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Posts: 4913 (04/09/09 11:29 AM) Registered User |
seaguy wrote: (Not that Jason was, but...) you can be screwed over and still finish high - or even win - if the audience votes for you DESPITE bad treatment from TPTB |
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toomanynachos16 |
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Posts: 369 (04/09/09 11:30 AM) Registered User |
Wait, wait. Ayla Brown should've made it into the top 12? This girl was the definition of overpimped and sucky. Wasn't she the hack that sang
Unwritten? She was horrible and unmemorable.
And Melissa was hardly the only one to screw up her lyrics in that week. She had to change her song, and never got the words down. So what? She still kicked ass on multiple occasions, and defeated the pimped loser Ayla. Go back and listen to What About Love. It was clearly the best iTunes song on that whole lot. And Jason Castro was popular. He coasted through because of his hardcore fans and immense talent with the guitar. He was unique and a genuinely likeable guy. The judges NEVER understood that. See: that horrible week where Paula revealed she reads scripted criticisms of the contestants. And Latoya was hardly the chosen diva. Fantasia was the only girl the judges tongue-bathed week after week. Latoya had to sing her heart out to get where she got, which still fell short of the second place spot she deserved. Watch All By Myself and Don't Rain on My Parade. She was so good, and the judges hardly chose her as the diva. |
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Posts: 9562 (04/09/09 11:32 AM) |
Syesha is a perfect example last season. She gave some great performances, "Proud Mary", "One Rock An Roll Too Many", "Fever" and
some others, that were infinitely better then things Castro, Elderly looking Brooke, and DemonPigletChild were spewing out, but she got ripped apart like every
week.
Then the abortion of a song choice at F3, oh lord. JHud was also screwed quite the same way back in Season Three. |
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Posts: 11307 (04/09/09 11:36 AM) Registered user |
Ricky Bradday. Miles better than Mike Sarver, but didn't have the "down home on the oil rig" backstory for Middle America to eat up.
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Drew B |
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Posts: 4914 (04/09/09 11:37 AM) Registered User |
toomanynachos16 wrote: I remember (and enjoy) her "Unwritten" more than anything Melissa ever sang. And Jason Castro was popular. He coasted through because of his hardcore fans and immense talent with the guitar. He was unique and a genuinely likeable guy. The judges NEVER understood that. See: that horrible week where Paula revealed she reads scripted criticisms of the contestants. People say he is likable, but it totally went over my head. Of course, I don't find the stoner guys in "Knocked Up" or "Pineapple Express" likable, either. More sad and pathetic... Watch All By Myself and Don't Rain on My Parade. She was so good, and the judges hardly chose her as the diva. Both were not very good and horribly over-praised. "All By Myself" was merely bland. "Don't Rain on My Parade" was actually ghastly, in that the song is all about a quirky, ballsy personality. LaToya failed epically on that one because she never should have done it in the first place. It's a bad fit for her. And then there was also the fact that she completely screwed up the rhythm of the patter from beginning to end. |
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toomanynachos16 |
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Posts: 370 (04/09/09 11:41 AM) Registered User |
If you say so, I guess it shall be. Latoya was horrible. Which is exactly why everyone hated her and loved when she left in fourth place...Oh wait....
And say what you want about Castro, but you never mentioned Paula's comment. How could you not call that screwing over a contestant? |
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seaguy |
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Posts: 15583 (04/09/09 11:43 AM) AI Forum Moderator |
toomanynachos16 wrote:I'd have loved it if she left in 12th place. Overrated boring cold bitch. And do people really pay attention to Paula? Seriously? |
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Posts: 9564 (04/09/09 11:50 AM) |
Latoya was good!
I still call bullshit at the Diva's being the bottom three that week, and then Latoya getting knocked off before Miss Piggy Degarmo and Jasmalien. |
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toomanynachos16 |
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Posts: 371 (04/09/09 11:51 AM) Registered User |
And do people really pay attention to Paula? Seriously? People who realize that the judges' critiques are total shit and are used to favor certain contestants and tear down others. |
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Posts: 1270 (04/09/09 11:55 AM) Registered user |
seaguy wrote:X |
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Posts: 32298 (04/09/09 11:59 AM) Registered user |
Syesha is the one contestant that I think of who could have pulled gold bullion out of her ass and they wouldn't have given her any credit. Even when she
did get accolades, they paled next to Porkchop's. They didn't want a black female winner with a jazz voice.
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Drew B |
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Posts: 4915 (04/09/09 12:23 PM) Registered User |
toomanynachos16 wrote: I cheered my ass off when she got eliminated. I only wish it had happened earlier. I was in the audience for the results show the week that Amy Adams went home (top 10). The bottom three were Amy, Jennifer and LaToya. I was PRAYING that the audience would have voted correctly and LaToya would have been the one to leave And say what you want about Castro, but you never mentioned Paula's comment. How could you not call that screwing over a contestant? That instance in particular was wrong, but at the very most, it was a minute correction for the myriad times she said good things about him. It's not "screwing over" if it is warranted -- it's called getting what you deserve. |
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Posts: 192 (04/09/09 1:40 PM) |
Alexandria Lushington- She was young, fresh and original but nobody knew who the hell she was.
 The producers never showed her until her debut
performance. She was SOOOOOOOOOOOO robbed.
Jasmine Murray- The producers chose to shove Lil down our throats like she was the chosen one and also they screwed Jasmine with the ridiculous Top 13 twist. If it was a Top 12, Jorge would have definitely went out 12th and Jasmine would have made it further and gained momentum. Ugh. |
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seaguy |
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Posts: 15590 (04/09/09 1:42 PM) AI Forum Moderator |
Lord knows Serena and I don't usually agree, but I loved Alexandria as well. She was given not much of a shot at all, and she was really great and had a
ton of potential. Dumb ass judges.
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Gregoire |
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Posts: 32304 (04/09/09 1:54 PM) Registered user |
Jasmine was the opposite of screwed. She had facetime and plenty of chances to shine.
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Posts: 912 (04/09/09 1:57 PM) Registered User |
LISA LEUSCHNER!
She was given great remarks, heralded as one who could make it really far, if not all the way, was asked to come back for the wild card show and then was CUT from even getting to perform that night. BULLSHIT. They knew would disrupt their plans. No one was fucked over more. |
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Posts: 913 (04/09/09 2:00 PM) Registered User |
SSerenaSS wrote:If there was a top 12, I believe Jasmine wouldn't have been picked in the wildcard. I'm sure they were set on Matt, Anoop, and Megan because she was different. But Jasmine is a hell of a lot better than Lil. |
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Posts: 2145 (04/09/09 2:14 PM) Registered user |
toomanynachos16 wrote: I hate Syesha a lot but i have to admit that she did give it her all throughout the finals. |
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Posts: 2146 (04/09/09 2:18 PM) Registered user |
Drew B wrote: to be fair, Boomie sucked ass the first few weeks, it wasnt until she finally started picking the big songs that was right for her voice that she was accepted by the judges. in terms of making it far despite bad treatment from TPTB, look at Elliot Yamin. |
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SSerenaSS |
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Posts: 194 (04/09/09 2:18 PM) |
Gregoire wrote: Lil was thrown in our faces more though and was exalted as the "diva" of the season and thus given prefernetial treatment. |
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