Apparently a two-night guest mentor gig on
American Idol is worth more than a brief clip package.
Talking with reporters on Thursday (May 15) morning to announce the network's 2008-09 schedule, FOX executives had to take some time to defend TV's most watched show, a little show we call
American Idol.
With most of America expecting a David versus David finale on
American Idol, even Syesha Mercado wasn't surprised by her elimination on Wednesday (May 14) night's episode.
David versus David. Cook versus Archuleta. The High School Student versus The Rocker. We're a week away from the
American Idol Finale that we've been cruising toward for at least two months. Would Wednesday (May 14) night's results episode be as perfunctory as it seemed? Or would Syesha Mercado be able to play spoiler?
After a day that started at 5 a.m. with ABC's upfront presentation, this writer is ready to settle in for a soothing trio of songs from the
American Idol Top Three, a group described, in
Breakfast Club-esque fashion as The High School Student, The Actress and The Bartender. Would Tuesday's (May 13) performances clarify the race to the finale or just muddy the waters?
I don't care about David Archuleta's father and his ongoing behind-the-scenes status on American Idol.
Jason Castro wasn't broken up about leaving
American Idol on Wednesday (May 7), but he wasn't exactly in a hurry to depart either, know what he means?
With the
American Idol finale just two weeks away, Wednesday (May 7) night's hour saw the show cut its talent pool down to the Top Three. Would the most logical suspect (Jason Castro) go home, or did
Idol have another surprise in store?
Tuesday (May 6) night's
American Idol theme is about as vague and wide-open as the Top Four could possibly hope for. Songs from the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame? What does that even mean? Working from the Hall's list of 500 influential hits, surely everybody should find great tracks to sing, right? Let's see...
Every contestant has a unique and individual reason for going on
American Idol. Many crave music industry stardom, but some would be satisfied with Broadway or a movie role or the chance to eventually host a two-bit cable reality series. For Wednesday's (April 30) bootee Brooke White, though, it almost sounds like Idol was a form of therapy.
After a Tuesday show that saw the musical attributes of the
American Idol Top Five overshadowed by Paula Abdul's perplexing and new-found ability to predict the future, which contestant would be heading home on Wednesday (April 30)? And why can't Paula just tell us the results in advance and save me an hour?
I got no thrills from Dolly Parton Night. Mariah Carey Night didn't thrill me at all. So tell me why, should it be right, that I'm hoping to get a kick out of Neil Diamond Night? Would the
American Idol Tuesday (April 29) Two-fer Tribute to the Jazz Singer live up to my expectations?
If you just look at the numbers, FOX's
American Idol remains TV's most watched show by a wide margin, but if you read the media reports, the show is sinking like the Titanic. So it's no wonder that FOX is contemplating making a few changes to the popular format.
Before
American Idol viewers ever met Carly Smithson on this season's shows, dedicated fans already felt like they'd known the San Diego-based Irish chanteuse for years.
Tuesday's Andrew Lloyd Webber Night seemed to bring out the best in some
American Idol contestants (Syesha Mercado and Carly Smithson, for example) and the worst in others (like Brooke White and Jason Castro). Would that make any difference in Wednesday's (April 23) results? Hint: No.
In his far-longer-than-deserved run on the fifth season of
American Idol, Kevin Covais was nicknamed
Chicken Little, after the main character in the somewhat successful animated movie. This summer, Covais will take a stab at becoming a movie star on his own.
The
American Idol producers have set their second straight booby-trap. As hard as it was for the
Idol singers to handle Mariah Carey last week, Tuesday's (April 22) challenge is The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, a theme whose difficulty is matched only by its irrelevance in terms of finding a contemporary popular artist.
Before proceeding with the exit interview with Kristy Lee Cook, the latest eliminated
American Idol contestant, it's necessary to get an update on her poor barrel horse, the animal whose sale facilitated this whole
Idol journey.
We did it, America! It's April 16, which means we survived both Tax Day and Mariah Carey Night on
American Idol. All things considered, both big days could have been better, but they also could have been worse. But would Wednesday night's
Idol results leave viewers as shocked as they were by the departure of Michael Johns last week? Let's see...
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