If David Archuleta's voice coach can be believed, he wants everyone to know that the fix is in. Voice coach Dean Kaelin said in a Fox Utah interview that the producers really rigged things last week to help David Cook. Dean says that the producers asked David to sing his best song first, while David Cook was told to sing his best song last so that the audience would remember it better. Gaspy also practiced singing "Longer" with an uptempo beat but was then told by producers that he had to sing it slower. Why? Probably because it might have sounded better that way. Lastly, Gaspy was going to sing "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing", which had been cleared for him for a few weeks, but the song was taken away afrom him and given to David Cook. Dean also says that Syesha wanted to use strings (probably the full orchestra that David Cook used) in one of her songs and was told she couldn't. Who got to use the strings? David Cook of course. We believe Dean, because Idol is a shady show that does whatever it can to get the reults it wants. But what can Gaspy do (see picture for his options)? If the fix is in, the producers will stop at nothing to crown Cook. All we can do is expose the madness and try to help our gasping friend.

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Well I've been away for a
Well I've been away for a couple of days and haven't caught up as yet.
So will my comment get read? Don't know - don't care.
But I'll make it anyway
I saw the finals on Tuesday - all the judges did were to say little Gaspy won the night - won round one. Won Round TWO - then the evening went to GASPY!
Sad to say, Cookie looked dejected in front of the judges since they were all gushing over little gaspy - as they had done all season long. Why? who knows?
From the beginning of the season it seemed to me that either the plant or Gaspy were destined to be the Idol. Once the plant left, then Gaspy would be the idol - or so it looked.
Then Syesha bolted out of the gate to overtake everyone else with her singing and dancing and yes, her acting abilities, because being the idol, being a stage performer is about Acting. And she blew away all her competitors. And she should have blown away little gaspy.
To me the finale should have been between to voices - Syesha's and David Cooks - the little Gaspy's gasps would have been out.
I'm not saying that Gaspy don't have talent - he does, but he doesn't have the maturity or the resonance in his voice yet. You know what I'm saying the Timbre -the vibrato - that comes with maturity. Gaspy cannot put emotions into his songs either. His Dad must have sheltered him all his life - sheltered him from Love -Sex - being horney - heck - he's a 17 year old guy and should be oozing Sexual chemistry - but does he? No! He's exudes as much sex as a cup of milk.
AS the season went on the Producers of AI saw this fact - and they finally realized there was no way they could make Gaspy the AI - why? they couldn't promote this guy to the mainstream america! All they could do with him is promote him to the Disney Tweens. That's it. And when he gets into his 20's - what will he be? The same sexless boy? Who knows? Who really knows?
So the producers had to change their minds. And do it fast. They didn't want Jason -and Jason didn't want it either. They thought about Syesha - but they've had too many women - and look at that absurd performance Fantasia put on with BORE ME the other night. So that left David Cook - a decent Rocker - the second Rocker to make it to the finals. A 25 year old with a more human look then Bo Bice (with his hair to his fannie). Cook will do. So Cook will be it.
Neo Ken
Hi Neo Ken- I read it, just
Hi Neo Ken-
I read it, just so you know. ;) And I agree with you completely, except where you diss the sexiness of milk. I think milk is VERY sexy!
I doubt you will post this,
I doubt you will post this, but it is so obvious that you are telling everyone to vote for David Archuleta, so that you can claim YOU threw the competition in his favor. He has been the favorite the whole way through. The judges give him lavish praises every time, even though it sounds the same as the song before, or he makes mistakes. He is the one they have been pumping to win. And DA singing Aerosmith??? Ridiculous. They only recently have mentioned David Cook as a possible winner; and that is probably just so people are "surprised" by the outcome (Archuleta winning). Don't let these VFTW idiots sway your vote. They are full of it!
terrimu2: "They only
terrimu2: "They only recently have mentioned David Cook as a possible winner"
I don't know what show you've been watching, but it obviously hasn't been American Idol. All season long, they've been basically saying to David Cook that he's already won. Simon once said, "We're looking at the American Idol". Pay attention, it'd do you some good.
I don't know where you get
I don't know where you get that the fix is in for David Cook. It's been in for Gaspy-an since the Top 24. I guess you didn't read the interview (saw it elsewhere on the internet, I'll post a link if I can find it again) wherein Jason Castro, being interviewed after he got the boot, said that the entire Top 12 phase of the show has "pretty much been the Archuleta Show" and his words were backed up by Brooke White and several other of the top-12'ers.
Well said Skid Marx, I
Well said Skid Marx, I agree. See my post just before yours.
That doesn't make any sense.
That doesn't make any sense. The contestants weren't given the choice of what order their songs came in... they went "judge's choice, contestant's choice, producer's choice"... and frankly, they gave Gaspy easy songs to sing while Cook was given challenges. If Cook sounded better, it's because he WAS better, not because there was some crazy rigging going on that made him sing the song that was supposed to be sung last-- LAST.
When did Kato become a
When did Kato become a credible witness?
and this is a surpirise in
and this is a surpirise in what way? every season cons a screwed with to get the results TPTB want. same ol same ol, there's nothing new here.
Simon called the winner
Simon called the winner (David Cook) on Ellen this morning. He said it would come down to song choice (what?--course he didn't bother to mention how much the show controls that). Here's a portion of the interview, though unfortunately it doesn't contain his prediction or their discussion of Stage-dad-zilla:
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/05/ellen_judges_simon_cowell.php
I believe everything in this
I believe everything in this story from the Prince Gaspyan camp. Why? Because, as we speak on the day of the finale Simon is PIMPING DC to high-heaven. He went on both Leno and Ellen and insulted Gaspy in his non-chalant way and encouraged the audience that Big-Head should win.
The most ridiculous answer I heard from him was on Leno, "Dave Cook should win because he worked in a Bar, he's had it harder."
GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK.
This show is fucking fixed. Give the baby his bottle. The kid obviously wants it more. VOTE PRINCE GASPYAN TONIGHT!
SupedupX, "Prince
SupedupX,
"Prince Gaspyan"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I just saw the new Narnia movie this weekend. ROFLMAO!!! LOVE it!!!
VFTW now dubs David A. "Prince Gaspian"....
Prince Gaspyan...LOL!!!!!!
Prince Gaspyan...LOL!!!!!! I think that's the best nickname yet! ;)
I wish we'd been calling him
I wish we'd been calling him that all season...
Agreed with Moxie on the
Agreed with Moxie on the sympathy votes. I had the same thought as I was supposed to be drifting off to sleep last night. (Sad, really, that I was supposed to be sleeping and instead I was thinking about this bullshit.)
I'm guessing Jeff told his flunky, Dean, to blather about how unfair Idol was so that all the tweentards (and their middle-agetard parents) would vote for poor little gasp-boy, to keep his dreams from being crushed.
The AI cash cow needs to release Archie's album as quickly as he can squeak out the songs before the tweenies forget about him. Because if they do, they will make a mint. I remember reading a few years ago (when I worked in retail) that tweens had the greatest percentage of buying power. That really stuck with me because, let's face it, they have no goddam money of their own. It's not as if they have jobs, and they can't ALL have grandparents who give them $100 bills for their birthdays. That leaves the parents who will buy them anything to "prove" their love. Almost as pathetic as a parent who whores out his tween son to make money for the family. Oh, hello, Jeff!
I'm sorry, as much as I love
I'm sorry, as much as I love this website, I CANNOT make myself vote for Darthchuletta. I get a gag reflex going everytime I think of it.
I hope the plan never was to vote for Archulizard, just piss of TPTB and the fantards.
At that, judging by the daily mailbags, I think we've succeeeded beyond our wildest expectations. This is the VFTW victory; who wins tomorrow night is as meaningless for us as it is for everybody else who've given up on AI7.
By the way, is there any truth to the rumor Archie will do "The Safety Dance" tonight?
"We can gasp if we want to, we can leave my dad behind
'Cause your tards don't gasp and if they don't gasp
Well they're no fantards of mine"
The vocal coaches comments
The vocal coaches comments don't make sense. The best Archuleta song was a judges choice and I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing was a producer's choice (and it was not the best David Cook song of the evening). If they changed it so the judges choice was last, Cook still would have had the last song. Imagine him ending with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -- it would have been even better. The vocal coach is just trying to stir up some sympathy...I wonder how he would do explaining With You.
I think this is a ploy by
I think this is a ploy by the voice coach (i.e., by Daddy Dearest) to try to get Lil' Davey some sympathy votes. If he goes in to the final as "the favorite" then people who care only so-so won't bother to vote for him. But if the big, bad AI producers are being mean to him, then maybe those on the fence will fall his way. Poor Lil' Davey...everyone's being so mean to you, first Daddy, then VFTW, then TPTB...of course we'll vote for you. *pout*
I'm sorry, as much as I love
I'm sorry, as much as I love this website, I CANNOT make myself vote for Darthchuletta. I get a gag reflex going everytime I think of it.
Besides, if Cook wins, we can probably count on Daddy yelling for a recount all the while being put in a straightjacket and sedated. Now THAT would be great :)
I think this is a ploy by
I think this is a ploy by the voice coach (i.e., by Daddy Dearest) to try to get Lil' Davey some sympathy votes
Good theory. I wonder if they thought this would be picked up by the AP and turned into a "big story", unfortunately for them, aside from VFTW, I haven't seen it anywhere else. I doubt it will garner the pity vote as they probably did hope it would. I just don't think people care enough this year about this show or either David to pick up this kind of story. After Paula's gaffe with Jason, I think everyone has thrown in the towel and now is just thinking of different ways to retool the show. Article on MSNBC about the changes they think should be made here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24712164/ one of many that are out there, I'm sure.
ok, this is ridiculous.
ok, this is ridiculous. This is called damage control by the Archuletta family. I guess you all think Naomi Judd lied to. For what reason? Her fifteen minutes of fame? oh, wait, she is already famous. Not for a minute would I believe that Lil David is being thrown under the bus. Jason is already resting there. Lil David has been pimped from day one. Lil David singing I don't want to miss a thing-right, i can see that now...not. Randy has said lil david is "in the zone" the one to beat, motlen hot all season, honestly, even when he wasn't and messed up the lyrics, did excessive lip licking, didn't move on stage at all, moves one arm only, and has problems with breath control. Could he be any more pimped?
ETA:
when syesha wanted the same Neil Diamond song, David Cook gave it to her just like he would have given lil david whatever he wanted but the producers stuck Cookie with it-not much he could do. I'm seeing some real inconsistencies in Dean's story. I see no reason to vote for lil david only because his father is a jerk. everyone encounters road blocks in life. you must learn to go over or around them. daddy could have been replaced with mommy or another guardian but david wanted him. this whole dean story is damage control.
LOL found this little gem on
LOL found this little gem on Myspace.. doesn't include the famous gasps, but portrays our lil gaspy to a tee neverless :)
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33833528
This sounds about half
This sounds about half possible. As far as the first accusation, the songs for each round were not chosen by the contestants. And, actually, They BOTH sang their best songs first. Cook's "First Time Ever..." was much much better than that sappy crappy Diane Warren load of goop and he sang it much better as well. And did the producers FORCE David A to massacre any slight chance he had by choosing FOR HIMSELF the Chris Brown song which was quite possibly the most awkward performance EVER on the Idol stage.
I believe they may not have allowed Syesha to do things as she wanted, becasuse obviously they didnt want there to be any opportunity for her to actually ruin their dream finale. I mean, they gave her a song from Happy Feet, could there be ANYTHING they wouldn't do to get her off the show???
However I do not buy they are trying to fix this final. It has been clear since day 1 they want Archuleta to win and Cook to be #2. God, I hate David Archuleta, I will not be voting for him.
Right on man, this is the
Right on man, this is the first time I disagree with the guys at VFTW. Sorry guys, but I'm still voting heavily for Cook. Even if there was a fix last week, there sure as hell won't be one this week, or at least they're gonna fix it for Archie. He's gonna do Imagine again, which he's shown that he can nail, and Cook got Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, which may be too high a pitch for him to nail. The songwriter's song might also favor Archie just like the song last year favored Jordin Sparks over Blake Lewis.
In short, I don't think the fix is in for Cook as much as you guys think it is.
I think his voice coach is
I think his voice coach is full of it. It is likely that the producers heard his 'hip-hop' version of 'Longer' and spared us(the viewing audience) the agony. As for that damned asteroid song(thanks Chan that one stays in my mind so well), I suspect if he'd really WANTED to sing it, he would've. The producers picked it for Cook, not Cook for himself. Hell neither one of them picked well for themselves last week.
As for some sort of fix? Well they didn't complain all season when their boy dropped lines and notes and went off tune to a free pass from the judges!
Bah! I'd bet anything this
Bah! I'd bet anything this is just shit that Jeffie pulled, to get revenge at idol. The producers have been pimping gaspy since day one...why would they switch to david cook all of a sudden? I still say that VTFW should vote for Big Head instead of archuleta. He already has enough people voting for him (Teenage fangirls). David Cook is the one who is likely to lose. The producers are on Gaspys side...are we on the producers side?
VOTE BIG HEAD!
Oh please. You really
Oh please. You really believe anything that comes out of Camp R2D2? Jesus. You all spent so goddamn much time hating on Carly that you didn't see where the real power, glory and pimplant was. They have suckered you all season and you are still falling for their CRAP!
Uh yeah, they changed his
Uh yeah, they changed his song because when the writer found out the song was going to be sung, she came to the show and they didn't want dumass singing the song which probably sounded like Clay Aiken on cocaine with an asthma attack so they changed songs and gave it to someone that can actually sing, somewhat.
As I said in an earlier
As I said in an earlier post: This finale will be a humdinger of a cluster fuck. AI put themselves into a position where they will lose a shitload of money on these two. If it were not for the David/David finale buzz, Da Arch would have, and in reality should have, been disqualified because of his father's actions. As for Water Head, he had better pray that he gets caught with a live boy in a motel room. If he wins this, his rock cred goes out the window.
In reality, I can see 19E NOT signing Da Arch without some sort of guarantee that Daddy Dearest is maintained at arms leangth. REMEMBER, the contracts are renewable 90 days after the finale. Do you wanna bet that Da Arch gets dropped?
Hey, Lord Hee Haw, was all the plants of this season worth it?
Archuleta's voice coach is
Archuleta's voice coach is full of B.S. Look, if the Idol producers want to rig the contest, all they have to do is fix the voting results. Why go through all the convoluted shenanigans in order to sway the public especially when the outcome is not even guaranteed? The voice coach was probably threatened by Archuleta's dad to spout this conspiracy crap.
I believe it could be
I believe it could be possible this is true, because TPTB have probably been watching the iTunes sales. Bighead has been making more money for them then Gaspy, and for AI we all know it's about the bottom line and MONEY.
TPTB probably have been checking out all the polls, websites, iTunes and figured that TCO is really not the Gasper, but the Cookie Monster. So they are now focusing in on Bighead.
TPTB want another Daughtery on their bloody hands, plus they don't have to haggle with the stagedad from hell.
Huh. I knew the exessive
Huh. I knew the exessive pimping couldn't last for long. This almost makes me feel sorry for lizardleta. (ALMOST!) I agree that his dad's the reason for all this, but doesn't the runner up get a recording contract too? That's what i thought.
This came out of nowhere, but do you think david thinks normal 17 year old thoughts, like cars or getting laid?
Though there is no doubt in
Though there is no doubt in my mind that this show is totally rigged, I think the only reason that Gaspy's camp is bitching about it is to save face if he loses. Or perhaps they are hoping that TPTB, in an effort to prove the show is not fixed, will declare Archie the victor. What a fuckwad. I mean what was the point of this? Gaspy made the top two, he gets a record deal either way, he's got the fame (and the batshit crazy bitch brigade) he obviously wants. It's not like the Archutards didn't know what they were getting themselves into from the get go. They have experience in the biz.
I'm actually feeling sorry for Big Head about now -- what an awkward position to put him in man. He may be somewhat arrogant, but he is the last non-plant left so I've been kind of routing for him.
I was only supporting Gaspy as our pick to piss off the fantards. Now I hope he wins to spare Big Head the controversy.
Blech, these grapes are
Blech, these grapes are sour.
You know what's really sad??
You know what's really sad?? That Gaspy's 'best' song was selected by......PAULA
Well, the best part of this
Well, the best part of this is that you have an active negative PR war being run by Jeff Archuleta through his employee/voicepiece. That has all sorts of potential by itself.
Anyway ... he's kind of lying, and actually contradicts himself somewhat (also entertaining). He makes it sound as if the producers took their pick for Archuleta and gave it to Cook. Only problem is, he also says they personally put it through for approval as an option two weeks before the show.
... SO that means it was one of their possibilities for contestant song choice. They chose the Chris Brown (beautiful nightmare) song prior to the producers choices being announced to them. So they would have already had to have been going in a different direction (contestants generally put in 5 or 6 songs for approval - then choose).
Can anyone imagine him singing that song anyway ? If the producers wanted to sabotage him they would have encouraged him to take it ... Cook probably wouldn't have minded ...
I do agree choosing "Longer" for him was a sabotage attempt. But making him go back to the original arrangement probably wasn't.
Supposedly Jeff had given the song an up tempo "hip hop" feel for Archie ....
How bad would THAT have sucked! We truly missed gold there I think. If there is one truism it is that Jeff Archuleta may be a worse at making decisions about songs than Clive Davis (yes, Jeff, I said it).
I can just see Nigel telling his people "Well, I wanted to screw him over ... but not THAT bad. Veto the 'Hip Hop Feel'".
/sigh ... too bad.
Wait, I read somewhere, here
Wait, I read somewhere, here maybe, that Gaspy couldn't have been planning to do the Aerosmith song because it fell on the list of songs he isn't allowed to sing because the lyrics are too sexual or something.
Am I imagining things?
If anything, I think the producers are responsible for he vocal coach's comments in an attempt to create controversy and get more viewrs for the finale.
Maybe the producers just
Maybe the producers just thought Archie singing the line "I don't wanna close my eyes" would be way too ironic.
Not only that, but there's a
Not only that, but there's a story out that a few years ago, Stage Dad Jeffie liked the lil' ones around town.
In a very disturbing, pedophilic nature.
Ah, big deal. The fix was in
Ah, big deal. The fix was in to make it a David-David finale since about Week 10.
And if David Cook's best song was that insipid Asteroidsmith number, then I hate to see what he has in store for the Finale. I mean, seriously. I like DC, but last week, the Roberta Flack song was the only one he really did well.
Seeeee! All you bitches
Seeeee! All you bitches whining that we chose Gaspy can suck on that. They DO want him gone, and we made the right choice. Or Dave made the right choice, anyway. Now stfu and vote for him Tuesday night.
And as for that last part, yeah. Its going to suck (although the mailbag will be hilarious) that they will be mad at us instead of Idol. Dont they realize we want to save our little gasping piglet?!
we must support gaspy then.
we must support gaspy then. if the producers want cook to win let's vote like crazy. the producers suck and i wanna see gaspy win. he'll have a sucky career and boo hoo to the producers. i'll be votin for gaspuleta
I think you're wrong about
I think you're wrong about the fantards blaming you if David loses. I am an Archuleta Fantard and I for one am grateful for the extra votes. Especially after hearing all the manipulating going on behind the scenes. It just makes me sick. Keep voting, but there are sources coming out of Idol that the fix is indeed in, and that Cook is already the winner, before the finale has even happened. Idol sucks.
Theory doesn't work. The
Theory doesn't work. The singers did not pick the order of their songs. It was the same as last year and previous years. The judge's pick, singer's pick and the producer's pick.
"Zanester May 19, 2008 -
"Zanester May 19, 2008 - 1:36pm
Theory doesn't work. The singers did not pick the order of their songs. It was the same as last year and previous years. The judge's pick, singer's pick and the producer's pick."
And we don't think TPTB can manipulate the "judge's pick" and "producer's pick" to affect the order? Or even affect the "singer's pick"? I'm sure they at least have veto authority.
Oh, yeah. . . like the
Oh, yeah. . . like the "vote" counts at all. . .
It's all crap and even worsters are buying into the fiction that voting matters or is even tabulated. . .
I enjoy VFTW and use many of the arguments that I read here locally to poke the believers, but, really. . . .?
Incorrect Zanester. In
Incorrect Zanester.
In season 4 and 5, the picks went Clive Davis's choice, judge's choice, contestant's choice.
Thanks Wikipedia! The producers do whatever they want to help whoever they want.
The song that David/David
The song that David/David will sing tomorrow night will be from a contest that american idol said was writen by an "amateur".....They said.... "All top 20 2008 songwriting finalist are "AMATEUR's". So please...please....find 1 in this bunch, ok? How many will it take till someone does something?
1. Top 20 American Idol Songwriting Finalist (Andy Zulla) is an engineer on Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson, Diana DeGarmo CD's. 2. Top 20 American Idol Songwriting Finalist (Windy Wagner) is a backup singer on the NEW Clay Aiken CD. 3. Top 20 American Idol Songwriting Finalist (Ryan Gillmor) wrote the theme song for the Fox television show "Unhitched". 4. Top 20 American Idol Songwriting Finalist (Dan Yessian) wrote jingles for Ford Motors. 5. Top 20 American Idol Songwriting Finalist (Luke Ebbin) is a producer on Austalian Idol 1st place runner-up Shannon Noll's CD. 6. Top 20 American Idol Songwriting Finalist (Regie Hamm) is a co-writer on the New Clay Aiken CD and he's also a co-writer of the winner of 2007's American Idol Songwriting Contest Scott Krippayne......Anybody see a pattern yet?
3 of the 2008 American Idol Songwriting Contest Top 20 songwriters get credit on Clay Aiken CD's. Out of thousands and thousands of entries (At $10.00 each) 3 out of 20 work with Mr. Aiken. And nobody has a problem with this? For all the facts please visit....... http://americanidolexposed.weebly.com
The only things I question
The only things I question about what this vocal coach guy is saying:
1. "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" was David Cook's best song? I guess I'm not a vocal coach or anything, but I thought he sounded absolutely awful and off key for the whole song.
2. These guys are fighting over who gets to sing songs as groundbreaking and revolutionary as "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing?" That's like two dung beetles fighting over a pile of excrement. No matter who wins the fight, it's still just a pile of crap. Personally, I'd be fighting not to sing that awful song.
Wow, what a surprise...NOT!
Wow, what a surprise...NOT! Of course, if Gaspy loses, all his fantards will come over here and spew their hatred at us when they should be spewing at American Idol. Looks like no matter how many tweentards/momtards/grannytards vote for him this week, he's going to lose to Smirky McSmirk Face.