American Idol #6: We've caught the McPheever!

Op donderdag 27 april 2006 14:06 schreef Cart_man het volgende:
~~Taylor~~ Kat gaat winnen.

Taylor wanted to do “Try A Little Tenderness” but the producers didn’t think it was appropriate. Nigel says it didn’t think it fit the genre of “Classic Love Songs” and wasn’t something that they could picture “Bocelli” singing. Taylor was forced to swtich his song as recently as Monday.

Op donderdag 27 april 2006 15:35 schreef Danzig het volgende:
Ik begrijp niet wat iedereen in de McPhee ziet, ja het is een hele mooie vrouw maar ze moet niet gaan zingen, ze zingt compleet zonder gevoel en daarbij ook nog eens keihard. Eén Celion Dion in deze wereld is er al eigenlijk één teveel laat staan twee van dit soort gillende keukenmeiden.

Op donderdag 27 april 2006 20:28 schreef doeka het volgende:

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Wat jammer! Ik had gehoopt dat hij Try a little tenderness zou doen; had goed bij hem gepast.

Ben het absoluut eens met de uitslag; maar vond het toch ook wel jammer.

Krijgen we volgende week Elvis liedjes?

Op zaterdag 29 april 2006 08:50 schreef Tom_Tom- het volgende:
Ik vond het echt een goede show deze week. De enige die niet goed zong was Kellie, dus de uitslag was gewoon helemaal terecht.

Ik vrees voor Paris volgende week.

Op dinsdag 2 mei 2006 15:24 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Boh, ik ken 8 van de 10 liedjes niet. Moet toch weer eens bij gaan houde

Op woensdag 3 mei 2006 14:19 schreef Cart_man het volgende:
Is die al uit op de bekende kanalen?

Op woensdag 3 mei 2006 14:04 schreef Tom_Tom- het volgende:
Hmm, andere Billboard top 10 dan.

Op woensdag 3 mei 2006 21:36 schreef TheVoice het volgende:
Die HDTV versie ziet er inderdaad goed uit, heb em zelf ook even binnengehaald.

Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 00:18 schreef dolfg het volgende:

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Da's echt onmogelijk, want op dit moment wordt deel 11 van de 46 True-HD TS files ge-upload.
Ik kijk sinds weken niet meer anders dan via deze TS files.
Alles downloaden, final 5, top 4 dus in dit geval.
Door de grootte van de bestanden (40x 100 MB) duurt het uploaden erg lang.
Dus tot vrijdagavond is het wachten geblazen omdat ik ook de uitslag van 20x 100 MB er bij wil hebben.
Na het parren combinen met VideoReDoPlus, in hoge kwaliteit (8MB/ps) en double pass branden in NTSC kwaliteit met Nero Premium...
Dat kost dan een uur of 6, maar dan zit je op de bank te genieten van een topuitzending in HD-kwaliteit en digitaal geluid.
Moet je wel een dvd speler hebben die NTSC kan weergeven.

American Idol is bij ons een zaterdagavond-happening geworden!

Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 00:18 schreef dolfg het volgende:

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Da's echt onmogelijk, want op dit moment wordt deel 11 van de 46 True-HD TS files ge-upload.

Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 11:26 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Bleh, wat een slechte rips van american idol de laatste tijd.. missende geluidsfragmenten tot complete scene's. Elliiot was lekker bezig en opeens afgekapt, je krijgt niet eens de jurycommentaar te horen

Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 14:06 schreef TheVoice het volgende:
@AlohaXa: Misschien moet je dat deel even opnieuw downloaden, hij doet het hier gewoon goed.

Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 07:20 schreef Cee het volgende:
Resultaten:

SPOILER
bottom 2 Elliott en Paris

Die zien we niet meer terug:

SPOILER
Paris

Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 10:26 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:

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Off-topic, maarre whehe, wat heb je er aan.
Dus je download eerst super hoge kwaliteit bestanden, vervolgens ga je met nero 2-pass re-enconde

. Zodat het op dvd past

Dan is de uiteindelijke kwaliteit, op een normale crt tv, een fractie beter dan de 350mb versie

Op vrijdag 5 mei 2006 11:22 schreef Tom_Tom- het volgende:
Wat doet die giltrut van een Katharine er nog in?

Op vrijdag 5 mei 2006 14:03 schreef LeBeau het volgende:
Tieten.

En als ze schreeuwerige diva ballads vermijdt is ze super.

Op vrijdag 5 mei 2006 14:09 schreef Tom_Tom- het volgende:

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Ik vraag me toch ernstig af of KT Tunstall het prettig vond zo verkracht te worden.

Op zaterdag 6 mei 2006 19:17 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Ik vond het geen verkrachting

Op woensdag 10 mei 2006 19:35 schreef LeBeau het volgende:
Katharine begon 2 keer goed, en ging 2 keer op het einde de mist in. Zonde.

Op woensdag 10 mei 2006 19:03 schreef ElizabethR het volgende:
Ik loop weer een uitzending achter en nu weet ik al wie eruit ligt

Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 03:38 schreef Seiruu het volgende:
Result show

Taylor mocht gaan zingen......

Results:

SPOILER
Top 2

Taylor & Elliott (YES YES YES)

Duidelijk wie bottom 2 is, dus wie gaat er weg??

Chris Daughtry! (Hmm, beetje onverwacht, had eerder Kat zien vertrekken, maar goed)

Op woensdag 10 mei 2006 20:25 schreef maartena het volgende:

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Tja.... een week later kun je niet meer verwachten dat we spoilers gaan gebruiken natuurlijk, anders blijft het hele topic een-en-al spoiler tags natuurlijk, want je kunt ook wel eens 2 weken of 3 weken achter liggen natuurlijk.....

Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 06:00 schreef popolon het volgende:
De kijkcijfers zijn erg aardig in de VS:

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY (FOX) 9:00 PM: 29,256,000 kijkers.

Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 18:12 schreef maartena het volgende:

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En dat met al die playoffs!

Ik Tivo de handel gewoon, en kijk een uur later

Ik weet niet of ze dat meetellen met de kijkcijfers.

Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 11:07 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Next week each contestant will sing 3 songs which will be the Judges choice, the contestants choice, and one from Clive Davis, who will be a guest on the show.

Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 12:29 schreef Funkytrip het volgende:
Net de show van de laatste 4 zitten kijken. Wat zingt die Kat toch irritant. Als ze hoger wil gaan zingen komt er zo'n keelklank uit. Brrr

En dan helpen ze haar nog ook, want als je de terugblik ziet en haar laatste optreden vergelijkt met hoe ze het live zong hoor je duidelijk dat ze de oefenversie hebben gebruikt waar ze niet vals in zong. Goedkoop hoor. Dat deden ze overigens ook met die stud (ben zijn naam nu al kwijt)

Op zaterdag 13 mei 2006 11:41 schreef Tom_Tom- het volgende:
Oh god, Over The Rainbow. Dat wordt gillen en krijsen.

Op zaterdag 13 mei 2006 21:48 schreef Sneeze het volgende:
Ik hoop écht op een ~~Taylor~~ Elliot-Katharine finale.

Op zaterdag 13 mei 2006 21:48 schreef Sneeze het volgende:
Ik hoop écht op een Taylor-Katharine finale.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 11:18 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Ik kan m dus echt nog niet vinden

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 11:51 schreef TheVoice het volgende:
HOE goed was Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Ik moest even een traantje wegpinken...

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 15:37 schreef Sneeze het volgende:
Voor mij was het al duidelijk wie ging winnen vanaf zijn auditie.

Update:
Gezien de prono van de top 24, lang lang geleden, wisten CrazyDutchPunk en OurLadyPeace het ook.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:22 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Elliott #1: matig

Kat #1: Wat een kut!

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:23 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:

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Foei! zo praat je niet over een beeldschone vrouwke

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:15 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Volgens Dialidol is Taylor veilig v/d finale en zou Elliot afvallen

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:38 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Ik denk dat Kath wel zal winnen ivm commercieel succes

Helaasch.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:47 schreef Cart_man het volgende:

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Jammer, dat mensen houden van geschreeuw. Doet me denken aan Katie Melua. Is bar en bar slecht, terwijl 'iedereen' het mooi vindt.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:47 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Hmm welke aflevering was dat met nadia's tenderness? Ik heb toevallig die hele seizoen ook nog liggen. Wilde het van de week nog weggooien.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 21:48 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:

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Katie Melua moet dood.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 15:39 schreef LeBeau het volgende:
WOW, Somewhere Over the Rainbow was echt super. Voor mij het moment van het seizoen.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 22:27 schreef Marble het volgende:

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Oh puhlease, die uithaal aan het eind, ik heb nog nooit zo iets over the tops gezien. Zij doet ALTIJD alles zo ongelooflijk over the top, het glazuur springt er compleet van van mijn tanden af. Echt koningin overdramatic.

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 22:39 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Nee, Elliot is geniaal.

is altijd zenuwachtig,

ziet eruit als Frodo goes Hollywood..

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 23:18 schreef Cart_man het volgende:
trucjes

Op woensdag 17 mei 2006 23:25 schreef Cart_man het volgende:
Hahahaha, nou en? Als dat het enige was wat hij kon, dan was hij nooit tot de laatste drie doorgedrongen.

Op donderdag 18 mei 2006 04:55 schreef Seiruu het volgende:
Results

Bah

SPOILER
Elliott is pleite

Op donderdag 18 mei 2006 12:48 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Hmm, wat ik even kwijt moet. Die ford reclames... opzich zijn ze niet zo erg, maar moet die idols altijd zo overdreven lachen alsof het de beste slapstick dat ze ooit hebben gezien?
Haat ik gewoon! Bah!

Op donderdag 18 mei 2006 11:48 schreef woutf het volgende:
Kat

ze moeten d'r gewoon verbieden hard uit te halen, hou 't maar lekker rustig

Op donderdag 18 mei 2006 18:23 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
in Januari een nieuwe serie iig

Op donderdag 18 mei 2006 21:34 schreef maartena het volgende:
Alleen jammer dat ze nog 3 jaar aan Paula Abdul vast zitten, die moeten ze maar eens vervangen voor een minder labiel persoon

Op vrijdag 19 mei 2006 19:50 schreef Cart_man het volgende:
Alleen Simon als jurylid is bruikbaar. Die andere twee zijn beeldvulling.

Op donderdag 18 mei 2006 21:32 schreef maartena het volgende:

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Op dinsdag 23 mei 2006 10:38 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:
Whehe.

Ik neem aan dat FOK! de winnaar van AI niet in de titel op de frontpage gaat knallen? Want dat is de enige pagina die ik bekijk en de site waarvan ik het ga downloaden totdat ik de uitslag heb gezien

Op dinsdag 23 mei 2006 10:28 schreef OurLadyPeace het volgende:
Ok. Here's a cool little spoiler. Check out the pictures here. Squint at the very last picture, and you can make out that Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee and Carrie Underwood are performing "We Made it Through the Rain."

Op dinsdag 23 mei 2006 19:42 schreef Sneeze het volgende:
Is de FP geïnteresseerd in AI dan?
^{Je zoekopdracht op 'american idol' heeft 0 resultaten opgeleverd.}

Op dinsdag 23 mei 2006 19:08 schreef maartena het volgende:

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Gewoon de FP niet bekijken.

In dit topic word er met Spoilers gewerkt, maar je kan van een nieuwssite niet verwachten dat ze nieuws achter gaan houden gewoon omdat jij niet legaal kan kijken naar American Idol.

Op dinsdag 23 mei 2006 22:55 schreef TheVoice het volgende:
Niet legaal kunnen kijken is onzin. Als je weet hoe, kan het compleet legaal (aangezien downloaden legaal is in Nederland).

Op woensdag 24 mei 2006 00:02 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:
Stel dat jij mij elke week dvd's opstuurt met de uitzendingen uit Amerika en ik stuur jou dvd's met programma's uit NL., is dat dan ook illegaal?

Op woensdag 24 mei 2006 11:29 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Trouwens Danial Powder met deze (bijna) acoustische versie

van Bad Bay is goed en mooi!

Op woensdag 24 mei 2006 15:08 schreef charmed_angel het volgende:
Ik hoop dat Katharine wint.... vind Taylor nog steeds helemaal niks! BAH!

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 04:06 schreef Seiruu het volgende:
En AI 5 is.....

SPOILER
TAYLOR HICKS

WOOOOOOOOOOO

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 04:06 schreef Seiruu het volgende:
En AI 5 is.....

SPOILER
TAYLOR HICKS

WOOOOOOOOOOO

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 07:32 schreef maartena het volgende:

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SPOILER
En terecht!!!

Soul Patrol, Soul Patrol, Soul Patrol!!

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 19:00 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:

Larry King Live:
Your chance to talk with new American Idol bliep and runner-up bliep! Idol host Ryan Seacrest chats with the top two in their first live prime-time interview after the big finale! The last two idols standing, plus Randy Jackson. Tune in Friday at 9 p.m. ET.

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 14:57 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:
Smilies verneuken de spoiler als nog, want jouw voorkeur was duidelijk

Op vrijdag 26 mei 2006 15:44 schreef Funkytrip het volgende:
Goeie resultshow! Jammer dat het budget in NL wat lager ligt. Al die beroemdheden en medleys. Nu zijn medleys voor de Amerikanen natuurlijk wat makkelijker om dat *alle* finalisten goed kunnen zingen. In NL zijn er altijd maar een paar.

Laatste medley met Dionne Warwick was echt goed. Kweenie of dat live gezongen was, maar ze zongen allemaal perfect in tune

Mandisa uiteraard weer superb

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 14:57 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:

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Chris, Buckey, Katharine, Lisa en Taylor zijn de mensen waarvan ik benieuwd ben naar het album.

Op donderdag 25 mei 2006 12:46 schreef woutf het volgende:
Dat haar van Clay

en de reactie van zijn kloon

Echt een hele hoop celebs btw, had van sommige niet verwacht dat ze mee zouden doen met een programma als dit.

Op vrijdag 26 mei 2006 23:37 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:
Ik ergerde me gruwelijk aan die kop van Ace hoor.

Op vrijdag 26 mei 2006 23:36 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Toch opvallend dat als anderen liedjes voor hun kiezen mensen als Ace, Melissa en zelfs Kevin + Kelly goed uitkomen

Meat Loaf Says He Can't Remember 'American Idol' Performance
Singer Has Huge Stage Fright

LOS ANGELES -- Remember Meat Loaf's performance Wednesday on "American Idol"? He doesn't.

Meat Loaf has absolutely gripping television stage fright, yet he still performed with Katharine McPhee on the finale.

He said the only thing he remembers is the television people telling him that he had less than two minutes before he went on, and then he was walking off the stage and thought he was going to pass out.

He has no memory of what happened in the middle. He admits he sat down and began to "cry like a baby" afterwards.

Meat Loaf said that he's surprised he didn't die of a heart attack.

Meanwhile, McPhee had told him during rehearsals she wasn't nervous at all, and Meat Loaf said he wishes he could be her for five seconds.

He said he had never sung that song live before, and as he puts it, it felt like he had "an alien busting out my chest."

Taylor Hicks won the title over McPhee, capping off the show's fifth season.

American Idol, Week 23: The Finale

Songs Performed:

Taylor Hicks - "Living for the City," "Levon," "Are You Proud of Me?"
Stevie Wonder - Living for the CityListen Now!
Elton John - LevonListen Now!
Taylor Hicks - Are You Proud of Me?Listen Now!
Katharine McPhee - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," "Over the Rainbow," "My Destiny"
KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry TreeListen Now!
Jane Monheit - Over the RainbowListen Now!
Katharine McPhee - My DestinyListen Now!

Contestant Eliminated: Katharine McPhee

The Winner!: Taylor Hicks

AMG COMMENTARY:

STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE: So now, the end is here....

...and the winner is Taylor Hicks. Not only did he have three solid performances this week - he was the shakiest on the new song, I thought, but I can't blame him for that (nor can I blame Katharine for her shakiness on "My Destiny") -- but he was sharp in his song selections. Having his two reprises be songs from earlier in the season was a masterstroke, since they not only sounded fresh, but they helped remind us that he's been consistent throughout the show -- and for those that haven't watched all of the long five months, they were new performances, which made him more dynamic. Kat, on the other hand, hauled out songs from the last two weeks and while "Black Horse" and "Over the Rainbow" were indeed two of her best performances -- and she probably did do "Rainbow" better this week than last -- they're too fresh in our mind to get a new perspective on her. So, that may be one of the reasons she lost to Taylor, but she could wind up being the biggest runner-up since Clay -- and Idol finally has gotten their first white male winner ever.

ROB THEAKSTON: I thought Taylor sounded tired and heavy during "Levon", but in comparison to Katharine he did very well. I don't like the new songs, especially Katharine's. It just reminded me way too much of a song you'd hear during the credits of a Lifetime movie.

ANDY KELLMAN: "Someone She Knows."

Awful song or not, Katherine choked.

HEATHER PHARES: Totally! "My Density" -- er, "Destiny" -- also had that escaped from a Disney movie quality, too, especially since Kat looks a lot like Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

TIM SENDRA: It was Taylor's night. He has an unshakable faith in himself that not even that terrible new song could budge. I will never fully embrace a guy who can make "Living in the City" sound like a party anthem but it is great that someone so uncool could win Idol. He could be the next Huey Lewis and I know we've all been waiting for that!

AK: Something tells me that Taylor has only seen/heard Stevie's live performances of that song.

PERRY SEIBERT: Taylor is the best showman they've ever had on the show. He showed it Tuesday, just as he showed it almost every week, and that's the reason he won. That and he is simply more interesting as a performer and as a television personality than Kat.

Taylor also won most of the intangibles: his dad was more entertaining than Kat's dad and we all know how well Southern boys do on this show.

MATT COLLAR: Kat really did choke. She's such a fantastic singer, it's perplexing as to why she has such a hard time singing on pitch.

I agree with Simon that it was a draw until they sang the new songs. Taylor can sell anything.

HP: See, that's the weird thing, though -- I think Kat got *choked up* as much as she choked during that song. Like she was so proud and happy to be singing in the final two in front of her parents and everyone that her actual singing suffered. She let a moment like this get to her.

MC: She did, but she was way off pitch from the start and when the main part of the song kicked in it didn't get any better. There was never a moment in that song that felt comfortable.

AK: You could tell that Randy had worse things to say about that particular performance but chose not to -- he probably didn't want the final votes to be significantly swayed by it.

TS: What was really tough about her performance is that she doesn't seem as confident with the big emotional climaxes. The beginning of the song where she sang quietly and low (and in her natural range) sounded really nice but when the song started to build, she got left behind and had to press too hard which led to some disastrous vocal "runs". Taylor never has a problem with climaxes, indeed the verses to him are just a bunch of words to get through on the way to shouting the choruses like Hootie gone wild.

HP: Refresh my memory -- is this the first time that the final two have sung two totally different songs? Not to be too much of a Kat apologist, but that "My Destiny" song was a real stinker (so much so that not even Randy could pretend it was good). "Make Me Proud" or whatever it was called wasn't great either, but I don't see why she couldn't have sung that, too.

STE: It was indeed the first time that the final two had different songs, which I do think is unfair -- it's very interesting to hear how they compare on one new song, which is almost always terrible. And Kat's was indeed more terrible than Taylor's, although why on earth were they both these gormless gospel numbers?

And I think everybody would be better off if the new singles weren't at all about the Idol experience -- from "A Moment Like This" to "Make Me Proud' to "My Destiny," they're all about what a wonderful opportunity it is for the singer, and only "A Moment Like This" has a universal enough statement to apply to a prom or a wedding or whatever (not to mention a melody). They'd be better off singing just a good straight-ahead song.

TS: I thought it was hilarious that the judges were criticizing the new songs that are going to be released as singles. I can just picture the guys at the record label throwing their champagne glasses at their plasma TV's. Maybe Randy's blatant disregard for shifting units will earn him a well-deserved bus ticket home.

AK: Haven't Randy and Simon routinely slammed the final songs?

STE: Yes, they ALWAYS have, which makes me wonder who chooses them and why they insist on following this direction for the songs.

HP: I just meant that I can't remember any of the judges bashing the new song right off the bat, even before commenting on the vocals.

cover AK: When Justin and Kelly had to do "A Moment Like This," it at least showed how Kelly could add something to a song, while Justin could not. That's the best argument for having both finalists sing the same song.

STE: I agree completely. It would be really interesting to hear Taylor on "My Destiny," to see if he could make it a little livelier, or if the song is so bad, not even he could do anything with it.

HP: It also annoyed me just how sickly-sweet and hyper-feminine and clingy "My Destiny" was, how it couldn't be done "without you." At least "Make You Proud" had a line about "standing tall" -- why couldn't Kat sing about that too? The show was very much about girls vs. boys last night, even if both the song from Venus and the song from Mars sucked equally.

STE: Well, the song wasn't written for her strengths -- in fact, both of the songs had verse melodies that were written low and conversational, and it would require a really skilled seasoned singer to put them across. Neither really did it well -- Taylor shone toward the end of the song, not when selling the verse, which is a crucial point of being a good singer.

Then again, they were really lousy songs.

AK: Didn't Taylor's song have something about raising his fists?

HP: The song was trying to be sentimental and tough at the same time. It also had a weirdly quasi-patriotic feel to it, like it was meant to be played when soldiers are going off or coming back from a tour of duty.

MC: I kept thinking Taylor was singing "I Can't Make You Love Me".

STE: I wonder just how quickly these songs were written, or if they had a stock pile of songs that they could choose from. Because it's very, very hard to imagine Chris Daughtry or Elliott Yamin singing "My Destiny" -- although it would have been quite amusing.

AK: They probably had another song in reserve parenthetically titled "Boy Finalist".

artist MC: Isn't that a Morrissey song?

HP: Oh, it also amused me how much of "My Density" sounded like "Because of You" transposed into a major key and thus changed into a happy song about parents instead of a brooding one.

JAMES CHRISTOPHER MONGER: You could almost see the 2006 "Seniors Rule" high school assembly slide show playing behind it.

The funny thing is, even though pretty much everyone on earth agrees that both songs were pure feces, units will be moved, played once then sold at Salvation Army kiosks for about a year next to old copies of "Doubt" by Jesus Jones.

AK: That's very true -- I doubt anyone under Clive's wing lost sleep last night over the judges' reactions.

MC: Once again, my theory that the producers force the female contestants to sing these big, hard-to-sing diva songs holds true. Kat is not cut out for that kind of epic caterwauling.

She's much better suited for "Midnight At The Oasis".

PS: Now I'm picturing a duet with Kat and Taylor on that song just like Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara in Waiting for Guffman.

MC: I cannot believe the producers didn't make them duet on "Up Where We Belong"!

AK: That's what I was just about to say.

HP: That would have been awesome! A night of songs from Christopher Guest movies would also be inspired.

MC: And, of course, I meant Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara should sing it.

TS: I'd love to hear Taylor sing "Big Bottom". To see him investing a line like "Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em" with a big scoop of cornpone soul would be about the funniest thing ever.

PS: And Chris Daughtry doing anything by The Folksmen...comedy gold.

STE: I would like it if they broke away from the Diane Warren style -- bring in some Nashville pros, or have somebody like Dan Wilson, whose work on the Dixie Chicks album is surprisingly strong, to write something.

AK: The least the producers could do is scare up songs that match the finalists' personalities. At this point the show should have enough clout to be able to call on some fast-working songwriters to cough up something suitable in time.

MC: Ween?

artist STE: Dean and Gene could do it perfectly -- they know how to write in specific genres, and they could have just given "Boy's Club" to Taylor.

RT: I think if Ween wrote the song for the AmIdol finale, this Earth regenerate itself into an Eden-like setting.

HP: Oh man, what I wouldn't give to hear Taylor sing "Where'd the Cheese Go?" or "Buenas Tardes Amigo"....

STE: Or "Take Me Away" ... He'd hit that "thank you" at the end perfectly.

AK: I'd pay at least a nickel to hear Chris do "Buckingham Green."

STE: I'd pay a whole dollar for that -- he'd really sell that song.

Elliott could do "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" and Kat can do "Don't Laugh (I Love You)" and you'd have a killer EP there...

AK: If Frank Zappa and the Monkees (or Zappa and Miami Vice, or Zappa and about 12 other things) can cross paths, there's really no reason why something like this can't happen.

STE: Amen. Hell, bring back old contestants. Constantine does "Doctor Rock." Bo sings "Booze Me Up and Get Me High." The possibilities are almost endless.

AK: As long as Kevin Covais gets "Pandy Fackler".

PS: If Taylor wins, doesn't it seem likely he will be the biggest success the show has produced since Clarkson? I mean among the actual winners of the contest.

AK: Certainly for over-20 pop culture junkies, at least. Beyond that is a big question mark, at least to me.

JM: I think he might, but at twenty-nine I have a feeling he's gonna end up on TV more than in the studio. Kat's a better bet, as she's only twenty-one and has years to disintegrate.

PS: And that's part of the reason I think he'll be very successful. American Idol is still first and foremost a TV show and Taylor feels like a TV star...one I want to see again.

AK: The time to make a US equivalent of Jools Holland's Later is now. Taylor hosts a few bands/artists, chats with them, and performs with his own band at the end.

JM: Hell yes, "Live with Taylor Hicks"! It would be like a cross between Larry King and the Gong Show with quick cuts to the Grey Goose tearing up the floor during others' performances.

MC: Hey, did anybody else notice that they had a shot of "Katherine's Friends and Family" on screen, but it was clearly Tori Spelling?!

HP: Yeah, that was an LOL moment, along with Christina Applegate realizing the camera was on her and quickly joining the standing ovation.

PS: I found it funny that the two people who don't get their name put on screen were Ben Stiller and Constantine.

AK: Well, that's because everyone knows who Constantine is -- it goes without saying. His sitcom is going to be huge.

PS: If that show is a hit that will say a lot about why people watch Idol.

JM: "Ben Stiller and Constantine" sounds like a tiny hardcover Mitch Albom book about a little boy from the Hamptons with an incurable disease whose wish for the "make a wish foundation" is to meet Derek Zoolander.

AK: If it has inanimate objects talking to one another (I don't mean the subjects), I will buy it.

MC: Mitch Albom should be a guest judge.

PS: Mitch can play piano, he could coach them.

AK: "2007 needs its own Turnstiles. I've been saying this for years. Since 1977."

STE: All I can think of when I think of the sitcom is that Constantine is going to look pissy and entitled throughout it -- just like he does whenever he's been on camera on Idol this season. Which, of course, will make it absolutely hysterical.

PS: After Wednesday night the only thing I know for sure is that I will be forever scarred after seeing Chicken Little's rendition of "What's New, Pussycat."

JM: That was indeed a therapy-inducing moment, but nothing prepared me for the single, devastating tear that fell from David Hasselhoff's cheek when Taylor was announced the winner. It changed me in ways I can only begin to understand.

MC: Yes, it was as if the Hoff's entire career coalesced, at that moment, into a singular and deeply palpable yearning.

JM: It reminded me of those old anti-litter PSA's with the stoic Native American weeping in front of a mountain of garbage. Wouldn't it be great if they remade Knight Rider with Taylor as the voice of Kitt! It could be called "Soul Patrol".

PS: Taylor is going to be huge in Germany.

RT: I also enjoyed the resemblance to Right Said Fred when Chris and Live took the stage together.

artist AK: Kowalczyk to Daughtry, as they exited the stage: "Come, Mini-Me."

MC: They were like the Righteous Brothers of post-grunge.

PS: It was a thrilling scowl-off, but I'd say the old master out serious'ed the young upstart.

AK: No one is more serious than Live's guitarist, though.

Last night proved that Paris and Mandisa deserved much better, but at least they didn't have to sing with Meat Loaf -- that was cruel and unusual punishment.

TS: I didn't realize Mandisa was so good. She made the parade of legends who could barely even find pitch, much less stick to it, look like a bunch of hacks. Even Prince was a let-down. It was kind of weird that the best two guest performances were from past Idols Carrie Underwood and Clay Aiken. Weird and kind of cool too.

MC: I just love how on a show that panders to pre-teens, they bring out Al Jarreau like he's Michael Jackson at the '83 Grammy Awards.

artist TS: Prince had a chance to grab the spotlight and rip it to shreds with "When Doves Cry" or "Kiss," or even "Black Sweat." Instead he peddled some lame new album tracks and probably left kids who had never heard of him (and I'll bet there are more than we might care to admit) wondering what all the fuss was about.

JM: Agreed. I bet that Prince helped move about four copies of his new record with last night's performance and thousands of his "Greatest Hits" disc.

AK: He probably did the show since he didn't have to associate with the contestants in any way.

STE: Absolutely -- that was allegedly the reason he backed out of an all-Prince show earlier this year. And even if it wasn't prime Prince, I really like that first song with its 1999-synths, and it was fun to hear -- plus there's something I love about him going out to hawk the new album then leave, having no interaction with anybody on the show. Made me laugh out loud.

AK: Whether or not the new songs live up to his past, Prince remains a dynamite showman.

MC: In truth, I actually really enjoyed all the guest performers. More than any other season it was clear how much the AmIdol producers want to connect the idols with the history of pop.

STE: I also enjoyed all the guest performers -- and I enjoyed the whole show very much, which was far and away the best finale they've produced since the first, if not ever. It's like they pulled out all the stops to make the show entertaining since there wasn't much suspense about who was going to win. Even the guest performers that didn't do a great job -- Al Jarreau sounded off to me and Dionne Warwick is losing it -- were fun to watch. And even if Meat Loaf was shaky, that performance was terrific to me because it showed that Kat is really good at theatrical rock & roll -- she was acting the part out! That was fun.

MC: That's the rub with guest artists and AmIdol. You have David Hasselhoff who would sell his spleen to perform on the show and then Prince who could really care less.

Somewhere in the middle is Kenny Rogers whose album is probably going to go triple-platinum because he showed up and played nice.

PS: That reminds me, kudos to the Idol producers on Scoring the Rodgers hat trick this season - Paul, Kenny, and Prince.

RT: At first I was so so happy that my wish for a Steinman Idol song came true, but then Loaf just totally butchered that song beyond recognition. Why didn't they do one of his own songs?

MC: You can say what you will about Meatloaf, but pairing him with Kat was genius rock & roll theater.

artist RT: Disagree. It was a failed experiment of a promising collaboration. If Loaf could have been on key and if they could have harmonized a bit better, I would have been the first one to stand up off the sofa and applaud. But that was just bad, bad showchoir.

MC: I guess I have different standards when it comes to AmIdol. I mean, on a show where the norm is average singers trying to out-diva Mariah Carey, bad showchoir is a refreshing step in the right direction for me.

RT: I'm not knocking your standards, I'm berating Loaf's audio vandalism of classic Steinman. Meat, of all people, should know better.

AK: Rob listens to Celine's version all the time.

RT: I do. Anyone who wants a CD-R of my Back To Stein compilation is welcome to it.

PS: The "idea" of the performance was great, but Meat was so bad. Kat was fantastic and deserved better.

MC: I disagree. This brings up one of the biggest flaws in AmIdol's star-making machinery, which is that most of the idols, including Kat, are not ready for solo careers. Taylor definitely is. He's already a seasoned stage showman who can play to the back of a theatre. Kat on the other hand is just beginning to learn how to be herself on stage. I think a world tour backing up Meatloaf and having to really perform beyond herself would do her good. As it stands, she'll probably go cut some boring, studio-crafted pile of limp mainstream pop garbage that won't really bring out her real personality.

STE: I think you're right, Matt -- Taylor, as hammy as he is, does know how to work a crowd, and I think nowhere is that more evident than on the "rocker" medley last night, where he stole the spotlight just by playing harmonica. He's not the best harp player in the world, but it really brings out his personality, and showed that he's more versatile and entertaining than the other guys up there. Kat needs a little more actual stage experience -- and I don't know if the confines of the AmIdol tour will really help, though.

AK: The machine is working, though -- it's making platinum and gold albums.

AK: Taylor's appeal is much like that of the PT Cruiser -- he is old but he is also new.

MC: Or do you mean the new Mustang convertible?

AK: No. JM: I agree with Matt. It felt a lot more like an old variety show with Katloaf on the bill, but where was a gong when you needed one.

MC: EXACTLY, the more vaudeville the better!

cover STE: The variety show aspect is what I like best about the show -- that whole rocker medley with the guys singing "Tobacco Road" is something you just don't see anywhere else. And having the final five sing with their idols -- although I doubt Taylor idolizes Toni Braxton -- is a brilliant move that plays up the variety show aspect.

And all of the final five pretty much held their own last night, too.

MC: How weird was it to see Chris Daughtry forced to sing "Arthur's Theme"?

STE: If it wasn't for the Clay saga, that might have been the weirdest moment yesterday. Why did Chris get that song and not, say, "Little Red Book" or "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," two songs that are associated with rockers?

AK: Because Chris has proven himself to be a pompous jerk.

STE: Touché -- maybe they did want to humiliate him, then.

For as good as he sounded with Live -- and he did -- pairing him with his idols did illustrate that, in comparison, Ed Kowalczyk has far more range and charisma and presence. And those are words that I thought I would never say about Kowalczyk.

For me, last night was proof that Ace was the worst singer of the bunch. Sure, Kevin is ridiculous and unnatural, but he never tries to be more than a nerdy little kid. Ace can not carry a tune! And he's not sexy, no matter how hard he tries.

MC: For me it's Bucky who is the worst.

AK: I didn't think Bucky was bad at all! He showed a different side to himself last night, which he should've used during the competition.

Ace is a damp squib.

HP: Yeah, for me Bucky was actually one of the more natural and restrained performers last night (not sure if that's a good thing in the ultra-cheesy context of the finale, though).

MC: There's really no good reason for either of them to be singing on a stage, but I guess that's beside the point.

STE: You see, Bucky I can understand -- he's not great on certain songs, but given the right tune, his growl really works. In his style of music, he works. Plus, there's something kind of sweet about the guy that I like. Ace doesn't work within his own chosen boy-band/lover-man style! He misses notes, his poses are amateurish -- he has negative charisma!

Clay's mini-me didn't know Clay was showing up, did he? Those were genuine tears, and perhaps the most magical moment of the night -- that new haircut on Clay!

HP: Clay's new do bore a striking resemblance to fellow former contestant Jim Verraros' makeover from a couple of years ago -- long, side-swept, pseudo-emo locks. He also looked a bit like a more flamboyant Harry Potter.

MC: Ha! You said Jim Verraros.

STE: That is true though -- it was strikingly like Jim's. Which may not be a coincidence.

HP: No, I didn't think it was either.

It's kind of amazing how mini-Clay made the real Clay look almost strapping and handsome...

STE: I really can't get over how mini-Clay just looks sickly.

So, to wrap it up -- did the right person win?

MC: Unequivocally, yes.

PS: Yes. Not only out of the final two but out of all 12.

AK: Yes, not that I expected this result at the beginning. Out of the 12, however, I'm not so certain. I would've liked to see Paris and Mandisa through all the rounds.

HP: Yeah, I guess so. At the very least, that finale had Taylor written all over it -- it was incredibly cheesy and entertaining.

TS: Taylor is the perfect American Idol.

RT: We're all winners for the experience.

JM: When Hasselhoff weeps, we all win.

We've just received confirmation that AI second place winner Katharine McPhee will be appearing with Andrea Bocelli at the California concerts, June 9-11; unfortunately, the Hollywood Bowl concert is already sold out. Tickets for Sacramento (June 9th) and San Jose (June10th) are still available through TICKETMASTER.COM.

Op donderdag 1 juni 2006 11:52 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Mja alles is beter dan de Nederlandse versie

Op donderdag 1 juni 2006 20:50 schreef maartena het volgende:
Ik denk dat ik me ook maar eens op Canadian Idol ga storten!

Op donderdag 1 juni 2006 20:58 schreef maartena het volgende:

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Snelle torrent!!

Hij is al binnen

Op donderdag 1 juni 2006 20:58 schreef maartena het volgende:

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Snelle torrent!!

Hij is al binnen

Op donderdag 1 juni 2006 21:59 schreef charmed_angel het volgende:
is dat seizoen 4?

Op zaterdag 27 mei 2006 10:24 schreef Tom_Tom- het volgende:
De Burt Bacharach medley van seizoen 1 vond ik leuker.

Op zaterdag 27 mei 2006 23:02 schreef woutf het volgende:
Kelly zie ik denk ik nog wel een tv-show krijgen

Op vrijdag 9 juni 2006 10:20 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Pickler verslaat de MTV Movie Awards
"I just hugged my first jew"

"Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly), who will direct a big screen adaptation of Wonder Woman has been auditioning potential leading ladies to wrangle the golden lasso. Insiders have long speculated that Kate Beckinsale was the leading candidate to land the role. However, there’s a new woman on the scene: Katharine McPhee. That's right, the American Idol runner-up has taken a meeting with Whedon's people and is said to have done a screen test for the role (which would presumably be filmed after her current Idol Tour obligations). Initial word is that Ms. McPhee was very strong in her screen test. The plot thickens."

Op dinsdag 20 juni 2006 00:30 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Niemand die Canadian Idol kijkt

[afbeelding]
Grappig meiske

Op zaterdag 24 juni 2006 15:34 schreef AlohaXa het volgende:
Boh nice theater rondes joh. Lekkere harmonies en eens een keertje wat anders dan isn't she so lovely of other stevie wonder nummers

Op zaterdag 24 juni 2006 20:37 schreef Funkytrip het volgende:

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Ech wel, kwaliteit van de theater rondes was echt subliem. Echt niet minder dan AI. Als je dat vergelijkt met de NL theater ronde

veel goeie zangstemmen dit keer en veel mannen met een rauw randje.

Op dinsdag 27 juni 2006 23:00 schreef Cart_man het volgende:
Die ene gozer met zijn wijvenstem.

Op donderdag 29 juni 2006 22:01 schreef Funkytrip het volgende:
Wow, die Keith MacPerson kan dus echt wel zingen

http://members.chello.nl/m.bouman86/keith.wav

't is geen fotomodel, maar als hij zo blijft zingen mag hij van mij echt winnen (moet de dames nog horen)...

Fremantle Home Entertainment's Pete Kalhan, their Senior Vice President, has informed Home Media Retailing trade magazine that the 5th Season of American Idol will come to DVD! No scheduling or content information is available just yet, but Kalhan noted that this was made possible by successful sales of both The Best and Worst of American Idol Seasons 1-4 and the recent American Idol All-Star Challenge interactive DVD board game (from the makers of SceneIt). Stay tuned and we will bring you more about this as developments occur!

Op dinsdag 18 juli 2006 12:35 schreef BliksemSchigt het volgende:
Zijn er al albums uit van de finalisten?

'Idol' wannabes descend on city of champs

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) -- After failing to advance at the "American Idol" auditions in New Jersey earlier this month, Priscilya Hawkes decided it couldn't hurt to give it another go in a city that's produced two winners and two runners-up.

The 24-year-old from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, said she hoped her shirt that read, "STOP!!! Don't Disqualify Me -- I'm the Next American Idol!" would help her stand out from the thousands who also waited hours Monday for a chance to get on the hit show.

"This time around I have my shirt, which I hope will call more attention to myself," said Hawkes, who also wore earrings that said "STAR." "My approach this time is to be more outgoing and maybe they'll read my shirt and pick me!"

A crowd of more than 8,000 descended on the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center for the show's third stop since auditions began August 8 in Pasadena, Calif.

Taylor Hicks, who won the competition in May, is from the Birmingham suburb of Hoover. Season two winner Ruben Studdard is from Birmingham. Season four runner-up Bo Bice is from the Birmingham suburb of Helena and Diana DeGarmo, the runner-up in season three, was born in Birmingham and moved away as a child.

Matthew Paul Bryant, 28, said he took some comfort in the "Idol" success Birmingham has had and hopes he can extend the city's hold on the competition.

"It gave me a little incentive considering this is the hometown of not one, not two, but three guys who've done really well on 'American Idol,' " the Auburn resident said. "I would say that gave me just a little bit of inspiration."

Observers have speculated that the city's "Idol" success has to do with its size, while others say there must be something in the water. Others have suggested it's because of the Birmingham bar scene's reputation for developing young musical talent.

Show host Ryan Seacrest said he aims to get to the bottom of the mystery while the auditions are in town.

"We don't know the answer to that so we're here to find out in person," he told the Associated Press after talking with fans and thrilling the crowd by posing for pictures. "Without Birmingham, 'American Idol' would have been a completely different series. It was an easy decision to bring the auditions here to Birmingham."

Season-six auditions have also taken place in San Antonio and East Rutherford, New Jersey, with stops scheduled for Memphis, Minneapolis and Seattle.

Coordinating producer Patrick Lynn said the Birmingham stop launches what show executives hope will be a tradition of holding auditions in the hometown of each season's winner.

Those auditioning for "American Idol" have usually worn wacky costumes with hopes of making it past producers, but save for an auditioner in a band costume and one sporting a sombrero trimmed with red feathers, the show's hopefuls were noticeably conservative in dress.

"They don't need to dress crazy in Birmingham," Lynn said. "Birmingham brings us talent."