No liveblog tonite, because, what's the point of liveblogging a one-hour "results show", in which only one Idol finalist gets the bad news, and that won't be until the last 2 minutes???
[Also, family business -- Ed.]
But there will be a report later, here, and elsewhere.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot -- did you check out Idolator today? I reported on last nite's performance show in Maura's absence, and I'll provide tomorrow's results-show write-up.
And exxxtra special thanx to Maura -- and Jess -- for the chance, and the exposure...
Great to see you all again, and let's see each other again later...
Showing posts with label Maura Johnston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maura Johnston. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
This Week In Tonight In American Idol [12 March 2008] -- Part I
Friday, May 18, 2007
BREAKING: Long-Time Music Blogger Knows Her Shit... [19 May 2007]
[image courtesy Fox via Idolator]
...or 75% of her AI-finalist-predicting shit, which is still pretty fucking awesome!!!
[sure, we coulda saved this for next week, but we're bored NOW, DAMNIT!!! plus, these were who's-gonna-make-the-top-12 predictions, not who's-gonna-win predictions, so, why not now??? -- Ed.]
I was blowing the dust off some old posts on my blog when I came across a link to a piece on Idolator in which Maura Johnston evaluated the AI-top-24 and made her predictions for the top 12.
And "Damn Girl" -- Maura needs to pat herself on the back big time.
Maura looked at the top 12 men and the top 12 women at the end of "the Hollywood round" and made a prediction about which 6 men and which 6 women would make it to the finals -- as well as a prediction about which 2-of-each would get booted in the first week of the semifinals.
Here's what Maura got right about the top 12 [in order of her discussion]:
MEN: Chris Richardson, Sanjaya Malakar, Chris Sligh, Blake Lewis, Phil Stacey
WOMEN: Melinda Doolittle, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Gina Glocksen
Two words: WOW!!!
Put another way, here's Maura's top 12, along with their actual finishes:1-2: Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks
3: Melinda Doolittle
4: LaKisha Jones
5-6: Chris Richardson, Phil Stacey
7: Sanjaya Malakar
9: Gina Glocksen
10: Chris Sligh
Leslie Hunt [17-20]
Rudy Cardenas [21-24]
Nicole Tranquillo [21-24]
And Maura's first 4 out:Antonella Barba [13-16]
Sundance Head [13-16]
Alaina Alexander [17-20]
"Shoeless" Paul Kim [21-24]
And Maura's "missing" 3 finalists:Haley Scarnato [8]
Stephanie Edwards [11]
Brandon Rogers [12]
And the rest:Jared Cotter [13-16]
Sabrina Sloan [13-16] [!!!]
Nick Pedro [17-20]
A.J. Tabaldo [17-20]
Amy Krebs [21-24]
This was all done the night the top 24 were introduced to us -- in some cases, with very little info to go on.
Kudos to Maura for nailing the top 7, and 9 of the top 10. That's a bunch of highlight-reel home runs, right there. Sure, there were a coupla big swing-and-a-miss-es there [2 of Maura's top 12 were out in the first week of the semi's], but, occasionally, the pitcher throws a spit ball [STEPHANIE EDWARDS] and the ump misses the call [SABRINA FUCKING SLOAN!!!]. Plus, every big home-run-hitter strikes out a few times -- BUT STILL, Maura bested even the bestest!!!
Congrats, Maura, on showing us how it's done.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
BREAKING: Area Blogger Having The Best Week Ever [5 April 2007]
DHMBIB is having the Best Week Ever!!! VH1 is planning a new show focused around us and all the love we're getting from the bloggosphere. Full details after the jump.
Okay, so there's no VH1 show about us in the works. But we are having the Best Week Ever, thanks to some love we're getting from two of our favorite blogs.
Last week, Maura Johnston over at Idolator saw something that she thought was interesting in our liveblog of the 24 April edition of American Idol -- she had to read all the way to the bottom to find it, so she's obviously mentally disturbed a big fan -- and used it in her own write-up of the show, giving us our broadest exposure yet:
And earlier this week, we pointed our readers to a sweet post from one of our favorite bloggers, Kelly Ann Collins. KAC caught our post and put this up on her Long Live The Plastics site, which just about made our heads explode:
Please forgive us if our heads are oversized the next time you see us. And remember to give Idolator and Long Live The Plastics plenty of love...
Also, KAC -- our offer still stands...
*****
Bonus "This Is Why We Love Kelly Ann Collins"...here [P.S. we do not endorse the opinions of the Wonkette editors and commenters on this matter -- we actually loved KAC's WaPo LiveOnline piece...and, of course, we love KAC -- Ed.].
Saturday, March 3, 2007
This Week In Kellie Pickler's New "Shoes" -- Update [3 March 2007 Edition]
I decided to write this up as a new post instead of merely "updating" my previous post on this topic.
Finally, Kellie Pickler's appearance on Thursday's American Idol has made it to YouTube. The video below includes not only Kellie's performance of her new song "I Wonder" but also the pre-song chat with Ryan in which he once again shows America just how stupid she is.
Since Thursday, the consensus on the internets is clearly in favor of "yeah, she got some new girls". Washington Post teevee columnist Lisa de Moraes wrote:
" Maybe the surprise was Kellie Pickler. Pickler, last season's goofy blonde from Albemarle, NC, has made a return visit to "American Idol" to sing a song, promote her new album, and show off the girls, which she cutely calls "shoes" when show host Ryan Seacrest asks what she's bought with the money from her record contract.
" "Just shoes?" Ryan asks, while the cameraman, who's apparently the only one noticing Pickler's new double-D's, points the camera at her silver pumps and hangs on for dear life. "
"Feelin' Good" -- Bad Idea [washingtonpost.com]
Idolator Maura Johnston's [I presume] wrapup [which included probably the cutest picture you will ever see of now-departed contestant Alaina Alexander, BTW] of Thursday's show had this to say:
" THE DOWNSIDE OF LOSING: Kellie Pickler stopped by served as a sort of cautionary tale to future Idol also-rans, with her bad peroxide-job hairdo, out-of-control eye shadow, absolutely atrocious dress (who knew that turquoise could be headache-inducing?), and seemingly inflatable chest. (Kellie claimed she spent her Idol money on "shoes," but we're pretty sure those don't come in size 36DD.) "
Idolator's American Idolatry: Tears, Self-Doubt, And Shaken Faith [idolator.com]
But I'm willing to throw just one more little doubt into this whole matter. When I was live-blogging this on Thursday, I wrote: "She looks to have gained a few pounds. And a set of twins. If you catch my drift." After reviewing the video again, I'm wondering if it's just possible that Kellie has gained some weight [okay, we'll stop being coy -- she has OBVS gained some weight in the last year -- compare her face and her hips [ignoring the twin 800-pound gorillas for a moment] to those same features in the videos from last season or in any of the multitude of photos on the internets --Ed.] -- and that some of that weight has made its way upstairs, to a part of the female body that is notoriously "fatty".
In the end, I guess it doesn't really matter whether she's had the work done or not. But if you'd like to keep debating -- or if you just really love watching Kellie Pickler nearly explode out of her dress -- here's the video of Kellie's appearance:
[BTW, wouldn't you just love to have been a drunken fly in Paula Abdul's "Coca-Cola" and overheard the conversations between Simon and Paula captured twice by the director? Don't you just know the director was thinking that Simon and Paula were discussing what Ryan was joking about? Because, why else cut away to them whispering to each other -- TWICE???]
Friday, December 22, 2006
BREAKING: Area Music Blogger Is Paranoid Other Music Bloggers Are Lurking
Last week, I joked that Gerard was lurking around my blog, and that Chris Ott may have "outed" himself in response to my earlier post about conflict-of-interest disclosures. I also noted Gerard's subsequent denial of Ott's "disclosure". Later that day, Idolator returned to the "who is Gerard?" subject to highlight Gerard's denial that Ott was Gerard.
Then, later again that same day, Idolator posted a piece about Technorati's "Popular Music" page, which post was headlined, "Bloggers Outside Of Music-Blog World Have No Idea Who Cold War Kids Are". When I saw that, I thought to myself two things: 1) "I could've written that headline, except it would've begun with 'BREAKING:'"; and 2) "Is it possible Maura is lurking around here too?"
Granted, lots of bloggers subconsciously absorb the phrasings and stylizations of other blogs they read and enjoy. Hell, I'll be the first to admit that I owe a lot [e.g., "Area Blogger"] to the snark of The Onion. And I loves me some Idolator. So, I can't really complain if I'm giving as good as I'm getting [whoa!]. It's all good.
Maura, if you're reading, hollaback girl! [Plus, I could use some advice.] Brian, same to you dawg!
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