Archive for April, 2010
Sinatra Week next for Siobhan-less competition
It’s too bad Siobhan Magnus was eliminated from the Idol competition Wednesday night. The Wacky One might have been a player in next week’s “Music of Sinatra,” mentored by Harry Connick Jr. Love her style or hate it, Siobhan was always entertaining, and I’ll always remember her for The Note. But Siobhan’s gone and the game must go on. My [...]
These Idols were no Twain wrecks singing Shania’s songs
How do I love Shania? Let me count the ways …. what an incredible, incredible artist. (And yeah, she’s not bad lookin’ either.) If she had not opted for semi-retirement far, far too early in her career, sultry — yet classy — Shania Twain would still be atop the country and adult contemporary charts. The woman [...]
Season of Crystal continues; ‘Idol’ needs new game plan for 2011
It seemed kind of cold with Wednesday night’s “Idol Gives Back” theme to have to boot one of the finalists off the show, but that’s how it works in the real world. And in reality, the elimination of Tim Urban was no huge surprise, just another expected step toward what should be a coronation next month of [...]
This night belonged to the uh-mayz-ing Momma Sox
Seriously, is there a more beautiful woman in the world than Alicia Keys? For “Inspirtational Week,” the Idol powers-to-be picked Alicia to be the guest mentor, which was just fine with me. She provided an hour’s worth of inspiration for Stevie Idol. And on Wednesday night we’ll get to see — and hear — her [...]
End of the line for classy Andrew, sobbing Katie
And then there were seven. We lost Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens on another emotional Wednesday night Idol results show. No surprises, but it still kind of hurts at this stage of the competition. Even though we all knew this week would be the end for Andrew — and I’m sure he did, too — it’s always sad to [...]
OMG! Count me as a member of Urban Renewal
I have a 3-year-old niece named Kennedi, who can melt you with her smile and big, bright eyes. When Kennedi is excited, she will occasionally exclaim, “O-M-G!” Her parents have taught her to use that in place of any potential “bad” words. If Kennedi happened to see Tim Urban’s Idol performance Tuesday night, I can [...]
Big Mike avoids ouster; This was great, great television
Big Mike lives to sing another day. In what was one of the most dramatic American Idol hours in its nine-year history, the judges voted Wednesday night to save Michael “Big Mike” Lynche after he was originally voted off the show. A whopping 132 million ballots were cast Tuesday, according to Ryan Seacrest. At the outset [...]
Crystal, Casey lead way on memorable night
Every few years we need reminded of how brilliant the songwriting talents of John Lennon and Paul McCartney were. One of those reminders came Tuesday night during the final nine’s American Idol performances. “Lennon and McCartney changed the world with their music,” Casey James said. That pretty much nailed it, Casey. “(The Lennon and McCartney [...]
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