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American Idol: season 9, episode 24
One of 12 Voted Off
March 17, 2010 - 09:03p.m.
Let's just quickly categorize the night:
Okay but not great:- David Cook's version of "Jumpin' Jack Liked." I mean, "Jumpin' Jack Flash." We know he can sing and play but something about the arrangement made it sound exactly ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 22
12 Finalists Compete
March 16, 2010 - 11:03p.m.
I know a lot of you are going to say "Haw haw! You thought this show was about singing?" but it's really dispiriting to hear the judges repeatedly give feedback along the lines of "You didn't hit all ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 21
4 Finalists Eliminated; Top 12 Revealed
March 11, 2010 - 08:03p.m.
Ugh, America! Boo! What's wrong with you! The elimination tonight was at least 50%, if not 75% bullshit, which means the season just got that much less promising. The eliminations started off decently enough, with Paige moving into the ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 20
Top 8 Boys compete
March 10, 2010 - 10:03p.m.
There were a few winners and a few losers tonight on Idol and as usual more than a few whatevers, but I think the biggest stinker of the night was Kara. I am not by definition a Kara hater--some part ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 19
Top 8 Girls Compete
March 9, 2010 - 09:03p.m.
Tonight's episode was so all about Crystal Bowersox that it was a joke. You could tell, too, by the intro to the show that she knew she'd blow the other chicks out of the water, as she exhibited ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 18
4 Finalists Eliminated
March 4, 2010 - 08:03p.m.
Tonight was a good night for American Idol race war enthusiasts. Yep, the season was partially ethnically cleansed tonight, as John Park, Jermaine Sellers, Michelle Delamor and Haeley Vaughn all got voted off.
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American Idol: season 9, episode 17
10 Girls Compete
March 3, 2010 - 11:03p.m.
This was a bad night for me to watch Idol late because while I was fighting the remains of jetlag, most of the girls picked the sleepiest, most boring songs, which, as the episode wore on, made me feel a ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 16
Top 10 Guys Compete
March 2, 2010 - 10:03p.m.
Greetings, Idol buddies. I love the feeling that while I missed last week's installments, I actually didn't miss a thing. Many thanks to good old Leonard Pierce for filling in for me while I was gone. Now, can ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 15
Results Show: Two Male and Two Female Contestants Eliminated -- Finalists Revealed
February 25, 2010 - 08:02p.m.
That's really the title of this episode, according to IMDB. Snappy!
Do you folks know why Claire Zulkey is my hero? When just watching American Idol, when you're not recapping it, and you can pause to eat, drink ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 14
Top 12 Male Semifinalists Perform
February 24, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
Hello again, Idol fans! While Claire is getting drunk on beer made by monks, and the rest of the country was watching Lost, I was here, watching two hours of America's favorite televised singing competition. Well, an hour and ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 13
Top 12 Female Semifinalists Perform
February 23, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
Hey, Idol famalam! Your gracious host, Claire Zulkey, is traipsing around Europe on a reality-show fact-finding tour, so she's appointed me to step in and cover everyone's favorite non-Eurovision televised singing competition until she gets back. And it ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 12
Hollywood Round #4/Top 24 Chosen
February 17, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
OK, it wasn't the most gripping episode ever, since Idol didn't have a lot of time to tease us with suspense. With just a few surprises, almost everyone they featured will be in the top 24. That said ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 11
Hollywood Round #3
February 16, 2010 - 10:02p.m.
Was it me or was the pacing of the top 24 a little different than usual this year? It feels like the reveal of the rooms full of winners v. losers typically concludes an episode like this, instead of occurring ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 10
Hollywood Round 2
February 10, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
Sweet lord, it's the season of the hipsters, isn't it? Oh dear: I might have problems with this. Now, I'm not anti-hipster. In fact, I was recently informed actually that that word doesn't really have any ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 10
Hollywood Round 1
February 9, 2010 - 10:02p.m.
So how did we like Ellen her first time at the judges' table? Since the episode didn't overly focus on her other than at the very beginning, it was hard to tell, but I was pleasantly surprised by her ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 8
"The Road to Hollywood: Best of the Rest"
February 3, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
Hi there, American Idolators! Claire Zulkey, your lovely and talented host, is out being a literary superstar who is much too modest to remind you to buy her excellent first novel, An Off Year. So while she's gone ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 7
Auditions #7 Denver
February 2, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
This might be the episode where I officially go anti-Kara. I never loved the lady but I never wanted to pile on just because she was the new chick (although the Bikini Girl situation didn't endear me to her ... -
American Idol: season 9, episode 6
Audition #6 Dallas
January 27, 2010 - 09:01p.m.
Meh, Dallas auditions. I admit I am distracted a bit tonight by the SOTU address but I think even without that we could all agree there wasn't too much going on there other than those cheerleaders. Shake it, madam ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 5
Audition #5 Los Angeles
January 26, 2010 - 10:01p.m.
Tonight I am grateful for two things: Human Target and the fact that so many strange people apparently live in and around Los Angeles. It was one of the more entertaining audition episodes that we've seen this season and ...
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American Idol: season 9, episode 4
Audition #4 Orlando
January 20, 2010 - 09:01p.m.
Do the Idol auditions feel somehow even more formulaic than usual? It seems like each episode has a solid three sob stories, three people who we know will probably make it to Hollywood the second the music changes and we ...
