American Idol Stars

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Simon Cowell will appear on 60 Minutes this Sunday, if anybody is interested in watching. It should be an interesting interview...I really hope they ask him some questions about why he thinks every Idol contestant should have to thank American Idol for the rest of their lives, and make him back it up....apparently, Simon claims that he is bigger than Bruce Springsteen in the interview...which is umm, interesting.  read more »

Apparently, American Idol is bringing back the celebrity guest judges for the sixth season. The judges include Olivia Newton-John (in Los Angeles), Jewel (in Minneapolis) and songwriter Carole Bayer Sager (in New York).

I personally can not stand the guest judges, they really bother me...they just upset and throw off the whole dynamic of the judges, and are usually just like Paula...they never give their real opinion on what's happening. Plus, with four judges it allows for a tie, which means whatever Simon picks is what happens, since he counts for two votes in this case....so really the whole idea is dumb and I was very glad when they got rid of them last year...but I guess I will live with it.

I really hope this is just for the auditions! Hopefully these judges actually speak their mind or else they will just make the audition round of American Idol even more unbearable.

Last night I attended the American Idol concert, and it was amazing. One of the first things we noticed was that we were sitting RIGHT in front of Paris Bennett's Grandma, which was really cool! We talked to her for a little while, and told her to tell Paris Happy Birthday for us, and she told us that we were a lot of fun! She was really sweet, and it was really cool to meet her and the rest of Paris's Family.

We had amazing seats, so the concert was even more fun. Mandisa opened with "I'm Every Women" which was a really fun concert song! Then came Ace, who looked right at me a couple of times, and was a lot better than I expected him to be! I wasn't a big fan on the show, but he was actually really good. Lisa was next, and she sang a couple of songs with the piano, which I thought was really cool. Her voice is amazing! Her duet with Paris was really fun...they had a dance they made up and you could tell they were really good friends! Paris was also a lot of fun, she had everybody dancing and singing along! She is actually from here, so it was kind of cool that she was back here again (on her 18th birthday even!) Bucky was next, and he was okay. He has a pretty good voice, but compared to the rest he was very forgettable! His duet with Kellie was fun though, even if I personally think they were the two least talented there.  read more »