Yep, it was another week of Adam Lambert being oh-so-cool on American Idol, Coach thinking he’s all that and a bag of chips over on Survivor, and Gordon Ramsay having screaming hissy fits on Hell’s Kitchen. What reaffirmed our own lives as decent hard-working folks before the reality television genre came into our lives?
I watched a few of the new scripted shows the past few weeks, too. While I enjoyed The Unusuals and Southland, there’s nothing quite like reality TV celeb-wannabes. For me, Harper’s Island seems like a reality TV based show. Sometimes I think the folks in the Big Brother house might want to off each other one by one. I’m sure those Real Housewives would like the concept!
That was the week it was
Adam Lambert once again did his thing on American Idol, belting out “Born to be Wild” to the beat of a different drummer. I don’t know. For me it was like a lesser-talented Freddie Mercury performance of a classic rock song from the good old days. That said, no one really thrilled me this past week. The movies week is always a bit off-key with me. I think it might be the best opportunity for the contestants to make bad song choices.
The judges used their save this week on Matt Giraud when he received the least amount of votes. I was a bit surprised that Lil Rounds had more votes than he did, but I don’t vote so it’s not up to me to say. I’m liking Matt more and more each week. He’s reminding me of a new-age Boz Scaggs kind of performer — a white soul jazzy kind of dude. I’d rather he stay than Lil. Even Anoop and Danny Gokey bogged me down a bit this week.
Over on Dancing With the Stars, Steve-O got the boot. I’m shocked and awed that the jackass lasted that long! I don’t have to much to say about it as I’m not a fan of the show. I confess. I just wanted to use the “jackass” comment.
On Survivor, it was more of the Coach Show once again. While the guy creeps me out, I do think the show has hit on something here. His existence on the show has brought together fans far and wide to the Coach Hatefest. I found the tribal council voting video a bit enlightening as to why the vote went down the way it did. So, Taj can’t trust Brendan, eh? I would think no one should trust Coach. Yet they continue to do so.
Then there’s Hell’s Kitchen. Due to its time slot and the fact that I’m a bit weary from Gordon Ramsay’s tirades, I’ve been missing episodes here and there. FOX has the episodes available on its website. One of these days when I have time to kill, I’ll go back and watch the episodes I’ve missed this season. Last week Andrea had the worst performance in the kitchen, but she was safe. It ended up being between Ben and Paula to go home. Both ended up staying. Yawn.
Clacked by Jackie Schnoop 
on Apr 20, 2009 @ 12:00 EST5EDT
