Welcome to Bizzaro World 2008

- or it am not American Idol results night.
There were 4 strong performances last night (save for Archeleta forgetting some words) and two mediocre ones. Based on performances I expected either Brooke White or Jason Castro to get the axe.
I was mentally preparing myself to say goodbye to Brooke. Instead both she and Jason were [...]

American Idol Results show – April 16, 2008

First off, I have to say: that opening group number of One Sweet Day was brutal. The group hit some major off-key notes at the song’s bridge!
That song also reminded me how disingenuous and strange Sayesha Mercado is: it’s a sad and somber song, and she was SMILING, for Pete’s sake.
That she was in the [...]

American Idol Week Round-up

I missed a few days of this, so some of my comments already have answers:
Performance show April 8 2008
The inspirational songs produced a mixed bag of thoughts for me.
I really didn’t like Michael Johns performance of the Aerosmith song Dream On. It really came off as an imitation of the original, not adding anything new [...]

American Idol Results Show, April 2nd, 2008

I haven’t posted here in a few weeks. A shame, since some of the eliminations were noteworthy: David Hernandez as the first one cut wasn’t a surprise; after the reveal of his past career as a male stripper, I didn’t think America would tolerate him any more. Amanda Overmeyer being cut so soon wasn’t a [...]