Your American Idol 2010 IS.....

I called it last week, didn't I?  I'm not sure a girl will ever win again with the demographics this show pulls...

Both singers were well deserving of the title.  It's to see how well they do in the contemporary marketplace.  I think Lee will do much better than Crystal.

It's interesting to me that they are releasing covers instead of the usual climb another mountain/magic rainbows/moment like this schlock...

The most boring season of American Idol is done and SYTYCD starts tomorrow. :)

My 6 year old nephew complained all night that we were watching American Idol...he thinks it's boring and says no one really watches it.  As a joke I said "So You Think You Can Dance starts tomorrow..." He ran around all excited and cheering.  I forgot this had become an annual summer treat for him.  He loves the hip hop/B-boy(girl) dancers.  So You Think You Can Dance is welcomed by all after this lackluster season....Welcome Back Mark and Neil (my two favorite dancers, ever :))

Top 3...I declare Lee Dewyze the winner...

Holy crap...have we had a more clear cut winner since Carrie Underwood?  All the hyping  Crystal is for naught...Lee Dewyze will be the American Idol 2010..and despite a lackluster season, I think (hope) he's more successful than anyone from Season 8.

I'm going to start this blog with the statement that Glen Hansard should mentor in season 10...he was one of the most balls to the wall performers I've ever seen live...and could teach the contestants a lot...plus they've featured his Oscar winning song, Falling Slowly twice...should be enough to get a mentorship...

Casey James "Ok It's Alright"
Ok, this was alright.   I'm going to compare every performance to last season's top 3...since this is when Kris Allen did "Heartless", and basically won the whole competition.  Not a moment for Casey...he's pretty...

Crystal Bowersox "Come To My Window"
This song did everything to support my complaints against Crystal...mid-90s Lesbian folk/blues/alternarock...she did nothing with the arrangement to make it current...my mom said maybe she'd bring about a resurgence, but what says we need that artistically?

Lee Dewyze "Simple Man"
While it was no "Heartless", it was exactly what Lee needed to do to push past the mediocracy of this season.  He felt the song...had a connection.  It's more than hitting every note with perfection. It's about telling a story. Lee did that this week.

Casey James "Daughters"
John Mayer....douchetard extraordinaire.....uh...casey is better than this

Crystal Bowersox "Maybe I'm Amazed"
I'm confused why Crystal didn't change the pronoun.  I felt a bit of disconnect because she wasn't singing from her perspective. It wasn't as good as the judges gave her credit for.  And did a detect a bit of smugness from Kara?  Ellen picked a perfectly great song...it was just the arrangement that didn't suit Crystal.

Lee Dewyze "Hallelujah"
If Lee had kept this totally acoustic, it would have been an amazing moment.  I'm still calling Lee as AI 2010.

Top 4

I decided to create a whole new post to remind us of the brilliance of Season 8...Top 4...or just Adam and Allison...This was just a year ago, folks...

Whole Lotta Love


Cry Baby

  Allison Iraheta — Cry Baby — Encore
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Slow Ride

  Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta sing Slow Ride
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I seriously have the BIGGEST musical crush on Adam....

Falling Slowly

Proof of an amazing song...

Lee and Crystal (Season 9)

Kris Allen (Season 8)

The Swell Season (The Original)

I'm seeing The Swell Season on Saturday, totally stoked!!! That said, Lee Dewyze is the next American Idol...

Recaps?...

Ok, for those of you who read this blog (and I don't even know how many of you there are, if there are any at all...), have noticed I missed recaps for the past two weeks of AI.  I watched these episodes, but haven't had time to write since I was in NYC!!!! Yes, NYC!!!!

If you've read my little mini bio on this side, you may have noticed it's changed from Nashville to NYC to Chicago, and now back to NYC.  Obviously moving home has made me totally rethink my goals...and for the better, I believe.

I was a little nervous about even visiting New York.  I was afraid I'd be totally overwhelmed, and it had been a year since I'd seen my friends R and T....once I stepped out of that cab into Midtown (the Theatre District  at that), all those fears dissolved.  I was home.

I spent an amazing weekend seeing great stage...3 Off-Broadway shows (a play Gabriel at the Atlantic Theatre Company, a new musical The Burnt Part Boys at Playwrights Horizon, and one of the best musicals I've ever seen, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson at The Public Theatre.  It was smart, witty, bitingly honest political satire.  With the hottest male lead, ever.) and 1 Broadway musical...the show I've been dying to see since they announced it was opening at Berkely Rep in CA...American Idiot.  It was exhilerating, and everything I hoped it would be.  It also included the most beautiful aerial ballet I've witnessed.

So, I'm giving myself two months to get myself together and get moved.  Finally, I'm making my lifelong dream come true...NYC, here I come!