Don’t forget the granny vote. My 87-year-old mother thinks Archuleta is all that and then some. She hasn’t been impelled to pick up a phone and vote yet, but I can see grandmas with pre/young-teen granddaughters being urged to do just that.
And I agree that he would be a great Disney star. Something nice and safe, where he gets lots of exposure (to make his evil stage dad happy), a nice fat salary (to make his evil stage dad happier), and squealing girls wherever he goes. But AI? I don’t think so.
Plus, of course, David Cook is outsinging everyone by such a huge margin that for once Pauler was right when she said, “I felt like I was listening to the American Idol right now.” After he’d actually sung a real song.
I was surprised to hear Pauler say that. She’s normally as noncomittal as she can be.
Frankly, this whole thing is a mess for everyone. I mean, think about it. If David Cook wins — which is more and more likely — his career is set back by years of commitment to something he has very little interest in. If Archuleta wins, he will be used and abused in a manner he is far from ready for by people who will tear his family apart because dad is costing them money. If Syesha wins, we’ll have yet another R&B diva putting out dreck that the next generation of Dopers will mock. If Brooke wins, the show might not recover because VFTW certainly won’t support it. And if Jason wins, he’ll probably just walk out of his contract and end up homeless and destitute from law suits.
Maybe they should just call the whole thing off at this point.
Like any of them could possibly top the one from “Young Frankenstein.”
After seeing Paul Stanley in the audience last week, we got all excited about the idea of a KISS night. I’d kill to see David Cook do “I Was Made For Loving You” (I know, baby, I know).
David A.'s voice cracked in “Sweet Caroline”, I think it was.
I’m a little late to the party so let me just say, David Cook has already won. He may not actually win, but let’s face it, he has already demonstrated that he is easily the most talented total package in the competition and his songs sell.
What was fascinating about Paler’s gaffe with Castro was not that she thought he sang twice but that she remembered he sang at all, he was so dull and uinintersting. If I were King of the World Castro would be going home tonight.
Weird but when there were 10 I thought they had a lot of talent. Now that there are 5 I am not so sure. Castro should have been gone weeks ago.
Brooke is aiming at a Carol King kind of career. She is pretty and talented. If she can write songs she may have a decent career,
Syesha should do movies and stage shows. She is easy on the eyes and sexy too. I can see her traveling with the Wiz.
Archuleta has a short shelf life. When you first hear him you think he has a nice smooth,pleasant voice. But he is no Johnny Mathis. He gets boring real fast.
That leaves Cook,clearly the most versatile . But I don’t predict anything big for him either.But he should win.
The two Davids were far and away the best of the night, as usual. As for the other three, I don’t really care who goes home this week. None of them were great. I’d rank them.
David Cook—no words needed. He was spot-on as usual.
David Archuleta—I really liked his “Sweet Caroline” but didn’t care for “America.”
Syesha Mercado—Solid, but not memorable.
Brooke White—The first was really bad, but the second song I thought she nailed. Unfortunately the suckage of the first song puts her into fourth for me. I’m glad she didn’t fall apart this week.
Jason Castro—Terrible on both accounts. I understand that some of these theme weeks haven’t been easy for him, but they haven’t been easy for some of the others either. The difference is that they stepped up their game, and he didn’t. I think it’s time for him to go.
I was so uncomfortable during that whole Paula slip-up I could hardly stand to watch. Everyone just stood there and smiled like they were listening to great-aunt Edna who has Alzheimer’s and didn’t want to hurt her feelings. Awkward!
I want David Cook to win just to see him get saddled with the shlocky “This is my now” type American Idol Craporama Single. From the pen of an 11-year-old girl in Dayton, Ohio to your mouth, David! Work it out dawg!
Y’know, I really think the Idol folks are over-using the Guest Artist model lately. Week after week we see these kids forced to pick a song from a very limited songbook and make it work. We miss the chance to see them pick a song they really want to work on (from anywhere they want) to show their best performance.
Jason, whom I normally adore was just “meh.” Poor song choice, IMO.
Syesha was lovely but boring, as usual.
Brooke’s first song was awful, but the second one made up for it. Agree that she shouldn’t have changed NYC to AZ.
David A’s voice cracked and no one called him on it. I do not get why the judges pander to him. He sounds the same on every song and has no stage presence. Give him the lead in “Joseph and the Multicolored Dreamcoat” and call it a day.
David C’s first song was uninspired. His second was great. Hands down, he should win, with Brooke in 2nd.
Paula’s performance last night? Wow. How embarrassing.
You know, I shouldn’t admit this and risk jinxing his performance, but a couple of weeks ago David Cook started calling me to have phone sex as soon as he goes offstage. I think it’s a good luck thing with him. The funniest thing is he’s one of the most gifted mimics you can imagine- he always pretends to be one of my friends or one of my co-workers or the guy who cuts my lawn, and even somehow rigs his phone so that their name and number comes up on the screen! Then, doing their voices just perfectly, he calls me every kind of sick perv and nutcase there is, which of course only makes it hotter! Damn I’m in love.
The only problem is that now he’s started calling me at work and pretending to be my boss, who’s a 60 year old Asian woman (but he still just nails her voice!). Of course I told him “David… are you nuts… I can’t do this here? Weekly reports, right… I’m convinced you’re Debbie now! You can’t keep doing this, but just this once and just a quickie… my right hand’s between your shoulderblades and it’s moving down…” I mean, you know how persuasive he is.
Sampiro, I saw a picture today of Jason Castro, shirtless and playing the drums. After I wiped the drool off my chin, you were the first person I thought of.
Overall, the performances yesterday were meh! Only Brook sang something that made me turn the sound off. I didn’t recognize Sept Morn. I agree with the current dialidol lineup.
Oh, I’m a naughty old girl to be thinking what I’m thinking now! I mean, he’s young enough to be my younger brother. I love me some goofy grin! Too bad he’s got to go this week, it is getting PAINFUL.
