She’s like nails on a chalkboard to me, but I fear that the producers are going to let her through because they think she’s good drama, and thus good ratings. I hate her with the raging fire of a billion suns.
I HATE Tatiana! Little titty baby crying drama queen.
I want flamboyant gay guy to make it to the top 12. He’s a hoot! I love Anoop, too.
Did anyone catch Tatiana with her puppy-like outbursts when the judges came into the room and they were playing their himming-and-hawing game of “this was a tough decision, but…”?
My wife and I got hysterical…
The judges are going to regret putting Tatiana through this far. I predict she will throw a fit the likes of which AI has never seen when it is her time to go bye-bye.
Tatiana’s sing-out should be pure comedy gold. Part of me feels really sorry for her, because if she makes it (and I’m pretty sure she will) it’s clear that they’re taking advantage of her tenuous grasp on sanity. The other part of me wants to snap her neck.
Does anyone else think the guys blow away the girls this year? Unless they’re hiding some spectacular talent from us, there isn’t a single girl who can stand out. Oh, and I figured out what bothered me so much about Blind Guy–he enunciates toomuch when he sings. “I’m cominG home…”
Watching on DVR right now so I’m following along w/out reading the thread (yet). I’ve abstained from the threads the last couple of weeks because the shows were so freakin’ boring, but this one seems more interesting.
Loved Paula telling the first “musical theater” guy, basically, that he has potential that he could be as unique and different as everybody else. And then he “reinvented” a Cher song, making his as unique and different as David Cook was last year.
Guy #2 (Dead Wife Guy’s friend) is my “filth on her arm” person this year. He might be OK, but I can’t pay attention to his voice because that THING IN HIS FACE keeps freaking me out. And I am usually all for the tats and the piercings.
Dead Wife Guy = still good, still singing all the Top Hits of the Christian Right.
Toot toot, I’m still on the Anoop train!
Blind Guy: ooooooh…not so good. Buh bye.
Once again, I move that songs by former American Idols be forbidden during the audition process.
Yay, Stevie! I wondered what had happened to her. Not sounding so great this time though.
Blonde drama-magnet from last week (Kristin?) was better than I expected.
Mishavonna is a whole lotta meh.
I hate Tatiana. Hate her. She’s crazy and terrible. Gah! If she gets saved due to the numbers mix-up I will have my murderous revenge.
Zac Efron clone - who? why?
Jazmin - fine?
Drama Queen Nathaniel need to grow a pair, jeebus. AND GET THOSE THINGS OUT OF HIS FACE!
Nick/Norman - I love, love, love him. I am truly rooting for him. Hee, it’s Norman! Maybe Norman is just who he is, and that’s pretty damn good. Love!
Hey, it’s wee Castro! Good to see he’s still lurking around, but getting no screen time.
Where did Ju’Not come from? He seems like a guy you’d want to hang out with. Not a brilliant voice (or memory) but I would like to see more of him.
Homeless girl (Leneshe) = better than her outfit.
Ooh, poor Kai’s messed up voice. So cute, but if he’s judged on that, he’s doomed.
Roughneck was kinda pitchy. And boring.
Room #2 through after much judge gloom and doom. Typical. Glad Kai got through though (cutie patootie).
India - love her rapping, singing not so much.
Room #3 - ohhhhhh…bummer for wee Castro and Leneshe.
Room #1 - Judges look gloomy, they’re getting through. (Dead Wife Guy was the giveaway)
Room #4 - my joy for Nick/Norman is vastly compromised by my hatred for crazy Tatiana. They must be keeping her just to draw out the drama. She’s useless.
Interesting that they get a “survival sing” in the room, I thought it was weird that they would get cut again based on what the judges have already seen.
NOW it’s getting interesting!
Ok, so everyone is divided into four different rooms for them to “wait for the judges to decide who stay.”
Well, how do they know who to put in a single room together? They get rid of people by rooms so all the rejects need to go into room 2, then why are they waiting, seeing as how they are all going to get rejected. Am I making any sense?
All of my favorites made it through, so that’s good.
What I didn’t like was that they brought Tatiana over because they needed another girl to even it out. It should be the best singers, not just that they needed a girl.
If I was in one of the rooms I’d tell everyone to be all happy and clap when they were told the results. Even if we got cut I’d still act all happy, just to fuck with the other contestants.
I really like Adam Lambert, Anoop, and Roughneck. Can’t bear Tatiana–no surprise there–and the gals in general are not sticking in my memory too well yet.
I think Paula was wearing scrap metal after she used it to shred Kara’s blouse.
It appears as though Richard Simmons–I mean Norman Gentle is turning American Idol into a parody of itself (yeah, I know–it already was). But he’s openly making a mockery of the entire audition process and making fun of his fellow contestants with sideways swipes via his “Norman” persona. I’m not sure they realize it, though. Heck, I’m not sure he realizes it. But I love him for it. Go Norman!
Tatiana is television gold! I hope she makes it far. She should be on every reality show from now on. I’m sure the producers were deliberately fucking with her by putting her in one room and then moving her to another. I loved the looks on the other contestants’ faces when she joined their group. They all simultaneously thought, “Oh shit–we’re being sent home.”
The guy with the cheek piercing dresses like he just escaped from an old “Fresh Prince” music video.
does anyone know the time gap between tonight and tomorrow night’s shows? Simon didn’t pop over to England in back in a day.
I got spoiled, just so I could know whom to pay attention to and whom to ignore. I hate it when they get your hopes up over someone and then drop them in the Chair or the Rooms episode.
That said, I’m still enjoying every minute of the drama. Tonight’s episode had a ton of actual singing in it–much better than the groups episode, which usually disappoints. I wish they’d put all the group performances online somewhere; they’re comedy gold. Speaking of which…I looove the fact that Nick/Norman’s gamble paid off yet again tonight. That’s gotta take some major stones. But then I wonder, is he simply more comfortable outside his own skin? And have the judges picked up on that? That could be a huge liability in a competition like this. Ah, well, we’ll all see what happens tomorrow–I ain’t tellin’.
And I am SO PSYCHED that they can “sing for their life” in the Chair. How many songs will Tatiana sing tomorrow? I’m betting on 4. Anyone else?
I haven’t checked, but are we all in agreement that NickNorman has a borderline personality disorder? And I don’t mean that in a bad way, he’s just like the transvestite character on “boston Legal” who was a wallflower as himself and completely outrageous as his girlself.
Rachael - in general, I’m with you on the forbidding singing of previous Idols’ songs, but I wonder if it’s a good move from the point of view of the contestants? Obviously, 19 has the rights to those songs, so they’ll be able to include them in the show. Also, 19 is probably into showing those songs, so we’re reminded to go out and buy records by artists they’re promoting. I noticed that in addition to the mangling of the Magic Rainbows there was also a 10 second clip of Jordan Sparks’ Tattoo, sung by someone fairly anonymous. So, if you want to be on TV during Hollywood week, singing an Idol song might be a good bet.
I don’t think she was brought over to balance the girls/guys ratio - there are girls that were cut who can sing better than she can. I think they’re trying to balance out the whole crazy/sane ratio. I’m sure Tatiana has enough crazy to make up for a baker’s dozen of sane contestants.
So far, I’m pulling for Anoop and NickNorman.
BTW, did Tatiana get pulled from the cut room, or just shuffled from one pass room to another? I can’t remember where she started out.
I think he’s just realized that he’s nothing special unless he goes WAY over the top…musically, sartorially, and personality.
And tonight is the Least Dramatic Hour of Television. No performances, just 2 ride up the elevator, and 1 rides down. :rolleyes: They could eliminate the entire show just by having one fewer room make it through last night. But then, where would Ford and Coke spend their money?
She got pulled from the cut room.
I hear that it’s going to run 2 hours this year (tonight), which leads me to believe they’re using it to familiarize us with the actual Top 36. I’m all about that, since every year there are people who get cut right away because no one knows who they are.
I also hear that they’re housing the kids in a mansion this year, instead of in a hotel. This might be why they appear to be going for some crazies.
I think Tatiana might be the future Mrs. Ataraxy. I know she’s crazy, but that just makes me find her sexier. That probably makes me crazy. You know what they say about the crazy ones in bed. I just realized the irony of calling Tatiana, “Mrs. Ataraxy.”
Norman Gentle was hilarious the first time I saw him. He was pretty funny the second time, too. But to me, he has worn out his welcome and he just annoys me now.
My favorite so far is Adam Lambert.
I don’t know if he’s into disorder territory (although I think we have established that Tatiana is), but I don’t really understand why he keeps singing in character instead of as himself. “Disorder” does explain it, but it doesn’t ring true to me - he could just be like a whole bunch of performers who are pathologically shy when not on stage or in front of cameras, and Norman Gentle is his voice, as it were.
I don’t think Norman is crazy, just really nervous.
When I did speech in high school I hated being in front of people, hated it with a passion, still do. But when I was able to act funny doing a piece I wrote myself I was able to forget what I was doing and just get lost in the character.