Thursday, February 26, 2015

American Idol Season 14 Top 12 Guys and Gals

Sorry for being a day late with the Boys review, had to get caught up on the good shows like Arrow and Gotham. 

And the dress is blue and black. 

THE BOYS 


Adam: Sang "I Wanna Rock." I thought Caleb was as bad as gets regarding Rocker wannabes. Never have I been more wrong. This guy couldn't embody rock & roll if he was Ben Grimm falling down a hill. 
#CrockAndDroll 


Michael: He sang some Michael Bolton ballad. This was as blah as it gets. 
#HowAmISupposedToCare 


Savion: Sang the gawd awful Train song "Soul Sister." He did the impossible with it. He made it sound even worse. 
#DontSaveSavion 


Mark: This guy sounded to clean to be on Idol. He should be on The Voice. He'd never make it past the Knockout Rounds, but at least he would have gotten to meet Christina. 
#LoserEitherWay 


Trevor: This geek can't sing worth crap, but it doesn't matter, since he'll be a part of The Avengers next year. 
#SucktacularSingerMan 


Clark" I'm going to have sue American Idol cause this guy's high pitch cause some glass to shatter in my house. 
#WhenAManBreaksAWindow 


Rayvon: Ha sang that annoyingly catchy sone "Jealous" by 1/3 Jonas Brothers. He can go straight to hell. 
#ThisSongIsASin 


Daniel: He tried to sing Mraz' "I'm Yours" while playing a Nintendo Wii Guitar. Worst performance so far. Good things do not come in small packages. 


Riley: Keith Jr. sang some stupid country song. Sucked. 
#NoCountryForYoungMen 


Quentin: He sang "I Put A Spell On You." It was an interesting and haunting arrangement, but let's face it, it just made us want to hear this: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDidHzwYu3E 
#VoodooChild 

Nick: Sang some Ed Sheeran song, because it's mandatory for somebody to do it nowadays. It was generic. 
#EdSheeranSheeranSoFarAway 


Qaasim: James Brown Lite. 
#IfItsBrownFlushItDown 



THE GIRLS 


Lovey: Stupid name. Bland performance. Forgettable girl. 
#TilltheLoveyRunsOut 


Adanna: When I was younger, I would sometimes spend the weekend at my grandparents house. Some nights, my Grandma would have her friends over to play cards. That was more exciting to watch than this performance. 
#FiveCardDud 


Alexis: She's got an Amanda Seyfried quality about her that I love, it's a shame she's a country rock chick. 
#DeepThroatVoice 


Joey: This was the WTF performance of the night. She belongs on America's Got Talent or opening for Weird Al Yankovic cause this has novelty act written all over it. 
#AccordianToJim 


Katherine: Not even people who can see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch would be able to see any singing talent or stage presence this chick might have. 
#SeeingIsBelieving 


Shannon: Sang P!nk's "Who Knew?"She has a very sultry voice. She's young and needs some experience, but she's got what it takes. 
#WeKnowNow. 


Loren: She claims to be an actress. Well, I can tell you right now, good singer is not a role she is going to win an audition for. 
#AndTheRazzieGoesTo 


Shi: Good gawd in hell, she has got a great body. And that outfit she wore tonight, ohhh ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ™ŒðŸ™ŒðŸ™ŒðŸ™ŒðŸ™ŒðŸ™ŒðŸ™ŒðŸ’—💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 Who cares if her performance sucked. Shi is great. 
#ShisTheOneForMe 


Maddie: Another generic country singer. 
#Dollycaust 


Sarina Joi: I stopped listening to this performance and wnet back to Shi's performance so I could do a little performing of my own 
#ShiDrivesMeCrazy 


Jax: Another fantastic singer. She has got the good too. Love to see more of her. 
#WantToBangBangHer 


Tyanna: This performance was as terrible as her hair. 
#SheBlueHerself 

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

American Idol Season 14 Auditions Night 1

We opened Season 14 with the Top 24 dinging. We only saw them in shadows, but we got to hear them. And by "them," I mean the studio filtered rendition of them singing. 

We kick the auditions off in Nashville, so expect a lot of country hicks. 

Riley: First up was some country pretty boy with long blond hair that was probably really popular in the boy's locker room shower at school. Few years back, he got to play his guitar on stage with Keith Urban. The producers told Keith so he could "remember" him. He sang like a typical generic country pretty boy. He got through. 


Priscilla: She was quite the hottie with a cute Southern accent. She sang incredibly well. J-Lo disliked her immediately. She got through. 


Cameron: He was decent enough. Nothing that really stood out though. He got through. 


Next we had our Montage of Idiots. 


Amber: We got our first sob story of the season. Thankfully it wasn't anything too dramatic, just your typical poor girl living in a poor neighborhood with only music there as her safety net. She sang horribly. Yelling with a gravely voice. It was terrible. She got through. 


Kyle: This guy looked like Carrot Top's meth addicted younger brother. He sucked. He didn't get through. 


Next we had our Montage of Losers. I would love you use their shattered dreams and devastated tears as toppings on a pizza. 


Kory: This guy was gawd awful. I'd rather draw pictures of Muhammad for a French satire magazine than to listen to this guy again. But alas, he got through. 


Michael: He sounded okay. He got through. He then got J-Lo to slow dance with him while Keith played guitar and Harry played piano. This was about as impromptu as a Social Justice Warrior being offended by a video game. 


Emily: She looks like a young country version of Avril Lavigne. However, she sounded pretty damn good. She got through. 

And there you have it, Season 14, Episode 1. 

The Beginning of the End. 

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

America's Got Talent Season 8 Semi Finals Week 2

THE BEST

1: AcroArmy (Acrobats) They put on a hell of show that I would want to watch again. great moves.

2: Blue Journey (Creative Dance) This was a beautiful and surreal dance that was really well choreographed.

3: Mat Franco (Magician) If you really think about, you can kinda get a picture on how it was done, but it was still impressive never the less.


THE OKAY

4: Emil & Dariel (Cellist) This was a grand cover of "Live and Let Die" but nothing that stood out from other covers of the song I've heard before.

5: Christian Stoinev (Balancing Act) The hand walking was pretty impressive, but the focus being on the dog is what is killing this act.

6: Smoothini (Magician) Pretty impressive slight of hand, but it's still just slight of hand. For a "million dollar act" we deserve something more.


THE WORST


7: Baila Combingo (Dancers) This was just meh.

8: Jonah Smith (Singer) He was fine, but I'm sick of the singers on this show.

9: Jacob Curlee (Another Singer) He sucked.

10: Kelli Glover (Yet Another Singer) She really sucked.

11: Quintavious Johnson (Hey Look! He's a Sing Too!) He really really sucked.

12: Wendy Liebman (Comedian) If something or someone makes a person laugh, then by definition they are funny. However, I don't think Wendy is funny. I think the "laughs" she got out of the judges and the few people in the audience were conditioned laughs. Like Pavlov's dog.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

America's Got Talent Season 9 QF Week 4.

I'm going to split tonight's acts into 3 groups. The Good, The Okay, and The Terrible.



THE GOOD

1: Jonatan Riquelme (Danger Act) This was the act I's been waiting for all season. It was intense, it had me on edge, and I loved every second of it.

2: Ninna Buri (Contortionist) If this gal asks you if you are a god, you say "yes." And then watch her perform one of the most gorgeous contortionist acts you will ever see. She is a living work of art.


THE OKAY

3: Extreme (Dance Group) Performing after the Bad Boys of Ballet helped this act a lot. It may it so much better than it probably actually was.

4: Mothmen Dance (Aerial Dance Group)It's a good concept, but they really didn't take it to the elvels they should have. It all seemed pretty bland as a whole.

5: Kelli Glover (Singer) She sounded pretty good. But you have to be a great singer to really stand out on these shows. She isn't great.

6: Emil & Dariel (Cellists) Their rendition of "Can't Get No Satisfaction" was just, and this is the theme for most of the acts this season, fine. It was nothing special. Nothing really unique. I've seen much better covers of rock songs with non-traditional instruments on YouTube.

7: Jonah Smith: I take notes as I watch and then I type them out here, I got this guy marked as "Okay" but I'll be damned if I can remember a thing about him. And I'm typing this just 10 minutes after finishing the show.


THE BAD

8: Smoothini (Magician) The season's magic acts have been terrible. Smoothini was supposed to be the saving grace. He wasn't. The tricks were very good slight of hand tricks, but it's street magic performed on a stage. It was kind of sad to watch, and having Howie up there made it worse.

9: Quintavious Jones (Singer) Completely overrated. You could put a good engine into a car, but it still ain't going anywhere unless it has wheels. This kid doesn't have the wheels.

10: Once Voice Children's Choir (Choir) This was a mess. The kids really don't sound that great together and the lead girl's voice just isn't strong enough.

11: Dom The Bom's Triple Threat (Card Thrower) Another mess. The only thing this kid's got going for him is, he's a kid. Having watched a lot of Ricky Jay videos, if this kid was an adult doing all of this, it wouldn't really be impressive.

12: Bad Boys Of Ballet: This was the most boring act ever presented this season. Terrible.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

America's Got Talent Season 9 Quarter Finals Round 3

Here are tonight's acts from best to worst.

1: Christian Stoinev (Acrobat) I'm more of a cat person, but that dog was pretty damn good. The human is very good as well. Taking the typical balancing act and adding the dog is a recipe for success.


2: Blue Journey (Dance Duo) Another act using background animations to their advantage, they did very well, considering hald of the time they were on the floor. It was a magical thing to watch.


3: Sons of Serendip: (Band) They did a cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and it was a very good cover. I really like the way they arrange the songs.


4: AcroArmy (Acrobats) This was very entertaining. Some dangerous moves and unique positions were displayed. They used "Mind Heist" from the Inception trailer which has been proven scientifically to make anything appear epic when it's being played.


5: Kiernan & Finian Makepeace (Band of Brothers) They did a cover of Ellie Goulding's "Lights." I actually enjoyed this cover. They did something different with it and it worked.


6: Cornell Bhangra (Dance Group) I'm surprised that I actually liked this more than I thought I would. I don't think I could stand too much of it, but it was enjoyable for the small time they were performing.


7: Dragon House "The Agents" (Dance Group) This seemed like the typical slow motion/contortionist dance moves we've seen numerous times on this show. There was no real flow to their performance tonight, it was just there but not really doing anything.


8: Anna Clendening (Singer) Did a cover of Christina Perri's "Human." Because of course she would. I don't buy this chick's deal at all.I felt nothing at all while hearing this.


9: Adrian Romof (Pianist) He can play the piano really well. Whoopty do. Fine, he's 9, a child prodigy, and blah blah blah. It's more fun watching Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia play Heart and Soul on a walking piano than watching this kid play anything.


10: Mike Super (Magician) The "Desmond" act is tiring. The tricks are mundane at best.


11: Paul Ieti (Singer) This was ho hum. I don't like his voice at all.


12: Wendy Liebman (Comedian) Yesterday, the laughter died. Wendy did nothing to resurrect it.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

America's Got Talent Season 9 Quarter Finals Round 2

Oooh boy, this was a bad night. Let's get this over with. Order of acts are listed from Best to Worst.

1: Aerial Animation (Aerial Acrobat) The only act of the night that had some imagination behind it. She could be this year's Kenichi.

2: Andrey Moraru (Hand Balance) He is very good at twisting his body around and doing incredible poses and moves, but I feel if he made the act a little more dangerous, he would really up the ante of entertainment.

3: Darik Santos (Comedian) The judges are spot on with Emo Philips comparisons. This guy seems like he could be Emo's son. But he's not at the talent level that Emo was on his bad days. Darik's jokes are very much styled like Emo's, but Emo's do a lot better job of going to places you don't expect. That being said, Darik did make me laugh a few times during his act.

4: Loop Rawlins (Cowboy) Tonight seemed more of the same, despite the ring of fire, which really didn't do anything. He's very good at twirling the rope around, but he needs to step his game up.

5: Mat Franco (Magician) He's got one thing going for him, he's no where near as bad as David and Leeman. However, his trick wasn't very good tonight. It was obvious Howie was in on the act. Sad.

6: Acte II (Opera Duet) They were the most solid of the singers tonight, but it was a weird opera rendition of "I Will Always Love You." They made it this far in the list just by not sucking as much as the others.

7: Hart Dance Team (Dance Group) They had an interesting gimmick, but they didn't do much with it. It quickly devolved into a typical dance group routine, and we got to much of those as it is.

8: Jacob Curlee (Singer) I was to busy getting over my nausea from hearing about his foster home story again to really listen to him sing. From what I did hear, it sounded mediocre at best.

9: Mara Justine (Singer) When she gets into her lower register, she really sucks. When she gets higher and at her normal range, she only sounds slightly sucky.

10: John & Andrew (Dancers) They move really well together. I don't care that it's two guys dancing, but when two people are dancing, they should be doing something inventive. I saw none of that.

11: Livy, Matt, & Sammy (Band) They did a horrible rendition of Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls." It was an indie band cover and it was as bland as you would expect it to be. This sucked hard.

12: Juan Carlos (Stupid Waste of Time) This was a stupid waste of time.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

America's Got Talent Season 9 Quarterfinals Round 1

I will present to you tonight's acts from best to worst.


1. Valo & Booby (Danger Act) This was innovative, risky, and dangerous. It was also fantastic. I love acts that make me sit up and pay attention and this one had me on edge.

2. J.D. Anderson (Strongman Act) Just like Valo and Bobby, this was entertaining to watch. This risk involved kicks it up a notch. And watching him mess one up and almost blocking out just added to the excitement.

3. Dan Naturman (Comedian) The doctor bit was very good. He made me laugh out loud, which is what a comedian is supposed to do.

4. Miguel Dakota (Singer) He sang "Come Together" by The Beatles. Finally, a singer that knows how to mix it up once in a while. Biggest pet peeve are singers who perform the same way over and over on these shows. He was the best singer of the night.

5. Jasmine Flowers (Fan Dancers) I'm not a fan (wink wink) of general dance groups, but the dance groups that bring something interesting into their acts are always welcome. The fan dancing is great. They just need to kick it up a notch.

6. Flight Crew Jump Rope (Rope Jumpers) This wasn't exciting as it could have been. They said it was dangerous, but it looked liked they played it safe. It's fun to watch, but it didn't make me sit up and pay too much attention.

7. Emily West (Singer) She sang "Chandelier" by Sia. This wasn't very impressive. The song sucks, her voice was good, but it just didn't have the right kind of spark. She looks like she does belong in New York though. Just on a street corner and not at Radio City Music Hall.

8. The Willis Clan (Singing Group) They sang "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and The News. Points for singing a song from Back To The Future. The bluegrass style could have worked if they had put a bit more energy into it. As such, it felt kind of flat.

9. Baila Commingo (Dance Group) The can move fast and they are well coordinated, which you would want from a dance group. But that's all they do. Dance. Nothing added to it, nothing new. So, boring as hell.

10. Julia Goodwin (Singer) Sang "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls. She would do really well on the stage she actually belongs on, a High School Talent Show stage.

11. David & Leeman (Magicians) So, they had Howie read off a word on a piece of a book page, that they had picked out. And when Howie didn't give them the word they wanted, they had him pick a different one, that they pointed out to him. What a shocking trick! This was all around dull. The set up was dull and the reveal was dull. I've seen better magic tricks at a 6 year old's birthday party.

12. Sean & Luke (Tap Dancers) Watching two guys tap dance is as exciting as reading a Lego instruction booklet, without having any Legos. You can't spell Tap Dancing Brothers without B-O-R-I-N-G.