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Auditions for the eighth season of AMERICAN IDOL begin Thursday, July 17, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA, and will continue in seven other cities. Once again, auditioners will have an extraordinary opportunity to perform before millions of TV viewers and become household names, with one winning the coveted American Idol title and a major recording contract.
Imagine, sitting through the entire two hour AMERICAN IDOLcoke, movie, ford, tour commercial finale only to have your PVR/DVR cut off just in time for you to miss David Cook’s emotional coronation.
If you were one of the thousands who missed it, enjoy Ryan announcing the winner and click the link below for his emotional final performance.
OMFG! The fact that both Davids just won Escape Hybrids! and Mike Meyers just checked his dignity at the door to shamelessly [and successfully mind you] promote his upcoming movie THE LOVE GURU, begs the obvious question: What’s sadder? The fact that this TV Addict is actually sitting through the two hour endless product placement that is the AMERICAN IDOL finale, or the show itself?And FOX wonders why ratings are down.
UPDATE: Okay, so I’m a sucker for a happy ending. To find out who your newest AMERICAN IDOL is, Read the rest of this entry »
As he’s wont to do, Simon Cowell ended off tonight’s AMERICAN IDOL on exactly the right note by telling David Archuleta, “At the end of the day, this show is about finding a star. And tonight, I think we’ve witnessed one of the great finals. But here’s the difference, in my opinion David [Archuleta] you came out here to win and what we have witnessed is a knock out.”
In other words, there’s no denying that David Cook is a star and will no doubt parlay his stint on IDOL into a bona-fide career. But Archuleta was at the top of his game tonight and truth be told, this TV Addict still has chills from his flawless rendition of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
Agree/Disagree? Which David will be crowned America’s seventh IDOL tomorrow night?
As I sit here listening to Jason Castro’s incredibly addictive version of “Over the Rainbow,” I’m not going to say Jason Casto isn’t talented, but I think even the most ardent Castro supporter [and yes, I’m talking to you frequent TV Addict reader ‘Common Sense’] would have to agree that nobody was happier with last night’s AMERICAN IDOL results than Jason Castro himself.
Yet with Jason’s exit, here’s where things get really interesting. Who do Jason’s supporters flock to next? Should Syesha bother showing up next week? And most importantly, what will you miss more — Jason’s dreamy hair, or his talent?
Following last night’s installment of AMERICAN IDOL, two things are abundantly clear. For one, cool hair does not equate to talent. And more importantly, both of Jason Castro’s ridiculously amateurish performances were a cry for help. So much so that we’re pretty sure Castro has already heeded Simon’s advice and, “packed his suitcase,” at least emotionally. Here’s hoping America makes it happen.
Aside from Jim Parsons’ Emmy—worthy portrayal of Sheldon, one of the highlights of THE BIG BANG THEORY is the incredibly catchy theme song courtesy of Canada’s own Barenaked Ladies. So imagine my glee when I learned that ‘The Big Bang Theory Theme’ is actually available on iTunes. Which means for a mere 99¢ you too can experience a really catchy albeit brief one minute and forty-five second history of the world. But fair warning, you’ll be uttering the words, “it all started with a big bang” for the rest of the day.
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Since the TV Addict is suffering from some serious allergies this evening, I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Jason Castro will be going home tonight after phoning in not just one, but two performances. Agree/Disagree, post your pick for who you’d like to see sent home. [Aside from the annoying swaying arm chicks in the mosh pit]
Once again, it’s up to your friendly neighborhood TV Addict to take America to task.
Carly Smithson, seriously? I mean sure, Smithson doesn’t have a prayer of beating the unstoppable Davids, Archuleta and Cook in the final three [who does?]. But at least she seems to care. Who wasn’t reaching for the kleenex box during her emotional farewell video in which she choked up talking about the dreams that have slipped through her fingers? [And speaking of farewell videos — Ruben Studdard’s ‘Celebrate Me Home’ — worst IDOL exit song ever.]
Conversely, there’s Jason Castro, who seems so uninterested in remaining in the competition that he actually yawned on camera! Now I’m no Michael Slezak [official IDOL historian], but has that ever happened on the show? Could Castro look less interested? Is it not time America sends him packing, before he further destroys the reputation of dreadlocked hippies everywhere.
AMERICAN IDOL went all Broadway last night dedicating the evening to the world’s most successful musical theatre composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber [ALW]. What an interesting night it was as the contestants had to sing a song out of the Lloyd Webber song book.
ALW has been the best IDOL coach yet. He is an expert at this reality show game with the British hits HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA [SOUND OF MUSIC], YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT [GREASE], ANY DREAM WILL DO [JOSEPH] and now I’D DO ANYTHING [OLIVER]. He didn’t gush over each contestant choosing instead to be enormously constructive and really helpful with making them better singers and stronger performers. With his cheeky British humour ALW gave one of the best performances of the night. The same can’t be said of all the contestants.
Syesha Mercado scored the best performance of the evening. She took an uptempo song not well known, One Rock & Roll Too Many from STARLIGHT EXPRESS, and radiated personality and talent. She performed like a true contender and should have had greater praise heaped upon her by the judges. You could hear Broadway producers drafting offers prior to her belting out her last note.
The TV Addict knows a good idea when he see it. Which is why I’m taking a page from the CW’s controversial GOSSIP GIRL ad campaign to present my very-own edition of THIS WEEK IN TV: OMFG Edition!
Teri Hatcher gets desperate for attention is exactly the type of catchy headline I’d use if it wasn’t for such a good cause. But since Hatcher headlining ‘Band From TV’ on Wednesday’s IDOL GIVES BACK benefited six incredibly worthy charities, I’ll just say this. Teri, don’t quit your day job.
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