I'm Moving . . .

I'm moving over to MySpace because it's funner and I get to put more stuff on there that is cool. I don't know if I'll still blog about Days. I did watch last week but only Wed - Fri cause due to Daylight Savings Time my DUMB VCR didn't automatically change the time like I thought it did, so it taped PASSIONS instead. UGH. The only reason I was able to see Wed - Fri was because I stayed up Sunday night and watched them on SoapNet. So anyway, I don't know if you have to have a MySpace account to read my blog, if not then please come visit me.

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Sanjaya continues to reign . . . KILL. ME. NOW.

I just can't believe that Sanjaya is now in the Top 10 and will TOURING with the group this summer or whenever they do the Idol Tour!!!!! UN-FRIKKIN-BELIEVABLE!!! Tuesday night's show was beyond entertaining though with LuLu's screeching and that little girl blubbering over Sanjy, it had me in stitches. I honestly like To Sir, With Love but that rendition that LuLu graced us with last night was truly horrible. It didn't even sound like the original sound. I guess with all the years of smoking damaging her vocal cords . . . I did like Peter Noone's There's a Kind of Hush. However, I noticed he was wearing the same frikkin' outfit that he had on Tuesday night and I think when he was mentoring the guys!

So what can I say about this weeks contestants? I can say that Stephanie deserved to go because she truly was not good this week. Didn't Nadia Turner do that song and completely nailed it? I'm thinking she did. Jordin Sparks was unbelievable. Loved her. Liked her footage with LuLu cause when LuLu's like, "You need to [scream]!" and does that, "EEEEEK!" Jordin responds with her own startled yelp and says, "Oh, my!" BA-HAHAHAHA. Classic.

I am an emotional wreck since my medications are all screwed up and I'm guinea pigging this new stuff so even though the Crying Girl completely CRACKED me up when I first saw her sobbing over Sanjy, she had ME crying at the end of the show when Ryan has her come up on stage and she's hugging everyone. Jimmy kept saying she was from the Make a Wish Foundation but I said she's just a star-struck 12 year old. And that's what she turned out to be! Unfortunately for her, AI continued to show her clip so I'm sure once she went back to school, her classmates were giving her hell over crying over Sanjaya Malakar. I bet she has a lot to cry about now.

Phil was 10 times better than he was last week and I was proud that I new Tobacco Road which Jimmy didn't! HAHAHA. Jimmy thinks he's the ultimate song expert cause he can "name that tune" with the first note as he constantly flips channels on the car radio. I'm glad Gina made it through and of course no surprise that Blake, Melina and Lakisha breezed through. I don't know but Blake had me all light-headed with the Zombie's "Time of the Season" -- except when he looked all cross-eyed as this horrible picture depicts. I'm sure Blake is having a cow that this picture made it to the website. But maybe he doesn't even look at the website because if I did I'd be pitching a fit and demanding that it be taken down. I absolutely cracked up when Ryan was doing those funky moves after the critique. Hilarious. I'm telling you, this season is just a totally different ball-game. Um. Didn't care for Chris Sligh. I still like his personality but personality is not going to get you a recording contract. At least it wouldn't for me -- this day and age anyone can get a recording contract it seems. I've been reading Mary Wilson's DreamGirl when the competition was fierce between artists and you actually had to be GOOD to make it.

Katherine-McPhee-Wannabe Hayley was guaranteed another week with the help of her hot pants and slinky boob top. Simon's comment, "You naughty girl," was hilarious. But as you can see it worked cause she wasn't even in the bottom two. I have to say the Ford commercial they did was much better than last week's. It was funny because I wasn't really paying attention when it came on and I happened to look up and was thinking, "Hunh, that looks like Melinda from American Idol." HA. Speaking of Melinda -- don't like the new hair cut. It makes her head look that much larger and accentuates the fact she has no neck. Anyhoo, next week should be interesting. There is a girl on MySpace who is on a hunger strike until Sanjy is kicked off. Maybe I'll join her.

Craziness ensues . . .

So sucking pond water wasn't good enough to get voted off cause Sanjaya IS STILL THERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK!!! UN-FRIKKIN-BELIEVABLE. At least he WAS in the bottom three. If he hadn't been there, I really would have gone off. As I guessed, Hayley got the sympathy vote. I wonder if she's going to cry every week now so people will feel sorry for her? I definitely don't think Phil Stacey deserved to be in the bottom three. This show is just crazy sometimes. I guess I should mention that Brandon the Backup Singer got the boot. You would've thought he'd won a prize the way he was smiling though. Maybe that was his defense to keep from crying cause he got voted off and Hula Boy didn't.

Well, let's talk about Diana. Obviously the word DIVA originated to describe her cause boy, what a Diva she was last night. Jimmy and I stifled laughter when she first came out and started that, "Wheee! Yeeah! Wheee!" We definitely thought it was going to be reminiscent of the Super Bowl half-time show but she actually did start singing. "Eh" is all I can say. Wasn't really that great for me, man. Kinda pitchy, you know? I did have to laugh when Ryan asked her who she thought was going home and she laughs, "Me!" Good answer. I don't know why they ask that question anyway. Like she would've said, "I think that Sanjaya Malakar should go home! P.U.!"

That Ford commercial they did was horrendous. I didn't think they could make Chris Sligh's hair any bigger but they did. It was just really scary overall. Blech. And their performance of the Diana Ross melody was pretty stinky too. I tell you, this is the weakest bunch of contestants I've seen on this show. If Lakisha, Melinda, Jordin and Brandon weren't on there, I don't think I would even be watching this season.

All I can think about now is how bad will Sanjy do next week and will people wise up and STOP VOTING FOR HIS HULA @$$???!!

And I didn't think Sanjaya could be any worse . . .

But boy was I wrong! He sucked pure pond water last night and THAT HAIR. OMG. He PERMED it. It was almost as big as Diana Ross's and that's BIG. I LOL'ed when she asked, "Can you dance?" He should've said, "No but I can hula!" and then start doing his little hula dance for her. I absolutely ROLLED when Simon said that wherever Diana Ross should be watching the show, she was squealing like a beached whale -- or something to that effect. HOW did this no-talent MJ (now Diana Ross!) wannabe get to the Top 12?? But not only was Sanjy just horrid but also Haley and Brandon -- the other two DUDS from last week that shouldn't have made it this far. And when Simon didn't rake her over the coals, Haley actually collapsed in tears!

As always Melinda and Lakisha (Kiki) brought it as did Jordin Sparks. These three are truly the only ones that have real talent. I swear I have more talent in my big toe than Sanjy, Haley and Brandon all combined. Hey, I rock Karaoke Revolution(TM)! ;) Phil Stacey did sound a lot better than he did last week and Blake was eh. I really didn't care for his version of . . . what was it? Can't even remember it now. Let's see. What else? Oh, Gina did well with Love Child, I thought. I thought it was kinda weird that Paula described it as an "upbeat" song. I guess she meant the tempo because the content of the song is less than upbeat -- singing about your illegitimate child is not exactly a feel good story. I was in a weepy mood to begin with cause I've started a new medication (after having a horrible allergic reaction to the previous one) so I boo-hooed when Paula and Melinda were boohooing. Even Simon made me boohoo when he goes, "Melinda! Why are you crying?" but was laughing at Paula.

Is it even wise to admit that one of your musical influences is Michael Jackson? I was asking that question when Blake revealed that during his question and answer session. Maybe before all the pedophile accusations and before he bleached himself white and his nose fell off -- but I just don't think that's WISE to admit now. But it's not me up there.

Totally loved Melinda's response to "what's the hardest thing about doing this competition" and she says, "The dresses and these high heels!" Totally agree with you on that!

Lakisha looked smashing in her elegant white evening gown but I think she should've done the mic stand. That would've made it even more classy.

I dunno about Diana Ross as an individual. Her hair is REALLY REALLY BIIIG. She didn't seem she had much advice to give except "work the crowd" and "work the stage". She was kinda boring but pretty outspoken about whom she did and didn't like of the contestants. Strange combination.

Once americanidol.com posts pictures from last night, I will add a few here to give you a taste of what I'm REALLY talking about. Tonight is results night and I have a horrible feeling we're going to be seeing more of Sanjaya even though he is absolutely HORRID and never should've made it this far. Also think that Haley is going to get the sympathy vote for her breaking down into tears last night. :(

American Idol's Top Twelve

I can't lie. I actually CHEERED when Barbarella got cut last week from the Top 12. Seriously. I waved my arms in the air and yelled, "YEAH! YEAH! YEAH, MAN! WOO WOO WOO!" However, I was stunned when Hula Boy made it through and NOT Sundance!!! Where's the justice in that?? And what about that Haley Scranato -- Disney singer extraordinaire -- over Sabrina???? You could even tell the judges were dumbfounded on that one as well. So this season's Top Twelve is definitely a mixed-bag from the get go. Of course we all know that Lakisha, Melinda and Blake definitely deserved the Top 12 status and they are there. But the ones who squeaked by on the seat of their pants . . . ? Boooooo.


Carrie Underwood performed her new hit "Wasted" on last week's vote-off show and the one thing I have say is "EATING DISORDER"!!! I couldn't BELIEVE how incredibly SKINNY she is now! Does she have "eating" in her schedule, I wonder? Lord have mercy! But as always, Carrie delivered a perfect performance and we were reminded what Simon said to her during Season 4 -- "You will go on to sell more records than any Idol winner . . ." and she has certainly proved him right. Grammies, CMT awards, you name it -- she's won it. I am definitely a Carrie fan and wish her all the best, but I definitely wish she would eat a few cheeseburgers and gain back some of the weight she's lost!


OK -- I'm sure you're wondering who I'm glad that made it through and who I think shouldn't have. On my list of "SHOULDN'TS" are: Brandon the Back-Up Singer, Sanjy the Hula Boy (who CAN'T hula!), and Haley the Disney Cruise Ship Singer (everything she's sang has sounded straight out of Aladdin). I definitely don't think these three deserved making it to the Top 12 AT ALL. Everyone else that made it I say, "Right on." Unfortunately, I see these 3 hanging on and passing up the ones that should stick around. Can't wait for that! UGH.


So tonight is Diana Ross's coaching? That should be interesting. I'm not a big fan of Diana and think she is idolized way too much. Yes she was a significant part of the girl groups from the 60s but you can tell she is a diva and has to be the center of attention at all costs -- no matter who gets hurt. The other Supremes could tell you that. Plus I can't forget that Super Bowl half-time show she did that one year and all she "sang" was, "WHEEE WOOO WHEEE WOOO!" from the edge of that helicopter while she kept brushing that bush of hair out of her face. I'm actually interested in what she has to tell these contestants as far as advice and guidance.

Looking forward to tonight -- except for the 3 duds performances. :(

Sanjy Likes Ta Hula . . . Cripes.

The guys were back to being weeeeak this week. HA. It was also "secrets revealed" and some of them would've been better off keeping their secrets to themselves. Take Sanjaya -- this kid obviously is desperate to get voted off. His confession of being able to hula was just LAME LAME LAME. Plus the fact he can't even hula well. What an insult to all the professional hula dancers out there. Ick. His hair also left much to be desire. Obviously he got his hands on a straightening iron and somebody needs to promptly take it back. Horrendous. He looks much better with the waves though I think he should lop that mop off regardless. What did he sing? I can't remember but I do remember that it was awful. Again. I won't even predict that he gets the boot cause I'm sure all those teeny boppers and Children of the 80s who want to remember Michael Jackson as normal wore their fingers off dialing and texting in their votes.

Even though I said I like Phil, he made me absolutely CRINGE with his rendition of LeeAnn Rymes' "I need You." Ghastly! As Simon would say. Simon cracked me up with his comment of, "That hat and those big eyes . . ." Ryan asked Phil if he would squint next week. I suggest he definitely pick a better song! And of course Jimmy and I were totally off the mark on who would be signing the LeeAnn song. We thought Brandon the Backup Singer would considering he fits that image of singing female ballads. He attacked Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time last week. And killed it. I actually did like Brandon better this week but I think he's not going to last much longer. But who am I to predict who stays or goes? Lord knows I got it all wrong last week with the exception of Farrah Fawcett Hair. But I digress.

I think Blake is the one to contend with because he is just so original and nothing the likes of American Idol has seen before. Plus none of the judges recognized the song he did but they still loved it. Couldn't tell you what it was either.

I voted for Jared because I just like him. He did do good on the Stevie Wonder song and I'm not a Stevie Wonder fan by any means. I think they have WAY too many Stevie Wonder performances on this show in the first place. If he makes it to the top 12 I hope they do something with his wardrobe cause that argyle sweater he was wearing last night did nada for me. He also reminds me of that dude on Young and the Restless -- Malcolm? Something like that. I don't watch Young and the Restless but still know who the major characters are. I've watched it few times when I've been waiting in dr's offices and I'm always stunned how REAL the storylines and characters are. Nothing like the craziness of Days where you have to suspend all notion of reality. Any hoo, I'm totally getting off track . . .

Sundance was eh. Nothing great. He sang a Pearl Jam song and I really wasn't impressed. I still hope he's around next week cause he has such a nice personality and loved his "secret" of being a thin person in disguise " . . . but there no pictures to prove it". Too funny. Especially when they stuck his head on a skinny body and made his teeth sparkle when he winked at the camera.

Chris Sligh, whom I'm going to refer to as Jack Osborne from now cause that's who he totally looks like, sang some weird song I'd never heard of. He can still sing though and still makes me laugh with his quirky personality. Interesting to know all those "luscious" curls don't come from a box. That was his big secret.

Well, folks it's time for the girls, so I'm going to go watch the show now. More tomorrow . . .

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What a Let Down . . .

Well, I should've known the voting would be all skewed. Cheerio-Lips is around for another week of horrendous singing. She can't sing Aerosmith, can't sing Celine (what made her think she could after butchering Aerosmith?!) so I guess we'll get to see what else she can't sing. UGH. I was going to refer to her as "Blow-Hole Mouth" but I figured that would be on the offensive side considering the sex photo scandal she was involved in last week. The only one that I predicted would get the boot that actually got the boot was Farrah Fawcett Hair. And she's the only one who deserved it. Nick and AJ certainly didn't deserve to go over Michael Jackson Wannabe Sanjaya and Boring Brandon the Backup Singer. Jimmy and I really liked AJ and he made us happy with his spunky personality. Even Sanjaya was absolutely "SHOCKED" that he was safe for another week. Obviously he's got all those swooning teeny-bopper votes and the people who remember Michael Jackson when he looked normal before he turned into an alien with removable body parts -- I totally thought Sanjy was going to sing Billie Jean the other night. The hat, the shirt, the pants, the skinny physique. C'mon. He certainly was not emulating Tony Bennett.

Last night was certainly a night of "Firsts" for American Idol -- at least since I've been watching. I've never seen anyone not be able to sing their encore performance but Farrah Fawcett Hair proved that you can break down on stage and not be able to get through the misery of being voted off. Also, Dog Walker Girl added her own lyrics to her good-bye performance when she sang, "I don't know why I skat cause America doesn't care about that!" Or did she say "doesn't care about jazz"? Either way it was pretty damn funny. We certainly have an emotional bunch of contestants this season cause every time the camera would pan over to Sundance, he was wiping his eyes, fighting back tears or just boo hooing. I swear he reminds me of somebody I know. I do know he looks like a big teddy bear that I would like to give a big squeeze.

It was good seeing Kellie Pickler again! I really liked the song she sang and I'm wondering if that was directed towards her mother?? I'm thinking her mom ran out on her when she was little? Cause I know she's lived with her grandparents most of her life while her dad's been in and out of jail. And I think he's back in jail cause I remember reading something about him getting in trouble for fighting a few weeks ago. However, I didn't care for Kellie's hair style and really thought it made her look 10 years older -- maybe even 20 years. Jimmy said he thought it was fine though, but I think he was paying more attention to her dress which accentuated her boobies and butt. He participates in the American Idol discussion board and said the talk on there was how Ryan was trying to get her to say she bought new boobs with her money instead of just shoes. I did like those silver heels she had on and commend her for being able to walk without falling cause I would be flat on my face with the first step. I wish they would let the returning Idols talk to the judges after they sing -- just to see how the judges think of them now. I had a feeling that Simon was less than thrilled to see her back just observing his body language. He was somewhat turned away from the stage when Ryan introduced Kellie and after she came out on stage. If Kellie noticed any negative reactions, she would never point them out. Loved how she was describing "spider" sushi to Ryan. And just for the record, my first taste of calamari was probably 2 years ago at Carraba's Italian Restaurant and I absolutely loooooove it. But only if it's cooked right. You can get calamari that tastes like you're chewing rubber bands. NOT GOOD. Carraba's is the best BY far. Anyhoo!

Join me next week for more Idol recaps!

Begone Stupid Antonella!

I hope that Antonella Barba gets the boot. I haven’t liked her from day one. Well, actually since Group Day during Hollywood Week. The crowning moment was when they sent her on through to the Top 24 over that other girl who actually remembered her lyrics! I think they just picked her because she's pretty (as Paula and Randy have pointed out continuously). Certainly didn't take any time for the racy pictures to start surfacing either -- Antonella being the first target. I wonder what her parents have to say about them even though the X-RATED ones are being denied as her? Anyhoo! The other gal that I think will go tonight is the one who sang the Dixie Chicks song. Jimmy calls her Farrah Fawcett Hair. She’s pretty boring and unforgettable as Simon would say. And you would think they would’ve learned by now not to start anything with him! But obviously not, considering that dumb Antonella made that snide comment about him not liking Jennifer Hudson and he reminded her that he wasn’t the one who voted her off. HA! I loooove Simon. My favs last night were Lakisha and Melinda Doolittle. Melinda looked much more comfortable than she has. She's not resembling a frightened turtle as much as she did. Can’t wait for tonight cuz Kellie Pickler is going to be on there and I love her. She cracks me up. She needs to get her own talk show or something. She's done a few of those coorespondent gigs on the Tonight Show and I thought I would bust a gut laughing at her antics in New York and interacting with celebrities such as Justin Timberlake and Will Ferrell.

The guys were much better this week though Sanjaya and Brandon the Backup Singer were extremely weak and boring. I predict they will get the boot but who knows. We all know that this show is totally unpredictable but if it wasn't then no one would be watching. My favs from the guys are Blake the BeatBoxer, Phil Stacey and Chris Sligh even though he made Simon mad with that Telletubby comment. I had no clue that that was Simon's first major success as a record producer! I like Sundance as well but really think he's not going to last that much longer. I think I like his personality much better than his singing ability. That Jared guy CRACKED ME UP when Simon compared his Marvin Gaye rendition to an episode of the Love Boat and Jared goes, "Yeah, but it would've been a great Love Boat." HAHAHAHA! Even cracked Simon up.

After last week sucking so bad, it appears after this week we're finally getting a real competition. I was really worried this season was going to be extremely BLAND compared to the last 2 seasons. For the record, I didn't start watching American Idol until Season 4. My favorites from seasons 4 & 5 were: Carrie Underwood (of course!), Bo Bice, Vonzel Solomon, Nadia Turner, CHRIS DAUGHTRY (loooove him), Taylor Hicks and Kellie Picker. Contestants that I LOATHED from seasons 4 & 5 were : Anthony Federov and Scott Savol -- both from Season 4! I really didn't have any from Season 5 though I thought there were those that lasted longer than they should have. We all know that it should've been Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks at the end of last season (with Chris being the winner!) so I was less than thrilled that Katherine McPhee was runner-up. But we also know WHO from last season has made it bigger than the last 2 standing could ever hope for themselves. Anyhoo! All Seasons under the bridge . . . time to start focusing on the new faces of Season 6 and how far my favorites will go in the competition! Rock On!