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"5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread"
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"5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-26-04 AT 08:26 PM (EST)Yikes! No one started this thread yet! You all know the drill by now. Please post the play-by-play for tonight's 2-hour filler finale show (FOX, 8 PM ET/PT) in this thread -- and please keep ALL comments about THE WINNER in this thread until AFTER 1 AM ET, so the West Coasters can be just as surprised/horrified/whatever by the winner as the East Coasters are. Thanks -- AyaK ... out! Thanks to Shedevil for the reminder.
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05-26-04, 08:23 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-26-04 AT 08:27 PM (EST) I was begining to wonder, thank you! We have weather issues here in good old St.Louis, I might lose my cable. I am hoping to be kept updated through this thread. 
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05-26-04, 08:30 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
Anybody out there? We here on the West Coast are dying to know what's going on on the show. Anything of interest happen yet?
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3. "Update" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-26-04 AT 08:31 PM (EST)LaToya sings first, the Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass song "If You Don't Know Me By Now." She should've won. Kimberly Caldwell is in Atlanta, Georgia with the Diana homies (at the Georgia Dome). Clay Aiken is in NC with the Fantasia homies. Then George sings "Me & Mrs. Jones" (from the CD). Fantasia and Diana look weak compared to the losers.
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05-26-04, 08:38 PM (EST)
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12. "RE: Update" |
Thanks Ayak!
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17. "Tamyra- star spangled banner" |
Holy crap, she really butchered it. I was plugging my ears. It was terrible. She did look nice, if that matters.
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05-26-04, 08:52 PM (EST)
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25. "RE: Tamyra- star spangled banner" |
It was a mess, wasn't it? I hate when singers try to do too many riffs a cappela (sp?) and lose their place.
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61. "RE: Tamyra- star spangled banner" |
Ok i'm 2 hours behind the east coast. I just heard Tamyra Gray sing the Star Spangled Banner. What was up with the last 10 notes. She made Leah Labelle sound good! ACK!
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124. "RE: Tamyra- star spangled banner" |
Speaking of Leah Labelle. I watching the E news live show live from the red carpet??
They had this outdoor concert too and Leah Labelle was on stage singing. Simon and Randy went up to talk to Giuliani the host and they started yelling "who is that singing, tell them to shut up, they are awful".. It was Leah singing.
Well now we can see why she is not going on tour.
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50. "RE: Jasmine- Midnight Train to Georgia " |
All I can say is YAWN. She wasn't F3 good.
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56. "Diana- I believe" |
Again, I'm not impressed. She only sounds good to me on "yelling" songs like "I'm Still Standing" and "Think", this kind of song just highlights her weak points. She looked nice, but the way she ended the song was just painful. *Paula looked scared.*
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05-26-04, 08:40 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
*giggle* okaychatt tickles my funnybone!
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05-26-04, 08:34 PM (EST)
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10. "Some suggestions" |
Didn't think it was my place to start this thread, but now that it is here, I have two requests:Please try to stay on topic. This thread is bound to quickly become unwieldy, so it would be beneficial to all if we kept the off-topic chatter to a minimum. I'd also ask that you post WITHOUT sig pics, since they cause speed problems in huge threads. And so I don't violate my own rule: They open the show with LaToya singing, and immediately prove America has the wrong finalists.
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15. "Agree" |
Many of us connect through high-speed cable on state-of-the-art PCs or Macs -- but many others connect on low-speed lines or with older computers. So I'd very much like to endorse TJ's idea of leaving the sig pics out, so that everyone can connect to this thread without a problem.
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18. "Second update" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-26-04 AT 08:46 PM (EST)Just to summarize the posts above: Several celebs appeared, from Ray Romano and Sharon Osbourne (who both picked Tasia) to Jennifer Love Hewitt. Ryan interviewed the judges. Simon is still full of himself. Jasmine sang "Midnight Train to Georgia." That's probably the best way for her to sneak out of town before the music critics show up, but black leather looks good on her. Tamyra sings "The Star-Spangled Banner." Better than Roseanne and Ozzy!
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05-26-04, 09:07 PM (EST)
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31. "RE: Second update" |
It's true, Simon is full of himself, but look how yummy he looked tonight. He's right also, Randy and Paula's comments are usually nonsense.
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05-26-04, 09:37 PM (EST)
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51. "RE: Wow" |
You'll still have the problems of the local lines. That's where the real bottleneck is. I got more "All circuits are busy" than busy signals.
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05-26-04, 09:40 PM (EST)
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57. "True" |
You're right -- but I notice that moving from one line to three lines seems to have permitted just about three times as many calls to get through (since last year's final two vote was also four hours). Perhaps the jam on the local circuits is caused in part by all the redials when people can't get through?
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05-26-04, 10:44 PM (EST)
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93. "RE: True" |
I agree with you. I'm interested in finding out how many votes were cast in the last two hours. I think the extra lines were a bigger help than the extra two hours. Don't know many people who can stay up till 1 AM voting and get to work (or school) the next day. I do feel sorry for you tonight. Bet your busier than a one legged man in a but.... you know what I mean.
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21. " - Impossible Dream (?)" |
Diana sounded good but Fantasia was incredible. Kelly was amazing as always. I love that girl! Ruben was off key in the beginning and sweating from the 2 steps he took. All in all, the song sounded great.
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22. "The Impossible Dream" |
...featuring Diana, Fantasia ... and Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard.
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28. "Agree" |
My sentiments exactly, TJ.
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33. "Kelly- Beautiful Disaster" |
She looked beautiful, but she only sounded good. I like the version on the c.d. much better.
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34. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
So far Kelly does not sound better than either Jennifer or Latoya, but i will give her a slight nod over Fantasia and a mile ahead of Diana.
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05-26-04, 09:23 PM (EST)
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41. "RE: Tribute to past judges" |
I actually enjoyed it (mostly) and I was thrilled to see Jennifer. She was awesome and gorgeous of course. *oh and others sounded good too).
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42. "RE: Tribute to past judges" |
The 3 Divas gave me absolute chills, Diana is # 5 in my opinion with George # 4
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05-26-04, 09:34 PM (EST)
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49. "RE: Tribute to past judges" |
Did you see Simon grinning at him? He actually looked liked he approved of JS.
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05-26-04, 09:37 PM (EST)
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52. "RE: Tribute to past judges" |
I think Simon always liked JPL, I think he just liked to pick on him. I love JPL, I was thrilled to see him also.
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05-26-04, 09:39 PM (EST)
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54. "RE: Tribute to past judges" |
I saw that.... simon almost looked pleased.
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05-26-04, 09:51 PM (EST)
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65. "RE: Tribute to past judges" |
Sorry I am late, had to get myself off the floor from laughing at the Brady Kids in yellow extravaganza.
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05-26-04, 09:29 PM (EST)
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44. "RE: To She -Devil!" |
I got chills too, she's amazing. I was starting to get mad, I thought she wasn't going to sing but obviously they wanted to have the best singers sing towards the end of it. (Fantasia, Latoya & Jennifer)
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46. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
Think i would give George the nod over Ruben personally, but for AI purposes I would give it to Ruben
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05-26-04, 09:34 PM (EST)
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48. "Ruben "what if"?" |
I am so not impressed, the song was dripping with velveeta and he didn't sound very good.
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58. "Fantasia- Dreams" |
I want to say that both of these girls look great in all white, but maybe I'm just a sucker for that look. Uh oh, Paula's getting ready to cry.Wow, Fantasia really stole the show, she outdid Kelly that's for sure, and I didn't think that was possible. She was beautiful and sounded beautiful.
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05-26-04, 09:53 PM (EST)
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67. "RE: Fantasia- Dreams" |
I think Kelly is better in general, but I think Fantasia sounded better tonight.
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66. "Diana & Fantasia- I Knew You Were Waiting" |
Diana's dress rocks, she talked too much on the way to the stage and it looked like she hit someone with her arm. I love Fantasia's suit also. Diana sounded pretty good, Fantasia sounded really good. It was a decent duet.
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70. "FANTASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WINS" |
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05-26-04, 10:00 PM (EST)
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72. "THAT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-26-04 AT 10:03 PM (EST)I'm done with American Idol! Fantasia should not have won. She will never be as successful as Kelly or Clay. Go Diana. She'll be the next Clay Aiken, who will find more success than Rubben or Fantasia ever will! I'm not even going to finish watching the show. Thanks to all those on the east coast who kept us westerners informed. You all rock!!!! Edited to fix typo!
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120. "RE: THAT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!" |
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>Whatever. If you don't want people
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I don't care if you respond, but don't call me a "hater" because I didn't think Fantasia should have won. You are the one calling people names. Under another topic you said that white americans were racist. You are the one with a stick up your butt! Get over yourself.
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05-26-04, 10:10 PM (EST)
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79. "RE: Deletions" |
Glad Ayak is around. Thanks for staying on top of things!
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91. "RE: Deletions" |
That was me!!!!!!!!! Why did you erase it???
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05-26-04, 10:17 PM (EST)
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83. "RE: Simon looked like" |
........a proud papa. 
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05-26-04, 10:06 PM (EST)
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75. "DAMN! They gave away the winner" |
We knew, or should have known.When Diana sang "I Believe" earlier it was a signal that she did not win. They always close the show with the winner singing the presumptive first single. If Diana was singing it with a half-hour remaining, they ALL knew Fantasia was the winner. There was no surprise ending here folks.
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05-26-04, 11:50 PM (EST)
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115. "RE: DAMN! They gave away the winner" |
Darn it, I should have KNOWN that! I couldn't believe all the biased comments earlier in the show! Could they have not found ONE Diana fan? They're out there, they just didn't want to talk to them I guess... who knows?
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05-26-04, 10:17 PM (EST)
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82. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
I hope the angry fans who wanted Jennifer/LaToya/Diana to win don't overlook Fantasia's incredible talent....she's probably the most unique artist in Idol history, and although she's not always perfect, the girl can sing. Personally she's been my second favorite (favorite being George) throughout the whole competition, but I realize that Jennifer, LaToya, and Diana all have valid cases of why they should've won or lasted longer....however, in the years to come, I think things will shake out just fine for everyone. Although I'm not at all a fan of hers, Tamyra is doing fine for herself....so are Clay and Kim Locke, even Frenchie, and of course Ruben and Kelly. There's enough room in the music world for all of them, so don't get too upset over this competition...besides, what does it entitle them to anyways?....doesn't seem like Ruben was given any more attention than Clay was.
Survivor All-Stars: Let's Go Big Tom!
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05-26-04, 10:18 PM (EST)
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84. "What I Love " |
What I love about this show came really clear to me, and I hope others feel the same way.I wasn't that invested this time, I think they are both really talented young ladies, but in the end, didn't matter to me who won. They both worked very hard to get there, and perhaps there were some who were just as talented who didn't get that far. But just before the winner was announced I found myself crying, and I realized that we get to witness this amazing life changing moment for one of these young women. And I think that is why so many love this show. At it's core, it is about dreams coming true.
Okay, so maybe I am a bit sappy, but I think that is why people get so passionate about their favorites. Because to us it's a show, entertainment, but we see those young people and it is all about their dreams. Congratulations to Fantasia, and thanks to all the talented young dreamers that entertained us. 
Kelly's voice still makes me cry, she is great.
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103. "RE: What I Love " |
I know! I am so sad!Actually I think I hated both of them at one time or another during the season, but seriously, I was so touched by the ending.
People care about this show, and I think I figured out why. It is bigger than the show, it is bigger than winning or losing.
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127. "RE: What I Love " |
Buggy,I agree with you. I was crying too. The family curse is finally gone!!! When she couldnt sing parts of I Believe and she was on the ground that was just very poignant. I'm just glad BF was in the other room watching the Pistons game so he didnt make fun of me. I figured Fantasia won when Diana sang I Believe first. But what was up with Fantasia when she was late coming out on the stage to sing Dreams? From there on out she seemed so subdued, like she was just told her grandpa died or something. Only until after they announced her as winner was she "happy" and then it was more subdued than I had thought she would be. Has our young Fantasia learned some humility? I think so.
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05-26-04, 11:05 PM (EST)
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104. "RE: Well said" |
Thanks, Hon.(To be truthful I may have forgotten to take my medication today.) I just love seeing the dream become real, and for the first time I really felt Fantasia, right after she won, and she sang the song. I think I really saw her, and where she is going.
I liked it. ( and I wasn't a big fan of her voice before)
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05-26-04, 10:55 PM (EST)
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99. "RE: What I Love " |
Not sappy at all buggy. Well Said!
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106. "RE: What I Love " |
Thanks!
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05-26-04, 11:14 PM (EST)
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110. "RE: What I Love " |
Hi Rabbit!
 
*smooch* Thought I'd find you here.
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94. "RE: Also wondering..........." |
i heard on E that the loser lost by only one percent and thats like i think 600,000 votes. E also said that above 60 million people voted so they got that right i guess they got the percent righ too. Ryan also said it was really close during the show.
But i think like last year teh vote wont matter and that Diana will be more sucsesful. Just because she is younger. and has younger fan who unfortunally had to go to bed at like 10 so she lost lots of vote there. I dont like that Fantasia won because of a technical prob. with her ear peice I really think the shows owes her a apology. Because maybe if there was not glitch she would have dont good and i think she would have won. I dont think either will be as sucessful as Kelly or Clay but they will deffinally surpass Ruben. And i think ratings were lower than expected becasue i have not heard about Rating yet
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97. "RE: Also wondering..........." |
LAST EDITED ON 05-26-04 AT 10:55 PM (EST)Always making excuses. I'm glad that show is over, so people can quit down talking Fantasia. If you don't like her then don't buy her record. But doubt it will hurt her. Please do a spell check next time!!!!!
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117. "RE: Also wondering..........." |
LAST EDITED ON 05-27-04 AT 00:59 AM (EST)I'm not taking it personally. You are taking it personally. Things that you posted: "She will never be as successful as Kelly or Clay" "Go Diana. She'll be the next Clay Aiken, who will find more success than Rubben or Fantasia ever will!" That's being mean and rude. I know that these are your opinions and I'm not mad at you for that but if I don't like something that you are anyone else post then I can responed or disagree, just like anyone else can. Life is to short to get mad at someones opinion.
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05-26-04, 10:43 PM (EST)
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92. "My opinion on the whole thing." |
Haven't posted in a while. I was really bummed when LaToya was booted and didn't feel like talking about the show anymore. But--here I am again...At the beginning of the competition, I thought that the final four would end up being George, Jennifer, Latoya and Fantasia, not necessarily in that order. I really liked George's personality, and he was my early favorite (but I didn't really think he would win). I thought Fantasia was unique and very talented, but had a lousy attitude reminiscent of a bad checkout girl at WalMart. I thought Jennifer had a great voice but needed coaching. I thought LaToya was fabulous but a little aloof and a little too much like every other black female recording artist, ex. Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, etc.. Now we've reached the end, and I've only changed my opinion about one of those four contestants: Fantasia. I think she's shown a huge amount of personal growth during the competition. She wears her heart on her sleeve, tells it like it is, and sings like she wants to connect with her audience. Since it came down to her and Diana (not to her and Jen or LaToya, as it should have), I have to say that IMO there was no comparison btw. Fantasia and Diana. Fantasia was clearly a superior singer and performer. If Diana had won, it would have been a travesty. (Remember, these are my opinions.) Diana shouldn't have made it into the top 4, let alone the top two. She screams the high notes, flats the low notes, doesn't emote worth a d*** and reminds me of a contestant in a Miss Backwater County Pageant. To sum up...I'm glad Fantasia won, it obviously wasn't close (since no stats were provided during the show), and America chose wisely. She should've been competing against a different contestant for the final, but that's not her fault. And there's a good chance she would've won anyway. Opinionated
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bucket 5 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-04, 11:11 PM (EST)
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109. "RE: My opinion on the whole thing." |
I would have prefer Diana to wins But I guess the only good thing that came out of Fantasia winning is that, there will be no whining or bitching about racism.
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minkey 231 desperate attention whore postings
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05-26-04, 11:05 PM (EST)
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105. "RE: My opinion on the whole thing." |
*smooch*
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05-26-04, 11:09 PM (EST)
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107. "RE: My opinion on the whole thing." |
Congrats to Fantasia -- she will be a great American Idol! I voted for Diana throughout the competition (including last night), but knew that either would be deserving of the title (Unlike last year when I was pulling EXTREMELY hard for Clay!) I will not buy Fantasia's CD only because I personally don't like her vocal style. Hopefully Diana will get a recording contract also because she is immensely talented, and I do like her vocal style, and would buy her CD. I do think Fantasia will be successful and she really impressed me as being an extremely thankful and humble winner. I was also impressed with Diana's reaction to the results -- she is much more mature and poised than many "grown" women I know. Much success to both of these talented women in the future!!!!
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05-27-04, 08:22 AM (EST)
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121. "A formal Apologie.." |
It has come to my attention, that a certain idiot poster, posted the results of the show last night, spoiling for some.That certain idiot, was none other than me! *on knees* *hands folded* Please accept my sincerest of apologies, I wasn't thinking, just caught up in the moment I guess. I have no other explantion, except for shear stubidity. Thanks to Akak for deleted the stubid mistake, and again, so, so, sorry. 
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05-27-04, 10:14 AM (EST)
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125. "RE: 5/26 -- THE FINALE -- West Coast spoiler thread" |
I cannot WAIT for Fantasia's album! YESS!!!!
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SnowBunny 79 desperate attention whore postings
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05-27-04, 10:31 AM (EST)
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126. "Production GUFUs" |
One would think that after 3 seasons of live shows they would get it right for a change, but what an awful production.1. Guest hosts.
Could we please take a little time to coach these people on how to work a microphone in a crowd?
And, if we're going to haul some television or movie celebrity out of the woodwork to work the red-carpet or what-not (just because she happens to be a fan of the show), one would think we could find someone with even a little experience with live productions.
Finally, at least give them some suggestions on what to say to the celebrities on the red carpet. (or how to say it) A couple of giggles and a lame question does not an impromptu interview make. 2. Sound and light show.
Ok, glitches happen in any live show. None of them are perfect. But fire the camera people, please. My eyes are still burning from the disco episode when the cameras were pointed directly at the back-lighting for an entire hour. Do they not learn from past experiences?
I understand that the performers might sometimes find themselves creating choreography in the middle of a live performance, but a skilled camera operator (and director) should be able to work around this without giving us so many bad angle, choppy, sloppy shots. Even Kelly who did nothing but sit on the piano for an entire song somehow managed to look awful from so many angles. 3. Ryan.
During the so-called 'pre-show' in the dressing rooms, Ryan seemed perfectly comfortable speaking with Diana about how she might be the American Idol but did some strange peddling with Fantasia. I don't recall the exact words, but he sputtered a quick "or Diana" at the end of a thought that had each person in this household groan and say, "Ok, looks like he knows Fantasia won." Does the host of the show actually have to know the winner in advance? Can't he be surprised too?
They have an entire season to prepare for a show like this. If he wants to be cute and funny, and all that, then at least give him some scripting to work with so that he doesn't fall on his face in front of millions of viewers.
We recognize that Ryan has built more production influence in his three seasons with the show, but that bit at the end when he tried to get Fantasia's family on stage and the security/production crew stopped them ... that was just sad. 4. Song selection.
This was mentioned in an earlier post but deserves repeating. Twenty minutes before they made the announcement, most viewers could have figured out the winner simply because Diana sang "I Believe". A company that earns this much money (with such a wildly successsful show) should know better. I'll save the critiques of the outfits and performances for the truly talented critics like Larry.
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