American Idol!

[goofy4tink]

karbear1....I think I remember Simon saying something a few weeks ago that someone, don't remember who, definately sounded better when he watched it later on tv!!! Must have something to do with sound systems or something. I'm not sure what the deal is with Carmen....just don't see why she's still there. Ah well. THere's always next week.

 

[becka]

I was shocked to see Rickey get the cut last night. I thought he did quite well the other night.

I think he was unfairly booted before his time because of the fiasco last week. Since people knew they were adding last week's votes then the fans of Carmen and Trenyce (last week's bottom 2) knew to vote for them a lot to save them. I don't really feel that was fair. If they wanted to add last week's votes then they should at least not have told who was in the bottom 3 last week. JMHO.

I really thought that Carmen would be the one to go and then when she was not in the bottom 3 I was sure that Kim C. was out. I don't know who all is voting but they are not basing their votes strictly on singing talent.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Last night was just WRONG. And I agree with Becka they never should have told us the bottom three last week when they planned to carry over the votes. I really think I may be done with American Idol since it is now turning into some popularity contest. It reeks of Prom King and Queen.

 

[CJK]

No!!! I couldn't believe Ricky got voted off!! He's better than Carmen and Kim C. by a long shot! I couldn't believe Carmen wasn't even in the bottom 3!!! What happened with the voting?

 

[karebear1]

This voting "scandal" happened last year as well. The only way they'll fix it is by somehow allowing only one vote per telephone line to come in, but then of course, they wouldn't get 20 MILLION votes each week- by the way - that was up considerably from the week before- I think it was like 16 Million . I have to say that I think that Kim C. should've gone this week, then Carmen. My husband was wondering if they just wanted to have 3 girls and 3 guys to make things even. I think most people would agree that it is the men that have the stronger voices this time aorund. WHile I think Ruben will win- I hope Josh does. Does anyone recall if they mentioned on Weds. night that they were meshing the votes from this week with last weeks? I know they said it the week before, but I don't remember hearing Ryan saying that they actually did that????

 

[becka]

I am pretty sure that early on Ryan did mention something about adding last week's votes. They really handle this badly and you would have thought they could have done a better job. I am very disappointed.

 

[Liz]

They had a thing on our local news last night that Salt Lake City was the 10th highest city in the U.S. to submit votes for the show this week. I'm sure that's what kept Carmen! They interviewed a little girl, about 10 yrs. old, who said she usually votes for Carmen 200 times after each show but there were so many busy signals this time she could only vote about 50 times.

 

[Shelly]

OMG! 200 times? And I thought my 10-20 was alot. Guess as it gets down to the wire I'll have to vote a few more. I thought in the fine print it said that multiple votes from the same phone would be caught to prevent cheating.

 

[katerkat]

Originally posted by becka
I don't know who all is voting but they are not basing their votes strictly on singing talent.

NO KIDDING!!! My DH says he's going to ban me from watching because I yell at the TV so much... But I can't help it! Seriously, people have picked their favorites and are voting for them NO MATTER what! It's ridiculous! I thought it was supposed to be on TALENT! (And then I have to sit down and repeat, "This is only a TV show. I won't get so worked up over a TV show....")

 

[CookieGVB]

Ugh - Carmen looked completely shocked last night for a reason - she knew she should've been gone.

I'm beginning to think they need to block calls from everyone's home town, and let the rest of the country vote.

Ricky wouldn't make it to the top 3, but he definitely didn't deserve to go last night. I'm disgusted.

But of course I'll still watch.

 

[damo]

I don't think it is based only on talent. Simon continues to talk about "the whole package". There has to be an appeal to an idol and I think that is why some of the contestants won't make it to the final three no matter how well they can sing.

Ruban, Clay, and Josh definately have an appeal. I would say that Carmen has an appeal as a wholesome, sweet teenager. The other females don't seem to have much appeal even though Kim C. is very physically attractive.

 

[sgtdisney]

The results from last night were just plain wrong. Ricky may not have been the best, I am sure he wouldn't make the final four. However, Carmen and Kim C have been consistently in the bottom three... Carmen's performance was remarkably poor on Tuesday night. I don't know about anyone else, but her false vibrato is driving me nuts. She sounds like she is yodelling when she holds a note.. Maybe it is her natural voice, it sounds forced to me. The look on Carmen's face when she wasn't in the bottom three was very telling. She knew she did bad.. Simon has said it time and time again though.. Carmen is the most marketable which just goes to show you how much talent is important to the 'market.'

 

[disykat]

Kim L. off pitch? I didn't hear it and I usually have pretty good pitch. I'm going to have to start taping these shows so I can play them back and listen better.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

I have a feeling Carmen is next to go


top 3

Clay
Ruben
Josh

 

[Nancy]

Myabe they need to start charging for the calls...even a small amount but that should cut down on a lot of the HUGE multiple calls. My girls call in a few times for their favorite..but it's usually only 3 or 4 calls per kid (I have 3) Sometimes they vote for more than 1 person because they can't decide who to vote for.

 

[korzmom]

I agree they shouldnt have said anything about last weeks voting being carried over, I think carmen, trenyce, and kimberly got some sympathy votes..Ricky didnt deserve to go so fast, and why didnt he get to sing one final song like all the rest that got booted off? Anyone else think that simon is pushing the ruben thing to try to convince some uncertainaity votes? and i also think hes dissing trenyce because of the bad publicity the show got because of her....does anyone know what next weeks theme is, and how do you guys find these things out? STILL STICKING WITH CLAY....but he better up his game this week.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

My sister votes for Josh and she passes to phone to me after a few minutes for me to vote for Clay.If one gets voted off the sister goes to the others side

 

[Shelly]

Originally posted by CourtasanSatine
My sister votes for Josh and she passes to phone to me after a few minutes for me to vote for Clay.If one gets voted off the sister goes to the others side

I wonder if your sister secretly votes just one extra.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

If she does I'll sneak a extra vote for Clay

 

[mum4jenn]

I am wondering if the one getting voted off knows in advance?????Last night instead of Rickey getting to sing they showed a profile of him and he made statements that sounded like he knew he was going. He said something about "this is not the end" and "I am thankful for the people letting me get this far". Do you think they know in advance or do they ALL tape a segment like that as a farewell for them to use when they actually to get voted off???