Is anyone watching American Idol???

[JonathanBelles]

Of the first 3 singers, Melinda was by FAR the best. She brought an energy to the stage that cannot be found in other singers. Phil and blake were boring. This I have to say is a very boring theme this week, but melinda worked with it and pulled it off.

I really like the "OOO Shut Up!" from simon. lol

[CajunMama]

Wow....Jordin was great!

[tropicana]

Chris was really good too! But yeh, i agree, it is kinda dull week, since I know absolutely none of these songs.

-justin-

[JonathanBelles]

Of the second 3, Chris was the best. Gina and Jordin were ok, but not at their best.

[Brent]

Ugh... Sanjaya.

I am VERY bored with this show tonight.

[pojo]

Turn him off! Turn him off!!!
He's singing Cheek to Cheek.... No.

[tropicana]

Lets try a different tactic this week...INCREDIBLE! hahahahahahahahaha



simon is sooo funny. That wasnt sanjaya's worst performance for sure, great entertainer, just not a great singer.
that was just too funny

-justin-

[MississippiHurricane]

AHHHHH! My ears and eyes are bleeding!

[tropicana]

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWOW

Haley's outfit

-justin-

[pojo]

Haley was awesome!

[Brent]

WOW.

[pojo]

alright guys.... pick your jaw up off the floor.

[JonathanBelles]

The last three coments were ok. Haley's dress was a showstopper, but this is not a fashion contest.

[lurkey]

Exec: Sanjaya won't win 'Idol'

By RICHARD HUFF
DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR

Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 4:00 AM


'She's a good-looking kid, she has a really good voice,' executive producer Ken Warwick said of Haley Scarnato (above). 'I think she was given a really bad rap by Simon.'

The impact of the Internet and radio hype about keeping Sanjaya Malakar alive on "American Idol" is overblown, according to the show's executive producer, Ken Warwick, who doesn't expect Malakar to be around when the show ends next month.

"There is very little hype anybody can do to affect the vast numbers of votes we get," Warwick said yesterday.

Since the show launched, Malakar has been a flash point for media coverage - and what may or may not be keeping him on the show.

Howard Stern and the Web site votefortheworst.com have pushed keeping Malakar because they think he's not good enough and want to make a mockery of the competition.

But Warwick said that if all of Stern's listeners voted - or any other radio campaign started - it wouldn't make up the difference that Malakar has over the people below him, or above him, in the weekly call rankings.

The show, however, does not reveal actual vote counts.

Warwick also said there were mechanisms in place to stop or identify electronic voting - and that technology has yet to spot a problem. Likewise, the show has the ability to trace each of the 40 million calls logged each week.

"Say what you want about Sanjaya, he hasn't a bad voice," Warwick said, noting the singer changes his look each week and sparks chatter the next day.

"Personally, I don't expect him to be there in the end," Warwick said. "But it's not up to me, it's up to the public."

Recently, judge Simon Cowell said if Malakar won, he would quit.

But Warwick said that Cowell couldn't contractually take leave over the show's outcome, adding that the comment was Cowell making a "press point."

Warwick did say, though, that Cowell had been too harsh on Haley Scarnato, whose name Cowell said he couldn't remember a few weeks ago.

"She's a good-looking kid, she has a really good voice," Warwick said. "I think she was given a really bad rap by Simon."

Meanwhile, Warwick isn't upset with the press Malakar's role has generated.

"The fact of the matter is," he said, "if someone on the show is getting attention, it really doesn't bother me. He's still there, and a lot about this business is keeping people interested."

rhuff@nydailynews.com

[JonathanBelles]

WOW! look at this: http://dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp

I have to agree, they were all the same, except melinda.

[GalvestonDuck]

WOW! look at this: http://dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp

I have to agree, they were all the same, except melinda.

Wait, let me get this straight. These guys called the Idol voting numbers and calculated the percentage of times that the phones were busy for those particular numbers in an effort to determine who was getting more votes?

So, when they didn't get busy signals, they were actually completing the calls and placing votes themselves. And when they were making those calls and actually getting through on one of the gazillion lines dedicated to those Idol contestants, they were making it busy for someone else. So, how accurate can that be? Were they counting their calls as a "busy" also?

[Brent]

Three groups

Blake, Chris R, Sanjaya-Safe(Probably Middle 3)

Haley, Gina, Phil-Bottom 3

Jordin, Melinda, Lakisha-Safe(probably Top 3)

Probably Haley or Gina.

[lurkey]

geez . . . it was really obvious who was in the bottom three tonight

[JonathanBelles]

I thought the almost comercial break was kinda funny. I am hoping Phil goes home. I like the other 2.

[GalvestonDuck]

Ugh, Sanjaya is safe...again?

I just don't get it.