Talk:American Idol (season 3)

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Contents 1 Pro Diana 2 Elimination rounds and racism controversy 3 Who can make heads or tails of this sentence? 4 Top 3 week 5 Recent theme week changes 6 Eliminations

[edit] Pro Diana

Does anybody but me see this page as being more pro-Diana than pro-Fantasia? Diana's CD is the only one shown in the major release section and her picture is the only one shown with the "Finale" heading.

[edit] Elimination rounds and racism controversy

1. Shouldn't there be more in this article about the elimination rounds, especially since this was Jennifer Hudson's season? There's more about the Season 3 elimination rounds in the main article than here; basically all that's here is a table in the "Finals" section.

2. This article as written suggests that the racism controversy raged more after LaToya London's elimination than after Hudson's, which I think is inaccurate. I don't have a cite yet, but IIRC even Elton John called Hudson's elimination "racist"--pretty strong remarks for a white guy, and certainly a necessary quote to support any claim of a racism controversy, especially with Hudson now an Oscar nominee (and likely winner).

With Hudson now bringing this controversy into the long history of African-Americans at the Oscars--mostly infamous until the historic 2001 wins of Denzel Washington and especially Halle Berry, despite George Clooney's semi-revisionist acceptance speech last year (which is why it's perfect payback that tradition says Clooney will likely present Hudson's Oscar)--this section clearly needs to be beefed up.

Also, I think the controversy could help explain the hordes of celebrities that publicly supported Fantasia Barrino in the finale (as listed in "Finals"). Fantasia had been lumped together with Hudson & London as "the three divas" early on, and was with them in the bottom group when each was eliminated; the controversy certainly would have fueled fears that Diana DeGarmo might upset her in the finale (even though Fantasia was clearly more talented), thus leading to the outpouring of pro-Fantasia publicity. Any helpers? --RBBrittain 12:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who can make heads or tails of this sentence?

From the "Trivia" section:

This is the first time that two semi-finalists (Matthew Metzger and Lisa Leuschner), who belonged into the Top 3 Results of American Idol semi-finals, came from the previous season.

--zenohockey 05:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

That sentence is pretty awkward, but I think I figured it out.

This is the first time that two contestants who previously tried out for American Idol (Matthew Metzger and Lisa Leuschner) made it to the top 3 of their semifinals group. Both contestants were eliminated during Hollywood round in the previous season.

--JYi 06:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Top 3 week

on the bottom of the Top 3 week score card, it says "Highest Votes: Diana; Eliminated: Jasmine" I don't ever recall Seacrest saying Diana got the most votes that week. They would never reveal that -- especially the week before the finale. Can anyone confirm this information? Or better yet, does anyone have a video clip or source to back this up? Unless someone does, I'm removing this. MarkMc1990 03:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent theme week changes

Recently User:Mamasaidnakuout made changes to some of the theme week. I reverted his/her changes but they were changed back twice without him/her responding to my concerns on their talk page. So I am bringing my concerns here to see if anyone else agreed with me.

The change was from Movie Night to Movie Soundtracks. Aspects (talk) 04:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

With no objections in over a month from User:Mamasaidnakuout or anyone else, I am going to change the theme back to the way they were. Aspects (talk) 18:40, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eliminations

We should replace the small eliminations chart with one, liked seen in the Seasons 4+ page. 98.17.116.17 (talk) 22:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)