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SAQUISHA-MISHA
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Posted: 1/16/2010 at 5:42 PM
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Location: IMMA BLOW THIS MOTHERFUCKER UP!
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oh he was an orphan! lets all vote for him. -_- I hate sob stories.
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Smartie
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Posted: 1/16/2010 at 5:45 PM
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Anorexia Face
Location: are they ceiling Lauren fat?? :O
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TheDancingCookie
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Posted: 1/16/2010 at 5:52 PM
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Location: The Isle of Hate
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Not sure what I hate more, his hair or his over-affected singing. No, I'm sure - it's the hair.
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joeyharmonic
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Posted: 1/16/2010 at 7:04 PM
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Laconic Bastard
Location: Purrfect's catnip stash
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Its been obvious for a long time that at least some of the finalists are chosen even before auditions start. All of the plants for sure (I'm looking at you, Carly) and then some of those who went far in the competition (cough, Jordin). I don't think they pre-fill all of the top 24 (I'm sure most of the fodder comes through the audition stages) , but I should think it's been a significant number in previous years. It's a reality show OF a star-search competition, so they don't have to take anyone who actually auditioned or went to Hollywood, but then, that would look pretty bad.
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jedweber
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Posted: 1/17/2010 at 5:05 AM
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Location: Pia's Clam Bar
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Jesus Christ, I'm losing track of all the sob stories already... What do we have so far? Cancer Boy... Down's Syndrome Brother... Senile Granny... Spina bifida Mom... Am I forgetting any?
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Craptastic
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Posted: 1/17/2010 at 5:31 AM
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According to the guy whose mom has a spine problem, she's got "spinal bifida". Pretty lame when you don't even know the real name of the birth defect your mom suffers from.
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jedweber
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Posted: 1/17/2010 at 5:51 AM
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Location: Pia's Clam Bar
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I wonder what the Ultimate Sob Story would be? We've already had a dead wife, and sick/ handicapped relatives are a dime a dozen. How about a single mom, from a horribly disadvantaged background, with a cute child who happens to be terminally ill. The kid's dying wish is for Mom to win Idol. And the kid dies durng the season. On camera! Oh, and the kid's dad died on 9/11, while rescuing people from the WTC. And the grandparents all died in the Haitian earthquake. Now that would be awesome.
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thefunnystone
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Posted: 1/17/2010 at 6:17 AM
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Jed, that's almost Angela Martin's story. Disadvantaged background. Kid with disease. Father dead. Mother missing. But she was cut apparently
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jedweber
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Posted: 1/17/2010 at 6:40 AM
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Location: Pia's Clam Bar
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Too bad. Maybe she couldn't actually sing too well? It might be a little helpful to have that skill, along with a sob story...
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Moxie
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Posted: 1/17/2010 at 7:29 AM
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Location: In the icebox.
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I smell something funny here. He claims he's an "orphan" yet in his description he says "when I was three years old I was placed in the system." That doesn't sound to me like his parents died, but like they didn't want him/couldn't take care of him. And what about the rest of his family? Where were they? I'm thinking this story will either be blown to pieces as a ruse, or will be shown to be worse than it looks now...i.e., an even bigger sob story. AI will drop him if it's the former, or over hype the tragedy if it's the latter.
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