American Idol, Season 5 **Official Discussion Thread**

[tarmand]

Paris - Although I didn't think she sang too badly tonight, she annoys me and I wouldn't mind if she went home this week.

Lisa - Sounded great as always but gave a boring performance. I'll have to throw some votes her way since I think she should stay another week.

Melissa - I just can't stand this chick. She annoys me and I hate her voice. I hope Simon is right and that she goes home tonight.

Kinnick - I hate that she hasn't been performing better. I think she has a lot of class and I really like her. But she did poorly tonight as well. Maybe I send a few votes her way too.

Katherine - I love this girl. She redeemed herself from last week and gave a great performance. I think we will definitely see her in the top 12.

Ayla - She should have stuck with the ballads. I like her and think she's got real talent, but she lacks stage presence. I'd really like to see her make it another week though.

Mandisa - Without a doubt the best tonight. She outshined them all. She really looked beautiful tonight as well. It looks like she threw out the tent from last week and found a stylist. Great job.

Kellie - Although she still annoys me a bit with the country girl thing, I think she did a good job tonight. I was worried that she was going to screw up a really good song, but she pulled it off.

Who I loved:

Mandisa & Katharine

Go home:

Paris & Melissa

 

[Philadisney]

::Yes:: i loved melissa and mandisa tonight! that's who i'll be voting for. i think kinnick will definitely be going home, but i am not sure who else. i am hoping either ayla or kellie as i am not into either of them at all, but they seem to have quite a fan base. i think lisa is very talented (cool to see her playing guitar!), but she tends to bore me with her performances. simon is definitely right that her song choices are hurting her. even though i wasn't too into paris's song choice tonight, i still like her, she's a lot of fun!

 

[RyMickey]

Top Six should be (in order of most to least favorite): Katharine, Mandisa, Paris, Lisa, and the rest don't matter.

Honestly, I really only like Katharine and Mandisa; Paris and Lisa are just okay to me. None of the four other ladies impress me at all. I have yet to be as enthusiastic about Ayla and Kellie as the judges (although I will say this was the best I think Kellie's sounded tonight).

All I can say is that I've got the "McPheever."

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

I loved Mandisa...she's really a great singer and performer.
Kinnik confirmed my thoughts about her tonight...I think she has to go.

I think the other two lowest will be Melissa and Ayla. Melissa did much better, but she's not not Idol material.

 

[Slacking]

The only girl I like is Mandisa. Melissa and Paris (who looked like Brenna tonight) are ok, everyone else I can do without. Kellie seems way too phoney.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Wow. I just checked that website that tracks busy signals to figure out how the contestants are doing to see how it stood so far - I'm surprised by the person who is in dead last! And in dead last by FAR.

 

[KristaTX]

What site is that? And more importantly, who is in dead last??

Not that I care too much, since the guys are much better. But I don't want Mandisa or Lisa to go tonight.

 

[Pluto's Honey]

Wow. I just checked that website that tracks busy signals to figure out how the contestants are doing to see how it stood so far - I'm surprised by the person who is in dead last! And in dead last by FAR.

first of all --What site?

secondly who?

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Okay the site is DialIdol.com - don't click the link if you don't want any form of spoiler. While they can't guarantee accuracy since statistics have a 3 point spread one way or the other, you can guarantee the 2 going will be in the bottom 3 or 4. And right now the bottom 4 has some surprises in it!

If you don't want to go to the site and just want to be spoiled - highlight below -

5 Ayla Brown 13.7879 -
6 Paris Bennett 11.3433 -
7 Kinnik Sky 2.2222 -
8 Lisa Tucker 1.7621

 

[macraven]

thanx for posting the site.

 

[MoniqueU]

Well so far I have seen everyone sing but Kellie.
Mandisa just rocks, I agree with everyone else.
Katherine was ok, I didn't like the song.
Lisa another blah song out of her.
Ayla sounded awful, I was dissapointed in her as I have liked her in the past.
Paris was ok, again didn't like the song.
Loved Melissa's song and disagreed with Simon. I hope she makes it.
Ok Kellie is on, I love this song and she sounds good so far. The best I have heard her so far.
Kinnick, totally going home.

Wow I am a tough critic tonight!!
OH and nice to see Paula acting normal again.

 

[Pluto's Honey]

Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!Thanks!

 

[dolphindan1]

Okay the site is DialIdol.com - don't click the link if you don't want any form of spoiler. While they can't guarantee accuracy since statistics have a 3 point spread one way or the other, you can guarantee the 2 going will be in the bottom 3 or 4. And right now the bottom 4 has some surprises in it!

If you don't want to go to the site and just want to be spoiled - highlight below - QUOTE]

Wow...those numbers suprise me....well after tonight....I think Kinnik and Melissa are going home just like Simon says....Mandissa was teriffic....I really like Lisa and Ayla....absolutely love Kellie did the flames not look great behind her and man she just makes you laugh....Katherine has yet to really impress me although I think she is beautiful and has a nice voice but has not hit the wow factor with me...Paris I think is getting weaker, she started out as a favorite but whereas Kellie and Ayla started out week and have gotten stronger Paris is headed the other way....I think after this week the girls are gonna be tuff to call whereas the guys can lose 4 more before it gets real tight...Chris and Taylor are heads above the rest over there in my book....

 

[Slacking]

You can't really go off that site.

1- its a very small portion of the votes.

2- The totals as pf right now, don't include voters from the West

But that being said, if the current final 2 are the 2 that go home, I would be a happy, happy man.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

You can't really go off that site.

1- its a very small portion of the votes.

2- The totals as pf right now, don't include voters from the West

But that being said, if the current final 2 are the 2 that go home, I would be a happy, happy man.

Unless there is a drastic change in the pacific votes over the east coast votes, I'm thinking they might have this one right.

The weeks that the ousted contestants were not the last two (but still in the bottom 4) - there was still a % difference of less than 3% to cover the error margin. This week the difference between 6 and 7 (as of right now) is a whopping 9%.

Actually, of the bottom 4, there is only one that I wouldn't want to see go this soon - the bottom 2 I'm fine with

 

[Slacking]

I'm not going to trust that bottom 2 quite yet, but that current bottom two has me ecstatic. Not a fan of either of them, but am a fan of one of the singers in danger according to the judges.

 

[Pluto's Honey]

here is an address about kellie pickler. I thought she had taked about not being on stage much. i took it like she hadn't done no where near what this shows. I don't agree with vftw that picker is the worst but why act as if she's never done anything.

http://www.wsoctv.com/video/7329335/detail.html

 

[ekmdisney]

Well, hands down Mandisa was the BEST OF THE NIGHT!!

I also liked Melissa. And really hope that she will be in the top 6 girls. But I am not holding my breath, seeing how Kellie has such a following.

As for the rest of the girls. I could care less. Here was their chance to really shine and they just could not get the mud off their stars. I thought they were all boring tonight. The show didn't really draw my attention until Mandisa was on.

The best of the night: Mandisa

Going home:
Kinnik
Melissa (even though I hope that is not true.)

 

[Cindy B]

Well dialidol tends to not be statistically correct. The last few weeks they had others in the bottom which were not booted off. For example Becky Odaonahue was #6 0r #7 when she was booted.

that is just a random sampler of one person. I'm a tad rusty on my statistical sampling, but wouldn't it be from more than one person after a specific time frame all over the US?

That being said, I'm not suprised if those wind up to be the final two. The performances were just meh.

 

[Nancyg56]

Does everyone else agree with Simon about Melissa? I think she is great.

No. I really like her. Sometimes, after I hear what the judges say, I figure that I am just some little country bumpkin with a tin ear.

I do think that Mandisa is awesome, and makes the others look and sound as though they are playing catch-up.