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by **bpdp3** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:43 am

Ok, I admit I watch American Idol with a sick perverse curiosity - -

But what if they aired the show circa '83 and all OUR heros were the contestants. Which new wave vocalist could've won something like this?

I'm thinking maybe someone like Paul Young.

by **i_like_lectric_motors** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:55 am

Tony Hadley
Boy George
George Michael

by **Abercrombie-Ai** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:01 am

Green Gartside
David Gahan
Neil Tenet
Alison Moyet

by **yipyipcoyote** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:12 am

Diamanda Galas

I can just imagine Simon Cowell covering his ears and rolling around the floor in agony.

by **ben_at_work** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:36 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by yipyipcoyote[/i]
 Diamanda Galas

I can just imagine Simon Cowell covering his ears and rolling around

by **design_femme** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:54 am

great topic!
and even better answers!

off the top of my head:
Phil Oakley
Annie Lennox

Klaus Nomi could show up for the early auditions, in full makeup and costume, and perform "Falling In Love Again", totally deadpan. Just to see the judges' j

by **i_like_lectric_motors** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:12 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by ben_at_work[/i]
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by **more than this** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:13 pm

Huey Lewis would've ran away with it. He wouldn't have had to worry about George Michael, Alison Moyet, Tony Hadley, Annie Lennox, Boy George, or Martin Fry because they weren't american. What? Not a Huey fan? Ok, how about Terri Nunn then. I can't think

by **middlesexnj** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:03 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by yipyipcoyote[/i]
 Diamanda Galas

I can just imagine Simon Cowell covering his ears and rolling around

by **2Nu** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:52 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
 
Klaus Nomi could show up for the early auditions, in full makeup and costume, and per

by **neworder** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:17 pm

The truth is stranger than fiction.

In the UK we recently had a tv show called REBORN IN THE USA giving 80's popstars a chance to revive their carreers. They travelled around the US in a bus, stopping at small towns, performing and being voted out by t

by **marie3** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:21 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by Abercrombie-Ai[/i]
 Green Gartside
David Gahan
Neil Tenet
Alison Moyet

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by **mygreen** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:22 am

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by **newwavepop** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:02 am

i just wish they could have something like this for people that are actually creative and talented.

no americans? cyndi lauper.

by **more than this** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:31 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by neworder[/i]
 In the UK we recently had a tv show called REBORN IN THE USA giving 80's popstars a chance

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