American O'Idol Week

Been a bad day at work - if that wasn't bad enough, I find out American Idol is "Hillbilly Night"???? Day just got worse. Why couldn't they do this with the final 3 or something so I only have to listen to 3 performances. It's St. Patty's Day, why not do U2 night? Or "non-Country" night??

Worth Winning If Decided Only By Tonight's Performance
Adam - LOVED IT! I'd buy that recording - sure, it was messed up, but was worth tuning in for. Kind of like Jim Morrison mid-acid trip.
Anoop - proof that doing a ballad can be gutsy and still GOOD! Not sure he can win it overall.

Middle Crew (in ranking order)
Matt the Piano Guy - Compare him to Scott, Matt played like he's a Billy Joel, Scott was the one hiding behind piano tonight. Well done Matt.
Danny - Pretty good... he'll continue to improve week to week. And I agreed with Simon - Polar Expedition is exactly what I was thinking!
Allison - Actually wasn't painful. Still not sure what to think of her.
Lil Rounds - I thought it was good, not sure why the judges hated it so much. Not her genre, but that's the risk you take with having theme nights.
Kris - had some pitch problems that bothered me and I didn't think it was as good as the judges let on. Yes, I actually do like that song.
Scott - blah.... falsetto part was horrible and honestly, Paula was right for once - nothing "rock star" about him yet, especially tonight.
Michael - Country Night was for him, the harmonica player was pretty good and he was just ok.
Alexis - the middle part was the reason it sucked. Still see her next week though.

See You on Tour... or maybe not (oops)
Megan Joy - nope... goin' home this week

I will say that once they ditch Megan this week, maybe Michael next week... this thing gets really interesting!!

In another note - sorry in advance for any Catholics, but the Pope continues sending the wrong message proving my issue of having a figure head like him speak on current events... when you visit Africa, a continent plagued by AIDS, to suggest that condoms won't help the war on AIDS is ignorant. Yes, I think we should put more emphasis on the abstinence option and making sure everyone understands the only 100% risk free option... but realistically we need to complete the education and encourage them to use modern methods of protecting themselves. Condemning condoms is not cool. I haven't liked him anyways up till now, this one continues to show irrelevant with the times he makes the Catholic Church unfortunately. Not a way to attract people to the Church.