Yeah, I’m still watching, but I’ll be so glad when this train wreck is over. 
When Diana D. was singing, “Ain’t no mountain high enough! Ain’t no valley low enough,” without skipping a beat I belted, “Ain’t no buffet big enough” and the room broke out into hysterics. It was a fine moment for Flander indeed.
Sing it, Sister (or Brother). To me this song embodies everything that made me go gak in the seventies, even though it’s not a seventies song.
OK, I’m finally a convert. I can’t stand Fantasia either, but if I measure by asking myself whose record I’d actually buy, Fastasia is the only one in the running. As other posters have noted, she comes closest to injecting an actual personality into each song, and that makes her songs more interesting to me. I mean, Janis Joplin wasn’t the greatest singer in the world, but when she sang Ball and Chain , she sang it. It wasn’t a cover.
Not that Fantasia is a Janis Joplin. Or anywhere close.
The things Randy Jackson says are so fatuous and dim, you wonder how he gets himself to the show in one piece. Aiiight! Keep it real! Yo dawg! Wassup?! And what’s with those fake gang signs he’s always making?
Interesting fact: Randy Jackson briefly played bass for “Journey”
Fantasia ruled last night. Three for three. And remember she didn?t pick “The Greatest Love of All.” Clive Davis did.
It?s taken a while, but over the past couple of weeks I?ve really come to appreciate her. She still bugs me when she?s not performing, but if she wins, they?ll work with her, and over time she will become much more polished and sophisticated.
Diana peaked last week, but saved herself with her third song last night.
As long as Jasmine is not in the final, it should be OK.
A friend who has never seen an episode before lastnight, even noticed how they were obviously showcasing Fantasia.
I thought it was funny that the song they picked for Jasmine was “Mr. Melody”.
“Jasmine, meet Mr. Melody. You two need to get real acquainted, before you even think about entering another singing competition.”
I thought Jasmine was dreadful–much worse than Monday night, when she really shone. Her last song was appalling, highlighting an inconsistency that baffles me.
Neither Jasmine nor Diana support the lower registers particularly well and, stuck with the wrong key and the wrong song, end up sounding weak, flat, or just bad until they stumble out of the woods toward the higher notes. Technically, Diana is a mile ahead of Jasmine, but she’s a screamer with little finesse and needs to step away from her “C’mon everybody!!!” delivery. But give her 5 years and who knows? Last night she looked 26, not 16.
Fantasia is fantastic to my ears, but she belongs in jazz, not pop, Broadway, rock, country, or anything else. The paradox of Fantasia is that her voice is distinctive and refreshing but, alas, there is a certain sameness to hearing her unusual voice over and over. While people decry her singing voice, remember that the same thing was often said of jazz divas Billie Holliday and Diana Washington.
I think Jasmine has a more euphonious tone than Diana. Again, to my ears, Diana has that accent thing going on, which I don’t care for, but in the higher registers, she’s gold and has grown perhaps more than any other contestant, especially given that she’s 16 years old. I must confess to wishing she could drop 20 pounds or get better help in choosing outfits.
Diana has the massive voting demographic behind her and will almost certainly win next week’s Fantasia-Diana showdown. I’m voting for Fantasia, but would have preferred LaToya. That said, any of these three are better than Reuben, who today merits an All Points Bulletin.
This season might be bleak for some observers, but we’ve come a long way since Scooter Girl, a fruit loop who may deserve enshrinement as Psycho of the Year.
Holy sh*t, you just hit on the exact reason I can’t stand her either.
I do not really care, my wife makes me watch the show, but it seemed to me that Fantasia just had better songs. They stuck Jasmine with that stupid “Mr. Melody” and Diana’s secnd song was just as stupid, then what do they gove Fantasia? R&B’s answer to Lee Greenwoods’s “Proud to be an American”.
Very icky from a teenager, especially one who couldn’t bother to stylize the song as much as a hobbyist karaoke singer would have.
I came into this season late (I typically do, I missed all but the last two shows the first year, saw the final six last year) and I had no idea that Diana was only 16. No way you’d prove it by me; she looks to be in her 20s. She doesn’t carry herself as a teen at all, perhaps it’s her size (which I think is perfectly fine, she’s just not a teeny thing like Jasmine) but really she’s just not very teenish to me at all. It gives me hope, though, that she does indeed have time to unlearn some of her unfortunate habits and mature vocally.
But really, none of these girls are ready to be the American Idol. Not a single one. Fantasia obviously saw “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” because her rendition of “Fool in Love” was a straight out channel of Angela Bassett as Tina Turner. Just without the cluefulness, sex appeal or vocal control. Utterly weak. Diana was just so-so right up to that last note of the last song. Jasmine doesn’t deserve review because she a.) shouldn’t still be on the show and b.) her performances were so lackluster and boring that they defy discussion.
Can we just call this season a wash, send whoever “wins” next week to remedial diva school, and try again in the fall?
When Fantasia walked behind the judges & Clive Davis spun his chair around, I could have sworn he thought he was going to get a lap dance. Someone was gesturing at him, turn back around, turn back around.
I do like Fantasia’s voice and artistry quite a bit, but her personality makes me think she’ll be the next Irene Cara.
Considering the diva-monopoly on this year’s show, isn’t it funny the tour is sponsored by Pop Tarts? That should be the name of the show!
I think the judges make it obvious who they’re pushing in the choice of songs they pick for the performers. Last year they stuck Clay with the cheesy “Mack the Knife”, but he still blew them away with it. I don’t recall Ruben’s song but I do remember it was a good, safe Ruben song. I don’t remember K-Lo’s either but I don’t think it was a good one. I really think they were trying to make Clay look bad by giving him the lounge lizard song because they felt he was their chosen one’s (Ruben’s) biggest competition.
Speaking of Ruben, I think the reason Clay is looking more successful is that he is physically able to promote himself. He can tour and jet from coast to coast making the talk show circuit. Ruben gets winded with just one performance. I sure hope he has someone helping him get healthy or he may not last long.
Back to judge’s hypocrisy. Simon made the comment that LaToya got booted because of her really stupid comment about them all being winners. Well, Fantasia said the exact same thing the week she and Jennifer were in the bottom two. And I believe she also said it again when she and LaToya were in the bottom two. So why isn’t Fantasia an idiot for saying that, too?
Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht are now “cheesy”??? That is a dark, unusual, and brilliant song.
Sorry, but it isn’t what I’d consider a modern pop song and it’s often equated with bad lounge singers giving it a bit of a “cheese factor”. Not saying it’s a bad song, it just hasn’t been very well represented in recent years … well, except for Clay’s performance.
I only heard one of the times Fantasia said it, but I assume she said it the same way the other time. She did not say the exact same thing as LaToya.
LaToya said “We’re all winners now. We’re all going to have successful careers”. The arrogance was in assuming they have now made it.
Fantasia’s was more in the “we’re all winners” feel-good phrase. You may think it is cheesy and cliche, but it is not arrogant.
The Australian guy was fantastic. The show needs a good tenor. I hope next year we get Michael Keown back.
Goodbye Jasmine…that would have meant so much more to me seven weeks ago.
I find it hard to believe that the judges are intentionally sabatoging singers by picking bad songs. Paula Abdul can barely bring herself to say a bad word about any of the singers, no matter how badly they butcher a tune. But behind the scenes she’s the puppetmaster pulling the strings? :rolleyes:
Oh yeah, Jasmine’s gone. Yay.