Kelly Clarkson

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:12pm

Should she have thanked American Idol on the Grammys?

Discuss

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:14pm

she should have thanked the guy on the 40-year old Virgin for screaming her name as they ripped off his chesthair.

Yes I think she should have thanked American Idol....that got her noticed. It wouldn't have killed her

[shameless]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:16pm

Yes, but cut the girl some slack. She could barely speak and was completely and genuinely overwhelmed. Everyone knows that American Idol gave her big break.

[Jon]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:17pm

This wasn't her first album. She's not a beginner. The American Idol folks had nothing to do with the record and album that won.

Thanking American Idol would be like George Clooney thanking the producers of Facts of Life for giving him his first big break.

[shameless]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:19pm

LOL. Or thanking ER for his Oscar, should he win.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:19pm

She seemed totally overwhelmed. I mean, it's a big thing to forget, but maybe she did just... forget.

[Jon]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:21pm

The American Idol people almost killed her career. "I've got an idea - let's take a girl with a glorious voice, but rather chunky thighs and tush, and put her in a movie set on the BEACH!"

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:23pm

No, I don't think it's bad she didn't.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:26pm

lol. The rumor is that she is trying to distance herself from Idol, so it could have been intentional. Maybe not. Only she knows. I think distancing herself from the show is a smart move. Doesn't she have to pay royalties to the show for the rest of her natural life or something?

[shameless]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:27pm

It wasn't mandatory, but it would've been nice. Just like it's nice to acknowledge the other nominees.

But, the girl was out of her mind.

[KelRel]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:28pm

Jersey, who knows, but I wouldn't be surprized if AI made her sign a contract that said something to that effect.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:34pm

Jon is right. She won AI what, 4 years ago? Get over it, people. She's her own artist.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:36pm

She thanked her fans in her acceptance speech, and that's what really matters. American Idol may have been how she got her big break, but it's the fans who voted for her, bought her albums, attended her concerts, supported her through the less-than-brilliant career moves foisted on her by the AI producers, etc.

Plus, somehow I doubt that CBS would have been too happy with her if she thanked a hit show on a rival network that happened to be on at the same time as the Grammys .

The rumor is that she is trying to distance herself from Idol, so it could have been intentional. Maybe not. Only she knows. I think distancing herself from the show is a smart move. Doesn't she have to pay royalties to the show for the rest of her natural life or something?

About a year ago, she got out of the management contract with the American Idol producers and now has a real manager. From what I remember, the AI producers were trying to obtain legal ownership of the trademark on her name, but I think that she was able to buy them out.

Just like it's nice to acknowledge the other nominees.

She did do that in her second acceptance speech - I don't remember everything she said, but I remember her specifically praising Gwen Stefani and Bonnie Raitt as inspirations to her.

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[DAME]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:36pm

There was no reason for her to thank them.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:47pm

sorry double post

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[Jane2]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:47pm

I know it's the proper thing to do at award ceremonies, but I always wonder why winners have to thank so many people for their own success due to their own talent. These winners are making money for all the agents and managers they are thanking. The agents and managers ought to thank them, lol!

[Kringas]

Posted: 2/9/06 at 10:56pm

This article is old, but it purpots to list some of the skeevier terms of the AI contract.

Slaves of Celebrity

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[jsg03jd]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:19pm

Her album is entitled BREAKAWAY for literal and figurative reasons. Even though I'm one of the crazy ones who voted for her multiple times back in 2002, I definitely think that her thanking AI or anyone related thereto was completely unnecessary. I am so glad she won; she's very talented.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:22pm

I saw her in Concert in October and was completely blown away. It was amazing.

I'm glad she didn't thank them and I don't see why she should. It wasn't like it's 2003, and her album whatever it was is just coming out.

Go Kelly, you hot Texan, you!

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:26pm

I'm of the opinion that Kelly Clarkson is so fiercely talented that she would have made it without American Idol. Not as quickly, but every bit as hugely.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:27pm

Me too.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:31pm

Should Ruben Studdard ever see the day his off pitch squeaking nets him a Grammy, then he should absolutely thank American Idol. And his lucky stars.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:32pm

Her album is entitled BREAKAWAY for literal and figurative reasons.

Little-known fact: Another title that Kelly considered for the album was "Hear Me." I used to wish that she had gone with that title, but I've grown to appreciate "Breakaway" as a title, because in the past year she really has broken away from a lot of the preconceived notions about her that stemmed from AI.

Even though I'm one of the crazy ones who voted for her multiple times back in 2002

Same here

I saw her in Concert in October and was completely blown away. It was amazing.

Theater at MSG, right? I was there, too

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:41pm

I saw her at the Aladdin, in Vegas. I lied.. It was in December. The tickets say October, but rescheduled for December.

I WISH I could've seen her at MSG.

Someone in the front row had a sign (I didn't see it) that said something like "BE IN A MOVIE WITH ME!" or something, and she was like "What? Have you seen my movie? I'm an awful actress. Watch it when you're drunk, like I do. Then it's okay." It made me laugh.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 2/10/06 at 6:50pm

You went to the Vegas concert? I am so jealous - I wish I could have gone (it was originally scheduled for September, but had to be postponed because Kelly had bronchitis that turned into walking pneumonia, forcing her to reschedule a handful of tour dates on the West Coast. Everyone who was at the last show she did in Berkeley in September, where she had to modify the setlist because she was sick, got free tickets to another concert she did in San Jose in December.)