American Idol 3: Country Week

I sat and watched AI3 for the first time in awhile, and i thought the performances overall were ho-hum -- no one really stood out to me, except for Diana and George. Everyone seemed to be trying to play it safe - com'on its only 30M viewers you have to worry about ;-). Honestly though, I get the biggest kick out of watching the sparks and punches fly between Simon and Paula. I wonder how much Paula was paid to kiss Simon. Ha ha. Anyways..enough of my thoughts, let's hear what our AI3 correspondent, Missy D has to say about last night...

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Since the country-music genre is not my favourite, I wasn't too keen on this week's American Ido but lo and behold there were a few surprises for me. Here's my lil' rundown of the night's performers:

Diana--Great. This girl has some pipes and she's just the seasoned performer. Very natural. I think she can go really deep in this competition. George--Again, I missed his performance last week so I can't comment on how much he improved or didn't but he was just okay for me last night. Fantasia--I thought she was really good last night. I never would have thought she would do a Willie Nelson song. Good for her to change it up a bit. Camille--ooooohhhh...I thought she was really bad last night. I still love her voice but she's choking in this competition. I think it was just a bad song choice for her and it can cost her. She could be cut tonight. Matt--this guy is soooo cheesy! But I have to say every time I see him and his goofy grin, I smile too. It wasn't great but I think he'll stay. John Peter--Wasn't impressed but he's got some ladies' votes so I think he'll stay tonight too. Jennifer--I dug the straight hair and I dug the song but I have a funny feeling she was maybe in the bottom 3 tonight. Maybe she's like the Kimberley Locke from last year. I always felt Kimberley was good but she just kept hovering around the bottom 3 but eventually started to blow people away. I am hoping the same will happen to Jennifer. John (redhead)--Thought he was good. Didn't notice he messed up the words to the song. Really good recovery. For such a distinctive vocal style I feel he's done a really good job on picking songs the match his style. The guy just has to get more comfortable being on stage. Jasmine--ooohhh...she picked such a safe song but I thought she was totally off-key. Hopefully she's been good enough in the past to avoid the bottom 3 but it could be a close one for her. LaToya--Wowee-wow. Didn't expect the Garth Brooks's song she chose but she did awesome. I think she's becoming my favourite. Just everything about her performance last night was awesome. Amy--She was on point last night and so much better from last week. She was sooo good. So happy for her b/c I like her kookiness.

Bottom 3 picks tonight are: Camille, Jennifer & jasmine. Now I like all three and hope they stay but I think Camille is the one going home tonight.

American Idol 3

My good friend Debbie has been a die-hard American Idol fan ever since it started. She's graciously agreed to share her weekly rundown of the last episode. So come back and check often for updates! Enjoy...

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I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Debbie and I am a HUGE American Idol fan. I'd like to thank Cyrus for allowing me to post my weekly rants and raves of the third installment of this great series. So to start things off, here is my first AI3 post.

Didn't have time to write about last week's show until now. First off, I had a freak VCR recording mishap that I missed George Huff's performance but it was really good show for the most part. Other than that here is a quick blurb about the rest of them:

Latoya--I thought she was really good, not as good as her previous performance but good. I think she'll go far too.
Matt Rogers--Total cheeseball but I thought it was fun cheeseball. He strongest asset is that he's a likable guy
Jon Peter--Like Matt, I think his strongest asset is his personality. I wouldn't say he'll make it to the top three but he'll be around for a while. I think'd he be like a Josh from last season.
John Stevens--like his voice but he needs to work on his performance skills
Camille-- I really like her voice but I agree with Simon that she needs to work on her confidence. Her performance level needs to be worked on to and that only comes with time.
Amy--Not her best performance but I'm glad she'll be back. She seems fun
Fantasia--Great but I think at this point, I like Latoya better.
George--even though I missed him, I heard he was really good.
Jennifer Hudson--I really like her and I'm surprised she was in the bottom three. I think she will only get better
Jasmine--WOW...incredible. What a voice. Hope she goes far.
Diana--She is so comfortable on stage. She did really good too.
Leah--Glad she's gone, never really thought she had a great voice. I think she was the weakest performer on the show last week. She deserved it.

What happened to the guest judges? This week is country week apparently. I didn't like country week last season so I'm I'll enjoy this time around.

Embarassing...

Me and MW played some drop-on basketball at Pinetree Community Rec centre in Coquitlam. Nice courts. There were enough people to make 4 teams for 5-on-5 full court. MW and I really just wanted to shoot around since neither of us have been played some serious b-ball for quite some time, but we still joined a team, and boy did we ever get our arses kicked! I dunno what it was today, but I found playing 5-on-5 with strangers too be too much pressure, and all basketball fundamentals seemed to just go out the window... couldn't pass, couldn't get around the screens, couldn't do a freakin' layup or short jumpshot (had some really nice air-balls though!). For goodness sake, my check just slapped the ball away from my hands when I fronted him after getting the pass. How embarassing, i know i could do much better... if anything this was exactly the motivation I need to get me back into playing some serious basketball over the summer... anyone know of any basketball leagues or other gyms with drop-in b-ball?