lastdecember said:

And this is exactly why Sanjaya is still in the running to become the next American Idol.
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lastdecember said:

Madonna sings live. I don't know about Kylie, but Janet doesn't. So, yeah, there's that.

>>>>>Haley and Farewell!

On ''American Idol,'' after J. Lo shows how it's done, the leggy contestant takes a walk

By Michael Slezak
(Entertainmemt Weekly)


She clocked in, she clocked out. And after delivering a rendition of ''Turn the Beat Around'' that could barely keep up with said beat, let alone live up to the song's title, the Idol workday has finally come to an end for Haley Scarnato.

Some folks might blame the Texas-based songbird's demise on the fact that Simon pointedly commented on her rising-hemline strategy during last night's critique, but I also think that even Haley's core fans could detect her flagging enthusiasm in the face of weekly verbal assaults from the judging panel. Witness the way she responded to Ryan Seacrest's ''good luck'' wish tonight, delivering the word ''thanks'' with a disdain even more naked than her gams have been for the last few weeks of the competition.

That said, Haley played the role of the Long-Legged Engine That Could with aplomb and, whether intentional or not, humor. I had to chuckle when she defended her hotpants-and-sheer-top combo as not ''completely inappropriate,'' and that weary, post-Latin-night backstage remark of ''I guess I'm gonna go put a robe on'' made me realize that Haley was at least a teensy bit in on the joke. So while she leaves behind a trail of broken tunes — a deeply unconvincing ''Queen of the Night,'' a wheezy, lethargic ''Tell Him,'' and a ''Missing You'' marked by forgotten lyrics and self-loathing — don't cry for her. There are worse ways for a singer to make a living than playing cruise ships, hotel lobbies, and upper-middle-class weddings — and none of those gigs will be capped off by patronizing ''pretty girl'' comments from Paula Abdul.

And although Haley was not joined in the bottom three tonight by Sanjaya Malakar, I can't really argue with America's choice of Phil Stacey and Chris Richardson. The former's grinning insistence tonight that he was ''just blessed to be here'' actually had me hoping it'd be Haley who'd return to the safety of the couch, while the latter's at-risk position proves that viewers won't automatically drink down any glass of Kool-Aid that Simon puts in front of 'em. Indeed, Chris's tinny, off-key ''Smooth'' was more like a mug of stagnant pond water — so viciously wrong that I failed to notice he flubbed his lyrics for the fourth time in the last five weeks. Thanks to those of you who caught him singing, ''It's the same insane emotion that I get from you,'' when he should've been singing, ''That's the same as the emotion that I get from you.'' Thanks also to Chris (a former Hooters manager) for not turning to Haley and ordering a plate of wings and a Heineken once Ryan told him he wasn't going home this week.

As for Sanjaya, while I still contend he has no business being in the top seven, I will give him credit for his winning contributions to tonight's bloated, slightly surreal one-hour results show: There was his scared-amused expression as the show opened and Ryan asked who'd be going home; there was his whispered (what else?) ''Te quiero'' during the group rendition of ''Bailamos''; and there was that freakishly easy face-morph into Melinda during the weekly Ford ''music video'' (uff da). I will not, however, give props to the kid's on-camera remark about wanting to score J. Lo's phone number and keep it a secret from her husband. I paid $10 to see Enough in the theater, and I can still unequivocally say that the charming vocal coach — who in my opinion, gave the best results-show performance of the season with her latest single, ''Qué Hiciste'' — didn't deserve such a creepy parting gift.<<<<<

newpower99 said:

AI is nothing more than a reality show, how people dont lump it in with things like Survivor and something MTV would should 50 times a day is beyond me. To say this show is a joke at this point is an understatement, like i have said before they are all gonna get deals, so why have the show? Ratings like any other reality show, its no different than "I love new york" at this point, lets be real here. And i know heard Randy say that someone sounded like a "karaoke" singer, would someone slap that asshole already, THEY ALL SOUND LIKE KARAOKE SINGERS.
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lastdecember said:

just curious, if it bothers you so . why are you always hangin out posting in these threads?

newpower99 said:

Im curious why people praise this show the way they do like its some sort of "Amazing" unseen talent? It just seems unecessary to even have the show if in the end everyone gets deals,modeling contracts etc.. whats the point of having the show? Its funny how people dont call it a reality show, when thats all it is, now even the producers are starting to bad mouth people that won?

lastdecember said:

I respect that. But as with anything else in entertainment it comes down to money money money.

The show by far is the highest rated show on TV. If you want it to go away dont watch it and it will , as long as about 20 million other people join you.

AI is exactly what most of the so called talent is in Amerika.

The Jacksons are starting a show on CBS that will focus on a group.

newpower99 said:

I think the funny thing is that its "ratings" and "votes" dont dictate to album sales, which shows that alot of people are not voting for who they think they would a CD of, thats mainly my point. I mean last year is total evidence, even i who had never seen the show could tell that Taylor had no right winning that
and yet he did, but at the end of the day his millions in votes translated into 500,000 or less cd sales, Kellie Pickler who was the sanjaya of last year has sold more than Taylor, and the daughtry guy who lost has sold more than most winners have, and Katharine Mcphee has gone on to an almost gold album and 7 figure modeling deal, which is probably where this years "sex objects" Haley and that other girl who got voted off early on who had some kind of scandal, these two are already in negotiations for deals. So in 6 years i have seen this show twice, once because Prince was on and the other because JLO was on, so i am far from a viewer at this point, to me the show would be more interesting if it made the contestants come up with their own songs and routines and then see where they go in the show.