Today is a good day…a good day because American Idol 2009 premiers tonight on FOX.
I’ve been a fan of AI for many years – I will admit that I haven’t been a fan since the beginning, but I have been a fan for many years now…it’s one of the few reality shows that I absolutely stop everything to watch, much to David’s chagrin (btw: he has decided that his website is now a blog…I told him so). I told him I couldn’t go shopping at Old Navy with him tonight because AI is coming on.
I’m going to do this a little bit differently this year and live blog the premier in Twitter fashion. That’s right, we’re going to try micro-blogging the premier – one to two line snips as we move through the show. I will try to keep each entry down to 150 characters or less…feel free to follow along on this post, and enjoy the show!
American Idol 2009 Live Blog
- The magic has begun!
- Feel good music with a montage of seasons past, the good and the bad, including the Sanjaya girl.
- New intro video with lots of swirling going on. As long as they don’t change the theme I’ll be ok.
- Girls screaming and crying when Archuleta didn’t win. David Cook is hot.
- Arrival of the judges, including freak-outs when they get to hug Paula.
- Arizona after the break – and did I see Josiah Leming with dark hair and a hat in the intro clip saying “Thank You”?
- 106 degrees is not “hot as an oven”. Warm on an oven is around 200. Not a good sign for Phoenix residents.
- Let’s meet the new judge…poor Paula, the writing is on the wall. She’s cute though.
- Crazy, big hair guy Vogueing in military style. Goodbye.
- Emily Hughes; pink hair; major earrings; tats; crazy cute; lip piercing; fierce. Hot boyfriend too. I hope she gets into the Top 12.
- “This is gonna change my life tremensly.” Rock star in a box. Rock star with no sense of pitch.
- In general, how is someone’s entire life over if they don’t get a golden ticket? Pathetic. But also delicious.
- Freaky gollum-like singer has a nervous breakdown. We’re 37 minutes in and already it’s crazy bizarre.
- It’s a Mad World. This is how it really should have been sung in Donnie Darko for the right effect. On with the song butchering montage.
- Orange and purple never go together, especially when purple are the pants. Also, guys named X-ray should not sing songs about cactus. First view of security on this one.
- Deep voice who has the range of I think about three notes…all three lower than the lowest note on a piano.
- Cowgirl in pink…wow she talks a lot. I hate her.
- Name your daughter after someone from Fleetwood Mac, put her in a cow-themed shirt, and she’s set to go.
- Preview for Pink Panther 2 with Steve Martin…WTF?
- Big oil rig worker (5th most dangerous job in the world). Boyz to Men song is risky. Nice job though.
- Barbie Girl in her red bikini. So wrong that she wants to make out with Ryan. Not a terrible voice but not a great voice either. Hate her. Good sport for jumping into the pool with her heels on though.
- Sexual Chocolate comes up next – he has no understanding of what Sexual Chocolate really represents. His mom bought him a car for NOT making it. Odd.
- Killing Me Softly is never a good choice for an audition song.
- At 37 minutes after 9, we had an “at&t moment”. Ridiculous.
- Horror film boy – very Blair Witch, very pale, very interesting hair. Very nice voice too.
- Nerd who taught himself to sing in the closet. Absolutely adorably nervous. Alex, you’re just delightfully shy and interesting.
- Phoenix wrap-up montage before we get to the final audition they’ve been teasing for the last hour. “I’m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride…”
- Cute Coke commercial with a Macy’s Parade-sized Stewie Griffin chasing after a Coke bottle.
- Scott MacIntyre, legally blind, beautiful piano player, gorgeous blue eyes. Mind the Gap tshirt is brilliant. Excellent voice. That one made me cry.
- Goodnight and yay for American Idol 2009 Premier!
