AMERICAN IDOL 2011

In 2011, American Idol celebrated their 10th
year, however, this was the first year I watched the show. I certainly have
plenty of shows to watch already, so I really didn’t need another show to
occupy my time, but I was visiting my sister in Florida last February and this
is a show she watches faithfully so I had no choice but to watch it. After a
couple nights of watching these young people sing their hearts out, I was
invested enough in the show to keep watching the rest of the season. Not having
watched the previous seasons, I can’t say from past experience, but I think
this year the final group consisted of extremely gifted and diverse singers. Of
course the elimination process never goes the way we think it will and our
favorite person is eliminated way too early. I think what intrigued me with the
show was all the different types of music these contestants performed. Naima
Adedapo, Thia Megia, Karen Rodriguez, and Ashthon Jones were not memorable
contestants, as far as I was concerned, and placed 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.
Pia Toscano, who had an excellent voice and sang ballads, placed 9th but
managed to get a recording contract immediately. Paul McDonald, who had a raspy
voice similar to Rod Stewart, sang Rod’s hit songs. His voice wasn’t strong though
and he placed 8th. Stephano Langone had a good voice although not as strong as
the others. He sang various light rock songs and placed 7th. Casey Abrams was
obviously an accomplished musician and played almost all the string
instruments, sang Jazz and Blues and placed 6th. Jacob Lusk, who came from a
church gospel choir group had an excellent, strong deep voice, sang Luther
Vandross songs and placed 5th. James Durbin could belt out hard rock songs to
the point of practically screaming while staying in tune and placed 4th. He has
an album, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster, releasing in November. Haley
Reinhart had an intoxicating raspy voice, who sang Blues and Jazz style songs,
and placed 3rd. She received a recording contract shortly after the tour and
will be releasing a CD soon. Lauren Alaina had a beautiful voice for the
Country songs she sang and was the runner up. She released her debut album, Wildflower,
a few months after the season finale. Scotty McCreery, who had an unbelievable
deep country voice and of course sang Country songs, was the winner. He became
the American Idol for 2011 and released his first album, Clear as Day. Since I
became so invested in these people and especially loved Hailey’s version of, House
of the Rising Sun, I just had to attend the concert in Minneapolis at
the Target Center on August 3. I purchased my ticket late and because it had
been sold out earlier, this newly available section was on the side of the
stage. My seat was almost in the very last row and the
seats in that area tend to be at a very steep angle which makes you feel like
you could fall down at the slightest wrong step. Plus it tends to make me feel
a little dizzy. It appeared they had only sold the first eight seats in each
row, leaving six open seats in each row in both the top and bottom sections, so
we moved down to the lower section and all was good. These ended up being
excellent seats as the singers always walked to the end of the stage which
faced us so they were standing only a few feet away. The concert was
entertaining and the singing, of course, was top notch with all thirteen of the
finalists performing. I’m not sure if I will ever attend another American Idol
concert, but this one was definitely enjoyable and I look forward to buying
Haley’s new upcoming CD, along with Pia’s and Scotty’s, too. I have great memories
of the 2011 American Idol concert that will be remembered for a lifetime! Along
with new songs on my IPOD! So you just never know what will happen by watching
one episode of American Idol!

In 2011, American Idol celebrated their 10th
year, however, this was the first year I watched the show. I certainly have
plenty of shows to watch already, so I really didn’t need another show to
occupy my time, but I was visiting my sister in Florida last February and this
is a show she watches faithfully so I had no choice but to watch it. After a
couple nights of watching these young people sing their hearts out, I was
invested enough in the show to keep watching the rest of the season. Not having
watched the previous seasons, I can’t say from past experience, but I think
this year the final group consisted of extremely gifted and diverse singers. Of
course the elimination process never goes the way we think it will and our
favorite person is eliminated way too early. I think what intrigued me with the
show was all the different types of music these contestants performed. Naima
Adedapo, Thia Megia, Karen Rodriguez, and Ashthon Jones were not memorable
contestants, as far as I was concerned, and placed 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.
Pia Toscano, who had an excellent voice and sang ballads, placed 9th but
managed to get a recording contract immediately. Paul McDonald, who had a raspy
voice similar to Rod Stewart, sang Rod’s hit songs. His voice wasn’t strong though
and he placed 8th. Stephano Langone had a good voice although not as strong as
the others. He sang various light rock songs and placed 7th. Casey Abrams was
obviously an accomplished musician and played almost all the string
instruments, sang Jazz and Blues and placed 6th. Jacob Lusk, who came from a
church gospel choir group had an excellent, strong deep voice, sang Luther
Vandross songs and placed 5th. James Durbin could belt out hard rock songs to
the point of practically screaming while staying in tune and placed 4th. He has
an album, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster, releasing in November. Haley
Reinhart had an intoxicating raspy voice, who sang Blues and Jazz style songs,
and placed 3rd. She received a recording contract shortly after the tour and
will be releasing a CD soon. Lauren Alaina had a beautiful voice for the
Country songs she sang and was the runner up. She released her debut album, Wildflower,
a few months after the season finale. Scotty McCreery, who had an unbelievable
deep country voice and of course sang Country songs, was the winner. He became
the American Idol for 2011 and released his first album, Clear as Day. Since I
became so invested in these people and especially loved Hailey’s version of, House
of the Rising Sun, I just had to attend the concert in Minneapolis at
the Target Center on August 3. I purchased my ticket late and because it had
been sold out earlier, this newly available section was on the side of the
stage. My seat was almost in the very last row and the
seats in that area tend to be at a very steep angle which makes you feel like
you could fall down at the slightest wrong step. Plus it tends to make me feel
a little dizzy. It appeared they had only sold the first eight seats in each
row, leaving six open seats in each row in both the top and bottom sections, so
we moved down to the lower section and all was good. These ended up being
excellent seats as the singers always walked to the end of the stage which
faced us so they were standing only a few feet away. The concert was
entertaining and the singing, of course, was top notch with all thirteen of the
finalists performing. I’m not sure if I will ever attend another American Idol
concert, but this one was definitely enjoyable and I look forward to buying
Haley’s new upcoming CD, along with Pia’s and Scotty’s, too. I have great memories
of the 2011 American Idol concert that will be remembered for a lifetime! Along
with new songs on my IPOD! So you just never know what will happen by watching
one episode of American Idol!