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Lots of TV tonight.
On tonight's "American Idol," there were interviews with the three judges, as well as interviews and songs by the final three contestants. I was particularily interested with the interview with Simon Cowell. He always has something interesting to say.
Tomorrow night's "Idol" will be the one where we will see which two performers will be in the final two. My prediction: Diana and Fantasia will be in there, with Diana winning the whole thing. (Click the top link to see what happens)
After "American Idol," we watched the first episode of "The WB's Superstar USA." "Superstar" features three judges: Ton Loc, Vitamin C, and some other guy. Their point of the show is to find and praise the worst singers that they can, while sending the talented singers packing.
With the show the way it is, it seems like there will be quite a mix of poor talents, delusional personalities, and bizarre behavior in the latter rounds. I think that the pitchman for the show would summarize it as: "American Idol meets Spinal Tap." I am curious to see how the show will eventually develop.
Even though we were beginning to feel sorry for some of the people who were made to look foolish, the show had its entertaining moments.
The best moment of the night was when one of the talented singers (Canadian) sang "Oh Canada." The judge told her that he was sick of Canadians stealing all of the American superstar spots. (He gave Loverboy. Brian Adams, and Celine Dion as examples.) He said that this contest was for "Americans." Mean spirited as it was, I found it to be pretty funny.
Speaking of Canada, I just got a chance to get a look at the new Toronto Blue Jays uniforms. (They're playing the Twins tonight.) I can't believe that those things made it through the design committee. At the beginning of tonight's game, they showed a nearly empty stadium. The Twins' announcers said that there won't be many people watching this game tonight.
Hearing this, I looked at the TV. I saw the uniforms and thought, "What? They're in Tampa Bay tonight?" Upon further inspection, I saw that the jerseys read "Jays" instead of "Rays." Not only are the new uniforms drab, but they too closely resemble the Devil Rays' uniforms.