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170 comments Add your comment
Oxwinkle
January 17th, 2013
1:30 pm
Good luck with the move to the new house, Packing up the old place isn’t so bad, it’s all the unpacking at the new place that can be a real pain!
JTesla
January 17th, 2013
1:48 pm
Boooo!
The trolls never go away, they just adapt.
Good luck with the real move.
Uh, the sports bloggers...
January 17th, 2013
3:26 pm
…(Mark Bradley, Schultz, etc) started with the “comment registration” stuff last week – and today, their whole system is down as far as logging in to COMMENT AFTER registering last week and commenting everyday this week…what’s up with that?
Progress – ain’t it great?
Po' Diddly
January 17th, 2013
3:31 pm
Too bad.
The trolls are what keep things interesting in my view. When it’s all lovey-dovey it gets old real fast.
FarTrain
January 17th, 2013
4:23 pm
****Po’Diddly**** Yep, “Trolls” make the world go round. Think how boring it would be without them. The AJC is like my life(or I75), it’s always under construction, with many detours!
Mercedes S.
January 17th, 2013
4:57 pm
comment section has disappeared on the new blog!
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
5:07 pm
Hey Rodney, the new site has lost the comment box and all the comments. Guess we’ll be on the old site tonight.
FarTrain
January 17th, 2013
6:00 pm
This new format goes hand in hand with my new screen name. So far, it’s a “train wreck” !!!!!!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
7:50 pm
Is this where we’re blogging tonight?
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
7:54 pm
I do not see a way for me to register? There’s no comment box on the new site? What am I missing???
Deedra
January 17th, 2013
7:54 pm
Rod goodbye and good luck with the new troll-free software. I have really enjoyed your blog. I’m no troll but I don’t “register” so I won’t be joining you on the new sanitized platform.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
7:56 pm
May have been smarter to not move on a day AI is scheduled.
Dierdre, nice to know I’m not the only one w/o a comment box on the new site.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
7:57 pm
Comments are shut down on the new site, they’ve been that way since this afternoon. Not sure Rodney knows.
So, let’s all meet here for the show tonight. There’s plenty of room on this thread.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
7:59 pm
Rodney didn’t have a choice unfortunately. And this blog is acting weird, as you can see.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:00 pm
Sure hope tonight’s show has some talent
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:04 pm
I hope so too. Last night was colossal disappointment (for me, that is).
First contestant sounds good! Nice start.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:05 pm
Let’s count how many times the word “awesome” will be used tonight.
Ok, Minaj just lied.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:06 pm
Rodney set up a thread on the new site but the comments are closed. I sent him an email
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:06 pm
Got my coffee and piece of sweet potatoe pie, now I’m ready to settle down to watch idol…..
The little blonde was good.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:09 pm
Hope the blog will post better tonight than last night.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:11 pm
Got my baked fish, cauliflower, broccoli and glass of wine.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:11 pm
Am I in the right place????
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:12 pm
Awesome – 2x
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:12 pm
Yep, this is where we’re hangin tonight
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:13 pm
I like the 2nd performance…nice voice.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:14 pm
Waaaay over doing it if you ask me
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:14 pm
She would look better without the nose ring…….ugh
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:15 pm
OMG, Minaj pulled out a mirror. So tacky.
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
8:16 pm
I like Kiara not sure on the spelling but she was good. Didn’t care for the nose ring though.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:17 pm
What “magnetic” things have she seen today. She’s the 3rd performer. That girl is a trip, a hot mess, she’s going to trip over her own wigs!!!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:18 pm
3 yeses, sorry Nicki you are so over ruled.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:18 pm
The pretty blonde girl should escape while she can
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:18 pm
Did this trick just say she said no because they’re wearing the same eye color.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:19 pm
They don’t edit this in order, Pitchy..she may have already seen 20 people that we didn’t see.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:20 pm
OMG!!!! All that pink has to go. How tacky!!!!!!!!
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:20 pm
Nicki is seriously annoying me
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:21 pm
Check please! Keith made me laugh!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:22 pm
Oops, I apologize, shouldn’t have said “trick.”
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:22 pm
I know they have to get in the commericals, but come on, AFTER each audition??????
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:23 pm
Ok, good point, Deirdre.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:26 pm
After tonight’s show, I will try to register at the new site.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:27 pm
Pitchy, I think Nicki is trying to be deliberately irritating. Doesn’t she realize there will be plenty of opportunity to eliminate everyone who doesn’t live up to their possibilities?
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:29 pm
He hurts my throat!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:29 pm
Dang, his vocal chords have to be damaged.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:29 pm
Gotta love the rocker!!!!!!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:30 pm
Deirdre, she may not care. No fear, she won’t be back after this season.
Andi
January 17th, 2013
8:30 pm
I just got caught up and see everyone’s on here. I’ll work on trying the other site later.
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
8:30 pm
Ditto Deirdre!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:31 pm
I also think Minaj is going to bring the worse out of Randy.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:32 pm
Was the back of his jeans torn?
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:32 pm
Andi, the comments are shut down on the new site right now. I tried emailing Rodney but I think he’s busy.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:37 pm
Well, I’m going to let AI entertain me until Scandal comes on. That’s THE show to watch.
Andi
January 17th, 2013
8:39 pm
Thanks D. Wish we weren’t so sluggish here, but it is what it is. At least the commercials allow time for the posts to show up
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:41 pm
This girl is cute, clever and has a nice sexy voice
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:41 pm
I like Isabelle.
Harriett
January 17th, 2013
8:42 pm
Hey, everyone. Will try to hang tonight. Exhausted last night.
Andi
January 17th, 2013
8:43 pm
Very nice. Haven’t liked the lowered age limit but she could be an exception
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
8:43 pm
I liked Isabelle but I don’t think she has a strong voice. She’ll get lost in the mix at Hollywood IMO.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:43 pm
I love the raspy tone to her voice.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:44 pm
I think I’m in love with Griffen…I hope he can sing
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
8:45 pm
I didn’t think Griffin was good.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:46 pm
He resembles the guy from H.S. Musical, Emphriam ???
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:47 pm
He wasn’t dan but that’s ok!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:48 pm
Man, I hate when I get a phone call during the show! Did I miss anything good?
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:50 pm
A whole bunch of nice looking guys, Nana but only one of them sang, he was just ok but he went through anyway because everybody female wants to look at him one more time!
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
8:52 pm
Huh! So women vote with their eyes too Deirdre!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:53 pm
Oh wow!!! I like Curtis Finch…….
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:53 pm
I always laugh when contestants come on and keep sending praise to Mariah. None to Minaj.
Curtis can blow (he can sang)! Finally.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
8:54 pm
I didn’t say I’d vote for him…just wanted him in Hollywood for the eye-candy
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:55 pm
Why is Mariah thanking Minaj. She was mocking her fame!!
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
8:55 pm
Curtis was really good!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:57 pm
Oh shoot! Thanks D
Harriett
January 17th, 2013
8:57 pm
HATE sob stories
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
8:58 pm
That is heartfelt
Nana
January 17th, 2013
8:59 pm
One of my favorite Beattle songs. She sung it with so much feeling.
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:00 pm
Hi Pitchy it was hearfelt but vocally I didn’t think she was that good. I could be wrong though.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:00 pm
Hey, Harriett!
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:01 pm
I thought she sounded nasal but that could have been from the crying.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:01 pm
Well, the first hour wasn’t all that bad
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:02 pm
LOVE sob stories.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:03 pm
Hello Harriett. Been a long time
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:05 pm
I’m not a fan of the sob stories, but I really felt for her. She broke my heart
Andi
January 17th, 2013
9:07 pm
Last night there was a sob story that didn’t get through. Wonder if they’ll pull that again
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:09 pm
Whoa, Brandy…that’s some voice!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:09 pm
Hi DanJ. She was ok.
I agree, Nana, first hour wasn’t bad. Much better than last night.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:09 pm
Brandi is country through and through!!! I really like her country twain
Andi
January 17th, 2013
9:10 pm
Best I’ve heard so far.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:10 pm
I see Keith gets a break from the scratching post position.
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:10 pm
Wow! She was good! Brandy was that her name? Very good!
Harriett
January 17th, 2013
9:10 pm
Hey, D and Nana! Everyone else, too.
I just hate the trying to garner sympathy. What does it have to do with how well they sing?
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:10 pm
Andi, Minaj was cruel last night with the man who lost his leg. Her critique was uncalled for.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:11 pm
I like Josh.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:11 pm
Another good voice in Josh
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:12 pm
Now that I hear Minaj speak more and more, her nasally voice is irritating.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:12 pm
I’m starting to have hope for this season
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:13 pm
Two more good ones!! Knock on wood for some more
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:13 pm
Nicki’s voice is annoying! True this is from a southern guy but….
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:14 pm
My fingers are crossed since his parents have never heard him…
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:14 pm
Clifton…I hope you can sing too handsome!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:14 pm
She needs to speak less, alot LESS
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:15 pm
I’m a sap, I’m tearing up. His voice was ok, not spectacular.
Harriett
January 17th, 2013
9:15 pm
Me, too, D. Good ones tonight
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:16 pm
He reminded me of the guy on this last season of AGT whose parent had never heard him and he was an opera singer and really good
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:16 pm
Not sure why I’m thinking the parents never having heard their son sing translates to them never sneaking into his room and finding things wrong (lol).
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:17 pm
I agree Pitchy Clifton? was good but not great.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:17 pm
The guy who has a severe stuttering problem is who I’ve been waiting to hear. Glad his performance is tonight.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:19 pm
Keith said it right. Clifton has a good voice but it’s raw…absolutely no training probably not even chorus in high school
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:21 pm
Alot of people that have a speech impediment, can usually sing pretty good. I know my brother can
Weary Traveller
January 17th, 2013
9:22 pm
So…I missed last night, and judging by tonight, I’m glad I did. If Ms. Minaj and Ms. Carey keep this nonsense up, I’ll be checking out of this season before we even get to the live shows.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:22 pm
First note was good…but not the rest.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:22 pm
I’ll say thank you if she stops singing
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:23 pm
Ouch!!!
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:24 pm
Johnnny!!!!!!!!
Andi
January 17th, 2013
9:26 pm
Not feeling that one
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:26 pm
Eye candy and he can sing to boot…. Yay Johnny
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:26 pm
Nana, I love, love Adele. Her strong English accent is erased when she sings. It amazes me. If any of you are familiar with Michele (pronounced Ma chel le) (sp?), her Mickey Mouse voice is absent when she sings. Love her song “Nicety.”
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:28 pm
Johnny wasn’t as good as he was last year.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:28 pm
Did I hear Nicki just tell Mariah that she was dismissed?
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:30 pm
BTW, WT, welcome back. Rodney won’t start live blogging until the live shows(we might be able to persuade him to consider starting during Hollywood Week….if we can ever get the frickin new site to work!)
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:31 pm
Pitchy, just take Mel Tillis for example. His strutter is really bad, but he sure can sing.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:33 pm
This contestant is very androgynous looking. A skinny Boy George.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:33 pm
Katherine (Kesbahn) says she’s from planet Earth but I’m not so sure.
FarTrain
January 17th, 2013
9:34 pm
Would hate to know I was locked in a room with Nicky Minaj and Fran Drescher and had to listen to a one hour conversation between them. Pure torture! Also, disappointed with MC, thought she had more class than that. She is dragging herself down to MN’s level. She would do good to just ignore her.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:34 pm
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:35 pm
I actually like her!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:35 pm
Wait, is she a female that used to be a male???
FarTrain
January 17th, 2013
9:36 pm
What was that singing in the orange dress? Seriously, what is IT?
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:36 pm
Weird, kinda like music from True Blood but I liked it!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:37 pm
WOW, that’s a first asking if the paperwork can wait. Chutzpah!
Andi
January 17th, 2013
9:39 pm
Not sure what planet she was from but she sure sounded good1
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:39 pm
I liked it too.
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:40 pm
I’m kinda liking the show tonight. Ignoring Nicki really helps!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:42 pm
Oh, now we get to the bad ones
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:43 pm
Deirdre can you give lessons on how to ignore her?
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:44 pm
It’s a zen thing, Dan.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:45 pm
Just because they don’t get to HW, must they act nasty?
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:45 pm
No musical theater anywhere is going to hire this girl.
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:45 pm
Someone should have told her to not wear those stockings with that dress. Hell, she think she has something on her twin. Please, please, cut my ears off…
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:46 pm
Very impolite to leave your seat, Mariah!!!!!!!
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:47 pm
Get her outta there!!!!!!!
Harriett
January 17th, 2013
9:47 pm
Agree Deirdre
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:48 pm
She wasn’t singing ,she was screaming!
Lil Red
January 17th, 2013
9:48 pm
The Music Theater singer needs a new career.
DanJ
January 17th, 2013
9:49 pm
Deirdre I don’t know zen but I do know gin! A drink might help. Thanks!!
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:51 pm
Harriett, you think you might warm to the sob story coming up? Not necessarily a sob story, but another story on a negative side to one’s life as the others have been.
Lil Red
January 17th, 2013
9:51 pm
I don’t register either so it has been fun being with you guys. I can still read and will wave real big every once in a while. Thanks for the fun. I’ll miss you. See you at the Braves game Pitchy.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:51 pm
They will end tonight’s show with another sob story with a good voice, I bet
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:51 pm
Zen is my word for vodka.
Rodney Ho
January 17th, 2013
9:54 pm
Hey guys. I’m sorry. I’ve been out at a personal meeting tonight and wasn’t able to live blog. I came back a few minutes ago to find out you guys were all commenting here which confused me — until I noticed commenting was shut off on the new blogs. I called the person in charge and found out hours too late that there was some registration glitch issues, which is why commenting was turned off. So now I know why you’re here. You had nowhere else to go! I will post something up here for now, albeit it is sorta too late since the second episode ends in two minutes.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:55 pm
This kid reminds me of Archie in the looks departrment
Weary Traveller
January 17th, 2013
9:56 pm
Glad I’m flipped back for this…
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:56 pm
This is absolutely AMAZING!
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
9:56 pm
He can get help. He’s using all kinds of tricks to get the words out and those work but a well-trained therapist can make a difference. Most stutterers can sing without a problem.
He has a really nice voice
Weary Traveller
January 17th, 2013
9:57 pm
*I flipped back
Andi
January 17th, 2013
9:57 pm
Sings smoothly and nice voice!! Good for him
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:57 pm
The syntax between the brain and vocal ability is an absolute medical marvel to me.
Nana
January 17th, 2013
9:58 pm
He has a beautiful voice. What a way to end the show
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
9:59 pm
The word “awesome” was only used twice…thank goodness
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
10:01 pm
Many stutterers can read or recite poetry without stuttering. It’s a rhythmic thing that works for them.
Andi
January 17th, 2013
10:01 pm
Chicago much better than New York. Looking forward to the next city. Would be happier if Nicky missed her flight though
Pitchy
January 17th, 2013
10:02 pm
Time for Scandal…good night!
Deirdre
January 17th, 2013
10:03 pm
Just talked to Rodney. He is setting up another thread to write the recap which will come later. He had no idea that the comments were closed until just a little while ago. You’ll see the new thread listed in the right hand column on this page under Recent Posts
Nana
January 17th, 2013
10:04 pm
Hope all of you have agood night. I’m off for now.
JTesla
January 17th, 2013
10:12 pm
Thanks Rodney, I thought I was losing it.
Well I lost it, but I thought I was losing it again.
Seth T
January 17th, 2013
11:31 pm
We thought the show was more entertaining tonight than it was last night. I think the girls name is MacKenzie Walker – that tripped my trigger. The rest was just stuff.
prohowbook
January 19th, 2013
8:00 am
Learn how to make a radio at http://www.prohowbook.com
C. Tampa Ironworse
January 21st, 2013
1:17 pm
Idaho? Youdaho? NO! Rodney Ho!!!!!!
KPH
January 22nd, 2013
4:57 pm
Testing.
Pitchy
January 23rd, 2013
7:46 pm
Ummm, where do I go to post. I can’t register????
Rodney Ho
January 23rd, 2013
8:17 pm
Pitchy– you can’t register? What’s the problem?
http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/radio-tv-talk/2013/jan/23/american-idol-audition-episode-3-charlotte-recap/