**Nutty Bunny ** nails it in one! The novocaine hasn’t quite worn off yet. I half expected him to wipe drool onto his sleeve. And he walked like he was auditioning for Peter Boyle’s part in Young Frankenstein.
Nutty Bunny:
Does Sanjaya’s survival really change the results that much, though? Suppose he’d been voted off first. Who’s to say that Brandon, Stephanie, Chris S. and Gina would not simply have all moved up one? Sanjaya didn’t make any of them perform differently than they did. Brandon might have benefited from a second week in the finals, but I’m not sure it’s a given that Gina would have zoomed into the top 4 if not for Sanjaya. And you can bring Haley into it, but this didn’t start with her. There’s always a girl who shakes her moneymaker, and they usually go out mid-pack. And Gina has gotten about as far as quirky girls ever do. Perhaps the furthest, in fact.
It’s a package deal, for sure. Sanjaya will prolly make a ton of money with the 'tween set, but I bet Simon will put up the minimal amount of money to synthesize his voice (a la Paris Hilton) to get a record made. No red carpet treatment in that regard.
Oh, and I wanted to add something to what I said before. In the end, the best singer will still prevail. Even if the best singer doesn’t take the #1 spot, they’ll still be close second (it does get pretty close at the end). And even then, the #1 spot is only guranteed a record contract. The best singer (whatever the place) will have all the labels making offers to her.
Even if Sanjaya wins, you’ll probably still be hearing from Melinda.
For sure. And if history is any indicator, the one that doesn’t win will be very successful!
Not sure if you didn’t catch season one or maybe just forgot, but actually quirky girl Nikki McKibbin made it to third place behind Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson in season one. Kelly Clarkson also started out as being kind of a quirky girl. She had dyed hair and stuff, but was crafted into the pop princess while Nikki got the “rocker girl” image. Obviously, some of Kelly’s music has more of a rock vibe now.
yellowval (who knows way too much about this show and is going to go get a life now)
Sanjaya sings Battle of Epping Forest… that would make for some interesting television!
It does kind of suck that Gina is gone, but she did have a lackluster couple of weeks. She has always had the opportunity to select a song that she could mold into her own style, but failed to do so on a consistent basis.
I think within a certain small area of musical styles, she could be consistently great. In that case it was her job to see that whatever the style, she find a tune she could mold to fit the way she performs. Half the other contestants do that routinely. This really is just the wrong show for her. I think she will do great on the tour, and hopefully get something a little more long-lasting out of it. She’s a great personality, and I think a savvy record exec could spin that into some bucks all around.
I think all this, then during the sing-off I see Sanjaya’s and Haley’s grins of relief, and think: There ain’t no justice.
Battle of Evermore might be more up his alley.
I’m sure she does, too. It right sucks to not be born stunningly beautiful. However, music is about what you hear and shouldn’t be about what you see.
Gina had a shot at **Paint It, Black ** two weeks ago, and impressed no one.
My local paper had a big article on Sanjaya today, with a sidebar on each season’s Sanjaya: the no-talent who made it farther than they should (John Stevens, Scott Savol, Kimberly Caldwell, Jasmine Trias, Mikkalllahh, Chicken Little…on and on…). So America never gets the order right, but usually winds up with the best final 2. My knickers remain untwisted.
As right as you are, that little dance number with Paula did poor Gina in. She didn’t stand a chance against the veritable army of prepubescent girls with love in their hearts and phones with speed dial that finally have someone to truly fawn over. Not since Davy Jones (wow I’m old) has there been such a fervor about a singing act. I mean, he’s a sweet kid, but he sucks. Gina’s better than he is, (though not much, she IS better). Fact is, he should have been gone the first couple of weeks.
IMO, the show needs to be off the air for the next two seasons to let this anti-idol sentiment dissipate. The fact that this kid is still a part of the process is proof that no matter what good thing you do, someone somewhere will find a way to screw it up for everyone else. Cowell would be smart to walk away if Sanjaya wins.
AI could quite easily & simply put an end to the phenomenon of lackluster talents with inexplicable fan bases:
Change from voting for who you want to stay, to voting for who should go.
The deluded fan vote would get spread across the good singers, but the more level-headed fan base would know exactly who to vote for. Just the opposite of what happens now.
So Haley gets a reprieve. What must be going on in that little feather-duster head of hers? “Wow…saved by the skin of my ass yet again. I don’t have 1/1000[sup]th[/sup] the vocal ability that Gina had, yet I’m still here. That was a close one. I’d really better…”
And finishing that sentence is where it becomes decision time for her:
A) “…concentrate on my singing and really try to be the best vocalist I can possibly be.”
or
B)"…wear even shorter shorts next week! Tee hee!"
Gee…wonder which way she’ll lean. Vapid, talentless bobblehead.
This isn’t true. If you listen to them without looking, Haley is a slightly better singer than Gina. Neither of them is anything special, but Gina’s vocal ability is no better than average.
If you listen to them without looking, Haley vanishes into a puff of nothingness. She’s this year’s Katherine – a perfectly non-offensive voice that is utterly devoid of any soul or feeling.
Gina wasn’t the best singer this competition has ever seen, but she was at least capable of putting some emotion into her songs. Haley is nothing but some sort of vocal automaton. She’s nowhere near Gina’s league.
Exactly. And she might still get a contract, if the ho*-hum-ness that is Kellie Pickler’s voice got her a deal.
And they do all get to go out on tour anyway.
*pun intended
Melinda looks like a bobblehead, does that count?
BTW, am I the only one annoyed by her wardrobe choices? The belts make her look even more shortwaisted and boxy. She needs to wear the belt slung low on her hips to elongate her torso and give her a waist.
Does anyone else thing Melinda looks like a black Lily Tomlin…maybe a little?
Yup.