3 weeks worth of American Idol auditions

After 9 seasons I can guess who will sound bad before they even open their mouth!

I’ve also felt that some folks know that they’re bad, but try out anyway just to get a few minutes on TV. Last week one of the failures said outright that she just wanted to be famous.

Every week now has shown us a loon who requires a security escort out.

Most of the guest judges have been fairly harmoneous with the others, but Kate Perry…! For a moment I thought she would come to blows with Kara DiGuardi!

So far this year we’ve also seen many singers who survived great illnesses. One girl this evening survived leukemia. A good friend died from that in 2008, so this story hit me hard.

Canadian Idol 2008 – no longer a Top 22

Tonight the top competitors for the next stage were picked.

Some cuts weren’t a surprise. The African guy Vincent seemed nice but ultimately he couldn’t sing well.

What really surprised me was that many of the people who forgot their words still made it through! A few of the people who didn’t sound good to me the judges liked. Taste is very relative.

The biggest surprises were that many more guys than ladies got through this year and also the fact that they are part of a Top 24 instead of 22. I’m glad they changed it up a bit; that after 7 seasons American Idol has never changed the idea of having 12 guys/12 ladies has grown stale.

Now I’ll just hope that this year the French competitors get beyond the first performance for the public. So far only one did, but she was still cut before the Top 10.

Womens Performance Show – Feb. 27, 2008

Of the final 10 ladies, only two performed well. There were far too many performances that were mediocre to my ear.

Alexandria tried more to sing than to shout, but it didn’t sound good. Her bride of Frankenstein look didn’t help either. Kady also missed for the second week in a row. I suspect that they will be eliminated tonight.