American Idol: Clothes Call

After a pompous start by Ryan Seacrest, we get this party started with Rhianna’s ‘Please Don’t Stop The Music.’ No, wait, it’s the Idols going a group number! Carly’s singing about dancing, but she still looks pissed off. This is for charity, so the Idols don’t have to dance. They have professionals for this. Oh, now we’re going into the ‘mamma-say mamma-sa mamakusa’ or whatever Michael Jackson was singing back in the ’80s. One of the dancers has a really flexible back and a strong neck since his neck was almost the only thing holding him up. Next we get […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet So this episode is 2 hours of recaps, people walking down a drag queen runway and either humiliation or jubilation. And there were planes. Planes behind the contestants, planes behind the judges. Planes everywhere. Did I leave anything out? The thing that kills me about the “Green Mile” episodes is that you would think over the course of 3 hours we could hear more people actually sing. Yet there are some contestants that we have still never heard. It’s like they should be given a t-shirt that says: “I made it to the Top 40 of […]

by Ruth Anne Boulet Have I mentioned that I hate the new intro to the show? I’m sick of the ‘judges walk’ with the booming voice over. Randy & Kara talked about how tough it was to see Alexis go. Apparently not so tough that they used their ‘magic judges save.’ We get an introduction to Motown, which is interesting enough. The Idols get to go to Detroit & meet Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson. But then Smokey flies back to coach the kids in the Idol mansion. Matt Giraud — Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye Matt is […]