Fired ANNIE to be on this season of American Idol

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 8:11am

Well she's certainly grown up...

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042008/news/nationalnews/hey__annie_get_your_fun_142596.htm

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 8:28am

Her voice is still terrific.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:11am

Her name is Joanna Pacitti:

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:23am

Ahhhhhhhh I love her song on the Legally Blonde soundtrack.

Good luck to her.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:24am

So AI has completely thrown out any pretense of this being a competition for non-professionals, right?

[jennamajig]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:31am

^^Pretty much, I think. The last bit of the article linked above actually mentions something about that. How they never claimed to be an amateur competition and the contestants much just meet the age requirements and not currently be signed with any label.

Either way, if she can sing, best to her. She still has to win over the voting tweens.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:37am

As was the case with last year's Carly Smithson (who had been signed with MCA before AMERICAN IDOL) , talk about this coming season's AMERICAN IDOL is that it is laden with a few 'plants' again, including Raquel Houghton (Dane Cook's ex-girlfriend) who was a former member of the band The Valli Girls that was signed to Sony/BMG and Joanna Pacitti, who was previously signed to A&M Records and Geffen Records.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:39am

I mean, I get not wanting just any schmo off the street, because who wants to listen to a season filled with Carmen Rasmussens and Antonia Whateverhernamewas, but - like someone else pointed out in that comments section - Little Orphan NotAnnie has been at this for over a decade.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:49am

I'm waiting for Celine Dion to make the final two, competing against Jon Bon Jovi.

[jennamajig]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:16am

^^Now that might actually get me to watch the finale of AI for the first time in years.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:23am

LOL Reggie!

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:39pm

wait a minute! I saw her in concert. I own her cd. she even signed the insert. I saw her when she opened for Nick Lachey on his what's left of me tour. she has got a great voice!

[Dein Herr]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:46pm

Carmen Rasmussen! Whose only legacy may be the constant presence of that horrific song from Coyote Ugly somewhere in my brain for the past several years.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:51pm

HAHAHA, Reg!!!

[Kelly2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:05pm

I love her song on the LB soundtrack too! :) She's great.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:08pm

I didn't realize they let Carmen Rasmussen sing publicly again, Dein. Her voice sounded like a sheep's bleat put through a vocoder.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:12pm

A cross between Kelly Clarkson and Pat Benatar?

Isn't that like saying that something's color is somewhere between burnt umber and brown?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:22pm

She's got that wild-kohl-eyed, white-trash look that is always represented by somebody on IDOL. Give her a shot, she'll do
a screechy Whitney-esque "Tomorrow" and Paula will be lead sobbing fromt he building. Seeing her grown up isn't as shocking as that little girl from the Carrey GRINCH movie ("Where Are You Christmas?") turning into a GOSSIP GIRL.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:22pm

The over-under that she sings "Alone"?

[jennamajig]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 5:07pm

Simon pretty much hates the idea of letting any contestant sing a showtune ever again, so "Tomorrow" would probably be out. Then again, I'd give her more props for adding a Mariah Carey touch to "Maybe." It would be awful no matter how good a voice, but more of a challenge.
Updated On: 12/4/08 at 05:07 PM

[PRFRMR20]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 6:10pm

She's hot! :P

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 6:35pm

What's a vocoder?

[alliez92092]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:25pm

Forgive my ignorance, but why was she fired?

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:34pm

Because they like her understudy more.
Crazy, right?
Joanna got sick and the understudy they got, Britney was supposedly "better", I disagree.

I personally think it was a publicity stunt, trying to copy what happened with the production in the 70s.

Updated On: 12/4/08 at 07:34 PM

[RoxieRose4]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:34pm

For shock value.