[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow]
What the fuck was wrong with Simon? Usually there’s a hint of jokiness with him and Seacrest, but he looked (and sounded) seriously pissed. Made me uncomfortable watching it.
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I think it was the dig Chris made toward Il Divo. I’m not sure they’ve been the commercial success that Simon had hoped for.
I only listened to the show last night, so I can’t comment on annoying facial expressions and gestures. I also didn’t vote because I don’t want to get emotionally invested in anyone.
I was a bit disappointed that Chris Sligh took the “mouth off to Simon” low road, no matter how clever you may phrase it, Ryan is going to milk it and make it what it became, really uncomfortable.
Speaking of Ryan, he proved what a slimy Simon-bashing baiter he was when he tried to get Sanjaya to mouth off at Simon. He picks the youngest, sweetest kid who was probably raised in a culture where you show respect to elders and tries to encourage him to be a smart ass. I think the kid deserves a pass this time just for refusing to play Ryan’s game.
I didn’t watch the time but was it seriously 6 - 1 minute songs in the first hour? Okay, that is messed up. I know they have to have advertisers but that’s ridiculous. Either give the singers more time to sing the one song or let them sing two songs, one slow and one up tempo, and cut out a lot of the fluff and commercials. The show is one big ad for “Cingular is the new AT&T” anyway.
Minute-and-a-half, but yes, lots and lots of filler.
[QUOTE=McNew]
I didn’t understand where the Il Divo/Teletubbies thing came from- my wife and I looked at each other with WTF? expressions.
So, WTF?
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I wasn’t too sure either. I assume these are two of Simon’s projects he produced?
Didn’t Simon also produce the old Eddie Murphy album (My Girl Want’s To Party All The Time!)?
I don’t think it’s filler to give some background on the contestants. I was disappointed when they stopped doing those profiles on the final 12. Give viewers a chance to know these people a bit.
Yeah, but the backgrounds were only thirty seconds. And within that, only a third or so was new information in the form of sound bites from interviews. The rest was reruns of past shows.
[QUOTE=Hampshire]
I wasn’t too sure either. I assume these are two of Simon’s projects he produced?
Didn’t Simon also produce the old Eddie Murphy album (My Girl Want’s To Party All The Time!)?
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I *like * that song.
Yeah, the carping and bickering was seriously getting on my nerves last night, too. Not least, because it gives my husband the opportunity to surf through nine other channels and then I might miss something important!
[QUOTE=McNew]
I didn’t understand where the Il Divo/Teletubbies thing came from- my wife and I looked at each other with WTF? expressions.
So, WTF?
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Il Divo is one of Simon’s pet projects – A pop-opera boy band kind of thing. As many times as people have tried to argue with Simon or insult him, that was the first time I think I’ve seen him look like someone actually hit a nerve.
Re: Ryan’s attempts to be an instigator, I’ve seen an ex-contestant (Carmen something?) on Joe Scarborough’s show a few times and she says that the producers encourage the contestants to argue with Simon. I think Seacrest is sort of doing the show’s bidding when he tries to goad people into talking back to Simon. They think it makes for better TV, I guess. Normally Simon’s got skin like an armored tank and any attempted smack talk bounces right off him, but I think Sligh found a sore spot with that Il Divo crack. He’ll pay for that, methinks.
I also noticed that Ryan was really making an effort to point out that he’s straight last night. Early in the show he made the, “I’m glad you’re on that couch” comment to Chris Sligh after his remarks about everyone looking pretty. Later he was trying to flirt with the girls and making sure Simon knew not to call him “sweetheart.”
Thanks to Tivo, I managed to get the whole dismal thing done in 1:20, and that’s *with * watching the uncomfortable and tedious banter. (gee, I love this show…)
Could someone post exactly what c. Sligh said about Teletubbies that set Simon off? Man, that was uncomfortable. And kept going, and going, and going…
Doesn’t anyone have a *voice * anymore? Where did all these nasally, thin, breathy whiners come from?
Sanyaja looks like a little girl. Get a haircut, damn hippie.
Bald guy (Phil?) – some people just shouldn’t shave their heads. In my household, he was called (a) Cancer Survivor (b) Lex Luthor © mannequin.
[QUOTE=McNew]
I didn’t understand where the Il Divo/Teletubbies thing came from- my wife and I looked at each other with WTF? expressions.
So, WTF?
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To add to what Diogenes the Cynic said, he also produced albums for the the Power Rangers and Teletubbies. Yahoo biography link
[QUOTE=yellowval]
I also noticed that Ryan was really making an effort to point out that he’s straight last night. Early in the show he made the, “I’m glad you’re on that couch” comment to Chris Sligh after his remarks about everyone looking pretty. Later he was trying to flirt with the girls and making sure Simon knew not to call him “sweetheart.”
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wait, are you commenting on my comment?
[QUOTE=jali]
Chris Sligh
Jared Cotter
BeatBox Boy (can’t remember his name)
These are the only three that I thought were OK for the whole evening. There were zero “goose bumps moments” for me.
I was rooting for Sundance, but he truly sucked last night - the pronuciation of the word “you” in the chorus really stunk.
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Yeah…“I love yoh.”
BeatBox Boy is Blake Lewis. I was so glad to hear someone choose a Keane song and then actually sing it well.
[QUOTE=xnylder]
To add to what Diogenes the Cynic said, he also produced albums for the the Power Rangers and Teletubbies. Yahoo biography link
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I guess we know why there was an ad for a Power Rangers movie during the show.
I had no idea he had a hand in anything Teletubbie related. Ugh.
[QUOTE=Hugh Jass]
wait, are you commenting on my comment?
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Whoops. Actually, I totally missed that you had already talked about that. Sorry about that. I could swear I read the whole thread but I was reading in between work stuff and apparently didn’t read as closely as I thought.
[QUOTE=Hugh Jass]
Was Ryan trying to butch it up last night? He kept making odd statements that seemed designed to let people know he was Not Gay. …
I’ve heard the rumors about Ryan’s sexuality and I don’t know whether he’s gay or not. It really isn’t relevant to his job. But his attempts to convey heterosexuality seemed really clumsy to me.
Last year was the first time I watched Idol. This is the first time I’ve watched it from the beginning. Is he always like that?
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Yep, definitely. He makes awkward comments about how smokin’ hot various women are on E! News Daily and it just sounds not quite right. He and Simon should get a room, but I don’t hink Simon is into it.
Of the twelve, I only liked five.
Of that five, none were great.
[QUOTE=Biggirl]
There, Ryan just said two go tomorrow.
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Not “tomorrow”, Thursday.
[QUOTE=gigi]
I missed the first hour but wow, everyone sucked hard from the clips they showed at the end (probably unfair, but that was my impression).
I agreed with Simon completely about Chris Sligh (the only guy I have much interest in); he is likeable, I’m pulling for him, but it wasn’t an amazing performance. I wonder how long Chris has been waiting to pull the Teletubbies/Il Divo line :rolleyes: And Simon is right; they’re not there to patronize anyone, since in real business they wouldn’t.
And Ryan at the end “I want to thank Randy and Paula.” I know the producers probably tell them to play up the feud but it’s uncalled for.
Yep, he changed to the song at the last minute to honor his wife and new baby girl.
You know how Sanjaya said his sister brought him the song he ended up singing? I smell attempted sabotage!
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Elliott Yamin sang that Stevie Wonder song a ton better last year!! 
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny]
Chris Richardson? I think his style is very Justin Timberlake, but he looks like a mix of Justin and Kevin Federline, which…is…weird. I hope Britney isn’t watching. I think her head would explode at that realization.
Do they have TV in rehab?
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Actually, I liked Chris’s version, unfortunately he didn’t quite pull it off. He ain’t no Timberline.