Whatever, Jordin Sparks

Seriously. Whatever.

Blake, make a damn CD so I can buy it.


(Oh, and Chris Richardson, call me!)

And the "Winning" Song Still Sucked

I think the American Idol judges are confused. They keep saying their show is a "singing competition." I like to think of it more a singers competition. From where I'm sitting I want the person who's album I'm going to download to be the front runner.

Got a good voice? Great.

Keep me interested and curious about what you're going to do next? Even better!

The most memorable performance (minus closet-case Sanjaya) of the season game from Blake Lewis. His cover of You Give Love A Bad Name made it into the finals this evening and he knocked it out of the Kodak. It was entertaining, energetic, and, if I hadn't already put my money where my mouth is and downloaded the song from AmericanIdol.com's download store, I would have done it now. That to me is an American Idol.

There is no question Jordin is the better singer. Heck, if it was a singing competition, Melinda would have been there and won and Sanjaya wouldn't have made it past the Hollywood round. Thank God, it's not. It's a competition that uses singing to showcase personalities, creativity, stage/screen presence and general interest from the millions and millions of weekly viewers.

And, hello! If being an American Idol meant being the best singer, then why is Britney Spears one of the performers I have spent more money on than almost any other hit-maker I can think of?

While Jordin may win the title, Blake is my man.

And Chris Richardson is my lover.
And Ryan Seacrest can watch.
And, yes, I'm apparently a little randy tonight.

And that's got nothing to do with Randy Jackson.

Tony Nominations & An American Idol on Broadway!

The Tony Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway's 2006-2007 season will air live on June 10th on CBS.

Spring Awakening and Coram Boy are among the most nominated musicals and plays. See the full list.

Also, the NYTimes has put up a ballot for it's users to select who they'd pick for winners. If they had a say. Which we don't.







In other NYTimes theatre news, the paper has reviewed American Idol winner Fantasia's turn in The Color Purple on Broadway. I loved the show (saw it twice) when it first opened with LaChanze. The Times makes a case that 'Tasia, who once showed very few acting abilities in playing herself in a made for Lifetime movie, is apparently doing just fine playing someone else.

My favorite part of the piece is when he spends an entire paragraph trying to find the write words to call Fantasia...well, ugly:

Much is made of Celie’s unattractiveness. She is essentially sold off by her father to a brutish husband as if she were a workhorse with a lame leg. LaChanze, though a skilled singer and actress, couldn’t disguise her natural beauty and poise. Fantasia possesses her own beauty, but it is more idiosyncratic, and as Celie she moves with the uneven amble of a woman trained at a young age to debilitating drudgery and a carelessness about her looks.

He Gave Us 'Something To Talk About': Idol Will Continue Sans-jaya

I've been waiting to say this for weeks. I feel relieved I can finally take American Idol seriously again and actually write a post about it. The William Hung that could. The megastar Sanjaya Malakar, who for the past weeks seemed invincible showed up in the bottom three contestants (out of the seven who were left) this week. And, appropriately, he was sent home. Now we can get down to business.

Sans Sanjaya.

Adios.

Now, once we get rid of Phil Stacey, who will stick around for the top? The competition is on, folks. Next week Idol pulls an Oprah-Angelina-Madonna and "gives back" to the children of Africa. Trendy, but still an amzingly good cause. Watch. Donate. Vote.