i initially thought he had a great voice and that it might trump his lack of "the look"

but he didn't shine AT ALL last night. he'll have to have a lot more stage presence if he's going to outlast the others.

i'm just hoping paula doesn't offer him any make-over advice!!!

I agree, I was disappointed in him last nite, but I think he will make it bc there were others much worse last nite. ALso I think he is better known than others who were first "showcased" last nite. America knows Scott so that will help him in the votes this week...but he has to pick better songs in the next two weeks or he may not make it to finals.

My favorite from last nite...BO what a surprise!! Constantine has nothing on this guy (except maybe a bit more "charisma" as Simon said) and what was Constantine thinking when he picked a Seal song????!!??

Mario was good too but I expected it. But I thought Bo was the best last nite. Mario a close 2nd.

I was disappointed in Milli Vanilli and David they could do a lot better. Milli Vanilli was better than David but I did not like Moon River at all. David was too safe in his song choice. But again America knows these two and they will make it through this week IMO

Tracheotomy Clay was HORRIBLE...but the teen girls will put him through at least this week.

The other three...who?? 2 of these 3 will probably go, Nico is my guess to make it this week. The other two who I can't even remember their names will not, imo.

Scott was pretty terrible, but a bunch of others were, too, so I'm not too worried.

Bo was faaaaabulous. He may be my new favourite.

"These are not wholesome young role models. These are hideously emaciated trollops with good genes." --TeamJoisey

He just flipping scares me. My worst nightmare would be meeting him and the Mickey Mouse (Asia) girl in a dark alley.

OMG! My 2 1/2 year old looked over at the TV just as Scott came on and actually screamed!! I had to calm her down! And I made my other daughter (who hadn't seen him yet) close her eyes to listen. When she opened them she jumped....i'm so sorry, but we've already seen him and no matter how good his voice is, "we can't get him out of our mind".

The sunglasses camouflage didn't trick me either....

I have real mixed feeling about this, because I don't make a habit of judging people by how they look. But dang, he makes my skin crawl! So I have to plead special circumstances!

Hopefully, your kid-os won't be scarred.. that sounds reactionary but ... well, I hope they aren't scarred and I'm not afraid to say it!

You guys must be joking, right?

Your kids screamed? I find that hard to believe. So Scott is not GQ material, so what? I think we as a country are way too deep into the 'celebrity image' thing.

Answer me this - how did Ruben win based on his 'body image'?

I think Scott has a better voice than Ruben.

geekboy

Rueben was a big cuddly teddy bear, he smiled and crooned.

Ok, if you want the truth.... Ruben didn't look like the mug shot of a pedophile either. His eyes were smiling and he looked genuinely nice. Sweat and fat are not scary, it's the eyes....

I thought you and niteowl were kidding but I guess not. This is really sad that such harsh judgements are being made because of the way this kid looks and now you are comparing him to a pedophile? I understand we like to make fun and joke about these peeps but isn't this being extremely harsh?

Has your children never seen anyone overweight? What made them scream? I don't get it.

Thank you, Volsfan. I am also offended by the turn that this thread I started has taken. Scott Savol is EXACTLY the type of person that this competition is perfect for. The record companies can find truckloads of skinny-pretty things with implants in a heartbeat. To find someone "normal" with a truly God-given voice is what AI is all about.

To go poke fun at someone just because he is overweight and not a mirror image of Brad Pitt is pretty sad. Then to add in an allusion to being a pedophile is even sadder yet.

geekboy

That is not what I said.
I said sweat and fat are not what is scary.
He looks scary -to me.
It's not because he is fat.
He look menacing -to me. For the record, I'm not a Brad Pitt fan *at all*.
I don't like the perfect plastic surgery looks of most of the 'stars', I like the way real people look.

This is just one person who -to me, looks like people I have seen on TV who are allegedly bad people.

Is this so upsetting because he is a youth minister? Because I'm not saying he *is* a bad person at all. And I never said that I hoped he get voted off or anything remotely like that. Ever. I never equated his talent with his looks. Ever.

This is just my opinion of one person's 'look'. We obviously don't agree but I honestly didn't mean to upset either of you with my opinion or my comments.

True, it was a harsh thing to say, I didn't say he was one though. It's just the 'look'... I wish I could look at him again and say I've made a mistake in the way I see him, so I could restore harmony, but I'd be lying. And it is not because he is fat! In all honesty he is not that fat.

Please see reply to Geekboy as well.

I guess the thing that really struck me as harsh was when niteowl said that her 2 1/2 year old was scared by his looks and even screamed! Then it just went downhill from there.

We don't all have to agree around here. As a matter of fact, it would be boring if we all had the same thoughts. I just thought somethings that were said was very harsh. Hell, I am glad I am not on one of these shows because I would hate to see what would be said about me!

>I guess the thing that really
>struck me as harsh was
>when niteowl said that her
>2 1/2 year old was
>scared by his looks and
>even screamed! Then it just
>went downhill from there.

Well you never can tell what kids are thinking or how they will react to things, it's usually (99.9%) not malicious, but it can be embarrassing among other things because they haven't been taught how to hide reactions yet. I struggled with what to do with my own child.. for example when he watched a women take her leg off at the gym. He stared, he asked me about it (he was about 4) and I told him to go ask her about it, he did and he came back and said 'she's nice, her leg bone got really sick so they had to take it off so she wouldn't get sick' they became buddy's. Currently he is around many brain injured people who can often look spastic and weird because of paralysis etc. He accepts these people as is. My point is it's not that this guy is 'different' that I said the things I did, it's something else that (maybe only I) react to with him. Anyway I zipping my lips because I don't want to encourage any more discord about it.

>
>We don't all have to agree
>around here. As a matter
>of fact, it would be
>boring if we all had
>the same thoughts. I just
>thought somethings that were said
>was very harsh. Hell, I
>am glad I am not
>on one of these shows
>because I would hate to
>see what would be said
>about me!

Well I would compare my singing to scat girl's -really bad!

That being said thanks for agreeing to disagree!

In my defense: All I said was that my toddler screamed when he came on the screen. She does that for some of those creepy things on shows like "Buffy" (commercials...) and if she sees a distorted face, like some of the faces in weird animation, even "Rugrats". I didn't say anything, and I think little kids are naturally drawn to symmetry and pleasant faces. (aren't we all....?) If he has a sweet personality and pleasant demeanor, then he should get it out there, it does not come through and he comes off as "creepy".

I am rooting for Scott despite his looks. I admire his ability to shrug off insults about his looks.

Let's see.. An unemployed man.. used to be a prison security guard.... has a four year old son that motivates him to win... has a father that looks down upon him.... gets repeatedly insulted by Simon for his looks.... Seems like his story fits the underdog profile that America will support. Oh.. and don't forget he has a great voice.

My family must have gotten in 800 votes with four cell phones and one land line.

Go Scott!

It's not his looks that is turning me off of him. It's his attitude and the look he is creating with that attitude.

I do still enjoy his voice, so I'll just close my eyes from now on when he's on stage.