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After 15 years and finding many phenomenal singers, American Idol begins its final season at 8p tonight on Fox. Will they find the next Kelly Clarkson, Chris Daughtry or Carrie Underwood this year? We will just have to tune in every week to find out.
I have to admit now that the last season is finally here, I am a little teary eyed. I can remember being on the phone with mom or my friend Michael in NYC to find out who went home because I couldn’t wait three hours to find out. Remember, AI was around before Twitter and Facebook and that was the best way to find out about Jennifer Hudson or Daughtry’s surprise eliminations. It was also the way I found that Clay Aiken was robbed of the title. And I have so many more fond memories from the show. In fact, I have a friend who I didn’t talk to for a year because of the Clay/Ruben fiasco.
What are some of your favorite memories from American Idol?
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Then over on CBS at 8:30p, Mike & Molly is also beginning its final season tonight. Although, CBS has yet to confirm what the actors have already told us.
The episode starts off with Mike (Billy Gardell) and Carl (Reno Wilson) still not talking, so they go to couples therapy. When that doesn’t work, they get new partners. Let’s just their new partners are really bad? Will that be enough to get them back together?
Meanwhile, Molly (Melissa McCarthy) is doing press for her book and she is awful at it. Will it ruin her sales?
Even though this is the last season, it is just as funny as the first one. I am going to miss this show when it ends, but at least we have 13 new episodes before it says goodbye.
Fox announced their fall schedule today and the biggest news from it is that American Idol is ending its momentous run after the 15th season. Even though the show has been declining in the ratings since Jennifer Lopez joined and hasn’t had a star since Adam Lambert in season 8, the news is still surprising.
On a conference call today, Fox said, “It was not an easy decision.” They know it’s been a vital show for the network but after talking with the producers they all agreed that next year is perfect time to end the show’s run.
Since next year will be the last year for the legendary show that changed television and music, they said, “it will be a true season-long goodbye.” At this point they are working on what that means and said that a lot of the contestants and the judges have expressed interest in coming back. If anyone knows where Brian Dunkleman is, they would love his phone number so he too can be part of it. How amazing would it be if he came back and hosted the show all by himself for one night! I would watch it again.
When it comes to the format, it will be just like this year with host, Ryan Seacrest, and judges, Harry Connick Jr, Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban. The show will also start off on two nights before moving to just one with no results show.
What do you thunk of the news? I am sure Seacrest has been in a ball since they told him the news.
UPDATE: Brian Dunkleman breaks his silence about American Idol’s cancellation and it’s a winner!
I knew American Idol would never last without me #CANCELLED
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Yesterday was ’80s night on American Idol, and the singing competition had ’80s heartthrob David Hasseloff sing a medley of songs from the era. Those chart topping tunes included Katrina and the Waves’ Walking on Sunshine, David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ I Love Rock’n’Roll and Culture Club’s Do You Really Want to Hurt Me. The biggest bummer about the last song on that list is that Boy George was still backstage when The Hoff belted out his tune. How like totally awesome would it have been if Boy George was like why do you really want to hurt me?
What was like totally not a bummer for us and was for the Knight Rider, is that neither the contestants nor the audience had any clue who he was or what he was singing. Their faces said it all. Hasselhoff had a more attentive crowd at the Berlin Wall coming down and that says a lot.
Having said that, I totally thought his performance was groovy to the max!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KHOhzeGOXQ Last week Prairie Farms announced that they came out with three flavors of Peeps Milk for Easter and yesterday Jimmy Kimmel Live had the American Idol judges try it. Harry Connick Jr was the first one to give it a go and he got the chocolate marshmallow flavor. Next up was Keith Urban who likes his eggnog. Finally, even though Jennifer Lopez resisted it as first, she agreed to give the plain old marshmallow a try. All three judges downed their glasses of sweet, sugar-filled milk and declared “It’s going to Hollywood.” Hopefully, the evil people at Prairie Farms will hear them because the circus in a glass,” is currently not available outside the Midwest. Nothing good ever comes to Los Angeles!
Before the judges tried the heavenly drink, Jimmy had some great one liners to describe it. They are, “It tastes like what I imagine what it would taste like to be breastfed by a mother clown,” and “I will say this, the reason that they sell this for Easter, is when you drink it you are like Jesus.” Amen!
If two women show up on the red carpet wearing the same the gown, someone is going to pay dearly for the screw up. Well what if you are the host of The Grammys being interviewed by the host of American Idol and you are both wearing the same tuxedo? If you are LL Cool and J and Ryan Seacrest, then you just shake it off? At least until the fat lady sings and then all’s fair in fashion and war.
