The show was okay, but I was sort of hoping for the grand theater of the absurd that was the Season 5 finale: Elliott singing U2 with Mary J. Blige? Clay singing a duet with his own stalker? It was :eek: and I loved it.
This one was more :dubious: than :eek: , so I kind of missed that. I agree with all of Delores’s highlights. But what was up with George Michael? I was convinced GM had to bail at the last minute, so they just put Dan Hedaya in sunglasses and figured nobody would notice.
Hey, I liked the “Pips” sketch. It was funny in that way that something mildly funny moves into not-funny then keeps going until it’s hilarious. OK, so it never quite got to hilarious, but that Robert Downey Jr’s got rhythm, right? Love him. The SO pointed out that Jason Castro still had to keep Hallelujah to a minute and a half, but forty year old film of Gladys Knight got to do a whole song.
I threw up a little when I realized they were going to hijack 15 minutes of the episode for a Love Guru commercial, but then the trailer made us giggle in spite of ourselves. When Verne Troyer got de-fribbed across the ice rink, they sold us a ticket. Damn! :smack:
And after all that they finally get to the results? With 30 seconds to go? What about some re-bonding with the top 10 (Stripper Dave and Amanda Sourpuss can suck it, they shouldn’t have been there)? What about some more weepy “journey” montages (as long as we don’t have to hear that Reuben song again)? Perhaps a few words from each of our finalists? All the stuff that might, yaknow, actually be interesting and draw out the suspense, they blew off so that this year’s Wm. Hung got another undeserved 15 minutes.
And WTF?!?! If they were gonna bring back an audition reject, why couldn’t it have been *Josiah Leming *??
David C. dancing in his undies scared me a little. Seeing Carrie Underwood’s undies scared me more.
After getting cut off about 2 or times, I finally started to DVR the following program. Worked like a charm.
Diogenes, you’re in rare form tonight. The mental image of David A trudging home behind the Queen Family Truckster is embedded in my brain. Good stuff.
“Here’s the leash. I’m going to go back and see if I can find the rest of the carcass”
Me, too. Also puppies and magic rainbows. And getting to go to bed at a reasonable hour, which I really hope I can manage tonight.
OK, so I totally could have done without the Love Guru and the Pips and the Jonas Brothers, but overall it was good fun. Loved the Bryan Adams bit - got a little squeaky around here, might have moved into shrieky territory if Straight from the Heart had been involved.
I question the ZZ Top choice. Surely there was someone a little more contemporary available?
But David Cook’s win was fabulous. Loved it. The song was crap, but crap appropriate to the moment. I’d prefer never to hear it again, though.
Gee, thanks, I had already blocked them out of my head. Despite being a raging Hanson fan (sorry), I always figured JB would suck, but I didn’t realize to which painful depths the suck could go. And one played the tambourine. The horror, the horror.
I have to downgrade the whole show to a B- because they were there. But then David Cook won, so that should be an automatic A. I am so conflicted.
Aw heck, me too! “That’s my brother” was the best moment of all. I heart the whole Cook family.
When I heard Seacrest-Out say that the winner won by 12 million votes, I was SURE it was DA. What an awesome, awesome surprise! I’m glad Archie took it well- I was so worried he’d cry or something.
I’d heard that DC’s sick brother might be there for the finale, but I didn’t see him in the audience.
I was all excited to see that my TiVo was recording, since I didn’t get home ‘til late, so at 9:30 I turned on the TV- TIVO WAS RECORDING FRIGGIN’ LOST (and it looked like a rerun, even, for the love of all that’s wrong in this world), so after a few choice swearwords, I got it on the correct channel and watched the rest live. Thank God for teh internets that I got to see DC in his skivves- I woulda been PISSED if I’d missed it.
Awesome, now I just hope that AI doesn’t sully DC with their “branding”. Is he beholden to them in some way as far as a recording contract? Please say no.
Congratulations to David Cook! Once again, he is the epitome of class — acknowledging his opponent with heartfelt respect and admiration. I think he would cringe at some of the comments in these AI threads this year, and that’s the reason he’ll be great.
Finales of AI always cheesy, but this year had no rhyme or reason. Bits just stuck in anywhere. I rather liked the year Carrie and Bo were the finalists. Each of the bottom 10 sang with a “star” and mostly they pulled it off. But this year group numbers, 2nd rate guest appearances, and random duets. Was Jason the only one who didn’t get to sing with anyone famous? That was strange.
Carrie’s “dress” was so out of character for her. She always dresses very conservatively.
Did not like George Michael’s number. Sounded maudlin, performed like he was half asleep.
Is Taylor the only winner from past seasons who hasn’t made an appearance? I know Kelly doesn’t, but why not Taylor (except that he sucks of course)?
The cameraman sure liked the “from down under” shots, hoping for a flash I presume. He/she is probably the same jerk that had the unflattering “foot shot” of Brooke throughout her performance.
Whatever happened to Simon’s promise to that very nice but tonedeaf singer? Does anybody else remember it? At the beginning of the auditions there was a kid who was hopeless but for some reason won over Simon, who said he would have a job at the season finale. The kid was naturally overjoyed, and Simon seemed to mean it. But I didn’t see any sign of him.
ALL of the AI contestants, I believe from at least top-12 up if not top 24, are beholden to 19 Entertainment/Freemantle who has, I presume, has the right of first refusal. The winner of course gets a contract with 19, and I believe none of the others can release any music until the winner’s album comes out (which means it is often rushed). Not only that, but DC’s first single is going to be teh suck sing-out from last night that won the songwriting contest. DC did a fine job with it in the emotion of the moment, but come on. Gah.
The whole point of the show is (to paraphrase the New Yorker) to make money while searching for a star who will continue to make money for the company. DC, and probably DA, Jason Castro, and anyone else in the competition who is marginally marketable, is their “product” until they outlive their usefulness.
If I didn’t think DC is talented and wise enough to get through this with his integrity intact, I wouldn’t have been rooting for him.
(I don’t have any cites, this is just based on stuff I’ve heard.)
I honestly enjoy Brothers Forever. It’s catchy, the guy isn’t a half-bad singer for a normal person, and he’s sincere. It’s not embarressing like William Hung was.
Actually I wasn’t kidding- I truly didn’t know (or realize, I guess) the extent to which the show holds on to the winner (and the rest) after the finale. Not familiar with the contractual stuff and whatnot, but I suppose it’s foolish to imagine they wouldn’t try to bleed every last little bit of cash out of their successes. Bah.
and I loved it.