Results tagged “American Idol” from Overlooked

As the fall progresses, I find myself glued more and more often to the television.  I have to watch the news, political debates and of course this year's fall line up of ABC dramas.  I must defend myself: I was not glued to the television until my wonderful freshman year, drama-addicted roommates turned me on to Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Lost. If it were not for them and their love of watching television every single hour of the day, my life may have turned out differently, but instead, I sit in front of my tiny 15" screen or plug in my laptop to watch hours upon hours of ABC.  Some may say this is a gigantic waste of time--I say 'probably'--but if I hadn't spent all those dedicated hours of TV watching, I would have missed the greatest live television moments of the year.

I hope at this point you have guessed I'm talking about Dancing with the Stars contestant Cloris Leachman. If you didn't, you need to go and watch some of these clips, NOW.

If I said I watched this show just to see the dancing, I would be lying. That is like an America's Next Top Model fan saying they only watch the show to see the final pictures. LIARS! No, we watch it to see the drama, the cat fights, the mean and dirty remarks the judges make and of course to pretend that our 13 votes really count when they eliminate a dancer. (If only we had that many votes in the presidential election). But I have gotten off topic. ABC has certainly outdone itself this year with their dancing stars, in particular Cloris Leachman, 82. Now granted, in her lifetime, she has certainly been rewarded for her talent acting both on- and offscreen, but I'm starting to wonder what exactly this legendary woman is doing on Dancing with the Stars?

Of course, I am not expecting her to move her body like Toni Braxton and I certainly don't want her to show anymore skin like the other females. Furthermore, she helps combat against the show becoming too formulaic, but really, where does she come up with this stuff? Putting her leg up on the judges' table, trying to pay them to vote her to the next round, calling the interns and Samantha Harris idiots? Does she just not have a filter? I congratulate her, at her age, to attempt ballroom dancing for the first time, but is she just trying to sell herself to the audience? Are we really going to keep voting for her just to see what see what she will do next? Again, I have to say 'probably'.

This phenomenon of voting people to the next round for no good reason has happened before, and I'm not surprised it is happening again (Does anyone remember Sanjaya Malakar from American Idol season 6?). I don't want to say that is what is happening quite yet; after all, there have only been two weeks of eliminations and 3 stars have gone home. And honestly, as much as Kim Kardashian has a rockin' body, she was actually stiffer then Cloris, if that is even possible.

Tonight will be the deciding factor of Cloris' fate. If it is as awful to watch as usual, then she should probably go home; if her partner Corky Ballas pulls off a miracle, she is more than welcome to stay. I am sure, though, that after disappointing the judges because she was not funny enough, she will be back again with her almost scary antics. I just hope that poor Corky can keep her reigned in enough to finish her dance.

Ed. note: A big welcome to Katherine, our newest member of the Overlooked team!

In light of this weekend's Republican National Convention, we almost chose the devilishly handsome John McCain for this week's Hunk Friday. Fate intervened, however, bringing before our gaze the hunky visage of Emilio Estevez.

Brat Pack leader, son of the legendary Ramon Heraldo Antonio Estevez and the notoriously inept Carlos Irwin Estevez--also known as Martin and Charlie Sheen--Emilio captured the 80s teen market with devilish good looks and ability to sport a high Letterman's jacket with flair.

Emilio's glory days have long since ended with the close of the 80s and the dissolution of the Brat Pack. Our main man has moved on to much more serious projects, such as the Mighty Ducks trilogy and Paula Abdul.

Yes, friends. He married her. I don't think we need to ask why it didn't last.

Despite fantastic performances in The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire, his acting career fell into a slump in the early 90s. Unable to capitalize on his former success like friends and co-stars Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr., Emilio turned to the other side of the camera to direct The War at Home, Men at Work and several episodes of CSI. But none could compare to 2006's Bobby, the insanely inspiring and achingly heartfelt film about Bobby Kennedy. Emilio, we salute you, no matter how fat you've gotten.

Ed. note: A big ShopWiki welcome to Darin and Ian, our newest additions to the crew!

Well America, Emover Cook is the new American Idol. My dreams of winning my American Idol pool have been flushed down the toilet. Now, David Cook will be splattered all over everything just like my vomit into the aforementioned toilet. Lots of flushing going on over here and it ain’t pretty. Damn you, American Idol!

Just kidding. I’m not mad. Emover’s not completely talent-less. I’ll just barricade myself in my super happy fun bubble and emerge when the Emover storm blows over.

For now, I want to acknowledge how American Idol has affected Shopwiki’s Overlooked. Googling “Simon Cowell’s nipples” and “Emover Cook” will get you results for many websites, but in the top 10 lives Overlooked. This makes for some fun mornings looking at stats and seeing variations of those searches. Oh Simon’s nipples…HIL-ARIOUS. Thanks American Idol!

Last night's American Idol was good. The fact that they were allowed to pick from The Beatles' Songbook again helped to keep my attention. My quick recap:
David Archuleta is going to win, Kristy Lee Cook still sucks (there's only room for one Cook in the competition and that's Emover Cook), Amanda Overmyer rocks, and Carly Smithson singing "Blackbird" makes Simon feel nipple discomfort. WTF? Paula then tries to help. Simon's nipples are like the 4th and 5th American Idol judges. I have taken the liberty of creating an animated gif of the event.

Perhaps Simon needs some King Bio Homeopathic Breast Inflammations & Discomfort spray. I don't know. All I know is that this left me feeling uncomfortable and like a Blackbird, I wanted to fly away.

OK ok...I watch American Idol. My last post mentioned I had "caught" the last few minutes of the show, implying I was not an avid watcher. Maybe I was trying to save face...whatever. I feel comfortable admitting it now, especially after Lengli's introspective post and the fact that she watches That's So Raven AND Degrassi. AI isn't THAT bad right? But I digress....I'm really here to get a couple of things off of my chest.


David Cook, with his hipster/emo rocker style irritates me to no end. Putting all talent aside, I just can't get passed his emover. Hannah, Bekah (shout out!), and I went on and on about it and we decided that men with actual receding hairlines should not have this hairstyle. Maybe that's what disturbs me the most, the fact that he's actually covering up his hair loss. So, David, if you can hear me, read up on hair loss, understand that it's OK and consider embracing it on prime time television by singing I've Got the Comb Over Blues.

Garrett Haley, you ghostly kid you. I don't even know what to say. Simon's use of "haunted" was probably the most accurate adjective to describe him and his performance. He's scary looking. Emaciation may be the "in" thing but this borders on either junkie or malnutrition. Maybe both? So Garrett, or maybe Garrett's momma, since he's 17 and all, read up on malnutrition and get your boy out of the spotlight before he makes children cry. You don't want kids to cry do you?

I caught the last 15 minutes of American Idol Tuesday night. It was, literally, all about Josiah Leming and his emotional instability. He cried and cried and cried some more. Then again, if you were living in your car in Ft. Worth, Texas you'd be crying too. I am convinced that even as I write this, he is probably in tears.

For those of you who found yourself crying along with Josiah, you should probably check out Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. "true, uplifting, and entertaining tales that will leave you laughing, crying, and feeling inspired." American Idol and Josiah are SO EMO!