American Idol Rewind - OMG Edition

This is it!!!! This is the Superbowl. This is the hottest date of your life. This is ordering a 6-piece, and finding 7 pieces!!!!!

Randy is wearing a tie. A TIE! Past contestants are litering the crowd. Tomorrow night's show is already running long!! This is amazing!!!! This...is...AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, for what we give a hoot about (after the jump).

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Adam - Mad World. Nice. He wore a trench coat. Nice. He had a fog machine imported from the Monsters of Rock tour. Nice. He contorted his face. Nice. I like this song choice. I think for a lot of Hosers this was an OMG moment this season when we were like, "Oh My God."

Kris - We learn he gave his mom music coupons when he was a kid. Cute? Disgusting? eBay Gold? It's a fine line. Aint No Sunshine. Another great choice. It must have been temtping to bring that Kanye song back - but too soon. Nice restraint not too. KillerB rule of music - If you can add strings to a song, do. Makes such a difference. Kri$' wife $miled. Black vest over a t-shirt? eh.

Round 1 Results: Tie.

I'm thinking about:
Simon - always reminding people this is a competition?
Kara - looks a little cold/worried/stressed tonight
Ryan - too much caffeine today?
Danny Gokey - so tough sitting in the crowd.
The rest of the contestants in the crowd - icing.

Adam - Change is gonna come. He even brought back his Mario Lopez suit! Really is remarkable how effortless he moves from emo/mod in the first performance to blues/soul in this one - and neither are half-assed. Such range in his voice - and genre - which of course makes you wonder (cliche alert) what kind of artist is he gonna be?

(style note: I don't like it when you can see the stitching on the collar of a suit - as with Adam's tonight - but I know a lot of expensive suits do this? This seems unacceptable to me? Am I wrong? Sparks - please respond with a post)

Kris - What's going on. Now on the guitar. I really believe the guitar is what got him through this week, and it might be what makes him a contender this week. Chicks out there, raise your hand if you dig a guy that plays a guitar (killerB counting). It's unanimous. Chicks dig a guy that plays acoustic guitar.

Round 2 Results: Adam

Things I'm thinking about:
Randy - complaining about song choice, when Simon Fuller chose the song. Randy - WTF?
Simon - "million percent Adam". British have historically been better with letters than numbers.

No Boundries - a Kara vehicle. Pretty despicable way to end a season if you ask me - giving us some song we've never heard of by one of the judges. Breath. Mountain. Pain. Hurricane. Dreams. No Boundries..... Barf. (Simon - nice jab at Kara - "I'm not gonna judge that song, I'll judge you." Zing).

Adam - well, of course he made it sound like something we like.

Kris - hmmmm - missing the guitar and piano.

One thing I do like about this is that by singing the same song we finally have a great equalizer. We don't have to wonder what so and so would have done. We have a real point of comparison.

Round 3: Adam

American Idol Winner: Adam



Ladies and gentleman, it has been my pleasure recapping this season of American Idol. I look forward to next season. KillerB