I can not watch the show, which is tough on me. American Idol was one of my favorite shows since it first came on.
I have friends and family that watch it, and tell me what happened. I guess last night there was a lot of drama.
It was group week. Hope was in a group where one girl wanted to run the whole group and dictate what everyone did. Hope wasn’t having it. She wanted to voice her opinions as well. She is like me in that sense. We let people know what we think, for sure.
Two people made it through to the next round out of her group. Hope and another girl. I’m so excited! She was put through to get closer to the top!
I believe next week she’ll be on again. Everyone tune in and watch my Hopie Jo on the show to see what happens and how far she makes it.
Music is everywhere in my family. Seems that everyone either loves to sing and/or play music.
My niece is one who loves to sing, just like her Aunt Holly. As she got older, she got even better at it.
She decided to try out for American Idol this year. She made it to Hollywood.
Last night they showed her at Hollywood. She sang “I Hope You Dance” by Leann Womack (probably misspelled that). I wish I could have heard her. I’always loved hearing her sing. People say she did really good.
I am keeping my fingers crossed and praying that she goes far in this. This is something she loves to do and really wants out of life. I’m so proud of her for trying to follow her dreams. Way to go, Hope. Go far and pray you make it to the top.
This was a bit disappointing. I thought people were going to do a lot better than They did. Instead of the performances I didn’t like, I’ll let you know who I did like.
Ricky Braddy did a fantastic job and I thought “He’s going to make it into the top 12″. Anoop D. (can’t spell his last name) did a great job. He sang “angel of mine” by Monica. I thought it was goingto be horrible, but it wasn’t. I don’t know his last name, but Brent did excellent with his country song. Finally got me a country singer but sadly, I don’t think he’ll go to the top 12. Alexis Grace was great doing a fantastic Aretha song. She’ll go far. TatianaDeltoro, I can’t stand her but she can actually sing. I still wouldn’t vote for her personally, don’t like her attitude. And then we have Danny Gooky (sp?)! Oh dear, he sang Hero by Mariah Carrie and it was absolutely great! I loved everything about it. I was blown away and thought he was the best of the night.
To get through to the top 12, each group will have a top male, top female, and then the person with the next highest votes. I was thinking this week would be Danny and Alexis, and the either Ricky or Anoop.
The results show came, and it had a shocker for me. Alexis was in of course, but then they had michael up there. Now how he got through, I don’t know. His song was not that great. And then the producers tried to worry America thinking that Danny might lose the slot to Tatiana, when we all know he had to have been the highest male vote getter. But, it finally was announced that he is through.
So we have 3 of our top 12 now. Danny, Alexis, and Michael. Who will get through next week?
Wow. Is this season already starting with the drama, or what?
It seems like there is so much crying, arguing, whatever. They had the top 36 show. Why in the world they are doing 36 instead of 24, it must be this new producer but I don’t like it. We were shown, I can’t spell her name, Joanne pasceli(?) and she made it through to top 36. This girl named Felicia got turned down. Well now, since this top 36 show is prerecorded, now the story has come out that Joanne is in a private relationship with people at 19E which is the same people connected to Idol. So she was disqualified and Felicia took her place in the top 36.
There is a legally blind guy in there this year. I hope he goes far. He has a nice voice too. He did “Home” by Daughtry and I didn’t think it was going to be that great, but he surprised me. There were a lot of past Idol’s songs. Like “Before he cheats”, “because of you”, “home”, and more that I can’t think of right now.
The new voting system, seriously what is this new person thinking messing Idol up like this? Instead of a top 24 we have a top 36. That is weird enough. Usually we have 3 weeks listening to them sing and one or two gets voted off each time but you get an idea for people and that is how a fan base is created. This year the 36 are split into three groups. The f irst week, group one will perform. The top three vote getters of the night will be announced the following day. Those three make it through to the top 12. Same things with groups two and three. That gives us 9 of our top 12. Then the judges pick three people of the 27 that haven’t been picked yet. That gives us 12. I just don’t like this at all. Group one is supposed to have some really good people in it. I can’t think of the names, but I remember when I saw it there were like 6 of my favorites. So only the top three of each group gets through? I don’t know, I think ratings are going to drop.
So, this year looks like it’s going to be odd to say the least. Maybe I’ll complete the season, not sure. Something is telling me to give it up since my hearing isn’t great and I miss a lot of the “drama” and stories and all of that, but I do enjoy the singing aspect of it. We shall see.
Wow. Hollywood week one is already so full of drama! I just read that Nigel stepped down. Are the new producers thinking that drama will bring more viewers?
There was a girl who auditioned in her bikini. Cara and Paula said no, but Randy and Simon were so testosterone driven to say yes. Seriously, in her bikini? Do people have no respect?
She also made it through round one. I do not know for a fact, because I can not see it, but people said that she came out in this nighty looking thing. So instead of showing off her voice, she is showing off her body in hopes that it will get her farther. If she wanted 15 minutes of fame, she’s definitely going to get more than that. She is the talk of everyone.
She didn’t practice with her group though and then just showed up when it was time. The group did horribly, and Simon told them so. Jasmine Murray made it through though which is good because I really like her. Rose got the boot though. There is some talk about possibly bringing her back for the wildcard, but I don’t understand the wildcard bit. I guess I’ll just have to see how it plays out.
So bikini girl is out! She actually did a country song in her “nighty” outfit for round one. I love country and thought she didn’t do as bad as the judges said. I think Cara and Paula do not like her because of her lack of clothing. I had no idea about what she wears until people tell me. I think the judges should be blind folded. After all, you can’t see the radio? Well, you can see the radio, but not who’s on it.
Cara is a hothead. It’s weird because sometimes she is gentle, and then others she blows up. After Katrina’s group was told only Jasmine made it through, or possibly another person, I guess Katrina said something and Cara got a beep. I can’t hear that wonderful, but I can only guess what she called Katrina.
So Idol is off with entirely too much drama. I want to hear singing, but I guess when the competition of the top 24 begins is when I’ll get my wish. I don’t know how true it is, but I read that the top 12 are going to share a house. Oh boy, even more drama.
Well here we are, season 8 of American Idol. I thought that Season 7 would be the last season I got to listen to, but I’ve made it a round to another one! There are parts that I can not understand like when Ryan is talking about a contestants story and it seems too fast at times, but when it comes to the music part, I can totally follow.
So far, I think that Idol is a disappointment. We have just made it through the auditions and there were not that many people withthe the “wow” factor that made it through. All I can hope for is that there are great people that they did not show.
I love country, and this year it doesn’t look like there will be agreat country singer on the show. The closest that came to country was Rose in Utah. She was good, but it wasn’t really country just sort of.
Next week starts Hollywood, and we’ll see how that goes. Maybe we’ll meet some new people there that will “wow” me.
