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Monthly Archives: April 2011
How did Scotty end up in the Bottom Three?
He didn’t. There was no bottom three last night. Ryan kept “randomly” sending people to the couches as safe. Scotty was paired up with Casey at the end to create suspense — Scotty was never in any danger of leaving. … Continue reading
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Way to be contemporary guys
Hey, no offense to Carole King — she’s a legend in the biz and all — but her biggest album was released 40 freakin’ years ago and many of her hit songs are from the 60′s. In fact, the most … Continue reading
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Is The Voice the next big thing?
Is anyone watching this show? If the ratings are to be believed, the answer is a hearty “yes”. Of course, NBC did run endless promos for the show for the past two months, so it would have been a disaster … Continue reading
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Someone missed the entire point
I really hate those results show group numbers. They’re hectic, noisy, and usually lip-synched. So when they started breaking up the contestants into duets and quartets, it seemed like there was at least one part of the results show that … Continue reading
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As close as we’re gonna get to current
It was 21st Century night on Idol, and as I suspected, at least one person skirted the “songs from the 21st century” theme by using a song that was covered in the 21st century but is really an older song. … Continue reading
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A couple of Idol titbits
Jacob Lusk did hard time right before his Idol appearance. On the list of crimes that deserve incarceration, Jacob’s offense was so far down on the list that it borders on the absurd. No violence, no theft of property, no … Continue reading
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The calm after the storm
Last week’s meltdowns over Pia’s shocking boot have been replaced by equanimity and, in some corners, celebrations over Paul’s ouster. Personally, I could have done without another week of Stefano, but the texts have spoken, and Paul will have to … Continue reading
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Lights, Camera, and surprisingly some action
Dancing Paul is back! Paul opened up the show with his brand new suit, a black counterpart to the white rose suit he wore a few weeks ago. The suit was featured in a news item a while back, so … Continue reading
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Survivor chops and whatnot
Although I pretty much missed the first season of Idol, I’ve been watching Survivor since it’s premiere episode and never missed a single show. And that’s including all the recap shows they stick in the middle of the seasen sometimes. … Continue reading
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Nigel says Pia was never a frontrunner
In a new interview, producer/showrunner Nigel Lythgoe says that he wasn’t all that shocked over her elimination because she didn’t receive the number of votes the frontrunners were getting. “I know the [voting] results, so I know she was never … Continue reading
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