4/1: Mid-day report with Lakisha Jones pregnant, David Cook & Lady GaGa tonight
Lady GaGa (”Poker Face”) will perform tonight. And so will David Cook singing “Come Back To Me.”
Did anybody bother catching “The Osbournes” variety show? Looked like a “Crazy” train wreck from the trailers so I skipped it for DWTS. The Washington Post mocks it.
Eonline said Kara was embarrassed she said “Studio 57″ when she meant “Studio 54″ last night. The reporter says Kara & Randy tend to talk to each other while Simon gabs with Paula. Paula and Kara seldom talk. Who was in the audience? David Spade, Lisa Rinna and Carnie Wilson.
Lakisha Jones is pregnant with her second child, according to AccessHollywood.
The Season Six songstress (she finished fourth in the competition) has much to celebrate right now. Her debut album, “So Glad I’m Me,” hits stores on May 19, with the first single, aptly titled “Let’s Go Celebrate,” currently airing on radio stations around the country.
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Deirdre
April 1st, 2009
11:28 am
Congrats to LaKisha!
I didn’t watch Ozzie last night…looked like a train wreck to me, too.
I didn’t watch DWTS either but I was able to tell a nurse at mom’s facility who was eliminated. Why is that?
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
11:28 am
no osbornes for me either, Rodney, i too switched over to the end of DWTS. Pleasantly surprised that Lacy is still in there — Steve-O is not a great dancer but i do so like HER, lol…
and i was going nuts trying to figure out who chelsea hightower is (the new young blonde choreographer on DWTS) … DUH! She followed Lacy’s footsteps from SYTYCD!!!! I KNOW it’s a different network, but i wish they were allowed to give credit where due for the exposure and experience they got on SYTYCD. And Dance Crew, if anyone was watching this last season, the Crew that won – Quest Crew – had Hok and Dominic in it. They TOO never mentioned SYTYCD, and Shane, one of Crew’s judges, didn’t credit SYTYCD either. sorry that’s the case, they should ALL be promoting each other to raise dance awareness!!! IMHO.
KPH
April 1st, 2009
11:33 am
LOL@JT Ok so I shouldnt be looking at her hair but just for a second there I thought perhaps she had gotten her head stuck in a cotton candy machine.
offkey
April 1st, 2009
11:42 am
Sorry for the repeat post, but I did too much typing for it to get lost in the previous thread.
April 1st, 2009
11:26 am
I like to watch the performances a second time, the day after. Often I get a slightly different view of what happened, but I agree with several others that the separation is definitely taking place. For what it’s worth, my opinion of last night’s Poseidon Adventure (There’s got to be a morning after)
ALSO RANS:
Megan I would pay to see in a jazz club or cabaret. She’s personable enough that I think she could possibly have an acting career, but doesn’t really fit well with AI.
Scott: Anyone who overcomes a major handicap as well as he has deserves respect, but in the final analysis his skills simply don’t measure up to some of the others.
Anoop: talented frat boy. If the High School Musical Kids move on to college next year, give Anoop a part.
Matt: very good when he’s in his element, but inconsistent.
ON THE BUBBLE:
If Allison, despite her big voice, lands in the bottom three again tonight, it should be obviuous she needs to make some changes. Loose the precocious teen image.
Lil keeps proving that she can’t do much beyond a passable Mary J Blige impression. We wanted to think she was on the same level as Mandisa, Fantasia, Jennifer or Melinda but she’s fallen flat three weeks straight.
FAVES:
Danny has a huge fan base apparently and the best back story, but I question his versatility. A certain predictability is starting to creep into his weekly appearances. Still a solid performer and without a real disaster on his hands has to be considered a contender.
Adam is the polar opposite of Danny in style although, in my opinion, the strongest contestant in terms of talent. If he doesn’t win it will be because his image just annoyed too many people. His vocal range may be the best of any Idol contestant ever.
Kris has come from nowhere with several very good performances and if he can manage to capitalize on his good looks, could pull an upset.
DESSERT: Three judges were annoying enough. Four needs a strong directorial hand to enforce some discipline. Randy’s Yo Dog schtick is tiresome, Kara is trying too hard to be profound and is incapable of delivering a concise critique; when has Paula EVER contributed anything meaningful and Simon’s opinions are so extreme that they are rarely helpful anymore.
offkey
April 1st, 2009
11:44 am
The TV was on while I was killing time between Idol and Chopped… what little I saw of Ozzie was stupefyingly awful.
harriett
April 1st, 2009
11:44 am
JT, I was not bothered by Allison’s hair last night either. But, I was bothered by her Bo Peep on steroids outfit. All she needed was a staff in her hand to complete the mental picture I formed when she first walked out.
harriett
April 1st, 2009
11:45 am
Oh, yes. I meant to mention that our local affiliate here in Columbia, SC did not carry Osbourne’s show at all.
JTesla
April 1st, 2009
11:53 am
Mmmm cotton candy!
Congrats to Lakisha. I watched the first bit of the Osbournes. The “kissing switch” gag has been done before, with chimps. It was far funnier then, youtube it. The 15 minutes of the show that I watched was a painful dud. Kelly is crude just to be crude, Jack is not as funny as he thinks he is, and Ozzie… well I just felt pity for Ozzie. The comments he made were sad.
Judges, I’m so sick of them. Sorry everyone, but if you are here in the offseason you will probably be sick of reading my anti-judge rants. That is the one thing that has stunk this year about Idol. I can’t stand that they turned the show into a judge love-fest, with poor self-indulgent judging, and the same tired old schtick. The only thing worse this year then the judges is the lackluster contestants. This is hard for me to say… real hard, but I’d take Jason Castro back over Megan and Scott, and possibly even over Anoop. Matt and Kriss are just forgettable for me, one played the piano in the mosh pit and one had the ladies screaming I can’t remember which. When one of my favorites is Adam, whose singing style I don’t like then you know I’m not really enjoying this year as much as I have past years of Idol. So far of my early favorites Allison is the only one to leave me happy week after week. This week not so much, but it wasn’t horrid. Danny has disappointed up until this last performance, and Lil has been a disappointment for every performance.
Sorry, I feel better now.
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
11:54 am
lucky you, harriett!!! (no osbournes, tsk tsk)
offkey, at least i don’t feel QUITE so alone in my judgment of Megan!!! thank you!!! Yes, I’d pay to see her in a jazz club, with maybe a trio or quartet backing her bluesy jazz riffs. yeah. what’s a good jazzclub drink? i’ll have one!
offkey
April 1st, 2009
11:55 am
I know the mantra is: “this is a singing competition.” But, in fact, image and presentation are just as important as raw skill. And I think presentation is the very thing that’s killing Allison right now. It could be the very thing that sinks Adam’s chances since there are people who so detest him that they can’t see anything positive. And as the field of contestants narrows, enough people may choose to vote for someone else just to keep Adam from winning. It may not be a big deal for him now; I think he’s gained the exposure he never attracted trying to make it on his own, and will succeed, like Chris Daughtry, regardless of the Idol outcome.
Lara
April 1st, 2009
12:02 pm
I posted something on the last thread, but never saw it up there, how strange.
I am not going to type it all over, but just say, IMHO, last nights performances:
TOP 3 – Danny, Kris, Adam (in that order)
Bottom 3 – Lils, Anoop, Megan (in that order)
Megan REALLY needs to go home!
Deirdre
April 1st, 2009
12:18 pm
I think we’ll be saying goodbye to Megan this evening. Wouldn’t mind at all if it was Scott or Anoop. Not sure I’m willing to give Lil yet another chance or Matt, for that matter. They’ve done very little to impress me. Matt was great once, imo and has met that standard again. Lil, except for a great audition, falls far short of original expectations.
everett
April 1st, 2009
12:30 pm
I volunteer to help Megan pack her suitcase for the trip home.
Tell ya what now, Adam is going to win this year.
HARRIETT – big weather alert: we have rain mixed with snow falling outside right now. (Hope that four letter s-word gets past the filters.) I’ll do my best to keep it from heading your way.
KPH
April 1st, 2009
12:36 pm
Megan in without a doubt the one that needs to go next. I know Linny said that the type of jazz she is trying to emulate vocally is supposed to be sang off key but I just dont like it and I dont think most of the AI voters do either. BYE BYE Megan. Sorry Linny
KPH
April 1st, 2009
12:39 pm
(IS) not (IN) stupid fingers!
Eclecticdiva
April 1st, 2009
12:40 pm
I agree deirdre, Lil just needs to find herself and stay true to herself and not worry about trying to ‘fit in’. I think if she does that instead of trying to reinvent herself each week, she will go far. I don’t see her winning anyway and think she may be able to find work after idol.
I like Allison and Adam, but really don’t have any idea of who would really go tonight. You just never know. See everyone this evening.
Deirdre
April 1st, 2009
12:45 pm
everett…we were in a severe drought until March came along…now we’re not in a drought at all. Y’all can keep your rain up in the northwest…we don’t need it anymore!
And that s-word….I didn’t move away from Buffalo so that I could see more of that stuff!
KPH…I get what Megan is TRYING to do but she doesn’t do it very well at all. Last night wasn’t the totally off-key mess that last week was but it verged on it. There’s a difference between singing 2 or 3 notes away from the original piece and hitting the notes flat. Megan is trying to do the former and ending up doing the latter.
Sarah
April 1st, 2009
12:58 pm
If Scott is in the bottom three wanna bet next week the producers of Idol will have him come out on stage with a yellow lab to keep the sympathy vote. Ratings, all about ratings.
KPH
April 1st, 2009
1:08 pm
At least what she is doing is intentional Deirdre. I thought at first she was just a horrible singer.
everett
April 1st, 2009
1:08 pm
Lil Rounds has so much potential. She needs some serious coaching to find her niche. Matt, Scott, Anoop and Kris, while likeable, are incredibly forgettable. Allison has a great voice…really like her. Needs a little more polish, maybe?
Who is the performer who’s ultimately going to shine? Nobody’s going to “make it pop off the screen and into American hearts” like Adam. I agree with Deirdre, he may be a polarizing contestant. That’s what it takes to emerge from the pack and be the Alpha Dawg.
KPH
April 1st, 2009
1:10 pm
That would be stooping very low Sarah but I wouldnt doubt it.
SAR
April 1st, 2009
1:13 pm
Everett, you say Allison needs more polish? I think she needs a bath.
Nana
April 1st, 2009
1:16 pm
Haven’t had much time today to post, so i will make a quick comment and get back to month end reports.
I think we are all in agreement that Megan should and probably will go home, but I have a gut feeling that it won’t be her. I don’t see the judges using their save tonight neither. They still have 4 werks (after tonight) to use it and they will use it to save someone they all favor.
linny: I love the JD Robb series. Lt Eve Dallas and Rourke are two faves of mine. I love the butler (forget his name) but Eve gives him fits.
everett
April 1st, 2009
1:19 pm
SAR, not a bad idea about Allison. You know how teen-agers can be, though, just total rebels. Sometimes it’s easier to talk a three-year-old into a bath.
Deirdre
April 1st, 2009
1:30 pm
Allison needs to soften her look for one song. Go all girly on us but keep the big raspy voice. Last night she was kinda like Bride of Frankenstein meets Little Red Riding Hood.
harriett
April 1st, 2009
1:36 pm
everett, thanks for the weather warning. If it snows in Columbia, SC, it is a red-letter day, but we might get rain out of the front once it gets here. We didn’t even get snow when everyone in the Atlanta area got it!
I will be totally shocked if Megan does not get voted off tonight, but one of the other two–Scott or Matt–could go. She should, though.
KPH
April 1st, 2009
1:47 pm
Thats it Deirdre! Allison may make a good impression if she tries to be a little lady like instead of punky.
everett
April 1st, 2009
1:50 pm
One good thing about some of the contestants. When Matt or Scott or Kris are about to perform, my brain shrieks “Potty break”. Maybe I should give up the adult beverages during Idol.
Don’t want to offend anyone, just sayin’.
harriett
April 1st, 2009
1:53 pm
LOL@D!! From Bo Peep to Bride of Frankenstein to Little Red Riding Hood!!
harriett
April 1st, 2009
1:54 pm
Hate to tell you, everett, but adult beverages are all that got me through last night’s performances!
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
2:01 pm
about last night, well…
i’ll just say:
you know how, when you pass a huge wreck on the highway, and you can’t turn away because you just somehow *HAVE* to know what happened, and what’s happening right then, and is everyone okay and who is it, and all that…
well…. that was last night.
And tonight may prove just to be the nasty but necessary cleanup afterwards…
i’m just sayin’
Mike S
April 1st, 2009
2:03 pm
While the last two weeks have been utter disasters, I loved Megan’s Rockin Robin, and really liked her in the hollywood and semi rounds too.
One song I think she could knock out of the park is this little ditty by that amazing one hit wonder Melanie
I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you’re avoiding me
I’m okay alone, but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I ride my bike, I roller skate, don’t drive no car
Don’t go too fast, but I go pretty far
For somebody who don’t drive
I been all around the world
Some people say, I done all right for a girl
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I asked your mother if you were at home
She said, yes .. but you weren’t alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you’re avoiding me
I’m okay alone, but you’ve got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out to see
La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
everett
April 1st, 2009
2:05 pm
Hey, linny…YEAH! That’s called “Morbid Curiousity.”
harriett
April 1st, 2009
2:09 pm
Mike, for some reason I have always loved that song!
everett
April 1st, 2009
2:15 pm
Mike S, I thought I was the only remaining person in the Western Hemisphere who remembered that song. Thank you!
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
2:19 pm
Mike, how do you think megan would do on something like Joni Mitchell’s “Clouds” or “Circle Game” or “Both Sides Now”???
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
2:20 pm
Nope Everett, LOL, Melanie is one of my long-time faves! Don’t know why i didn’t think of her for Megan in the first place!
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
2:21 pm
or “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio”
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
2:24 pm
does anyone else here remember a singer named Bonnie Kolok? you hear her even now on commercials — she did a mickie d’s one last year, and this year, she sings in one of those “pass it on” good deed kind of commercials. very clear, very sweet voice, but powerful, omg.
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
2:40 pm
sorry, that should be Bonnie Koloc, out of Chicago in the 70s
Sarah
April 1st, 2009
2:42 pm
Linny, no..no..no, Joni Mitchell is sacred territory, leave her out of this! No one can sit at her piano and sing anything off her ‘Blue’ album like Joni can. Some things you don’t mess with, Joni Mitchell is one of them.
Nana
April 1st, 2009
2:43 pm
Almost time to head home. Ya’ll be safe, be happy, be good and love the ones you’re with. And, with the rainy weather out, please be careful when on the roads and highways.
Chat with ya’ll tonight……….. Bye for now
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
3:11 pm
You see Sarah, that’s the attitude that you get about Whitney or Celine or a host of others, even Michael Jackson. A song should NOT be a static piece of rock, but a living, breathing creation, continually living and touching lives. Yes, the original should not be messed with *as is* but if someone can give a song new life, WITH the CAVEAT that it’s done WELL, then by all means, do it! Should anyone have touched I’ll Walk the Line by Johnny Cash? Daughtry did … and it was GOoooooooooooOOOOOooooooD!
But more than that, I was talking about the style of singing…
HEY! maybe Megan and Brooke should get together and form some sort of girl-band thingy? folky, artsy, pretty, mellow…
Harm
April 1st, 2009
3:13 pm
Linny, thank you for solving the Chelsie Hightower mystery for me! I knew that I’d seen her before.
I agree,Megan needs to go home. The way Allison looks doesn’t bother me too much. What would bother me is if she lands in the bottom three, or worse, she was voted off and they wouldn’t save her!
offkey
April 1st, 2009
3:16 pm
I don’t necessarily agree about Megan going all girlie. She COULD very well be somewhat effective performing Brand New Key or Midnight at the Oasis. She might pull off a decent Edie Brickell imitation, but there comes a time in every American Idol season when certain contestants must realize they cannot win, but do have some commercial value. Megan and a few of the others need to start thinking about how they can capitalize on their AI exposure. I don’t believe Megan wins by becoming even more of a novelty act than she already is. If somehow she survives tonight, I hope next week she turns down the lights, leans across the piano and cranks up the flamethrower. She has a kid to raise, and promoting a career as a nightclub singer couldn’t hurt. I’d spend money to watch Megan sing torch songs. I wouldn’t walk across the street to hear Good Ship Lollypop.
RxDawg
April 1st, 2009
3:25 pm
Harriet, to answer your question last night, that was my ranking of only how they performed for that night. I do not think that highly of Scott overall.
I have been backing Kris from the get go, but I don’t have him at #1 overall…yet. Danny takes that spot.
RxDawg
April 1st, 2009
3:35 pm
Offkey, I think that is exactly what Anoop is doing. Hes trying to push his image as the 1st Indian (in USA) R&B artist. It’s pretty obvious to me that he knows he will not win this.
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
3:37 pm
I don’t see Megan going all girlie, no…. i don’t think of Joni as “girlie” so much as flower child, lol… and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of Midnight at the Oasis!!!!
In fact, hubby suggested Maria Muldaur might be a good choice for her to emulate
Sarah
April 1st, 2009
3:45 pm
Linny, perhaps besides Brooke from last season who else can you imagine sitting down and singing about the hissing of summer lawns, or being a woman of heart and mind…time on her hands, no child to raise or singing that oh you’re a mean old daddy but I like you? Again…sacred waters you’re treading…..lol
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
4:06 pm
Oh sarah, i can hear quite a few — Joni’s special, no doubt, but there ARE others! and again I say — to ME, no song is so “sacred” that it cannot be made fresh and new, either by being done in the original style but so well you enjoy the renewal, OR by being made different enough that it’s new, but still recognizable and good.
YES, there ARE times that songs are mutilated in an attempt to bring them modern styles or sounds…and those attempts should be quashed, but NOT the song itself! Don’t make a song so sacred to one singer that no one else dare perform it — how SELFISH is that???
KPH
April 1st, 2009
4:10 pm
I think we were talking about Allison going girlie not Megan.
Neg Beaters
April 1st, 2009
4:28 pm
Neg agrees with Linnie: Megan’s voice definitely has a Joni Mitchell quality to it, but only if she lost the light, breezy grin and took a more serious approach to the song. Not to worry, though, she goes home tonight. Do you think they would consider waiving the “sing for your life” requirement and just let her go away in peace? Can’t imagine the judges sitting through that train wreck again.
linny ,,,=^..^=,,,
April 1st, 2009
4:45 pm
still wish they could have a “save me!” song on reserve for their final (usually) after-the-vote performance, LOL. WHY hear the trainwreck again, if it already got you booted????? makes noooooooooooooo sense!
unlike our blogsters here, we ALways make sense!!!
harriett
April 1st, 2009
4:55 pm
Gotta run. I have to observe a class at 5:30, then get on home for the show tonight. Enjoyed the day with everyone. See you tonight.
Katy
April 1st, 2009
6:22 pm
Oh Mike S! I had the 45 record of Melanie’s Brand New Key and my best friend and I knew every single word and even made up motions to it!!! Thanks for bringing back a great memory!