Since this is the second to last finale American Idol will ever get to celebrate, they went for the completely awesome “kitchen sink” method. The finale was full of so many weird choices that perfectly reflect the show’s constant struggle to appeal to millenials while refusing to get rid of its old fashioned ways. You […]
[American Idol-izer] Top 2 Perform
After weeks of auditions, pulled sponsorships, label changes, throwing fun contestants under the bus, the final performances are here at last. Thanks to the announcement that American Idol is ending next season, the final two contestants performances are unfortunately under a more rigorous microscope than usual. It’s definitely unfair to them, but then again, the […]
American Idol Ending After Next Season
It’s been a rough few years for American Idol. Thanks to an onslaught of competitors, weird backstage shenanigans leading to a few winners fading into obscurity, and a struggle to catch the right demographic, the show is a shadow of its former superstar making self that helped us find the goddess Kelly Clarkson. If you haven’t […]
[American Idol-izer] Top 3 Perform
American Idol has been particularly rough this season. I’ll attribute most of it to growing pains since lots of factors screwed over the programming: Big Machine Records took over for Interscope (and ousted Jimmy Iovine as mentor, replacing him with Scott Borchetta), Coca Cola pulled their sponsorship after a decade of product placement, and Fox […]
[American Idol-izer] Top 4 Perform
I’ll have to admit that with Quentin gone, a little bit of my drive to stick it out with American Idol this year has waned a bit. The remaining contestants are talented for sure, but after the extreme sourness from last week, it’s going to take a bit to get me back into the game. […]
[American Idol-izer] Top 5 Perform
We lost my post from last week thanks to some technical hiccups, so I’ll do my best to catch you up to why I feel so awful about what went down this week. So Quentin Alexander, one of my favorites from the get go thanks to his interesting style and vocal talents, seemed to be […]
[American Idol-izer] Top 6 Perform
This was an intense week. At this point in the competition, stuff gets very complicated. Contestants start singing more than once, and now with the extra #IdolSave rule this year, they call it Top 7 night as they include the eliminated contestant’s final performance. It was just a weird, weird night. Especially so for the […]
[American Idol-izer] Top 7 Perform
Man, I’m so sorry I wasn’t here to cover last week for you all (I moved cross country). So much went down last week, and with so little space here, I can’t cover it all. Daniel Seavey finally went home (he was bad, folks), Idol introduced a feature from its big competitor The Voice with […]