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I will be blathering about American Idol.

I am an avid Idol watcher. I started watching during Season 2. There are only handful of TV shows I try to be home to watch and American Idol is one of them. Oddly, I only have one song in my iTunes music library from the show and it’s Carrie Underwood’s cover of “I’ll Stand by You”. I have paid more to Cingular for texting votes! Since I have changed my cell phone service and I don’t have the patience to call the land line numbers, I no longer vote.

On to my thoughts of this season!

First off, Danny Noriega was the most entertaining to watch! That guy just cracked me up! After he got kicked off, I had to run an errand with Phil. I kept looking over at him and saying, “I can’t believe it! I’m so sad! He was great!” But, I think he will stay on the public radar for a while. That silly guy has YouTube videos all over the place. After you see a few, you’ll either love him more or hate him. He’s so outrageous.

Second, the next time I hear someone say that David Archuleta is “so sweet and/or sincere” I think my brain will implode. When he sings a song that he’s rehearsed a million times, it’s pretty. I’ll admit that. He smiles sweetly, but never looks happy or comfortable. He seems to be a little smiling puppet, and one day he’ll be a real boy. There’s a rumor that his father is one of those “stage dads”, the overbearing mean kind.

It struck me as odd that he knew the John Lennon song “Imagine” and later admits not knowing The Beatles. (I later learned he sang “Imagine” on Star Search) That made my brain hurt a little. Then he ruined the song. Poor guy. Then, at the end of Tuesday’s show Ryan Seacrest (what was wrong with him that night anyway?) stood directly in front of Poor Guy a couple of times, totally blocking him. Again, poor guy.

Did you notice during Wednesday’s recap… ? The other contestants who didn’t do so well got gently blended in to the montage, skipping over the judge’s comments. Then the Poor Guy’s missing lyrics clip played along with Paula’s comment about forgetting lyrics. It felt very pointed. Maybe the producers are doing it on purpose? Could it be because of the dad?

There are other contestants but, for now, that’s all. Blathering over.

Oh yeah, Stripper Guy went home. He was boring to me.

toygirl–out