TheGreenKnight

I enjoyed Sunny bursting the bubble on this first segment. While I agree with Sara that people should be unafraid to go into these other spaces and speak, I disagree with her that there isn't a good point there somewhere about legitimizing these people by giving them a platform via an interview. Sunny is right that it's moved so far past a difference of opinion, that they're spewing pro-Russia propaganda at this point and it's not the fringe despite what Grisham would like to believe (or, rather, mislead). Still, there was this: Sunny: "I'm the curmudgeon this morning." Joy: "'This morning'?" LOL

I just assumed he made it and they didn't show him. That would be such a shame because he was so good!

??? Not sure what you're talking about. Are you talking to @GHScorpiosRule or @Cozytea from last page and forgot to quote perhaps? But if you were talking to me, yesterday was Monday....?

Especially since she was a Platinum Ticket winner. Why oh why couldn't it have been Huntergirl instead?

That's interesting. I didn't like Chayce at all. Chayce wasn't a country contestant until the last two weeks of the show either, from what I recall. I suppose if we're consigned to getting WGWGs on loop again, at least I do like Noah. Nicolina reminds me a great deal of Grace, too, but I preferred Grace, tbh. Those two and Katyra will be the main ones I'm watching for this year, although I like a few others to a lesser degree.

Sunny does mention it more than Ana, but I don't think she's reached Star level yet. Sunny is the type who can't let a sleeping dog lie though. I noticed on Monday she brought up the whole separating-artist-from-the-art discussion that had been mentioned by Joy on Friday even though Joy wasn't even there. I suppose it only stood out to me because when Joy said it on Friday, Sunny made this weird, mocking expression that hit me the wrong way. This is how I feel, too. I love her on MSNBC, especially those few times they do special coverage and it's her, Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, and Steve Kornacki together (perhaps Claire McCaskill thrown in the mix). She does very well there.

I commented on Grisham's crazy eyes back when she guested the first time, too. They pulled her lids way too far back. Between that and the duck lips, she might as well be a Real Housewife.

Allegra is going to get eliminated after the top 24 shows, because they didn't even show her performance. Until last week, I'd never seen her, and was surprised because I kind of liked her voice. She'll be like Andrea Valles, someone who should've gone much farther, but got screwed because of lack of camera time. /sigh. Katyra and Noah were my favorites from what we saw (loved Noah's song choice, hope he does pick more songs like that rather than simply generic country fodder). Kenedi probably next, although she goes a little overboard and out-of-control at times. Nicolina was okay--I did like she went smaller instead of bigger, since you would've expected the latter. Others I liked alright were Sir Blayke, Ryleigh ("Crazy"), and Lady K. I still like Jay even if I wasn't too crazy about that one. I personally don't mind Cadence like others do, but I know she's getting knocked out over the next two shows for sure. I would've chose Dakota over the other country guy at the end (I don't try to remember their names if I don't like them), but, to be honest, they both should've been eliminated. They weren't nearly as good as most of the others; even breaking it down to their type specifically, Noah outclasses them by a mile. I can't believe they kept one of them, but eliminated Jordan. Jordan, while not somebody I would root hard for, was clearly more talented vocally than several they put through. Dontrell is another I would've liked to have made it. I would've preferred to seem more of him over end-of-episode country guy, Leah, Christian, Tristen, or the red-haired girl (Ava?). Tristen so wants to be Adam Lambert, but doesn't have it. Can't knock somebody for trying, I guess.

^ That part made me laugh, too. The woman beside him reacted the same way I did. I can't believe Emanuel wasn't eliminated in the second or third round, they let him win, ugh. I mean, a few funny jokes did come out of him sticking around, but still. When it came down to him and the other dumb guy from the right side, I was just--of course. It's what I expect whenever female contestants end up being the first couple of boots. In the second half, if there are more guys than women, seems like the men almost always pick off the women one after another.

Wow, I was surprised Macy didn't make it in and that Enisa didn't even come close to making it despite being one of the better ones... And with "Fire it up!" guy making through, this show is clearly like Idol and The Voice in preferencing country people as well as Southern states; I thought maybe better results would happen since it's in its first season, possibly. No way one of them or Jordan Smith doesn't win, ugh. Feels like a waste of time watching based, but I'm this far in, might as well finish. I'm glad Kansas guy was so high at least, because he had the best song so far to me without a doubt. The contestants were a little better than the past shows. My favorite was Florida "Flirt", then New Jersey (the pictures song) and Alabama (the duo). Also liked Texas "Mr. Independent" guy, although I think he's a better dancer than singer/songwriter; seems like a JLO type, someone who has star looks and great dancing ability but is only so-so at music. Tennessee was alright, too.

It killed me that Grisham thinks the problem is accurately calling someone dumb instead of MTG calling anyone who votes for a Supreme Court justice "pro-pedophile." It's sort of passing the blame away from the person who's responsible. Instead of MTG being the problem for saying denigrating things about Jackson, Romney, etc. or LGBT, for example (which Grisham pointed out was a reason they hate Jackson)--no, it's the other side's fault for pegging her as "stupid" for saying the things she says about those people and groups... Pamela Anderson looks like she's aged hard since the last time she was on The View (which was only a year or two ago?)--mostly referring to her face. She looked like Caroline Rhea a bit today, and that's not something I'd ever thought about her before. I suppose it could just be bad work done.

I thought he seemed out of Phil's league, too. I just thought it must be one of those things where the good personality adds a great deal to the + column. Some of those poses he was making while eating the fries made me laugh, and the cheerleading. Cheyenne Jackson's voice is glorious, so I enjoyed that scene with Max and the others dancing mostly because of the song in the background. Kudos to the show making the actor's two biggest assets, his voice and his looks, a big part of the show, between the song here and the kilt scene last week (then there were the jogging pants a few episodes back).

I really enjoy Noah's voice... One of the very few country guys they've found that I like. I mean, they've found plenty of great country women over the years, but very seldom have I liked the guys they've put on this show. Laine Hardy was another one. I can only really think of Aaron Kelly besides that, unless I cheat and include Casey James (he put out a country album despite his sound on the show). I can't believe the guy who sung with Nicolina on "The Prayer" was that bad... I mean, he was just awful to me. The last show, even though his genre isn't one I'm much interested in, his voice was pretty impressive. What a turn-around there. I'm glad Jay, Nicolina, Kevin, and Kenedi made it through. I don't get what is so well-liked on the show about the country woman who was part of "Backwood Mac"... She seems as if she's going for a Miranda Lambert vibe, but I don't think she sounds very good... I believe this is the first time I've seen the girl who was in the duo where the guy was too loud and was sent home. She did have a good voice from what little we heard of her. It'll be interesting to hear something else by her in the next round. I liked Fitz last episode, but Leah (I believe that's her name) totally oversang him here. Sometimes being the guy in a duet can be a thankless role. I don't like Leah, I'm not sure why; I hope Fitz'll do better on his solo performances coming up because that duet on "Locked Out of Heaven" was horrid to me. That reminds me, the guy who was helping Jay and his partner rehearse came across incredibly rude. Maybe it was just the editing that made it look worse, but it was like the guy was going at them a mile a minute. When he asked the question about what the song is about, it felt more like he "gotcha'd" Jay without barely giving him any time to process the question and respond before starting to lecture him. Could've been something done for faux TV drama, but that guy kind of made me mad, especially since his notes were put through to the judges apparently, with Katy bringing it up.

I personally didn't like Ian because he seemed very annoyed when Jane said that Jaya (I believe that was her name--the woman who streamed video game playthroughs) was the strongest link at the beginning of one round. Surprisingly, I ended up liking both of the final two. This lot were much better than the last few shows, but I didn't understand why they wouldn't bank. Almost the whole game, they would go up and up, and not bank until 6-7 answers in. That was really risky although it did work out a couple of times.

Yeah, it was clear this episode he's being setup to go that direction. As the season goes along, the father becomes more likable, whereas the colonel becomes more of a villain. I wish I liked the actor for the father, but... Meh. I paid more attention to Alexander Vlahos this episode, knowing who the actor is now. Something about the haircut and the sideburns... He looks a great deal like Tom Courtenay, even though he's much younger.

Joy's off. Boring show ahead.

Too bad I didn't check this thread, I would've liked to have seen how Paula would've done on this show.

Yeah, I loved David Cook even if I had rooted for Archuleta and Carly Smithson. He, Kris Allen, and Laine Hardy are the only WGWGs I liked out of the ten or so there are.

Not excited about Grisham, but after this past week, I realized it could be worse. Can't wait to see Friday, for both Buttigieg and a LeAnn Rimes performance. It is a bit odd that Rimes will be co-hosting though?

I'm sure they are friends. I still don't like her, personally. Wendy Williams has also hung out at Joy's house, from what I remember, wouldn't want to watch her every day either. I think Joy is even friends with Ann Coulter. I do like both Sunny and Ana. I probably like Sunny less than I once did, overall, even though I'd never want her off the show since she comes to the table with information ready, and Ana I probably would never love 100% since I disagree with her on a lot of things even though I find her entertaining. Joy's really the only one that hits all the boxes for me where I agree with her most of the time while also finding her funny / likable, with Ana coming next and Sunny and Sara somewhere behind that. Whoopi, I generally don't like, but I do agree with her occasionally in spite of that and she makes me laugh occasionally. Anyway, I sort of thought it was funny how on Wednesday's show, Whoopi sort of smirked at the camera when Tara was overtalking Sunny, trying not to even let her get two sentences out before interrupting her. It ended up coming back on Whoopi, with Tara doing the same thing to her yesterday during the Oscars stuff.

Nah, I like both Sunny and Ana. Whereas I hate Tara as a panelist. I hope you're right that she sunk her chances trying to shout over Whoopi continuously like that. I thought Whoopi was about to scream, "LET ME FINISH!" at one point, but surprisingly restrained herself.

Definitely the best show this week, thanks to no Tara. Well, that, and receding focus on Will Smith. Chelsea surprisingly caused one of the funnier moments when she said, "Trump ate the Republican Party" and that maybe Graham is still in Trump's belly, lol. Coming after the past three days, this show is a perfect example about what's right with Ana and wrong with Tara. Ana was willing to admit she'd been wrong about Lindsey Graham, while also arguing back against Sunny on the point about why she's still in the party. No overtalking, no shouting, no condescending nonsense. She could let other people speak, and after they argue, quickly move along and keep things lighthearted. She is definitely a rare find, that's for sure. Only a shame she can't brighten The View every day.

Whoopi liked Mia, too, from what I remember. I'd take her any day of the week over this woman, ugh. Ana, she is NOT. Ana is fun and likable even when I disagree with her. Yesterday when they were talking about infrastructure, she pissed me off the way she talked over Sunny. The other three tried to let her speak her full thoughts, but she couldn't return the favor and started loudtalking over Sunny. I was glad Sunny started shouting back at that asshole.

Sunny and Jedidiah were there at the tail-end of Raven's time. Raven got the boot soon after. I thought Raven's wife said that Whoopi had a painting of Raven's that she would like to have.

Tara is gross and a liar, and that's why I can't stand her. That she can say with a straight face that things were like this in the '90s, please, lady, get a reality check. Bill Clinton cheated on his wife--not the first president to commit that crime, for one--but it also happened in his second term. He didn't run on and "get away with" the affair by being voted back into office the way Trump was voted in despite a massive list of crimes and misbehavior. Btw, Tara's eyes are very distinctive. I wonder if she wears contacts to make her eyes look that way. Either way, she looks like a snake-eyed gorgon at times, but maybe that impression is more pronounced by the things she says.