Joey Gladstone??
That is the best I could come up with off the top of my head. What other 80s-hair being is Scott channeling?
PS – It should be known that Dave Coulier is wearing a Popeye applique sweatshirt in that photo. It unfortunately had to be cropped so as not to scare any new readers away from the site.
7 comments March 31st, 2009
Yeah, yeah. I have been ordering and re-ordering all weekend, procrastinating on my decision. See, I am usually fairly confident in my predictive skills. This year, however, is my first season to make official predictions with the wildcard system. At this point, in previous seasons four through seven, we had already seen each of the performers strut their stuff three times. This year, we have seen nine of them only once, and four of them twice. This makes things significantly more difficult. But I’ll give it a shot anyway, and you can all laugh at me on Wednesday when my pick to win goes home the first week. So here it goes:
13. Michael Sarver
12. Megan Corkrey
11. Kris Allen
10. Jasmine Murray
09. Jorge Nunez
08. Scott Macintyre
07. Anoop Desai
06. Adam Lambert
05. Allison Iraheta
04. Lil Rounds
03. Danny Gokey
02. Alexis Grace
01. Matt Giraud
While picking a front-runner is much tougher than the last four seasons, picking out the weak links isn’t quite as difficult, so let’s start at the end.
Michael Sarver and Megan Corkrey are going to get eaten alive by the big stage. Their voices aren’t that strong, and I have a feeling that Megan especially will struggle with Michael Jackson songs.
Kris Allen and Jasmine Murray will also struggle early on, because their voices are not as strong as some of the others. Kris may be able to redeem himself with a guitar, but I thing he will be an early goner.
Then things become a bit more difficult. I can’t see Jorge singing country, so he might struggle with Opry night. And I’m not sure that he has the fan base that the others have established.
Scott will be next, and while his charm with the piano will last several weeks, his weaker voice will start to become a liability. About this time, I think Anoop’s voice will catch up with him, too. I have a feeling that several weeks worth of negative judges feedback coupled with apparent bad vocals will give him the boot around #7.
I put Adam in the #6 spot, only because sixth place always seems to annoy me (Constantine, Pickler, and although she sort of grew on me, Carly Smithson). While Adam doesn’t completely annoy me yet, the warning signs are there. Everything about him is over the top, and he will begin to grate on the nerves really fast. So call it a hunch, but he won’t last as long as some are predicting.
I put Allison in the #5 spot because I think she will stay because of her amazing voice, but I see her making a few song choice flubs, if only because of inexperience and difficult theme weeks.
Lil Rounds will go 4th, and again, call it a hunch, but like her predecessors of Latoya London and Lakisha Jones, this “L” diva will also go home in the #4 spot.
The remaining three are risky to have in the front, I know. I put Gokey in the #3 spot. While he was an early front-runner, all the backstory-backlash has gotten a bit out of hand, making him quite the polarizing contestant. While I don’t know that his voice is necessarily more stellar than Allison’s or Lil’s, I think he will make smart song choices and creative arrangements (he is a music teacher, after all) that will pull him through.
Alexis and Matt will battle out the finale, but in a season full of strong male voices, I feel like the guys have to prevail, and Matt will take the crown. I think they will both hang around until the end because they will fly under the radar for a few weeks, and hit their groove about top 9.
My strategy for picking the early front-runner as the eventual winner has failed the last three seasons, so I figure, why not go with an unexpected choice?
OK…leave your lashings in the comments. But before you lash, recall that against everyone else’s opinions I correctly predicted Syesha to be #3 last season, so don’t be too hard on me!
4 comments March 10th, 2009
Dial Idol is predicting, as I expected, Adam and Allison on top. But as a surprise in third? Matt Giraud. Not that I don’t like the guy, but he really sucked last night.
I was watching the real-time results last night and a bunch of people held the #3 spot for varying amounts of time: Jesse, Kris, Megan, and Matt. It is going to be a tough call.
One person who I didn’t ever notice in that coveted #3 spot? Nick/Normund. Thank you, America, for not making a mockery of my beloved show.
Obviously this whole post should be prefaced with the fact that this is dialidol, and they don’t always get it right, but they tend to be more accurate than not. So believe at your own risk.
1 comment February 26th, 2009
If you have been living under a rock recently, you may not have heard about the “tweaks” coming to Idol this season. The following are eight changes that Idol is making this season. I have already talked about a few of them, but here is the summary:
1. New judge Kara DioGuardi – aka, sanity, and a vocabulary beyond “my dawgs” comes to the judges panel.
2. The Wildcard returns! The Wildcard returns!
3. There will be a top 36 rather than a top 24. Supposedly, there will be three groups of 12. It is not clear yet how they will be forming the top 12 from these groups, but I have my money on the top 3 from each group of 12, plus three from the Wildcard (A judges pick, a producers pick, and a popular vote pick? Or maybe a Clive Davis pick? He hasn’t done much lately.) This is all speculation beyond the three groups, of course.
4. Idol Gives Back will not be giving back this year. This has been changes to a bi-yearly event.
5. The auditions will be toned down and streamlined. Praise the Lord!
6. Hollywood week will be given more than one episode of face time! Another fabulous decision, if I do say so myself.
7. There will be a 50 years of Mowtown week! Not that this is really a tweak, but it is a throwback to seasons 1-3.
8. And finally Paula’s meds will be adjusted to put her in a happy place. Fine, that is just wishful thinking on my part, but a girl can dream, right?
You can read more about Idol Tweaks, if you like.
Add comment January 9th, 2009
I’m running a little behind on the countdown, already. But in celebration of day 7, here are seven great moments from Hollywood week. Along with Wildcard week, Hollywood week is one of my favorite episodes (and rumor has it that it will be expanded to multiple episodes this year!). It is the place to make a name for yourself. The following are some standout performances in no particular order:
Frenchie and K. Lo singing “Band of Gold.” This is one of the best all-time Idol performances, and a Hollywood Week moment to remember!
A memorable group performance was that of Blake Lewis and company singing some BeeGees:
I was so bummed out last season that David Hernandez turned out to suck, because this performance of “Love The One You’re With” was so fabulous! My favorite part is when they have a close up on Michael Orland who looks like he is getting down with his bad self at the piano!
Another awesome moment from last year was Archie singing Bryan Adam’s “Heaven.”
Last season was full of Hollywood week fabulousness, like Brooke singing Carole King’s “Beautiful.”
I love this “rocker” moment with Bo, Constantine, and the forgotten rocker Aaron Kelly singing “The Letter.”
And a little awful medley including Corey Clark (and his group with Patrick Lake, the original rocker) serenading Paula in season 2. Ahhh the drama.
Aren’t you pumped!
1 comment January 8th, 2009
Did you hear that they are bringing back WILDCARD WEEK??? I know, I almost soiled myself when I heard the news, too. If you are a newer viewer (post-season three) you may say “what is this wildcard you speak of?” The contestants are originally divided into groups, and only the top vote-getters make it through to the finals. Once those are chosen, the producers choose some favorite “loser” contestants for a second chance at reaching the top 12. So in honor of the wonders of the wildcard, and because we are in day six, here are six wildcard moments to remember:
1. Clay Aiken: Don’t let the sun go down on me. Eat your heart out Claymates, but I still like J.Guar’s version better.
2. John Peter Lewis sings A Little Less Conversation. Idolreview <3s this pen salesman!
3. Trenyce singing Let’s stay together in Season 2. Then, Leah Labelle singing Let’s Stay Together in Season 3. These are of note because they were both Paula’s pick to go through to the finals. NOTE TO CURRENT IDOL CONTESTANTS: Sing this song to butter up Paula. Or just bring her alcohol.
**I can’t find the trenyce vid! I will have to put it up later tonight.***
4. Carmen Rasmussen singing Can’t Fight the Moonlight aka the origination of the bleeting goat. Remember how Carmen along with a few other girls were plucked from obscurity to re-enter the competition during the wildcard round? You can watch the video, but don’t say I didn’t warn you that you might need earplugs.
5. RJ Helton singing Lately by Stevie Wonder. In season 1 they only chose one wildcard contestant, and RJ beat four others to claim the prize. I always liked RJ and thought he deserved more credit than he got.
6. J.Hud singing I believe in you and me. Great song but what the fug was she wearing? Thank God she got a stylist.
1 comment January 7th, 2009
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