American Idol-Results Show (3/10/11)

The first official results show of the new year and here we go.

First of all I wanna say get well soon to Casey. Not sure why he's in the hospital but I hope he's okay and will be back for next week's show.

That being said let's get into the show:

Group Performance:Michael Jackson Medley
This was entertaining. It reminded me of the old-school medleys from the first couple of seasons. Pre-ridiculous theme nights and pre-celebrities singing in the group numbers. Everyone was hilighted and it was just great. Keep doing thing every week and it will be a great season.

I won't go into major details about Adam Lambert (even though I have no problem at ALL with Idol alumni coming back for performances) and Diddy Dirty Money except that I thought we were done with the random pop culture performances to just fill time on the results show and sell CDs. Whatever. Oh and it was nice to see a very mellow low key Lambert, it made me actually enjoy his performance for once. I think he finally figured out that he doesn't have to be over the top to be a good singer.

And now...dim the lights...on to the results....

Bottom 3:
1. Karen
2. Ashthon
3. Haley

An all girl bottom three? That's a big surprise. But as far as quality last night, Karen was the best out of the three.

Bottom 2:
1. Ashthon-Eliminated
2. Haley

Well that's that. It's sad she went home before Paul or Haley but what can you do?

American Idol-Who Is Your Idol? (3/9/11)

Offically week one of the competition starts now. The Idols are singing songs from THEIR Idols. (Due to a long night last night, I will reviewing this episode solo.)

Lauren
Song: Any Man of Mine (Shania Twain)
This was alot of fun and energetic. She has a good voice for a song like this.
Rating (out of 5): ***1/2

Casey
Song: With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker)
Song started and I was questioning his choice but complete with backup singers this was really good.
Rating (out of 5): ***

Ashthon
Song: When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Diana Ross)
She did this really well, not sure if it was her best though.
Rating (out of 5): ***

Paul
Song: Come Pick Me Up (Ryan Adams)
To be honest, I'm not a big fan of his. Don't like he tone in his voice, don't like sparatic movements for no real reason. He's annoying. I don't know what people see in him.
Rating (out of 5): **

Pia
Song: All By Myself (Celine Dion)
This was great. No other words for it. Exactly what I expected and more. She can sing anything.
Rating (out of 5): ****

James
Song: Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
I really like how he sang this. He actually made it his own which I really enjoyed. After hearing so many Beatles songs on this show, it was nice.
Rating (out of 5): ***1/2

Haley
Song: Blue (LeAnn Rimes)
Wasn't a fan. Just think this was the wrong song for her.
Rating (out of 5): **1.2

Jacob
Song: I Believe I Can Fly (R Kelly)
How come I don't remember the Idols getting backup singers this early on in the past? This was really good. He's got the voice to pull this song off.
Rating (out of 5): ****

Thia
Song: Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
She sang this beautifully. It was well done.
Rating (out of 5): ****

Stefano
Song: Lately (Stevie Wonder)
This was good. Not the best at all but definately good.
Rating (out of 5): ***

Karen
Song: I Could Fall In Love (Selena)
This pick didn't surprise me at all. This was beautiful. She's got a great voice.
Rating (out of 5): ****1/2

Scotty
Song: The River (Garth Brooks)
Brillant. This guy is going to be HUGE in country for YEARS to come.
Rating (out of 5): ****1/2

Naima
Song: Umbrella (Rhianna)
My hatred for Rhianna as a whole, I thought this was good. She CAN sing and rap. Entertaining and fun.
Rating (out of 5): ***1.2

Should Go Home: Paul
Will Go Home: Haley

Glee:Let's Talk About Sex (3/8/11)

Well my favorite guest star returned last night. Holly Holiday (Gwyneth Paltrow) is back! This time she returned as a substitute sex ed teacher. That was the clicker for what turned into one of the sexiest episodes in Glee history and let to uncomfortable sex talks and sexuality discovery. That's what an episode about sex SHOULD be about. That and of course songs....

Holly-Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
This might be one of new favorite Glee songs ever. It was hot and sexy, the words were great and the dancing from Holly, Santana and Britney was awesome. I think I have a little crush on Gwyneth Paltrow now. A

The Warblers-Animal
The setup for this song was kinda lame with Sue telling Blaine and Kurt what ND was up to which led to this song. The song itself was really good. I enjoyed it. They sold it well and the fact that the straight guys in the group (everyone but Blaine and Kurt) were singing to and dancing with girls just made it even better. The one thing I noticed was Kurt's over the top facial expressions which I didn't realize were actually going to lead to a very good storyline that actually led to one of the most uncomfortable, in a good way, father-son sex talks ever on TV. For all that I give it a A

Will & Holly-Kiss
Prince as a tango? It would never work. Unless you have Shue's sexuality, then it works. I also didn't know that Matthew Morrison could hit notes that high. I don't even think that Holly was needed for this song. I think if Will just sang to her while they did the tango it would have worked just fine. B+

Santana, Britney & Holly-Landslide
On paper this performance looks really random. But in the context of the show there was more to it. Holly helped the girls "get their Stevie Nicks on" which led to one of the biggest storyline surprises of season two. Santana is in love with Britney and wants to be with her. But when Brit turned her down because she didn't want to break Artie's heart, I felt so bad for Santana. It's simple teenage rejection but it just felt like so much more. All the way around, well done. B+

Emma, Carl, Rachel, Quinn and Puck-Afternoon Delight
Um, wow. This was kinda silly. First of all let me start by saying the Emma running the celibacy club makes sense but the fact that she hasn't had sex with her HUSBAND after four months of marraige, character or not, doesn't make any sense to me at all, still in love with Will or not. #2, I can't take Puck trying to fix his problems by joining the celibacy club seriously, but I guess go with it. #3, the fact that no one singing the song knew that Afternoon Delight was ABOUT SEX not a dessert made it even more ridiculous. C

Well that's that, I'm excited for next week's show already, REGIONALS! And this time around,they are singing original songs! The Gleek in me just can't wait.

The Celebrity Apprentice:The Circus is Back in Town (3/6/11)

Well tonight is the return of Celebrity Apprentice and since I'm home, I'm going to live blog as we go along. I'm not even sure how this is going to work at all. This is the first time I've live blogged a show with this format. So hopefully this all makes sense. Going to be a fun night.

• Here we go. Just by this opening alone, this is going to be a crazy season. Oh Trump, well put. "The circus is back in town, and I'm the ringmaster!"
• Nene Leakes, you are not EVEN a celebrity! Just shutup now! Star Jones had open heart surgery? Wow, never knew that. Jon Rich is playing for St. Jude? Wow. That's really awesome. "Don't underestimate the country boy!" Well said.
• Off to Trump Towers. Okay Gary Busey is going to get annoying fast.
• The ladies' name is Asap? What the hell? That's the best they could do? Alright we'll go with that. Why am I NOT surprised that Star Jones is going to be the first project manager?
• Back to the guys. Backbone? Wow these are some terrible names this year, Richard Hatch is going to be the guys' first project manager. This is going to be crazy.
• Off to the boardroom for the first time. Can't wait to hear Trump's reactions to the names. This should be interseting. Trump took the guys' name better than I thought.  The Artists, Singers, Authors and Professionals with a Purpose. I think. The sing language was cool though. Ohh! This is straight up my alley. They are running pizzerias.

Girls are at the Broadway District, the guys are at 8th and Broadway. This should be fun when they come back from the break.

• Back from the break in Backbone's office. This is a money challenge so I totally agree with Richard's idea to get the contacts up and running. Jose Cansaco, you screwed yourself with your little book. You said it, you could have go easy money from some Yankees players.
• Over to the ladies. This should be fun to watch the ladies try to figure how to run a pizzerias.
• The guys are at their Famalia's resturant. Richard is ALREADY getting on people's nerves. Guys he's the project manager, he's an asshole. You knew that going in. So you can't get mad at him for being himself.

Another break already? That was fast.

• Lil Jon, Jon Rich and Gary Busey are in charge of creative. This should be interseting. Okay this is hysterical. I wanna be the "Pepperoni Profit"!
• Has Invoka gotten hotter since last season? It seems like it. She's questioning Richard's decision to be project manager.
• The ladies in the kicthen are hysterical. They all totally want to call Star out for being lazy today.
• Is it me or do I not want a pizza being prepped by a sweaty Meatloaf? Seriously, what do the guys expect from Richard? He's the man in charge and he's in the kicthen with you at least. That's more than Star is doing for the ladies. Wow. Mark McGrath's reaction to having to actually make the pizza was hysterical. It's like no one told him that they actually had to make the pizza, oh WAIT Trump did!

Okay they were on the air for like 5 or 6 minutes and now another break. I now understand why this is a two hour show.

• Now back to the show. This should be fun.
• Lil Jon is calling Gary Busey a crazy man? That makes me laugh.
• Wow, the ladies' signs are VERY small.
• Okay Gary Busey actually said "Where the pepperoni lands that where the miracle will happen!." If that wasn't weird enough hearing Lil Jon, Jon Rich and Busey singing Save A Horse, Ride a Cowboy was insane. Of course Jon Rich knows how to cause a distrubance, he's a member of the country music mafia.
• Two problems I see with the ladies. There isn't enough energy in front of the store and also Dionne is SO slow on the register. Whoa, Dionne just got into Star's face.

Well at least that was longer round of action before the next break. You ask me, the guys are going to win this task.

• I totally want to goto the guys' pizza place. Meatloaf is a really nice guy. Lil Jon, Meatloaf, Lil Jon and Richard Hatch keep bringing in the money.
• It scares me the Star Jones has so many true friends. Curtis Stone? Wow. Whoa, he's picking the best pizza and the winner, by his opinion will get an additional $35,000.
• Curtis Stone is going to send the best pizza to the FDNY?!?! That's HUGE!
• $40,000 for pizza?!? Whoa! Curtis picked the girls' pie? Wait, she's closing the doors?!?!?! Wait what!?!? I know they need to make 40 pies for the $40,000 they got for delivery and then they will get the $35,000 for the FDNY pies, but that's crazy. Huge risk.

Top of the hour break. I'm really hungry.

• Of course delieveries are going slow. THERE'S TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK!
• Lil Jon and Jon Rich are now delievery men. That's awesome.
• Okay David, you should know that your daughter is on set when you called her.
• The ladies are SCREWED! They have no chance of making these delieveries on time with this traffic.

Well, the first boardroom is going to be interseting that's for sure. On another break.

• And we are back. 40,000 for ONE PIZZA?!? That's insane.
• 15 minutes left? "Pizza makes you put on your clothes like you're a fish"-Gary Busey. What the hell does that even mean? Wow David did get his daughter off the set for $1000. Can Jon Rich stay on this show for a long time? He's hysterical.
• Time is up. The girls didn't make it to the firehouse. Closing the door early is going to backfire on Star. That's my personal opinion.

Last break before the boardroom.

• Alright, to the boardroom we go.
• Star totally put over Niki Taylor's pizza flipping.
• Liza and Star are going at it. This is great.
• LMAO! Gary's cell phone went off in the middle of the boardroom. That was great. Fucking classic.
• Gary explaining his Pepperoni Profit gimmick is hysterical. That is going to be REALLY hard to top this season.
• "What we did better is what we did on the day of the task."-Gary "What do you mean?"-Donald "It means we did better on that day,"-Gary. Quoting Gary Busey is going to be the most fun part of this season.
• Jose just called out Richard saying he was lucky to have such an all star cast of characters to help him out. This will  get interseting.

Back to the break. I need to breathe, I am laughing way too hard.

• Back to Jose and Richard. David is now calling out Richard. Seriously, Rich pushed David out of the way, so what? That doesn't change anything.
• Meatloaf is now calling out Richard for being short and pretty much an asshole.
• Okay I'm going to get sick of Jose saying that he speaks the truth. I know he's an honest person, do you have to repeat is over and over again?
• Ouch. They are really upset about missing the $35,000 at the firehouse.
• Men's team: $54,104
• Women's team $115,268
• Whoa! That's a murdering. Star got $169,372 for her charity.
• Awww! Donald gave Nikki the $35,000 from Familia because she was the best player on the team.

Someone on the men's team will be fired after the break. My bets are on Richard or David.

• "I think he wants to beat the  shit out of you"-Donald to Richard about Jose. That was funny.
• Okay Richard is putting his foot further and further into his mouth. Stop talking shit about David. You are digging your own grave.
• Celebrity Apprentice is harder than Survivor. Of course it is.
• What a shock, Richard is bringing back Jose and David.

Last break, goodbye Richard.

• David a delicate whiner according to Richard. Nice!
• For some reason, David is looking at Jose like he's his big brother.
• David is officially the first one fired. Wow, I actually didn't expect that.

This was alot of fun, I must admit. I am SO looking forward to this season. Probably won't be live-blogging that much but this was a fun ride tonight. I hope this all made some sense.

American Idol-The Roller Coaster Ride is Just Starting (3/3/11)

Since Mandy isn't feel well tonight, I'm going through the results by myself tonight. We will see how me and Mandy's picks this week went. I will also leave my thoughts on the contestents as we go along.

Top 5 Men (I went 3 for 5 (plus my wild card pick got in), Mandy 2 for 5)

1. Scotty *This was a duh for me. By far one of the best men of the first night. Can't wait to see what he's got in store for us from here on out.*
2. Jacob *I wasn't a big fan of him but this doesn't surprise me.*
3. Casey *This guy has turned into a ladies' man over night. He's not going anyway anytime soon.*
4. Paul *Wow, I actually didn't think he'd really get in. Especially standing next to Brett, nice!*
5. James *The fuckin rocker made it! Hell yeah!*

Top 5 Women (Me and Mandy went 3 for 5 plus our wild card pick got in)

1. Lauren A *She was amazing last night and I think more country singers will help this year. So far there are two.*
2. Pia *This was a DUH. Amazing last night and totally deserves to be here.*
3. Karen *Another obvious pick. How can you sing in Spanlish and NOT advance?!?*
4. Thia *I had her as my Wild Card pick, so it's not a huge surprise she made it through.*
5. Haley *Not my favorite last night but still not a horrible selection.*

Wild Card Picks (out of the 14 left)

1. Ashthon-And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going *Damn! That was great! Why couldn't she sing that good last night?*
2. Stephano-I Need You Now *Um, what happened to singing for your life? This was bad.*
3. Kendra-Georgia On My Mind *That's how you kill it when you have one last chance to shine! Fantastic!*
4. Jovany-Angel *More Spanglish singing and I love it everytime! Well done!*
5. Naima-For All We Know *You can feel the emotion in her voice. She really wants to be here, I hope she sticks around.*
6. Robbie-Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word *This almost felt like begging but was still really good.*

Judge's Official Wild Card Picks

1. Ashthon *After that WC performance, she deserves it*
2. Stephano *Okay that surprised me because I thought he had the worst WC performance*
3. Naima *Nice! She deserves it!*

Wow, that was a crazy two hours and this is going to be a CRAZY season. It already has been. I love this show!

American Idol:Top 12 Women (3/2/11)

Night two of the first week of Idol. It's all the females. Top 5 advance on Thursday's show. "Time to take it to the moon..." (Whatever that means)

Ta-Tynisa
Song: Only Girl (In The World)
Blake: Felt flat and off to me. Didn't really like it. And her outfit completely distracted me.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: Way too karaoke, sounded like I was listening to a fantastic Rhianna impersonator.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home/Going Home

Naima
Song: Summertime
Blake: She has alot of charisma and a good different voice. I like her.
Rating (out of 5): ***1/2
Mandy: No one could beat her in Forensics, no one could beat her here. (Side note:She went to high school with my best friend with did Forensics with me.)
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe/Safe

Kendra
Song: Impossible
Blake: I never heard this song before tonight. Hopefully we weren't the only ones. Alright I guess, tried way too hard.
Rating (out of 5): **1/2
Mandy: Song selection is key. No one knows this song so no one is going to remember her.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home/Going Home

Rachel
Song: Criminal
Blake: Very sassy. Very broadway. Very over the top. Not really sure what to say. It's good but strange to be honest.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: Fiona Apple should never be Broadway stylied.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home/Going Home

Karen
Song: Hero
Blake: One of my all time favorite songs. Never heard someone sing Spanlish this early on but I really loved it. Original take and sounded beautiful..
Rating (out of 5): ****1/2
Mandy: She just showed that a Latina knows how to do it.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe/Safe

Lauren T.
Song: Seven Day Fool
Blake: Good, not much else I can say. She's entertaining, I just wish I knew the song to really enjoy it.
Rating (out of 5): ***1/2
Mandy: I like it but not sure if America will. If she could sing a song I don't know that well, I want to see her sing a song I do know.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe/Safe

Ashthon
Song: Love All Over Me
Blake: Too over the top. Too much trying to be more important than she actually is. And well, I just didn't care.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: If this was season 3, she'd be fabulous but it's not. And stop talking to the crowd! We haven't paid to see you! The only diva I wanna hear is Jennifer.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home/Going Home

Julie
Song: Breakaway
Blake: Always risky to sing a Idol winner alum song. Just blah for me. Felt flat the whole way through like she didn't know how to take it to the next gear.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: Really pagenty Sounds like she's competing in Miss America.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home/Going Home

Haley
Song: Fallin'
Blake: Felt like she was doing her best Alica Keys impression. But she's got a good voice. Just wish she showed it more.
Rating (out of 5): ***1/2
Mandy: Once the music hit she was trying way too hard. Jennifer said she saw a raindow of colors, all I saw was brown.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home/Going Home

Thia
Song: Out Here On My Own
Blake: Her voice is beautiful. She looks like Tina from Glee. Really well done. Can't believe she's just 15.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: She did a beautiful but if anything song selection will kill her.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Wild Card/Wild Card

Lauren A
Song: Turn On The Radio
Blake: You need a real attitude to pull this song off, and she has that attitude. Well done.
Rating (out of 5): ****1/2
Mandy: Her and Scotty would have some beautiful country babies. She's a younger Carrie Underwood with a Kelly Clarkson attitude. She made that stage her bitch!
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe/Safe

Pia
Song: I'll Stand By You
Blake: That was amazing. Simply amazing. I have nothing else to say about that. Great way to end this episode.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: She looks like she belongs on Jersey Shore but she can totally show them something about class, grace and talent.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe/Safe

Blake's Top 5 Women

1. Naima
2. Karen
3. Lauren T 
4. Lauren A
5. Pia

Wild Card Pick: Thia

Mandy's Top 5 Women

1. Naima
2. Karen
3. Lauren T 
4. Lauren A
5. Pia

Wild Card Pick: Thia

American Idol:Top 12 Men (3/1/11)

Well season 10 of live Idol has officially begun and to be honest I couldn't be happier. It felt really fresh last night. But since the show has changed, so will my reviews. This season it will have two perspectives. Of course there will be my personal perspective but also Mandy's thoughts from her twitter page that were posted as the night went on. That being said last night, in a rare Tuesday treat, the Top 12 men performed. On Thursday the fans will narrow it down to five men. Let's get into it.

Clint
Song: Superstitious
Blake: I wasn't a fan off this song. I was very runny and not good. He was trying WAY too hard.
Rating (out of 5): ***1/2
Mandy: Clint = Asian Fusion Adam Lambert
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home (B) Wild Card (M)

Jovany
Song: I'll Be
Blake: Caught me off guard in a good way.
Rating: ****
Mandy: Jovany can serenade me any time.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe (B) Safe (M)

Jordan
Song: OMG
Blake: Too karaoke and I hate this song no matter who sings.
Rating: **1/2
Mandy: Jordan was auditioning for the Chippendales, not American Idol.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home (B) Going Home (M)

Tim
Song: Streetcorner Symphony
Blake: Pitchy to be honest. Almost felt like he was forgetting the lyrics.
Rating: ***
Mandy: Tim sounded like he was doing karaoke, but I think he has potential.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home (B) Safe (M)

Brett
Song: Light My Fire
Blake: This was terrible. What was that? What were the judges thinking?
Rating: **
Mandy: Brett's version of "Light My Fire" made me want to light myself on fire.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home (B) Going Home (M)

James
Song: You're Got Another Thing Comin'
Blake: Our yearly rocker. I actually enjoyed. That rocked! (Side Note: Stephen Tyler proved why the show will either be taped or on a delay from here on out.)
Rating: ****
Mandy: I have no idea what James sang or what drugs he is on, but I liked it and want some.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe (B) Going Home (M)

Robbie
Song: Angel
Blake: Um, not sure what to say about this. It's like he brought the whole show to a sudden halt.
Rating: **1/2
Mandy: I am too distracted by Sanjay...I mean Robbie's nose to find a good insult for the boring performance he just gave.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home (B) Going Home (M)

Scotty
Song: Letters From Home
Blake: Best performance of the night so far! Amazing.
Rating: ****1/2
Mandy: The only thing Josh Turner has on Scotty McCreery is that he's legal.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe (B) Safe (M)

Stefano
Song: Just The Way You Are
Blake: This was alright for what it's worth. Seemed like he rushed the beginning. Overall not bad.
Rating: ***1/2
Mandy: Stefano made a great song even better. He's a little street, a little sweet and definitely Italian with dodging questions.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe (B) Safe (M)

Paul
Song: Maggie May
Blake: I thought he said "rock out". Just bad for me. His voice just seemed like he doesn't belong here.
Rating: **1/2
Mandy: Paul looks like a homeless man, dresses like a woman and sings like Rod Stewart. Need I say more?
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Going Home (B) Going Home (M)

Jacob
Song: A House Is Not A Home
Blake: This was good. Just wasn't a huge fan but I can see why others would love him.
Rating: ***1/2
Mandy: Jacob belongs on Broadway or in church, but his performances will get real old real fast on Idol.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Wild Card (B) Going Home (M)

Casey
Song: I Put A Spell On You
Blake: I really enjoyed this. Totally different.
Rating: ****
Mandy: Casey sang a song, told a story and taught a class in artistry all at one time.
Safe/Going Home/Wild Card: Safe (B) Safe (M)

Blake's Top 5 Men

1. Jovany
2. James
3. Scotty
4. Stefano
5. Casey

Wild Card Pick: Jacob

Mandy's Top 5 Men

1. Jovany
2. Tim
3. Scotty
4. Stefano
5. Casey

Wild Card Pick: Clint