A long-time loyal follower of these Musings (thanks, NE) correctly surmised that I was pondering what songs I would choose for the Idolists to sing for this Sunday’s Coldplay theme. She knows that back when Simon Cowell precluded a need for me to be The Missing Mean Judge, my Idol watching alter ego was a... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Disney Night, a clever idea where The Walt Disney Company (stock symbol: DIS) uses one of their properties – the American Broadcasting Company – to promote another one of their properties – American Idol; and uses the American Idol property to promote another Walt Disney Company property - The Walt Disney World Resort,... Continue Reading →
Yes, this show infuriates me. The voters make me nuts. The judges’ comments are worthless. And what was with the sleepy, banal song choices from Oscar nominated movies? This was one of the worst theme nights I can remember. Yeah, I'm being especially crabby LOL. Went home Ava – Yes, I am shocked, irate and... Continue Reading →
“I would kill for a pep talk from Paula Abdul. That’s like my dream in life”, said an ecstatic My Daughter Diandra (MDD) during Paula’s closing exhortation to The Unvoted for Group of Five Idolists near the end of Monday night’s proceedings. While I’m still upset that I wasn’t picked to sub for COVID-positive Luke,... Continue Reading →
Sixteen performances. Lots of ground to cover. Here’s the TL;DR[1] version: Surprisingly voted in – Graham[2](undeservedly) and Deshawn (deservedly). Surprisingly voted out – (eye-patched) Andrea who was so wonderful last week. The rest were quite predictable but do not interpret “predictable” as I believe that all of the surviving Idolists are worthy contenders. Some clearly... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Part 2 of American Idol’s relief plan for performing artists looking for a paying gig during COVID! As you will see from the scores below, Monday night’s performances were measurably below those of Sunday night[1]. There was also more inconsistency between solo and duet performances. A constant theme of the night was the Idolists getting... Continue Reading →
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