I told my wife that Chris would be going home after the Tuesday night show...America is still mostly motivated by appearance, not actual talent, and it's obvious that large groups of voters are working as "advocates" for contestants with whom they identify - which is all wrong, in my opinion (an opinion openly shared by Simon Cowell, who seems to be utterly disgusted by what is happening).

I've become a big Jordin Sparks fan...her performance last week ("I Who Have Nothing") was shockingly good. Not only does she have a big and versatile voice, but she is able to plug herself into the songs she sings. I think she's going to be a HUGE star - bigger than anyone they've had on AI.

Melinda was fabulous again...and we've come to expect that of her. She can sing just about anything, and her pitch and timing are perfect. She's already a professional singer, albeit in a supporting role, and her polished skills are very evident. But America has really disgraced itself, with respect to this year's AI voting, so who knows what will happen?

My mother totally agrees that Ameridca is not ready for Chris' hairstle. I am so sorry that I missed Sanjays mohawk. But Ryan gave us just a little taste of it last night!

I am so glad that Rocky is finally off the show. But he really isn't totally off. HE IS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE JURY!!!!! I can't believe that they will have to keep him around and we will have to listen to his mouth again. But this also means that now with the jury forming, the show will really get interesting. I really liked whenYau-man made the fake immunity idol. Let's just wait and see if his team mates will be able to tell it's fake. Does anyone know anything about the place the team mambers who are voted off go to?

Well I will have to wait now until Sunday night to watch another reality show (:

thanks for the recap doydie. my daughter wa sin a talant show tonight. lol..a live reality show. she came in second.

thanks for the recap.

rex..i'm just as disgusted. to bad that ai does do like abc...allow only a certain number of votes per phone line.

oh...speaking of abc..did any of you see the upset about ai going over it's time..and ticking off the dancing with the stars producers? i caught just snippet on a news show.

I didn't see the piece about AI going over but on the AI message board, the Sanjaya fans are saying that it is a conspiracy to keep them for voting a full two hours!!! As if! I wish they would limit the voting to five votes per household. That would allow hopefullly every member have thier say.

Three hours of Reality shows in one night!!!!!!!! A reality show addicts dream evening.

Amazing race. Oh, what a bummer. I felt so sorry for the life partners trying to get on that plane and knowing what it would do to them if they couldn't. They truly love each other and of alll the couples except for Joyce and her husband of which I can't pronounce his name, they are my favorites. The others just get on my nerves to much. I couldn't care less if Eriq and Danieele got on. I was so touched by the emotion everyone had at the concentration camp. It didn't matter that they were all on huge time restraints, everyone knows someone that could have been there or affected in some way. They all gave it the respect it deserved.

I guess the funniest moments, well one of them, was when one of the beauty queens threw up her sausage and the opposing team said 'and now presenting Miss California". That was so funny. And the other had to be Charla in her huge knight suit trying to lead that horse which was twice as big as her. She was scared to death of it. I guess on of the sweetest moments was when the two teams stepped onto the pit stop at the same time. I mean it was intentional. They had gone through everything together and wanted to be there together. And then the two guys gave Joyce and her husband the trip.

OK, enough of Amzing Race. Now for Apprentive. I was glad to see a challenge that had to do with the corparate world. Tims mouth definitely got him in trouble, and then got him fired. I guess next weeks show is going to be quite volitile. I was nice to have a reward for the three winners to have their family members with them for the night.

God, aren't we *over* The Apprentice yet? I think this year's show has been dreadful...this show had run its course by last year - this year is torture. Trump's daughter is nearly as nauseating as he is, the players are embarrassingly weak and the contrived controversy is obvious.


Can't this show just go away?

I totally agree about the Apprentice. The challenges are just so lame. This last one actually had to do with some corporate work. I wish he had the two older assistants with him. I can only think of the man's name, George. They were gentle yet firm. Donald Trump needed that influence to calm some of his ego down. Now he has his 'wonderful' daughter to just feed his ego. I think he will agree that Los Angeles was not the best place to have The Apprentice. And the whole tent thing is a whole new thing that I would prefer not to go into tonight, or any other time!!!

I thought Melinda was incredible tonight (as usual)...I also liked Jordin (of course) and Gina. Lakeisha...eh. I don't care for her especially, although I do understand that others enjoy her.

The guys all suck, IMO. Of all the performers, I think Melinda and Jordin have recording careers in their near futures. I don't think the rest have anything special going for them. Sanjaya should GO already...gee, he's weak. Hailey has a career in her future, but IMO it's not singing. Acting would suit her better, as she's basically eye candy. The judges are really trashing her! Either she or Sanjaya should go tomorrow, I think, so who knows what's gonna happen? It wouldn't surprise me if both stay and maybe Phil goes - his chemotherapy look is creeping me out. I do think he sang nicely tonight, although he should have listened to Tony Bennett and picked-up the pace. But, again, he's got a creepy look going and I really think he may be gone...


...but who knows.

I thought Lakisha acted like she is getting a little to sure of herself tonight. I didn't like the song, her dress or her attitude. And did I see a tatoo on her right breast when the dress started falling off her chest? Melinda was my favorite again. She didn't look as awestruck after she sang, like maybe she is actually believing that she is a star.

Unfortunalty according to a website that predicts how the voting has gone, Sanjaya is safe a gain. This website only predicts from the phone in votes and cannot count the text message votes. Melinda is on top and Gina is #9.

I wonder how often the performers themselves choose thier own wardrobes and how mush influenve the show's production staff have. Haley needs to realize that she needs to let her singing be what shows and not get the male vote from her body shots.

Your website is pretty accurate, I'm sad to say. Gina gone? That's not right.


Idol is in a bad state right now...the Sanjaya groupies - and people who delight in ruining things for others - are skewing the voting process, and good singers are getting screwed as a result. This will continue until there are about five contestants left...Sanjaya won't pick up any new votes, but the others will as voters' choices narrow, and he'll eventually come in last.

But forgetting Sanjaya for a moment...Gina goes and Hailey stays? American voters are idiots.