April 24, 2008
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This has to be the strangest Idol season ever. I just have no sense of who’s leaving and who’s staying. Well, I didn’t before today. I was checking out Vote For The Worst again this morning. Turns out they are voting for Brooke White now. And they are celebrating the loss of Carly Smithson. Weird. But the last time I looked at the site they were voting for Kristy Lee Cook. She hung on for ever didn’t she? Do you think VFTW is strong enough to swing the results that much?
Anyway, here’s the latest from EW.com:
Simon Cowell may have loved Carly Smithson (this week), but American Idol voters didn’t. Despite rare praise from the hard-to-please judge Tuesday night after her roaring performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘‘Superstar,’’ the former recording artist-turned-bartender-turned top 6 Idol finalist couldn’t rustle up enough support from the public to avoid getting cut on Wednesday’s results show. Joining her in the bottom two was her Idol roommate, Syesha Mercado, who now returns to compete next week, when Neil Diamond will be the mentor. True to form, front-runners David Cook and David Archuleta were announced as safe early in the show; more surprising, the judges’ harsh assessments of Jason Castro and Brooke White this week clearly didn’t hurt enough with voters to leave either at risk of elimination.
FULL STORY
Ugh. What will happen now?
April 22, 2008
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it's a moblog!
Did you see it? Can you see it? LOL
from the iPhone
I don’t think there’s to much else to add to this weeks Idol. Carly and the Davids did well. I thought Sayesha was okay, and there were those in my group that loved her. Carly’s dress and Jason’s booger (barely visible here, it was worse in HDTV) stole the show.
April 16, 2008
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She’s gone:
Country crooner Kristy Lee Cook, a frequent visitor to the American Idol bottom three, finally lost the numbers game in the voting announced on this week’s results show. Syesha Mercado and Brooke White had the next two lowest vote totals, but will return to the competition next week, when the mentor will be Phantom of the Opera composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
After her elimination, Kristy Lee playfully planted herself on the judges’ table right in front of frequent nemesis Simon Cowell, serenading him with her farewell performance of Mariah Carey’s ‘‘Forever.’’
Ugh. Good riddance.
And what the hell with Ryan taunting us with the safe or not bit? Where were the stools? The couches? Bitch.
April 15, 2008
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pop culture
Okay kids. Here it is. We are down our favorite guy. (Bye, hot Aussie man!) I am bound to loose just a bit of interest. But I am trying. I am trying dammit!
First up was David Archuleta. He was great, as usual. The judges loved him tonight. Carly sang one of my favorite songs. That always makes it hard for me to hear the singing. Anyway, I liked it. The judges were kinda ‘meh’. Sayesha I thought did well but it was hard to tell about the judges. Simon was weird with her being ‘technically very good’. Brooke was okay. The judges compared her to a burger missing something and argued what that was. Okay… Kristy Lee Cook was awful. I really hate her at this point. Why must everything she does have that twangy music? I should have gone on a bathroom break. Now David Cook was phenomenal. OMG. The judges loved it too. Jason is hokey. Paula, Randy, and Simon seem to have embraced that. Ugh.
Okay, off to watch Hell’s Kitchen
April 11, 2008
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pop culture
What can I say about this? American Idol is trying to kill me. “Goodbye, hot Aussie man.”
*mourns*
April 09, 2008
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what's up?
I haven’t blogged yet today. And. And, I never really did an Idol post. What? Am I feeling well? Actually I am. I am just a little unmotivated this week. I attribute it to working the weekend. That is mentally exhausting as well as physically.
You believe that, right? That excuse flies? No? Aw, hell. So what if I have been lazy! Sheesh…
Anyhoo. Idol was grand last night. It was a bit on the Jesus-y side again tho. The theme was songs that ‘inspire you’. David Cook sucked, while Kristy Lee Cook was.. not horrible. I still hate her though. Michael Johns looked and sounded amazing. Our hosts this week (we were off the hook last night) did a great job. I gotta say tho, watch out for the blueberry martini. It’ll get ya if your not careful!
That brings us to tonight. American Idol Gives Back. I loved this one last year. I know, it’s a lot of fluf, and a bit corny. I can’t help it. I insisted on watching it this year. We had Fred over for dinner and then we watched the entire program. It was just what I wanted! I laughed, I teared up, and I think I fell in love with Miley Cyrus. Even though she doesn’t watch Idol... Srsly tho. For 15 years old, this girl has got it going on. I was a bit shocked when she crawled on the floor. Her dad must be so proud. I love her! Other highlights included Jimmy Kimmel’s intro for Simon, Fergie, Heart, OMG FERGIE AND HEART!!! The Idol’s group performances were really good too. I loved the opener with my dancers from So You Think You Can Dance… Actually the SYTYCD kids were all over the whole show! Very nice.
It was great. But I really am tired, so good night…
April 02, 2008
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pop culture
Okay hi. American Idol is giving me stress! Why am I sooo into it this year? It literally stresses me out..
So we jump right into the show with the usual Sofa or Stools. Michael Johns gets the sofa! (He is sooo hawt.) Next up is David Archuleta.... guess what he got! You are correct. The boy goes to the sofa. One more before the break, Carly Smithson. She’s on the sofa!
Back from the break for viewer calls. *yawn* I hate viewer calls. Ryan never picks the funny ones I see up on the board either. What’s this? Aband performing? From the ‘Next Top Band’ or something.. they seem suck-y to me. Not my thing maybe. Time for commercial. FORD commercial! Very cute! Do they ever air these again?
Okay, more Sofa or Stools.
David Cook is up. He updates us on his condition that had him in the hospital last night. Apparently he has the high blood. Poor kid! He says he’s fine now. Ryan acted concerned. Oh, and he’s off to the sofa! Next comes miss Ramiele. Uh oh. Stool. Ugh. Kristy Lee Cook is up. She annoys me to no end anymore… She brought out a paper to label her weekly ‘Bottom Three’ stool with her name. LOL! Yes! Stools! Now we are doing Idol Updates. Oh good. I was totally wondering what happened to Phil and Bucky. Right.
Sayesha is on the sofa. Brooke got stools! Jason is safe. So our official Bottom Three is Kristy Lee Cook, Ramiele Malubay, and Brooke White. Wow. I was so right on this one!
Next we got more Idol Gives Back hoopla. I actually enjoyed that last year. I want to have folks over for that, but I think everyone hates it in my group. Finally Dolly Parton gets to perform. Okay, was she always this Jesus-y? Woah.
Okay. So here we go. Brooke is soo upset. She’s safe! KLC is safe? Damn! Another week of her… *sigh* Poor Ramiele is going home. I think she just never got to sing the right songs. The songs from yesteryear are just not for everyone. I can’t wait till next week!!
April 02, 2008
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pop culture
So I knew that yesterday was April Fools’ Day. I even wrote about it here. Yet when I was sitting in front of the TV with a house full of people ready to watch Idol and Ryan said that tonight’s broadcast was going to be preempted I totally fell for it. Omg.
As usual with guests for American Idol, I ended up putting the blog on a back burner. I figure it would be rude to keep pausing the show so I can run upstairs to review each performance. Heh. Right. So that being said, I should also admit that we talked over most of the show too. Good thing Idol blogging isn’t my job, right? Anyway, it was country night. Blech. At least that’s what I thought it was going to be. Dolly Parton totally saved us. She was mentoring the kids this week so the songs were from her career. Who knew there were so many Dolly songs? Great songs, too.
I thought David Cook and Carly Smithson really did well. Kristi Lee Cook sucked again, which surprised me during country week. Ramiele I think is in danger, but I am always wrong… BTW David Cook was hospitalized after last nights performance for heart palpitations! He was released shortly after and is fine now.
March 26, 2008
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Do you know what sucks? Writing your whole post and having your browser crash. I think that has happened to me once before. Us Mac users are just NOT prepared for that sort of thing… *hates*
Anyway. Crap. Where was I?
Drama, drama, drama. These American Idol results shows are just too much. The buildup. The group song (always kinda lame), the recording studio montage which was really an iTunes commercial. The Ford commercial. The previous Idol runner up singing. Stool, sofa, sofa, sofa, sofa, stool. Gah! The tension! I love it! The official bottom 3 was Syesha, Chikezie, and Jason. (Has anyone else noticed Jason’s really tight jeans every week? Just curious…) So wait, we are keeping Kristy Lee Cook? *gouges ears*
Wow. Chikezie is going home. See? I am always wrong. This last time I didn’t mention even one of these folks. Heh.
March 25, 2008
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American Idol... From my bed. LOL. Okay, so far Ramiele kinda ruined that Heart song, and Jason did a Sting song. Ugh. Jason. I keep waiting for him to do Smelly Cat for cry-eye… Syesha next. Now this is promising! Randy loves it, stellar even. Paula thought it was brilliant. Simon is more critical. Ouch.
(Side note: I miss skipping comercials…)
And we’re back with Chikezie. If Only For One Night. I like it. But Randy is picky tonight… He didn’t love it. Paula disagrees, she liked it. Simon thought the performance was cheesy, unoriginal. Brooke’s turn. She’s weird. I want to like her, but I don’t. She’s doing a Police song. I don’t love it. I think it’s the piano thing. I don’t like when the play instruments. Distracting. Randy thought it was alright. Paula and her drag-queen gloves thinks Brooke is consistent. Simon agrees with Randy.
Another break! Sheesh already…
Michael... Mmm. Another Queen song. He does well with Queen. A medly tho? Huh. Judges? Randy thought it was his best on AI. Paula thought it was his shiny moment. Simon saw “star potential”. (text 5706!!) Carly now. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Oopsie, the back up singer is overpowering her. Randy didn’t love the song choice. Paula liked the end, thinks she can do no wrong. Simon thought she was tense. Something was off. David Archuleta is after the break. I missed the song title. What is this? He sounds good as usual, and it’s NOT a ballad! What is it tho? Randy liked it. Paula loved it. Simon hated the performance and likened it to a theme park performance. LOL. I can totally see that now that he said it!
Okay, I have had this open forever. I need to submit and edit in the rest after… Don’t want to lose what I got so far.
UPDATE: Okay. Back.
Kristy Lee what’s her face is next. I have decided that I hate her. And she is doing Proud To Be An American. Totally locking in a patriotic vote on purpose. Randy and Paula thought she did well. I missed what Simon said. David Cook is last up. Oh. My. Gawd. He was amazing. It took me a minute to catch that it was a Michael Jackson song. Wow. The judges love it. All three. Simon even used the word “amazing”. Heh. I did too!
Okay, I really hope Kristy is gone Wednesday. And Ramiele might be in danger too. But I am always wrong… 
