In a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Idol executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe,  revealed details about a  mid-season special.   It will revolve around the  songwriting competition  and will feature an  all-star  cast of former Idols singing the Top 10 songwriting submissions from viewers.   Names [...]

The Best of the Rest?

I’m not only bored with the auditions, but I’m WAY bored with recapping them.   I’ll muddle though this last one, just for you guys.   You’ve stuck with me this far, I owe you one.

I’ve never been a great fan of the auditions, but have always been compelled [...]

I’m  so very very bored with the audition phase of AI6.  Gah. Eleven hours comprised of 95% bad singing is much too much.  I cannot take it anymore.  And I must get through this recap.  Sigh.

Tonight, San Antonio TX, home of the Alamo. I think of the movie “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”.  A classic, for [...]

MORE Hollywood-bound contestants…

Update: Added Screencaps  

The San Antonio audition was originally scheduled for tonight.   My DVR video, in fact,  is labeled “San Antonio”.   A last minute switcheroo by TPTB has San Antonio, TX  closing out the auditions next Tuesday.

Tonight, it’s all about Los Angeles.   The initial audition cattle call took place in [...]

Update: Added Screencaps  

Ryan starts off the show by  claiming that  ”some people call Birmingham Idol Country.”   Me? I call it the Pittsburgh of the South.   Ahem.   Anyway. Birmingham has produced  two Idol winners-Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks, a runner-up, Bo Bice, and  Diana DeGarmo–who was born in Birmingham, but did [...]

So little time, so many contestants…

Sundance Head – Check out Sundance’s dad, Roy Head, singing his fabulous hit “Treat Her Right” back in 1965.   Here he is swinging with some groovy go-go dancers on Shindig  and check out his dance moves here.   Roy was a blue-eyed [...]

Thumbprints (click on the pic) captured from the Memphis and New York auditions of those contestants who made the Hollywood cut. Click on the jump to check out the pictures:

UPDATE: Added screencaps, click on the jump.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the two-hour audition is  too much.   Unfortunately, I think FOX is going to milk Idol for all it can.   Besides  Idol and  24, the network’s ratings are in the dumper.   According to this article [...]

Memphis Rocks…

UPDATE:Â   Added screen caps, click on the jump.

Tonight’s audition episode is only  an hour long.   I’m glad.   These two hour audition shows are murder.  Ãƒâ€š  Thankfully, after watching,  I don’t feel like I need a shower.   The singers are either deluded or talented, or funny.   [...]

USA Today posted an interesting  follow-up  on the American Idol panel that took place Saturday at the television criticsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ winter tour in Pasadena, CA.   According to Idol producer, Ken Warwick, the judges aren’t meaner than usual–he claims there are  more “bad” auditions than before.   He says, “It’s not [...]

Have American Idol judges become too cruel?   That’s been the theme of recent  Idol  commentary  found ’round the net.   Even Rosie O’Donnell has gotten into the act.

Lather, rinse, repeat peeps.   Here are some quotes:

The  Seattle Times  says, “Considering ità [...]