American Idol Week #9

PLEASE READ THE P.S. AT THE END OF THIS MESSAGE...After I finished writing my original post below, I spent a few hours perusing the chat rooms in Atlanta and reviewing the discussions that they had this evening concerning American Idol and the "Busy Signal" Dial Statistics.

I have never done this before and really enjoyed reading what occured this evening and the results of these efforts are summarized in my P.S...You will be astonished at the results of the Dial Idol busy signal predictions, if they prove to be correct.

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The private jet departed for Graceland last Wednesday after Paris got the boot. Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks were seated in the catbird seat both before and after the trip.

If you missed tonight's show, or if you miss next weeks show...I don't think it will matter...Chris and Taylor should still be sitting in the same seats...almost assured to be facing each other on the final night.

My girlfriend, an Elvis expert, and young enough to have seen "the king" in concert when he visited Augusta's Bell Auditorium, insists that Taylor and Elliott missed the mark this evening and the judges did not have a clue about "Elvis". She thought Chris sung Elvis very well.

Of course, she admits no one heard a word Elvis sang that night because all of the girls were screaming uncontrollably...(and she wasn't one of them and really wanted to hear him).

{Also, James Brown...YES...That James Brown...had a shoe shine business a few doors down from Dot's business and he and his family lived across the street from her and they are good friends.} (Name dropper)

Back to Idol...Not much to report since the finals have been set for several weeks.

#1...Taylor Hicks sung two songs. He scared me a bit with "Jailhouse Rock"...reminding me of "Rock" the man I met on a "special bus" with the unique dental work (I shared my entire lunch with Mr. Rock...See Week #4 blog and Paris Bennett massacre of "Con Air" theme song "How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood)...He was on his way to Estill, SC and I was on my way to Atlanta, GA. He was a druggist and I was a taxman.

Randy enjoyed the song and Paula told Taylor that he "looked good" and did a "phenomenal job". Simon HATED IT! (that's a brief summary).

Taylor's second song was loved by all three judges and Simon summed it up when he told Taylor that he "Sung his way into the semi finals"...What the three stooges may not have figured out is that Taylor has been in the semifinals for 8 weeks! I know Simon doesn't have a clue. He has misjudged Taylor's popularity since the auditions.

#2...Chris Daughtry...Does it matter? Do you care? I know y'all do, but Chris is in the finals whatever he does. Dot told me that he sung Elvis well and he always sounds fine. He is probably going to win this thing.

There is a 40 week Idol tour coming up with the non winners...Idol may think that Taylor is a perfect headliner for that tour with Paris and Kellie and Mandisa, etc. etc. etc...

Idol needs to sell records right away and who will sell the most records the fastest?

Probably Chris...I think they'll "fix it" so Chris will win, but Chris will probably win anyway...

Chris will sell more records and Taylor will entertain more audiences...Idol is about singing and Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell make more money if they sell mucho records.

#3...Elliott Yamin...He sung two songs and Simon said the first song was the best of the evening so far and then he sung his second song and Randy and Paula said that it was Elliott's "best performance ever"...Simon said that he was finally showing his "personality" and he was "fighting" and he deserved "to go on to the next round." We all know that Simon is pretty much full of crap, especially this year and that the public has not been listening to him and the public rarely, if ever, listens to the Randy and Paula...but Katharine had to sing next???

My prediction last week was that Elliott had to have a fantastic week this week and Katharine had to have a not so good week for Elliott to stay and Katharine to leave.

#4...Katharine McPhee...She sung "Hound Dog" and to me...not Dot, my girlfriend, but to me...she sung the right song. Last night, the bassett hound next door howled all night. I was not in the mood for Katharine...fully clothed, to dance around and smile and hot diggetty dog...an Elvis song to me.

She had pants on so Paula liked it and Randy noted that she had a "good time." Simon said it reminded him of a "desperate manic audition"...He was not happy with it.

Her second song was a ballad.."I can't help falling in love". She oversung the song and the guy who dressed her should lose his needle and thread credentials. Where's the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" when we need him?

Here we have a beautiful HOT BABE singing an Elvis Ballad and he dresses her in a puritan dress (puts her boobs under lock and key) and yet he shows us her belly and somehow accentuates her ankes and calves and big feet.

She's a beautiful young woman and he dresses her so ugly that we listen to her sing the song instead of looking at her...The last thing we want to look at is belly and calves...Hide the belly and show the boobs! She didn't need us to listen to her sing this evening.

Three of her last four songs were pretty terrible...I think my "spirits" let that hound howl all night to get me ready for "Hound Dog" this evening.

Simon, who hated her first song, told her that the second song "was not one of her best songs"...Simon likes Katharine a lot and was being kind.

I think Katharine was dealt a pretty bad hand tonight...

She had to sing Elvis songs and had to sing them against men with no women to compare her performance against.

Her song choices were not very good.

She sung badly for her.

Both of her outfits were not very flattering to her figure (which is very sensuous).

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Bottom 2:

Katharine and Elliott...

Katharine gone because I think the public will punish her for her poor performance. You've all been watching as long as me so Elliott is as much at risk as is Katharine, but the audience is more sophisticated than it has been and generally punishes bad performances.

Elliott genuinely received praise by the judges; however, the evening that Paris had her best night of the season, she was in the bottom 3...Katharine has consistently received more votes than Elliott...Therefore, she could be safe, but should not make the finals...Taylor and Chris are in the catbird seat.

All phone lines were busy for me when I tested them from 10:30 until 10:45 P.M.

I was unable to spend this evening with my trusted advisors Michele and Peggy and in general, they favor Katharine over Elliott, but Michele is a dentist and understandably Elliott's teeth are a turn off. THE END! (Please see P.S.)

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P.S. BREAKING NEWS: After Midnight... The chat rooms in Atlanta were all in a panic. Their favorite, Chris Daughtry was dueling it out for last place according to DialIdol.com. I followed their messages from 8:50 P.M. until past midnight.

They love Elliott and even Katharine's fans had conceded her demise...and then lo and behold there were few busy signals for Chris Daughtry. Taylor was the leading vote getter according to busy signal probability.

Don't be surprised if Chris is voted off this evening and Katharine is barely safe...

Elliott and Taylor will be the top two vote getters..based on busy signals.

These statistics indicate that Chris may have barely lost...Of course, before the Idol Producers take over...and cheat!!!

Another element to discuss in "current events"...the law of probability of busy signals and what they mean...Dial Idol Rank...Taylor is now the big favorite based on busy signals. He may be the only one sitting in the catbird seat.

Roger Wahl
Augusta, GA