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I'm late to the party, but I figured I would respond. I have read these and find myself wanting to say what's on my mind, so here we go!

 

014. Nicki Minaj- I thought she had some critiques that were spot on, and sometimes she made me laugh, but I agree that she was very unprofessional.

 

013. Ellen DeGeneres- I liked her fine at the time, but looking back and watching videos, she was totally out of her element. She never gave any good feedback besides "You have a great voice" or "I thought you were great." It was also bizarre when she told Andrew Garcia his "Gimme Shelter" was his best performance ever. She never seemed sincere to me.

 

012. Mariah Carey- She probably would have done better without Nicki on the panel, but her critiques were very long winded and boring. She was passive aggressive towards Nicki from day 1.

 

011. Luke Bryan- He's a great guy, but is more of a cheerleader than a judge. But I think he at least knows what he is talking about, which is more than I can say about other judges *Cough Ellen.*

 

010. Harry Connick, Jr.- I think he knows a lot about music, but was way too technical and critical with contestants. Not everything has to be sung one way. He had his funny moments, but other moments were just awkward.

 

009. Lionel Richie- I'm also pretty neutral on him. I like that he seems genuinely invested in the singers, but I wish he was a little more constructive.

 

008. Katy Perry- Sometimes she can be a little too obnoxious, but other times I find her hilarious. Sometimes she gives critiques that are spot on, but there are times I wish she was more critical.

 

007. Steven Tyler- He's my Mom's favorite LOL. Besides a few performances in Season 10, he was pretty useless as a judge. But in Season 11 he started to be more critical. Regardless, he was entertaining, and would had loved to see him as more of a long term judge.

 

006. Randy Jackson- I didn't dislike him like other fans seemed to, but I was fine with him stepping down as a judge. It was time. It was nice to have him as a consistent in Seasons 10-12 amidst all the judging changes.

 

005. Jennifer Lopez- I have a soft spot for her because she championed my favorite from day 1 (Scotty), and took Pia Toscano under her wing. I don't think she was as tough on Haley compared to Randy, and wasn't anymore tough on Jessica Meuse than Harry or Keith were. I never got the meme that she was harder on the females compared to the males, especially when we had Paula. I thought she did a good job with the "motherly role" that was missing in Season 9.

 

004. Kara DioGuardi- She was annoying and cringe worthy in Season 8. Like her vendetta against Bikini Girl and some of her critiques were horrid. "I have six words for you: One of the best performances of the night" (It was 8 words for those who don't know), and calling Studio 54 "Studio 57." She tried way too hard. In Season 9, she definitely stepped up her critiques and was spot on a lot of the time. But the problem is she wasn't a good television personality. She came off as cold. I was happy to see her leave after Season 9, even though she really stepped up.

 

003. Paula Abdul- I actually wasn't sorry to see her go after Season 8 because she always seemed to be the producers mouthpiece. She was super biased towards having the Danny/Adam finale. I also remember her preferring Bo over Carrie. Its okay to have your favorites, but I felt like she was biased. I remember when Simon told Bo he sang "Inside Your Heaven" better than Carrie she raised her fist in the air and said "YES!" and couldn't stop smiling. But even though at the time I wasn't sorry to see her leave after Season 8, Season 9 would had benefited with having her there. None of the judges had the "nurturing mother" role and that was sorely missed in the panel that year. We didn't have anybody who stood up to Simon when he was harsh (Sometimes Ryan did). I think the contestants were always afraid of making a mistake that season because the judges were overly harsh and I think that affected their performances negatively. Having Paula there would had helped IMO. She was the heart of the panel and even though Ellen was supposed to fill that role, she wasn't very motherly or encouraging like Paula.

 

002. Keith Urban- I think he did a good job as a judge. He knew how to be honest without being harsh. I agree that sometimes he seemed a little too laid back, but I thought he played the "fatherly" role very well. Good for him for sticking around after Season 12. Harry/JLo had to be paradise compared to Nicki/Mariah.

 

001. Simon Cowell- In his earlier seasons, he was entertaining, and he was the one you had to impress. If you earned his praise, then that was a big deal. However, in his later seasons on Idol, his novelty wore off. When he wanted to throw someone under the bus, he would pick on what they were wearing (coming from the guy who wears the same 3 t-shirts every week). I started hating how he would be harsh towards certain contestants. I remember he was hard on Carly Smithson practically every week. Then in Season 8, he would throw Allison Iraheta under the bus over the littlest things and said she had no personality. He tried to do everything he could to get his Danny/Adam finale. Then in Season 9 he always picked on Siobhan for her screaming and her outfits. I have to say that I was happy to see him gone after Season 9, although I did worry about how the show would go survive (It did and ratings actually went up for Season 10). Didn't miss him at all in Season 10 or the subsequent seasons after. Part of me though wonders what he would had said or thought of the contestants in Season 10 and beyond.

 

I will try to respond to the seasons ranking later.

Nice list. 

16 minutes ago, Carrie_On said:

Angela Peele (S1)

Adriel Herrera (S1)

Kelly Glover (S1)

Lisa Leuschner (S3)

Ayla Brown (S5)

Sabrina Sloan (S6)

Alaina Whitaker (S7)

Ricky Braddy (S8)

Kristen McNamara (S8)

Felicia Barton (S8)

Jesse Langseth (S8)

Lily Scott (S9)

Alex Lambert (S9)

Katelyn Epperly (S9)

Kendra Chantelle (S10)

Lauren Turner (S10)

Isabelle Pascalone (S12)

Kenz Hall (S13)

Maurice Townsend (S13)

Jillian Jensen (S13)

Katherine Winston (S14)

Effie Passero (S16)

Shannon O’ Hara (S16)

Lauren Spencer-Smith (S18)

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about Effie. She was definitely robbed also. And Lauren from this year was good.

Who were the most robbed semi-finalists from each season? Those who you felt should had been in the top 12/13/etc.

 

I'm going to do mine by season

Season 1: None

Season 2: None

Season 3: Lisa Leuschner

Season 4: None

Season 5: Ayla Brown

Season 6: Sabrina Sloan

Season 7: Alexandrea Lushington, Alaina Whitaker

Season 8: Mishavonna Henson, Ricky Braddy, Felicia Barton

Season 9: Lilly Scott, Alex Lambert

Season 10: Lauren Turner

Season 11: None

Season 12: None

Season 13: Brandy Neely (Not even getting to sing was BS)

Season 14: None

Season 15: Jenn Blosil

Season 16: None

Season 17: Ashley Hess

Season 18: None

I’m not a stan or anything, but Candice Glover should be bigger than she is. She really has an incredible voice.

On 1/18/2020 at 9:58 PM, frederick said:

Alaina Whitaker no longer does music anymore. She was in two groups Whitaker Malloy (with Kady Malloy and Alaina's sister) and Chasing Dixie but they disbanded and then Alaina got married, had a kid and is now working as a nurse. 

 

Ramiele Malubay is also a nurse now. 

If each "epoch" of American Idol were a single season, which finalists would be in your cast? Try to make it a top 12 or 13, but 10 is okay too. And try to make it diverse and not just necessarily your favorites. There are people I'm not too wild about that I will include for the sake of diversity. And try to make it as realistic as possible (i.e. don't make your whole top 12 all female. There can be some gender imbalance if it makes sense).

 

Epoch 1 (Seasons 1, 2, 3)- Big Voice/Diva Era

Epoch 2 (Seasons 4, 5, 6)- Peak Years

Epoch 3 (Seasons 7, 8, 9)- WGWG/"Artistry" Era

Epoch 4 (Seasons 10, 11, 12)- Interscope/Iovine Era

Epoch 5 (Seasons 13, 14, 15)- Twilight Years on Fox

Epoch 6 (Seasons 16, 17, 18)- Reboot/ABC Era

 

Here is what I would choose:

 

Epoch 1: (Top 10)

Kelly Clarkson
Fantasia Barrino
Diana Degarmo

LaToya London
Jennifer Hudson

Justin Guarini

Clay Aiken
Ruben Studdard

Josh Gracin

George Huff

 

Epoch 2: (Top 12)

Bo Bice

Blake Lewis

Chris Daughtry

Carrie Underwood

Jordin Sparks

Melinda Doolittle

Elliott Yamin

Anwar Robinson

Taylor Hicks

Mandisa

Katharine McPhee

Vonzell Solomon

 

Epoch 3: (Top 13)

Crystal Bowersox

Allison Iraheta

Siobhan Magnus

Syesha Mercado

David Cook

David Archuleta

Kris Allen

Carly Smithson

Brooke White

Kristy Lee Cook

Adam Lambert

Lee Dewyze

Danny Gokey

 

Epoch 4: (Top 13)

Scotty McCreery

Phillip Phillips

James Durbin

Joshua Ledet

Colton Dixon

Casey Abrams

Candice Glover

Haley Reinhart

Elise Testone

Jessica Sanchez

Lauren Alaina

Naima Adedapo

Pia Toscano

 

Epoch 5: (Top 12)

Caleb Johnson

Clark Beckham

Trent Harmon

Dalton Rapattoni

Jena Irene

La'Porsha Renae

Sonika Vaid

Joey Cook

Quentin Alexander

Alex Preston

Sarina-Joi Crowe

Avalon Young

 

Epoch 6: (Top 12)

Maddie Poppe

Jurnee

Just Sam

Julia Gargano

Gabby Barrett

Catie Turner

Laine Hardy

Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon

Dennis Lorenzo

Francisco Martin

Uché

Dillon James

 

Let me know what you think! Feel free to make your own!

 

ETA: Nick is the only winner I don't have listed. I actually prefer him to some other winners, but this is how it ended up. *Shrug*

I was just watching back some Season 8 clips and saw Tatiana Del Toro. Was she for real? Was she really bats**t crazy or was it an act? She almost strikes me as being an actress. That would be something if she was actually just trolling the whole time and is actually somewhat normal. I saw that in her semi finals performance she was somewhat normal, then for her wildcard song went back to being cray cray. You would think the contestants have to pass some kind of psychiatric test to be on the show? What do you think? Was it all an act, or is that what she is really like?

6 minutes ago, ScarletDevilCCX said:

 

You clearly haven't watched this show in quite some time then! The virus kind of wrecked it, but the talent this season was at its highest since they performed a Y-chromosomectomy on Season 12 Season 11.

 

Unless you only watched these past two weeks. Then your criticism is fine because the judges kind of dropped the ball in crafting a Top 20 and the voters really dropped the ball narrowing those 20 contestants down to 11 and then 7. I'm probably in the minority here, but I'd put the cut from 11 to 7 this year right up there with Season 9's 16 to 12 cutdown for worst quad-elimination by the voters.

Just ignore him/her, she/he has been trashing the show the whole season. While praising The Voice. Saying Idol had bad ratings while the Voice's were amazing (Even though Idol beat the Voice last week). Verging on a troll TBH.

14 minutes ago, Cranberrys said:

They need to fire everyone currently associated with Idol - Seacrest, the Judges, and the Producers, go back to the drawing board, and start from scratch.  I don't ever want to see Katy Perry again - anywhere! This season was so bad I couldn't even watch it.  I held my nose & skimmed thru bits and pieces of the episodes I recorded on DVR - and avoided more than half the episodes altogether.  

 

They need to make major changes to the format and get the new panel of Judges involved in the contestants song choices and mentoring - and send Bobby Bones back to radio.   If they don't change the format I won't watch at all anymore.

Meh, I don't think you would be a big loss. And you are bitter that Idol beat The Voice last week, after you trashed the ratings earlier in the season.

On 5/15/2020 at 12:29 PM, Carrie_On said:

I agree. Less talking and more singing. I want Nigel Lythgoe back. I’m sure he’s learned from the S12 blunder. I did enjoy Season 16 but the past two seasons have been poorly managed, even though the talent has been great. 

I think this season would had been better managed if it weren't for the pandemic.

David Cook

Kelly Clarkson

Laine Hardy

Carrie Underwood

Jordin Sparks

Maddie Poppe

Scotty McCreery

Kris Allen

Phillip Phillips

Just Sam

Trent Harmon

Candice Glover

Fantasia Barrino

Nick Fradiani

Lee Dewyze

Ruben Studdard

Caleb Johnson

Taylor Hicks

 

 

Read MJ's for more details...

 

https://www.mjsbigblog.com/american-idol-maddie-poppe-angry-at-cade-foehner-gabby-barrett-brag.htm

 

TLDR: Cade said his wife Gabby will be the most successful Idol ever due to her quick climbing single. Maddie got upset about it saying its a diss to his fellow S16 contestants. Gabby's Dad chimes in and calls Maddie and her fans "Snowflakes." All hell breaks loose...

This is for the streaming service.

Surprised there hasn't been a thread for it yet (Unless I am blind and didn't see it). What have you been watching? Any old school movies/tv shows that you are getting hooked on all over again?

 

I watched The Madalorion and 10/10 would recommend. Baby Yoda

So excited for this! I'm excited to see Romber, Wendel, Parvati, Sandra, Ethan, Sarah, and practically everybody.

52 minutes ago, Idol Maniac said:

Updated...31 of ~Top 40!

Hi

Some of them also struggled after the show. David Archuleta has gone through years of emotional turmoil of the stress from the show and the fracture it cause within his family. Lauren Alaina had a eating disorder. Allison Iraheta never lived up to her potential and ended up as a back-up singer for the show.

Some of the older contestants struggled after the show too.

 

I also think David Archuleta held himself together better than say, Brooke White, who was often on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

The show has had some really strong teen contestants in the past. David Archuleta, Allison Iraheta, Paris Bennett, Jordin Sparks, and Lauren Alaina were all ready for the competition. But most of the time, the teens just aren’t ready to compete on a big stage and have a hard time connecting to the songs. Especially in recent seasons.

 

I’m ready for Top 40 spoilers!

Plus Scotty McCreery, Jessica Sanchez, Jena Irene, and Gabby Barrett- all made the finales for their seasons.

I saw Amanda Overmyer is now a "Senior Sales Executive."

They've been lacking on the black churchy divas since the reboot started. Hopefully they get more of those this season. People like La'Porsha, Candice, Melinda, Fantasia, etc. People who are almost guaranteed to kill it every week with their big vocals.

Her and JLO are pretty much BFFs.

Shannon Gibbons and Sasha Hurtado are my girls favorite a white girl with a short hair that i forgot her name but its so good too.

Bad part this year: almost that make trough they are só Young.

I dont like seasons Full of juveniles

As long as they are talented, I don't think age matters.

I'm surprised Randy didn't get a vote.

Michael Slezak would probably vote for him.

Yes, this will probably be made again in 6 months once there is a new Final 2, but in the mean time, rank em!

 

Kelly & Justin

Ruben & Clay

Fantasia & Diana

Carrie & Bo

Taylor & Katharine

Jordin & Blake

David C & David A

Kris & Adam

Lee & Crystal

Scotty & Lauren

Phillip & Jessica

Candice & Kree

Caleb & Jena

Nick & Clark

Trent & La'Porsha

Maddie & Caleb

Laine & Alejandro