Idol results-

Show kicks off with a plug for their song-writing competition. Next comes the brady-bunch style song montage. They only thing they were missing were the white bell-bottom jump suits. Lengthy explanation of iTunes downloads with a note that the itunes versions are full -length.Announcement that Dolly Parton will be mentor next week.The contestants were called out in this order: Chikeze, Brooke, Carly, -break for Ford commercial- David A, David C., Syesha, Michael, - break for commercial and for nonsense such as pre-recorded phone-in questions, Kimberly Locke performs and finally an extended ad for 'Idol Gives Back 2'- Ramiele, Jason and Kristy came out on stage together. Sofa (safe): Brooke, Carly, Davids A and C, Michael, Ramiele, KristyStools (Bottom three): Chikeze, Syesha, Jason . By the numbers Ramiele should have gone home. Jason is safe (birthday). Chikeze and Syesha were equal in the rankings. Chikeze is going home after getting a lecture from Simon about song choice.On to next week.

Idol Top Ten-

I am so bored with this season. Here are the rankings: David C, David A., Syesha, and Michaek with 10, Kristy with 9, Chikeze, Brooke, Karly with 8, Jason with 7 and Ramiele with 5.

These scores don't reflect how dreadful I thought the show was tonight. I think Ramiele, Brooke and Karly are in trouble. I personally hated David C, Kristy and Michael.

Any of htem could leave after tonight and I wouldn't care- But I would spare Jason for one more week, It is his Birthday after all.

Idol results show-

Starts off with the fantastic news that Neil Diamond will be a mentor on an up-coming show.
That will be one to watch- although I can't say I am overly optimistic about what these singers would do with his stuff.

Top Ten are: Brooke, David A., Michael, David C., Jason, Ramiele, Syesha, Chikeze, Carly, Kristy

Bottom Three: Carly, Kristy, Amanda

Going Home: Amanda

Idol -kinda boring tonight.

from top to bottom- David A 12, Chikeze 11, Syesha 10, Jason Castro 9, Carly 9, David C. 9, Brooke 6, Amanda 6, Ramiele 5, Michael 5, Kristi 4.

Kristi or Ramiele should go. On a side note, I have it on very good authority- namely a friend who did mission work in Honduras- that 'Archuletta' means 'pork chop.' I thought that was a fun fact.

Idol Results Show-

So we start out the show with a movie plug from Jim Carey. And didn't these group medley numbers used to be good?

I am curious as heck to see how they are going to fill a whole hour to eliminate one person. And I am annoyed that, If I heard Ryan Seacrest correctly, they are going to do anothe rweek of the Lennon/McCartney songbook. That will be an interesting thing since I read somewhere that there were only about 25 songs made availabel for the show. This probably means another week of b-side tracks.

First set of four- Carly, Michael, Jason and Syesha are the first four to stand. (Syesha could be in bottom three) Yep- Simon parts with the other two judges when he says she deserves to be in bottom three. She wasn't in mine, but I wouldn't quibble. I do not think she deserves to go home.

Syesha sings now- so I guess we will get to hear them sing before the bad news. That pattern makes a bit more sense to me.


Ford commercial was dreadful- The contestants got to see 'Horton hears a Who'- and we got to hear about it.


Second set of four- Chikezie, Amanda, Kristi and David C (should be Kristi)/ yep- she even asked for the Microphone before her name was called. She gets to sing.

Ryan asked her if she thought he was going home tonight. She said she hoped not, but didn't answer the question- smart move. If she doesn't think so at this point she (with the possible exception of David A.) is the only one.

Why do these people always sing better on the second night when it is too late to make a difference? No, she was not that much better.


The phone in questions were lame, except that Jason said that of the three judges he would like to be Paula for a day- Probably wants to get ahold of her drugs.


Kat McPhee sings- backed on piano with David Foster- not sure why, except to fill time-


Last four- David H, David A, Brooke and Ramiele. (both David A and Ramiele deserve this based on last night- If it is David A, he could go home- I am sticking with Ramiele) David A is safe, Brooke is safe, Ramiele is safe- David H is in bottom three. And hearing him sing, I can see why.
I think he deserves another week.

Bottom Three- Syesha, Kristi and David H. Syesha is safe. David H is going home.
I do not think he would have won, but it was the wrong choice for this week.

Idol Final 12 in Bazarro World-

These are the rankings- Chikeze 12, Carly and Brooke with 10, Jason, David C, Amanda with 9, Michael, David H. and Syesha with 8, Ramiele with 7, David A with 6 and Kristi with 4.

Bottom three by my numbers are David A, Ramiele and Kristi- I think, based on total performances to date I would send Ramiele home- but it is anybody's guess.

It was a strange night- Chikeze went early on and was the hit of the night.

Top Twelve-

David C, David A, Jason C, David H, Michael, Chikese
Brooke, Syesha, Ramielle, Carly, Amanda, Kristy

Going Home are: Kadi Malloy, Luke Menard, Danny Noriega and Asiah

Ramielle got picked over Asiah. Close call but no big deal either way.

I still say that if your name is David you will be around a while in this competition. I think folks shouldn't underestimate Jason either. He is stronger each week which is a good place to be in.

Idol Girls-week three

The judges were fawning in their praise tonight (which makes these scores higher than they should be) but for my money it was quite unjustified.
None of the women stood out tonight for good or ill- they just were very unimpressive. Simon got that right at least. The guys were stronger this week.

Rankings- Amanda, Kristi and Brooke with 10, Asiah, Carly and Syesha with 9, and Kadi with 8 and Ramiele with 7 are the bottom two. I will stick with these scores for my choices to leave but in reality I wouldn't bet the farm on any of them.

Idol Guys- week three- on to final twelve

It was an interesting week off of the Idol Stage- David H. was outed as a gay stripper- if anyone cares. However, if he keeps bringing on solid performances like tonight's I find it difficult to believe that anyone will care.

By the numbers, according to my convoluded methodology which has not failed me yet:

David A, David H, Jason Castro are the strongest bets with 11 pts each. David Cook with 10- the judges loved this- I felt strongly too, but in a different way. Quite possibly this song worked better in person than it did on TV. Michael Johns and Chikeze with 9 pts. Luke with 8 and Danny with 7 should be the ones to go home. Unfortunately I think Chikeze, Michael and even David C are vulnerable tonight.

My guess for the top six would be David A and David H, Jason (for sure) as well as Chikeze, Michael and Luke. Danny and David C are most likely to go home- in my opinion.

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.

American Idol 2008

The producers seem to be focussing on the lighter side of the judges and turning to warm and fuzzy instead of mean and nasty. the judges look like absolute pussy cats.

Unfortunately, they didn't fill in Ryan Seacrest. His comments come off as snarky and juvenile (more so than usual).

I do like that we are getting a larger dose of the good auditions than we have seen in the past few seasons. It creates a scenario where we can get to know the competitors sooner.

A Page That Aches

Even though I don't post very often I come here often to read what ever is here. Jon, I enjoy reading your thoughts and love your sense of humor. I suppose that it helps that you and I are on the same side of the political spectrum.

So I do hope that you keep this site going and I will try to post my thoughts more often instead of just reading what others post.

Bailey Update

When Do I get to post? You let Reuben post.