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Thursday 1/29/09 Show Recap

The show began with showing the people/crowds in both New York City and Puerto Rico.  Instead of doing one set of auditions and then another like I expected - things switched back and forth between places. Adeola- She sings a Jennifer Hastings song.  She says she has been compared to Mariah Carey and Mary J Blige.  She quit her job, handed in her resignation right before coming to the auditions because she knows that she is the next American Idol and she won’t be needing her job anymore.  She sings … Simon says, “Did you actually deliver the resignation letter ?”  He goes on to tell her that he will personally call her boss to help her get her job back.  She needs her job.  Paula says, “It’s not your thing.”  Kara tells her to keep her day job.  It’s no times 4. I have no trouble agreeing ! After the audition Ryan makes a call to Adeola’s boss.  Simon speaks with him and tells him that the audition went poorly but she’s a good person.  Simon asks the man if he would give Adeola her job back.  Her boss says she is a good person and yes she can have her job back.  Adeola says that there is some good in Simon after all and he just proved it. Jorge- He sings “My Way” - I don’t understand a word until the very end because it’s in Spanish but I thought it was very pretty. Paula says, “Very nice.  How do ou sing in English ?”  He sings part of “What a Wonderful World” for the judges.  Paula tells him he has a nice voice.  Kara says she felt his Spanish song more.  He is told that hehad some pronounciation issues with the English song.  They vote.  Yes times 4. I really don’t know if I agree on this one.  Have  you seen the Wedding Planner ?  He reminded me of the guy she is set up to marry by her father … don’t know why, but he did. Jessica- She sings “I Surrender” by Celine Dion.  She’s audition in Puerto Rico from Michigan.  She has won many constests and goes on and on about the 700 contests she has been in.  She can’t say enough about herself and her wins.  When she gets into the audition Paula asks her about the 700 contests, she tells Paula she has won many of them.  She sings … Simon, “I mean honestly, come on.”  Jessica says, “You don’t like it ?”  Simon tells her no he doesn’t like it, it was awful.  She wants to sing something else.  Simon keeps telling her no she can’t sing anything else, he doesn’t want to hear it.  She keeps pleading.  Eventually Paula says to let her try but Simon won’t have it.  Jessica pleads and pleads.  Randy tells her that her voice is not on point.  Paula is trying to give her pointers so she can improve.  No times 4. I agree completely and am confused about all these contests she’s won. We see a bunch of auditioners that say they made mistakes in their auditions. Melinda- She talks about how she likes to dance in the nude in front of her mirror because it releases her soul.  she is shown dancing around waiting for her audition to happen.  She goes into her audition and Simon tells her she is very fresh looking.  He wants to know about her.  She says she wants to be a nudist and live in a nudist colony and that she wants to change humanity with her singing.  Simon tells her to imagine Randy naked as she sings.  She sings.  She does a good job of it too.  All of the judges just love her and have lots of good things to say about her.  Yes times 4. I agree. Jackie- She sings “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz.  (Just a side note, this is one of my favorite songs) She says she has been singing her whole life and all she knows is entertaining.  She goes into her audition.  Paula asks her to tell them about herself.  She says she’s been doing this for 10 years.  She starts her song … I am thankful when she is stopped and asked to sing something else.  She murdered “I’m Yours” by adding way too much flare and being way too over the top.  The beauty of that song is how subtle the style is. Simon wants to hear another song.  He tells her he wants to hear her “normal” voice.  She sings another song.  Randy and Kara like her.  Simon starts talking and as he is talking part of the windo falls down behind him.  Jackie gets a shocked look on her face and Simon says, “Oh just carry on” and he keeps talking.  It’s yes times 4. I disagree.  I think she was  just too much, she tried too hard, she thinks she’s so fancy and really she’s just too … much.  Blech ! We see a bunch of auditions that resulted in no.  Then we see a bunch of auditions that had some (terrible) dancing, also resulting in no.  We get to see part of an odd audition with a middle aged man in leather holding a radio … Joel- He sings “To Be With You” by Mr. Big.  He comes into his audition as an Ipod.  He has a huge cardboard cut out he is standing behind and he is acting like he is an Ipod.  He starts to sing and the judges ask for another song.  Joel kicks over the Ipod and sings another song. Simon stops him because he “hates” it.  (Oh thank you Simon !)  Joel pulls a lion puppet out of his pocket and begins to sing “Circle of Life” and the judges can’t get over how weird/odd his audition has been.  He just didn’t seem *right* if you know what I mean.  No times 4. I more than agree. He ran out of the audition room yelling “YEAH I got a no !”  We then see him running around in a Superman costume yelling and hollaring and he jumps into a swimming pool. Nick “Norman Gentle”- He is wearing a pastel shirt and he has a sweat band (pink) around his head and his shirt is tucked into his shorts.  He reminds me of Richard Simmons.  Simon starts off the audition by telling him that he doesn’t want any comedy.  He just wants an audition.  Norman Gentle takes off his head band and untucks his shirt and tries to get serious.  He sings. Simon really doesn’t like it.  Norman Gentle says, “You hurt me where you get kicked sometimes.”  Simon says, “I would think you might like that.”  Norman Gentle is quick to reply with. “You mean like you like it when Ryan does it to you ?”  All of the judges get a kick out of that and think he is very funny.  He goes on to sing Amazing Grace trying to be very serious.  Paula says she loves him.  Kara is entertained by him.  Paula says yes.  Kara tells him he doesn’t have a shot in hell.  Randy ends up saying yes.  Simon says no.  3 yes, 1 no. I really don’t know what they were thinking saying yes to this guy … We see blips of some yes auditions now.  After a commercial we come back to blips of a bunch of bad auditions. Monique- She sings a Surpremes song.  She has brought her very adorable little brother with her.  We see him talking to Paula before the auditions asking where Simon is.  Paula tells him Simon is always late because he has to put on his make up which is more than what she wears.  The little boy believes her and asks if Simon really wears make up.  In the audition room the little boy has a present for the judges.  He places a broken shell in front of them for the bunch of them to share.  Simon asks him if his sister is any good, he says that she is.  Monique begins to sing.  Simon stops her and asks her to sing another song.  She does. Simon and Kara say that she picked a bad song range for her age.  They don’t feel her song choices were good for her developing voice.  The judges really don’t think that she is ready.  They vote.  Randy and Kara say no.  Paula and Simon say yes.  2 times no and 2 times yes, it’s a yes. I agree.  She has the right attitude and really wants it. Alexis- She sings “Like a Prayer” by Madonna.  She auditioned last year in Philadelphia.  We see footage from last year .. she is wild and crazy and odd and very rude and not at all gracious.  She is dressed in leather and looks like a badrump.  This year she is wearing a gold sparkly dress.  Last year she had two middle fingers for Simon, this year she says she has new fingers for him, and holds up her thumbs.  She is shown being very kind and polite to other people waiting to audition.  She sings. My son is sitting here holding his ears saying, “Mommy make her stop.”  Simon and Kara agree with my 5 year old.  They say she is worse this year than last year.  Simon says now it is established that she can’t sing.  Alexis gives him the finger on her way out and says, “Thank you, you’re an a**hole.” Patricia- She sings “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”  This is the building her parents got married in and she hopes more good things get to start here.  The judges greet her in the audition and she sings. Simon says he doesn’t think it is good enough.  He feels it’s a really poor choice of song.  She is given 30 seconds to change their minds.  She sings a verybeautiful Spanish song.  Randy says yes, Paula says no.  We are about to hear what Kara and Simon say when we are shown Ryan outside the audition room waiting with her very large family … and she come sout with a golden ticket.  The family has drums and they are singing and dancing - loudly.  Randy from in the audition room says that there is a whole marching band in the hall and they should all go dance.  The judges go out in the hall and dance. 9 Golden tickets were handed out in Puerto Rico.  26 Golden tickets were handed out in New York.  Next week starts Hollywood week !

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American Idol 7– The Finale Recap

Tonight was the culmination of months of eliminations. The Davids finally faced off against one another. Fox did some, um, interesting things production-wise. Like the whole night had a boxing theme— complete with boxing commentary. Why? I have no idea. I found it distracting more than entertaining. Then there was the clever camera work to disguise that David Archuleta still hasn’t gotten over squinting his way through songs in spite of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s best efforts to break him of the habit. They simply hardly showed him in close-up. As a matter of fact, many of the shots of him were of his back. I do have to admit it was a lot less annoying that way. The coin flip last week went to David Archuleta, who chose to sing second (smart call). Both singers’ first songs were chosen by Clive Davis. David Cook was given “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, and David Archuleta was given “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”. I thought both did a decent job. David Cook added in a little flair, but you really don’t want to mess with the U2 classic too much. Clive Davis really did right by David Archuleta, choosing a song that already has a lot of the runs and drawn out notes that he likes. Because they were already written into the song, David didn’t feel the need to overdo the song. The second songs were from the song writing competition. Unlike previous years when both singers have been saddled with singing the same song, no matter whether it suits them both or not, this year the Davids were allowed to choose their own songs from the top ten vote getters. David C. chose an upbeat number that I thought was a little “pop” for him but still at least entertaining. David A. chose a sappy ballad— exactly the kind of song that the producers would usually choose for the finalists to sing. Exactly the kind of song I really don’t enjoy. Simon thought it was more in keeping with the tone of the night. Really? Given the boxing them, wouldn’t that be “Eye of the Tiger”? The final song of the evening was contestants’ choice. David C. chose to tackle a new song— Collective Soul’s “The World I Know”. It was good, more of a sensitive low-key performance from him. Simon thought he should have returned to “Hello” or “Billie Jean”, but he said he preferred to show progression by singing a new song, rather than something he’d sung before. David A. chose to sing my favorite song of the year (not really) “Imagine”. Frankly, I was talking on the phone during the performance, so I’m not absolutely sure whether it was better or worse, but I think it was about the same. Since I thought it was hideously oversung to begin with, his comments about giving it more sent shivers down my spine. So, that was it. As expected, the judges favored David Archuleta. Randy said he was exactly what “American Idol” is about. And he’s right. American Idol is about turning out a very mainstream pop singer. David Archuleta will be perfect for that. I had to keep reminding myself, though, that I don’t want David Cook to win because it’s in his best interest to come in second. Still, part of me can’t help but wish… What about you? Who was your favorite tonight?

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