As Simon Cowell announced at the conclusion of Wednesday (April 29) night’s “American Idol,” next week’s theme is Rock. The show has lined up some appropriate guests to match.
In addition to guitar legend Slash, who will serve as mentor to Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen, next Wednesday (May 6) will feature the return of the most successful “American Idol” rocker to date.
Daughtry will take the stage to perform “No Surprise,” the first single off their album. Chris Daughtry was the fourth place finisher on the fifth season of “American Idol.” The self-titled debut by his self-titled band went quadruple-platinum and was nominated for multiple Grammys.
In addition to Daughtry, the Wednesday episode will also include a performance by No Doubt, who will be reuniting for a summer tour, prepping for the 2010 release of their next album.
Well, well. Sounds like a good show. (Slash has to better than Tarantino was, and I found Jamie Foxx creepy. He’ll be entertaining, if nothing else.) At least Wednesday night’s show won’t have as much filler as last night’s did. God, it was painful. Why can’t they get in all of the songs, etc. on performance nights and then have to give us the crappy group sing-a-longs (I know, the Ford commercials are product placement, but what about the cake food fight? Ugh.) on results nights? Boggles the mind (mine, anyway).
That does sound good.
Anybody know for sure–1 or 2 songs?
Having Daughtry there should remind Adam supporters to VOTE! Gawd–I can still see that kid’s face when Ryan told him it was the end of the line for him. I’m still not over that one.
Just wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed last night’s show. I thought it was melodramatic and exciting – just what I needed to stay glued to the TV.
I loved the group sing, enjoyed all – every single one – of the commercials, thought the food fight was sexy and was thoroughly entertained by that Apple computer that sang every note for Jamie Foxx.
I was ecstatic that Adam was safe and Matt Giraud went home.
My only regret is that Natalie Cole didn’t make it to the top 4.
I thoroughly hated last night’s show.
Seriously, I liked Natalie Cole and Taylor wasn’t bad, but the food fight was ridiculous, the group song was just like all of them (except they actually sang live this week! Shock!), the Ford commercial made no sense, and the judges’ banter was stupid. At least Matt got a lot of love at the end (b/c they had TIME for once!!!).
How ironic that Daughtry will be on the week after Adam was B2. If that doesn’t inspire him (and his voters), nothing will.
I mentioned the 1 OR 2 songs b/c apparently Debbie the Stage Manager was not clear on this. C’mon, four contestants, and you can’t fit in two songs? 90 seconds? How long does your banter have to be, judges? How long do the packages have to be? Lordy…
OK, SOMETHING FISHY IS GOING ON:
I have been monitoring the VoteForNumber1.com website all day. Adam has been way ahead since yesterday, leading Danny by double digits.
Somehow, in the last 30 minutes Dany has EXPLODED upwards by almost 20 points and now leads Adam! those who understand statistics know that this kind of huge leap once many thousands of votes have already been cast is almost impossible.
I have noticed this on Dial Idol as well – danny suddenly surging out of nowhere to take the lead.
Could someone be using a hack to dump phone calls and votes to Danny? What am am seeing should be statistically impossible. I definitely smell a rat.
gerritv, I sat down with every intention of enjoying the show. Didn’t end up that way for me. I was a freaking mess.
Oh, Sue–this 4 judges business just takes up more time. I knew it would–and I was right.
FOX Ratings UP!
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/community/programming-insider/newsletters/e3i6527b9547522203618c08dbd50fffa34
I will keep saying this, but you *must* buy FEELING GOOD, HNN fans. OMG. It is beautiful. Wow. I guarantee you if he had sung it this way on the show, he would NOT have been B2. It is now my favorite downloaded song. God. I even like it better than RoF and ToMT and MW.
Idol is a freaking mess this year. Not the singers, but everything else. WWND (What Would Nigel Do?) indeed. He’d fire Bruce Gowers, the Idol Director, to start with.
Adam is going to kick it next week, I guarantee it. He needs to listen to his studio version of Feeling Good over and over and deliver, b/c he certainly can.
I don’t care about Dial Idol and Vote Number 1. Not relevant at this point (or ever). The only relevant thing is how many votes a contestant receives on Tuesday night.
Flat Stanley says Adam FTW
Very disturbing show last night, I’m ready to put it behind me though and look forward to next week. It was disappointing that they did not do two songs this week, hope they find time next week.
Bill, I wouldn’t be surprised at this point. All I know is, the iTunes sales tell us more than any poll. When people need to anti up and pay for the music, it is ADAM kicking everyone’s butt.If Gokey was so overwhelmingly popular, it must be due to hacks, etc, cause people aren’t buying his music.
Sue, I totally agree with you. This cover is amazing in all aspects. I have been hearing it in my head all day. I can’t wait to listen to it now that I am home. Adam FTMFW!
COME ON ADAM!
I noticed the Danny surge also. Could be the Vote#1 cite altering their own stats. so that they can remain “90% correct”, or whatever it is.
Excuse that I had already posted this on the wrong page!
Bill,
I would think that not the same ones doing their thing on votefornumber1 can construe DialIdol, plus be doing a number on real voting results.
There HAS to be a real incentive to fuss with the phone lines. Watch the betting sites. Sure–it’s easy to hack into the data base–change some line codes and put in any number you want–but, boy–I cannot imagine doing that just to get your guy or gal a win–the penalty is pretty severe. I can only imagine that happening for a monetary gain–and a big one.
Yes–the Idol peeps can control or throw out votes. It’s the only control they have against Phone Phreakers. They do try to single them out and their votes do get thrown out. Regular phone or regular texting votes don’t get thrown out.
FCC does handle the complaints. If there is any evidence of vote fixing–they would investigate. However, most of the complaints are how they cannot get through, but logjams start at the local level.
PLEASE VISIT THE American Idol FAQs about voting .They do not allow power dialling etc, no voting on the internet etc. Only toll-free and AT&T Mobility Text Messaging voting is available for American Idol. etc etc. It is possible dial idol votes may be mute.
Also need to vote in your apprpopriate phone time zone.
http://www.americanidol.com/faq/
Theory-
Bookies make no money if their odds dont look better and give people a reason to bet. The odds showed Adam so far ahead there was nothing to bet on. Idol is a huge $$ maker for Vegas. Solution: Hire phone banks (for cheap) to post internt (votes) numbers as well as vote on Tuesday.
Votes went from 45M to 47M in one week. Why?
Hey, why dont we all hire one student for $10 an hr to sit on their home phone (unlimited long distance only) and vote for Adam?
Dial Idol does not vote on the internet. they count. 100% sure.
I see Danny ahead very slightly at votefornumberone & that is highly unusual. I check this site once a day & last time I checked Adam had a substantial lead (as he always does). Yet in the “Favorite Male” category farther down:
Adam – 59.67%
Danny – 11.31%
This doesn’t jive. If Adam is the overwhelmingly favorite male why would Danny suddenly be getting massive votes for “Favorite going into Next Week”?
Just checked again – Danny is up 2 more points & Adam is down 2 more points. Something weird is going on.
I was up WAY WAY to late last night and checked it several times and saw it jump 20 pts for Danny. Then very late, aftermidnight I tried to vote (for the new day) and it would not let me.
DIAL IDOL HELP NEEDED-
I’m very computer savy, but technically challenged with modems, wires, cables etc. I got DialIdol downloaded, but I’m at a total loss what to do?
I have an ATT landline, and ATT Internet DSL, and a multifunction fax/print (but never got it connected either), so I dont have any phone cables to my computer.
What exactly am I hooking up to what? I cant find ifo on Dial Idol.
Also, if I use Dial Idol, can I also be dialing on my landline at the same time?
All the polls could be exactly right…, I do the polls every time I see one, and of course choose Adam..but I live in Canada… just because we are doing the polls, doesn’t mean we are calling, , maybe the same goes for some Americans… !! Could it be ? Or , are these other kinds of polls you are checking…I also, baught every one of Adam’s songs from Itunes, and love them all…but havn’t called in once, if someone knows how I can, I surely will and spread the Canadian word ….but I don;t think we can vote, right ??
It was a nasty thing they dd to Adam and to us last night..if they did infact do it for ratings….I almost saw my supper, for the scond time !!
Don’t want to argue here but, it’s been said for months that something fishy was going to happen about this time.
Do NOT underestimate what certain persons on the very far right of the political spectrum will do. To them, this is not a singing contest. Because of Adam, it is a “good vs evil” or “right vs wrong” contest and they will do EVERYTHING to make sure Gokey (mr “good”, mr “right”) wins.
Hopefully the people at votefornumberone can track down where these votes are coming from, and hopefully they will do something about it (ie, call Idol, the cops, the FBI, the mafia, somebody).
I cannot say I am surprised if the competition becomes a conservative/liberal or straight/gay battle. Danny comes from a very conservative church. Adam is a non-practicing Jewish male. Danny is obviously straight, whereas Adam is gay or bi. Danny has a very strong contingent behind him; I cannot say the same for Adam (i.e., there is a fan base, but it’s a mixed one). I know TPTB thought this would be a great match-up (polar opposites make for great TV), but it doesn’t mean America agrees (again, Prop 8). And I hate to say it, but it’s true: the more Adam glams it up, the greater the backlash. So to some degree this is in Adam’s court.
If he plays this conservatively, he may lose some of his fan base (though I doubt much of it), but if doesn’t, he is going to lose a lot of viewers on the fence, those who hated RoF, who didn’t like PTFM or FG (not the studio version, the performance version).
Obviously, Adam wants to win (thanks for pointing that out, Simon, for God’s sake), but he needs to play this carefully. If he, for example, sings Bowie or Queen, there is a percentage of more casual viewers who may be turned off (depending on the performance). Obviously, Feeling Good didn’t work (pink staircase, white suit, etc.), so Adam needs to be careful about the theatricality. It will only take him so far. He is a superior singer, IMO, to the others, BUT…if he is perceived as too theatrical (and remember, he was cautioned about this DURING HOLLYWOOD WEEK), he will not win the competition. He just won’t. He has said he would take that into consideration, but I think Tuesday’s performance indicated otherwise. The B2 was not an anomaly, IMO, and I am not sure, in retrospect, that it was TPTB looking for strong ratings, though they certainly got them.
I think that Danny’s fan base is becoming more outspoken and cohesive as the competition comes down to the final four. AND I would not be surprised if a lot of Matt supporters (who, remember, has sung in his church choir prior to Idol) throw their votes over to Kris and/or Danny. But I think it is the gender preference issue that is going to be the greatest factor. I just don’t know if America is ready to accept a gay American Idol. I could give a damn, but I live in Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal.
This is reality, kids. It just is. And if you want Adam to win, you better be prepared to vote hard, b/c Danny’s fans certainly are in it to win it.
It would be very easy for any techy to hack into Votefornumber one and put in multiple votes just to skew perception. Votefornumberone may not even know its happening. It just appears to be a small operator running it (address is Limo company, Limo company president dis graphics designer does websites).
It is acting up right now because I was able to put in multiple votes for a few categories.
Idol does not want Danny to win. And those on the Danny/Kris bandwagon are resourceful, but most likely not devious/dishonest. Fox, Idol or Vegas on the otherhand will do anything to manage the outcome. However, I do think last year Simon wanted Archie.
I’d be way more worried about actual votes.
I think Simon was very intentional bringing up the comment about “I know many say the balony about the winning/not winning, but its obvious you want to win”.
Simon was not givng a compliment as much as pre trying to convince Adam that he should want to win, that the “you’ll be fine even if you dont win” internet message would not stick in Adams mind after he comes in the bottom the next day!. Afterall aftercoming in the bottom those thoughts might start to resonnate.
I dont think the gay/christian thing is an issue. I dont think Christians dislike Jews. But Adam does need to not be “sleazy” or too over the top. Sex sells in hollywood, but not the general public. Sexy on the otherhand does sell, and Adam has that over Danny hands down. Tweens wont vote for Danny. And I have Christian friends who are voting for Adam.
This is hilarious. reallly? A Republican conspiracy AND computer hackers changing irrelevant polls? Do you people hear yourselves?
I don’t think Idol really cares who wins.
The money they are concerned about making is in the show itself – not after it. Even if they are stuck with a bad winner (and they have been 4 out of 7 times), they lose next to nothing compared to the millions and millions they made by having an entertaining show. Not to mention they technically own the rights to all the show’s losers, as well.
Mike, you so don’t get what I am saying that it’s ridiculous. I could give a damn about BS polls. I care about actual votes. Whose voting and why they are voting. I don’t believe (personally) that there is a conspiracy. But I think the truth is beginning to rear its ugly head.
What is that truth, sue?
My issue really isn’t the religious one, its the gender preference one, and I hope I am 100 percent wrong about this. Let’s see what Adam chooses to sing and what the outcome is next week (which is, BTW, why I hope he doesn’t go glam). If he’s B2…well…
And wizkid, I totally agree with you. Adam’s religion hasn’t really come out, and I don’t think it’s an issue at all. Lifestyle choices are another thing altogether.
Mike, see previous post.
My guess is your going to throw out the excuse that America won’t vote for him because he’s gay. Which ignores the more obvious answer that maybe, despite how awesome YOU think Adam is, there are more people who think other contestants are more awesome, and that Adam is not the be all end all.
The reason Adam was in the bottom 2–too many of his fans thought (incorrectly) he was safe. Why bother to vote for 2 hours? They planned to vote when it narrowed down a tad more.
Complacent. .
Mike,
You come to a forum that is designed for people that are very enthusiastic to the point of being a bit nutty about Idol, and then you act surprised that we are enthusiastic and a bit nutty about Idol?
If you are looking for calm rationality, read http://www.cnbc.com and leave us alone.
Thank you, Bill. Same thought. Much appreciated it.
One more thing, and then I am going to log off for the evening (so tired after too much twittering and posting last night
):
I just spoke to my sister who is a HUGE Danny fan (don’t ask, she just is, and in fact is surprised that I am not). She wanted to know if I had recovered from last night. I said I finally had.
She said that her issue with Adam is NOT that he is gay (she could care less), and is NOT that he doesn’t have an amazing voice (she thinks he does), BUT that she thinks he is too theatrical. She pointed out that the judges have told him a number of times to tone it down, and he has (with MW, for example), but he didn’t with FG. She thinks, in fact, that Danny has listened to the judges’ advice whereas Adam has not.
It is hard for me to defend Adam in this case, b/c I DO feel that FG was over the top, unnecessarily. Adam has a gorgeous voice. I want to HEAR his voice. I don’t want him to spend 10 seconds strutting down a pink staircase. I want him to SING. I had no issue with him running around during BTBW (one of my favorite performances, in fact) b/c he was so into it, and therefore we were into it (plus he was Emo!Adam, and God, I love Emo!Adam). But Tuesday night he was playing the suave showman and it didn’t work for me (or others, apparently), though the recording of FG is absolutely stunning. I didn’t feel moved whatsoever when I watched him sing the song, however.
So I do think it comes down to this: Is he willing to scale it back to win? Because I honestly believe that if he is, he WILL win, or has a very good chance of winning, and if he doesn’t he will not win and may well not make the finale. He doesn’t have to be a bland robot; that would be horrible. But he DOES need to focus on the song more (as, again, he did with MW and with ToMT and in fact did with both BoW and BTBW). I didn’t look at him, I felt like I was with him (if that makes sense). This is what can bring him the victory (that and Adam fans VOTING for him, heh heh). Get the audience involved, and they will vote for you.
Well, that’s it for tonight. Ciao for now.
My only consolence (sp) in all this is…
I still hold to the long held rumor/fact/whatever that somewhere on the Idol website there is/was a statement that went something like…
“thanks for voting, but the producers will pick the winner based on how many calls a person gets and other factors”
I really think that the producers want Adam to win. He is VERY popular outside the US and those are bigger bucks than from inside. Adam will easily have his own tour(s), possibly a tv show of some sort, do a musical or 2 and be very famous, which gives the producers big bucks.
Danny/Kris, on the other hand, will only, in the long run, appeal to their church bases. Very little money in that.
(btw, if you have a few minutes, you might want to spend 10 minutes looking up Kris Allen on wikipedia, then following the various links in the article. The church for which he was EMPLOYED is very anti-gay and Sarah Palin is of the same faith. Before Kris was in the top 13, his name was all over their website, now it’s nowhere to be seen.)
One last thing (I am such a liar):
If you like spare, acoustic music (I do), head over to mj’s blog. She has embedded a pretty song that Kris recorded before Idol. And there is no mention of Jesus in it, unlike Danny’s stuff.
I’m bummed out to hear that about Kris’s church (Sarah Palin makes me skin crawl). That said, I would vote for Kris (I am not going to any more, but I have), but if Danny were the only contestant and I had to vote, I still wouldn’t.
Okay, now I’m done. Have a nice night, y’all.
Idol controls (rights to) anything and everything said about an idol and where their name is posted (besides blogs). Idol controls the image they want projected. They dont seem as concerned to limit all Adams stuff, so maybe they are wanting to be open about it in a positive way (I mean can they hide everything?). It appears they want to market Kris more broadly and not tied to all things Christian, like Danny. Might pigeonhole him too much.
I dont know much or pay much attention to Sara Palin, but I think her church is a mainstream Christian (on every corner) Assembly of God church, which I think is pentacostal. Whatever it is, Kris seems to be representing his Christianity pretty well. Nice humble guy.
Everyone here knows I am a big Adam fan. So please keep that in mind as I say this.
Adam’s live performance of FG was, IMHO, the first time he has ever been truly indulgent on the show. He wasn’t just singing the song, he was showing off with unnecessary vocal gymnastics.
Nothing wrong with a big glory note, but this one was too long and didn’t fit the rest of the song. It was almost as if he was saying “look what I can do”.
I think this hurt Adam in the voting.
Adam needs to remember that he isn’t trying to “impress” people with his voice. He is trying to create emotions in us with his voice. This was the secret of David cook’s victory last year – he made you FEEL something.
Adam has achieved this same emotion many times this season, but on FG, it was just OTT, indulgent and self-agrandizing. It turned people off.
Hopefully Adam will step back and see that. It’s never good when you start believing your own press. I mean, how could he not get a little cocky with the 24/7 tongue bath he has been getting?
So next week will be the test. Adam right now is like the star quarterback that threw the big interception late when they were about to put the game away. So, how does he come back? Does he crumble under the pressure because of the pick, or does he let it motivate him to complete the final 2 minute drill and win the game?
While looking here and there…
An example of what the Assemblies Of God All State Youth Choir sounds, and looks like (choir is from Kris Allen’s native Arkansas, but there is no mention of him in the video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd7nCzwthgo
While watching that one, I realized something looked familiar, and I found some other nice folk doing almost the same thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR_yCxIxDDc
Which kept me searching and I found this, which at about the 1:40 mark starts to resemble some movement from the first video above:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRVmkWyTNFE
Now I’m off to find a life.
Have you checked out the studio version of “Feeling Good”? It has even more “vocal gymnastics”/nuances and it is beautiful. Perhaps what is impressive to others is second nature to Adam? In his confessional, he has mentioned that he has been singing for a long time and enjoys challenging himself. Would it be better if he sings a song that fits into a net 1.5 octave next week to please the masses? Even then he may get critized for his ‘high’ register (which is just his tenor range), his ‘theatrics’ (deemed either too manic or not BSC enough). His manner (omg, does he talk with a lisp or is he more ‘affected’ around certain people) and his appearance (the hair, the nails, the clothes, omg #2 is he gaining weight!!11) will be analyzed to death by his non-fans and so called fans.
I think Adam has been doing a fine job in the competitons. It is not on him if he doesn’t win this thing, it is on the fans who rather dwell on conspiracy theories than spend the time voting for him to get him to the finale/win.
don’t know if this is correct but all the winners of the show was NEVER in the bottom two?! is this already a sign.. i dunno.. but hope Adam will break the trend if this is true.. all of them are really great artists at this point though… = )
BINGO! (I did love the performance, but I get what you mean about the note out of place…you want to be led to the big note with emotion).
Not sure where else to put this but seems appropriate – new HNN performance “You’ve got a friend” duet with Eden Espinoza:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hqePZQRdDA
Thanks for the link bridgeymah!
Adam fans, you might be interested in this very nice new Simon interview:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/interviews_profiles/e3id5be315f15f95c42861ff030923cce0d?pn=1
Some rumors are indicating that we might get 1 solo from each contestant next week, and 1 duet, what do you guys think?
If that’s true, I would love to see an Adam + Allison duet!
Oopps, sorry for the box-breaking link!
BTW, Matt said in an interview that Adam told him that he didn’t like his own performance. So I’m sure he is now aware of what not to do again (I still loved it).
Alx,
Yes, I sensed from the look on Adam’s face after he finished singing that he wasn’t happy with his performance either. I think I initially mistook that for arrogance on his part, but now that i think about it, I think it was disappointment.
Normally he beams after his song. This time he looked sullen with just a sheepish grin. Adam knows when he is good and when he isn’t and for some reason on Tuesday, he just wasn’t in the zone.
It happens. Even the best performers don’t get it right on the first take in the studio. Unfortunately for Adam, we have come to expect perfection as the baseline.
It is good that Adam sees this and knows how to fix it. It also makes sense now why he didn’t look at all surprised to be in the bottom 2.
SOMETHING I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT ADAM’S VOICE:
In Adams’ pre-Idol recordings, especially the older ones, we get to hear the purity of Adam’s voice, it’s bell-like quality and flawless vibrato.
In his later recordings and Idol work, we can hear that Adam has gone away from that “Broadway” sound in favor of a more “raw” edge, adding a “gravelly” feel to his voice.
I think this is a MISTAKE (Adam, if you are reading this), a BIG mistake. Why? Because it isn’t REAL. It is Adam trying to “sound” like a rockstar instead of “being” a rockstar. It’s not honest and I think people who aren’t already his die-hard fans sense that. This is what people like so much about Kris and Allison I think – their honest sound. (I have no idea why people like Danny Gokey, but oh well).
Face it, a large part of Adam’s current popularity is due to his early work online, not his Idol performances. As a matter of fact, many of his fans (including me) keep hoping for a “Brigadoon” or a “Dust In The Wind” or an “Is Anybody Listening” and we never, ever get it.
I am saying right now, that if Adam sees this and gives us performances in his clear, beautiful voice without the nasal, raw edge, he wins in a walk.
His goal every song should be, “Forget making Paula cry, how do I make Simon cry?” Forget the standing ovation, if they pan to Simon during Adam’s performance and we see his eyes misting, this is over.
Urgh. I for one PREFER his recent performances so whatever.
Let Adam be Adam.
Urgh. I for one PREFER his recent performances so whatever.
Continuing from above –
And maybe you never ever get a song like Brigadoon because he has said (more than once) this is NOT the kind of music he wants to make and he is not going to throw it out there, totally compromising his personal and artistic integrity just to appease the so called “masses”.
I am also no expert but Feeling Good sounds pretty amazing to my philistine ears and the vast majority of reviews around boards seem to agree – without a Brigadoon or Windy Dust in sight, just Glam Jazzy Rock Pop Adam style. So maybe he knows something that we don’t (why just imagine that).
A little something something for peeps:
Sam Harris interviewing Michael Orland. Is pretty cute they talk some about Adam around Minute 16 – 21.
Enjoy.
(Oh and some compare Sam to Adam – check out his Star Search performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZyjSuOrRBw)
@Bill
Maybe you should send a fanmail/feedback to Adam regarding his performance. I’m sure he would love to get some constructive criticism.
Y’all BIG NEWS: The contestants will sing DUETS next week!!!!
Bill: no comment. Too tired to read your criticism of HNN. He’s got enough to think about now.
Flat Stanley says for vote Adam!
I sure hope you’re kidding…Adam’s been performing since he was 10 years old, maybe he knows a bit about what he’s doing vocally. Just a thought.
Duets! Duets! Duets! I think this is SO exciting!! Now, I am assuming (gawd hate that word right now) both the single and the duet will be from the rock theme??
How many hours until Tuesday? Are we there yet?
I know lots of people are thinking that duets will be cool, but for me it stinks that TPTB can’t get their shit together with judges mentors and ads to fit what would amount to 16 MINUTES of singing performances into an hour. So instead they do duets – oh how great, but in reality is so they only have to fit in 12 minutes of singing (6 performances of 2 minutes each).
Bully for them they get to have another ad break. Sucks for us we don’t get two performances per usual.
Ok grumpy and tired – should go to bed before I spoil everyones fun.
Let Adam be Adam.
Yes, you are all correct. Adams’ strategy is perfection. That’s why he was in the bottom 2. Also, his fans behaved perfectly, that’s why Adam was in the bottom 2. If Adam does everything just as perfectly next week, he will go home – hooray!
American Idol is like politics. Before you get the power, you have to first win. If Adam wants to win, he needs to consolidate the middle. He already owns his fanbase – they will love anything he does. He needs to capture those new voters than only watch once we get down to the end and only vote a few times. If he loses those to Gokey/Kris/Allison, his season is over.
Now Adam can go for the pure artistry thing and lose, or he can be commercial, and win.
If he is smart he will win first, then once he has been crowned, bring out the artistry. As Simon said early in the season, AMERICAN IDOL IS NOT ABOUT ARTISTRY. He is right, it’s not. I think after 8 seasons, Simon knows of what he speaks.
As far as FB is concerned, even Adam himself (according to Matt) said he didn’t like his performance. So he and I agree. It doesn’t matter if Adam’s diehard fans loved it – they are biased. What matters is did average Joes with no bias for or against Adam love it? Apparently not since he was bottom 2.
If we get another ROF or BF style performance on Tuesday, Adam’s journey on idol is over.
P.S., With regards to the “Let Adam be Adam” comment. That’s just my point. Adam’s isn’t being Adam, Adam is being what he imagines a rock star should be. That is why so many people struggle with his image, because it isn’t altogether honest based upon what we have seen of Adam in the past. He seems “theatrical” because he is “acting”.
So, who is the real Adam? I would say that the PTFM Adam is pretty close to his core. He looks the most at ease in that performance of anything. The suit and tie is too conservative and the pure emo is too emo.
I tend to agree with what Bill wants from Adam. I fell in love with his pre-Idol performances before he even appeared on the show. I also think with one or two performances like that he would pick up tons of new voters. However – I also love his Idol performances. Every single one. And I recall him saying in some interview “I’ve been doing this a long time. I know what I’m doing.” So I’m going to trust his judgment.
BTW – Start voting a few minutes BEFORE the show ends. You can get in a few extra votes this way!
If you need a feel good moment for today, watch this, it will be a smile on your face
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/Do_Re_Mi_Train_Station_1/?m=new#239178
The only rock ‘duet’ I can hear in my head that doesn’t remidn me of that auful ‘Justin Meets kelly’ musical soundtrack is:
Adam & Allison
MeatLoaf(with marion Raven)…singing It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
It’s powerful and angry and tender all wrapped up in one. And both signers get to really belt it out.
Plus it is already a ‘theatrical’ type song.
If Danny gets Adam, I’m not sure I can take it.
I think Kris/Danny and Adam/Allison would be cool, to be honest, though I would rather not have duets at all. Adam and Allison could really rock out.
That said, I agree with Bridgey: It’s to save time and it’s gimmicky. This is NOT a show about duets, or fronting a bad, it’s about being a soloist, and when you get down to Top 4, THAT is what I want to see.
But think of the possibility of an Adam/Allison duet: You could go the Leather and Lace route (not rocky enough, though)…You could definitely go Meatloaf…I need to think of others.
PLEASE DO NOT HAVE IT BE DANNY AND ADAM. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
(But watch it happen as a prelude to the finale, and they it ends up Kris and Allison instead…*sigh*)
Can I start voting now?
No, Sue. Then people will have to see who is he better performer/singer
Oooohhh, here’s a thought. Strangely appropriate in my mind anyway.
How about a ‘duet’ between Slash & Adam…Slash plays while Adam sings…I like that scenario…plus Slash would feel right at home if Adam sang a GnR’s tune…sigh.
Let the other 3 draw straws…lol
Just kidding. I really do not want to see or hear any duets, I want to see each person sing their heart out, 1 at a time. It’s the fair thing to do.
Rock is the next idol theme which will be graced by some superstar guests like the guitar legend Slash, Daughtry and a performance by No Doubt!! Its going to be hot!!
Cant wait for this week!
especially for daughtry to perform
This week should be amazing.
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