As soon as I saw the microphone descending from the rafters, I said out loud “Please don’t let Michael Buffer be at the end of that mic…” and apparently today is not my day for wish-granting. I have to admit though, instead of the pomp and circumstance of previous shows where all they wanted to do was try and build up the finale to some unreachable height, I thought the intro and the whole mood tonight was one of self-realization and I’m actually very proud of the Idol crew and stars tonight. I’m proud to say I’m...

America got it right. Take care, Jason. That is all.

So instead of doing two separate posts regarding this week’s show and results, I’m going to combine the two into one long post.  And I think you’ll see that my rankings and ratings aren’t based on anything that’s happened in the results show..well, not entirely anyway. So this week was Neil Diamond Week on Idol, and with the contestants having to perform twice (that’s 10 songs total), Ryan was off and running right out of the gate with the fast pace.  I was somewhat of a fan of the judging happening after the 2nd song,...

Tonight’s show starts off pretty good…the little arrangement with the contestants (I refuse to call them all American Idols…much like the Highlander…there can be only one) was pretty good.  Andrew Lloyd Webber, while being a bit of a spaz, was pretty genuine in his critique of the contestants and fairly entertaining in his own right. I had to tell Christy who Leona Lewis was, and I myself aren’t that familiar with her music.  Her song was pretty good.  And the haphazard way they did the results tonight was not my favorite. ...

I literally just got finished watching the results of this week’s American Idol show, and so here are my thoughts… WOOHOO!!!!!! In case you missed it, our old friend Kristy Lee Cook has been booted off the show…but we’ll get to what that means in a minute. First off…the show itself was a bit odd. I do remember there being at least once per year where Ryan makes one of the contestants choose a group as to who is safe and who is not. And to make David Archuleta do that this week was just mean. That kid has not one ounce of...