American Idol Season 6

Tonight’s show takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

The first performance of the night was Jordin and Blake singing “I Saw Her Standing There.” The song suited both of them perfectly, and it was a really cute performance.

They then went to the video screens as they showed Gwen Stefani live on tour. She sang her song “Four In the Morning” off of her new album. I’d actually never heard the song before, but I liked it a lot.

After Gwen’s song, Kelly Clarkson sang her new single “Never Again.” She performed the song really well, and I thought she sounded amazing.

Following her performance was the “Golden Idols” giveaways, which are basically awards given out to the weirdest and worst contestants of this season’s auditions. It was hilarious to see some of those people again. The winner of the first one was a lady named Margaret Fowler, who was the contestant dressed in a huge yellow muumuu type thing. She was actually at the show, and the whole scenario was so weird. There were more Golden Idols given away throughout the night.

The top 6 guys of the season did a performance also. They were all wearing white tuxes, and their performance was awesome. I loved the way every one of them sounded. After they did their thing for a bit, Smokey Robinson was introduced, and he sang a song too.

An unlikely few, Barry Bee, Doggy Fresh, and Blake Lewis did a performance together. It was definitely an interesting performance, and something I wouldn’t have expected from American Idol. For the first really long part of the song, it was just them yelling into the crowd, which wasn’t very entertaining. Finally, they both started beat boxing, and it was so amazing. It was probably the best I’ve ever heard Blake beat box.

Then it was the top 6 girl’s turn to perform. I didn’t find this performance as good as the boys, but it was still good and entertaining. Joining them later in the song was Gladys Knight who was, of course, excellent. Right after this song was Tony Bennett singing “For Once in My Life.” It was such a heartfelt and cute performance. Melinda sang after, and she was amazing.

Ryan Seacrest announced that the Jordin and Blake would be getting two new Ford Mustangs, which was pretty cool. Right after the they took their new set of keys, Carrie Underwood sang “I’ll Stand By You” again. She sang it during the week of “Idol Gives Back.” I thought she started out really strong, but went a bit flat in some parts. It was still a very good performance though.

Clive Davis was on the show tonight to present a very special award to Carrie Underwood for 6 million U.S C.D sales. He gave quite a long speech on American Idol and its successes. It was pretty boring.

The African Children’s choir, who sang on “Idol Gives Back,” was on the show tonight again. They were so cute, and they all just looked so happy. Sinjaya took the stage right after with “You Really Got Me.” I’m not too sure why they got him to sing again, but I guess it was okay. I just thought it was an odd choice for American Idol.

Greenday was another guest performer on the show tonight. I really liked their performance as well. For the first time since last season, I saw Taylor Hicks perform. I’m not sure what he’s been up to with his music career, but he sounded really good tonight. Another person we didn’t see much of after American Idol was Ruben Studdard, who sang alongside Jordin tonight. They both sounded awesome together.

Up next was Bette Midler singing “You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings.” Kelly Clarkson came back to the stage with a tribute to Sergeant Pepper. I wasn’t a fan of her outfit, but her singing was awesome at least. To me, her and Carrie Underwood are the best winners of American Idol. Taylor Hicks and Carrie also sang again, both with good performances. Ruben also came back to the stage with the top 12 idols.

Finally they announced the winner to be JORDIN SPARKS. I actually had no clue as to who it would be, and either way, I think they will both be very successful.

May 16^th, 2007

I thought Melinda look really pretty tonight, and her hair looked amazing. They made sure to advertise the Idol Tour that will take place after the show has ended.

Tonight they showed the video clips of all the contestant’s trip homes. There was, of course a lot of fans awaiting them. There were radio interviews, public performances, streets and days named after them, and a lot of love and support.

I was surprised when they announced that Elliott Yamin would be singing on the show tonight. He was in last season’s top ten, and was always one of my favorites. I thought he sounded really amazing tonight, and I’m glad they had him on the show.

The next performance of the night was by Maroon Five. They sang their newest song, but I must admit I wasn’t as impressed with them as I thought I would be. I still love them, but I actually thought Blake sounded better last night than Adam Levine did tonight.

Everyone was completely shocked when Melinda was sent home. In a way, I kind of expected it. Even though she was probably the most amazing singing in the competition, she failed to appeal to the younger audiences. I think Blake and Jordin are there because they are younger and fresher.

May 9^th, 2007

Bottom Two: Lakisha Jones, Blake Lewis
Leaving this week: Lakisha Jones

Ryan talked a little bit about the future Idol Live Tour, which will take place after the show finishes. It will include 50 shows and all of the top 10 idol finalists.

Pink was on the show tonight, and performed her newest hit “Who Knew.” She sounded really good and looked very pretty, but I actually didn’t like the back-up singing in the song. I just wanted to hear her sing, but the back-up singers overpowered her in some parts.

The top four then did their group performance. Melinda, for the first time ever, was off-key in the beginning. It must be that the songs are really difficult to sing, because just like last night, it was a boring performance, and there were a lot of off-key notes.

This week, the idols got to go and see a sneak peek of the new Fantastic Four movie, “Rise of the Silver Surfer.” They showed some previews of the movie on the show, and it looks like its going to be an amazing movie. The actors of the movie were in the audience tonight, and Jessica Alba let everyone know that the movie comes out June 15th.

They showed a video clip and pictures of the idol’s childhoods. It was neat to see how they grew up.

Ryan announced that American Idol is looking for a band. They are looking for the best undiscovered group in America and are accepting submissions by dvd or video. The group can be any age or style. You can go to www.americanidol.com for more information. The next performance of the night was Barry Gibb. He’s definitely not my favorite singer in the world, but he sounded good for the type of voice he has. I admit that I found the whole performance a bit odd.

It was really sad to see Lakisha go, but I think it was the right decision. I have no clue who will make it into the top two. It’s crazy to think that the finale is only two weeks away.

May 2^nd, 2007
Voted off: Phil Stacey and Chris Richardson

Of course, they showed the usual video clip of last night’s performances. If I had to pick two people to be voted out tonight, I think it would be Jordin and Chris. This is solely based on last night’s performances, because I think that everyone else really stepped up, and these two brought nothing amazing to the table. As Ryan took to the streets to ask viewers what they thought of last night’s show, there were a lot of people who said Jordin had a rough week, so I thought that maybe it would be her turn to go. There was another video clip of last week’s “Idol Gives Back.” They are still encouraging people to donate until the end of the month.

The first performance of the night was by a guy named Robin Thicke. He is currently number one on Billboard’s R & B chart. I’d actually never even heard of him before, which is surprising. I thought it was an extremely odd performance. I didn’t like it very much at all, but I guess it was good for the style that he does.

The ford commercial this week was to Painted Black and was a circus theme. Ryan announced that their songwriting competition received 25 000 entries from people all over America, and that they have already narrowed it down to 20. You can go to www.americanidol.com to vote for the one you like best, and the one that is selected will be sung at the finale, and released by the idol winner. The first person to be voted out was Phil Stacey. I was upset that he was going home because I was really starting to enjoy him. It was sad to see him go, but I know he will definitely have a career in the future.

Before they announced the other contestant to go home, Jon Bon Jovi sang what I’m assuming is a brand new song, and it was amazing. I’m thinking that it was called Memory, or something along those lines. It was a slower song, and the performance was completely captivating. He announced that his official tour will start next January.

The final person to be sent home tonight was Chris Richardson. It was upsetting to see him go too because he was always so entertaining. There is no question that he will have a career in the future.

April 25^th, 2007

This week’s results show was extended to two hours because of the special continuation of “Idol Gives Back.” Ryan announced that they received over 70 million votes last night, which beats the record of any American Idol Season. This meant that Newscorp would be donating 5 million dollars to their cause. Ryan then went to the video monitor to show Ellen DeGeneres at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. She was there to introduce Earth Wind and Fire, who were performing from the Hall. They did a medley of some of there old hits.

They showed a video of Randy in New Orleans. Even two years later, the state has still not been restored, and nothing was being done for some of the people who live there. There was a family with 6 children living in a tiny space that was only supposed to be a temporary relief, but turned into a permanent home as nothing is being done for them.

The next clip showed Quincy Jones with the idols. He was preparing them for their group performance on the show tonight. They did a really good job with it, and all sounded good individually. Ben Stiller then came on with a video clip. He started singing and said he wouldn’t stop until they donations reached two hundred billion dollars. He did a good job of entertaining, and it was a funny surprise.

They showed once again Ryan and Simon’s trip to Africa. They said there were 1.2 million people living in a space the size of Central Park in New York City. There was a little boy who lived completely alone with his sister. When their parents passed away, they were forced to live and survive on their own. It only costs 16 dollars to educate a child in Africa for a whole month.

Paula visited the boys and girls clubs of Los Angeles. There are 4000 of these clubs across the country and they serve as a safe place for kids to go after school. They are so significant for cases where both children’s parents work, and without these centers, the children would sometimes be left alone in dangerous neighborhoods.

The next performance of the night was Il Divo, singing “Somewhere.” They were really good, and it was an awesome performance. Ryan then said they were going to pull a seat number from the audience, and that person could come up on stage. The person turned out to be Jack Black, and he came running up on stage. He then started singing “Kiss From a Rose” by Seal. He asked for critiques from the judges and they all were really harsh with him, except that Simon said he was better than Sinjaya. It turns out that Seal was actually sitting in the audience and told Jack that it was the best rendition of the song he’s ever heard.

Carrie Underwood actually went to Africa to help with some of the children there. They made a really amazing video of her time in Africa with the song “I’ll Stand By You” playing in the background. It was almost like a music video layout.

After the video, Rascall Flatts performed their song “My Wish” at the Hall, and they were awesome too. The next performance was Josh Groban singing “You Raise Me Up,” along with an African children’s choir. I thought it was a really inspirational performance, and the choir was so adorable. I think my favorite performance of the night was Kelly Clarkson. She just sang so beautifully.

They did a skit of the Simpsons where Simon was auditioning for American Idol, and Homer, Lisa and Marge were pretending to be the judges. The next performance was really crazy because they did some sort of hologram of Elvis Presely singing, and Celine Dion was singing beside him. It was amazing to see, and I’m still in awe of how they did it, and made it look so completely real. I just can’t believe that they can do something like that. The final performance of the night was Annie Lennox, singing “Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and of course she was amazing as well.

The best part of the night was that everyone was safe! However, it didn’t seem as exciting after Ryan said that they would instead send two people home next week.

The show finished as the idols had a session with Bono, and then sang “American Prayer.”

They had various stars make short appearances by video, including David Swimmer, Terri Hatcher, Dr. Phil, Hugh Grant, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gweneth Paltrol, Goldie Hawn, Mark Anthony, Chris Kattan, Rob Lowe, Lisa Kudrow, Kiera Knightly, Twiggy, Jason Biggs, Kevin Bacon, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Madonna and more.

Bottom Three: Lakisha Jones, Blake Lewis, Sinjaya Malakar

Voted out this week: Sinjaya Malakar

The top 7 did a group medley to “I’m doing Alright.” I thought they all sounded really good and it was a good performance.

Fergie made a surprise appearance on the show tonight. She sang one of her new songs that I actually hadn’t heard before which was cool. It was a good song, and she did a good job with it.

The Ford commercial this week was to a song called “I ran.” All of these commercials can be seen on www.americanidol.com. Ryan announced that next Tuesday and Wednesday are two segments they’ve called “Idol Gives Back.” They have Pink, Gwen Stefani, Earth Wind and Fire, Il Divo, Kiera Knightly, Josh Groban, Hugh Grant, Jack Black, Rascall Flatts, Quincy Jones, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Annie Lennox and more. They also say they will have a duet of two musicians you will have to “see to believe.” It seems like its going to be a really entertaining show.

Once again they split the contestants into three groups. The first one consisted of Sinjaya, Lakisha and Blake, the second one had Chris, Jordin and Phil, and the third one included only Melinda. Melinda was the first one said to be safe. Shortly after, the top three was announced to be Chris, Jordin and Phil. I thought this was a pretty accurate decision, except that I wouldn’t have had Blake in the bottom three.

Next, they showed a video clip of the idols going to Dreamworks Animation for a behind the scenes look at the soon to come out “Shrek the Third.” They had a tour of the studio and a presentation of how the animation is created, and they got to voice a scene, meet Antonio Banderas, and see the new movie.

Martina McBride then sang a song from her new album. It was called “Do It Anyway” and it was a really good song. After she sang, her daughter came on stage and Ryan asked her some questions. She was really cute and outgoing. Finally, Sinjaya was told that he was going home this week. I was really relieved that it was him, and I thought it was a fair decision. However, I must say, the competition will be very different without him.

April 11^th, 2007

Bottom Three: Phil Stacey, Haley Scarnato, Chris Richardson.
Voted out this week: Haley Scarnato

The group performances finally came back this week as the final 8 sang a Latino medley. The song started off a bit shaky, with Haley and Sinjaya, but it got better once everyone started singing. I think Lakisha messed up the words at one part, but it was hardly noticeable. I thought the ones who sounded the best were Chris Richardson and Blake Lewis. Phil Stacey also sounded very good. Overall, it was a bit of a boring performance.

After the performance they showed a video of Ryan going around and asking people their opinions on this season’s American Idol. He then announced that Akon would be performing his newest release “Don’t Matter.” I didn’t even know he was going to be on the show, so that was a pretty good surprise. I like this song, and I thought he sounded pretty good. At times he sounded a bit shaky, but it was mainly a good performance.

The Ford commercial this week was to “Happy Together.” It was a cute and simple little commercial. Following this commercial, Ryan introduced a clip of Simon in
Africa. They are supporting a program in which people donate $183.00 in order to buy a complete school kit for less fortunate children in
Africa. I thought it was an amazing thing that they did, and hopefully the millions of viewers watching will help the cause. The clip ended on a humorous note as one of the African girls drew a picture of Simon, but with a set of boobs. Needless to say, he wasn’t too happy about that.

When they announced that Chris was in the bottom three, I was completely shocked. I just don’t see how he deserves to be there when his performance was ten times better than Sinjaya’s. It doesn’t really make sense. It was relieving when he was the first one to be sent back to safety.

Before they did the final elimination, they showed a clip of Jennifer Lopez, and then she finally sang. From the clip, you could see that she is a very sweet and inspirational person. She sang a song completely in Spanish (off of her new album), but it was a really entertaining performance. She had her dancers with her, so that was cool to see as well. I wasn’t a big fan of her dress, but everything else I liked. After the performance, they announced that Haley was the one to go this week. I wasn’t too surprised with this, and I thought that it was a fair decision.

April 4^th, 2007
Bottom Three: Phil Stacey, Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen
Voted Out This Week: Gina Glocksen

The ford commercial was a bit weird this week, and I wasn’t really sure what it had to do with anything, but it was still cute. This week, Ryan split the contestants into three groups, based on their standings. It was pretty clear which group was the bottom three because it contained Haley, Phil and Gina, whereas the other groups had most of the contestants who have never been in the bottom three. I was right in assuming this, and the rest of the contestants were sent back to the couch.

It was interesting to see who was in the middle and top three for the first time, just to see how people are actually voting. The top three consisted of Jordin, Lakisha and Melinda, and the middle three were Sinjaya, Blake and Chris.

They took a break from the elimination as Canadian singer Michael Buble sang. I’ve always really liked Michael Buble, but I didn’t think he was that amazing live. I actually thought he had a few notes that were off key, and it wasn’t the most entertaining performance, but I still like him.

Finally, the results were announced as Phil and Haley were told to go back to the couch. I was actually pretty surprised with the decision to vote out Gina, because I thought her performance last night was pretty good. It was really upsetting when Gina started to cry. I just felt really bad that she got voted out when she was ten times better than Sinjaya. It’s not really fair to the other competitors.

March 28^th, 2007

Voted Out This Week: Chris Sligh
Bottom Three: Chris Sligh, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacy

As Ryan Seacrest came out at the very beginning of the show, he was wearing a huge Mohawk to make fun of Sinjaya, which was pretty funny. This week’s Ford commercial was cowboy themed, and the main characters were Chris Richardson and Jordin Sparks. It was cute, and very entertaining.

The first person announced as part of the bottom three was Phil Stacy, with Haley Scarnato soon to follow. Before they announced the third competitor, Gwen Stefani performed. Suprisingly, Akon was also there to sing his part in her new hit “Sweet Escape.” He sounded good for what he sang, but he didn’t sing a lot because he isn’t really a huge part of the song. I thought Gwen sounded a little shaky at the beginning, but I thought that it was overall an awesome performance.

Finally, Chris Sligh was told to go to the centre of the stage, as he was the final part to the bottom three. Once again, I was surprised with this decision. Chris does have some difficulties in the competition, but I thought that Sinjaya definitely should have been in the bottom three. Chris was actually the one to go this show, so it was a bit upsetting. It definitely sucks to lose him, and I’m still so shocked that Sinjaya manages to stay in there.

March 21st, 2007

Bottom two: Stephanie Edwards and Chris Richardson
Voted Out This Week: Stephanie Edwards

First, they had a recap of the night before, and then Peter Noone sang. I’m not going to lie, I’m not the biggest fan of Peter Noone. I think he definitely relates more to the older audience. After that, they showed their Ford commercial for the week. I thought it was pretty cute, and did a good job of showing all of the idols personalities.

Brad Garrett from the tv show “Everybody Loves Raymond” was on the show tonight, and was actually sitting with the idols before elimination time. Ryan Seacrest announced that the first idol who was voted out tonight was Brad. It was a funny little scene.

When they announced that Chris Richardson was in the bottom 2, I was really shocked. I thought that in no way did he deserve to be there. After Chris took his walk to centre stage, Lulu did her performance. I thought she was better than Peter Noone, but still not really my type. In fact, I thought some of the idol contestants were better than her.

Finally they announced that Stephanie Edwards would make up the second half of the bottom 2. In the end, Chris was safe, which definitely a big relief for me.