American Idol 2006, week 1

We seem to be a Nielsen family or something like it now, which makes my interest in Idol actually matter on some level.

While I so far have failed to bother at all with most realityshows -- you'd have to pay me to watch any Survivor, Apprentice, or Fear Bachelor variant -- a show where I get to watch some decent amateur singers give it their best is pretty genuinely entertaining (as long as you skip nearly all of the time-wasting crap they pack the shows with, especially the endless results-show recaps).

My favorites of the 24 finalists based on this week's performances, in rough order:

• Taylor Hicks (Medley's already tracked down some already-released material by him; not bad at all)
• Chris Daughtry
• Elliot Yamin
• Paris Bennett
• Kinnik Sky
• Gedeon McKenney
• Mandisa
• Melissa McGhee

And IMHO the luckiest people, who should have gone away this week but didn't, are:

• Brenna Gethers
• Bucky Covington

And just a note on baritone David Radford, who sang Crazy Little Thing Called Love in his apparently unavoidably Sinatra-esque style - Man, Mike Eisenberg outclasses him.

  Music   4 comment(s)  

I'll try not to let it go to my head.
      ...posted by Michael Eisenberg on March 6, 2006 8:58 PM

MikeE!! My man!

*waves*

What's up, eh!
      ...posted by Steve B. on March 7, 2006 8:01 AM

Come on, Michael Eisenberg outclasses *everyone*!
      ...posted by Lisa Pellegrin on March 7, 2006 8:44 PM

Bucky HAS talent. He's different. Acepoor Ace the only way he can win is if it's a beauty contest........Losers BUCKY IS THE SHIT & the next AMERICAN IDOL.
      ...posted by Kyndall on March 15, 2006 5:26 PM

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