Jennifer Hudson fan thread

American Idol: Season 3 Forum

Age: 22

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Audition City: Atlanta

First Concert: Never been

Last Concert: Never been

Sang
"Imagine"

"I Believe In You and Me"

.... hummm.... this thread has been up all day and no one has chose to make a comment ..... But of course I could not pass it up... Because I am from
C H I C A G O ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
AND....I was truly overjoyed when she got another chance to perform in the wildcard and america got a chance to hear one of the better "singers" in this years idol. I'm hoping fans will get past the size of a person or the clothes they wear, or the way they look on television and notice them for their true talent.

Jennifer personnally has come a looonnnngggg way. Locally they have shown early footage of some of her local performances in high school and other places, she has lost a tremendous amount of weight recently, in an effort to make herself much more marketable.

Personally, I think the outrageous looking outfits are intentional, (and it is working). Because america will remember her as "that girl with the wild pink dress, or the silver body suits, or the white go-go boots.

I don't know how far she will go, im hoping it is all the way but I will guarentee you that america is in for a treat every week that her reign is extended. She is a tremendous talent who has finally gotten her opportunity to display it on biggest stage she could have ever imagined.

Now even that would bring a tear to your eye, huh?

loc, welcome to the forum. Thank you for the information about Jennifer.

jennifer is my favorite of the top 12. i hope she goes all the way. i agree with the outfit thing. but it is her personality that will also be remembered. she is so kind and fun, and hopefully america sticks by this young beautiful talent

...well, I am just totally blown away by tonights results, and by the expression on jennifers face so was she. This was almost a catastrophy. And don't get me wrong just because she is from chicago if she is bad and from chicago, I would say she is bad. But tuesday night she gave one of the best performances on the show

And to show how confident the las vegas rating had fantasia, latoya, diana and jennifer in that order with the highest odds of winning the idol.

Either idol was trying to create some extreme drama (and they did), or something is wrong with america's voting.

It was completely evident when they announced her as one of the bottom three...the audience let out a loud gasp as if they could not believe it.

Randy was just too overwhelmed. And I don't think paula or simon thought this would happen either.

I saw some pretty bad performances tuesday night and she was not one of them. And to see some of those people comfortably sitting on the couch while she and leah sweated the final moments of this drama.

Seems as if america likes her personnality, enjoy making fun of her attire
what happened with the voting???

I am both surprised and not surprised.

I am surpised because she absolutely did not deserve to be in the bottom 2.

I'm not surprised because if you look at the thread titled American Idol Media Stories ... you will see a number of polls where Jenn is at or near the bottom.

Why did this happen ? Why didn't people vote for her ?

Here's a few possible reasons.

- After Jenn's performance Tuesday, Simon said she "over-sang" the song. He then mentioned that "others" had also over-sang but didn't say which others. Now ... I'm not even sure I know what over-singing is in their terms. To me it means things like adding "do-wops" and "hey baby's" when you sing the Star Spangled Banner.
Yet, other fan boards are just full of parrots saying that Jenn over-sang. They took Simon's comment as specific about only Jennifer, not in general as it was intended.

- Jenn does not have a large, strong and loyal fanbase.

-Jenn is a Wildcard.

- She is in direct competition with the likes of LaToya and Fantasia who DO have fanbases that have been building since they went through in their respective groups.

- I see real junk on other fan boards that talk about Jenn and some others like they are deciding whether or not to throw back a fish they caught.
They write thing like "Did you see how pi$$ed she looked ? She has a really bad attitude ! What ? They really prolonged the elimination for audience effect but in a way that toyed rather specifically with her. To me looked like she was going to jump out of her skin !

-- Can anyone think of any other reasons she ended up in the bottom 2 ?


What to do.

- Jennifer fans need to vote.

- Even if Jenn's not your current favorite, but you'd like to see her stick around to give the designated divas some competition, there's no harm in throwing a few votes her way.

- Jenn is a Chicago Southsider -- and North and South side Chicagoans need to forget about baseball and unite on her behalf.

- Take heart ... Kimberley Locke was in the bottom 2 or 3 a bunch of times last season and survived to be in the Final 3.

Note to loc ... did you notice in Jenn's packaged back-story she said she was from Illi-NOISE ?

...OBAF

I think you have hit it on the head with your analogy of what is happening with Jennifer and her fanbase.
I don't think any of the contestants likes to see someone get eliminated but at the same time Latoya and Fantasia would have probably breathe a sigh of relief had america sent Jenn packing last night.

I also think america takes the critiques given by Simon to heart and some voting is influenced by his comments. I'm not sure how you oversing a song either? And actually after listening to her sing again on wednesday,the second performance seemed to have more spunk than the tuesday performance. And the two of them had to be singing under stressful conditions(and leah never could get her tune together it was quite noticeable).

Despite all of the publcity that idol has garnered around Jennifer, Chicago is just one lazy town that gets a thrill out of complaining. People here will complain about the way things are and why certain people are in political offices, and why their taxes are so high etc... but when you ask them did you do anything about it? No, I thought enough other people thought or felt the same and would do it. Then they spend the next 3 to 4 years complaining. So even though her fan base here is large, chicagoans are too lazy or too busy to pick up the phone and vote. They want somebody else to do it for them. I've been here all my life and thats just the way people are here, they like to talk about it.

Unfortunately some of these contestants have their whole towns supporting them and apparently these people are actually voting.

It will be nice to see contestants like Jenn and Amy stick around a few more weeks to keep idol from waltzing in certain contestants.

These girls actually have great voices and can give idol contestants a run for their money.

This is a quote taken from Rosanne Simunovic (a vocal coach), who critiqued
for idol on foxes:
"Jennifer - this was a superb performance and another highlight in this evening's showcase. You have a remarkable vocal skill and control that is "jaw-dropping." You sound like a young Aretha Franklin - just unbelievable. You have a tremendous vocal range that is beautifully even from to bottom. You perform with ease and grace - a real star quality happening here, I feel.
I honestly cannot find a great deal wrong with this performance- it was truly flawless.............

She also went on to critique the other performers (you can read the other critique on the foxes on idol web site) she does this every week

Its amazing that everyone seems to think that she has such a tremendous voice yet she has struggle thru the original qualifying and wildcard and is now struggling to get thru the finals.

Can't figure this one out idol fans.

Not to get off the Jennifer subject...but it kind of goes with what you are all talking about...

Did anyone notice when Simon and Paula were talking about the rewatch on TV....and Simon said about LaToya and JPL...how disappointed he was when he heard them on the TV rewatch? I think he said that after he talked about Jennifer oversinging.

Did you all notice that??

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I believe Simon's comments were definitely meant for more than just Jennifer. Even when he said it on tuesday. It just happened to come after her performance and I think some of the fans took it as a direct hit to her style of singing.

...and Paula's comments are so empty that no one really pays too much attention to her critique. She is too busy trying to be favorable to everyone that her comments really have no substance. This is also the second time that she has muffed Jennifer in favor of popularity. If you remember earlier in the tryouts... she commented that she had a tremendous voice, but needs to tone it down. Then when Jennifer sang "Imagine" in the 1st group of 8, (which I thought was a great rendition), Her first comments was "Where is that Big Voice." Then on tuesday after Jennifer's performance, she and randy both contended that this was the best performance so far tonight. However, when they ask her was she surprise to see Jennifer in the bottom 2, she made this "fluky" and I do mean "fluky" comment .... "Well, not really... but I have said to the contestants that you have to be careful with your song choice"
She sang and Aretha tune and sang it well... what on earth was she talking about?

I hope that she doesn't take heed to those comments like before and change her style. She has probably the best voice in the competition to pull off the "heavy hitters" like Aretha, Whitney, or Patti.

I'm sure with the overwhelming praise that Latoya has been getting it came as a total surprise that Simon would direct that comment towards her.

But I really think he was trying to clean it up a little after he realized how devestating it was to Jennifers success on the show...

"...and Paula's comments are so empty that no one really pays too much attention to her critique. She is too busy trying to be favorable to everyone that her comments really have no substance." loc, i couldn't have said it better. you almost always know exactly what paula's going to say even if the performer was sub-par. it does get kind of old. at least this season randy has gotten a little more honesty in his opinions and doesn't try to fluff it up with unwarranted compliments.

I want to know who loves that girl....
I sure Do...
does anyone>>>>>>>>>>

I think jennifer's got a great personality about her which is why i was soo pleased for her to get through to the final 12.

She also has a great voice - one of the best in the competition without a doubt and she gives consistently good performances... but what surprises me is how she made it into the bottom 3 last week!

It looks like there are quite a few contestants in the show who have a loyal fan base at present and unfortunately Jennifer is lacking that. I think if she continues to work on her image, which it seems shes doing, then i reckon she may just grab some of Fantasia's fan base (if fantasia continues to come accross as being arrogant and childish at times) and could do really well ....

either way i'm sure she'll really look forward to next week - the theme should suit her so lets just hope she picks a belter of a song.

Hey guys .......Jennifer needs ALL of YOUR HELP.
Remember last week when she was NOT IN THE BOTTOM 3
We need to do that again
SO VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE for HER ……….

Jennifer Hudson.. hmm I think she was cool at the beginning of the competition. Now she is really annoying! She makes all those face gestures and she looks like a puppy with some type of disorder! Sorry Guys its just my opinion nothing personal!

merlymerl, welcome to the forum.

I too find Jen's faces very distracting when she sings. She seems like a very nice person, and I am so glad that she is dressing better.