Idol Chatter 4/29/08: Diamonds in the Rough

[T_Bone0806]

Paula was so friggin out of it tonight she critiqued Jason on his second song...which he hadn't even sung yet!

Instead of one of the contestants, PAULA needs to be sent home tomorrow night.

Seriously.

1-David C "All I Really Need is You". I was ready to write this off as one of the many ho-hum performances of the night..then halfway through the band kicked in and he took it to another level. This could be a hit tomorrow. A

2-Jason "Forever in Blue Jeans". I disagreed with the judges. I liked his breezy, easygoing vibe on this and thought it suited him well. Maybe a little warbly at times, but I found his take on the song quite pleasant. And I don't even LIKE the original. A-

3-David C "I'm Alive". A little smarmy and overbaked (the growl was borderline cartoonish), but all in all, a decent job in rockin' it up. Another one I liked better than the original. B

4-David A "America". A little too "showbizzy", but his vocal was decent...except for the time his voice cracked. Uh-oh. Helluva time for puberty to start kicking in. Remember the irreparable damage it did to Peter Brady's singing career (will David be singing "Time To Change" next week?) B

5-Brooke "I Am..I Said". Well, color me surprised. This was not nearly the disaster I predicted. Maybe I was impressed because of my low expectations, but I thought this was her best performance in a few weeks.
Not perfect vocally, but good enough..and I felt she REALLY connected with the lyrics. B

6-Syesha "Hello Again". A couple of pitch issues, otherwise competant but uninspiring. B-

7-Syesha "Thank The Lord For the Night Time". One of my favorite Neil Diamond songs. As such, I HATED this arrangement. I tried not to hold it against her, but I still found this kinda blah. Some pitch issues and her embellishments were amateurish. C+

8-David A. "Sweet Caroline". Yuk. Played WAAAYYY too much with the melody and seemed like he was gwetting paid by the "whoa-whoa". Vegas-lite. He reminded me of Frank Sinatra.
Junior. C-

9-Jason "September Morn". Dull as dishwater, with an ending that was cringe-inducing. C-

10-Brooke "I'm a Believer". Sorry Brooke..that WAS as bad as Simon said it was. Seriously, Donkey sang it better in "Shrek". The key was too low, pitch was all over the place, and she sounded shakier than Barney Fife trying to read a suspect his rights. D


My standings:

David A 103 pts.
David C 101 pts
Jason 95 pts.
Syesha 93 pts.
Brooke 73 pts.

[Sir_Galahad]

OK. I'll repost my post in the "official" thread...

I'll make this short and sweet. In order of my preference...

David Cook - No one close to him tonight. I am now thinking he is going to win this year.

Syesha - I liked her performances. At least there was some life in them. She is definitely Broadway-bound.

David A. - Rock steady but I didn't care for his rendition of "America." Neil's raspy voice was sorely missing as was the vitality of the song.

Brooke - "I'm a Believer" was laughable. Even The Monkees version was better. Her second song was much better.

Jason - I hope he is gone tomorrow. I have had e-nough.

[LoudmouthLee]

Very quickly...

David Cook was head and shoulders above the rest. All I need is you was fantastic.

From a singing perspective, I would rank the 5 as such.

1. Cook
2. Mercado
3. Archie
4. Castro
5. White

I'm a Believer was atrocious. Both of Archuleta's songs were cringe inducing at times...

I would have much rathered see Cook sing both of Liplicker's songs..

DialIdol has Brooke and Castro on the bottom, and Brooke going home. I respectfully agree.

DialIdol has Syesha as #1 and Cook as #2. Maybe Archie's losing steam.

[Ritterskoop]

I'm not buying any of them, but these I would take for free:

Jason's "Forever in Blue Jeans"
Brooke's "I Am...I Said"

I kept waiting for Brooke to jump off a cliff, but it stayed competent and even compelling. This song, I mean, not the Monkees', which was a waste of time. It didn't suck but it added nothing new. She chose it because she's been singing it since she was 3, I bet, and she didn't have to worry about the lyrics or melody.

After "September Morn," I said to roomie, you either get Jason or you don't. He has yet to do a song that changes anyone's mind. I agree he has been blah the past two weeks, though I like that he doesn't care if he wins. Now I am going to play his "Hallelujah," and remember why we liked him so much earlier.

The Davids are safe again.

Syesha performed OK but I am concerned about her voting bloc. Preteens and teens are not primarily fans of Broadway and gospel (I was glad she did a gospel-vibe song, as we haven't had much of it over the season).

Brooke didn't lose any voters, and may have picked up a few fence-sitters if they heard her second song.

Jason did poorly enough on his second song that he probably galvanized voters who like him.

I predict an all-male top 3.

[BeansCat]

The Jason hiz har luked gud agen toniet. We wud snorgle it.

He did not sign abowt catz dis weke but we wud staay foreber in hiz blu geenz.

Not liek dat! De denim feelz gud on aer pawz!

Odders:

Cook is too scarry lowd fore us. Srsly.

Bruk is niec nd her har is neeerley as snorglable az Jason's. We wud not slepe under her pianow tho.

Saieesha maed us purr tonite but not alwayz.

De odder David luk liek he alwayz sleepign, wit hiz ais closed. He purrs purty tho.

[T_Bone0806]

A major storm is brewing over Paula's slip up tonight. At best, she read her comments on David Cook as her comments on Jason's 2nd song (which he hadn't yet sung), meaning she was more incoherant than usual and really needs to be off this show, as she was so out of it she didn't even realized that they'd only sung once.

At worst, it means that the judges' comments are pre-scripted and that many viewers' suspicions are true..that the judges are told to push certain contestants and slam others who the producers do not want to win.
Or it means that they have written their critiques based on rehearsals, which also is not cool.

One interesting note. Anyone who has recorded this, please let me know if I am misremembering this. As I recall, Paula first said "I thought you had sang twice". This after Randy said "we're only doing the first one". Then she said she was reading David Cook's performance notes. However, she criticized both of "Jason's" performances, but later said she loved David' C's. So if the comments she accidentally made for Jason's "second song" were actually meant for David's, why did she not like Jason's 2nd song but like David's first song, when they were actually one and the same?

Something smells really really rotten in all of this. You will be hearing much much more about this. I am positive that the spin doctors are already working on it. I wonder if they will edit it from the West Coast feed?

[astrnomr]

Jason - "Forever in Blue Jeans" was a terrible song choice. I think it would have suited David C or Brooke, but not him. I thought it was another "I couldn't care less" performance, and he sounded like Vinny Barbarino too often. "September Morn" was absolutely boring.

David C - Great versions of both songs. I liked "I Am Alive" better, but Simon liked the second better. Either way, I could see both of those being instant hits if they were released tomorrow.

Brooke - "I'm a Believer" was a terrible song choice. She sounds terrible doing happy, upbeat songs. That's just not who she is. On the other hand, "I Am... I Said" was the perfect song choice. That got back to the Carly Simon sort of vibe that she had -- and she really hasn't had many great performances since she did "You're So Vain".

David A - Blech. I thought "Sweet Caroline" came across as way too sugary sweet pop, almost karaoke-like. I'm glad he didn't do the same old sad ballads as usual... but he doesn't sound right doing upbeat songs. And as much as I disliked the first song choice, I thought "America" was infinitely worse. He sounded like a little boy singing a man's song, like some fourth grade talent show. The audience and the judges loved it, but I thought it sucked.

Syesha - I really loved her first song, "Hello Again", but I think that will actually work against her. "I Thank the Lord for the Night Time" seemed like truck stop karaoke -- heavy on performance, but weak on singing. You need to do better on the second song, so if she had done them in opposite order, she'd be safe. Now, I'm not so sure.

Bottom Two:
Jason - Went first and sucked both times. Anybody who is still voting for him isn't using their ears.
Syesha - She has been struggling for votes, and her second song was worse than her first.

Going Home:
Jason.

I thought David A was only mediocre tonight, but the audience and the judges loved him. Brooke may have saved herself by improving in the second round while Syesha tanked.

And seriously, they need to start calling around to find another washed-up female singer for season eight. Paula is an absolute embarassment at this point. How the hell do you lose track of how many songs the five singers have performed after only FIVE FREAKING SONGS??? So... what's Cyndi Lauper up to these days?

[Ritterskoop]

Paula has commented many times about how a contestant sounded in dress rehearsal. I think she attends lots of them. I presume that's what the deal was on her comments.

Even Simon acknowledged at the end, the "chaos" that resulted from them changing the normal order. The second time Jason sang, we could see David Cook taking his place on the darkened stage while Ryan was giving out Jason's numbers. And poor Brooke, having to do an interview and then run to the piano!

Whatever time they saved by only doing one round of critiques was not worth it.

[KillerTomato]

Paula was so friggin out of it tonight she critiqued Jason on his second song...which he hadn't even sung yet!

Instead of one of the contestants, PAULA needs to be sent home tomorrow night.

Seriously.

1-David C "All I Really Need is You". I was ready to write this off as one of the many ho-hum performances of the night..then halfway through the band kicked in and he took it to another level. This could be a hit tomorrow. A

2-Jason "Forever in Blue Jeans". I disagreed with the judges. I liked his breezy, easygoing vibe on this and thought it suited him well. Maybe a little warbly at times, but I found his take on the song quite pleasant. And I don't even LIKE the original. A-

3-David C "I'm Alive". A little smarmy and overbaked (the growl was borderline cartoonish), but all in all, a decent job in rockin' it up. Another one I liked better than the original. B

4-David A "America". A little too "showbizzy", but his vocal was decent...except for the time his voice cracked. Uh-oh. Helluva time for puberty to start kicking in. Remember the irreparable damage it did to Peter Brady's singing career (will David be singing "Time To Change" next week?) B

5-Brooke "I Am..I Said". Well, color me surprised. This was not nearly the disaster I predicted. Maybe I was impressed because of my low expectations, but I thought this was her best performance in a few weeks.
Not perfect vocally, but good enough..and I felt she REALLY connected with the lyrics. B

6-Syesha "Hello Again". A couple of pitch issues, otherwise competant but uninspiring. B-

7-Syesha "Thank The Lord For the Night Time". One of my favorite Neil Diamond songs. As such, I HATED this arrangement. I tried not to hold it against her, but I still found this kinda blah. Some pitch issues and her embellishments were amateurish. C+

8-David A. "Sweet Caroline". Yuk. Played WAAAYYY too much with the melody and seemed like he was gwetting paid by the "whoa-whoa". Vegas-lite. He reminded me of Frank Sinatra.
Junior. C-

9-Jason "September Morn". Dull as dishwater, with an ending that was cringe-inducing. C-

10-Brooke "I'm a Believer". Sorry Brooke..that WAS as bad as Simon said it was. Seriously, Donkey sang it better in "Shrek". The key was too low, pitch was all over the place, and she sounded shakier than Barney Fife trying to read a suspect his rights. D


My standings:

David A 103 pts.
David C 101 pts
Jason 95 pts.
Syesha 93 pts.
Brooke 73 pts.

Basically, this was a very polarizing week...I liked one performance from each of the contestants except one, and hated one performance from each.

I loved "All I Need Is You," but hated "I'm Alive".
I loved "I Am, I Said," and was less-than-thrilled with "I'm a Believer" (although I think I liked it better than everyone else).
I liked "Forever in Blue Jeans" and hated "September Morn" (where I think he just gave up, since Paula finally revealed that all of their comments are prescripted and have very little to do with the actual performances).
I liked "Hello Again" a little, but liked "Night Time" a little more (since I don't know it as well, I wasn't bothered by the arrangement).

Then there's Archie. *SIGH*. What the hell was Randy drinking other than the Archie-flavored Kool Aid? "Da Bomb" on "Caroline"? Really? I mean....REALLY????? He took one of MY favorite Diamond songs and got it to the point where I may never ever be able to listen to it again. Nasally, whiny, squinty....just awful. And "America" was a nightmare. I just don't get what anyone else sees in this kid, seriously. Yes, he can hold a note (usually the wrong one, but it's held), and yes, I suppose he's kinda cute in a Hanson sort of way, but there are about 10 contestants who have stronger voices than him this year (and 3 are still in the competition), no matter what the judges say...his voice is, IMHO, just not as good as the judges keep trying to say it is.

[astrnomr]

A major storm is brewing over Paula's slip up tonight. At best, she read her comments on David Cook as her comments on Jason's 2nd song (which he hadn't yet sung), meaning she was more incoherant than usual and really needs to be off this show, as she was so out of it she didn't even realized that they'd only sung once.

At worst, it means that the judges' comments are pre-scripted and that many viewers' suspicions are true..that the judges are told to push certain contestants and slam others who the producers do not want to win.
Or it means that they have written their critiques based on rehearsals, which also is not cool.

One interesting note. Anyone who has recorded this, please let me know if I am misremembering this. As I recall, Paula first said "I thought you had sang twice". This after Randy said "we're only doing the first one". Then she said she was reading David Cook's performance notes. However, she criticized both of "Jason's" performances, but later said she loved David' C's. So if the comments she accidentally made for Jason's "second song" were actually meant for David's, why did she not like Jason's 2nd song but like David's first song, when they were actually one and the same?

Something smells really really rotten in all of this. You will be hearing much much more about this. I am positive that the spin doctors are already working on it. I wonder if they will edit it from the West Coast feed?

She did say that she thought Jason had sung twice. I don't recall what she said about his second performance, although I thought she said he had improved. She also rambled a bit about how hard it was to take notes during all of this.

This storm has been brewing for years. She was accused several seasons ago of being on something during the shows, but it was (of course) heavily refuted by Paula and the show. This year, she has had trouble stringing three words together without stopping to catch a mental breath, and just about every episode has gone over the time slot because she won't shut up once she gets going -- even if it means stepping all over Simon's allotted time. If she isn't on something, then she needs to see a brain specialist right away to diagnose whatever her disorder is.

[Ritterskoop]

Another problem with the timing issue, cramming ten songs into an hour instead of going to one-and-a-half, was Neil Diamond's comments didn't always match the song they paired them with. Most of his work with Archie was on "America," but we heard "Sweet Carolina" after the Neil clip.

More Neil may not be a good thing, for everyone, but I was put off by the whole running-around element of tonight's show. Just go to an hour and a half, like you used to.

[Ritterskoop]

5-Brooke "I Am..I Said". Well, color me surprised. This was not nearly the disaster I predicted. Maybe I was impressed because of my low expectations, but I thought this was her best performance in a few weeks.
Not perfect vocally, but good enough..and I felt she REALLY connected with the lyrics. B

I LOVED, how after Neil had suggested Brooke change New York City to Arizona, she sang "between two shores," which then made NO sense, and she acknowledged that with a smile as she sang it. I cringed, thinking she was going to melt down, but it was just honest rather than horrible.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

At worst, it means that the judges' comments are pre-scripted and that many viewers' suspicions are true..that the judges are told to push certain contestants and slam others who the producers do not want to win.
Or it means that they have written their critiques based on rehearsals, which also is not cool.

One interesting note. Anyone who has recorded this, please let me know if I am misremembering this. As I recall, Paula first said "I thought you had sang twice". This after Randy said "we're only doing the first one". Then she said she was reading David Cook's performance notes. However, she criticized both of "Jason's" performances, but later said she loved David' C's. So if the comments she accidentally made for Jason's "second song" were actually meant for David's, why did she not like Jason's 2nd song but like David's first song, when they were actually one and the same?

Something smells really really rotten in all of this. You will be hearing much much more about this. I am positive that the spin doctors are already working on it. I wonder if they will edit it from the West Coast feed?

They didn't this for the West Coast, I came here to write about Paula's slip up. (I am saving the show on Tivo.)

I totally believe that they are trying to push certain contestants on the viewing audience. They want David A. to win so much it hurts, why else would he get the song America with the flag waving in the background. They know that David C. probably has too many independent thoughts about the music that he plays and wouldn't be as easy to manipulate.

I'd be willing to bet that David C and Jason are selling the most music on iTunes.

I couldn't believe Paula's mistake. She quite clearly was referring to Jason singing two songs when she made her comments, her comments had nothing to do with David C. Perhaps in dress rehearsal they sang two songs and then were critiqued and she got confused. She needs to go to rehab.

I think that the producers want two girls and two boys for the final four and they are trying to manipulate things so that Jason leaves next. Hopefully, people will be so upset that they vote for him. I know that after I was done voting for David C, I spent 15 minutes voting for Jason.

Did you see Jason's face when the show was ending, he seemed upset.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Then there's Archie. *SIGH*. What the hell was Randy drinking other than the Archie-flavored Kool Aid? "Da Bomb" on "Caroline"? Really? I mean....REALLY????? He took one of MY favorite Diamond songs and got it to the point where I may never ever be able to listen to it again. Nasally, whiny, squinty....just awful. And "America" was a nightmare. I just don't get what anyone else sees in this kid, seriously. Yes, he can hold a note (usually the wrong one, but it's held), and yes, I suppose he's kinda cute in a Hanson sort of way, but there are about 10 contestants who have stronger voices than him this year (and 3 are still in the competition), no matter what the judges say...his voice is, IMHO, just not as good as the judges keep trying to say it is.

We tried to listen to David A. Maddie told me that she would stick a fork in her eye if she had to listen to another second of him, so we FF'd through his performance.

He isn't cute.

I don't like his singing.

I resent the fact that they are trying to make me vote for him when he sucks so much.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Bottom Two:
Jason - Went first and sucked both times. Anybody who is still voting for him isn't using their ears.
Syesha - She has been struggling for votes, and her second song was worse than her first.

Going Home:
Jason.

I thought David A was only mediocre tonight, but the audience and the judges loved him. Brooke may have saved herself by improving in the second round while Syesha tanked.

I thought that Jason was better in the beginning of the first song, when you could hear the acoustic guitar. He should have made the whole thing acoustic.

I can forgive him his second performance. He was already told that it sucks, I'm sure that it was disheartening and he lost his focus.

I hope that David A goes home tomorrow.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

The Jason hiz har luked gud agen toniet. We wud snorgle it.

He did not sign abowt catz dis weke but we wud staay foreber in hiz blu geenz.

Not liek dat! De denim feelz gud on aer pawz!

Odders:

Cook is too scarry lowd fore us. Srsly.

Bruk is niec nd her har is neeerley as snorglable az Jason's. We wud not slepe under her pianow tho.

Saieesha maed us purr tonite but not alwayz.

De odder David luk liek he alwayz sleepign, wit hiz ais closed. He purrs purty tho.

I had to have my daughter translate for me. I don't speak LOL Cat.

[AnnieCamaro]

I had to have my daughter translate for me. I don't speak LOL Cat.

I am learning that language. It's sort of like Esperanto for four-footers.

[littlebeast13]

A major storm is brewing over Paula's slip up tonight. At best, she read her comments on David Cook as her comments on Jason's 2nd song (which he hadn't yet sung), meaning she was more incoherant than usual and really needs to be off this show, as she was so out of it she didn't even realized that they'd only sung once.

At worst, it means that the judges' comments are pre-scripted and that many viewers' suspicions are true..that the judges are told to push certain contestants and slam others who the producers do not want to win.
Or it means that they have written their critiques based on rehearsals, which also is not cool.

One interesting note. Anyone who has recorded this, please let me know if I am misremembering this. As I recall, Paula first said "I thought you had sang twice". This after Randy said "we're only doing the first one". Then she said she was reading David Cook's performance notes. However, she criticized both of "Jason's" performances, but later said she loved David' C's. So if the comments she accidentally made for Jason's "second song" were actually meant for David's, why did she not like Jason's 2nd song but like David's first song, when they were actually one and the same?

Something smells really really rotten in all of this. You will be hearing much much more about this. I am positive that the spin doctors are already working on it. I wonder if they will edit it from the West Coast feed?

I've said for years it's all fixed....

Ha!

lb13

[peacock2121]

Paula was so friggin out of it tonight she critiqued Jason on his second song...which he hadn't even sung yet!

Instead of one of the contestants, PAULA needs to be sent home tomorrow night.

Seriously.

I thought I was nuts.

Then I thought "She is drunk."

the end

[peacock2121]

A major storm is brewing over Paula's slip up tonight. At best, she read her comments on David Cook as her comments on Jason's 2nd song (which he hadn't yet sung), meaning she was more incoherant than usual and really needs to be off this show, as she was so out of it she didn't even realized that they'd only sung once.

At worst, it means that the judges' comments are pre-scripted and that many viewers' suspicions are true..that the judges are told to push certain contestants and slam others who the producers do not want to win.
Or it means that they have written their critiques based on rehearsals, which also is not cool.

One interesting note. Anyone who has recorded this, please let me know if I am misremembering this. As I recall, Paula first said "I thought you had sang twice". This after Randy said "we're only doing the first one". Then she said she was reading David Cook's performance notes. However, she criticized both of "Jason's" performances, but later said she loved David' C's. So if the comments she accidentally made for Jason's "second song" were actually meant for David's, why did she not like Jason's 2nd song but like David's first song, when they were actually one and the same?

Something smells really really rotten in all of this. You will be hearing much much more about this. I am positive that the spin doctors are already working on it. I wonder if they will edit it from the West Coast feed?

Could it not be live and they did this part after the 2nd round?

[peacock2121]

At worst, it means that the judges' comments are pre-scripted and that many viewers' suspicions are true..that the judges are told to push certain contestants and slam others who the producers do not want to win.
Or it means that they have written their critiques based on rehearsals, which also is not cool.

One interesting note. Anyone who has recorded this, please let me know if I am misremembering this. As I recall, Paula first said "I thought you had sang twice". This after Randy said "we're only doing the first one". Then she said she was reading David Cook's performance notes. However, she criticized both of "Jason's" performances, but later said she loved David' C's. So if the comments she accidentally made for Jason's "second song" were actually meant for David's, why did she not like Jason's 2nd song but like David's first song, when they were actually one and the same?

Something smells really really rotten in all of this. You will be hearing much much more about this. I am positive that the spin doctors are already working on it. I wonder if they will edit it from the West Coast feed?

They didn't this for the West Coast, I came here to write about Paula's slip up. (I am saving the show on Tivo.)

I totally believe that they are trying to push certain contestants on the viewing audience. They want David A. to win so much it hurts, why else would he get the song America with the flag waving in the background. They know that David C. probably has too many independent thoughts about the music that he plays and wouldn't be as easy to manipulate.

I'd be willing to bet that David C and Jason are selling the most music on iTunes.

I couldn't believe Paula's mistake. She quite clearly was referring to Jason singing two songs when she made her comments, her comments had nothing to do with David C. Perhaps in dress rehearsal they sang two songs and then were critiqued and she got confused. She needs to go to rehab.
I think that the producers want two girls and two boys for the final four and they are trying to manipulate things so that Jason leaves next. Hopefully, people will be so upset that they vote for him. I know that after I was done voting for David C, I spent 15 minutes voting for Jason.

Did you see Jason's face when the show was ending, he seemed upset.

This has got to get some sort of award.

[peacock2121]

Then there's Archie. *SIGH*. What the hell was Randy drinking other than the Archie-flavored Kool Aid? "Da Bomb" on "Caroline"? Really? I mean....REALLY????? He took one of MY favorite Diamond songs and got it to the point where I may never ever be able to listen to it again. Nasally, whiny, squinty....just awful. And "America" was a nightmare. I just don't get what anyone else sees in this kid, seriously. Yes, he can hold a note (usually the wrong one, but it's held), and yes, I suppose he's kinda cute in a Hanson sort of way, but there are about 10 contestants who have stronger voices than him this year (and 3 are still in the competition), no matter what the judges say...his voice is, IMHO, just not as good as the judges keep trying to say it is.

We tried to listen to David A. Maddie told me that she would stick a fork in her eye if she had to listen to another second of him, so we FF'd through his performance.

He isn't cute.

I don't like his singing.

I resent the fact that they are trying to make me vote for him when he sucks so much.

What the heck, I'll pile on as well.

I hate that I can hear the guy inhale.

[peacock2121]

Bottom Two:
Jason - Went first and sucked both times. Anybody who is still voting for him isn't using their ears.
Syesha - She has been struggling for votes, and her second song was worse than her first.

Going Home:
Jason.

I thought David A was only mediocre tonight, but the audience and the judges loved him. Brooke may have saved herself by improving in the second round while Syesha tanked.

I thought that Jason was better in the beginning of the first song, when you could hear the acoustic guitar. He should have made the whole thing acoustic.

I can forgive him his second performance. He was already told that it sucks, I'm sure that it was disheartening and he lost his focus.

I hope that David A goes home tomorrow.

All I have to say about Jason is:

Good thing he is cute.

[geoffil]

I think the producers never, ever put the best 24 in the finals. They put the 4 or 5 they really, really want to win and then fill the rest of the slots with average kids to make those 4 or 5 stand out even more. Then the viewers don't "listen" to the judges and decide to vote for the "wrong" contestants and put thru kids that don't belong. I think they really pushed for Carly and David and that turns off a lot of people. I agree it is fixed. The person going first usally gets a bad review and it seems like that is the one person the show wants to get eliminated for that week.

[kusch]

If Brooke's second song did not bring chills and/or tears to you, you have no business watching this show any longer.

David C. could have/should have gone home before they got to the final 24. Period.



















Just kidding about the chills/tears. I am just a Brooke fan. I think she will be out this week or next.

I still don't and won't ever get the hype over David C.