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Rate the American Idols: Season 5!
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Originally posted by .:Froggert:.
That fag No!
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Oh come on, at least Makar doesn't sound like John Stevens.
KICK IT!
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I just now saw that Katherine performance....pretty unmemorable but I like her still!
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12 Women...and this is the first time I've heard ANY of them sing (purposely missed the prelims)
Paris - (9/10) Paris is so ----ing adorable. Didn't like the occasional smiley **** since it's not that but GAWDDAMN girl's got a set of pipes. Bitches need to step aside, as Paris kicked all y'all's asses.
Lisa - (6/10) Technically good. But boring. Shouting with tone at times as well.
Kinnik - (5/10) Singing Oleta? Via Guarini? I like the tone of her voice and her take on the song, but it was too similar to Oleta's version.
Mandisa - (5/10) There is something off with her pitch and she can get shouty. Not a strong perf at all, mostly due to the shouty side as well as her tendency to warble. And the outfit needs to be set on fire.
Ayla - (5/10) Sing into the mic, Ayla. And stop smiling. Pretty chorus, but if you can't hit the High middle e note (or whatever it was) it's not a good choice. Shouty towards the end and she clearly is a robot, but tolerable.
Melissa - (4/10) Horrible open, stronger (but iffy) chorus. Tampa resident. Clearly meant for fodder in the final 12.
Katherine - (4/10) EVIL CLAM! EVIL BAD $CIENTOLOGIST!!! Ahem. Anyway, a rather disjointed performance that, while technically fine, was cold and did nothing to impress me.
Kellie - (3/10) We can start by her blatant mistinterpretation of the song. As well as her Carrie-lite vocals or her pitchiness or how she managaes to go flat in her higher range. Yeesh, she's the Pimped One?
Becky - (2/10) Because The Night? I really do not like her voice at all, but I can't pinpoint why. But I sat theere during the whole thing grinding my teeth cuz it sucked.
Stevie - (2/10) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I didn't realize she could make time stand still by singing slower than molasses. Boring as hell, wavering vocals and the operatic nods make her sound sharp. Aggravating.
Brenna - (1/10) Ok, so she's a bitch. Can she sing? Not even close. Completely under the key and as droll as Stevie was slow. And what was with the "choreography"? And from one Oct. 7 baby to another, SHUT IT UP BITCH.
Heather - (1/10) Is it possible for your voice to to magically go in and out? Out of tune on the chorus, horrible in the opener, missed the memo that DIANA ----ING ROSS did the Tsingle first. Time to go home, blondie.
Should Be Bottom 3: Brenna, Stevie, Heather
Should Get The Hell Home: Brenna, Heather
Will Be Getting To Steppin: Heather, Kinnik
Congrats AIers! You sang on the Olympic Silver Medal Stage!
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Do you know what I have just realized? Who ever I liked a lot, always wins! Like the first idol I loved Kelly and she won....2nd idol I didn't want through the ending because it sucks...3rd idol the same....and the BAM...the 4th one..my favorites were Mario and Carrie!!!!!!!!! Carrie won.
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I had all my feelings about today's show typed up, I pressend edit post, and ATRL signed me out so I lost it all. I guess I'll just say that Stevie and Heather are going on Thursday.
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Originally posted by Sir. Will
I had all my feelings about today's show typed up, I pressend edit post, and ATRL signed me out so I lost it all. I guess I'll just say that Stevie and Heather are going on Thursday.
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You have never been more right!
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Mikal, you're crazy. Katherine a 4!?!??!?! Kinnik and Ayla above her? Of course, what's to expect? You always have ridiculously harsh criticisms.
Just because she wasn't blowing her pipes the entire performance like Mandisa or Lisa doesn't mean the performance was bad. She has the best technical voice of all the contestants.
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Originally posted by Mikal
Katherine - (4/10) EVIL CLAM! EVIL BAD $CIENTOLOGIST!!! Ahem. Anyway, a rather disjointed performance that, while technically fine, was cold and did nothing to impress me.
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EVIL CLAM? EVIL BAD $SCIENTOLOGIST?!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA.
This was your most ruthless post to date Mikal.
I am pissing in my pants.
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
Mikal, you're crazy. Katherine a 4!?!??!?! Kinnik and Ayla above her? Of course, what's to expect? You always have ridiculously harsh criticisms.
Just because she wasn't blowing her pipes the entire performance like Mandisa or Lisa doesn't mean the performance was bad. She has the best technical voice of all the contestants.
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Not really. She set my teeth grinding too, regardless of the technical goods she has.
She faked a connection with the song and the crowd and that ******** pissed me off. Kinnik and Ayla may lack some prowless (actually, I think Kinnik has the best tech chops) but they connect with their songs (wrongly, in Ayla's case, but it's legit)
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It was a pretty unmemorable performance. I would say in the top 3 of the most overrated Idol performances.
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
Mikal, you're crazy. Katherine a 4!?!??!?! Kinnik and Ayla above her? Of course, what's to expect? You always have ridiculously harsh criticisms.
Just because she wasn't blowing her pipes the entire performance like Mandisa or Lisa doesn't mean the performance was bad. She has the best technical voice of all the contestants.
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I actually thought Ayla was pretty good tonight. Much better than I was expecting.
The thing is about Katharine is that she is nothing special, I didn't sense any stage presence or life in her.
I will note that, with how many horrible performances there were tonight, I figured someone who didn't deserve high accolades would get them. Katharine's performance was one of the better ones, but that doesn't say anything when more than half of the performances were average to horrid. Mikal was right, she was technically fine, but she didn't really stand out.
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She's fake? I thought she was the most genuine of the bunch and I honestly don't see what could have gotten you annoyed in her performance? Plus, how the hell do you fake a connection? The audience likes it, or they don't.
I guess its just hard for non-musicians to appreciate singers like her.
You guys will change your mind with future peformances.
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
She's fake? I thought she was the most genuine of the bunch and I honestly don't see what could have gotten you annoyed in her performance?
I guess its just hard for non-musicians to appreciate singers like her.
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You're kidding right?
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
I guess its just hard for non-musicians to appreciate singers like her.
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As a non-musician, I like what my ears and head find pleasing. Hell, Stevie could be a ----ing star and we all know that **** was boring as sin.
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
You guys will change your mind with future peformances.
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Doubtful. And why must you always get your panties in a twist over who I don't like. It's not like I said Brenna or Heather was the best of the night.
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lol it just seems like you guys are always trying to find someone to call overrated. You've seen one performance of Katherine, Mikal, and that was not her most energetic one, so the fact that you aren't even open to changing your opinon of anyone just proves how stubborn you are.
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
lol it just seems like you guys are always trying to find someone to call overrated. You've seen one performance of Katherine, Mikal, and that was not her most energetic one, so the fact that you aren't even open to changing your opinon of anyone just proves how stubborn you are.
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I love Katherine, I just thought your comment about "non musicians not being able to appreciate singers like her" was pretty ridiculous to say the least.
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Originally posted by .:Froggert:.
I love Katherine, I just thought your comment about "non musicians not being able to appreciate singers like her" was pretty ridiculous to say the least.
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lol, don't worry I knew someone might think that my comment was pretentious. I don't really mean that, I just want people to like Katherine .
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Overall a really good night.
Mandisa -10/10
Kellie Pickler - 4/10
Becky O'Donahue - 6/10
Ayla Brown - 7/10
Paris Bennett - 7/10
Stevie Scott - 6/10
Brenna Gethers - 4/10
Heather Cox - 6/10
Melissa McGhee - 9/10
Lisa Tucker - 9/10
Kinnik Sky - 8/10
Katharine McPhee - 8/10
01. Mandisa (Hands down the BEST!, I like her more than anyone from last year.)
02. Melissa (Has a great voice, she reminds me of Jessica Sierra)
03. Lisa (Great voice, But I feel like shes a bitch when I look at her)
04. Kinnik (Good Voice, Nice Performance)
05. Katharine (Sings Good)
06. Ayla (Took on XTina, but didn't nail it, she did pretty good though)
07. Paris (Good voice, but just annoys me)
08. Becky (Gorgeous, Hot, Smokin, but that performance was lacking a bit.)
09. Heather (Pretty underrated, but I feel she wasn't trying hard enough)
10. Stevie (I like her, but that song choice pretty much sent her home)
11. Kelly (I wanted her to do well, she seems sweet, but it just wasn't good)
12. Brenna (I LOVE HER PERSONALITY, shes hilarious, but she sucked tonight)
Who should be bottom 3
Stevie, Kelly, Brenna
Who should be going home
Kelly and Brenna
Who will be bottom 3
Brenna, Stevie, Heather
Who will be going home
Stevie and Heather
I feel like Brenna is gonna stick around, so people can see what she does next week.
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Originally posted by GoldenBoy
lol it just seems like you guys are always trying to find someone to call overrated.
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What I use for every single person who does this: Generalizing is bad, mmkay? And yes, i'm only basing this on one performance, but I didn't think the performance was amazing and worthy of all kinds of praise, actually, I felt she had barely any life in her at all when she sang, but that's just me and my opinion alone.
Look, just because SOME people didn't like her performance(or, in my case, liked it but didn't think it was amazing or phenomenal) doesn't mean they should be burned at the stake for it. Hell, Will put Brenna above Paris on the night. Do you really think i'm just going to go off on him for it? Totally disagree with him, certainly, but i'm not that mean and i'm not that stupid. I'm not just going to go, like, "YOU'RE STUPID IF YOU THINK BRENNA'S BETTER THAN PARIS, YOU STUPID MOTHER****ER!". Not going to do that.
I really DO hope she does better next week, so I can see what the big deal is all about. Until then, I feel I(or anyone else, for that matter) have the right to say whether someone was good or bad on one given night, especially if you don't have an opinion about the singer beforehand...that's all i'm saying.
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Alright enough of this fighting!
I am going to rim David and suck his bald balls until they are black and Katherine McPhe can watch
THERE. THE END.
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