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American Idol

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Why I Can't Watch Canadian Idol

A little birdy told me Canadian Idol was airing tonight.  I followed American Idol and I love this country, so naturally I'd follow Canadian Idol, right? Wrong again.  I can't watch Canadian Idol.  I can't stand Ben Mulroney and seeing and hearing him drives me bonkers.  He's my Mary Hart
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Where Was LaKisha?

Last Tuesday, I went out after my run to celebrate the conclusion of my Learn to Run clinic.  At about 11pm that night, I decided to record the West coast feed of American Idol to watch when I had an hour of chill time.  That's right kids, I own something
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Welcome Back, LaKisha

Welcome back, LaKisha.  You were missed.  You were my favourite from the start, but you seemed to lose your way in recent weeks.  Last night, your performance of Bon Jovi's "This Ain’t a Love Song” was the best of the bunch. LaKisha, go get Blake and put him in
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Give Til it Hurts

After several successful seasons which have enabled Fox to essentially print money, American Idol has decided to use their power to raise awareness about poverty in Africa and at home in the United States.  This is all good but why do I feel so cynical about it?  When Seacrest celebrates
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Country Crock

I really don't know these country artists that were featured on AI last night.  I had to ask Taryn who the heck Martina McBride was and why she deserved to follow in the footsteps of the great Kenny Rogers.  Other than the Bonnie Raitt tune, I was out of my
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No Más! No Más!

I completely missed American Idol on Tuesday night because of another commitment.  I forgot to tape it but I caught enough during the results show last night to understand this was for the best. I've never been a Latin music fan.  Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony are two of my
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Old Standards Induce Snores

With Tony Bennett in the house, the Idol wannabes had to sing old American standards.  Yawn. Sanjaya Malakar still sucked, Haley Scarnato continued to disrobe, Phil Stacey remained disturbingly bald and LaKisha is still my fave. Here are my three favourites from last night: LaKisha JonesMelinda DoolittleJordin SparksHere are my
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No Doubt About It

It was a challenge catching the performances last night.  I had the running clinic and the Leaf game, but thank goodness for west coast feeds.  If I don't get my Sanjaya fix, I'm just no good. From what I saw, there's nothing too exciting to report except for the fact
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Cool Tunes, Daddio

I hated the performances last week because I disliked the Diana Ross songs they featured.  This week we got cool 60s British invasion tunes, and it was a whole lot better. Song selection is everything as far as I'm concerned.  We got a number of gems last night and the
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The Day the Music Died

The reason I refer to American Idol as my guilty pleasure is because I feel guilty watching such cheese.   As cheesy as AI is, nothing is as cheesy as the crap they throw at you during the results show. I missed Wednesday night's results show because I was at the
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Oh Diana, Can't You Hear?

I think this is the weakest final 12 we've ever had on AI.  Of course, forcing them to sing Diana Ross songs doesn't help matters much.  I know she's "legendary", but I find her music super boring. The one song I didn't mind was by Billie Holiday, but maybe that's
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Girls Rock the Boys

There might be six females better than every male left standing in American Idol.  The Wednesday night shows have actually been fun to watch.  Imagine that? Here are my three favourites from last night: LaKisha JonesMelinda DoolittleJordin SparksHere are my three least favourite from last night: Haley ScarnatoAntonella BarbaSabrina Sloan
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No More Celine!

The best four of the twenty remaining AI participants are all female.  You can't beat LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle or Stephanie Edwards.  The judges seemed to be all over Melinda but I still have LaKisha fever. Here are my three favourites from last night: LaKisha JonesMelinda DoolittleSabrina SloanHere are my
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Not Bad, Not Great

Better late than never, here's my recap of last night's American Idol.  I missed a bunch of the songs and only caught up moments ago. Let's face it, the guys were much better than they were last week, but the girls have the top four singers overall.  A bunch of
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The Finer Sex

The twelve guys who sang on on Tuesday couldn't hold a candle to most of the gals who sang on American Idol last night.  It was night and day. In this year's competition, the women are indeed the finer sex.  Here are my three favourites from last night: Lakisha JonesMelinda
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AI Reality Check

Last night twelve dudes sang on AI.  As a whole, they were awful.  There are other words I'd use to describe them, like uninspired, mediocre and boring. The biggest disappointment of the bunch has to be Sundance Head.  I was so impressed with his first audition, I posted the video
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