The 2008 American Idol Thread.....

[jacksonsmom]

All I know is, I can't get that darn Brother song out of my head!!!!

LOL!!! Same here, even my 8 yr old was singing it in his bed

I think Simon is right, that won't be the last we hear of the song

 

[BabyPiglet]

YOU ARE MY BROTHERRRR, MY BEST FRIEND FOREVERRRRR.

I can't get it out of my head.

Oh, that farmer boy was a cutie.

 

[mandy200587]

I like the guy that sang Boondocks and the one that sang George Strait.

 

[MAKmom]

Oh, don't bring up the nails in the bag, I finally stopped dry heaving.

That was the dumbest thing admitting to the bag. I'll gag every time I see him.

 

[damo]

Some of these people really need to rethink what they are claiming makes them "different". The "I'm not going to kiss a girl until our wedding day" was just stupidly ridiculous and the fingernails in a bag was just gross.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

YOU ARE MY BROTHERRRR, MY BEST FRIEND FOREVERRRRR.

I can't get it out of my head.

Oh, that farmer boy was a cutie.

It's stuck in my head too. Along with Doulgas's WHHHHHOOOOOOAAAAAAA OOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think I will be able to hear Living on a Prayer for awhile thanks to him

 

[Nancy]

Did he just say "simon always goes down on everybody"?

Oh dear that cracked my 19 year old DD up and that started me laughing. Probably not good for a Mom to laugh right along with the child on something like that!

Fingernails in a bag = gross.

OMG..that was just so yuck!

oh my, simon's favorite so far is a little blonde girl who likes country music. REALLLLLLLLY??

Ha I just found this post of mine from last season's thread:


ETA: her britney impersonation was impressive, though!

She did that really good, but her real voice was very good. I liked her! Looks like a lot of blonde female singers have made it though so far.

Yay! I like the politician kid. He's interesting. It will be neat to see how he evolves (if he lasts through the next round that is)

I liked him too, it will be interesting to see what happens.

Oh, don't bring up the nails in the bag, I finally stopped dry heaving.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one!

I like the guy that sang Boondocks and the one that sang George Strait.

I liked both of them too. Loved the farmer guy. Anyone that can sing George and do it justice is ok with me!

 

[Nancy]

It's stuck in my head too. Along with Doulgas's WHHHHHOOOOOOAAAAAAA OOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think I will be able to hear Living on a Prayer for awhile thanks to him

He was just creepy scary wasn't he! He even was giving me the willies and I was just watching him on TV, I couldn't imagine being in a room with him!

 

[beckanoah]

I feel SO bad laughing my head off at all these people though. That I am your brother was the funniest thing EVER. I literally HURT myself laughing!

 

[TrueEeyore]

He did sing well, but the fingernails thing was a little bit much for me. They showed close-ups of that bag about 10 times!
I liked him though.

I know! And I was trying to EAT! I was like, jeez, stop showing it! Disgusting.

oh my, simon's favorite so far is a little blonde girl who likes country music. REALLLLLLLLY??

ETA: her britney impersonation was impressive, though!

Am I the only one disappointed that they didn't make her do the Rascall Flatts impersonation?

I like the guy that sang Boondocks and the one that sang George Strait.

Me too! I wish they would show more good guy singers. It's always about the girls in the auditions.

 

[Narnian_Princess]

I feel SO bad laughing my head off at all these people though. That I am your brother was the funniest thing EVER. I literally HURT myself laughing!

I know! I was so embarrassed because I couldn't keep from almost falling off the couch.

I know! And I was trying to EAT! I was like, jeez, stop showing it! Disgusting.

I know! What a freak!

Am I the only one disappointed that they didn't make her do the Rascall Flatts impersonation?

Nope.

Me too! I wish they would show more good guy singers. It's always about the girls in the auditions.

Yeah, what's with that?

 

[Narnian_Princess]

WHAT???????? NEVER Kissed a Girl???? What rock has he been hiding under, with his Dad?

What's so wrong with that? I'm 19 and I've never kissed a boy... I'd like to save it for my wedding day as well.

I was actually incredibly relieved that there really are hot guys who believe the same way I do. He was a good looker!

and why is that the thing he feels the judges need to know about him?

Now THAT'S what I wanted to know. That's not something I usually advertise.

 

[Virgo10]

So my question is... would someone who admits to being a Meth addict ever be chosen the American Idol? I kept thinking about Jessica Sierra. Yeah, you've got a substance abuse problem so let's send you to the addiction capitol of the universe.... Hollywood. Eh, stranger things have happened. Maybe she'll stay clean. And are those her kids? I found that situation more disturbing than the baggie full of nail clippings.

Pia, the background singer with the weird hair (or lack of) was quite good. I felt for the car accident singer but didn't think she could sing for beans. The judges put her through though.

One of the highlights of the night was Katie, the impersonator. She sounded best to be when she was "herself".

Loved Kyle, the politician. Wouldn't he clean up nicely?! I love it when they totally transform someone on this show.

Worst of the night: The catatonic girl. You could have fallen asleep in between her sentences.

The farmer kid, Drew, was a looker but needs to emote a bit more.

My favorite was Colton who sang Boondocks. He's definitely someone to watch!

I had hopes for the rocker guy, Carl, but quickly muted him. Yikes, was he off key!

An finally... I am your brother!!!! If that's not out as a CD within the week, I'll be amazed.

Simonism of the night... Love is deaf.

 

[happygirl]

Simon's being way to nice this year I can't believe he put through the rocker girl I really thought kissing virgin was decent i have no idea why he didn't make it

 

[agnes!]

Because his breasts weren't big enough. That's why they spend all that time on the girrrrrrrrrrrls.

And I also thought they were too hard on politico-guy. I like to actually listen with my eyes closed, I can kind of catch the impending vocal trainwreck squicker that way - so many of these people start out sounding find, but them there's a wobble and then they go waaaaaaay off-key and then there's a trainwreck and it's too late!...to hit MUTE.
Anyway, politico-guy sounded very good.

Meth Girl sure had done a LOT of drugs to be 24 AND had 2 young kids AND still be clean. That one kid looked, what, maybe 3 or 4? So, she turned to Meth, dropped out of high school, then REALLY turned to Meth, got arrested, has a criminal record, met a guy, had one baby at 20(pregnant at 19), then had another about 2 years later AND is still clean? Hmmmmmm...call me suspicious, but I don't quite buy it.

I would like to know which ones had development deals and are professionals already. I think Mandy posted somehting about that? I'd honestly like to have a cheat sheet printed out, so I *know* which ones are performers thar are being pushed upon us by Simon Fuller and Clive.
So I can vote the suckers *off*.

agnes!

 

[boomhauer]

One of the highlights of the night was Katie, the impersonator. She sounded best to be when she was "herself".

It's way early, but if I was gonna place money on someone, she'd be it. She has a good voice and is beautiful.

 

[beckanoah]

A local radio station played "I am Your Brother" this morning when I was heading back from dropping dd off at school. I almost had to pull over. I couldn't get the image of Randy and Paula dancing (and Simon laughing) out of my head.

 

[wvrevy]

A few thoughts about last night:

- The editing is certainly being done in Simon's favor this year. He's coming off a whole lot nicer, as opposed to in the past when those kind of moments were probably as frequent but never shown.

- My DW and I play a game called "singer or sucky" during the audition rounds. We try to guess as each contestant walks into the audition room whether they are a singer - and thus have a chance at Hollywood - or if they're some ego maniacal moron just trying to get on TV. We can't decide how to count the pity golden tickets since they didn't really deserve to go through (like the girl that had had a car accident in her past).

- The "politician" kid threw me. I didn't think he'd be able to sing at all, so was pleasantly surprised (I agreed completely with Simon, as usual). He could use a vocal coach, but if he had one, he could probably do very well as a singer.

- As I said before, I couldn't care less which ones have had a contract in the past and put out records to no fanfare (see Bo Bice, Taylor Hicks, Constantine, etc, etc, etc). All that means to me is that it's less and less likely we get some non-singing idiot that the idiots at VFTW can identify with.

- Why female country singers over male? Simple: If you can sing Faith Hill and Martina McBride, you can probably sing just about anything, from Country to Pop. If you can sing George Strait...you can probably sing Merle Haggard, but not a heckuva lot else. If Hayseed - whatever the farmer kid's name is - makes it to a rock night and doesn't have the option of singing a "Dead or Alive" cop out, he's toast. THAT'S why female country singers have a better shot. There aren't very many Garth Brooks' out there that can crossover from that genre.

- "You are my brudda!"...."Let my pipple, goooo!"

- The "impressionist" girl should never have told them that, 'cause now, they'll have something to beat her with every time she has an "off" performance. Can't you already hear Simon telling her "That wasn't you, that was Britney Spears"? That said, she WAS good (though, I don't know about the "best").

- Fingernail kid has some mental issues.

- Druggie girl can sing, and assuming her story was honest, I don't know how anyone can criticize her for getting her life back together. I hope she does well, for her sake as well as her kids. Anyone than can kick meth has what it takes to make a life for themselves.

 

[Nancy]

Simon's being way to nice this year I can't believe he put through the rocker girl I really thought kissing virgin was decent i have no idea why he didn't make it

Simon is scaring me this year, he is being way too nice! He has had some Simon moments, but he is even nicer in his mean moments.

I think it was Colton that they said got too nasally when he sang. Ummm, didn't they have 2 guys last year that were always nasally when they sang?

So far I am enjoying the audition shows this year. They are showing more of the good singers, we are getting more back stories too. Looks like the PTB there actually listened to the complaints from the last few years.

 

[r3ngels]

I heard the nail guy last night but today my DD is home sick and wanted to watch AI again and I WATCHED it. That was so gross and disturbing I don't know why he would ever say that on national TV...

7yrs of peeled off, gross nails in a bag-- that is not normal!