Did you read my above post? (May 10th 2007 at 2:35 pm) He is doing just fine.

They make an interesting point that Idol started out with an exciting premise, Justin or Kelly, who will win the million dollar record contract.. it was exciting and rewarding to vote for the most deserving. But now, everyone gets a record deal.. (Bucky Covington has a record contract!) What’s so special about the winner when most all the finalists win?

Also, Idol is now more about the “show” than the contestants.. we know so little about each of them really. Another point made in this commentary is that the show basically ended when Sanjaya left. He was interesting, entertaining and ratings dropped significantly when Sanjaya left. There were no characters left on the show.. boring and predicatble.

Then take the Ellen interview with Simon where he admits he doesn’t listen to the contestants during the show, but messes around with Paula during the performances.. he goes to rehearsals instead.. as a singer myself, I’d be upset if the press showed up to review my rehearsal!

I don’t know.. I am caring less and less about this show in general.. it’s been 6 seasons now, ratings are lower than last year and its just too predictable..

I always thought Taylor wouldn’t be a shooting star; more of a Jimmy Buffett kind of musician. I am not overly surprised that DAUGHTRY sold well. I liked three songs on his CD, but it just doesn’t work for me. Heck, I thought Savin’ Me was by Chris and I later found out it was by Nickelback.

Taylor has a distinctive voice and uses horns, etc. a lot. And his persona on stage is just fantastic.

As for sales, I found this on another blog:

“Did you know there were 60,000 albums released in 2006 ?

Did you know that out of that number only 224 were certified Gold ? (less than ½ of 1%)

Did you know that out of that number only 108 were certified Platinum? (less than ¼ of 1%)”

Inexplicably, Taylor’s 1st single was released 2 months after the CD came out, yet he has managed to reach platinum status.

Re: Word Press, I think with the upgrade is where the problems came from. I hope they fix that. There was an edit here for a few hours and I loved it, but I think WP found a problem and I guess you were notified from them to shut that off?

There is no doubt they want Jordin to win. Jordin has sung last three times and ALL of her times were in the top 12: last of the top 12; last of the top 6 (inspirational songs night, too); and this week, last of final 4.

Melinda has sung last three times as well; twice in the top 12: last of the top 8 women; last of the top 11; and last of top 6 (second round of top 6).

Lakisha has sung last twice; once in the top 12:
last of the top 12 women; and last of the top 9.

And that leaves us Blake–who has sung last only once–last of the top 7, country night (not really his forte, either).

So, we have Jordin singing last THREE times in the top 12 and Blake only once? And only once the whole season?

Why is singing order so important? Because the boot this season has never been from the person who sang last, and the majority of the boots have been from someone who sang in the first three spots of the singing order this season.

IMO we will see this singing order next week: Blake /Jordin/Melinda–unless they just flat out give Jordin the last spot again.

Couple this with last night’s flattering “man of the street” comments for Jordin (Ryan’s results shows interviews) and a featured “Who screwed up last night?” question and “Blake” answer in the same segment–could not show their agenda any more clearly.

Going all the way back to the auditions…the judges were telling the audience then that Jordin was their favorite; then there have been many interviews with producers, judges and even Ryan this season proclaiming Jordin as the one; and add in judge’s comments like Randy’s to Jordin’s a couple of weeks ago that her performance was the best of any idol any season EVER…is there any doubt?

There are other things, too, that make you go “hmmmm”–like Jordin having her first custom made dress this week and Lakisha tells us after the fact that there was a screw up with her apparel (among other things that went wrong performance day); and how are song choices really made? We know last season Taylor’s songs were changed on him last minute more than once due to clearance issues or other reasons.

At this point I wonder if Jordin was selected long before the season started (they knew her from Idol Juniors, after all) and that is why we had the lesser talent pool this season–so she could be all the better spotlighted. They did not count on Melinda delivering so rock steady week after week or Blake’s popularity growing. But, that would be completely cynical to think they went that far to have their chosen one.

This week we should have the usual three songs: a judge’s choice; Clive’s choice; and contestant’s choice. So, two thirds of the selection is out of the hands of the contestant. Wonder whose songs will best suit their style?

I think the schedule AI has these contestants on is hurting their performances. In one week they are doing commercials, guest appearances, two solo songs, group song, two live broadcasts, rehearsals with guest judges, and who knows what else. Then add 3 hours everyday of schooling for Jordin. It’s got to be a killer agenda.

Blake has a shot – he is very unique, extremely gifted.

Melinda may surprise everyone if she releases an adult contemporary CD with her distinctive style.

So, it is hard to say. I thought Taylor was going to do gangbusters this year and would never have thought Daughtry would outsell him. His shows are positively received though so that’s a huge plus.

So MCL, which of the remaining three contestants do you think will sell more CDs?

LOL! I think Melinda can do almost anyything vocally–but I really don’t want to see her try that!

I have one, but there doesn’t seem t0 be an option for those leaving comments. I will check tomorrow.

Good night all

MCL, is there an edit feature here?