Idol Gives Back - The Recap!

Ryan Seacrest announces that not only did they get 70 million votes last night, it was going to be the most shocking elimination EVER!!!! OMG!! Is that a suit Simon is wearing??

Hey - it's Ellen De Generes - who asks if she is getting kicked off? I think it's going to be Melinda - that would truly be shocking! Ellen introduces Earth, Wind and Fire. Is that the original guys? They don't look too bad, and they sing a medley!

Quincy Jones mentors the Idols and writes and anthem for them - Time To Care!! Then Quincy conducts and the Idols sing their caring anthem. Blake still looks irritating.

Ben Stiller!! I love Ben Stiller!! Ben sings and threatens not to stop until $200 million has been raised. We are only 30 minutes into the program and already Ryan is torturing the contestants with safe/not safe. Melinda is safe. I was wrong. Blake is safe. This elimination is turning out not to be so shocking after all. Unless of course it's Jordin - gasp!

Jack Black! Jumps on stage and sings Kiss From a Rose - he's fantastic!! Simon says he's better than Sanjaya (whose in the audience - and so is Seal!!) Seal loves him too. Carrie Underwood sings "I'll Stand By You" while they show a montage of Carrie in Africa! She sounds fantastic. Rascal Flatts sing.

Phil is safe!! That means Lakisha, Jordin and Chris are the bottom three - WHAT?? Jordin??

Ellen personally donates $100,000. Then Josh Groban sings "You Raise Me Up". Everyone is getting teary. Kelly Clarkson wearing some kind of Janis Joplin mumu thing, sings Up to the Mountain. The crowd goes nuts.

Lakisha is safe. What's going on here - this leaves Chris and Jordin. I'm not getting a good feeling.

Celine Dion and Elvis. Elvis is in the building - I'm so excited. It's hologram Elvis!!!! It's bloody brilliant. Elvis is really standing there next to her. They are singing "If I Can Dream". I LOVE it.

Finally the elimination - it's NOBODY!! Everyone is safe!! How cruel. Jordin is in tears. Next week two people go home. Yikes. Total let down. Bono finally shows up!! Idols sing "American Prayer". It's all over.

I Do Link Monday's......

Beyonce is crazy on tour in Australia, and she only has three fans!

Suri Cruise attends Grier Henchy's birthday party . Isn't Suri's birthday the same day?

Mr Malakar goes to Washington.

Barry Watson, who I think looks exactly like a young Mark Hamill, has a birthday, along with a couple of million other people.

The Spice Girls show up for Bluebell Madonna's Baptism.

Vote for the Worst is now gunning for Phil Stacey.

Anna Nicole's movie, Illegal Aliens to debut at Cannes.

America's Love Affair with Bad Singing is Finally Over

Wearing a brown t-shirt that said "Life is Beautiful" and sporting a curly bob - Sanjaya sobbed on Lakisha's sholder when Ryan Seacreast informed him that he was going home! I'm really shocked that he took it like that. I thought for sure he was expecting to be getting the boot every week, but it looks like Sanjaya thought he was in it for the long haul. I guess that explains all the cockyness. Sanjaya managed to pull it together to give us another horrible performance of "Something to Talk About" changing the words at the end to "Let's talk about hair, hair hair". Good one.

Inexplicably, Fergie was allowed to "sing" one of her songs. She's awful. How she got to where she is today is totally beyond me, although she was wearing interesting shoes.

Martina McBride sang, she was fabulous, but her daughter stole the show chatting with Ryan and answering questions meant for Martina, and generally being adorable.

Ryan Seacrest split the Idols into two groups and then asked Melinda to choose which group she thought was safe. Melinda wouldn't do it and sat down in the middle of the stage. Totally predictable move on her part. She probably didn't want to formally acknowledge that Jordin is her biggest competition.

Randy Jackson was the worst dressed of the night - wearing a pink t-shirt and a horrible hat that was too small for him, decorated with white skulls. Get a mirror, dawg.

So, Dial Idol did get it right! Blake Lewis is safe - but for how long?

I Hope Dial Idol Gets It Right

Dial Idol is is predicting that Sanjaya Malakar is the lowest vote getter from last night's American Idol, and Blake Lewis is the second lowest. They have Phil Stacey as "Safe" and Jordin Sparks coming second.

While I find Blake massively irritating, if he gets the boot tonight, I can only believe that the whole voting thing is rigged and that Idol producers are keeping Sanjaya around to milk the buzz and the ratings as long as possible.

Simon Cowell made it pretty clear last night in his comments that he's fed up with Sanjaya and his magical publicity machine and it's time for him to go. Simon probably would have really started to get brutal with his comments, but Ryan Seacrest stepped in and stopped Simon. Does Ryan know something about Sanjaya's fragile mental state that we don't know?

Finger's crossed, everyone!!

And I didn't even see this go down last night!!! I'm sure Simon is telling the truth, because he made his own comments about Virginia Tech at the end of the show!

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Sanjaya did it again, but this time with a red do-rag on his head. Sanjaya sang "Let's Give them Something To Talk About" and my husband wandered through the living room right about then and said "let's talk about sending you home!". Simon said it was "horrendous" and it was. Boring, flat and totally uninspiring. Hopefully that was Sanjaya's swan song. Bye bye.

Phil Stacey was a huge surprise this week, singing a Keith Urban song, and singing it well. I think country is his thing! Lakisha was average with "Jesus Take the Wheel", totally forgettable, and Melinda sounded great, by my mind started to wander in the middle of her song. The judges loved her.

Chris Richardson was just horrible, he sounded weak and out of tune, and I don't' think it matters what Blake does - I just can't stand him.

The best performance of the night was Jordin Sparks, who sang Broken Wing, and just did a fantastic job. Simon said with a performance like that she could definitely be the next American Idol. I think so too!

And Martina McBride was charming.

This Makes Me Feel Bad

Poor Sanjaya - he got booed at a Dodgers game on the weekend! Star Magazine is reporting that when the camera man saw Sanjaya in the crowd and put his face up on the screen, everyone booed.

At first he smiled, he seemed to like the attention. But when the entire crowd at the stadium started to boo–and it was loud!–his smile faded a bit and his eyes looked sad.

Really people, this is unnecessary!! He's only 17 and on a reality show. He really doesn't deserve that kind of a reception when he's out on the weekend having a bit of fun (although I thought those crazy Idol kids were kept busy 24/7?) I guess he's finding out the hard way the price of instant fame?

Update: TMZ has the Idol's schedule! After reading this I'm beginning to wonder if this story is even true - Sanjaya wouldn't have time to go to a ballgame!!!

And talking about baseball games - did anyone catch Jennifer Hudson singing the National Anthem at the Jackie Robinson Memorial Game last night? Not only was it a horrible arrangement of the National Anthem, Jennifer was wearing what looked like a white nightgown that was too short!! It was atrocious!. I'm searching feverishly for a photo!

Hot Pants Scarnato Goes Home

Even the hot pants couldn't save Haley Scarnato this week on American Idol. Ryan Seacreast proclaimed that "after a record breaking 35 million votes", Haley was leaving the competition. She cried as she watched her Idol journey tape and then gave a horrible performance of "Turn the Beat Around". She seemed sort of relieved, but that could be my imagination.

Entertainment abounded in this filler full one hour results show. Somehow Fox persuaded Eva Longoria to be in the audience, along with Sharon Osborne, although neither of them spoke. There was an amusing little clip of Tony Bennett pretending to audition for Idol and Simon telling him he was the worst they've seen, Simon with some cute little girls in Africa, Ryan Seacrest asking the man on the street who should win, (Blake seems popular) and then Jennifer Lopez, wearing some weird kaftan like thing with splits in it, performing a song from her new album, surrounded by dancers wearing sunglasses and metallic jackets. It was an exhausting hour.

Sanjaya, of course, lives on another week. I can't imagine how he is going to survive "Country" week, but America seems to be in love with him. He's probably going to win the whole damn thing.

Next week's guest mentor/album plugger is someone who can actually sing - Martina McBride!!

American Idol: Latin Night Is Boring

Oh. My. God. Sanjaya is growing a mustache and a goatee. And I have to say that it's growing fast. Jennifer Lopez was the guest mentor, and she was quite nice to everyone and seemed to be into the job a lot more than Gwen Stefani . The theme was "latin" and all the girls seemed to choose a Gloria Estafan song and the boys just chose to wear really bad hats. Except of course Sanjaya, who let his hair do the talking, as usual.

Everyone was even more boring than last week, if that's possible. I can't remember anything anyone sang, but he image of the camera's panning up Haley's really long legs to yet another pair of hot pants is seared in my brain forever. Simon basically accused Haley of wearing skimpy outfits just to stay in the competition, because her voice wasn't good enough.

I hate to say it, but I don't think Melinda Doolittle is going to be safe this week, her performance was boring and the song was too old fashioned. Blake Lewis impressed the judges, but he was still massively irritating with the hat and the weird swishy leg moves.

Something better happen soon to brighten this season up - it's sooooo boring.

DialIdol.com is predicting that only Blake Lewis is safe, and Jordin and Lakisha will be in the bottom two!!!!!

Who says long legs and facial hair aren't assests in a singing competition?

Gina is Gone!!

I was really surprised that Gina Glocksen was eliminated on American Idol last night! I thought for sure that Phil was a gonner. Poor Gina, she cried on Ryan Seacrest's shoulder while they were showing her farewell video. I feel bad for her. She definitely wasn't at the bottom of the pack as far as I was concerned. Haley Scarnato was wearing another pair of hotpants, that made her legs look really long. Haley managed to squeeze out a few crocodile tears for Gina when she found out she was safe.

Apparently Tony Bennett couldn't stomach another evening on Idol, so he called in sick and Fox managed to talk Michael Buble into a "surprise" appearance, which by the way, was announced to all Michael Buble fans by email a couple of hours before the show.

In another astounding twist, Randy was wearing a shirt made from his grandmothers tablecloth and Paula was wearing the matching lace curtains. Simon didn't stray from his tight t-shirt wardrobe.

So, another week of Sanjaya hair, Sanjaya news, Sanjaya propaganda and Sanjaya lame singing. Sigh.

Universe of Sanjaya

Last nights Idol manged to reach whole new levels of boring. Tony Bennett was the guest "mentor" and all the Idols pretended to flip out meeting him, but I'm sure half of them had never heard of Tony.

Blake Lewis kicked off the night with his rendition of "Mack the Knife" and he was his usual irritating self. I don't know what it is about Blake, but everything he does irritates me and I don't know why the judges like him so much. He's trying too hard to be unique, but it just doesn't come naturally.

Melinda Doolittle delivered another great vocal performance, but I can't even remember what she sung. Her perfection is becoming boring, although I really like her.

Gina Glocksen is most improved every week. The judges didn't really like her vocals on "Smile", but I thought that she was good, and definitely has her own style.

Everyone else was blah! Even Lakisha, who insists on disregarding the excellent advice of the mentors, every single week. You can't tell me she knows more than Tony Bennett!!

And then of course we have Mr Sanjaya Malakar, dazzling in his ice cream white suit and slicked back hair, underwhelming us with "Cheek to Cheek". Dude cannot sing. At all. The judges have completely given up on even critiquing Sanjaya's singing. And when Simon said "Let's take a different tactic this week... incredible...", Sanjaya screamed out "Welcome to the Universe of Sanjaya". Is Sanjaya believing his own publicity? I doubt he will be gone this week. He'll probably make it to the final four at this stage.

If you are a huge Sanjaya fan check out the Sanjaya Fan Network . They have some great discussion boards going on everything Sanjaya, including his sister!! It's definitely worth a look if you are intersted in keeping Sanjaya on American Idol.

DialIdol.com is predicting that only Melinda Doolittle is safe and Haley Scarnato has the lowest number of votes!!

(www.SanjayaFanNetwork.com).

American Idol News Round Up

Tonight on American Idol is "Tony Bennett - American Classics". Not only do I predict this to be boring, but everyone except Melinda, Lakisha and Jordin are going to murder all the songs and make horrible song choices.

Speaking of Jordin, Ryan Seacrest is tipping that Jordin Sparks is going to be the next American Idol. Ryan says: "She's non-threatening, cute and attractive. Plus, she has this sincere likeability that is rare and genuine." I have to agree with him. Although Melinda Doolittle is a fantastic singer, her personality isn't really that sparky and I'm sure that people are going to get very tired with her "aw shucks" attitude, or just not vote for Melinda because they think she is safe.

We can all breathe a sigh of relief as the Sanjaya hunger strike person has decided to eat again and is just going to concentrate on getting Sanjaya voted off. Good Decision. He's not worth dying for.

Is Sanjaya the most hated American Idol contestant ever?. Probably. Unless you are a weeping 10 year old girl. I think that Votefortheworst.com is definitely ruining this season of Idol, although most of the contestants are managing to do that for the viewing public without any outside help.

Click here to see TMZ's video of the Idols eating lunch

"Bye Bye, Curly"

Chris Sligh went home last night on American Idol. It was not unexpected after his woeful rendition of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic". Chris was "off tempo" the whole way through the song and just didn't look comfortable, and then admitted to the Judges that he was off. Admitting you were off is on par to forgetting the words, and that was his ticket home.

Haley Scarnato narrowly avoided the boot, as she was in the bottom three along with Chris and Phil Stacey. Even Ryan Seacreast couldn't remember Haley's name,calling her Stacey before going to break. It was all quite predictable,as Chris was the worst of the night, apart from Sanjaya, who it appears is never going home.

Also predictable was Ryan Seacreast walking on stage wearing a Sanjaya mohawk wig. Randy Jackson pretended to look gobsmacked, and Simon was trying to fake a bit of shock, and weirdly they didn't show Paula's reaction,(maybe because she was trying to find her arms in those enormous sleeves she had on) It was a lame gag. Sanjaya thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen. He's clearly enjoying his 15 minutes.

I See London, I See France....

.....and, Haley Scarnato, I can see your underpants!! Mia and I are convinced that the camera took a shot straight up Haley Scarnato's skirt last night, just as she started to butcher and leave for dead, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors". Haley perched on the stairs in a very short skirt and as the camera panned in on her, you could see straight up her dress!! If I can get some photographic evidence of this I'll post it .

The production wizards at American Idol probably did it on purpose to try and grab some attention away from Sanjaya's Mowhawk, which was just a disaster in and of itself. I won't even talk about his singing. As Simon put it "there's nothing that we can say to you at this point". I have no idea what song Sanjaya performed. I couldn't stop looking at that My Little Pony 'do!

Everyone else was massively ordinary, except of course for Melinda Doolittle, who sung a Donna Summer song, but looked awful. She needs some help from Sussanah and Trinny in the "What Not to Wear" department. Lakisha also sang Donna Summer and was good, Gina was the best she's been so far and everyone else was forgettable. Phil should be voted off just for wearing a hat. If you choose to be bald, be proud.

Gwen Stefani seemed underwhelmed with all the "talent", but was very diplomatic and sweet. Gwen seems like a very nice person.

Thursday Afternoon Links

Why America? Why do we have to live with Sanjaya for another week?

Dr Perper will hold a press conference on Monday at 10:30am Eastern to announce Anna Nicole's cause of death.

Rumer better watch out or Demi's going to get all parental on her ass.

Winnie Cooper is still cute.

Bye Bye Brandon

Yo! Wassup Daawg? How do you think you did? ???The results are in - and Brandon Rogers - forgetter of words, was sent packing from American Idol last night. I thought he looked relieved. Sadly, he will be but a faint memory by next Tuesday.

Diana Ross on the other hand was unforgettable last night, for all the wrong reasons. She should have been wearing her Spanx, the lighting made her dress look horrible on her, and I'm sure if Simon could have critiqued her he would have said " I don't mean to be rude, but you were shouting for most of the song.

Incredibly, Sanjaya Malakar survived to sing another week. I think everyone feels sorry for him. Ryan was wearing a fabulous purple tie, and Paula didn't speak.