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 [...]

Bring Back Chikezie

This week on American Idol, Chikezie was the one sent home, and I wasn’t really too concerned about it.  He wasn’t one of my favorites, anyway.  Now, however, I want him to come back.  Next week is Dolly Parton week, and rumor has it that he was set to sing “9 to 5.”  I am so [...]

Chikezie Goes Home

Chikezie was voted off tonight.  I called it, though I still wished it would have been Kristy Lee Cook.  Although Chikezie is not the worst singer in the competition this year, I had a feeling he would be the one to go home tonight.  Something was just off with him last night.  I knew “God [...]

American Idol: Songs from the Year You Were Born

Tonight, the contestants sang songs from the year they were born.  I’m so glad the producers went with this theme instead of jumping on the trilogy bandwagon and producing American Idol Butchers the Beatles III.
Ramiele Malubay, “Alone”:  It was my favorite from her, but not the best of the competition.  I like her, and I [...]

American Idol aka the 2-Hour Long iTunes Commercial

The theme for the night was The Beatles, and to milk it for all it’s worth, Ryan spent the first 20 minutes of the program telling us about how awesome The Beatles were/are. This was especially helpful since the at least half of the contestants had never heard of them before.  Since last week’s [...]