Tonight Mariah Carey was on American Idol and if you know me you know how excited I was. I got little reminders from people of my past as well as people of the present. It’s so cool when people see Mariah and think of me. I spoke with a friend and he was telling me about how when him and his gf first heard Touch My Body they both laughed and tried to mock my “Mariah scream”. It was kinda funny but at the same time LOL. People think I’m crazy but I think I only know one other person who understands. Putting Idol and Mariah together has been something I’ve talked about over and over again since season 1 of American Idol. “Wouldn’t it be great if someone would sing Mariah songs?” “Wouldn’t it be great if they did a Mariah theme?” “Wouldn’t it be great if Mariah was a mentor?”. Yes, I took the wouldn’t it be greats up in stages. They didn’t have mentors when the show first started, and now they do. I’m happy because I finally got the question I ask every year multiple times a year answered! MARIAH DID IDOL! I couldn’t believe it when I heard that she was going to be on Idol this year. I’m still in shock.

Now for the bad news…this season sucks! So it wasn’t as interesting as it would have been if she did Idol last year but nonetheless Mariah Carey was on Idol and I tried to enjoy it for what it was worth. The boys did an excellent job. Maybe it’s because they’re boys so you can’t really compare a boys voice to a girls voice but I dunno…

Tomorrow Mariah will be performing Bye Bye and hopefully she does a great job. I love you Mariah!

So what’s been going on? I’ve been keeping up with Idol. Watching it every week. Watching the results shows and all that good stuff. I feel like Idol fell flat on its face this year. Usually there’s something that pulls me in but now I’m only watching it because it’s Idol. There’s not any one person that I’m in love with…and the competition is pretty much in full gear.

This week will be the Idol Gives Back special. I know last year by the time Idol Gives Back rolled around I had my favs. Heck, I had my favs during the audition phase and she ended up winning the whole competition! No one pops for me this year. I’m still waiting for something to happen and hopefully it will. I think the only reason Idol is getting great ratings is because of it’s track record. Everyone expects Idol to be great but this year it’s just not doing anything for me…

I’m ready for the new season of American Idol to begin. As always they said that this season is the best season ever. We’ll see if that really is the truth. I find that hard to believe. They said the same thing last season and some really weak contestants made it into the top 12. So hopefully this season doesn’t disappoint! The first show where America gets to vote is this Tuesday. I’m looking forward to that! I’ll be back with some updates on how the guys (or girls) did on the stage and which contestants are my favorites.

Next week the competition begins. This is where YOU get to decide who you would like to continue on to the Top 12 and eventually come the 7th American Idol. Here are the Top 24 contestants. I’m pretty pleased. I rooted for most of these people during the audition phase.

Top 12 Girls:
Kristy Lee Cook
Amanda Overmyer
Alexandrea Lushington
Joanne Borgella
Brooke White
Syesha Mercado
Alaina Whitaker
Asia’h Epperson
Amy Davis
Kady Malloy
Carly Smithson
Ramiele Malubay

Top 12 Boys:
Chikezie Eze
Danny Noriega
Jason Yeager
David Cook
David Hernandez
Luke Menard
Michael Johns
Jason Castro
Robbie Carrico
Colton Berry
David Archuleta
Garrett Haley