When the evening started, I was in Inner Simon Cowell Mode. By the end, I was feeling like a Recording Academy member voting on Grammy nominations. A lot of strong performances by - in keeping with this season - many atypical Idol performers. Kieran, dim the lights. It’s time for the season’s first grades[1]!!! A+[2]... Continue Reading →
Tonight’s episode, which switched out the old Hollywood Green Room of Judgement for the Hawaiian Patio of Adjudication, was an object lesson in be careful what you wish for. In my case, I had been wanting more singing and less stories all season. Well tonight I got singing. Three. Hours. Of. Singing. Even for an... Continue Reading →
So here I am In this Hollywood city The city of the stars, movies, women and cars Well I guess I I guess I Star[1] While I enjoy the drama that goes with Group Round of Hollywood Week which cuts the group approximately in half (175 to 98 this season), my favorite time, more often... Continue Reading →
It’s Hollywood Week and everybody is sick including your Friendly Neighborhood Muser. While this may be briefer than usual, it will be no less professional. I’m still reserving judgement on the whole “MOST TALENTED CROP IN IDOL HISTORY!” thing but there were a few Idol winner worthy performances tonight. And as if to validate the... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the magic of the interwebs that worked better than my local ABC affiliate WJLA last night, I was able to see the good auditions I missed during WJLA's greenout/rainbowout/bufferingout last night (and able to efficiently fast-forward through the fraudulent ones). Two auditions really, really stoodout: Ashley Hess behind the piano singing Norah Jones... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the local ABC affiliate WJLA, here is most of what I saw on Idol tonite. Prior to the station's (WJLA) outage, I saw a nice audition by Idol returnee, Alyssa Raghu who was eliminated in last season's Top 24. Here is what I said about her in the next-to-last and last episodes from Hollywood Week last... Continue Reading →
Like Chris Harrison, I have lots of questions but unlike Chris Harrison I'm not going to breathlessly shout them at you. What if two people who’ve known each other for a few days didn’t have to get engaged according to a primetime TV calendar? What if two people with a mutual attraction simply decided to... Continue Reading →
Ray's Musings 