Idols

More CDs from more American Idol season 5 contestants have come out or are coming out. Some I wasn’t even aware of until now.

First, second place winner Katherine McPhee came out with a very standard pop album that is in keeping with the current music sounds. Not very inspiring or original and it doesn’t use her great voice to it’s abilities, which is a shame. She could go into Christina Aguilara’s territory and pull it off, but no.

Next up, to my surprise, Alya Brown put out a CD in October. It’s not bad. She was in the top 12 end eliminated early. But she brought game to every show she was on. She just wasn’t as experienced a singer as the others. But she obviously got some practice because she sounds great on her new CD. Forward. It’s available on iTunes for a sample.

Following that up is Elliot Yamin’s first CD simply titled Elliot Yamin (most Idol CDs have the name of the star, it seems). Even though I ragged on the guy last year, I am really looking forward to it because he improved by leaps and bounds in a very short time, making it to third place last year. He is definitely a great singer, so I’m interested in what he does. The CD comes out on March 20th.

And finally, Bucky Covington has a CD coming out. It’s called Bucky and it’s due out April 17th. Bucky was a very likable country singer. I will definitely give it a listen when it comes out.

Now we’e on to a whole new season of Idol. Next week they will start doing their eliminations. So I may go back to doing reviews since i had so much fun last year.

No one has grabbed my attention so far, the way Taylor Hicks did from the start. But they seem to have another year of some talented people. And some smoking hot women this year. Wow. 

I like Elliot.  I wanted Taylor to win, but I didn’t want Elliot to lose.

Bucky seems like fun - someone you’d like to hang with.

I haven’t found any real standouts at the auditions this year.  One guy who caught my attention is the one who said he wanted to make David Hasselhoff cry. I also liked Ebony, the rollerskating gal.  A great voice and a beautiful face.

I don’t think we got to hear as many good voices this time around.  They seemed more focused on showcasing and ridiculing the bad ones.

I swear, I’m not gonna get so involved this time.  I spent way too much time at Grey Charles last year.  When someone asked Taylor if he really wanted to win, he said “More than anything”.  Well, it was a call to arms.  I voted for him more than 200 times every week. I really won’t get so involved again…

Posted by  on  02/11  at  02:55 PM

I’m not rooting for anyone this year. I will see who makes the Hollywood week cut. From the trailer, it looks like a lot of people I thought would make it might be cut. The guy with the beard, you mentioned, was even sounding scared.

Posted by  on  02/11  at  03:20 PM

I was surprised they let the Navy guy go, but they picked the poor kid whose mother didn’t love him until he made it on AI.  And then he got cut in the next round instead.  That to me was the saddest thing ever.... not that he got cut, because I didn’t think he sang that great, but that he never got any affirmation from his own mother.

Posted by Laurie  on  02/13  at  11:28 PM

I was expecting the Columbian chick to be this year’s Kellie Pickler. Oops

Also, that beautiful Texas farm girl. I was expecting her to go far. Oh, well.

I notice Paula is acting sober this season

Posted by  on  02/14  at  12:18 AM
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