And Your Next American Idol Is … David

COOK!!!!
I’m so glad my prediction on this one was wrong. I love David Cook! And he was such a humble winner. I love that his audition was happenstance, and not something that he sought out. It’s so perfect. I just hope that the AI machine doesn’t stifle his creativity on [...]

American Idol Tries to Rock and Roll All Night … or for at least 40 minutes, not including commercial interruptions

Like last week, the contestants each had two songs to sing (and two phone numbers for viewers to call). They have to fill the whole hour, you know. Fun for us, they chose songs from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This should be interesting. I wonder whom the producers [...]

American Idol: Brooke Sang, Brooke Left

Tonight’s group performance was unbearable – the singing, the dance moves, the nonexistent harmony, the awkward interactions. David Cook was the only redeeming factor. And I love how Ryan is promoting American Idol Extra, with Gina Glocksen and Constantine Maroulis, now that the competition is almost over even though I’m pretty sure AI [...]

American Idol: Good Times Never Felt So Good … or American Idol Never Felt So Long and Boring

This week, the contestants are each singing two Neil Diamond songs. This should be interesting. Not only will Ryan and the judges have to rush through the show, but this also gives the contestants twice the opportunity to forget the lyrics, twice the opportunity to mess up and have to start over, and [...]

Carly Smithson, Superstar

Well, Carly left us on American Idol tonight. I can’t say that I’m all that surprised. I knew she shouldn’t have picked that song, even though she sang it well … and did it even better tonight. I was surprised that the two worst singers from last night (Brooke and Jason) both [...]

American Idol, the Musical

Today is Earth Day, and American Idol is commemorating it by doing its part for the environment and using green power … four weeks from now at the AI Finale, a plan that Ryan Seacrest apparently “just learned.” It makes me wonder if the producers were too caught up in finding even more ways to [...]

Notes on American Idol Results: One (Bitter)Sweet Day for Kristy Lee Cook

About the group song, “One Sweet Day”: That’s about the only Mariah song I can picture being sung as a group. I think I would have rather heard “Dreamlover.” The good thing about the group song is that it gets better the more people they kick out. it just me, or did [...]

AI = MC Squared

Mariah Carey is the American Idol mentor tonight. First off, I just want to say that I LOVE Mariah Carey. I thought she was cute when she introduced herself to the American Idol contestants like this: “I feel weird about about the whole, like ‘judging’ people in general, so just look at me [...]

American Idol: A Pleasant Walk in the Park

Tonight’s theme was “a night of inspiration,” where the contestants sang songs that inspired them. The funny thing is that I didn’t find the night all that inspiring. It was the AI producers way to set the stage for “Idol Gives Back,” which will be on for 5 or so hours tomorrow night [...]

Amercan Idol and the Backwoods Barbie

I knew FOX was getting kind of low on creative ways to plug themselves, but Ryan Seacrest’s April Fool’s joke has reached a new low tonight when he says that tonight’s episode of AI has been preempted and that in its place will be a special celebrity edition of The Moment of Truth starring Simon [...]