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I discovered that Krista is also a Diego Luna fangirl. Somehow, he came up in a conversation and I say, "Ooh, I love him!" And she says "Me too." Then I tell her that I saw Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights, a craptastic movie, but I saw it twice for him. She also saw it twice, but she also saw it once in the theaters, so she has me beat there!

This weekend, the 'rents and I went up north to St. Paul for the wedding shower that Kelly's side of the family threw for them. I had already met Kelly's mom and her youngest sister, but I met her other sisters, grandparents, some relatives, and a few of her friends from high school. Her grandmother is a hoot! She's this big American Idol fan (she's rooting for Alisonn) and she told me she voted 17 times for Carrie Underwood during her season and tells me she reads everything about her. Later, Kelly told me that her grandma can't stand Jessica Simpson because she and Carrie got into that feud. Haha, hilarious! I'm pretty sure my grandma doesn't watch AI, and she probably doesn't even know who Carrie Underwood is.

So I decided that after every AI show, I'm going to post my thoughts and comments about the performances. (If I feel like it, ha). Today was Michael Jackson night.

( Don't Stop Til You Get Enough )

I can't get excited about the American Idol's chosen ones. There are a few I like, but I think a lot of more talented singers were past up. Maybe I'll change my mind when I get to "know" them better. Anyway, ( here are my thoughts on those who made it through )

The top 36 have been decided for the 800th season of American Idol and here are my predictions who I think will make the top 12. ( And the chosen ones are... )

And just for fun, ( here's how I would rank the AI winners )

Yeah, I have lots of little random things to ramble about.

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All my favorite reality shows are wrapping up, so I thought I'd give my thoughs about how I think each show will end.

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I was so looking forward to this week of American Idol because it was Mariah Carey week and I LOVE Mariah Carey. (Well, I like old-school Mariah a little better). I have all of her CDs and pretty much know all of her songs by heart, especially the older ones. So I was very excited they were going to sing Mariah songs tonight because I knew I would know all the songs. So here's what I thought about today's show.

( Damnit, why didn't anyone sing Prisoner? )

Here are my top three and bottom three of tonight's American Idol.

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So I watched the premiere of American Idol Season 7 (good Lord) last night and I think I'm going to stop watching until the final 12 are cast. Is it me or are the auditions getting more and more boring? We have the good singers who the judges love, we have the sob stories, we have the famewhores in ridiculous costumes who want to get on TV, we have the crazy whack jobs who scream "FUCK YOU, SIMON!" and rant for like five minutes. Throw in a couple of montages of horrible singers and the same remarks from the judges. Those are two hours of my life I can never get back. I've also noticed that the Wall of Fame behind the singers is getting quite full of winners. Just think when we get up to season 20. (Dear God!)

You know, I think it's great if people audition when they know they have quite a good chance of getting to Hollywood. Making it to the top 12 means you could get a record deal, but what I don't understand is the people who try out as a joke or because they want to get on TV and they wear stupid costumes (like that jackass guy who shaved his chest...god, I was eating when he was on and I thought I would throw up...I do not need to see his flabby body on my TV!) I mean, these people wait in those long lines for hours and hours just so they can be on TV for a little bit? Good fucking Lord. I hate famewhores. This show is really starting to piss me off, can't you tell?

In other news, Mom came by yesterday and we had lunch and saw The Kite Runner. She brought me back a jade necklace from New Zealand and showed me photos of her trip. She also said that Dad is reading Watership Down and can't put it down, yay! Before the movie we went shopping and I got a floor lamp and a couple of pillows for my couch.

"We're going to Australia! I've never been overseas! I've only been to the ghetto and around the block!"

Okay, I'm paraphrasing that Jaslene quote, but I laughed so hard when she said that.

YAY!!! The girls finally went to Australia. When Tyra announced that I thought, "I wonder if Erika Heynatz will make an apperance..." and there was Erika to greet them in Sydney. BTW, why did Tyra introduce her as the "original" host of AuNTM? Does that show have a new host now?

I felt sorry for that kangaroo when all the girls started screaming and jumping around. Poor thing! :-(

Dionne saying "That's cool, that's cool" at the end of every sentence during her interviews was hilarious.

And oddly enough, I can understand Jael a lot better when she's speaking with a (crappy) Aussie accent instead of her real voice!

Also, in American Idol news...( wait for it... )

Thought it was about that time to make comments on my thoughts of the wonderful world of reality TV.

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With the exception of maybe three or four singers, I thought everyone sucked last week on AI. I wish they had Motown week instead of just Diana Ross songs so they had a bigger selection to choose from. I think I only knew about four of the songs that were sung. I didn't think Blake's version of You Keeep Me Hanging On was THAT bad; at least it was much better than Chris Sligh's awful rendition of Endless Love. Dude totally butchered that song!

I am SOOO excited for the coming weeks. Now I don't know how accurate this is, but someone over at TWoP found out what themes they'll be doing for the Top 9, 8, and 7:

( Just in case you want to be surprised )

I was looking at some old AI videos from YouTube and Trenyce, Voldemort, and Kimberly Camerawhore could have taught this year's batch a thing or two. Now THAT is how you do motown!

Compare season 1's group sing of Joy to the World to season's 6's version. I like the former a lot better! Of course, to be fair, they had only their top seven while there were 20 freaking people in the other one...that's way too many damn people! But seeing that reminds me how much I wished AJ had made it. I loved AJ! He was so endearing when he sang the lyrics along to Alone when Gina sang it. Ha!

And speaking of group sings...season 2 was by far the best. My favorite (not only from this season, but all seasons combinbed) group sing is the top seven singing For the Longest Time. (Haha, Ruben is such a pimp with TWO girls!) Here we have S2 singing What the World Needs Now is Love. It fills me with butterflies and lollipops! And I love this especially cheesy group sing of All Night Long. I alway loved it when they went out in the audience...it always made me laugh that Ruben never seemed to never go out there. And WTF are Clay and Carmen (Clarmen!) doing there at the end! It seriously looks like there about to makeout! Hilarious! And I am totally bummed that I can't find the two group sings they did on Movie Night. They sang along to Foot Loose and I've Had the Time of My Life and the former is AWESOME because they're all (except Ruben!) in the audience and Camerawhore is dancing with JD Adams and in the latter they're all "paired up" (except Ruben, poor guy) and singing to each other. So awesomely cheesy. Someday I'm going to list my top ten favorite AI performances...or maybe top 20!

I also decided to check out the latest batch from Oz Idol (they just had their 4th season) and I must say I really like that Bobby Flynn guy. He's got a very unique-sounding voice and I really like it. I wouldn't even know which artist to compare him to. I read on Wikipedia that he sang Superfreak on Disco night and I can't find it on YouTube! Aurgh! I wanna see that so bad! That is just too fucking awesome!

Now if I were a 13 year old Australian girl, I would have totally voted for Dean Geyer. Hell, I'd still vote for him as a 26 year old American if I could. I love this guy! Please tell me he's not some massive tool. Look! He plays the guitar (sorry, I couldn't find one with just the performance), and he does backflips!. (You have to wait to the end, but he does some kind of cartwheel off the stage one minute in). He totally pwns Diana DeGarmo at this song, LOL. (Oh, God, I think that was during Gloria Estefan week...worst song week EVER!)

Also, the finale of Aussie Idol was totally awesome and so overdone that I just love it. Singing Coldplay outside the Opera House? Fireworks over the Harbour? Damn, I don't think I even saw that many fireworks when I was at Disney World! It actually gave me chills when I watched it. Why can't WE have fireworks? :::whines::: The second girl reminds me of Vanessa Carlton - they both have that nasally sounding voice. Who is the girl in the white pantsuit who comes in at two minutes? She totally looks like Jennifer Coolidge and I'm guessing she looks a lot older than she really is... I like Jessica's dress (the girl at the end), but are those hot pink leggins? Um, no!

I heart YouTube.

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Now that the top 12 have been determined on American Idol, here is my rundown of what I think about them so far:

( .... )

I know I said I wouldn't watch it this season, but AI is like a vacuum, it just sucks you in. Good God, is all of New York on crack or something? There are sure a lot of fucking nutjobs over there!

( A few observations on the NYC auditions )

( And because it's still pretty fresh in my mind, some thought from the Memphis auditions )

We're about at the halfway mark for both shows and I thought I would do a little recap of what I think of the contestants and if any of my feelings has changed since I last posted about them.

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