I agree that Sundance should not have been voted off...but then, America inexplicably made the extremely mediocre Tyler Hicks the American Idol, so nobody is safe.

Two things...first, it's Sanjaya - twice you have referred to him as either "the East Indian origin guy" or "Sundaya, or however it's spelled". That's not showing a whole lot of respect for his heritage, which, incidentally, he shares with a billion or so others. Then, there's Antonella - I saw "the pictures", and I think we all know that teenage kids in groups like to fool around in front of the camera. Those were harmless photos, made in fun with a lot of laughter. As for the "other" photos - the really lewd ones - those were not Antonella...they were made with a girl who resembled her, and with very bad intentions. Antonella is like a million other girls, but being thrust into the limelight obviously has its risks. I don't think whether or not anyone thinks she is an appropriate "role model" has anything to do with a contestant's standing on Idol. As Simon has repeatedly said, it's a singing competition, and I think Antonella should have been voted off, too, but only because she is not as strong as most of her competition.

Again, there's no telling what America will do. Taylor might have had the worst voice (if any) of all, yet people seemed to "like" him. The same dodos voted Sanjaya in and Sundance out. On the girls' side, I thought Haley should definitely have left, not Sabrina, whose voice was far, far better. In any case, is there any doubt that Melinda Doolittle is in another class than the rest of the contestants? She could (and probably should) be recording right now. I also think Jordin is really good - she's only 17! - and she's gorgeous, too.


So, that's some of what I think.

Kingrex, I agree with you about Melinda. I think she will go far. I love the look on her face as the judges are giving her compliments. It's definitely her time to be in the front and not a back up singer. But American Idol has its share of surprises, as you said. And yes, I always forget how to spell Sanjaya. maybe I need to give him a nickname. Any ideas? Sometimes my spelling gets a little off whacked because I do all my computer time at night and I have already taken my sleeping pill!

Tonight we had Apprentice LA. I haven't kept up with it as much as I have in seasons past because sometimes there is another show on and I just turn over on commercials to watch it then read the episode hx on the website. There are some explosive characters on this year!!! The challenge was to create a halftime show for a professional soccer game to promote GNC products. So one team has an obstacle course showing different body systems, heart, bone etc, and then GNC comes in, fortifies you and you soar through the coarse. The other team has a boxing match where poor old plain Joe can't compete until he is fortified with GNC and he wins. Well for one, I don't think having a boxing show at a soccer match was right. The obstacle course team won the challenge and got to go play golf with the Donald himself and get a new set of golf clubs. The other team had a huge fight in the boardroom and Surya was fired. maybe he should have fortified himself with GNC vitamins before he went in. Word on the message board is that none of the candidates this year are of the same caliber as before.

Oh, I forgot Amazing Race!!!!! Amber and Rob maybe a formidable team to beat but like a lot of other reality show fans, I am not an Amber and Rob fan. They already won their $1,000,000 so why should they have a chance for another one. I think they took second place in the last Amazing Race and got a nice purse for that. So I was kind of glad they came in last place tonight and were eliminated. I'm sure there was a lot of celebration at the pit stop overnight place. I wish they had more time in each place to enjoy the culture, cities, and just everything.

Oh, this is a free one. Donald Trump and some other millionaire exec has signed a contract with these wrestlers. Which ever wrestler wins, the exec has to cut his (exec) hair. I can't imagine Donal Trump allowing anyone to cut his hair. He must have a lot of confidence in his wrestler or have the fight fixed.

I always enjoy reading your posts. I usually have to tivo the shows and it's hard to keep up. For some reason AI seems a little boring to me this time.

I was very surprised Rob and Amber were last on the Amazing Race. hey were at least interesting. Charla and Mirna are really unlikeable this time arouns and that Eric guy is really rude to his girlfriend. At least Rob and Amber were respectful of each other. I had really liked John Vito and Jill and was sad that they left so early.

Anyway, I am frustrated with Survivor this time because it is so unbalanced. The "have not" tribe can't win and will be out one by one even after the merge. Doesn't Dancing with the Stars start next week? I think the contestants will be great entertainment this time around.
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Sorry I've been off the board this week. Having the granddaughter around does take a lot of time. Well I really don't have to have her on my lap as much as I do But I like it! With her baby sister breast feeding, older sister doesn't get as much lap time at home as she used to. Besides that, she's nice and warm!!! I haven't watched 'dancing with the stars' this year. I don't think I watched it last year either. I did watch 'skating with the stars'. Is it kind of like "So you think you can dance?" where they have to learn all those routines that they normally would not have done?

I am surprised that Sanjaya is still in American Idol but like I told my husband, he sure does have the 'teeny bop-per' vote. And from reading on the American Idol website, he still has the vote of a lot of the older generation also. Maybe it's because he always sings things that are safe. I can't remember the guys name that was voted off last night but I wished he would have stayed a little longer. He used to be a pack up singer like Melinda and I would have liked to see his potential as a solo artist. But like he said, he did forget his lines and that is a 'cardinal sin" in music. But he wasn't the only one. I just think it was first night jitters. I like Ryan's hair this year ands it's nice to see a host in a suit and tie. I'm just a little old fashioned that way.

Well my granddaughter wants me to help her draw a picture. I know I don't have to but that's what Grandmas do. Plus she hasn't done any of her homework this week.

We missed Survivor last week because we were on a cruise and the Ship's TV did not feature the show. Finally home. Will try to bring up last week's episode on the computer before watching tonight.

I don't think any of us have mentioned anything about the 'Grease, you're the one that I want". I watched the auditions because there weren't any other reality shows on but I have hardly watched any of the actual competition. But now that the NCAA games are on. Amazing Race is on late because of the games so I have a couple of the shows. I can't say I'm real impressed with it. But it will end either next week or the week after. Any body else want to chime in on it?

Another good Amazing race tonight. The two cousins team really irritate me, don't know why. They have fairly volatile tampers. Also I think some of the teams try to make fun and pick on the homosexual couples. You can tell that they dearly love each other and have a pretty stiff spine when it comes to criticism. It sure is different without Rob and Amber.

I guess I would say my favorite team is the African American couple because of what they did in the previous race they were in. Joyce had beautiful hair which she and her husband were so proud of. But they came to a challenge that they could have refused to do, but she shaved her hair for the team. It just made her all the more beautiful. And the way he looked at her with such love could make anyone cry.

I almost went top bed before commenting on American Idol. One of my favorite theme weeks, British Invasion. You can tell my age, huh!!!!!!! In my opinion, some of them switched spaces. I didn't particularly like Lakisha. I think she should have done a more soulful song. Although most people didn't like Phil, I really did. And I may be one of the few that liked Sanjaya's song. It was totally British invasion. Word on the message board was that he screamed it out. Well I liked it. And you could tell that the youngsters in the audience did to. That young girl that they brought up on stage may never hash those clothes! Over on Dialidol.com, it looks like he is safe. But they do specify on that site that they register only phone votes and not the ones from text messaging.

Melinda is the one for me. Only problem with her is that I would hate to see stardom change her. I caught a little of American Idol Rewind the other night and it was amazing to see what Kelly Clarkson looked like compared to what she is today. She has been compared to Britney Spears. And not in a complimentary way.

It will be interesting to see who is voted off tomorrow night. Tomorrows vote is an important one because only the final 10 get to go on the tour.

Don't forget, Survivor is on tomorrow night and not Thursday!!!!!!!!

Although I have not watched Dancing with the Stars, let's bring some discussion of it in here!

i'm right there with you on your review doydie. but...to add that haley did a great job.

i would have also like to have seen lakisha either have added some flirtiness to that song or done the one lulu wanted her to.

now blake...he was my fave for the night. i got a kick out of his performance. could be that grandmonkey was dancing right along imatating him.

the end was cute with that girl. forgot her name already. she will never forget this night. hehehe...yep...that t-shirt and gonna ever see soap and water.


grandmonkey and watched some of dancing with the stars. he liked the skater. ohno? his partner is only 18. boy can she dance. my only dislike of the show...the stupid comments from the bergeron guy. oy....sorry...but making stupid jokes about 2 left feet...to heather mills... tacky.

I can't believe it! I forgot to watch the AI results show!!!!!!!! What is happening to me. But I caught it on the Internet that Stephanie was voted out. She was supposed to be one the 'divas' of the season. I think I am one of the few that actually enjoyed Sanjaya last night. Kind of amazing about the young girl that was caught on tape. Apparently she had been able to get tickets to Are you smarter than a 5th grader and rehearsal tickets for AI. They saw her crying so much at rehearsal that the producers asked them to stay for the show. That's how she got all the singers signatures on her shirt.

Well Survivor is finally taking off. They redrew tribes and camps tonight. They had an all guy team, was in the Ravu camp. The guys were able to catch a really good fish meal and they still lost the immunity challenge. Ravu is destined to loose no matter who is on the team. Lisi was sent to Exile island even though she told Jeff that she wouldn't have minded to go home. She will join the all male team and then let the fun begin. I can not see her and Rocky getting along at all!!!!!! Rocky was really using Anthony as his little 'slave'. Get our water, fix the fire, etc. Lisi will not do that.

I went over to the ABC web site to look at Dancing with the stars. Billy Ray Cyrus doesn't look a thing like he used to do when he was filming Doc. And Anton Ono, he has grown up to. If he can master the moves, he will do well.