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American Idol Season 7
sunshine26:
--- Quote from: rosesrred on May 16, 2008, 11:33:07 PM ---Ok this is for everyone but mainly sunshine
Idol Oddsmakers Dish On the Davids
Today 2:45 PM PDT by Gina Serpe
Michael Becker / FOX
If you've got some Benjamins riding on a David, be warned: Only one of them is Cooking. At least according to the bookies.
The online oddsmakers at BetCRIS.com have unveiled the favorite to take the American Idol crown...let's just say Papa Archuleta may have to be restrained.
Former bartender and Missouri's favorite rocking son David Cook is the odds-on pick to succeed Jordin Sparks during next week's finale, given a 74 percent chance of winning the whole shebang, per the online bookies.
Despite starting the season as the overwhelming favorite, tween dream David Archuleta has just a 32 percent possibility of becoming Simon Cowell's newest protégé, per the betting line.
Of course, last we checked, Gambling 101 was not a part of a grade-schooler's course load, meaning the actual voting demographic might not jibe with the oddsmaker's pick and it still could be anybody's contest.
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thanks for that rosesrred :-* i just hope America gets it right [this time] and sees that COOK is the REAL WINNER :tup:
to cc bb fan :waves: ha ha ha ! i knew Simon wanted COOK to win this year! thanks for posting that statment/intreveiw.....everytime Simon looks at a idol that just sung...notice want he does, if Simon is thinking WOW! he always places his finger over the side of his mouth, and looks at the idol as to say i know i can do this or that with this person, Simon does know who sells...and if you can watch Simon when cook sings he [always] does the thinking....i so can tell by the way Simon looks at cook, and the way he is in deep thought after cook sings that he is hoping America gets it right and cook will win this, he told cook wow! it was weeks back, you can and should win this, thats if America is voting on talent and NOT puppy love [i.e David A] i cant wait for tuesday!!!! i got all the phones charging i got my sister coming over to spend the night with me so we can ROCK the VOTE for COOK for 4 hours!.... :jam:
marigold:
--- Quote from: sunshine26 on May 18, 2008, 11:30:56 AM --- i cant wait for tuesday!!!! i got all the phones charging i got my sister coming over to spend the night with me so we can ROCK the VOTE for COOK for 4 hours!.... :jam:
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:lol: Oh how nice sunshine, it sounds like you and your sister will have a great time :tup:
marigold:
.... a cute article about Cook
"American Idol" finalist David Cook has a lot of fans cheering him on, including his 2001 prom date.
"At the time, I was just excited to be asked," Molly Hastings told MyFOXKC.com. "I was just a sophomore so it was great to be asked by a senior, and he was my friend. So I went, and now it's definitely — it's exciting now, too."
Hastings, now a sixth-grade English teacher at a middle school in their hometown, said she is constantly answering questions about her prom date, who has shot to stardom nearly overnight since appearing on the show.
"They are always asking me if I still keep in touch with him, and I haven't talked to him in probably five years," Hastings told MyFOXKC.com.
That all changed last week when Cook visited his hometown and was treated to a parade, in which Hastings was asked to be a driver.
"I got to talk to him really briefly when he was driving by in his limousine," Hastings said. "He goes, 'What's up, Molly?' And I just yelled, 'You're a big star.'"
Cook responded that it was weird, Hastings said. She called it "a neat moment."
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356202,00.html
marigold:
.... an interesting article on American Idol
Never mind the 10% drop this season in the average audience for American Idol.
Executives at the collection of disparate businesses around Fox's hit talent show are singing a happy tune as they head toward its finale this week.
A boost in airtime this season and the addition of iTunes as a fourth core sponsor (with Coca-Cola, AT&T and Ford) have helped to make the business "stronger than it has ever been," says Robert F.X. Sillerman, chief executive of CKX, the firm that co-owns the franchise with FremantleMedia.
His company is the best proxy for the health of what might be called Idol Inc.: CKX subsidiary 19 Entertainment — run by Idol creator Simon Fuller — collects license fees from Fox, signs recording deals with the winner and any other top-50 contestant it wants, manages their careers, handles the annual summer concert tour and licenses the brand.
CKX reported last week that its Idol-related operating income in the first quarter rose 63%, vs. the same period last year, to $24 million on revenue of $28.8 million, up 42%.
The main reason for the increase: Fox ordered 53 hours of Idol, up four hours from 2007. Although that's "a great business decision for Fox," Sillerman says, it may have diluted ratings for each show.
Next year will be different. CKX must agree to any network order beyond 45 hours, and Sillerman says, "You'll see slightly fewer (hours). We don't want to overexpose it. We want the pent-up excitement."
Ratings also may have been hurt by the absence of drama, apart from the competition itself.
"There was no controversy about why is somebody in this competition or deep background stories about them," he says.
Sillerman says he's "sure" that his company will sign record deals with semifinalists David Archuleta and David Cook — and may pick up others.
"There's a thought that there may be a (Chris) Daughtry lurking in the weeds in this year's crop, someone who was voted off a little bit early who might have some value."
That would add to an already strong recording business, a partnership with Sony BMG Entertainment. The first album by last year's winner, Jordin Sparks, is No. 23 on Billboard magazine's chart. And after 76 weeks, Daughtry's debut is No. 29.
Carrie Underwood, the 2005 winner, is still hot: All of her singles have gone to No. 1, and a few more are expected this year from her latest album, Carnival Ride, says Iain Pirie, who runs 19 Recordings U.S.
Although music-release schedules frequently change, he says that this year could see new albums from Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard, Idol's first two winners, 2004 winner Fantasia, and finalists Daughtry and Kellie Pickler.
Producers already know the sales potential of the latest contestants. This year iTunes began to sell downloads of studio and live versions of the weekly performances. Sales figures are secret, but "What you'd find is that three or four of the songs in the iTunes' top 10 each week (of the Idol season) would have been from the show," Pirie says.
ITunes also was a big presence on Idol. It was shown or mentioned 44 times through May 6, according to Nielsen Product Placement Service. That made it the show's fifth-biggest product placement after Coca-Cola (2,716 appearances or mentions), AT&T (399), Idol's website (89) and Ford cars and trucks (69).
All told, the program had 4,184 product placements, up 4% vs. the same period in 2007.
Additional sponsors, still undisclosed, also will appear with Kellogg's Pop-Tarts at this year's American Idols Live concert tour.
Total revenue may drop: Ticket prices will hold (typically at $50 to $75 a seat), while the number of shows drops to 50 from last year's 56.
There are some sour notes elsewhere. For example, gift card company IdeaEdge recently took a $1.4 million write-down that it said in an earnings report was necessary because of disappointing sales of its Idol-branded gift cards.
Meanwhile americanidol.com attracted about 4.3 million unique visitors in March, down 41% from the same month in 2007, according to Nielsen Online.
Sill, Sillerman says, he projects at least 10% growth in each of his Idol businesses this year.
"Phone usage is up," he says. "Text usage is up. And for the finale, in New York, you'll see that it's the second-highest night of the year for takeout-food delivery (after the Super Bowl). If you're going to order out, get your order in soon."
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2008-05-18-american-idol_N.htm?csp=34
TexasLady:
(The article is too long to post, this is the most interesting part for me. Who knew he was a songwriter!)
Apr 29 2008 6:00 PM EDT
'American Idol' Front-Runner David Cook's Former Bandmates Recall His Early Years
"I spoke to David while they were doing Hollywood week, and I told him to let me know when he's gonna hold
auditions for his band," Russell laughed. "People aren't getting the full vibe of him yet. They haven't heard his songs. He's a killer songwriter, and once people hear that, it's gonna be all over. I mean, he can rearrange songs and make 'em sound like stuff you'd hear being played on rock radio, but when people hear his own songs, they're minds are gonna be blown."
"I think now that flat out, he's got more stage experience than anyone else on that show — from '97 until 2005 we probably played 400 shows — and he knows what works up there onstage, and he knows what people will respond to," Kerr said. "He's honed his craft; he's a pro. David being on 'American Idol' is the oddest and coolest thing I've ever had to deal with in my life. I own every T-shirt, concert poster and demo Axium ever made, and I've got multiple copies of everything. I held onto all this stuff because I want to have something to show my kids someday. ... But now, who knows what could happen? One day, these things that I own could end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or something."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586507/20080429/id_0.jhtml?loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r3:c0.0891912
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