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American Idol 2010

Jaro65 said:
You're right. But Casey had plenty of opportunities and while he is pretty good, I think we agree that Crystal and Lee are simply better. The difference for me is that while I think of Casey as a good singer, I really see Crystal and Lee as likely future artists.
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At this point, I would tend to agree. But don't forget a diamond in the ruff that was overlooked named Jennifer Hudson when when she was a contestant. Simon thought AI was too big for her, but as it turned out, Jennifer was too big (not her physical size ;) ) for AI.
 
theITGuy said:
Sorry are you implying that Casey CAN SING? :confused:

Dude can play the guitar...and that's really it...very weak vocals...

-J.-
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He's definitely better than Tim, who always had the screaming girls, but he can't sing as good as Lee or Crystal. If you play back the Tim performances, they are annoying in that both Tim had a soft, low volume voice and the girls' screaming drowned out his important moments in his songs so I missed if he was on key or not, or if he remembered the vocal or not. Tim should not have been in the top 12 but his looks and age kept him around for as long as he did.

This reminds me of the legions of Duran Duran fans back in the day who don't ever recall hearing anything live that well, since they practically went deaf from the girls. The screaming girls syndrome isn't a problem a band like Rush or King Crimson would have had. ;)

I also think Mike is a better singer than Casey but Mike had the unfortunate habit of choosing the wrong song for him. I think Mike was robbed but he would have been kicked off the following week anyway, setting up a Lee vs. Crystal final.

I think many people around the net, and on TV have been calling the Lee vs. Crystal thing early on and they have been right for the most part. Lee, however, didn't do well on the verses during the Seal song, but hit the chorus parts very well. At least Casey was in tune this week and it was one of his better performances because he sang and didn't get distracted by the guitar.
 
Lee won the night. Casey was absolutely pathetic, and Crystal was just plain good.

It needs to be the Lee and Crystal show next week. That would be so awesome to see those two sing together all night.
 
leekohler said:
Lee won the night. Casey was absolutely pathetic, and Crystal was just plain good.

It needs to be the Lee and Crystal show next week. That would be so awesome to see those two sing together all night.
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Casey's time on the show has come to an end. His second song was pretty good, but Crystal was only slightly better overall for the night.

Lee totally stole the show. The final, truthfully, should be Lee vs. Lee. He's that much better than everybody else. He's ready to put on his own solo TV special the way Clay Aiken and Carrie Underwood did.

This contest, without doubt at this point, is his to lose.

Lee started good, yet shy, and has improved an already great voice. Crystal may have gained ground on her second performance over her first because she can really shine without the guitar and she really did a great number with the Paul McCartney piece. She had an almost Janis Joplin intensity. Her first performance should have been better and was just OK.

This season started out really bad, but Lee and Crystal have saved it from being a disaster. The final will be fun, but it won't get the national attention of a Clay vs. Ruben final where the whole country was talking about it more than any election I can think of.

Sometimes, on a rare occasion, there is a time and place on reality TV, or what is called reality TV, where the country, or world, takes notice (Clay and Ruben, finale of first season of Survivor, Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent and Simon Cowell's response) ... but this year's AI won't be one of them. Lee is just so much better than Crystal and Casey that it's predictable as to who will win. If he doesn't win, it's pretty predictable as to who thought who was the best (Lee) through most of the season. Crystal can pull off a Kris Allen type of upset, but after this season, it will be Lee who sells the records.

Sometimes there is a singer who is good and destined for bigger things and they really break out far beyond the AI and what people expected of them (Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson come to mind), while others predictably go on to sell records, appear on TV shows, and magazine covers (Clay and Adam come to mind).
 
leekohler said:
Lee won the night. Casey was absolutely pathetic, and Crystal was just plain good.

It needs to be the Lee and Crystal show next week. That would be so awesome to see those two sing together all night.
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That is exactly how I saw it as well, hopefully the voters will see it the same way.
 
63dot said:
Casey's time on the show has come to an end. His second song was pretty good, but Crystal was only slightly better overall for the night.

Lee totally stole the show. The final, truthfully, should be Lee vs. Lee. He's that much better than everybody else. He's ready to put on his own solo TV special the way Clay Aiken and Carrie Underwood did.

This contest, without doubt at this point, is his to lose.

Lee started good, yet shy, and has improved an already great voice. Crystal may have gained ground on her second performance over her first because she can really shine without the guitar and she really did a great number with the Paul McCartney piece. She had an almost Janis Joplin intensity. Her first performance should have been better and was just OK.

This season started out really bad, but Lee and Crystal have saved it from being a disaster. The final will be fun, but it won't get the national attention of a Clay vs. Ruben final where the whole country was talking about it more than any election I can think of.

Sometimes, on a rare occasion, there is a time and place on reality TV, or what is called reality TV, where the country, or world, takes notice (Clay and Ruben, finale of first season of Survivor, Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent and Simon Cowell's response) ... but this year's AI won't be one of them. Lee is just so much better than Crystal and Casey that it's predictable as to who will win. If he doesn't win, it's pretty predictable as to who thought who was the best (Lee) through most of the season. Crystal can pull off a Kris Allen type of upset, but after this season, it will be Lee who sells the records.

Sometimes there is a singer who is good and destined for bigger things and they really break out far beyond the AI and what people expected of them (Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson come to mind), while others predictably go on to sell records, appear on TV shows, and magazine covers (Clay and Adam come to mind).
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I agree 1000%. Lee shows his emotions in his performances, and Simon picked the PERFECT song for him. Lee is so sincere, and it shows during his performances. I said it before and will say it again, its Lee's contest to lose.
 
Well, I see we all agree that Lee is the best of this season. He was incredible last night. Crystal disappointed me and Casey didn't surprise me. Lee needs to get still more confidence, he seems so surprised, but gratified, when the crowd goes wild for him. The finale should be interesting...
 
MultiM said:
Well, I see we all agree that Lee is the best of this season. He was incredible last night. Crystal disappointed me and Casey didn't surprise me. Lee needs to get still more confidence, he seems so surprised, but gratified, when the crowd goes wild for him. The finale should be interesting...
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Just please be smart America. We need Crystal and Lee in the finale, not Lee and Casey.
 
leekohler said:
Just please be smart America. We need Crystal and Lee in the finale, not Lee and Casey.
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Im afraid that Casey's looks will get him into the finale, but not that afraid, yet. What I found interesting, at first, was that they only showed Lee in the airplane, when he received his text from Simon. I didnt understand why, but maybe they it was because he had almost 45,000 people show up for his concert that day, and they will work that into his clip on Wednesday. I was shocked when I heard that number, a major turnout for any AI contestant.
 
pb1300 said:
I agree 1000%. Lee shows his emotions in his performances, and Simon picked the PERFECT song for him. Lee is so sincere, and it shows during his performances. I said it before and will say it again, its Lee's contest to lose.
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You're dead on. That song was great for Lee, and he delivered. He got my vote last night. I certainly hope that after tonight it is up to Lee and Crystal.
 
pb1300 said:
Im afraid that Casey's looks will get him into the finale, but not that afraid, yet. What I found interesting, at first, was that they only showed Lee in the airplane, when he received his text from Simon. I didnt understand why, but maybe they it was because he had almost 45,000 people show up for his concert that day, and they will work that into his clip on Wednesday. I was shocked when I heard that number, a major turnout for any AI contestant.
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Looks help as it put McPhee and Sparks further into the competition beyond where they should have gone. I can't really remember the spelling of their first names, seriously, but I remember how pretty they were.

This season has shown how looks, and appeal to the opposite sex, or same sex for that matter, have brought somebody further along than they deserved to go. I am thinking Tim Urban, where the only vocalizations came from the screaming girls, not his singing voice. :)

Casey can, technically, win this contest or at least get into the finals based on a combination of his looks and guitar playing (which is rather good, but this isn't American Guitar Player). Casey certainly is not the strongest singer since past contestants like Sibohan, Andrew, and Mike were stronger singers than Casey in the earlier and mid parts of this season.

Casey got where he is, as high as he is, on looks and a couple of really good song choices (Bryan Adams duet song with Mike which made both of them shine, and Jealous Man by John Lennon). That being said, if Casey did performances like he did with Jealous Man every week, he would be the favorite up there with Lee, who has won just about every week on this season. The worst that could be said for Lee is maybe one or two weeks of bad song choice.

Crystal's only weak points that Simon can bring up is song choice, so she should be a strong choice to be invited into the finals tonight. I kind of wished Crystal sang a few more times with just the microphone since she really can hold the stage alone, but she does not know that yet.
 
I was hoping for a Lee and Siobhan finale, but it would have been tough to choose who to vote for. Now that it's Lee and Crystal in the finale, I'll definitely be voting for Lee. Crystal gets annoying, and I still didn't want her to make it this far. She can sing, she just has an annoying style and personality. I was actually hoping for Didi or Siobhan to win since the past two American Idol winners have been guys, but I think Lee stands a better chance in the finale than Crystal.

I'm looking forward to the season finale of this mostly disappointing season a little more than I thought I would. The results should be a tough bet.
 
Jaro65 said:
Yes! Really looking forward to the next week!!!
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MICHAELSD said:
I was hoping for a Lee and Siobhan finale, but it would have been tough to choose who to vote for. Now that it's Lee and Crystal in the finale, I'll definitely be voting for Lee. Crystal gets annoying, and I still didn't want her to make it this far. She can sing, she just has an annoying style and personality. I was actually hoping for Didi or Siobhan to win since the past two American Idol winners have been guys, but I think Lee stands a better chance in the finale than Crystal.

I'm looking forward to the season finale of this mostly disappointing season a little more than I thought I would. The results should be a tough bet.
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Siobhan? And you say Crystal has a an annoying personality? :eek: :D

bobr1952 said:
I guess good looks can only get you so far even on American Idol--the best two are indeed in the final.
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Yep. America got it right. This is gonna be good.
 
MICHAELSD said:
I was hoping for a Lee and Siobhan finale, but it would have been tough to choose who to vote for. Now that it's Lee and Crystal in the finale, I'll definitely be voting for Lee. Crystal gets annoying, and I still didn't want her to make it this far. She can sing, she just has an annoying style and personality. I was actually hoping for Didi or Siobhan to win since the past two American Idol winners have been guys, but I think Lee stands a better chance in the finale than Crystal.

I'm looking forward to the season finale of this mostly disappointing season a little more than I thought I would. The results should be a tough bet.
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I liked Didi and Sibohan, but this was again a guys season. Crystal was up there with Aaron, Mike, Casey, and Lee in the latter part of the season. Again, a guy will win this thing, and probably by a huge landslide.

First off, most of the voters are likely to be like the audience, girls, so Lee has a good shot.

Also, Crystal as good as she is, does not seem to be the type of girl a teenage girl will vote for or get inspired by. Melinda Doolitle seems similar in a lot of ways to Crystal (a little awkward and ungainly) and Melinda, perhaps the best singer that season, lost. Jordin Sparks, age 17, was the perfect match for the teenage girl fan base a few years back.
 
63dot said:
Also, Crystal as good as she is, does not seem to be the type of girl a teenage girl will vote for or get inspired by. Melinda Doolitle seems similar in a lot of ways to Crystal (a little awkward and ungainly) and Melinda, perhaps the best singer that season, lost. Jordin Sparks, age 17, was the perfect match for the teenage girl fan base a few years back.
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I think you're dead on. I also don't see many teenage girl votes going Crystal's way. Though they may find Lee cute....
 
63dot said:
I liked Didi and Sibohan, but this was again a guys season. Crystal was up there with Aaron, Mike, Casey, and Lee in the latter part of the season. Again, a guy will win this thing, and probably by a huge landslide.

Also, Crystal as good as she is, does not seem to be the type of girl a teenage girl will vote for or get inspired by. Melinda Doolitle seems similar in a lot of ways to Crystal (a little awkward and ungainly) and Melinda, perhaps the best singer that season, lost. Jordin Sparks, age 17, was the perfect match for the teenage girl fan base a few years back.
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Those are good points. Crystal seems pretty comfortable with herself and where she is in life but I don't think the way she carries herself would be something teens and preteens would aspire for--at that age they are looking for something a bit less awkward.
 
The voters got it right, as we all know. But, I don't think Crystal will win for some of the reasons posted but mainly because she can come off as arrogant. Like she said last night, she has 'fought to sing original songs' (paraphrasing, but she said it) and I think Lee's immense humility will go a long way for him. I hope he can survive a win in the long term. As I posted earlier, I would buy his music where i wouldn't buy any other AI performers'.
 
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