Thursday, May 22, 2008

idol detox

Recovered yet? Me neither. But in case you're in need of an AI fix, here are some links to keep you busy:

*Tuesday's episode outperformed last year's final performance episode in ratings, this article notes. It also represented the best AI scores since March.

*Some 97.5 million people voted in the AI finale. How many votes were cast in all 2008 Democratic presidential primaries? 35, 216,531. (Via USA Today's political blog.)

*Entertainment Weekly has this backstage interview with David Cook and this one with David Archuleta.

*The Davids had a teleprompter reminding them of their lyrics on Tuesday's performance episode. Think this makes the show more similar to karaoke? Get the full story here.

*Does a Cook victory prove that the judges don't know what they're talking about? This piece takes on that question.

*Finally, on a sadder note, Top 24 contestant Luke Menard has been diagnosed with cancer. Details here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeah way to end that post on a bummer not. "oh yeah, and luke is dying." wa wa waaaaaaa

Anonymous said...

note, not not.