"American Idol" - Season 8

Carol wrote:

*How many times do you guys vote for the ones you really like?

I just pretty much keep hitting redial until I'm tired. I vote more obviously toward the end, or really 'tight competition' weeks, but last night I voted probably 20x for Alexis. Probably 10x for Michael Sarver. And I voted 3x for Brent---for our very own country boy here.


*EDIT* YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!! MICHAEL!!!!!

*EDIT* WOOO HOOO!!! DANNY!!! :sillySmiley: I can't believe my three faves got in there!!!!

Well I am just Heartbroken

Hey so Brent Has Chance that they will call him Back?

I really am sorry about Brent, Jacob. Yes, he does have a shot at the wild card! I would really like to see him get in!

Are they gonna have 3 Wild Cards?

Amy wrote:

I can't believe my three faves got in there!!!!

Congratulations, Amy!!

Savannah wrote:

Amy wrote:

I can't believe my three faves got in there!!!!

Congratulations, Amy!!

What about me lol :haha:

Yes Congrats Amy

JW wrote:

Savannah wrote:

Amy wrote:

I can't believe my three faves got in there!!!!

Congratulations, Amy!!

What about me lol :haha:

You can congratulate her, too.

I'm sorry your favorite didn't make it, Jacob. BUT, maybe he'll make it in with a wild card! (And if not - you never know....One of the people who did make it in might end up being even more of a favorite for you than Brent is!)

Thats Better Savannah


Thanks Amy and Savnnah for being Sorry

LOL, you're welcome Jacob. :alright:


Thanks Savannah.

My heart was POUNDING as I watched Tatiana and Danny standing side by side at the end. You knew that they'd have Tatiana in the last pairing, though. Wow, was I glad that Danny made it through!! I hope that Tatiana doesn't get a wild card spot. The last time they had the 3 wild cards, each judge got to choose someone to come back. Now that there's 4 judges, and still only 3 wild cards, I'm wondering if they're going to all choose 3 together, or what?

Amy wrote:

WOOO HOOO!!! DANNY!!! :sillySmiley: I can't believe my three faves got in there!!!!

Congratulations Amy! lol

I have to say I am happy with the outcome. Those 3 were in my top 6, so it's all good :idance:

Teresa wrote:

The last time they had the 3 wild cards, each judge got to choose someone to come back. Now that there's 4 judges, and still only 3 wild cards, I'm wondering if they're going to all choose 3 together, or what?

Someone on my Dr. Quinn board said that they heard Ryan say that they go by top # of votes, not by the judges. Maybe they're doing it differently this time around. If that's the case, I'm glad because IMO that is much more fair.

And lol, thanks Carol!

Ok, someone confirmed the procedure on my DQ site:

Quote:
"Per Idol's site, it's the Judges Favorites who get to battle it out on March 5th for a spot to be in the top 12. I found it in the article about the Top 36 Revealed. Looks to me as if the Judges pick the 9 or however many to compete again that they liked. Not sure if it's the judges that decide who goes or America."


So there you have it...not too thrilled about this. I don't like the judges having the control in this situation---they're obviously about ratings and water cooler talk, or "Nick/Norman" would not even be competing. I am bracing myself for Tatiana to be coming back into this.

By the way, we haven't even discussed her appalling behavior the other night. Talk about poor 'sportsmanship'! She couldn't even smile graciously or congratulate Danny?! Also, when the others tried to comfort her, she just brushed them off. It was pretty obvious from watching them that she hasn't made a big impression on them either. She is an immature drama queen with a Capital D. Voice or not, she has no place in this competition just based on attitude alone. JMO.

Amy wrote:

By the way, we haven't even discussed her appalling behavior the other night. Talk about poor 'sportsmanship'! She couldn't even smile graciously or congratulate Danny?! Also, when the others tried to comfort her, she just brushed them off. It was pretty obvious from watching them that she hasn't made a big impression on them either. She is an immature drama queen with a Capital D. Voice or not, she has no place in this competition just based on attitude alone. JMO.

Wow! It sounds like she gave America a perfect example of how not to behave. I can understand being disappointed, but disappointment is a poor excuse for bad manners.

Exactly, Savannah. If I were her parent, I would want to crawl in a hole and die.

Just stating my opinion here. Of course Amy and anyone else is entitled to their opinion so NO hard feelings here, just stating how I feel

:sing: Tatiana Del Toro

I kind of understand Tatiana’s attitude. At first she turned me off but the more I got to see her, she grew on me and then she mostly made me laugh by watching how she behaved at times. What she needs is someone to tell her to calm down and I think she was trying to as she seemed calmer but people even try to rip her apart then as Kara’s comment to her after she sang was “Where is that crazy Tatiana? I miss her!” and Simon said “Do the laugh” So what the heck do the judges want? She’s trying here… and she’s not going to change overnight. Tatiana wanted this badly and to her it was very hard to hold in tears when she was told she was not put through. It’s normal for her to cry, I saw Stevie Wright hugging her and Tatiana hugging her back letting her be comforted. I didn’t see when she pushed people away but even so, to be honest, I’ve cried at times and didn’t want people to comfort me because at the time I’m not thinking straight, something has me very upset and at first I just want to be left alone, I’m not saying I do that all the time but there were times and so if Tatiana did that, I can understand her actions. Yeah so she’s not your typical sweet girl next door but neither was Madonna or other crazy famous singers out there :haha:

One thing I like… with Tatiana, what you see is what you get… I’m sure other contestants like to put up a front and hold in emotions while on camera although inside they are just as emotional. That girl that sang “every little thing she does is magic” looked pissed when she was getting the comments and didn’t show too much emotion but they played a clip of her backstage where she was crying… if it were have been Tatiana, they would have played the clip several times over and over… the camera loves to see Tatiana get emotional as you could see they kept focusing on her while Danny sang and I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I DO feel bad for Danny’s wife but did that guy have to hold up a picture of her while he sang the song??? Anyway, I’m sure Tatiana was not the only contestant that cried when learning they were not through… she was just the only whose emotions were caught on camera. Also, when she and Danny were called up to get the news of who makes it, I noticed Tatiana trying to grab Danny’s hand as the contestants normally do when two of them are called to wait for an answer but Danny just kept his hands behind his back. He could have shown a little more support.

I have to say that I agree w/ this comment someone posted:
“The public’s dislike for Tatiana del Toro was manufactured by the Producers of Idol. The Producers created a feeding frenzy praying on this girl’s insecurities. Tatiana can sing. She did way better than all of the other female contestants, with the exception of Alexis Grace, whose stand out performance was better than anyone else. Tatiana also outperformed most of the males, Michael included. Still, people judge her on her personality. Danny didn’t even try to hold her hand. He screamed with joy and went to the other contestants. The person who stated that he tried to hug Tatiana was watching obviously another show, as it was the other way around!!!. Danny can sing but he is very unoriginal. I believe that Simon had his number when he deflated the hype. Go Alexis! You are excellent and were clearly seen trying to console those who didn’t make it, including Tatiana.”


*Anyway, I doubt she will come back as the wild card so I wish her the best. Hopefully, she can learn to control her emotions a little better because she can sing well and with more practice, she will sound great.