Musings on the top 24...

Today was a day of observations. Nuray, our friend Pegs, and yours truly waxed bitchy on the 2006 American Idol contestants. The top 24 are a cast of characters, to say the least. Only about 1/2 of them have actual talent and of the talented ones, there are maybe 5 that can really stand to impress us in the coming months.


With the exception of Ace [holy frickin' hotness], the boys are really quite hard to look at.

One in particular, Elliot -- who has talent, granted...but he's not what one might call "easy on the eyes." I made the observation that he bears a resemblance to a particular barnyard animal...




I think it's a pretty close match. Hey, I suppose there are worse things you could look like...

One of the girls we can't stand is Becky -- who's every bit the porn queen and centerfold wannabe -- oh, scratch that! Looks like she's already got that under her belt. Here's Becky and her sister posing in Maxim...



Well, at least she'll have a job when she gets the ax in the next few weeks.



Will -- a fresh faced lad with an okay voice. He can carry a tune -- but he's nothing special. He's got that Bobby Brady look -- but he reminded Nuray of someone else... uncanny, eh? Nice to see Fred Savage working again.

Bobby Bennet -- he's a walking riddle. How in the world he made it into the top 24, we'll never know. Quirky? Sure. He's the kind of guy that has a bizarre and unsettling collection of some sort...most likely toenail clippings...or strands of Barry Manilow's hair.


Pegs: Is it me, or is Copa Boy [Bobby Bennet] the oldest 19-year-old on the planet? I'd mistake him for a 50-year-old. Nicole: Yeah, he was 19. About 20 yrs ago.

Sway's performance got kudos from the judges. Frankly, it just made our ears bleed. There's no accounting for taste...



Nuray: Sway is talented--I'll give him that. But too pimpish! Nicole: Oh, f that guy. I wanna smack that hat off his head.

Then there's the new Carrie Underwood...well, she wishes she was the new Carrie Underwood. The judges keep raving about her likability... frankly -- we find her one of the most irritating people on the planet...

Nicole: ...the pickle's dad's in prison... Aww, ain't 
that sweet?
He can vote using his 
one phone call privilege per day.
And what's with all the squatting when she sings?
Looks like she's taking a dump.
Nuray: She's crapping out a Pickle.
Nicole: Did u catch that her grandfather's name is clyde.
Does she fulfill every southern stereotype there is???
Pegs:   I don't know...are her teeth real?
Nuray:  I don't know... I can't imagine she'd have money lying around to get caps.

Well, it shall be an interesting 
season. Stay tuned! --Nicole, aka Joan.