Tonight, Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks will compete to become the next American Idol. Who will prevail? What will they sing? What will they wear? Come back tonight to go through the journey together!
Let the Live-blogging begin! Please excuse the typos, .
Ryan asks if Paula’s nose is alright (she broke it during an effort to avoid stepping on her dog, Tulip) and after Paula said that her dog was fine, Ryan said “so the bitch is okay.” Wow.

Well, wasn’t tonight full of surprises! Let’s look at a recap of this evening’s performances.
Melinda Doolittle

Okay, I need to voice my frustration here. Melinda is a fantastic singer. Tonight, she delivered a good performance of “Sway.” That’s right, I said good – not great. Aside from looking like Martin Short with her dance moves, I’m totally tired of her not picking challenging songs. If she is going to consistently pick easy, repetitive tunes, she needs to blow me away – she didn’t. She did look great in that black dress tonight, though.
Lakisha Jones

Lakisha is another strong singer who isn’t trying …read more

I had a little bit of a bummer week this week. You see I won the lottery. No not that lottery, the lottery of being chosen as a Nielsen TV family. That’s right, I was going to be responsible for whether shows like Joey continue to be on TV.
I was excited about doing this. They had actually been working on getting me into the group for about 4 years now. The problem four years ago is that my home theater setup was a little behind the scope of their equipment to monitor. I was what they called “TD” or “technically …read more