Well tonight we had two reality shows, one a shocker, the other not.

The shocker first. American idol. I didn't expect Sundance to get voted off at all and I did expect Sundaya, or however it's spelled, to leave. As Simon so tactfully said, "did someone forget to turn up the volume?". The poor guy sounds like he is auditioning for a high school musical. Yes, he has a voice but I'm afraid his audience will mainly be the teeny boppers. But I guess that's quite a large audience. The girls didn't surprise me at all. I'm glad Antonella got voted off. She was not at all what young teenagers should have as someone to look up to.

Now to Survivor. The 'haves' continue to dominate with a capital D. NCAA games are on next week then Survivor is back on the next week. The teams break up and someone draws a team name to go to the Moto camp. I hope it's not mainly the 'haves' again. Ravu sure needs half a chance to play the game evenly.

OK, one more thing. It seems like I am talking to mmyself here. Does anyone really care for my reviews of the reality shows, or does anyone els want to participate?. My next shows will be on Sunday with Apprentice LA and the Amazing Race all stars.

Oh, another one of my own reality shows!!!!!!!! I get my 5 year old grandaughter all next week while her Mom is in Chicago. She is taking the baby 'cause she is breast feeding. I don't have the stuff to do that and besides that, I don't think I can handle two of them. Wish me luck!!!!

keep posting doydie!

your reviews are great.

i watch amercian idol family tradition now. i wasn't too shocked that sanjaya made it. there a web site that is all for voting the worst. they had been working hard at keeping antonella. boy am i also glad she is gone. i do think sanjaya will get voted off soon. not a strong singer.

have fun with your granddaughter. my little grandmokey is also 5. he is a joy. we are raising him, so i don't get the luxery of spoiling him and sending him home. i spoil him anyways.

Keep posting doydie! I always read your "reviews" even if I don't feel well enough to answer. I agree, it was surprising that Sundance didn't make it to the finals on AI. Also in my opinion, Sabrina should be there instead of Haley. But it seems they all have their fan bases who vote based on popularity and not necessarily singing ability.

Have fun with your grandbaby this weekend. I'm seeing three of mine Saturday evening -- with their parents!! Instant "mood picker-upper"!

Thanks for the support. It does give me something to do. Well it also keeps me from finishing my sister's birthday present that was last September!!!!! I also enjoy reading and occasionally posting on the Survivor message bourds. Right now they are getting rather nasty about how 'boring' Survivor is.

i'm bad...i only watch the last couple of weeks of survivor. just to see who wins.

we normally only watch about an hour of tv per day. but we make an exception during american idol season.

so you keep posting doydie...so i know what is going on.

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.