American Idol Season 12 Official Thread

[luvmy3]

If he wins Idol, I think Idol will crumble. I really think that would send this show towards its demise.

I think that started last year when Phil Phillips won.

Too many teen bopper girls vote, and unfortunately they dont vote for the most talented singers hey vote for who they think is the cutest

 

[Robinrs]

I think that started last year when Phil Phillips won.

Too many teen bopper girls vote, and unfortunately they dont vote for the most talented singers hey vote for who they think is the cutest

Phil Phillips was one of the best of the "cute" ones, can't blame him. Lee DeWyze and Kris Allen were WAY worse.

The group was stacked this year to break that trend but people are still voting for ... gasp... the only guy there. What the...

 

[asta]

I think that started last year when Phil Phillips won.

Too many teen bopper girls vote, and unfortunately they dont vote for the most talented singers hey vote for who they think is the cutest

Phillip Phillips may not have been your favorite but all of these comments about how he can't sing have grown tiresome. His post show success has proven otherwise. I believe his first single has outsold every other AI contestant. Many more people than teeny boppers enjoy his music.

I think all of these disparaging comments come from people who can't believe that other people don't enjoy their same taste in music.

 

[luvmy3]

Phillip Phillips may not have been your favorite but all of these comments about how he can't sing have grown tiresome. His post show success has proven otherwise. I believe his first single has outsold every other AI contestant. Many more people than teeny boppers enjoy his music.

I think all of these disparaging comments come from people who can't believe that other people don't enjoy their same taste in music.

I never said he couldnt sing, and I actually did like him on Idol, even have him on rotation on my ipod. Still doesnt mean he was the most talented contestant on that season of AI
The most talented singer among the contestants hasnt won in years, and that is largely due to the fact that young girls do alot of the voting. Sorry me saying that upsets you, but it is what it is.
And yes Robin, they were worse. Even have them on my ipod too.

 

[donalduck]

shes going home tonight.

 

[Robinrs]

shes going home tonight.

She WHO?

 

[KristaTX]

shes going home tonight.

She WHO?

Silly Robin. You know who. HER!

 

[mandy200587]

I was talking with a friend last night about Janelle. She's not the best singer technically but you can feel the emotion behind the lyrics and she can tell the story with song sometimes.

 

[Robinrs]

Silly Robin. You know who. HER!

Oh!!!! HER!!!







.

 

[Robinrs]

I was talking with a friend last night about Janelle. She's not the best singer technically but you can feel the emotion behind the lyrics and she can tell the story with song sometimes.

I kind of like Janelle. Can she hold a candle to Kree? NO, but she's hardly the worse in the top 6. She shows versatility and she has a great personality.

 

[mandy200587]

I kind of like Janelle. Can she hold a candle to Kree? NO, but she's hardly the worse in the top 6. She shows versatility and she has a great personality.

Agreed fully. Janelle is slowing growing on me. Her personality reminds me of Lauren Alaina but maybe more mature

 

[KristaTX]

Oh!!!! HER!!!





.

(But hopefully it won't be HER but HIM!)


I also like Janelle. I'm not a country music fan, but she's appealing kind of like how Skylar Laine was. Just kinda fun to watch and seems really likable. I don't want or think she'll win, but it will be bittersweet when she goes (which I'm afraid could be tonight).

 

[Robinrs]

Agreed fully. Janelle is slowing growing on me. Her personality reminds me of Lauren Alaina but maybe more mature

(But hopefully it won't be HER but HIM!)


I also like Janelle. I'm not a country music fan, but she's appealing kind of like how Skylar Laine was. Just kinda fun to watch and seems really likable. I don't want or think she'll win, but it will be bittersweet when she goes (which I'm afraid could be tonight).

I didn't care for Lauren but loved Skylar! Janelle has an appeal that will get her places after the show. I've always believed that attitude is 98% of life and her's is great!

As for HIM... well, I'm sure his pity party will continue after tonight but not much longer...

 

[mandy200587]

(But hopefully it won't be HER but HIM!)


I also like Janelle. I'm not a country music fan, but she's appealing kind of like how Skylar Laine was. Just kinda fun to watch and seems really likable. I don't want or think she'll win, but it will be bittersweet when she goes (which I'm afraid could be tonight).

I think if she gets knocked, they will use the save. Heck any of the girls go it will be used.

 

[asta]

I never said he couldnt sing, and I actually did like him on Idol, even have him on rotation on my ipod. Still doesnt mean he was the most talented contestant on that season of AI
The most talented singer among the contestants hasnt won in years, and that is largely due to the fact that young girls do alot of the voting. Sorry me saying that upsets you, but it is what it is.
And yes Robin, they were worse. Even have them on my ipod too.

I'm not upset just tired of the teeny bopper argument being pulled out every time the voting doesn't go someone's way.

Music is too subjective to declare that one person owns the most talented. You may think a particular type of singer that you like is the most talented but that is just an opinion. Many people think that good music is much more than vocal gymnastics. I think that many of the AI winners have people who think they were the most talented. I don't have to agree with them but it doesn't make them an undeserving winner.

As far as last year, I think Phillip Phillips was the most talented out of that group. I think his record sales back that up.

 

[KristaTX]

I think if she gets knocked, they will use the save. Heck any of the girls go it will be used.

I think you are right, but she's the one girl I'm not 100% sure they will save. Is next week the last week they can use it? I'm wondering if Janelle does have the lowest votes tonight if they'll save it one more week just in case Candice/Kree/Angie/Amber (the ones they think can actually win) gets outvoted by Lazaro next week.

I know y'all have been saying it, but someone please put Lazaro out of his misery. It's uncomfortable watching him be so uncomfortable. It almost seems like a cruel joke for them to have played on his speech disorder during the tryouts, and then allowing him to go through this. I mean on one hand, they gave him a chance. Great. But on the other hand, he's just not up to this and it is blatantly obvious. I hope it doesn't affect his self-esteem even more than his speech disorder probably has for most of his life.

 

[Robinrs]

I'm not upset just tired of the teeny bopper argument being pulled out every time the voting doesn't go someone's way.

Music is too subjective to declare that one person owns the most talented. You may think a particular type of singer that you like is the most talented but that is just an opinion. Many people think that good music is much more than vocal gymnastics. I think that many of the AI winners have people who think they were the most talented. I don't have to agree with them but it doesn't make them an undeserving winner.

As far as last year, I think Phillip Phillips was the most talented out of that group. I think his record sales back that up.

I think the pure answer to success after AI is one word -- CHOICES.

Choose the right songs, choose the right people, choose what the people want to hear.

Having a larger success post Idol isn't always a direct result of talent. It's a fact that Pop has a larger market than Classic Rock, and that Country has a larger market than R&B. It doesn't mean the singer can SANG, it means there are more people out there who like what he/she offers.

I like people who can SANG (and I mean SANG) and most of the biggest selling artists can't sing their way out of a paper bag. I know a production guy at one of the biggest recording studios here in Atlanta and he has to audibly adjust just about every single track he records because the so called marketable ones cannot lay one decent line. It's not new, it's just the way it is.

I miss the days when every recording artists toured and sang their songs just like the recording. Ahh, the good ol' days!

 

[Robinrs]

I think you are right, but she's the one girl I'm not 100% sure they will save. Is next week the last week they can use it? I'm wondering if Janelle does have the lowest votes tonight if they'll save it one more week just in case Candice/Kree/Angie/Amber (the ones they think can actually win) gets outvoted by Lazaro next week.

I know y'all have been saying it, but someone please put Lazaro out of his misery. It's uncomfortable watching him be so uncomfortable. It almost seems like a cruel joke for them to have played on his speech disorder during the tryouts, and then allowing him to go through this. I mean on one hand, they gave him a chance. Great. But on the other hand, he's just not up to this and it is blatantly obvious. I hope it doesn't affect his self-esteem even more than his speech disorder probably has for most of his life.

I still believe they're saving their "save" for Amber or perhaps Angie. Amber, for some strange reason, is their GIRL. I have no Godly idea why and those FAKE adoring comments from Nicki are so contrived you KNOW she was forced to say them.

They have it in for Janelle, God bless her soul. And she keeps coming out there singing her little heart out smiling like it doesn't matter. Amber does the worse imitation of Mrs. Carter EVER and they warn Beyonce to LOOK OUT!

Kree and Candice don't need their adoration or their advice. They're both legit artists with flawless talent. The rest need puffing I guess, except Laz who gets beat down on and off line.

 

[mandy200587]

I think you are right, but she's the one girl I'm not 100% sure they will save. Is next week the last week they can use it? I'm wondering if Janelle does have the lowest votes tonight if they'll save it one more week just in case Candice/Kree/Angie/Amber (the ones they think can actually win) gets outvoted by Lazaro next week.

I know y'all have been saying it, but someone please put Lazaro out of his misery. It's uncomfortable watching him be so uncomfortable. It almost seems like a cruel joke for them to have played on his speech disorder during the tryouts, and then allowing him to go through this. I mean on one hand, they gave him a chance. Great. But on the other hand, he's just not up to this and it is blatantly obvious. I hope it doesn't affect his self-esteem even more than his speech disorder probably has for most of his life.

I think this is the last week they can use it, if it's up to the top 5, which in my definition would be tonight.

 

[mandy200587]

I think the pure answer to success after AI is one word -- CHOICES.

Choose the right songs, choose the right people, choose what the people want to hear.

Having a larger success post Idol isn't always a direct result of talent. It's a fact that Pop has a larger market than Classic Rock, and that Country has a larger market than R&B. It doesn't mean the singer can SANG, it means there are more people out there who like what he/she offers.

I like people who can SANG (and I mean SANG) and most of the biggest selling artists can't sing their way out of a paper bag. I know a production guy at one of the biggest recording studios here in Atlanta and he has to audibly adjust just about every single track he records because the so called marketable ones cannot lay one decent line. It's not new, it's just the way it is.

I miss the days when every recording artists toured and sang their songs just like the recording. Ahh, the good ol' days!

Oh there are still some that do, I see them quite a bit. It's usually the artists who are independent and a good majority of the country artists I have seen sound the same.

I still believe they're saving their "save" for Amber or perhaps Angie. Amber, for some strange reason, is their GIRL. I have no Godly idea why and those FAKE adoring comments from Nicki are so contrived you KNOW she was forced to say them.

They have it in for Janelle, God bless her soul. And she keeps coming out there singing her little heart out smiling like it doesn't matter. Amber does the worse imitation of Mrs. Carter EVER and they warn Beyonce to LOOK OUT!

Kree and Candice don't need their adoration or their advice. They're both legit artists with flawless talent. The rest need puffing I guess, except Laz who gets beat down on and off line.

I think tonight they would use it just because because of the simple fact they want that top 5 of girls somehow.

They truly do and I think she'll do well, not as well as Carrie but she'll have a semi-decent career and I can see Kellie maybe taking her under her wing.

Agreed, Kree and Candice are different leagues from the others I think. I get a very down to earth,person who would start chatting with you in line somewhere. Just very normal even with their looks, they aren't over the top. And Kree is someone who people will relate to because she has the girly side but she also enjoys outdoor stuff as fishing, hunting,but also the family girl.