Crystal, Casey, and Lee

Well, I've been calling it from the beginning: Crystal, Casey, and Lee are the last three standing.

All are powerful and talented. At this point it doesn't matter to me who wins because they will all get contracts so they can live out their dreams of singing to a wide audience who will buy their music. Good for them! I'm looking forward to the finale. My fellow blogger and sister, Dina, and I would love to go be in the audience so if Idol sends us tickets we'll be there!

I can't quite put my finger on why Idol bugged me so much this year. Maybe I just got used to the rhythm of the results shows, but I couldn't bear the false suspense. Plus I surfed back and forth between Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Idol so I saw what I wanted. Maybe the way the show has changed, maybe Paula being gone, Simon leaving, Ellen coming on the show just changed the dynamics enough to bore me 75% of the time.

I still love the idea of people getting their dreams fulfilled and I'm sure I'll love the finale, but I don't know if I'll watch next year.

Yeah Crystal, Lee, Casey, and Siobhan!

Well, another two hour ordeal of listening to kind of blah music except for Crystal, Lee, Casey, and Siobhan.

Crystal on the piano and singing was a nice change and I always love her voice and her songs.
Casey was really good and still, cute as can be.

Lee is really a talented guy and I always enjoy listening to him.

I completely disagreed with the judges about Siobhan. I thought she was wonderful and I really felt terrible for her. She looked completely crushed by the judges and in particular, Simon. Geesh, Simon. You can give criticism without being so cruel. Stop already.

The rest were okay or just not good. I hate that I feel so bored with Idol this year. Also, as I've said before I resent them putting on two hour shows just to increase their revenue. Is it just me or did this show used to be fun to watch????

Kara, what the heck? by Miss Bunny

Well, the last two nights have been better mainly because Idol is down to 1 hour shows. Those 2 hour shows nearly killed me.

First off, could somebody tell me why Ellen was sitting on Simon's lap kissing him? It wasn't funny, it was awful. I guess she's trying to make her mark or get attention, but please don't do that. It was disgusting.

And then by the end of the show, Kara is sobbing over Mike's song. Now I heard the song and I just don't get it. Also, Kara, I hate to tell you, but you are considered the stable one on the show. It was Paula's job to act all loopy and disoriented with mood problems. I loved her, but ya know the girl had emotional issues and clapped weird.

Kara, we have learned to depend on you as the one who has good advice and knows what she's talking about. Please don't flip out.

Okay, on to the shows. Lee was wonderful, hunky Casey was pretty good, I love little Aaron, and Tim is lovely. The girls: Crystal is always the best, Siobhan is good, Lily bombed, and that little curly blond girl, geesh. Have you ever seen the video of Carole King singing that song? You missed it by a mile.I don't know why the girls think singing in a little girl voice is attractive. And there were two girls that I don't remember seeing before. Simon is right: be memorable! But in a good way!

Twitter is stressed out a bit right now...????

Well, no kidding. Me, too. I'm trying to learn all the new technology and teach it to myself so I can get readers for my American Idol blog. It's not so easy when your are over 60. It's frustrating and is giving me a pain in my neck and shoulders plus a giant headache right smack in the middle of my forehead. So imagine my surprise after finding out how to semi-use Twitter, going back to the site with a list of people to search, clicking on, only to receive the following message:

"Twitter is stressed out a bit right now so this feature has been temporarily disabled." Doh.

Okay here goes. I have high hopes for Idol tonight. Make me laugh like when the "Pants on the Ground" guy sang or at the very least let there be wonderful singers with great creative talent who will entertain me. More tomorrow. I'm going back to see if Twitter has recovered.