Three hours. Three hours to eliminate three Idolists. That’s a lot of Idol, even for me. In response to my complaining about this, a friend and loyal follower of these Musings asked me, “What else do you have to do?” Uh, listen to actual music? Watch the NBA Playoffs?[1] Tonight was a tale of two... Continue Reading →
Several themes emerged for me from tonight’s second round of Idolists performing for our votes. The most evident theme was originality and risk-taking. This was not your usual Idol Does Karaoke night. The performers took familiar songs and arranged them in unique ways. Because of that, you’ll see a lot of B grades from me... Continue Reading →
For two nights, the Idolists are performing for our votes at (promotional considerations paid by) the Disney Aulani Resort in Hawaii. Nothing says entertainment like Disney, so it's appropriate that Idol choose a Disney venue to find out who among the Top 24 is ready to entertain us. Every season I look forward to seeing... Continue Reading →
59 Idolists survived Hollywood Week to come to Judgement Day. Thirty-five of them were found wanting. The other 24 got some sort of speech by the judges leaving them to think they weren’t going to make the cut, either. To quote Anderson .Paak, after collecting his fourth award at Sunday’s Grammys, “[I am] really trying... Continue Reading →
It’s Hollywood Week – even though we will see it aired over several weeks. I cannot stress enough the importance of this so-called “boot camp” – even Katy Perry made that comparison – in separating the pretenders from the contenders and preparing the contenders to compete both in the Idol world and the real music... Continue Reading →
For whatever reason, Idol decided to add an extra one-hour audition show after the Oscars around 11:30 p.m. Whether even I will bother to watch remains to be seen (really, who am I kidding?), but this weekend I had a very personal reminder of why the auditions matter. WST, a millennial music-obsessive friend, sent me... Continue Reading →
Monday night, while the judges were on their Feel Good Tour to Hollywood, giving out Golden Tickets to everybody with an interesting story, The Missing Mean Judge (TMMJ)[1] was on the case providing the critical balance that these audition shows need so much. Out of the dozen-ish passes to Hollywood, TMMJ took note of three... Continue Reading →
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