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American Idol this Week
#875re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:03pmJust got through for Archuletta on the first and only try.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#876re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:13pmThanks for the vote... A-hole!
#877re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:24pm
Haha. Thanks for the name calling.
Guess your mad I called your little fantasy love child a name.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#878re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:29pmI'm not mad at all. In fact, I'm in the best mood I've been in in weeks. I mean really, ljay, it's only a T.V. talent contest. Let's keep things in perspective.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#880re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 6:27am
Cook had better performances. Archuleta's a good singer, but his performances are boring.
I'd buy Cook over Archuleta.
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#881re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 9:00amDavid A is going to win, it has been slanted in his advantage the whole season. Personally I think he can sing but he has no personality and he is boring when he sings, when he is trying to look sincere he squints his eyes or licks his lips, he bops up and down and does nothing on stage, when he speaks he sounds rehearsed and unnatural. On another website they said he would be perfect for broadway which made me have a fit....anyway I think David A will be the winner and the producers have wanted it all along because he will be easy for them to control because he is young and not fully developed as an artist or a person, so they can make him into anything they want. I feel sorry for him because it is obvious that he is under alot of pressure from the producers and his dad and he can't be himself or find himself as many 17 year olds are trying to do...I mean some if the song choices were obviously made by his dad.
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#882re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 9:11am
ARCHIE WAS INCREDIBLE. He sang his heart out, and for the first time he sang with pure EMOTION. He seems like he wants this more than Cook. I feel that if Cook takes the title, it will be worse for his career. I am so nervous for tonight!
DAFTW!!!!!
#883re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 9:46am
'I think it would be better for David A. to win and let Cook do his own thing like Clay and Daughtry."
I had thought that was the case too, but found out that anyone who comes in near the top is bound to a 2 year contract.
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#884re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 10:26am
What it boils down to for me is that I just don't like Archuletta's style of singing. Too adult contemporary. Cook is a better performer by miles.
I would rather buy an Elvis Presley record than a Johnny Mathis record.
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#885re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 11:45am
Am I seriously the only one who still think Cook has quite a shot? Heck, even Simon predicted Cook would win, and Simon has never been wrong I don't think! (granted that was a bit contingent on how last night went)
I honestly feel like the judges made it seem like Cook had WAY more of an off night than the actually did. Yes, I will not deny David A was amazing last night, and it was probably his best night ever. But just because DA happened to peak at the perfect time, that doesn't mean DC didn't do well! He DID. And I happened to disagree with Simon on the second round.. and maybe even the third too, watching it back. The second one I honestly felt like they BOTH weren't soo great. And actually, if anything I liked DC's performance MORE. And the third one.. you know, in the moment I agreed with Simon, but then watching it back I realized... that song meant SO MUCH to him. And I think that he needed to do it for his own peace of mind. I think it was very thereputic for him, and yeah, he could have been safe and gone with Billie Jean and done an amazing performance, but it really wouldn't have been as special in a sense, because it wouldn't have meant as much to HIM.
So yeah, I think that people were just kind of expecting to do some huge rocker song that would bring the house down, but I think watching it back will hopefully make them realize.. it was a REALLY powerful performance.
I don't know.. I just have a very cautiously hopeful feeling about tonight :) I know DialIdol isn't always completely accurate, but it's been pretty darn right lately, and it has DC in the lead by QUITE a bit. And other polls/guessing programs are placing DC ahead of DA as well. So...I still have faith. I think that DC has garnered a much stronger, more devoted fanbase than people may realize. I think he's been the real front runner for a good few weeks now, and that's not going to change just because he was the "lesser of the two really good nights" last night
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Jonny boy
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lovepuppy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#887re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:19pm
>>ARCHIE WAS INCREDIBLE. He sang his heart out, and for the first time he sang with pure EMOTION. He seems like he wants this more than Cook.
Ahem. He wants it because his DAD wants it and he wants to please his dad. Maybe the Idol handlers will get his dad off his back when he wins, already...for his own sake at this point. Poor kid.
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#888re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 1:30pmI'm afraid his father will never be off his back, poor kid. He'll end up on 20/20 for killing him one of these days.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#889re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 2:18pm
***POTENTIAL SPOILERS (nothing set in stone though, obviously)***
Pretty much, according to every educated-guessing site, Cook is in the lead 
On DialIdol he lead by a LOT. Zabasearch (https://www.zabasearch.com/ai_stats.php) has it much closer, but he's in the lead there too nonetheless. Niether of those sites has been wrong too much this year, so... it's looking good for us Cook fans!
I'm still trying not to COMPLETELY get my hopes up, because I know that it's REALLY close, and it could very well be the DA will end up winning. But.. I'm liking the odds that DC will win. A LOT. And I could not be more excited for tonight!!
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Jonny boy
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/07
#890re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 2:21pmGood God, I hope they are not right!!!Cook was LAME last night... and David A. could use the contract a lot more than Cook could.
#891re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 2:25pm
You guys really have faith in the voting system, don't you? 
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snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#892re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 2:33pm
Good God, I hope they are not right!!!Cook was LAME last night... and David A. could use the contract a lot more than Cook could.
awww, come now. He wasn't LAME at all. It's just DA had his BEST night ever last night. But um.. I can think of about SIX or SEVEN other nights where DC was even better than DA last night 
And besides, World I Know made me nearly cry, so...
If DA wins, I will be fine. I have absoltely NO doubt that he'll have a huge career either way. It's just.. I selfishly want him to win because there's never ever been a season where the person I was most invested in actually HAS won. I mean with season 4 I adored both Carrie and Bo, so I was more than happy that Carrie won, but... I don't know, I just didn't care quite as much because i DID love them both equally. And season 2 was the only other time I've been completely invested in a finalist, but Clay didn't win.. so.. that's why I REALLY want DC to win!
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 5/21/08 at 02:33 PM
#893re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 2:59pmThose new songs were awful. Pork Chop's sounded like someone ripped off "Don't Cry Out Loud" and replaced it with the lyrics from one of Whitney Houston's 80s B-sides. And Cook's sounded like something that Creed or Nickelback would have said was too poseurish.
kover22
Leading Actor Joined: 5/13/05
#894re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:28pmI can only pray that those sites are accurate tonight. Cook deserves to win because he has been hitting it out of the park every week. Little mutton chop...not so much. That boy bores me to tears. No way in h*** does he even come close to resembling Josh Groban. Josh is in a class by himself and Mutton chops hasn't even started kindergarten yet. If he wins it will be fine for Cook, he will do amazing things anyway, but just watch how quickly mutton fizzles out. If all the little tween girls can't "see" him sing on the cds they won't go for his kind of music for too long. What they are falling all over their little school books for now is how cute he is and they just want to pinch his cheeks!!! Give it time the real Idol will show himself in a very deserving David Cook!!!
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#895re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:31pmI just spent the last half hour or so watching old clips of Elliott Yamin on AI. He really is the best male vocalist the show's ever seen.
#896re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:44pmDavid C.'s "Idol song" sounded like an ending theme to one of those Japanese Anime movies. Yuck!
#897re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:52pm
He really is the best male vocalist the show's ever seen.
So true.
#898re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:58pmAhhh I really hope Zaba and DialIdol are wrong. I am so darn nervous!!!! My theory is that it's SO close, Archie can still close in for the win! Well, we'll know for sure soon!!!
#899re: American Idol this Week
Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:58pmThe "idol" songs are always bad. The producers of the show have already said they were disapointed in the ratings this season and plan on making some changes for the next one. I hope they get rid of the awful group numbers and the "idol" songs, especially ones chosen by a contest. They typically favor one performer over another and just aren't good/interesting songs. It would be more enjoyable to let the top 2 perform a third song that is more in their own style and wait to develop a decent single after the show is over. I would also like to see no repeat songs in the finale, unless they do get rid of the "idol" song and the third choice must be the contestants favorite song they performed.
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