The Fab Five of American Idol took on the music of standards from the Rat Pack era. As expected, the guys all showed up in skinny ties 🙂 I find the genre a strange choice for a pop star program; while I love this music, I can't imagine there are many who watch this show … Continue reading American Idol 04/28/09: standards →

Disco week, thankfully, came to an end Wednesday night with two people being voted off American Idol. The show opened with a dance number, choreographed by judge Paula Abdul, featuring the seven remaining contestants. The dancing was OK, the lip synching less so. I would have preferred a real singing number over the dancing - … Continue reading American Idol results 04/22/09: two go home →

The theme of Tuesday night's show was disco, although little real disco was on display. In fact, I suspect the two people whose performances were closest to disco - Lil and Matt - are going home Wednesday. Despite her having lost her voice, I dont think that was Lil's problem last night. I think her … Continue reading American Idol 04/21/09: Disco →

Tuesday's show was strange for me. Most of the performances, I thought, were subpar. Heading into the results show, I figured just about anyone (except Allison) could end up in the bottom three. The first contestant in the bottom three was -- once again -- Anoop. I think this kid has an awesome voice but … Continue reading American Idol Results 04/15/09 →

Tuesday evening, American Idol's top seven sang music from movies. The contestants were assisted by legendary director Quentin Tarantino. Because the show ran over last week, they changed the way the judges offered their comments. Instead of hearing from all four judges, each performer only heard from two. Kicking things off was 16-year old Allison, … Continue reading American Idol 04/14/09: music of the movies →

You know you're working too hard when it's literally Thursday morning before you realize that you missed not one, but both nights of AI this week. Thank goodness for TiVo 😉 Tuesday night's show had the remaining eight contestants singing songs from the year of their birth. Best part for me is that the years … Continue reading American Idol 4/7/08 & 4/8/08: Elite 8 →

American Idol opened Wednesday night with comments from the judges. Interestingly enough, Simon chose the same bottom three as I did 😉 Now that's scary. Host Ryan Seacrest divided the nine into three groups of three. The first group chosen had two of my (and Simon's) bottom three in it: Megan Joy, Matt and, surprising … Continue reading American Idol results 04/01/09: not a joke →

The nine remaining contestants in Season 8 of American Idol got to choose any song they wanted to sing Tuesday night - as long as it was in the top iTunes downloads. The only question for me was whether I would recognize any of them 😉 Anoop chose a tune by Usher. He sounded good … Continue reading American Idol 03/31/09: Contestant’s choice →

I think it's time for AI to cut back the results show to half an hour. Seriously - did anyone enjoy the fill provided by Ruben and the duet with Smokey Robinson and whats-her-name? Now admittedly, it was a blast to hear Stevie Wonder but what was that last song in the medley? Never heard … Continue reading American Idol results 03/26/09: Michael booted →

The ten finalists on American Idol Wednesday night took on the music of Motown. 2009 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Detriot record company. The contestants got to visit the city and were greeted by Motown star Smokey Robinson and Motown founder Berry Gordy. Robinson acted as this week's mentor. Kicking things … Continue reading American Idol 03/25/09: Motown →