American Idol: Season 15 - Top 24 First 12

Hello Idol Nation!  We're back for one final season!  We had some commentary on the auditions and Hollywood week.  I had reservations of starting to recap this week since the show is still prerecorded and America isn't voting.  But you know me.  Eventually, I just get the bug and have to say something!  So I jotted down some brief thoughts on each contestant.  I won't be recapping duet night on Thursday because the judges will be making their cuts on the same night.  So, I'll give some early thoughts on who stands the best chance to be eliminated.

Then, Thursday night we can just sit back and enjoy the soothing sounds of these amateurs with Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Nick Fradiani, Caleb Johnson, Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery.  Yep, I made the same groaning noise.  Maybe we're building up to the better Idol alum guests!  Better get Kelly out there before her 3rd trimester!!

Okay, enough of my rambling.  My brief take on the 1st 12 of the Top 24 are after the jump.

American Idol: Season 15 - The Pre-Recorded Shows Discussion Post.

Hello friends who have hung in there until the very end!  This is the final season of American Idol!  I've threatened to quit this many times since season 4, but here we are 11 years later.  The audience has dwindled, the show's quality has had its ups and downs.  But, there's no doubt this truly marks the end of an era.  I'm looking forward to this season more than I have in a while because there are many opportunities for nostalgia throughout this final season.  I'm sure we'll get many visitors from Idol's past throughout the season.  And I do have my dream of all idol winners on stage in the Series Finale.  Will it all come to pass?  Time will tell!


For now, we have a job to do.  But, as previous years have dictated, I will not recap these pre-recorded shows.  Instead, this post will be available for discussion as we go through the auditions, Hollywood and maybe some of the semi-finals.  But once we get to the Top 12, 11, 10 whatever they deem the finals, I'll be back in my recapping glory!  One. Last. Time!


Hope to see you in the comments and I'll see you for the live shows!

American Idol: Season 14 - Final 2 Perform

Hello America! It is with mixed emotions that I bring you this season 14 finale post.  You may have heard that FOX announced that next season, season 15, will be the final season of American Idol.  I thought, once again, of retiring from this blogging tradition but I am more than determined now to power through to the end.  Announcing the show's final season a year ahead of time was a great idea to drive up anticipation and really plan a great send-off for this groundbreaking show.  I already have a vision of all 15 winners standing on that stage in the series finale and it's awesome.  (Granted, half of them don't belong there and there's a chance winner #14 may be one of them, but whatever!)

That's all I have to say about that for now.  We do have a winner to pick, and before we even do that we have to talk about one more surprise elimination.  Let's dive in.

American Idol: Top 4 Perform, 3 Move On

Hello fellow Idol watchers!  We are nearing the end of yet another season.  This has been a difficult one for me to stay invested in for more reasons than one.  But, I'm going to power through to the end!  Let's dive right into a very quick recap that will set up next week's final 2 episodes (airing Tuesday from 9-10 Eastern Time and the Finale on Wednesday from 8-10 Eastern Time).