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We are BAACK!!!! Idol 2012

You asked for it and you got it. After a two year boycott- your voices have been heard.

Beginning tomorrow, the DJRR Idol reviews WILL return.

I have a feeling this year will BRING it. (they better)
Stay tuned!!

The best (and worst) auditions

Meet the new judges

The Finale highlights

American Idol season comes to a close and so does this blog

Top 2 - The Final Showdown

Lee's first performance "the boxer" was a snoozefest - this is the finale right? Is this his first time on a stage?

Crystal "me and bobby magee" was much better the first time she performed it - consistant

Lee's second "everybody hurts" butter but unrecognizable- wimpy performance

Crystal "black velvet" only down side - someone sings this EVERY season

Lee's last single " Beautiful day" okay - glad he picked a song nobody knows. If Lee's goal was to steal Mama sox fans he failed.

Crystal's final performance "up to the mountain" Forever Crystal consistant, ready for her spotlight.

Top 3 - the Semis

First performance:

Casey "ok, is alright" - NOT, This is the top 3 right?

Crystal "come to my window" - I knew it would be hot, before the first note was sung.

Lee - "simple man" - ehh, it was good for Lee

Second performance:

Casey "daughters" - bye Casey, BOORING !!! and the photo op with you and Kara was cheesy

Crystal "maybe" - simply Crystal

Lee "hallelujah" - the showstopper (ouch that hurt) - somebody told this kid he may win..and he STILL looks DUMBFOUNDED

The official season 9 collection

Top 4: Songs from the movies

Lee sang "Kiss from a rose" - not very good. I am trying to take the Lee train but I may have to miss it this week.

Big Mike sang "Will u be there" - extra points for singing a Michael Jackson song and extra points for the background singers...not top 3 material - didn't blow mw away

Casey sang "Mrs Robinson" - minus the nod to Kara..just okay

Crystal sang "I'm Alright" ...there is really nothing to say...the winner of American Idol is....

Top 6 Country Week with Shania Twain

Bottom three WITHOUT even hearing a note Siobhan (sadly) Casey and Aaron oh wait, too soon?

Although this is my least favorite theme week on IDOL, it is my favorite because I get to share the DJRR blog with "mah boo" Ellen. She's a little bit country and I "ain't"! The one thing Ellen likes more than county music is American Idol - to me a perfect combo !

Top 6 – Shania songs

Who else to help me review the country fried IDOL week than the one person that has tripled my “downhome” tunes on my IPOD. What used to be represented only by “Elvira”, a disco version “9 to 5”, and “I will always love you” – The Whitney version, now has company with the ENTIRE Carrie Underwood songbook, Taylor Swift and even tho’ I can spell it – I know that Lady Antabellum is a group and not a diva…just saying.

It took us a while to determine if we were getting a “country week” or a tribute to Shania, it turned out to be the later.…Note: still trying to decide if Shania is hawt or over processed for the American Idol crowd.

Lee – “You’re the one”

DOWNLOAD: DJRR - Yes, he made the song his own but I felt he was screaming it to the point of raspiness. It was good but Lee’s aw shuck shyness and lack of self confidence at THIS stage is getting boring.

Ellen - Lee is one of my favorites but I wasn't sure what he'd do for country week. I loved (loved, loved) the song choice. It was a little screechy and I don't think he totally bought this whole theme, but he made it really contemporary. I'd buy that song.


Big Mike – “It only hurts”

DJRR – I was very nervous for BIG Mike but knew he could breeze through a country week. I didn’t know the song, not only did BM make it his own, I totally forgot it was a country song..he gave it soul.

Ellen - I was really nervous for him for the first half of the performance, but once he got to the melody, he nailed it. I'm not familiar with this Shania song, but I might need to go find it. Kind of eerie how applicable it is to her life now, isn't it?
(DJRR Update: stop reading my thoughts, too scary..lol and we can’t sleep on the fact that Big Mike made Shania cry singing her own song)


Casey – “Don’t”

DJRR – I still haven’t jumped on the Casey train BUT I will say he turned it into a bluesy/rock song as well as giving me a David Cook flashback. Since I like David Cook this may be a great performance.

Ellen - Who knew Casey could sing? I loved that he stepped it up a notch this week. This was really good - maybe even better than the Shania version - and probably my favorite performance of the night.


Crystal – “No one needs to know”

DJRR – Huh? See this is why I don’t listen to country music. Country killed IDOL star. I was shocked that they didn’t give Crystal a power spot, and now I know why. I won’t be putting this on the IPOD. It was just OKAY. I thought this would have been an easier week for the front runner.

Ellen - If you would have handed me Shania's entire playbook, I would never in a million years have picked this song. It seemed hokey for her and that stupid storyline about trying to get her boyfriend to propose didn't win her many fans, I don't think. She'll probably be fine this week, but she's not a sure bet for the Final 2 anymore.


Aaron – “You got a way”

DJRR – The kid went country. Did he say you got a way or away? I will say this was the ONLY country “performance” this week.lol. The kid is good when I’m not watching but he was good to listen to.

Ellen - Speaking of hokey...I really didn't like it. In fact, I spent most of the performance waiting for it to be over. But, go figure...the judges had great things to say. I might need to go watch that again.


SIOBHAN – “Any man of mine”

Ellen - Shania Twain is one of those singers you don't realize is brilliant until someone else tries to do their song and really just doesn't get it right. If you'd never heard the song before, you might have liked Siobhan's version, but in my opinion it was a little too sing-songy and didn't have enough "fun." Not a fan.

DJRR – I never heard this song before and like it..lol. I would have to give Siobhan the spotlight of the night. I love rocker Siobhan, it’s what brought her to our attention.


IDOL Fans, please join me in thanking our guest blogger Ellen – I love it when she stops by and sets me straight. This is her favorite music genre and it shows.
Like I said before “She A LOT country…..and I ain’t”

......DJRR