peggy Lee's 'Fever' as "a lame cabaret performance".
After thanking her fans, Mercado departed the show with a rendition of Alicia Keys's 'If I Ain't Got You'.
Alternative rocker David Cook and teen ballad singer David Archuleta will now compete to become the seventh American Idol on next week's finale.
CrazyLea
16-05-2008, 16:09
Oh I am shocked... not.
I really aren't that bothered as to who wins now. Only still watch it cause mum and sister do. I suppose if I HAD to pick one I'd go for Cook. Only cause I hate the other one. I reckon David Archleta will win though.
tammyy2j
16-05-2008, 17:06
David Cook To Win
Yes, I prefer him from the contestands still in the competition.
I want David Cook to win too. I love his voice.
I just have to post these, they are my favourite performances from this series.
YouTube - David Cook - "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" - FINAL 3 - May 13
YouTube - David Cook - Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey - 04/15/2008
tammyy2j
20-05-2008, 12:27
DAVID COOK TO WIN :cheer: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
My fav performance of his
Dare You To Move
YouTube - David Cook - Dare You to Move by Switchfoot
YouTube - David Cook Dare You To Move American Idol May 13, 2008
I love that song too. I really want Cook to win. He's a better artist than Archuletta and doesn't just copy a song. David C rearranges song and makes them sound better than the original.
Simon Cowell said on Tuesday night that David Archuleta had scored a knockout victory in the "American Idol" finale. Instead, the voters scored a TKO of their own, punching out the opinion of the "Idol" judges.
David Cook was crowned the winner of "Idol" on Wednesday, and it wasn't a nail-biter. Ryan Seacrest called the final margin of 56 percent to 44 percent a significant amount when it comes from a total of 97.5 million ballots. What had been seen as the closest competition in ages wound up being what appears to be the biggest rout ever, with Cook winning by 12 million votes.
From msnbc website
Well Done David Cook i'm glad he won :thumbsup:
Simon Cowell said on Tuesday night that David Archuleta had scored a knockout victory in the "American Idol" finale. Instead, the voters scored a TKO of their own, punching out the opinion of the "Idol" judges.
David Cook was crowned the winner of "Idol" on Wednesday, and it wasn't a nail-biter. Ryan Seacrest called the final margin of 56 percent to 44 percent a significant amount when it comes from a total of 97.5 million ballots. What had been seen as the closest competition in ages wound up being what appears to be the biggest rout ever, with Cook winning by 12 million votes.
From msnbc website
Well I was hoping for it to be a surprise for me but the emails I get when a thread has been updated don't do spoilers :mad:
I'm glad that he's won, 12% is a big margin to win by :cheer:
tammyy2j
22-05-2008, 16:47
The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the "American Idol" title Wednesday, and it wasn't as much of a surprise as it seemed.
While the judges all but crowned 17-year-old David Archuleta the night before, the voters decided otherwise — and in a huge and unexpected way. Host Ryan Seacrest said before the results that that the margin was 12 million votes, and it turns out they broke in the favor of the 25-year-old from Blue Springs, Mo.
Cook was overcome with emotion, bending toward the stage after his name was announced. When he stood up, his eyes were filled with tears, the second time in as many nights that the scruffy, grainy-voiced belter had broken down.
"This is amazing," he said. "This is all your fault," he added, addressing his brother, Andrew. The story goes that Cook was only tagging along with his sibling to the "Idol" auditions to lend support, and wound up getting on the show.
To close out the show's sevent season, Cook immediately took the microphone and began to sing "Time of my Life," a midtempo rocker by Nashville singer/songwriter Regie Hamm, winner of the annual "Idol" songwriting competition.
Cook refused to bow to the conventional during his three-song set Tuesday, with Collective Soul's "The World I Know" as his pick for a closing performance. He also sang U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and the power ballad "Dream Big," his choice from the songwriting competition's non-winning finalists.
"If I had to choose between playing a song that not a whole lot of people know that I could get behind, or the opposite, I'll choose the lesser-known every time," Cook told The Associated Press backstage Tuesday.
Judge Simon Cowell declared at the time that the song choices had sunk him, and told Archuleta that he'd scored a "knockout" in the boxing-themed performance finale.
But just before the winner was announced, Cowell uncharacteristically backtracked. He offered Cook an apology and said that the competition "wasn't quite so clear cut as we called it" — even letting on that, for the first time, he felt either finalist would have been a worthy winner.
While "Idol" ratings were down all season, the final contest turned that tide, with with viewership for Tuesday's show up 3 percent over last year's performance finale, the network said Wednesday. That provoked a frenzy with a record 97.5 million audience votes cast by phone and text. Last year's total vote count was 74 million.
Early in the show, host Ryan Seacrest played it coy, announcing that the split between the two contestants was 56 percent for one David, 44 percent for the other. Of course he left in question who got the lion's share; that detail wouldn't come until the closing moments of season seven.
While Archuleta was showered with praise by the judges all season, online bookies and observers kept the faith with Cook. One Web site, which tracks busy signals on the separate phone lines dedicated to each contestant, projected him the winner correctly Wednesday morning.
By strict "Idol" standards, being rebellious turned out to be worth the gamble for Cook, whose hip and scruffy style and ability to work the camera with a soulful gaze also proved to have overwhelming appeal.
Archuleta, of Murray, Utah, was the prodigy who consistently dazzled the show's judges and thrilled screaming young fans. He would have been the youngest-"Idol" ever if he'd won, beating last year's winner Jordin Sparks by mere days.
The teenager seemed to find the attention the show brought him overwhelming, often appearing to be speechless in the face of praise, but he was consistently professional onstage, with dulcet tones and poise that belied his shyness and tender age. He also became the focus of controversy when his father, Jeff, was reportedly getting too heavily involved in his son's rehearsals and asked by the show's producers to back off.
Archuleta made the most of his smooth voice Tuesday with Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," the inspirational ballad "In This Moment" and a reprise from earlier in the season of John Lennon's "Imagine."
Judge Randy Jackson exclaimed to Archuleta, "Dude, you are so good tonight. You are exactly what this show is about." And Cowell told the teenager: "You came out here tonight to win, and what we have witnessed is a knockout."
"I felt I had a disadvantage getting so much attention in the beginning. But winning isn't the big concern. It's always doing your best. ... That's what's important," he told The Associated Press backstage Tuesday.
During the show, viewers got songs from runners-up including Syesha Mercado, who dueted with Seal on his song "Waiting for You," and a solo on "Hallelujah" by dreadlocked Jason Castro.
Other "Idol" contestant and name-brand pairings: Cook with ZZ Top, Archuleta with OneRepublic, Bryan Adams with the top six male singers and Brooke White with Graham Nash.
"Brooke looks so much better than Crosby," Nash quipped backstage, referring to bandmate David Crosby.
The Jonas Brothers got the stage to themselves for a performance.
"American Idol" also celebrated the awfulness that is part of the show, usually confined to the early auditions, with a performance by failed contestant Reynaldo Lapuz that threw in University of Southern California cheerleaders and marching band members.
In Utah, Archuleta fans gathered to watch the finale took the loss like a collective kick. Mouths dropped, eyes widened and several teenage girls hugged and cried at a live viewing party at EnergySolutions arena in Salt Lake City.
"Did you feel that?" said Skippy Jessop, 30, his homemade sign now headed for the trash bin. "It felt like a punch in the gut. We all just stood there with our mouths hanging open."
But fans say this won't be the last note from Utah's newest favorite son.
"He's still a winner for sure," said Cecily Estrada, 19, who attended Murray High School with Archuleta. "He's gonna be big no matter what."
He's already scored one big endorsement: Toward the end of the live, two-hour broadcast, Archuleta was featured in a "Guitar Hero" commercial in which he reprised Tom Cruise's lip-sync routine from the movie "Risky Business." Instead of an air guitar, Archuleta played the small, plastic replica instrument from the popular video game.
But on Wednesday, it was the real guitarist who struck the biggest power chord.
Had to post this... what was she thinking? The outfit, the dancing, the singing :lol: Its Fantasia who won season three (I think) performing her latest song.
YouTube - Fantasia Barrino - Bore Me - American Idol 7 Results Show
Brilliant vid, brilliant music, me likes loooooads :clap: Thanks for posting this, Abigail
I thought she was a bit... strange. Did you see Simon's face at the end? :lol: She's scary
She is a bit different, I suppose, but I like the music. Simon always makes funny faces :lol:
American Idol runner-up David Archuleta has signed a record deal with 19 Recordings/Jive Records, Reuters reports.
The 17-year-old from Utah lost out to David Cook in last month's American Idol live final.
Archuleta told Access Hollywood: "Signing a record contract with 19 Recordings/Jive Records is truly a dream come true. Being a fan of American Idol since season one and admiring the alumni, I am honoured and humbled to be a part of that group. I'm really excited to start working on everything."
Simon Fuller, the British creator of the Idol format and founder of 19, described Archuleta as "a genuine popstar and a gifted singer."
Archuleta's debut album is expected to be released later this year.
Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson and Clay Aiken have all gone on to have successful post-Idol careers, despite not winning the talent contest.
American Idol winner David Cook has asked fans to respect his privacy on tour.
Cook, 26, warned that the actions of more aggressive supporters may end up making him "less accessible".
"The efforts by some fans to find our hotel rooms, call our hotel rooms, attach things to our bus, etc., is something I have to condemn," said Cook on his MySpace blog.
"We do enjoy what little privacy we can muster. This relationship only works when it remains healthy for both parties and should this behaviour continue, the only thing we can do is take more preventative measures to maintain our privacy, which in turn makes us less accessible to you."
The singer added: "I hope this doesn't come off as harsh. I merely want to nip this in the bud so we can continue to have a great experience with all of you at the shows we have coming up."
I can imagine that not too many ladies will heed his request :lol:
Jennifer Hudson is returning to the American Idol stage this Wednesday.
The Grammy and Academy Award winner will be taping a performance in front of the Idol audience after the live show ends on Wednesday evening, The AP reports.
This occasion marks the first time that the season three finalist, 26, has returned to American Idol since the murders of her mother, brother and nephew in Chicago last year.
Hudson is expected to perform a song from her self-titled CD, which won her a Grammy for best R&B album in February.
The appearance will air on an upcoming broadcast.
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