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Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on May 25, 2006, 09:54:17 am
Yup, I had to start this one! hehe
I'll be waiting for her album to be released because she IS my American Idol this year! ;)
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on May 25, 2006, 10:37:39 am
I'll probably buy her album too. Looking forward to seeing her live sometime. I'll probably have a good chance since she's practically my neighbor.  :razz:
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: zurielshimon on May 25, 2006, 12:57:03 pm
I will most definitely buy her album when it is released, no previews or promotion needed! :D
Title: Re: Katharine McPhee
Post by: moviemaker248 on May 25, 2006, 05:40:40 pm
Quote from: "Ghisy"
Yup, I had to start this one! hehe
I'll be waiting for her album to be released because she IS my American Idol this year! ;)



Shocker!!!   :lol:

I didn't watch any Idol, but anyone who spells Katharine with two A's is ok in my book.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: aleera84 on May 26, 2006, 06:59:02 am
She seems great  :D

I guess if Ghis likes her then I would aswell so Ill look out for her cd over on amazon or ebay.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: XtinaVanessa on May 28, 2006, 04:10:20 pm
I LOVE katharine!, She so should of won, All Season i voted and voted all those hours every night for her, but yeah I am so going to buy her Cd!
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on May 31, 2006, 03:16:03 am
Does anyone know if she ever recorded anything??
I didn't find anything overpriced on Ebay so I guess not!  :lol:
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on June 01, 2006, 09:20:50 pm
I captured her performance on the Today Show this morning. They interviewed her with Taylor but it was just the usual boring questions so I didn't include it.

Here's the link: http://www.filefactory.com/?cfc582
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on June 02, 2006, 11:13:26 am
Sweet! Thanks Steve!
So I learned her single is gonna be out on June 27th!
It'll be "My Destiny" and the b-side is "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
Here's the cover:
(http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9610/b000fqw14w01ss500sclzzzzzzzv51.jpg)
:dances:
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Jameson on June 05, 2006, 05:29:09 pm
she's hot, and has a great voice. now thats what i'm talking about!!!!  :lol:
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on June 12, 2006, 02:29:45 pm
Apparently she sang a couple of songs with Andrea Bocelli at his California dates including at the Hollywood Bowl. I wanted to see that show before I knew she was singing there and now I really regret not getting tickets to that.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: XtinaVanessa on June 12, 2006, 06:09:17 pm
yeah she sounded really good on somos novios, but even better on the prayer....I saw it on youtube...if u guys wanted to see...i never went so maybe the videos didnt do justice....i dont think kat was real confotable and the mic was freaking loud kinda lol... her somos novios was kinda just like christinas so she prob listned to it, aww  :lol:
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on June 22, 2006, 07:01:44 pm
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Katharine McPhee's Bulimia Battle
Katharine McPhee's Bulimia Battle (from people.aol.com and featured in People's newest issue)

American Idol's Simon Cowell called runner-up Katharine McPhee's voice "the best of the competition." What hardly anyone knew, however, was that she'd risked destroying that voice: She'd struggled with bulimia for five years, and the self-induced vomiting could have taken away her ability to sing.

At her worst point, she was throwing up as many as seven times a day, which is like "putting a sledgehammer to your vocal cords," she tells PEOPLE in its new issue.

Finally, after successfully auditioning for Idol last fall, McPhee, 22, decided to seek help. "When I made it onto American Idol, I knew that food my eating disorder was the one thing really holding me back," she says. "I was bingeing my whole life away for days at a time So when I got on the show, I said, 'You know what? I can do well in this competition. Let me give myself a chance and just get ahold of this thing.' "

With the support of her parents, Peisha, 52, and Daniel, 57, and her actor boyfriend, Nick Cokas, 41, in October McPhee enrolled at Los Angeles's Eating Disorder Center of California, where she spent three months undergoing group and individual therapy, six days a week.

"I knew I had put off going to a treatment center long enough I'd been struggling with bulimia since I was 17," she says. "Growing up in Los Angeles and spending all those years in dance class, I'd been conscious of body image at a young age, and I went through phases of exercising compulsively and starving myself. Food was my crutch; it was how I dealt with emotions and uncomfortable situations."

Finally, her program at the Eating Disorder Center helped her gain control of her relationship with food but it wasn't easy. "I really had to surrender and give up having a free life to do the program, because I'd be there from 9 in the morning until 7 at night. I remember that first night, my dad holding me, crying and saying, 'I don't know why you have to suffer through this, but it's going to be okay.' "

Now, McPhee, whose first single comes out June 27, has dropped 30 lbs. as a result of the "intuitive eating" approach she learned at the center. "I learned that there's no such thing as a bad food," she says. "If you look at a doughnut, people think it's a fattening food why? Because if you eat it you'll get fat? No, you'll get fat if you eat 10 doughnuts."

Although McPhee admits she's still learning to deal with stress "I still bite my nails," she says she's much happier these days. Of getting treatment for her illness, she says, "That's why I say American Idol saved my life, because if I hadn't auditioned I don't think I would have gotten a handle on food."
 

The part I found interesting about the article was her boyfriend is 41.  8O I guess I'm not that old. What's up with all these good looking singers with these old dudes? LOL
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: clamicas on June 22, 2006, 07:15:44 pm
Quote from: "Steveau"
Quote
Katharine McPhee's Bulimia Battle
Katharine McPhee's Bulimia Battle (from people.aol.com and featured in People's newest issue)

American Idol's Simon Cowell called runner-up Katharine McPhee's voice "the best of the competition." What hardly anyone knew, however, was that she'd risked destroying that voice: She'd struggled with bulimia for five years, and the self-induced vomiting could have taken away her ability to sing.

At her worst point, she was throwing up as many as seven times a day, which is like "putting a sledgehammer to your vocal cords," she tells PEOPLE in its new issue.

Finally, after successfully auditioning for Idol last fall, McPhee, 22, decided to seek help. "When I made it onto American Idol, I knew that food my eating disorder was the one thing really holding me back," she says. "I was bingeing my whole life away for days at a time So when I got on the show, I said, 'You know what? I can do well in this competition. Let me give myself a chance and just get ahold of this thing.' "

With the support of her parents, Peisha, 52, and Daniel, 57, and her actor boyfriend, Nick Cokas, 41, in October McPhee enrolled at Los Angeles's Eating Disorder Center of California, where she spent three months undergoing group and individual therapy, six days a week.

"I knew I had put off going to a treatment center long enough I'd been struggling with bulimia since I was 17," she says. "Growing up in Los Angeles and spending all those years in dance class, I'd been conscious of body image at a young age, and I went through phases of exercising compulsively and starving myself. Food was my crutch; it was how I dealt with emotions and uncomfortable situations."

Finally, her program at the Eating Disorder Center helped her gain control of her relationship with food but it wasn't easy. "I really had to surrender and give up having a free life to do the program, because I'd be there from 9 in the morning until 7 at night. I remember that first night, my dad holding me, crying and saying, 'I don't know why you have to suffer through this, but it's going to be okay.' "

Now, McPhee, whose first single comes out June 27, has dropped 30 lbs. as a result of the "intuitive eating" approach she learned at the center. "I learned that there's no such thing as a bad food," she says. "If you look at a doughnut, people think it's a fattening food why? Because if you eat it you'll get fat? No, you'll get fat if you eat 10 doughnuts."

Although McPhee admits she's still learning to deal with stress "I still bite my nails," she says she's much happier these days. Of getting treatment for her illness, she says, "That's why I say American Idol saved my life, because if I hadn't auditioned I don't think I would have gotten a handle on food."
 

The part I found interesting about the article was her boyfriend is 41.  8O I guess I'm not that old. What's up with all these good looking singers with these old dudes? LOL


lol, I don't get it either.

but that's horrible about her eating disorder.Why do you think she chose to tell that?publicity? or do you think maybe the magazine found out and asked if she wanted to explain herself.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on June 23, 2006, 04:45:27 am
Quote from: "Steveau"
The part I found interesting about the article was her boyfriend is 41.  8O I guess I'm not that old. What's up with all these good looking singers with these old dudes? LOL

WTF?!!!
Seriously, what's up with that?!
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ryou-Neko on June 24, 2006, 12:02:04 pm
Fourty-one isn't that old, but OK.

I was always for Mandisa, but "Over the Rainbow" was the hands-down best performance on AI that season, and the second best throughout the whole history of the show. Fantasia's "Summertime" was the only better one...
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on June 25, 2006, 08:35:20 pm
Well 41 is pretty old for a 22 year old because he could theoretically be her father. Look at it this way, when she started puberty at say 12 he was 31 already. I'm pretty damn old and I'm not around 40 yet. I'm not complaining that HOT young chicks dig older guys believe me but it still seems weird to me.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on November 20, 2006, 10:55:38 pm
Here are a preview of 3 songs from her album thanks to someone from an msn American Idol board I go to.. they are ripped from promosquad.

You guys are gonna be surprised at the style she's going.. especially on Open Toes. That song shocked me at first, but its growing on me. The only one I hate is Each Other.

Open Toes: http://www.sendspace.com/file/gfzso6

Over It: http://www.sendspace.com/file/n8xyld

Each Other: http://www.sendspace.com/file/37m86m
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Jessica on November 26, 2006, 12:37:02 am
oh, i've never watched american idol. but i took my mom to an andrea bocceli concert sometime earlier this year and she was a surprise guest and did a duet with him...
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: zurielshimon on November 26, 2006, 12:42:54 am
Quote from: "Laura"
Here are a preview of 3 songs from her album thanks to someone from an msn American Idol board I go to.. they are ripped from promosquad.

You guys are gonna be surprised at the style she's going.. especially on Open Toes. That song shocked me at first, but its growing on me. The only one I hate is Each Other.

Open Toes: http://www.sendspace.com/file/gfzso6

Over It: http://www.sendspace.com/file/n8xyld

Each Other: http://www.sendspace.com/file/37m86m


It's like day and night.  I don't really know what to think.  All I can say with any certainty is that she hasn't sold her album to me just yet.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on November 26, 2006, 02:03:02 am
Open Toes is just 8O!
I don't like it too much for now. I'm not sure what Kat is trying to do by going down this road. :?

Each Other seems to be more interesting, it's a ballad, it suits her better. Sounds a bit Mariah-ish but that's a good thing.

Over It is okay, it's like your typical radio-friendly R&B-ish song.

I'm not sure about the album either, I think I'm gonna need a good listen before thinking of getting it.
C'mon Kat, don't disappoint me! :P
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on November 27, 2006, 12:10:28 am
Quote from: "Jessica"
oh, i've never watched american idol. but i took my mom to an andrea bocceli concert sometime earlier this year and she was a surprise guest and did a duet with him...


You know you've watched the show dont lie haha just kidding. was she good?

Quote from: "Ghisy"
Open Toes is just 8O!
I don't like it too much for now. I'm not sure what Kat is trying to do by going down this road. :?


Yeah a lot of people aren't sure either. A lot of the fans at the private msn ai board i go to were like wtf. And as much as I love her i'm gonna have to hear some more songs too before i decide if im gonna get it or not. I bet Taylor's cd is gonna be awesome.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on December 12, 2006, 11:10:32 pm
one of my Paula friends posted these on the private msn AI board i go to so enjoy

Dangerous - http://www.sendspace.com/file/y46b6k
 
I Lost You - http://www.sendspace.com/file/r8tn6f

I love Dangerous, but hate I Lost You.

edit again: & if anyone goes to promosquad & comes across a song from a Kat called need you now, its not her.. even tho it sounds freakishly like our kat.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on December 13, 2006, 05:55:01 pm
I like I Lost You. It's got a R&B Alicia Keys vibe to it. I'm an R&B lover though. Haven't listened to Dangerous yet. Thanks for the post.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on December 13, 2006, 05:59:11 pm
I'm not crazy about Dangerous but it's okay. I'm getting her album regardless. I already pre-ordered it with the new Norah album.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: zurielshimon on December 14, 2006, 01:37:11 pm
I'll say it again:  She hasn't sold this one to me. :?
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on December 14, 2006, 06:33:56 pm
yeah im indifferent on if im gonna buy the album. im kinda bummed i only like a few of the songs cuz i was a huge fan of Kat after i saw her at the rehearsal last season. now im just like eh kind of a fan
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on December 23, 2006, 04:40:27 pm
Her song Love Story is up on her MySpace page. I think it's decent. Her songs seem to be more in the hip hop/R&B realm than I expected. I like it but she definitely should do more ballads though.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: zurielshimon on December 24, 2006, 12:16:22 am
That's what I'm thinking.  Other than that, I still don't know what to think.  I just know that I voted for her a few hundred times and I am starting to need to be reminded why. :?
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on December 24, 2006, 03:09:34 pm
^you voted for her cuz she had the best voice in the competition.. duh  :razz:

Love Story is probably my favorite song now.. over you is my other favorite. im getting used to the style shes going, her songs are growing on me.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on January 03, 2007, 01:36:41 am
http://music.aol.com/franchise/firstlisten/katharine-mcphee-new-songs?icid=tues:dl1

I think im gonna buy her album.. or download it. One or the other.

Over It is gonna be the first single. I LOVE that song, but people are comparing it to jojo's too little too late & it kinda reminds me of that song now that i've heard people say that. But whatever, I still love the song.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: zurielshimon on January 03, 2007, 02:01:46 am
Quote from: "Laura"
^you voted for her cuz she had the best voice in the competition.. duh  :razz:


Exactly!  She was nice to look at, too, but even if I had to vote based on audio alone, I don't think it would have mattered.  She was my favorite singer for so many reasons.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on January 24, 2007, 01:00:40 pm
Okay, I think "Over It" is growing on me!!
I don't see why it should be compared to JoJo's song.
I loved "Too Little Too Late" but I think Kat's single might be even better.
I'm eager to hear what the album is gonna sound like.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on January 26, 2007, 04:05:18 pm
she's doing a live video chat tonight at 6pm PST on http://www.katharinemcphee.com
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on January 27, 2007, 08:41:26 pm
you can hear her whole album at vh1.com. Here's the link: http://www.vh1.com/music/hear_music_first
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on January 27, 2007, 11:28:32 pm
ohh i really like most of the songs! im definitely buying it on itunes.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on January 28, 2007, 02:04:30 am
Quote from: "Laura"
ohh i really like most of the songs! im definitely buying it on itunes.

Buy the cd! It's apparently going to be $9.99 at CircuitCity (and probably at Best Buy too)
I've listened to it too and, after the first listen, I was all "meh" about it.
But I've listened to it again and, even if it's not the Kat I was hoping for, it still sounds pretty good.
I may get it too. :)
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on January 28, 2007, 03:50:33 pm
I hate going to best buy cuz it's always so crowded lol plus I have an itunes gift thing so I wanted to use it for her cd.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on January 30, 2007, 01:31:50 am
OMG Ordinary World is the most amazing song. I just bought the cd on itunes & wow it's freaking incredible. SO much better than Taylors & I love Taylor lol

Neglected is a good song too, heck they're all amazing! I so wanna see her live again, american idol just wasn't enough.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Ghisy on January 30, 2007, 01:31:13 pm
I'm really liking "Over It", "Not Ur Girl" and "Each Other".  8)
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Steveau on January 31, 2007, 01:59:58 pm
I captured her on Jay Leno the other night. Here's the link: http://download.yousendit.com/B7FD48B91B704908
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: Laura on January 31, 2007, 02:51:34 pm
I saw that performance, it didn't do her justice. I guess they had to replace the bass player last minute & I think something was wrong with the sound.

Hopefully people give her another chance. Over It is an awesome song.
Title: Katharine McPhee
Post by: PianoGirl4444 on January 31, 2007, 03:51:55 pm
Quote from: "Steveau"
I captured her on Jay Leno the other night. Here's the link: http://download.yousendit.com/B7FD48B91B704908


Thank you...but I downloaded it & the audio didn't work for some reason.