Invoking the Whitney rule

So we don't need to talk about anything that happened last night on the wild card show because it all went down exactly as I thought it would. The good would redeem themselves and because the judges are the only ones voting they would be put through. (and my boy JT (Matt) was BACK and in all his soulful, Justin Timberlake glory!) I figured that the marginal singers would reveal their weaknesses and be let go. And they did and were. There you go. The whole show in a nutshell....

except...

Tatiana

Sigh... Can we talk? I just don't even know what to say. Everything about that girl is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I know none of you were shocked by the big hair, crazy stage makeup, too short overly showy beaded dress, 5 inch high hoochie mama shoes and last but certainly not least all that shrieking and whining and bowing and groveling and on and on and on.... But you know what? That's not what did her in.

The judges were torn because they sincerely thought she had a big voice worth hearing in the competition. That's why they brought her back. As we could see when she took the stage they were legitimately as irritated by her as we were. If you listen carefully as she finishes singing you can even hear that Kara's mic is up and she is saying "oh god, stop that, stop doing that, please just stop that..." referring to all that bowing and whining and crap. And then Simon busts her out in front of us all. Not only have you sung that song before, tonight you sang it for the 3rd time, it was NOT good and now we're invoking the Whitney rule.

Just in case all you wanna be Idols have somehow been living in a bomb shelter for the last 8 seasons of the show let me say for the LAST time: You cannot sing a Whitney Houston song unless you actually are the new clean and sober, albeit now old, but still a little fabulous in her alleged recent "comeback" Miss Houston. That's all. Only 3 or 4 contestants have gotten away with it in 8 seasons. Stop thinking you will be the next one. The judges invoked the Whitney Rule and now the scary Tatiana issue has finally been laid to rest.

Ok how great is the wild card system?!?! LOVE IT! And the fact that they just said, 12? No, we want one more guy... come on Anoop Dawg join the fun... Let's have 13. How great was that?

Ok, so the selections were obvious and it's exactly who should have been voted in.

Can't wait for the fun to start next week!

Out!

Sorry, but these pesky kids keep a mom busy sometimes!

Whew! A whirlwind last few days getting my kids here and there and going to school interviews and all kinds of mayhem and foolish that comes with the children thing... I mean really now!

That means I didn't even get to watch my Idol from Tuesday until about 1am last night. Believe me, as much as I wanted to leap from my bed and grab my laptop so i could write about what a stellar show it was......well..... ok no i didn't. didn't at all. not stellar. I promptly turned the tv off and went to sleep.

tonight i was off to even more parent stuff and came home late to my tivo and just now got thru the results/wild card revelation show.

Ok... the right people made it thru from this group, except I may have even chosen what's her name - second chance girl - uhmmm... oh shoot what is her name... (see that's how much I care what her name is) over Scott. Loves me some Scott. The boy can sing. No doubt. But reinstatement girl has a hell of a voice ya'll. That girl can sang and she deserves to be in the top 12 also.

Alright is there really any need to go back to last night's show and talk about it or can I just pass this week? well I can summarize:

I mean the two blonde girls - country girl kendall and idol barbie kristen sucked. word of advice kendall: don't admit to people that your mom picked out your outfit. which, by the way, was the most hideous yellow strapless thing i've seen in a while.
Then there are all the rest of those miscellaneous dark haired girls and boys that were all interchangeably bad. Bye.
Von and Ju'Not were excellent, no question... but good enough to survive the cut when there are only potentially 2 male slots to be had??? I wasn't so sure.
Headbands are out Nathaniel. And so are you.
Scott was o.k. he's brilliant when he's behind the piano though.
Jorge -without a doubt, great voice. Loved him the minute I saw his audition in Puerto Rico.
And last but not least, can we talk about Lil Rounds?... really? really?!? can we not be biggie small, p diddy or ice cube, hot flash or lil rounds for just once?!?! - If your name is really just Martha Greene fess up. I mean even The Rock is now just plain ol' Dwayne Johnson and he's doing just fine. And if that is her real name her mama needs her butt whooped for that. Forget the name, this girl isn't even in the same category as these fools. She absolutely sounds like she's 1 signature away from clive davis' "best of" collection of artists. seriously. everyone is actually hoping she doesn't win so they can snatch her up and collect on those dollar signs they see watching her.

Whatever. I'm a busy person this week. Let's get on to the wild card. Tonight we finally learn the much awaited secret format. 8 people brought back to sing tomorrow. Wow, it's that simple?

alright. bring back some good people ya'll. wow me. I'm biting my nails in anticipation.

Ok nope. No I'm not. Lying. For the most part these turn out to be pretty obvious picks. von, ricky, jasmine, megan and then we see Simon with his eyes closed trying to hold back the vomit after randy says tatiana. i know the feeling simon. we were all there with ya holding it back. I wanted to snatch her stupid whining butt off that stage... please just make it stop.

TA TI A NA??!?!?!?!! Admittedly, i'm not surpised. There are ratings at at risk here. But worse than all of that freakin' whining and whimpering crap was that dress she had on. What the... ?!?!? Stop the madness.

alright i gotta let it go. matt, jessie and my boy anoop dawg are selected to round out the wild card group. I got who I wanted. Jorge starts to sing us out. My tivo cuts off and that's it.

You know what? there's obviously a lesson to be learned here people:

It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

and to my Second Chance girl who I guarantee you is right now sitting somewhere thinking "now I KNOW that stupid be-atch did not just make it back onto the show in my spot!!!!".... the moral for you:

don't count your chickens before they hatch.

pretty basic. it is what it is. good night, this mom is tired!