Last night American Idol sent the contestants to the movies.  The result was a mixed bag.  Here at How We Judge It, we generally liked six of the eight performers with only Paul and Haley earning our scorn.  As we read various other opinions around the internet today, we saw a wide variety of takes [...]

So, while the pop culture world is still trying to get over the surprise elimination of Pia last week, the show goes on.  Even Uncle Nigel came out and spoke about Pia’s elimination, stating that she wasn’t quite the frontrunner that many people thought she was based on the number of votes she’d been getting [...]

Last night the contestants paid tribute to the legends of Rock and Roll.  Who’s tribute was worthy and who’s going to have to buy an admissions ticket to get into the Hall of Fame?  Let’s find out!
Way to hedge your bets Ryan, it “could be” a shocking result?  Right.
We’re back to the group sing tonight with [...]

We’re back on schedule for this season of American Idol as nine will perform and one will go home this week.  The theme is “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” which is a good theme as it’s basically “anything you want, there’s a little bit of everything here”.  The American Idol producers said prior to the [...]

Last night the contestants did their best to connect with the songs of Elton John.  Who did America agree made that connection and who are the two unlucky singers whose Idol journey is over?  It’s results time!  This…is American Idol!!
The intro is really dramatic, as they often are, and promises that we won’t believe who [...]

Wow…so last week happened.  Crazy stuff people.  Two surprising bottom 3 dwellers and a shocking elimination followed by the use of the Judge’s Save.  The American Idol producers couldn’t have asked for more drama (and boy did they milk it in the intro tonight).  To summarize, our predictions last week were as follows:
Who do we [...]

It’s time for American Idol again and this week we have a more rigid theme:  Motown. Who will advance their campaign to become the next American Idol and who will be crying the tears of a clown?
Casey Abrams – 19, California – “Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye (after Gladys Knight & the Pips)
Casey [...]

Well, the How We Judge It staff has been out of town for the last two weeks but will make their return this week for the Top 11 performance show. We wanted to give some quick opinions on the Top 13 and Top 12 performances before we get to the Top 11.
So, the bottom three and [...]

It’s crunch time.  It’s time for the first results show of Season 10.  But first, we have to slog through two hours of filler to get to the good stuff.  See my previous posts for my thoughts on the performances by the Top 12 Guys and Top 12 Girls.  Were my instincts right?  Who takes [...]

The Top 12 Guys sang last night, now it’s the Girls turn.  The Top 5 vote-getters will advance to the finals and the rest will be at the mercy of the wildcards.  See my Final Judgment post for a summary of the remaining contestants and a brief recap of their journey on the show.
So, who [...]

After weeks of auditions and Hollywood rounds the live shows are finally here.  The Top 24 get to sing for your votes and on Thursday the finalists will be revealed.  The finalists will consist of the top 5 vote getting guys and the top 5 vote getting girls with a nebulous number of judge’s wildcards [...]

It’s finally here, the end of Hollywood Week.  We finally get to see who the Top 24 are and who doesn’t make “The Final Judgment”(trademark, American Idol).  As I said yesterday, I prefer to call this round “The Chair” as the contestants are made to make the long walk to the judge’s platform and sit [...]