Jenny again I was not mad at you or anybody. I know you love Hollie and I’m fine with that. I just can’t understand why the fact that I don’t is such an issue. And I wouldn’t be talking about Hollie today at all if it was my choice…which it is and which is why I’m now stopping. No more digs at Hollie from me…no sir! I’ll just leave her out of my reviews altogether because, as with the judges, y’all never seem to notice when I give her praise…which I did for her second song. She did a great job with that.

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Deirdre, I think that Elise is the one who could get the boot with the fewest unhappy people, which is why I think it’s her time.

Sorry to hear about how things are going with your mother.

I also stand by my statements regarding the judges: they are clowns. Even if they have moments where they get it right, they still get it wrong it so many other ways.

Finally, I’m surprised no one has addressed the elephant that was in the room last night: did you see Jennifer Lopez’s booty? HELLO!

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Deirdre re: 11:41 commnet, I would like to point out that I didn’t jump into the Hollie thing until you brought up my comments from a few weeks ago. I said last week that the judges got better towards her, any vibe I picked up this week is simply a gut feeling and nothing I could really hammer them on as I did their snub from a few weeks ago. That snub turned Hollie into a “save the sweet innocent puppy” movement, which, depending on the next few results shows may be a monster of its own.

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JT: did you see Jennifer Lopez’s booty? HELLO!

LOL! Why do you think Phil chose Fat Bottomed Girls to sing? And seriously, “elephant in the room”!!!! LOL!

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JT, re your 11:47 post…I have never felt like you resent my Hollie comments. I have felt that way with other posters. I get what you’re saying and I think you’re right. Sometimes the judges do seem to have it in for Hollie. But I don’t know which is worse, the “having it in for Hollie” or what we’ve witnessed from them the last few weeks…a fear of saying anything negative to her.

Either way, they made this bed, now they have to lie in it and because of their actions we may just have another winner who has trouble staying on pitch. To me, that’s sad.

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I’d have rather them spend the time with Jimmy than use it for the “behind the scenes” comments about the contestants.

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Rickster, I agree. Those comments added nothing.

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First few rounds I respected Hollie’s voice, but thought she was a pageant princess who could have used another year of seasoning before trying out. She’s turned me around with her maturation before our eyes as a performer, and the internal toughness to fight through the bazooka launched attacks by the Three Stooges.

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Will finish catching up this afternoon! Y’all have a good lunch break.

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I gotta say, What in the world was Randy and jennifer listening to with jessica! That Queen song was absolutely horrible. Talk about pitchy. the girl is great doing slow music but when it comes to rock Forget it. Talk about favoritism ! Skylar, was #1 Elise #2, Philip #3, Hollie #4, Joshua #5 and Jessica, sorry sweetie tonights shoukd be the end of the road. As far as saves go, there shouldn’t be any sooner or later it gets down to 2 and that’s the way it should be !!!!

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JT, if talking about losing your Mom when you’re young, I agree totally. However, my Mom lived 86 years, and for 85 years she was an active person living on her own for 23 years after my Dad died. Her memory was fading some, and she was a lot slower, but getting along pretty well anyway. An unexpected visit to a hospital, where they gave her the chemical stress test for heart twice in one day, and she came out alarming hateful, violent and pretty darn scary. We were told she’d never be able to live alone again. Something the hospital did to her sent her into total dementia in very short time. She had to go immediately into an assisted living facility, while still functioning somewhat, but her decline was scary fast. She finally lost mobility and spent a couple months telling us she was “ready for this to be over”. The last 3 months I wouldn’t wish on anyone. It, sad to say, was a great relief the day her body finally gave up. Sometimes people just live too long, and my Mom was one of them. I hope that won’t be the case for me.

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Just read more about Ryan being sick last night. Apparently he didn’t do the dress rehearsal because he was throwing up in his dressing room. Nigel hosted the dress rehearsal and was working to get Cat Deeley on stand-by just in case Ryan couldn’t do the show.

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I just want the judges to acknowledge that Jessica is shaky and flat in her lower register. Yes, she CAN sing, but don’t over hype her. Actually tell her she needs to work on something. I really liked Joshua all through the auditions. He was my favorite guy, but it is the judges who have soured me to him. There has to be SOME criticism. He can’t be perfect every time. For instance, the only time I seem to see him hold a note is when he is screaming that note. It never seems to be a nice, sustained, in tune note. And there are a lot of notes he cuts short. Maybe that’s his style or maybe he just can’t hold that note. No doubt he can sing, but some critiques wouldn’t hurt this year old contestant on a singing competition. Phillip has lost his appeal, kind of like the guy David who did Paula’s Straight Up a couple years back lost his. It’s not entertaining anymore. He is a dime a dozen bar, cover band singer who just happens to be on American Idol. Liked him at the start, but see no progression. Skyler can sing, but she can also scream a lot. She WILL be successful whether she wins or not because of her genre. Elise I sometimes like and sometimes don’t and I’m not sure she will ever command a large audience. When they chose her for the top 24 I didn’t even know who she was. She is a good singer, but so are a lot of people I’ve seen play on the Chicagoland bar scene. I’ve never made it a secret that I like Hollie the best. Last year I remember how bad she was in the audition with her nerves, so when she did so well this year, I was a fan. She has taken an unusual amount of beatings this year from the judges. Their whole vibe changes when she comes up. She has not been perfect, but none of them are, so why so much criticizing of Hollie. There are a couple songs that she hasn’t been that good on, but most of the time she does a really nice job. If they would just judge evenly across the board, their critiques of her wouldn’t seem so harsh, but maybe constructive (if they actually said anything constructive). I almost hope she doesn’t win because of the awful album they’ll make her do. She has shown some toughness and fight though in the eyes of some pretty harsh judgements and that makes her a winner.

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Joshua and Skylar are the only ones with the four P’s: Passion, Performance, Pitch and Pluck.

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bknsty14 – Andrew Garcia did the Straight Up Paula Abdul cover.

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G @9:13 – yes, I have ALWAYS believed Simon left because he couldn’t stand that it had become just a popularity contest. It was written all over his face when Adam lost.

And honestly, I am right with him and it’s the reason that I’ll one day lose interest. (But not this year, not yet anyway.) Oh, and your 9:23 is right on.

Neg, I always love reading your take! We mostly agree, except we’re polar opposite on Jessica (and I’d have Skylar at the bottom this week.) Great take, though!

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Thanks, Jenny.

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Deirdre, I can only imagine the difficulty and emotional toil fluttering in your heart. Stay strong, positive and remember the Better Days.

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If only Jessica could get booted tonight, like she WAS PREVIOUSLY, before the judges intervened, then we could have a ‘PERFECT FIVE” for the first time ever. I agree with what someone else said earlier. This is the most closely proportioned “top six” group ever in AI history. If it gets down to the “Perfect Five” tonight I have no idea who I would want to win. Jessica, to me, just has a very blaise personality and sings nothing that stays with me. Other than last night(because it’s so fresh) I cannot tell you one song she has sung before. BTW, I sure wish they would feed her. She is nothing but skin and bones, and those clothes she is wearing always show he “spiney” legs. She needs to wear long dresses or pants. She looks very unhealthy and sickly to me. If she gets lucky and wins it all, I see her selling CDs to just a very select group of music lovers.

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Was just reading about RS being sick last night. I thought he looked somewhat pale and weak. Is that why his girlfriend, Julianne Hough, was there? I thought when they showed her on camera, after what Ryan said about her and Phillips, was really funny and enjoyable. I like it when they show off-the-wall stuff like that. BTW, Julianne Hough is Derek Hough’s brother (DWTS) and she has put out some really good country songs. She is indeed a “sexy cutie”. (But she can do better than RS, me for example-JK)

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And I do think that this year, with this talented group…. Idol has the chance to redeem itself, and reverse the bad “popularity-contest” rep that it’s getting.

But will it? We’ll see….

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Maybe it’s just me…. but reading Dick Lark’s post about “every contestant was picked out of hundreds of thousands, the whittled down to 24 out of over 300″ – I can’t help but think, “this is the best they could do?”

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Rickster, I wonder that EVERY year. RxDawg was discussing that earlier.

I think they probably turn away a LOT of talent in favor of “casting” their top 12. But hey, Idol, here’s an idea… just bring us the best and stop with the “casting”! Then let’s see what happens!

What a concept….

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I cannot jump on this hollie band wagon. I think she is good don’t get me wrong, and cute as a button but she’s sharp…I obviously did not hear the same thing alot of y’all did, I didn’t like her first song and I was cringing when she sang “the climb”. I am NOT a Joshua fan and his first song reminded me of how much his screeching and screaming irritates me, but I must say his second song gave me goosebumps. Phillip was phillip not bad but nothing great, he has a career ahead of him but does not have the voice to be deserving of the top 3 much less the winner. Skylar has shocked me the past few weeks. I hate country, even more I hate Reba/Dolly parton type country but there is no mistaking that girl has some vocal cords and that even if she doesn’t win this competition we will hear from her again. Elise has an amazing voice but I can NOT get past her horrible attitude. I really can’t enjoy her songs because I can’t enjoy her. Jessica is amazing, no matter what she sings, she sings it flawlessly and beautifully. I don’t know that I buy into her sweet innocent act though, because she comes off like a seasoned diva when she sings, but that’s ok because she can pull it off and still be likeable. Just my two cents. After reading all the comments I really do think tonights going to be a big surprise for everyone. Great bunch of singers! No doubt they are all talented and have “Star potential” but my vote for last night’s greatest performances had to be Skylar then Jessica the other 4 are about even and I don’t care really if any of them go home tonight.

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Is Cat Deeley on Ryan’s level as a host? I think she is, and it has nothing to do with my crush on her. I tend to like a little more meat on the bone, but Cat is special.

Anyway…Jenny, thanks for finishing my thought on this popularity contest. That’s why I like Sing Off. Everyone on that show SINGS! Sing Off is about true voices and true talent. The best of the best “SINGERS” are on that show. PP wouldn’t make the cut in the worst a capella group.

So Dick……good to see you around. But, what is it about PP that makes you think he can sing. I mean he usually sings in the same key, which is the key of………uhhhmmm…..there’s no key of growl.

That Usher rendition from PP sounded as such. Funny how Ryan talked about how some stars tweeted the show on how much they liked Idol contestants singing their songs. Usher didn’t tweet the show after PP. That kid’s rendition of Usher sounded like making a jazz, club, or rap song out “Friends in Low Places” (Garth Brooks for those who don’t know). Come on….

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