Misstuned

Yes, Mari has been sucked into reality television. Even after so vehemently idiotically dissing it only a year ago.

If you hate reality TV, for f@$#’s sake, don’t read this.

Writers Strike: Thank God It Ended

During the Writer’s Strike, Mari got really desperate for good TV. After the abrupt ending of Season 2 of Heroes¹, Mari sought anything to record on her DVR. Mari watched Mythbusters, Paranormal State², Ghost Hunters International, and even Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann religiously.

How American Idol Was Added to Mari’s DVR

When things were at their darkest in the midst of a terrible writer’s strike, Mari realized that one of the most popular shows (that Mari had been hearing about for years) was about to start up. American Idol was airing auditions soon, and Mari set her DVR to record them all.

Mari half-heartedly tuned in and watched on DVR about half of the auditions. Mari, in a fit of boredom, after learning that despite the end of the strike, neither Heroes or Pushing Daisies would be coming back until fall, decided to watch Idol last night.

Mari actually liked it. It was a pleasant semi-distraction from Astronomy³, and Mari found something to talk about with her Mum. Idol Season 7 suddenly became Mari’s favorite show.

Last Night’s Idol

So, here’s Mari’s review of Idol, from Tuesday 11 March 2008⁴.

Syesha Mercado

She’s good. She worried Mari a little at first with “Got to Get You into My Life“, but found a groove and made it work.
Mari gives her a 7/10

Chekizie

He really entertained Mari with “She’s a Woman“. Really well. Mari was surprised when he did the falsetto wail at the end. He’s great!
Mari gives him a 8.5/10

Ramiele Malubay

She gives Mari a bit of the “just another asian chick at karaoke”⁵ feel with “In My Life“. Mari bets she’s good, this just wasn’t her best performance.
Mari gives her a 5/10

Jason Castro

Blaaaaaah. He just ruined “If I Fell” for Mari, forever. Plus, he’s got the “douche with a guitar” thing going…
Mari gives him a 3/10

Carly Smithson

Mari was thinking, “Oh, God, she’s Irish. Is she going to sound Irish?” and then she took the stage and she just rocked Mari’s brains out with “Come Together“. WHOOO!! Strong vocals, and her performance was really, really fun.
Mari gives her a 9/10

David Cook

Rock star!!!!!! He was absolutely spectacular with “Eleanor Rigby“. He’s a true vocalist, and he’s best suited to frontman, which he is. Just, wow. Love him.
Mari gives him a 9.5/10

Brooke White

She’s just adorable with “Let It Be“. Mari didn’t love her performance, but Mari saw the heart there. And that was just too cute.
Mari gives her a 8/10

David Hernandez

Mari’s un-favorite ex-male stripper. He murdered “I Saw Her Standing There“. It was like Gospel!Beatles, and ugh, Mari hated it. Definitely overdone.
Mari gives him a 2/10

Amanda Overmyer

Oh. My. God. She rocks. She rocked “You Can’t Do That” She needs a band of legendary proportions to play for her so she can just kick the hell out of any songs she comes by.
Mari gives her a 9.5/10

Micheal Johns

It was kinda boring, but he could have done better. “Across the Universe” happens to be a newly-discovered favorite song of Mari’s⁶
Mari gives him a 7/10

Kristy Lee Cook

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WTF. Country!Beatles? What’s worse, Country!”Eight Days A Week” What was she smoking? Plus, the tempo was all f#$^ed up. Though, she sounded cute for a country-sorta-voice.
Mari gives her a 3/10

David Archuleta

…is this guy 17 or 30? His voice sounds so developed, so much older than him. He’s got that “strong voice in a small package” way. He stumbled and tried the Stevie Wonder version “We Can Work It Out“, but he’s obviously a very strong singer, this just wasn’t his song at all.
Mari gives him a 5/10

Thank God the ex-stripper (David Hernandez) went home. But you know, he wasn’t that terrible at singing, just at performing…

Do you watch Idol?
What did you think about 11 March’s performances, and 12 March’s results?

1. Mari’s absolute favorite show. [↩]
2. Which recently began recording in HD only, and Mari doesn’t know how to fix it. This is majorly ticking Mari off, since Mari can’t watch HD, having an older TV. [↩]
3. Though, Mari does love Astronomy, just the review questions are awful… [↩]
4. as written on 11 March 2008, right at the end of the show [↩]
5. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but Mari was disappointed. [↩]
6. Thanks to the movie of the same name. Normally, you can’t tie Mari down hard enough to get her to watch musicals, but Mari loves The Beatles enough to have liked this one. [↩]