Now If I Could Only Pick the Horses...
How about that Jordin Sparks, huh? (Don't hate the player, Sharon Fink. Hate the beat-box. Finally, someone owes ME a burrito.)
Weird show last night, like watching Battle of the Network Stars, but instead of Erik Estrada in a kayak, it was Jerry Springer crying during "Wing Beneath My Wings."
And how much did they have to pay Joe Perry to play with Sanjaya? Sheesh.
Lotta theories about why American Idol was sucky this year -- poor talent, not enough pretty contestants, not enough backstory, Randy Jackson's endless supply of tacky Sgt. Peppers jackets. But after they flashed that picture of an actual bush baby when that bug-eyed kid came back for his 15th minute, I realized what Idol '07 was really missing: its nasty streak. It was just too nice. Not enough humiliation.
Oh well. I wasn't going to blog about Idol again. But I guess I should take a perverse pleasure in spotting the winner from the start. Yesiree, I can really pick those underage women.
Only 240 days until next season...
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
After witnessing the humiliation of that poor kid, I changed the channel. It was painfully obvious that he had never seen what a bush baby looked like before. Did you notice how he kept glancing at the picture? You could tell he was trying to figure out if there actually Was simliarity. Sadly, Simon was right and I felt terrible for the little guy. It's not right to make fun of something that a person can do nothing about to change.
Posted by: Lisa Gallman | May 24, 2007 at 08:38 AM
At least they drew the line at further belittling the portly mentally challenged kid in the bad magnum p.i. shirt.
Posted by: Sean Daly | May 24, 2007 at 09:37 AM
This is true. Your 'bad magnum p.i. shirt' comment was hilarious! Geez, now I feel bad..."o/
Posted by: Lisa Gallman | May 24, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Joe Perry was seriously slumming.
Posted by: bassnote | May 24, 2007 at 11:56 AM
This feels like the year that AI jumped the shark; look no further than the bloated finale, what with D-list celebrities, bad Beatles medlies and Joe Perry teaming up with Sanjaya.
The only redeeming features: Blake's losing and the swimsuit footage of Antonella Barba.
Posted by: Guy | May 24, 2007 at 01:09 PM
Idol producers are crafty bastards. I wouldn't count them out just yet. A lot of people probably THINK they're done with Idol -- but the show has a way of manipulating viewers back to the mothership.
Posted by: Sean Daly | May 24, 2007 at 01:48 PM
I honestly thought they were going to do a duet with Kenneth "The Bushbaby" and Sanjaya. They have about the same amount of talent and Kenneth and Jonathan are at least entertaining. Caught them doing a Red Carpet for the Jimmy Kimmel show and it was actually pretty funny. Kind of reminded me of Ross The Intern on Leno.
Posted by: sparky | May 24, 2007 at 03:06 PM
I just wanna interview Paul Abdul before she goes thru rehab. Preferably in person. And alone.
Posted by: Spears | May 24, 2007 at 11:15 PM