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TV Talk Discussion Group
We're getting closer. Only a couple of more weeks to go after this week. We are now down to the final four and this week they finally get to do more current songs in the theme "Songs That Shaped/Inspired Rock n' Roll".
Everything about Paulagate was said right after the Results show and in case you still didn't read anything about it and want to, it was added last week to the Idol News topic of 4/28/08. You would just have to scroll back up for it. Or go to Joe's topic above about the "Idol slide continues...".
I only have a few news items for this week, some you might have heard about already because they came out right after the results show, but I added anyway. If anyone else comes across something, you can add it here, too, for discussion. This is an informational topic or if you want to discuss anything about Idol.
Again, I've put the items on separately for you to respond to right on the post or you can put your own separate post on to discuss anything you want. I think I have made them a little simpler this time, I hope.
One thing I found was a survey on how the show is doing as a whole. And, of course, there is always the discussion on what songs the idols should sing.
As soon as I hear what the song list is for the contestants, which usually doesn't come out until anywhere from two hours to the last half hour before the show, I will post it here. So if you want to know the song list before the show comes on, just check back here again. Anything big that happens with the show whether on the performance or the results show, I will add to this topic, so come back and check for anything else on Thursday.
Here is the Song List for tonight:
Season 7 Top 4 Spoilers!
http://mjsbigblog.com/season-7-top-4-spoilers.htm
Performance Order! From Carie–Thank you!
David Cook - “Hungry Like the Wolf” by Duran Duran -
Syesha Mercado - “Proud Mary” by Ike and Tina Turner - Sexy
Jason Castro - “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley - Marley style, very funky
David Archuleta- “Stand by Me” - Solid performance
David Cook - “Baba O’Reily” - Incredible. Started off slow. Brought the house down.
Syesha Mercado - “Change is Gonna Come” - Screachy, but ended pretty. She looked gorgeous.
Jason Castro - “Mr. Tambourine Man” - It was just OK. Audience didn’t connect with it.
David Archuleta - “Love Me Tender” by Elvis Presley - Solid performance.
There is some debate about whether this has been the strangest season of American Idol to date. But there's no question it has seemed like the longest. But the end is in sight. At long last we are down to the Final Four: David Cook, David Archuleta, Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado.
Whoa, that's our final four? This really has been a weird year. There were better, more charismatic singers who didn't even make the Top 12. Remember Danny Noriega, Kady Malloy and Asia'h Epperson?
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Spoiler - Top 4 Theme - Songs that shaped/inspired Rock n’ Roll
http://mjsbigblog.com/spoiler-top-4-theme-songs-that-shapedinspired-rock-n-roll.htm
At last, a theme broad enough that allows the contestants a little breathing room to choose a song that really reflects who they are as artists. Even though it’s a rock theme, there really is room to stretch the boundaries beyond rock n’ roll.
The songs will supposedly come from this list of songs from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Just about every genre of music can be thrown into the R n’ R pot. This could be a very good week for the remaining Top 4. Just about anything would be better than this week’s speed-wreck.
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http://mjsbigblog.com/read-the-lastest-american-idol-survey.htm#more-4782
One thing I found was a survey on how the show is doing as a whole. Should it come back at all, should it be revamped possibly with new judges, should the theme be dropped?
Take a look at the list, but remember, we don't know what is the real list that the contestants have to choose from.
The contestants live and die by what tunes they choose to sing. But who gets what? And what happens when the vocal coaches don't like what they hear?
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007164_20171835_20197246,00.html
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Really, when you look at the careers of Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Katherine McPhee, Taylor Hicks, Daughtry, Constantine, and (Phil Stacey), there's no clear benefit to actually winning the contest as opposed to merely placing highly. Either way, you've gained public recognition and a fan base. Will Michael Johns' career suffer because he was tossed off early? They're all winners, as Paula would happily note,... Maybe if there were some true amateurs on the show, there'd actually be some competitive spirit and lingering enthusiasm..."
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"He made it through Paulagate 2008, but is American Idol’s Jason Castro ready to call it quits? EW’s Jessica Shaw was on the scene as the Idols rehearsed for Neil Diamond week (read her “Why Song Selection Matters” feature in the issue out Friday) and spoke with Castro on Monday afternoon: “I’ll get around to practicing,” he promised her, after noting that his brother and a friend had visited over the weekend and that his Saturday meeting with Diamond had gone “really bad” because he didn’t yet know his songs. “What happens happens. I’ll sing and if people like it, they like it. And if they don’t, they don’t. I’m kind of ready to go home.”
http://mjsbigblog.com/is-jason-castro-ready-to-go-home.htm
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