The 36 contestants selected last week have been broken down into three groups of 12. The first group performed tonight. Kicking things off was Jackie Tohn. Her high energy performance couldn't make up for a poor song choice. I like her voice, just not on this song. Up next was Elizabeth City's own Ricky Braddy. … Continue reading American Idol 02/17/09: The first 12 →

Season 8 of American Idol is underway. Auditions were held around the country, with promising talent receiving the coveted gold ticket and an invitation to Hollywood. After a grueling week, tonight the group was whittled to 36. I've not seen any one singer who stands above the rest at this point, probably because of the … Continue reading American Idol Season 8: we have 36 →

Well, of course the winnner was David 🙂 The only question was which David. Two hours to get to the answer. Thank goodness for TiVo. I only had to watch about 90 minutes - and no commercials 😉 The show opened with a performance by the Top 12 - and a whole bunch of other … Continue reading American Idol Season 7 Winner: David! →

Tuesday night's show matched rocker David Cooke against wonderkid David Archuleta. Gotta admit that the opening with boxing announcer Michael Butler was pretty cool 🙂 Sticking with the boxing theme, the two Davids squared off for three rounds of competition. Archuleta won the coin toss and elected to go second. In the first round, the … Continue reading American Idol Finale – and a prediction →

Last night, the three remaining contestants each sang three songs: one chosen by the judges, one chosen by the contestant and one chosen by the show's producers. Wonderkid David Archuleta did a decent job with his three, although his own choice was a bit strange. Syesha - well, let's just say she didn't give me … Continue reading American Idol Results 05/14/08: Down to 2 →

OK, so I'm not going to be able to do my results post at a reasonable time tomorrow so I'm sitting here watching tonight's show. Each of the contestants performed two songs from the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame catalog. You'd think that, given the size of that catalog, there would be some awesome … Continue reading American Idol 05/06/07: Predictions →

The music of Neil Diamond was featured last night. Perhaps I should have followed anonymous' advice and rented Lost and Found 😦 If that weren't bad enough, tonight's opening medley can only be described as horrible. But watching AI is a little bit like watching a wreck - I just can't help myself. This was … Continue reading American Idol Results 04/30/08: The Final Four →

Whoever the PTB are at AI, they have really made some boneheaded decisions on the music to feature this season. Don't get me wrong - there's a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's music that I absolutely adore - but the music is just out of place in this competition. Watching the six try to sing … Continue reading American Idol Results 04/23/06: The Fab Five →

The music of Mariah Carey was featured last night and it was clear that some folks were out of their element. I agree that the guys had the easiest time, as no one was going to compare them to Mariah. The women - well, the comparisons were inevitable. Interestingly enough, the best among the females … Continue reading American Idol Results 04/16/08: The Safe Six →

This week's results show was bumped from Wednesday night in favor of "Idol Gives Back," the celebrity-studded event in which money is raised for the less fortunate. It was announced that more than $60 million has already been raised, with contributions still being accepted through the website. I didn't watch the show, although I did … Continue reading American Idol Results 04/10/08: The Surviving Seven →