If anyone else has any contestant fan sites or fan listings, I'll be more than glad to link them (I'll update this entry for you, if I need to ; ) ). I just kind of did a quick rundown based on my immediate knowledge.
Everything I Love and Hate
About
Jon Peter Lewis and Camile Velasco
Jon Peter Lewis iEye's nonsensical nickname: Pen-Sexy Potato Pancake Boy
What I Love (the most...):
He's a cutie he is all right!
He has lots of good energy (at least when he sings) and is goofy
He's vocally versatile--as far as style goes AND range--and does each different style fabulously
He has an interesting interests--plant-lovers rock
He's daring
He has this bizarre, intriguing chirp sort of thing in his voice...
He didn't take any offense to the pen salesman comment
He seems so down-to-earth
Any man who can sing "Fame" with such passion and seriousness while wearing a banana suit gets my respect in an instant...
What I Don't Like:
He's an...interesting dancer
He has an obsessive, crush-smitten following who will vote for him even if he completely sucks one night, and I've never liked those
Comparisons:
He's a bit like Clay Aiken, only, honestly, as much as I love Clay, JPL is a little more all around and more versatile. I pretty much did a whole entry on that, so I won't go off on that again...
Sites:
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/jpl_fans_united <---there's definitely a reason why I put this one first
www.jonpeterlewis.idolfan.org <---not sure if that's the right one, and not sure if it's still working since idolfan doesn't work for me...
http://www.bolt.com/default.asp?cpath=/apps/clubs/showClub.asp&clubID=341238 <---actually, this is mine, and undeveloped, but it'd be nice if you checked it out
http://www.bolt.com/default.asp?cpath=/apps/clubs/showClub.asp&clubID=341238 <---actually, this is mine, and undeveloped, but it'd be nice if you checked it out
Other:
JPL seems to be the omni-lookalike. lol. First time my brother saw him (which was only last week), he was like, "Dude, he looks like Jim Carey..." I've always thought that from a certain angle he looked like Rob Thomas... *shrugs*
Camile Velasco iEye's nonsensical nickname: I don't call her anything...I just kinda wave around my wrist (clad with a wristband, natch) when she comes on
Camile Velasco iEye's nonsensical nickname: I don't call her anything...I just kinda wave around my wrist (clad with a wristband, natch) when she comes on
What I Love:
Pinay power y'all!
She has an original voice, which is probably capable of different styles
She's simply not the same as everyone else. That is, she's not the attention-hungry, super-confident, stereotypical performer.
What I Don't Like:
The judges keep supporting her and comparing her to Lauryn Hill but...almost every time they've brought it up, it was because she DIDN'T followthrough with that...
The nerves are getting to her
Comparisons:
Comparisons:
I'm only blindly predicting her elimination this week because she reminds me of Jula DeMato. Very confident, powerful singer in the first few rounds, but once she had to do it in front of an audience (and it crept in sooner for Camile probably because of the new Top 32 format), the nerves took over, taking her to the bottom three both of the Top 12 performance weeks so far. She was so stiff the first time around, like Julia, but has gotten better. Will she almost-completely lose them this week? That's my guess. But like with Julia, America may have already made up its mind...
Sites:
coming soon
coming soon
Other:
Yeah, she cries a lot, which can be annoying, but...it's human. I mean, being on "American Idol" is a dream for thousands. Making it that far is unimaginable to many. I can understand the crying. It's justified... Even celebrities aren't soulless...