American Idol

The little pink top is unbecoming.

 

From TVWeek:

Within the next two weeks “American Idol” viewers will see “the biggest thing to happen to ‘Idol’ in five years,” according to Nigel Lythgoe, the show’s executive producer.

Mr. Lythgoe also dispelled rumors that Michael Jackson will be making an appearance this season, contradicting news reports that said the pop star would appear on the talent show.

 

A possiblility: USA Today gossiped before Idol started last month that the show had received approval to do some Beatles songs and they were trying to get McCartney on as a guest judge.

 

I thought I read that Courtney Love was supposed to become a judge, whatever

 

Those reports were denied by producers.

 

I know who I want gone after this week. Can anyone say bye bye Sundance??? Is there anyone else who did pretty bad in other parts of their performances that I missed? Sundance's clip was AWFUL.

 

Sanjaya was pathetic -- embarrassing. So was the barefoot guy.

And Ryan Seacrest sure is a whiny little bitch.

Anybody who saw the show knows what I mean.

 

The Seattle beatbox guy was terrific.

 

Sundance and Sanjaya have to go although Sanjaya may get the pre-teeny bopper vote.

All in all, completely underwhelming but that's to be semi-expected when there are 12 guys left.

 

Is Sanjaya this year's chicken little? I only saw the last performance as it happened and the recap of the rest. Damn doc and his forgetting to set the DVR.

 

Well,

Spup, you didn't miss much. I didn't think much of the performances. Few showed enough to win. There were about four that were in a completely different class, and even they had some issues. The best, IMO, were the beat-boxer (Blake Lewis), Jared Cotter, Chris Sligh and Phil Stacey. Phil seemed nervous at the start, and he just mangled the first part of his song before redeeming himself a bit with a strong chorus. Cotter was a surprise. I didn't expect him to be strong, but he showed a lot of poise, great command of the lyrics, good enunciation and a good look. Sligh had some strong vocals, and he's really going to score a lot of points for taking jabs at Simon (He ridiculed his past work) and for his humor. Lewis didn't go with his beat-boxing, and he showed an ability to sing. But I didn't like his song. I wish he'd get into something a little heavier. I think he could put a new spin on the Chris Daughtry approach.

I'm just not impressed with this cast. Some of them are so weak that it's truly sad to see them in the running. We have a lot of ethnic/racial diversity, but I wonder whether some of it was pushed upon the judges. A few of the guys just aren't good at all.

 

Totally agreed - particularly about Blake Lewis. Loved the song choice ("Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane).

Although I thought Chris came off like a prick making the Il Divo joke. He needs to follow the lead of Beatbox Guy Who Didn't Beatbox -- Chris needs to learn not to have a smartass quip ready every time the camera is on him.