kndy-nt2099 wrote:Wow! Watched it and man...talk about sucks for Jasmine. But at the same time, do you think she was overly cheerful after it was revealed she was safe? Then all of a sudden she was like sad.
Interesting thing is going on the other AI related forums...they are tearing her up right now.
kndy
what i didn't say Simon was gay (most probably).
abt. the other forums they are just stupid they dont know where/whom to blame abt the dumping of la toya. instead tearing up those peeps who voted for jasmine y not tear up jasmine. thus scientifically it's easy to tear up a person than a whole bunch of peeps.
Ehy, I hope you're being truthful; I certaintly wish to see the ahochaude on the same side as the silent majority (or minority, I really don't care) of those of us kamaaina who aren't "watching." Amen, again.
Ehy, I hope you're being truthful; I certaintly wish to see the ahochaude on the same side as the silent majority (or minority, I really don't care) of those of us kamaaina who aren't "watching." Amen, again.
It's a waste of time. I'd rather be watching re runs of Soko ga Shiritai! :hehe:
The Man wrote:Ehy, I hope you're being truthful; I certaintly wish to see the ahochaude on the same side as the silent majority (or minority, I really don't care) of those of us kamaaina who aren't "watching." Amen, again.
I'm actually embarrased right now about being associated with Hawaii after reading about this Jasmine fiasco. I didn't really know anything about AI until earlier this week when I was listening to Perry & Price. A couple of people visiting Hawaii called in chewing the listeners out for voting for Jasmine simply because of her link to Hawaii. And even one of our U.S. congressmen (Ed Case) said on TV that a vote for Jasmine is a vote for support of Asians.
I hope on the next season, no Hawaii people will appear. AND THEN let's see how many Hawaiian residents will watch the show and vote.
groink wrote:
I'm actually embarrased right now about being associated with Hawaii after reading about this Jasmine fiasco. I didn't really know anything about AI until earlier this week when I was listening to Perry & Price. A couple of people visiting Hawaii called in chewing the listeners out for voting for Jasmine simply because of her link to Hawaii. And even one of our U.S. congressmen (Ed Case) said on TV that a vote for Jasmine is a vote for support of Asians.
I hope on the next season, no Hawaii people will appear. AND THEN let's see how many Hawaiian residents will watch the show and vote.
--- groink
Groink, my man, YOU just echoed what I was telling folks at VEEEERRY beginning of this whole "season 3" thing; "VEEEEERRY beginning" meaning when the "American Idol" folk announced that they were a-comin' to the islands for contestants. Basically my prediction that Hawaii folk WILL vote for the contestant(s) FROM here no matter HOW bad or HOW well they do.
Thing is . . . if our archipelago IS flooding the AI phone counter thingees . . . is this a postive or a negative thing? The folks voting 10, 20, 30 times . . . do they plan to buy the album of that same person as many times? Album sales determine the REAL "American Idol" if you ask me; and I'll be ONLY TOO surprised if any of these "American Idol" winners have careers as illustrious as your Madonnas, or Springsteens, or Prince, or The Who, etc., etc.
P.S. Groink, not to put you on the spot or anything . . . but that Jasmine's father works at the shipyard, I think he mentioned in an article. You sure you nevah' when hear 'bout AI in some Seabees newsletter or somet'ing? ;)
To explain a bit about Hawaii culture to y'all.... Basically, even though Hawaii is the 50th State in the Union, today Hawaiians (residents, not the race) believe that the other 49 states are against the Aloha State. There's been dozens and dozens of events that develop the feeling that the mainland U.S. sh*t on Hawaiians... The UH Rainbow Wahine basketball not being chosen to the NCAA tournament, the UH men's volleyball having their national title taken away, Bush & Kerry not taking Hawaii seriously when the presidential elections come around... and many other examples.
However, the opposite is also true, where Hawaiians play favortism to their own over the rest of the nation. For example, most Hawaiians will not attend a professional sporting even unless one of "their own" is playing. Or, in the case of the American Idol voting, Hawaiians will blame Verizon Hawaii for the lines being tied up because they believe Verizon, being a mainland company, wanted a mainlander to win instead of Jasmine. My mom actually told me the Verizon story, as she's the "zero" operator at Verizon.
So basically, in the AI fiasco, Hawaiians will stick together and vote for their own people, even if that person is obviously a train wreck. You really don't see this sort of thing anywhere else in the U.S., which is why the way Hawaiians vote sticks out like a sore thumb.
"Nonfans on the mainland want to give this state a piece of their mind. The gist, put succintly by one anonymous emailer before the results were known: "The people of Hawaii would be doing a disservice to put Jasmine Trias in first or second place or even third place in the competition."
Conspiracy theories abound. Our theory is the ohana spirit lives. put it, "We take care of our own."
It seems like mainlanders vs. Hawaiian (or pro-Jasmine) fans are going at it on the official board:
The Man wrote:P.S. Groink, not to put you on the spot or anything . . . but that Jasmine's father works at the shipyard, I think he mentioned in an article. You sure you nevah' when hear 'bout AI in some Seabees newsletter or somet'ing? ;)
Someone in my room just now told me that it was Camille Velasco (sp?) who's dad works at Pearl Harbor. The only Navy rag I read at the base is our divisional newsletter, so I didn't catch any writings about Camille. Also, I rarely catch any of the local newscasts, and I certainly don't read the local papers. I'm more of a FOX News and KIKU-TV fanatic! LOL! They do talk about AI on FOX, but it's more of a mainlander's perspective. And you know they won't say anything bad about the show!
Note: For all you AI3 haters...you can stop reading cuz I've got a long rant in mind :nut:
Since I can't seem to find the other Jasmine-bashing discussion, I'll just bash her here :twisted: What some of you said is true, sadly, AI3 is definitely a popularity contest...and I wish they would let the judges decide who should move on in the contest as opposed to the American ppl who are tone deaf :angry: . Jasmine has a great voice but she doesn't have the skills that compare to LaToya. And after Tuesday night when she did a really bad job, I don't understand why she's still in the show. I admit that I also have a personal thing against Jasmine cuz she's too sweet and nice, which makes her seem soooo fake to me :shakehead:
Also, they should kick Paula Abdul out of the judge seat too since she never gives any constructive criticism...all she ever says is "Oh~ You were great!" "I love your voice!" "You look like you had a lot of fun up on the stage!"...I was seriously surprised when she actually said Fantasia chose the wrong song :google: cuz she usually NEVER says anything that might help the contestants improve their performances.
But I actually think that it might be a good thing that LaToya didn't win the competition...because the albums made for the two previous American Idols seriously sucked (Miss Independent? :crazy2: Sorry 2004? :sweat: The song names seem enough to show how horrible the songs are...). I think LaToya would probably have the chance of getting a better deal with another record company now that she's out of the competition.
I dunno . . . it just sounds like Mainland folks are just not voting. There seems to be a gradual waning disinterest in American Idol. Matt Drudge reported on his radio show last Sunday that, while American Idol still has high ratings, it hasn't grown from last year. In any case, I don't care 'bout "what's going on here?" or the fact that my fellow islanders are using the word "demographic" all of a sudden. Bottom line is . . . CAN an American Idol winner who hails from Hawaii sell records. Can the sales proportionately match the amount of votes that person would get. Or even they DON'T win the whole thing and they get some kind of record deal, FACE it . . . the bottom line is sales.
This is why I hardly watch TV. JDorama being an exception. No . . . JDorama is an event :applaud: .
P.S. And I gotta add something . . . like anywhere else, Hawai'i has its share of talent and brilliance. Period.
And the following:
groink wrote:To explain a bit about Hawaii culture to y'all.... Basically, even though Hawaii is the 50th State in the Union, today Hawaiians (residents, not the race) believe that the other 49 states are against the Aloha State. There's been dozens and dozens of events that develop the feeling that the mainland U.S. sh*t on Hawaiians... The UH Rainbow Wahine basketball not being chosen to the NCAA tournament, the UH men's volleyball having their national title taken away, Bush & Kerry not taking Hawaii seriously when the presidential elections come around... and many other examples.
However, the opposite is also true, where Hawaiians play favortism to their own over the rest of the nation. For example, most Hawaiians will not attend a professional sporting even unless one of "their own" is playing. Or, in the case of the American Idol voting, Hawaiians will blame Verizon Hawaii for the lines being tied up because they believe Verizon, being a mainland company, wanted a mainlander to win instead of Jasmine. My mom actually told me the Verizon story, as she's the "zero" operator at Verizon.
So basically, in the AI fiasco, Hawaiians will stick together and vote for their own people, even if that person is obviously a train wreck. You really don't see this sort of thing anywhere else in the U.S., which is why the way Hawaiians vote sticks out like a sore thumb.
--- groink
You can find a lot of comparisons in other places, too. ;)
The Man wrote:I dunno . . . it just sounds like Mainland folks are just not voting. There seems to be a gradual waning disinterest in American Idol. Matt Drudge reported on his radio show last Sunday that, while American Idol still has high ratings, it hasn't grown from last year. In any case, I don't care 'bout "what's going on here?" or the fact that my fellow islanders are using the word "demographic" all of a sudden. Bottom line is . . . CAN an American Idol winner who hails from Hawaii sell records. Can the sales proportionately match the amount of votes that person would get. Or even they DON'T win the whole thing and they get some kind of record deal, FACE it . . . the bottom line is sales.
This is why I hardly watch TV. JDorama being an exception. No . . . JDorama is an event :applaud: .
P.S. And I gotta add something . . . like anywhere else, Hawai'i has its share of talent and brilliance. Period.
And the following:
You can find a lot of comparisons in other places, too. ;)
You know? It's kind of hard for me to understand...I would definitely prefer Jasmine over Fantasia or LaToya if she sings just as well as they do and lose that annoying smile :shoot: because I support Asians more often than not and I feel closer to Asians. But it's a SINGING competition...you're suppose to vote for the one that sings the best, not the one that looks most like you physically!!!?? :say_argh: I guess I just can't let go of this :sweat: I think I'm contradicting myself with the last post....:shakehead: Oh well, I'll go cool myself off now :wack:
Jasmine Trias 9,546,251
Diana De Garmo 9,264,758
Fantasia barino 5,796,352
Latoya London 4,958,234
What's the population of Hawaii?? Hehe.... If this continues...that means Fantasia is going to be out next week and even more pissed off people.
kndy
Ahhh~ Noooo~ Fantasia is good...don't let those two teenagers win the competition!!! This is so depressing :mecry: This is like the Britney Spears syndrome or something...young people who can't sing (in the case of Britney Spears) or can't sing as well as some others (in the case of Jasmine and Diana) are taking over the singing industry :banghead:
You know? It's kind of hard for me to understand...I would definitely prefer Jasmine over Fantasia or LaToya if she sings just as well as they do and lose that annoying smile :shoot: because I support Asians more often than not and I feel closer to Asians. But it's a SINGING competition...you're suppose to vote for the one that sings the best, not the one that looks most like you physically!!!?? :say_argh: I guess I just can't let go of this :sweat: I think I'm contradicting myself with the last post....:shakehead: Oh well, I'll go cool myself off now :wack:
You know what? GO HUNG! I mean, THAT guy was on an American Idol audition . . . and I only found out about him because he was on the news so much; I checked out his website . . . and, man, after seeing his audition online? I HAD to get this guy's album :applaud: .
You know what? GO HUNG! I mean, THAT guy was on an American Idol audition . . . and I only found out about him because he was on the news so much; I checked out his website . . . and, man, after seeing his audition online? I HAD to get this guy's album :applaud: .
:shocked: Please tell me you're kidding??!! You won't seriously spend a good 15 bucks (or how ever much it costs) on HIS album???!!! What is the world coming to??
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