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04-28-2004, 11:43 AM #26Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Rob83
And how is he any different than Frank Sinatra? Same voice, same style of singing.
Sure Frank had "personality", but the boy is only 16. Let him grow into it.
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04-28-2004, 11:44 AM #27Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by pmoduk2
If they are talented like he said, and someone such as Elton John knows what he's talking about, I think there must be racism involved somewhere
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04-28-2004, 11:45 AM #28Web Hosting Master
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Re: Elton John: 'Idol' vote is 'racist'
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- British rock star Elton John, a guest judge this month on the U.S. talent hunt TV series "American Idol," said on Tuesday that he found the voting by the national viewing audience "incredibly racist."
"The three people I was really impressed with, and they just happened to be black, young female singers, and they all seem to be landing in the bottom three," said John, commenting on the tally in which the lowest vote-getter is eliminated.
"They have great voices. The fact that they're constantly in the bottom three -- and I don't want to set myself up here -- but I find it incredibly racist,"
The show often gets more than 20 million people voting.
Ruben Studdard, a black crooner, won the top prize last year.
b) 20million people vote. some of them are blacks themselves.
so his saying that 20million people including black people are racists?
great logic.
The results moved show host Ryan Seacrest to remind viewers that the series was a talent hunt and not a popularity contest.
its exactly that, an over-rated, popularity contest.
Elton goes "boho" because the people he liked got voted out, so he plays the race card. yappie.
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04-28-2004, 11:46 AM #29Eternal Member
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Originally posted by Aussie Bob
Although after American Idol, I see a good career in touring the Nursing home circut, for our red haired friend.
Yup, everyone needs to find their own niche.
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04-28-2004, 11:48 AM #30Eternal Member
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Originally posted by websterworld
...william hung is the only one that ever had any talent on that show!
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04-28-2004, 11:48 AM #31Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by pmoduk2
If they are talented like he said, and someone such as Elton John knows what he's talking about, I think there must be racism involved somewhereIWDN - Really smart web developers... and me!
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04-28-2004, 12:51 PM #32Nothing to see move along.
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The other two singers grouped in the bottom three of the seven remaining "American Idol" finalists last week were La Toya London and Fantasia Barrino.
lol what sort of crusty names are those then.
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04-28-2004, 01:32 PM #33Web Hosting Master
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I'm sure there are plenty of black people voting for white people, and plenty of white people voting for black people.
Crap like what Elton John said does nothing more than keep racism alive and well. Geezus friggin christ, can we do anything in this country without someone coming along and saying it's racist??
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Webdude you racist...
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04-28-2004, 02:12 PM #35Web Hosting Master
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I don't believe it's racism I just think American's are too stupid to know good talent. Much like us Aussies for voting for our Aussie Idol.
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04-28-2004, 02:22 PM #36Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by websterworld
Webdude you racist...
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[*...webdude's tongue planted firmly in cheek...*]
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04-28-2004, 03:07 PM #38Web Hosting Master
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The first six people voted off this year were white. Last year's winner was black. How can anyone scream racism on this with a straight face?
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04-28-2004, 03:19 PM #39Web Hosting Master
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elton johns album sales must be down. he needs to stir up some press for himself.
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Re: sales down
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elton johns album sales must be down. he needs to stir up some press for himself.IWDN - Really smart web developers... and me!
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04-28-2004, 03:27 PM #41Eternal Member
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Elton John's breast on national TV.
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Originally posted by vito
Elton John's breast on national TV.
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Originally posted by Hiccups
The first six people voted off this year were white. Last year's winner was black. How can anyone scream racism on this with a straight face?
Tell me...who do you think were the best singers?
Why was that girl who constantly improved herself at the bottom of the list?
Thats senseless, that is exactly what a singer is supposed to be like CONTANTLY IMPROVING, in my honest opinion.
Now that i think about it, what you said is exactly what others are saying, and it can be used as a scape goat to pull the race card. " A black person won last year, so what ever we do from now on is not racist"
Thats like me saying, "I'm Not racist I have had two black people come over to my house before"
therefore does this validify my future dicrepenceies with blacks as non racists since I have one black friend? I think not!
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Who exactly is being accused of racism? It's not like there is a select group of judges making decisions here. All of America is voting on this.
So is the accusation that the majority of Americans are racists?
Give it a rest.
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04-28-2004, 04:28 PM #45Web Hosting Master
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I also said that the first six people voted out this year were white. If there were some sort of racism involved, do you think that would have happened? Do you seriously think most people are sitting there voting based only on the race of the singers?
I like George and Fantasia best and LaToya a close third. Yeah, it's partly to do with voice and partly with personality. LaToya has a better voice than George, but I like George's personality better. George hasn't been too great the past couple weeks, but I still like him anyway. I think John (the redhead) should have been gone at least a couple weeks ago. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really care at all who's improved the most.
I personally think the reason for the bottom three last week was that too many people didn't think they needed the votes so they didn't vote for them and that with them all being so good, the votes they did get were probably spread out between them, which would have watered each person's votes down. That's just my guess though. I have no idea why people vote the way they do, I just seriously doubt it's anything to do with race. That's not to say NObody out there is voting based on race. I'm sure there are some, and that's probably going on both with some whites and with some blacks, but I doubt they are in big enough numbers to make a difference.
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Originally posted by vito
Playing the race card at every opportunity is just sooooooooooooooooo old.
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when did color had anything to do with racism ?
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It's not only racist, but gender bias as well. Women singers gets more vote than men.
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04-28-2004, 10:01 PM #49Hmmm....
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That's only because all the dirty fat old men want to sleep with a FINE 18 year old female, with firm mmm .....
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04-28-2004, 10:42 PM #50Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by pmoduk2
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