World Idol - are you going to watch it?

[PrincessPhiSig]

More words on World Idol...

The last guy, Norway, is awesome. Now, with the set, similar to the American Idol set, I believe they want the MCs to be as uncomfortable as possible on those things they call stools.

[ZTAngel]

That South African guy was HOT! mmm....Heinz....

[PrincessPhiSig]

Originally posted by ZTAngel
That South African guy was HOT! mmm....Heinz....

I concur. Definitely gorgeous!

[Sister Havana]

I'll third that. Definitely a hottie.

[mullet81]

i watched it. I thought the Australian guy was good, so was the British guy and the guy from Norway. And of course Kelly did great.

The rest of them, I thought were horrible. Especially the girl from poland. She was absolutely horrible. And her judge was even more annoying than she was.

All in all - I thought Simon was right, the competition was like comparing a thoughorbreed racehorse with donkeys.

Kelly was the most polished and I thought she stood out from a majority of them, with the exception of the 3 i mentioned above. I think one of them or Kelly will win it.

[GeoffZ]

I thought Kelly did a good job. I figured she would do "Natural Woman". I wasn't feeling the hat, though. Will (UK Idol) was ok. But that version of "Light My Fire" was horrible. I hated the Poland Idol and her judge. It really isn't that much of a competition.

[chideltjen]

I only saw half...

i think each "idol" does well in their own respective countries. i mean the polish girl couldn't sing at all... but then again, maybe english isn't her first language and she probably sounds ten times better in Polish. (And yeah... the judge i was ready to strangle...)

I thought Will was a lil too fruity for my tastes... then again i am a die hard clay aiken fan...

the belgium guy was out of his league... get a band and do your own thing... unless he likes doing kareoke with cheesy smoke effects...

Since we couldn't vote for kelly for some odd reason... my brother and i a banking on the norway idol... he rocked and did a good U2 rendition.

[Sister Havana]

You couldn't vote for Kelly because you're from the USA. No one was able to vote for their home country's idol.

I saw bits and pieces of it before GC went down, but aside from Kelly I liked the girl who sang the song from "Jesus Christ, Superstar".

I'll fourth or fifth whoever said the South African guy was hot. He was.

[navane]

Unfortunately, I did not see the first installment of the show. I guess the second half will air on New Year's Day?


But yeah, you can't vote for the contestant from your own country. Obviously that would be unfair seeing that some countries have larger populations than others. What's the point in having a contest if everyone votes for their own contestant?


Obviously, since I didn't see the show, I didn't hear the girl from Poland singing. chideltjen makes a good point in that people from non-English speaking countries will have a harder time in a contest like this. Plus, what Eastern Europeans consider "good music" is different than what Middle Eastern, Asian and Western cultures consider good music. (edited to add: bad singing is bad singing no matter the culture or style!!)


By chance, has anyone seen the Eurovision Song Contest? If you have, then you'll know what I mean. FYI - Poland's entry to Eurovision last year was *awesome*; he was like a Polish Bono!


At any rate, Will Young from the UK is good and I suspect he'll do well. Kelly will probably do well too!


.....Kelly

[kddani]

God these hosts are annoying, they're just so fruity.

Heinz (South Africa) is HOTTTT!!!! Norway does look like a hobbit, but can sing. Belgium scares me. Kelly is awesome of course. Will is so fruity and that was a horrible rendition..... gay cheesy pop version of a Doors song- not working for me.

It'll be interesting to see who wins.....

[efcheerBB]

I didn't watch the show on Christmas, but I did watch the results show tonight. I was rooting for Kelly all the way, but the guy from Norway got first place in all but like one country. When he sung his song again at the end, I have to admit, that I kind of liked it and he was pretty good, Hobbit looking but a good singer. Kelly came in 2nd place unfortunately.

[justamom]

I watched! I felt so sorry for Kelly. Each time she placed 2nd, and the cameras went to her, she looked like a deer caught in the headlights.

I did think a bit of politics entered into it, especially in the rankings of the middle positions. For example, the Arabic vote had Kelly around 5th or 6th (I think). Now, I won't argue that she deserved to be number one, but that low a placement makes one go hmmmmmmmm. THEN AGAIN, it could be the different taste in music!
I wish I could find a site that broke the vote down by countries.

I guess Clay has opened the door for a new "look" in Pop Idols!

The reps announcing the votes from the countries were some very beautiful people too.

The show's announcers??? YIKES! Bring back Seacrest!

[ZTAngel]

Originally posted by justamom

I did think a bit of politics entered into it, especially in the rankings of the middle positions. For example, the Arabic vote had Kelly around 5th or 6th (I think). Now, I won't argue that she deserved to be number one, but that low a placement makes one go hmmmmmmmm. THEN AGAIN, it could be the different taste in music!

I find it odd too. We voted the Pan-Arab girl in our top 3. Kelly was #1 or #2 on every country's list. That German guy was at the bottom of almost every country's list. I thought it was weird that the Arabic vote was the only one who put the Kelly towards the bottom of their list and the German guy as #1. I believe that their voting was completely politically motivated

[butterfly2001nc]

poor Kelly! i liked Kurt but has hoping Kelly would take it!

oh, well...