Idol Thoughts: Top 8 Guys...80s Week...Wake Me Up Before I Whitney...

Last night was an entertaining evening on Idol...you know right off the bat who 'gets' it and who doesn't. I feel for Luke - he had his chances, but I think his ride on the show ends tonight. David Archuletta on the other had knows 'it' and knows it well. His performance and a few others (David Cook, Chikeze, David Hernandez) used their talent to make the song their own.
Unfortunately I feel that with the rough treatment of the judges Chikeze may be going home this evening as well.
Last year we had Sanjaya...this year we have Danny....dude, what's with the purple hair? Did Barney throw up on you in rehearsal? As entertaining as it's been having a guy with tight pants on the stage I think it's time for Danny to go, unless he has the fan base and momentum to keep going.
As we look ahead to the ladies tonight, Kristi Lee is on the radar - she needs to step it up tonight or she is gone...more on this and the David Hernandez 'stripping' saga on the podcast.

-JP

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Idol Thoughts: Top 16...80's is Logical...Right?

Well, they've done the 60s, 70s, and now its the third week...could it be 80s? Pure speculation of course, but if it is...Who's going to step up this week. Will Chikeze get funky? Will Michael do something amazing and Australian? Check out the podcast for the answers to this and more....

-JP

Coming Up Tomorrow: Preview of the Top 8 Women...

Idol Thoughts: Top 10 Women...Carly is the Standard, Brooke Channels Carly and I Hope Asia'h Isn't Forgettable...

Carly was very impressive last night, as was Brooke...after those two it kind of fell off a little. I did enjoy Sayesha's performance even if the judges didn't so much. 70's week was a lot more enjoyable for me to watch and listen to compared to last weeks show.
Their out of the gate now and I look forward to no more nerves for this season, until we get to the Top 10. It's all about song choice and the montages...I talk more about them and my thoughts on who's headed home this week in the podcast.

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Idol Thoughts: Top 10 Guys....70s Grooves and Even Some Moves...

I was thoroughly impressed with the guys last night. Some of them stepped it up big time, for example..David Archuletta was incredible with John Lennon which was the best song for the guys side at this point in the competition possibly ever. David Hernandez stepped out of the shadows last night as well with his walk down the steps attitude and Chikeze fell back to old form and and some attitude of his own. It was nice to see the reason some of these guys made it come through in their performances last night.
As for who didn't perform up to par for the show. I'll leave that to the podcast, which is available right now.

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thanks,
JP

Four Gone and Week Two Begins!

It's Week 2 for the Top 20....this week we'll see four more fall short. Who will it be? What will they sing? We'll be here for what happens....Don't forget to check out Ken Barnes at USA Today for more insight.....

http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/

Check out the podcast for a preview for the week, and don't forget about the survey link listed above. The podcast preview for the Top 20 is now available....we'll catch you back Tuesday night for the Top 10 Guys perform....

-JP

Idol Thoughts: Top 12 Ladies...Better than the Guys, but Simon Didn't Get It??

Well, I'll agree with Simon in one aspect of not getting it...that is making the first week of Idol a 60s theme. The girls were better than the guys and there are certainly some performances that stood out last night. (Mainly the last two.) Carly and Syesha. After that the performances were okay, but not really great. I will give it to the Idol Medical staff for taking care of the walking wounded last night, but there are a few that won't be coming back after suffering an Idol death tonight. Two girls and two guys headed home.
I think Amanda may be in trouble after last nights performance, but there are some that were worse than her. We'll find out tonight......

the podcast is updated from the Top 12 Women's performances. I also talk about Obermeyer's potential exit and why and the guys headed home...check it out..

We'll be back Monday with a preview of the Top 20..
-JP

Idol Thoughts: Top 12 Guys....60s Night Colored More Gray than Psychedelic...

The evening started out great, then kind of fell on deaf ears and ended well enough to have weeded out the great, from the potential great, to the terrible. Simon's comments were dead on..for half the night I'm not sure what exactly Randy and Paula were hearing. Some frontrunners emerged last night, including David Hernandez, David Cook, Robbie Carrico and Michael Johns. Jason Castro had an Idol first, using his guitar and his vocals were solid. David Archuletta, 17, had a nice evening as well. He's the one that can't be adopted. His vocal range is impressive, but he was pitchy last night, at least I felt he was. Those were some of the positives.
On the other side of the coin, there was a cruise ship singer, a few 'color' disasters and Danny Noriega who had no business wearing tight jeans on stage and sounding like a Sanjaya wannabe.
Overall last night was a night to shake off the nerves and have a good time, some did that very well, like in Hollywood. Others were just boring. For the boring ones, you may be headed home..You know who you are. I'm looking forward to the ladies tonight. There is something about songs from the 60s and an attitude that a guy singing just can't do.

--JP

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