Back in 2013, in my Idol Musings blog devoted to the TV show, I wrote about the Beach Boys song Good Vibrations. The context was Final 6 Week, and the Idolists had two themes to perform: the Burt Bacharach-Hal David Song Book and Songs You Wish You Wrote. Here’s what I wrote about the latter.... Continue Reading →
Periodically, I like to check up on ex-Idolists to see how they are faring in the real and challenging post-Idol world. I have to admit to being surprised by the success of two of them, given how harshly I evaluated them during their respective seasons. Biggest Hits Adam Lambert: Adam has been getting rave reviews... Continue Reading →
Surprise! So, you’re telling me the WGWGs did NOT win American Idol? Not surprised was Idol’s WGWG judge, Luke Bryan, who predicted Abi would win during her audition. https://youtu.be/Cc9f37G619c?si=E_4ZXDiyq06avz3A&t=305 I can’t speak for the voters - and, oh, how badly I want to speak to them! - but I saw Abi and Will as having... Continue Reading →
I will be honest and say how difficult it was to evaluate the Idolists after a week of watching the Eurovision Song Contest’s world-class productions. Shoutout to Nutsa, an Idolist last season, for making the Eurovision Grand Final. On behalf of her country, Georgia, she finished 21st of 25 finalists, and I thought she deserved... Continue Reading →
This week saw the remaining seven Idolists competing for five spots by performing in two rounds, with themes of Songs That Make You Want to Dance and Songs from the Adele Songbook, the latter in defiance of my nationwide ban against Idolists singing songs by Adele. Ciara provided coaching for the first round. I didn’t... Continue Reading →
With just three episodes remaining to crown an American Idol[1], now is an excellent time to ask ourselves the big question: who will win? The Evil Genius Producers (EGPs), Suits at ABC (sABCs), and Nineteen Entertainment[2] probably already know from seeing the vote counts. But if recent history is any indication, we can make a... Continue Reading →
It's the Third Annual Judges' Song Contest. Three songs were submitted to each Idolist, one from each judge. The Idolist makes their choice and, after the performance, tries to guess whose song they picked. The judges score a point each time an Idolist picks their recommended song. Let’s do some grades. Will (Johnny Cash Folsom... Continue Reading →
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