American Idol Season 6

Its American Idol season again, woohoo! Finally I'm gonna have some life again. It actually started over a month ago and they're down to top 16 contestants. I was actually a bit disappointed coz I feel that this Season's batch paled in comparison to last year. I believed last season offered much variety. And I still haven't got over Chris Daughtry's losing who was my bet. His album is out by the way and topping the Billboard Chart's 200. Okay back to this season. After seeing last night's performance, i now have a bet, Lewis Blake, the walking beatbox. He's just soo COOL! He really is talented and unique and so far I haven't seen anyone like him in all of AI seasons. Last night he sang 311's All mixed up and he was really good. My other bets are Chris Richardson, who seems to look like he’s always up to something mischievous. He can sing Jason Mraz songs but he’s a bit boyband-ish. And Phil Stacey, who looks like he is recovering from some kind of disease but he has this really Sting-like voice. I haven't had any female bets but that may change after tonight.

One of the things I love about the show is being reintroduced to great artist and music. Last week I rediscovered Marvin Gaye, who I think is still the S in Soul and Sexy. And now it's 311. The contestants just have this way of bringing a new twist to the songs we used to ignore or even hate.