notes on american idol

so...sad to say last night's AI wasn't quite what i was hoping for. it's okay becca...i only knew one neil diamond song till about two weeks ago, but that one song made me reeeeeally excited. that one song was "america" and i couldn't wait. i was just praying it wouldn't be the totally gay group number of the week, which traditionally makes me gag.

my interest piqued as i had to wait through other contestants' songs performances to hear who would do my song. don't worry about my gagging reflex...that got fully taken care of when brooke did that monkees song. seriously? i hate that song anyway and she looked SO awkward. she slightly redeemed herself with the much more characteristic second song, but she still drives me crazy when she does that weird lip thing and interrupts the judges.

david cook was fantastic as always...he even seems like he's getting a bit humble. or maybe not. maybe he's just a pasty good actor, but i love love him. syesha, not bad. dreads, awful. it just seems like he's already checked out. i mean, for real, the wrong words when you're singing for neil diamond?? (who seemed like a super nice person, by the way.)

and then there was little archie, who ended up doing my song. i guess he did a good job, but when you've screamed and danced to the words of neil diamond's "america" as many times as i have, it's tough to compare. david a. is so cute but really, he's a little too musical theater for me. overall, a decent night.

although we must mention the hilarious screw up by paula abdul. brandon and i watched the show 2 hours later than live TV thanks to DVR and actually rewound it when she started blabbering about the second song, thinking we'd encountered a glitch and missed the next round of songs. LOL! nope, turns out she's just a crazy lady.

ryan seacrest is a morning show DJ here in LA (not sure if he's syndicated elsewhere) and today he discussed how screwed up the whole night was, from the judges' last minute notetaking to paula's little mix up to a crew member who threw up backstage, all over the stairs the contestants use. so the whole set smelled like puke and they had to change everyone's set up. love it!

oh and p.s. -- i got an email at 3:45 today saying if i could make it to CBS studios by 5:15, i could get a ticket to tonight's AI taping (i'm on the ticket waiting list). i slightly freaked out and then realized i didn't have a car and couldn't get to hollywood in time. CRAP.