Idol, UGH. Warning: Spoiler Alert

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   Dirty Sanchez
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 5:21 am

   Fucking Paul and his halogen teeth are still in the competition but Pia gets sent packing?? What a joke. That god awful Lauren who can’t sing to save her life, Queeny Jacob, Grizzly Adams.. All still alive. Grrr.

   I hope AI has another shitty winner that sells 50,000 records. Then maybe they’ll start having a 50/50 mix of judges and fans votings, because obviously America has no idea what to look for.

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   lrhflute
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 6:01 am

   I’m so beyond upset about Pia….I thought she would win!!!!! I know that Paul is the pick for Vote for the Worst, and they have to be the ones who are voting. But good lord, the fucking tweens. I wasn’t able to vote, so I will take partial responsibility…but can we talk about Constantine? I hate him anyway, but that was GOD AWFUL!!!! In fact, I ran out of synonyms for “fucking terrible” last night….anyway, all in all, it was a horrible show (except I loved the bit with TMZ…but I love TMZ). GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

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   itchy
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 6:06 am

   It’s Pia’s own fault. If she had worn outfits like that from the beginning, she’d have developed a more, um, loyal fan base. Who knew she could be that hot? Too little too late.

   Otherwise, she was just too boring. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I hate Paul (Gawker calls him Willy Whispers), but at least I get a good laugh out of watching him.

   And I’m enjoying watching Casey slowly dissolve into a blubbery viscous mass of goo. I even get a kick out of watching Durbin’s rubbery Madame (as in Wayland Flowers) face.

   And of course, speaking of puppets, no one will ever beat Scotty McCreepy for sheer smarm. He’s the essence of Southern kitsch. I really hope he wins. He’ll single-handedly destroying the last ultra-thin shred of credibility AI might have.

   I’m sure Haley and Laurent are already packing their bags, poor kids.

   Except, Haley, you know what you need to do next week if you want to stay alive. You might as well. That’s show biz after all. Hell, it worked out pretty well for Madonna way back when.

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   iamrufus
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 6:39 am

   Itchy, i have to disagree with you. The slutty low back short sparkly dresses and skin tight pants were one reason i hated her in the first place! Yes, this SHOULD be all about vocal talent, but it’s not. Otherwise they wouldn’t show us videos letting us get to know them. It’s like saying high school is all about education. Well, yes but it’s also a huge popularity contest whether it SHOULD be or not. I have talked to many people who dislike her, not only because she bored us to tears (every week without fail) but because she came off as smug “i’m better than you” a lot. People are picking an entertainer that they like, not JUST a good singer. So i don’t agree with the judges saying that we didn’t vote for her because we assumed she was safe and just didn’t–a lot of people made a conscious decision not to vote for her. Fair? Maybe not, but it is the truth. It’s what happened. She will be successful anyway so people need to get over it.

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   considerthis
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 6:58 am

   IGGY POP & Marulous (talk about a camera mugger) as guest singers – wow AI is scrapin the singin barrel for these guests.

   Who would you have saved Casey Leakage James or Pia?????? Did the judges act too quickly????

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   JasonR
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:14 am

   I’ll bet the judges are pissed they blew their save on Casey, who if he wins, has the potential to sell THOUSANDS of CDs! Pia was a class act. She was polished and sang perfectly, and if that made her boring to some people, oh well. I also never saw anything out of her but a sweet modesty, not like that fucking Jacob telling us if he ended up in the bottom three it was our problem, not his. What a dick. Now I’ll have to figure out how to face the rest of the Spring without my gorgeous guidette singing angel on my tv twice a week. Hopefully she goes on to a huge career.

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   iamrufus
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:24 am

   Suprise, suprise–another MAN saying they like the pretty girl.
   Modest? She never wore anything remotely close to modest!

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   itchy
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:35 am

   Fact is, if she had shown a bit more cleavage, sexed it up a bit, she’d still be in this, no doubt about it. But every time I watched her, I had the feeling I was watching a rerun of the Carol Burnett show. Which may have worked fine back in the 70s, but really, do we need more of this in 2011?

   Anyhoo, I don’t take AI seriously at all, I don’t seriously expect them to discover any true artistic talent, and I don’t even expect them to find a decent singer. But long as they continue to serve up clowns like Paul, Scotty, Casey and Durbin, I’ll keep right on watching. Now, if they could throw in a few more cute girls in skimpy outfits, well, that’d be the cherry on the icing on the cake.

   Sorry for your loss, though, JasonR, I can see you’re taking this pretty hard. And Haley’s cuter anyway. ;-p

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   leslilly
   Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:42 am

   I’m evil – I haven’t watched it yet, but I smiled when I saw Pia was voted off. She bored me to death! I hope she does get a career out of this, however – seems like a sweet girl, just too dull for moi. I would have really been happy if drama queen Lusk had been sent packing!

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    vallegirl
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Pity Pia not. The last time a diva got sent home too soon while a completely inexplicable male singer stayed (although I’m more WTF? on Stefano than Paul) it was Jennifer Hudson when poor John Stevens had to bear the brunt of AI’s disappointment.

    Where are the two of them now?

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    JasonR
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:52 am

    Thanks Itchy. I’ll get over it (with Haley’s help).

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    Joy
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Beautiful… Yes. Talented… Yes. As boring as watching paint dry on a wet day… OMG, YES! Every week she did the exact same thing and the one time she tried to move around the stage it looked like her first day on new legs. At least with Haley I’m not bored.

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    jayem
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 9:25 am

    First of all, I totally called the bottom three. I should have bet on that shit. I didn’t care who went home, because I think they all will at some point, but I definitely didn’t think it’d be Pia. Any of the three could have gone, but she just wasn’t engaging at all. Her exit video was boring!! Everytime she talks, I hear a pageant girl. She sounds SUPER rehearsed, with all the “It’s a great opportunity and a blessing to be here and next week, I swear I’ll try so hard, it’ll be a totally different Pia.” And then…nothing. She barely even cracked a smile with TMZ or Russell Brand. And I’d rather download the Glee version than hers, so SEE YA!!

    Now all I need is the Screamin’ Banshee to leave (cause ya know, I’m not looking in a mirror or whatthefuckever) and me and America will have cemented our status as BFFers.

    Also, I think the judges were overacting a little bit. I’m sure they thought someone else should have gone home, but I think they’re gonna tell everyone that since they picked them and they are all talented. I’d say, like half of it was platitudes. Well, and Jennifer’s fake crying…

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    Pikey
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 9:27 am

    I would have preferred to have Jacob leave and that he would take his pious skankatude with him! I was insulted by his comments on Wednesday night and was hoping that the voters would make him suffer. But at least he was in the bottom 3 – would have loved to have a camera backstage after that to get his reaction…

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    georgiababe
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 9:50 am

    I blame the judges. The voting population of America are a bunch of idiots and the judges fawn over all the singers every week instead of actually giving criticism. America clearly needs help deciding who is good and who is bad, but the judges act like everyone on this show is amazing all the time, which is SO untrue.

    That awful Haley girl needs to leave. I have wanted her gone for weeks, she’s so annoying.

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    iamrufus
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 10:29 am

    I blame the voting system. If we were allowed to vote for the person we wanted OFF the show, or we could only vote ONCE it would have been someone along the lines of Stefano or Jacob. Pia may have been saved. A lot of people liked her, but didn’t vote. Or voted once or twice. Fact is, there are a shitton of people voting 50+ times. Judges really don’t have much to do with the show at this point. And I don’t know about you, but I’m not an idiot. Think about this–Celine Dion? Talented for sure. Do you rush out and buy her CD’s? If you don’t, think about why. Is her music boring to you? Probably. She’s no Lady Gaga. America wants to be entertained.

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    vallegirl
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 11:07 am

    I think the judges do have some sway, though. Some people are criticism-proof (James, Scotty) but the rest are likely having their vote totals rise and fall based upon performance order and whether or not they received any kind of criticism.

    Pia, despite giving her best performance since “I’ll Stand By You,” back during the semis, was actually criticized by both JLo and Randy. Yes, they gave her sound, good advice on how to be a better performer and it will help her in the future, but after they seal-clapped over Haley’s drunken “Janis” (Sorry, itchy…she makes me itchy and annoyed because she can’t, or won’t, enunciate.) and Durbin’s assassination on George Harrison’s good name, it likely brought down the impression of Pia’s performance. Simon was the king of diminishing returns because if he didn’t like someone he’d, at best, damn them with faint praise. So she gives a good performance, but JLo tells her she’s still not working the stage well (after Scotty lumbered around like he was having a seizure, mind you), Randy agrees, and suddenly, she’s just not that good.

    Meanwhile, Paul goes last, gets praised by the judges and somehow incites a hootenanny on the stage. I like Paul, but he’s a lousy fit for this show and his voice, much like Iggy Pop’s, was never meant to be in a singing contest, but there was an impression of excitement around him that boosted him to safety.

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    TiredMom
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 11:18 am

    I just don’t get who is voting for Jacob …. who is his fan base? The guy gets more obnoxious and arrogant with each passing week. After his comments this week I was hoping he would get the boot… Jacob says if he ends up in the Bottom 3 it’s because American failed to look at themselves in the mirror. What? Seriously? That would be the only reason you could possibly in the bottom three? HATE!!!!

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    TiredMom
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Oh and aside from being such a douche I don’t like the sound of his voice at all – and don’t get the heaps of praise the judges lavish him with each week.

    And I am sure they are kicking themselves for using the save so early…although I do love Casey.

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    truthsquad
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    This is what happens when tween girls control the vote! Texting their little fingers to the bone over their ever shifting giant non threatening boy crushes, while the female contestants get sliced and diced each week….I mean, how many years has it been since a girl won anyway? The producers can tinker with the judging and coaching all they want, but as long as the only people voting are schoolgirls, boys with cool hair, dreamy smiles, and soft feathery voices with modest talent will outlast pretty girls with big voices.

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    itchy
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Iggy Pop was always more than just his voice. Fucking amazing performer. That’s the difference between him and this cast of idiots. Voice gets you so far, but if you can’t deliver the charisma, what’s the point?

    I’m assuming that Jacob has the ‘people of color’ vote pretty much locked up. Just like most of NYC is voting for Casey… Too bad the Christian nation is just way too humongous…

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    jayem
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    I see what you guys are saying regarding the votes, but I don’t think the full sum of people voting are teeny-boppers. Would they be voting for Casey or Jacob or Haley? (Granted, they are probably voting for Scotty multiple times, but I can get behind that!) It seems that, for once, people are taking it “seriously” (don’t laugh) and actually voting to make sure certain people stay. That’s why they’re having the highest number of votes they’ve ever had. In 10 years of watching, however sporadically, this is the first time I have ever voted and it’s because everyone is so talented that I don’t want my favorites to leave. It’s not that Pia couldn’t sing, it’s that she couldn’t connect. So she went home. And I think it’s even more proof that she did when the guys, gays, and girls who are voting were her fanbase (if she wanted to be a hot diva type). It’s a matter of personal taste this season and I think she just wasn’t very likeable. So, I’m sticking with America. For now anyway. Don’t fail me now, ‘Merica!

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    jayem
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Also, like Itchy said, they ALL got outperformed by Iggy. He was incredible, all shirtless, cursing, and unintelligible. And he only sang like 5 lines total!

    P.S. – Scotty should totally remake that song. /fangirl

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    itchy
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    Scotty would do an excellent version of The Idiot. But I want Casey to sing Lust for Life. No, it should be Paul (Mr. Willy Whispers) who sings Lust for Life. Imagine the possibilities!

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    vallegirl
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    @itchy – I wasn’t putting Paul in league with Iggy as an artist or a performer. I was just pointing out that while I do think Paul has talent as a performer and a musician, he’s not really much of a singer in what this show, or any singing show, would consider good. That was the only comparison I was going for.

    But the difference I saw between Paul being safe and Pia going home had less to do with their performances, although I think both managed to do well, as with their performance order and the comments they received. There was no build for Pia. She sang well, she got tepid reviews and she was forgotten. Paul sang well, got effusive reviews and ended the show. He had a build, she didn’t and she got lost in the shuffle.

    If the voting went straight down the line regarding how well or poorly people performed, neither Pia nor Paul would have been in the bottom with Jacob and Stefano – Big, creepy Durbin would have been there because he sucked so bad he made me cry.

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    JasonR
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    “Big, creepy Durbin would have been there because he sucked so bad he made me cry.”

    vallegirl thank you that shit was funny

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    itchy
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    You know, every year that I’ve watched this show, I think, “well, at any rate, they can’t possibly choose a worse bunch than last year.” And yet they always do.

    I think part of the problem is that they only let them sing for about a minute and a half each week. So instead of working things out and getting better, they actually end up getting worse and worse. This is a singing show — why don’t they just let these people sing?

    Paul and Durbin are both up there on the County Fair Performance Crap’o'meter. I’ve always hated it when singers start up with that “how y’all doin’ tonight?” bullshit, (unless they’re actually known acts that the audience paid to see, but even then). Willy Whispers does it outright, Blinky does it implicitly, both make me want to shoot the screen.

    Here’s why I think Jacob could be really great, if he would only learn how to sing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em7gC0bq_aM&feature=related

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    whoochile
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    ugh! jacob needs to scrape his big, fat tongue. I am sooo grossed out seeing that giant maw open and that furry tongue, yikes. I know Pia had a nice voice, but the squat and stand with the occasional hand up and down wave was getting super old. Someone said it right, pageant girl. Also, I agree, can we just vote for the one we hate instead of the one we like?

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    vallegirl
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    itchy, your belief that Jacob could have a fraction of that depth or artistry is admirable. Foolish, but admirable.

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    itchy
    Posted April 8, 2011 at 11:50 pm

    I know, I know. I keep hoping though. None of the others in this group can even come close to having such an unusual voice.

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    Nikki Hughes
    Posted April 9, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    bwahaahaa…..Jimmy Iovine is no fool…..

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1375199/American-Idol-2011-Pia-Toscano-signs-record-deal-exit.html

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    Rosalind Herbert
    Posted April 9, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    @nikki I was just about to post that..lol

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    Nikki Hughes
    Posted April 9, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    tee hee!

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    David Ellefson
    Posted April 10, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    Do not cry for Pia. She has a career waiting for her as a (A)Model (B)Actress (C)Singer or even (D)TV host. She’s the next Katherine McPhee.

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    itchy
    Posted April 10, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    She’ll also make a great hostess at the Olive Garden.

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    leslilly
    Posted April 10, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Hahahaha! Itchy – I love it!