One Week Away from the Final Show on American Idol

It’s just one week away from the final show on American Idol tonight. We have the top three finalists who have visited their home towns and been heroes for a weekend. This is also the 300th episode of American Idol amid rumours that perhaps Simon will be leaving the show. We hope not. What will we do without Simon?

The top three finalists, Danny Gokey, Chris Allen and Adam Lambert first sang songs chosen by the judges. Danny sung “Dance Little Sister”, chosen for him by Paula Abdul. Chris sung “Apologize” chosen by Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. Simon chose Adam’s song, “One” by U2. Why’d Simon choose this one for Adam? Well, Simon says, it’s his favourite song.

I found Danny’s performance a little bit “ho-hum”. Randy liked it. Kara didn’t. Paula thought Danny had done an excellent job and Simon called his vocals “very good”. Ho-hum.

Chris sung “Apologize” with his piano onstage. His rendition is really good, a nice slow version. Randy like it. Kara didn’t seem to like it much. Paula noticed a “bum note,” though she loved the song. Simon found his song “competent.”

Simon chose Adam’s song. Interesting. Simon had announced yesterday on television that he would put his money on Adam to win because Adam has “It” with a capital “I”. Simon even mentioned on American Idol tonight that he had called up Bono and asked for permission for Adam to sing “One” on American Idol… to which Bono replied it was his pleasure that Adam sung “One” on American Idol. Imagine that!

Adam’s version of “One”, well it gave me shivers in a good way and Mr. Cowell was all smiles while Adam sung. Guess it was a pleaser. Randy declared Adam “in the Zone.” Kara was amazed. Paula called his performance “brilliant.” And Simon thought his song was a “brilliant song choice.” Haha. However, Simon added, however, if Adam is not one of the finalists, it will be one of the biggest upsets on the show. You know what he means.

For their final three songs, the finalists on American Idol chose their own songs. Danny Gokey sung “You are so Beautiful,” which all the judges loved. Chris sung “Heartless” which was excellent and even better than the original version by Kanye West, so said Randy. Adam’s song was Aerosmith’s “Crying” – which everyone loved. Simon said that Adam deserves the vote because the vote is based on talent.

So tomorrow night, we’ll see who is eliminated on American Idol. The countdown is really on now.

American Idol Reveals the Top 3 of Season 8

Allison Iraheta is going home.

Tonight American Idol revealed the top 3 contestants of Season 8. Remaining in the show are Danny Gokey, Chris Allen, Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert.

The finalists performed a group song, “School’s Out,” with Slash on the guitar and Paula Abdul performed for the first time on the American Idol stage.

Paula showed us she still can dance and sing, wearing a brief little costume, singing “I’m just here for the Music,” showing the audience she’s still got it going.

Gwen Stefani of the group No Doubt also performed “Just a Girl” and included with her song and dance routine 5 push-ups man-style. The girl is gorgeous.

Lastly, Chris Daughtry, a finalist from Season Five, gave us a new single from his “Leave this Town” record.

Now, how’d the contestants do? Chris Allen is safe. Adam is safe (of course), Danny is safe (surprise).

I was almost brought to tears to learn that Allison is going home. She's a star and we will probably be hearing from her again very soon. I have absolutely no clue as to why Danny Gokey is still on the show and Allison is voted off. The difference in talent is as clear as comparing a mole hill to a mountain. Right in front of your eyes.

With her last song, that Janis Joplin number, “Cry Baby”, she is powerful, her emotions belt out the song. It’s from the heart. Here's a true artist before your eyes. It was probably the best performance of a “goodbye song” any contestant has ever sung before they depart the American Idol stage. She’s an artist we haven’t heard the last of. You could watch the judges, Simon looked a little pissed off that she’s been voted off and I’m sure, at the same time, he sees in her the star she really is. Kara, Paula and Randy are worshipping this young songstress as she sings. I guess the world is full of stupid surprises...

So our finalists, Chris, Adam and Danny G get to go home to their heroes’ welcome home event.

I know for sure who’s going home next on American Idol, unless the world is really full of stupid surprises.

American Idol Top Five Judgment

So, if you’ve been watching American Idol, you know there are only five finalists left to go and one of them is going home tonight. There were a record number of votes again, some 47 million people voted.

Performers tonight on the show included Taylor Hicks, American Idol’s Season five winner, singing something kinda blue-sy from his “Distance” album, Jamie Foxx singing his hit “Blame It,” from his “Intuition” album, and Natalie Cole singing “Something’s Gotta Give”.

Ryan Seacrest started the night off by asking Matt Girard to walk to the left of the center stage. Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey were told to walk to the right side of the stage. They’re safe. The surprise of the night had to be Adam Lambert who, after being asked which side of the stage he thought he belonged on, chose the right side. It was a difficult question posed to Adam and he chose the wrong side. He thought he was in the top three, but, as the world is always full of surprises, is told to walk to the left, he’s in the bottom three. Unbelievable! Oh my God, what happened?!! Kara DioGuardi’s jaw dropped to see Adam in the bottom three.

So that’s that, the bottom three for tonight’s show: Adam Lambert, Matt Girard and Chris Allen.

Simon Cowell said he re-watched the show last night and estimated this group of five to be really talented, that “everybody was good.”

Paula thought the results of America’s votes were crazy. Simon’s saying, “well, someone’s gotta go.” Randy rating these top five as the best the show has ever had. The contestants’ mentor from last night, Jamie Foxx, call these top five “five of the most talented people he’s seen in the last two years.” And “no matter who wins, these five people are not singers, they are artists.”

Chris is sent back to safety and then Adam is sent back to the right side of the stage, safe for another week.

Matt Girard, is going home tonight. He sings his last song, “My Funny Valentine”. Yes, I will download this song. It was good. It’s a sad goodbye but I’m sure we’ll be hearing of him again. And, don’t forget the American Idol summer tour to 50 cities in America. Folks - next week’s theme is Rock and Roll on American Idol.

Rat Pack Night on American Idol

Tonight’s American Idol for the top five finalists was centered on the Rat Pack era, live from Hollywood. Songs sung by the original Rat Pack – Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, et al.

First observations, my fave – Adam Lambert, whom one could spot from a mile away, wearing a white suit, standing out from the others, yeah, he came with the right suit tonight.

Mystery mentor of the night – none of the five contestants had any idea and neither did we – was Jamie Foxx, who won best actor in 1995 and also starred in “Dream Girls” with American Idol’s own Jennifer Hudson.

Chris Allen sung a lovely version of “The Way You Look Tonight” which Randy Jackson declared as Chris’ best performance. Kara DioGuardi believes he’s “the dark horse in the competition” and Paula Abdul thought he’s transformed into a “sophisticated gentleman” with this song. Simon Cowell, though, found his performance “a little bit wet,” like a “well-trained spaniel”, “nice, but not incredible” and “didn’t think he can win this competition.”

Allison Iraheta who finally turned 17 sung for tonight’s performance, “Someone To Watch Over Me”. She’s got this sexy, rich voice and she’s still so young. Wow! The only girl left in the competition, asked how she found it…. The Girl finds it awesome!

Randy thought it would be tough for Allison to sing something from this era, but he said the girl has “9000 more octaves than Pink” and “that was the bomb!” translated: she was fab!

Kara shared the same thoughts as me: that it had been a crime that Allison had been in the bottom 3 (what was America thinking?) and that Allison was not a “one-trick pony.” She also thought Allison gave us a gut rendition of the song, way beyond her years. Just think what Allison will be able to do with a song after her first heart break. OMG! – She will be rich and famous!

Paula was waiting to see how Allison would approach a ballad, and declared her approach “alluring and very tender.”

Nasty Simon, whom I sort of love, asked Allison if she thought she could win the competition to which she replied, “I think I can, I think we all can win the competition.” Simon said she gave a “great performance,” but was “overshadowed by some of the personalities.” He judged her “in trouble tonight,” and gave her on her commitment and belief a 7/10 rating. Kara then piped in, “Simon, I love you but you are crazy.”

Next up, Matt Girard, singing “My Funny Valentine.” Jamie Foxx recommended that he “change the key.” Randy said this was one of the hardest songs to sing and found the song a bit pitchy and that Matt “didn’t quite get it together.” Kara appreciated what he did but didn’t find Matt emotionally connected to the song. Paula, always the good mother, found it simple and impressive. Simon, contrary to all found it was “believable,” “authentic” and “like Nat King Cole” – “brilliant.” The king has spoken.

Danny Gokey sung “Come Rain or Shine”. Everyone of the judges loved it, but alas, I just don’t see him as THE next American Idol.

Adam Lambert, the one in the white suit, sung “Feeling Good”. Jamie Foxx, the mentor, said that he was incredible and that he would “knock everybody’s head off.”

Well, Adam, for one, knows how to descend a staircase in white suit. Sexy, hot and making the knickers of boys and girls alike: wet. Randy, who will say it again, thought Adam is consistently “in the zone,” but found his performance “a little too theatrical.” Kara judged Adam to be shocking in a good way, sleazy, and over the top. Note: in this instant, sleazy has a positive meaning.

Paula found watching Adam “like watching the Olympics” and “words could not describe,” how good it is to watch Adam. Simon gets the feeling that Adam wants to win (who doesn’t?) and has a way better entrance down that staircase than Ryan Seacrest. Poor Ryan. Am sure Adam can teach him a thing or two.

Gotta wait till tomorrow night to find out who’s staying and who’s a-going on American Idol. I got my fingers crossed. My heart’s gonna be crushed if my favorites are voted off. There are no more Judge’s Saves on American Idol.

Disco Fever American Idol Judgement Night

Live from Hollywood. Two contestants went home last night on American Idol disco fever night and they were Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds, but these were not unexpected eliminations.

What else on American Idol to report? Paula Abdul led the contestants through a disco dance choreography class. David Archuleta, (looking terribly young) a finalist from last season’s American Idol appeared on the show to sing and then gave Anoop and Lil the reassuring speech that “it does not all end here” once you are disqualified. David should know. He’s going on tour in the U.K.

Also singing on American Idol last night were a couple of the Queens of Disco, Selma Huston and Frita Payne, by now, both Grandmothers but still able to shake their booties. Also appearing was Casey and the Sunshine Band. We’re talking middle aged, balding and expanding waist line, unconcealed by a tight red shirt. Painful to watch.

Allison Iraheta was in the bottom three again, I don’t know what’s wrong with the American Idol voters – a record 45 million this time and they forget to vote for Allison. However, Allison was safe for another show. If she'd gone home, I would have stopped watching the show.

So the top finalists remaining are: Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Matt Girard, Chris Allen and Allison again. There’s now less than a month and a half until we have a new American Idol. Hmmm. Should I put money on it now?

Disco Fever Night on American Idol

It was disco fever night on American Idol for the remaining seven contestants. Matt Girard is still in the competition by way of the Judges’ Save from last week. After last night, two of the seven final contestants will go home. What will America vote? Can’t wait for tomorrow night’s vote.

Lil Rounds started off the evening singing “I’m Every Woman”, but watching her perform before I knew what the judge’s comments would be, I could even predict what they were going to say.

None of the judges were really happy with her performance and they used the title of her song to say, that, yes, she’d been every woman but where is Lil? Randy Jackson said that she got the party started but still didn’t shown the audience what kind of artist she is. Kara DioGuardi had been waiting for Lil to sing Chaka Khan and, here it comes, she’s been every other woman but herself. Paula Abdul felt lost in listening to Lil and stated that she didn’t feel that Lil had “hit the boiling point”.

Simon Cowle, in an attempt to look sensitive, observed that Lil looked sad (after all the negative comments) to which Lil replied that she’d had fun. He believes it’s her final night on American Idol.

Next up on American Idol, we had Chris Allen with his guitar accompanying him singing the Donna Summer hit, “She Works Hard for the Money”. I’ve got to admit that Chris never impressed me in the beginning but he seems to be doing really well as of late. Who knew?

Kara said that Chris’ risk taking with the arrangement of “She Works Hard…” “paid off”. She said it sounded like this was a song that could go on his first record. Paula called Chris’ performance: contemporary, and a “perfect fit”. Simon called his performance a “polar opposite to his first appearance on the show”, “not karaoke” and “fantastic”. Likewise, Randy liked Chris’s song saying, “you know who you are”, and a great performance. Alright Chris!

Danny Gokey followed Chris singing some “Earth, Wind and Fire”. I didn’t like it much, but here the judges’ all disagreed with me, Randy calling his performance something that really worked tonight, Kara called Danny, “an incredible vocalist”, Paula labelled Danny’s voice “one of the sexiest voices ever” (I must have missed something). Even Simon agreed with the other judges, but he did say that Danny had “no star power”. In the “star power” department, I would have to agree with Simon. I wouldn’t download the song. Why would I? No star power. Ordinary with a capital “O”.

Allison Iraheta, okay, she’s only 16, but who would know? She is fantastic, with a voice and star power that is way beyond her years. She sung “Hot Stuff” for her version of a song from the Disco Fever of the 70s, turning it from disco to rock. Randy said there were two things he didn’t love about the song but that Allison was on of the best singers in this competition. He topped that off with “I love you.” That can’t be two bad to hear. The girl can rock and belt out whatever song type comes her way and she makes the song her own. Kara thought that Allison had picked the right song and agreed that she was one of the best singers on the show and would give Allison a 9/10 score for her singing ability. Paula loves Allison’s authenticity and Simon Cowell called it a “brilliant performance”. If Allison is not a singer when she grows up, I just don’t know what.

Adam Lambert with coiffed hair, I think an ode to John Travolta, sang his own spin on the disco classic “If I Can’t Have You” from Saturday Night Fever. Now, if you carefully watched the camera views of the judges at the end of this song, you would have noticed that Simon Cowell was actually clapping. Could this mean a recording contract is in Adam’s future? I say, yah!

Ok, so you want to hear what the judges said about Adam’s performance? Randy stated that, by this point in the American Idol contest, a contestant should have shown his range and that Adam had shown all of his many different ranges, rock, disco, ballad, fusion, etc., and called Adam, “ready right now,” and “he’s the hot one tonight, America!” Kara called Adam “brilliant”, the “most memorable performance,” and she loved the way he emotionally connected with the song which was inspiring.

Paula had a visceral response – she looked like she was almost brought to tears – and complimented him on the way he conveyed the emotion of this “disco” song.

Simon, always funny, said that he would have bet $10,000 that Adam would have done a Donna Summer song. Simon, you lost. But Simon found Adam’s song “original” and his vocals, “immaculate”, or was that “remarkable”… And the winner is…

Almost finally, last week’s Judges’ Save, Matt Girard, singing for his life with the song “Staying Alive”. Randy noted that Matt’s last note was “rough” and that he didn’t love Matt’s song choice, but he really sung well. Randy added that the top seven finalists were the most talented American Idol top 7 ever on the show. Kara called his performance “good” and “solid”. Paula declared that Matt would be staying tonight. Simon didn’t like his performance, found it a bit desperate, with no originality and was not a fan of his performance.

The last American Idol was Anoop Desai, wearing a pink sweater in a way that Paula said only a real man could wear pink. Randy judged Anoop had sung a rough last note and that he didn’t like the arrangement, but “hey Dude, you can sing.” Kara said his song was a good song choice and he really was hitting his style. Simon completely disagreed with the other three judges and found Anoop’s performance “mediocre at best” and the “worst performance by a mile.” Ouch!

We’ll have to wait until tonight’s performance to see which two of the seven American Idol contestants are going home after American Idol Disco Fever night.

American Idol Decision Day for the Group of Seven

It was American Idol Decision Day for the Group of 7 contestants last night. Hmmm… so who do you think got kicked off of American Idol? Did the judge’s use the Judges’ Save? You betcha!

The 7 finalists sung a group number performing the 80s hit, “Maniac” from Flashdance.


Guest stars for the night included former Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson, the first Idol finalist to win an Oscar for her role in “Dream Girls,” recent winner of a Grammy for her first album, singing “If This Isn’t Love”. Remember, Jennifer Hudson was actually eliminated from the American Idol contest, so there is a future after elimination! If not a future, at least the American Idol summer tour will at least keep you working for the summer. Jennifer Hudson looked gorgeous.

Miley Cyrus also looking gorgeous in a long grey beaded gown, performed one of her recent songs.

Over the last week the seven finalists, driven in a limousine, attended their first Hollywood film premiere of the movie “17 Again” starring Zac Efron. They got to meet Zac Efron who also was in the audience for this American Idol night.

Adam Lambert asked if he was insulted by Simon’s comment from last night’s show that he reminded Simon of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. Adam said it was a great film and asked if what Simon had said was an insult. Already, Adam has the perfect responses to everything.

Now, to the Bottom Three. The first to be relegated to the Bottom Three was Anoop Desai. Paula Abdul said she was a little surprised but Mr. Contrary, Simon Cowell answered that he wasn’t surprised. Lil found herself in the bottom three, saying she felt like she couldn’t win with the judges. Matt also found himself in the bottom three again.

Kara DioGuardi, asked by Ryan Seacrest if thought the right people were in the bottom three (don't ya just hate these type of questions), answered “yes.”


Out of the other seven American Idol contestants, Chris Allen was safe. Simon said he hadn’t got a chance to say something to Chris about last night’s performance. Simon thought that Chris’ performance had been “brilliant”, Adam Lambert safe (no surprise), Allison Iraheta (no surprise), Danny Gokey: safe. (somewhat surprised).

So, after a nation wide vote of over 36 million people, it was revealed that Lil Rounds would have to suffer another week of competition. Anoop was safe. Left alone on center stage, Matt Girard stood, forced to sing for his life.

Paula and Kara were dancing like mad to Matt’s version of “If you Really Love a Woman”.

The Judges, hotly debated (if you can hotly debate in 30 seconds) whether to use the judge’s save and viola! Here’s the night! Simon announced they would use the judges’ save. Simon stated that although Matt had no chance of winning the competition, the good news was that he was safe. Don't know why they would use the judge's save if there is no chance for a person to win the competition. Can't figure it out.

The bad news, Simon continued, is that next week two people are going home and it’s “DISCO WEEK” next week! Disco? Some of these kids weren't even born then!

Quentin Tarantino on American Idol Night

Well, it was a special, “historic” night on American Idol tonight with director Quentin Tarantino as critic and song director for the evening. It was “cinema night” on American Idol with the last seven contestants singing hits from the movies.

Randy Jackson was labelled “yellow striped” for the night. Paula Abdul named by Ryan Seacrest as “hot”. Kara DioGuardi was called “provocative” (nice frock, Kara!) and Simon Cowell, well, “legendary”, “your highness, Sir Simon Cowell” etc., etc.

The top seven of American Idol had prepped around the clock to audition for Quentin Tarantino at the Alfred Newman Stage, the main music recording sound stage at Fox. Mr. Tarantino said that he would be as tough and critical as he could be to the Idol participants who would sing their songs for him.

The young Allison Iraheta was first up and sung “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” with her powerful voice. Paula reaffirmed Allison’s amazing talent. Simon called her the “girls only hope left in the competition. He added that Allison was getting stronger as a performer and that no one has sung the song so well. Here, here!

Anoop Desai, next up, sung “Everything I Do, I do it for you”, I thought he was not bad, Randy agreed with me and added that Anoop has found himself and “good job” Annop. Kara agreed that Anoop had definitely found his place, that it was one of his best performances as the song was coming from his heart. I agree, he did a good job, but again, he has not been consistent.

My favourite (among the male contestants) Adam Lambert, is just a Star. He sung “Born to be Wild” and wow! Amazing, the guy is a star package. The way he moves and plays with that voice! The audience on American Idol had a hard time stopping their screaming and Paula praised Adam as one who “dares to dance in the path of greatness.” Exactly! Then she went further to call him the “bravest contestant ever.” Simon called Adam vocally incredible, that it was a bit like watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” However, Simon, I don’t think you like “rock” that much. He didn’t think Adam’s performance would be as popular as his performance last week, but he liked it after all. Of course, the audience booed Simon just a little. Simon, you are so picky!

Contestant Matt Girard sung “If You Really Love a Woman” with the piano. Randy called it an interesting performance but it got a bit rough because Matt tried to do too much with the song. Kara thought that Matt was still struggling with ‘song type’. Not good at this point on American Idol.

Danny Gokey’s song “My Endless Love” with a harp accompaniment left Paula not sure about Danny’s key and whether it should have lowered but she found his rendition “unique and unforgettable”. Simon could find no fault with the way he sung the song, However, the harp and the way Danny sung the song disappointed him. (Simon does not like harps?). However, Simon congratulated him in that one could see that the song meant a lot to him.

Chris Allen sung beautifully but Randy never quite caught onto the song and found it pitchy at times. Kara called Chris’ performance as one of his “best moments.”

Lil Rounds was the last contestant of the night at the movies American Idol. Paula liked it but Simon was highly critical saying that she was getting this thing “entirely wrong.” He said the song was too soft and not the right one for her. To dig in even further, he said Lil was not the artist they thought she was.

Now Lil the girl, she argued back. And then Paula piped in, encouraging her not to “be afraid to say whatever you believe to those who don’t matter.” Ouch! Simon did not look happy and for once did not say anything. Will they argue after the show?

And there, it ends, American Idol’s movie night. We shall see what tomorrow brings in as far as the votes go and who is “Out”…

American Idol Top 40 Night

Tonight's American Idol presented tunes from the Top 40 hit list where some of the performers gave their best performances of the competition. In total, nine contestants remain on American Idol.

Anoop Desai was up first for the night but gave a disappointing performance which gave Simon Cowell "a headache" and was judged as "nothing original". Am not seeing Anoop as anything original and truly not what one would think of as "Idol" material.

Singing one of her favourite songs by Bob Marley, "Turn Your Lights Down Low", Megan Joy got herself into further trouble according to Kara DioGuardi, who's missing the full range of Megan's voice, its falsettos etc. Paula Abdul told Megan she “needs to surprise us now” to stay in the competition. Simon judged Megan’s performance as “boring, indulgent and monotonous” and “wrong choice of song”. Again. Megan came to her own self defence and thought she had pleased her “fans”. Me thinks, Megan needs a lot of fans this week to stay in the competition. She’s so gorgeous, but I think she’s missing her true calling – Hollywood needs her.

Danny Gokey gave his best performance so far in the American Idol competition. Randy Jackson judged Danny’s performance as the one where “tonight’s show starts right here”. I personally can’t remember what he sung because I don’t find him to be “Idol” material so I guess I won’t be downloading his tune anytime soon.

One of the very best, or perhaps, the best female performers in the finalists, Allison Iraheta, wearing a rather silly getup of the kind that 16 year olds since time immemorial have been putting together, accompanied herself with the guitar singing “Don’t Speak”. As usual, apart from the comments on her clothes by the judges, she was rated as “masterful”, “effortless”, etc., etc. … Simon couldn’t ignore the outfit either, and found Allison like a little girl dressed up like a rock star, singing a rock song and thought she “shouted the song”. Simon, she’s still amazing. Get her a stylist.

Scott MacIntyre, now slicking back his hair like Adam Lambert, again with his piano, serenaded us with a Billy Joel song, Carla claiming he’s chosen the right song, Paula proud of him and Randy saying that Scot was the best of the night. Not another song I’ll be downloading anytime soon.

Matt Girard sung “You Found Me” by the Fray. Matt is talented but chose the wrong song, let’s face it. Simon complained, “we don’t like you this week” and judged his performance “uptight”. Randy said Matt chose the wrong song. Cara finds Matt waivers between rock and pop, but he doesn’t deserve to go home. I agree. He’s better than some of the aforementioned American Idol contestants. He’s got talent.

Lil disappointed again this week with an old fashioned Celine Dion song. I’m sure she’s got it in her but me thinks she keeps choosing the wrong song. Damn! Randy agreed with me, Cara saw glimpses of what the judges had seen in the beginning with Lil. Simon, thought she’d chosen a safe song and gave a performance similar to a performance at a wedding.

Adam Lambert, already an American Idol who needs no training, no grooming, no dance lessons, no voice lessons, or style coaching, thrilled the audience and judges with “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry. Paula rates him a “true genius” and compared him to the likes of Mick Jagger, although found his performance not as good as last week. Randy judged Adam “in the star zone” and Cara admitted she can’t wait each week to see what Adam will do. Neither can I. This guy, Adam Lambert has got the moves. Sexy or hot or what?

Chris Allen was last up on American Idol (one of the best places to be on a given night) and sung “Ain’t No Sunshine” beautifully. Cara, so seeking artistry in a performer declared “THAT is artistry”, Randy said he gave the best performance of the night, Paula said that song could be the first cut on his album and Simon found it a clever and cool arrangement. When Simon is nice to you, it means he likes you.

I guess we’ll have to wait and see who America votes until tomorrow night on American Idol.

American Idol Last Night

American Idol’s performances last night really showed who’s a winner and who’s going home. The best by far had to be Adam Lambert who was honestly the best performance last night out of the male performers. He sung "Tracks of My Tears" that caused the legendary Smokey Robinson to give him a standing ovation. Adam already shows signs of superstardom – able to re-invent himself in a little less than a week, wearing slick backed hair, stylish suit and a voice that is still amazing. He’s got the most versatility of all the contestants, by far. Simon Cowell who makes no bones about anything called Adam, “the best performance of the evening”.

Allison Iraheta with her amazing vocal chords at the tender age of 16, was the best female performance, singing, “Papa was a Rolling Stone”. She is has got to be the strongest female performer of the group. How she got to the bottom three last week, I’ll never know.

Anoop Desai did a heartfelt rendition Smokey Robinson's "Oooo Baby Baby" but whether he can continue to show artistry and originality on a consistent bases, we’re not sure. Not rushing out to download the tune for this one or any other of his songs.

Matt Giraud did well. Megan Joy has beauty and talent but she needs to find a new mentor to help her choose her songs to fit her quirky yet very contemporary style. I’m sure she’ll have a great career in the future. Lil Rounds raced through her song to her detriment and the same thing goes for Michael Sarver who has the right attitude since day one. Chris Allen was good along with Danny Gokey, but I don’t think I’m rushing out to by the CD or even download the tune.