re: American idol top 10

I'd take Demetrius, Harry Potter and Ragu out.

Replace with Ashley Hess, deep voiced girl and Riley.

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How staged was his "girlfriend" audition to get him his ticket that he supposedly didnt want lol?? Haven't seen her around in a minute

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That legitimately wasn’t a girlfriend set up. I know both of them (known her since she was born) and what went down with that audition.

Laine is a family friend who agreed to go play guitar for her, she had already made that audition.

Now the producers knew Laine was there before he walked in (that’s pretty obvious just by watching it) so they staged something in the background, but Ashton was unaware.

Cool info, thanks for sharing


What is their situation now? Just curious because she hasn’t gone to see him at any of the later performances and he hasn’t been asked about her or mentioned her.

With the way they beat these storylines to death, that just strikes me as odd.


Speaking of, Jeremiah’s family seemed pretty damn happy with him in the footage they showed from his sisters wedding.

I’m sure coming out has been bumpy for them but I suspected all along that was being played up as way more than it actually was.


He’s my favorite behind Alejandro and even I was tired of hearing about it.

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His reaction when he made it through and Ashton didn't made me dislike him. He was not very gracious

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I’ve felt that way about him since last year. They made him out to be this shy kid and he was a complete dick to the band last year.

Then pouted and looked pissy when he didn’t make it.


Then this year in the same faceoff scenario he didn’t even pretend to care that the other LA boy was in his exact same spot. He could have said I was in your shoes last year just keep at it and it will pay off but just smiled and said man that’s rough.


And tried to pretend like he wasn’t interested in going to Hollywood yet immediately has this whole Elvis/Buddy Holly suit look and angle ready for the stage.

He has clearly had a team that has been planning this all along.

I just find him completely insincere and just not all that talented or fun to watch.

But that’s just me, I know he’ll probably go top 5 with the teen/country vote.

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Speaking of, Jeremiah’s family seemed pretty damn happy with him in the footage they showed from his sisters wedding.

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Still think it would be great if his parents actually show up live, Ryan calls his father up on the stage, so Preacher Dad can give him his broom back. Then, stand there like he'd just done a good deed.

That would be gold.

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think the reason he seems insincere is the Elvis narrative isn’t him. It never has been. That’s been pushed on him for years. The dude’s just a southern rocker at heart. It seems like he is being molded into something else.

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That makes a lot of sense, and I could definitely tell it looks like there has been a team getting him ready for this.

I’d much rather see him in his hat and jeans just playing songs he enjoys playing. I think he would come across better.

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Give the guy a chance. He’s just a kid really. Imagine how we’d respond in that situation.

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Sorry if I came across as too hard on him.

I definitely realize he’s just a kid. I’m more analyzing the “character” AI is trying to present him as, not necessarily who he is as a person.


That’s actually my favorite part of Idol, the fact that we really do get to know a bit about these artists and how much it means to them.

So when a contestant seems like they may not be being themselves I tend to enjoy watching them less

We like Laine, uche, and Madison here. We had loved Riley too.