One more thing I forgot when posting earlier. Was anyone else as surprised as I was at the end of the show last night? When STyler was asked who impressed him most, he said “Skylar”! I about fell out of my chair. I like Skylar, as she is one of my favorites, but never in a million yrs. did I expect that from of all people, Steven Tyler.

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Shoot, we moved? Patootie, I just put two posts there on your country topic… I’ll bring them over here though.

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And the second one. Editing to add Deana Carter (Strawberry Wine).

Oh, and Patsy Cline (does she count as country? Crazy, etc.) Kenny Rogers. Old old old Crystal Gayle songs (anyone remember “Half the Way”?).

Brooks & Dunn (Neon Moon, My Maria). The Dixie Chicks (Wide Open Spaces). Alabama (in high school, owned every album they had).

Ronnie Milsap (Smoky Mountain Rain). And so much Dolly Parton I can’t count it (Two Doors Down, Jolene, Islands In The Stream, and most especially Hard Candy Christmas… another all time fave.)

I can bet that my blog friends never guessed this about me. But I think I have said that I have very wide and varied musical taste.

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The producers should want a winner who can sell shows and music. That will be Skyler or Phillip. Who else in the group would anyone really buy?

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Rodney, enjoy your break. The season is long and full of danger…..well, maybe not danger but it sounded good.

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Another one bites the dust.

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Good evening.

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Now this is how a Queen song is supposed to be sung!!

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Yummi, last night we had almost 300 comments here while the live blog was on

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Good Job!!!!

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I’m here, hi y’all! Hi Pitchy, been a while!

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if they give joshua a standing O they better stand up for those guys!

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One of the best Queen songs. Couldn’t believe no one picked it last night…

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I am glad you are here..as I really look forward to comments and last night would have been hard to take without the humor….

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The new pianist/singer actually bore some resemblence (sight and sound) to the master, Freddie Mercury.

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Gottcha..thanks

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No Phil in the Ford video again. The guy is having some serious problems

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Playing with TMZ

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Jessica and Elise on stage

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Thank you Jimmy..Haha

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Jimmy gives such honest & funny comments!

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I guess Stefano Langone doesn’t have a last name anymore

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I love Elise but I’d rather see her out of the show….she doesn’t get the credit she deserves and it has to be hard on her…..

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What did jimmy say about Elise..I stepped out and missed it.

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Just getting here. Helped our best friends say goodby to their sweet puppy who would have been 16 tomorrow. Not sure the swelling in my eyelids will allow me to see anything tonight

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Cathy he said two wrong song choices and nothing memoriable about either one.

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Always sad, Angela. I hate having to say goodbye to a beloved pet. Last time I used my vet’s entire supply of tissues

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I see Stefano is still as cheesy as ever.

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got here late

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Jimmy said Elise picked wrong songs, both of them.

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if this guy can make a record, any of the remaining contestants can…lousy singer.

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You just love them so much!!! We’ve been friends for over 30 years so I knew this sweetie his entire life. We just lost our 18 year old kitty three months ago so everything came back. Cannot do this again.

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Bubble gum music

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Angela… I’m so sorry. I teared up reading that. There is not much worse.

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Alex-funny!!!!

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So stefano was finally able to grow some facial hair.

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does anyone know who gets to pick the songs first? seems to me that Jessica always has an advantage of having the best songs.

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The judges don’t care Elise is in the bottom…if it was Jessica..they would have looked shocked and JLo would probably start crying. Jessica should be gone already.

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Information that was given to us by a former contestant is that all the Idols receive the song lists at the same time and it’s a first come first serve who gets what song.

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Well-it will probably be Holly although I hope it is Joshua and the standing ovation club

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Yummicake 2001
April 26th, 2012
8:32 pm

“Jessica should be gone already.”

So true, but so sad she’s still here.

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Deirdre I agree. Stefano is cheesey!

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Jimmy said Elise picked two bad songs.

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If JstankHo was as gushy towards her men as she is with Joshua she’d still be with hubby #1.

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I think Stefano fits right in — to the electro/synth/hip-hop, with a little run of rap —- music area. Usually very danceable, if you want to bust-a-move and popular type of song in the clubs catering to younger clientel.

For what it is, it was o.k. You hear a lot of that on some of the stations.

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i can’t take one more week of Joshua..

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holding my breath.

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Cat
April 26th, 2012
8:36 pm

Because he opened his mouth.

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who’s voting for Joshua?? he’s obviously gay and can’t possibly be getting votes from young girls…

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Already looking forward to next weeks results show. J or J have to go home eventually.

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I think Joshua’s non-stop standing o’s are because he is a good stage performer. He is good with a live audience but it doesn’t always translate to the tv camera. Some people are really good live and I think Joshua has that ability

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I just wonder if they are truthful about who is in the bottom three. Not talking about who goes home, but I think they play the drama card way more than we know

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Yes when it gets to 6 dial idol has issues.

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Angela, ditto what you just said. I really wonder.

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Angela, according to communications law, they cannot say someone is in the bottom 3 if they are not.
Remember, there are only 6 people so half of them are bottom 3. At this point EVERYONE in the bottom 3 is just as good as everyone in the top 3, they just didn’t get as many votes.

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I never get busy signals when I vote so how realiable is Dial idol although they did get it right about Daughtry and Colton leaving Alex, LOL!

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Katy Perry needs to take JLo’s job…she wouldn’t be Miss Namby-Pamby with the contestants

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Oh boy, you guys have to contend with Joshua another week.

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Well, I still contend that they use every loophole legally possible. And I bet there are a lot of them.

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Deirdre…I agree…I think Katy Perry would be a good judge. They really need to get rid of JLo…she cannot remain objective and she lets it show too much

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Yes on the Katy Perry tattoo, just not sure what it says and don’t care enough to google it.

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Cat, they probably triple searched Katy’s wardrobe this time. I don’t think they were too thrilled about the Adam cape. Dunno why… I loved it!

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Why is it so hard to believe that people don’t always vote the same way you would? You’ve seen how many completely different opinions of each of the contestants there are on just this blog alone.

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Drei
April 26th, 2012
8:47 pm

Of course you’re talking about Joshua.

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Jessica Sanchez sux. Her version of Bohemian Rapsody was operatic. Constantine was SOOO much better.

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Katy would be awesome. She was a great guest judge! Hire Katy!!

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If 3 girls are in the bottom 3 will Elton John call America sexist?

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They’ll send whichever of these 2 is bottom, straight back to safety, I bet.

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The comments have gotten testier as the contestants leave to make it a smaller field. Obviously some like one more than another and as a result, justify their feelings by pointing out faults that they perceive. Be honest, some don’t like country, R&B or Rock and perfect pitch is not necessarily what makes the perfect AI. It’s a popularity contest and no matter how many times you repeat that “someone missed some notes” it’s not going to make anyone switch their vote if they are voting at all.
It usually just starts a never ending argument between people with strong views. Just be happy with “I like what they sang or I didn’t like that”. Making it sound like you are a voice coach or music critic doesn’t make it so.
But that’s just me. lol

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BTW…Casey looks much thinner in the clip from last year….

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Phil is safe!

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I bet a girl leaves.

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Jenny
April 26th, 2012
8:51 pm

How much did you win?

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Knew it. Right back to safety.

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The judges faces showed that they thought P2 should be in bottom and not Skyler…I wish Ryan had dragged it out more with Skylar being in bottom three

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So Skylar, Jess, P2 and Josh are safe?

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This Droid commercial is worse than STyler at Burger King. And that’s bad!!!!!!!

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Kevin, yes.

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@Alex yep! I am talking about baby Joshy!

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Everybody seems to really like Hollie…..: (

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So sorry, but not surprised. Not at all.

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american idol ends for me tonight!!!

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Bye Elise. I am sure someone will pick you up for a contract.

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I wasn’t a fan of hers but she will def get a contract!!! Good job, Elise!

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JLo with the head bob….oh my!

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OMG–look at JLo

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thank u Jenny
I’m really sad about it

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Yay… Her best song.
I would type the little hearts if I knew how.

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Yeah, or that Alex.

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Thanks Everyone..until next week, stay safe!

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Why can’t something be done about P2s kidney stones, don’t understand.

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Yummi, that was the goodbye song for this year,,,they play it for everyone who leaves

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bye everyone! good luck next week, it will be BOOOORING!

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The most predictble result night this season.,,good luck Elise! You’ll make good records.,,it was tough for her since the beginning.,somehow glad shes done.

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Jubie, the stones he has requires surgery. He wanted to try to tough it out with a stent so he could do the show

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And I will miss Elise too.

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That didn’t work.

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Bye everyone!

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Night everyone! See you next week

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J an J haters are sooooo around! Lol

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Deirdre
April 26th, 2012
9:06 pm

Maybe we can keep the kids and ditch the judges.

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ahah thank u Jenny, I always has to read because I’m from Cuba so I can’t watch the show live

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Mine would be Jess, Hollie, and … ??? I guess Josh by default. But D, yours wouldn’t be too bad cause at least it wouldn’t include Skylar. And we’d have at least half of an interesting final.

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No problem Kevin! I don’t often watch results live… but D is always here and gives good real time updates every week! So you should be all set.

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Night Pitchy! Hey, did your child win the contest? I hope so!

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What is next week? I think someone posted but I can’t remember.

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Next week either Hollie or Skylar will go – my guess is that it will be Hollie.

You can’t trust Ryan though, on how he arranges the “botom 3″. He sent Skylar back to safety, but that doesn’t mean she was definitely 4th. She could have been 5th in the voting, but we would not know that He only had to name the bottom 3, but didn’t need to tell you where the lines were drawn between the non-elim’s

Elise will probably get a brief shot in a finale group number, then wait for the tour. After that, she will likely have some job offers with some name bands as an addition or opener. But not everyone wants to tour for a long time either.

It will be interesting to see if Iovine wants to try to do an album with her, with fresh material. He may want to do a “single” and see if it flies, like has been done with some others on talent shows.

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My guess is that the #1 person on Dialidol this week is not getting the youth texting and computer vote which is not taken into account on dialidol.

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Dialidol is not and has never been reliable.

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That could be it. I guess as technology progresses, DI will eventually become obsolete. I’m just used to it being right *enough*, in certain situations, that it truly did make me question if Hollie was really B3.

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Any of the top 5 could win at this point.

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My hubby called Colton as gone last week too. Right after “September”.

And I didn’t believe him for one second…

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Night y’all, it’s been fun!

Grey’s watchers… can someone pleeeeaaase find me some spoilers? I am stressing out as I keep reading that a beloved major character will die in the finale. I have to know. Huge speculation is Mer, Christina or Bailey. I would have to stop watching.

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Only a guess here, Jenny but McDreamy wants to leave the show.

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Another example of dialidol’s unreliability…during the first top 7 week, dialidol had Joshua as safe(#1 on their list) He was in the bottom 3 that week. Who’s got it wrong? Dialidol is not under any federal regulations, Idol is. Which one isn’t telling the truth?

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Most of the time Dialidol gets it wrong, yet the few times they get it right people jump up and down and say “see see DialIdol got it right!”, ignoring that week after week, for YEARS it has been mostly wrong by a large margin.

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To stay.

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It will be interesting if the final two are Phillip and Joshua.

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When you add together Jimmy Iovine’s comments the past few weeks, especially tonight,—– the most standing ovations gained so-far from the Judges — it would indicate that Joshua is doing very well per the Judges and mentors.

Another girl goes next week.

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Jessica Sanchez needs to go and should have gone long ago, but she will continue to ge those teen votes. Her military father is playing a lot on the votes also, but she is young and can return next year. She does not know how to perform, but I will say right now, she will prob. be selected as the AI, any one remember DeGarmo?

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Jessica should win, or maybe Joshua. I wish Phillip would go home ALREADY!!! sheesh he is the worst out the bunch, the only reason he is still there is because of the young girls and old milfs. Jessica or Joshua should win!!!! Final 3 Jessica, Joshua, Skylar.

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She made horrible song choices, so it seldom looked like she knows who she is, or what her strengths are. She would have a good performance, and then back it up with one that might not been a train wreck, but still made her look like she doesn’t have a clue. Add to that that she never took responsibility for her bad performances, and it was clear that she wasn’t going to win. She actually stuck around longer than she should have.

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This was quite an unfortunate result. A pageant bot like Hollie outlasting a very talented Elise with better phrasing choices and much superior stage presence.

To anybody with some spare time, please take a short survey on the Top 5 of Season 11: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=AIS11Top5

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Specifically, hits on youtube.

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JT, that was part of my point… this season is so close that it may not show us the winner. I certainly don’t think Hollie’s going to win just because it showed her in first this week.

I was only saying that most years it shows a pattern, that’s all. I just looked, cause I was curious, and whoever claimed it predicted Lauren to win was wrong… it had Scotty in first all the way from top 11.

I just think it’s interesting. I also like whatnottosing.com, where they rate by means of data culled from many different polls. I like predictions and stats and so forth.

As I’ve said every time we’ve ever discussed it, I know they don’t break the law. I just like to be devils’ advocate. Plus, it’s often discussed how they try to manipulate… what’s the motivation for that?

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Was a Elise fan.. Gonna be bored next week. Why did they have to save Jessica?

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Morning!

Finally got to watch the expected let-go of Elise.
Thoughts:
Casey can make some extra money as Christmas-Santa.
Stefano’s “Dance of the Red Shoes” was a preamble to Katy Perry’s military maneuver – it’s not about singing anymore, people want smoke and spectacle. And noise.
How come Randy doesn’t have anything to hawk?

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Morning!

Going back to the Dialidol discussion from last night; the results posted in season 10 would suggest that Scotty did NOT win because of crush-crazed texting tween girls. He won the old fashioned way. dial-up. However, also during season 10, Dialidol declared Pia safe on the night she was eliminated. Dialidol also declared Jacob safe when he was in the bottom 3. You cannot trust results that only measure one part of the data.

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Next week’s theme is “British Theme” Not sure what that means. Nigel probably got complaints about calling a theme the British Invasion then allowing songs that were not during the time period. So my guess is any song by British artists that made it big here in the USA.

Results night guests have been confirmed as Carrie Underwood and Coldplay

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Dropping in to say hello and Happy Friday to all before I get slammed at work again.

I was glad to see Elise go home. She hated it there, and she accomplished raising her profile in the business considerably. She won’t have to go back home to playing joints for a pittance. The kind of bookings she will get now will be much better and pay more. And, she will get a shot at recording. So, I don’t feel sorry for her.

I just don’t have a favorite this year. I did like Colton, but did not think he’d win. To tell the truth, I have not been excited about any of them, especially. I recognize the talent, but none has captured my heart or my imagination.

Oh, and I agree about the judges, D. Steven and JLo have to go. They have become predictable and boring and in no way contribute anything to the show. I like the idea of Jimmy, Randy, and Paula!

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Dear Angela: Back to your post on page 1 – Dogs are the most precious gift humans have ever been given. Tomorrow is the 2nd anniversary of the loss of my precious little Poodle – so unexpected, as she was only 13 & we expected to have several more years with her. Still think of her every single day, and love her as much as ever. We were extremely lucky, within 6 weeks we had found and adopted another precious little one, who, in her own way, is just as precious and brings us unbelievable joy. I hope the same for your friends.

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Rickster, I think it was Elise’s personality that did her in. She was hard to warm up to even when Ryan tried to get the audience on her side with the sick dog story. It isn’t like the show didn’t try to warm her up a bit. I liked her singing a lot. She reminded me a little of Haley and I thought she was on that track but again, her personality didn’t come across the camera to the audience.

I hope Phil doesn’t win(I like him a lot) He needs some time off and his style really doesn’t suit this format.

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Skylar and Joshua are kick-ass performers. End of story.

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Good Morning all ! The only shock I had last night was that Phillip was not in the bottom 3. Deirdre I guess you guys were right with the Colton fans shifting to Phil. Hope he gets to feeling better this next week. Wasn’t sad to see Elise go. I didn’t like her pouty attitude but she had slowly started to warm up a little. I believe we will see Joshua and Phil in the finals. Sorry no girl winner again this year.

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Also, I read an interesting theory yesterday on the WGWG syndrome. The writer believes that it has nothing to do with school-girl crushes on the cute guy and everything to do with Idol allowing instruments.

I think the first year they allowed instruments was season 7 when Cookie won, then season 8 gave us Kris Allen, season 9, off-key Lee, season 10, Scotty.

So there is a correlation between instruments and the WGWG winning. Let’s say it’s the guitar and not any other instrument that sways the audience. The only girl who played the guitar regularly was Crystal.

Not saying I necessarily agree with this theory but it is another take on the phenomenon.

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Hey, let’s have some fun. Let’s make up duets pairing the top 5 this year with any of the non-winners from last year. Here’s mine.

Phil and Casey – it would be cool to see who could make the weirdest face, or faces, and who would growl the best during the performance.

Skylar and Lauren – this would surely propel Skylar into the top 2 this year and maybe win the whole thing.

Jessica and Pia – the judges must have forgotten what a totally beautiful voice sounds like so Pia would help remind them.

Hollie and Naima – this would make Hollie more appealing than ever. I mean, REALLY more appealing.

Joshua and Jacob – Joshua would scream for 2 minutes, Jacob would warble for 2 minutes, and I’d be LMAO for at least 30 minutes. Just imagine the sound and visual of that duet. Oh the drama.

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Since JDawg seems to want to make his pronouncement a daily event I’ll point out that Jessica is the most beautiful contestant remaining, and it’s been that way since the top 13 round if not before.

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Don’t feel sorry for Colton, the guy is having a blast. He is really getting around. He has been on Live With Kelly show, the Ellen show, Fox morning show, Today show and seems to be enjoying all of this. The exposure will help him in selling records (plus making $ for appearances). Maybe even Ellen will sign him to her record label.

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High Five to JT

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I mentioned to the lovely and gracious Mrs. Rickster last night that if Elise had consistently performed the way she did her farewell song – shw wouldn’t have been singing last night.

She moved really well around the stage. She was engaged, and genuinely seemed to be enjoying herself.

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Rickster, I think she finally relaxed. Along with feeling sad about being eliminated, it also has to be a relief.

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Good morning!

Jenny, the essay contestant winners will be announced on May 15th. Thanks for inquiring.

As far as Grey’s is concerned, if any of the major characters are killed off, I may have to stop. Love, love, love Bailey! I sure wished that intern didn’t sleep with that guy (I watch every Thursday and can’t think of their names). If Jesus was so much front and center in your life, you wouldn’t have done what you did. For some reason, that pissed me off.

Now Scandal, whoa baby, my new favorite!!!

Angela, sorry your beloved pet is gone. I have never really been an animal person, but my daughter is. We are on our 3rd cat (other 2 ran away), and I love, love, love our cat. I can’t imagine my home without him underfoot.

Guess JDawg didnt get the memo re: calling contestants names

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Sam-A
April 27th, 2012
9:43 am

I’m over 3 times Jessica’s age. When will I grow out of my “awkward stage”?

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Elise was without a doubt the right one to go out at #6. We’ll probably not hear much from her again.

It’s looking like Hollie is probably next, although she does have the chops to pull off a stunner and remain for another week or two.

Joshua will probably go at 3 or 4. He’s good, but he picks the wrong songs.

Phillip has the female vote, he’ll probably win unless his health gets to bad to continue.

Jessica should be the winner. No one can sing like she does. And if she starts receiving advice on her song selections, she can get it done. Plus, she really hasn’t sang that many ballads yet. So she could probably play that card and knock it out of the park.

Sklar is a dark horse. for some reason, she’s not getting quite the love from voters taht Lauren and Scotty did last year. I’m thinking it’s because of the overall competetion though. If Laurne or Scotty were in this years group, they probably wouldn’t make the top 5. I like Jimmy’s comments on Skylars 2nd song choice last night. It was to specefic, to hickish, to small town to generate the proper support. Like Josh, if she gets some help on song selection there is a shot. I put her and Josh right there together at 3 and 4.

The finale will be Jessica vs Phillip. Phillip probably doesn’t deserve it, but he’s got girl power behind him and that will give him the title. And yet again… we’ve got WGWG winning Idol.

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“If Phil can avoid the bottom 3 after those two performances… he’s a near lock for the title.”

Yep

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Sam JT is counter-acting a troll. Let it be. Jessica is beautiful as are they all.

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Pitchy, there’s no rules about calling contestants names…they are fair game. The rule is against calling commenters names.

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Jubie, just to be clear if I had it my way the finale would be Skylar and Jessica. None of the males left are anywhere near the talent and skill of those two. Well… Joshua has a lot of talent, I just don’t think he has the mass apeal. But an all female finale is like wishing for world peace.

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Elise – Not a surprise, because she had it coming. I would’ve liked to vote for her, but I couldn’t split my votes and still be efficient for my top favs. Kind of sorry to see her go. As the show progressed, she was looking more and more pleasing to the eyes. It was really refreshing to see a grown woman as fine as Elise, perform and display such natural talent.

Phil – His survival up to this point proves that he can literally fart, barf, and worship the devil on stage and his fans wouldn’t be swayed. He’s the most overrated performer, but I still think he has the best chance to win.

Skylar – I still like her, but I don’t really NEED to see her country bottoms in the finals. If this was a season ago, she would’ve been the best performer. That speaks to how good this season has been.

Jessica – I really don’t have to repeat how talented, consistent, and beautiful this budding star has been on the show. It would serve the show well if she breaks the chain and wins. Regardless of how it ends for her……..She will receive what’s meant for her whether she wins or not (i.e. Doughtry/JHud/Kelly/ etc.).

Joshua – Things could get interesting for him next week and beyond. Based on Jacob Lusk, he should be gone next week. He could be a dark horse in this thing if he survives past next week. I caught wind in a forum that Elise supporters may shift to Joshua.

Hollie – I think she would be dissappointed more by leaving Joshua than the show itself. Personally, I think she leaves next week.

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Just remember, just because Hollie and Elise were standing together at the end doesn’t mean that Hollie cam in #5.

Ryan just said that Skylar, Hollie & Elise were the bottom 3.

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how dare you alex!! Jessica is so great!! she’s one of the greatest singers in the whole wide world!!!! she deserves to be saved!!!! she will win this whole thing!!! she will be the NEXT american idol!!! I guess you’re a gay, because you don’t vote for the voice, you just vote for that cute guy ?maybe? what?!

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I meant those who “sing” (not play) without an instrument. Friday is not my best proofing day.

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Jt: Is that David or Victoria? If David, is it with or without the tats? If the answers are David without the tats, can we meet somewhere? Quiet and cozy? Hmmmmmmm?

I like Jessica. I don’t think she’s all that, the best ever, an Angel in our midst. She needs a lot of polishing and maturing, and someday I believe she will be great.

Personally, I think Pia’s voice way surpassed Jessica at this point in her life. Pia has a fabulous voice, with control and maturity. Should have stayed around much longer. I definitely think in her case, the fans just felt complaisant, never dreaming she’d be gone in a snap.

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RxDawg
April 27th, 2012
10:08 am

I guess we just disagree. Without the save Jessica would have finished in 7th place, just like Pia. I still think Pia sings better.

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Colton twitters that he is invited to the White House for dinner this Saturday night. Don’t think Deandre got that kind of invite. (or Heejun)

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Sure the judges should tell the singers if they sang well or were pitchy or whatever. But there’s no way Randy should have blurted out that Jessica was the best singer in the world. Also, I believe I heard JLo tell Phillip to pick better songs so he could be there on the last night and win the whole thing!! This is not constructive criticism. They should listen more to Jimmy.

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those who think that jessica should be gone already are a total dumb, jerks, or stupid, every bad word you can ever think of! you don’t appreciate her voice? God, she is so so so amazing, one of the best singers in the whole world.. i don’t understand why you guys don’t like her..it’s dissappointing, please vote for the voice not your good-looking favorites!

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RxDawg
April 27th, 2012
10:08 am

“I guess time will tell at who does better in the music buisness.”

Maybe so, but the level of success Pia and Jessica achieve will NOT just rely on their ability to sing well. Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan and Joe Cocker are a few of my favs who come to mind when I’m talking about very successful singers who can’t actually sing well.

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JTesla – I sense you do, esp with a cool name like JTesla.

Deirdre – while typing Victoria Secret model I had to come up with a very nice specimen of a man…Beckham popped in first (lolol).

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Alex, I have requested that the comment be removed but since Rodney is out, it might take awhile.

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Deirdre requests and BOOM it happens. Don’t mess with the D.

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Granted, the magic wand erased my comments too, but they were right to do so.

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I didn’t ask for your comment to be deleted JT.

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Ranking my Top 5:

1. Skylar: She looks like she has as much fun on the stage as she does on her four-wheeler. Great stage personality. He whole face lights up when she performs. I don’t think she’s peaked yet.

2. Hollie: While she’s underperformed to the contrary, she’s still slowly working her way up. (It may be too late at this point, however.) She still needs to work on her on stage movement & stage presence. She has the talent, but she just needs to tell the judges to “bugger off,” (she is British, you know) go out on stage and sing her heart out.

3. Phillip: If Scotty was a one-trick pony, taking every song and “countryfying” it – Phillip is a one-and-a-quarter trick pony. Very few of his performances are distinguishable from the others. His range is very limited. Like Paul McDonald from Season 10, Phil is more fun to watch than he is to listen to.

4. Jessica: Though she makes horrible song choices, Jessica still has the best voice in the competition. But I wouldn’t go see her perform if unless someone paid me big money, and wouldn’t download a single song of hers even if it were free.

5. Joshua: He’s similar to Elise in that there’s just something in the tone of his voice I don’t like. He performs well (stage movement, etc.) but in the end, if you don’t like what you hear… why bother watching?

Have at it folks!

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Alex: And you’ve seemed just lovely ever since you joined us! I never knew all that bad stuff about you!!!!!

Hmmmmm, just maybe that silly creature has not be in civilization for awhile, and has mistaken you for one of his/her family members!

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Rickster
April 27th, 2012
11:21 am

Flip flop #s 2 and 3 and I’m right there with you.

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Elise says she didn’t expect to go. What?

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/04/27/american-idol-elise-testone-exit-interview/

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I wouldn’t put too much stock in Colton being invited to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Lindsey Lohan was also invited.

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According to what I’ve read… the members of “The Queen Experience” were chosen by Brian May & Roger Taylor.

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Yes Deirdre, Ryan said that before they started.

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“I would compare Pia to Hollie moreso than to Jessica.”

I completely agree with you G. Nice observation.

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I never though the term “self-indulgent” was ever used right. Back when Simon was on the show, he seemed to throw it around all the time. But when Jimmy said it about Elise, I never thought it fit a contestant better.

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Well, if it’s not the correspondant’s dinner, then Colton is really confused. He’d be eating with the kitchen staff at the actual White House, since the President will be at the correspondant’s dinner.

Yesterday, Ellen asked his sister, in the audience, if she’d try out again next year. She left it open.

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And the reason Simon wanted X-Factor in the US was to drum up more dating prospects. He probably canned Nicole because she rebuffed his advances. I’m sure Spears will be more open to the type of relationship Simon is after.

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I can see scenarios with any of the top 5 winning except Hollie. The order of elimination I would like to see would be Hollie, then Phillip; after that Joshua/Jessica vs. Skylar in the finale, that would be a great contrast of styles.
It is funny that Jessica mentioned she has over 200 youtube videos because that is how I “discovered” her last year before idol. I was listening to Jazmine Sullivan and you know how people make their own videos and I just happened to click on hers and was like why hasn’t she been on AI. Then found out this was the first year she was old enough but had been on AGT when she was like 11; the girl could always sing and as far as vocally, is the best of the bunch. If you want to hear some emotion check this song out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfkLO-Zk0tQ&feature=related
Jimmy keeps complaining about her song choice, then give her something she can rip.

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how can anyone list hank jr with Waylon and Willie????? He is awful and has a terrible attitude. Back when Waylon & Willie became the Outlaws, well now, THAT is country music!!!! Love Waymore’s Blues and Whiskey River. Crystal Gayle – Never miss a drink of water, til the well runs dry – My sister likes the new country I like the outlaw country and He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones guess that is why I don’t care for american idol so much anymore. but all you newbies have fun and Peace. AM right Deirdre????? oh and the only cd I own from all the American Idols is Bo’s album- he’s the one that Carrie Underwood beat, in case you’re wondering………………

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Hey AM…you just keep on keeping on!

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Happy Friday, all!

Harriett… I love your idea of Jimmy, Randy and Paula! For me, even better would be Jimmy, Paula and Katy Perry! Loved Katy as a guest judge who recognized that it was a *singing* contest.

Sam, as one who has also lost a precious pet WAY too young… I’m so sorry about your baby poodle, even if it has been 2 years. But I have almost reached the point where I can remember stuff she did and smile or even laugh… I hope you are getting there too. And Angela, I hope your friends are hanging in OK. It makes me tear up thinking of y’all.

As far as Pia: I wish we’d heard more of her than we got to. I think as RxDawg and G both said, she’s much more similar to Hollie, but her voice is every bit as good as both Hollie’s and Jessica’s. Pia had — by far — the best pure voice last season, and Jess and Hollie have the best pure voices this season.

American Mom – sorry, I don’t keep up enough to know anything about Hank Jr’s attitude – I just like some of his songs. ♪ ♫ ♬ All my rowdy friends have settled down… ♪ ♫ ♬

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Lexie is her name, with me changing her name to Scandalous Hypocrite!

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Uh oh Pitchy… Lexie bugs me just on general principles, but something must have happened last night? (Wait, no, don’t tell me.) I have it recorded to watch tonight, and have already heard from my mom and 3 others how good it was.

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Hey, Jimmy, Randy and Paula was my idea, Harriett was agreeing!

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George was killed off because the actor wanted to leave the show. A lot of times a show gets blamed when an actor refuses to extend his contract. And I love Lexie, especially the Lexie in the topsy-turvy episode as the drug addicted dying girl.

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I’d like to see Jimmy, Simon & Shania Twain.

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Oops, sorry D, and Sam! That was a lot of comments to read through. Great minds think alike, I guess… though I think a Paula/Katy P dynamic would be fun. I see Katy being the Simon, with a slightly less harsh streak.

Yea… I knew that was why George left. But there used to be a really good blog called “Grey Matter”, written by a different show-writer each week with insights into the script, and Shonda always wrote the column after the finale and talked about how it came to be. (She’s so interesting… she starts writing each season with a vision of the very last scene in the finale, then figures out how to get the characters there.)

So for that finale, she said that during the season she’d received a lot of heat from fans because George’s role was so diminished. (Apparently, George fans were really p’d off about it!!) She went on to explain that George was diminished on purpose. She wanted people to get used to not seeing him, so that during the finale they wouldn’t put two and two together. She wanted that absolute moment of shock when Meredith realized it was George.

That blog seems to have gone away this season. Shame, cause it was a great read.

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Lexie is Meredith Grey’s half sister

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Yeah, not Lexie. Talking about the other girl. She’s scandalous and did something she had not business doing.

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oh, and D, Lexie CRACKED ME UP in the alternate reality episode! I liked her better than I ever have! Funny that she was still “Lexipedia” even in her messed up form.

I just loved that episode overall…. and how by the end they were all finding their way back where they were supposed to be…

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She’s also a virgin…but I haven’t seen last night’s show yet so I could be wrong.

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Sorry, your queeness. Looks like I just gave something away.

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I haven’t seen it either, D. ***covering ears and going “lalalalala”*** Oops, wait, should have covered eyes instead. Oh well. I don’t mind knowing a little bit. And I guessed that from the previews anyway.

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Guess Kepner (or more correctly the writers) forgot the whole “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more” thing.

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Thank you Jenny, I do mean April! The nut!

Rickster – ssshhhhh, you’re giving it away…Jenny recorded it, but yeah that’s the part I’m talking about. If your faith is so damn strong, liquid courage should not get in the way. Thought it blasphemous for them to even write that in! Didn’t like it AT ALL!!!!

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Awww, Sam. I love hearing that. And maybe the new baby really, really needed you to find her, and her home was supposed to be with you, and you never would have gone looking otherwise.

They just take over our hearts, don’t they. And you never really get over them being gone. (Yes, I am the world’s biggest animal person, if you haven’t guessed. )

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And to be honest… now that I think about it… I don’t think I’d stop watching any show just because a character left a show.

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And yes, she was that PIOUS!

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Raising my hand to PP.

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or too “much”, that is.

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The finale of House is going to be a doosey, that is if I haven’t missed it????

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Pitchy – PP is killing me. Can there just be one episode where I don’t have to cry?

And what the HECK was up with Amelia’s baby having such an awful, macabre defect. Is that even possible? I like Amelia and they are making me mad with her. Let the poor girl have some happiness.

Well, you don’t have to worry about Addison being a S-word any more… she clearly will only be able to focus on the baby! I’m not sure I like that… I prefer drama-Addison. Though you are right, she was getting a little over the top with her man-juggling. (and Jake is not even cute. He’s nice but he looks like a little elf.)

Charlotte King, however, is the best character on TV. Bar NONE. Especially after the scenes with Mason’s mom.

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PP? Phillip Phillips?

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Sorry, I got confused. This is an Idol-related blog after all.

And what happened to all the fashion advice from Tommy Hilfiger?

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“He’s nice but he looks like a little elf.) ” – That is funny! I do see your point.

I’m glad Addison has the baby and her role can now be softened up, because she was way over the top for any woman on table who wasn’t getting $$ on the side.

Every time they showed the sonogram I tried to get a good look. Not sure what’s wrong with that baby, but it already looks like a middle schooler. I too want her to have some happiness.

Again I agree, Charlotte is the best, even though the show originally focused around Addison. When she was raped, that was when the spotlight shifted to her. And PP has surpassed Grey’s in my opinion.

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I thought this was a radio and tv blog

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Good weekend all. See ya Monday.

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Have a good weekend everyone. One day I get to talk and Grey’s, which I don’t know a thing about. Maybe next week I will have something to contribute.

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When I saw her walk out in that micro short black dress, I thought of you guys. I knew you would be tickled silly!!!!!

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Thanks Jenny!

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Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Several lols to the post wondering what happened to Tommy Hilfiger’s advice Since he “disappeared”, the contestants’ clothes have been better

JT, I too wondered why JLo’s bare back seemed so padded.

Oh, almost forgot: for a fun, semi-intellectual movie, try “Damsels in Distress”!

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Just a quick snippet from Elise’s exit interview. I’m posting this because there was more than one singer getting regular negative reviews from the judges:

The judges did seem to come down harder on Elise than they did on some other contestants, perhaps because of her age, but Elise didn’t appear to harbor any resentment over this. “I don’t think it’s a completely bad thing when people are hard on you, because it just means they want you to be better. If they didn’t care that much, they’d probably just be, ‘Good job, it was good,’” she shrugged.

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More Carrie quotes about music:

The song that makes me want to dance: “Dancing With Myself”, Billy Idol.
“I love 80’s music. When I am working out and I just want to get amped up, I listen to Billy Idol. ‘Dancing With Myself’ is my theme song because (my husband) Mike doesn’t dance, really. So I’m always dancing with myself!”

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Sorry, comment square keeps disappearing…
“Jesus, Take the Wheel” – I would pick an important one. Not ‘Before He cheats’ or ‘Good Girl’

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Wasn’t surprised at Elise finally leaving after being in the bottom 3 so many times. Obviously, she just didn’t have the same kind of voting block.

I would have preferred, however, to see Josh-uh-ua-uh Led-uh-et-uh or Phillip rrrrrrrrrrrr Phillips go first.

And I wouldn’t have been surprised if Hollie had gone, either. But I still think all the girls are better than the guys.

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Quotes about Christina(hilarious) from The Wanted after their appearance on The Voice, from mj:

She was a bit scary to be honest,” band member Max George says during an interview with New York’s 92.3 FM.

Unlike Jennifer Lopez, who, when the boys appeared on Idol, was really friendly. “Yeah, well JLo’s hot, Christina’s nothing special,” Max explains.

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Just a tidbit from the L.A. Times – They listed the performers from both the Voice and Idol in a poll, where voters could rank their favorite performances from last week – so here is how the scoring went,

don’t know the number of people who voted, but assume it was a pretty good sample – and I can only assume the voters were watching both shows, but there was no disclaimer on that.

So listing the imaginary “top 10″ combining the 5 remaining Idol contestants along with the top 5 of the remaining Voice contestants ———

Jessica = 29.25
Joshua = 13.03
Phillip = 11.70
Skylar = 6.76
Katrina Parker = 5.41 (The Voice)
Hollie = 5.35
Jamar Rogers = 4.28 (The Voice)
Juliet Simms = 4.00 (The Voice)
Tony Lucca = 3.65 (The Voice)
Lindsey Pavao = 1.17 (The Voice)
——————————————-(The other 3 left on the Voice were even less in scoring)

So, if that microcosm of a poll is any real indication – the Idol top 5 would be pretty tough for the Voice crew to compete with. Jessica alone, got more “best performance” votes than the entire top 8 of The Voice, put together.

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I don’t see Skylar being very popular in LA whereas, she’s very popular in the south.

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Just got an email from the home office in Finland – They’re closed tomorrow for “May Day” – man, we here in the US office alway get the short end of the stick – they have so many more holidays than we do! Not fair. And not to mention 6 weeks vaca, as opposed to our 3 (not that I’m not grateful for the 3).

Don’t remember, what’s the theme for this week, or have they announced?

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I think they were thinking “British Invasion” but that makes it too narrow.

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Morning!

Am I the only one who’s decided to record “Thrones” and “Borgias” so I can fast-forward the many torture-scenes? Death by rat-in-bucket – ick.

SNL had a brilliant skit a few weeks back about who writes the screenplay for “Thrones” – the books’ author and a hormon-laden 13-year old boy.

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Sam – A … Helen Shapiro would fit ALL the girls! And yes, I go way back – nmy first Idol was Cliff Richard! Think I was 11.

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Still here I believe.

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No new thread for us yet. Rodney is just back from some time off so he’ll get to it when he can.

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What, no love for Duran Duran? Def Leppard?

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Undeniable fact of life:

If you break up with someone… don’t go to them for any kind of professional service

A recently dumped Polish dentist got revenge on her former boyfriend by removing all of his teeth – causing his new girlfriend to give him the boot as well, the New York Daily News reported.

Mackowiak is currently being investigated for medical malpractice and could face up to three years in jail.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/04/30/ultimate-revenge-recently-dumped-dentist-removes-all-her-exs-teeth/?test=latestnews#ixzz1tXPDj7rU

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Would anyone else like to see the screamer do “Helter Skelter”? That’d be a treat! Lots of near-screams for him. He’d just better not choose a Beatles song – I’d be so beyond livid!

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“Twist and Shout”!

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New thread up, which is good timing… don’t want to mess with the sacred cow.

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