I just tweeted that I'm part Don Draper, part Omar Little.  I wish.  Those are two of the most fascinating characters I've seen on television and their respective shows are fantastic. You know what show is far less cool than Mad Men or The Wire?  American Idol.  I've taken more

I wish a didn't watch American Idol. I've managed to completly avoid such craptacular game shows as Dancing With the Stars, Don't Forget the Lyrics and America's Next Top Model, but I've always been strangely drawn to American Idol.  It would be easy to say I just watch it with

David Cook has made his mark this season on American Idol because he rearranges songs so they sound current and edgy.  I recently called him "cover artist extraordinaire". On Beatles night, he performed "Day Tripper" the way Whitesnake covered it and "Eleanor Rigby the way Doxology covered it, then he

My wife doesn't watch sports, so that makes American Idol the one show the entire family watches together.  It's not music I would ever listen to outside of the competition, but for some reason this is the only reality show I enjoy.  Maybe it's the singing, maybe it's Simon, I

When American Idol aired last night, I was busy dodging balls.  It has since come to my attention that contestant David Cook, previously written about here and my personal favourite in the competition, performed a song from the Our Lady Peace catalogue calling OLP his "favourite band". I've always had

If you caught American Idol on Tuesday night, you saw David Cook sing Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".  It was the best performance of the night and he received a great deal of praise for the arrangement and modern spin on the Thriller classic.  The praise was well deserved, but it

A little birdy told me Canadian Idol was airing tonight.  I followed American Idol and I love this country, so naturally I'd follow Canadian Idol, right? Wrong again.  I can't watch Canadian Idol.  I can't stand Ben Mulroney and seeing and hearing him drives me bonkers.  He's my Mary Hart

I completely missed the final American Idol performances on Tuesday night, because I was busy sweeping a double header.  Since I missed that, I didn't bother watching last night, but I taped the finale just to browse at a later time. At 10pm I flipped on the telly and saw

Last Tuesday, I went out after my run to celebrate the conclusion of my Learn to Run clinic.  At about 11pm that night, I decided to record the West coast feed of American Idol to watch when I had an hour of chill time.  That's right kids, I own something

Welcome back, LaKisha.  You were missed.  You were my favourite from the start, but you seemed to lose your way in recent weeks.  Last night, your performance of Bon Jovi's "This Ain’t a Love Song” was the best of the bunch. LaKisha, go get Blake and put him in

After several successful seasons which have enabled Fox to essentially print money, American Idol has decided to use their power to raise awareness about poverty in Africa and at home in the United States.  This is all good but why do I feel so cynical about it?  When Seacrest celebrates

I really don't know these country artists that were featured on AI last night.  I had to ask Taryn who the heck Martina McBride was and why she deserved to follow in the footsteps of the great Kenny Rogers.  Other than the Bonnie Raitt tune, I was out of my

I completely missed American Idol on Tuesday night because of another commitment.  I forgot to tape it but I caught enough during the results show last night to understand this was for the best. I've never been a Latin music fan.  Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony are two of my

With Tony Bennett in the house, the Idol wannabes had to sing old American standards.  Yawn. Sanjaya Malakar still sucked, Haley Scarnato continued to disrobe, Phil Stacey remained disturbingly bald and LaKisha is still my fave. Here are my three favourites from last night: LaKisha JonesMelinda DoolittleJordin SparksHere are my

It was a challenge catching the performances last night.  I had the running clinic and the Leaf game, but thank goodness for west coast feeds.  If I don't get my Sanjaya fix, I'm just no good. From what I saw, there's nothing too exciting to report except for the fact

I hated the performances last week because I disliked the Diana Ross songs they featured.  This week we got cool 60s British invasion tunes, and it was a whole lot better. Song selection is everything as far as I'm concerned.  We got a number of gems last night and the

The reason I refer to American Idol as my guilty pleasure is because I feel guilty watching such cheese.   As cheesy as AI is, nothing is as cheesy as the crap they throw at you during the results show. I missed Wednesday night's results show because I was at the

I think this is the weakest final 12 we've ever had on AI.  Of course, forcing them to sing Diana Ross songs doesn't help matters much.  I know she's "legendary", but I find her music super boring. The one song I didn't mind was by Billie Holiday, but maybe that's

There might be six females better than every male left standing in American Idol.  The Wednesday night shows have actually been fun to watch.  Imagine that? Here are my three favourites from last night: LaKisha JonesMelinda DoolittleJordin SparksHere are my three least favourite from last night: Haley ScarnatoAntonella BarbaSabrina Sloan

"Jeremy" is my least favourite song on Ten.  That's not to say I don't like "Jeremy", it's just that Ten is one of my favourite albums of all time and "Jeremy" was my least favourite of the bunch.  Even if you're a luke-warm "Jeremy" fan, hearing Sundance Head sing it

The best four of the twenty remaining AI participants are all female.  You can't beat LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle or Stephanie Edwards.  The judges seemed to be all over Melinda but I still have LaKisha fever. Here are my three favourites from last night: LaKisha JonesMelinda DoolittleSabrina SloanHere are my

Better late than never, here's my recap of last night's American Idol.  I missed a bunch of the songs and only caught up moments ago. Let's face it, the guys were much better than they were last week, but the girls have the top four singers overall.  A bunch of

The twelve guys who sang on on Tuesday couldn't hold a candle to most of the gals who sang on American Idol last night.  It was night and day. In this year's competition, the women are indeed the finer sex.  Here are my three favourites from last night: Lakisha JonesMelinda

Last night twelve dudes sang on AI.  As a whole, they were awful.  There are other words I'd use to describe them, like uninspired, mediocre and boring. The biggest disappointment of the bunch has to be Sundance Head.  I was so impressed with his first audition, I posted the video