The 'Crazy' James Zinkand Award (2009)

The 'Crazy' James Zinkand Award for the
Contestant You Love To Hate in a Reality Competition

Rank. Character (Show)- Total Points...(My Rank)
10th. Tina (The Amazing Race)- 2 points

9th. Michelle Costa (Big Brother)- 3 points

8th. Ace Gordon (Survivor)- 4 points

7th. Lil Rounds (American Idol)- 4 points

6th. April Dowling (Big Brother)- 4 points

5th. Terrence (The Amazing Race)- 6 points...(5th)

4th. Jerry MacDonald (Big Brother)- 14 points...(2nd)

3rd. Allison Iraheta (American Idol)- 15 points...(3rd)

Runner-Up
2nd. Scott MacIntyre (American Idol)- 16 points...(4th)

The Poolie Goes To
1st. Margie and Luke (The Amazing Race)- 17 points...(1st)
And and with no guest spot, you are once again stuck with me...

Although Luke and Margie won this award and Scott MacIntyre took second, I'd like to start off by saying The Quiet Pool Perspective and its voters have nothing against handicapped people. The thing is these ones were just awful. There wasn't one moment of Luke's airtime on The Amazing Race that I didn't want to to slap him in the face.

I fee like it is very easy to hate contestants on The Amazing Race. The stressful atmosphere they are engaged in at all times creates situations that illuminate their bad sides. Unlike Survivor or Big Brother, where there is a lot of down time on camera, Amazing Race is on the go at all times. That being said, of all the people I've hated on this show, Luke takes the cake. The kid needs an attitude adjustment and I don't think his mother would ever give it to him. She babies him like there is no tomorrow. Let the dude live his life as normally as he can and stop making excuses for him when he clotheslines the other contestants.

Idol Rocks

Initial Thoughts
So this was rock week on American Idol. Because Slash was their mentor they had to do crazy hard rock songs? Or is that just what the producers made the contestants choose so that they could eliminate Kris or Danny? Either way this was one of the worst weeks of Idol in a long time. I like all three of the guys left but none of them impressed me tonight. At this point in the competition we should be getting to weeks like; Contestant chooses one, judges choose one. Let them be who they are, don't make Gokes sing Dream On, and force Kris to give Come Together a heavier edge. Oh wait they chose to do those things? Yikes.

The Duets
Danny and Kris- (Renegade/Styx)
Adam and Allison- (Slow Ride/Foghat)
For the first time in Idol finals history, they did duets during performance night. I think it was a nice touch, if only because it was better than them only doing one song each. Because God forbid we get rid of all the warmup videos and get eight full performances in.

I feel Danny and Kris's duet was better. Adam's fantastic work on Slow Ride couldn't make up for how much I wanted to kill myself listening to Allison interrupting him with her one note singing. I completely agreed with what Randy said after Kris and Gokes performed. Their voices sounded so good together. When they sung their own parts Danny was much better.

Eliminate Her
Allison Iraheta- (Cry Baby/Janis Joplin) This may be bias at this point, but I can't stand when she sings anymore. Maybe it's her ridiculously horrible personality or that she only sings one note every time on stage, but she is just the worst. I feel like I'm watching Amanda Overmyer over here. Not to mention that this was a really bad song choice. Cryyyy babyyyyyy, almost made me wanna cry.

Just Not Good Tonight
Kris Allen- (Come Together/The Beatles) So although I like this a bit more than the Gokes' performance, Danny was much better than him during the duet so I'm putting Kris in the three hole. I liked the small changes he made to the song, especially when he almost brought it to a hault a little more than halfway through. Overall though I felt like the song was a bit too big for him, and didn't suit his style.

Danny Gokey- (Dream On/Aerosmith) The slight edge has to do with his duet performance, because this Dream On wasn't getting it done. The middle was good where he was yelling in his growly voice, but the beginning was a bit dreary and off-tone and then we have the end. What a time to break out your falsetto Danny. The Dream On scream is so iconic and ridiculously tough that when Michael Johns did a good job of it last year, it still was a disappointment. The Gokes' falsetto sream was weak and his final note made me cringe a bit.

By Default
Adam Lambert- (Whole Lotta Love/Led Zeppelin) This is both sad and pathetic for me, because I feel this was Adam's least impressive performance to date. He made hardly any changes to the song and the song itself doesn't give one much opporunity to shine. On the positive sign, he sounded just like Robert Plant. But copy cat hasn't been Ms. Lambert's game, and that's what I like so much about him. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Zeppelin fan, but Adam usually improves a song greatly, this wasn't really possible with Whole Lotta Love.

Id'old' Blue Eyes

If the rumors of Simon leaving Idol after this season are true, it will be a very sad day. Listening to the judges is already unbearable, but at least I know there is some enjoyment when Mr. Cowell comments. Can you imagine listening to only Randy, Kara and Paula next year? Wow that would be rough.

Quote of the night- "He's got a little Sylar in him," Pops after watching Ms. Lambert's performance.

Last night was songs from the Rat Pack Era. Which means any song that Old Blue Eyes, Sammy D or Deano ever recorded.

Five--
Allison Iraheta- (Someone to Watch Over Me/Frank Sinatra) This girl needs to work on her diction, because I can't understand a single word she sings. That being said, she deserves to be in the top five, but not any further. This was good, but not great at all. All of the critics love her and I don't know why. Thankfully America doesn't seem to and hopefully she heads home tonight.

Four--
Kris Allen- (The Way You Look Tonight/Frank Sinatra) Again this was good, but nothing special. The beginning was great but I thought it got away from him a little through the second half. He tried to do too much with it and didn't pull it off. Also the falsetto in the middle didn't work for me at all, it was not nearly powerful enough. This was just so much worse than the original that it's hard to say it was a great performance.

Three--
Danny Gokey- (Come Rain or Come Shine/Frank Sinatra) Gokes started a little too slow again. The last third of this was so good that I feel bad not putting him second. His bluesy tone knocked the end of this song out of the park.

Two--
Matt Giraud- (My Funny Valentine/Frank Sinatra) Unlike Danny, Matt's performance held my attention from the first note to the last. I just listened to Sammy's version of this a couple of days ago and Matt's was wayy better. He kept his runs to a minimum in this one and when he brought them out they added a lot to the song. Also his falsetto was on point.

One--
Adam Lambert- (Feeling Good/Sammy Davis Jr.) Every night he does what he does with the utmost professionalism and makes every song his own. I will admit this wasn't one of my favorites of Ms. Lambert's, but it was still miles better than anyone else in the competition. Also his opening to the song was unbelievable.