S10

[makefigure8s]

Annotated List of S10 HaleyLoonies with recaps by jamcracker at IDF
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=672408

Complete catalog of S10 Idol Loonies by fover10 @ IDf
http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=682524


Copy of Recaps by jamcracker and others

Previous Haley Reinhart TVLine Idoloonies episodes as cataloged by our illustrious IDFer jamcracker
(There are some added comments from other IDF members who found other tidbits/segments)

Dishing the 'American Idol' Top 24 With Melinda Doolittle
Video 3 – 2:30 to 5:20
Digs on her Hollywood Solo performance of God Bless The Child. Melinda comes to her defense.

Top 24: New Idol Leaders, Spinoff Ideas, and a Chris Medina Chat!
Just quick jabs at her in the first 20 seconds of Video 1 and the last 10 of Video 3.
sonnymil adds Also, at the beginning of the 3rd video, and at around 2:20. So much hate. I can laugh at this knowing the kind of fanboys Slezak/Averett become afterwards.

Top 13: Early Final-Three Picks! Plus, a Kendra Chantelle Chat!
Video 1 – 1:28 to 3:03
Discussion of her musical identity, artistry, and technical aspects of her Blue performance.

Top 12: Idol's At-Risk Men, Stealth Gals, and Jimmy Iovine Trouble
Video 1 – 1:48 to 5:52; 7:24 to End
Following the Red Lipstick Massacre, first discussions of her endearing qualities and her future in the competition. “At the very least, she’s not singing I (Who Have Nothing).” :giggle:

Top 11: Saving Casey, Revising History, Seeking Contenders on Idol
Video 1 – Start to 1:01, 7:20 to End
Slezak is now irreversibly on the Haley train. More performance praise, Haley-isms, and underdog roots.

Top 11 Redux: Pia, Lauren, and Haley Battle Against the 'Idol' Guys
Video 1 – 8:40 to End
A Katelyn Epperly endorsement
Video 2 – Start to 0:30; 6:11 to 9:41
Bennie and The Jets. Powerpuff Girls. A Top 3 prediction?

Top 9: Pia's Exit, Producer Tricks, Voting Flaws, & Judges' Guilt
Video 2 – 1:00 to 2:00; 4:45 to 6:20
Unfair edits, an Alexis Grace endorsement, some growl critiques.

Top 8: Jimmy Denied! Haley Redeemed! Stefano Rebooted! Dawg Muted!
Video 2 – Start to 5:30; 9:13 to End
Call Me and results night redemption. The judges singling her out.

Top 7: Praising James, Debating Casey, Advising Scotty and Haley
Video 3 – 2:51 to End
Judges’ willingness to criticize and nitpick her and what she needs to do to overcome her underdog status.

Top 6: Sabotage for Haley, Bad Tips for Scotty, Disney for Lauren
Video 1 – Start to 0:58
Video 3 – 3:20 to End
Bad edits, producer sabotage… you know the story. The badass starts to emerge.

Top 5: James Gets a Pass, Lauren Gets a Rewrite, Haley Gets Squat
Video 1 – Start to 0:46
Video 3 – Start to End
The stolen moment of You & I. House Of The Rising Sun badassery. Nonsensical judges’ critiques and keeping her dignity.

Top 4: All-Girl Finale for Punching Bag Haley, 'Underdog' Lauren?
Video 1 - Start to End
Bullying following Earth Song. Melinda defends the performance. Her triumphant I (Who Have Nothing).
Video 3 – 6:42 to End
An all-girl finale?

Top 3: Hoping for Surprises in a Haley-Free, Lauren Vs. Scotty Finale
Video 2 – 2:16 to 8:51; 10:43 to End
Gunpowder And Lead and what Lauren could learn from Haley. Haley’s last performances. Carly Smithson has great things to say about her.

Finale: Top 13 Cheers and Season 11 Fixes (Hint: Fire the Judges!)
Video 3 – Start to 0:50; 4:27 to End
Werkin’ it on the finale. Haley and Tony.
Video 4: 10:05 to End
More on Haley’s final performances and critiques for You Oughta Know.
Video 5: Start to End
Celebrating her season and exit performance with Lauren Turner.

Other Idoloonies mentions
Idoloonies: Lauren Alaina on Defending Haley, Making Sense of Randy, and Being 'The One'
Short mention near end of video 2. Talks defending Haley in final video (briefly).

Idoloonies: Jacob Lusk Talks 'Alone,' Luther Comparisons, and That 'Mirror' Controversy
Talks about Haley doing God Bless the Child just before Jacob hits the stage during Hollywood week. Segment about his GBTC starts at 1:20 to 2:53, but talks about Haley at 2:03.

[mercfan3]

OMG Tusk...I just went through and watched all of them.

First and foremost..Haley's a BAMF.

^^^ Told you it's a good palette cleanser for the recent Idol doldrums

It's also a nice way to look back on the other S10 competitors and some of what they did too :

(Slezak panned Scotty from the get go.... Jordan Dorsey showing Scotty 'the hand' after a couple of notes of "Baby Lock them Doors" during Hollywood group round was all sorts of lulzy considering Scotty ended up taking the whole enchilada )

Slezak was so naive about this show from the beginning. For someone whose watched this show so closely..how did he NOT know that Scotty was going to win. In a landslide. Biggest landslide ever.

He was like everything an idol watcher loves. Wrapped up in a completely likeable package for non country fans. Laid back, humble, home grown..with a sense of humor. Yea..there was no beating it.

In a strange way it made Haley's ride even more enjoyable for me. It was always "god, I just want to hear Haley sing one more song..because I want to see what she's going to do..and I want another recording..and I just love her and her voice.." It was never "I WANT HALEY TO WIN." There was no competition..it was just a Haley concert.

Admittedly though, that was my favorite final 3 ever. Haley takes the cake, obviously. But Scotty and Lauren were my early favorites.

[Tusk]

In a strange way it made Haley's ride even more enjoyable for me. It was always "god, I just want to hear Haley sing one more song..because I want to see what she's going to do..and I want another recording..and I just love her and her voice.." It was never "I WANT HALEY TO WIN." There was no competition..it was just a Haley concert.

Admittedly though, that was my favorite final 3 ever. Haley takes the cake, obviously. But Scotty and Lauren were my early favorites.

I went in rooting for Lauren and James (despite the terrible edit he was given at the beginning )

I remember, for me, it wasn't so much, "Scotty has this all the way' (he was still holding his mic sideways, looked like Alfred E Neuman/George Bush, always sang country no matter the theme...etc). I thought The Chosen One was Lauren, and I thought Durbin had enough talent and charisma to make a run. Pia was a huge early favorite too.... IMO Scotty wasn't necessarily the 'no doubter' for the season.

Once I was 'all in for Haley' it was more...

crap this might be her last performance--------They hate her!------Holy crap that was good!--------OMG she made it!!

Each week it seemed possibly her last week, but each week she came back swinging, knocking it out of the park, all fields over every fence!! Each week was about surviving to perform just ONE. MORE. SONG....

For me, the thrill was knowing that she was on the precipice of elimination each week, then, Haley coming out, NO FEAR, and delivering
At some point, it was no longer about winning. It became about being greater and greater each step in the journey being more exhilarating than the step that preceded it.

I remember thinking "OMG she's doomed" when they announced she was going to perform an unrealeased song, "You and I', and being SURE, this was her last week ..... Then jumping off my couch as she went into that final chorus "You and IIIIIII!" Then HOTRS The Slayer will live again!!!
(The Idoloonies for this week is epic, she's in Part 3 )

Man what a rush watching her during S10 was

(Thx for reposting the handy dandy links F8 )

[mercfan3]

Really? I knew from the beginning. He said a few words and then sang, and I was like "Winner."

He pretty much slaughtered everyone in voting every week. Which didn't shock me.

[Babbs234]

I always enjoy rewatching Haley's rise to the top. (having rewatched and reread Slezak's comments a few times). From cannon fodder to rising star! I love seeing how the comments slowly turn in her favor to all out adulation.

[Swansteel]

Each week I really did hope and pray that Haley wouldn't be eliminated simply so I could buy more iTunes singles. I actually looked forward to hearing what she would sing next with HUGE anticipation. I dreaded the thought of her not being on the show any more and it got so bad towards the end that I would check the internet with its three hour time difference for show results so I wouldn't pass out from stress while watching the show. That way if I knew she wasn't being eliminated that week I could just enjoy the show and on her final night I was at least prepared for the bad news.

[Ronzoni]

anyone hear anything about Season 10 Pia Tascano performing at the Idol finale? Her twitter site seems to point in that direction.

[Tom22]

I'm with merc . I thought Both Scotty and Lauren had real merit as singers.

I couldn't take offense that some people preferred country music or the personalities of the two more southern kids.. a singer's personality does come through in a peformance .. even just listening - We all have different sense of humor .. and probably similar sense of other things.

Side point: Complimenting one artist.. even an artist singing the same son never takes away from another in my book... especially when the singers have different styles or sing the same covers differently.

I think the bad treatment the judges gave Haley ultimately helped her supporters turn out... I know I voted 5 times more than I would have had Randy not dissed her. I went from voting a lot to voting an embarrassing number of times out of anger. She was so great I would have voted maybe 20 times for her twice my record voting ever back then. After Randy started dissing her I started casting 100's of votes.. I think 250 text's one time. I know I wasn't alone from people like MS 's reaction. I'm sure the scale of the anger more than made up for the cusp voters easily swayed by judges.

Season 10 was really super top to bottom.

Just for fun, here's one I hadn't seen for a long time... all the girls except for Lauren:




Here is one of Scotty and Lauren ...

there is no question they're of professional quality. Yeah there's a bum note here and there but let me see Blake Shelton and Amanda do too much better at a song they just released for a few weeks.. especially when they were under 18. The kids have talent and Lauren's voice is better in terms of expression .. putting the breaks in her voice at the most expressive points ... charm and warmth that felt true to who she was etc .. than I personally related to in any contestant in season 11 or season 12. I can say the same about Scotty ... he was sincire and knew how to use his intrument to express (he didn't have the a power voice to do any justice to a couple country songs he was given - but he'll get better, especially with his gut for the music) Doesn't mean i rushed out to buy her albums because, well I don't really need stories from 17 year old girls that her own material would gravitate around:



This was fun too...

James is incredibly flexible (flexible is not one of Scotty's virtues -- his elvis was super but still mostly country) .. and James does the hard work with the Harmony but .. better harmony than we've heard the last two years ....



The video if you keep watching past first the commercial and then the Country song continues on to James singing with Judith priest in his more chosen style but he pulls off the country and super harmony .


Just to play the best ever again... sorry for the add in the link but fremantle is blocking so many others. (can't embed it .. sorry)

[kaypea]

Haley stands out not only as my favorite singer ever on Idol but also for the "ride" she had on the show.From the bottom three finishes to her "late arrival"for alot of people with BATJ to singing a jazz classic with Casey to the tension with Randy Jackson to being knocked down twice and getting off the canvas each time to score a knockout with HOTRS and IWHN to falling down and not missing a beat on the Zeppelin song and scoring yet another standing O its unmatched for the sheer drama,suspense and sense of surprise that she brought to the show.

[Tom22]

Haley stands out not only as my favorite singer ever on Idol but also for the "ride" she had on the show.From the bottom three finishes to her "late arrival"for alot of people with BATJ to singing a jazz classic with Casey to the tension with Randy Jackson to being knocked down twice and getting off the canvas each time to score a knockout with HOTRS and IWHN to falling down and not missing a beat on the Zeppelin song and scoring yet another standing O its unmatched for the sheer drama,suspense and sense of surprise that she brought to the show.

100% agree -- the best I've seen.

2 thoughts though. Without the supporting cast of other Contestants and their talents and united fight and spunk Haley might have not shined so bright or been trodden on even more to the point that she wasn't even allowed to perform what she did.

Also, I didn't watch season 1 ... I think I would have dropped out of my seat seeing Kelly sing half of her songs... "Stuff like that there" (on the video -- facial expressions and all) just absolutely floors me. I'm not sure of her 'arc" with Kelly but I've really loved all her performances when I see them. She was "dissed" by Simon on a couple occasions I believe on top of being doubted early. (but why oh why does Freemantle make is so hard to watch decent recordings online... put it on their own site with commercials peppered in if they must but let us know where they are)