Month: May 2006

Bits and Pieces A different perspective NY Post political columnist John Podhoretz analyzes Chris’s loss as if it were a failed political campaign.  He makes some very interesting points: “And this is what explains Chris Daughtry’s stunning

UPDATE It was just announced on Fox 6 news in Birmingham that Randy Jackson chose “You Are So Beautiful”, a Joe Cocker song, for Taylor Hicks’s Judges’ song choice. I haven’t found a source for

Homecoming Update Hi kids.  Busy morning! We’ll be getting song spoilers today.   Paula Abdul picked Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love” for Elliott Yamin’s judges song choice.  It was announced when he received

Homecoming The Final Three will be visiting their hometowns tomorrow to film a special homecoming video package for next week’s shows. In Katharine’s case, she’ll only have to travel a few miles away.  She lives in Sherman Oaks, CA.  Here

Chris Daughtry’s MTV.com interview: Was he shocked? “I was pretty shocked. I didn’t see it coming, not even a little. I’m bummed, I’m disappointed, but I’m trying to see the bigger picture and see that there’s

Extra Update It looks like Fuel is the band who will be appearing on Extra tonight to ask Chris to be lead singer: “The multi-platinum rock band Fuel has offered ‘American Idol’s’ Chris Daughtry a gig with

A few thoughts after last night’s boot The producers finally got their shocking boot.  I’ve been keeping track of the ratings, and I expect Chris’s elimination to result in a ratings spike next week.  Chris’s unexpected

Top 4 Results Show – Recap Shocking! Shocking! Boot!  For reals… Car-mercial This week’s Ford commercial was lame.  It made no sense, and then Kermit showed up.  And anyway, I’m too confused by tonight’s Shocking! Shocking!

Chris Daughtry – Eliminated tonight It will be a few hours before I get the recap up.  Look for it in this space.  I’m posting now so readers have a place to comment. There were  many

Nigel Lythgoe’s Weekly Interview with TVweek.com The interviewer said that he got quite a few emails accusing him of favoring Chris Daughtry over Elliott  Yamin.  For that reason, he decided to start the interview with Elliott: