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The Extrasensory Perception of Icon Great Stevie Wonder- American Idol 3-14-06
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Stevie Wonder’s appearance on American Idol is a night to remember just on that alone. This Icon great very presence allows the competitor a glimpse at REAL SUCCESS. Stevie Wonder is one of the people I refer to when they meet their obstacles in life and come through it shining and victorious. Some of the top 12 were joyful with emotions and tears when Stevie walked in the room. Some of them reminisced on favourite songs of the Icon Great. I remembered in my album collection (not CD) that I still have a classic first Stevie Wonder Album when he was 12 years old. Called Little Stevie Wonder the 12-Year-Old Genius. This album included Fingertips, however, my favourite song on that Album is “Hallelujah I love her so“. Stevie Wonder has extrasensory perception. Whenever a person is missing one sense, they make up for it with other senses. Stevie Wonder has vision and he is intuitive. He showed us this in his remarks about the competitors. It was a night that Ryan continued on in fashion and a night that I agreed with Simon on some counts.( choke, gasp) It was also a night that Chris Daughtry didn’t raise the bar!
The show opens and American Idol host dapper Ryan Seacrest continued to be dramatic in a sombre voice he extends, to make it to the top twelve is an honour, to win is a dream. Then he exclaims in a louder more excited voice, “you can make it happen” as he points at us! This is a completely new level of pressure. This is American Idol! This is where it gets tough. We have a bigger stage, a thousand lights, a bigger band and a killer sound system. It is all about people like you who watch the top twelve. He then goes to the top twelve’s journey and intro’s them one by one. The top twelve all look good, nice hairdos for the exception of Chris who has had no choice but to stay with the same hairdo!. Ryan Intro’s the Judges and makes small talk with Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest by getting their viewpoints The top twelve was obviously nervous because now it is the real deal, It is do or die time!
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Not a Starry Night Lacklustre performances-American Idol Guys Recap:03-09-06
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Compared to last week the guys, did not burn it up like last week, most of them did not give us a good performance on a night they should of battled it out. Ryan comes out and he looked more improved then on girl’s night. He goes through his usual intros of the Guys, Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest (Judges). Ryan did get a star welcome from the Audience! The Guys were supposed to be fired up! If you ask me the performances were only burning the remnants of last weeks cinders!!! The surprise of the night was Will Maker’s performance that may pull an upset on where the sixth spot should go.
First up was Gedeon McKinney who sang for us Icon Great James Brown’s “When a man loves a women”. Gedeon gave an excellent, excellent performance. Randy said, it was aight, and that Gedeon was definitely an old soul in the group. Paula said he was unique and he knew exactly how to highlight his vocals. Simon thought it was good, a bit cabaret, he liked Gedeon, he was interesting.
Second up was Chris Daughtry who sang for us Seeth’s “Broken”, it was a lacklustre performance, it was dull and bland. Randy says one more time he is a fan, and he loved people who knew who they were. Another good performance. Rock on Baby. Chris\t may be ousted tonight with that performance. Paula said, she could see him on the Radio and he was fantastic. Simon wasn’t as impressed, it was a bit indulgent, boring and that Chris had a long way to go.
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Lisa Tucker underrated by Judges: American Idol Girls Recap.-3-08-06
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The show opens and Ryan warns its crunch time. Ryan introduces the girls, the judges . Ryan decided on trying out that disastrous combination of nice suit jacket with a pair of dowdy jeans. It was a night that we saw the judges consistently and shamefully underrate Lisa Tucker. The age factor seems to get in the way of Simon (dumbest) and now Randy Jackson (Dumber) joined Simon’s bandwagon.
Paris Bennett opens the show with Gloria Estefan’s “Conga”, I thought Paris did well, it was not her best. Randy said, it was not his favourite song choice for her, he wanted her to challenge herself, he was entertained it was ok. Paula said, it was a difficult song to sing, she was surprised, she is a talented singer. Simon’s critique oozed with the age factor and liability he needs to demonstrate each week. He wanted her to sing a younger song. It was vocally ok, people love her, see her next week. ( I would like Simon to give us a list of what a younger song is) I didn’t know when artists sang that there were age groups attached to their albums on who should listen to them!!!!!
Next up was the underrated Lisa Tucker, who sang Tiffany Taylor’s “Where I Stand”. As usual, Lisa did an excellent outstanding job. Lisa can blow, she brings it every performance and Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest seem to deny her the credit she deserves. Lisa has been consistent every performance and the Judges specifically Simon has been consistent in denying her the correct credit.
( it’s to old for them.) Randy parroted, liked the song! It was older for me!( yeah that makes so much sense, really clears it up doesn’t it). Paula offered, that Lisa was a seasoned performer, she has poise, amazing, would like to see her sing a song we could get into.( where has Paula been, Lisa has allowed us to get into her performances every week), clearly Paula was to busy smiling at the Dawg Pound!) Simon the Crone, repeated his age liability!!!! Agreed with Randy and then made the stupid comment that it sounded like Lisa’s mum is picking the song. ( What a strange critique coming from a man that is older then Lisa’s Mum!!!!!!!!). The Judges have consistently taken away from Lisa’s excellent performances each week. They allow the age liability to get into the way of giving Lisa proper critique and proper credit!!!
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Tough Competition: Jose Sway Fire and Desire Penala Gone: American Idol Recap- 03-05-06
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On Thursday night, much to my dismay Jose Sway Penala was ousted from the competition. As predicted, so were Brenna Gethers, Heather Cox and David Radford!
The surprise for me was Sway, who I thought should have made the top twelve. However, upon reflection of how America is voting, it seems to me that the American Idol voters are getting tough!!!!! This year’s competition is very strong and in fact is going to be a tough competition. This week the guys owned the competition and in fact ran away with it.The talent for both the girls and guys is so strong and on equal level, that each competitor will have to bring it each week and give over 200 percent! Simply, American idol voters are ousting the competitors that have had a bad night, or that their talent is not in league with the rest of the competitors. The same people that were eliminated, (for the exception of one) may of made the final twelve in previous competitions. Not this year! American Idol is experiencing more viewers, which is resulting in more voters. As well as a diverse viewing audience in terms of age!!! It is not just teenagers watching this show! It is families; it is professional people, adults beyond the perceived teen target audience that American Idol anticipates, adult ages ranging from 30 into retirement ages.
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Just you Bring it- The Guys Owned the competition this week: American Idol 03-01-06
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The guys brought it tonight, they ran the gauntlet! Every male competitor tonight gave it his all. There were some better then others, but in a whole, the guys owned the competition this week! They not only sung well, they had the viewer’s excited and restored enthusiasm to the show! It will be hard to pick out of the guys who will win the six spots for the final round! It was an astounding night, not only did the guys bring it, Ryan and the Judges brought it home for us tonight! Excellent singing and humorous spirited jousting. With the way the guys performed tonight, the girls were put on notice! The guys put the heat on the girls tonight to bring it!!!
The show opens and out swaggers Ryan Seacrest. Tonight Ryan had something to swagger about. His attire made him look polished, dapper, spiffy and debonair. Ryan’s 3-piece attire was a pleasant surprise and a vast improvement. I have to give him his due, and when he falters, I verbally slap him around!
As usual Ryan could not resist being dramatic! He announces to us, Last night the girls sang, but he asks what will happen tonight? Ryan reinforces his drama by asking, what will happen with your votes? From there he introduces the judges; Paula is sitting next to Simon again. While Ryan was introducing the Judges, I noted that Simon was “gaping” at Paula’s femininity! Paula looked good tonight and Simon could not help but notice, gape, stare!!!! Ryan makes some light jest of Simon, when he said that his favourite three expressions are ghastly, horrible, nightmare.
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Bland and Boring Performances: American Idol 2-28-2006
In comparison to last week, the girls were not on par and honestly they seemed to of fell apart! This was a night that we heard Simon bragging to us once more, about just how sweet he is, and he is never wrong! A night that should have been a fight for six seats came off without even a whimper from most of the girls. I was very disappointed; most of the singing was bland and boring! I am in disagreement with dumb, dumber and dumbest views on some of the performances.
The show opens and out pops Ryan, looking cocky and wearing a distressful pair of jeans that would have been more fitting in a show like the Beverley Hillbillies, the only thing that was missing was Ryan’s ugly checker shirt to go with it! Ryan proclaims ten of the best-undiscovered female voices will sing tonight. Ten different voices with one definite goal. To win your votes. You decide their destiny, you make the call. This is American Idol! Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, always the flair for dramatic!
Ryan then exclaims with delight that American Idol was top rating for last weeks elimination night, and that seventy-eight million viewers watched the elimination round on Thursday. Ryan goes on to impress upon us what big ratings American Idol enjoyed, over the Olympics and other shows that anticipated high ratings. Ryan said they were 2.2 in the ratings. Thank you, Thank-you, Thank-you he extends to the viewers for watching.
Ryan in his hillbilly attire introduces the ten remaining gals and extends to us that the girls will battle it out for us tonight. (Wrong, they barely performed, let along sung for us) Ryan then intro’s the Judges, this is were Simon starts hugging himself, and cuddling himself, and letting us all know that Simon loves Simon!!! Simon gleefully shares with us that he is NEVER wrong!!! Simon has always suffered from delusions. Simon went on to distress us all when he conveyed that he would give himself a ten as a judge! Really, a ten? I would give Simon a 4.5, Randy has enhanced his vocals on giving feedback, he would be more of an 8.5 and Paula would be an 8.0. Sorry Simon, You are wrong!!!
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My Response to the Clay Aiken Class Action suit. DUE PROCESS OF LAW LADIES!!!!
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First, my own perceptions, Clay Aiken is not Gay and the only fraudulent activity going on is that nine ladies want to make some money off of Clay and big money organizations!
I need to ask this, have these Morons lost their minds! They must have very little to do if all they can think of is how they can sue someone to make some quick money!!! This is exactly what their actions tell me!! And I imagine many others!!!
These ladies (and I use the term lightly) actually are going to pursue a class action suit against Clay Aiken. For what? They say they feel they were misled; it was false advertisement of the product ( Clay is a human being not a product) and their investment. Give me a rather large break! Now this is what I was talking about its vermin like this that has created the NEW VICTIMIZATION IN AMERICA! This vermin wants to cash in on a liar’s statement. What is scary is that some lawyers take crap cases like this. You would think that with all that goes on in the world that these people and whatever lawyer they have obtained would be more interested in social issues and social responsibility such as pedophilism! Everyday sexual offenders who rape and cause great harm to very young children are released from western society’s prisons. This includes both United States and Canada! There is no cure for pedophiles that molest children. Why not take up a good cause like this and bring awareness to the grave harm these offenders cause to children and the high-risk offenders who re-offend! Sign petitions for law reform on sexual offenders, specifically the ones that harm young children!!!!
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Patrick Hall Gone! Tell me it isn’t true America!!!American Idol Semi-Final Elimination”02-23-2006
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I can understand why Rebecca O’Donahue has been eliminated, she had not performed well. I can see why Bobby Bennett was bid adieu, he had too much fun! and I can even justify why America eliminated Stevie Scott, she was still fluish!I do not understand why Patrick Hall is gone!!! Patrick Hall was an excellent talented singer. Maybe he wasn’t a pretty boy, but he had talent, he had uniqueness, he had it! Apparently he didn’t have enough votes last night! Then to add insult to injury and rubbing the salt in wounds of Patrick Hall fans, we get to see Brenna, yet another week!!!! Another week, of hearing her mouth off, drama queen antics with soap opera value and average talent!!! She is going to quack like a duck, I believe Brenna is a quack! I am comforted in knowing that Taylor Hicks, Elliott Yemin and Sway Penola are still in. I am delighted that Paris, Ayla and Lisa , Kinnick and Katherine are still with us. However the demise of Patick so early I just can’t fathom!
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Likeability factor and Some Serious Strong Competition: American Idol
2-21-2006
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Ladies night proved to be a serious strong competition. I was very impressed with most of the girls tonight and their level of singing talent. However, there were two outliers that were not up to par or speed with the performances that the ladies brought! The judges were better at their feedback, however from the middle to the end, they seemed to struggle with conveying their points of view. The song choices were different and refreshing! We heard renditions of the greats and Icons, Stevie Wonder and Gladys’s Knights, Icon Barbara Streisand. Icon Jennifer Holiday, Heart, Musical Genius Christina Aguilera ,Natalie Merchant, Martina McBride, Josh Groban., Diana Ross, Faith Hill, and Alita Adams.
The show opens and Ryan comes swaggering out! Ryan looks perky, his attire is still drab, I absolutely, without question hated his checker shirt! Perhaps Ryan fans should start up a website called Dress Ryan.com Like the site DressKevin.com that made the news. In this way fans could choose what Ryan would wear when he was hosting. Ryan Thanks!!! Idol viewers for watching the show. ( Glad to see you taking my comments seriously Ryan!!!) Ryan’s open line is, “The judges job is over and now you are in control. Tonight we begin to build the Top 12. Ladies first!
It’s a new level of the competition It’s performance time!!! Twenty-four will become the top twelve and six places are for the girls and here they are!! Ryan introduces the twelve girls performing tonight. The guys (Randy’s Dawg pound) are watching from below and they will perform for you tomorrow. Each week two girls and two guys will be headed home until we reach the top twelve. Ryan then announces and of course the judges are here! He intro’s dumb, dumber and dumbest. We get to see some spirited verbal jousting with the Judges ( I guess they were suppose to be setting the tone!!!! Of the show.) Ryan then asks Simon, How he reacts to the criticism. Simon being the elusive he man he wants us to believe him to be, responds “I haven’t had any”.
Ryan looks at him a little fazed and prods “you haven’t been harsh?”. Simon replies, I was defending you! So there we have it, Simon is in denial! It’s not surprising if you ask me. Simon knows he has been criticized for his razor sharp tongue, he was booed tonight and will continue to be booed. Yet, it eludes dumbest that he has been criticized. Ryan moves on and relates to us that Paula is tougher, I would have to agree with that, she was not as lenient as she has been in the past, but she shows signs of reverting back to her old form. Ryan then asks Randy Jackson who he thinks will be American Idol. I really felt that this was an unfair question to ask at the beginning of semi-finals to Randy( for putting him on the spot) and for the competitors. Of course dumber ( Randy) responded that he thought a guy would win it. Yes, Yes we always have to start the season with trying to balance out gender. A girl won it last year, so a guy absolutely has to win this year! Really why bother to have females in the competition if you want a guy to win!
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Kiss Me Your Through! The semi final 24 are chosen: American Idol 2-15-2006:
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The show opens and Ryan goes through his usual dramatic summery of the events, the intensity, the drama! Ryan announces to us in a most stark tone , “that it takes serious courage for the competitors to hold it together today! You know Ryan your monologue on strength, courage and survival does not help the competitors when they are anxiously waiting!
We saw a series of competitors get rejected with no, no, no, no, no, sorry, thank-you , it was nice meeting you, be proud, congratulations for coming this far! According to the Judges it had to be an unanimous decision, which means that all three had to agree. At least that is what Crystal Stark was told, yet, as the show proceeds, at least one person gets to the semi-final without it being an unanimous decision? There seems to be some confusion with what dumb, dumber and dumbest related to us. It is either unanimous for everyone or it is not!
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All that Bling,Bling, Shine On and Drama Queen’s- Hollywood Group Round- 02-14-06:
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The show opens and Ryan draws up all his zeal and strength to characterize the drama of the group round. Ryan quipped in his darkest melodramatic tone. “ It has been an intense week and only the strong will survive!” When Ryan Seacrest made this claim, I thought that I was watching a military boot camp instead of American Idol!
In my opinion it was a night of Drama Queen’s, crying and whining!
We then fast forward to one competitor (sorry didn’t catch her name) saying she was exhausted, thirsty and hungry. Where’s dinner she asks! Dammed if I know, KFC anyone? Then we are rewinded back to Mr. Drama, Searcrest( I notice we only saw Ryan from the waist up) I was wondering if Ryan had holes in his drawers! Ryan exclaims, “ There have been personality clashes and arguments over the chorography, we then zoom in and see Marcie crying! It’s two am and some of the competitors head to bed while others stay up and rehearse. Oh the intensity of it all!
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The Heat is on! Hollywood Auditions Recap:American Idol: 02-10-2006:
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After more boring auditions then I cared to write about, we finally get to Hollywood. For the exception of a few familiar names we get to see who the judges have given a chance to and yes we got to see hollering, whooping, yahooing, Dave. The first and second day of Hollywood gave us joy, happiness, upset, tears, and anger with the competitors. We saw Paula becoming more of a hard liner for a change, although she attached herself to yet another male that she is a fan of again!, this year! I am sure before the season is over we will see Paula weeping and drooling over yet another young man, telling him she loves them ! The best chuckle the home viewers could get is seeing Simon’s reaction to what he considered bad talent. He looked puzzled, pissed, disgruntled, annoyed, confused ,ready to throw something and even relieved as he heard some of the auditions. We heard all the excuses in the world to why some of the competitors did lousy when they sang, much to my amusement.
The show opens and we see all of the contestants making their way to Hollywood, Ryan’s narrating was dramatic on how the competitors got to Hollywood. There were contestants that were nervous and contestants that were very self assured that they were going to make it to the end. Ryan introduced the ever so elegant Debra Byrd and someone new for the Pianist in Michael Orland. We glimpsed the background singers who were going to back up the competitors. Ryan dramatically advised us to imagine travelling all the way to Hollywood, sing one song and then go home! I thought when Ryan said this that Simon may have been so fed up that he gave everyone the bum’s rush and sent everyone home!
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American Idol – Gay Soldier comes out of closet, but did Clay Aiken? In Clay’s defense!
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I don’t know about anybody else, but who believes this Paullus guy? I know I don’t believe Paullus when he says that Clay Aiken picked him up and had a one night tryst with him! I don’t believe it for one second! Me thinks the ex green beret soldier wants to make some green money. I think that Clay Aiken is part of the new Victimization going on in America! It’s called, go to the tabloids, lie about your relationship with a star and then sift through all the book deals, movie deals, talk shows that you can! Enjoy your fifteen minutes of fame. Get a lawyer! Then name your price!
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American Idol: 01-27-06- Simon has feelings- AI Judge Storms off the set!
It appears that Simon Cowell can dish out criticizing others but he can’t take it when he is criticized. After receiving unflattering feedback from fellow Judges, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson., viewers saw Simon storm off the set and hightail it back to his hotel. Later reports advised that not only did Simon Cowell go back to his hotel, he hired his own private jet and went back to L.A.
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American Idol Recap- 01-24-06- American Idol Judges Turn Mean and Ugly!
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Auditions open up in Greensboro North Carolina. ( The home of Idol winner Fantasia Barrino and runner up Clay Aiken).
The show opens and we don’t see Ryan, we hear him. He goes through his usual rhetoric of the thousands and thousands of people that auditioned. ( Most of them were dreamers and not singers). Ryan finally appears, looking much better then last week, he can still use a ton of improvement on his attire selection, however compared to the last time, it’s a mediocre pass. Tonight we saw Randy, Paula and Ryan bring Simon a cake it was his birthday. Remember the auditions are pre-taped and Simon was actually born on October 7, 1959, making Mr. Mean forty -seven years old. Ryan quipped as they wheeled out the cake that pretty soon they would have to wheel Simon out.
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