As you all know, today was the American Idol Finale. *sigh* I am gonna miss Idol! Anyhoo. It was the night we had reserved, as we had decided last year that we like to host the finale. Of course last year was more of a party (since everyone was speaking to everyone) and Richard and I kinda went all out with CD’s of the final 2 as party favors, too much food, and we wore matching custom tees...
This year we had a much more intimate gathering. It was a casual affair with a few nibbles and drinks. Richard and I were decked out in the basic American Idol logo tees from the AI site. Hawt! And this year there were bloopers. Well, I guess that might not be the right word, but we have the DVR and typically we record the Idol so as to chit chat with the guests as the ‘buffer’ builds. You know, so that then you can FF the commercials. Well. I was a bit busy at the computer (I got an email that iTunes no longer likes my podcast feed and blocked me) so I put Richard in charge of the record setup. Later on, 15 minutes into the program one of our friends asks if we were watching HD cable. Erm… For what we pay we had better be! I tried to adjust the picture to no avail. Turns out that Richard had set the DVR to record a non HD channel. OMG, right? Blooper #1. I was mortified! We all laughed about it and continued watching. Did George Michael look awful or what? So we get close to the end and I remember that AI runs over a lot. Our DVR stops recording regardless. Damn Time Warner! We were very close to the end of the recording and the judges were still bloviating about being special or whatever. Gotta love Paula… I was panicking. The dude with the envelope came out. Blah, blah, blah… Finally Ryan opens it. I thought we were going to make it. He said something like “the winner of American Idol is David” and cut. The end. That’s all we got. Srsly. That would be the second blooper.
I had to take out my iPhone and GOOGLE the winner. David Cook! I wish I had been recording us. What a moment!
We suck. At least no one will forget the Idol party this year!
tagged: american idol paula abdul david archuleta randy jackson david cook simon cowell ryan seacrest
on 05/22 at 12:16 PM
Apparently you were not the only ones who had this problem. Other people DVR’ing the show were saying on twitter that the exact same thing happened to them. Of course, I don’t watch AI since I live in the UK and even though they show it here too I was never fascinated by it.