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My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson and American Idol!

Posted on March 12, 2009
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I’ve just sat through the results show on American Idol and I have to say I’m not that shocked at who has gone out – more or less predictable to be honest. Neither singer gave a great performance and the elimination was well balanced with one male and 1 female departing. (I don’t want to spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet).

One little twist in this season’s American Idol is the extra power the judges now have – the ability to save someone up until the top 5. If they feel someone has been voted out by mistake due to wrong song choice or just bad luck they can save them!

Halfway through proceedings the first idol to return and sing on the big stage in Season 8 was Kelly Clarkson. She had a little laugh with Seacrest about not being in a relationship and then Seacrest insinuated his life would suck without Simon Cowell – a lame but corny way to introduce Kelly’s new single.

Taken off her brand new album “All I Ever Wanted” (UK Version) the single is an infectious song with a mixture of rock and ballad. Her tone is amazing and the live performance she gave last night was absolutely stunning and no surprise she’s made it to the very top and stayed there. I can’t wait to listen to the rest of her album which is a mix of all genres including dance, rock and country.

Anyway, here’s her new single, hope you like it. Ladies and Gentlemen I introduce to you Miss Kelly Clarkson and My Life would Suck Without You!! You can buy the cd from the US Here

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American Idol – The trio, my take !

Posted on May 18, 2007
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Sitting here watching a delayed showing of American Idol and I thought I’d make notes as the evening went for the final three. Jordin opened the show with a great performance one that oozes class. I preferred this version to the original “Wishing on a star”. Simon Cowell liked the performance but didn’t like the arrangement.

There’s no doubt the three best singers are left in the semi-final and it’s going to be hard to chose the final two from these talented singers!!! Blake’s up and singing a police classic “Roxanne”. Blake has a magnificent delivery and yet again makes the song his own with a faultless performances, very reggae!!! He ends the song with a slide towards the judges – no beat boxing ! Again Cowell keeping it real comparing with Sting’s rendition.

Now then this will be very interesting, Melinda is going to sing Whitney Houston’s “I believe in you and me”, one of my all time favourite Whitney songs!! Not the greatest offerings from Melinda but it was polished and she made it her own. It sounded a key lower than Whitney’s version and not as “sweet” but it was still a cracking attempt. After the first round I’d probably have Jordin and Melinda as the finalists.

Jordin kicks off round two with a Donna Summer number, “she works hard for the money”. A very confident song but I didn’t think it was as good as the first song of the evening. Very feisty though. The crowd loved it! Oh wow, Blake gets to sing Maroon 5′s “This Love” – this will be interesting. Welcome back to Blakesville ! This is more his music – cracking blend of beat boxing and singing – I really enjoyed this, he’s back in the game. Judges agreed with me for …

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Taylor Hicks

Posted on July 29, 2006
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Living in the UK we are very fortunate to get a lot of the US shows and that includes American idol. I’ve enjoyed watching it over the last few seasons especially for the country element and this year was no exception. However I wasn’t prepared to be amazed by Taylor Hicks and each week I would tune in hoping that the American public in their wisdom would send him through and to at least reach the final of the show so that at the very least he would gain a recording contract due to his popularity.

I silently hoped he would win the contest especially once the Pickler had been kicked off the show. He doesn’t conform to the usual pop idol, he dances a little weird and certainly doesn’t dress like a youthful pop star someone would want on their walls but I have to say, the guy for me delivered weekly without fail. Long live Soul Patrol.

I’ll certainly be getting his debut album when it comes out, anyone else ?

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