American Idol Finals, Results - May 24^th 2006

Anti-climactically, Taylor Hicks is the 5^th American Idol. With the revellation in the last 4 minutes of a much too long 2-hour show, it was even put out pretty much with little fanfare and a sense of haste. The producers have done that for the other male winner, Reuben Studdard as well.

The reveal followed a song that saw Taylor and Katharine singing at the same time, but not really together. They have no chemistry together.

Canadian Idol starts next Monday. Hopefully I'll have some jazz content here as well while that one is on.

I'm watching the American Idol finale right now... and I'm realizing how I misnamed both Becky AND Bucky's family names wrong. I called them both "Carlysle". It's Becky Donahoe and Bucky Covington. Sad how I got Becky's name wrong after finding her so fascinating,

I'm posting just after a duet by Katharine McPhee and Meatloaf. I was blown away by how BAD he sounded though.

American Idol Performance Show (Finals) - May 23, 2006

That's right: Finals for this year. Tomorrow we crown the new American Idol, and these posts will be done.

(Well, Canadian Idol starts next week, and I'll be blogging about it... but many of my readers aren't here in Canada, so you may not be terribly vested in the results.)

The two finalists traded top performances each round. It was an interesting touch to have them each sing a different new track - but Taylor was given the better song. In itself, that's not fair in my book.

I think Taylor Hicks will be crowned the new American Idol tomorrow night, but I think that Katharine McPhee is the more talented singer of the two.

American Idol Results Show - May 17, 2006

Well, my imagined finals are 0 for 0... both my picks have now been eliminated!

The voting was all close, to within less than 1% difference -- but Elliot Yamin was eliminated... making the finals between Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee.

Now comes the finals. I think that ultimately Taylor will be the winner. He's an entertaining performer... but I find his singing style rather limited. As I said before: the world already has a Mike Macdonald and a Bruce Springsteen. I don't see Taylor bringing any new sound to the mix.

American Idol Performance Show, May 16^th 2006

Here we are at the penultimate one, and I have to say the voting will be difficult for you Americans... all three had stellar performances mixed with so-so ones.

My favorite bit of the night came when the judges were down on Katharine McPhee's first song: they gave her flack for song selection, and she pointed out "It wasn't mine!" (Clive Davis chose that first song).

Of the three, I'm guessing Taylor Hicks will be in the finals. I'm just not sure yet if Elliot or Katharine will join him yet. I'll be curious of the results tomorrow.

American Idol, Results Show - May 10, 2006

SHOCK. That's the best way I can sum it up. Tamyra Gray from season 1 level shock.

Chris Daughtry, the guy everyone saw as the frontrunner in the competition, was the person eliminated tonight.

My thoughts of the finals coming down to he and Elliott are now just my imagination.

American Idol, Performance Show of May 9^th 2006

Here we go again. :)

I hope this will be the last year for Elvis week. As I said last year it's difficult to perform his songs without performing like yet another Elvis impersonator. That's not really fair to the contestants.

Based on the performances, I think either Taylor Hicks (he seems to alternate a song acting goofy with a serious one) or Katharine McPhee (after months I finally spell her name right!) will be cut tonight. Sadly, I think Katharine will go this week -- after Becky Carlysle she's been my favorite lady -- she just didn't perform as well as she could.

Goodbye Princess P

I goofed and didn't post yesterday. I just saw the Idol results show though, and came to my keyboard right away this time.

The voting is getting more difficult... ALL the remaining group are very talented. I think now folks are just voting for who blew them away the least.

The bottom two I semi-predicted. I suspected that Elliot Yamin would be there based on his shaky first song. Paris Bennet I only suspected at the beginning of the show tonight.

With Elliot surviving however, my guess of the finals coming down to Chris Daughtry and him may still be possible.

One thing I've noticed this season however: after 4 other years, there seems less emotional upset among the performers.