Apparently John Casey has a heart, but he left it in Central America.

The show was structured similar to what I’ve heard NBC’s Olympic coverage was like – 2 minutes of content, a 30 second teaser, and 2 minutes of commercials. And of course, all this was on tape delay.

Part of the fun of having 8 singers in one hour is that we get no “personal time”, Ryan desperately trying to manage the time and the judges doing their best to screw that up for Ryan.

This is the last leg before the Top 12. You’d think the singers would come in with guns blazing. You’d be wrong.

You probably weren’t expecting Iwo Jima, Braveheart, and Oswald Lee Harvey in the same episode, but here it is.

Three singers brought it. Three are almost there. And the other four better hope they get the votes to stay. This… is the American Idol recap.

OK, so Tyler and his Jim Morrison look are surprisingly gone. Guess people don’t like 70s throwbacks or something? Joe Munoz was also eliminated, possibly because noone remembers what exactly he sang or how he sang it. At the end of the day it may not really matter, because while I had [...]

OK, so we’ve completed the Hollywood round and determined the Top 24. We’re going back to the “Pop Hits” well to give the singers as much of a choice as possible to make the final stage.

So, funny story. I had Tuesday’s show written up for posting today (Wednesday), and saved on my work laptop. So naturally, I was future endeavoured this morning.

Hooray for Hollywood!

Previewing a reality show is sort of like trying to figure out your NFL teams potential from the offseason workouts – darn near impossible. But here I am, trying to do it anyway, talking about the “x-factors” for this upcoming season, including Cowell, the semifinal format, and the guy from Perfect Strangers.

Two enter, one man leaves as champion (on tomorrow’s show).

Oddly enough, I was just as excited by one of the band members this week as I was by the contestants.

In the real world, calling a colleague/competitor “Hitler” would probably get you turfed or severely reprimanded. In the reality tv world, it means the pretty golfer gets fired instead.

Who’s the dark horse to make the Final Two?

The annoying blonde gets booted from Idol, Trump makes two very curious firings, and I think the team of Carrie Underwood/Reba McIntyre won The Amazing Race.

The theme this week was Top Downloads which was basically an excuse for contestants to choose whatever song they wanted. To use a phrase from sports, this was a “trap” week. In sports, a trap game means that you’re facing a weak opponent and looking ahead to the next game. Here, it [...]

Phuket is probably high on the lists of “Names that sound dirty”.

OK, Alexis was eliminated last week. No big loss though – she peaked during the Semis and never gained traction over her two weeks in the Elimination rounds. Bad song choices, emotionless singing, and an insistence on being “dirty” when it was something clearly opposite of her personality.

Also, the “Save” concept sucks. But I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know.

The descent into March Madness continues…