American Idol 13: Who Will Take The Crown?

Kelly Clarkson. Carrie Underwood. Fantasia Barrino. Scotty McCreery. Phillip Phillips. Daughtry. Jennifer Hudson. Clay Aiken. Adam Lambert. Kellie Pickler. Jordin Sparks.

Yes! That one thing American Idol has over ALL of the other talent shows is a very long list of success stories. Sure, this promo acknowledged their perennial favorites, while consistently ignoring the others, but it is what it is. What can't be denied is the amount of talent that has emerged and the number of lives that have been changed by this cheesy show.

I love that this was designed to revive those feel good moments from the history of the show and foster feelings of nostalgia. The "WHO WILL BE NEXT?" shot was a bit of a hot mess, but I digress. In your face, X Factor and The Voice! Haha. I kid.

The Voice 5: Live Playoffs Results Show

Unlike last season, the results were both expected and unexpected for some weird reason. True, I was hoping for some shocking results, but I somehow didn't get that. One finalist wasn't voted by America to advance, which was surprising to me, but was saved by the judge's pick, so everything's all good. That being said, we actually have a good set of finalists this season.

Results after the jump!

X Factor US 3: Top 13 Redux

Yup. Since they messed up the voting numbers yesterday, EVERYONE gets to perform again with the elimination happening next week. Ironically, the less stellar production setup gave these contestants more pressure resulting to a slightly better performances compared to last night.

But enough of that, how did they do tonight?

X Factor US 3: Top 13

Not sure what to feel about this show, but it's like they weren't even trying to put a good show anymore and I'm thisclose to abandoning this show. I mean, Motown week again? Can't they think of anything else other than this tired theme? Also, why are the performances so short?

Oh, and don't get me started with Paulina Rubio. She's worse than a drunken sailor. "Lexington, South California", "Peachy", "The Jackson Fives", "Work In Process". I just can't. At the rate, I'll be shocked if there's a season four. Haha.

But enough of that, let's get on with the performances!

The Voice 5: Live Playoffs Part 2

Wait, did these coaches get a memo about canning the happy talk? Because otherwise, I don't understand why they're criticizing some people tonight after the travesty yesterday that were Nic Hawk and Grey! But whatever.

Tonight, the performances were a lot better although a bit underwhelming compared to last season. I must say though that Christina probably assembled the best team this season. I'm not underestimating Adam's team, but the most marketable performers are in Ms. Aguilera's team.

As for Cee Lo, he just broke his own record as the worst song picker EVER! At first, I thought he must really Amber for the song choice, but if all of his song choices for his team were equally bad, I guess, he's not really messing anyone up no? Haha. Good one, Cee Lo! But still.

Anyway, here we go!

The Voice 5: Live Playoffs Part 1

Why were these judges LOVING everyone? Were they pressured to blow smoke up their *sses? Throwing these folks platitudes and confetti is unnecessary at this point and yes, constructive criticism would be helpful. 

As for the episode, I thought it was kind of lackluster. There were a couple of great performances, but a lot of them - especially people I expected to do well - were underwhelming, to say the least. Not sure if it was just because I was expecting too much, but I digress.

Here we go!

X Factor UK 10: Top 9

Yikes! Disco Week? Where's the usual Halloween Special on X Factor UK? I was ready to hate this theme, but there were actually a couple of stand out performances from people I didn't really expect. So there's that. But I'm hoping that they'd have a couple of interesting themes in the next coming weeks or I'll punch a soul. Haha.

Here we go!