We rushed home from dinner last night so we could catch American Idol. Not particularly proud of that, but it’s true. Last night was the worst. They showed those ding-danged clips of the contestants families and that just messed with my head.
How could I still want to smack Ms. All American McPhee when her daddy’s sitting there crying cause he’s so moved by her? Geeze. And Kelly Pickler the Ain’t I So Cute manipulator…how can I want to toss her out on her what’s-calamari wonderment when I see her grizzled old grampa and her quiet little brother and then Girl tells me her mama was a strung out junkie and her dad’s in prison? How can you work up a righteous head of boot’em off steam under those circumstances? :(
Even Ace, who I think has slid through more on his boyish laid-back good looks than talent, wormed his way in to my hard little heart. Elliott, who (or is it whom?) I’ve liked from day one, got shafted on the clips last night. Here’s the chance for him to increase his standing with women and what do they do to the poor guy? They run a freaking clip about his health problems and how attached he is to his mama. A sickly mama’s boy? No thanks. They just killed his post-Idol chances with the chicks. And I think it truly breaks sweet litte Paris’ heart every week when someone has to leave. She’s a darling and much as I hate to see her go, I worry that lifestyle would chew her up and spit her out.
But in the end, someone had to go and I suppose I felt best about Bucky, who incidentally looks like my niece if she had facial hair, leaving. He should’ve been on that country star search with Winona instead of AI anyway.
Maybe I won’t watch any more. That way I won’t have to sit in my chair and squeeze my eyes shut and cringe when squirrely Ryan S. hands out the death sentence. Yeah…right.
Unfortunately the results show of AI comes on during Lost and well, I lock myself in my bedroom and forbid all contact with the outside world when a new episode is on. (But my favorite idol is Taylor Hicks.
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Comment by Rhonda — April 13, 2006 @ 7:38 am
I like Taylor a lot as well…and I’m not even from Alabama. :p
Comment by Jennifer — April 13, 2006 @ 3:02 pm