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Can you feel the excitement in the air? It’s the final night of American Idol competition. All the singing, all the heartache, all the drama has come down to this! Good God. I sound like Ryan Seacrest. So yeah, Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee battled it out for supremacy one last time tonight. I’m pulling for Katharine (based on star power), but I’ll be hard pressed to say she out-performed Taylor. Even I can’t deny that overall Taylor had a better night. But still, in a post Chris and Mandisa universe, I don’t know if I can ever call Taylor an American Idol. I just can’t. That won’t be his problem though. He’s probably gonna win. The full rundown after the jump.The night begins with a solitary image: a beanpole cloaked in darkness. Yes, Ryan Seacrest greets us in front of a shadowy, mysterious background. Hmm… I wonder if the lights will suddenly come up and reveal the audience? Just as it does every year. Sure enough, that’s exactly what happens, and the crowd reacts with exhilaration. It’s like one massive game of peekaboo. Ryan yells, “THIS is American Idol,” which is good because for a second there, I thought I was watching The Sopranos. OF COURSE IT’S AMERICAN IDOL.
The credits roll and then we see our first dollops of celebrities for the night. Why, there’s Mandy Moore, star of Idol satire, American Dreamz! And look! Who goes there? It’s Ben Stiller, looking angry and simian. He seems to be hiding behind a pleasant looking Muslim girl. George Bush has already called her in for questioning.
“They can see me!”
We then see the judges. Randy looks the same as usual. Paula seems to be wearing the sartorial version of a deconstructed rainbow, and Simon is wearing… a blazer! Wow. Very classy. If only his dark t-shirt underneath were a turtleneck. Then he’d be the perfect Blacksploitation movie villain.
“I’ll get you, Foxy Brown!”
Ryan asks the judges if they have any words of advice. Randy says it’s “now or never.” Paula babbles about something incoherent. Simon suggests that each singer prays that the other one forgets their lyrics. Polite laughter all around. Let’s just get on with the show. Ah, but before we can get to singing, Ryan tells us that we’re going to watch each of the finalists’ journeys — which means a montage set to, you guessed it, Journey! Get it? Journey?? Oh, American Idol. You’re a pistol!
We then watch the sappy video segment, and I can’t help thinking, “Is Taylor really in the finals?” I mean, look, his enthusiasm and passion are great, he’s consistently very good, and he’s an amusing entertainer — for my parents. But let’s be honest. The guy’s going to churn out some junk for Lite-FM, and then it’s off to the cruise ships and obscure casinos in the middle of Nevada (Primm comes to mind).
After the montage ends, we go to commercial, and when we return, Ryan appears in the audience. He enthusiastically hugs Chris Daughtry, relishing the brief moment when neck touches neck, soul touches soul. All Ryan feels is the firm yet gentle embrace of Chris’s man muscles, his swelling biceps clutching his body, enveloping him with the delicate touch of Aphrodite’s finger tips. It all happens so fast, and yet, for Ryan, each second is a breathless eternity. The heart skips a beat, a bead of sweat appears on the brow, and deep, hidden impulses surge. In that instance, Ryan feels complete.
Love lift us up where we belong…
Anyhoo, once Ryan commands Chris to return to his chair, our intrepid host ambles down to the McPhees. Dad isn’t crying yet, but he notes that the night is young. And how. Katharine then takes the stage and performs “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” again. She starts off well and seems mildly preoccupied with feeling up one of the drummers on stage with her. It starts as just a quick caress, but soon, it’s a full-scale ass-grind. She’s trying to force the McPheever out, but it’s like a bottle of ketchup — sometimes, it takes more than just a few shakes to get things going.
That’s not to say it’s a bad performance. I like it quite a bit. But it’s just not at a total MCPHEEVER level. Eventually, Kat starts to go on melisma runs, and unfortunately, she’s just not seasoned enough to do this. Paula is right — Katharine’s strengths are when she keeps things under control. Nevertheless, the song ends fairly quickly, and I think it’s a good way to start the night. Randy says she looks like she had fun and that she sang it better than the first time. Paula also calls it fun, and Simon says it was “a good with a small g.” The audience boos (they really like capitalization), and Simon reveals that he just didn’t really like the song. He says it was more like a warmup. Not the best reviews. Not the worst.
A few minutes later, Ryan asks Katharine why she chose that song, and she gives a litany of reasons, one of which being that it “kind of can show the public that I can, you know, be in the Top 40.” Translation: I’m commercial! Taylor’s not! Please vote for me!!
We also learn that apparently, Katharine’s fans — the “KatPack” — sent her a thousand roses to her dressing room. Was it the KatPack? Or was it CHRIS DAUGHTRY?!?!? Sorry, I just completely fabricated that rumor.
Okay, up next, the head sentry of the Soul Patrol, Taylor Hicks! Singing an old Stevie Wonder song, Taylor appears in the audience wearing a glaringly awful red, velvet blazer. As he convulses his way to the stage, we pass by all sorts of familiar faces and breasts: Tori Spelling, Kevin Covais, Mandisa, Ace, Paris, Elliot! It’s wonderful! Well, not really.
What’s more bizarre? The presence of Tori Spelling? Or that fake Gallagher guy behind her?
Anyway, Taylor admittedly has a much, much better performance than Katharine. He really involves the audience and loses himself in the music and the moment (much like Eminem). By the time he wraps up his song, the audience is going nuts. And hey, there’s Taye Diggs! But oh no! He’s not facing the camera. We then cut to Paula clapping like a seal, and then… back to Taye Diggs! And this time we can see his face. That was Fox’s way of saying, “See? See? We’re not crazy. He’s really there!”
As can be expected, Taylor gets rave reviews. Randy yells, “America, that’s a hot one right there!!!” Paula gushes, “Taylor, you and I match tonight! We match!” Note: they do not match at all. Nevertheless, Paula goes nuts and screams to the audience and whatnot. Simon jokes that the audience hated him. He then reveals that he liked the performance quite a bit and “round one goes to you.” Can’t disagree.
We go to a commercial break, and when we return, Katharine takes the stage for her second performance. She wisely sings “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” again, and even though I don’t think it’s as great as the first time (the element of surprise is gone, I think), it’s still quite amazing. Hard to top it. I also notice that she has a long cord dangling from her ear. Turns out it’s her ear piece. I think the producers tried to make it more obvious this time so that people wouldn’t be scratching their heads and saying, “Why she playin’ with her ear again?”
Anyway, this is definitely her song, and Katharine nails it again. I’m amused by the audience, which sways its hands back and forth as if she were singing “We Are The World.” People, this is a stand-still-and-relish song, not hand-waving. Get it right!
As expected, Daddy McPhee is McCrying once again. This time, his tears are full-on streaming down his cheeks. The Idol director gets a raging hard-on as he zooms in so close on Katharine’s dad that you can nearly see the salt in the tears. The audience loves the performance and will not stop clapping. It’s rapturous applause. Finally, Randy manages to get a word in edgewise as he says that she worked it out. Paula also loves the song, and Simon says that she was slaughtered during the first round, but now this was her best performance of the competition — even better than last week’s rendition. McRebound!
During her interview with Ryan, Katharine then tells us how the earpiece was supposed to play a note so she’d be in key for the song’s intro — which was a cappella. Unfortunately, the earpiece didn’t work, but she managed to hit the right key anyway. How wonderful for her. McSerendipity!
“Did I forget to load Cher onto my iPod?”
Taylor then takes the stage to sing his favorite song from the season, “Levon.” Not saying this with any bias, but it’s a really boring performance. It never really climaxes the way it should, and Taylor seems off his game. Even Paula looks bored out of her mind. Bored and/or lost in a painkiller haze. On the plus side, it provides me ample time to think about how all the easy listening fans will truly enjoy Taylor’s album next to their Michael McDonald and Don Henley CDs.
Afterwards, the camera zips through the audience, revealing all sorts of Idol folk: Chris Daughtry again, Pickler, Bucky — okay, they’re basically all there. I’m not going to list them all. We then return to the judges for their thoughts. Randy says “Nice song” but then notes, “it was a little pitchy for me this time, this song.” I’ll tell you one thing: Melissa McGhee doesn’t look very happy about that!!
Paula then slurs, “I don’t know, Randy. What may be pitchy to you is the essence of who Taylor is.” Uh, that’s not a good thing. Last time I checked, sounds off was also the essence of William Hung.
Simon correctly tells Paula that she doesn’t make any sense. He then proclaims that Taylor took round one, but Katharine took round two. Tie game! The camera then trains on Bucky, and off in the corner, Constantine Maroulis just can’t resist craning his neck forward and smirking at the camera. Hey, jerk, the camera’s not on you. GIVE IT A REST.
Seriously, Constantine. Just stop.
And now the third round of songs. This is what I like to call “the crap round.” It’s when the producers force the singers to perform their upcoming singles, and in case you’ve never seen this show before, the upcoming singles are always CRAP. I’m fairly sure they’re written by the same people who arrange musical revues at Six Flags. Here’s how the songs work: they start off quiet and intimate. Then, after we’ve had all the cheesy lyrics we can take, we bust into the chorus where the singer gets to hit a few high notes, all the while spewing inspirational observations about dreams and heaven and flying and wings and moments. Since that’s never enough, a gospel choir then marches in to provide “the power” behind the ballad, and just when everything seems to be reaching a climax, we suddenly — shhh!! — take it all the way back down again for one last intimate moment and then BAM! Back to the choir for the rah-rah-rah finale, emotional confetti falling all over the audience.
Before we even get to these craptastic songs, we must endure something even more painful: a commercial Garfield 2. Somebody put that kitty to sleep. Please. We then return and find Dan and Peisha McPhee talking about their daughter. They say how she was always singing growing up, and then Katharine tells us how when she was a kid, all she ever heard was talk about scales this and scales that. Finally, Peisha says that when it comes to singing, “I think it’s what she was born to do.” Yes, I’m sure she was born to sing. And you being a vocal coach had nothing to do with it whatsoever. Keep telling yourself that, PEISHA.
Anyway, Katharine takes the stage to sing her special piece of schmaltz, “My Destiny.” At first, it sounds decent, but soon she loses control. We head into Caterwaul Central as she strains to hit the high notes. Katharine’s biggest shortcoming is how rattled she becomes once she messes up. Everything goes to shit, and you can see it on her face. By the time the song is done, she seems to have lost most of her confidence, swallowing up the last few notes in her smile.
We then see Katharine’s “family and friends,” which apparently includes Tori Spelling. Kind of odd. Sort of like last year when Method Man showed up in Scott Savol’s “friend” section. Where is Scott Savol these days, anyway? Probably singing on some cruise liner in the Baltic.
Well, Randy tells Katharine, “You look amazing.” (Uh oh). He then says, “You sounded really good” and finishes with “I did not love the song.” Wow. I thought he was really going to bust her chops about the whole “not hitting notes” thing. Paula also bashes the song (c’mon, producers. Even the judges hate the original music), but she calls Katharine brilliant anyway. Simon says that over the course of one song, Katharine went from “brilliant to quite good.” He says that her voters better remember her second song. Yikes. Randy again reiterates that Katharine was better than the song, but it may be too little too late.
We then shift gears to Taylor, and we see a video of his dad talking about his son. And wait, there’s Taylor’s other dad. Or maybe it’s his uncle? Oh, never mind. It’s just Taylor. We learn that Taylor taught himself harmonica, which is pretty cool, and then it’s time for the “Silver Fox” to take the stage one last time and wow us with a completely generic, lame song. This one’s called “Do I Make You Proud?” and already, I can answer that with a “not really.”
Taylor begins singing, and within ten seconds, “Do I Make You Proud?” already sounds like five other different songs mixed together. It’s marginally better than “My Destiny,” but that’s not saying much. The lyrics are also simplistically earnest — so much so that I wonder if Alanis Morissette was possibly involved in writing the song.
Anyway, “Do I Make You Proud?” follows the structure of “My Destiny” almost to a tee. It’s sad and disturbing. The good news for Taylor is that he manages to make his song semi-bareable. Yes, he’s on again, and he’s able to bring all his charisma and soul to the otherwise dreary tune. He’s not perfect — he misses one high note towards the end — and he’s certainly not afraid to be annoying — during one long note, he shakes his head, causing his voice to undulate in volume. But overall, it’s a much better performance than Katharine’s. Oh well. He’ll win this. What can I say?
The audience erupts passionately with a standing ovation (to be fair, everyone gets a standing ovation in the Kodack Theater), and Taylor spastically yells, “SoulPatrolSoulPatrolSoulPatrolSoulPatrolSoulPatrol!!” We then see Elliot, and hey, what happened to all his wonderful stylists? He’s now wearing some nasty army shirt that makes him look like a homeless vet who crawled in from the streets (and believe me, there’s one or two of those guys who hang out just a block away from that theater).
Anyway, Randy tells Taylor that this is a slightly better song than Katharine’s, and “no matter what the song is, you know how to make it into a Taylor Hicks vehicle.” Paula then raves about how Taylor always brings all his riffs and whatnot to each performance, and Simon says, “assuming that I was right that the show was tied, then you just won American Idol.”
Taylor-made?
Taylor goes nuts. Mandy Moore goes nuts. The crowd goes nuts. EVERYONE goes nuts! It’s pure insanity, and Randy and Paula then gloat about how they were the ones who originally wanted Taylor in the competition and that Simon passed. “That’s show business,” Simon says with a huge grin. Doesn’t make much sense, but who cares, right?
We then watch a recap of the performances, and then the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Daniel Powter takes the stage to sing “Bad Day” live! OMG! How special!!!
Unfortunately, Daniel Powter seems a bit off his game because he just sits at his piano doing nothing while a montage of auditions plays silently in the background. Awwwwkward… We can faintly hear someone say “Go!” and finally he begins. Gosh. You finally get a chance to play on the big stage, and what do you do? YOU MESS IT UP. Oh well. Don’t fret too much. Just think of it this way: SO YOU HAD A BAD DAY.
Anyway, once Daniel Powter actually starts playing, he does a decent job, but I wind up enthralled in the montage and listening for who’s most popular. Elliot, Chris, and Ace garner the most shrieks from the audience. I find myself suddenly angered when the camera veers off the montage and onto Daniel Powter’s annoying face. Stop, FOX! Show us the montage!!
The song finally ends, and I take comfort in knowing this might be one of the last times I hear it on Idol (I hope). Well done, Daniel Powter. Now enjoy your descent back into obscurity.
Now, for the record, I just have to say this. I’ve never ever voted for an Idol contestant ever. I told myself that I would vote for Chris, but of course, the assumption in that pledge is quite obvious. Still, in the spirit of being a true Idol fan, I decided to vote tonight for McPhee. I know, I know. She really wasn’t that great. But I still believe that she has a career on MTV and the radio and all that fun stuff, and that’s what I care about really. Truth is that they’re all great singers, right? It’s more than singing. It’s about being an idol! Wow, I can’t even justify continuing on this little soapbox. I don’t really care that much who wins. But the point was that I decided to vote for McPhee. First I called 1-866-IDOLS 01. Busy. Then I called IDOLS 03. Busy. Then I called IDOLS 05. Busy. Then I tried the first one again. Busy. And then I stopped. Sorry, Kat. I tried, but you’re really not worth taking up any more of my minutes.
Be sure to check out the site tomorrow. Not only will we be doing a live-blog of the finale and not only will we have a recap up, but I’m going to bite the bullet and go to the official McPhee viewing party in Los Angeles (thanks for the hookup, Carla). It will probably be horrendous and ear-splitting, but the photo ops should be quite good. Plus, hey, I might wind up on Fox (unlikely).
So that wraps up tonight. What did you think about the show? Who had the best performance? Who had the best night? Who should win? Who will win?
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I don’t vote, but tried to vote for Kat (this was more than 3 hours later) and I only got busy signals. So I gave up
“Seriously, Constantine. Just stop.” LOL…..awesome…took the words right outta my mouth.
I’m a fan of “noTORIous”…so it was kinda funny to not see Tori being credited in the first place, and then have “Kat’s family” appear under her…kinda goes with the theme of her show/life it seems.
Why did they put Ben Stiller in the nose bleed section? And there seemed to be a lot of empy space around Christine Applegate.
Kat can sing, but Taylor can sing and work a crowd. That being said, it wasn’t a TKO, but he went the distance. He’ll be the champ, they’ll both put out forgettable albums, and life goes on.
Your line about Primm, Nevada reminded me of those commercials they used to have where they would sing “PrimaDonna, Nevada!” Katherine really hit some bum notes. She actually made me wince.
My one thought throughout the evening… the wrong two people from the final four made the finals… it should have been Chris versus Elliott. Now that would have been dy-no-mite!
Okay, I’ve admitted it before- I don’t watch the show beyond some of the auditons. I did watch the Queen episode this year because I like Queen (and wanted to hear the songs butchered?). So maybe I shouldn’t have an opinion but B-Side, your arguments about why McPheever should win over Soul Patrol are specious. American Idol has nothing to do with finding a singing idol and all about making money. Name one person who has appeared on this show- besides Kelly Clarkson!- who has had a career let alone become an idol. And Ms Clarkson, though successful, is no idol. This show is about product placement and the money generated by being a high rated show. And since singers like Chris, Mandisa and Elliot are eliminated before ones of lesser talent that proves this show is just a popularity contest. You should just sit back, enjoy what you can and remind yourself it doesn’t really matter. That being said, your recaps are still fun but you might be color blind- Taylor’s blazer is purple not red.
I told you guys that I wasn’t going to vote tonight b/c I don’t care who wins at this point but, Taylor is going to win. He was the best and the audience was more appreciative and he’s going to take the whole thing. I bet money on it tonight b/c I’m so sure.
Zevonia — you are right on many points (btw, his blazer looked red on my tv, but in these pics, it’s more purplish). Anyway, yes, it is just a popularity contest and all about who will earn the most money. I still think McPhee has the greater potential to be profitable, but then again, like Wade already said, she and Taylor will most likely go off, release unremarkable albums, and disappear.
Glad I didn’t think I was the only one who thought Taylor convulses on stage instead of dancing.
I almost gave up on voting for Kat, but magically the lines were clear and I managed to vote for her 3 more times. That’s a bad sign if that’s the case. Taylor’s was always busy, looks like Taylor is going to win this! Of course, I would not buy his album.
Another thing, those singles suck! Taylor’s was bearable and you can tell Kat hated her song, like she was bored with it more than we were.
The promo for Garfield 2?! I was thinking the same thing, why?????
I voted for new songwriters, Elmo and Miss Piggy. Those last two songs were so craptacular. I only wished Chris would have made the finals to here “Dead or Alive” and “Walk the Line” again, then to hear the piece of crap they would have handed him to sing. His performance tonight is going to rock with Live. And what the hell is Elliot going to sing with Mary J, so random? Also hope Kat doesn’t pinch the ‘Loaf on stage.
Well I don’t want to rant too much (lord knows I filled my friend’s ears with it), but I think tonight was an absolute travesty, and probably the worst show Idol has ever had. I thought last year’s finale was bad, but this one takes the cake. The whole time, the show seemed HEAVILY fixed. Or at least they swayed the voting. Simon kept doing that stupid ass “you’ve won this round” thing, and then basically told Taylor point blank that he won.
Also, why oh why were 4 of the 6 songs OLD performances? That’s not what I want to see. I want ONE old performance, ONE new performance, and their special single. Instead we got old performances, old performances, and then two of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. Katharine seemed very subdued during round 1, and Taylor seemed subdued during round 2, almost like they were told to go out there and forfeit the round to the other. Then they both sing their retarded songs, and Taylor goes second (with a commercial in between them, mind you) allowing for a performance that (while being subpar) was better than Kat’s, allowing Simon to get the last word and sway the votes in Taylor’s favor.
And then, fucking Daniel Powter’s bad bad bad bad bad song live. What an absolute joke. I am now GLAD my beloved Chris didn’t make it to the Final 2. I feel so bad for Taylor and Katharine, that they had to go through this crap.
For the first time, I’m not watching the results show to see who wins, I’m watching it for Chris performing with Live. Fuck everything else, including the god damn producers and song writers of this show. Chalk up a victory for VFTW, I guess, who will evidently take all the credit for Taylor’s win.
B-Side, maybe the color was affected by the lights.
By the way I don’t think Simon Cowell looks to the singers to make his money. I think that’s just the lame premise for the show which is where the real money is made. I’m sure when he wants to find marketable singers, he has a much less time consuming and Paula free way of doing it. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that the show has made more money for him than he ever has producing records.
Taylor’s fans are pretty rabid. Me thinks that they are even more hard-core than Clay Aiken’s fans, which is saying A LOT. Have you met a “claymate”? s..c..a..r..y
How disappointing.
I had already disliked the part where they sing songs they’ve already sung because it really just makes them look like they can’t do anything better so they have to fall back on something that was raved about instead (like a one-hit-wonder sort of thing), but now I hear two from each. And the only new thing we get to hear from them are crappy songs. Sucks.
Taylor worked the audiences better than Katharine. His “winning the coin toss and decision to go second” is another advantage to him. Add the judges to those two and it seems highly improbable for Kat to really come close. I McFeel for her.
I think they should’ve just taken a break for a week and played an AI special or something, giving the finalists more time and make them sing at least one new song that’s already out there and maybe sing the new single song better. I fear for AI’s demise. They can only crank out so many kids who fade to nowhere before more and more people get disinterested and the ratings aren’t enough to keep Ford and Coca-Cola.
I was also sort of hoping for a comment about Simon experimenting with the gray lifestyle again. A clear example of Ryan and his gray agenda trying to make young people go gray.
I can’t believe that troll ConstantSuck Maroulis got on camera. He’s so annoying.
Taylor will win, sadly. I guess America feels sorry for the mentally challenged this season.
KH
OMG, when I first caught Tori Spelling in the crowd, I didn’t realize it was her because of the “family and friends” screen comment. I turned to my sister and said, “that’s what Tori Spelling is going to look like in about 10 years”. I swear she looked about 10 years older than she does in So NoTORIous.
Why oh why do they insist on having them sing these crappy, sappy, lighter waving, inspirational, feel good songs all the time? Who writes this horseshit anyways? It’s not so bad for Kat as it kind of falls into her style anyways but Taylor??? How do you seriously expect him to do this stuff with a straight face? Why couldn’t they write something a little funkier for him? Geez, those 2 songs just ruined it for me last night and now I’ll bet we’ll be bombarded with them on the radio every 15 minutes all summer long.
Simon hit the nail on the head last night. Rounds 1 and 3 went to Taylor and round 2 went to Kat but I still think that Kat is more AI material and that Taylor will do better for himself alone.
Taylor Rocked.
When I saw Constantine I could not wait to read your post. LMAO on what you said. I HATE HIM. He gives home viewers THE diarrhea.
So now that this is over…..
it is almost
BIG BROTHER TIME!
BIG BROTHER TIME!
BIG BROTHER TIME!
BIG BROTHER TIME!
Weeeeeee….I wanna jump up and down in my under-roos each day that Big Brother is a day closer.
Maybe McFever can enter the house with Paris, Chris, Eliott and Ace and compete against MAN-desa in the food challenges.
Would love to see that pan out.
God, listening to Daniel Powter at the end made me feel like I was nodding out on smack. What a downer! Way to end on a suicidal note.
I’m pro the purple velvet blazer. A man needs to be very secure in his sexuality to get away with that. I suggest you don’t try it. I always liked Levon, but like most Elton John songs and poetry, I don’t get it. Curse you, literal mind!
What happened to Scott Savol?
You can still see his MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/scottsavol
It’s depressing, really, how middle-aged women add him and comment over a year after he miserably failed.
“He enthusiastically hugs Chris Daughtry, relishing the brief moment when neck touches neck, soul touches soul. All Ryan feels is the firm yet gentle embrace of Chris’s man muscles, his swelling biceps clutching his body, enveloping him with the delicate touch of Aphrodite’s finger tips. It all happens so fast, and yet, for Ryan, each second is a breathless eternity. The heart skips a beat, a bead of sweat appears on the brow, and deep, hidden impulses surge. In that instance, Ryan feels complete.”
I COULDN’T BREATH DURING THIS WHOLE PARAGRAPH…DAMN YOUR GOOD.
WORST. FINALE. EVER.
That was simply horrendous. I agree with the previous poster that the contestants shouldn’t be allowed to sing TWO old songs…very anti-climatic especially since there weren’t really any memorable performances this year.
What a disappointing end, especially since they did have some talent in Elliot, Mandisa and Chris.
At the risk of being extremely corny, I do usually enjoy the finale song (in a BAD way), just because the predictability and emotion is a fun way to end the show. Yes, the songs were both bad (as usual) this year, maybe even more so, but both Kat and Taylor SUCKED. Kelly, Fantasia and even Clay were able to knock theirs out of the ballpark and EVEN Carrie Underwood was able to display some emotion when singing hers.
They were both just abominable in my humble opinion.
While this site has gotten me excited for Big Brother, I am actually awaiting the return of Laguna Beach and the new “Hills.”
Well we have reached the end of this long journey called American Idol for this season. After auditioning millions and months and months of judges scrutiny..good/bad performances and public voting..we are left with one question. HOW THE HELL DID TAYLOR MAKE IT THIS FAR??????? I mean seriously…that is the best America could do?? People find him so entertaining,including the judges but i just dont get it. At best he is a parody of himself. I think he would make a great cartoon character. Its almost like he makes a mockery of the whole show when he performs..and if he is truly serious..then i feel even more sorry for him. I found it very telling at one point in the show when he was chanting his lameass “SP” over and over..they showed a shot of a young girl..couldnt been more than 10 holding up a Soul Patrol sign. See..they think it is cute..the rest of us adults have outgrown that kinda stuff a long while ago.
This was as slanted a finale as the Fantasia/Diana season. Its as if they were just going thru the motions so they could get to tonite and crown Tickman the winner. It was a bland night all around but in no way did Taylor outperform Kat. If i were him, i would hold on to that Barney smoking jacket. It is gonna come in handy in a short while when he is back to doing lounge acts on a cruise ship.
B-Side..we McPheever fans appreciate your voting attempt (albeit a weak one..lol) There will be no grand upset this year. It’s a strange year when people are threatening boycotts if the inevitable winner pulls it off. Or that they wont go and buy his album anyway.
Maybe i have looked at Kat thru McRose colored glasses. She’s been inconsistent but to me entertaining and i WOULD go buy her cd! I also never saw all the other stuff she has been accused of. As evidenced by her self admission that she was all happy she actually “got the key right” ..she’s just a big silly goober hidden in behind a beautiful and talented exterior. Works for me.
By the end of the show i was so disgusted i switched over to the country music awards just in time to see Carrie Underwood perform a tear filled rendition of “Jesus Take the Wheel” to a standing ovation from her peers. A talent with staying power..hmmm..*shakes my head* Kelly Clarkson also performed on there later in the night with Rascal Flatts…it was a bit like watching a fish out of water and her hair distracted me. It was all up like Princess Lea or something and much darker. Anyway..i digress
Egads…i have to actually sit through 2 hours of Gaycrest baiting us AND a Gay Aiken performance as well tonite?? Just save us the misery and drop the confetti on Taylor early so i can get a good nights sleep for once…Kat can go on and get her own contract and live happily ever after (well that is AFTER she has to perform with Meatloaf???) I feel like i am rambling incoherently like Paula now so i will stop here.
It was a really boring show seeing two songs from each we already saw them perform and then listening to those worthless upcoming singles. Tonight’s show will be even worse having to listen to two hours of fluff! The songwriters for those two worthless singles should be banned from songwriting ever again! And the blatant way the judges were pulling for tic man because they want a man to win this year was just annoying. Paula’s over the top swaying and seal clapping after every tic man performance almost made me throw my remote at the TV, but then I decided, what the heck, it doesn’t bother me if tic man wins. I don’t have to buy his album or even watch the stupid finale cause LOST IS ON TONIGHT! Yeah, it’s finally Wednesday! And the best thing about the end of AI is that I don’t have to listen to SOUL PATROL, SOUL PATROL, SOUL PATROL ever again. Praise the Lord!
b-side, YOU VOTED?!?!? remember, the AI telecast is the ‘gateway drug’ of tv shows; picking up the phone to vote is the TV-addiction equivalent of going down to meet some sketchy looking guy who hangs out all day next to the pay phone in front of the circle K. you got lucky–if you’d gotten through, you’d probably be waking up this morning behind a dumpster outside of best buy, wearing a clay aiken t-shirt and clutching a bag full of american idol compilation CDs. get to a meeting, pronto!
seriously, this recap was one of your best. the concise analysis of the AI ‘original song’ formula was absolutely spot on, smart, and hilarious. i don’t know how it’s possible that the networks keep feeding us the likes of ‘joey’ when there are gifted comic writers like the tvgasm boys out there in la-la land.
i pretty much agree that katherine seems more suited to bear the AI ‘temporary pop princess’ mantle, but in terms of performance, taylor ran away with this one, despite the epileptic seizure dancing and tourette’s syndrome ‘soul patrol’ outbursts. he has little-to-no pop radio potential, but i’m sure he’ll be a big part of the gulf coast rebuilding efforts by playing the riverboat casinos in biloxi (where over-the-hill acts like hall & oates and REO speedwagon go to die).
i can still barely believe that taylor made the finals, but it’s hard to deny his talent and appeal. strangely, his total goofiness has ended up being an advantage. katherine, on the other hand, seems to have struggled over the last few weeks due to her efforts to conform to the expectations of the judges and the public–she’s been trying (and failing) to meet the pop princess standard set by the likes of kelly clarkson or christina aguilera, whereas taylor’s just being himself, giving us the same act he gives at the bar in front of the la quinta out by the birmingham airport. katherine clearly has the greater potential to be molded into a marketable product (you could tell by simon’s admonition to the audience to think of her 2nd song when they vote that he’d prefer her to be his new protege), but taylor won the day, and probably the competition.
Really dull final performance show. I think they gave them two reprise performances to give them the time to devote to learning the original crap they had to perform. The songs are so cheesy it is almost like they are intentionally bad as a test, as in “if you can pull this off, you can sing anything.” B-Side, I love your breakdown of the formula. In fact during Taylor’s song, I yelled out “cue the choir” and sure enough out they came. My wife almost fell off the couch laughing. I’m sure during those final songs Chris was thanking the good Lord that he was already out and could spare losing all cred and dignity by singing that dreck.
I will repeat my sold gold idea that they should run an “American Songwriter” contest simultaneous with Idol, with the winners’ songs being the Idol finalists’ singles. It could be lower profile, partially web based, but could also serve as worthy time-filler on the results show. They could have past Idol performers or guest performers (or the songwriters themselves if they can sing) perform the songs with the audience doing a phone vote or web vote. Does this idea totally suck or am I on to something?
It was probably someone “Whoo”ing, but I swear, when Paula gave Taylor a standing ovation someone behind her was barking like a seal!
Help me here. From what I saw over the course of the season was that Katherine can sing ONE SONG really, really well two times in a row. Whoop-de-doo. Even though he’s spastic and goofy, Taylor puts it all out there, week after week. I’ll take loads of personality and enthusiasm (who can belt out a tune, btw) over beauty any day.
I found it hard to get all worked up when Kat sang songs from last week. The final show should be no different from the first, meaning, there should still be some sort of theme, with songs they havent done yet. I would kill to see Taylor sing Can’t You See by Marshall Tucker…That My Destiny song was perhaps the hokiest song ever written. The lyrics sound like they were written by a desperate tween. Did anyone notice Chris’s wife clutching his arm as if he were about to leave her for a hollywood hottie? Thats right honey..hold on tightly..I give your marriage another 3 months or so…Constantine Mouralis..does this douche bag actually think he’s good looking? His mouth is basically on his chin. Does that other idiot Daniel Powter ever take off that stupid hat? He missed his cue big time. What a moron…This was a dud of a finale. I think it’s definitely because they let the singers do repeats, and then force them to sing songs that totally blow…
I’m glad Katherine didn’t do that embarrassing “vaginal-muscle-tightening” dance she did the last time she did the same song.
Still, couldn’t she replace the same two goddamned drummers and make it a new number?
B-side, great recap – I think Purple IS the new red, isnt it?
I am wondering where all the snark is about McBarbies dress in the last song – didnt anyone else think of the classic line in “Steel Magnolia’s” – looks like two pigs fucking under a blanket”? Thats all I could see – there is some SERIOUS junk in her trunk. Take it from me, I am not a thin girl by any means but damn – that was a near Mandisa faux pas. I was thinking those seams were not gonna hold. Keep that girl in something mcflowing! And the bodice of the dress did not give us our weekly showing of her mcboobies -
I like Taylor (a lot more than Miss McOversing) but the Soul Patrol shout-out needs to stop – please – once and forever. I am anticipating Soul Patrol T-shirts and lunch boxes and maybe a board game and ick – its just wrong!
The comments about Ryan hugging Chris – THE.FUNNIEST.THING.EVER. – spit my beloved Diet Pepsi all over my new flat screen.
Taylor will win tonight – I love his voice and I will (might) buy his album if they dont cheez-wiz him. I already bought his indie cd and its quite good – Katherine should be wisked away to NYC and given the leading role in something big and brilliant that she can over sing and shake her mcbooty at. Or next thing we know she will be on MTV with a new music video (do they even have time to play music anymore?) with Ace.
I dont get the whole 2 old/1 awful horrible monstrosity of a song – but I loved how they pulled in the cheesy choir for both of them. Kats song was a bazillion times worse than Taylors and she sang it so abominably that the tears her dad was crying were for the mom who trained that girl to oversing (PIESHA to KAT – “Louder honey, they cant hear you in the back of the community theater if you dont PROJECT”). Kat needs to learn poker face if she is going to keep hitting notes that sound like nails on a chalkboard!
Suck it up girl and make it look like you meant to screech like a barn owl.
Did anyone else notice the dark-backdrop-silhouette-in-the-lights entrance Kat made at her last song and think it was a match with the Robo-idol at the start of each show?
The only possible explanation for Taylor’s popularity: the aging of the baby boom generation and the aging of America. I just cannot imagine teenage girls, college students, and anyone under 25 voting for Taylor. Someone explain his appeal to me. I thought this was America, land of superficiality. Vote for the hot girl!! Catch the McPheever!!!
God this finale sucked ass. I actually had to change the channel over to some Bloopers show on NBC when Kat performed the “single” b/c that song was such a piece of crap I couldnt even stomach listening to it. Even the judges think so, apparently. Who is picking these songs and thinking that anyone would want to waste their money on them.
And someone needs to help Kat make better wardrobe selections. She’s not a heavy girl but these tight dresses and belly shirts DO NOT flatter.
And to Daniel Powder — thanks for selling out.
I am so glad that I did not have to witness Chris singing that ridiculous Proud song on the finals show. The recap of the Ryan/Chris interaction was fabulous, B-side! You truly have talent with the written word and I will miss reading your AI recaps. Good job catching that icky Constatine leering at the camera! I wish that McWhore would stay off of the floor and stand up and sing songs normally. She has a good shot at a career in porno when she gets defeated tonight. Taylor has never been my fave but I hope to hell that he wins this thing. And, (#5) Carrie Underwood won 1 or 2 awards at the Country Music Awards last night so apparently she has some sort of “career” in the music industry. Well, I’ll be flipping back and forth between the Lost season finale and the AI finale. Go Taylor. DialIdol.com has him in a strong lead. Thank you America.
B-side, major props to you for turning this LAME of a show into a very amusing recap. As I watched the show last night and it’s complete mediocrity, I was actually thinking how you would be able to pull off a good post after this total CRAP- good job!
Two songs from the season- BORING! At least Taylor pulled a few songs from the archive as opposed to Kat who performed songs from the last couple weeks. I was completely disinterested.
And those two songs written for them were the cheesiest pieces of crap. Taylor actually pulled his off, though. I was pleasantly surprised.
Super excited for tonight’s show to see Chris with Live and what Elliot will do with Mary J-can’t wait!
Taylor – The purple jacket reminded me of Willy Wonka.
Katharine – Must always be sitting on stage…don’t get up…EVER!
Tori giving McSecond-Place a standing ovation was too funny – One spoiled rotten Daddy’s Little Girl to another.
I was going to vote but they didn’t have any phone lines for the American Idol Choir — they rocked last night!
hb
Isn’t Simon Fuller the producer who makes the money on the AI contracts? I know Cowell will still rake in the dough as long as AI is on the air, but I don’t think he has anything to do with the albums, which is good for him.
Man, what anti-climatic final performances. I’m looking forward to tonight’s show, just to see what the hell McPhee will sing with Meatloaf.
Taylor’s gonna win, my prediction at least. I like him even though he doesn’t have the “wow” factor, but to me McPhee is pretty much just like every other female act out there, perhaps with a better voice than some.
Also psyched to see Chris & Live and Eliot & Mary J. But please, someone finally barricade the door when Constantine shows up-he reminds me of the creepy, pissed off brother of the groom from The Wedding Singer. I could see him jump on stage, grab the mic, & start slurring out a song.
What a busy night-AI & Top Chef! Go Harold!!!
I’m dying to watch Lost tonight, so I’ll record the AI finale. The comments that everyone has made about the “original” songs are so true. They both sucked, BUT a good singer can still make something out of a bad song. They still play “A Moment Like This” on the radio b/c Kelly made it work. When I hear that song, I think of how emotional she was at winning the title, and how happy I was for her. Maybe I’m just an old softie, but I felt the same way when Taylor sang his crappy final song last night.
HoneyBunny:
Didja see last night’s episode? Taylor and Kat BOTH got killed in that car bombing!
I didn’t see that coming!
Oops. Was that a spoiler?
whawha -
You’re killing me…and you know what happened to Fat Dom when he teased too much?!
hb
B-Side, you should write for romance novels. I you sure you aren’t of the gray persuasion?
P
Anyhow, I thought this was a pretty lame ending. I am bummed I missed the Garfield 2 commercial. Busy watching play off hockey (ANA vs. EDM) which was on opposite this terrible travesty of reality TV. GO OILERS!!
Swear to God, we tried to play the Soul Patrol drinking game again last night. I think Taylor has learned of the game and that is why he said Soul Patrol like, a gazillion times last night. I had to stop, was getting too drunk to dial. Won’t be able to watch tonight because of “Lost” (woo-hoo!), but I look forward to the always funny recap. It is a shame when the recap is better than the show. Totally agree with everybody that the original songs SUCK!!!
And HoneyBunny, the Willy Wonka comment cracked me up!
HoneyBunny:
I’m not teasing you! I’m trying to goad some sanctamonious turd into a hellbent rant against spoilers…I love when people preach. Except maybe Madonna. Or Papa. Or something.
How’s the day going?
I am ridiculously excited for tonight’s show! Actually, it’s pretty sad how excited I am, but whatever. Chris performing with Live might be the greatest thing ever.. Oh, how I wish he was still in the competition!!
I’ve never voted for Taylor before, but I did many times last night because he definitely did awesome with that horrible last song, and McPhee bombed. And, I still blame her for Chris getting kicked off, for no reason but it makes me feel better.
Btw, The Constatine comments make me laugh so hard. Why is he the creepiest man alive?? Ohh, I hope he shows tonight just for another laughable recap of him!
Kat & Meatloaf?? That’s just weird.. but Elliott and Mary J. could be stranger.
Can’t wait to see who Taylor is with! And let’s all cross our fingers that Clay Aiken is making an appearance..
I heard that AI said if any reporter asks him about his gay scandal, then they are kicked out of the finale.
Oh American Idol.. I’m going to miss it wayyyy too much!!
Gee. I don’t know what to say. The advertisers are happy. The viewers aren’t.
That makes last night’s show a success.
Tvaholic: I’m looking forward to tonight’s show, just to see what the hell McPhee will sing with Meatloaf.
My money is on “I Would Do Anything For Love”
Katharine was clearly trying to save her voice during her first two performances, but I guess she didn’t save enough because she could NOT hit any high notes in her craptastic new single. Taylor, on the other hand, was consistent on all three of his songs, and had enough left to pretty much nail his single (horrible though both songs were). Up until last night, I was saying, “Taylor WILL win” but after last night’s performances I changed it to “Taylor SHOULD win.” He outperformed Kat, so there ya go.
JasonR — I think you might be on to something. They clearly need to do something about the singles they’re churning out if even the judges think they’re terrible songs.
hb — I was thinking about the gospel choir too. I wonder how many of them were gritting their teeth, thinking, “I am SO much better than either of these losers!”
I am so keeping my fingers crossed for “Paradise by the Dashboard Lights” from KatLoaf tonight. Can you just picture her pretending she wants to have sex in a car with Meatloaf??? My mind is spinning with joke possibilities…
CommonSense, I’m female, 20 years old, and I love Taylor. There are young people that are his fans. Listen to his Under the Radar cd he put out last year and you’ll see that they boy can write, play, and sing some really good music.
CommonSense – Not sure about that. My 14 yr. old niece and her friends have been card carrying members of the SP since the top 24. I’m 34 and I just don’t get it. While neither of these two do it for me, I have the sheets turned down and a bottle of wine waiting for Chris.
B-side – your recap was far more entertaining than last night’s episode. i’m looking forward to reading tomorrow more than i am watching tonight.
nice work, mate.
p.s. my vote is for nader.
There is only one song I would pay to see Taylor sing.
“Peanut Butter Jelly Time”
thanks tvaholic for reminding me about the Top Chef finale!!! I love Harold!
Too bad I have to work tonight….my DVR is set to record the Lost finale, and I should be home in time to catch the 2nd viewing of Top Chef
Wizzard & Lisa-I don’t know what it is but for some reason I always have McPhee’s crying dad in my head when she’s on stage. Imagine that when she’s singing, “I know the territory, I’ve been around.” Or maybe, “I’ve gotta know right now before we go any further do you love me?” And of course, all to Meatloaf, whose concerts used to be X-rated. I associate Meatloaf with drinking in college so maybe I’ll have to participate in the Soul Patrol game.
Do we know who’s on with Taylor yet? I thought I heard but I can’t remember.
cansnuts-Harold is great! But did you see the reunion hows snippy he got when asked about his single status? Oh, another dark, brooding soul that inexplicably attracts me.
Close your eyes when Taylor sings and he has a very pleasant voice. Close your eyes when Katharine sings and it sounds like a cat being squeezed through a wringer. It’s all about the voice and I rather listen to “easy listening” than caterwauling any day. Yes, she’s pretty and she has creamy skin and yes, her daddy loves her but you’re forgetting one important thing. She screeches!! Don’t we have enough pretty pop singers out there? Buy their CDs and let the prematurely gray guy have a go at it. I’m more interested to see what he’ll do with the fame. I know what Katharine will do, there are lots and lots of Katharines already out there. No surprises there.
Give B-Side a hook-up and get your name in TVGasm – neat! I hope my mom will put that mention on the refrigerator for the whole family to admire.
My Tivo cut out in the middle of the live Bad Day montage “ darn it! I was hoping for one last glimpse of Garrett, the little turkey-herding cowboy.
I am so looking forward to tonight’s craptacular spectacular. Taylor or Catherine “ who cares? I love the scripted banter between the judges, the contestants dancing while wearing matching Brady Bunch-esque outfits, and of course, the balloon and confetti drop while the teary winner sings their embarrassingly bad new single. Oh the snarky joy of it all!
Have fun today at the McPheever wake…er, celebration B-Side! Looking forward to your report!
I think Taylor will win, because I had a dream last night that I was at my old highschool stage, salsa dancing with Taylor and then we started making out…sounds like a sign to me!!
DixieQueen: oops, you’re right. I forgot about Ms Underwood. I should be ashamed since I work in radio but Ms Underwood gets almost no airplay on our country station while Ms Clarkson is all over our ac station. Since I don’t listen to country I’ll have to ask the DJ why.
Lisa (#46) ” wonder how many of them were gritting their teeth, thinking, “I am SO much better than either of these losers!”
Thanks for that line — perfect!
whawha – (#42) so you’re the kid in school who would goad others into a fight while keeping your own knickers clean huh?!
I am having a good day – surfs up and the sun is out. Hows the desert?
hb
Jelliepair:
Katherines dress was terrible, a little too tight in all the wrong places.
Taylor, Taylor, Taylor all the way.
Does anyone else see a resemblance between Taylor and George O’Malley (greys anat.)??
Is it just me, or has there been a major increase in the use of choirs lately? Twice on AI, then I flipped channels to the ACM awards on CBS, and yet another choir; also, back when Mariah Carey sang on the Grammys, she also used a choir.
They always bust out the choir for the results finale, if not the initial performance of the new singles. However, I think last year it was a little weird having a gospel choir sing, “I wanna be inside your heaven, take me to the place you cry from…” Suggestive lyrics? You decide.
Choirs are the new black…
hb
HB:
A mild 101 and sunny today…finished all my writing assignments–deadline free! So now it’s time to goof off. Maybe stir up some trouble on the boards. Or maybe just go to sleep. Or stare out the window. The choices are, um, endless.
Ya know…could they get a better choir, or at least a choir with better robes?
Shoot, the gospel choir I sing with is for hire – and our robes are rockin’! I’m just sayin’….
This season was SO bad! Omg, seriously, I’m still pissed that Elliot was booted last year .. but Taylor and Kat stank it up last night!
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I have a question. Has Simon ever predicted the wrong person to win during the finale’? If anyone knows, please answer. All I remember is he said Kelly Clarkson would win (she did). And Fantasia would win (she did). Actually he predicted Carrie Underwood would win and she did as well. So I guess I should revise my question to: “Did Simon predict that Rueben Studdard would win?” I ask because it occurred to me that if he has made all of these correct predictions, than perhaps he should keep his mouth shut during the Finale’. I think it is very possible that he is influencing votes by giving his opinion at the end of the competion.
I don’t know if he picked Ruben, but I know with the others, he made his pick earlier in the season, like either during the top 32 or top 12. This season I remember him saying this was the first year he had no idea who would win; he only recently (top 3 I think) picked Taylor.
Thanks, Jelliepair, for pointing out the debacle that was Kat’s dress. I was hoping for some serious trashtalking about it in the recap.
Oddly enough, the dress was the exact same skirt style that the remaining Apprentice ladies designed on Monday night for the Embassy Suites housekeeping staff. That was a dismal failure, too. Coincidence?
Maybe Mc Second Place will wear “culottes” tonight!
hb
Thank you to everyone who also thought Katherine’s dress was horrible. Who the hell picked it out? Why was it the wrong size?? No wonder the final song sucked so much, the McPheever couldn’t breathe!
ha-ha, even in my soul patrol drunken stupor, i laughed my ass off!
Not sure if this is a spoiler but I just heard on the radio:
–Kat will be singing with guest duet Meatloaf :Celine Dions’ song “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now”
–Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee and Carrie Underwood are performing “We Made it Through the Rain.” Burt Bacharach is playing piano in pictures online and Dionne Warwick is there too
–Finally, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME who Taylor’s singing/ singing with???
Thanks!!!
Well, hate to say I was right, as I knew those “hit” singles (becoz you know no matter how awful they are they will go to #1 first week and be declared another AI victory by Mr. Clive, who is continuing in his descent-no plummett- for me) would blow, but even I could not anticipate a “Moment like this” retread . . . you nailed them B-side! I swear I couldn’t even look, so so so so so awful, I can’t believe after all this, those singles are what we get . . . DRECK!!!!!!!
And I’ll take a purple, velvet blazer over that sausage wrapping any day–did not make her curves look good, guess she just can’t dress . . .
Hey ABC Girl…
rumor has it that Taylor is singing “In the Ghetto” with Toni Braxton. Eh…
I’m looking forward to Elliott and Mary J. Blige…you just know that will be the must-see moment of the night.
hb #68 — OMIGOD, not culottes!!! My eyes…though perhaps she could borrow a pair of Ryan’s…
Sigh. Didn’t even bother voting last night – first time all season too that I didn’t jump to the phone after the show. Sigh – I miss Elliot.
B-side – your descript of Ryan and Chris’ softcore gay porn scene had me in tears…thanks for the morning laugh.
fieldboy22 — I miss Elliot too! Every time he was on screen last night (in the audience or in the “Bad Day” clips at the end), I sighed, “Ohh, Elliot!” I think he’s so loveable. Can’t wait to see his performance tonight.
I’m with you guys, Lisa+fieldboy22 and Redhead (and whoever else is mourning Elliott. I’m hoping his song with Mary J will be the moment I missed from the show (you know, Elliott actually doing a current R+B song and tearing it up!)
The finale last year was quite good, so I’m hoping this will be good too . . .
Lisa – I know. Watching Elliot perform tonight will be my highlight of the show.
I keep hoping there will be some surprise tonight – any surprise – Ryan greeting Clay Aiken with an open mouth kiss – Paula mixing up her Vicodin with her Tic Tacs and being rational – something along those lines to sustain my interest for TWO freakin’ hours…
Oh yeah, along with those who previously posted – GO Harald tonite on Top Chef!!
I was so hoping we would hear taylor do a little Van Morrison last night–I feel like it was an unkept promise, since he told us during the top 32, I think it wasm that Morrison is one of his favorites. I have been hanging around all season for a little “Into the Mystic”, and I feel robbed…
Soul Patrol! Soul Patrol! Soul Patr…WWWAAAAAALLLTTT! WAALLLLLLTTT!
Um, sorry. I got a little “Lost.”
I’d be a hell of a lot more excited if my sweet Elliot were in the finals – BUT – I must admit, I’m pulling for old man Taylor……….
McFever may now take the stage on McOff-Broadway. I hear there is a revival of CATS in the works. Memories………
I think it would be awesome if Burt Bacharach made them sing the song from The Apprentice. It’s just as good as the 2 they sang last night. Which is not saying much.
Yeah, I almost forgot about the fan sticking out between McPhee’s girls in that dress last night! Did you also notice her dress matched Taylor’s shirt for the final number? I wonder if there is a fashion reality show going on backstage we don’t know about.
Hey all, another hectic day, so I’m scanning, but did anyone notice, after that gray-awesomely described hug, that Ryan dissed him by telling him to take his seat. Felt like a slap down to me! that gray card toting beeeotch!
Wow! That was the worst finale ever. Even though I think Katharine Mcphee is just a good a singer as Kelly Clarkson she really blew it up. Every song that she did last night (Espically the first and last song) she was holding back her big notes. She also picked the wrong songs, she should have picked “Until you Come back to me” and “Bringing out the Elvis in me”. If she would have picked those songs she would definatly have a chance but now its all Taylor.
AHHHH when’s there going to be another Kelly Clarkson!!!
Wow! That was the worst finale ever. Even though I think Katharine Mcphee is just a good a singer as Kelly Clarkson she really blew it up. Every song that she did last night (Espically the first and last song) she was holding back her big notes. She also picked the wrong songs, she should have picked “Until you Come back to me” and “Bringing out the Elvis in me”. If she would have picked those songs she would definatly have a chance but now its all Taylor.
AHHHH when’s there going to be another Kelly Clarkson!!!
This may not be a very popular opinion, but I think that pretty much anyone can sound decent singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” There’s really not much to it. It’s sort of like singing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on the finale. In fact, we sometimes used it to practice the scales when I was in choir. IMO, for someone who’s mother is a vocal coach, McPhee should really be a lot better than she is at hitting the notes consistently.
One thing I hated about the McPhee performance was the way she sat down on stage and sang dreamily to the camera, as if trying to remind us of Fantasia’s season-winning performance of “Summertime”. I also hated the fact that she sang Eva Cassidy’s version of the song and the judges acted like it was original. Please, give credit where credit is due!
Missed the show… loved the recap. I am SOOOOO excited to see McPhee singing with McMeatloaf… oh wait, except I’ll be playing the LOST drinking game… Totally agree with tvaholic (#81)… woulda LOVED the Burt Bachrach song here! IN CULOTTES!!