Just in time

I come home late from work tonight and turn on the tube to watch the final 15min. of American Idol. To my pleasure, I find that the final two contestants to sing for the evening are in fact my two top choices in the entire competition. The second last singer of the evening was Crystal Bowersox. Her rendition of Tracy Chapman’s Give Me One Reason with her guitar was superb, as always. And, as Simon always correctly points out, you can very well tell that she is getting more and more confident with each passing week.

The final contestant, Lilly Scott, also did not disappoint with her rendition of I Fall to Pieces. While she was impressive in her own means, Simon again correctly pointed out that she did not have that “wow” factor in her performance, which was unfortunate given that she did have the coveted final slot of the evening.

Nevertheless, my prediction from over a month ago, even before Hollywood week, still stands. The two finalists for the competition will be Crystal Bowersox and Lilly Scott.

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March 9, 2010 – 9:11 pm
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American Idol Season 9

After a hiatus from watching this show (thanks to the Winter Olympics), I was able to see tonight’s episode where the girls got to perform their songs for the week. The day prior was the men’s version, of which I managed to see the first half.

Honestly speaking, I have to say this year’s American Idol will be a female. I haven’t even seen the rest of the girls sing tonight, but I have my bet on two individuals: Crystal Bowersox and Lilly Scott.

It’s encouraging (for me) to see that even Simon Cowell thinks these two are very similar in nature. I often find that his comments are more towards what I’ve been thinking all along. For tonight’s performance, I too believe that Crystal had just a very slight edge over Lilly. Crystal’s vocals were very impressive, just like how she wowed me initially almost three weeks ago. Lilly’s performance left me hanging for a little more this week, although I do love her uniqueness. She has some wild vocals that no other contestant this year can come close to, and with that, I hope she goes far.

If everything goes according to how I believe it should, the final two contestants will be Lilly Scott and Crystal Bowersox. As for the winner? It’ll be a tight one, but if Lilly outperforms herself every week, then my vote has to be with this one-of-a-kind talent, that wowed me first over three weeks ago.

One very emotional moment for tonight’s show came with Didi Benami’s performance and commentary afterwards. The judges unfortunately were not too amicable with her showing, and while Didi tried hard to hold it in, you can see the tears wanting to come down. She is indeed a very beautiful contestant, and judging from Ryan Seacrest’s actions tonight, you can very well tell he feels the same way. ;)

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March 3, 2010 – 9:35 pm
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Post Olympics

My coworker asked me today why I hadn’t updated my blog in a while now. My response to him was, “I was occupied with the Olympics for the past two weeks.” To that, he responded, “So? You had nothing to do with the Olympics!”

I had to laugh at that because admittedly, I had nothing to do with the Olympics, but I found myself magically glued to the tube every night after work, watching whatever it is that CTV decided to air that evening.

From skeleton to snowboard cross to curling to figure skating and hockey, I saw it all as Canada went on to break record after record as the host of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It’s been quite the entertaining week, as I watched CTV all evening long—sometimes until the wee hours of the morning. I think I’ve had enough of Brian Wilson now, although he did do his darnedest to kill time when the the crew on-location wasn’t ready to start its broadcast.

So now that the Olympics are over, what to do? Will there be Olympic postpartum depression? I suppose I could go back to the usual CTV offerings like American Idol and Two and a Half Men, but will that actually satisfy my TV-time?

It’s interesting how I never used to be much of a TV junkie. Now, being without cable, I find I often have it on anyway in the background, tuned to whatever I can watch clearly with my trusty rabbit ears.

I should be more focused on other things instead of wasting my time with mindless entertainement, but for now, I suppose The Big Bang Theory will have to do.
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March 1, 2010 – 8:55 pm
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