Live Blog: Nashville Star, Season Six, Episode Eight
I’ve spent most of the day trying to come up with some clever ultimatum to ensure that Coffey goes home this week, only to conclude that my efforts are ultimately fruitless. Thus, all I can say is: America, please?
It’s the penultimate episode of Nashville Star and the performances and votes this week will determine the winner of the competition. Join us at 8 p.m. central.
9:21 - Matt C:
Wrap-up:
Best performance: Shawn Mayer, “The Dance”
Worst performance: Melissa Lawson, “Jesus Take the Wheel”
Should win: Gabe Garcia
Will win: Melissa Lawson
8:59 - Matt C: That’s all for this week. I’ll post a wrap-up shortly. See you at next week’s finale!
8:57 - Matt C: I agree with Jewel. I’d like to hear Gabe Garcia try to oversing, just to see what happens.
8:55 - Matt C: He put a nice steel guitar part into “Living in Fast Forward” and performed it much better than Chesney. However, not my favorite song.
8:54 - Matt C: Gabe Garcia goes from Jimmy Buffet to Kenny Chesney. We don’t need another one of those artists.
8:51 - Matt C: Hallelujah. Coffey is going home, about six weeks too late.
8:47 - Matt C: Either Coffey or Gabe Garcia is going home. The choice seems pretty clear to me.
8:45 - Matt C: Jeffrey Steele offers insightful criticism. The verses were too low for Melissa, and that’s a big reason why it sounded so bad.
8:43 - Matt C: This is awful. I mean, put this performance up against Carrie Underwood’s. Really, you want to keep raving about Melissa’s pipes?
8:42 - Matt C: Melissa Lawson is also joining the finalists and performing a very breathy rendition of “Jesus Take the Wheel.”
8:41 - Matt C: Leeann is right: I don’t think the judges are actually judging now.
8:39 - Matt C: Shawn Mayer is moving on to the finals, and I really dig her performance of “The Dance,” except for the smiles and the waves. It’s just not that kind of song, Shawn.
8:38 - Matt C: Past history suggests that the only part of the Nashville Star winner’s package that’s worth anything is the Toyota truck.
8:36 - Matt C: Speaking of commercials, doesn’t Beer for my Horses look great?
8:36 - Matt C: Dan M.: Wendy peering out from the animated lettuce in that Wendy’s commercial has been the most interesting part of the show so far.
8:34 - Matt C: Chris N. has put his finger on it: Whoever wins needs to have a long talk with Angela Hacker, Erika Jo and Brad Cotter.
8:33 - Matt C: Ok, it’s the obligatory “two minute filler promo because we can’t get any more guest performers” time.
8:31 - Matt C: Dan M.: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and steel guitar is a marriage that was never meant to be.
8:31 - Matt C: Again, I’m completely underwhelmed by her performance. It’s like her voice is deceivingly strong.
8:30 - Matt C: Yeah, I can see a little bit of Pat Benetar in Melissa Lawson.
8:29 - Matt C: Hey, I like that steel guitar in Melissa’s live performance. Wish she’d used that on the show.
8:29 - Matt C: Come on, it’s like NBC is just asking for the fat jokes. Do they have to show Melissa on the trampoline?
8:28 - Matt C: Michael Dean Church: Wonder who will be there to support Melissa? I bet Roseanne and Fran Drescher.
8:24 - Matt C: No, judges, Coffey is not “an incredible showman.”
8:23 - Matt C: Stephen H.: Is this ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ or ‘All Summer Long?’
8:22 - Matt C: Dang, for the first 30 seconds of “Sweet Home Alabama,” I actually thought that someone had taken an iron to Coffey’s vocal chords.
8:20 - Matt C: Yeah, they’re definitely paying Patricia Heaton and Sinbad something. I would’ve been more impressed by, you know, a country artist.
8:20 - Matt C: You think that NBC had a casting call for Coffey’s welcome home ceremony?
8:17 - Matt C: Stephen H.: I don’t think John Rich will rest until he’s bridged that gap to the Hispanic community. What a hero.
Trust me, John’s only serious about talking about it. He unveiled his newest “Hispanic artist” at this year’s Marty Stuart’s Late Nite Jam. He was American through-and-through (looked a lot like Underwear Boy) but had taken enough Spanish classes in high school that he could torture the audience with “Lost in this Moment” en espanol.
8:14 - Matt C: Rick: What they aren’t showing was the Willie Nelson concert that finished right before they showed Gabe’s crowd shot.
8:12 - Matt C: I think we’ve learned everything that we’re going to learn about Gabe Garcia frp, what he terms “this damn thing.” Let’s hear the record.
8:10 - Matt C: Gabe’s drawing 10,000 people? I mean, I like him, but really?
8:09 - Matt C: Dan M.: I guess Jewel’s jostling for a gig on “Army Wives” after this stint dries up.
8:08 - Matt C: Sam G.: Shawn’s sporting a nice diamond-encrusted cross pendant, thus sucking up to both Christians and pimps.
8:07 - Matt C: Nothing bad but not much good about Shawn Mayer’s performance of “Here for the Party.” She’s made more progress than any other contestant, but hasn’t really finished evolving enough for me to endorse her.
8:06 - Matt C: Wow! Jewel’s got the trophy wife hair going on tonight.
8:04 - Matt C: Props to Shawn Mayer for (kind of) including the unappreciated band in her performance. In past seasons, some contestants have chosen to perform with the band, and that’s always a treat, especially when the beautiful and talented Megan Mullins is featured.
8:03 - Matt C: I love the good folks of May City, IA, but I think they’re overestimating Shawn Mayer’s fame.
8:02 - Matt C: The performances are going 4-3 tonight: all remaining contestants perform once, one is eliminated, and the remaining three perform again.
8:00 - Matt C: I know that it’s a big deal when a small-town citizen appears on national television for eight straight weeks, but really, how deserving are these four of becoming small-town celebrities?
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July 28, 2008 at 5:56 pm Permalink
Hey everyone, come join the “Coffey Rebellion”! Boston had its tea party, now its time for John Rich to get a taste of his own medicine! Who is the one contestant that’s left that John has bagged on the most? Why its Coffey of course! Let’s face it, this season of Nashville Star has been a big farce, so its time to turn the tables and call their bluff. I’m intentionally voting for the worst remaining contestant to inflict him on John Rich during the album recording process. Its time to cut Nashville’s Napoleon down to size and make him meet his personal Waterloo in the studio! You can vote up to 10 times after the episode (online at least) and I’m urging my fellow 9513er’s to join this revolt! So cast you many votes for Coffey, and may the worst man win! (lol)
July 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm Permalink
He’d get so many more takers if he called it the Coffee Rebellion. At least until people showed up and figured it out (which would be ahrd to do with no coffee).
July 28, 2008 at 6:31 pm Permalink
Let’s get together and vote for Jeffrey Steele to win it ALL, he hasn’t sung yet much but he has more talent than the rest combined… ah shoot, turns out he’s not a contestant… But that Jewel lady must be, she tries to get more singing time and comments on her own writing capabilities than anybody on the show. She’s just not country enough for country radio though, so she’s out.
July 28, 2008 at 6:35 pm Permalink
I could start rooting for Coffey is that helps. I have a bad history with reality show contestants.
July 28, 2008 at 6:42 pm Permalink
Why would you ever root for Coffey? He is absolute garbage, and I want to stick knives in my ears when I hear his stupid forced twang every line of every song.
Are they doing their own music again, or back to covers?
July 28, 2008 at 6:44 pm Permalink
Stormy/Whiskey, I need you to actually go the the NBC website and vote your full alotted 10 times for Coffey tonight! This is of the utmost importance and national security is at stake, maybe the future of the entire planet!!!!! (lol)
Remember that CD-R of “The Duhks” I sent you years ago that I sourced in Canada (before they became ubiquitous here in the States)? Well now you can repay me in full by joining The Coffey Rebellion” in earnest! Do it for Bap’s sake! (lol)
July 28, 2008 at 6:46 pm Permalink
There’s nobody left on this show that I’m remotely interested in. Ashley caught my intrest a bit, but she’s gone now. So, I’m not sure what’ll get me to watch tonight besides the live blog, maybe.
Rick, I’d join your rebellion if I cared enough about the show’s result to do so.:)
While I completely agree that Coffey isn’t good, he seems like a nice enough guy. So, I wouldn’t want the poor guy to have John Rich inflicted on him.
I tink it would be kind of cool if the contestant who was voted off the week before could be given a chance to come back if he/she happened to get the highest votes the following week.
July 28, 2008 at 6:52 pm Permalink
As far as I know, we’re back to (bad pop) covers tonight.
July 28, 2008 at 6:53 pm Permalink
I’ll tune in for the live blog. But…yeah. I can’t even muster enough enthusiasm for the show itself to make a real comment about it. I just feel sorry for whoever ends up winning this mess.
July 28, 2008 at 6:59 pm Permalink
On a side note … Jeffrey did a show Friday night at 3rd & Lindsley. Rumor has it that Pearl Heart was invited onstage to perform several songs during the show.
July 28, 2008 at 7:09 pm Permalink
Aw come on folks, dig deep and get past the apathy, boredom and ennui this season of NS has fostered in droves and get on-board the Coffey Express! You’ll feel invigorated as if you’d just consumed a Starbucks Mocha latte followed by a case of Red Bull! Once you start typing in those votes at the NBC website by the time you reach the tenth one you’ll have ascended to a nirvana type state of total bliss!…..(lol)
Here is the internet pathway link to total elightenment!:
http://www.nbc.com/Nashville_Star/
(lol)
July 28, 2008 at 7:10 pm Permalink
Drew: Because, if me rooting for the can get
Storm Large voted off Rockstar Supernova:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbE87Wze4l4
Nadia Turner voted off American Idol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCGLCd94knE
Will voted off So You Think You Can Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMNBZBLNZY
And Allsion Kelly off Project Runway http://dahlbyalisonkelly.com/victoriana/
I can do ANYTHING!
GOOOOOOOO Coffey!
July 28, 2008 at 7:15 pm Permalink
Just someone needs to tell me when I can start voting.
July 28, 2008 at 7:19 pm Permalink
I just noticed the Nashville Star website has some “Games” down below the “Featured Videos” box. The “What’s Your Country Music Style” quiz is a scream due to its outrageous choices to answer the questions. I highly recommend giving it a go! My style was “Blues/Roots” and I was trying for “Traditional Country” if that is even one of the possible outcomes? Hmmm….
July 28, 2008 at 7:24 pm Permalink
COFFEY! COFFEY!
ATTICA! ATTICA!
STELLA! STELLA!
July 28, 2008 at 7:28 pm Permalink
Rick: I’m a Crooner.
July 28, 2008 at 7:31 pm Permalink
I’m hip-hop. HIP-HOP! Do any of our regular readers think that classification is remotely accurate?
July 28, 2008 at 7:32 pm Permalink
Matt: We are going to need to hear you bust a rhyme.
July 28, 2008 at 7:41 pm Permalink
I always knew you were a poser, Matt!
Mine turned out to be a crooner. “Smooth and easy, that’s you. You get the job done, but you take your time, because anything worth doing is worth doing in style.”
July 28, 2008 at 7:46 pm Permalink
I took it a couple of more times and got “Rock & Roll” both times! (lol) Some of the questions change each time, so its worth repeated visits.
I took the Trivia challenges and got correct answers in the final 3 ranging from 68 to 83 percent based on a lot of good guesses. I totally blew it on the Jewel and Troy quiz ’cause I just don’t care! That quiz went crazy in the scoring and was listing the correct answers that I hadn’t chosen as if I had! I think Troy has put a voodoo curse on his quiz! (lol)
July 28, 2008 at 7:51 pm Permalink
I’d rather be watching Canadian Idol or the Cubs-Brewers game, but with a lack of options, I’m stuck with Nashville Star. At least you all are here to help ease the pain.
I’m totally on board with a Coffee Campaign. Let the worst man win!
July 28, 2008 at 7:58 pm Permalink
I’m a Crooner.
July 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm Permalink
Gee, I get “Folk/Blues” and “Rock & Roll” and all the cool types here get “Crooner” or “Hip-Hop”! I’m starting to feel like an outsider! (lol)
July 28, 2008 at 8:01 pm Permalink
I got Rock & Roll. Surprisingly, the show lists Dwight Yoakum and Rhett Miller as examples. I hadn’t thought that anyone associated with this show has ever herd of Dwight.
July 28, 2008 at 8:03 pm Permalink
I got “Rock ‘N’ Roll.” But that probably doesn’t do a lot to help the case for your coolness, Rick. :/
July 28, 2008 at 8:04 pm Permalink
Damn Nashville Star for interrupting my productivity. I was on a roll with my first annual Rodney Hayden Music Festival review and now I have to watch this crap because I’m already invested.
July 28, 2008 at 8:05 pm Permalink
Shawn Mayer certainly has balls to sing a John Rich-penned song…especially since she hates him.
July 28, 2008 at 8:05 pm Permalink
Shawn’s impressing me with her stage presence. But she’s just not a good enough singer for this.
July 28, 2008 at 8:05 pm Permalink
Shawn’s sporting a nice diamond-encrusted cross pendant, thus sucking up to both Christians and pimps.
July 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm Permalink
Rick: Don’t be jealous. Some aspire to Crooner others of us have Crooner thrust upon us.
July 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm Permalink
I like how Jewel and Jeffery Steele having matching hair-dos tonight.
July 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm Permalink
Hey, I wasn’t the first to mention Megan Mullins!
July 28, 2008 at 8:07 pm Permalink
Sam G, ha!
July 28, 2008 at 8:07 pm Permalink
I guess Jewel’s jostling for a gig on “Army Wives” after this stint dries up.
July 28, 2008 at 8:08 pm Permalink
Hey now, don’t be doggin’ Army Wives. My girlfriend likes that show…
July 28, 2008 at 8:09 pm Permalink
Hey, that comment was dog-free!
July 28, 2008 at 8:09 pm Permalink
Doesn’t Jewel have to be pregnant before she can appear on army wives?
July 28, 2008 at 8:09 pm Permalink
Let’s not assume pimps and Christians are mutually exclusive.
July 28, 2008 at 8:10 pm Permalink
Italics attack!
July 28, 2008 at 8:11 pm Permalink
Matt C, I agree with your Shawn Mayer assessment.
July 28, 2008 at 8:11 pm Permalink
Italics should be fixed now, sorry.
July 28, 2008 at 8:11 pm Permalink
Gayest key ever.
July 28, 2008 at 8:12 pm Permalink
Now, Gabe just sounds like a crooner tonight.
July 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm Permalink
10,000 people are watching Nashville Star?
July 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm Permalink
Matt, what they aren’t showing was the Willie Nelson concert that finished right before they showed Gabe’s crowd shot…..(lol)
July 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm Permalink
I didn’t even notice what song he was singing until the chorus.
July 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm Permalink
The song sounds like it’s stuck in quicksand.
July 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm Permalink
I feel like I was watching George Strait sing an Alan Jackson song.
July 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm Permalink
Leeann, I disagree. Gabe is total Hip-Hop.
July 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm Permalink
Oh God, here goes JR and the Hispanic country stuff again. We GET it John. Enough.
July 28, 2008 at 8:15 pm Permalink
I don’t think John Rich will rest until he’s bridged that gap to the Hispanic community. What a hero.
July 28, 2008 at 8:15 pm Permalink
Of the four, Gabe is far and away the best karaoke singer on the show.
July 28, 2008 at 8:15 pm Permalink
Wait…is Gabe Hispanic?
July 28, 2008 at 8:16 pm Permalink
Stephen: He’s probably hoping he can working country fans to Cowboy Troy little by little. Step one was Big Kenny’s Mystic Tan addiction.
July 28, 2008 at 8:16 pm Permalink
I think Strait can be lackluster sometimes, but I think Gabe outdid him by a long shot.
July 28, 2008 at 8:17 pm Permalink
I think JR needs to do a “Hispanic country music” show now. He talks about it so damn much.
July 28, 2008 at 8:18 pm Permalink
Man, is this bash George Strait day?
July 28, 2008 at 8:19 pm Permalink
Aside from having the last name of Garcia, how is Gabe going to be bridging any gap? He’s just a bilingual version of the standard cowboy hat-wearing country singer that Nashville cranks out by the dozens. I don’t picture him doing any Freddy Fender covers or paying tribute to Doug Sahm.
July 28, 2008 at 8:19 pm Permalink
Now, don’t be hating on Cowboy Troy. I actually wouldn’t be opposed to him getting back on the charts … maybe a rerelease of “If You Don’t Wanna Love Me”? I honestly loved that song.
Although they should do that song later on as a duet with Coffey and Shawn.
July 28, 2008 at 8:20 pm Permalink
Go away Jewel!
Wow-I didnt realize she was from a small town in Alaska….for the 1000th time.
July 28, 2008 at 8:20 pm Permalink
I dunno, some people don’t think Bush was even bashing George Strait.:)
July 28, 2008 at 8:20 pm Permalink
Yeah JR always talks about that…
July 28, 2008 at 8:20 pm Permalink
Warner Brothers Records already had a Hispanic country singer in Rick Trevino. I don’t think they really want another since Rick couldn’t get a hit out of 2 albums for the label.
July 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Wow, Patricia Heaton and Sinbad!
July 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Is this Sweet Home Alabama or All Summer Long?
July 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Shock! A southern rock song.
July 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Yea, that was a nifty little trick Bush threw in there by saying they were all great :P
July 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Wow, Coffey actually sings ok on this one.
July 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm Permalink
I’m not sure “airhead country” has cross-over appeal to the Latino market. I recently saw Bomshel perform an outdoor concert in MacArthur Park near downtown LA which lies in a predominantly Latino neighborhood (like 95%). The locals were walking past to go to a carnival being held in the park and very few gave Bomshel a second glance even though it was a free concert. I guess they needed an accordian and ranchera style sound to reach the locals, and especially Spanish lyrics they could understand…..
July 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm Permalink
Poor Ronnie Van Zant. One indignity after another.
July 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm Permalink
Sinbad: Sure, I’d love to appear on this show I’ve never seen to possibly rejuvenate my C-List career!
July 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm Permalink
Hispanics love George Strait.
July 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm Permalink
Sweet Home Ala bam AAAAAA Why oh Why is Coffey still here?
July 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm Permalink
Coffey doing a country song is too much to ask for, but at least this is Southern.
July 28, 2008 at 8:23 pm Permalink
I wouldn’t necessarily say that, Matt. Rick had six top-10 singles, including a #1, scattered over three albums. “Doctor Time” is one of my favorite songs ever.
July 28, 2008 at 8:23 pm Permalink
He’s speaking the words.. It’s like he’s promoting himself instead of thinking about the song.
July 28, 2008 at 8:24 pm Permalink
C’mon Rick…
July 28, 2008 at 8:24 pm Permalink
Stephen, I was talking about R. Trevino’s time with Warner Brothers the last few years, not his tenure at Sony.
July 28, 2008 at 8:24 pm Permalink
well still sucks!!! at least it will be over next week. lol
July 28, 2008 at 8:24 pm Permalink
That’s the best performance I’ve heard tonight, sadly. But then again I haven’t been able to watch the show as much as the rest of you so I have nothing to compare it to.
July 28, 2008 at 8:25 pm Permalink
How did the score the awesome celebrity power of Sinbad?
July 28, 2008 at 8:25 pm Permalink
Perfect screen shot, Brady.
July 28, 2008 at 8:26 pm Permalink
Sorry, Matt, my bad.
July 28, 2008 at 8:26 pm Permalink
The commercial for stomach ulcer medication is apropos.
July 28, 2008 at 8:27 pm Permalink
Haha, I wasn’t paying attention and luckily snapped that one. It even has the number to vote for him to help out the Coffey Rebellion that’s going on.
July 28, 2008 at 8:27 pm Permalink
wonder who will be there to support melissa I bet roseanne and fran drescher.
July 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm Permalink
She has kids? I had no idea.
July 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm Permalink
I don’t know why they’re having the Baby Borrowers care for elderly people. It would take all the people on that show to be able to care for John Rich’s ego.
(Apparently there’s a couple from my hometown of Seabrook, N.H., on that show … small world.)
July 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm Permalink
I bet Melissa Lawson likes George Strait.
July 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm Permalink
Ah yes, that country classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”
July 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm Permalink
“Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and steel guitar is a marriage that was never meant to be.
July 28, 2008 at 8:31 pm Permalink
C’mon Melissa, you could’ve hit me with your best shot instead of this.
July 28, 2008 at 8:32 pm Permalink
well if she dont win she could always do a little makeup some red dye and boom shes a wynonna impersonator in branson LOL
July 28, 2008 at 8:33 pm Permalink
Whoever wins needs to have a long talk with Angela Hacker, Erika Jo and Brad Cotter.
July 28, 2008 at 8:33 pm Permalink
Dang, Gabe is a little dude compared to Coffey.
July 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm Permalink
I’d throw Buddy Jewell into that mix to Chris.
July 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm Permalink
lol, the owners of the 800 and 888 equivalent numbers must have really been complaining about getting wayward calls, if Billy Ray had to put that disclaimer on there.
Either that, or one/more of the numbers brought callers to a phone sex line. (1-800-BOB-THAT-HEAD?)
July 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm Permalink
I meant “Too” not “to”
July 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm Permalink
Chris, better yet they should have a “Nashville Stars Winners” reunion tour! Well on second thought…
July 28, 2008 at 8:35 pm Permalink
Wendy peering out from the animated lettuce in that Wendy’s commercial has been the most interesting part of the show so far.
July 28, 2008 at 8:37 pm Permalink
Of course Gabe drew 10,000… “LOOK MOM, I’M ON TV!” “HOW DID YOU GET ON TV!?” “SOME LOCAL DUDE IS ON TV, AND I WAS IN THE CROWD!”
Jeff and John are right, Coffey isn’t country. I do think he has talent though.
Why is it so many refuse to sing a country song on this show?
July 28, 2008 at 8:37 pm Permalink
that Beer For My Horses movie’s gonna make, what? 5 million dollars? if that?
July 28, 2008 at 8:37 pm Permalink
Brody Vercher
July 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I bet Melissa Lawson likes George Strait.
Chris N.
July 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Ah yes, that country classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”
Funny!
July 28, 2008 at 8:38 pm Permalink
I’m not laughing…
:P
July 28, 2008 at 8:38 pm Permalink
Matt, it could be a blockbuster compared to “Broken Bridges” where Toby’s acting was stiffer than the bridge itself…
July 28, 2008 at 8:39 pm Permalink
Shawn Mayer…I wonder if the order they sang before will continue thru the final.
July 28, 2008 at 8:39 pm Permalink
Shawn Meyer is repping my dreams and yours.
July 28, 2008 at 8:39 pm Permalink
Oh God. Not Garth’s “The Dance.” My ears are bleeding!
July 28, 2008 at 8:40 pm Permalink
She’s doing a surprisingly good job on this, odd voice-cracks aside. Good restraint.
July 28, 2008 at 8:41 pm Permalink
Rick,
I think a 2×4 has more acting charisma than Toby Keith does.
July 28, 2008 at 8:41 pm Permalink
I don’t think the judges are actually judging now.
July 28, 2008 at 8:42 pm Permalink
That wasn’t bad at all. By far the most country performance of the night.
July 28, 2008 at 8:42 pm Permalink
I agree, Leeann. Jewel just threw out an arbitrary comment about the difficulty of being an artist.
July 28, 2008 at 8:42 pm Permalink
Don’t erupt in jealousy, but I have seen ‘Beer for My Horses.’
July 28, 2008 at 8:43 pm Permalink
Rick, it looks like your Coffey scam may not work.
July 28, 2008 at 8:43 pm Permalink
Chris, I feel sorry for you, I really do.
July 28, 2008 at 8:43 pm Permalink
Looks like Gabe’s gonna be going home … I don’t see America being able to let Coffey go. Plus we need to start the Rebellion tonight.
July 28, 2008 at 8:43 pm Permalink
The prize is a Toyota truck this year? Wasn’t it always a Chevy Silverado in previous seasons? Man, I’d say its time to sell any GM stock you may own…
July 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm Permalink
Melissa is doing alright on this song. I still hear parts of Trisha in her voice but she’s a little pitcy in those high notes.
July 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm Permalink
They’re going to eat that up, but it was pretty dang sharp.
July 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm Permalink
Honestly, I’d rather hear Pat Benetar again than Carrie Underwood.
July 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm Permalink
Yeah, it’s like the last couple days of school when the teachers lighten up and those days are mostly a wash as far as academics go.
July 28, 2008 at 8:45 pm Permalink
She shoulda sang a George Strait song.
July 28, 2008 at 8:46 pm Permalink
Leeann: I have awesome reality show voting superpowers.
July 28, 2008 at 8:46 pm Permalink
Brody, you may not be laughing, but you’re cracking me up!:)
July 28, 2008 at 8:46 pm Permalink
I have to disagree, fellow bloggers: did not like Melissa’s performance.
July 28, 2008 at 8:46 pm Permalink
If Coffey gets eliminated all my dreams will be shattered! (lol) If he does, then I say “Vote For Gabe”!
July 28, 2008 at 8:48 pm Permalink
Anybody else find it vaguely creepy that Jewel just said that she hopes Melissa’s family “keeps going”? Are their lives at risk if Melissa wins or something?
July 28, 2008 at 8:49 pm Permalink
I agree with you, Matt C.
July 28, 2008 at 8:49 pm Permalink
VOTE FOR GABE!
July 28, 2008 at 8:49 pm Permalink
I agree, Rick, then John Rich’s Hispanic Agenda can fully be enacted, and El Hombre Bueno can add Gabe to his arsenal along with Julio.
July 28, 2008 at 8:50 pm Permalink
Matt - When I say “sharp,” I mean it was out-of-tune in the “high” way. I didn’t like it either.
July 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm Permalink
Ah. Dan, that analysis is much too perceptive for this show.
July 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm Permalink
WOOOOO!
July 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm Permalink
Yeah, that was the least expected result of the night.
July 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm Permalink
Electric, I say!
July 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm Permalink
My condolences to you, Rick!
July 28, 2008 at 8:52 pm Permalink
Rick, I guess you started the rebellion one week too late. :-(
July 28, 2008 at 8:52 pm Permalink
carrie underwood she is not, and who ever thought she had some trisha thrown in there is crazy. Trisha Yearwood I think is one of the best singers in the format. lol
July 28, 2008 at 8:52 pm Permalink
And the congregations says, “AMEN!”
July 28, 2008 at 8:52 pm Permalink
I gotta go now bloggers, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
July 28, 2008 at 8:52 pm Permalink
Too late to play the God card, dude.
July 28, 2008 at 8:53 pm Permalink
Damn! The Coffey Rebellion has been quashed before it was even born! Drats! (lol)
GO GABE!
July 28, 2008 at 8:53 pm Permalink
MDC,
Yes, I think there’s some Trisha in her voice, but it’s a ‘dash’ like y’know a sprinkling of salt and not full-fledged. Trisha is a goddess.
July 28, 2008 at 8:53 pm Permalink
The Nashville Star Concert Tour: coming to a hole-in-the-wall near you.
July 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm Permalink
Wait, haven’t we seen this performance before? He needs some new tricks.
July 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm Permalink
Gabe does this better and more Authentic than Kenny Chesney.
July 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm Permalink
you think the executives at warner brothers are freaking out because they have to waste 150k on an album that wont hardly sell?
July 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm Permalink
Gabe Garcia is Spanish for Kenny Chesney.
July 28, 2008 at 8:55 pm Permalink
Hmmm…this is one of the few Chesney songs I like. I think Gabe’s crooning again though.
July 28, 2008 at 8:55 pm Permalink
Awkward transition from the clapping back to the full instrumentation. Can we vote the drummer off the show?
July 28, 2008 at 8:55 pm Permalink
….so gabe pre-taped a segment where he said he was in the top 3….interesting
July 28, 2008 at 8:55 pm Permalink
Whoever made that comment earlier about Gabe being the best karaoke singer on the show was spot-on.
July 28, 2008 at 8:56 pm Permalink
MDC,
Warner will pull an “Angela Hacker” on all 3 of these folks and not really promote the record at all.
July 28, 2008 at 8:56 pm Permalink
yeah I think like I said that Trisha is probably the best female singer in country music as far as her ability to wring every ounce of emotion out of a lyric. that new song of hers kills me.
July 28, 2008 at 8:56 pm Permalink
Apparently I’ve got an appointment with Jeffrey Steele’s country ass.
July 28, 2008 at 8:57 pm Permalink
Gabe vs. Shawn vs. Melissa. Who’s the bigger audience for this show, Hispanics, fat chicks or single straight guys?
July 28, 2008 at 8:57 pm Permalink
“I think you’re doing a great job with all your notes.”
Shouldn’t someone in the top 3 of a national singing competition be able to hit all of his notes BEFORE week 8 of the competition?
July 28, 2008 at 8:58 pm Permalink
Brody…or Amorillo by morning.
July 28, 2008 at 8:58 pm Permalink
yeah stephen these people arent even good karaoke singers there are a ton of people on broadway downtown nashville tonight that could smoke these people like a pack of cools vocally lol
July 28, 2008 at 8:59 pm Permalink
Dan M.
July 28, 2008 at 8:48 pm Permalink Anybody else find it vaguely creepy that Jewel just said that she hopes Melissa’s family “keeps going”? Are their lives at risk if Melissa wins or something?
You didn’t know that Meliisa sold her kids to Warner to get on this show?
July 28, 2008 at 9:00 pm Permalink
i kind of feel sorry for these judges having to lie there credibility factor has to be a lot lower after this crap.
July 28, 2008 at 9:00 pm Permalink
Michael, I think the label will copy Hal Ketchum’s recent recording session technique using two days in the studio with a two track recorder to keep expenses to a minimum! (lol) You can read about it here: http://www.roughstock.com/blog/hal-ketchum-records-new-album-the-old-way
(Matt, you owe me a dollar for all this cross promotion….)
July 28, 2008 at 9:00 pm Permalink
MDC - amen, baby.
July 28, 2008 at 9:01 pm Permalink
Ha, Stormy!
Also, thanks Matt for featuring a bunch of my comments. Always a pleasure to contribute here.
July 28, 2008 at 9:02 pm Permalink
well were left with the hispanic, and two chicks dang LOL
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July 28, 2008 at 9:03 pm Permalink
Oh good, Roger, I thought I was just imagining things.
July 28, 2008 at 9:05 pm Permalink
One more week!
July 28, 2008 at 9:06 pm Permalink
Rick,
Maybe u need to be my new marketing guy? How does $0 per week sound?
July 28, 2008 at 9:07 pm Permalink
Please try to spell your ethnic slurs correctly.
July 28, 2008 at 9:08 pm Permalink
Matt, that’s a raise over what I’m making now, so you’re on! (lol)
July 28, 2008 at 9:11 pm Permalink
Chris N., you are my hero.
July 28, 2008 at 9:15 pm Permalink
Thanks, I get a lot of that.
July 28, 2008 at 9:16 pm Permalink
You cheeky bastard.
July 28, 2008 at 9:27 pm Permalink
Matt, If Melissa really does win this thing I think she’ll be looking wistfully at the level of success achieved by Angela Hacker…..
Now its time to shift focus the “The Next GAC Star” where former Warner’s artist Lane Turner is one of the 16 finalists! Lane has far too much talent to appeal to the airhead country types who will be voting, so the prognosis is not good…….
July 28, 2008 at 9:31 pm Permalink
Wait, Gabe performed “Living in Fast Forward” better than Chesney!? My Channel’s sound reception must have been off…
I’d fear John Rich (even though I have nothing against either of them, they both have talent) if I was Gabe. He might try to make him the next Julio JR!
July 28, 2008 at 9:33 pm Permalink
Chris, you’re mine too.
But did I miss something?:
“Please try to spell your ethnic slurs correctly.”
July 28, 2008 at 9:37 pm Permalink
I’d rather not be any more pointed than that if I can help it.
July 28, 2008 at 9:43 pm Permalink
Okay,, I think I got ya.
July 28, 2008 at 9:44 pm Permalink
I’m just not on the Gabe train I guess.
July 28, 2008 at 9:51 pm Permalink
Hey may do it better than KC, but nowhere near as good as DLM.
July 28, 2008 at 9:52 pm Permalink
Perchance a spoiler, but right not on the website Melissa, Gabe and Shawn are the only people you can vote for.
They may also be thwarting my brilliant Coffey voting strategdy.
July 28, 2008 at 9:57 pm Permalink
Stormy, Coffey was iliminated on the show tonight.
July 28, 2008 at 9:58 pm Permalink
I don’t watch so I didn’t know it was over.
But see how awesome my reality show voting powers are? Fear them.
July 28, 2008 at 9:59 pm Permalink
Except, now Matt’s going to hate me for not rooting for him week one.
July 28, 2008 at 10:01 pm Permalink
Alas, dear Stormy the Coffey ship has sailed away from Nashville Star never to return, thus my dreams of the Coffey Rebellion have been absolutely thwarted….(lol)
With the worst candidate eliminated I plan on casting my votes for Gabe as I’ve liked him best of all the contestants from the start. I personally prefer female country artists over male artists in most cases, but these gals just didn’t do it for me….
July 28, 2008 at 10:03 pm Permalink
Okay, so who do I root for next week y’all?
July 28, 2008 at 10:22 pm Permalink
Hey may do it better than KC, but nowhere near as good as DLM.
Not as good as Rivers either.
July 29, 2008 at 10:07 am Permalink
I’ve never like “The Dance” or Garth Brooks, and I’ve never found a reason to go crazy over Shawn Mayer, but Shawn Mayer singing “The Dance” was much better than I expected.
August 2, 2008 at 6:21 pm Permalink
I don’t like any of the there but for me Shawn should win though. Gabe performance are so boring he sings okay. There is never anything special
Melissa her version of Jesus take the wheel made me want to shoot myself it was so horrible. Everything but the chorus sucked.
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