Who needs writers, anyway? It's the OFFICIAL AMERICAN IDOL 7 THREAD

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^^ looks pretty confident that you'll never find his lucky charms ^^

This is getting crappy...how many more weeks of auditions?

i haven't watched this in two weeks. i guess it's for the best?

Holy shit that girl.

this girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwGQHSpZGlg

<3 <3

I felt she was screaming rather than singing, but that's what the judges like so there you go.

That girl from American Juniors was frightening, the rest of the auditions were pretty meh.

she is annoying and her singing was totally sharp and she has no control and she was basically screaming and her voice isn't that interesting.

Pia FTW.

Anyone watching this tonight?

Anyway, I think tonight's was probably the most "watchable" audition episode yet. Lots of awkwardness...the girl whose father died during the first round of auditions, and the long haired nerdy guy who reminds me of so many guys I went to school, which got painful near the end. The dancing girl falling down was one of the only LOL moments of the season so far. The first guy who went through was not very good at all, though.

Hollywood week!

Full thoughts in a little bit. First thought: young David Archuleta is a tad bit overhyped, yes? Not that impressed...too soulless for my taste, though he appeared to move some people.

Did they give the contestants lollipops? I saw lots of blue tongues, especially on Carly, the Irish girl. By the way, I'm still looking for an explanation as to how she can be on the show when she had a record contract and released a major label CD....I thought that was not permitted? And I have my eye on the Australian guy...cute, good voice, and don't underestimate the effect of an accent on American girls.

But more importantly, NO GROUPS ROUND?? Has the groups segment ever let us down??? Hollywood week has always been my favorite part of each season for the groups round.

I couldn't stand the cowboy group last year...dragged out the round. But ultimately, i wish they had kept the group component. It's fun watching people melt (remember that country singer from last year? Bailey something?)

I was also confused about the tongues, too. Lollipops seems like a good guess.

WTF was with the Josiah hate? When it comes to personality, he's fucking annoying, but vocally, his second song sounded just as good to me (it's not like "Stand By Me" has as many switches as "Grace Kelly," so it was harder for him to blow them away...for that reason, i can see why you'd criticize him for song choice, but calling it bad?) They were just penalizing him for asking the band to leave, right?

Syesha Mercado (girl who lost her voice), Michael Johns (Australian guy who performed "Bohemian Rhapsody"), Carly Smithson (no idea how they'll justify that, but they obv. thought about it in advance...it could be a genius strategy; use Idol as a jumping point, have her disqualified and then release a CD. What a wonderful and likely theory!) and David Archuleta seem like shoe-ins for the Top 24. Crossing my fingers for Amanda Overmyer (Janis Joplin girl w/ great personality).

Lots of Missouri people in the Top 50...I want to hear "Asia'h E."

-- Tape Store, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 3:52 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

Hey, she was prob. my favorite tonight!

Baylie "Commercial with a capital C" Brown!

I don't think Idol will pretend they didn't know she had a contract...the show has always been on top of its stories in the news. Simon's eye-rolling at the mention of the troops, or having Chris Daughtry acknowledge that he used Live's arrangement of "Walk the Line" after the Idol forums (which I can't spend more than 3 seconds on without having a txtspk-induced migraine) went nuts about him getting credit for it. I think that it won't be acknowledged on the show until/unless she gets to the top 12 or so, and then Perez Hilton/Smoking Gun/TMZ or someone will "break" the fact that Carly had a CD and a contract before and then AI will have to deal with it.

Hoping Danny Noriega gets into 24.

I can imagine though being in the American Idol band and it's already 3 in the morning you've been rehearsing fucking Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do" over and over again with overeager young assholes and this fucking kid comes in with ARRANGEMENTS and you know fuck you kid you're gonna do it a capella.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVe this fucking kid.

Josiah.

I can't stand the nerdy kid who sang the goofball song the first night.

*SPOILER IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING*

I'd heard that Josiah wouldn't get through, and I'm not completely surprised, but still seems like a bad decision. Guy could have been a sales hit, I think.

WTF?!?!?!

That last guy they chose?!?!?! HE SUCKS

ringers or not, this crop of people looks decent.

agreed. especially the girls

currently rooting for Asia'h (second pick: Amanda)

I feel like i'm missing someone.

Okay, can I just officially declare my hatred of Carly?

-Overrated vocals
-Fug
-Should have qualified anyway
-This isn't IRISH IDOL!!
-Has a tattoo of Amy Winehouse on her shoulder (?)

AGREED!!!!

Has a tattoo of Amy Winehouse on her shoulder (?)

Really?

Well it really really looks like it.

http://googlx.com/rickey-blog/images/2008/02/carly-smithson-hw.jpg

Last night's episode was the first episode of the season I bothered to watch. Really excited for the real start of the show next Tuesday. Based entirely on the chair show, seems like an excessive number of rockers and kids this year, and a proportionally small set of R&B divas?

yeah, unfortunately.

I really like Ramiele Malubay, she's myfavorite going into this.

I really don't like any of them this year, they all seem as uninspiring as a John McCain speech.

I missed all of their auditions but my wife was basically like "any one of them could win if their voices hold up".

Youtube your favorites:
Asia'h Epperson - I'm Going Down

Have any top 12 contestants ever come from the MaryJ/Keyshia school of emoting?

and a proportionally small set of R&B divas?

danny noriega!

he could quite possibly become my favorite constant ever. cutest guy ever on the show too. makes me want to be gay!

i am so bummed emo car kid didnt get through :( :( :( someone needs to give him his own show where they follow him around in his car getting all emo about not knowing where his next gig/meal is coming from.

also R.I.P. Cardin (from the final 2 girls) you are so pretty and sweet and i wish you were my girlfiend. ;)

my money says janis joplin nurse is the first in a n00dz scandal

david - decent voice, boring song/performance
chikezie - there's something there, but not during this song
dane cook - didn't like it
jason - blah
robbie - better than I expected
david arch - seemed a bit nervous, but i thought it was really great
danny - acts and looks like he walked right out of "america's next top model", but he rocked it
luke - poor cannon fodder
colton - poor cannon fodder part 2, although he was fun
garrett - atrocious, he doesn't seem comfortable in his own skin
jason dreadlocks - not bad, the guitar and minimal arrangement really helped him out
michael - Such a pro, so even-keeled and confident

janis joplin nurse seemed incredibly bored watching the guys the whole time.

We keep people are saying that this year's talent is the best yet...

I put all my money on that david kid.

the kid - david - is great!

fuck. i fell for david tonight. i just watched his previous performances and i even like them, too. so i retract all previous hate statements. i guess i should be excited?

Four easy, predictable cuts:
chikezie
jason
luke
garrett (ROFFLES @ the lack of laughter/applause)

2 nilsson songs, yeah?

i taped the show and, halfway through, went up to my mom and said, 'man, i want Danny Noriega to move on.'

She was like, 'who's that?'

And i said, 'the gay kid who did the elvis song'

Now i understand why she was confused.

would like to see Michael perform this

I thought Jason Dreadlocks (can this be his official thread name?) was the best of the night. Fuck you Randy!! Michael, Danny and David were great too. David is so adorable, after his post-song interview with Ryan I turned into a big pile of goo. How cute is he? He's totally adorable without being precocious, aka he will be around for approximately forever.

Did anyone notice that Carly was missing from the dawg pound? Maybe she got deported lololol foreigners

But Castro is a great last name.

is david the leif garret one? he roolz.

No, that's Garrett.

David Archuleta performing En Vogue on Star Search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ8uLFOwmtY

I was about to compare it to Tattoo!

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080825/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol

Guys, just a warning: don't criticize Archuleta/Cook in a publication, like even a one-sentence review. You'll get emails.

Carly Smithson is joining the original guys of Evanescence, who are re-launching as a hard-rock band called The Fallen. They’ll make a formal announcement Monday in Hollywood, with a press conference and first live performance. The band’s debut song, Bury Me Alive, will be available at that time for free download at wearethefallen.com.

The lineup consists of Smithson and three of the four original members of Evanescence — guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray — as well as bassist Marty O’Brien, whose recording and touring credits include Disturbed and Kelly Clarkson.

“This band is going to be theatrical and in-your-face and huge,” Smithson says. “Everything that we do is just going to be big.”

Smithson had been working on a solo project of her own until connecting with Moody a few months ago. Now, she says, “I couldn’t be happier. Creatively we’re all on the same page. Visually, we’re all on the same page. We want a massive stage production. We watch the same TV shows, everything. It’s almost weird, that we’re like an awesome family all of a sudden.”

Good for her...she sang an Evanescence song on tour so this collaboration seems fitting.

Wooo!

Okay, so this really was top-to-bottom the best season of the show, right?

Absolutely it was. It's the only time I ever went to the concert and there's absolutely no way I would have sat through the top 10 of any other season. There were some people I really loved last season but weighing that against having to sit through Michael Sarver/Megan Joy/others who I thankfully have forgotten it didn't outweigh the bad. Even the "bad" ones of season 7 (IMO Kristy Lee and Syesha) were rarely trainwrecks and capable of very good performances. I have noticed the conspicuous lack of "this is our best group ever" from Ryan this season.

I have noticed the conspicuous lack of "this is our best group ever" from Ryan this season.

Ryan, nor any judge, nor anyone else associated with the show in any way has said that, on camera or off. They know they fucked up S9 in a huge way.

5 > 7 imo

Just for anyone who needs the flashback but Danny Noriega is over here now...

http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/02/25/rupauls-drag-race-season-6-premiere-react/

http://www.logotv.com/video/misc/984832/meet-the-queens-adore-delano.jhtml

Danny Archuleta has had a hell of an arc. Really enjoyed this interview.

https://www.musictimes.com/articles/101950/20240401/david-archuleta-controversial-coming-out-song-hell-together-saves-someones-life.htm

Ha, Danny. DAVID, sorry about that.