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IDOL REWIND: TAYLOR WINS AGAIN !
Topic Started: Aug 30 2009, 10:24 AM (7,690 Views)
san
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I have Dish Network and it comes on TV Guide Network channel Sunday's at 6 p.m. my time (don't ask...I think it is Pacific...AZ is weird, doesn't go on daylight savings time...)

Last week they said this was the Las Vegas auditions....which should be our Taylor.

Thanks, Lubiana, for reminding me to set the DVR. I want to record all of these.

He does look young and like a little puppy...

Don't you wonder what was going through his head standing in that line?
I wonder if he can remember just what it was like standing there. I suppose that isn't something one would forget.

Thanks for the caps, Mouser.
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For those of you who haven't seen this yet ~ Taylor's audition plus. Enjoy!
No ;crying allowed! :hid



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Always love seeing that audition tape............ He looks so forlorn and introspective. Now he doesn't look forlorn, but still is very introspective. Some things don't change

THE ENTRY

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

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THEY LIKE ME ,THEY REALLY LIKE ME


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I GOT THE GOLDEN TICKET : OFF TO SEE THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

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THE END OF THE AUDITION: IT'S OFF TO HOLLYWOOD

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REMEMBERING FONDLY THE CHANGE THAT FINALLY CAME

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In the picture where he is clasping his hands, I keep hearing him say; "Gimme a chance" ~ "Gimme a chance" ~ "Gimme a chance" ~ "Gimme a chance"! At that time, he had no idea how many lives he was gonna touch. Are we blessed, or what!

How many of us cried at the end of this video?
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Too late with your warning G8fulHeart, I already boohoooed.

Boy has Taylor grown in assurance, confidence and camera presence, but he's still the same sincere person he was back then.
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That's what is so amazing-although he's matured and become a bit more refined in the onstage persona, he's still Taylor-and that will NEVER change!

I get to see this this weekend-so thanks Gr8 for the sneak preview!!
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I haven't seen this episode yet, but I watched his audition (just happen to have it) a couple of times this weekend... blubbering like an emotional train wreck!

(Guess what song is featured on our TTHC News page?)



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There was a celebration in Downtown Phoenix tonight for the Phoenix Mercury (women's basketball champions). The news covered the event for just a minute and I did a double take...guess what song someone was singing...

"You Are So Beautiful!"

I relate everything to Taylor Hicks!
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san
Oct 12 2009, 08:53 PM
I haven't seen this episode yet, but I watched his audition (just happen to have it) a couple of times this weekend... blubbering like an emotional train wreck!

(Guess what song is featured on our TTHC News page?)



Now~you Know when you do that, that its a Must to check out. :duh
JEEZ~this is like giving a puppy a new toy & telling him he can't play with it. Yeah ~ Right! :cs
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Gr8fulheart
Oct 12 2009, 09:44 PM
san
Oct 12 2009, 08:53 PM
I haven't seen this episode yet, but I watched his audition (just happen to have it) a couple of times this weekend... blubbering like an emotional train wreck!

(Guess what song is featured on our TTHC News page?)



Now~you Know when you do that, that its a Must to check out. :duh
JEEZ~this is like giving a puppy a new toy & telling him he can't play with it. Yeah ~ Right! :cs

Hehe!!

How many times do you think I listened to it?


(Let's just say, a few)

This will be so neat to bring back all the music that was so instrumental in the AI journey.

Do you know how you go along for so long and realize, "I haven't heard Do I Make You Proud in a very long time!" It is new and fresh and special again!

Just like when I heard "You Are So Beautiful" and I remembered Taylor in the beautiful gray three pieced suit singing it. Paula said, "You look like a star!"

Okay, I'm getting blubbery again!

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'Do I Make You Proud' holds a very special place in my heart; as does the man who sang it :gs :fht
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Gr8fulheart
Oct 12 2009, 10:22 PM
'Do I Make You Proud' holds a very special place in my heart; as does the man who sang it :gs :fht
Ditto. There will NEVER be another like Taylor--and Idol can NEVER take away the fact that HE WON!!!!!!! :fht :bl :ld
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Bringing this up from another thread: Will be adding interviews done by the Finalists as they appear.

THE TOP TWELVE FINALIST:

CHANGES DID INDEED COME FOR THE TOP TEN IDOL CONTESTANTS.

Top 12 finalists

Taylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks is from Birmingham, Alabama. He is gray-haired and performed "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke at his original audition in Las Vegas. At the first audition, the judges were surprised by his appearance. He is one of the five winners in American Idol history to never be in the bottom three. He won the competition on May 24.

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"Levon" (Elton John)
"Easy" (The Commodores)
"Takin' It to the Streets" (The Doobie Brothers)
"Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder)
"Not Fade Away" (The Crickets featuring Buddy Holly)
"Trouble" (Ray LaMontagne)
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" (John Denver)
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
"You Send Me" (Sam Cooke)
"Just Once" (James Ingram)
"Play That Funky Music" (Wild Cherry)
"Something" (The Beatles)
"Jailhouse Rock" (Elvis Presley) - Top 2 05/10/06
"In the Ghetto" (Elvis Presley) - Top 2 05/10/06
"Dancing in the Dark" (Bruce Springsteen) - Top 2 5/17/06
"You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker) - Top 2 5/17/06
"Try a Little Tenderness" (Otis Redding) - Top 2 5/17/06
"Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder) - Winner 5/24/06
"Levon" (Elton John) - Winner 5/24/06
"Do I Make You Proud" - Winner 5/24/06

Katherine McPhee

Katherine Hope McPhee's mother is a vocal coach. At the time she auditioned in San Francisco, Randy Jackson said her audition was the best he'd heard yet that season. At the end of the first semi-final round, Simon Cowell said that he had heard four very good singers that evening and that McPhee was the best among them. She is from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California. McPhee was the runner-up on American Idol as announced on the May 24 finale.

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"Since I Fell for You" (Barbra Streisand)
"All in Love Is Fair" (Stevie Wonder)
"Think" (Aretha Franklin)
"Until You Come Back to Me" (Stevie Wonder)
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Ella Fitzgerald)
"The Voice Within" (Christina Aguilera) - Bottom 2 03/29/06
"Bringing Out the Elvis" (Faith Hill)
"Who Wants to Live Forever" (Queen)
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (Frank Sinatra)
"I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) - Top 2 04/26/06
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins)
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (KT Tunstall)
"Hound Dog" / "All Shook Up" (Elvis Presley) - Bottom 2 05/10/06
"Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley) - Bottom 2 05/10/06
"I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly)- Top 2 5/17/06
"Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland) - Top 2 5/17/06
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Ella Fitzgerald) - Top 2 5/17/06
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (KT Tunstall) - Runner-Up 5/24/06
"Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland) - Runner-Up 5/24/06
"My Destiny" - Runner-Up 5/24/06



Elliott Yamin
Efraym Elliott Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He started singing at the age of five and did not have any formal training. He auditioned for American Idol in Boston. After his first semi-final performance, Simon Cowell said that he was potentially the best male vocalist in American Idol history. Yamin finished in third place in one of the closest outcomes in Idol history.

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"If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder)
"Moody's Mood for Love" (James Moody)
"Heaven" (Bryan Adams)
"Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Stevie Wonder)
"Teach Me Tonight" (The DeCastro Sisters)
"I Don't Want to Be" (Gavin DeGraw)
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Garth Brooks) - Bottom 2 04/05/06
"Somebody to Love" (Queen) - Bottom 3 04/12/06
"It Had to Be You" (Frank Sinatra)
"A Song for You" (Donny Hathaway)
"On Broadway" (George Benson) - Bottom 2 05/03/06
"Home" (Michael Bublé) - Bottom 2 05/03/06
"If I Can Dream" (Elvis Presley) - Top 2 05/10/06
"Trouble" (Elvis Presley) - Top 2 05/10/06
"Open Arms" (Journey) -
"What You Won't Do For Love" (Bobby Caldwell) -
"I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles)
- Eliminated 05/17/06


Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is a former car service worker from McLeansville, North Carolina. During the audition round, he was profiled as a "Rocker Dad." He originally auditioned in Denver.

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"Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi)
"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" (Fuel)
"Broken" (Seether featuring Amy Lee)
"Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder)
"I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash)
"What If" (Creed)
"Making Memories of Us" (Keith Urban)
"Innuendo" (Queen)
"What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong) - Bottom 2 04/19/06
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (Bryan Adams) - Top 2 4/26/06
"Renegade" (Styx)
"I Dare You" (Shinedown)
"Suspicious Minds" (Elvis Presley) -
"A Little Less Conversation" (Elvis Presley)

- Eliminated 05/10/06

Paris Bennett
Paris Ana'is Bennett is the granddaughter of Grammy Award winner Ann Nesby, and sang "Cowboy Take Me Away" by The Dixie Chicks at her original audition in Greensboro. She is from Fayetteville, Georgia. Her mother and grandmother are apart of the Grammy-winning group, Sounds of Blackness.

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"Midnight Train to Georgia" (Gladys Knight)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" (Bette Midler)
"Conga" (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine)
"All I Do" (Stevie Wonder)
"Fever" (Peggy Lee)
"Work It Out" (Beyoncé)
"How Do I Live" (LeAnn Rimes) - Bottom 3 04/05/06
"The Show Must Go On" (Queen)
"These Foolish Things" (Billie Holiday) - Bottom 3 04/19/06
"The Way We Were" (Barbra Streisand)- Bottom 2 04/26/06
"Kiss" (Prince and The Revolution) -
"Be Without You" (Mary J. Blige)
- Eliminated 05/03/2006


Kellie Pickler
Kellie Dawn Pickler is from Albemarle, North Carolina, but was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was profiled as a roller-skating waitress. Her mother left when she was two and her father has had numerous legal problems; he is now free. Pickler lived with her grandfather and originally auditioned in Greensboro. She was never in the bottom three until she was eliminated.

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"How Far" (Martina McBride)
"Something to Talk About" (Bonnie Raitt)
"I'm the Only One" (Melissa Etheridge)
"Blame It on the Sun" (Stevie Wonder)
"Walkin' After Midnight" (Patsy Cline)
"Suds in the Bucket" (Sara Evans)
"Fancy" (Reba McEntire)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen)
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" (Ella Fitzgerald)
"Unchained Melody" (The Righteous Brothers)
- Eliminated 04/26/06


Ace Young
Brett Asa "Ace" Young (who goes by his middle name) is from Denver, and he auditioned there as well. At that time, Randy Jackson called him one of the best he'd seen so far this season. After he sang "Father Figure", Simon Cowell said that Young had the 'X-Factor' (a reference to another RTL talent show, in the UK). Young had been singing since age nine and had voice lessons.

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"Father Figure" (George Michael)
"If You're Not the One" (Daniel Bedingfield)
"Butterflies" (Michael Jackson)
"Do I Do" (Stevie Wonder) - Bottom 3 03/15/06
"In the Still of the Night" (The Five Satins)
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (Train) - Bottom 3 03/29/06
"Tonight I Wanna Cry" (Keith Urban)
"We Will Rock You" (Queen) - Bottom 3 04/12/06
"That's All" (Nat King Cole)
- Eliminated 04/19/06


Bucky Covington
William Joel "Bucky" Covington is from Rockingham, North Carolina. He auditioned in Greensboro. He has an identical twin brother named Rocky.

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"Simple Man" (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
"The Thunder Rolls" (Garth Brooks)
"Wave on Wave" (Pat Green)
"Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)
"Oh, Boy!" (Buddy Holly) - Bottom 2 03/22/06
"Real Good Man" (Tim McGraw)
"Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" - (Vertical Horizon)
"Fat Bottomed Girls" (Queen)
- Eliminated 04/12/06


Mandisa
Mandisa (born Mandisa Lynn Hundley) is from Antioch, Tennessee. She had a successful original audition in Chicago, after which Simon Cowell made jokes about her size. He later apologized after being confronted by Miss Hundley. Like Pickler, she was never in the bottom 3 until her elimination.
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"Never" (Heart)
"Cry" (Faith Hill)
"I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan)
"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" (Stevie Wonder)
"I Don't Hurt Anymore" (Dinah Washington)
"Shackles (Praise You)" (Mary Mary)
"Any Man of Mine" (Shania Twain)
- Eliminated 04/05/06


Lisa Tucker
Lisa Gabrielle Tucker was 16 years old at the time of the show, and is the youngest finalist of this season. She is from Anaheim, California, and she auditioned in Denver. Simon Cowell called her the "best 16-year-old" ever to audition on the show at the time of her original Denver audition. She was also a runner-up on Star Search but lost to Tiffany Evans. A week after her elimination she appeared in an episode of The O.C.

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"I Am Changing" (Jennifer Holliday)
"Who's Lovin' You" (The Jackson 5)
"Here's Where I Stand" (Tiffany Taylor)
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder) - Bottom 2 03/15/06
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) - Bottom 3 03/22/06
"Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson)
- Eliminated 03/29/06


Kevin Covais
Kevin Patrick Covais was 16 years old at the time of the show, and is from Levittown, New York. For his audition in Boston, he sang "You Raise Me Up". Viewers gave him the nickname "Chicken Little."

"One Last Cry" (Brian McKnight)
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye) - Bottom 3 03/02/06
"Vincent" (Don McLean)
"Part-Time Lover" (Stevie Wonder)
"When I Fall in Love" (Nat King Cole)
- Eliminated 03/22/06


Melissa McGhee

Melissa Christine McGhee is from Tampa, Florida. She auditioned in Denver. She sang "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes for her audition. She had not sung on camera until her first week in the top 24.

"When the Lights Go Down" (Faith Hill)
"Why Haven't I Heard from You" (Reba McEntire)
"What About Love" (Heart)
"Lately" (Stevie Wonder)
- Eliminated 03/15/06
Edited by mouser, Nov 4 2009, 05:59 PM.
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Interviews on page
Edited by mouser, Dec 23 2009, 06:54 AM.
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I found this quite interesting. Being able to hear directly from each contestant; how they approached the AI run; how they came out of it & how it has set the course for them, in reference to their current careers.
Its gonna be interesting watching AI rewind Season5. We may see things a bit differently.
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Well Jazzy and I just saw Taylor's audition-I started tearing up-knowing full well the result and how much it meant to him.

I must admit that had Carly (the Irish girl) made it through-Taylor would have had to step it up even more to win-and the funeral director from Austin would have given some trouble as well.

Jazzy said "Don't start crying"=--But girls I just couldn't help it. Jazzy was over on the couch "justa grinnin'" as we say down here-and her words for the audition-"awesome"

i concur.
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TVGuide Channel is rebroadcasing the Las Vegas auditions again:

courtesy of Tayloronmymind
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I always get so excited when he says he's just being who he is! :whe
Love ~ Love ~ Love It!!! :fht :fht :fht
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I should see this episode tomorrow! Can't wait. Got the Kleenex ready!
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Hurrah! I finally got to see it. I was going to watch it again but although the guide said LV auditions it turned out to be Colorado so I watched Chris D. I had no idea that Simon did not vote for him to go to Hollywood either. Interesting.......it seems like Randy and Paula are actually better judges of what talent is. Ü
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