Category Archives: American Idol

Two hours and seven minutes. TWO HOURS AND SEVEN MINUTES? Are you kidding me, American Idol? That’s ridiculous. My goal, watching this on DVR after the series finale of The Office, was to get through it in under 45 minutes. … Continue reading →

It’s the battle of the divas – a classic country singer, and a classic R&B singer. Idol really surprised me this year, with a final five of strong female vocalists and no White Guys With Guitars to be found. I’ve … Continue reading →

OK guys. I tried to review American Idol last week, but WordPress ate my post. Basically, I said that this was the strongest top four that Idol has maybe ever seen, and all of the women were deserving of a … Continue reading →

Did you guys catch American Idol this week? With four fantastic singers left in the race, any of the women would make a deserving winner. Click through for a quick recap of the performances.

For the first time ever, American Idol has a top five of women, and they’re making a big deal out of it. That means pretending that a) This wasn’t basically orchestrated by judges and producers from the get-go b) That … Continue reading →

I’ve taken to watching American Idol on Saturday mornings, because there’s too much good TV on Wednesday and Thursday for me to watch it live. Unfortunately, that means that I often know who was eliminated before I watch the performance … Continue reading →

Seven contestants and the show is STILL two hours long? Shut up, American Idol. That’s ridiculous. Anyway, the theme for the evening was rock and roll – no ballads allowed -, and there aren’t any rockers on this season of … Continue reading →

This week on American Idol, the top eight chose songs based on the theme “The Music of Motor City”. So, lots of Motown. The thing is, at this point a lot of these classic songs have been done to death … Continue reading →

Before the top nine on American Idol performed songs from the Lennon & McCartney songbook, we had to find out which extra singer would be joining the Idol tour. It was no surprise – Aubrey Cleland won out over Charlie … Continue reading →

Really, Minaj? “Stuck in traffic” on your way to a live show? You had one job! Nicki Minaj was late for Idol‘s first live show on Wednesday night, and then she showed up in sunglasses and a hoodie. That said, Nicki … Continue reading →