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Post by Anita on Jul 8, 2009 17:54:30 GMT -5
Credit: the awesome idoltourbenches
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Post by brooklyn on Jul 9, 2009 4:22:54 GMT -5
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Post by Anita on Jul 9, 2009 4:33:03 GMT -5
Thanks to msteechur on flickr for these: BITE Thanks to glamsnooky on ontd_ai for these: HELLO THERE UNF
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Post by brooklyn on Jul 9, 2009 5:23:58 GMT -5
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Post by brooklyn on Jul 9, 2009 6:10:34 GMT -5
from AI forum
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Post by brooklyn on Jul 9, 2009 6:19:51 GMT -5
Gorgeous!
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Post by yoko71 on Jul 9, 2009 6:23:42 GMT -5
OMG
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Post by daisykary on Jul 9, 2009 7:06:32 GMT -5
Gorgeous! Megan is saying to herself : "I can't look over there or I'll lick Anoop's neck. Look down. Look down........"
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Post by yoko71 on Jul 9, 2009 7:13:05 GMT -5
Instead, her eyes are drifting over to Anoop's, ummm, shoes......
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Post by marisse on Jul 9, 2009 9:06:42 GMT -5
Gorgeous! YAY! MEGANOOP, Thank you for this pic, am actually thinking of doing the cropping thing, then i saw this. no doubt they both look gorgeous together. I luv Anoop!
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Post by Andiee :) on Jul 9, 2009 9:26:46 GMT -5
Ughhh. Megan. >.<
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Post by Dahlia on Jul 9, 2009 15:43:50 GMT -5
she looks like a barbie doll :0 anoop on the other hand.....well he's no ken. more of a [glow=red,2,300]sexy beast![/glow]
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Post by Dahlia on Jul 10, 2009 2:42:51 GMT -5
Some of the Idols have been in Portland since the middle of last week. And when they haven't been rehearsing, their free time has mostly been just that.
"We’re pretty free to just wander about town, and Portland’s an amazing town to walk around in," Anoop Desai says. "I’m just upset that I can’t drink all the good beer that’s here. I’ve been getting over being sick."
Anoop hasn't had a lot of luck getting to follow through on his plans. "We tried to go play basketball the other day, but we didn’t have a ball," he says. "We walked to the courts, hoping someone else was playing, and nobody else was there. We walked there, then we had to walk back."
Megan Joy has spent a lot of her free time jogging around the arena and the city. Matt Giraud says he and Michael Sarver wrote a song while walking around town the other day. Of course, everywhere the Idols go, fan approach them.
"People stopping us on the street, and saying, ‘Hey, I’m a huge fan, can I take a picture?’ That’s fine," Anoop says. "The stuff that bothers me is when people Tweet about what hotel we’re staying at and saying, ‘Hey, everybody go to this hotel.’ And, it’s like, ‘No, everyone don’t go to this hotel.’ Let’s have our boundaries."
So Anoop probably wouldn't want to know about the former criminology student at Portland State University who identified the local hotel where the Idols were staying by looking at videos and photos that members of the cast and crew had posted from their rooms. She noted the rooms' decor -- the wallpaper, the carpet, the beds -- then went through the websites of every hotel in downtown Portland until she found one that matched. Then she made reservations so she could stay in the same hotel.
That woman and some of her friends were among a half-dozen or so fans who hung around the arena all Saturday afternoon and were rewarded with an invitation to watch that night's dress rehearsal from the front row.
// we should get anoop a basketball.
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Post by Dahlia on Jul 10, 2009 2:57:25 GMT -5
Anoop polishes R&B nerd routine on tour
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun bvelliquette@heraldsun.com Jul 8, 2009
CHAPEL HILL -- Chapel Hill's Anoop Desai, R&B nerd?
It seems Desai, who finished sixth on American Idol, has figured out a way to turn his reputation for being a bit of a geek into a performing style that appears to be working for him.
Desai, who is touring with the American Idol Top 10, received good reviews for his performance Sunday on opening night of the tour in Portland, Ore. His performance of "Always on My Mind," "Mad," and "My Prerogative" seemed to take the reviewers by surprise.
"Anoop Desai, against all odds seemed the performer with the most unique and very successful vision of himself; styling as sort of R-and-B nerd, donning his spectacles at one point, and somehow it worked," wrote Richard Rushfield for the Los Angeles Times.
"Where he often seemed tense during the season, he seemed utterly at home on the stage, reminding one of his endearing personality we saw in the competition's early days, with a set that wove together Willie Nelson, Ne Yo and Bobby Brown; like Anoop himself an unlikely combination but he made it make sense," Rushfield wrote.
Although Desai quit wearing glasses four or five years ago, he slipped on a pair of thick-rimmed glasses during his set that became a part of a look that seems to emphasizes his nerdiness, in an Elvis Costello kind of way.
The Idols performed in the order they were voted off the show so Desai performed after Michael Sarver, Megan Joy, Scott MacIntyre, and Lil Rounds.
"Anoop Desai was the first of the Idols to really connect with the crowd," Geoff Kleinman wrote on his Web site, OnPortland.
"A wave of flashbulbs fired off as he emerged from the center of the stage signing (sic) Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind," Kleinman wrote. "Anoop was dressed in a preppy/nerd chic and sported some thick rimmed glasses mid-way through the set," Kleinman wrote.
"Musically Anoop isn't the strongest of the Idols -- Lil Rounds vocally eclipsed him -- but Anoop has a charisma and style that fills the stage. He never looked alone up there and seems to have the raw goods to become a star," Kleinman wrote. "His set wasn't earth shattering but it was extremely entertaining."
Desai, who wore white jeans, a shirt with the tails hanging out and the sleeves rolled up, a black vest and tie, and a pair of suspenders hanging down around his hips, twittered a week or two ago that he was learning a few dance moves for the tour.
Apparently, they worked. Girls and women in the audience screamed as he rolled his hips, and one reviewer commented on Desai's sex appeal.
"The odd charmer was Anoop Desai," wrote Scott D. Lewis for The Oregonian, whose review of the concert appeared on Oregonlive.com.
"Gangly and geeky, he delivered a power ballad version of 'Always on My Mind,' that would have made poor Willie hit the hookah hard. Desai's set was, in a word, histrionic, but somehow you just wanted to throw personal clothing at him."
// North Carolina loves Anoop unconditionally. There are a few words in this article I'd like to change though. But maybe I'm a little biased.
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Post by Anita on Jul 10, 2009 6:33:50 GMT -5
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Post by Anita on Jul 10, 2009 12:43:50 GMT -5
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Post by aigirl09 on Jul 10, 2009 21:44:45 GMT -5
ANOOP'S ENTIRE PORTLAND SET ON 1 VID: U can hear crowd cheering NOOOOOP, & it sounds like boos lol. b sure to show some love to the video poster:) Thanks for all the media Anita, and Troopers!
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Post by brooklyn on Jul 11, 2009 0:16:55 GMT -5
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Post by Dahlia on Jul 11, 2009 1:10:36 GMT -5
fancy buses. flippy floppys. lol.
i'm not diggin kris's beanie. makes him look bald.
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Post by yoko71 on Jul 11, 2009 6:13:11 GMT -5
I love the fact that Anoop wears random souvenir t shirt instead of designer t shirts, because that's just like me. Haha.
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Post by Anita on Jul 11, 2009 18:53:16 GMT -5
I don't think this was posted. Not sure - From AI.com
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Post by daisykary on Jul 11, 2009 18:59:13 GMT -5
I don't think this was posted. Not sure - From AI.com Kinda makes me wanna buy some suspenders.
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Post by yoko71 on Jul 11, 2009 19:31:16 GMT -5
I like guys with long arms.
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Post by brooklyn on Jul 12, 2009 6:58:45 GMT -5
Jenee Obordo: "Anoop gave a fan the chance to squeeze/grab his butt (hehe) how i wish i was that fan lolz"Aww... This is soo cute! Gosh! He is soo game! I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE! Mel and Di who's going to Dallas' and to Yoko and co. who's going to Philly's do it too!!! ;D I'm excited for y'all sistahs!
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Post by daisykary on Jul 12, 2009 8:30:53 GMT -5
I want him to grab MY butt. Or anything else.
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Post by Andiee :) on Jul 12, 2009 20:29:50 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300][shadow=black,left,300] Lucky much! Get yo hands off! Kidding hahah. Protective of Anoop hahahah.[/shadow][/glow]
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Post by aigirl09 on Jul 12, 2009 21:07:22 GMT -5
Thanks to Jess from IDF
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Post by yoko71 on Jul 12, 2009 21:34:08 GMT -5
Thanks to Jess from IDF I'm just quating you because this pic needs much repeating.
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Post by aigirl09 on Jul 13, 2009 0:18:07 GMT -5
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Post by Dahlia on Jul 13, 2009 2:37:53 GMT -5
no wayyy. she's so luckyyy...
dude we need to plan some personal clothing throwing... adam can't have all the fun. lol.
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