Top 7 Performance Night: Curiously Uninspiring
Idol Gives Back night is turning into something of a trap night. Two years ago inspirational songs night wasn’t really anything to write home about. I called it “lifeless.” This year’s version? Even...
View ArticleTop 7 Results: The Road to the Finale
Officially, American Idol isn’t a scripted show. Idol Gives Back, however, might as well be as carefully choreographed and scripted as any sitcom. The guest stars, the contestants in white, the tragic...
View ArticleTop 6 Performance Night: Not On The Same Page
A little difference in opinion among the Idol punditocracy is normal. By all accounts, though, the differences among the pundits for Shania week were… extreme. For us, it was one 0f the better (if not...
View ArticleTop 6 Results: Shock And Awe – Or Not
To say that the Idolsphere is in shock over Siobhan’s exit would be… an understatement. Certainly, nothing else like it has been seen this season. And yet… well, I’m not 100% surprised. I had Siobhan...
View ArticleTop 5 Performance: Chairman of the Bored
This Idol year has been underwhelming, to say the least. This week’s episode, frankly, did little to change my impression of the season so far. It wasn’t an awful episode, but to be honest I expected...
View ArticleTop 4 Performance Night: Sputtering To The End
You’re supposed to be excited getting into the Idol Top 4 episode. This year, though, it’s different. To be blunt, the season has been outrageously flat. There’s not much excitement to be had with the...
View ArticleTop 3 Performance Night: This Is Our Top 3? Really?
The Top 3 performance night has seen some all-time classics. Bo Bice did In A Dream in that spot five years ago. Katharine McPhee followed up with Over the Rainbow a year later. Last year had...
View ArticleTop 2 Performance Night: Anti-Climatic… Or Not
Well, folks, it’s come down to this. Whatever else you can say about Idol this season… they still know how to get the pomp and circumstance down. It’s practically an Idol tradition. One Idol tradition...
View ArticleSeason Nine Finale: The End of an Era
Idol seasons are always a marathon, not a sprint. Even by those standards, though, Season Nine has been a test. Was it all worth it? Well… for a significant portion of the Idolsphere, the answer will...
View ArticleHow Old Is This Song 3.0: The Three-Year Update
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I was going to go back and release my updated How Old Is Thing Song study. (Thanks again to Landon Cox of Burleson, Texas for sending these numbers in.) After...
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