Some thoughts about "American Idol" (No SPOILERS)
1. Am I the only one who cringes each time they bring back an AI winner/finalist for a "special performance"? Last week's Blake Lewis number was a travesty. It's inconceivable to me, at this remove, that he ever made it into the top 12. And last night's Katherine McPhee song -- I believe Simon would say, "predictable and boring." Poor thing. She needs to concentrate on an acting or TV-host career and leave "singing" alone. Perhaps a church choir needs a middling soprano somewhere.
2. Big WOO on the "new stage". Lots of wasted energy/green-unfriendly lighting.
3. What's up with all this arm waving during numbers? I know it started at rock concerts, along with the flicking of BICs. But must EVERY routine AI song be accompanied by camera shots of the now-obligatory arm waving? It's simply nausea-inducing, given the lack of any "appropriate" reason for it.
4. Do we really have to wait 10 more weeks for Carly Smithson to walk away with the title?