American Idol night!

Just wish they hadn't put it on the same time as Gilmore Girls. The one show besides CSI and NYPD Blue that I actually watch and they put a compelling show like Idol on with it!

D'oh! I completely forgot that American Idol was on tonight. How did everyone do? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the Marine...hope he goes on.

I only watched bits and pieces of it....I have no clue who anyone is though so I can't help.

It was ok......although I had a much better time watching auditions the first times!!!!

Doesn't it play tomorrow also???

I watched it, and I liked the first and last girls who sang, Kimberly and Julia. They were the ones who were fighting in last week's show. They both had really good performances. Overall, I think all of them did very good. Simon's right about one thing, they definitely raised the bar this year.

Tomorrow night's show is telling which 2 of the 8 will go on to the final round.

I only caught the end of it. . . seems the girls were way better than the guys, but I didn't see many full auditions. I liked the last girl too. Hopefully tomorrow they will let them sing briefly again so I can catch them all!

Definitely not as entertaining as the first episodes with the initial auditions though.

Maybe it is just me but these kids don't seem to be giving it their all on these performances. They treat it more like a big party?

Most of these kids seem to have major attitude! I liked the 1st and last performers and hope they move on - we will see tonight!

What's with the ones who think they only need one name? Did anyone else notice that? At least 3 of the 8 were only going by one name, like they are cool enough to pull it off. And that one girl Meosha - Hello! You are not Moesha no matter how close you make your name.

I am pulling for the Marine, also. I may be a little predjudice, but he is so adorable! The first time I saw him, I knew he was a Marine, just by the way he carried himself. There were several at the shop last night watching, but I was busy, and missed the whole show. There was some nonsense in the local paper about the Marine Corps keeping him in country just so he could compete. It seems to be good for morale, so what if they did?

I can't believe Kimberly wasn't sent on to the next round! I'm sure she will be in the Wildcard Round. The top three were most definitely the right picks. Charles has an amazing voice, but as Simon would say, I don't know if he *looks* like the American Idol.

I agree with the top 3, but was very suprised when Kimberley didn't go forward! She will definately be one of the wild cards!

i'm glad it was Julia and not Kimberly, her catty behaviour in the beginning turned me right off.

nice voice though.

New round...I have to agree with Simon, I was not all that impressed with the competition tonight overall. I think Ruben and Kimberly were the standouts and I will be very disappointed if they are not the top two.

Tonight was the first time I've ever watched that show..usually there's a conflict with another show. Simon is a total jerk! I agreed with Paula and the other guy about the last girl, but Simon was just rude. The last girl wasn't that great, but I think the song had a lot to do with it...but she's not awful by any means. Simon made it out like she was horrible...what a way to hurt someone self esteem!

I just love watching American Idol and all of the reality tv shows. Survivor is my favorite and it starts Thursday!
I thought the large black guy was the best tonight. He was genuine in his performance. I also think that the first little white guy with the big ears was great too. Sorry about the stereotyping, I can't remember thier names
I thought the heavy black girl went a little overboard when she went up to the judges at the end of her performance


Ginger

I really hope Ruben makes it to the next round!

Except for Rueben, no one has even blown my socks off yet. How puzzling, you would think they would all be doing their very best instead of just skating through- and what some of the girls are wearing- yikes!

Which one is Reuben?

Ruben is the big black guy with the honey smooth voice. I think he could be the one. I hope so. I didn't care for his song choice tonight, but he did a great job of it. It was a Carpenter's song, very lame.

What is the name of the bigger black girls? There are two of them and they have strong personalities and are very good at their singing. I know Simon is all about image and so I didn't think those two would get as far as they did, so, are they still in the game? I really hope one of them wins.