*Chris Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Ghost of Weedy Speedy said: As for season 7 itself, it's funny to me how loved it is in retrospect. I remember back when the season was airing, IDF was pretty dreary by the terrible themes and uninspired song choices. In my opinion, it holds up well, even if there was that part in the middle of the finals where everyone became obsessed with ballads and how half of the themes should've been scrapped for things that were more...umm, good musically? Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, two weeks of Beatles, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, ugh... Season 5 was also hated when it was airing even though everyone loves it nowadays. I still think it's one of the worst seasons, oops. S7 did have some pretty terrible themes that the decision to make themed semi-finals wasn't even the worst of it. re: the second Beatles week, iirc, they were originally set to do "Current iTunes Top 200" or whatever but were having issues clearing songs/licensing them for iTunes, so they changed it to a Beatles week redux at the last minute. That inadvertently meant S7's themes went 80s (T16)/Beatles (T12)/Beatles (T11)/80s (T10, with Archie being the exception in 1990). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, *Chris said: I'm still not over that Carly/Syesha B2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I know the live performance was kind of a mess, but Carly's studio recording of The Show Must Go On? We were FED. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy_Speedy Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Elliott said: Season 5 was also hated when it was airing even though everyone loves it nowadays. I still think it's one of the worst seasons, oops. S7 did have some pretty terrible themes that the decision to make themed semi-finals wasn't even the worst of it. re: the second Beatles week, iirc, they were originally set to do "Current iTunes Top 200" or whatever but were having issues clearing songs/licensing them for iTunes, so they changed it to a Beatles week redux at the last minute. That inadvertently meant S7's themes went 80s (T16)/Beatles (T12)/Beatles (T11)/80s (T10, with Archie being the exception in 1990). Lol I joined IDF on the tail-end of season 5 and only remember a lot of praise for it and its contestants, but I'll take your word for it. It's not my favorite season but I don't think it's one of the worst. And yes, I remember that iTunes Top 100 was the original theme for top 11 and even that Archie was gonna sing "With You" that week (a great follow-up to "We Can Work It Out" lmfao), it's a shame that didn't work out. Syesha is someone in particular I think really suffered for not having any current music to sing, instead being shafted into the "Broadway" category. Someone once posted an April Fool's Day thread during S7 that Nigel announced the next theme at some point was gonna be Gregorian Chants. The funny thing? People actually believed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Live footage of Syesha preparing for the Top 5 after she'd landed in the B3/B2 for the sixth time in eight weeks: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Elliott said: Nothing but respect for the best performance of Alone on American Idol! This Allison Iraheta shade. As for Carly, I liked her well enough, but I liked others more from that season as well as the rest of the Top 24, so I'm fine with this placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy_Speedy Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Just now, Elliott said: Live footage of Syesha preparing for the Top 5 after she'd landed in the B3/B2 for the sixth time in eight weeks: I still believe that Syesha got the most votes on top 5 week and nobody can convince me otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, The Ghost of Weedy Speedy said: Syesha is someone in particular I think really suffered for not having any current music to sing, instead being shafted into the "Broadway" category. I also think Syesha's decision to do a Dolly Parton-Whitney Houston hybrid for IWALY would up being a misfire, particularly when she followed it with I Believe the next week. She should've just done the Dolly version the whole way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Elliott said: Nothing but respect for the best performance of Alone on American Idol! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy_Speedy Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Elliott said: I also think Syesha's decision to do a Dolly Parton-Whitney Houston hybrid for IWALY would up being a misfire, particularly when she followed it with I Believe the next week. She should've just done the Dolly version the whole way through. Agreed, IWALY is actually my least favorite performance from her. I agree with Simon that I wish Sy hadn't gotten that song that week. Love her but she fell into the diva mold too much over the season. She was better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, The Ghost of Weedy Speedy said: I still believe that Syesha got the most votes on top 5 week and nobody can convince me otherwise. I could be mistaken, but I'm almost positive Nigel revealed this was the case (or strongly hinted at it) at one point when he was sharing ~Idol voting trivia~ on his Twitter (after either S12 or S15). He said the #1 every week from Top 10 onward went to either Cook or Archie except for Neil Diamond week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Crisis said: This Allison Iraheta shade. Allison has the best Alone in a live/voting show, but I still prefer Carly's overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, 1234567890 said: Also Independence Day was Carriebot's best Idol performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 When the conversation has turned to SYesha and @*Wallace still isn't making an appearance in this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, The Ghost of Weedy Speedy said: (although Syesha is still queen of being underrated that season) lol this reminds me of how every week, they nitpicked her until they finally realized Brooke & Jason were literally imploding every week for the final few weeks and suddenly were like YOU'RE SO GREAT, YOU'VE MADE SO MANY GREAT STRIDES, IT'D BE A REAL SHAME IF YOU WERE TO BE ELIMINATED AND NOT GET VOTES for the Top 5 and Top 4, only to then saddle her with the penguin song as if she had any chance at overtaking one of the Davids in the Top 3 vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Just now, Elliott said: lol this reminds me of how every week, they nitpicked her until they finally realized Brooke & Jason were literally imploding every week for the final few weeks and suddenly were like YOU'RE SO GREAT, YOU'VE MADE SO MANY GREAT STRIDES, IT'D BE A REAL SHAME IF YOU WERE TO BE ELIMINATED AND NOT GET VOTES for the Top 5 and Top 4, only to then saddle her with the penguin song as if she had any chance at overtaking one of the Davids in the Top 3 vote. THE PENGUIN SONG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, 1234567890 said: THE PENGUIN SONG. The producers to Syesha that night: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 UO, but Without You was my least favourite Carly performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Wallace Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, Elliott said: When the conversation has turned to SYesha and @*Wallace still isn't making an appearance in this thread... Loving the Syesha appreciation in here though. 7 minutes ago, Elliott said: lol this reminds me of how every week, they nitpicked her until they finally realized Brooke & Jason were literally imploding every week for the final few weeks and suddenly were like YOU'RE SO GREAT, YOU'VE MADE SO MANY GREAT STRIDES, IT'D BE A REAL SHAME IF YOU WERE TO BE ELIMINATED AND NOT GET VOTES for the Top 5 and Top 4, only to then saddle her with the penguin song as if she had any chance at overtaking one of the Davids in the Top 3 vote. Ugh it was so frustrating how they never gave her her proper credit until the last few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Just now, Elliott said: UO, but Without You was my least favourite Carly performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567890 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Elliott said: The producers to Syesha that night: And the funny thing is that they didn't even need to do that because there was no way she was breaking up the David's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, 1234567890 said: I only liked ABMB that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy_Speedy Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Elliott said: lol this reminds me of how every week, they nitpicked her until they finally realized Brooke & Jason were literally imploding every week for the final few weeks and suddenly were like YOU'RE SO GREAT, YOU'VE MADE SO MANY GREAT STRIDES, IT'D BE A REAL SHAME IF YOU WERE TO BE ELIMINATED AND NOT GET VOTES for the Top 5 and Top 4, only to then saddle her with the penguin song as if she had any chance at overtaking one of the Davids in the Top 3 vote. Lmao yes the bus came hard for everyone that season, although it was deserved in Jason's case. Even with the penguin song, I thought it was better than David's and David's performances on that particular round. I remember how Randy STILL bussed Syesha after "A Change Is Gonna Come" even though Simon gave her her proper dues for that masterpiece. Moron. IDF not being to wrap their heads around Syesha's continued survival, leading to the dominance of her Ghosts. 7 minutes ago, Elliott said: UO, but Without You was my least favourite Carly performance I didn't think it was good either. Edited September 18, 2020 by The Ghost of Weedy Speedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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