Simon Cowell knows the music business and has a few words for Britney Spears. Guess what Britney? Your not hot.

He even goes on to say how he didn’t want Britney Spears to record the song “Hit Me Baby One More Time”.

I’m not sure how old this is, but it’s an interesting watch.

Surfing around the video sites, I came across some great American Idol parodies. Here are my top 5!

5. Justin Timberlake trying out for American Idol on MadTV.

4. Saturday Night Live. Each actor gets their own contestant intro, but then they do a skit with Weekend Update that’s quite funny.

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3. Since We’ve Been On. MadTV skit that makes fun of quite a few Idols. The most original I think.

2. Kelly Clarkson on Reba trying to be a weather woman and getting judged by the cast playing Simon, Paula and Randy of course.

1. The Simpsons animated sketch where they judge Simon. Homer is Simon, Marge is Randy, Lisa is Paula and Bart as Ryan. Awesome!

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The time has finally arrived. Sanjaya Malakar was voted off American Idol last night and it’s about damn time. His talents are pretty good, but not good enough for this stage in the competition. You know it’s pretty bad when they interview people on the street and even they say Sanjaya should go home. And then you have Simon Cowell grinning from ear to ear to see Sanjaya in the bottom three. It’s getting to the point that I almost feel bad for the kid. But now he’s gone and we are all free to enjoy Idol again.

Joining Sanjaya in the bottom was Lakisha and Blake which wasn’t really a surprise. Lakisha’s performance lacked the greatness of her previous performances and Blake had a horrible song choice. When the Stars Go Blue is a good song, but only after you here it a few times. For those that heard it for the first time on Idol, they probably hated it. It took me a long time to warm up to the Tim McGraw version.

Fergie and Martina McBride also performed. Fergie sang Big Girls Don’t Cry and I liked the song. She’s got a powerful voice, to bad she doesn’t use it for all it’s worth. Instead she does that kind of rap thing that I dislike. But that’s a different topic. Fergie also looked like she got dressed in the dark. She’s a hot woman but didn’t look it on Idol.

Martina McBride on the other hand was steller. She sang Anyway and it really showcased her amazing voice. That lady is a good inspiration for the Idols and I’m glad they go to hear her sing!

Next up is Idol Gives Back! The star studded night where American Idol is raising money for those that need it. Details on that in an upcoming post.

But for now, American Idol is Sanjaya Free!

Here are a few stories from around the web:
- Is it actually possible that our long national nightmare is over?
- Sanjaya’s Going, Going, Gone
- America Idol’s Down to Six: Sanjaya finally goes home
- Hair He Goes: American Idol Sanjaya Malakar Loses
- American Idol: America Sends Sanjaya Home
- Many Many More

This week Elliott Yamin’s first album hit stores. Elliott took third place on American Idol, season 5. He was a lot of peoples favorite including Simon Cowell as his voice was smooth and powerful. After taking some time off to get his teeth fixed and a minor makeover, Elliott is now on the charts with this first full album.

The self titled album contains 11 tracks including:
1. Movin On
2. Wait For You
3. Find a Way
4. One Word
5. You Are the One
6. I’m the Man
7. Trainwreck
8. Free
9. Alright
10. Take My Breath Away
11. A Song For You

The iTunes version contains two bonus tracks also; Whiter Shade of Pale and In Love With You Forever.

Out of 500+ reviews on iTunes, it’s averaging 4.5 out of 5 stars gaining lots of great reviews. Amazon shoppers agree with a 4.5 our of 5 stars rating given by over 100 fans.

You can download your version on or purchase it on Amazon

I mentioned earlier that a parody of American Idol shouldn’t be that hard to do and I was right. Check out this great clip featuring Kelly Clarkson on Reba. It shows Kelly trying to learn to do the weather, then the panel of judges give their opinion.

Brock is Randy Jackson, Cheyenne is Paula Abdul and Van is Simon Cowell. Everyone does a great job and it’s a funny skit.

If two hours of American Idol isn’t enough, now it’s on for five hours a week! Holy crap man. I do need a life you know. Anyway, the boys performed tonight and it was ok. Nothing spectacular though.

Blake Lewis was my favorite. The beat box boy showed us that he can really sing and I think he’s going to go a long ways. Phil Stacey was good too. Started off bad, really bad, but ended up fantastic! I didn’t think Chris Richardson did that great, but it was entertaining and the judges liked it. Go figure.

The big surprise for me was that the judges ripped Sanjaya Malakar apart. I’m not a big fan of him, but I though he did quite well. I guess I don’t know how to call the shots I guess.

The other shocker was when Chris Sligh and Simon were taking shots back and forth and we found out that some of Simon Cowell’s past talents include the hit album A Teletubbies Christmas. Now that’s an interesting fact I didn’t know.

So what’s in store for the gals? Well it’ll be tough to impress the judges that’s for sure.

As mentioned earlier, we picked up Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol at the store the other day and have been having a blast playing it. Can you handle the pressure? Are you the next American Idol?

In the game, there are two game modes, Karaoke and Idol. Karaoke is much like other versions of Karaoke Revolution where you sing at the beach, Vegas, rooftop or whatever and have a good time. This game really shines when you enter into the American Idol competition.

First off, you create your contestant. Pick your look from your skin tone to your sunglass and then get ready. You’re first stop is the auditions with Simon, Randy and Laura. Laura is who’s taking Paula’s place and looks a bit like Paula. The background is just like you see in Idol auditions and at the end, you are judged. If you sang well, you’ll get good mentions. Pitchy? Well they’ll tell you that too. And, if by chance your singing is horrible, they won’t let you go to Hollywood or Simon will surely tell you to never sing again.

After that you make your rounds from that first round with the basic stage to the final grand finale stage, the sets are represented really well. As you go along in the competition though, you can be cut at any time. Ryan Seacrest also appears in the game, but only as a voice. He comes on when it’s decision time much like on TV. Only in the game, he’s not quite so mean with long pauses and commercial interruptions.

An interesting note, other Idol contestants have names like Kelly, Bo, Rubin, Clay and Carrie. Their picture doesn’t match, but you are competing with the best.

As you rack up points and do well, you’ll unlock Idol video clips. Contestants from every year singing the songs represented in the game. And they are not all good. William Hung appears in a video clip along with a bunch of other horrible Idol auditions. But don’t fear, great clips from Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice, Fantasia Barrino, Kelly Clarkson and many others are there. Even some Idol faces that you may not quite remember like Justin Guarini.

The only thing really missing from this game is Paula Abdul. She’s been replaced by some Laura character and only shows up in the video clips. However, her Straight Up does appear on the song list for the game.

The only downside to the game is the freaky tongue action. I know that sounds weird, but when the judges are giving feedback, the tongue is really odd. Not sure who forgot to fix that code.

Overall the American Idol game represents the TV show very well and I’d highly recommend it to any fans. Randy says Dawg a lot and Simon will insult you for singing bad but that’s just how it is. I’m not the best singer, and I’ll never be an American Idol, but this is fun.

Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol is available for Playstation 2. Since Playstation 3 can play PS2 games, it should also work with PS3.

Song List:
All My Life
Alone
(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me
Be Without You
Breakaway (by Kelly Clarkson)
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Dilemma
Do I Make You Proud? (by Taylor Hicks)
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me
Don’t You Want Me
Easy
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Flying Without Wings
Heartbreaker
Heaven
Hungry Like The Wolf
If You Don’t Know Me By Now
It’s Not Unusual
Just The Way You Are
Let’s Stay Together
Love Will Keep Us Together
More Than Words
Photograph
Piano Man
Proud Mary
Rock With You
Saving All My Love For You
She Bangs (made famous by William Hung)
Stand By Me
Stickwitu
Straight Up (by Paula Abdul)
Sugar, We’re Going Down
The Real Thing (by Bo Bice)
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Unwritten
What A Girl Wants
You And Me
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling

While out at Walmart last night, I found American Idol Karaoke Revolution! Complete with Randy, Simon and, umm, Laura?! That’s right, Paula doesn’t make an appearance.

You get to go from the audition stage to the finale in hopes of becoming the next American Idol superstar! So far I’ve been praised and criticized by Simon, made it to Hollywood and voted out of the competition. It’s a lot of fun and I’ll return soon with a full review.