'IDOL' EXPERIENCE FAR FROM 'FORGETTABLE'.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Even before host Ryan Seacrest Ryan Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio and television personality. Seacrest is also a former children's game show host, who gained prominence as the host of the reality television amateur-search series American Idol. made the announcement, Ramiele Malubay said she knew it would be her rather than fellow contestant Kristy
Kristy is a female name of English origin meaning "Of Christ". Other spellings are Christy, Christi, Christie, Kristie and Kristi. Can be short for Christine, Kristina, Kristiane or Kristen. Lee Cook who'd be leaving the "American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. " stage Wednesday. "I felt like I was going home," she told me Thursday, her voice so soft it was difficult to hear. "My goal was to get as far as I could." Ramiele had never before been in the bottom three. But her version of Dolly Parton's "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" just didn't impress enough viewers or the show's most influential judge, Simon Cowell Simon Cowell (born 7 October, 1959) is a British artist and repertoire ("A&R") executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol . He had described the performance as "forgettable for·get·ta·ble adj. Fit or apt to be forgotten: a movie with very forgettable characters. Adj. 1. forgettable - easily forgotten unforgettable - impossible to forget " and "reminiscent of something you would see and hear on a cruise ship." Ramiele, a 20-year-old from Florida, isn't holding a grudge grudge tr.v. grudged, grudg·ing, grudg·es 1. To be reluctant to give or admit: even grudged the tuition money. 2. . "Simon likes me, I know he does. He's a really nice guy. He was telling me, 'It was the song choice, it's the song choice ... Sometimes he overdoes it (with criticism) but, it's TV. He just wants us to be, like, better." I wondered if, realistically, she thought she could win the singing competition. "My goal was to just get by, week by week," she said. "I didn't want to think that I was going to get to first place or second place, because if you think of it that way, your experience is totally erased e·rase tr.v. e·rased, e·ras·ing, e·ras·es 1. a. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping. b. . I didn't want that to happen. ... I made it onto the tour, so I am really excited about that." After starting strong, Ramiele lost confidence in recent weeks. She said she began to "overthink" the judges' comments. "My confidence dropped. I was like, 'What are they talking about?' That's when the overthinking came in. I shouldn't have done that." The singer said she felt a little bit of extra pressure being an Asian-American and trying to carry the torch for her heritage: "I got as far as I could and I hope nobody's disappointed in me." Ramiele plans to stay in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to pursue her music career. She will be a part of the "American Idol" summer tour featuring the show's top 10 finalists and then will likely be roommates with fellow contestant and close friend Danny Noriega. Despite the elimination, the experience has been life-changing: "It's pretty much taken over my whole life but it's a good thing. It's actually the first big thing that's happened to me in my life. It's a future and I'm really grateful to the judges." There were many tears on Wednesday's show after she was voted off and the clips shown before she sang her final number showed how close she had become to her fellow finalists. "We never thought of it as a competition until it was Wednesday and someone had to go home," she said. "It's a family, it's genuine and comes from the heart. We don't sugar-coat things for the camera." But don't ask Ramiele to predict a winner. "We all went into this being totally different from each other and then growing so much more," she said. "I really don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. who's going to take it ... They all sing so frickin' different." CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Ramiele Malubay had a feeling she was getting voted off "American Idol" Wednesday. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images |
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