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So this is it, the final show of season 8 on American Idol. All these weeks and months of waiting and watching to see what Adam Lambert would do next are over. The saddest part for me is that I won’t see Adam again every week, no matter who wins.

I want to start watching late so I have the power of fast forward, but I think live is probably better. Ryan Seacrest says there were just under 100 million votes.

First off, (more…)

Finally, here we are at the end of American Idol Season 8. Because I still can’t blog as I watch without my laptop, like I’ve been doing all season, I won’t do an actual recap this week, but just share my thoughts about the show tonight.

Both Adam Lambert and Kris Allen had to sing (more…)

So here’s the deal. As we start watching the penultimate episode of American Idol tonight, I’m not going into this thinking Adam Lambert will win. I know I’ve been on that bandwagon all along, but honestly, at this point, the rules change a little. Up until now, it was only necessary for him to have about 35% (or less) of the vote to be safe. Now its necessary for him to have more than 50%. Let’s just say that Adam and Kris Allen are going into this week evenly matched, meaning both had about 35% of the vote last week. That leaves over 30% of the vote to be split between them. That’s a lot of votes.

Even if Adam goes in to this week with 42% of the vote (I played with the numbers a little at dialidol and that’s what I came up with) and Kris has 37%. There is still 21% of the vote left. If that all went to Kris, he would easily have the win.

So you can see why I don’t think that this is really the runaway event that people are saying.

Right before last week, I revised some of what I had been saying and, after really thinking this through, started becoming of the mind that Danny Gokeywould go out in third place (the better place for him to be allowed to make his gospel CD), Adam would be in second place (so he can make the CD he should make) and Kris would win (so he can make the boring bubblegum pop thing that 19E would insist upon.

So although it would be sad for Adam to come so far only to lose to such a boring guy, it really doesn’t even matter at this point. I believe I’ve mentioned this before. Adam Lambert is this year’s Chris Daughtry. He’s already won this competition no matter who is crowned this week.

I’m gonna cut to the chase on my American Idol chop and slash show review.

We watched three home visit reels, sat through Jordin Sparks and Katy Perry (thank God for my mute button, since I didn’t start the show late enough to fast forward through all that), a silly Ford commercial where Kris Allen and Danny Gokey had super powers and Adam Lambert was just smart, and some charity thing with Alicia Keyes. Also, a very lame movie plug. And Katy Perry was wearing a cape with Adam Lambert’s name on it.

Observations I made while watching the show:

1. Theoretically everyone this week is in both the bottom three and the top three.

2. At their home town visits both Kris and Adam basically just sang, while Danny had a full orchestra and backup singers treatment.

3. Both Jordin Sparks and Katy Perry sounded screechy and off key to me.

4. Each one (more…)

My American Idol review will be a little different tonight. I usually write my review as I’m actually watching the show, but this week my laptop has some issues and I’m not able to do that.

So I took notes and now I’m attempting to decipher what I wrote.

I have to say I can’t remember a stronger Top 3, or maybe I’m not trying hard enough. I thought everyone (more…)

Slashing (get it, Slash-ing). and cutting on American Idol, the hard rock version. I’m definitely starting late tonight, cause I know I’ll want to fast forward through lots of stuff.

After the Ford video - kinda lame - the show moves along to the group song, School’s Out - kinda bad. Sadly, neither Danny Gokey nor Kris Allen have realized that rock music is not their forte. They still insist on singing. This time Slash was playing the guitar, thankfully, instead of Kris, who should never, ever again attempt to play rock guitar. Ever.

So, now on to the slashing. Oh, wait, (more…)

Here we are with the Top 4 on American Idol, and getting ready for some rock and roll. Hopefully.

Slash is the mentor this week so I’m not sure what we can expect. Ryan Seacrest tells us the show must go on, even though an accident on the stage cause some damage that did not allow the contestants to run through their songs properly beforehand. No wonder (more…)

I’m starting the American Idol slash and chop show very late tonight, so I’ll be able to fast-forward to my heart’s content. Ryan Seacrest tells us that there were 47 million votes. I’m just not sure I believe all that vote stuff.

We also get to see Taylor Hicks, which will be fun, and Jamie Foxx, which may be less fun.

Passing right by the Ford commercial, we get right to the group sing. Um, what are (more…)

OK, this is happening every week now. I keep having all these American Idol thoughts with no where to go. So I’m bringing them all to you, gentle readers.

First of all, don’t the Top 5 usually sing two songs a piece? I tried to work it out by going back and looking, but it was too confusing since they don’t date when they sang each song and I really can’t recall exactly. I just remember (more…)

It’s Rat Pack night on American Idol and I’m happy. I’ve always been a fan of the genre, although based on what we’ve seen from this group previously, its probable that I won’t recognize anything as sung by the Idols.

Ryan Seacrest tells us that the finale is in only three weeks. He then asks us which one of these five we think will be the next American Idol. My question is does anyone of those people really think they have a chance against the speeding locomotive that is Adam Lambert? I mean, honestly?

The mentor is Jamie Foxx. Um, OK. I’m not sure how he ties into the Rat Pack, but (more…)

This is American Idol. The chop and slash version. I’m not happy to realize that I might have to listen to David Archuleta sing again, since I’m watching live and can’t fast forward this week. Thankfully, there’s always my friend the mute button.

The fun part of the show was Paula planning out their choreography. Its also very fun to see the Idols actually dance during the group number. Of course, that was also the bad part, cause honestly they mostly can’t dance too well. If anything, the two people I hope will be going home tonight, (more…)

I know there’s going to be another ep of American Idol tonight, and I know I’m gonna recap it, but my recaps don’t seem to give me enough space to talk about everything I’m thinking. Hence, this post, in which I am going to share a few of those random Idol-related thoughts I feel the urgent need to share.

Last night, after the show, Laura and I were looking up the American Idol tour dates to see which one we plan to attend. (We’re thinking Hamilton, ON, on 8/14, cause it’s a Friday, rather than Saturday in Rochester, NY, since we’re right in the middle of the two cities. But it always makes me wonder why the tour goes to random places like Hamilton and Rochester and not Buffalo, which is a much larger city than either. But I digress.) Anyway, it started us talking about the Top 10. Neither of us could recall where Alexis Grace was voted out. Turns out it was at (more…)

It’s Disco Night on American Idol. This is always a fun show, not because of the good, but because of the inevitable bad. Fortunately, this week, they are jumping right into it. Maybe they can end on time. But, on the minus side, they will probably have time for all four judges to talk after each performance. *sigh*

The night starts out with Lil Rounds singing I’m Every Woman by Chaka Kahn. Right, way to not sing those big diva songs, Lil. Maybe it’s just me, but (more…)

I’m about a half an hour late to the American Idol chop and slash party tonight. Then my laptop refused to turn on (it does that sometimes). Then I started to recap and accidentally lost what I was working on. I had mostly fast forwarded to this point anyway, so I’m not even gonna try to go back and talk about what I missed.

The only thing I noticed is that we have no lip-syncing (without Megan Corkrey) and that the group did a little more moving around (without Scott MacIntyre). But what is the tour going to be like with both of them?

Poor Zac Efron! He has to sit in the audience of American Idol to pimp his new movie. Isn’t he too important for this show? Or shouldn’t Matthew Perry have to keep him company?

On to the cuts. This was usually the week they divide the Idols into to groups of three and then let one person choose which group they belong with. But somehow, I think they’ll do something different this year.

First up is Allison Iraheta. She is safe. Next is Adam Lambert. He is also safe. OK, no surprises so far. Next is Anoop Desai. I almost felt sorry for him, as he tried to banter with Ryan and then got sent to the silver stools of doom as the first person in the bottom three.

I was interested in hearing Jennifer Hudson since I always liked her, so I didn’t fast-forward as I normally do through the guest singers. But I guess this kind of music is just not for me. I like music that sings, not stuff that goes all over the place like that. It seemed like she was having a problem hearing the music, too, cause she kept grabbing her ear. I did like how she kept reiterating about her achievements. See, American Idol, Jennifer was saying, I’m amazing and you lost out on all this!

Back to the slashing. Kris Allen and Lil Rounds stand up. One is safe, one is not. Apparently, Lil doesn’t understand the term “diva” since every song she has sung has been by a diva and they have told her and told her not to do that, but she is insisting that she has sung songs by R&B artists. Anyway, Kris is safe and Lil is in the bottom three. This is interesting, since dialidol had Lil at second place and Kris at dead last.

Finally, we have Matt Giraud and Danny Gokey. Danny is safe, and Matt is in the bottom three. But did you all see that look Danny gave Ryan when he thought, for a brief second that he was in the bottom three? It was that “what you talking ’bout, Willis?” look.

So, the bottom three is Anoop, Lil and Matt. Ryan sends one person back to the couches of safety, and it is . . . Anoop.

Thankfully, I am able to fast forward through Miley Cyrus and get right back to the cuts. It is the only reason I watch this show, after all.

It is the moment of truth, says Ryan. The person singing for their life tonight is Matt. Lil is safe and Matt is not. OK, honestly, I do write this show. I’m also fast forwarding through Matt’s song, cause I heard it last night.

So, after a bit of bantery deliberation, the judges do save Matt! Wow, I’m surprised. Although we were talking about this today at work and my thought was that if they didn’t use it this week, they wouldn’t want to use it next week, since it would muddy up who was in the Top 5 with a double elimination then.

So, good for Matt. I could have lived without him, but I guess the more the merrier for Disco Night.

I’ve seen a spoiler list for the song choices on American Idol tonight, “Music from the Movies,” and I have to say I hope it’s right, cause mostly the songs all look great. One exception is for Lil’s choice. That one makes me think she wants to leave. But we can talk about it once we see if the list I have is right.

I’m not a fan of Quentin Tarantino, I don’t believe I’ve ever watched one of his movies, at least not intentionally, and I don’t think he makes a great mentor or judge for a singing competition. But I’m guessing that’s not why they have him on the show.

I just noticed, no judge’s entrance! Did they (more…)