I am going to be uncharacteristic and put my top 12 for American Idol out there.
I will keep it by sex and I will post it in order.
Top 6 Girls
Lisa Tucker
Paris Bennett
Katharin McPhee
Becky O’Donohue
Mandisa
Kelly Pickler
Top 6 Boys
Ace Young
Chris Daughtry
Taylor Hicks
Elliot Yamin
Jose “Sway” Penala
David Radford
For the girls, I think I might be a little biased towards Kelly Pickler. Maybe Melissa McGhee could sneak in. Possible also Ayla Brown, but I just don’t like her.
For the boys, I am not really sure what to make of Sway yet. He sang one song in all falsetto.
Should be a good show.
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Going to a high school dance is always an interesting sociological study. It seems that it is different now then when I was a kid. There is a lot more bumping & grinding and less slow songs. We were in the gym for the last 90 minutes of the dance and there were only 2.5 slow songs played. It was continuous techno after techno. Very strange.
The dresses were also pretty good tonight, not a lot of trashy numbers. There were a few, but overall very classy and pretty. (I think I am allowed to say that without being considered a sexual offender.)
Overall, I had a good time. A lot of students said hi to me and that makes me feel welcomed and accepted.
Hope everyone had a fun night doing whatever they did.
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I am pleased with the high number of attractive women in the top 12 for the girls, that is not always the case. Between Kelly, Melissa, Heather, Katherine, and (I think) Alay, Becky, Stevie, it should be fun to watch. From the start I have really Kelly Pickley because she is very nice and had the rough past. I am looking forward to the competition.
I don’t really like Alay much, she seems like she just expects things to go her way. I know people like this, some of my students, and they think the world operates on their schedule and their rules, and it bothers me. I will try to reserve too much harsh judegment though. In general I think there were a lot of unassuming contestants who were really happy and surprised to make it when they had no reason to feel that (I am speaking specifically of Lisa and Paris.)
I was just now looking through the contestants, and I noticed that there is a huge divide in the ages. There is no one ages 23 or 24 and only age 22. That is interesting to me.
We have 7 minors, which doesn’t really surprise me because this is there first shot, but the number of older, 26 – 28, people is a little surprising.
I wonder if Taylor is slightly autistic. The way he moves and the way he acts just reminds me of that. I think he looks a little like George Clooney (at least a young George Clooney he was Dr. Ross.)
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