I have to say, I am ashamed to have played a part in ridiculing Paula. I watchd a profile on her last night, and I was in tears. All that she has been thru. At one point in her life she was in such pain she could not walk, nor could she even sing, she survived a plane crash. Many surgerys. Its a miracle she can do what she does now. She is sooo misunderstood. And such a good person. Did any of you get the chance to see that show last night?
I feel bad for her too, but she just acts so darn loopy. I never heard about this plane crash until recently, wonder why is wasn't talked about more like every other detail of the stars. I caught part of an interview where she talked about not being and "addictive" kind of person.
She sure is taking a ration of crap over these affaris, too.
Oh and the part where right when she was at the top of her singing carreer some women tried to sue her saying she was a lip singer and it was her voice. LOL By Poor Paula has been thru the coals. I'm glad I got to catch that show last night.
I seen it lastnight too.I have always liked Paula.I think the last few shows she has seemed to tone it down a bit,Don't ya think?She has really been though alot though.So who's next to get the axe on idol??? I say anthony.
One of the things Paula said was she is the type of person that can find good in just about anything, she does not like to let on about anything bad that is going on in her life. She's a real trooper. MAybe thats why they wanted her on the show. For a possitive reaction no matter what the others would say.
I think Anothy will probably go.
Next week it will be Scott perhaps, then maybe the blonde girl,
I didn't see the show, but recently read about Paula's cronic pain. It didn't clarify what caused the pain though. I don't think she likes to talk about it.
This coming week, PrimeTime Live (ABC) will be airing an expose on American Idol and Paula. I can't wait to see it. I believe it's May 4th when it airs.
Who'll go next? Prob Vonzell or Anthony. I think they are keeping Scott around for the ratings. He adds 'shock' value to the show.
I came to a conclusion after Constantine was voted off........and call it sour grapes.......but the voting is rigged. Let me tell you why I say that.........
I am a member of the AI boards and have been for a while. Been keeping up with lots of things there. Last week was unbelievable. Tuesday night, after the performances, many, many people were posting on the boards that they could not get through to vote for Constantine. They either got a busy signal (which would make you think he is getting alot of votes), or they got blank air, or they got a message saying all circuits were busy. This wasn't one or 2 people saying this.......it was hundreds......from one message board. And, this problem had never been reported before.
Now.......the next day, Constantine.......one of only 2 members who had never even been in the bottom 3, got the lowest number of votes and was sent home. Constantine has teh largest fan base on the AI boards.......which could be representative of the country. Each contestant has their own "folder" at the AI boards...........Contanstine has almost 400,000 threads (not posts.....threads) in his folder. Bo has about 160,000, Carrie about 80,000, Vonzell and Anthony are roughly 70,000 and Scot has less than 60,000 threads in his folder. Yes, many of these messages are started by the same people (just like we do here), but it ialso because Constantine has more fans. There are thousands of women in their 40's and 50's on those boards who love Constantine.
Anyway......with him not being in the bottom 3 - ever........and with his fan base being the largest.......and with thousands of those fans voting for the whole 2 hours.......sometimes reaching 500-800 votes each (btw, all the fanws do that for their fav it seems) and then the fans complain they could not get through to vote before Con was ever voted off.......fishy.
Now......Scott who has been in the bottom 3 quite a bit......and has the smallest fan base.....is suddenly in the top 3???? Makes one wonder......doesn't it? What was brought out into the open was that there is a website who is encouraging people to powervote for Scott in order to make ASmerican Idol look like a joke.
This website wants to make a joke out of AI by having America vote the worst contestant to the top......and evidently it's working. They have recieved lots of media time, radio time, and printed in magazines and stuff. the more people who hear about them, the more people who are "pledging" to get the worst contestant voted to the top. So again, you have a contestant who has been in the bottom 3 alot and he is suddenly in the top 3????? There are 3 colleges already pledged to get him to the top........one is UCLA....a HUGE school.......and its students are voting like crazy for Scott. Again......fishy. AI is aware of this website too. the web address to it is blocked from their boards.
With Con leaving and this website gaining huge attnetion, it has created the largest uproar in American Idol history. The fans are bombarding every talk show and news chow with emails regarding allegations about the tampered voting system. PrimtTime Live has recieved thousands of emails from angry fans of the show.
I firmly believe now that the votes do not really count. They are keeping Scott for shock value. A few weeks ago FOX said its ratings had dropped by 6 million viewers. They want their ratings back......higher ratings = more advertising dollars. If Scott goes home, most of America would be content with any of the remaining 4 winning AI and would not be as apt to watch.....but if Scott stays and plucks off good contestants one by one than that makes people watch......and talk......it creates drama and buzz about the show which keeps people watching. Now that Scott beat Con, everyone will be watching to see who Scott could potentially 'beat' next........and he will.......
I believe that Scott will make it to the final 2. It will be a Scott/Bo finale or a Scott/Carrie finale. Imagine the viewers they'd get on such a suspenseful show as that! Here is the less than average talent of Scott beating out all of these other good talents and here he has the chance to win the title of AI? It would be a HUGE ratings stunt. However, AI would not let Scott win because by allowing Bo or Carrie to win it would 'soothe' an already angry America.
Yes....I am a thinker......thats my job - to think and decipher the real from the unreal. You may think that I've thought too much here.....but after seeing the response from others on the AI boards and this other information that has come to light.......I have to try and put together the most logical reasoning. My reasoning is that America is being duped into thinking that their votes really count, when in fact they don't. AI already has a pre-determined winner.
If by chance the votes do count, then it is clear that the website mentioned above is accomplishing its goal and that there is some truth to the claims made by thousands that they could not get through to vote for Con last Tuesday. The phone line thing had never been brought up before when other contestants were voted out so it appears to have just affected the voting for Con. What better way to get verifiable results than to alter the phone lines for Con and allow the power voting for Scott.
Also, on Thursday I listened to Ryan Seacrests radio show when he was interviewing Constantine. The issue witht he phone lines was brought up. Ryan admitted that the phone lines could have been 'jammed'. Con asked him...."Don't you have people for that?" and Ryan did not answer....he just changed the subject. Perhaps the powervoting for Scott is what jammed the lines......perhaps AI tampered with the lines......I dunno, but it clear that there are some strange things going on here.
Ansy, I have to agree with you. I have always thought the show was rigged. I'm going to stand behind my theory that a white guy will win this year (a white guy hasn't won yet) and after all that has been going on it wouldn't surprise me a bit if it were Scott.
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I have to admit I know almost nothing about Paula Abdul and zero about American Idol. I have not heard that pAula was in a plane crash and that was suprising to hear that she survived. I did know she had an eating disorder and that she faded away for a long time before her come back. I dont know much about the latest rumors about her...I try to stay out of the rumor mill...I learned more about her on this thread then years of watchin ET...lol