One Extreme to the other-Worst Theme Performances in American Idol History: American Idol recap 03-30-06-Lisa Tucker was robbed
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One Extreme to the other-Worst Theme Performances in American Idol History: Lisa Tucker was robbed- American Idol recap 03-30:
This Article is Written and Owned by: Arne
By now most journalists, authors and writers of blogs have all agreed that the 21st Century theme was one of the worst shows in American Idol history! The 21st Century theme night was a complete and absolute disaster. The performances lacked any energy, any highlighting of the competitors vocal range and singing talent, and any spontaneity. Frankly, the 21st century was a snooze fest and most of the performances bombed. What bland, uninspiring performances by most of the competitors.
The problem I saw with the 21st century is that it did not not give the competitors enough guidance, so they erred in their song choices. I think that theme nights should be the way that they have been, guest appearances from those artists who are well developed and integrated in music. Artists that are Icons and have staying power seem to give the competitors more to go on, then simply letting them choose out of a catalogue! The competitors are novices, you can hand them a catalogue of over 5000 songs,they simply do not have enough knowledge or experience to choose a song that is suited for their vocal range and instead of highlighting their vocals as an asset, their vocals sounded more like a liability!
Having said that there were a four show savers out of the top ten. Two of who landed in the bottom three, and one who was sent home!
Lisa Tucker and Katherine McPhee certainly did not belong in the bottom three at all! Taylor and Elliott also gave good sound performances. We also need to remind American Idol, that Kelly Clarkson is a powerful talent today! However, when she started on AI, she did not have the same power in her singing as she does today! Frankly, if one listens to their favourite artists or singing group, first album then listen to their third or fourth album, there is quite a difference in their vocals and even their performances! Lisa’s did a very good job on Clarkson’s song. Lisa was robbed and deserved to still be competing!
I certainly hope that the judges and specifically Simon are thrilled and satisfied that Lisa is gone. We all know that Simon worked at assuring that each week! Nobody should be shocked this is exactly what Simon was working on! As a matter of fact Simon’s final quote on elimination night, i.e. “that anyone could have been sent home, was too little to late!” The fact and truth of the matter is that Lisa had been underrated by the judges from the beginning. I also think that Lisa who smiled through every put down that Simon could give her, is a most eloquent, mature girl, who at 16, knows her potential and what she will be doing in her future. Lisa had commented that she has been working towards a singing career all of her life and it is what she wants to do. I do not think that Lisa Tucker will have any problem in the future of making it. Stevie Wonder and Barry Manilow both were surprised at Lisa’s powerful voice and vocal range! AI was a good experience for Lisa. It gave her insight on what it was like and just confirmed her conviction that she will be an artist of considerable staying power one day!!
The performances were so bad that we saw extremities with two of the competitors, we saw Daughtry continue not to rise to the challenge, to the point that Simon finally told him, that he could not continue to do these types of performances each week and that he went to far! Chris simply shrugged! Then we see Mandisa singing a gospel song! I am sorry, but this is American Idol and as much as I love gospel music in groups like the Mississippi and Georgia Mass Choir, Kurt Franklin ect. I was totally put in shock with both performances given by Mandisa and Daughtry! It was one extreme to the other!
Who should have been in the bottom three were Chris Daughtry, Mandisa and Kelli Pickler. These performances on 21-st century theme night were the ones that were by far the worst in my opinion!
I certainly hope this is not an indication of what to expect each week!
On to other things, Ryan Seacrest looked great each night, dressed in suits that make him look handsome. While Simon Cowell was his usual charming self and was more likened to a Pit Bull! Paula is continuing to show strength in her character by given her own true opinion. I did note that at one point Simon was trying to control Paula! Paula had been clapping for a competitor and Simon grabbed her arm and sat her back down! Paula jerked her arm away from him!
Simon!!! Paula is in fact a woman!!! If she chooses to stand, up and clap because she enjoyed a peformance that is completely and absolutely up to her! If fans of AI do not agree with it or feel she or any judge is showing favoritism! Then we will let them know through our blogs, articles ect ! Simon you need to keep your hands to yourself! It seems to me you tried to pounce and trample Paula’s self-esteem and feminity, by calling her a precocious child! However, Simon, your own actions indicate that you yourself are acting childish! Frankly Paula and Simon have more of are relationship of feuding siblings. Simon instigates many of Paula’s reactions! Simply, the camera’s catch’s only Paula’s reactions to Simon, making her look bad! I would smack Simon to, if he grabbed my arm and sat me down! So would most women, as a matter of fact most men would smack him!
One other notation: I don't know who is doing Ace Young's hair, but it looked horrible, his hairdo was as flat as a pancake!
For more American Idol news go to Sirlinksalot.net for all your reality needs!
This Article is Written and Owned by: Arne
By now most journalists, authors and writers of blogs have all agreed that the 21st Century theme was one of the worst shows in American Idol history! The 21st Century theme night was a complete and absolute disaster. The performances lacked any energy, any highlighting of the competitors vocal range and singing talent, and any spontaneity. Frankly, the 21st century was a snooze fest and most of the performances bombed. What bland, uninspiring performances by most of the competitors.
The problem I saw with the 21st century is that it did not not give the competitors enough guidance, so they erred in their song choices. I think that theme nights should be the way that they have been, guest appearances from those artists who are well developed and integrated in music. Artists that are Icons and have staying power seem to give the competitors more to go on, then simply letting them choose out of a catalogue! The competitors are novices, you can hand them a catalogue of over 5000 songs,they simply do not have enough knowledge or experience to choose a song that is suited for their vocal range and instead of highlighting their vocals as an asset, their vocals sounded more like a liability!
Having said that there were a four show savers out of the top ten. Two of who landed in the bottom three, and one who was sent home!
Lisa Tucker and Katherine McPhee certainly did not belong in the bottom three at all! Taylor and Elliott also gave good sound performances. We also need to remind American Idol, that Kelly Clarkson is a powerful talent today! However, when she started on AI, she did not have the same power in her singing as she does today! Frankly, if one listens to their favourite artists or singing group, first album then listen to their third or fourth album, there is quite a difference in their vocals and even their performances! Lisa’s did a very good job on Clarkson’s song. Lisa was robbed and deserved to still be competing!
I certainly hope that the judges and specifically Simon are thrilled and satisfied that Lisa is gone. We all know that Simon worked at assuring that each week! Nobody should be shocked this is exactly what Simon was working on! As a matter of fact Simon’s final quote on elimination night, i.e. “that anyone could have been sent home, was too little to late!” The fact and truth of the matter is that Lisa had been underrated by the judges from the beginning. I also think that Lisa who smiled through every put down that Simon could give her, is a most eloquent, mature girl, who at 16, knows her potential and what she will be doing in her future. Lisa had commented that she has been working towards a singing career all of her life and it is what she wants to do. I do not think that Lisa Tucker will have any problem in the future of making it. Stevie Wonder and Barry Manilow both were surprised at Lisa’s powerful voice and vocal range! AI was a good experience for Lisa. It gave her insight on what it was like and just confirmed her conviction that she will be an artist of considerable staying power one day!!
The performances were so bad that we saw extremities with two of the competitors, we saw Daughtry continue not to rise to the challenge, to the point that Simon finally told him, that he could not continue to do these types of performances each week and that he went to far! Chris simply shrugged! Then we see Mandisa singing a gospel song! I am sorry, but this is American Idol and as much as I love gospel music in groups like the Mississippi and Georgia Mass Choir, Kurt Franklin ect. I was totally put in shock with both performances given by Mandisa and Daughtry! It was one extreme to the other!
Who should have been in the bottom three were Chris Daughtry, Mandisa and Kelli Pickler. These performances on 21-st century theme night were the ones that were by far the worst in my opinion!
I certainly hope this is not an indication of what to expect each week!
On to other things, Ryan Seacrest looked great each night, dressed in suits that make him look handsome. While Simon Cowell was his usual charming self and was more likened to a Pit Bull! Paula is continuing to show strength in her character by given her own true opinion. I did note that at one point Simon was trying to control Paula! Paula had been clapping for a competitor and Simon grabbed her arm and sat her back down! Paula jerked her arm away from him!
Simon!!! Paula is in fact a woman!!! If she chooses to stand, up and clap because she enjoyed a peformance that is completely and absolutely up to her! If fans of AI do not agree with it or feel she or any judge is showing favoritism! Then we will let them know through our blogs, articles ect ! Simon you need to keep your hands to yourself! It seems to me you tried to pounce and trample Paula’s self-esteem and feminity, by calling her a precocious child! However, Simon, your own actions indicate that you yourself are acting childish! Frankly Paula and Simon have more of are relationship of feuding siblings. Simon instigates many of Paula’s reactions! Simply, the camera’s catch’s only Paula’s reactions to Simon, making her look bad! I would smack Simon to, if he grabbed my arm and sat me down! So would most women, as a matter of fact most men would smack him!
One other notation: I don't know who is doing Ace Young's hair, but it looked horrible, his hairdo was as flat as a pancake!
For more American Idol news go to Sirlinksalot.net for all your reality needs!
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Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 18:22
The real problem is the production. When they came to this new theater with the final 12 the show lost its intimacy. The stage design stinks. It is confusing and distracting. The orchestra is drowning out the singers.
Proof positive. When Shakira performed with her tribe, it was just awful. Putting a remote box on her backside was ridiculous. She is an international success. Her performance was not.
The trouble lies, dear Brutus, not in the stars on American Idol, but in the production.
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 18:54
*******Shakira's performance was HOTT... so was She....*******
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 19:02
I agree about Lisa I think she was the classiest and most talented on the show. I sensed that they were under rating her after the top 20. Her first song was great and everyone liked it of course they had to go ape over Kat and Simon said she was better. The next two weeks she sang great but for some reason the judges were acting unimpressed and telling her she was not singing songs that fit her. I don't know why this has been such a big deal this year.. Kellie was strutting and singing and dressing more sexual than anyone and she was only 19, but apparently they decided on Lisa to hammer this point. By the final 12 she bought it and tried to please them by singing up beat songs which hurt her (they were not what she did best) she was confused she did not know what they wanted from her.Finally this week I think she chose kelly clarkson because they had told her earlier she was singing songs nobody heard of and she needed to act young. I think she really thought this would help. She also consistently sang harder songs with lots of changes thinking they would notice but they didn't. This was a example of the judges taking a talented good performer who was doing fine with the songs and style she liked to sing and making her feel like she had to change once they started talking about how she sang songs too old all the people on the internet started complaining that she was boring. I don't think they would have if the judges didn't start it. I watched as they told Chris he was great for staying in his comfort zone they actually praised him for it. They targeted the youngest contestant for elimination by this week it wouldn't have mattered what she did. If nobody new that was a kelly clarkson song it would have been fine. The judges completely over reacted like it was blastfamy. I am familiar with this song, I hear people say she was terrible and she really wasn't she sang it good. People wanted to think it was bad because for some reason she needed punish her like the judges apparently because kelly clarksonn songs are a holy grail or something
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 20:34
I hear that they rehearse it with the band. So my question is why didn't someone stop her then? She should have change the arrangements completely, or the song. Lisa shouldn't have been eliminated - she is talented. Hoewer, that was a poor performance when compared to Kelly's.
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 20:36
If you believe that the voters control the destiny of the contestants, then your problem isn't with the judges, it's the voters. Simon consistently berated Federov and Savol from last year, and yet they hung around. Lisa's biggest problem is that the votes that should have been going to her are going to Paris, and rightfully so. For a polished performer Lisa came up small. Finally, you're taking each week and putting it in a vacuum. The fact is, part of the current weeks voting is based on how the contestants have done in prior weeks. To suggest that Mandisa and Chris should have been in the bottom 3 this week is to ignore the fact that they have had some of the best performances in the past and have built up an audience.
Do the judges pimp some contestants and underrate others? Sure. However, I don't believe this was the case with Lisa. AI just wasn't her cup of tea.
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 21:08
I'm a big Lisa fan and I can't wait to see her on Broadway. When she is ready she will release an album and be a success. But for now she needs to truly discover who she is. For crying out loud she is only 16!!!!! AI should raise the age limit to 18 to 30.
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 21:24
Unfortunately the judges who sway the weak minded. Lisa did great, and her leaving AI was premature, although I don't think she would have made the final 4. Cath is great also, not deserving the bottom three. Whoever is Ace's hairstylest should be fired. Paris needs to grow up, and the Country Bumpkin should be the next to go. Her or the male Country Bumpkin.
Anonymous # 30. March 2006, 22:18
Lisa's problem was not that she was underrated. Her problem is that she comes across as being totally personality-free. It's not enough to be able to sing on tune. Yes, she can sing. But so what? Her voice sounds completely generic. I don't think you could ever hear her sing and say "Hey! That's Lisa Tucker!" She sounds like a million other singers out there. And did you know she's the ONLY American Idol out there without a fan website?? I checked and found only her Star Search profile from when she was 13 and her American Idol web page. You have to have fans to win! So she wasn't robbed by the judges underrating her. She didn't get enough votes, plain and simple.
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 05:43
<The real problem is the production>
Very nice perspective, only one problem with it. If there is such a problem with production as you say! How do you explain others who sounded and performed better! Elliott and Taylor blew it out of the ballpark!
There was no problem with production or having a larger band! The problem was with the peformances! Actually Shakira was quite good and I didn't see nor hear any problems with the production. Really if the comepetitors could get drowned out so easily then there is a problem in idolville!
Thanks for the comment my little gnat!
Arne
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 05:52
<quote>I agree about Lisa I think she was the classiest and most talented on the show. I sensed that they were under rating her after the top 20. Her first song was great.
Yes, and they also told her to take risks, so she did and then they pounced on her for taking a risk. Or!! was it that she (((( DARED)))))) to do a Kelly Clarkson song! The very thing that made Simon go ape when Clarkson first refused to have her songs in the catelogue! Perhaps Kelly had said no because she knew that dumb, dumber and dumbest would use it as a vice to drop kick one of the competitors!
Its actually amazing that the judges would say what they did, considering that they feel very comfortable in trying to deceive us into thinking that some competitors on all of the idol seasons were actually better then some big name artists!
thanks for your comment
Arne
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 05:59
Compared to Kelly Clarkson now who is in her prime.( no question) but if you look back at Kelly in the first idol season, she struggled at some songs just like some of the competitors do in every show. Clarkson has had six years to enhance and sharpen her vocals, were she is now considered an artist!
Lisa was not the worst performance not by a long shot!
Seriousley! Do you really think that Daughtry did a good performance, or Mandisa's gospel performance, or how about Pickler's cutsey 12 year old song! They did belong in the bottom three, Lisa and Katherine did not in my opinion!
thanks for your comment
Arne
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 06:02
<<< First, I am not suggesting it, I am out and out saying that yes, definitley, no question they should of been in the bottom three!
This is a competiton about pop music, it is not rock or gospel competiton. Frankley, If I want to see some good performance on gospel then I simply have to turn my channel to BET, or go through my music collection!
I don't expect to see it on a show that is suppose to be about finding an American pop idol.
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Arne
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 06:06
I have to agree with you on this for the following reason:
Every year AI allows young teens on the show, then they spend all of their time and our time, harping on the fact that they are young, and they should sing youthful songs, or this song is to old, or they feel they are in a highschool ect... sigh ect... so yes I agree with you.
If they are going to continue to behave this way because they ( the judges) can't handle teenagers then raise the age limit. Either way they need to shut-up about it!
Thanks for your comment,
Arne
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 06:10
Unfortunately the judges who sway the weak minded. Lisa did great, and her leaving AI was premature.
I love your comment, it was well thought out.
Thanks for your comment,
Arne
arne9 # 31. March 2006, 06:25
<<< Really you think so? I would think there are a million Kellie Picklers out there who actually sound better then her in performances! There is also 5 million Chris Daughtry's out there and to be quite honest about his peformances: this business of throwing the mic ect... is very passe and 70ish! In the seventies there were alot of gimmick bands and peformers in any music category! It absolutley does nothing for his peformance at all! In all fairness there are a million of any of the competitors out there.
And did you know she's the ONLY American Idol out there without a fan website??
<<<< well you haven't looked far enough>>>> here is some Lisa Tucker URL's for you!
www.lisafans.com
lisafans.com/media/mediamain.php
lisa-tucker.org
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lisa_Tucker_Fans/
Just to name a few!
Thanks for your comment
Arne