Comments on: Party in the US AI: AMERICAN IDOL Season 9 Top 11 Perform

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:07:11 +0000

I liked your fantasy catfight better!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:05:06 +0000

I second what Poncho said, Jason. I dislike Miley so much, I skipped through all her mentor footage yesterday. Reading your recap makes me almost wish I'd seen it. I said almost.

By: Jason Matthews

Jason Matthews — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:45:50 +0000

Thank you kindly.

You keep reading, I’ll keep writing (snarky things about bad Idol wannabes).

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:44:43 +0000

Good call on Paige Miles going home tonight. Of course, I think she should have gone home a week or so ago. I did disagree with the way it was handled though. By not letting her sing herself off, it sent the wrong message. Hell, if Simon didn’t really want to waste time, he would have just finished the show tonight by giving Bowersox a recording contract and letting the rest of the bunch duke it out for second.

By: Poncho

Poncho — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:21:29 +0000

By the way. Jason, I’m loving your Idol insight. Although we do not agree on everything, you make me notice some things I skip on my first view.

Thanks a lot!

By: Poncho

Poncho — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:17:57 +0000

I missed commenting too! Haha!

I’m also glad I’m not in the Bowersox-train-to-Awesome alone. And, by the way, aren’t you nervous/excited that Crystal might drop the guitar next week?

(Also, our hypothetical CB/MC conversation didn’t turn out as expected).

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:01:48 +0000

Haha! I miss your Idol comments, Poncho!

I’m firmly in the Bowersox camp with you. I fear she won’t win, but I don’t see how anyone else can feel they deserve it more.

I was thinking the same thing about song selections. I thought, “Why do people keep choosing that lame Aerosmith song? Has ANYONE in the history of Idol ever gotten good feedback performing that?”

If anyone can win on goodwill alone, it’s Didi. It’s funny how she turns in shaky performances but we remain fans and keep rooting for her.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:57:34 +0000

I liked Casey, too. He’s got such a laid-back, I’m-gonna-do-my-own-thing vibe. And he sounded EXACTLY like Huey Lewis last night!

People keep telling Crystal to challenge herself more but the girl can’t help it that she’s so talented, not much challenges her. I’ve tried to sing “Bobby McGee” in karaoke and oof, it is CRAZY hard to do. She just makes it look easy.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:53:21 +0000

Hi jenn,

Welcome, and thank you!

You are now entering the danger zone. Before you know it, AI will suck hours, possibly days, from your life.

My favorite is Crystal, too. Siobhan is talented, but she has got to stop that gimmicky screaming note at the end of every song now.

By: Poncho

Poncho — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:23:45 +0000

How can you say MamaSox’s performance was subpar?!?! It was the best of the night, hands down. I just love her, love her. Come on. She’s deserves to win (although I’m quite certain she might not).

What I didn’t understand was why did (almost) everyone pick songs done to death on the Idol stage. I mean, Against All Odds? Really? No one, and I mean, NO ONE has ever had a moment with that one. Though I started liking Aaron Kelly this week, I was actually thinking “I think I’d rather miss this thing”. And, of course, I Heard It Through the Grapevine was butchered in unspeakable ways by Andrew “thankyouIloveyou” Garcia. Completely butchered, then brought back non-living just to be annihilated and butchered again.

About Siobhan. I do love her. Her goofiness cannot be simulated. She’s the real deal. I’d actually watch a whole reality series centered around her (“What does that mean?”). And I do understand her point about the cathartic effect of the screech, but she risks the Gokey(Scream On)-comparison if she continues the same formula.

And I liked Didi’s performance as well. Yeah, I’ll admit it wasn’t great, but she came out sexy and I felt she did connect with the song and had fun.

On the other hand, I didn’t think Miley was that bad of a mentor. Just the people -with the possible exception of Urban and Crystal- didn’t listen to her. In Tim’s case didn’t work, but Crystal took her performance to a whole new level.

MAMASOX FOR THE WIN (I hope)!