Chaska Herald - American Idol: Three blind mice, see how they run - Comments

Sounds like Simon has given

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:52 -0500

Sounds like Simon has given David Cook the kiss of death -- he said on Jay Leno last night that he'd like to see that David win.

I agree with all of that. We

Ruth Anne Maddox — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:40:29 -0500

I agree with all of that.

We should all get together like a phone center and make the calls so that we're not knocking each other out. My husband kept getting a busy signal the other night while I was getting in multiple times. Then I found out he was dialing the same number that I was. I made him switch to one of the other options and he was able to make some headway.

Good news! Idol results

Mollee Francisco — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:05:10 -0500

Good news! Idol results shows will be shortened to 30 minutes next year according to the latest schedule released by Fox.

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

My hopes are high! I hope

ChicChick — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:43:58 -0500

My hopes are high!

I hope they will let David C. arrange the crappy AI single so that he can do it his way. Let David A. do it the sappy ballad way they expect.

I hope David C. wins and becomes the most successful AI winner ever (hard to top Carrie, I know, but he can't do worse than Ruben or Taylor, can he?).

I hope I NEVER have to hear Fantasia "sing" again. What the heck was that???

I'm charging all my phones and will be lighting up the lines for David C. next week! Good luck, Hobbit Rocker!!

All I can say is, vote early

Ruth Anne Maddox — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:33:51 -0500

All I can say is, vote early and often to if you want to see David Cook win.

I'm not sure I could stomach David Archuleta's dad on a regular basis till the youngster turns 18.

Then again, we've only seen crazy parents of female celebrities (i.e. Brittney's mom and Lindsay Lohan's dad) recently. The last parent-child blowup involving a male celebrity that I can remember is Macaulay Culkin.

Funniest comment of the

Mollee Francisco — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:53:12 -0500

Funniest comment of the night goes to David A. after her remarked "gosh" a billion times during his homecoming, the limo drove away from it all with him saying "where'd they all park?" That cracked me up.

Plenty of tears from all of the Idolists left, but I have to say that David C. looked the most star worthy. He was great on television and with the crowds. Perhaps his win could signal a new dawn for AI. That's what I'm hoping for.

Finally, did anyone else take note of the Murray, Utah mayor's bizarro Snide Whipley moustache? Wowza! Talk about throwback.

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

And the stage is now set for

Mollee Francisco — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:22:55 -0500

And the stage is now set for a showdown of the Davids as Syesha takes her bow.

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

It was a toss up to me

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:22:52 -0500

It was a toss up to me whether they were trying to boot Syesha or David C. while keeping David A. at the front of the train.

My husband stepped out for Chinese food while I started watching the show (which I was watching on DVR after it ended) but when he got back and I told him about the judge's choice for David C., I had to start the show over. I didn't let on that he had done well and my husband was impressed with the performance after, at first, being disgusted by the choice thinking Simon wanted to give him the boot.

Even though Syesha should have gone home weeks ago, I would rather see her in the finale versus David A. but I'm sure it'll be the two Davids. May the best man (note, I didn't say boy) win.

I smell conspiracy... It

webMonkey — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:52:44 -0500

I smell conspiracy...

It looked as though Randy wanted to really rip into David A during his second and third performances, but instead complimented him. I guess that it doesn't bother me so much, I think he's more deserving of the spot than Syesha, but this kid could litteraly sing the phone book and get through to the finals.

I'm rooting for David Cook to get through and win it all, but the submit-a-song finale is definitely going to take him out of his element.

American Idol: Three blind mice, see how they run

Mollee Francisco — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:11:29 -0500

Talk about a mixed bag of songs tonight. Finally we got to hear a few contemporary tunes, but we couldn't completely escape the oldies we have clung to so strongly this year.

Paula, Simon and Randy win for best overall song choices (I guess they can keep harping on contestants about song choice, song choice, song choice now).

Then the contestants gave us a glimpse of what kind of recording artists they might be (except for David A. who I cannot see recording R&B tunes when there is so little competition in the Clay Aiken/Josh Groban genre).