And Cruz, he mentions they are in the planning stages of an international tour. And though he only mentions Europe and Asia, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m keeping my fingers crossed for you that he makes it to Honduras. I mean, how could he not? Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hope Mamma Lupe insists. haha!

Thank you Jab, but being real, I don ´t think he will come to Honduras soon, he has to target the big markets and Honduras has only 7 mio people living here, 66% between teen and twenties, and only 1/5 of this young people speak english… and most of our music is latin root like regueton, salsa and cumbia… so anyone wants to adopt me for winter tour, I ´m tiny you can let me slept in the car and I ´m don ´t made lots of noise… (j/k)

THERE’S SOME FUNNY stuff on the faux talent show that takes shots at the real “American Idol.” Like the endless attempts to stretch out the suspense by the host before announcing who the winner is.

Like telling viewers the winner is — going to announced right after these messages.

“Another commercial!” Sam exclaims in frustration.

“And they wonder why they’re losing teens to the Internet,” Carly adds

lol, I love iCarly

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Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_p6zW84chI

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS5UZPT1ksk

And Cruz, he mentions they are in the planning stages of an international tour. And though he only mentions Europe and Asia, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you that he makes it to Honduras. I mean, how could he not? Let’s hope Mamma Lupe insists. haha!

Idol Worship: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ 8.4 Redux

Jaded Insider

When Von Lee Smith comes on my TV, I get Idol 8.4 Reflux.

http://markkaye.com/interview-with-david-archuleta-from-american-idol/

Good stuff….

Talks about MJ’s new album, Jennifer Hudson, Kara, Phil Stacey, the Pro Bowl, iCarly, pissed off autograph seekers selling his autograph on eBay, the infamous YouTube video, texting with other idols, and Dad. Oh…and his album and upcoming tour…sorta.

Dear David,

This is a promotional tour. YOUR promotional tour. Get with the program.

Thanks.

Kudos to Fantasia for going back to school. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care if she has talked about it before. If we didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t grow up poor and uneducated ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to know what thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like. Actually I did grow up that way so I can relate. I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see putting her down for doing something positive with herself.

Except she actually wasn’t poor until she had a baby and moved out on her own. Her own upbringing was more or less lower middle class, not dirt poor. I think the problem was her father was more interested in dragging the kids around as a music group, trying to be the next Jackson family, rather than instilling a respect for education. If she doesn’t follow through with her diploma or GED this time she can’t blame her family or the school system or anybody but herself.

And she hasn’t gone back to school yet. She’s just talking about it. Again. Kudos go to her ONLY if she follows through this time.

I agree with mj that Osmond wasn’t dropped because of the loss of his voice. They just didn’t want him in the finals, which works for me. I don’t need Marie Osmond hanging around Idol. What next, Lisa from DWTS? (can’t remember her last name)

I’m glad Jewel is doing DWTS. I love her. Denise Richards, eh. Not so much.

Kudos to Fantasia for going back to school. I don’t care if she has talked about it before. If we didn’t grow up poor and uneducated it’s hard to know what that’s like. Actually I did grow up that way so I can relate. I can’t see putting her down for doing something positive with herself.

Welcome Back, Jennifer Hudson. You are loved.

But in this case, Tatiana wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t supposed to be blogging – once in the top 36, you are locked down tightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦it may be a case for disqualification

I doubt they’ll disqualify her. Did AI really think they could control Tatiana? She’s a loose cannon, surely they expected something like this.

If she does get disqualified for the blog I would like to nominate Julissa Veloz as her replacement. She can’t bring the crazy like Tatiana but she’s close.

If she is DQ’d, it is almost certain her replacement would be a female who was cut in the top 50. Felicia, Angela and Leneshe are probably the frontrunners. We’ll know Thursday when the AI site posts the profiles…

We also learned that Michael receieved a distribution deal from Sony and that the album is now scheduled for release in April. Oh, and he’ll be at the Grammy’s this weekend! Lots of Michael Johns news today

http://www.kiisfm.com/main.html

Tatiana posted a blog, but it was deleted (perhaps due to a request by TPTB) – but VFTW has archived it:

that is the best RANT EVER!!!!

http://www.votefortheworst.com/forum/topic5370-160.html

I predicted a while back that she would be back with the Color Purple for financial reasons and it’s happening. But if she’s going to be taken serious, she needs to find some good management like the other big-star Idols have done.
Fantasia if you read these message boards — take my advice. Get a kick*a** band like Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones to back you up. Start touring the music festivals like they do.

If I am not mistaken Hollywood week was not really last week, but weeks ago.

Uh, yes, which means the interview he did immediately after being cut, which was aired on AI Wednesday night, was taped at the same time he supposedly had raging laryngitis. So if he taped an interview where he could talk that seems to imply he should have been able to sing.

If David Osmond truly lost his voice then how come he managed to sound fine in the interview that was shown on AI Wednesday night? It was the same day, just after he got the news, and his voice seemed fine to me. Sounds like he just doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to admit that he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sing well that day.

If I am not mistaken Hollywood week was not really last week, but weeks ago.

2008 sales: http://www.worldwidealbums.net/2008.htm

2009 sales: http://www.worldwidealbums.net/ (on the home page)

According to worldwidealbums.net, Leona Lewis has sold over 6 million albums internationally. It may have been the biggest album worldwide of 2008.

This site sounded interesting so I took a look. I’m not sure how accurate or reliable the estimations are but it had David Cook’s worldwide sales for 2008 at 968,500 and David Archuleta’s at 650,000. Also, David Cook is included in the worldwide sales for 2009 (through 6/2) at 130,000. David Archuleta was not on that list (started at 100,000 sales). Seems that both of last year’s final two are making an impact outside the U.S.

The site also has many other idols’ worldwide estimated sales on the 2008 list. I won’t put them all here but I will say that a lot of them are doing very well outside the U.S. as there are definite differences between the soundscan figures and the worldwidealbums.net figures.

(Sorry if this is old news – the site was new to me!)

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think the show would have been good for him physically.

That was my first thought when I found out he had MS. The pace at which they keep those contestants running could have been, in my opinion, a little dangerous. He seems like a really nice guy, but I almost felt relieved for him when he was eliminated.