Our early coverage has ended and we're now covering the final top 12.  Visit our Idol Top 12 Page to follow along week by week as we cheer on Lakisha Jones!

March 14, 2007

Well the Top-12 gave great and not so great performances in the first elimination round.  The results and discussions can be found on the Idol Top 12 Page.

March 8, 2007

The TOP 12 are in!
The final 12 contestants on this year's American Idol clearly do not represent the best 12.  The final eliminations preceding the announcement of the top-12 was no doubt a shock.  Sabrina Sloan and Sundance Head lead the shocking departures this week, and there is no way that either of these two should have left us.  Sundance Head's song choice probably caused his far too early departure, but there was no excuse for America voting off Sabrina Sloan - NONE whatsoever. 

Nevertheless, with all the excitement behind us now, we're ready to watch our girl Lakisha Jones do her thing.  We stand by our pick, but at the same time, we still love Melinda Doolittle nearly as much as Lakisha.  Next week, we'll be introducing our new Top-12 page where we'll follow the final rounds down to the very last week.  Join us then!

March 7, 2007

YO!  Let's just cut to the chase. The two biggest talents in this year's American Idol competition are Melinda Doolittle and our beloved Lakisha Jones. 

Melinda was a force to be reckoned with once again on tonight's show.  Power, power, power is all we could think of to describe her vocals, her performance and her entire stage presence. We really do love Melinda as well, but we're just partial to Lakisha.  One thing we love about both girls is their modesty, their genuine and appreciative personalities and their "nice factors".  You can't help but love both of these talented Idol contestants.

Now back to Lakisha:  Looking HOT and letting it all hang out, Lakisha slammed out Whitney Houston like no other.  Trenyce did it a few years ago and others followed suit.  But Lakisha.... we have nothing, NOTHING, NOTHING ... if we don't have you!!!  As Randy Jackson has been looking for, Lakisha lit us up with the YO FACTOR and once again, has us looking forward to next week, when we'll be anxiously waiting for Lakisha's next song choice.  She gets better every week and constantly reminds us of why we have her pegged as our next American Idol.  YO YO YO!!!

February 28, 2007

Bring it Lakisha!  What can we say about Lakisha's rendition of Midnight Train to Georgia on Tonight's American Idol.  While Simon Cowell loved the singing but not the outfit, we disagree.  Lakisha looked great, she sounded even better and that voice!  It's hot!  Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul had no complaints whatsoever about the attire on a night that seems to have Simon Cowell thinking he's America's next big style consultant. 

As we've known all along, Melinda Doolittle is - in our opinion - right up there with Lakisha.  Tonight's performance by Melinda was smooth, silky, sultry, controlled and full of POWER.  Simon praised her to the nth degree and touted her performance as "incredible".  And where Simon Cowell is concerned, the word "incredible" doesn't often flow from him lips.  Although it did tonight for Melinda's performance.  We love Melinda Doolittle as well, but we're still pulling for Lakisha in this year's competition. Regardless, there's probably no doubt that at this moment in time, Lakisha Jones and Melinda Doolittle are both in this competition to win - and we think that both of these girls will be there in the end.

With little competition and mediocre performances throughout, we're standing by our pick this year.  We had Chris Daughtry going all the way last season.  Why he didn't is only a factor of the inability of the viewing public to judge talent because we felt that Chris Daughtry was the best talent in the singing competition last season.  Taylor Hicks had a look and likeability but that's where it ended.  His popularity pulled him through, but we think he wasn't even among the top 10 best singers last year.  This year, we still Love Lakisha Jones and we plan on riding her amazing voice into the finals!

February 24, 2007 - Courtesy of MSN TV News

Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross and Bon Jovi are among nine musical stars who are set to appear on "American Idol" this season.  Others to appear as celebrity coaches or guests of the hit show will include former Bee Gee Barry Gibb, country singer Martina McBride, Scottish singer Lulu and Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, host Ryan Seacrest announced on the show Thursday.

Former "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood and former finalist Kellie Pickler also will perform on the show.