sublymonal Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) 9 (tie). Tamyra Gray Average Score: 12.00 Rankings: @1234567890 - 1st @*Chris - 5th Public - 8th @Alex95 - 9th @Solaris - 13th @Zoey - 15th @NGM - 22nd @Elliott - 23rd Quote I ranked Tamyra 22nd. It wasn't really a shady ranking, I have fond memories of her from her time on the show, and I still think her and Kelly were the rightful Top 2, but I also haven't followed her career since the show, so I don't have much to go by that would make me rank her any higher. I know she's written lots of songs for other people, including Season 3's iconic winner's single, "I Believe". Fantasia's win wouldn't be what it was without that song. She's also done her share of acting on broadway. I even had the privilege of seeing her in Rent on Broadway, where she played Mimi and was great. I was curious to see where she'd end up in the final ranking since we knew she was a threat to win after last year, but I think this is a great spot for her when you consider who is left. On 8/31/2020 at 10:30 PM, 1234567890 said: Tamyra Gray I'm shocked that she actually has a gif that could use. Tamyra Gray was my favorite contestant on American Idol Season One and my favorite contestant of all-time. She got bested at one point by David Archuleta but she reclaimed her throne. Tamyra's audition was used heavily to promote the show if I remember correctly. The show wasn't the hit it was because it was an unknown talent show at the time. Tamyra was an obvious front runner and the judges personal favorite along with Justin Guarini. Funny how things panned out. Tamyra has the distinction of being the first contestant to sing during the semi-finalists portion when she belted "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Holliday. She made it to the Top 10 along with Ryan Starr and Jim Verraros. She also has the distinction of being the firs shock elimination when she was booted in 4th place instead of Nikki McKibbin. The judges were floored because everyone thought she would either be in the finale or win. Tamyra had many standout performances but everyone knows the one that reigns supreme is "A House Is Not A Home" by Luther Vandross. It was a moment and I loved how her and Kelly just upped their game every week. It was like they were on their own show and everyone else was vying for 10th through 3rd. Tamyra, ultimately placed 4th and I was devastated. I remember crying she she was eliminated, throwing my shoe at the TV and breaking it and missing school the next day. Good times. Tamyra went on to release a debut album "Dreamer" and was on Kelly Clarkson's debut album as well. I love the friendship Kelly and her have kept up throughout the years. She's even been a guest on Kelly's shows and I was lucky to be in the audience for one of them. Tamyra most has done Broadway since the show and got married to Color Me Badd's Sam Watters. I don't know where she will placed but I am just glad I had apart of her making it here. On 8/31/2020 at 10:42 PM, *Chris said: TAMYRA GRAY Coming in at #5, it is Tamyra Gray from the original season - this ranking is partly for Victoria. As I love both Tamyra & Kelly Clarkson, I ended up ranking Tamyra a spot above Kelly - in reality, I do prefer Kelly Clarkson but I also love Tamyra Gray. In my opinion, Tamyra Gray is incredibly talented and I've had that thoughts ever since her time on Season 1 - she was able to deliver one of my all-time favourite performance with "A House Is Not A Home", and a special shoutout to "Minnie The Moocher" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" which are in my Top 10 performances of the OG season. Not only is she a talented singer who appeared in multiple musicals, she's also the co-writer of "I Believe" which is also known as the best coronation single - this should be enough for her to make it into the Top 10 but it may be hard to achieve with Elliott around. On 8/26/2020 at 12:01 AM, Alex95 said: I would love to rank her even higher because I know Tamyra will need all the help she could get from her inevitable bottom five ranking from Elliott. However, I am overwhelmed by the amount of rockers in this endgame and I need to stay on brand and look out for them first. Tamyra Gray is the original Idol GOAT. I know Kelly Clarkson...well she's obviously Kelly Clarkson. She goes beyond Idol. But we cannot ignore Tamyra Gray! Take "New Attitude" out of the equation and you have a FLAWLESS run on the show from Tamyra. Personally, I'm partial to "Minnie the Moocher" as my favorite Tamyra performance. Not only is it a pitch perfect vocal, but she just shows so much attitude and personality. It's the Tamyra performance I revisit the most. "Fool In Love" is a VERY close second though. And I mean I still haven't even mentioned "And I Am Telling You" or "A House Is Not a Home"! The amount of ~moments~ Tamyra has in such a short run on the show is absolutely bonkers to me. Her elimination is absolutely criminal and is the first major Idol injustice (though Christina Christian also robbed). I may love my rocker gurls, but that love does not extent to Nikki McKibben who should still be calling Tamyra up on the phone and asking her for forgiveness to this day. I don't think Tamyra will be able to hit her amazing second place peak again like she did in the iconic first game, but I hope she can do well again. On 8/30/2020 at 9:52 PM, NGM said: Strategic ranking. She placed second last time and I’m hoping to see someone else win. Super talented tho, and deserves a lot of praise for her Idol run. On 8/28/2020 at 11:37 PM, Elliott said: Tamyra's a fantastic vocalist, but I've just never really sipped the Tamyra Kool-Aid. In her season alone, I preferred Kelly, Nikki, R.J., Christina and Ryan. A House is Not a Home has obviously stood the test of time as one of Idol's all-time greats, but considering I was a Nikki stan during season one, it should be obvious that I was living for that results show. Most notably, Tamyra co-wrote the season three coronation single of I Believe, which is still the best coronation single so at least there's that. I'm sure Victoria has written enough about her so moving on. Edited September 28, 2020 by sublymonal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Damn Archie looking good! Great placement for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, sublymonal said: Almost time for the second #9... *shiver* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Tamyra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Well, that was a 1-2 punch to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sublymonal Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Just now, 1234567890 said: Well, that was a 1-2 punch to me. Literally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sublymonal Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Also this means that Kelly Clarkson is our Season 1 winner! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenKalie Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Victoria's number 1 and 2 tieing for 9th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Alex 01. 02. 03. Haley Reinhart 04. 05. 06. Elise Testone 07. Carly Smithson 08. Adam Lambert 09. Tamyra Gray 10. 11. Blake Lewis 12. Trent Harmon 13. Jennifer Hudson 14. Jurnee 15. Vonzell Solomon 16. Brooke White 17. Trenyce 18. 19. 20. Kimberley Locke 21. Kree Harrison 22. 23. David Archuleta 24. Lee DeWyze Chris 01. 02. Brooke White 03. Kimberley Locke 04. 05. Tamyra Gray 06. 07. 08. 09. Kree Harrison 10. David Archuleta 11. Lee DeWyze 12. Trent Harmon 13. 14. 15. Carly Smithson 16. Elise Testone 17. Blake Lewis 18. Jennifer Hudson 19. 20. Adam Lambert 21. Vonzell Solomon 22. Trenyce 23. Jurnee 24. Haley Reinhart Elliott 01. Lee DeWyze 02. Trent Harmon 03. 04. Blake Lewis 05. 06. 07. Carly Smithson 08. 09. 10. David Archuleta 11. Brooke White 12. 13. Elise Testone 14. 15. Kree Harrison 16. Kimberley Locke 17. Trenyce 18. Jennifer Hudson 19. Jurnee 20. Adam Lambert 21. 22. Vonzell Solmon 23. Tamyra Gray 24. Haley Reinhart Nico 01. 02. Adam Lambert 03. 04. 05. Trent Harmon 06. Elise Testone 07. 08. 09. 10. Carly Smithson 11. Blake Lewis 12. Haley Reinhart 13. Jennifer Hudson 14. Trenyce 15. Kimberley Locke 16. Kree Harrison 17. Brooke White 18. Jurnee 19. Lee DeWyze 20. David Archuleta 21. 22. Tamyra Gray 23. 24. Vonzell Solomon Public 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. Haley Reinhart 08. Tamyra Gray 09. 10. Trent Harmon / David Archuleta 11. 12. 13. Vonzell Solomon 14. Jennifer Hudson 15. Adam Lambert 16. Blake Lewis / Kimberley Locke 17. 18. Brooke White 19. Elise Testone 20. Trenyce / Kree Harrison 21. 22. Carly Smithson 23. Jurnee 24. Lee DeWyze Sola 01. 02. 03. Haley Reinhart 04. 05. Jurnee 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. Kree Harrison 11. Vonzell Solomon 12. David Archuleta 13. Tamyra Gray 14. Carly Smithson 15. Jennifer Hudson 16. Lee DeWyze 17. Brooke White 18. Adam Lambert 19. Elise Testone 20. Blake Lewis 21. Kimberley Locke 22. 23. Trent Harmon 24. Trenyce Victoria 01. Tamyra Gray 02. David Archuleta 03. Vonzell Solomon 04. Trenyce 05. 06. 07. 08. Kree Harrison 09. 10. Brooke White 11. Kimberley Locke 12. 13. Jennifer Hudson 14. 15. 16. Jurnee 17. 18. Carly Smithson 19. Adam Lambert 20. Blake Lewis 21. Trent Harmon 22. Elise Testone 23. Lee DeWyze 24. Haley Reinhart Zoey 01. Vonzell Solomon 02. 03. 04. 05. Trenyce 06. Kree Harrison 07. Kimberley Locke 08. Jurnee 09. David Archuleta 10. Jennifer Hudson 11. 12. Brooke White 13. Carly Smithson 14. Blake Lewis 15. Tamyra Gray 16. Elise Testone 17. Trent Harmon 18. Haley Reinhart 19. 20. 21. Lee DeWyze 22. 23. Adam Lambert 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 *me right now* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaris Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Tamyra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Just now, 1234567890 said: Elliott 01. Lee DeWyze 23. Tamyra Gray Victoria 01. Tamyra Gray 23. Lee DeWyze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy_Speedy Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Tamyra and Kelly were in a league of their own in season 1 and still 18 years later, only a dozen or so contestants have reached them (if there have been even that many). Tamyra's one of the most talented contestants to ever be on this show and she deserves her top 10 ranking here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I'm rather shocked @NGM's ranking. He was the only rank that shocked me for Tamyra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaris Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 So whos left in the Top 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 CHILLS. EVERY SINGLE TIME. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, 1234567890 said: *me right now* 2 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: Victoria 22. Elise Testone 24. Haley Reinhart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Alex95 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bk1234 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 58 minutes ago, sublymonal said: 9 (tie). David Archuleta My #1. I’m very happy with his placement, especially considering the response I’ve seen him get my some. Obviously, I would have him over all the other nine left, but hey, I’m happy he at least got this far... In terms of David Cook being the Season 7 winner, I’m actually not mad. Both were deserving of the rankdown win, and it wasn’t Brooke like last time, so . Angels is one of my favorite Idol performances of all-time, and Archie has produced some of my favorite songs too. Overall, amazing, wholesome contestant that deserves this high placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bk1234 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, sublymonal said: 9 (tie). Tamyra Gray I’m pretty neutral towards this ranking. Definitely a great contestant, but I prefer Kelly, so I’m happy Kelly is the Season 1 winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bk1234 said: My #1. I’m very happy with his placement, especially considering the response I’ve seen him get my some. Obviously, I would have him over all the other nine left, but hey, I’m happy he at least got this far... In terms of David Cook being the Season 7 winner, I’m actually not mad. Both were deserving of the rankdown win, and it wasn’t Brooke like last time, so . Angels is one of my favorite Idol performances of all-time, and Archie has produced some of my favorite songs too. Overall, amazing, wholesome contestant that deserves this high placement. Now you know how I felt about Brooke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGM Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: I'm rather shocked @NGM's ranking. He was the only rank that shocked me for Tamyra. It would change somewhat, but not by a big margin. The only changes I did to my personal ranking was flipping my #2 and #3 (to try to give Adam whatever extra push I could, not that it mattered lol) and flipping the order for my 18-23 spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: Are you and I the new version of Dee and I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Well ignoring @Alex95's shade of me (), I would also say Minnie the Moocher is my faovurite Tamyra performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Never been a huge Archie fan but performances like Angels, And So It Goes and Stand By Me are legit. Tamyra and Kelly are the highlights from season 1. The irony of her placing 2nd last rankdown when Victoria wasn’t a ranker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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