Last night, American Idol eliminated Michael Lynche from the competition.  This leaves the final three as Crystal Bowersox, Lee Dewyze and Casey James.  There wasn’t much drama during the elimination because the first person to be declared safe was Casey James.  This left little doubt that Mike would be heading home. This week American Idol [...]

American Idol’s final four are singing songs from movies tonight.  The mentor is Jamie Foxx.  He mentored last season too.  He’s very hands on and if he could just teach some of the contestants to sing…oops, sorry!  Did I say write that? Lee Dewyze was up first singing “Kiss From A Rose”.  Randy thought he [...]

I was just watching Ellen when she mentioned American Idol’s elimination last night and I thought “Oops!”  I forgot to post the elimination results. This week, we said goodbye to Aaron Kelly.  I don’t think he was quite ready to be the American Idol, but I was surprised to see him eliminated last night.  I [...]

This is a big week for the final five contestants on American Idol.  Singing Sinatra songs while being coached  and accompanied by Harry Connick Jr., the idols will be on stage with the spotlight shining directly on to them.  There won’t be any musical instruments to hide behind. First up is Aaron Kelly singing “Fly [...]

As I’m sure you all know by now, Siobhan Magnus was eliminated last night.  In case you didn’t go back and check, the majority of “us” picked Siobhan to go home before Tim Urban.  Our pollsters seem to know their stuff.  If our informal poll holds true, next to leave AI will be Michael Lynche.  [...]

Hi! Tonight’s mentor is Shania Twain and the songs are all hers.  First up is Lee Dewyze.  He sings “Still The One”.  Randy said it started off a little shaky, but he pulled it off.  Ellen liked it.  Kara said he’s come far.  Simon thought it was the perfect song for Lee. “It Only Hurts [...]

Well, I managed to get to see American Idol Gives Back LIVE!!!  This morning, I received an email from the company that fills audiences inviting me to go for free.  It was crazy because we needed to be there early in the afternoon and my husband was flying in from Oregon and Pasadena is about [...]

Tonight’s theme  is inspirational songs in honor of American Idol Gives Back.  First up is Casey James singing “Don’t Stop Believing”.  The judges think he’s playing it too safe and needs to step out of his comfort zone.  Yep, all his songs are blending into one. So, I went on the Internet to see about [...]

Hi!  Happy Sunday! The results of our poll for the top seven are in.  The majority voted for the following: 7.  Siobhan Magnus 6. Tim Urban 5. Michael Lynche Actually Michael and Tim were interchangeable…could go either way. 4. Aaron Kelly 3. Lee Dewyze 2. Casey James 1. Crystal Bowersox Crystal was mostly considered to [...]

I tried to watch the American Idol results show last night…I really did!  I only made it through that ghastly group number and then I realized I have many, many better things to do with my time.  BTW, if you read the American Idol Facebook page associated with this blog, you will have seen that [...]