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IMO Simon knows that Syesha is on the bubble having been in the bottom three in recent weeks. At this point it's a voting competition between fan bases, and he knows Syesha likely has the smallest one of the remaining contestants based on recent results. Knowing she was the most likely to go last night, he tried to make himself look smart by saying she was in trouble, then if she did go he would look like a "genius".
Oh, about the prizes...where's my Taylor Hicks CD! Isn't that what the winner was going to get last year? OK, I don't really want it. Nevermind.
Joe, if you really want that Taylor Hicks CD, I'll see if I can find you one. Okay, so on to the winner of the Fabulous Five Week Prize . . .
We had three people (Kate4ChrisandKat, trsf and Shinamarih) who picked Brooke White to leave this week, who were entered in a drawing to win an American Idol Gift Card and AI-7 CD Mix, the lucky winner is . . . . Kate4ChrisandKat!!
I hate for people to go home empty-handied, so trsf and shinamarih will also get a copy of the A-7 CD Mix too!
I'll be sending the three of you a PM to get your mailing address. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Player 1: Barlo Weekly Elimination Selection (Top Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Sorry for such an early pick but I'm going on vacation. I should be able to do next week's in time, but if not, please put me down for Jason every week! Rock On Syesha!!
The Fantastic Four!
This post is for the Weekly Elimination Selections for Pool Players in the CoJo Pool. All selections must be made by TUESDAY, May 6 at 4 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. EDT. NOTE: If you do not make a weekly elimination selection it will default to whomever you selected to be eliminated that week on your Super 6 Elimination Ballot . Player 1: barlo Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08: Player 3: Big Shady Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Syesha Mercado - Super Six Default Selection Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 4: DJ CoBaby Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 5: Maddie Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 6: Mattsie Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 7: sjwolves Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 8: uplink2 Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 9: Misty Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 10: Gregoriancant Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Syesha Mercado Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 11: KatPack1198 Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 12: Vadia Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Syesha Mercado Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 13: bcollan Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): David Archuleta - Super Six Default Selection Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 14: kate4chrisandkat Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 15: shinamarih Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): N/A - Top 12 Default Pick Eliminated Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 17: Bian Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 18: pakatfan00 Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 19: ColletteLeyton Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 22: trsf Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08 Player 23: Je_suis_jess Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): N/A - Top 12 Default Pick Eliminated Performance Show Date 5/6/08
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All entries posted at 9:45 p.m. PDT on 5/6/08 - The CoJo Pool
Here's the breakdown of selections for May 6, 2008:
Jason Castro - 13 Syesha Mercado - 3 David Archuleta - 1
Player 17: Bian Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08
Sorri Co - I always get into situation; with the link at work, somehow I end up posting double or something like that; Please ignore my earlier post on this subject, ifyou were able to see it; at this stage, I am not too sure.....
Player 5: Maddie Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08
Player 6: Mattsie Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08
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It was easily the biggest thing that ever happened here.
"American Idol" seventh-place finisher Kristy Lee Cook came home and, ensconced at a table in front of Ray's Food Place, she signed publicity pictures for thousands of fans, who stood in a line snaking around the parking lot and held up their kids to be photographed with her.
Cook, 24, didn't sing, which is what won her fame on the Fox TV show, belting out "Rescue Me," "You're No Good" and "God Bless the USA."
"You're completely stressed out, no sleep, like you don't have a brain at times," she said of her weeks competing in Hollywood, but now, for a while, it's nice to be back with friends and family in tiny Selma, training and riding her beloved horses.
"It's been a long road to get to where I am. I've been singing since I was 13. I'm happy I'm finally there," says Cook.
Grabbing up her momentum, Cook plans to take off to Nashville and see if she can sign to a record label and get her career in gear.
Her advice to blooming young artists: "Keep dreaming "¦ you'll eventually get where you want to go."
Delighted kids romped away from their handshakes and autographs, clutching Cook's picture. Said teen Brianna Linden, "She's from here and a really good singer. We all love her."
Coming from Sunny Valley with her small daughter Cameron, Natalia Cota said, "We've all enjoyed her singing so much. It's wonderful for Oregon to have its own celebrity. You have to be talented and down to earth to make it in that crazy world and she is."
Fans will get a chance to hear her again when the American Idol contestants do their singing tour across the country. The only reasonably close venues are the Portland Rose Garden on July 11; Sacramento, Calif., on July 9; and Tacoma, Wash., on July 12.
The country singer's mother, Carlene Cook, busily managed the event, worrying about not being able to get the thousands of fans up to the table for autographs.
"It's been fun, exciting, very emotional. It's wonderful she got as far as she got. God had a big part in it, from the choice of songs to her being in the bottom three times before getting voted off," she said.
Coming from Bend with family members, Teresa Morgan said she watched all Cook's performances and "she had great confidence, held herself up strong and, with perseverance, represented her town beautifully."
Security guard Chris Tuso of Grants Pass echoed the theme — that a star must be down to earth and "real" to make the big time.
"It shows how far a local person can go with some support. She did a pretty darn good job. She was real on TV. This (event in Selma) is real. Like her getting with people who are disabled," said Tuso, gesturing at her posing for pictures with disabled children.
One loyal fan, Lori Colbert of Selma, predicted, "you betcha, she's going all the way, like Carrie Underwood," an "American Idol" winner and country singer who has had great commercial success.
A family friend in Selma, Lacy Miller noted, "She's a local girl. It's a small town and this is 'small town girl does good.' Now the small town is rallying around her."
Cook's mother said she first became aware of Kristy's powerful voice when she'd sing along with music at age 2 "and I thought, whoa, she's got some height!"
Will she make the big time?
"I don't know," said Carlene. "I see her having her own thing going on. Kristy is a little different from Carrie. Kristy grew up on a farm and gets her elbows more dirty. It comes across in her performances."
John Darling is a freelance writer living in Ashland. E-mail him at jdarling@jeffnet.org.
Player 4: DJ CoBaby Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08
V - I'm surprised you're not going for the sweep in points, you've got JC in the 4th spot on your Top 12 and Super Six Ballots, this could be your Super Tuesday, but you've been lucky throwin' the dice on those weekly picks. I really would be surprised if Syesha gets eliminated as that would be a first on AI - with 3 males in the Top 3, as well as, the first time four females were eliminated in a row. But, look at all of us who picked the lovely Ms. Mercado, last Tuesday . . . we shall see if Syesha can make it to 10 lives.
I'm surprised as well. But I'm also surprised that everyone has picked Jason to go over Syesha this week except for V. I hope that's what happens but I'm not so sure it will. The prospect of an all-male Top 3 makes me kind of ill...if it was the Davids & Michael then it would have been OK but if Jason makes it to the Final 3...would he be the worst contestant to ever get that far? I'd have to look it up. Nikki McKibbin or Jason Castro? Didn't Jasmine Trias finish 3rd? Let's see: Nikki, Kim Locke, Jasmine, Vonzell, Elliott, Melinda...we'll eliminate Kim, Vonzell, Elliott & Melinda from the conversation. Who would be the worst Final 3 contestant ever if Jason gets there. Thoughts?
So with that thought in mind...I'll go with what I want to see happen instead of what I'm fearing will happen. Even though I think Jason's got the bigger fanbase...I'm thinking that Syesha might be able to pick up all the votes that have been left by her fellow females falling by the wayside the last three weeks. I hope.
Player 7: sjwolves Weekly Elimination Selection (Fantastic Four): Jason Castro Performance Show Date 5/6/08