American Idol in Hollywood

Well, the Hollywood phase wasn't quite as annoying as I thought it would be, at least not yet. Saying that they had made changes because the "talent was so strong" and that there would be some of the "most vicious cutting" was annoying. It's still very much the same old same old, nothing new and improved about the show.

Brooke White is still in, that's good. Leo Marlowe - is he in or out? We saw a clip of Simon telling him that he went from memorable to forgettable.

I don't recall seeing David Hernandez before. He sand "Love the One You're With" and it was good to listen to, so much different than all the copy cat renditions of songs that have been sung to death,

Josiah Leming seemed very much the young, tired, desperate runaway kid last night. There's something about him and the cry in his voice. I hope he makes it.

I was sorry to see Suzanne Toon go. Did you even recognize her? She was pretty and natural in the audition phase, and blond and cookie cutter in the Hollywood phase.

Kristy Lee Cook is in.

My favorite so far, is David Archuleta. He was about 9 years old when American Idol began, but he was already out there trying to become famous. He lost his voice at some point. Here is David then and David now:





Kyle Ensley is still in, just to give the show a human side and remind us that Nerds are people too.

Michael Johns did Bohemian Rhapsody and he did it well. Not an easy song for anyone to tackle.

Brooke Helvie, the annoying beauty Queen, is out, because she annoyed a great big "NO" from Paula. I think Paula would have said yes, if she hadn't pissed her off so much. Here is Brooke, annoying herself right out of the competition:



Tonight we'll find out who the final 24 are and how they will stretch this show out for a couple more months.