March 26, 2008Quick thought on the judgesHave y'all noticed that the judges have been very contradictory this season? Example: Telling Brooke that she should've used the band during her performance of Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield" a few weeks ago. And then telling her last night that she shouldn't have used the band for "Every Breath You Take." Example: Telling Chikezie last night that he's not original. What? Are you serious? For the past two weeks he infused bluegrass into his Beatles performances. How is that not original? Example: Telling Michael Johns he needs to show them something a little different. But, when David Cook shows them his usual self, they praise him. On this particular matter, my thought is that Daughtry's fame surprised them. And they know David Cook will be the next Daughtry. So they want to make sure they sign David Cook since they missed the boat on Chris Daughtry, who placed fourth on "Idol" in 2006. He lost out to Taylor Hicks of all people. Yeah, I know, Taylor who? January 31, 2008There will be no Randy, Paula wardrobe malfunctionRalph Berrier, who writes the Riffs column for The Roanoke Times, has written a column for Friday's paper about how "American Idol" has even wormed its way into the Super Bowl. For those who aren't caught up: A video of Paula performing her new song "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" will air at some point during the game. And, according to Ralph's column, Randy is going to dance. What? Here's Ralph's take on it. Sounds right on to me. January 15, 2008Can we just say ... "actressing"?The two-hour premier just wrapped up and I have to say, it sure took Simon a while to get mean. It took 45 minutes for Simon to let go of one of his mean-spirited quotes. "Nothing about that was right. You've got zero chance of winning," he told Udgeet "Udi" Sampeet after his rendition of a Barry Manilow song. From that point on, Simon's mean spirit stuck around. He likened one female competitor to Willem Dafoe as the Joker. Another as "possessed," and a few dudes were just "creepy" and one girl was "identical to a nightmare." Are these insults tamer than usual? Or is it just that we're used to them? Maybe it's just me, but there was no real "wow" factor here. Perhaps I'm just desensitized to this stuff by the 7th season, but I just didn't feel blown away by anyone -- good or bad. |
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