Well, Season 9 was unforgivingly boring. I don't know. Good thing, there were a few moments during the season that somehow made it a little interesting and dynamic.
Arguably, this season was definitely a year of WTF moments! So, I decided to come up with this year’s 15 American Idol 9 Highlights.
Here are the 15 Moments of Season 9:
It wasn't as EPIC as when Matt Giraud got the save last year, but it sure was a highlight this season. Why? Because saving Big Mike was, arguably, the biggest mistake the judges made this season! He should have headed out when he had the lowest number of votes during the Top 9 week. Seriously. Messing with America's decision is a terrible idea and his save just threw off the rest of the season with Siobhan Magnus and maybe Katie Stevens as the casualties.
Last year, they disqualified Joanna Pacitti after she'd finally reached the Top 36. This year, Idol's victim was Chris Golightly. Drama much? Haha. According to reports, it was because of an old contract he had with an independent label. The editors have removed him from the Top 24 announcement show and a replacement was found..
.. and yes, it was Tim Urban. Haha. He indeed raised a few eyebrows going into the Top 24 but he somehow managed to divide the Idol audience with success - that seemed to have little to do with his singing - and eventually carried him up until the Top 7. You can kill me now, but at the latter part of his Idol run, I was secretly becoming a Tim Urban fan. How was that possible? I think it's the hair. Haha.
Frankly, when I first saw Casey's audition, I NEVER thought he would even make the Top 12 let alone finish in third place. His audition almost seemed like a joke! I mean, he sang a little and then Kara and Victoria Beckham suggested to unbotton his shirt. But when he did, Randy suggested to take the whole thing off. Yes! That's right, Randy is the real cougar, not Kara. Go Figure! Haha.
Seriously? Andrew Garcia completely dazzled me as he sang a brilliantly composed cover of Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up" during the Hollywood Week. This clearly made him this season's early front-runner going into the Top 24. Sadly, he never recaptured the pre-season magic on that big Idol stage.
Who would've thought that we'll be able to see unusual wind instruments during a Lennon-McCartney themed week? Haha. Crystal and Lee decided to make things interesting by bringing in a didgeridoo (Crystal) and a bagpiper (Lee) that week. Maybe a good luck charm for both of them? Hey, they're the Top 2 for crying out loud. Haha.
This was the day I feared that American Idol just lost Seacrest. NOT! Maybe because..
.. THIS was actually the day American Idol lost Seacreast - or when Ryan Seacrest really lost it!! Haha. His craziness during the Top 9 Redux night was too ridiculous it wasn't even funny anymore. Stumbled over his words, did not make sense and he was particularly snarky and stranger than usual. Well, he seemed to have picked up where Paula left off. Haha.
He, to me, was an incredible mentor. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been upset to see these mentors sign on to do the show and then put absolutely no effort into their jobs. Harry, on the other hand, was a worker. He was a vocal teacher, he helped with interpretation, he wrote the arrangement, he brought his band on board, and then he played piano for every single one of the Idol contestants. Can we please have Harry as Simon’s replacement? Haha. Oh, and thank you, Harry, for the “pitchy” mention!
Far superior to Simon Cowell's black or white henleys and shirts was Siobhan Magnus' avant garde outfits, which ranged from a wedding gown that got caught in the Jumpin' Jack Flash shredder and combat boots to some form of black sea anemone in her hair and butterflies attached to her arms and shoulders. Every week she stepped on stage, I was just as curious about what Siobhan was wearing as what she was singing.
And this year’s over-aged joke contestant, and probably most memorable moment during the auditions this season was the 62-year old General Larry Platt. He created the catch phrase of the season “Pants on the Ground”. Well, See you at the Finale, General! Ha.
Oh, you didn’t hear me? ADAM LAMBERT WAS A GUEST MENTOR! Haha. so, in case there are those of you keeping score at home, Adam Lambert became the first Idol alumni to return and instruct a new class of contestants. Sure, you can ask yourself: Why not Kelly? Why not Ruben? Why not Fantasia? Why not Carrie? Why not Taylor? Why not Jordin? Why not David? Why not Kris? It was nice to finally see an Idol alumni return to give comfort and assistance but not with Adam Lambert. Heck, I would have liked to have not spent that evening wondering what connection Adam Lambert has to Elvis Presley. Enough said.
This season, we have a new judge: Ellen Degeneres. Ellen is comedy gold and people love her so it looks like the producers did something right. They were hoping Ellen would be a halfway point between the brutal Simon Cowell and the all-too-forgiving Paula Abdul. Verdict? Jackpot! Ellen was funny, practical, and honest with her comments. She knows when to crack a joke to relieve some tension but doesn’t stray away from being harsh when she needs to be. It’s a welcome addition to the judging panel and makes Randy Jackson all the more impotent in his role as a “judge.” Yes, she had some weak moments but her performance, to me, was better than Kara's debut year.
Lambert. Scott. Epperly. Hall. OUTRAGE!!! Sure, Idol's eight-season history is littered with unspeakable horrors that drove us to scream at our televisions and insist to anyone who'd listen: ''I'm done with this show! Never watching again!'', but for some weird reason, what happened during this season's Top 16 Results show was probably the worst set of results on American Idol… EVER. I mean, seriously, Aaron Kelly outlasting Alex Lambert was demoralizing, Lacey over Lilly was an embarassment, and heck, even Todrick's sort-of-maybe-too-early ouster was pretty disappointing. Now, as for Katelyn Epperly going home before Paige Miles? Do I need to dig between the couch cushions for an outlandish metaphor to prove the point of how freakin' wrong that is? No, I do not. Not if you heard Paige's god-awful rendition of 'Smile'. Simply put: this elimination was like the American Idol version of an apocalypse. The end.
Nothing much to say aside from: AMERICAN IDOL WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT SIMON COWELL. Seriously. I got teary eyed when the American Idol winners and some Idol alums got on stage and pay tribute to Simon Cowell for the last time during the Finale. Though I did not agree with some of his critiques these past few years, his presence on the show will be surely missed. Heck, I miss him already!!
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