. . . and History Repeats Itself. . .
I was incapable of writing this until today. Last night's results shouldn't have shocked me as much as they did. . . I've watched this show every year except the first season, so nothing that happens should be a surprise. But I couldn't help feeling like history was repeating itself (read: Jennifer Hudson).
I'll get to the meat of the show, but I can't not say something more about Kenny Rogers. I couldn't even watch him on Tuesday, but finally got over my fears last night. . . one would think that, as tight as they've pulled his facial skin (so tight he now has to wear bangs because his natural hairline is now halfway back on his scalp) that he would be able to keep his eyes open. Maybe it's nerve damage, but it seems like he is now unable to open his eyes completely. Scary, very scary!
Now for the results: I did say that Mandisa deserved to be in the bottom three but only because her performance on Tuesday was not nearly as good as we know she is. And, yes, I've been bashing her wardrobe since the very beginning, but the girl's got talent. . . and based on her overall abilities deserved to go a lot farther than she has.
Book Mandisa and Bucky for a concert. . . who are you going to be able to listen to for an hour and a half? Don't even pretend you could handle 90 minutes of Bucky!! But, I could easily listen to and enjoy hearing Mandisa for that amount of time. . . and longer.
This is the time of the season when I really feel for the competitors, especially on "boot off" nights. . . they're grouped for the drama factor, but poor Ace and Katherine standing on stage together, thinking in their hearts that one or the other was going home (because they've both been in the bottom three before). . . that was almost too hard to watch.
Voting Elliott in the bottom three. . . just plain scares me. I start thinking, hey, I live in a place where they elected the Terminator to run the state!!! Makes it seem possible that the country could vote Kellie Mae as the next idol, a thought that is downright frightening.
I see the rest of the season going one of two ways --- everyone else gets the crap scared out of them that a talented performer like Mandisa can get voted off this early and they finally start making some decent song choices and taking some real chances OR they all lose their faith in their own ability and resign themselves to Chris winning and we end up sitting through 7 more lackluster shows until we're put out of our misery.
I am SO hoping to see the final eight step up and throw us some happy surprises!! Here's to reviving this season's American Idol as opposed to renaming the show American I-Dull!
I'll get to the meat of the show, but I can't not say something more about Kenny Rogers. I couldn't even watch him on Tuesday, but finally got over my fears last night. . . one would think that, as tight as they've pulled his facial skin (so tight he now has to wear bangs because his natural hairline is now halfway back on his scalp) that he would be able to keep his eyes open. Maybe it's nerve damage, but it seems like he is now unable to open his eyes completely. Scary, very scary!
Now for the results: I did say that Mandisa deserved to be in the bottom three but only because her performance on Tuesday was not nearly as good as we know she is. And, yes, I've been bashing her wardrobe since the very beginning, but the girl's got talent. . . and based on her overall abilities deserved to go a lot farther than she has.
Book Mandisa and Bucky for a concert. . . who are you going to be able to listen to for an hour and a half? Don't even pretend you could handle 90 minutes of Bucky!! But, I could easily listen to and enjoy hearing Mandisa for that amount of time. . . and longer.
This is the time of the season when I really feel for the competitors, especially on "boot off" nights. . . they're grouped for the drama factor, but poor Ace and Katherine standing on stage together, thinking in their hearts that one or the other was going home (because they've both been in the bottom three before). . . that was almost too hard to watch.
Voting Elliott in the bottom three. . . just plain scares me. I start thinking, hey, I live in a place where they elected the Terminator to run the state!!! Makes it seem possible that the country could vote Kellie Mae as the next idol, a thought that is downright frightening.
I see the rest of the season going one of two ways --- everyone else gets the crap scared out of them that a talented performer like Mandisa can get voted off this early and they finally start making some decent song choices and taking some real chances OR they all lose their faith in their own ability and resign themselves to Chris winning and we end up sitting through 7 more lackluster shows until we're put out of our misery.
I am SO hoping to see the final eight step up and throw us some happy surprises!! Here's to reviving this season's American Idol as opposed to renaming the show American I-Dull!
posted by Peggy Stull at 11:34 AM
2 Comments:
It's it horrible that this is the 2nd time THIS season that the shock of a booted contestant results in a time-delay before we can respond appropriately? All I kept muttering was "dammitdammitdammit"... I think you've pretty well hit the nail on the head.
Given that next week the "crew" gets to do QUEEN songs, what are the odds that there will be some plate-stepping. Who decides what these poor folks have to sing?
I'd rather see "originality night" where the contestants got to do their own thing..play an instrument maybe? We could see who is really multi-dimensional, and who is just fluff. OH! SORRY .. we know that already. Okay, so now I'm writing a book in your blog, maybe I'll just go back to mine and make it a whole post!
Bucky singing Freddy Mercury? This I've got to see. Unless someone falls off the stage, I'm guessing Bucky will be going home.
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