Review: AMERICAN IDOL - SEASON SIX - 'The Final Four Compete'

By PETER BROWN, Associate Editor

Published 5/9/2007

Show of hands, how many of you are missing Sanjaya right about now? Not because you enjoyed his pitchy performances, but because of the spectacle that surrounded the off-not IDOLer and the reaction from Simon and Randy after he would butcher some American or British classic.

Unfortunately, the master karaoke competition known as AMERICAN IDOL has gone from lame to boring as there are only four contestants left and for the most part they can all sing half way decent so the nasty comments and quiet snickering we have all come to love and adore is no longer a factor. No longer can we call Phil Nosferatu or Sanjaya the Great Brown Hope or Chris the fifth Backstreet Boy who couldn’t dance.

Now we are stuck with loose-tooth, horse face Melinda, beat-box bloke Blake, off again/on again LaKisha and your winner, the hot 17-year-old Jordan (stay away Chris Hanson, I’m just saying … )

It would be a crime against humanity if Jordan doesn’t win the show as she’s got the voice, the face, the youth and the personality. More than likely it will come down to Jordan and Melinda in a fight to the death not seen since the Japanese deathathon BATTLE ROYAL.

Anyway it was Barry Gibb night on the show and if the judge’s reaction wasn’t enough proof, take it from me an only slightly biased opinion – wow did this episode of the show suck ass. You’d think modernized version of disco songs might be interesting, who knew it could be dull, drab and in the words of Simon very cabaret. The only one who actually did somewhat decently was Jordan who got the best accolades of the judges – although the most interesting (but not good) was Blake’s beat boxing versions of not-so-known disco tunes.

And what was up with Judge Judy? Not content with getting just a little bit of camera time she had to make “Seacrest Out” get into a flutter by hugging Simon then getting into his camera angle when they were already running late. Eventually he had to tell her to sit down because he needed to take a break. Hey Judy, just because he calls you out doesn’t mean you run roughshod over the entire set.

Anyway, my prediction tomorrow is that LaKisha gets the boot as the girls will probably keep Blake around for another week as Jordan and Melinda will move on to the next round. It’s not much fun with only four people left to bag on especially when they can all sing. Now some real entertainment would be if they’d get The Hoff to come on and be a mentor for the week. Now how cool would that be to see him drunk on the floor eating Wendy’s while his teenage daughter ridicules him and all the IDOLers standing around saying “Uh, where’s my lesson?” Oh, kids, you are getting a lesson, a lesson not to flush your lives down the toilet.