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American Idol 2010

MultiM said:
I would have liked to have seen Siobahn (sp?) go last night, I was happy to see Katie leave. I agree that Lee and Crystal are both fantastic. The rest, well, they don't really register. Although my wife likes Casey, 'cause he's cute.:rolleyes:
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Siobhan is gone next week, no question about it. Really, Crystal is the only girl who deserved to be there in the first place. A lot of the guys aren't great, but the girls just plain sucked this year.
 
Considering all the hype that this was the "girls'" season, I'm surprised that all but Crystal were mediocre at best. Not the best season overall. Only one left to go. I think idol will go away next year.
 
MultiM said:
Considering all the hype that this was the "girls'" season, I'm surprised that all but Crystal were mediocre at best. Not the best season overall. Only one left to go. I think idol will go away next year.
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It may last one more season, but after that, no more.
 
leekohler said:
It may last one more season, but after that, no more.
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Like American Bandstand or Soul Train, Idol could last over a decade and be a feeder for the radio/CD sales/iTunes sales. It's bringing in new talent the way MTV did in its early days. Many virtual unknowns got discovered on MTV back in the day. Many unknowns get discovered on Idol these days.

An internet phenomenon, perhaps already here in the form of myspace music and Apple's iTunes have possibly rendered TV mixed with pop music a dead technology.

The music business may only need the radio and internet to be their major forces of output and visibility, and Idol may be a waste of space and time in 2011 and beyond.

Personally, I like to see the progression from amateur to pro, but then again I am a musician who had to try and work the rungs of the ladder. I can relate to what they are going through, but of course not with the stress of national TV.
 
Lee, Mike, and Crystal were good tonight, and I thought the judges were a bit hard on Sibohan and Casey. Sibohan improved quite a bit from the last two weeks and Casey has shown overall improvement though he didn't hit it out of the park like he did in Beatles week.

Tim Urban took a tiny step back but he is improving overall. Tim has gone from having no emotion to actually feeling the songs.

Aaron took on a song too big but did better than many thought he would. He's just a tiny bit away from having his moment.

Who is going home?

This time I have no idea (Casey, Aaron, Sibohan, or Tim) may be in trouble.

Lee is just getting better, Crystal is definitely safe, and Mike was just good enough to avoid elimination but wasn't incredible like he was during Elvis week.

As it stands, the best I can see Mike doing is coming in third unless he could replicate a couple of great weeks he had in the past.

This contest is for Lee or Crystal to lose.
 
63dot said:
Lee, Mike, and Crystal were good tonight, and I thought the judges were a bit hard on Sibohan and Casey. Sibohan improved quite a bit from the last two weeks and Casey has shown overall improvement though he didn't hit it out of the park like he did in Beatles week.

Tim Urban took a tiny step back but he is improving overall. Tim has gone from having no emotion to actually feeling the songs.

Aaron took on a song too big but did better than many thought he would. He's just a tiny bit away from having his moment.

Who is going home?

This time I have no idea (Casey, Aaron, Sibohan, or Tim) may be in trouble.

Lee is just getting better, Crystal is definitely safe, and Mike was just good enough to avoid elimination but wasn't incredible like he was during Elvis week.

As it stands, the best I can see Mike doing is coming in third unless he could replicate a couple of great weeks he had in the past.

This contest is for Lee or Crystal to lose.
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Its definitely Lee and Crystal's contest to lose. I thought both were WAY ahead of everyone else. Simon said Crystal's performance was in a whole other class, but I thought Lee was outstanding as well. If Lee continues to gain confidence, I think he wins it easy, even if its him and Crystal in the finale.
 
Lee and Crystal were absolutely excellent. Siobhan sucked. Everyone else: meh. I've never bought albums or music from any idol performer, but i would certainly buy Lee's...and that says something....
 
MultiM said:
Lee and Crystal were absolutely excellent. Siobhan sucked. Everyone else: meh. I've never bought albums or music from any idol performer, but i would certainly buy Lee's...and that says something....
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Yes- let's face it.

This is the Lee and Crystal show. The rest are along for the ride. Honestly, I don't care who goes home tonight, but I'm betting on either Siobhan or- dare I say it, Mike.

The teenage girls will vote for Tim.
 
no one goes home tonight. its idol gives back night.

i didnt watch last night but i figured they didnt even allow voting, sort of funny if they did.
 
iOrlando said:
no one goes home tonight. its idol gives back night.

i didnt watch last night but i figured they didnt even allow voting, sort of funny if they did.
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Good point.

I do remember that (sometimes) they don't kick people off on that night, but take the total of two weeks and kick off a person or two the following week (next week).

However, now we have the "save" that the judges used on Mike, thus maybe needing to kick off a contestant to keep on schedule.

It's really hard to predict what will happen.

My guess is that they will kick off a contestant. They already saved Mike and if they don't kick anybody off, people may tire of the show thinking it's not a contest anymore.

At the same time, not kicking people off will have people who have not tuned into this season get interested and tune in. Hype is usually good for this show.

The way I found Idol was at the finale of season 1, when I heard all this talk and media hype about who would win, "The ready made for pop guy Justin, or the real singer Kelly." Justin had the crowd, mostly girls, but Kelly's talent won over the voters in general. It's what we are seeing with Tim Urban.

While Tim is getting better overall, the studio audience crowd totally loves him. Lee, on the other hand, may not get the same applause, but is far better than Tim, imho. Tim has the teen idol pop star look with an OK voice, while Lee is the one without the girls wooing, but has the best voice in this competition on the guys side.

I hope talent wins the day, not looks. Arguably, the least camera friendly pair are Lee and Crystal, but they have the voices.

However, sometimes, the singer has the looks but loses in the end, like Adam Lambert. Kris Allen only deserved the crown more because he was the most improved, and most versatile on the show. Adam already was a star and that was evident.

I can see how people didn't vote for Adam because either they were sure he was safe or knew that he was well on his way to stardom already. And look who has the bigger career right now. Adam could have got kicked off even earlier, like a Chris Daughtry or Jennifer Hudson, and still have become destined for stardom.

The first time I saw a singer in Hollowood Week on Idol that I knew was definitely going to go platinum was when I saw Fantasia. She not only went platinum, from what I saw in her early in the season, she went multi-platinum.
 
leekohler said:
Yes- let's face it.

This is the Lee and Crystal show. The rest are along for the ride. Honestly, I don't care who goes home tonight, but I'm betting on either Siobhan or- dare I say it, Mike.

The teenage girls will vote for Tim.
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I think Tims time has come. He needs to GOOOOOOOOO!
 
pb1300 said:
I think Tims time has come. He needs to GOOOOOOOOO!
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I think Aaron, Sibohan, or Casey are just as in danger of getting voted off tonight, if in fact they vote somebody off.

Even Mike, who I like very much, can get kicked off due to overall inconsistency and bad song choice, but I think the last two weeks have shown him to be top 3 or top 4 material, especially Elvis week where he had the best performance of anybody this season.

If this season is fair it's going to be

1) Lee or Crystal (which can come close to a tie and make this a real contest)
2) Mike, who I think is second tier to those two
3) Sibohan or Casey (which can come close to a tie as they are hot and cold)
4) Aaron or Tim (which can come close to a tie, but I put my money on Aaron since he's been slightly more consistent and tries harder to re-invent himself)

So yes, Tim probably deserves to go tonight if I take the whole season into account, but barely since he has been the most improved of the lot. Of course, he started so awful that it wasn't hard to improve from his first and second hideous weeks.

Sibohan, Casey, Andrew, and Aaron have underachieved peaking earlier, imho.

Mike has to deliver big time next week if he is to make Kara cry and think he's the one to beat in this competition. Mike has perhaps the most emotion of all the singers (and it's why I like him) but is haunted by bad song choice. While a good guitarist, he should stay away from the guitar and just sing. I know he's not Ruben but he can go in that direction with this year's thin talent and get far.

And after seeing Crystal, I hope she goes up to the mike sans guitar for the rest of the season.

Crystal sometimes comes across as a fake Indigo Girl with that guitar and I would rather see Crystal on stage as a singer only as she has the makings of being a Janis Joplin type of singer, but made in the modern day.

I would take Crystal over big star Joss Stone any day of the week, and Joss has often been compared to Janis Joplin.
 
leekohler said:
Haha! :) It's OK, keep your dollar.

Bye bye Tim. You're cute, but not very talented.
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From the top six remaining, I think the four who were not in the bottom three tonight may have to fight for it with Sibohan and Mike having to fight it out for third place.

Lee and Crystal were probably in the top 2, as I just woke up for work and saw the last few minutes.

It can be Crystal and Mike, or Lee and Mike in the finals.

I don't see a possibility yet of seeing Sibohan in the finale, but she was top 4 tonight.

With Casey in the bottom three, it showed anything can happen tonight, and later on in this season.

Right now, I think the next to go will be Aaron. ??
 
leekohler said:
It will be either Aaron or Siobhan.
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Do you think Casey can outlast them and make top 4?

Casey is the more experienced overall singer/musician, but Sibohan fills the Idol position/type and has that weapon of hitting the high notes, and Aaron will get the Michael Archuletta type votes (girls, moms, slightly older girls, moms who are still girls, girls who are still moms, females under 30 ... you get the picture).
 
63dot said:
Do you think Casey can outlast them and make top 4?

Casey is the more experienced overall singer/musician, but Sibohan fills the Idol position/type and has that weapon of hitting the high notes, and Aaron will get the Michael Archuletta type votes (girls, moms, slightly older girls, moms who are still girls, girls who are still moms, females under 30 ... you get the picture).
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Yeah, I'm pretty thick when it comes to this evidently. I had wondered why Katie who is the same age as Aaron was not kept on the show <duh> as I was set straight about the difference voting strategies between the two sexes. :eek:
 
63dot said:
Do you think Casey can outlast them and make top 4?

Casey is the more experienced overall singer/musician, but Sibohan fills the Idol position/type and has that weapon of hitting the high notes, and Aaron will get the Michael Archuletta type votes (girls, moms, slightly older girls, moms who are still girls, girls who are still moms, females under 30 ... you get the picture).
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Yeah but, Casey is HOT. I think that definitely will keep him on the show because of that demographic.
 
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