Lemme Talk About Idol
As expected, I have not been as dedicated to watching American Idol as I used to back in seasons 4 and 5. I usually just skip the auditions and wait till hollywood week to start watching. I saw a couple of audition episodes for this season but my attention span was almost close to zilch. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been watching too… that must mean that you also sat through the horrific first performance show last week of the first batch of 12 of the top 36 finalists. It was quite excruciating, to say the least, sitting through two hours of safe and odd song choices as well as awkward performances from the dreamers and the wannabes. The show was kind of a dud.
I was rooting for Anoop Desai but darn it he didn’t make it. Casey Carlson was pretty, that’s it lol. Tatiana Del Toro was a revelation but was being creepy instead of being annoying as previously portrayed. Alexis Grace was surprisingly good but knocked-out-of-my-socks good it was not. Danny Gokey sang well, I gotta hand it to him. But… there’s a big BUT… I kind of get the feeling that he’s a douchebag. His wooooooo’s when he first got granted the golden ticket to hollywood and then last week when he was told that he’s in the top 12… kind of arrogant, don’t you guys think? Plus they use his backstory A LOT (yes, someone died, now please let her rest in peace!) , he gets plenty of airtime, he got the pimp spot, the over-the-top praises from the judges… its like he’s being shoved into our throats. I don’t like it. He’s a front-runner, yes, but let me be the first to tell you… and remember me as being the first to tell you this… he won’t win. I can’t explain it, I always get a feeling about how it all plays out as the show slowly progresses and that I can assure you 99.5% will happen. I like his voice though.
This week, we got a much much better show in my opinion. I like more of the people on this batch and see more potential in many of them than the ones from last week. Too bad only three people have to go through… darn it their new old system sucks. Allison Iraheta totally surprised me, if a girl has any chance at all this year to take the title (coz the guys are obviously stronger this season) it would be her. Adam Lambert, the other front-runner… sigh, he got the pimp spot, too. His performance was over-the-top but in my opinion hardly enjoyable. What is up with his hair?! I don’t know who’s ‘fro i abhor more, his or Kai Kalama’s. Adam’s a little too polished and too hollywood for his own good. The guy’s got potential, I can see that, but I’m not sold on his talent yet. We’ll see. The other ones I liked were Megan Corkrey… she picked a Corinne Bailey Rae song that I love and was weirdly wiggly as she performed it, I thought it was charming haha. Another female that stood out was Mishavonna Henson who sang Train’s “Drops of Jupiter”, but the judges were really looking for things to nitpick about her performance as if they don’t want her to get through to the next round. Baaaad judges! Matt Giraud was another favorite of mine who crashed performing Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida”, hopefully he gets a wildcard spot if he doesn’t get voted through tonight. Kris Allen was also really good… I love the song he chose (Michael Jackson’s “Man In The Mirror”) to begin with so that definitely helped a lot. Finally, a real genuine down-to-earth good guy amongst this year’s crop of male ego’s who are so full of themselves… I’m rooting for this one coz he’s an underdog lol. If he gets through, he’ll be my Elliott Yamin for the season… puts me on a nervous breakdown every results night because he’s always in the bottom of the pack haha. Jesse Langseth deserves a mention, too. Not bad. The others I already forgot, except for Nick Mitchell/Norman Gentle. Who could forget that?! lol.
Next week, Ariana Afsar is on my radar… i like her haha. The others I forgot, we’ll see.
As of last week I was already losing hope and declared season 8 of this show to be its worst season yet. It was that bad I think. Now, I think there is hope. If the right people get through, maybe we can get another pool of talent that’s in the same caliber as that of season 4. For the record, my favorite top 12 was season 5 (the one with Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee) and season 7 (last year – David Cook, Jason Castro, Brooke White, Archuleta). Let’s just hope that the good ones (Anoop Dogg included) get another chance and get spots for the wild card show next week.
Speaking of Brooke White, she’s getting ready to release a new album pretty soon (I knew it was bound to happen). She’s scheduled to perform a new song on tonight’s results show. This here is the song… “Hold Up My Heart”. It sounds quite dated, very 70’s female singer-songwriter type. Very her hehe. I like it, its got a really pretty melody. It will have a hard time getting played on the radio, but a miracle could happen… all it takes is an open mind and a proper musical/soundtrack placement on some movie’s pivotal scene or a commercial. Best of luck mama Brooke, I still am a fan!
listen: Brooke White – “Hold Up My Heart” [dL/dL2] now available on iTunes!
I just wanna say… Danny Gokey looks and sometimes sounds like Robert Downey Jr. Matt Giraud is like a cross between Michael Buble and Elliott Yamin. Allison Iraheta looks and acts like Brittany Murphy. Tatiana del Toro is a chunkier Katharine McPhee. Jasmine Murray sounds like Fergie. Mishavonna Henson could be a resident of Whoville.
Case closed… for now.
Coming up next… a bunch of songs… again 
Even though people think that today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap (that’s from one of my all-time favorite movies, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind), I still love it if only for the nice fuzzy feeling it brings in the air seeing lots of people make the extra effort to make other people feel special and loved. Aaah, amidst all the craziness happening the world over, we all know the only thing it really needs to fix it all is something that can be summed up in four letters but oh so difficult to define unless you’re a little kid. Hmmm… I wonder what it is? Hehehe! Happy Valentine’s Day everone!
Cinthia on 
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denver on 
