February 21, 2006

TV: American Idol (women's semifinals, week 1)

The competition's not yet interesting enough to merit detailed commentary; I'll get into that once we're down to the final twelve.

But for the most part, it seems clear already which of the women deserve to make it that far.

At the bottom of the heap, deserving to be cut the quickest, are (from the bottom up) Brenna, Stevie, Ayla, and Becky.

At the top, deserving to be among the final six women, are (from the top down) Lisa, Katharine, Paris, Mandisa, and Kinnik.

And if you made me choose one of the three mediocrities in the middle of the pack to join those five, I'd go with Kellie over Heather and Melissa, mainly because the clip of her dress rehearsal performance (that's what we're seeing at the very end of the show, when Ryan runs down the phone numbers one last time), was noticably better than her performance during the show.

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