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>You obviously didn't see the tears
>in the eyes of the
>other contestants after it was
>announced that she was leaving.
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Sometimes people who have been through a stressful situation cry and release emotion when the stress is over. It may not be because they are sad to see her go. Just emotional release. Just a theory.

>>Did anyone else get the impression that the other contestants were not fond of her?<<

Not at ALL. I did notice that she & Paris were standing much further apart than the other pairs...and I rewound to see what had happened when they first came together. KELLIE reached out to hug Paris. Then Paris stepped aside.

Hmmm, I thought, what's going on here? Someone had posted a rumor on these boards that Kellie & Kat were no longer getting along...I wondered if it was a Kellie thing, or a Paris thing.

Then at the end, when she had been eliminated, they showed both Kat & Elliott in tears. At least those two, may have shown more & I missed it - I didn't rewind that part.

That told me what I needed to know -- Kellie was well liked, Paris had a problem.

>So glad that America finally got
>it right. Finally!!!

Agree totally.

Technically and stylistically, she cannot touch the remaining contestants (nor some that went before her). Not even remotely.

Her phrasing, tonal quality, diction, expression, musicianship--all were completely off in the last song that she sang. No amount of role-playing can cover up for those deficiencies.

Elliott may lose votes because of his appearance in the eyes of some voters, but his basic musical gift keeps him in the competition.

Taylor may have vocal challenges from time to time, but his basic gift for showmanship keeps him in the competition.

Kat, Paris and Chris have their limitations, but none of them are bad musicians. And all of them are natural singers.

Apparently, America recognizes that.

--Singer

Her talent took her as far as it could, at this time of her life in this competition.

As for the "dumb act", it's possibly a coping mechanism equivalent to those who joke about everything. Case in point, Robin Williams.

"As for the "dumb act", it's possibly a coping mechanism equivalent to those who joke about everything. Case in point, Robin Williams."

Interesting point, Aquariaqueen. I hadn't considered that possibility.

--Singer

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deleting my negative comment because I am not her judge..

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Let me get something straight Kellie deserved to go last night. BUt by no means is she without talent. I saw her improvement in her performances. But like many have mentioned she was out of her league when we got to this point. She had her shining moments, and deserved to be there. Lets stop hating on her she had her following like everyone else. We will see her again whether its on TV, music or something else.
jags

I think she is a beautiful girl and came across like she'd be a fun person. She is a good singer, certainly not without talent, but somebody has to go and I think it was her turn.

I was glad just because I picked her 6th on my PTTE list.

My daughter liked her too.

Good luck to you Kellie!!

The William Hung comparison is a little over the top, but it was obvious before they even got to the top 12 that Kellie wasn't in the same class vocally as most of the others. I can't name one Kellie performance that dazzled. Many were okay, not great. There were several that fizzled (Stevie Wonder week, Queen week, that past two weeks). While she can carry a tune when she's on, she never quite relaxed on stage and it affected her showmanship and her pitch. She struck me as someone who has a nice voice but needs to learn control over it.

When they were still in the top 24, Simon made comments after Kellie sang a country song ("Something to Talk About", I think) that pretty much summed it up: he said that her singing wasn't the greatest, but her personality would make America fall in love with her and she would fly through on that. That was the week of the "calimari" comment.

Kellie seemed to understand this and really laid it on thick with the naive Southern girl charm. This enabled her to escape a lot of weeks where others would been booted for similar performances. No, she's not talentless...far from it. But she coasted on this personality thing a lot longer that she should have IMO, and this week her luck finally ran out.

My thoughts exactly...........

-Simon

I agree with all the peeps who liked Kellie.

I too think she has raw talent and a cute personality. I thought she might improve as the competition progressed but she's also only 19 and I think she represented herself very well. I think she showed alot of class last night.

I would have preferred to see Kellie stay at least another week over Paris. Paris just does nothing for me, boring, boring, boring. But que sera..

I personally hope Kellie has a ball in Hollywood this week and goes on to better and bigger things. She's taken a huge step out of Albermarle.

Hi Singer.

Yep, it was time for Kellie to go. She should have gone a couple of weeks ago.

As for all that being an act - maybe a part of it was, but remember that interview with her grandfather and brother? Those weren't acts. Her roots really are salt of the earth backwoods.

I've heard that Kellie has been in many beauty pageants, which would explain the contrast between her onstage, overly made up performances and her rural background.

She wasn't new to a stage.

As for calimari and sal-mon, surely there are restaurants in her home town with those items on the menu?!

I think she was just trying on a major flirt with the AI audience, and she bombed, big time.

I wish her well. AI was probably her best bet out of her home town, if she doesn't have a college education.

I think if she does make it in the music industry that she'll be a flash in the pan. She needs voice lessons before she does anything else.

Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

As for calimari and sal-mon, surely there are restaurants in her home town with those items on the menu?!

A 15,000+ population town in North Carolina? Bet there aren't.


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Yeah she wasn't such a strong singer,,but she did manage to make it pass thousands,,,,,and despite how others feel about her I still find her a likeable girl,,,little OD'ing in the the naive department maybe but that contributed to her charm. I think she just might end up on some tv program in the near future.

As for calimari and sal-mon, surely there are restaurants in her home town with those items on the menu?!

A 15,000+ population town in North Carolina? Bet there aren't.

Bet there are:
http://www.jdshuckers.com/menu.htm
http://www.stanlycvb.com/dining/the_boardroom.htm
http://304pontiacpointe.com/menu/documents/NewDinnerMenu_Page1.pdf

I really don't get the logic here.

Didn't we get the backstory that she's from a family without much money? Do we know that they frequent seafood restaurants? I hadn't heard of calamari til I was in my early 20's and I'm from L.A. and moved to a city famous for seafood at 17. I happened to find out about it because someone ordered it at the same table and I asked what it was.

I could see if someone said her family ran a salmon fishery or she waitressed at the restaurant. Just because there are restaurants doesn't mean she's ever been or that the people she knows pronounce salmon correctly. IIRC a few southerners I've met put a little of the "l" sound in the word salmon whether they eat it or not.

But there in lies the rub. I had calamari by the time I was 10 and can't ever remember a time where I didn't know what salmon was. Problem is that I'm from NORTH DAKOTA. When I see Pickler playing up the ugliest stereotypes of rural white trash I feel like a black person would if Paris came out saying "Yes boss!" I'm originally from a much more isolated and rural setting than Kellie and I never knew anyone that ignorant. I know what rural folks are like and believe me, Kellie overplayed it.

Well, I lived in NW Montana for 15 years and I met NUMEROUS people who had never heard of calamari along with a whole list of other things that someone from Philadelphia grew up with.

You can't put people in such simple little boxes and expect that they should act a certain way & know certain things. People are I.N.D.I.V.I.D.U.A.L.S. We are not a country of clones (thank GOD).

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