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Last week Michaela and I ventured down to the E-Center to see if we could get a gander at some of the Idols when they arrived for their concert. We saw them arrive and a few of them came out to say “hey”. Here are some of the pix:

Danny Gokey – Stand By Me: Danny is like a comfortable shoe. He’s dependable. I can usually count on him to give a solid performance. I like his voice. He’s got a good look. He can appeal to different people. He’s what you call commercial. His voice is something you could hear on a radio – adult contemporary/easy listening, etc. But since Hollywood he hasn’t given the WOW yet. To his credit, he has been consistent. To his benefit, the others (with the exception of Adam) haven’t been at his level of ability. Danny shouldn’t get too comfortable. Although he has pretty much got a spot in the final 2 nailed down, he’s skidding by the same ol’ same ol’. And that can still work for him but I think he’s got to have one moment where he knocks everyone on their butt. This performance wasn’t it for me. Although I did like how the song evolved going from a very slow beginning building to an up tempo number. Kris Allen – All She Wants To Do Is Dance: Kris is my pick to ruin everything for Danny and Adam. He has been consistently upping his game…until this week. I just did not like this version of the song. Of all the songs he could have chosen, why this? Simon was right. It was forgettable and boring. He’s in danger of losing everything he has spent the last few weeks building. Dialidol.com at this hour has him losing to Scott (!!!) and going home tomorrow. I hope that doesn’t happen because if it does, the others may as well join him and we should have the finale next week because, what’s the point of the next month?Lil Rounds – What’s Love Got To Do With It: This was so predictable. I just don’t know what else to say. Like Danny, Lil has been consistent but not in a good way. She’s been consistent with terrible outfits and consistent with crappola song choices. Lil’ Rounds certainly could have performed this Tina Turner song well and she did “okay” but she mimicked everything about the original and frankly, I couldn’t stand the original when it was originally released. I wondered then what the big deal was and it wasn’t until later that I found out that Tina Turner was 100 years old and rocking out. Oh, so that’s why! Sheesh. Lil just can’t get it together and it’s so frustrating because she was given such a broad category for the past two weeks and has picked the wrong thing both times. It’s just …well, she gives no hope for the female contestants this year. They’re done for.Anoop Desai – True Colors: Anoop singing Cindy Lauper? !(^(@^!(@^%!(@! Doggonit..he should have just sang Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Now THAT would have been a moment. Was it vocally “good”..I suppose but blech..I dunno. I just didn’t like it. Scott MacIntyre — The Search is Over: This song was one of my favorites when it was originally released by Survivor. It was sung so manly and it said all the right things that you wanted to hear a guy say to a girl. And then you get a blind guy singing about looking into your eyes and seeing forever and all you want to say is “Dude, you’re looking into my ear and you can’t see jack!” I know that’s mean and I like Scott…his personality is cute but c’mon…if he hadn’t been blind, he wouldn’t be on the show. This isn’t a Miss Congeniality contest!! The man certainly has musical talent but it’s not as a singer. Let’s call it good and put us out of our misery, ok?Allison Iraheta — I Can’t Make You Love Me: Allison listened to the judges and slowed it down – waaaay down with this Bonnie Rait (sp) song. I don’t think you could get any slower. She really did nail it. It was quite good. But Allison just isn’t connecting with people. It’s that divisive hair and ugly clothes. Seriously. Also, the lyrics to this song were WAY too sophisticated for her. She’s not grown up enough to be singing this type of song. She should be ok because talent wise she deserves to stay. On a side note…isn’t the title to the song kinda ironic. Maybe Adam should have sung this instead.Matt Giraud – Part-Time Lover: I cringed when I heard that Matt would sing this. I am sick of Stevie Wonder. Why not rename this the American Idol (but only if you can sing Stevie Wonder)? But… Matt did ok. It wasn’t as horrible as I thought it would be. His stupid hat covered the awkward portion of his head. So it was ok. I don’t think it will catapult him into the top spot over Adam but he should be okay…maybe. What do I know?Adam Lambert – Mad World: Sigh… Well, first…Adam looked like a boy tonight. Points for effort there. I appreciated it. I also appreciated the restraint he gave in the song. I think he only squealed once and I was grateful. I was hoping he’d sing Soft Cell’s Tainted Love. 1982  was a while back…I was 10 but I could remember stuff from that year…but I just could not remember this song. Half way through I was like what IS this song? What the heck is he singing? I thought he was singing that one song from a couple weeks ago again – it sounded the same to me. The only difference was he was on the stage alone and they had him in blue light the whole time. This week a betting website listed him the odds on favorite to win this year. In fact, if you bet on him, you won’t make much because it’s that certain he’ll win. Well, ok. Let’s reign in the hype and call it a day. The competition is over. Not so fast… Was the performance good? Yes. It was good. Did it deserve the ever rare (if not first time EVER) standing ovation from Simon? No way. I mean, is it leaps and bounds over Bo Bice’s acapella number from Season 5 or Fantasia’s show stopping emotional number or David Cook’s performance of Billie Jean? No. It was not. It ranked among them but c’mon! Adam is very theatrical. Nothing he does is done without calculating movements, emotion and vocal projection. Adam certainly is well trained in the art of being on stage. But I think his whole schtick misses the point of the show. Although he could very well win this whole thing, how likely will it be for his album to mirror the commercial success of Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood or Chris Daughtry? I don’t think it could. His just isn’t a voice I would turn the radio on for. The lateness of the show was an embarrassing blunder for the producers. They let Kara speak too much to the other contestants and really did nobody any favors by handing the miniscule moment for Simon to respond. And standing O??? Seriously? Adam may have wicked range. He may keep you guessing week to week on what he’ll sing. But there’s a manipulative stench in the air this year that stinks stinks STINKS. And it’s seated at a table at the foot of the Idol stage.Who’s going home? My guess for Bottom Three would be Scott, Anoop and Kris. I certainly hope Kris isn’t there but his song choice was poor. I am bored with Anoop. I feel sorry for Scott. I wish both would stop talking back to the judges. Maybe we should just send them both home.

Note: This was edited 4/6…because of the young eyes who read my blog. I have seen the error of my ways…Before the critique…I was just called a homophobic nutcase in a comment to one of my previous posts. Hmmm. Interesting. So, I will keep it real here with the comment about tonight’s episode of Idol. Let’s just preface it first by saying that nothing I write here will make Adam any less talented or less gay stinky dinky doo doo. He is what he is. Does him being a puff matter when it comes to Idol? No, silly. Look at Clay Aiken. I mean, seriously. But is there a double standard when it comes to what he has done in his past vs. what previous non-gay stinky dinky doo doo contestants have done in the past that have gotten them kicked off the show? Yeah. There most certainly is. One should be able to say what they like on their personal blog. I’ve got an opinion. If you don’t like it. Don’t read. No big deal. My point is that Adam has some things going on in his closet that for other people probably would have seen them dismissed from the show. Whatever. All that aside. Do I like Adam? I don’t care for his singing style. So, that’d be a no. But I am entertained by his performances. Big difference. Seeing him live on stage = good. Listening to him on the radio = bad. Me no likey. Comprende? You likey? Fine. You’re gay stinky dinky doo doo. J/K….SARCASM, PEOPLE!!Now on to the show…(remember, I’m keeping it real – no cliches)Anoop Desai — Caught Up : Anoop was the poop. I don’t mean that in a good way. This one sucked was stinky dinky doo doo. I didn’t like the song. I thought the performance was bad. He’s looking at the bottom 3 but…Megan Joy — Turn Your Lights Down Low : Anoop should be ok because Megan sucked ass stunk dinky doo doo even more!!! Seriously. She’s sucked sucked sucked stunk stunk stunk dinky doo doo. I never understood why she was even in the top 36 to begin with. There were so many other people who were way better like Danny’s friend – what’s his face with the pierced cheek and David Osmond (who I saw at the David Archuleta concert the other night – he’s just as cute in person). Megan, it’s time to go home!! It’s time to warble elsewhere – just don’t do it on my TV or radio. ARGH!Danny Gokey — What Hurts The  Most: Yay! First, the news broke a day or so ago about Danny’s grandpa dying (sad!) and comments from the various blogs and forums were as horrifying and cruel about Danny being a death magnet. People just were certain he’d pimp out his dead grandpa to get the sympathy vote and although I think he should be able to say whatever he likes and get his inspiration from whereever he likes, I was glad he just kept that piece of information personal and just stuck to the music for at least sparing the rest of us who actually like him the headache of reading such heartless crap. Danny really let it all out there with this performance and it was good.Allison Iraheta — Don’t Speak: I was pretty stoked she was going to sing this No Doubt song. Then they showed her infected finger in the video of her practicing on the guitar and that grossed me out. Then she sang the song and I wasn’t stoked any more. The judges hated her outfit. I didn’t care about what she was wearing. She just didn’t sound as good as she has in week’s past. Still…I have hope she’ll be around a little longer. She’s really the only girl left that can do anything.Scott MacIntyre — Just The Way You Are: Ryan said that Scott was going to sing Piano Man…but what he actually meant was he was going to sing a song FROM the Piano Man. I was worried because I don’t think Scott could pull off Piano Man – THE SONG. Anyway, this particular Billy Joel song was much more Scott’s speed. And although his voice clearly is NOT his strong suit, it’s still pleasant. His piano playing is stellar and let’s get real. The man’s handicap is inspiring. If only all of us could be as talented with eyesight. He could possibly end up in the bottom 3 but I still think Megan SUCKED stunk dinky doo doo MORE!! So he should be ok.Matt Giraud — You Found Me : This was terrible. Seriously. It was hard to listen to. It was hard to watch. I wish it had been a silent movie but then I couldn’t take my eyes off that thing in the middle of Matt’s forehead. I generally like Matt – very much. But this song sucked stunk dinky doo doo. And his rendition sucked stunk dinky doo doo. There were parts that were flat and I was praying for someone in technical to turn up the volume on his piano because at least THAT he could play. If he doesn’t make a return visit to the bottom 3 this week, I will be surprised. Still, Megan SUCKED stunk dinky doo doo MORE. So he should be ok.Lil Rounds — Surrender : Okay..WHO is advising Lil? From her clothes to her song choices. It’s a FAIL. She should be thanking her lucky stars she is still there. Luckily for her MEGAN SUCKED stinky dinky doo doo MORE!! Vocally, she did good. It was OKAY. The song? ARGH!! )!&@)!&^)^@&!^* Seriously? There other Celine Dion songs that are so much better but then there are other songs from other artists that are so much better. Does someone have it in for this girl? Do they want to use their Judge’s Save THAT BAD? Ok. Do it already because she needs to sing good music and fast. Adam Lambert — Play That Funky Music: I gotta hand it to Glambert… He keeps the audience guessing. Play That Funky Music? Mmmm-K!! But he did it. He pulled it off in his Adam way and it’s not surprising. I still don’t care for the screaming and screeching. My six year old and I sang along and hit all the same notes and sounded just like him. It can be done, folks. He’s not going anywhere. If he left the show before the finale, the season would be boring. Yes. That is true. And he may very well win this whole thing. It would not surprise me. But I still won’t buy his record. I don’t think I’d ever see him live except for maybe during Idol Live. This performance was typical Adam. He commanded the stage and it was good. I liked what he did last week better.Kris Allen — Ain’t No Sunshine: I like me some Kris Allen. He’s great. And I think HE is the dark horse who can ride in and ruin this for Adam and Danny. Kris is changing it up each week. His vocals are top notch. He’s showing he can do a little of everything. He’s got the whole package. He can be current (as the judges like to say). I would see him live. I would probably buy his music so long as he doesn’t have Megan (who sucks ass is stinky dinky doo doo) singing on it with him. And he loves loves LOVES his wife which is awesome. Bottom 3 this week – Anoop, Megan and Matt (or maybe Scott). Megan should and will go home. No wait. Don’t come home cuz that means, you’ll come back here. Stay there but don’t sing. Best of both worlds… Really, people..am I that mean? No. She’s a lovely person, I’m sure….just get her off my TV!!