Here's where the fun begins!
That's right, it's time for what--in my opinion at least--is the best episode of the year: Group night.It's always edited to be full of drama. It often gives us some of the best performances of the...
View ArticleThe end of the beginning of the journey
Here we are: the last day of the Hollywood rounds. Of the people who survived the group rounds, 60 will advance to take part in some Idol product placement, where they will go to the Mirage in Las...
View ArticleIt's all one big mirage
Or is is The Mirage?Either way, I'm retiring last year's limited glossary. Say goodbye to the handful of last year's singers who earned a silly moniker from me, and say hello to this year's crop. I'm...
View ArticleWhat I aspire to in life
As Charlie Sheen implodes (personally and professionally) before our very eyes, I'd like to take a moment to share with you what is my life's dream:As for Sheen's reported hopes to buy a house and move...
View ArticleSlacking once again
Okay, I have to admit that I haven't watched Idol for the past two nights, so I what I know about the performance shows is only from what I've read. Tonight, the 24 singers are being cut down from 24...
View ArticleOkay, I'm finally watching the show at it's regularly scheduled time
Of course, I'm on the road without a DVR and on the world's crappiest flat panel TV.I'm still undecided about how I feel about the top 13. But I am happy that the opening round of voting was cut down...
View ArticleFirst results
Okay, let me start by saying how ticked off I am that Nigel reneged on his promise that the results shows would all be half an hour. So I spent the first half of the show at dinner and watching the Big...
View ArticleSushi and more
So tonight a bunch of us from work went out for dinner at Ra Sushi. I generally like this place, even though our service tonight was absolutely awful. Is it really that much of a burden to split up a...
View ArticleResults, results, results . . .
I'm watching results, but not really paying attention since I'm protesting the hour long results shows. I only saw the last half of the show last night, but I really want Haley to be eliminated. Mrs....
View ArticleIt's Motown night
Okay, who let the themes back in?I thought we were done with the themes. We've done okay this year, but last week's songs were mostly 15-30 years old. Now we're going back to a era when most of the...
View ArticleWe need more Hulkmania on Idol
I'm not live-blogging the show tonight because I'm boycotting the hour long results shows that should only be 30 minutes . . . especially when they start running over time.But I will say that we need...
View ArticleWould you have saved Casey?
That's the question I've been pondering for the last week. Was he worth it? Does he have a legit chance to win?Remember that other singers have been in danger or eliminated because of supporter apathy...
View ArticleHome improvement and then some
With 2 people to eliminate tonight, of course the show has to be an hour long. Back in the early days of the Wild Card rounds, they used to eliminate two people in half an hour. Why can't we go back to...
View ArticleOkay, so we're down to 9
. . . and at least the show has been cut back to an hour and a half. Just in time for a new Christian Slater show to debut afterwards. Speaking of Christian Slater, I saw Heathers the other day on TV....
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I'll have a plate of eye-boinks with a side of cheez
Damn, I had forgotten how much I despised FRC. That's Faux-Rocker Constantine for those of you who have tried (like me) to repress all memory of His Velveetaness. My ears actually started to bleed when...
View ArticleIdol has many problems . . .
not the least of which has been the tendency of "America" to vote off the girls first. I'm not crying over Pia's ouster, but it seems to me that the basic way that the singers are advanced from one...
View ArticleI don't have much time tonight
because I'm setting up Mrs. High Lord's new iPad 2. I bought her an iPad last October when her other tablet/eReader crapped out, but it often gets co-opted when the grandkids come over. So we got a new...
View ArticleWill this finally be the week Stefano gets whacked?
Maybe the judges will take it upon themselves to finally do some judging and pass out a few harsh reviews to the singers who deserve them. I appreciate that Idol is trying to be nicer because, in...
View ArticleMy least favourite night of the season
As we all know, the group of seven is my least favourite results show because that's when they inevitably "George" someone in a very classless move that for some reason has grown legs and kept running...
View ArticleIs it really Carole King night?
After last week's surprising (and encouraging) lack of "Georging", we're down to six singers. The show is 90 minutes tonight, which means there will be 9 minutes of singing and 81 minutes of filler. To...
View ArticleResults and lots of crap
I'll admit that I haven't been watching much of the results show. On top of being too long, it seems that they've brought in some extra filler, so I don't feel obligated to watch it all.Seacrest tells...
View ArticleIdol must read my blog
Normally, at this point in the season, the show would be an hour long. But instead, they've taken my advice and have them singing duets in addition to their solo performances. Now, we just need them to...
View ArticleWhat's wrong with Idol? What's wrong with me?
Every year, people (myself included) invariably complain about Idol. Whether it's our favourite singer getting dumped or the voting not working out the way we like or even the crappy mentors they bring...
View ArticleThe short version
Since I'm protesting the length of "competition" shows, tonight you guys are getting the short recap as I watch the show no-filler style and pack for my vacation at the same time.Last week, my results...
View ArticleI hate Fox
Yeah, I said it.Again.All year, Fox has Idol on Wednesday and Thursday, but for some reason, they moved the singing show to Tuesday for the finale performance show. Do they really want to mess with...
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