American Idol season 6 contestants where are they now?

Melinda Doolittle - not Dolittle -
She finally released her first single last month, it's called "My Funny Valentine", it's available online for purchase at itunes, napster, amazonmp3 and emusic.




Jordin Sparks
She was the American Idol season 6 winner. She released her album and even sang a song with Chris Brown. I find her a bit boring, still, I was never a fan.

Blake Lewis
For some reason Blake Lewis is the one I read the most about since the end of season 6 as if he had the most fans. He hasn't changed his hairstyle much,he released his CD "Audio Day Dream". He also has a fully loaded official website where you can find video clips, a blog, pictures, audio clips and all other things Blake Lewis that it's possible to find online.

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Phil Stacey
One of my favorite contestants from 2007's season 6 .I was looking at Phil's picture and was wondering (is he left handed?). According to ABC news, Phis has been signed to the Walt Disney Company's country music label Lyric Street Records.

I'm really happy for him I hope they'll give him good songs to sing and also I hope he'll loosen up a bit. He already has the smile of a star all he needs now is the attitude.


Stephanie Edwards
She was my favorite contestant during season 6. She was unfortunately voted off not long after she reached the top 12. After Idol, Stephanie recorded a charity single called "On Our Way", which was released in October 2007 as a CD on eBay. Sales from the CD benefited the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk Campaign.

American Idol top 11 results night - Bye Amanda

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

It was result night on American Idol season 7, on Fox last night. The contestants will know if they will get another chance to try and convince America that they can be the new american Idol or if they will be sent back home.
The first person to make the bottom three is Carly Smithson, surprisingly. Less surprisingly Kristy Lee Cook joins her, she's been a regular of the bottom three for the past weeks, just like Phil Stacey was last season, he made it pretty far and landed a Disney contract. Kristy and Disney sounds like a good match. And finally, and not surprisingly at all, Amanda Overmyer joins them. As I predicted yesterday Amanda Overmyer was the one sent home. I doubt anybody who's been watching the show since the top 12 is surprised especially if you watched the previous night. She looks like a really nice girl underneath the goth-rocker-biker-chick image, when she's not wearing a lot of make-up she does look "sweet" but saying that I'll miss her on the show would be lying. American Idol being a singing competiton and not an attitude competition I can say that logically she was the weakest singer of the remaining 11.

American Idol - Top 11 performance night - Will Amanda Overmyer go home tonight?

Tuesday, March 18th 2008

A two-hour show, you know one of the long long shows with plenty of fillers. The contestant will perform for a chance to spend one more week in the competition and come one step closer to win.

American Idol is back with yet another Beatles night! No way. The Lennon/McCartney night was far from successful, the contestants perform better with more contemporary songs. In fact, the week before was near catastrophic. A bad choice to bring the Beatles back on the show.

Amanda Overmyer, she feeds of fthe audience's energy, she's a vampire... or a singerpire!, she's singing "Back in the USS army". Her voice is awful, she's screaming and it's not melodious. And they call that singing... mercy! When will it end, stop the torture and send Amanda home. Since it's a performance competition and not a singing competition anymore the judges might just like it.

What did the judges think?
Ryan, "... pitch problem, 7 out of 10".
Paula, "... when you connect, you are authentic, I love you ...stay who you are"
Simon, "... predictable, a bit of a mess in part, the same thing week after week after week, ....in danger of becoming a bit boring..."

She's trying herself at being a diva, trying to please the crowd. Simon reminds her that her tickets are not on sale yet while she brags about showing the audience what they would see if they came to see her in concert. Yep, she's ready to leave, she just bought her ticket out of this competition.

Kristy Lee Cook came with her photo book. She's a cute nice girl with a powerful voice. I don't quite like her outfit. She chose a boring song with too many low notes especially in the chorus. I'm not sure many people know this song, I don't. She finishes with a long high note. People like her for her personality even though Simon thinks she doesn't have any.

What did the judges think?
Ryan says it's one of his favorite Beatles song but he found the performance a little boring.
Paula, "... would have been safer to stick to the melody... a little safe... good"
Simon,".. you need hypnosis, you're not a good performer... like musical wallpaper..." His basically telling her she's forgettable but he still thinks she was better this this week than last week.
Kristy tells Simon she can blow him out of his socks. And Ryan just couldn't stop laughing after that comment, me neither. She'll be back, she's still modest and being a good girl, trying her best.

David Archuleta thinks he wont forget the lyrics tonight, he sings "the long and windy road". I think Beatles' night is easier on the guys than the girls in general. He chose a better song for his voice. Yeah he's not bad, I'll grant him that.

What do the judges think?
Ryan,"... David Archuleta has brought the hotness back to the play... very nice..." he obviously loved it.
Paula,"... the most exciting and wonderful performance...you rose above adversity and came back strong ..."(she 's actually giving performance feedback this week).
Simon thinks he was amazing, "...you made my point... master class...". The girls kept on screaming after the performance, you could barely hear Ryan... I guess he is this season's Sanjaya.

Michael Johns, "A day in the life". I like Michael Johns but you already know that. He is trying to sound like a Beatle. He choose a good song. He's a good singer but, Beatles is not exactly relevant, it's really old school, that's the least I can say and he chose an old school song. I guess being older than the others gives him an edge for this week. Still looking nerdy. What I like about him on Beatles' night is that he's the only one who makes those song still sound like Beatles' songs, being a Beatles' fan I really enjoy that.

What did the judges think?
Ryan, "... not one of your best performances..."
Paula "...".
Simon, "... it was a mess, you didn't hit the right notes... not enough time for that song ...". And I think he's right, it's a full song that needs full time. But I still think Michael was great as usually, I loved his performance. He's one of the strongest singers they have.

Brooke White, still not back to the ground from her "let it be" performance. I don't think it was that great. She's singing "Here comes the sun". The melancholy in that song , yes that's just right for Brooke White. I still have issues with her voice. I think she sucks. Very very Karaoke, and not a great karaoke. Boring. She's trying to dance to an un-dancable song, unless you're...
What do the judges think?
Ryan,"... what's going down? what's going on? ...awkward for me... not hot for me..."
Paula, she couldn't help but smile, she loved the yellow dress Brooke was wearing. I don't think she liked the performance, she said it wasn't challenging enough for Brooke.
Simon,"... I thought the performance was terrible...lack of conviction... forgettable".

David Cook, singing "Day Tripper". I think it's more of a girl's song, really... It's a short song if you know it, and it does not have too many words in it. He really feels like a rock star at a rock concert and he acts like one.

What did the judges think?
Ryan, "... I love seeing you. not necessarily your best performance but ...."
Paula didn't like it.
Simon, "... a bit predictable... didn't like it..." me neither.

David Cook stopped being irritating to Simon, now he's being modest saying his taking all the opinions of the judges and building off of it for next week.

Carly Smithson, Simon has compared her to Kelly Clarkson twice. She's singing "BlackBird". The song Simon was waiting to hear from a contestant tonight. She sings very well. She kept it simple.
What do the judges think?
Ryan, "... another great performance for Carly Smithson, very nice man..."
Paula, "... an amazing tone otoyour voice... beautiful arrangement".
Simon,".. not a very smart thing to do, the song was indulgent..." He didn't like it at all.

Jason Castro, singing "Michelle" and Ryan does the impersonation of a French man, "Voici Jason Castro!" He sings nicely.
What did the judges think?
Ryan .....
Paula thought he was a little awkward in his moves
Simon, "... a very weird show. ..this is all getting a bit strange..." He thinks Jason has charm and that's what makes it work for him.

Syesha Mercado, she's singing "Yesterday", will she do a better job than Ramiele. She takes it acoustic and sits down. She tries a "soul" version if I may say. Interesting, it's all about doing something unusual with the songs and she did just that. I guess she wont be the one going home next week. She looks nice tonight.
What did the judges think?
Ryan, "... very very good performance tonight...".
Paula thinks she should work on connecting with the audience
Simon ,"...you're best performance so far... not incredible..."

Chikizie, "I've just seen a face". He's definitely not an original. He sounds so familiar. Then, he plays the harmonica. R&B meets country. I didn't like the R&B part but the country part was interesting.
What did the judges think?
Ryan, "...some good part some bad part..." He thought he was better in the fast country part.
Paula loved it."... You did it again...".
Simon thought he started off ok but the harmonica part was atrocious. "It was gimmicky".
Can you believe they didn't even give him a second to say a word while all the others had a chance to respond to the judges and save themselves after getting bad awful reviews.

Ramiele Malubay, trying herself at "I should have known better". Trying not to bore the judges. She seems to have made friends with all the other contestants, Brooke, David Cook, Syesha. I think her song is actually boring... Yep, there's something missing, she sings but she does not perform I guess that's what's missing. But I don't expect too much from a Beatles' night on American Idol. I think what the judges don't like about Ramiele is that she's not very emotional like Brook White or very sensational and bursting like Amanda or David Cook, or even fake and looking like she's always happy and jolly and carefree and in a joking mode like someone I wont name...
What did the judges think of her performance?
Ryan," ...I wasn't jumping up and down.... alright... you did your thing..." Sounds a bit like what he would have said to Sanjaya, maybe Ramiele is this year's Sanjaya?!! I'm just kidding.
Paula, ".. better than last week....." I can't tell you if she liked it or not.
Simon, "... sounded like Chikezie on the harmonica. very amateurish...."
At least they let Ramiele Say "Ok" Chikezie wasn't that lucky.

American Idol Season 7 - Top 12 performances

Tuesday, March 12th it was the American Idol season 7 top 12 performance night. The contestants were performing songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. I watched the full two hours of the unnecessarily long top 12 performance night.

As a Beatles' fan, I was looking forward to this night. But I forgot it was American Idol and not and all star karaoke night. The contestants thought they had to twist and thorn the songs in order to impress the judges because we all know that American follows the judges when the time comes to vote except in those rare cases when the contestant is Oh so cute or Oh so original that the viewers just want to see more of him even when he/she fails to impress with his/her vocal skills but I digress. Some songs are beautiful enough that you are better off just doing a karaoke version than trying to make it your own. Besides you're already singing it with your own voice that should be enough to make everybody feel your personal grain of salt.

I'll start with Brook White's performance.

Brook White sang "Let it be", she bought Sergeant Pepper's lonely hearts club band album when she was younger- I have that album too -. She does not do the song justice. I think her voice is not strong enough. She changes the notes but it's hard to tell whether it's her personal touch or just a pitch problem. I think she did an awful job. It's a beautiful, timeless song, she messed it up.

Ryan , talks a lot, I don't think he really said what he believe, but in the end he said he loved it. Paula , felt an emotional connection bla bla bla.... Simon , thought it was one of the best performances of the night, " brilliant choice of song , it's believable. " what?!

I really didn't like it, I'm sure I'm not the only one. She said, "this is it", after her performance. I guess she's not aspiring to become "the idol" because she believes she's already where she was aiming to be.

David Hernandez sang 'I saw her standing there'. I don't really like him. He does not look or sound authentic. He's a bit country and pop. He sings with ease but really he can't help looking uninteresting to me, almost like he's pretending something. Please give me Michael Johns next, I can't take any of this anymore.

Ryan, " you got a big voice... too over done" he was lost. Paula , "thinks" he over did it. Simon, " David, no no no, corny verging on desperate. ... wasn't very cool"

I like the fact that he's confident and reacts maturely. The guy knows exactly what to say, he's dangerous or very efficient or both. This guy can go far even if he does not go for a career in music.

Amanda Overmyer, I'm not a big fan of hers. The contrast between her talking voice and singing voice is huge. She saing "You can't do that" from "A hard days night". She reminds me of the Adam's Family. She's just shouting the song, it's not easy on my ear at all. You can still hear the Beatles in the song. It's not a song I know but it's so obvious that's it's from them, even with the "Amanda spin".

Ryan , " Beatle song to southern rock, very cool ". Paula , " you look fantastic, she's blown away cause this is the best season". Simon doesn't think it was as good as last week- that's the least I would say -.

I think it sucked.

Michael Johns, was next, finally! He's cute, in a nerdy kind of way. He sang "Across the Universe". Not sure it's a good song for this competition, it's completely slow, I was worried it would probably sound too old for most people. Michael is a very strong singer but he has no clue of what he's supposed to do while he's singing. His performance was a bit short but I love Michael! He even says thank you at the end, a nice guy who knows he's safe for at least one more week.

Ryan ," good, ok for him , a little sleepy".
Paula ," brilliant performance". Women can't resist Michael!
Simon , " you should have done something like Carly.". He's still a big fan of Michael but he's not overwhelmed by the performance.
Once again Michael Johns is sweating like a pig. I wonder if I would have liked him as much if he were American instead of Australian? Maybe it's the accent or the way he says G'day!

kristy Lee Cook, she's all about impressing Simon. She sang "Eight days a week", country style. She looks like she got her clothes out of a thrift shop. She reminds me of "spiritual Cindy"- can't remember her name - from "Grease, you're the one that I want" on NBC. Her jeans really looked awful.

Ryan , " ...wild for me. half and half".
Paula didn't enjoy it, she didn't get it.
Simon thought it was horrendous- that's what you get for trying to impress Simon Cowell- . I guess country is not Simon's thing.
According to Paula Kristy has a large fan base that should keep her safe for next week.


David Archuleta sang "Wee can work it out". It's a good song, at least one that I like. Unfortunately David kills the song. He even forgets the lyrics in the first sentence! No he didn't? Or maybe I just didn't hear what he was saying because he's cutting the words. David Archuleta is a pop singer, definitely. There's something missing... I guess he didn't really realize what the song was saying. He made the song sound meaningless.

Ryan ," not on point. very forced, didn't work for him".
Paula thought this was not his best week, but " we love you". That's the kind of thing they would say to Jordin Sparks last season.
Simon thought it was a mess, he stumbled on the lyrics, it was his weakest performance so far. He said that he had to be fair to other contestants.

David's problem is that he let everybody know how nervous and unprepared he felt to sing a Lennon or McCartney song so they expected to see his nervousness and unfortunately for him it showed right in the beginning.

To summarize the night.

Syesha Mercado performed first and she was was so-so. Ramiele did a very good job but the judges were merciless with her. Jason Castro is cute and he chose a cute song so the girls are going to vote for him even though his performance wasn't great. Carly Smithson is good even I like here. Jason Cook over-rocked his song, as always. Brooke White whispered her song and cried after her performance, nothing new there either. David Hernandez.... whatever, he chose a boring song. Amanda Overmyer was overconfident. Michael Johns was good and chose a nicey-nice song. Kristy Lee Cook sang a weird country version of a song... maybe she's the one going home. David Archuleta forgot his lyrics but he was well dressed and stayed cute so I guess he's safe. Oh wait, I can't believe I forgot to say something about Chikezie, I'm not a big fan, he did a lot of noise with a song, he was very confident and the judges loved it so he's very very safe.


As much as I don't want to see Kristy go home tonight I'd rather see her go than having to say bye to Ramiele who is still my favorite female contestant.

Ramiele Malubay dedicated her song to her friends who've already left the competition. Was it her way of telling them that she'll come and join them soon?


Many people seem to think that Kristy Lee Cook is the one to go tonight. The judges crushed her last night so that might be her faith.

American Idol Season 7 - Top 12

Thursday, March 6th, 2008.

It was about time we had the final 12. Last season I did not watch much of the show prior to the top 12, this season I realized that it was a smart move. The show is long and boring, so many fillers. Having to watch American Idol not two but three days in a row before knowing who's been eliminated, is a bit too much. At least this week we only had to suffer to one hour episodes...

Thursday is not a good day to watch American Idol, it's elimination night, two guys and two girls will go home. There will be cries and still it's a long way to the final night when America chooses the "One".

Blake Lewis stopped by for a performance and everybody seemed happy to see him again on stage doing his "thing". He wasn't a finalist for nothing.

And finally they tell us who goes home. Kady is gone, no more Britney Spears on American Idol! I'm really going to miss fake Britney. I think Kady Malloy has a future in show business.



Luke Menard, Danny Noriega and Asia'h Epperson are also gone.

I predicted the eliminations pretty much accurately then again who hadn't?

American Idol Season 7 - Top 16 - Women

March 5th, the women take the stage to see if they can convince America that they deserve to sing another day in this competition.


Asia'h Epperson, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody".
She's definitely not very articulate. It's karaoke night people. Her voice is not strong and the backup singers do a better job than she does at least they sound better. And her performance just goes on for ever, no, it didn't work for me at all. What is she wearing?

What do the judges think? Randy,recorded that song with Whitney Houston, he thinks it was Hot! -I don't thinks so- . Paula thinks she nailed it. Simon, is not quite so enthusiastic, " at best it was second rate Whitney Houston. She did the Whitney version of the Whitney song. " I completely agree with him.

Kady Malloy,"Who Wants to live Forever". She didn't think America would pick her instead of Alaina Whitaker, the girl has no self confidence... What she doesn't know is that they just love it when she impersonates the celebrities. She should have done Britney Spears tonight to secure her place in the top 12. She kind of sucked.

Randy thinks it was a very interesting song choice, a nice queen song, she did a good job, pretty good- whatever - . Paula, thinks it was, to date her best performance, she likes the tenderness and softness of her voice. Simon thinks it was definitely better than last week, but has issues with her " massive lack of personality". How can you say that to someone? I think it's offensive.


Amanda Overmyer ,"I Hate Myself for Loving You". She seems to have adopted the Robbie Carrico look in her pre-performance video... I don't know the song but it rocks. A great choice for her but I'm wondering how well she customized it?
What did the judges think? Randy found the Amanda that he loves, "the bluesy rocker chick, well done baby! ". Paula, " your face is beautiful, I like your hair, this is who we fell in love with". Simon thought it was fantastic," absolutely nailed that song, his favorite girl performance of the competition so far."

She looks better tonight indeed, better makeup, better hair, she looks younger and more
approachable, nicer, more feminine and less gothic.


Carly Smithson,"I Drove All Night". Irish Girl who can sing but probably looks too old and too married for the AI people. Did you see her tattoos? They always show you inside her mouth when she's doing those loud long notes, you can see her tongue it's a bit weird.
Not a great performance, pure Carly, technically good. I kind of like here, she's very likable.

What did the judges think? Randy, " I love that dude, another great performance ".
Paula, " dude ...", she liked it. Simon, once again, he doesn't think she chose the right song, she made the most out of it. Just not a great song for her and bla bla bla...


Kristy Lee Cook ,"Faithfully". She's an atypical girl. She has a real nice powerful country voice. Not perfect but charming. Her tongue looks red though they only showed it from the side unlike Carly's that they show right up front.

What did the judges think? Randy, " this is cool man, great song, I actually liked it...". He liked the country version. Paula thinks it could be a hit for her in country music, " you look great tonight ". Simon , thinks she's forgetable, he's not right. Who can't remember Kristy, the one who sold her horse and never watches R rated movies...she's the tall blonde. Maybe Simon has something with blond country girls or blonds in general.


Ramiele Malubay,"Against All Odds". My favorite female contestant, isn't she cute? Trying to look her age tonight. She has a good voice but .... I don't know, something's missing.

What did the judges think? Randy, " big song , big vocals, he feels she's not confident enough, you got mad vocals dude come on with it ". Paula, " you have such a beautiful face .... bla bla... "ok Paula... finaly she says, you deserve to be in the top 12 " , as if the top 12 was the end of it.
Simon, " because you're so little and cute it was quite good, but didn't hear the big money performance he was looking for.


Brooke White,"Love is A Battlefield". There's something with her voice, it's not clear enough, almost like she's coughing. But she's oK, not a bad performance compared to what I've heard so far.

What did the judges think? Randy really liked it, "very interesting ".
Paula "a very wise choice". Simon, it worked purely for the reason she didn't use the complete band but only a guitar . So they all loved it, she's very safe.


Syesha Mercado, "Saving All My Love for You". I don't quite like her. But she usually delivers a solid performance probably because she's confident and a confident performer is usually a good one. She's definitely not dressed for the occasion. What's up with all those Whitney Houston songs? She does something really weird with this song, a bit too piercing for my sensitive ears. America will probably like it, I don't. I think it's just oK. They should stay away from WH's songs, she's a real diva you can't outsing her.

What did the judges think? Randy " good ". Paula, " sophisticated lovely". Simon " a bit predictable but good".Very short comments from the judges they probably told them that their time was up.

I feel so sad to see Kady go- Though sh'es not gone yet but I'd be surprised if she made the top 12-. We need her on this show! I'm really really going to miss Kady. Who will go with her? It's not obvious I can't really tell. I also have to say that Ramiele might be in danger also... I just hope I'm wrong. Maybe Asia'h will also be in the bottom three?


Did you see Asia'h carrying Kady on her back? Asia'h is one of the shortest female contestants and Kady is one of the tallest female contestants.

American Idol Season 7 - Top 16

It's been a while since I've written anything about American Idol. Now that there are only 16 contestants left I thought I'd comment on last night's performances and about the remaining contestants. The performances were shorter, which gave the contestants less time to try to impress the judges and the viewers but they did make the best out of it, you can feel the increasing pressure on their shoulders.

March 4th, the show is back to the reasonable 1 hour performance format. I enjoy watching American Idol but I think two hour performance shows are too long, a lot of fill-ups. Last nigh was 80's night.

• First up, Luke Menard (29).

I've found his performance to be so-so. Not much more I can say about it really.

• Then came David Archuleta (17).

I see he's trying to look sexy, yeah so many girls are going crazy for him. I think he sounds good. The judges have been trying to imposing David Archuleta as a favorite for this season, makes sens doesn't it since he's "only 17"! But I'm not sure that's a good thing at this stage in the competition, soon they're going to start telling him that he's so consistently good that he's become boring...

• Danny Noriega (18) performed after Archuleta.

What was that? He should not try to dance during his performances. If only he had great hair like Sanjaya Malakar, maybe then, there would be a really good reason to keep him for a few more rounds.

• Then there was David Hernandez (24).

I found his performance not bad actually, he's surprising me, really! I've never been a fan of his but what can I say?

• Then came Michael Johns (29).

He moves the microphone strangely when he holds it. I don't quite understand his posture, and the man just can't dance! But he's still cute! Where did he find that song? That's such a wrong choice for him, it does not showcase his vocal skills enough. He looks nerdy or maybe a bit like Aerosmith... He's still my favorite guy. I don't think I've ever seen a contestant sweat so much after such a short performance.

What did the judges think? Randy loved it and thinks it's a good song choice. Paula thinks it was the perfect song and loves the hear him in the low range.- Her chest looks bigger tonight... -
Simon liked it, loved it. He thinks Michael has huge talent but still hasn't had his moment yet, he thinks Michael's going to do very very well in the competition and really likes him. I hope Simon's right about him doing very well in the competition.

• The "rocker", David Cook (25).

Remember people David Cook is the rocker who plays the guitar and has short colored hair not to be confused with the blond long-haired rocker called Robbie Carrico who was voted off last week- he failed to convince the judges and America that he truly is a rocker -. I don't understand why they take so much pride in being called "rockers", like rocker=cool or many it's the Daughtry effect- rockers make more money(?)-. I don't really like that guy I don't find him "nice" and likable enough but he's not a bad artist though I think he overdoes the "rock thing". This season seems to be all about the rockers and instrument players. He plays the guitar and does this "rocked out" version of Hello from Lionel Ritchie. Starts a bit hesitantly then "rocks it out". What can I say, the guy has talent and I like rock so yeah, I think it was really good and quite impressive actually, no doubt about it, David Cook is a stage performer.

What did the judges think? Randy loved it, he thinks it was a brilliant and "evil" version of the song. Paula loved it too, she likes David Cook, and believes he'll be a great shining star. Simon thinks it was a brave thing to do and he loved it. He thinks David took a risk and hopes he'll see him next week.

• Next, Jason Castro, (20).

The make up makes him look like a girl or maybe he just naturally looks like one? Or maybe it's the facial expressions? Did you see how he opens up his nostrils every now and then? Quite a sight. He chose a soft song. Not bad, he does not look satisfied with himself. But he looks like a nice guy, very likable.

What did the judges think? Randy said it was one of his favorite songs," Good looking out man, Good looking out baby, nice." Poetic don't you think. Paula,... is she ...? Well let's move along with Simon. One of his favorite songs, he thought it was absolutely brilliant, "Probably one of his favorite performances of the night."

• And finally came Chikezie (22).

He sounds quite a bit unoriginal. He's still trying to prove himself.

What did the judges think? Randy thinks he did a good job, he thinks it was "really good". I hope he didn't say that because Chikezie is the only black male contestant. Paula thinks Chikezie's vocals sound really good, and Simon thinks it didn't work at all, " much more caberet than last week, not a very smart move ". What's wrong with cabaret by the way?

So who is going home this week? Luke and Danny probably, Chikezie will be close once again. At least that's what I would like to see happen.

On Melinda Doolittle and Why Yahoo Search is still the most successful competitor to Google

Noticing people coming to Wannatech searching for "Melinda Dolittle" (a typo, the name is Doolittle), I thought I'd check to see what the former American Idol contestant has been doing since being eliminated from the show. In case you hadn't watched American Idol, Melinda Doolittle was one of the favorites to win the contest but she was eliminated right before the finals.

On Google a search for Melinda Doolittle gives you many results with only the (old) American Idol Melinda Doolittle page as an official source of information among the first few, five others are from technorati, wikipedia, blogs and fan sites. A Yahoo Search with the same query gives you Melida Doolittle's myspace page as the first result. Why is Melinda's myspace page a better result for her name than her Fox American Idol contestant profile page? Her myspace page is more recently updated, it has a listing of her upcoming performances and links to her latest blog entries. The Fox American Idol contestant page has not been updated since the beginning of the show in January, need I say more?

I just couldn't resist - Sanjaya's American Idol

I actually watched American Idol last night, just a little bit, but enough to see Blake Lewis perform Bon Jovi's "You give love a bad Name" and Jordin Sparks sing Martina McBride's "Broken Wings".

I'm not a huge fan of Blake's beat boxing but the audience just loves it. Blake is a weak singer. The only thing missing from Jordin's "Broken Wings" performance was the dress she wore the first time she sang the song, otherwise she did a really great job, keep in mind that I'm not a fan of hers. In the end who should win? Jordin probably.

Did you notice that I mentioned Sanjaya in the title? Well, as a former Fanjaya ,I just had to find an excuse to write about him shouldn't I? Wanting to read what others had to say about last night's show, I did a Google search for "American Idol" -without the quotes - the first result was the Official Fox Site for American Idol and the second one was... the Official-Fox-Site-American-Idol-Sanjaya-Malakar Contestant page! Will this season be remembered as the year when America discovered Jordin Sparks' voice, Blake Lewis' beat boxing or Sanjaya Malakar's hair?

Blake vs Jordin - I won't be watching

Tonight it's ... Blake vs Jordin, on American Idol. I don't see how Blake can beat Jordin, I think she is a much better singer than he is. Then again I didn't see how Blake could be Melinda, in the beginning that was. I wish Blake wins even though I probably am not going to watch the show tonight.

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Melinda goes home

Don't say you're surprised. America probably got as tired from her as the judges did. When they told her she was "consistent" it sounded like they were saying she was consistently boring. They sat through her performances knowing exactly what to expect so in the end well.... there's nothing to say.
On the other hand, Blake has his Beat Boxing working for him and Jordin is the cute teen ager they just love. How many times have we heard "You're only 17.." on the show, too many times if you ask me. Now Jordin is the one saying "I'm only 17..." please give me a break, so what you're only 17? The truth is, the judges love her and they wanted her to win, they've pushed her as a front runner while dropping Lakisha and now I'm sure they're all be rooting for her against Blake.

Speaking of Blake...I was surprised they didn't use the word Karaoke after he sang "This Love" in the semi finals. It's a popular song, I didn't feel Blake added much to it.

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Bye Lakisha

Would you believe that I accidentally started to write Bye Sanjaya instead of bye Lakisha, well this -and the fact that I'm writing about it only now- tells you how much interest I have in the competition at this point. I don't have a favorite anymore so it almost doesn't matter who wins at this points as long as it's not Jordin. I guess if I still watch when they are announcing the results, it's only to see if "America" will choose Jordin as their idol despite her bad performance, I suppose the American idol doesn't need to be perfect as long as she cute.


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Bye Chris

Chris and Blake are the two ones left to know their fate but frankly I think this one is easy, Chris is the one going home following Phil. I actually prefer Chris to Blake but what can I do their are so many girls just crazy for Blake, he's still in the competition. Yeah I'm writing this before actually knowing the results

I didn't notice the girls crying for him but Blake seemed to be..

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Bye Phil

And all the girls were crying for him, Melinda, Lakisha and Jordin. I know I'll miss Phil, I'm sure I would not have missed Lakisha that much. Now that Phil has gone home I'm left without a favorite contestant again, first Stephanie now Phil...

For some reason I always think that the result show is at 8PM eastern time but no, it's at 9PM I just can't get used to it.


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American Idol - Bon Jovi Night

I'm a Bon Jovi fan, I even own the "Best of Bon Jovi Crossroad" album. It sounded like a promising American Idol night. And it started out really well.

The unshaved Ryan looked like he just came out of bed.

• Phil Stacy - Blaze of Gory

I love this song! It's hard for anybody to make it sound bad. The only thing I did not like with the way Phil performed it was the ending, I prefer the original ending it's more powerful but hey this was Phil's version of the song. I think he was good tonight and I do wish that he'll be safe even though Simon said he did not do enough for that.

• Jordin Sparks - Living on a Prayer

Either she's the clown of the class or she's over acting. I don't think Jordin will ever be my favorite. Jon Bon Jovi praises her even though she is strugling a bit with the song. I think her voice was too low. I guess being a girl and having to sing a guy's song makes it hard for Jordin. The music was all over the place drowning her voice and she was not comfortable enough. Like everybody who witnessed it, the judges didn't like Jordin's performance.

• Lakisha Jones - This Aint a Love Song

Lakisha never listened to Bon Jovi, what a shame! She chose a more recent Bon Jovi title. I had the time to see her outfit, not a wise choice but the satellite let me down and I had to go all over the web to know how things turned out for the remaining contestants

Here are the links to the blog posts and articles I've read:
phillyBurbs Idol Blog
Buddy TV - American Idol
American Idol Fodder
nj.com - American Idol
O'DonnellWeb


Who's going home tomorrow, bloggers seem to be anonymous on Chris with the other person being either Lakisah or Phil, I'm thinking Jordin could go home...why not?


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Shocking American Idol Results

Ryan promises us shocknig results. Wow "shocking" is such a powerful word. At some point Jordin, Lakisha and Christ where the only ones lefts who had not been declared safe yet. Frankly the only shock would have been if Jordin was going home that night but that just wasn't going to happen was it? Still I kept thinking Lakisha was going home until Ryan said she was safe at that point I was convinced Jordin was going home but I never would have thought they could have played such a bad joke on her and did she cry afterwards. Before the idol give back week I did not expect them to continue with the competition as usual I guess they probably should not have the people vote for the contestants if they did not intend to send anybody home but surely charity night was not a night for a contestant to go back home crying.


PS: I'm desperately searching for a picture of Jordin crying after the results.

I found this...



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Missing American Idol

Having regularly read articles and blog posts on American Idol, after each show, I know how much the people who write them usually have a perspective that's completely different from mine. They often appreciate performances when I find them boring, most of them hated Sanjaya but that was not enough for them to see that he was going home last week. I'm by no means saying that they get it all wrong, it's just a matter of appreciation and taste. Most articles I've read in the past where written by people who for most of them, dislike Chris Richardson very much, never appreciate Phil's performances but just loved Blake. I'm a person who likes Phil very much finds Blake boring and doesn't mind Chris.

I had a really hard time finding a summary of last night performances, from what I've read so far it seemed to have been boring, the only highlights seemed to have come from the judges negative criticism and the booing of the audience...

The general opinion is that Lakisha might be the one going home tonight, they find her to be too "diva". Some other people say (hope) it will be Phil. Almost no one says it's going to be Chris but frankly, Chris would be my pick to go home, I think he's the weakest performer in the group (or is it Blake...). Blake is not a great performer but he has something different and additional skill that the others don't have and I believe that's what's keeping him in the competition....

From someone who hasn't seen the show my bottom three prediction is Lakisha, Chris and Blake with Chris going home but that's not really based on anything...

Some of the articles I've read:
on mlive.com
on freep.com
on buddytv.com


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Bye Sanjaya

Millions of Americans (and one Englishman) finally saw their prayers answered last night when Sanjaya Malakar was sent home.


I was reading articles on American idol and it seemed that most bloggers just didn't believe it could happen. As if Sanjaya had this mystical force (or conspiracy) keeping him in the show no matter how bad he performed. The truth is, you could tell that Sanjaya's performance on Country Music Night was far worse than his two previous ones.

If people vote for contestants based on the quality performances than it's logical that Sanjaya's last performance got him fewer votes than his previous ones. Believe it or not, there were praises all over the internet for Sanjaya's Latin Night performance, even the judges didn't hate it. After Country Night I don't think even his die hard fans could say they enjoyed his performance because it was not enjoyable, even his hair didn't look nice that night, so basically he didn't have much working for him except maybe for his smile. Believe it or not most people who voted for Sanjaya did so because they actually enjoyed his performances.

But don't say I did not warn you. I had not doubt that Sanjaya was the one leaving. I was surprised tough to see Chris Richardson escaping the bottom three. I guess Chris has a really big fan base. I didn't think his last performance was bad but the judges didn't give him a chance they were pushing him out the door (since like many people they didn't believe that Sanjaya would be going home any time soon).

Read more about it:
On BuddyTV
On abc News


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Country Night - Will Sanjaya be sent home?

The contestants are supposed to sing country songs - I think -. Martina McBride is here to guide them and give them advice.

• Phil Stacey - (Keith Urban's "Where the Blacktop Ends")

Phil sang first but guess what I missed his performance but my mom told me he was really great plus the judges praised him. After Stephanie Edwards was eliminated Phil became my favorite remaining contestant, he's on the right track and hopefully he will escape the bottom three tonight.

• Jordin Sparks - (Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing")

Jordin looked radiant last night I just wish she keeps on making sound wardrobe choices in the remaining weeks, the makeup was nice too, a totally good look! Remember, I'm not a Jordin fan but I have to admit that she did a really good job. No other contestant outshined her last night, not even Melinda -she reminds me of Katherine McPhee...- I still have a little problem with Jordin, she's the only contestant I actually 'hear' breathing when she sings. I know that she has to breath but does she have to do it so heavily?

• Sanjay Malakar - (Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About")

Sanjaya had to sing right after Jordin. Until last night I wouldn't have mind being called a Fanjaya but... it was the best performance of the night followed by the worst. Sanjaya sang "something to talk about", his hairdo and his outfit were two things to talk about neither one looked good on him. It's the worst Sanjaya performance I've seen so far. It was a really bad song choice for his 'type' of voice, it's the type of song you sing with a strong voice unless you change it into something smoother... but I digress. Now I know why so many people hate Sanjaya so much.... he can be really awful as far as the singing is concerned oh well maybe it was just time for him to say goodbye.

• Lakisha Jones - (Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel")

The boots excepted, Lakisha's outfit was really nice last night, even her hair - which I usually don't like - was nice. She chose a beautiful song, and she sang it with more than her voice, just beautiful. The judges didn't like it though but that's their problem! Lakisha will be safe tonight.

• Chris Richardson - (Rascal Flatt's "Mayberry")

Chris delivered an OK performance. I think he sang nicely, it was not excellent but it was OK. The judges did not like it and Chris felt the weight of they negative criticism very heavily and that's always bad... you don't see Sanjaya do that do you? ...

• Melinda Doolittle - ("Trouble is a Woman" by Julie Reeves)

Melinda tried to look younger last night, she actually looked dressed down for the occasion. So far her [ugly] outfits never kept her from delivering high quality performances. She's a professional, nobody is expecting any less from her. Last night was one of those nights when the judges had only praises for Melinda.

• Blake Lewis - ("When the Stars Go Blue" by Tim McGraw)

Finally it was Blake's turn. I still don't understand why so many people like Blake. Is it the blond hair? His hairdo? Must be the clothes... Week after week after week Blake remains the same, it's almost as if he's singing the same song over and over again. The judges loved his performance so I guess he's safe tonight.


My bottom three prediction for tonight is Sanjaya, Chris and Blake (or Lakisha). I added Blake because his performance did not impress me but if America is influenced by the judges than Lakisha will be there instead. But the event of the night will be Sanjaya going home, saying goodbye being 'the' American Idol contestant everybody's talking about. We will miss your hair... I mean , we will miss you...

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Buh bye Haley

So Haley was sent home. Buh bye Haley. I'm sure many will miss your legs..I mean you. Lakisha is still in but I'm guessing she might be the next one going home if she doesn't get her groove back, so to speak. Then again it might be Chris, even though the girls seem to like him. I wonder if he rally believes that he looks like Justin Timberlake.




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