Who would have thought that I, Marilyn, would blog about or write about the American idol? Never in a million years, right?! Sure, I’ve watched this show since the beginning but to write about it? No way… or so I thought… until this season haha. So what makes this season so special that the likes of me would blog about it or even go crazy about it? To be honest, I don’t really have a solid explanation, but that I know I like all ten of them! This is the first season that I can actually name and remember all ten of them even a few months later *lol* and even interested in knowing how each and everyone of them is doing. In the past, once they got eliminated I would completely forget all about them except for the top two or three or whoever is my favorite that season. They are just so diverse and talented and unique and special in their own way that all ten of them together just clicked and they seem to genuinely enjoy each other’s company. You just can’t drop any of them out of the group, at least that’s what I feel, and my favorites did not even win the title “American Idol”! You just can’t help but wish all ten of them, great careers and good life ahead of them!
The audition part I watched on and off just because I have other shows that I was watching at that time which was aired at the same time as the American Idol, plus the audition part does not really interest me that much, so I would switch channels whenever one of them was on commercial but I would mostly missed the American Idol : ) until the top 24. That’s when I started to watch the show fully and picked my favorites… yes, there’re more than one of them haha. I like David Archuleta a lot right away when I heard him sing ‘Shop Around’ he’s just so infectious and impressive! Aside from the fact that he was amazing singing that song but also because there is this bright-sunshiny-innocent aura about him, he seem to be a very genuinely nice and happy kid. I also took noticed of Jason Castro, Danny Noriega, Michael Johns, and Brooke White on the first week of the top 24. Jason being his unique self with his dreadlock hair and very good and unique voice it’s just refreshing to see the likes of him on the show, I perceived him as one of those talents that don’t want anything to do with American idol and its cliché-ness (I know i’m making up words here hahaha) and to see him on the show is just great. Now Danny’s audition was one of the few I happen to see – from all that channel switching : ) – and I was totally impressed by him and rooted him since, I was sadden that he didn’t make it to the top 12 though. Michael was my pick among all the rockers in the top 24 :) ok, this is just probably me, but I feel like to be a rock star you need to give this full-of-yourself-self-assured-smugness-attitude vibe, and I see less of that in Michael among the group’s rockers and yet I still see him as one, a rocker that is – equipped with good personality, that’s why I like him. Brooke, I just see her as this ultra bright sunshiny person with a very good voice that you can’t help but like – a lot! But my top favorite was Ramiele Malubay, too bad I didn’t get to meet her in person :( that’s ok though. She was really really good in the first week and even until the week she got eliminated, I think. It’s just that each week the sparks and glow that you see on her the first week of the top 24, slowly died down each week for some reason. If I get my recollection right, I might have shed some tears when she was eliminated, I think. What can I say?! I’m a very affectionate person! LOL!
So then, my top favorite quickly shifted to David Archuleta. Whose isn’t? Every week he’ll just blew me away with his amazing voice and great personality especially in the finals, chills and goose bumps all over! He is simply amazing! But like I said, I like them all, only in different levels I would say. David Cook won me over when he sang “Billy Jeans”, Chikezie did not gave me a chance to really like him much because he went too soon but I think he’s a good person, Kristy I have to say is a very gorgeous lady more so in person and I see her as being a good sport from all that bashing from the judges, she kept her cool, and i think that’s great, it’s just that country is not my thing : ) And Syesha, don’t tell this to anybody, ok? Especially with the cookies and the word nerds… I secretly wished her to be in the top two with David Archuleta, ssshhh! : ) during the top 3 week, she’s got an amazing voice although somehow that over shadowed by.. I don’t know I’m still having a hard time putting in words what it was that is missing with her but nonetheless, her voice is just amazing. And Carly too has this amazing voice, in a rocker sort of way, which is really good, but it just felt like she’s a little bit shouty and angry at times. Lastly, I wanted to make a special mention to, only because she is warren’s favorite idol finalist this season, Amanda Obermyer, I’ve never seen warren voted for any of the idol finalist before until she came a long, it sadden him that she didn’t make it to the top 10 to be on tour though, and he still feel very disappointed about it :( and continuously wished until the day that she would miraculously appear in the American idol concert when we watched it here in Albany : ).
Because of all that, we ended up buying tickets to the American idol concert, which was last August 6, 2008 here at the Times Union Center in Albany, which happens to be walking distance away from where I worked, which brings me to my next American idol story : ). So, we bought the tickets, for Warren and me and for our good friend Roland who is also a fan of the show. Unfortunately though, because of my ignorance, I waited two weeks before buying the tickets (you can only buy tickets online) thinking that I would still get good seats, little did I know, you actually have to buy tickets the minute it opened or all the good seats will no longer be available, I was hoping for a floor front seats :( and so we ended by getting the worst concert seat ever or at least that’s what warren thinks : ) Don’t worry I’m still kicking myself about it. We were all the way to the top… and I mean to the top! Like two rows shy away from the ceiling! It was scary up there, really steep and you have to hold on to your life… if you move… you die! Well, ok I’m exaggerating here but it was really steep and scary. Anyway, enough ranting, what’s done is done and we moved on : )
I know for a fact that the idols does meet and greet before and after the show because I happen to stumble upon blogs and fan sites with stories about the meet and greet with the idols. And it seems like before the show is the best time to go because not many people usually go there and so you get to really meet the idols. Ok, I have to put this disclaimer first, before I discredit myself from the people that know me well hahaha! I have not done or have been this insanely involve before, it’s just that the circumstances and opportunity presented it self and you just can’t help but embrace it LOL!
Did I mentioned that my work place is just walking distance away from the times union center here in downtown Albany where the American idol concert is going to be? Yes, I think I did : ) And so, hesitantly (I hope my boss is not reading this hahaha) after much emails and encouragements from Warren and Roland… the question was to go or not to go… I finally went. And what did it for me is when my good and very supportive hubby said that “it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity” and my good friend roland said “you should go because you might regret and think later what might have happen” to that effect I forgot hahaha. I dragged myself out of our office building and went alone, thinking, I can do this! But I failed myself :( I chickened out… and went back to work… sad. I emailed warren and roland back to tell the sad news… a little disappointed but they encouraged me still… and so that’s when I emailed my other good friend Elizabeth “beth”, who is also working here in downtown Albany in the building across from where my work building, if she’s up for a walk? is my discreet question haha, she already know of my plan for the meet and greet though, and got it right a way, and said sure… which is even better because when she showed up at their building lobby, she brought with her our other good friend (I have lots of good friends here, I’m so blessed!) Rowena “wheng” who is also working in the same building with beth. And to make the story short… we met the idols!!! Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! Not all of them but still Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh! They’re all very very nice and accommodating especially David Archuleta, I have picture with him and with Brooke! We only got to meet David A., Brooke, Jason, David C, and Kristy. We didn’t have time to wait for the others to come out, they came out one or two at a time, we only took a short break from work and we don’t want our bosses to come looking for us and find us meeting the idols hahaha!
Sorry for the long post but i figured this will be my first and would be last time writing about the american idol and so i just let it all out hahaha... so please bare with me : ) Below are the pictures I took from the meet and greet and pictures and videos in the concert… not very good videos though but something to remember them by : )
my two accomplices : )
I can't believe i have pictures with them!
they're all beautiful in person... : )
this is us having the time of our life... well, me atleast LOL!
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