American Idol 7

An Idol performance you must see!

feeds@yuku.com (Fleur Delacour Veela) — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:14:56 GMT

For a laugh search for this on Youtube crash and burn liz shaw. She says fuck you to the judges.

AI 7 Top 3 'Choices Night = What a Suckfest'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:22:41 GMT

This show has really gone down the tubes. After having some wonderful contestants who've gone on to make good music that's sold well, earned awards and all the rest, we had what looked to be a stellar season. What went wrong? Was it just the overt pimpage of the Robot Stepford Child? Did that slowly infect all the other contestants?

This final three has one person who is still trying yet being shat on and all her efforts ignored, one person who is on cruise-control and yet...

AI 7 Top 4 Results Show Play-By-Excruciating-Play

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:25:40 GMT

The recap of the songs made them all sound much better than they sounded last night. Maybe it's because I'm high now?

I realize now it's cool if Randy doesn't like something I liked.

So far both Davids are safe.

Jason looks good tonight and like he'll be okey-dokie with leaving. Dream come true you might say. He is such a doofus tho. It's like this is the first time he's ever paid attention to Ryan. "You gonna tell us now?"...

AI 7 Top 4 'Classic Rock ... and a Hard Place'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:31:57 GMT

Finally a decent theme. How can they ruin it? Let's see...

ROUND 1

I'll just put them in order of how they went, and then grade them after each Round, shall I?

David Cook went with Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf" for his first song. Duran Duran? I immediately thought of that show Rock...

AI7 special essay: 'Blind Paula Flubdul prompts the question: Is the Show Rigged or just Incompetent?'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:42:51 GMT

"Oh gosh-we've never had to write these things down, uh, fast enough," she said. "Jason, the first song, I loved hearing your lower register, which we never really hear. Um, the second song, I felt like your usual charm, it was missing for me. It kind of left me a little empty. The two songs made me feel like you're not fighting hard enough to get into the top four. So, David Cook..."

Randy tried to save the day: "Oh,...

AI7 Top 5 'Neil Diamond Night - Song Sung Blew'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:43:38 GMT

OMG WTF ROFL
Overall, this set of performances was just horrible really. The most memorable moments had nothing to do with the performances.

1. Pauler losing the plot.
2. Penguins winning 5-3 over the Rangers.
3. SLD's 20,000 post thread celebration at Sucks AI Forum.
4. David Cook turning Ryan's interview of him into an interview of Ryan.

Pauler's moment was THE funniest single thing that's ever...

AI 7 Top 6 'Don't Cry On Me, Archuleta.'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:52:38 GMT

PREVIOUSLY.
It was Kristy Lee's time to leave. She went out on a high note as far as I was concerned. She might have had a great outing with "I Don't Know How To Love Him" had she been around for this week. It's down to fanbases now, and there isn't much more to be said, really.

PERFORMANCES
Tonight was Andrew Lloyd Webber Night and that...

AI Top 7 'Mariah Scary Week'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:19:54 GMT

PREVIOUSLY and FIRST OF ALL...
Michael Johns was booted last week. Shock & awe, indeed. Ryan alluded to the fact that the effects are still being felt as we speak, and indeed fans everywhere are preparing to sweat it out voting the full two hours in hopes of keeping their favorites in for one more week. Net result: whoever has the smallest fanbase will be out.

I would be surprised if the number of votes logged DID NOT show a decrease,...

AI7 Top 8 essay 'Inspiration!! (hee hee)'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:07:46 GMT

Previously on... the Bottom 3 contained Kristy and Ramiele, and there were three left to be told their fate. Of Syesha, Jason and Brooke, the one person I thought would be safe, landed in the bottom 3 for the first time. Brooke got a wake-up call for sure. However, after weeks and weeks of me asking for it, Ramiele was finally given her trundling papers. Of course I didn't actually pick her to leave; rather she was in the unlucky penultimate spot on...

AI Top 9 essay 'Dolly Daycare Workin' 5 to 6 PST'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:55:35 GMT

Previously on...
Last week Chikezie Eze got the boot, which I reported in a special results essay here. It wasn't a shock but after this week's efforts did any of you find yourselves wondering what kind of spin he would have put on a Dolly number had he been given the opportunity?

'Top 10 Results: Chikezie's Out!! OMG Are we shocked? No, not really.'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:53 GMT

chop by Sigvold

How many of you feel that you wasted another hour on this show? I know I didn't. I watched the interesting Wednesday night reality TV: Wife Swap, Big Brother and America's Next Top Model and looked up the results during commercials.. So this essay is not going to discuss the...

AI7 - Top 11 'I Should Have Known Better...'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:41:45 GMT

"I Should Have Known Better ... Than To Pick This Song"

Theme tonight: More Beatles. Michael Jackson got paid last week; this week Paul McCartney needs to raise funds to meet some unexpected bills. Overall, this is not a good night but it's also not a horrible night. I think it's more of a disappointment, especially for fans of the Beatles hoping to see more wonderful performances than we actually do.

I thought this theater holds more than 500 people....

AI Top 10 performances 'Songs From the Year They Were Spawned'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:11:41 GMT

chop by Sigvold

BUT FIRST!

PREVIOUSLY ... On American Idol 7 ...

AI7 Top 12 Results 'America Got It Right Even If I Didn't'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:40:56 GMT

Last night's results show was one of the best on record, with only a few minor annoyances. I took a lot of notes, which I shall endeavor to whip into some kind of shape. If there are errors or less than perfect grammar, blame the Tylenol 3s I'm taking after enduring a slip & fall on a patch of ice. Oy.

Ryan seemed quite pleased to report that 29 million votes were logged, yet I sensed an underlying disappointment that he wasn't reporting 29 million per night. I mean,...

AI Top 12 performances 'How Can Beatles Night Suck?'

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:41:00 GMT

Lennon/McCartney Songbook. OoooOo. What a vast array of songs to choose from, and yet many of my favorites seemed to have entered a contest to see who could out-meh the others. The review is organized in order of how I liked them, most to least.

1. Chikezie (22) was quite personable in his clip about his Nigerian upbringing and giving his mom a little bit of grief for hiding her knowledge of rock & roll from him when he & his siblings...

AI7 - Top 8 Girls - How Can We Send TWO of Them Home?

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:07:32 GMT

APOLOGY! I'm sorry for the inconvenience to readers attempting to access this forum this week. It turned out there was a glitch preventing non-Yuku members from accessing the forum. Fortunately I discovered and fixed the problem. Alas, in order to post you do need to be a member (something else I'd hoped to find a way around), but it's free, so join up and join in!

Okay - here's the performance review:

Hi everyone! Wasn't that a great night? Even the...

AI7 - Top 8 Guys - Who Earned A Ticket Home?

feeds@yuku.com (AllMenAreIslands) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:04:46 GMT

APOLOGY! I'm sorry for the inconvenience to readers attempting to access this forum this week. It turned out there was a glitch preventing non-Yuku members from accessing the forum. Fortunately I discovered and fixed the problem. Alas, in order to post you do need to become a member, but it's free, so join up and join in!

Okay - here's the performance review:

What a great season this is shaping up to be! I've been watching from the first...