American Idol ramblings

[cleolinda]

I would like to point out that I have a new journal subtitle courtesy scizo_frenic's Fun with Engrish entry.


American Idol: It's Better Than Writing Papers. This is the first time I've watched the show this season. Fantasia is--well, squeakier than I imagined. George Huff is--I can't quite describe his voice, but... nobody is impressing me so far, I'll put it that way. I think the latin pop they're having these kids sing is a lot like the big band from the first season--it'll make or break you. And I love Gloria as a judge--she's just like, "I love everybody!" (Audience: "GLOOOORIAAAA!") And apparently Simon and Paula are getting up to something under the table. Yow.

(Oh, and I thought it was really tacky the way Fantasia kept shouting "This is for Jennifer!" Dude, she's not dead. Quit with the sympathy-mongering.)

(And that sound you're hearing right now? Is my mother squeeing at the Day After Tomorrow commercial.)

Hee, "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" is my favorite Gloria Estefan song. Or one of them, anyway. I love La Toya's earrings, also. She's a lot better than the other two, but the whole group seems weaker than the first season's. I agree with Randy--there's some snap missing from her performance, as good and as poised as it was.

John Stevens: wow, he's simultaneously better and worse than I expected. His voice is a lot stronger than I expected, but he's really, really flat. Seriously, I'm not looking at the screen at this point, and the passion in his voice is hovering somewhere around "dry sarcasm." Aww, Randy: "Your shoes are awesome, dawg, you're the nicest guy I know... you had maybe three notes in key." Aww, Simon: "You're what, sixteen? You have taken every bullet thrown at you like a man. You have nothing to feel guilty about, good luck to you."

Jasmine: Wow, the kids are high-pitched this season. At least they're not trilling up and down as violently as they were the first two seasons--owwww, Jasmine's voice just cracked something fierce. She's Sister Girl's favorite, too. Yikes. Simon damns her with "pleasant."

Ohhhh, God, this Diana girl has chosen "Turn the Beat Around." I know it's not originally Gloria, but that is my favorite, and--wow, you don't mess with that song, yo. Child don't have rhythm, either. I can't watch this. She also over-enunciates. Ohhhh, dear. Like, I'm not even sure this song should be undertaken by professionals. Oh, God, this is bad--I pain, I pain, eee!

Randy: "You got mad talent. That was good." Okay, so it's just me paining, then.

WINNAH!: La Toya. And I'm still not even sure I would buy an album. The only reason I watched at all is because 1) I'm home and 2) I like latin. Yow.

Comments

[lil1pinay.livejournal.com]

BAH. This season makes me angry. I don't like to be angry.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Angry about what? I mean, there are so many things you could be angry about, really.

[lil1pinay.livejournal.com]

Well for one thing, I REALLY don't like John Stevens. Much better singers didn't make it into the top 10, but he somehow did. He KNEW he should've been the one cut last week, not Jennifer.
Oh, and Elton John week.. I nearly cried. Almost every single contestant messed up his songs. There's no one that I'm really pulling for this season, which is kind of sad.

Yeah, there are a lot of things to be angry about. AI is one of the less important ones, but it still makes me angry.

[dreagonfli.livejournal.com]

Dude. THANK YOU. I can't stand John Stevens. He's horrible and he gets worse every week. At this point, I think he's singing badly on purpose. Because he looks miserable every time someone else goes. Lord, America, TURN THE KID LOOSE!

Also, my sister and her husband love him. And I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT!!

I'm okay. I'm as passionate about him as you are. Heh.

[dreagonfli.livejournal.com]

Don't take tonight as an indicator of how it's been the entire time. (Except John Stevens. He's always been bad.) But I swear, there was one night that Fantasia sang a song and she was so good she made me cry. Also, George is normally awesome. He's had a bad couple of weeks. LaToya has the best voice, but Simon was right tonight...she was getting boring. They were all terrible tonight. But like I said, that's not normal. Another thing is that the best ones keep getting voted off. I swear to the Gods, if John Stevens wins, I'm moving to Canada. I don't want to be associated with a country who would vote him into stardom. Ugh.

[bombastic.livejournal.com]

1) John Stevens needs to die.

2) Go everybody else!

3) Especially Jasmine. I loooves me some Jasmine!

[cellardoor28.livejournal.com]

ok, i think we're a bit behind - just saw the barry manilow one. is john stevens the ugly ginger one who cant sing?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

That's the one. In fact, I think the Barry Manilow one was last week--the big controversial booting on the results show.