American Idol Ramblings

So I've been watching American Idol for three years now--never used to be much of a reality TV watcher, but that adorkable guy with the voice of a god, Clay Aiken, put it on the radar for me back in 2004. I saw him on Jay Leno's show and he absolutely blew me away. His sense of humor had me laughing out loud, and not only that he was this talented, charismatic singer with an unbelievable stage presence that could work a camera better than, well, anyone I'd ever seen musical guesting on a late night TV show. Just such a total professional that I couldn't believe he was an amateur from a talent show less than one year ago. I figured if they could discover a talent like Mr. Aiken, then maybe it might be worth watching. I've since become a huge fan of Ms. Carrie Underwood, another classy, intelligent lovely individual with amazing pipes.

This year, I'm a fan of Katharine McPhee, and am very excited that she's made it to the finals. I'm not terribly optimistic about her chances to win given the judges clear predilection for a male winner this year and the devotion of the "Soul Patrol," Taylor Hicks's fan base, but hopefully it will be close. It's pretty impressive that Kat has even made it this far considering she is from LA and not some place in the south that's mobilized their entire county to vote for her with free text messaging booths like some of her competitors have had. She's also been leading the AOL poll wire-to-wire, so she might have a chance at this thing. I hope so.

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