American Idol Season 9: DALLAS and DENVER

I stayed up until about 2am on Sunday night finally finishing the Dallas and Denver episodes.

Welp, nothing too exciting in either of the D-Towns this time around.

In Dallas, there was creepy Barney girl, who went all Britney/Christina on the judges and wanted to show how she sexily rebelled against her childhood. Snooze and sleeze fest. She wasn't that good either. She'll be gone quickly in Hollywood week hopefully.

How adorable was Todrick? Once he said he was touring with the Color Purple, I knew he had to be good, and he even made up the most clever original song about the judges and AI. Very nice. He is the epitome of the "perfect pick" to go through to Hollywood: creative, good vocals, good stage presence, humble and sane.

I am really growing to love Victoria Beckham. I saw her on Ellen, and she was very quiet, but such a doll, and then to see her on all these eps of American Idol, she is so endearing and such a sweetheart! She was the guest judge yet again in Denver.

Mark Labriolla tried to convince us that people mistake him for Jack Black. Um. #1, you don't look anything like him besides that you're overweight, and #2, you try to make every maneurism mimic Jack Black. TRYING to be Jack Black doesn't make you him darling. Annoying.

Kimberly Kerbow sang Ingrid Michaelson (good song choice). She has a very sweet voice, and deserved to go through, but was OBVIOUSLY wearing a wig. Very odd. And NO one said anything about it to her face. The judges finally briefly commented on it after she left the room. They made a whole storyline out of her singing the Rogaine line of the Ingrid song directly to Simon, who became defensive and a bit offended. Rogaine? Wig? Ironic?

Danielle Hayes blew me out of the water with her Melissa Ethridge rendition. She has such passion and I appreciate her candidness. I think I use the same judging criteria as Kara for a lot of these kids. If you've gone through some shit, your voice is going to be so passionate and moving, and she was exactly those things.

Casey James did nothing for me. He wasn't hot, and was an okay singer. Where's all the hot guys American Idol??

Did Nikki Nix remind anyone else of Tatiana from last season, minus the annoying laugh?

Haeley Vaughn is SO sweet and has a firm grasp on how to be competitive. She knows she wants to be one of the first black, pop/country stars. A great goal, and she has a great voice. A real stand out.

Danielle and Haeley were my definite two favorites out of the D-Towners. Links to their auditions below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5H-kQSJcOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWoAgATSwK8