Well, just thought I’d do a quick post letting anyone who may still check here once in awhile that, yes, we are still alive. (Couldn’t help but do a Portal reference.) We haven’t exactly had much to blog about lately, but it looks like Hell’s Kitchen and American Idol should kick-start more frequent posts again.

I can’t wait for Hell’s Kitchen tomorrow night. I still think Petrozza deserved to win last season instead of that whiny, back-stabbing bitch (lol), but eh, not enough to turn me off of it. Petrozza was the man, the fact I still remember his name is testament to that.

These early Idol audition shows have kind of bored me, they’re just so predictable. You can tell that the pre-screeners are picking the very best, and the very worst contestants to go meet the four judges. There is rarely any middle ground singers (that they show anyway). Hopefully the Hollywood and later shows will be more entertaining. They seem to have picked off some decent people so far, barring that bikini girl. I just wanted to slap her so hard upside the head for dressing like that. Major attention whore.

Anyway, we’re still here and will start posting a bit more frequently.

Categories: American Idol • Hell's Kitchen • Odds and Ends • Quick Post
Tags: American Idol, Hell's Kitchen, Still Alive
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Cook beats Archuleta by 12 million votes.

Did we see that coming? Even though the night before the judges tried to sway the audience into voting for Archie. Bad, bad judges. But at least Simon apologized to Cook before the winner was announced. Maybe he knew the results before hand and was trying to save face?

So what did you think of the show?

Can anyone say “Blast from the Past”? Does anyone even know who Donna Summers is (err was)? Seeing her being ‘helped’ down the stairs was a bit depressing. And Bryan Adams looks so old. Nothing like making us ‘old timers’ feel much older by putting them up there.

I have to admit I enjoyed Cook singing with ZZ Top. He seemed to fit right in with his raspy voice. And ZZ Top is from ‘my time’, so I could get into it. “Sharp Dressed Man” brought back some good memories. So that was the best part of the show for me.

The worst part (for me) was having to watch Jason Castro sing again. Funny, he sang by himself (they couldn’t find anyone to match up with him like they did with everyone else?) and I couldn’t find the link on YouTube. I guess I wasn’t the only one who didn’t care to see him again.

So David Cook is the New American Idol. I wonder how many people are happy with the outcome, and how many of you are disappointed. I liked both of the David’s, but I am glad Cook won. It could have gone either way for me and I would have been happy.

If you missed it, or would like to see it again, here are some links from YouTube. I think I got them all (except Jason’s).

Enjoy…and hopefully we will see you next year. (The song names link to videos.)

• David Archuleta and David Cook sang “Hero” together.

• David Archuleta sang “Apologize” with One Republic.

• David Cook sang “Sharp Dressed Man” with ZZ Top.

• Syesha sang “Waiting for you” with Seal.

• Jason sang “Hallelujah” with…himself.

• Brook White sang “Teach Your Children” with Graham Nash.

• Carly Smithson and Michael Johns sang “The Letter” together.

• The TOP 6 WOMEN sang with Donna Summer, “Stomp Your Feet”.

• The TOP 6 MEN sang with Bryan Adams, “I Thought I’d See Everything”.

• The Final 12 sang with George Michael - Click for Video

• David Cook sang “Time of My Life” at the show’s end.
(also Winner Announced and Simon’s apology to Cook)

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• Jonas Brothers sang “S.O.S.”

• Jordan Sparks sang “One Step at a Time” - [ Video was Removed ]

• Carrie Underwood sang “Last Name”

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• Gladys Knight and Her NEW Pips - Click for Video 

• Jimmy Kimmel - Click for Video - [ Video was Removed ]

• The Love Guru “Pitka” - [ Video was Removed ]

• The Funny Auditions Recapped

• And of course, Renaldo Lapuz singing “I Am Your Brother” - [ Edit by Orion ]

Categories: American Idol
Tags: 5/21/08, American Idol, Archie, Bryan Adams, Carly Smithson, Carrie Underwood, David Cook, Donna Summers, Final 12, Funny Auditions, George Michael, Gladys Knight, Graham Nash, Hero, Jason Castro, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonas Brothers, Jordan Sparks, Love Guru, Michael Johns, New Pips, One Republic, Pitka, Seal, Sharp Dressed Man, Simon, Top 6 Idols, Winner, youtube, ZZ Top
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[ Edit: David Cook has won ]

Well, after weeks of auditions, trials and voting it has finally come down to the final two contestants. David Cook and David Archuleta have both come a long way since the start and are both extraordinary singers.

• Cook sang: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Dream Big” and “The World I know”
• Archuleta sang: “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” “In This Moment” and “Imagine”

This is a very tough call and one very close matchup. They are both very deserving in their own rights to win the competition. Both of them have been strong from day one and never truly failed to impress on any songs they sang.

If I did however have to choose a winner, I’m going to have to say David Archuleta. Not because he is a better singer (however he did seem to have a stronger showing on the final night of singing), but it seems to me he has a bigger fanbase than Cook. He always seems to get the loudest cheers and most little girls screaming. I could be way off base though, but the impression I get is that Archuleta is going to win.

Either way I couldn’t be happier with the final two, whoever wins it doesn’t even matter; they’re both going to get picked up by record labels without a doubt.

Categories: American Idol
Tags: American Idol, David Archuleta, David Cook, Elimination, Final
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They’ve come a long way haven’t they. Here are David Archuleta’s and David Cook’s audition for American Idol. It’s fun to watch these knowing where they are now.

David A.

David C.

As much as I like David A. I still hope Cook wins. I’m glad those 2 are the last standing though. It’s going to be a good show next week.

Categories: American Idol
Tags: American Idol, Auditions, David Archuleta, David Cook
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I had to post this because…well…the photos speak for themselves. haha

priceless…

AND here’s the link to the video if you are interested. It’s at 2:57.

Categories: American Idol
Tags: American Idol, Fantasia, Simon Cowell
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