In the latest poll of the week IDOL LIVE readers selected Harry Connick, Jr. as their replacement of choice for the newly departed Simon Cowell.
Connick, Jr. roped in 13 votes, good for 41% of all votes cast in the sparsely-voted-in poll. Tying for second place were Shania Twain and Bret Michaels, each netting five votes (16%). No other potential candidate seemed to excite voters, not even Piers Morgan, as he only managed four votes (12%).
We will now embark on our annual poll of the week champion series, as readers will be asked which 12th(or 13th)-place finalist is their favorite of all nine seasons. Voting will be open for exactly one week.
Bret Michaels 5 (16%)
Clive Davis 2 (6%)
Diddy 0 (0%)
Elton John 1 (3%)
Harry Connick, Jr. 13 (41%)
Howard Stern 0 (0%)
Piers Morgan 4 (12%)
Russell Simmons 0 (0%)
Ryan Seacrest 1 (3%)
Shania Twain 5 (16%)
Whitney Houston 0 (0%)
Total votes: 31
Showing posts with label shania twain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shania twain. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Poll of the week: Harry Connick, Jr. should replace Simon
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
IDOL LIVE Blog - Top 6 Results (4/28/10)
Last night was nice mostly because it didn't run over, but there were also a few decent performances. Maybe it's because we're getting down to the wire and the majority of the cannon fodder are gone? Or maybe it's just the standards have been lowered so much that they have nowhere to go but up? Either way, I'll refrain from complaining.
Tonight we surprisingly cannot expect a performance from this week's mentor, Shania Twain, however Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts and...Shakira...will all be there to perform. To see who I predict will be leaving tonight, see here.
Please feel free to add your two cents throughout the one-hour blogcast, with coverage starting just prior to 9 p.m. ET.
Tonight's blogcast features the music of Daughtry, Jasmine Murray, Katharine McPhee, Kristy Lee Cook, Matt Giraud.
IDOL LIVE predix: Top 6 Results
With that said, read my predictions for how tonight will go below:
Bottom 3
Crystal, Aaron, Mike
Bottom 2
Aaron, Mike
Eliminated
Mike
Yes, that's Crystal Bowersox you see included in the Bottom 3 grouping. Something about last night's performance, especially when matched up against her five competitors, just didn't help her stand out from the crowd. In fact, she didn't even have the best vocals of the night, which is a distinction she almost always has. Therefore, even though she has a huge fan base, it might take the night off due to complacency whereas the younger fans of the likes of Siobhan, Aaron and Lee will be dialing and texting their fingers off, which will result in a SURPRISE! B3 visit for Crystal.
Obviously she won't really be in danger, though, while Aaron Kelly will feel the heat much more despite delivering a mostly on point performance of Shania's "You've Got a Way," but the idea of him dedicating the song to his mom, as sweet as it may seem to some, might have been viewed as a ploy for votes by others. What it comes down to at this point is the fact that Aaron's fan base just isn't as big as the majority of the others' and he's not really one to appeal to the casual voters. Expect a bottom two placement, nothing more, nothing less.
At that leaves us with Big Mike. There probably isn't a better week for Mike to go out on than country/Shania Twain, because let's face it, most of his fans are probably not likely to also be fans of the genre or the Queen of Country herself. Couple this with Mike's history of being in the bottom group and what should have been his elimination back in Top 9 week and you've got yourself a recipe for disaster. This isn't to say Mike would have gone a lot farther had there been a friendlier theme for his vocals, like Luther Vandross' songbook, but the odds are even tougher for him.
In my original predictions I had Mike going home 6th, so hopefully everything goes according to plan.
Since the Top 24 I have correctly predicted 6-18 eliminations and since the Top 12 I have correctly predicted 2-6 eliminations.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
IDOL LIVE Blog - Top 6 Perform (4/27/10)
Tonight the Top 6 finalists sample entries from the songbook of Shania Twain, which will be the closest this crop comes to being forced to perform country music. That means Aaron Kelly should be in his element and virtually be protected from elimination unless he picks something on the scale of "(Man) I Feel Like a Woman," which I wouldn't put past him.
As always, please feel free to add your two cents throughout the (allegedly) one-hour blogcast, with coverage starting just prior to 8 p.m. ET.
Tonight's blogcast features the music of Amanda Overmyer, Elliott Yamin, Kellie Pickler, LaKisha Jones and Michael Sarver.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
IDOL LIVE Chat: "Best of the Rest" Auditions (2/3/10)
Tonight Idol's ninth season waves goodbye to the audition rounds (finally!) as the "best of the rest" auditions are shown. Obviously, this also means the "best of the worst" hopefuls will get more airtime, but hopefully the latter will be kept to a minimum.
The live chat will begin at 9 p.m. ET and will last one hour.
There is no guest judge tonight, as it does not take place in a new city, but we'll get to see pretty much every guest judge from the previous seven cities once again. Hopefully they choose to include more Shania Twain and Mary J. Blige than they do Joe Jonas.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Flashback: Mandisa's "Any Man of Mine"
Mandisa was a front runner early on in the competition during Idol's fifth season but she unfortunately got caught up in controversy as a result of misinterpreted comments she made at the outset of her Top 10 performance. The next week, Mandisa was out following a less than stellar performance of Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" during Top 9 week's country night. Watch the performance below:
Even though this was not her strongest performance while on the show, Mandisa showed she could tackle genres that were very removed from her comfort zone and she gave a valiant effort despite the unfair criticism she had attracted.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Poll of the week: Kelly Clarkson is favorite guest judge
It comes as no surprise that of the host of guest judges readers had to choose from in the most recent edition of IDOL LIVE's poll of the week, one was far and away the favorite to permanently replace Paula Abdul as a judge in time for Idol's ninth season.
That was, of course, Kelly Clarkson, who was previously announced as one of the many guest judges to fill Paula's seat during these current audition sessions. Kelly was able to rake in 40 votes, or 44% of all votes cast in the poll. It is interesting to note that most voters in this poll would opt for a career path that would limit the amount of time Kelly could spend touring, writing and recording music in order to fulfill the potential duties of a judge.
Following Kelly was a more likely choice to replace Paula, as Canadian country/pop artist Shania Twain took in 24 votes (26%). No other guest judges were real hits with readers, as the oddest choice for a judge, Neil Patrick Harris, placed third with nine votes (10%), while other more likely choices pulled in even less, like Mary J. Blige's six votes (6%).
In this week's edition of the poll of the week, readers are asked what Paula Abdul should do next in terms of furthering her career. You will have exactly one week to vote.
Victoria Beckham 4 (4%)
Shania Twain 24 (26%)
Mary J. Blige 6 (6%)
Joe Jonas 2 (2%)
Neil Patrick Harris 9 (10%)
Kelly Clarkson 40 (44%)
Katy Perry 5 (5%)
Total votes: 90
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