American Idol Update

So, I don't have much of an update.  I stopped watching.  However, I do find it a little insane that hometown girl Haley Reinhart made it this far - especially because hometown local boy Lee DeWyze won last year.  That, and if I remember correctly - the other two finalists aren't better than her.  Could the northwest suburbs have back-to-back idols?  Do you think Haley is good enough to be the American Idol?  Does being the American Idol mean anything any more?  Did it ever?  Have our last three or four winners had any real commercial success?   Is the show going to live another season?  Should they keep the same judges?

Your thoughts?  

Don't It Always Seem to Go...

...that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.   I have no interest in American Idol this season.  I have the past two weeks in my DVR, and I don't know if I'm going to get around to watching it.  Sigh.  I'm curious if it will be renewed for next season.  I'm curious if Simon misses Idol (and me) like I miss him.   So many questions.  So few answers.

Idol.

Ok, as of now, I'm staying with it.

My favorite girl.

Haley Reinhart.  Maybe it's the northwest suburban bias talking.  She's from Wheeling.   Last year we obviously had the Lee DeWyze win (but has it actually done anything for his career?  maybe these questions are details....)  Then the blackhawks won the Stanley Cup.  They say these things happen in threes.

However.  My favorite overall idol contestant thus far.

Paul MacDonald.

I don't know if it's the voice, or the style of singing, as much as it is the cute guyness (it worked for Kris Allen!).  Or maybe it's the fashion statements he makes:

I love the jacket.  But moreso, I love the kind of man who can wear that kind of jacket.   He makes a statement.  I like that.  I'll pick up the phone to keep him around just to see what he wears next.

Just Wondering....

Is anyone watching American Idol this year?  Anyone?

I have started it.  Well, I have tried to start it.  I'm about to give up on mile 13 of this marathon, knowing that, often times, the second part is the hardest.  I may, soon, shockingly, delete it from my dvr.

It's not that the judges are bad.  Perhaps it's the whole premise of 'you can't follow a legend'.  We need a simon there.  We need the risk that he's going to berate the hell out of one of the contestants.  The fact that that possibility existed kept us all on our feet.  Instead, now we just have to worry about one of them being told it 'wasn't his best'.    It's not that any of the contestants are interesting enough to keep an audience alone - but it's not that they ever have been.

Sigh.  Maybe I'm still coming off the Lee DeWyze win.  What's he up to these days?  Did he move to back Mt. Prospect?  I'm guessing no.  Did he go back to the paint store?  I kid.  I kid.  Kind of.

Anyhow.  I'm close to throwing in the towel on this season...anyone out there, other than the fox execs, going to try to persuade me otherwise?

American Idol, Season 10

All I know so far is Jennifer Lopez can go on a list that's been spoken of before on my blog before....

I hope this can restart her career.  At this point, does the word 're' still belong in that sentence?