Giveaway Winner
Lee may have just won, but we have our own winner on Idol Review! Commenter #4…Darlene!!
Congrats, Darlene! You win the Pants On The Ground shirt! (I will be emailing you shortly.)
Add comment May 26th, 2010
Oh, Finale…We Meet Again
Well, we find ourselves at the end of the season yet again. Another set of Idol graduates to saturate the music market. But this time around it will be Simon’s last hurrah, as well. Let’s get on with it.
The top 12 is up first singing Alice Cooper with…Alice Cooper. And a bunch of extras in school uniforms.
Kris Allen sings a rockin performance, and he has really turned into quite a performance and rockstar in the last year. I am proud of this kid.
Here is our first of an inevitably large amount Simon videos: Simon Uncut!
Our first of the “Idols with Idols” performance: Siobhan and Aaron singing the BeeGees’ How Deep Is Your Love along with…The Brothers Gibb! Fun Fact: Robin and Barry Gibb own houses two lots away from each other on Miami Beach. The house in between? Owned by J.Lo. I imagine she hears echos of How Deep Is Your Love harmonies as she falls asleep at night. Or at least I picture that as an SNL skit…
Our next “Idols with Idols” duet is Mike squared! Michael McDonald and Michael Lynche – and it was an awesome(!) rendition of Taking It To The Streets. I thoroughly enjoyed that one.
Dane Cook doing a tribute to Simon, with some of the all-time best Idol outcasts. Some guy stole the mic? and the quickly cut to commercial? Yeah, Idol, that will teach you to further exploit the already over-exploited. Oopsies!
After the abrupt commercial break, the girls sing some Xtina–Beautiful and Fighter, and then Ms. Xtina herself comes out (she forgot to wear clothes–oops!) to sing her new single – she is really amazing, I must give her that much! I didn’t like the hair or makeup, but the voice is a-rockin!
Then Rickey Gervais via sattellite bids Simon a farewell.
After the break, the boys sing a little Hall and Oates medley with…Hall and Oates! I liked it, and the boys were surprisingly syncronated in their dancing. That bodes well for the tour.
Crystal sings some Alanis with…Alanis! Nice duet, ladies! This was a very sophomore-year-of-high-school moment for me.
Miss Underwood is up next and is completely awesome as always. And then Kris gives Crystal and Lee their own Ford Fiestas.
Next up is Casey James singing along with Bret Michaels singing Every Rose Has Its Thorn. Holy Crap, Bret Michaels looks good considering all of his health issues lately–wow!
Another tribute to Simon with more Paula! After which, we have General Larry Platt singing/rapping his original Pants On The Ground! Yeah for the General! Then we randomly have him performing with William Hung…I mean they are both idol rejects, but they really don’t go together.
Aw, more Simon memories and then Paula! Paula in a pink dress! Doing a bad scripted comedy routine–she sounds a little drunk, but not as bad as season 5.
After Simon’s little tribute, with all the winners (minus David Cook) are there with a bunch of alumni (dressed in white) Archie! Kim Caldwell! Justin Guarini (he is EVERYWHERE!) Castro! Rocker! There was some wardrobe fail in that Jordin was the only winner wearing white, but it was super fun to see everyone–they are like old friends.
After the break, Holy Janet Jackson! She is wearing some sort of vampire getup, but she strips it off to do a pretty kick ass rendition of Nasty Boys. Love It!
Crystal and Lee sing some Joe Cocker with…Joe Cocker! Nice duet – I think Lee missed a line, but he can’t be blamed – This is a bunch of crap for him to do in one night!
I have to interject to say that there didn’t feel like a ton of commercial interruptions tonight.
And way after 10pm, the winner is…LEE DEWYZE!!!
Awww – he is so adorable! Good Job, Lee! I can’t believe they cut him off at the end, though. WTF?! Build in a few minutes for him to thank people (and hug his parents, or something.)
Well, thanks for a good season, all. It will be sad to have the show without Simon, but it will keep trucking along.
Also, thanks for coming along for the Idol Review ride, guys. It has been an inconsistent one at best, but thanks for sticking around.
laura, out.
(PS – The winner of the giveaway will be announced soon!)
3 comments May 26th, 2010
Last Chance for a Giveaway!
Last chance to win a Pants On The Ground Shirt! The comments will close at 8pm eastern time, and the winner will be announced tonight after the finale is over. Leave a comment on THE POST BELOW to win! Good Luck!
1 comment May 26th, 2010
We made it…almost…
Lee vs. Crystal. Crystal vs. Lee. We have gotten to the big stage, and both of these kids seem excited, and slightly overwhelmed with the crowd. There may be a bigger live audience, but there are still 30 million people watching at home – now THAT is a big audience.
Tonight they are each singing three songs: their favorite from the season, a pick from Simon Fuller, and the presumably nasty coronation song. Crystal won the coin toss, and chooses to recieve, so Lee kicks it off first.
01. Lee DeWyze
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“The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel – Awww, Lee, what a great performance again! I loved it, and I thought the vocal was even better than the first time around. |
02. Crystal Bowersox
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“Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin – Her vocal was amazing tonight! I always thought that Lee had a better voice than her, but tonight her vocal was awesome! Also, I love her boots. Just sayin… |
| 03. Lee DeWyze
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“Everybody Hurts” by REM – This was a pretty good choice for him – The arrangement was a little funky, but I could tell he was into the song. |
| 04. Crystal Bowersox
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“Black Velvet” – Meh, I didn’t love this – She looked terrified to walk down the stairs, I didn’t love the look, and her vocal was messy. The last note was great, and brought it back a bit, but the whole thing was messy, IMO. |
| 05. Lee DeWyze
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“Beautiful Day” by U2 /Lee’s “original song” – Veeery interesting, Idol. I guess, if you can’t get the whole original song thing to be successful, you just cover another one, huh? Anyway, I liked the arrangement – and the vocal wasn’t too bad. But as a final song, it left a little bit more to be desired in terms of emotional connection. |
| 06. Crystal Bowersox
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“Up to the Mountain” - I loved this performance, and have to agree with Kara, that she was completely emotionally invested in this song. And it was a great vocal, so in terms of vocals, she is 2 for 3. |
This finale is the first one in a while where I really could see it going either way. Who will be the winner tomorrow? Any opinions?
Will Young (what has he been up to for the last eight years?) sings us out, where we get to see an image of Mr. Pants on the Ground in the season summary.
SPEAKING OF WHICH…
Enter the giveaway below!!! Get a Pants on the Ground Tshirt! Do it now! All the cool kids are doing it… Seriously.
2 comments May 25th, 2010
A ‘Pants’ Shirt Giveaway!
I have never had a giveaway before, so you can participate in an idolreview first! You can win your very own, completely awesome, Pants on the Ground shirt!
This is courtesy of Cafe Press where you can find a ton of Idol shirts or even design your own and upload it. I am a big fan of Cafe Press and have ordered awesome items from them in the past. You can even use coupon code IDOLTEES for 15% off until the end of May.
In addition to the shirt from Cafe Press, I will throw in a few other Idol goodies from the American Idol Experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
So here is how you enter:
Leave a comment on this post (only comments on this post will count) and tell me about your favorite American Idol performance of all time. Only one comment per email address will count. I will close comments at 8pm EST next Wednesday May 26th, right before the finale begins. Then I will randomly choose a winner, and will announce the winner right after Idol announces their winner.
( And since there are, like, nine people who read this blog, you probably have a good chance of winning. )
Comment Away! And while you are at it, please like the new Idol Review Facebook page…all the cool kids are doing it.
9 comments May 19th, 2010
Say Goodbye to the Small Stage
Next week we are at the Nokia. The finale on the big stage. And dialidol is the most confident with their ouster prediction as they have been all season. So I don’t think there will be a shocker tonight.
[What? I am blogging a results show?!? That is the only big shocker of the night, I know.]
The first ten minutes are intros and a little talk back session with the top 3 and the judges. [filler filler filler....]
After the break we get the Ford commercial to I’m A Wild One. Then we get to go home to Texas with Casey. They had a great turnout (as I would expect–everything is bigger in Texas) and all the girls seemed very enthusiastic about Casey! I liked that he went to visit the hospital, as well.
Travis Garland (??) discovered by Perez Hilton (????) performs next. Perez is discovering new vocal talent now? What is this world coming to? I do like that this guy is kind of unknown, but the whole stagey dancey production was a bit over the top. Also, how does he get more vocal screen time than the contestants? There are so many questions that I have about this.
I am encouraged by the reports I read about next season on Idol the results show will only be a half hour, and the performance show will be 90 minutes. A LONG OVERDUE improvement.
After the break, we visit Toledo with Crystal. Aww, she is so emotional, and she got to see her son. That was quickly followed by Lee in Chicago, which was equally as adorable. Midwest FTW!
Well, we have 15 minutes left. No talks of eliminations yet. So what better thing to do than bring out Justin Bieber for a completely irrelevant performance! Clearly the logical choice.
With seven minutes left, we finally get around to the purpose of the show. (We did tune in for a purpose, right?) Lee gets his summary first, followed by Crystal and then Casey. Lee finds out he is safe, followed quickly by Crystal, with Casey making his exit tonight.
ELIMINATED TONIGHT: CASEY JAMES
He sings his exit song of Daughters, and seems like he is enjoying himself. This leaves the obvious pairing of Crystal and Lee in the finale, where it is really Lee’s game to lose. We will see how things go next week, it should be fun!
Also, I owe a heads-on-maps graphic (for Dave) but since my latest computer crash, all of my files are on my old hard drive. Once I rescue that file, I will post the photgraphic. Additionally, I scored some swag for a fun giveaway, which I will post information on shortly. So, all sorts of fun things are coming up for finale week!
1 comment May 19th, 2010
