There were so many stars on the red carpet last night for the American Idol season 8 finale that I wouldn’t even dream of trying to list them here. 

Of course, there were the finalists, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, along with the rest of the Top 13 and judges but the celebrities (and former contestants) came out in droves to see who would win the singing competition. 

It looks like season four winner, Carrie Underwood, hurt her knee somehow since she’s got her “owie” all covered up with four Hello Kitty bandaids. She still managed to look absolutely …read more

Former season seven finalist, Michael Sarver, filmed some behind-the-scenes action as the Top 13 prepared to take the stage for the last two episodes of American Idol this year.
Unfortunately, as is the case with most things related to this show, there is a bit of a “scandal” going around regarding this video.  Michael originally uploaded it to his MySpace account but pulled it down after he realized that something was said that could be considered offensive. Danny Gokey (talking about Michael) said he “I love this boy to pieces” and then realizes that it could be taken out of context …read more

Eliminated American Idol contestant, Alexis Grace, was on Fox 5 this morning where she talked about what she immediately plans to do (see her daughter!), the parting words of judge, Simon Cowell, and reviewed some of her performance (the poor girl was wincing).
The host also asked about her image and whether she was going to keep the pink streaks in her hair.  She actually said that, when she goes home, she is going to change her hairstyle. 

That’s interesting because I loved her during the audition rounds but then felt like she was a different person once the Top 12 …read more

Scott MacIntyre sang “Wild Angels” by Martina McBride and the audience really got into it toward the end but I found it a little boring.  I feel like he also slides in and out of notes.  I like Scott but I don’t have the same level of excitement for him as I think a lot of other people do.
Paula said it was an impressive performance but that he needs to rely a little less on the piano.  Simon said it was a bit of a stupid thing for Paula to say but added that he doesn’t think Scott is picking …read more

The original American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, sang her new single “My Life Would Suck Without You” from her album All I Ever Wanted which was released yesterday.  She wore all black which was pretty flattering but there was something missing in her eyes (in my opinion). 

It was great to have her back on the show but, sometimes during the performance, she didn’t look like she wanted to be there.  It was as if the personality would start to come out but then she would just kinda stand there and sing.  Maybe it was nerves?  Maybe it was …read more

Rapper/singer, Kanye West, performed his single “Heartless” on the American Idol results show tonight and I thought it was a relatively decent performance.

I was happy that it went smoothly since there were some issues with his Saturday Night Live performance and I’ve also noticed that a lot of stars absolutely bomb on the Idol stage.  Have you ever noticed that?  I wonder what the acoustics are like in that room?  Anyway, here’s the video:

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It was an interesting episode tonight.  We heard about the new rule, we saw this season’s first Ford commercial, performances by Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson and, of course, the two eliminations (pictures and video coming soon).
The first bottom two consisted of Jasmine Murray and Megan Joy.  Megan didn’t have to sweat too long because Ryan told her she was safe.  Jasmine performed and Ryan told her she would be eliminated unless the judges chose to save her.  No pressure!  Of course, Randy told her she was going home and we got to hear Carrie Underwood sing “Home Sweet Home” …read more

I was absolutely stunned to learn that Alexis Grace chose to sing “Dirty Diana” but, in the end, I think it was a decent song choice.  She was able to adapt it to a female voice and turned it into a sassy little number. 
How short were those shorts!?  Both Kara and Paula liked it, though Paula warned her not to oversing but Simon kept it real by telling her that it might not have been as good as she thought.

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Matt Giraud chose to sing one of my favorite Michael Jackson songs “Human Nature” and I’m not sure it went as well as Matt would have liked. 

The falsetto was a little bit all over the place which is too bad because that is the best part of the song.  I like Matt but I was really on the fence with this one.  The judges all liked it which is really good considering the fact that he came after Adam who the judges were practically drooling over.

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Wow… I was really hoping that no one would pick “Black or White” so I cringed when Adam Lambert started singing it.  I really, really, really hated it.  I’m sorry Adam fans. 

This doesn’t mean I hate him because he really gave a great performance but I did not love what he did with this song.  That being said, I have to agree with Simon when he said that you have to go “over-the-top” to make it work with Michael Jackson songs.
***images coming soon***

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