American Idol's Final 2 Night

Boy, talk about anti-climatic. Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee both reprised two songs they did previously on the show and then sang a horrible original song to close the show. I think Katharine was at a distinct disadvantage having chosen two songs she did relatively recently on the show and the far worse of the two awful original songs in "My Destiny." Of course I pretty much have no memory of any songs that Taylor has done on the show since I've had little interest in listening to them back, not being a particular fan of his voice (whereas I've played back Kat's performances numerous times and know them pretty well), so his songs did seem a little fresher to me in addition to being performed earlier in the season, but still. I've watched three seasons of this show, I was laughing at the lyrics of "I Believe" in season 3, cringing at the lyrics of "Inside Your Heaven" in season 4, but last night made me realize that at least those songs had melodies. Taylor's "Do I Make You Proud" only had some semblance of melody in the chorus and Kat's "My Destiny" had none whatsoever. You would think for the number one rated show on television they would have the best songwriters in the world just dying for a chance to have their songs be the final two's singles, but apparently Simon Fuller has a lot of relatives...or something like that. :/

The watercooler moment of the show has got to be Taylor's purple velvet jacket though:


It's not a good thing when that's the most lasting impression the most watch show on TV leaves you with. I definitely think the big winner this season has to be Daniel Powter, whose "Bad Day" got five weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 chart and may very well be the biggest song of 2006. It was pretty weird that they played a montage of contestants in the screen on the background and tried to simultaneously show both the montage and Powter. It seems like it would make more sense to focus either just on the performer (which is what I would want if I were DP) or the montage the audience is watching instead of having weird long shots incorporating both that show no detail whatsoever.

Tonight: Clay and Carrie! And Taylor's inevitable coronation.

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