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Clay = better
Ruben = easier to relate to.

i think that is why Ruben won. he's more of a "people's person"

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noodle

Well Ruben is a good singer and performer no doubt... but there's something about Clay that Ruben doesn't have. Not sure what it is... but it's magical. Congrats to Ruben!

seretogis

Rigged!

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Ok, I'm confused... why does Clay still have the #1 selling single on amazon.com when Ruben has been proclaimed the Idol?

/me is suspicious

Mr.Deflok

You see, I have a theory, we've always known that God and Satan are supposed to come back to earth to duke it for ownership of the human soul, so where else better to do so than on American Idol? Ruben and Clay I believe were God and Satan but one question remains unanswered, which one was God and which one was Satan?

ShaniFaye

So....anyone watching the new season? if so, what are your thoughts on Haley and Sanjaya making it to the top 12 over Sabrina and Sundance?

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Derwood

Sabrina got jobbed. I think there are a few sites out there that are pushing people to vote for the horrible contestants this year to try to ruin the outcome of the show. Pretty pathetic.

I don't think Sundance would have lasted long in the Top 12. I can't imagine him singing a Diana Ross song well. Sanjaya is just bad. That big stage ate him up. I think the cute/nice thing will only last so long. he's this year's Kevin Covais.

Redjake

man last night sucked really bad. the only one worth a shit was the backup singer girl. the rest sucked hard.

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hambone

Yeah, last night did suck. I really like Blake though. His aren't always the best, but they are unique and he is a great entertainer.

Plus, beatboxing is just cool

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thespian86

What the hell is wrong with you Americans! I am Canadian, I have my own Idol to vote for, but if somehow Canadians could set up some sort of veto voting system where we could take one vote away from someone... I would have payed good money to see Sanjaya go home. I can't believe that. He is SO bad.

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Jove

Yeah, I agree with you punkmusicfan21, sanjaya is terrible. But, I think votefortheworst.com is voting for him just to see the kid struggle on stage each week.

imouseone

Well I hope unique and talented win (Blake mainly). Many of the girls are similar to other contestants, hell one of them sang Jennifer Hudson's song the same exact way.

Xazy

Sanjaya Malakar I wonder how long he will continue. I find it interesting that Howard stern & Bubba the love sponge are both telling their listeners to vote for him.

Now if I was a conspiracy theorist I would say all the other channels want him to get to #2 so that the show would lose face to the public.

Infinite_Loser

I predict that Sanjaya will win thanks to this site.

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warrrreagl

Saw on the internet yesterday that FOX is getting $700,000 for each 30-second commercial spot during American Idol. Those are Super Bowl numbers, and the show is on twice a week. As long as people keep tuning in to see if Sanjaya survives, FOX keeps raking in. I'm just saying......

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Derwood

there, fixed that for you

Jove

It looks like Chris Sligh stopped caring about singing several episodes ago, when he started getting ahead of the beat. I thought he was the the funniest guy on the guy on the show.

shortynickel

I loved last years but i cant watch this years, partly cause good singers keep going off and cause sanjaya(and his many hair styles).

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Swirlie

I haven't really watched before, but am this season - mainly because I want to see how far VFTW can get Sanjaya in this thing.

This show (and others like it) is nothing more than a popularity contest - it's not about who the best singer is. Until that happens, the show is a bit of a farce I think.

Plus, from what I understand, it's a lot more beneficial to NOT win first place, as you then have a lot more choice as far as your management team and what label you sign with, etc.

I still refuse to vote though. And Sanjaya was HORRIBLE tonight. I doubt he'll make the bottom 3 tomorrow though!

warrrreagl

*sung to the tune of Tom Jones' Delilah....

Bye, bye, bye
Sanjaya
(trumpet fill)

Bye, bye, bye
Sanjaya
(trumpet fill)

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ShaniFaye

I was actually hopping up and down clapping last nite lol

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hambone

about time

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Jove

I am not sure why Sanjaya was so upset when he found out he was going home, since, I hope, he was aware that he could not sing, at all..

Daval

I wish Sanjaya was still on, I thought the whole vote for the worst and howard stern thing was freaking hillarious.

I think the producers rigged it though this time, there was a new statement at the end of the show saying the producers reserve right to make changes based on power voting methods.

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Willravel

I find the show especially artificial, and it makes me kinda sick to watch it knowing that more people vote on the show than vote in our elections. Maybe Simon Cowel should dress down the candidates.

Edit: I watch crappy TV, like Cheaters and such, but somehow American Idol rubs me wrong. It's not a condemnation of anyone who watches the show.

ShaniFaye

I'm not so sure thats new, I've seen something worded pretty much the same many times before

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paddyjoe

I turned it on the other nite just in time to hear that kid mangle a sweet Bonnie Raitt tune.

Voting him offa something wasn't good enough, he shoulda had his ass kicked........

Derwood

yeah, that has always been there. I would actually guess that the producers kept him on for several weeks after he should have been voted off just because he was good for ratings. As soon as the "charm" of Sanjaya was gone, they cut the dead weight. These votes aren't audited, so they can basically boot anyone they want

Fremen

Amen, brother.

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ShaniFaye

ok, no one has posted in this thread in years...but geez after last nite I had to revive it

I have been an Adam fan since the audition shows, the boy is not only hot but an amazing performer...WHAT ABOUT THAT FINALE LAST NITE

OMG

for the first time I didnt want the show to be over

Kara in her bikini (I didnt think they would outdo the year Clay Aiken showed up to sing with his "biggest fan" as a surprise)

Adam with Kiss, I absolutely hate the song Beth, but Adam made me like it, and I do believe he outshone the rest of them during his performance with them

Cindi Lauper, who is still one of the most beautiful women in the world to me (and Dave, he'd have married her if he could, but he got stuck with me)

Rod Stewart (even though he didnt sound/look that great....I love him)

Adam and Queen oh man oh man oh man Can you just hear Adam and Freddie in your head singing together.....just another moment for me to really mourn the incredible loss of that man

I KNOW Im not the only one that watched it....I wanna hear what you thought

they are gonna be hard put to out do this finale in the future (IMO)

The best thing about Adam not winning is that I dont have to hear him do that god awful "idol song" and kudos to Kris for his first words (after "really?") being Adam deserves this

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mrklixx

IMO the top 2 should have been Allison and Adam, which would have made the final result less disappointing. I think 2 things did Adam in. 1) The gay factor. 2) Bieng from California.

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ShaniFaye

I agree on that pairing, Allison is great for her age, she will surely do great things

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Glory's Sun

I'm just glad this crap is over so So You Think You Can Dance can finally start

my wife loves Idol but I haven't seen even a minute of it since the Ruben days and that was only like 10 minutes.

Runningwater

I'm glad Adam lost - I didn't like him from the beginning. He's got an OK voice but he is really annoying imo. Kris he's also an alright singer but he really didn't get into himself until the last few shows. I believe he only won because he was the "underdog". I liked Danny Gokey a lot, I was very surprised when he was voted off instead of Kris, a few episodes ago. The performance last night were pretty good.

You can tell that Adam loves being the center of attention...and even though I hate to say it I know he will go far as an entertainer. I forget who the judge was that said they don't see people buying his albums as much as wanting to go see his shows - I can see this. He loves the atmosphere and that's what drew people to him.

Frosstbyte

Kris Allen is a joke. I have no idea what he was doing in the final five, let alone winning. I heard better people singing in coffee shops in college-and that's exactly what he is. The average good looking frat boy douche with a guitar singing songs and having chicks fawn over him. A fact solidified by his joke of a Kanye song. Ah well.

I would've been happy with any of Allison, Danny or Adam, but I guess there's no accounting for taste.

Leto

so.. I saw bits of it... Halfway through Kiss and (?) Adam ? And then some part where a girl forced her way on stage to take an award, and then tried to sing a song. Was that staged? I couldn't tell. I don't think Seacrest would allow such an unscripted thing to happen. Does anybody know?

I just accidentally saw Idol, because I was channel surfing looking for the fricken Hockey Game that wasn't on. WTF???? It's Stanley Cup playoffs, the best time of the fricken year for TV, when there should be a game per night. And?????? Nothing. My guess is that because there are no Canadian based teams playing, the American networks are playing fast and loose with the schedule. What's next? No hockey on Saturday nights??? Oh ya, that happened last week. Sacrilege. what else? Sunday Afternoon Hockey games? Oh ya, that's happened too. Nice. Televise a game when everybody is outside being active. Do they think this is football???


Ended up watching the rest of Criminal Minds instead. Now that's entertainment!

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dohrk

I read on fark that there were 38 million votes from Arkansas (Kris's home state) which might go a loooong way to explaining his win.

I have heard that Adam was already signed by RCA before the show even aired last night. Smart hedging on their part (unless they knew the result before it aired).

Grancey

I've been an Adam fan since the beginning when we watched the auditons. I knew either he or Danny would win. Unfortunately, the twit brains somehow managed to text their way with this. I voted and had problems. Did anyone else? For the first three hours I got busy signals, and got through maybe 9 times. The last hour I got through almost every time with only 2 busy signals. This was really strange. I also found it strange that Ryan stated, " I know some of you had trouble getting through". Seems like something quirky happened, at least where I live.

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I thought he was under contract with the AI people for a year following the finale.

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Frosstbyte

I think only the winner is under contract with AI for a year. Could be wrong, though.

dohrk

I did check on it, David Cook has RCA records on his website, so my guess is that RCA is the corporate behemoth that runs the AI singers.