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American Idol Tour 2008

by Toni

As a follow up to my many American Idol posts, I thought I’d share my thoughts from the concert. Saturday, we drove up to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to see it. This is normally about a 2 hour drive, give or take, but it took us more like 3, cause about halfway there, while driving on the Skyway through Hamilton, Ontario, we encountered a hurricane. Well, not really, but it was a pretty major storm with pouring sheets of rain, lightening and thunder, and darkness that made the street lights go on. It was intense.

Anyway, we got there about half an hour too late to see the Idols who came out early to meet the crowd. Of course. But the friends we were meeting did get to see them and get their pics taken with Jason Castro. Yay!!

The concert itself was OK. Honestly, it wasn’t as good as it has been other times. It wasn’t the singing, it was the format. And some of the singing. They basically performed in the order they were voted off the show, starting with Chikezie and ending with David Cook. They also had an emcee that started out getting the crowd all revved up. They never did that before. So Chikezie starts out and performs three songs. I don’t actually remember what they were, but I thought he was really good. Even better than I remember him.

Ramiele Malubay was next and she also performed her three song-set. Not good. I mean, really, really bad. Again, I can’t remember what she sang, but the first song was completely off key. It was almost painful. Then when she started the second song, her mike was dead and there was no music, but it looked like, from where I was sitting, that she could hear music, cause she was singing, or at least her mouth was moving, but with no sound. Very strange. Then they ran another mike out to her, and that one didn’t work either, then she had to go back stage for a moment, while they fixed what it was, and then she finished her set. I almost felt sorry for her, except that she was so bad.

Next up was Michael Johns. He sang We Are the Champions, It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright, and Dream On. He was great! I loved the whole set.

Kristy Lee Cook was next, and that’s when I left to go to the ladies room. It was funny, cause the place was empty, and as soon as I got in there, the line went out the door. Apparently, Kristy wasn’t a fan fave in Toronto. Kristy was wearing her trademark sequined tank top, too.

Then we had Carly Smithson. I was thinking of staying in the bathroom longer, but people needed to get in there. So I sat through Carly’s set, and honestly, she wasn’t bad. Not nearly as screechy as she was on the show. She sang an Evanescence song, a Heart song, and something else.

Next was Brooke White, who was pretty good. More like I remembered her from the beginning, easy going and laid back. She started out at the piano, shoeless, and sang Let It Be, then moved up to the front stage with guitar, still shoeless, and sang something else. I actually looked up one of the songs she sang, cause I’d heard it before an iPod commercial, I think; it was 1-2-3-4 by Feist.

Those six then did a group number, the same U2 song they did for Idol Gives Back, while showing pics of children from that special. The one strange thing was that the only person who got an intro was Michael Johns. Weird. (”Ladies and Gentlemen, Michael Johns!!”)

There was a short intermission, about 15 minutes, I guess, and they came back with Jason Castro. The sad part was that Jason was singing Over the Rainbow, with the ukie, when everyone was coming back in from intermission. It was all noisy and stuff, as you can see in the video I took below. Then he did Crazy and Daydream. I think I would have done Hallelujah, but that’s just me.

Syesha Mercado did her three songs, but I don’t know what they were. I thought the background singers carried her through the first song, but the last one - maybe something from Dreamgirls - was pretty good. Mostly, I just noticed her boobs sticking out from the top of her dress, so it was very distracting.

David Archuleta then performed four songs. The noise when he took the floor was deafening. Thousands of teenage girls screaming at the top of their lungs. The only song I remember was Stand By Me, which was good and included that brief verse of Beautiful Girl, which is what caused all the trouble with Papa Archuleta when he sang it on the show. Other than that, he was forgettable.

Lastly, we had David Cook, our Season 7 American Idol. David performed five songs, including Hello, Billie Jean, I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing and the winning Idol song, whatever it’s called. He was really good, and he was rocking the eye liner, which was fun.

They ended the show with a group number. One they all sang together before, but I don’t even remember which song it was. The sad thing was Jason and Syesha got ripped, since they only got their three songs and one group number, and the others all had their three songs and two group numbers - except the Davids.

Overall, I was a little disappointed. I mean, I paid $80 and traveled for hours and it wasn’t that great. I remember years with more group songs and duets and everything. This way, you only get a few minutes of the people you like and then you don’t see them again. Of course, perhaps they were recalling the unspeakably awkward group numbers from the season and wanted to stop that before it started. In which case, I guess they get a pass.

However, if I was setting up the AI concert, I’d start out with a group number, including everyone but the top two or three. Then you’d have Chikezie do his two solos, and then a duet or trio, then Ramiele’s two solos, Michael’s solos, another duet or group number, then Kristy, then Carly, and another group song before intermission. Then you come back from intermission with another group number, this one includes everyone but the actual winner, then Brooke, Jason, a duet or group song, then Syesha, David A, a group song, then Cook does his set, and they finish with a final group number with everyone. It would make it more interesting, for sure.

Here’s hoping they consult me for next year.


11 Responses to “American Idol Tour 2008”

  1. Anthony Says:

    Why would anyone consult you, you obviously didn’t enjoy yourself and don’t know what you are talking about. I watched and thought Kristy was awesome, and the crowd loved her, but you were busy taking a dump, so what would you know. Brook and Jason were good, very good but a little boring, you and Ramielle was ok, not quite what the others are, but not as bad as you say. David is the favorite, but quite honestly to loud and spends to much effort trying to get the crowd to applaud him. David Archulette has a great voice and needs a little work on performance. The concert gave everyone their money’s worth unless they spent their time on the can.

  2. Toni Says:

    Thanks for your opinion, Anthony. Obviously, you enjoyed the concert more than I did and its good to have other perspectives.

    I guess I was just disappointed that I didn’t see more of Jason, since he was my favorite.

  3. Sanjumanji Says:

    I totally agree with what you’re saying about the way the show is set up. It reminds me of the season 4 tour and I didn’t like it then either. I thought that the last two shows were better laid out from what I have read about them since I didn’t attend either show and that is why I expected things to be a little more mixed up again this year.

    I also was disappointed that Jason’s set was so short and that the end of intermission was not announced so that people could have returned to their seats sooner. Sitting on the aisle, I missed most of his first song because of people returning to their seats. It was very frustrating since he was also the one I went to see.

    I also was disappointed that the guitar hero commercial with all of the idols in it was not shown during intermission. I was looking forward to seeing that on the big screen.

    Oh and Anthony….Kristy Lee sucked. All she did was whore around the stage and try to make people clap for her. And you’re a pig for coming on someone’s blog and typing what you did.

  4. Laura Says:

    Anthony, you are a douchebag.
    The set up of the show was lame. Just because you have the hots for Kristy Lee doesn’t mean this was a good show.
    Who are you to say the show gave EVERYONE their money’s worth?
    You’re entitiled to your opinion but you’re not entitiled to tell other people what their opinion should be.

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  6. Toni Says:

    Well, thanks, Sanjumanji and Laura, for the support. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who wasn’t happy with the concert set up.

  7. Laura Says:

    Toni, you’re WAY too nice to people on here. You should be true to yourself. It’s scary LOL
    It’s a good thing you have us to do your dirty work for you.

  8. Toni Says:

    What do you mean? I am nice. *snort*

  9. media boy Says:

    anyone who can make it to the final stages of American Idol has got to be a great performer…

  10. Toni Says:

    So media, have you ever watched the show? Cause I beg to differ with that comment. Lots of people have made it to the Top 24 and even the Top 10 who kinda suck. But I guess its all opinion, right?

  11. daniel Says:

    I usually dont post in Blogs but your blog forced me to, amazing work.. beautiful

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