idol marathon

My entire weekend consisted mainly of listening to my younger brother lament the fact that he has to say goodbye to his teenage years, and me confirming just why I deserve the title of being the world’s biggest couch-potato there is (haha, no puns!). Yes, aside from the fact that I was feeling too lazy to get out of the house (despite Ed’s insistence on me getting to do more outdoor stuffs and exercise), I have found one reason to make the television set my bestest buddy even just for this weekend.

And come on, pardon me, okay? I mean, everyone’s so hyped up over this whole “American Idol” frenzy. This weekend was probably the only time I was able to sit down and watch the entire season, on a marathon at that. Yes, it started out from the auditions to the trimming down of the contestants to twelve, and up to the final two Davids. And my dad’s quite confident that Cook had this in the bag (so reminiscent of Paula’s comment that she is “looking at an American Idol” after one of Dave’s performances on the Neil Diamond episode). I agreed with him, but wouldn’t make it quite obvious because he thinks he has an ear for music (sorry dad!).

Watching AI actually led me to make the following observations:

1) That Jason was eventually doomed, and was quite lucky he went as far as top 4.

2) This was probably one of only few times that Simon gave some “good” feedbacks (as he likes to play the role of the “hard-to-please” judge) on a contestant’s performance, most of them on Dave Cook’s.

3) Such a pity for Carly when she finally got a thumbs-up from Simon, that’s when she was sent packing (kiss of death, indeed!).

4) Quoting Randy Jackson to Jason Castro: “But you’re a beautiful guy!” (under ordinary circumstances, that would have been taken as a compliment, right?).

And lastly, 5) David Cook. Hmm, how can any man look so good and sound so well at the same time? If I would have been single, the thought of him alone would have made me glad I was. haha

That’s it for now. Can’t wait for the finale.