American Idol 3: Motown Week

Without further ado, here's the latest rundown of last night's performances from our AI3 correspondent, Debbie L. Thanks, Debbie!

As a HUGE fan of Motown, I thought the show overall was pretty entertaining. Ashford & Simpson were alright for judges. I think Ashford's a lil' scary-looking; every time I look at him, I think of Eddie Murphy in "Vampire in Brooklyn". The Funk Brothers band were great. I think they added so much more to the performance. Anyway, here are my thoughts on this week's AI:

Camille-- She tried really hard last night to show the judges she's having fun and can a work a crowd. Much better than the past two weeks but she's still pretty weak performance wise. I think she'll be in the bottom 3 again.

JPL--I thought he was pretty good last night. I think he picked the right song for him although I thought Corey Clark did a lot better version than him in last year's competition.

Jon--ooohhh...I think he did pretty bad. I think his voice got lost in the song. I think he'll definitely be in the bottom 3 tonight.

Latoya--I liked her hair extensions! I thought she looked great and she did Smokey proud with her rendition of "Oooo Baby, Baby". Great song, great performance"

Jennifer--I thought she rocked the song last night. I think it was her best performance on the show however, I she may be in the bottom 3 tonight as she hasn't grown to be a crowd favourite yet.

Jasmine--Great. She was really good last night except for the one last note. I think Randy and simon agreed with me on that one.

Fantasia--She was great last night too. She's absolutely frickin' safe tonight.

Amy Adams--again, I think she picked the a really good song for her voice and personality. I liked her performance last night. Also...I think her boyfriend's kinda cute.

George--Great song choice for him. Excellent song. He was really good last night. Definitely the strongest male competitor for me.

Diana--She is soooo comfortable and confident on stage. I think vocally she was great but I didn't think too much about the performance. On a whole it was good but I don't know. I think I was distracted by the red skirt. I think the outfit was a lil' wack.

Bottom 3 for me tonight is Camille, Jon, Diana. Camille may go home tonight for 3 lacklustre performance in a row but Jon I thought was the weakest and is mostly like going home.

Is it Chicken or Tuna?

In a total random act -- without premeditation or planning whatsoever, I found myself watching the show Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica while flipping channels this morning. I don't know what kept me glued to the channel...maybe it was the shock of watching Nick fart while they talked to his parents with Jessica on the living room sofa, maybe it was watching Jessica do her laundry...no, i think it was seeing Jessica complain after 3 days of camping in the woods proclaiming that she wanted a massage, a manicure, and pedicure, wait...i think i know what it was....it was listening to Jessica ask Nick whether a can of "Chicken of the Sea" was really Tuna or Chicken, while Nick sat next to her looking at her indisbelief.

Next channel please...

Immortality

Do you want to live forever? Throughout time, people seem to be on a search for that elusive "Fountain of Youth"...that one scientific breakthrough that will allow someone to live in eternity. But do people really want to live forever? or just longer? Or do they just simply want to LOOK and feel young (i.e. courtesy of anti-wrinkle cream, botox, Oil of Olay..) ? Or do people want to live in eternity, but not necessarily in our current physical form? In which case, its a matter of whether you believe in "life" after death. Reincarnation? Heaven? Personally, I believe that our home on earth is only "temporary", and our real home is in heaven. Its obviously a debate as old as mankind, but I notice that its something rarely talked about among my group of friends...