I Sinned

So, last night I found myself sitting in front of a television at about 9pm and so turned it on. The television was on FOX, so I watched American Idol. I know, I know, I feel like I need a cleanse. I came in right before #6. I won't even try and pretend that I remember names of any of the contestants, and this was the first time I watched the show in a few years. It probably will be the last. I will say that once I started watching it, I did hope that I had not missed Carly Smithson who is that person I wrote about last week.

When they showed the wrap up at the end with all the singers, I realized that I was glad I didn't also spend the first hour watching the show. I don't know if there was a theme to the show the singers had to follow, but these were some of the most awful performances I have ever seen on the show. Yes, there were 12 of them, but there were no standouts. The songs were all boring and I just felt like the whole thing had no life. Not watching for the past two years, I did notice that the comments from the judges were the exact same from any of the past years. You really don't even need them anymore. They have already said everything that needs to be said, and you could just cut to a clip of any of the three and no one at home would even notice or care. I guess the computer voice slipping in a him or her might be a clue, but other than that, it is just the same damn thing.

I am going to make some generalizations here which I know are not true of everyone, so for those of you on AI boards who love to send e-mails, don't. It seemed like everyone was an exact replica of Carrie Underwood. That frosted blond hair and cookie cutter face. Why do I want to have more of Carrie Underwood. I can't stand her so I don't need a second one in my face everyday.

There were the normal complement of slightly overweight women who I admire, but who have no chance of winning because we in the US have a thing against women who are not stick thin. Oh, we will vote a fat guy to the top, but not an overweight woman. You may as well just go home now, because you are not going to win.

I only saw her in the recap but love the woman with the multi-colored hair. There is always one each year they pick to show they have some diversity, but I really liked the 20 seconds I heard and I think she actually should go start a band and make a living. She is not an AI though.

The African American women I saw were probably the best of the bunch, and I would listen to them again. Wouldn't buy their album, but would like to see them on the show. The 18 year old who did the Britney impression needs to go to Vegas right now and do that for a living. It was by far the best Britney impression I have ever heard, and she will make more money doing that and she will have less chance of ending up like Jessica Sierra if she just heads straight to Vegas and starts doing that impression.

Carly, the Irish no hit wonder who seems to have lost her accent in San Diego while gaining a ton of tattoos. Smart move to cover the tattoos because people in the US won't vote for chicks with tats. Not going to happen. She was really good but what would you expect from someone who has performed in front of thousands of people before. I like how they made her talk about her past record signing and just kind of blew threw it. Did you hear her say in that little video montage that she didn't think Simon liked her voice? Honey, how the hell do you think you got on the show anyway. The people over at 19 had a discussion and they wanted you. She knows that. I have never seen Randy Jackson so excited over someone. I thought he was going to go over to her and just make her the winner right then. Maybe because he feels responsible for some of the MCA crap that went wrong?

I probably liked the Asian girl who went second or third to last? She was good and had a different look than normal, plus she was honest when she said the best part of the show was hair and makeup. I'm sure the producers will have a chat with her about in the future she should say things like having the opportunity to be with a great bunch of people and film cheesy commercials. They still do that right?

I put my favorite down below.