American Idol Season 9 Girls Night 2

Before I begin this terrible mess of an episode, let me ask:

Where are Michael Castro?  Margo May?  Jess Wolfe?  Are these groups of boys and girls the best Season 9 could offer?  Do you expect me to believe that? 

Yes, I've been stalling for two days.  CSI:NY, CSI:LV, and The Mentalist are definitely worth my time rather than reliving this mess.  I also watched this with my mother and thank goodness for that zinfandel that kept me sane.  It's like every episode, every time Ryan Seacrest says "the best in America", American Idol is becoming a farce.  You can blame this on Adam, Kris, Allison, and the whole Season 8 but you can put these Season 9-ers against the likes of Kristy Lee Cook and Kellie Pickler and they will still PHAIL.

Of course, there are exceptions.  But they are definitely not "instant winners" to me.  Usually, you can tell a potential winner this early.  I called Fantasia, Taylor-Katharine, Kris-Adam, Kelly Clarkson, and Carrie Underwood as early as the semifinals.  The closest to that with this bunch is Lee DeWyze of the boys.

American Idol Season 9 Boys Night 2

As the second results show wind down for us here in the West Coast, I shall relive the Boys Performance Night #2. The top 10 boys of Season 9 (seriously?) go at it again for America's votes.

For a change, I watched this when it aired on TV. My mom made me do it. Figured she didn't want to go through it alone so I joined her. Now my question is do I really want to relive it one more time? Er, not really but for the sake of reviewing the awfulness, here I am. The girls should've gone first but contestant Crystal Bowersox was hospitalized. The guys were informed the morning of Tuesday that they will perform that night instead. Oh-kay. Let's do this.

"Fear of the unknown..." -- Kara DioGuardi. [Heh. After last week, it's fear of knowing what's coming up that's bothering me.]

American Idol Season 9 Girls Night 1

Yeah, yeah. I'm exactly a week behind. But hey, better late than never.

When Season 9 started, I tried watching the auditions. I got through the first two - and Victoria Beckham - then lost interest. They stopped being funny or amusing. Even the "good" ones weren't that good anymore. I also wanted to watch Kristin Chenoweth but apparently she had less than ten minutes screen time. Meh. I have x number of "Wicked" videos to sate my Cheno love. Then Joe Jonas?! WTF. I never approved of guest judges during auditions anyway. They're more useful and amusing during the competition proper.

Unlike the boys and the hype some of them got, the girls had none. So I have no idea who these girls are nor have heard them sing anything prior to my viewing of their performance night. [Well, I saw that Portuguese girl's audition but it was more sob story than actual singing. Surprise.] In the past, I never rooted for a girl to win Idol unless she was really the best of the roster (ie Carrie Underwood). Let's see if we have a winner here.

American Idol Season 9 Boys Night 1

Hiya!

I am about a week late and totally ignored the whole audition process of this American Idol 9. Yes, I'm afraid Season 8 spoiled me. Writing up a review of this season's performances should be interesting. I have no idea who these people are and how well they did in the previous rounds. This will be what Simon says, "If I'm living under a rock and this is the first time I heard that performance/song..." -- complete the sentence.

I'm quite active on Twitter and I follow a shitton of Idol fans. For the first performance night - the Girls - the response wasn't so good. [I did watch the Girls' night already; review to follow]. My mom caught a portion of it and walked away after that horror, I Want To Hold Your Hand. Then the Boys' night. My mom said it was better than the Girls' but the Twitteratti begged to differ.

So let's see, shall we?

NEW VIDEO: Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be Rocking That Body

Here's the BEP new music video, featuring two of their tracks from The E.N.D.

iTunes All-time Downloads Chart

I think the list speaks for itself, so I just post it. And FYI there's a contest for the 10 billionth download. Anyone who did it, will get a 10.000 $ gift card.

iTunes' most-downloaded songs of all time, as of February 11, 2010:
1) "I Gotta Feeling," Black Eyed Peas
2) "Poker Face," Lady Gaga
3) "Boom Boom Pow," Black Eyed Peas
4) "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz
5) "Viva la Vida," Coldplay
6) "Just Dance," Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis
7) "Low," Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain)
8) "Love Story," Taylor Swift
9) "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis
10) "TiK ToK," Ke$ha

11) "Disturbia," Rihanna
12) "So What," Pink
13) "I Kissed a Girl," Katy Perry
14) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," Beyoncé
15) "Hot N Cold," Katy Perry
16) "Stronger," Kanye West
17) "Live Your Life," T.I. (featuring Rihanna)
18) "Hey There Delilah," Plain White T's
19) "Right Round," Flo Rida
20) "Party in the U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus

21) "Don't Stop Believin'," Journey
22) "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga
23) "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
24) "Fireflies," Owl City
25) "How to Save a Life," the Fray

Starstruck Movie

As you all know, Disney do this year 3 musical movie. The first in the row is Starstruck. It got a lot of publicity, due to Sterling Knight's vocals. I won't complain about it, it just a reminder that Disney Channel aired the movie last night. And I think maybe you want to see it, outside of US, so here's a link from you can download it.

And you missed our posted about OST you can find it here.