New York to Hawaii
So…American Idol moves to New York, and they put through 33 people to Hollywood. We got to see, what, five or so of them? And honestly, I know these early rounds are more about showing us the range of freak show elements that show up hoping to be the next American Idol, but they could have just shown us Isadora and been done with it. After her…well, we get it. I sort of thought she was just putting them on, there were flashes of “I’m just pretending to be psychotic to get on tv”…but then, I’m not so sure. But that pretty much sums up the fringe element right there. No need to look further. More good singers now, please. And was I the only one who thought Carole Bayer Sager looked like she was doing her Alexis Carrington impression? I liked her, though. Next week? Alabama.
On Top Chef, we have the final four in Hawaii and, for the most part, everyone behaved. We are all reminded of why Marcel is such a weenie. Not that this remotely excuses the bullying, but he is an annoying child. Sam brought the hotness, Elia looked cute in her pixie do. Ilan was just Ilan. All in all, any of them deserves to win based on skill and talent, though I’d give the edge to Sam over all.
We’re in Part One of the finale and they have to do a twist on a traditional luau. They are told that two of the four will be eliminated, leaving two to go to the finals. Everyone does a nice job with it, except I thought Marcel’s was just plain weird with all his chemicals and foams, but everyone liked the taste, so who am I to judge? I had no idea who was going to go home, and the judges seemed stumped as well, as no one really dropped the ball. My gut said Elia and Marcel would be leaving, but, in the end, it was Elia and Sam. Noooo. This leaves us with Marcel and Ilan? Yeah. I guess I should have seen that coming with the editing, but it’s such a disappointing finale to a disappointing season. I’d have preferred Sam and Elia. I feel they had the most integrity over all (not saying much this season, but I could have rooted for them as chefs. Instead we get the two most childish.) I hope next season it can be more about the food, with chefs who can act like adults. One more show to go and I honestly could care less who wins. A shame. It could have been fun.
One more day to enter this week’s SHaQ Attack…I’ll announce the winner tomorrow!
Yes, I noticed the Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter wannabe - what was that?
And what was with the girl who knew she couldn’t sing and wanted them to teach her sing?
Thank you! She reminded me of someone and I couldn’t put my finger on who until I read you MAC.
Why couldn’t they have gotten rid of Marcel?! I think the whole season would have turned out better without him.
That’s who she reminded me of too. (And thanks for saying who she was, missed the first 10 minutes and had no clue!) I think NY outweirded the last stop. I’m surprised they didn’t have security yank a few of them out there. Especially ‘teach me to sing’ and the one who’d been through 2x and now wanted to know what was wrong.
Last night at 11:15, I realized I missed Top Chef. Thank goodness Bravo re-runs the show alot. I should be able to catch it before next week’s finale.
I did watch American Idol and was glad to at least see a few more of the good people than on previous shows. Still not enough, but better. My vote for weirdo of the night… the final contestant. Not very psychic if she couldn’t predict what the judges would say about her “singing”. Yikes!
LOL about Carole Bayer Sager. I missed the introduction for her and at first thought, “Why is Joan Collins there?” How funny that I wasn’t the only one!