Idol and Lost thoughts

It's super frustrating to have my two shows be at the same night, and to have my small group also on that night.

Lost - He's Our You
I cheated and read some recaps before watching Lost online this morning, so I knew kid Ben got shot. It sucks to watch Sayid be so umm... dark and twisty? lol. Anyways, I thought the most profound comment I read was from TIME.com's James Poniewozik. He comments that what LOST did in the last two episodes is to make you feel genuine sympathy for the show's arch-villain. He says that Lost was more effective in those two hours then Star Wars was in three feature-films, attempting to make the audience sympathize with Anakin.



This show is amazing.

Anyways, I have a distinct feel that Sayid, the flaming bus, and the whole staging of events is about to be "The Incident".

The chick that put Sayid on the plane (who is also in one of my all-time favorite movies - The Namesake) must be working for Widmore, whether she realizes it or not.

This show actually didn't show us much except for the shooting of Ben - the rest of it was mostly drama, which ok with me. We've been on such a wild ride the last couple of weeks, I don't mind if we take it slow for a while.

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American Idol



This was one of those weeks when someone gets kicked off that wasn't fantastic and should have been kicked off before too long, but sadly had to leave before some people that were definitely worse then him. Scot HAS TO GO. His vocals are way too limited for this stage of the game. Having said that, it was very cool to see him on stage with a blind singer that has definitely made it in the business. What an inspiration that must be for him.

In any case, how did Michael get voted off before Megan? That mystifies me. I loved that he went out with such a great attitude and such a big smile. He really is such a likable guy. On the other hand, Matt Giraud is an amazing singer (reminds me of Jazon Mraz), but when he unexpectedly was called to the bottom three he looked so crestfallen I wanted to hug him. When he continued to look crestfallen, sullen, and sort of like he wanted to punch someone.... then I thought, "Dude, you're trying to get people to LIKE you and sympathize with you, and your childish pouting is seriously not helping your case." Like Kris Allen - I don't think he's amazing, but watching him up there grinning and dancing was so charming I thought, "I really like that guy and I hope he lasts a while." See? Matt. Smile. Genuinely.

American Idol 2009 Top 13

Isaac and I have been watching Idol for the last two years and I love it. For all the haters who say the contestants can't sing, there is now a pretty long list of successful artists that have come out of Idol.

In any case, I LOVE this group of finalists.

My favorite:
Danny Gokey



I think a lot of people like Danny, and Idol has certainly hyped up his back story. His wife died within the last year, and he auditioned soon afterwards. He's a worship leader for a ministry in Milwaukee, but what I like best about him is his voice and his personality. He has that easy-going sarcasm that reminds me of Chris Sligh, and he hasn't wavered on a song yet.

Michel Sarver is similar to Danny Gokey

Michael is also a worship leader and his back story as a hard-working Texas country boy from the oil fields has also been played up. He's got a great voice and I like him, but it bugs me that I feel like he's rolling through more on his looks at the moment then on his performances.

Then there's Alison Iraheta:


She blows me away. When she is being interviewed she's a giggly 16 year old who is trying to be cool but is mostly sort of geeky cute. When the music starts, though, she is more polished then almost all of the other contestants, she looks like she's 28, and she can ROCK. It's amazing.

I love love love Jorge Nunez, even though his performance this week wasn't the best.


Jorge is from Puerto Rico and last week when he rocked his performance and the judges praised him, I loved it when he dissolved into tears and couldn't find the English words to express his emotions. So cute. I just want to hug him. He reminds me of my friend Ana.

Megan Joy is an interesting one. I generally like the girls less and be biased towards anyone of non-Caucasian background (just bein' honest... and I'm Caucasian... ) because they seem more interesting.


Megan, though, has a really cool voice that I could see myself listening to on the radio. She didn't get rave reviews yesterday so I really hope she makes it through - I love her style.

Adam Lambert is a weird performer that is hard for me to like.

He lost the eye liner this week and I hope he stays away from it more often because it looks terrible on him and without it he's actually a good-lookin' guy. His look just kills me - he looks like the kids at my cousin's high school that are wealthy and spoiled but want to be rebels, so they wear the tight jeans and spike their hair and wear leather, but really are just kids from the burbs. Besides, Adam is like 27, so he should really get over it. His voice is awesome, though.

One of my favs that I don't think will make it past this week is Anoop Desai


Anoop is Indian-American and from UNC, and he cracks me up. I think he's in over his head right now, and has reached the limit of his talents. Time to go. Sorry Noop-dog.

There's a few others, but these are the ones I wanted to comment on in particular

So... we'll see. I say this week we lose Anoop and Scot MacIntyre, who is an amazing piano player (and is blind - incredible!), but I'm not sold on the quality of his voice.