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Ranking the American Idol 8 Top 36 on Their VFTW Potential
So we have a lot of VFTW love this year. The contestants must really want our support. And it’s amazing! And since I sure as hell am not writing a recap of the chair episode, and since I already had the top 36 list before the episode aired, I put together a list of the current contenders. They all receive a grade from A+ (Tatiana) to F- (Danny “I Can’t Stand to See Him Again” Gokey) based on their V FTW potential. 13 contestants received a C or higher, meaning over 1/3 of these people could easily become the VFTW pick. And we could have some surprises. So without further ado, here is the list of people that we’ll most likely be voting for during the next 14 weeks.
Tatiana Del Toro – A+
Hollywood 4 Rooms Episode-- "Coming Up, The Agony Continues..."
Hollywood Week #3
This is the "this room stays" episode. Usually it's pretty bad, but ever since Idol hit Hollywood it's been on a bit of a roll. This episode rips through 28 performances (out of 72) and we get glimpses of all of our favorites who made it and who went home in under an hour. Because of the relentless editing, if you don't have TiVo this was a useless episode.
Oh, and Tatiana cried and stole the show again.
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I'll just comment on some of the people that we might be dealing with in the Finals.
Hollywood Part 3 - Staring at the Wall for an Hour
So even though the cast is VFTW worthy, why the hell did we have to sit through an hour just to see 4 rooms hear yes or no? And why the hell do we have to sit through 2 hours tomorrow to see people in chairs hear yes or no? Oh well, it’ll all be worth it when Tatiana gets her spot in the top 36 and the tweens and frauen throw a fit. I love Tatiana Del Toro and I am not afraid to admit it. She will single handedly save this show if she can somehow make it to the top 10.
American Idol is a singing competition. Unfortunately, we're only five weeks into the show and I'm already sick of the singing.
Why do we need words anyway? Without lyrics clogging things up, instrumentals are limitless in scope, and if every contestant on American Idol were required to master an instrument, the quality of music would increase fourfold.
Basic vocals need little effort: my six-year-old cousin can carry a tune without a single lesson and without reading a line of sheet music. Instruments, on the other hand, require years of training just to master the basics. Instrumentalists must learn to read the language of music, where as singers can fudge their way through a chorus without reading a note.
So here is a giant kudos to instrumentalists, who consistently kick vocalists to the curb with the merest flick of their bow or pick.
Group Sing -- "What a bitch!"
Hollywood Week #2 -- Group Sing
Well, this show made a dramatic turnaround. Today was a highly entertaining episode, because group sings bring the drama out of people. I can't say much good singing was performed, and all 107 singers whizzed past at dizzying speeds. But sometimes maybe that's a good thing.
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Since the herky-jerky editing kept me disoriented for most of the episode I'll just hit the high points. And since they never bothered giving us a comprehensive list of who made it or not I'll just note when Worsters made the grade.
Hollywood Group Rounds - I <3 Tatiana
Either I’m completely wasted, or these past few Idol episodes have been some of the best ever. The producers must love us to put so many entertaining train wrecks on one stage for us! The groups have always brought on the drama, and here we go again. Everyone’s yawning and falling asleep because they’ve been forced to watch the show while waiting to perform. Carly Smithson blogged that she and Michael Johns were mentors for tonight’s group rounds, but smartly, the show cut them out. Probably because even though the contestants this year are uglier, no one scares little children like Carly. But the show is delivering the drama in the best way with a fresh batch of VFTW victories each night.
Hollywood Week #1 -- "What's Your Name Again?"
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Well, that was a new low. What a horrible episode. 147 people whizzed past our eyes in 60 minutes. We actually see far fewer considering we heard just TWO singers in the first 13 minutes. So that's why they ditched Hollywood week the past two seasons.
I was dragged kicking and screaming to this episode and I have to pay the consequences. But since I took the bullet you guys don't have to.