What did you think of American Idol last night??????

[intensitylisa]

:D I couldn't believe the difference in singers from last night compared to last week. I thought every one of last weeks singers were great! Last night, I thought there were only a few who were descent! I voted for Lisa. The week before I voted for Fantasia! I don't think it is fair though when the judges criticize so harshly during the voting as I think it persuades people to vote for who they like. Do any of you vote?

I agree!! I was very surprised by the difference from last week's group. I also thought Lisa was the best of the group last night. It should be interesting to see who was voted through from this group. When I watched it last season, we had AOL and sometimes I went to the AOL message boards afterwards. A lot of people debated on whether or not the judges' criticism influenced the votes. I suppose there's no real way to tell. I would hope people who vote would do so based on their own opinions, not those of the judges. It's a lot of fun to watch, regardless! I really admire these people for being able to sing in front of a live audience that way, and knowing America is watching them and voting! It takes a lot of courage!!

Carol
:-)

[Kathy02]

Yeah, I just didn't like anyone, none of them caught my attention. FAntasia during last weeks really caught my eye, same with teh younger girl, but I don't remember her name. I think that Fantasia will do very well in this contest!

[DebbieH]

Lisa~I totally agree...last night was night and day from last week's bunch. For once, Simon was right on! Ha! We (hubby & I) have never voted by calling in. We usually just pick who we like & we usually agree. I picked Clay last year right at the start and he came in second out of zillions! I have Bunko tonight so DH is taping it for me. Is Lisa the lil' blonde? If so, I think she's pretty good out of the eight. I also like the football player. Forget his name too. It's going to be a very interesting season.
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[Gayle]

DH and I watched it. It was actually sort of painful to watch...kinda like everybody was really psyched out or something. Confidence just seemed to be low. And what's with all the ballads??!! I think the vocal coach needs to help them out more with song choice.

I agree that last week's contestants were much better - Diana knocked my socks off!

[kathryn]

I thought they ran the gamut from dull to horrible! At the horrible end was the first of the two brothers. I'm glad the judges pointed out that he didn't sing one note on key (just reinforced my perception, but I'm not a singer or musician, so it's nice to know my ear's o.k.).

I was disappointed that the barback (looks a bit tomboyish) didn't do very well. I'd like to see her go on.

Doesn't it seem like Randy's becoming another Simon? He doesn't seem to like anything anymore (maybe he's grumpy because of being unable to eat much after his gastric bypass...he looked better to me when he was heavier!). And if he says "aiight" one more time, I'm going to throw something at the T.V.

[intensitylisa]

:D On the subject of Randy Jackson, is he the brother of the famous Jacksons, you know Michael, Janet etc. Someone told me he is and replaced Jermaine in the Jackson five back in the 70's. If he is there brother, he sure is a lot heavier than the rest! Oh Deb, Lisa is not the little blond. She has brownish, long, curly hair. I thought the shows would be more interesting if they took more of the first group and put them in the second group!

[kathryn]

>:D On the subject of Randy Jackson, is he the brother of the
>famous Jacksons, you know Michael, Janet etc.

He doesn't look like one of those Jacksons. I would think if he were a brother, it would be mentioned in one of the articles I read about AI, or someone (probably Ryan) would have mentioned it during the show in some way. They do mention his ties to Mariah Carey and some other singers and his having been in some band (as a guitarist?).

[Gretzky]

I voted for Lisa last night, not only because she had a great voice, but because she said she was comfortable with who she is and didn't feel the need to lose weight just because Simon told her she was fat (or something to that effect). I think we need more role models like Lisa, and not people whose heads look like lollipops because their bodies are so skinny! ;-)

This is the first year I've actually watched it, and I'm sorry I missed the past two seasons! I love it! And yes, I actually call in! I voted for Fantasia last week too! I liked her also because she had a different look and a voice that knocked me over!

[AllisonT]

This is the first season I've watched AI and I'm enjoying it. Last night was painful - so many vanilla/white-bread song choices. I thought Lisa, the redhead, was great. There was no one else I would vote for.

On the Jackson thing - there IS a Jackson brother named Randy - he's the youngest of the clan - but he's not the same Randy Jackson as on AI. The six Jackson brothers are Michael, Jermaine, Randy, Marlon, Tito and Jackie. The infamous-Jackson-clan Randy replaced Jermaine in the group The Jackson 5.

I was a HUGE fan of the Jacksons in my formative years...:P . Of course, this was before all the plastic surgery and scandal.

Allison