American Idol 2019 Part 2

chiclets and 2 tubs of goo.

I can only watch Idol on Fast Forward, can't handle the judges comments and goofy banter. I wonder how they come up with different ways to praise the contestants over and over. It all sounds the same to me. All I can think about is how they are getting 25 million to do such a silly job.

I think I want Alejandro to win though.

I haven’t been an Alejandro fan, but I actually enjoyed all of his songs last night.

R594 that guy was smoking hot.

She gets 25 million. The other two make A LOT less.

Is Oscar winner Lady Gaga available?

I think Boy George would be a way better judge.

Boy George judging The Voice Australia........... with Joe Jonas.

I stopped watching when the gay boy was eliminated and then not saved ... but I guess he would have been gone a week later anyway

Reposting from previous thread. Katy flirts with contestant. Watch Luke throughout. Hilarious reactions.

8 Trump voters are the semi-finalists on The Voice.

Alejandro hopefully. Guys got talent . The half-Asian guy is cute but mediocre. The girl is a Vegas singer in the making,

Isn't The Voice just fat, middle Americans' idea of what the current state of music should be? Just like Idol?

R9 ABC eliminated Ryan?

R13, The Voice used to be screamers bellowing every Whitney Houston song, but now, it's all country hicks. trump followers every one of them.

Alejandro will probably win, but, based on the homecoming videos, Laine has it in the bag.

Laine can’t even sing. I can’t get myself to understand.

They need a mean judge like Judge Judy or Simon back in the early days. They might as well eliminate the judges because they are essentially worthless. That being said, I've only watched a total of 7 minutes this season. I had to turn it off after my ears wouldn't stop bleeding.

Paula Abdul drunk american idol. The good 'ol days.

Why tf do people still watch this?

The sedentary deplorables are all that's left of the television audiences.

Bad. Bad. Bad.

So talentless. Does this show get any ratings?

Enough, R23, to warrant another season.

Who won?

Freddie Prinze Sr, Mindy Cohen and Chachi

With GoT ending tonight, will anyone watch the finale?

Dollars to donuts Alejandro wins tonight. Best of the worst I guess.

Of course the deplorables will watch. It's not like they can afford HBO.

Uche is back!

Alenjandro = Low Energy

I want to fuck that Mexican soooooooooooo badly. The fat cunt will win.

Laine is so damn hot, I hope he wins!

Aw......Alejandro has almost no family

R34, he’s a dishwasher honey.

And the winner is.......Alejandro.

Okay, let's get rid of Madison once and for all, Jesus, she is not going to sell one record outside of immediate family.

Laine is all image but it's a damn good image. And Alejandro really is a sweet underdog, has a nice humility and a cute quiet smile. So easy to root for him too. Hope it's down to them and then either can win and I will be okay. But not that shrieky girl. God, I hate that kind of singing.

The other clue was when he said "I was home schooled" R35.

R34

Carrie needs new extensions ugh

Don't let the door hit in on your way out, Madison!

Back to county fairs.

I’m guessing Alejandro’s parents are illegal - maybe even he is. The complete absence of a back story with family is suspicious. Instead of parents, they had him use a friend for that segment. And dishwasher is probably a made up job descriptor. It’s like saying someone is a fast food cook - when you could just say cook. There is definitely something being deliberately left out of his story, Hopefully he wins and the they reveal his parents are illegals.

The least talented group of finalists in many years.

Maybe he has a shitty relationship with his parents and/or the parents are shitty people and he doesn’t want them anywhere near his big moment

Or they are dead. Let’s be respectful.

Jeremiah and Katy sound amazing together on this song! And his voice sounds amazing in a lower register. Wow.

I believe you need residency or at least a visa to compete.

Jeremiah’s duet with Katy was easily the best performance so far. He was booted too soon.

Jeremiah showed he can sing pop. His voice has a grating quality and he sounds like he can only sing show tunes. Before tonight...

Jeremiah wasn't much fun. Barely a smile.

Wish Laine had more on-stage charisma.

Wish Laine would be an actual performer vs a fake image of 50s rockers

I’ll say something nice about this meaningless shitshow:

I like Luke Bryan’s jacket

Laine is so karaoke.

Luke is a cutie.

They are setting up Alejandro for a win. We'll certainly remember him so that's not all bad.

Out Loud......for The THIRTIETH TIME!!!

Alejandro was the best one of that crop minus Uche

Yeah love Luke's jacket.

None of the final three has stage presence.

Really Uche should have won this show.

Alejandro's humility is so winning. I wonder if it's humility or if he's just stoned.

Alejandro is ugly as fuck!

Alexanjro looks a bit creepy tome tbh.

^^^^ to me

I don't think for one second that Alejandro is a "superstar." I just could not sit and listen to him at a 2 hour concert.

they actually showed “Alejandro’s family” - which could have been 2 distant cousins. Definitely not parents. And if they were dead, they would have played that up. Something is missing in his back story - which will likely come out when he wins. Or maybe no one really cares about AI anymore.

None of them are superstars

R66 or he asked them to not and they respected that

lol.... Laine???

yay, you know who won. A nice story -- don't give up. Not a Logan but I'll take it. At least he's nice to look at.

Laine can’t sing. This sounds bad. And his debut single is nothing like the image he’s been pushing all season.

YES!! CONGRATS LAINE!!!!!!!!!

I wanna see you flame

Um, okay

The most karaoke of acts won.

Teen girls come through

he looks like kd lang

Nice humble kid, first "Asian" to win so there's that. Only 18 so plenty of time to grow. Seems the opposite of a mess.

Does Ryan have to share his private plane flight to NYC with this common person????? Gasp!

Ugh - Laine. So a bunch of teeny boppers are voting, Kardashian Kuktur wins again - superficial looks over talent. Par for the course in this world right now. A reminder that democracy doesn’t work because the voters are poorly educated mindless consumers who are easily swayed by superficial glittery things,

I'm sure that's no issue. They are the same height and weight. "Snuggle up here, Lanie."

R79, sucks to be you having to deal with intellectual inferiors.

America finally got it right!

Laine the pretty country boy won. Shocker!

He’ll probably even be successful because country music fans have low standards.

Still think the 2020 election is going to work out well?

Uche was the only good person this season.

Who is going to see Alejandro in concert? Nice voice, but a human snooze machine.

Replay - Uche.

R83, don't be jealous just because you're ugly like Alejandro.

[quote]Laine can’t sing.

Well, neither can any of the judges.

Laine is awful at singing and performance

Was disappointed that Madison didn't win because I thought she had the best voice out of the remaining 3. Laine is a cute little twink I'd love to get into bed but that's about it. I mean, he was pretty much one note the whole season. However I AM glad he won over Alejandro. I would've been pissed if he'd won. So thank you teen girls across America for voting for Laine.

It's NOT a singing contest, r89.

- Lionel

Has the Asian Community embraced Laine? Do they consider him a member? Do they know that he exists?

Madison does have a good voice but she's so pitchy. Never consistent.

I haven't watched much of the reincarnation of AI, but they had several singers go on to have successful careers in the past. The Voice, on the other hand, has never had a winner who had a successful career after the show. Not a one.

For those of disappointed with the results: How often on a show that depends on audience voting has the best person not won? Just look at the most recent DWTS in which the totally uncoordinated Bobby Bones beat the very skilled Milo Manheim. Or AI losers such as Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson, etc. You have a much better shot if the judges determine the winner, as long as you have competent ones. World of Dance will have a hip hop group winner as lone as Ne-Yo and J-Lo are on the panel. And who can forget Gretchen and Anya on PR? Don't get so invested or you'll be disappointed.

Madison did not have guidance on what to do with her hands. She looked like students at Hogwarts trying to summon a Patronus.

R96, Uh, you forgot one.

Madison lacked emotion and feeling in her voice.

That scene where Laines niece is holding him telling him he’s the best uncle made me cringe.

R100, no one will hold you?

[quote]Madison did not have guidance on what to do with her hands. She looked like students at Hogwarts trying to summon a Patronus.

Frankly none of the finalists seem to have "improved" at all. No guidance from the judges. Just inane comments.

What is up with Katy Hudson's fake and random southern accent?

R101 it was so cringe and forced. Sounded like she was saying lines.

Luke Bryan has to be the biggest oaf I've ever seen on TV.

R103 she wants to fit in with the southerners so they buy her albums again

......Weird Speaking in Tongues ACT, r103.

I've never seen Alejandro so happy than during Laine's song "Flame." Bish was smiling legit 100 and dancing all over.

The "Flame" song was actually decent.

^^^AND Speaking in Tongues ACT.

r107

Idiot cunt at r88, did I say I was an Alejandro fan? He bored me to tears. Neither of them were great or even good. Face it, Laine sucks as a singer. But like I said, he’ll get by on that pretty face of his.

Brian should have danced naked

Is his face even that pretty? Laine is ok.

Perry is all hat and no cattle. She flirts with the guys but can be vicious with women. Especially if they're more attractive.

Laine is 18!! It’s like Britney in her Hit Me Baby stage - looks good because they are bing sexualized as teenagers into looking like adults. Laine is going to crash and burn, Alejandro will have a career.

Britney was fresh when she came out. She resurrected pop music.

[quote]Alejandro will have a career.

...on a cruise ship.

Alejandro writes music - which is a meaningful skill and talent that doesn’t fade. Unlike Laine’s 18 year old face and teeth at 25 - which will look like any other Louisiana hick who has had 3 babies with random baby mamas throughout the South for which he can’t afford child support.

Walker would be perfect for a Disney musical.

ugh....

I wish the top 2 had been Jeremiah and Uche.

Laine was a great choice.

Is Laine part Asian?

Alejandro will do great in small rooms. But he can still make plenty of money doing that. No more dishwashing (if that is even true).

Agree - I think Alejandro has a viable career and the balance to make it work. He was smart enough to push his own music repeatedly - at the risk of being boring and repetitive in the final - because he’s getting big hits on Spotify and gets ALL that money because it’s his music and was done before Idol. There is a reason he seemed happier than Laine at the end - he knows he is already making money, has a plan and is grateful for the exposure.

Laine is like a social media sensation - loving the momentary attention for being cute, believes his own hype because he’s too young and dumb to understand life and will crash and burn when the spotlight fades and he’s forced to play little bars in Louisiana to pay child support for all the women he accidentally gets pregnant.

There were some great singers this year, but, unfortunately, none of them made the final three. I hope Laine let Luke blow him. Luke could open up a lot of Nashville connections for him.

Luke's reaction to this contestant was priceless.

Uche was robbed!

Can't win if people don't vote for you, R127. That's the rule.

Jeremiah's singing with Adam Lambert was awesome! Why didn't he display that voice and range while he was competing?

I meant Demetrius, not Jeremiah. Sorry for leading you down the wrong path.

Alejandro already has a July tour lined up.

https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/alejandro-aranda-american-idol-tour-schedule-katy-perry-roadie/

With Ben Harper as a mentor and contact with the industry, he's going to be the next Katherine McPhee or Adam Lambert, the runner up who took the world by storm after the Idol show was over.

Well he was robbed and I think most feel he was.

Laine performed on The View yesterday and he can’t sing.

Only people who didn't vote think he was robbed. His big mistake was singing all of those original songs for the finale.

The "judges" loved Eddie Island. This performance is so bad, it's highly amusing for the disconnect all around.

Jesus. I saw Laine for the first time on Kelly &Ryan. Laine is terrible. And he’s not comfortable in his own teeth. He must blow Ryan. This is the American Idol???? WTF!

I heard ICE is paying a visit to Alejandro's house in Pomona tonight

When has the winner ever had the most talent? Maybe Kelly Clarkson.

The judges reached a new "level" of low this year, r137.

Do people on this thread not realize that the winner is chosen by fan vote (which is mostly teen/tween girls and their moms)? It's neither surprising nor unusual for the bland pretty white boy to wind up as the winner.

Are you sure, R 138?

The "judges" were effusive with their praise for Eddie Island r139

Laine hasn’t gotten used to his new choppers yet. He talks funny.

Laine Hardy is handsome, so he rightfully deserved to win.

"Because American Idol is not a singing contest. It's a PERFORMING contest!!!"

- Lionel (eating his words forever)

Laine isn’t a performer either.

Fake blake

Hands Up those who'd sit through 2 hours of this "superstar" droning.

R147 More so than Laine. He can’t sing, move, nothing.

Madison sang “Fallen” by Alicia Keys on Kelly and Ryan and killed it.

Katy Perry to Laine Hardy:

"I'm scared! You're GOOD!!!!" lol

Alejandro creates and is talented. Laine acts and is little more than a pretty boy who will turn into a lounge lizard in a few years.

Laine has to learn how to talk with those shiny new teefs.

I would only buy music from Logan and his sweet high voice.

Need a reminder? So damn pretty (him AND his voice).

I guess Laine being half Asian makes him a bit more interesting than the average cute white guy with a guitar. But he’s still a country mush mouth with limited range.

Laine was the only one that deserved to win!

I am obsessed by Alejandro's song "Tonight", performed on the finale. I can help listening over and over again. I will be the first to purchase when it is released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbY3DFtfZU

Sorry if the Youtube link isn't working. Maybe I'm not allowed to post it.

Put it down in the Web Site Link line below. Not in the box with your text. It will open then.

R149, Madison MURDERED “Fallin’“ on Kelly & Ryan. It was TERRIBLE.

All the girl does is scream and shriek.

American Idol, OP?

I thought that went off the air ages ago but apparently not. Is there any hope that it will be cancelled in the near future?

Alejandro has good ordinal stuff. On Spotify too. Hope he makes a ton of money.

R161, Hate to disappoint you sweetie, but it has already been renewed for next season!

The "judges" loved Madison's shrieking.

If they are going to continue this mess of a show, they need three new judges. I am sick to death of Katy Perry -- she imagines herself as hysterically funny, whereas she's simply bothersome. Luke Whatever is nothing but a fake smile, and Lionel Ritchie is a total bore.

Yeah - I had never seen Katy Perry before watching the finale. She is an embarrassing mess. Like the nerdy girl in high school trying to be cool and wild by wearing crazy clothes. How are these people paid so much money? A crime.

Here's Alejandro's "Tonight". I like it, too. There's a "Hall and Oates" quality to it.

A new set of judges is needed. Adam Levine quit "The Voice" this week. He's made a few career mistakes recently, (who better to dispense "career" pitfall advice along the way?) He would judge the contestants fairly and forthrightly. Harry Connick, Jr. gave blunt advice when he judged Idol. He would be great to return. Lauren Daigle was an outstanding mentor this year, probably the most helpful. Robert "Cool" Bell appeared on the finale. Would he or Chaka Khan be interested?

There are plenty of options out there. Real talent, not pretty faces, needs to return to the show.

Levine should pull a Clarkson and play for the opposing team.

Yeah, that still feels pretty shitty of Kelly Clarkson to do. 20 extra pounds for bad karma.