I vowed I'd never watch Idol

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I made a promise to a work-friend that I would actually watch an entire season of American Idol. I have never done so before. I have always watched the freak-show that is the auditions, but not being so much into pop music, I have never ventured further into the show and always relied on my mom to keep me up to date once someone won. I also didn’t like the fact that the American public chose the winner. I mean, talk about silly, letting the public pick a winner? They can’t elect the “right” candidate let alone pick the next pop train-wreck, Brit wannabe.

But I was talking to this friend and he told me that he and his co-workers actually place bets and join pools to pick the finalists. That got my attention. If I’m anything, I’m a gambler. I love to gamble, join pools, I play the lottery (Powerball is up to 270 Million!) and actually think I may win someday! So I thought, why not, there were some pretty cool auditions and I wondered how far some of these people would go so I promised my co-worker friend that I would watch and I am. It is really painful sometimes. I must admit to flipping channels if I don’t like the song/singer/arrangement.

So far, it’s been all right. Some good singers, some good surprises and since they are using the Lennon & McCartney songbook this season, it’s been interesting to see some of these guys takes on the songs. I haven’t seen anyone just knock one out of the park yet, but they are repeating the theme this next week, so maybe we’ll get something special then.

I thought Kristy Lee Cook would get the boot, so here it starts, where the public starts to let me down. David Hernandez wasn’t going to last much longer so he won’t be missed, but if Kristy doesn’t lay it down next week, she will be history. Even forgetting lyrics and really messing up a song won’t get you kicked off of Idol. David Archuletta (who is my mom’s favorite – she saw him on Star Search and loved him then-whatever!). Really had a bad night and it was horrible to watch someone lose it that bad on national/world-wide television but it’s like the car-wreck on the side of the freeway….you just can’t help but look.

Early picks for AI:
David Cook – what a great rocker dude!
Carly Smithson – Great voice, will go far!

Long shots for AI:
Amanda Overmeyer – A one-trick pony as my mother would say. A Janis Joplin wannabe.

Ramiele Malubay – Check the attitude, your “BFF” Danny Noriega wasn’t that good. You are way better, but we haven’t seen it in the past two weeks. You better blow us away or you are gone.

Michael Johns: My Aussie Hunk. You are adorable and your Queen song ROCKED but you’ve left a bad taste in my mouth ever since, rock it out this next week or you might find yourself in the bottom 3.