Holy hell.


Castro - I WANTED TO STAB YOU FOR TOUCHING, NO, THINKING OF SINGING MEMORY. What the fuck? You didn't know it was sung by a cat? Are you not smart enough to RESEARCH the songs you'll be singing? I know you have AT LEAST one week's notice. Do you not Google Memory AT ALL? Damn you. You made my ears bleed. I could have stood you doing Any Dream Will Do...

Brooke -- WHY, WHY, WHY would you pick one of ALW's WORST songs? For goodness' sake MADONNA sang the song. It's not a good performance song. She's dying. That's not a great thing to sing about... Brooke, you should have done the Narrator's prologue as mentioned below from JatATTD or how about I Don't Know How to Love Him from JCS? Everything's Alright from JCS?
I would, however, have done just like you did and restarted the song. You had just started it and it was the perfect way to get back on track. If you hadn't, Paula would have told you that you should have stopped. You can't win with her sometimes.

Carly -- THANK YOU for listening to ALW! You are so much better off for singing what you feel is more like YOU. Can't say enough.

Cook - That was hot. I have a bit of lust going on when you sing. That topped it off. I was worried about you singing this song and trying to possibly ROCK it. But, you kept it clean and beautiful like the original...I had you pegged for JCS for sure. Really pleasantly surprised.

David A. -- I didn't like what you did at all. That song should have stayed female. Simon was right. I have trouble remembering anything except you took one of the great songs and made it blase'.

Syesha -- You chose a song that worked for you. It wasn't terribly "Lloyd-Webberish" in that it was an easier melody than most. The range is not like most of his songs and you clearly went off pitch toward the end in your yelling. I like what you did. But, would have preferred you stretching yourself like Cookie or Carly. Hell, even Castro tried to do something great. You COULD have sung Memory and rocked it. You might have even been able to carry off Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. But, you chose something easy.

My bottom three:
Syesha, Castro, Brooke.

And, Castro would leave.


Dammit, I kept waiting for a Joseph song... Any Dream Will Do??? Anyone? Or how about another one of my favorites: the Narrator's prologue to Joseph???

I can understand why people chose so many Phantom songs. It's one of my fave musical theatre shows. But, c'mon... Don't you pull up his songs and LISTEN before choosing? There are OTHER songs out there.

top 3
Syesha, AMAZING. She captured the genre, made it her own AND made it marketable to the A.I. audience

Cook- made me love my most HATED broadway song of all time. It was awesome.

Carly- perfect song choice

bottom 3
D. Archie- not evolving, losing appeal (don't think he'll make the actual bottom three, i think you'll need to switch him with Carly, or, unfairly, Syesha)

Castro- Lost the charm tonight. Nothing close to the rainbow!

Brooke- WTF? What was that?!? I wish i was there during rehearsal to see what ALW saw, cuz it was all gone when she hit the stage. She is my guess for going home.

FANTASTIC RUNDOWN
 

I haven't watched AI for most of the season--i wasnt impressed. BUT, i like ALW and i saw CATS as a child.

i was surprised you didnt see me on stage behind that castro dud with a knife? i wanted to cry that song was horrible. paula was soooo polite to this dude. i wanted to smack her:rolleyes:.


for kids who love music so much they have no clue.

great assessment!!!!

Tippie, I agree with you. I don't know how the hayle Castro knew nothing about that song! He was awful, but I haven't gotten him from the beginning. David C., on the other hand was awesome!

Either Castro or Brooke goes tonight.

Tippie- Great review.

I actually missed the show, but who needs to watch when I can just get the Reader's Digest version from you in a much more entertaining format!

Honestly, I am losing interest in this season. David C is the only one left that is the least bit interesting to me. Can we just fast forward to the finals? Although it pains me to no end thinking about him having to sing some "Inside my Moment's Heaven" krapola song.

And seriously? Castro had no idea about Memory? What a bonehead.

U2 in 3D at the Imax was much better last night. Sounds like I made the right choice.

I'm not a huge Idol fan, but Mrs. DA is and I watched last night because of the Lloyd Webber theme because I've seen almost all of his musicals in NY, London or here in Denver.

I turned to my wife late in the show and wondered why all of these rockers weren't singing from Superstar or Joseph.

They really didn't do their homework.

As for Phantom, I'd guess it's his most famous and successful musical and maybe they had at least heard of it.

You should download his songs from his indie album Analog Heart. AI had it removed from Amazon. But, I have the whole indie album he put out and it ROCKS. It's David Cook as artist and Analog Heart as album title. I won't say where you can download it *cough* L I M E W I R E . C O M *cough*, but you should give it a listen.

NNNNNOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!!!!
 

CRAP!!!

Who the hell keeps voting for Brooke????!?? If you're out there, STOP IT.

Syesha better not go home tonight. :mad:

Hey Nittany, pm me what's going on... I have a three-year old who is quite adamant that Diego's Magical Missions is more important than AI.

What the hell are people thinking??:mad: Leaving the two weakest performers in the running...

I just don't get it. I haven't watched it much this year, but it's just not right that friends can make an untalented person a star.

Sent!

WELL THANK GOD AT LEAST FOR THAT.

It should be Castro, though.

Or Brooke.

Blah...how is Jason still here??? I guess he's got the teenage girl fan base which I don't understand. I don't find him even remotely cute.

Brooke has VFTW backing her.

I think I am so done with this season.

How in the hell can Castro stay after that shit?

Cook cannot win Idol. If he does, 19E will pummel his edginess into little commercial pieces of dust they can use to make more money. So, I am hoping he'll get voted off soon and get a contract like Daughtry.

Maybe Carly will get a contract, too... And hopefully it'll be a better album than Ultimate High was. That mess was WAY too pop for her.

I am really saddened by tonight's vote. Brooke, Cupcake, or Castro needed to get the heave-ho...

Well, if I keep watching, maybe the reviews I post will be funnier now.

Is America tone death? Do they know what good music sounds like?

Because Castro and Brooke did not deserve a pass!

I thought it would have been great this week being ALW and all! But it was so blase!

I was shocked and seriously mad that Carly got kicked off. I thought her song was one of the better ones!

I actually like David A's version. It was interesting!

I LOVE David Cook!!!! He was very sexy singing Music of the Night!

I have a better idea for Castro.....Lets go cut his dreds off in his sleep!!! That should help him to remember to never butcher an amazing song like memories ever again!

Don't you know that the American Idol does not have to be a good singer? They do, however, have to be cute to young females. This show is really a contest in marketing one's self, and singing is just one way to do it.

I won't be watching anymore this season. I actually stopped watching the show regularly back in the Taylor Hicks season. I was hanging in for this season because they had some interesting voices earlier, and I thought Carly dominated when she chose the right songs. With Carly being kicked off tonight, after giving one of the best performances last night, the show is now completely boring to me. David Cook's gutsyness is not enough to keep me tuned in through the mediocre others. David A. will win, even though he doesn't really have his own style. I feel another Ruben or Taylor comin' on.

ETA: Anyone notice that the only women that seem to go far in AI in recent seasons are ones that are likeable to young females? And I mean young white, conservative, "cute" females. Nice girls that don't have attitude. Otherwise it's cute boys that make the cut.

Apparantly cupcake's dad is a complete stage mom. Naomi Judd told the Today show that he was the worst stage parent ever after Star Search! They say he even withholds water from cupcake if he doesn't do well in rehearsals! Yikes!

I found another site for DC music: http://davidcookrocks.fuzz.com/ It has songs from the albums with the local band he used to front and if you scroll down the list of songs, starting with "Silver", there are songs from his solo album listed. Good stuff!!!


ETA: Tippie, you're right, David's stuff ROCKS. I've had it playing off that website link I posted in the background while I've been getting some work done and I'm officially hooked. I'm on my 3rd run-through (of mostly his solo stuff).

I was reading back through this thread, and just thought this gem beared repeating.

I dont know why I allow myself to get caught up in this show...lol
Brooke and Jason are the worst left but both were safe..... I actually think ONE of them MUST go next week.. but since its Neil Diamond Week (and i dont have clue what he or any of his songs sound like) I'm not gonna bet the farm on it

I haven't posted in this thread, but decided to come out of hiding today.

Jason is the best friend of one of our dear family friends (who was in the audience last week - which I have to admit was fun to see). Anyway, he thought he was a goner this week, and frankly (from what we've been told) was kind of ready to go. He tried out for AI as a lark, never thinking he would make the cut. Once he did, he has gone along for this very strange ride, never thinking he would make it this far.

Y'all he is your typical college kid, extremely involved in his fraternity at A&M (Aggie Men's Club - a Christian fraternity). He is a great kid, really sweet and unassuming, who is in over his head and kind of freaking about it. His plans for his future did NOT include a musical career - he is a really good student and planned to finish his degree. Now, with having to do the tour and whatnot, he's in somewhat of a quandry.

So, the hateful comments are painful to read. He will breathe a sigh of relief bigger than yours when he gets "the boot".:o

Sorry, srmom, I hope you don't take things too much to heart, I'm sure he's a nice kid, he seems to be sweet-natured in general and I'm sure he's a good friend to your friend.

But I do eagerly anticipate his exit from my TV screen every week. :)

Srmom-

I don't think anyone has any true "hate" for Jason. He does seem like a nice guy, but is clearly uncomfortable with the spotlight, and his music is just not my taste. I have found that there are others on this board who agree. It is not that we don't like him as a person, it is that we have others in the competition that we would rather go further.

My aunt lives in Rockwall, so she keeps me posted of the local Jason flavor there. It also helps keep the perspective that these are in fact real people performing on that stage.

Sorry if we took things a bit far. No hate intended at all. Just getting in the competitive spirit of some of our favorites in the competition.

Oh no! Now I feel really bad. I didn't mean to be hurtful with my comments. It's nice to hear he's a good kid. I had mistakenly taken his casual attitude for arrogance. Now it makes sense. My apologies.

He certainly does have charm and charisma. I wish him well with whatever he chooses to do in life.

Thanks for the replies. No problems:) I just wanted to inject that he really is a good kid, and just a normal guy.

Although many of the performers this season are really "seasoned pros" who've been trying to break into the business for years, for some, this is the first foray into "show biz", and that they are getting the first taste of stardom and all it entails.

He made the choice to audition and he made the show. Now, the problem is that it opens you up to appraisal and comments from all over the place, both good and bad, including all the creeper fans (which there are plenty). The bummer for him is there is no going back to what has been a pretty awesome life - college student hanging around College Station with buddies, playing the guitar once in a while.

It was funny earlier in the season when Simon made a comment about how his singing sounded like a college kid in his dorm room, late at night, singing to a girl. Wellll, that's what he was doing a few months ago;)

Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to say, "Oh, Poor Jason" because he is having fun and enjoying it while it lasts, but at the same time, his life is changed forever, and maybe not for the better.

Jason reminds me a lot of that red-headed crooner kid from Season 3 (cannot remember his name). Both seem to be way out of their league on AI but have the rabid fan base of teenage girls. And both really wanted to go home. I feel bad for him. It would suck to have to get onstage every week with your heart not being into it and knowing that you're not as good as the people around you but you're contractually bound to stay.

Yeah, but at the same time, it also really sucks for the people like Michael Johns and all those cut before him that really, really want to be there. If his heart's not in it and if he doesn't want to do music for the rest of his life, he's taking the spot of someone who wants it more than anything.

True - but short of saying on national TV - "VOTE ME OFF - PLEASE!!!" His Castromaniacs, or whatever they are calling themselves:rolleyes:, will keep calling in.

He should get the axe soon, the contestants who are left (besides Syesha) seem to have pretty big voting blocks. IMO, it's going to come down to David vs. David and it's been that way from the beginning.

This season has been unusually unsatisfying to me for some reason. Except for the fact that we are keeping up with Jason, no one really reaches out to me and keeps me wanting to watch. I wistfully think back to the first season when Kelly Clarkson blew me away. I literally got chills that year, this season - Meh...

On the AI forums they call themselves "Dreadheads." He has a huge fan base there; second only to the "Archies." :p

That's odd considering he's already been on MTV as the boyfriend of music wannabe Cheyanne Kimball.

Quite frankly, I find it really horrible that he tried out "as a lark" and had no plans of a musical career. He took a spot that someone else could have had. THEY probably wanted it, too...

Thing is, all he has to do is QUIT. But, I doubt that's gonna happen...

It really is rather upsetting to find out that Jason doesn't even want to be there. On the one hand, I think those who deserve a recording contract will get one regardless of who wins. What worries me is that if Jason stays it's going to affect who the winner will be.

There's been some talk amongst David Cook's fans about whether winning AI would really be such a good thing (the stigma, less control over the creative process, etc.). However, according to his friends running one of his fansites, David REALLY wants to win and feels it would be a great honor.

With Jason staying in, it's possible that it could come down to him and Archuletta in the finale. Odds are that Archuletta would win. With Jason out, it would probably be the two Davids in the finale and that's a hard one to call. Cook could win it.

Yes, it's just a talent competition but I hope Jason realizes that he's playing with people's lives.

From what I've heard about that: in highschool he was a drummer in a band in the Dallas area and their manager and Cheyenne's were one and the same. She was just starting to break into the biz, anyway, they asked him to be in a video (I guess because of his looks) and they became friends. MTV asked him to appear in her show and they kind of made it look like they "had a thing" but they didn't, they were just casual friends. Typical of reality TV - making something look like something it isn't.

He had been a drummer for years and didn't start singing until college. This is what's new for him, and he is surprisingly good at it, at least that's what the judges thought when they let him through.

You find if horrible that he tried out? That's kind of strong. Yes, he tried out, and God forgive him, he actually made the cut! What a terrible person:eek:

Isn't American Idol supposed to be about newbies trying out to see if they can make it? I find it more horrible (jk-too strong) that this year's season is full of people who have already given it a shot as professional singers, been rejected (dropped from their labels or shown the door by producers), and now are trying to repackage themselves as wide eyed naifs trying to break into the music business. American Idol shouldn't be about re-treads trying to get another shot at stardom. There is a sense of desperation seeping out of some of the contestants that is pungent, but I guess I'd feel the same way if I felt my life and future happiness depended upon my being able to make it as a performer. There- that's my rant!

As I said before, he is having a good time and will ride the wave as long as it lasts, but he has contingency plans if he doesn't become the American Idol of 2008. Is that so horrible??

Don't you think that's a bit strong? He's a kid, the same age as my sons, and no, I don't think he realizes that he's playing with people's lives. He's just trying to get by, just like the rest of us, except he has a lot less life experience to fall back on to help him make the right decisions.

I think he has probably felt deeper sympathy for people on mission trips he's taken to impoverished areas where people are living in mud huts with no sanitation. At least I hope so....

No, actually I don't think it's a bit strong.

You have your ideas about what American Idol is "supposed" to be about. I've never heard anything on the show that supports the idea that the contestants have to be newbies. There is, however, an assumption that the contestants should actually want a career in music. If Jason doesn't want a career in music, he shouldn't be there.

By agreeing to be a part of an internationally televised competition, he put himself in a position where he is going to be publicly discussed, critiqued, made fun of, adored, insulted, etc. He made the decision to put himself out there. We are all free to discuss him as we would like. I'm sorry that that makes you uncomfortable, but if you can't seperate out the person you know from the public discussion of him, perhaps you shouldn't read those discussions.

I don't think it's fair to ask anyone on GC to walk on eggshells because you know him and think he's a good guy.

My opinion on Jason:
He very well may be a good person. But, from his appearance on AI, he doesn't seem to really want to be there, and his songs have not to be up to par. He's a one-trick pony, he'd be great to listen to hanging out at the fraternity house or something, but not going to sell many records. It bothers me to hear that he doesn't want to be there, because there are plenty of others who are just as talented, if not MORE talented, that do want to be there and put in the hard work.

I'm torn on who I want to win. I hate to wish that fate on any of these competitors, because so many idol participants have been much more successful for NOT winning. I think David Cook's creative energy would be totally stiffled. Archuleta is the one who I almost want to win, sheerly because he fits in with what AI wants. I hate to see him "win" but is winning AI really "winning"?

^^^Co-sign, let David A. get the "title" and thus all the grooming and manipulating a 17-year-old would need in the business anyway. David C. should get runner-up and stride off into a major label contract and massive selling first-album without all the ties and constricts of the AI winner's contract.

Peace out:o

Didn't want to stir up a hornets nest. I'm a nice person too:D

You're right, I shouldn't read these posts, and I sure shouldn't post my feelings about them. My feelings about him as a person are tied up in it, I should just remember that he is basically a character on a show along with the other characters. It's just weird this season for me, because I actually know that the person is a person. I'm sure people who know Brooke hate reading that she's a "whiner" when in real life, she's probably a lovely person, etc.

Yep, this sums it up. No one has attacked him as a person, but instead as a competitor on this show.

Surely you have had some similar feelings for contestants on Survivor, Apprentice, Bachelor, America's Next Top Model, etc. There are contestants we root for and contestants we root against. No harm, no foul, nothing personal.

Getting back on track to AI... anyone else disapointed in the theme weeks this season? I mean, 2 weeks of Lennon/McCartney, a week of Dolly, a week of ALW, and now Neil Diamond? While I respect the bodies of work of each of these individuals, I just don't see how singing those styles help to crown a pop singer.

And co-sign David Cook in the runner-up position. Best thing that could happen to him would be to NOT win this competition.

I'm a Jason fan!
 

I am a big fan of Jason's - when he sang Alleluia, I had shivers it was so beautiful. I am glad he is on AI!!

I also really like Brooke and Syesha.

David Cook is probably my favorite (although I truly wanted Michael Johns to stay longer)

Carly annoyed me when she sang with the way her facial expression seemed to get so angry looking! She does have a great voice though...

David Archuelata needs to go - Mr GPhiBLtCol and I cringe whenever he's on - his voice is okay - but if you think Taylor Hicks was forgettable...well we think David A will beat that hands down!