American Idol Remarks After Hollywood

I think this will be a good year for American Idol.  There were people who didn’t make the top 24 who could easily have been in last year’s top 24, or 12, by comparison.  It’s also a nice variety.  The list, if I have it exactly right, and partly for my own ease of future reference, is:

Asiah Epperson
Alaina Whitaker
Alex Lushington
Amanada Overmyer
Amy Davis
Brooke White
Carly Smithson
Joanne Borgella
Kady Malloy
Kristy Cook
Ramielle Maluby
Syesha Mercado

Chikeze EZE
Colton Berry
Danny Noriega
David Archuleta
David Cook
David Hermandez
Garrett Haley
Jason Castro
Jason Yeager
Luke Menard
Michael Johns
Robbie Carrico

We both love Michael Johns, who resembles Jim Morrison and did a good job singing Light My Fire and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Amanda Overmyer is cool, this years female rocker, who seems to be better than last year’s, and is able to sing Janis Joplin without needing to be embarrassed.

We also liked Syesha and a couple or so of the others.  Heck, a lot of them, to one degree or another.

Kristy Cook and Carly Smithson are the two most buzzed about being planted “ringers,” with the latter having apparently had a $2 million record contract that flopped.  She was definitely pimped out of proportion by the judges.

By the loose definition of “ringer, there are 11 of the 24 alleged to be, but by the definition in question, Taylor Hicks and many other contestants were the same.  Ever having fronted a band makes you a ringer?  Not so much.  Less so if they invite you to audition and pass you through more easily than should be, but who’s ever going to know?  The main thing is that we’re looking for someone with broad superstar potential, whose potential wasn’t previously tapped.

The blue tongues were funny.  Apparently pre-sing candies were rampant.

One guy on the newsgroup has predicted since the end of last season that this year’s winner would be male and country.  Barring that, female and country.  I’m not seeing a lot of country among the men, and not that much among the women, unless someone is holding back a preference for it, as Phil did last year.  I figured farmer Drew was that guy, but he didn’t make it through.  I wouldn’t be surprised if the alternative would be male and rock, learning from Daughtry.

Anyway, I am now excited about this season, more than I had been.  I’d have watched regardless, but the question was whether it would be like a train wreck, or something you want to keep looking at.

1. Ok so I wasn’t the only one who noticed the blue tongues.  I was wondering what the heck that was all about...candy makes sense!

   Posted by Sharon  on  02/14  at  09:44 AM  from  Middleboro, MA

2. My son says grape Gatorade does that to your tongue too. I hope somebody kept an eye on lives-in-his-car guy after he didn’t make the cut. He was borderline suicidal.

   Posted by COD  on  02/14  at  11:46 AM  from 
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