You Give Bon Jovi a Bad Name

Wow, not a good night on American Idol. C'mon people, I'm a huge Bon Jovi fan, but it's not Puccini. Seriously, they almost all sucked at rock. It's rock. Not rocket science. I'm baffled. But, not everyone sucked, so let me break it down:

Phil: Woo, Phil sounded bad when he was being mentored, so I was a little worried. But, then he totally rocked it (rocked it, get it?). He has really hit his stride since country week and he was awesome again last night. I love you, Phil.



Jordin: Wow. I was going to say she was Sanjaya-esque, but maybe not that bad. Definitely at least Haley-esque. She sang Living on a Prayer...the student section at hockey sounds better when they do it. I'm not even kidding. I love Jordin and I think she's lucky they are taking last week's votes into account, too. And, I do think she deserves to stay. But, this was just awful. I was pained.

LaKisha: LaKisha a) showed personality last night and b) totally hit it out of the ballpark. I know people have been raving about her all along, but I thought she was boring. Last night, I became a fan. A huge fan. She was awesome. Although she did do a weird squatting thing at the end that I will refrain from describing since I'd have to use imagery I'm not comfortable with.

Blake: I've warmed up to the performance in the last 10 hours. Possibly just because Blake dyed his hair and now he's so hot I can't stand it.

Chris: Chris Richardson who? Blake is now definitely definitely my favorite JT. Also, probably a bad idea to pick a song that Chris Daughtry did last season. Just sayin', is all.

Melinda: Wow, Melinda achieved what I thought was surely impossible: she sucked. Not as bad as Jordin. But, it was ugly. Really really ugly.
It went downhill from there...

DWTS/AI

The results show for Dancing with the Stars is so much better than the results show for American Idol. Actually, I think I prefer it on many levels. I definitely prefer the contestants and judges on DWTS. Of course, Seacrest is is WAY better than Samantha whatsherface.

Quick note on Idol Gives Back: Seacrest's botched intro is one of the many reason I love live TV. Love it.

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American Idol

So the judges pointed out twice tonight that the contestants picked songs that were difficult because the original version by the original artist was so iconic (I'm paraphrasing, particularly in the case of Fantasia, who isn't exactly iconic, but you see what I'm getting at.): Once with Blake doing Imagine by John Lennon and again with LaKisha doing some Fantasia song I have never heard.

And yet, they thought Phil had one of his best nights ever.

Clearly, they are not country music fans because he didn't do the song nearly as well as Garth Brooks. Phil sounded good, but Brooks did that song so well and so movingly and in a side by side comparison it just wouldn't have stacked up at all.

And again, he did sing it well, but just not as good as the original, which was apparently an issue with Blake and Lakisha, who I also thought were good (especially LaKisha, who I'm finally warming up to).

I don't even like country music that much, but I'm disappointed in the judges ignorance of the genre.

DWTS

I'm catching up on Dancing with the Stars right now because I was working earlier so I don't have much to say about the dancers, yet (except that I love Joey). But, I did want to comment on how one of the best things about this show is how they manage to stack the audience with B-list celebs every week. This week I've seen Norm (from Cheers) and J.C. from N&Sync. Not as good as the week of Brian Austin Green and Boyz II Men, but still pretty good.

Okay, and they just pointed out George Lopez before I could hit "Publish," but that doesn't count because he's on ABC.

ETA: Laila and Maks were freaking awesome. Plus, they danced to a pep band song.

ETA2: Oh, Billy Ray. That was awkward and a little tooly and still your best week, yet. Go you!

ETA3: Apolo and Julianne just made me feel dirty. I'm not sure I'm buying the whole "we're like siblings" thing. Totally hot, though. Definitely still my faves. Well, maybe. Still have to see Ian. PS I liked their music last week better. Hard to top "I like to move it, move it." Especially since it makes me think of lemurs.

ETA4: Actually, even better than the B-list celebs are the unscripted comments from Tom, Bruno and Len. These three should perhaps not be allowed on live TV.

ETA5: Joey and Apolo were both definitely better than Ian this week. Laila, too, I think. But, fun song choice.

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Boston to Austin Part Deux

In preparation for my upcoming drive to Texas, I'm trying to figure out mobile posting, so I can blog from the road! I'll be doing a couple of test posts over the next few minutes.

ETA: Can't get it to work, yet. Thankfully, I've got months to figure it out!