One down, four to go…

Matt Girard was voted off  “American Idol” after 47 million votes, the highest of the season. I was shocked that Adam Lambert in the bottom three! Wow. Are you friggin’ kidding me?!?! The dude can sing! I hate to sound like a broken record, but America, what were you thinking?!
Next week, it’s rock ‘n roll. [...]

Did You Know? #32

The Daily News-Miner of Fairbanks, Alaska is the farthest north daily newspaper in the United States and one of the farthest north in the world.

American Idol Top 5 – RECAP

The remaining five contestants perform standards from the Rat Pack era last night on “Idol”. The guest mentor was actor/singer Jamie Foxx. Here we go…

Kris Allen sang “The Way You Look Tonight”. Randy Jackson said it’s the best performance of the night. Kara DioGuardi said he set the technical standard so high. Paula Abdul said it’s [...]

Reading about the swine flu…

As of now, there are eighty-one deaths and 20 confirmed cases in Mexico. Also, numerous cases of the flu are confirmed in Canada and right here in the U.S. according to this article. The strain is usually associated with pigs. I also read that the severity of swine flu in humans can vary from mild to severe. [...]

I was right!

Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai were voted off  “American Idol” last night. Next week for the final five, the theme is jazz standards.
UPDATE (5:26pm): What were you thinking, America? Putting Allison in the bottom 3 AGAIN! Simon said last time that she’s the girls’ only hope. Now, she’s the only one left. Hello! She can sing, people!
Later.

(Another) American Idol Top 7 Recap

First off, Happy Earth Day!
The seven contestants performed yesterday on “Idol”. The theme was Disco Night. No guest mentor this week. Two will be voted off tonight. Here we go…

Lil Rounds sang “I’m Every Woman”. Randy Jackson said it sounded a bit wild. Kara DioGuardi said she’s not sure if it was worth the wait. Paula [...]

Still here

*updated at 4:32pm*
I need to start posting more. It looks like I’ve been Twitter-ing more and blogging less (visit my Twitter page). For those who don’t know, Twitter is the social networking/micro-blogging service. I’ve joined the site in March. I don’t want to say that this blog is beginning to die a slow death. I’m saying that I [...]

Finally used the save…

Good news, the judges used the save last night on “American Idol”. The bad news is two will be going home next Wednesday. Matt Girard (who is in the bottom three twice) is safe thanks to Simon & Co. First, I thought he’s going home, but changed my mind at the last post yesterday and said that Lil [...]

American Idol Top 7 – RECAP

The top seven performed on “Idol” last night. The theme was “Idol At The Movies” with mentor Quentin Tarantino (“Reservoir Dogs”, “Pulp Fiction”, etc.).  Last night, two judges critique one’s performance (Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi do so-and-so, then Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell do so-and-so) because of what happened last Tuesday’s DVR-gate fiasco. Here we [...]

Simon leaving “Idol”?! (includes poll)

Maybe, he says. From TVGuide.com: http://tinyurl.com/dhv2gm
Personally, I can’t imagine “American Idol” without Simon Cowell. Here’s our poll…