Well, most of you know that Kristy Lee Cook had been already signed
with a couple different record companies prior to AI7 and has already
recorded an album (called "Devoted"). Here's a video of the title
track here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cxyh-RTzJY

Kind of a boring song if you ask me. Plus the video is extremely
cheesy, looks like one of those things you sometimes get on karaoke
machines. But Kristy looks beautiful. In the video, you can see
that Confederate flag that caused all that silly controversy.

-Frank

Ooh, pointy pose number! This is the second really bad group sing from this
cast. Maybe they don't do so well together. That sort of thing is okay
when everyone sounds alike (such as in a typical AI year), but when you have
Jason giggling his way down the steps, Ramiele getting all emotional, David
pretending to be Daughtry, Michael cozying up to every girl in the room, and
Amanda yelling at the floor, it gets muddy. There was even some Brady Bunch
choreography there for a minute, but they still weren't as good as the
Brays. Oh yeah, you read that right.

If you're behind Jim Carrey in an elephant suit, is your main reaction, "I
can't see because this asshole is wearing big elephant ears," or is it, "Oh
my god, I'm sitting behind Jim Carrey!!"?

Interesting gimmick with the call-ins. I sort of wish they hadn't shown
them on the wall beforehand, though. It would be more fun to hear them off
the cuff. Jason wimped out on his reply.

Now that the in-laws are gone ("Heather and Sylvia and Heather's mom," as
Bexley calls them), I got around to watching all three hours of AI.
Syesha Mercado - "Got To Get You Into My Life"
I didn't like this song on her. It was too low (without the money notes
that typically follow a too-low start), it was kind of pitchy, and she has
this weird habit of delaying a line for a few beats. I like how she
modernized it, but overall I just don't like this song, so by the time she
got better with it, I was already bored.

Chikezie - "She's a Woman"
I hear that a lot of people think very highly of this performance. It
was...unusual, I guess. Didn't really do anything for me, though. It
sounded weirdly country, all jug-band-like and everything. At least he
seemed to put his own stamp on the song (I am not familiar with it, so I am
not sure if this is how it originally went!). I found the music more
interesting than the singing. Day-am, he's got some crazy eyes.

Hernandez sounds completely divorced from reality...

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007164_20171835_20184107,00.html

Since this is only my 3rd season to watch the show, I'm really curious,
and thought I would ask the long-time posters in this newsgroup, if they
honestly feel this is the very best Top 12 (excluding David Hernandez,
as of last night) of all 7 seasons to date?

I'm hoping for serious answers, and that this thread won't attract
trolls just wanting to stir up trouble about the show.

There was so much said ahead of time, that this was going to be the
"best and strongest season" ever, but since I can only compare it to two
previous seasons, I would really like to hear from fans of the show
since the beginning, as feel they are the best judges of the
contestants, in comparison.

I liked a lot of the Top 12 in S5...Bucky, Kellie, and even Mandisa
(when she didn't yell the note!) and sometimes Paris and enjoyed Elliot
also. I even got a kick out of Kevin (AKA Chicken Little) but Chris
Daughtry was my favorite overall, and I had a "school girl crush" on
Ace! ;-) but I quit watching when Chris was voted off, as I didn't care
for Taylor Hicks, or Katharine, and never felt they should have made it
to the final spots, but....that was just me, and I know they had a lot
of fans that loved them.

"Itoshi" no.spam.com> wrote in message
news:L%%0Cj.321$qT6.294@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...

Yo I-guy, can I be condensed down to "Jason W."? Even I make typos trying
to type my own last name. (This proves this is my real last name. You
can't make up a name like this!)

I considered sitting out last week and waiting until this week to jump in
the fray, and apparently I gained nothing with the extra week. It's not
helping my cause that Kristy is Haley Scarnato all over again, with a little
Kellie Pickler thrown in. Others can ride, but I'm getting off here. The
"Card Sharks" reference was good luck in the Survivor game, so change that
card, Bob!

Michael, Amanda, Syesha, David C., Kristy, Chikezie, Carly, Ramiele, Jason,
Brooke, David A.

ObFullDisclosure: "Card Sharks" and "American Idol" are both Fremantle
properties.

" What were you going to sing next week? I was going to do ''Yesterday.'' I
was going to have the acoustic guitar player sitting next to me. Maybe I'll
sing it at one of my concerts someday. "

From his exit interview at EW.com.

Let's see who gets to sing it now! Archie perhaps?

Peace,
Pen
---
Life is short.
Break the rules.
Run towards your fears.
Forgive quickly.
Love truly.
Laugh uncontrollably.
Kiss slowly.
Above all, never regret anything that made you smile.

I am going to lose but what the heck - LIR

http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=18696&pg=1

20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time


Money For Nothing
#15 MCA's teen-pop calamity
How sure was MCA that slinky Irish teen Carly Hennessy was going to be a
gargantuan pop star? So sure that in 1999 they staked the former Denny's
sausage spokesmodel with a $100,000 advance, $5,000 a month in living
expenses and an apartment in Marina Del Rey, California, spending roughly
$2.2 million in all on her 2001 debut, Ultimate High. How wrong were they?
In its first three months in stores, Ultimate High sold a whopping 378
copies, putting the label's investment somewhere in the order of $5,820 per
copy sold. Last seen, Hennessy had resurfaced-still looking for her big
break-on season seven of American Idol.
Unintended consequence "Sausage spokesmodel" proves a less embarrassing
resumé entry than expected.

Chris Sligh is blogging this year's Idol for EW.com and he talks a LOT about
the inside of the machine during his blogs.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007164_20171835_20183699,00.html

--
Pen
---
Life is short.
Break the rules.
Run towards your fears.
Forgive quickly.
Love truly.
Laugh uncontrollably.
Kiss slowly.
Above all, never regret anything that made you smile.