AI Season 8: Top 4 - Week of 5-5-09

[karen28]

Happy for Kris and Adam,
sad for Allison.
Meh for Danny.
I'm with you, Moonshot, would much rather have Allison around than Danny.

[claydevotee]

Arrrgh, my battery on my laptop was low, so I had to get up and get the charger to plug in.

Daughtry sounded great.  I never liked him personally, but I think he helped give AI some credibility in bringing in someone who was successful doing rock (after Idol).

I feel the same way, WISC BARB!  Daughtry seems so cold and calculating to me, but I have to admit he is probably one of the top talents to come out of AI.  His voice and his "sound" is very radio-friendly, IMO.

True, and I think it would be better for her, being so young, to start out at somewhere less than an American Idol level. Or she could be chewed up, spat out, drug-addicted and broke before she's 25.

SUNNY and BARB, I agree that it might be a great blessing in disguise for Allison that she isn't going to be the American Idol.  And I think she will probably have a great career in spite of this seeming setback.

[Sundancer]

Michelle, and all others contributing -- thanks for all the updates tonight.  Between the phone and my computer I missed more than I saw but all I had to do was read back.

I thought Allison would at least be in the top three -- I guess that is why I am not a judge.

Yeah, you can't let things like honesty and good taste get in the way.

[Sundancer]

SUNNY and BARB, I agree that it might be a great blessing in disguise for Allison that she isn't going to be the American Idol.  And I think she will probably have a great career in spite of this seeming setback.

Daughtry did alright coming in 4th.

[claydevotee]

Michelle, and all others contributing -- thanks for all the updates tonight.  Between the phone and my computer I missed more than I saw but all I had to do was read back.

I thought Allison would at least be in the top three -- I guess that is why I am not a judge.

Yeah, you can't let things like honesty and good taste get in the way.

Yup, I guess those two qualities are highly overrated in the world of entertainment.  Sigh....

MICHELLE, thank you so much as always.  And to all of the contributors:  You all do so much to make this AI Discussion Thread an interesting and enjoyable place to be!!!

[Moonshot]

MICHELLE, thank you so much as always.  And to all of the contributors:  You all do so much to make this AI Discussion Thread an interesting and enjoyable place to be!!!

You're welcome but as you said it is everyone's contributions that make these viewing discussions great! Thank you all for coming each week and throwing your comments into the ring!

[mimi]

Thanks Michelle, and stay safe.

[corbet]

     Whatever happened to Idol? I almost fell off my chair laughing at all those weird looking
     
        creatures. I so miss the old Idol when unknowns became stars.
   
                  Go Kris!!!
                                                      Good Night All.
                                                                                  Betty

[corbet]

   
      Thank you, Michelle.
           
                                                 Betty

[Moonshot]

Thanks Michelle, and stay safe.

Same to you!

[mrs. c.]

Happy for Kris and Adam,
sad for Allison.
Meh for Danny.
I'm with you, Moonshot, would much rather have Allison around than Danny.

 

[lorilovesgolf]

Happy for Kris and Adam,
sad for Allison.
Meh for Danny.
I'm with you, Moonshot, would much rather have Allison around than Danny.

 

too!!!

Does anybody know if this is the first time 3 guys have been in the top?

[Sundancer]

Does anybody know if this is the first time 3 guys have been in the top?

It is.

[Moonshot]

If anyone missed Paula's performance and wants to hear her new single, I'm Just Here For the Music, you can listen to it on her Idol Bio page:

Paula's Idol Bio Page

The music player is on the right hand side of the page.

[GWENN]

WISH ALLISON THE SAME LUCK AS DAUGHTRY.  HE DID JUST FINE BEING FOURTH.

BET THE FINAL 2 WILL BE DANNY AND ADAM.  TOO BAD.  ALLISON AND ADAM WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE INTERESTING.

GWENN

[Sundancer]

I really don't get all the excitement over Danny. He can sing, but he does the same thing every week.

[GWENN]

I really don't get all the excitement over Danny. He can sing, but he does the same thing every week.

AGREE, SUNNY.  DANNY BORES ME TO DEATH.  REMINDS ME OF THE SYMPATHY THING.  LIKE JOSH GRACIN.  WE WERE AT WAR AND HE WAS A MARINE.  HE WASN'T THAT GOOD.  NO IDEA HOW THEY COULD MARKET HIM.

GWENN

[fhmmany2]

Our internet has been off (again!) I was really shocked - I just knew that Allison would be in the Top 3. But I commented to my husband several time in the last weeks that any other year Kris would win just one the cuteness factor alone!  I guess there are more people than I knew who think that, too.

As usual, I have no time to read back, but I had to leave the room when Paula "sang" - Lip-Sync, anyone? She couldn't even do that well - at least they did a good job of keeping her face in the shadows.

I do think Adam is very talented, but other contestants (like Lil) were criticized by the judges for copying the original performers of a song. There was absolutely nothing original in Adam's performance this week, yet the judges (as always) raved about him. And the black leather and looking up at the camera - I'm sure there are people who are thrilled about all of that, but I am unimpressed - I saw the original.    Just go somewhere and download some of Elvis' live performances (not the awful movies he was forced to make!).