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  • American Idol Season 8 – Who Is Headed Home Sweet Home?

    Why is Jason Castro sitting next to Alexis Grace in the audience? I didn’t think I’d have to see those dread locks again until the end of this season.

    Why is Lady GaGa on this show tonight? I know she’s hot on the charts, but I don’t know anyone who has the album.

    Why hasn’t Kara DioGuardi returned my phone calls yet?

    Ok, just kidding on that last question. (She returned them.) But the first two are real questions. Someone please answer them for me.

    The top 9 are singing Don’t Stop Believing. Scott is rockin’ out on the keyboard and if you didn’t know this was pre-taped and then lip synced, you know now. Scott was singing but was nowhere near the microphone. Someone should’ve held it for him. It was actually a pretty good version of the song.

    Megan is wearing a dress that resembles red overalls. I don’t think it’s made by Osh Kosh B’Gosh.

    For five minutes, Ryno had some of the contestants do impersonations of each other. None of them were all that good, but at least they were having a good time. Ryno also mentioned that this group of Idol contestants get along better than any others in history. You mean Ruben and Clay weren’t really brothers from another mother? Really?

    Ryno tells Megan, Matt, and Kris to stand up and makes them walk toward the left side of the stage.

    He tells Adam, Allison, and Lil Rounds to walk toward the center of the stage.

    And the final three have to walk toward the right side of the stage. It looks like one of the three groups is the bottom three.

    David Cook is on stage performing Come Back To Me. I’ve added the actual video to the song below.

    They also presented him with his platinum album.

    Ryno just told Kris to sit down.

    Matt was told to sit down, but thought he was in the bottom three. He April Fools’d himself.

    Megan is in the bottom three and for some reason squawked like a bird and flapped her arms.

    Lil Rounds is safe.

    Allison is in the bottom three as well. She doesn’t deserve to be there. But Megan does.

    Adam is safe and they showed a shot of his friends. One guy had a wickedly bad mohawk.

    Danny is safe.

    It’s down to Scott and Anoop.

    Randall says judging on last night, Anoop deserves to be in the bottom three. Anoop agrees for some reason. Anoop predicted correctly. He’s in the bottom three.

    Lady GaGa is performing Poker Face. Nope, I don’t get her just yet. Here’s her actual video to this song.

    Allison was sent back with the rest of the group. She’s safe. So it’s either Anoop Doggy Dogg or Megan who will go home.

    It’s hasta la bye bye to Megan. Simon says they won’t even bother watching her sing before telling her they won’t save her. For some reason, she’s actually loose while performing. Still goofy, but at least she’s looser. I’m not sure she can necessarily feel the rhythm. But it’s ok. She’s going to be cute for at least another 15 years. She can live off that.

    She tells her son that she’s coming home. Carrie Underwood sings her home sweet home.

    Goodbye Megan Joy!

  • American Idol Season 8 – Motown Showdown

    Smokey in concert
    Smokey in concert

    Ok, so I have to say that last night’s show was one of the more fun Idol shows that I can remember. Many of the performances were better than good and there were only a few that were hard to sit through. Plus, we had Smoke Dog Robinson. What more could you ask for?

    Well, tonight we not only get Smoke Dog performing (with Joss Stone for some reason), but we also get Ruben Studdard and Stevie Wonder. If I were a mean person I’d wonder if the American Idol folks promised a buffet tonight. But I’m not mean.

    And though I wanted to see Steveland do more Burnin’ Up with the Jonas Brothers, it sounds like he’s going to do a Motown medley. That’s all good in my book. What’s Ruben going to do? I’m guessing he’s going to either celebrate someone home, or perform something from his new album which comes out very soon.

    Before I get to the show, did you know that Kara DioGuardi is 38 years old? I’m not usually into older women, but you know, she could probably change that.

    The 10 contestants are doing a Motown medley. Word came out today that these medleys are pre-taped and the contestants lip sync on stage. Really? Someone had to actually research this? Considering that these contestants get hammered for missing notes and being pitchy all the time, I figured they had to be pre-taped. They wouldn’t let them go live especially while trying to remember dance steps.

    Big Rube Studdard is on stage now and he hit one long note and is already sweaty. How did that happen? The song is nice, but it’s not going to be Big Rube’s comeback song.

    They show footage of the contestants flying from Los Angeles to Detroit in a jet. They show poor Scott yawning so they can make fun of him. How the heck was Scott supposed to know the camera was there? Someone on that show has a cruel sense of humor.

    Adam is up first and they’re getting him out of the way first. He’s safe. By the way, his hair-do is back to Adam normal, which is just not normal for anyone else who didn’t go to the Adam Ant or Culture Club school of fashion. I did buy his version of Tracks Of My Tears on iTunes and sadly, it’s a studio version rather than the live version. It’s still nice, but it’s missing the component of him actually hitting those notes live.

    Here’s a bad copy of Adam’s brilliant performance from last night. So far, this one hasn’t been taken down.

    Matt is next up and he either has a huge zit on his forehead or it’s a mole. Have I not noticed that before? Matty is in the bottom three. America, I’m shaking my head at you. But Kris is safe. Of course he is. The guitar is more loved than the piano.

    Lil Rounds is safe, but Michael is not. America, though I’m still shaking my head at you, you got that one right.

    Joss Stone is out singing and Megan just looked at everyone and said, “See, that’s what I’m trying to do. Don’t you get it now?” Actually, Joss is trying the R&B thing a little too hard. I didn’t like it that much. Well, that is until Smoke Dog entered the building. With Smoke Dog and Stevie on the same show, I wonder if they are going for that over 50 demographic a bit hard? Also, it’s kind of hard watching 20-something year old Joss and 60-something year old Smoke Dog sing, “You’re the one for me,” to each other without wondering if Smoke Dog was her long lost grandfather.

    Who is going to join Matty and Michael in the bottom three? Not Allison because she is safe. Anoop’s upside ya’ head is safe as well. Danny is safe and smiling.

    Scott and Megan are up together and Megan was looking so pretty until she made this face to pretend that she was surprised at the bad feedback she received from the judges. It’s kind of hard to explain, but she bugged out her eyes, sunk in her cheek bones, puffed out that cleft above the upper lip, and I think gave herself a double chin. It was a frightening two seconds, but then her face went back to normal and all was well in the world again.

    Scott is in the bottom three. Scott kind of looks like (believe it or not) “The Greatest American Hero”.

    America, at least you got two out of three right.

    Randall Jackson says Matt rocked the mike and doesn’t deserve to be there. Ryno sends Scott back to safety.

    Stevie Wonder is doing a medley that starts off with My Cherie Amour. He moves onto Superstition and right when I expected the Jonas Brothers to come in and screw up Stevie’s lyrics, they were nowhere to be found.

    Are we at the point where Steve just needs to cut off all his hair? Is there a reason for the dreadlocks if they cover only the latter half of his head? I love Steve more than maybe any entertainer on earth. I’m just trying to help.

    Paula and her smooshed together boobs were dancing to Overjoyed while Stevie was singing. It started off a little rough for Steve as he forgot where the mic was, but he started to sing his ass off. Stevie then finished off with a song I didn’t recognize and neither did the rest of the contestants. They were hootin’ and a hollerin’ for Superstition and had to do some pretending with this song.

    Matty is safe. Michael Sarver now has to sing for his American Idol career. He better not be too proud to beg. Because he has zero chance to overwhelm these judges and get saved. Carrie Underwood will send him back to Home Sweet Home.

    Michael actually did a better job tonight than he did yesterday. But Simon still sent him home.

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  • American Idol Season 8 – Shocking Result?

    Last night’s show was full of praise from the judges even though I wasn’t as into the performances as they were. There were only a few people who they actually criticized so it will be interesting to see how that affects the voting tonight.

    Ryno says that in his hands are results that may shock us.

    Last week I missed the song montage, and I think my gimmick this year might be that I pretend that I miss all of the montages because it’s usually the worst thing on the show. Well, if you don’t count the cheesy commercials that they do.

    They show a nice video package of what happens when the Idol members get kicked off the show.

    Michael says that his daughter asked him why he didn’t want to be with her anymore. He tells his daughter that he loves her while his eyes tear up. He should’ve used that trick last night.

    Danny is very much safe. Lil Rounds tells him that he knew. And when Ryno told her that she was safe, she screamed with sheer delight. Anoop is also safe. What one good week can do for someone.

    Ryno pits Allison and Michael together. They are both in the bottom three. Allison is very surprised as she should be.

    Brad Paisley is singing live. Yay!

    Ryno tells Scott that he’s safe and he’s one of the top 10, which means he gets to be on the American Idol tour. Megan and Matt are also safe.

    Kris is also safe so it’s between Adam and Alexis. Simon says Adam’s performance was even worse on TV than it was live. Alexis is in the bottom three.

    Here’s Adam’s creepy performance from last night.

    Allison is safe. So where’s the shocking result? If I had to choose a bottom two based on last night, this is exactly the bottom two that I would’ve chosen.

    Carrie Underwood’s hair is performing with Randy Travis.

    Simon says the judges would consider saving one of the two if they were eliminated, but doesn’t say which one.

    Michael is safe and Alexis is with us no more. Simon says Alexis was the one they were thinking about saving. I guess that says a lot about what they think of Michael. He says her performance will have a lot with their decision.

    I’ll spoil it for you. They’re not saving her. It’s way too early in the show. Just wait until we get a few more weeks into the show and one of their favorites gets eliminated.

    And she completely over sung the song too. They’re not going to save her.

    Goodbye Alexis.