Idol Eliminations- Week 2

The girls had a double shocker (as much as can be the case when they were all -not great). Alaina and Alexandrea went home.

The guys were exactly as I called it- Jason Y and Robbie.

Next week, the eighties.

Idol Girls-

Using the scoring system I explained in the last post these are the rankings. I have to confess that I will be glad to see this reduced to one night. Two nights of this is too hard to follow and I have to work and staying interested.

Kristy 11, Brooke 10, Asia 9, Carly 8, Ramiele 7, Alaina 7, Alexandrea 7, Syesha 4, Amanda 4, Katie 4.

I would send Amanda and Syesha packing but it is anyone's guess, I doubt any of them are safe.

Week Two American Idol Guys-

Once again if your name is David you are probably safe. David H and David A seem to have secured themselves into the top six. Their performances were spectacular.

When I watch the show, I take notes. Each judges comments are ranked 1, 2 or 3 points using a completely arbitrary system in my own head. I also rank each performer with the same three point scale prior to judging. So each contestant has an opportunity for 12 points.

These were the rankings tonight:
David A 12, David H 12, Luke 10, Chikezie 10, David Cook 9, Michael Johns 9, Jason Castro 9, Danny 9, Robbie 7 and Jason Y with 6.

I found Danny completely listenable if I closed my eyes. Jason C made me forget the Beegees did IJWTBYE in the first place.

Both Robbie and Jason Y made the mistake of over reaching with their song choices and I dislike Chikezie enough to put him in the bottom three. Any of those could go and I wouldn't be bothered.

Idol Eliminations

Wow- Garrett, the chipmunk singing guy that looks tlike the Crazy guy from "The Warriors" was sent packing straight away. No build-up, no phony dramatic pauses- Just "I gotta say goodbye tonight." What a refreshing thing to see. But I think it scared the hell out of the others on the stage. They aren'tsure what to expect. There were worse performers (Danny, Chakezie, Jason), but Garrett made the mistake of being boring before people got to know who he was.

The girls had an uphill battle trying to sing while battling the flu and Bronchitis and trying to be more feminine than some of the guys (Danny,Garrett, Colton). So it is hardly fair for them and I am sure some of these whiney little princesses (not you Danny) will tell us how unfair it is.

Amy Davis, one of my picks to go home, is sent packing. She did stink it up last night. Garrett sang better tonight than he did on Tuesday. I can't say the same about Amy- please fade to commercial.

Now we get to see a Paula Abdul video. It didn't suck and reminds us that before paula was a joke she was actually quite a video diva. Quite the dancer, too. Back to the show.

Amanda and Diane are put on the chopping block. I picked Diane before but I could just as easily see psuedo rocker chick go too. Oh, come to find out her name is JoAnn, not Diane- and she is leaving. And Simon Cowell likes Coke-a-cola.

My two picks for the girls were right on the mark. I didn't really pick two guys to gobut Garrett wasn't a surprise.

The last one to leave tonight. Between Colton and Chubacca, the Ellen Degeneres look alike. How sad. Maybe Ellen should have him on her show and give him ten thousand dollars worth of equipment like she did Josiah.

Without Colton around- one question remains- who will Simon pick on now?

Idol Girls

I have to be honest- I couldn't care less. I tried to pay attention and I found the whole thing kind of boring. How many times do we have to hear compliants about flu and bronchitis. The guys didn't seem to complain.

Diane B who sang "Say a little prayer" and Amy with "where the boys" are got the lowest scores but I don't know that they were any more or less boring than the others.

I guess we will see- but it is an hour-long show. My guess is lots of commercials.

I know you all have been waiting-

Idol Update-
What a crazy night this is. Idol is fine and all but the primary in Wisconsin deserves equal billing. So here is a brief accounting and I will do more later, maybe.
If you were on Idol tonight and your name is David, you are probably safe.
If things stay consistent- these will be the final six:
David A, David H, David C, Robbie, Jason Castro, Michael Johns
The forgettable ones were Garret Haley - the chipmunk who looks like the crazy guy from “The Warriors”, Luke (although I liked his song choice), Chakezie and Colton
Danny and Jason Y were the bottom two in my mind but any of the bottom six are in danger.
The VFTW people are going to be all over this Danny kid so he may be this year’s Sanjaya. We will see.

American Idol 2008 Top 24

There are an awful lot of these faces that we have not seen at all before. I am not sure what that is about. I will post more about this later, but for now it is not looking like this will be a great season.

American Idol -- Hollywood Week Approaches.

Looks like great changes are coming this year including letting the contextents use instruments.

Looks like some promising young talent but there are a few potential Sajayas in there as well. This should be fun.