Group 3 Performance Night: Cannon Fodder Outperforming Predictions
It seems the the Idol gods work in funny and mysterious ways. The most hyped group – Group 1 – turned out to be a giant disappointment and flopped pretty badly. Group 2 was more of the same – with the...
View ArticleTop 13 Performance Night: Lucky Thirteen? Maybe. Maybe Not.
Somehow, doing Michael Jackson for Idol this year seems strangely appropriate. Once upon a time, Michael Jackson was known primarily for his music. When he makes the headlines nowadays, it’s more...
View ArticleTop 11 Performance Night: Grand Old Ouchie – Averted
Country nights on Idol can be… uneven nights. More than other genres, this theme gives singers who don’t usually go here trouble. With a Top 11 lacking the Designated Country Representative… that was a...
View ArticleTop 11 Results: “I Told You So”… literally!
Somehow, Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis singing I Told You So was strangely appropriate. Far and away the consensus pick to go home was Michael Sarver; instead based largely on DialIdol and song age...
View ArticleTop 10 Performance Night: These Songs Seem Strangely Familiar
When I sat down to watch today’s show, there was a strange feeling of familiarity that came over me. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but something was definitely off with the show. Then, as I...
View ArticleTop 9 Performance Night: April Snooze Day
Due to the wonders of timezones and the International Date Line, this week’s episode of American Idol came to us on April Fool’s Day. Unfortunately, this week’s singing felt like a prank that had gone...
View ArticleTop 8 Performance Night: Things Could Only Get Better, Right?
After last week’s disaster/fiasco/catastrophe, things could only go up. Way up. Year You Were Born, however, wasn’t quite a masterpiece of a night. It had its high – and low – points, but a smooth...
View ArticleTop 7 Performance Night: And The Trainwreck Goes To…
One thing we’ve learned this season is to keep expectations… low. It’s more than halfway through the season, and I haven’t really been blown away by any of the performances to date. Right now, I (and,...
View ArticleTop 7 Results: Execution Delayed
Normally Quentin Tarantino movies are distinguished by the high body count, so there’s a touch of irony that this week the Idol body count was zero. The judges turned out to be in a better mood than a...
View ArticleTop 7 Disco Night: Evasion Maneuvers
Conventional Wisdom had it that disco night would not go down well. After all, with the exception of Adam Lambert, none of the group was particularly qualified to handle the… unique aspects of disco...
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