Sanjaya is Love, Diana Ross is a Whale

What a weird Idol it was last night. Diana Ross said that Sanjaya was “Love” and Simon called Diana Ross a “Whale”.

Last night on American Idol, after Sanjaya had finished slaughtering “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Simon said:

“When you hear a whale in Beverly Hills”

and then he paused. A whale in Beverly Hills? Was this going to be another of Simon's Moth, Melon and Cornflake stories? He continued with:

“that is where Diana Ross is watching this show”.

Wait, what? Oh, a “wail” in Beverly Hills. Okay, whatever. He finished off with:

“The only similarity is the hairstyle. I don’t know what else so say, you are very brave”.

Sanjaya's performance was awful, although it cracked Randy Jackson up. When Jackson finally quit his giggling, he said "Dude, it wasn't very good".

Sanjaya resembles Michael Jackson, when Michael Jackson was still a cute young black man, in the early stages of his skin bleaching. Idol Addict thinks Sanjaya’s song choice should have been “I’m Coming Out”. Good one!

I think the judges were off last night. Maybe it was the bigger, fancier arena they were housed in for the first time, or the full band. Or Paula was sharing her happy pills again – or pills of some sort

Must have been a fairly sober night for all those who play the American Idol Drinking Game. A shot for every time Randy says “pitchy”. I think he only said it once or twice last night.

Chris Sligh was my favorite. He took that dreadful, sappy song “Endless Love” and turned it into something wonderful. The judges hated it.

Blake Lewis was next in line for originality in my book, although a little off in his singing. I enjoyed what he did with "You Keep Me Hanging On". Once again, the judges not so impressed. Were they hearing what we were hearing?

I’m not blown away by anyone else on American Idol. Blake Lewis is the one who should win that title, based on talent, originality and showmanship, but I can’t help wonder if he is the cocky SOB of which a newly booted Sundance spoke. What does it matter? We want to be entertained, not make a best friend.

Entertainment. That’s what it should be about. When I watch LaKisha on stage, I’m not entertained. She has an outstanding voice. So do a million other people. She has no showmanship and I don’t enjoy her performances. That’s truly what I feel is lacking with most of the would-be idols. Showmanship.

Phil has a rich voice, but he’d make a better character actor. A perp on CSI perhaps.

The good news is that we only have to endure American Idol for two nights this week and it’s only a half an hour tonight. The bad news is with all the dead weight they still need to ditch, only one contender gets the boot each week from now on.

Want more Idol chat about last night? Check out the entire piece over at Idol Addict, complete with some good pictures (loved the one of Phil and Nosferatu) and a fun read.