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Top 13 song spoilers & Nigel having a hissy re: pre-taped shows
threecheeses
09-03-2011
[LIST][*]Lauren Alaina – Any Man of Mine (Shania Twain)[*]Casey Abrams – With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker)[*]Ashton Jones – When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Diana Ross)[*]Paul McDonald – Come Pick Me Up (Ryan Adams)[*]Pia Toscano – All By Myself (Celine Dion)[*]James Durbin – Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney)[*]Haley Reinhart – Blue (LeAnn Rimes)[*]Jacob Lusk – I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly)[*]Thia Megia – Smile (Michael Jackson)[*]Stefano Langone – Lately (Stevie Wonder)[*]Karen Rodriguez – I Could Fall In Love (Selena)[*]Scotty McCreery – The River (Garth Brooks)[*]Naima Adedapo – Umbrella (Rihanna)[/LIST]
Quote:
“Nigel tweeted: “There is a load of crap being discussed all the contestants sing ‘live.’ The show has always been recorded to the West Coast. We are pre-taping for 2 weeks as we have a new Director & new judges. It has nothing to do with manipulation you morons.””

threecheeses
09-03-2011
James' choice seems a little odd to me.

Jacob...NO!!!! I hate seeing this song being sung a billion times on these shows, though he should do a good job.

Don't like Stefano but like his choice.

Ashthon's is just boring.

I like Paul but that song is sleep inducing.

Thia's choice..can't decide if it is cute or cheesy.
Agent Krycek
09-03-2011
Can't say I'm very impressed with any of those choices.

Jacob, I like him but boring song choice, been done to death and he's likely to go waaaaaay OTT with it.

Thia, dear god, I like her as well, but please you're 15, happy and upbeat would suit better.

Casey, can hear the arrangement already

Naima, do the Manics version and I might love you, but she won't

Lauren, decentish choice, sticking to what she does, although maybe slightly old for a 15 year old?

Paul, like him, but dreadful choice, although I quite like this song, smacks of something he's been covering for years, although an uncensored version would be fun

It's all a bit ballard heavy, shockingly, the only one I can see as being a bit fun is James pick, not too obvious and has potential, oh god, he carries on like this and I might actually start liking him, and I generally hate people who shriek at me for no good reason
Abigail88
09-03-2011
Ashton is one of my favourites without a doubt,

but i knew this would happen (just like Lil Rounds a couple of years back) she will pick the wrong song choices. Her voice isn't soulful/rich/deep enough to carry off 'And i am telling you' or 'when you say...'

she has to go down a different route because that will not garner many votes. If she survives (which i think she will by the skin of her teeth) she has to do something else otherwise she will sound karaoke compared to hudson/holiday/duffy
lucy mane
09-03-2011
spoiler recap
http://mjsbigblog.com/american-idol-...g-spoilers.htm

Karen picked an old song Selena song that JLO covered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nfxXVT8_8A
Nice song but a bit boring. She could be in trouble.
threecheeses
09-03-2011
Originally Posted by lucy mane:
“spoiler recap
http://mjsbigblog.com/american-idol-...g-spoilers.htm

Karen picked an old song Selena song that JLO covered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nfxXVT8_8A
Nice song but a bit boring. She could be in trouble.”

Weird, the comments about the Diana Ross (boring) & Stevie Wonder (love this) songs not being well known, maybe they were bigger hits here or a young audience?

I'm glad they say
Spoiler
Jacob Lusk does a good job as that song has been done to death.
blowup
09-03-2011
Can anyone paste all the comments for that site here?
Agent Krycek
09-03-2011
Originally Posted by threecheeses:
“Weird, the comments about the Diana Ross (boring) & Stevie Wonder (love this) songs not being well known, maybe they were bigger hits here or a young audience?
I'm glad they say
Spoiler
Jacob Lusk does a good job as that song has been done to death.
”

Surprised me as well, but looking at Wiki it either didn't make top 40 or wasn't released
Faria262
09-03-2011
Hasn't the first of the 2 supposedly unknown songs been used by AI in a big way in the past?

I've actually seen contestants eliminated singing both of the songs, but neither performance was very good, both were several seasons ago, in the same season.

I can't really do spoiler tags so I'm trying to give nothing away, but if you need me to, I;ll explan once we've all seen the show

xxxx
threecheeses
10-03-2011
Originally Posted by Faria262:
“Hasn't the first of the 2 supposedly unknown songs been used by AI in a big way in the past?

I've actually seen contestants eliminated singing both of the songs, but neither performance was very good, both were several seasons ago, in the same season.

I can't really do spoiler tags so I'm trying to give nothing away, but if you need me to, I;ll explan once we've all seen the show

xxxx”

I've watched Stefano & Ashthon's performances
Spoiler
if they both don't go (even if it's only 1) then something is wrong!
blowup
10-03-2011
I just saw the Daily Mail story on the performance and can't believe Pia is a teen. I thought she was mid to late 20s and had been trying to break idol for years!
Faria262
10-03-2011
Pia has said that she's been trying for years, then again Thia has too (AGT semi finals 2 years ago) and she's only 15. I thought Pia was 20 though, the same age as me.

As for Ashthon and Stefano, I would rather see Paul and Haley go based on their past form. I don't generally mind Ashthon, and I quite like Stefano.

xxxx
BatmanLaBatman
10-03-2011
Originally Posted by blowup:
“Can anyone paste all the comments for that site here? ”

That's against the T&Cs of this site I think.
Carlisle156
10-03-2011
Originally Posted by blowup:
“I just saw the Daily Mail story on the performance and can't believe Pia is a teen. I thought she was mid to late 20s and had been trying to break idol for years!”

Pia is 22...
ladygardener
10-03-2011
Stefano reminds me of Richard Hammond (Top Gear)
Faria262
10-03-2011
He reminds me of my Rock Choir tutor who's really funny when he demonstrates his soprano harmonies lol. I told my teacher so last night lol

xxxx
Annsyre
11-03-2011
Originally Posted by threecheeses:
“I've watched Stefano & Ashthon's performances
Spoiler
if they both don't go (even if it's only 1) then something is wrong!
”

I entirely agree - they were abysmal choices and abysmal performances.
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