The Morning After: Idol Watch Edition

Hee hee Jason should be nervous ONLY if he actually wants to win the contest. He's already gotten a lot of visibility, and he's done it without deviating from the kind of music he would likely actually perform/write/sing/whatever. I kind of see him like I saw Amanda - it might be the opposite of the point he is trying to make to "branch out" and be "versitile" (aka more commercially-friendly, more mainstream, more traditional).

About his comments, I will confess that I actually didn't watch the results show - just too much wasted time out of my week. But I read somewhere this morning that Ryan cut Jason off before he finished what he was saying, before he finished giving the context for his statement, which may have made him seem cocky when that wasn't his intention. Not having seen it, I'll have to rely on what y'all noticed.

I was surprised that Carly wasn't in the bottom 3 (not that she can't sing - she totally can - but Tuesday nite kinda brought out that scary part of her that seems to turn people off), although she is a bit more likable than Syesha so I guess I can see why that happened.

I think that Syesha, Kristy Lee, and Ramielle ALL should have gone home before Chikezie. That said, it is hard for me to get too worked up when people who had no realistic chance of getting to the finals get kicked off "early" - if Chikeze had built on his momentum from a few weeks ago, he could have been more of a contender. Still, the unfairness of the universe does evoke mild irritation. . .

Agreed. I found myself (once again for a contestant in AI this season) wanting to take a sock and stuff it in his mouth - too much info Jason!!!! At least it's something that Jason seemed to spend a few moments thinking about during the day - his possible bottom 3 spot.

We're down to 9 - my bet would be that Jason can go top 6, mayyyy-be top 5ish - unless he pulls something new and interesting out of his dreads...

Thumbs up Shara. Another "goes to show" that AI is a singing AND popularity contest. Maybe vice versa!

And since you didn't see the show...incase you were wondering (like I was) Carly announced she is NOT pregnant - one of the rumors apparently flying this week.

Hee hee, I hadn't heard the rumors. Does that basically mean that people are saying that she looks like she's gained weight?

Warning: Random Rant To Follow:
What's up with all the fake controversy? This season has been very high on both manufactured controversy and conspiracy theories, possibly even moreso than previous seasons. There's the Carly being/not being pregnant, the Carly being pro/not pro, the David Hernandez stripper thing (and the resulting double-standard/not-double-standard debate), the picture of Ramielle possibly groping/not groping some other chick, the Robbie (?) whats-his-face wig thing, and a bunch of folks have been complaining regularly over at the EW comment boards that it is a conflict of interest for Randy to be a judge when he makes music for the same label that had previously lost a bunch of money on Carly (back in the day). I've heard more of the longstanding accusations that the show is homophobic and/or racist. Plus the annual is Paula drunk/not drunk, sane/not sane, recreating with Simon/not recreating with Simon, etc. I'm sure I'm forgetting more.

Its all that that makes me almost ashamed for watching the show. Combine that with the omnipresent product placement, the soul-sucking commercialization of willing, eager young people, the way-overdrawn results show, and the homophobic banter between Ryan and Simon, and I tend to wonder why the hell I watch this show that completely contradicts most of the values that I hold dear as a person. I tend to not watch other reality shows that upset me about the state of humanity (no Big Brother, no Bachelor, no shows where groups of people are put in houses together with alcohol and a shortage of appropriate clothing and manners) and/or the fascist-corporate state. But for some reason I keep making an exception for this one nearly every year. Maybe its just that its an actual "event" - lord, everyone I know watches AI and loves to talk about the developments each week. there are lots of folks I'm acquainted with (a lot through work) that I don't have hardly anything else in common with, but we can find neutral territory with American Idol.

Anyway, all that said, I think that Syesha is gonna be in trouble next week - if she couldn't stay out of the bottom three on a week where she gave her best performance ever (and one of the best of the nite), what's gonna happen when she doesn't totally deliver? Cause a fantastic performance one week will just lead the judges to say "It wasn't your best performance" from then on out.

i think that with some of the folks, the one good performance, or the one bad performance just isn't enough to change america's mind about a person (kristy's very american america song aside), of course if they keep backing it up i think the tide can turn either way...

and i agree with shara, i stopped watching AI for seasons because i was over the repititive nature of the show and am reminded now of why i don't love the format, and that i don't always really like what america thinks... but i am clearly sucked back in again.

and go david cook and here's hoping michael johns is on an upswing.