I Love Live TV!

Live TV...sometimes you wonder if it really exists in this day of pre-recorded everything. Monday night the kids and I watched our buddy Beverley on Dancing With the Stars. Bev and I had fun texting during commercials. She kept us posted on when she was singing next. Each week the singers are introduced. The girls waited with baited breath to see Bev and she gave a little wave. Maddie was convinced she was waving to her. :) Great job, Bev...you sounded great!

American Idol continues...to be insane. Big Mike had the lowest votes??? Really, America?? For...the...LOVE! My Idol Schmidol scores are completely ruined this week. I just don't get the voting this year. Thankfully the judges decided to keep Big Mike for another week.

For those of you who don't care about Idol...for the first time in years, I hear ya knockin'.

American Idol 2010

BOR-ING! Some of you do not care an ounce about American Idol...and truth is, on the grand scale of importance, it's in the negative numbers. However, as many of you know, it is a fascination of mine.

This season has been, by far, the WORST. You know it's bad when you long for the season of Fantasia. The singers are boring, pitchy, and mostly non-creative. The group numbers are now pre-recorded and over produced (but at least on pitch thanks to auto tune) not to mention HORRIBLY staged. Of course...this is all in my own opinion which is only that. The only singer I truly love is Crystal Bowersox. She rocks my face off.

The other saving grace for me is my guilty pleasure, Idol Schmidol. (Think fantasy football meets American Idol.) Schmidol was invented by a contemporary Christian singer friend of mine who is absolutely hilarious. (I'll keep his name private to protect the innocent!) Our league has several music biz people and the banter back and forth is just priceless. We have picks we have to make online each week before the Tuesday night performances and then bonus picks afterward but before the results show.

However, the best part of Idol Schmidol is the recap each week. Truly hilarious. We each have Schmidol screen names. Check out the website...anyone can read, but you must be a member to vote. It's completely worth it just to read. Laughter inducing...and very fun. http://www.idolschmidol.com/

I predict that Idol is seeing their final days. With the introduction of Simon Cowell's show next year (X Factor), Idol will be history. X Factor is more like artist development...and a completely different approach than Idol.

Tonight...my bottom three picks were the actual bottom three. My pick to get kicked off was Tim Urban. I lost points. Why, oh WHY, America???