American Idol - Season 10

[NDN]

Over the years we have had some good discussions about American Idol amongst the members here who watch the show. So, this shall be the place for AI followers to share their thoughts as the season progresses.

This week was the semifinal rounds with the guys singing yesterday, the girls singing today, and the voting results coming tomorrow.

Before we cover the performances, we should note that this season we saw two judges leave and Jennifer Lopez & Steven Tyler take their places. When the new judges were first announced, I was pretty skeptical. Although, when the audition rounds aired, I was actually pleasantly surprised with both judges. However, during the live shows yesterday and today, I've lost a little hope for all three judges. Jennifer Lopez loves everyone and has a hard time criticizing a bad performance. Steven Tyler is a little more critical, but still a little too gentle with his remarks. Randy has taken more of a "Simon" approach, but it bugs me that when he makes a valid point and the other two disagree with him he backs off and gives in to the newcomers.

Guys Night
Anyhow, as for the guy's performances, I thought it was absolutely the worst show I have seen to date. I honestly couldn't believe some of the great things the judges had to say about some of the worst performances ever. That's not to say there weren't some good performances, but overall, it was just awful. Twelve people sang and five are voted in (along with three extra picks from the judges). My top five (in no particular order) are; Casey, Jacob, Paul, Stefano, Brett.

Girls Night
The girls gave the show some redemption and there were actually some quality performances (thank god)! There were certainly some horrid singers, but overall, they did a far better job than the guys. My top five (once again in no particular order) are; Haley, Karen, Kendra, Thia, Lauren.

I think the judges get to pick three wild cards who don't get voted in, so I would like to see; Pia, Robbie, Rachel.

All my selections are based on my opinion of their vocal talent thus far (which we have limited material to go off of).

The results of the voting are largely influenced by a younger voting crowd (mainly female) so the results are never a good indication of who has the most talent.

I think James will be a lock based on voting, but he's just another Adam Lambert (only not nearly as good as Adam was) so I could do without him this season. Scotty is getting some buzz, but I just don't see how he can progress in the show without sounding the same each and every week.

Feel free to share your thoughts as the season progresses!

[eejit101]

Ha, you all miss the brrit

[taylovesthebeatles]

WTF no, Brett was awful. Please dear God no.

The guys were actually better than the girls, IMHO. I voted for Casey, James, Paul, and Scotty (I don't like country music, but his voice was AMAZING).

As far as the girls go, only two had staying power, Naima and Pia. Everyone else was marginal to bad.

[eejit101]

Brit. not Brett. As in simon cowell

[taylovesthebeatles]

Brit. not Brett. As in simon cowell

I know, I was referring to NDN saying that Brett was in his top 5 guys.

[NDN]

Brett was a random pick. Casey, Jacob, Paul, and Stefano were easy locks for me, but the other eight were all extremely horrible. I went with Brett because although his performance was creepy, there were parts where I thought the voice had some potential with better song selection.

As for Scotty, unlike you I do love country music, yet his voice did nothing for me.

I'm surprised to hear you liked the guys better and I'd be interested to hear from other members who watch the show.

I thought the girls I picked were absolutely amazing. I'll throw you a bone and say Naima could get a judges pick because of her uniqueness and I did hear some hints of a voice in her marginal performance.

Tay, maybe you fall into that young female voting crowd I mentioned and thus you're partial to the guys?!?!

[klinkman]

Brett was a random pick. Casey, Jacob, Paul, and Stefano were easy locks for me, but the other eight were all extremely horrible. I went with Brett because although his performance was creepy, there were parts where I thought the voice had some potential with better song selection.

As for Scotty, unlike you I do love country music, yet his voice did nothing for me.

I'm surprised to hear you liked the guys better and I'd be interested to hear from other members who watch the show.

I thought the girls I picked were absolutely amazing. I'll throw you a bone and say Naima could get a judges pick because of her uniqueness and I did hear some hints of a voice in her marginal performance.

Tay, maybe you fall into that young female voting crowd I mentioned and thus you're partial to the guys?!?!

Stefano is an easy lock all right....easy lock for "Worst American Idol performance this season"

God he was terrible. I seriously hope you were trolling us.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Tay, maybe you fall into that young female voting crowd I mentioned and thus you're partial to the guys?!?!

Far from it, I was actually hoping that there was a pretty lady I could get behind, and there just wasn't. In any sense.

[NDN]

Stefano is an easy lock all right....easy lock for "Worst American Idol performance this season"

God he was terrible. I seriously hope you were trolling us.

Don't let your dislike for the genre he sang dissuade you from the vocals.

[NDN]

Far from it, I was actually hoping that there was a pretty lady I could get behind, and there just wasn't. In any sense.

Sounds like someone is in denial for being part of the stereotypical AI voter group!

[klinkman]

Don't let your dislike for the genre he sang dissuade you from the vocals.

Were you watching the same Stephano I was watching? Are you sure? That dude could not sing.

I didn't let my dislike of country prevent me from voting for Scotty. Or my dislike of Judas Priest prevent me from voting for James...Stephano just SUCKED. He was off pitch or undersinging the entire time, the song wasn't enjoyable to listen to, quite the opposite it was grating on the ears. You have GOT to be confusing Stephano with someone else..that's the only explanation other than you're completely deaf!

[NDN]

Were you watching the same Stephano I was watching? Are you sure? That dude could not sing.

I didn't let my dislike of country prevent me from voting for Scotty. Or my dislike of Judas Priest prevent me from voting for James...Stephano just SUCKED. He was off pitch or undersinging the entire time, the song wasn't enjoyable to listen to, quite the opposite it was grating on the ears. You have GOT to be confusing Stephano with someone else..that's the only explanation other than you're completely deaf!

I think you're letting Tay influence your opinions. Show those true colors Klinkman; we want to know what YOU thought!

[klinkman]

I think you're letting Tay influence your opinions. Show those true colors Klinkman; we want to know what YOU thought!

Sure you want to know what I thought?

[eejit101]

I wish there was a pretty lady i could get behind!!

And ill watch this weeks over here next week.

[NDN]

Sure you want to know what I thought?

Always.

I'm content with the top 13. I wish Kendra were in it over Naima or Ashton, but other than that I think we have the makings for a potentially great season!

[klinkman]

Always.

I'm content with the top 13. I wish Kendra were in it over Naima or Ashton, but other than that I think we have the makings for a potentially great season!

Ok then, my honest opinion of the guys show:

Clint: Not a bad way to kick off the show, but got crushed by better performances later on.

Govani: I enjoyed this performance. I really did. It didn't get any better than just quiet enjoyment though.

Jordan: I have no idea what he was thinking picking a bad Usher song, singing worse than Usher (Is that even possible?!?!?!) and topped it all off with terribad dance moves.

Tim: I really wanted to like this performance. If you want to put genre bias in prospetive, the only artist who was performed on this show I have on my iPod is Rob Thomas. But this performance just wasn't good. I really wanted to like it but I just couldn't

On a side note, why the **** doesn't anyone remember the title of the song is "Streetcorner Symphony" ?!?!

Brett: No. Just No. Really, this guy made the top 24? Really, this guy made it past the first "LOL UR SO BAD" show? You all should be ashamed of yourselves if this is the best you can do.

Oh you want me to articulate why he was so bad? The first half of the song was so timidly undersung it sounded like an 8 year old a chuch talent show, and the second half was so off key it sounded like drunk karioke.

James: It takes real talent to scream the high notes without getting shrill, and also to sing a Judas Priest song and actually give a full bodied sound during the verses.

Robbie: The arrangement was terrible (to the point where I almost didn't recognize it), and he seemed a bit off key for most of the performance. Perhaps I'm being a bit too harsh on the arrangement, but terrible arrangements can kill performances, and this one certainly did.

Scotty: I'm not that big of fan of country music, but maybe if more of it sounded like Scotty I would be. He had this wonderful enchanting deep voice and gave an extremely professional performance. I was extremely impressed.

Stefano: His voice was grating, he was off key for the ENTIRE song, and he has all the charm of your average Jersy Shore character. You told me not to hate him for his genre. What is his genre? Douchebag?

Paul: This is where I'm probably going to disagree with most everyone. I thought he just wasn't very good. I think he was at the same level of singing as Tim-just plain not very good. It's really hard to articulate what I didn't like about their performances, but I guess the best way to put it is that instead of having a deep and robust sound theirs was shallow.

Jacob: I honestly didn't think Jacob was as good as the judges did, but he is clearly a talented singer. The biggest reason perhaps was his vocal style doesn't match my taste, but he's clearly talented enough to be here

Casey: I loved this performance. American Idol clearly needs more big band style frontmen.

My top 5, in order, were: Scotty, Casey, James, Jacob, Govani. Clint then would have been my wild card.

My top 4 did make it, and Govani was clearly worse than the rest so I can't complain about the top 13.

[taylovesthebeatles]

I wish there was a pretty lady i could get behind!!.

I thought you had one?

[NDN]

Now if only we had a few more people's opinions rather than just the three of us and a silly Brit who feels the need to comment on every thread!

[BnLM5]

Sorry I've been writing papers on ostersarcoma and H. pylori this week. And I don't have T.V.. But i am enjoying all of your debate. I can almost already tell you who will win. : )

[eejit101]

I thought you had one?

ongoing issues

[GloBug]

your nuts judy. james durbin is not like adam lamberts. totally different and i think hes way better than him. and klink just because u dont like judas priest doesnt mean u can vote for him. its about talent not what songs u like. thia maghia is really good also

[NDN]

your nuts judy. james durbin is not like adam lamberts. totally different and i think hes way better than him. and klink just because u dont like judas priest doesnt mean u can vote for him. its about talent not what songs u like. thia maghia is really good also

1. NDN = Old NDN
2. nodepositneeded = Judy
3. Adam Lambert is far superior to Jame Durbin and I just don't think he could possibly get as far as Adam did in the competition. That's not to say he isn't talented, but I just don't think he brings anything new to the competition.

[klinkman]

your nuts judy. james durbin is not like adam lamberts. totally different and i think hes way better than him. and klink just because u dont like judas priest doesnt mean u can vote for him. its about talent not what songs u like. thia maghia is really good also

Did you actually read my post? It IS about talent. My point was Stephano has none!

[NDN]

Did you actually read my post? It IS about talent. My point was Stephano has none!

It looks like GloBug's random post has put some more passion into this debate!

[Ringo]

I won't pick a favorite yet since we really haven't seen much from the contestants.
However, based on previous years outcomes, I am willing to bet that
Lauren or Paul will win the title.
Lauren is from GA and Paul is from AL and them southern folk own the AI vote.
I am hoping to be wrong with the new online voting might even things out.
I will make my final prdiction with 10 people left and a chance to hear who will mature and who won't.

I loved Julie, No Julie

WHAT NO SURVIVOR THREAD? Russell is on Redemption Island!
It doesn't get any better than that.
Watch Barry spear crabs in his orange ball huggers.