American Idol - It's all over!

Hey all -- well on my family poll a few weeks ago I put up a poll to see who would guess the next American Idol winner. Two of my nieces and myself picked Jordin Sparks as the winner -- and it looks like we won! I really wanted Melinda to win, but figured with her star appeal, youth, cuteness and spunk that Jordin would end up having the most fans who would vote.

I wish her the best. She's really darling and sings great. I hope the "star mill" won't ruin her because she's so young -- I hope she'll surround herself with true friends and family and keep her head on straight. She's so cute, but when people become famous at such young ages it seems like many of them struggle.

Anyway, with the American Idol season over, now I'm looking forward to a fun filled summer!

American Idol - WHAT????

I have to say that as soon as the home town visits were shown, I knew Melinda was going home. The crazy screaming fans for both Jordin and Blake were young, teenaged, and would vote a ton of times -- whereas the fans for Melinda were more reserved and not as demonstrative.

I'm still shaking my head -- Melinda deserves to win American Idol on talent alone -- however I do think this will be a blessing for her -- to make her own record deal (probably tons better than the American Idol contract) -- and probably give her more freedom to go the direction she wants to go.

At this point, I think Jordin will win. I feel a bit bad for her if she does, simply for the fact that she is so young, and I hope she won't give in to the pressure to become the "typical" teen star -- dressing too sexy, focusing too much on fame, etc. I worry about these young stars.

I do think Blake has a chance to win -- with the young girls voting -- and I think he would do well as a winner or not. So at this point I don't really care which one wins.

But, I'll certainly miss the quality of Melinda's singing next week! Good luck to you Melinda -- I'll be looking for your album to come out!

My Tivo cut out right as Simon was going to make his comments -- I missed it! I would have loved to hear his response to Melinda going home -- if any of you saw it, let me know what he said. Thanks!

Elliott Yamin's performance was good -- I'm not sure I love the hair or the new teeth -- it kind of takes away from what I loved about him, but I guess if I saw him enough and got used to it then it might not bother me. I've always loved his voice and hope his album does well.

Melinda Doolittle Made Me Cry!

Okay, last night on American Idol when Melinda Doolittle sang the Whitney Houston song that Randy chose for her to sing -- it was so amazing and beautifully sung, it brought me to tears! Wow! Melinda deserves to win American Idol hands down -- but even if she doesn't win, she has such great talent I'm sure she'll do extremely well.

I like Blake and Jordin both, but they never seem to rise above the good performances to really make an impact on me. They are both very good but Melinda brings the emotion and power in her performances.

I think Blake will go home tonight.

American Idol Loses LaKisha

I have to say that when American Idol lost LaKisha tonight I was a bit disappointed -- I would have preferred that Blake or even Jordin went home... but I supposed LaKisha was at risk and I wasn't surprised. But I do think she'll still get a recording contract and do very well.

Good luck to the remaining three for next week. I think it will get down to Melinda and Jordin -- and hope Melinda wins.

American Idol - Top 4 - Not a Good Night

Well, last night's American Idol wasn't the best. There were moments of greatness, but I just wasn't very impressed with any of the performances.

I did not like Blake's renditions at all -- it's almost like he's just using gimicks (the beat boxing) to stand out and not doing much singing. So, I'll be ready for him to go tonight. (I know my nieces will be screaming with outrage if he leaves -- but for real -- he needs to be done.)

I think that LaKisha is also at risk not because she did poorly -- because I think she did okay and she'll get a recording contract and do well without winning -- I think she's at risk because her personality is not as strong as some of the others.

Now, I know that Jordin is becoming a favorite, and I've liked her from the start, but her youth is showing and the pouty looks at the end (trying to get people to call and vote for her)... well, it's not my favorite thing ... it just seems like it's a bit immature. She's young and will do very well in the future... but I wouldn't mind if she didn't win.

From the beginning I've wanted Melinda to win -- she just has the best package -- best and amazing voice, tone and quality and easy to listen to -- a true performer who puts her soul into her music. She deserves the win but even if she doesn't win, I know she'll do great and I'll for sure buy a CD from her. (I can't say that for the others.)

Anyway, just my thoughts from this week. I'd love to hear yours. :-)