Category: American Idol

Top 12… Nay… Top 13 Reviews

Last night was disappointing on SO many levels!  First of all, a storm came through and totally knocked out my reception for the first several performances, so I’ve had to just piece them together from what I can find on the internet.

Also, I am only 10 days away from getting married, so I’m totally distracted right now from being my usual, maniacal, bitter, angry, insulting self.

That being said… here’s what I have come up with:

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A Few Thoughts

Just a few thoughts…

  • I really hope that even though Normand Gentle didn’t make it through, he gets some kind of gainful employment… perhaps as an ice cream salesman.  Or better – they should fire Ryan and hire Norman.  He’d be a breath of fresh air!
  • Adam Lambert, now that he’s in, will need to stop wearing girls jeans for me to stop hating on him.  Let’s take it one step at a time: first the girls jeans, then the black fingernail polish, then a mans hair cut.  That will do it for me.
  • I am very excited that Kris made it.  He earned it, based on last night.  I just hope that Matt Giraud get’s a second chance in the wildcard round.
  • Brooke White’s song was oh so incredibly boring!  Boring boring.  Really?  That was the best single she could come up with an entire year after American Idol?  I’ve written better songs for church road shows…
  • I’m having mixed feelings about Paula saying she was going to perhaps leave the show.  I certainly wouldn’t miss her, but would miss making fun of her.  I like Kara more, except how she keeps trying to sell people on the open market.
  • The American Idol ‘retrospective’ was shameless filler.  More of that and I’ll have to put in a call to my contacts at Fox.

For reals, though.  What will I do without Normand?  He was my only hope for this season…

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We’ll miss you Normand!

Top 36 – Group 2

Is it just me or does it seem like AI is really struggling this year to get the live shows off the ground?  Something is off in the universe…

Aw well… here we go with the individual reviews…

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Top 36 – Group 1

I need to start these live shows – the real part of American Idol – right by complaining up front: I don’t like the 12 cut to 3 format!  The cut is too deep too soon!  We can’t get to know any of these people or see them progress on a weekly basis.  It changes the voting entirely, and leaves to a much greater chance the ‘top 12’ that we might get to see.

Wow… Doogie Howser and Ted Danson are in the audience.  I’m star struck.

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That being said, let’s take ’em one by one…

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Your Top 36

Yup… they made it through:

  1. aNoop Dawg (yes!)
  2. Von (biggest mouth in the world)
  3. Alex (I missed him somewhere…)
  4. Adam Lambert
  5. Taylor (one of my favs!)
  6. Jasmine Murray (yes!!!!!!!)
  7. Arianna Afsar (i wish we could see her hollywood performances)
  8. Casey Carlson (who?)
  9. Megan (who?)
  10. Mishavonna (who?)
  11. Stevie Wright (weird… but OK)
  12. Joanna (how can you forget the words so much and make it?)
  13. Kendall
  14. Kristen
  15. Alexis
  16. Scott
  17. Lil Rounds  (mahhhh woooman!)
  18. Jessie
  19. Allison
  20. Danny (was there any doubt?)
  21. Ricky
  22. Matt
  23. Ju’not (not impressed)
  24. Jorge (NOOOOOOOO!)
  25. Brent (who?)
  26. Stephen Fowler (excited to hear more from him)
  27. Norman Gentle aka Nick Mitchell
  28. Jackie Tohn
  29. Tatiana (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!)
  30. Nathanial (ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!)
  31. Jeanine
  32. Kai Kalama
  33. Anne Marie
  34. Kris
  35. Michael Sarver (yup.. like this guy!)
  36. Matt (the big guys)

The #1 injustice of the evening was: Jamar!  Sad… it’s sad.

The #2 injustice… so many contestants we never got to see!  Ever!  Show more singing for the pat’s sake!