Hi, American Idol seemed to throw their idea of a “themed” show out the window tonight when they put Frankie Avalon, Flo Rida and Kellie Pickler all on the same show.  Talk about three way different types of music! Anoop Desai is the first to end up in the bottom three.  Adam Lambert and Kris Allen are announced [...]

Hi! Ryan starts tonight’s American Idol by introducing the judges and showing their pictures when they were little.  Some were cute, some not so cute!  First up tonight is Danny Gokey singing “Stand By Me”.  The judges all like his performance.  I thought it got better as the song went along.  It wasn’t one of [...]

Hi! So what is in store for the final 8 contestants on American Idol this week?  They will sing a song from the year they were born.  This is probably not a big deal for them since they are all pretty young so the songs won’t be that old.  Now if I had to do [...]

Hi Everybody, Tonight’s performances are all popular “most downloaded” songs.  The final nine have an enormous amount of songs to chose from.  Let’s see if they chose the right one! Anoop Desai chooses an Usher song.  Judges aren’t too thrilled with the song choice but they do say his vocals were good.  Well, all but [...]

Hi Everyone, Tonight on American Idol the final nine contestants will perform songs from the “most downloaded” list.  This gives the contestants a chance to show their marketability.  But, they also run the risk of competing with a current vocal superstar by choosing a song that screams that superstar’s name.  Since these songs are popular [...]

Hi Everybody, This week’s American Idol results show was packed with stars…Smokey, Stevie, Ruben.  Well, maybe Ruben isn’t exactly a star, but he is a past American Idol.   When he performed, I listened closely because I wanted to see if he really should have been an American Idol.  I like when he sings those slow [...]

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  Taking in a college BB game or two maybe? President Obama’s press conference has forced Fox to change around this week’s Idol shows.  For this week only, American Idol will be on Wednesday and Thursday at 8:00 p.m.  The top 10 performers will chose from 50 [...]

Hi Everybody! This result show starts like all the others…a trip down memory lane and a group song. After a recap of last night’s performances, Ryan asks Lil Rounds to stand up. He doesn’t waste any time telling her she’s the first to make it to the final twelve tonight. No surprise there. When Lil [...]

One of the frustrating things about discussing American Idol with other people who watch is that this show makes us all equal relative to technical music criticism. I struggle to not play the I’m-a-musician-and-you’re-not card. But I’ll be honest. I don’t think any of the Idol women are worth a damn. There is not one [...]

For the past couple of weeks, when asked who I thought brought it and who left it on American Idol, I’ve consistently said “the kid” as my pick to beat. The kid is David Archuleta, and after Tuesday night’s rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine,” I suspect all those who shrugged when I issued those sentiments [...]