Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ultimate Idol Upset

Kim Reis

What an Idol show!!!!  Cyndi Lauper, Rod Stewart (who almost tripped and fell on live TV - ouch!), Lionel Richie, Santana, Black Eyed Peas, Queen Latifah, KISS, Queen and Keith Urban!!!!!  It’s so funny that the “big stars” didn’t want anything to do with Idol in the early years.  Now it seems like EVERYONE wants a piece.  Did you see the people in the audience???  Idol has become part of the “IT” factor.  Did you see the the unbelievable schooling by Kara with Bikini Girl.  She totally outsang her!!!  Bikini Girl should be embarassed!  And, not to mention that I think Kara looked better in a bikini!  HA!

The show was great!  2 hours flew by.  I’m glad they didn’t try to stretch it to 3 hours.  My kids had to get to bed for school!

And, in the end - Kris Allen FREAKIN’ WON!!  What the???!!!!  As I said - Adam should have won.  But I had a feeling that voters would root for the underdog.  I wonder how far apart the votes were?  The auditors said that they had almost 1 million voters.  I wonder the percentage?  KRIS ALLEN???  SERIOUSLY???!!!  The Sleeper???  I am totally shocked.  I think you may have heard my gasp from your house.  My entire family was piled into my bedroom to watch the show and it was completely shocking!  Adam took it well.  He acted like he was fine, but I’m sure he was crushed. I was proud of him (and his reaction) but I’m sure he was shocked by the result.  He was totally the front-runner and this announcement was a shocker.  A shocker for sure.

As my husband Manny said - now Adam can do “his own” album.  And it’s so true.  I’m sure there are Idol rules and now Adam doesn’t have to follow those rules.  He’s so unique and he can create a unique album.  Kris has to follow the Idol rules while Adam can go out on his own.  But then again - we can see how that worked (or didn’t work) for Bo Bice.  Has anyone heard of his happenings since Idol?  Carrie Underwood won and Bo went where??  Anyone?  Bueller?  Having your own unique sound is great.  But if you get too weird and offtrack - it can derail your career real quick.  Mainstream wins - whether true AHTEESTS like it or not (AHTEESTS = posh form of Artists).

But it seems so weird.  Kris Allen - American Idol Season 8.  Adam will be just fine.  Just fine…  Kris Allen - hmmmm?  One hit wonder?  We’ll see.

Adam “The Keeper” vs. Kris “The Sleeper”

Kim Reis

So - unless you were hiding under a rock today - you know that the final performances of American Idol was last night.  The final performances by Adam (the front-runner) and Kris (the sleeper).  If you look back at my blog postings, I had called Kris “THE SLEEPER” since the beginning.  I thought that final three would have been Allison, Danny and Adam with Danny and Adam being in the finals together.  I was almost right - Allison, Danny, Adam and KRIS were all in the final four.  Allison went home - as I had predicted in the first month of performances.  But Danny got cocky and went home before Kris.  I’m not even sure how Kris even got to this point???  But hearing his first performance last night definitely wow’d me.  Performances two and three - not so much.  Simon Fuller (the creator of American Idol) picked their second song.  I’m not sure he picked fairly.  Adam’s song was PERFECT for his style.  Poor Kris had to FORCE it to work.  And then the final song (co-written by Idol judge Kara) wasn’t perfect for either of them.  But Adam “worked it out dawg” - better than Kris.  In the end, it’s almost a DUH moment.  Adam has to win (but I’m not a huge fan of the screech).  I’ve started to really like Kris and I usually vote or root for the underdog (especially in sports).  But Adam needs to win - hands down.  I almost voted for Kris last night as a sympathy vote.  But then I thought, “how many people are doing that right now?“  Could Kris actually win by sympathy votes?  Meredith Vieira on The Today Show said she loves Kris - but didn’t vote.  On paper - Adam wins.  I didn’t vote.  But if Kris takes the cake tonight, it will be chalked up as the BIGGEST UPSET in Idol history.  I’ll be hovered in front of the TiVo tonight.  Will you???  BTW - can I say that I LOVED the fact that the show was ONLY AN HOUR!!!  Thank you!  Finally!!!  No need to drag the sucker out!  Whew!!!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Chat Live with a Real Housewife!

Kim Reis

That’s right!  One of the Real Housewives of New York City will CHAT LIVE with fans and viewers on Wednesday, May 20th at 2pm (ET).  Can you guess who it will be???  BETHENNY OF COURSE!!!!!  I totally love this show.  They scratch each other’s eyes out and I crack up every time.  They totally live in a world that I can’t even relate to.  But I think that’s why I like it.  They make me yell at the TV and sometimes I even throw things (soft things of course).

Here is my list of favorite Housewives in order of fave to least fave:

FAVE 1: Bethenny Frankel (love her honesty)
2. Jill Zarin (makes me laugh, hate her dog - vicious little thing)
3. LuAnn de Lesseps (the “COUNTESS” (or ex-countess) - a bit too into herself.  Sad for her kids)
4. Ramona Singer (REALLY too into herself)
5. Alex McCord (wants attention in a weird sort of way.  I think I dislike her husband Simon more than I dislike her, but can’t help putting her at #5)
LEAST FAVE 6. Kelly Killoren Bensimon (ICK!!)

Wanna see the entire NYC cast?  CLICK HERE or you can visit Bravo’s site by CLICKING HERE!

You can bookmark the live chat with Bethenny by clicking here: BOOKMARK LIVE CHAT  Remember, it starts at 2pm ET on May 20th!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Sleeper Comes Through!

Kim Reis

Idol results last night - bringing us down the final TWO.  Three songs each.  Rather long and drawn out (like all of the reality TV shows when they get down to the last couple of weeks).  Why do they feel the need to do 2 and 3 hours for a show like this??  When there were 8 contestants, it was a quick 60 minutes and done.  Now there are 3 contestants and it has to be 10 billion hours long.  WHY? WHY? 

On April 9th - I predicted the final 4.  Click here for Kim’s past prediction.  Well, actually - I picked three of the four.  Danny, Adam, Allison and ______________.  I just COULD NOT decide on that fourth character.  Kris - my little sleeper - was barely on my radar.  He was flying low and his meek, quiet style made me call him “The Sleeper”.  He didn’t make say WOW - but he didn’t make me wrinkle my nose and say EWWW either.  The only term I could think of was “Sleeper”.  Well, he did it.  He’s in the final two with Adam Lambert.  Danny had a real shot, but I think he got cocky and even a little lazy toward the end.  Adam has stayed completely focused with his eye on the prize the entire time.

I think Adam will win by a landslide next week.  The ratings for Idol have been down significantly (13 I think compared to previous years of 20).  And I don’t think this match-up will bring in the viewers.  I think America already knows the winner because Adam is THAT strong compared to my lil bud Kris.  Kris will have a teeny-bopper following and I think he’ll be just fine in this world.  Adam will rock it out and, if he keeps his head on straight, hopefully he won’t end up on Dr. Drew’s Rehab shows.  Hollywood can sometimes bring people to their knees.  I also hope that Adam refrains from the shreeking.  I mean, sometimes he shreeks so loud that the cat leaves the room.  He hits the right notes - but it’s such a high piercing sound sometimes.

Anyway - ADAM & KRIS duke it out next week for Idol’s season finale!!!  The rocker and the sleeper. 

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Finales: Winners and Big Losers

Kim Reis

So we had two finales so far this week.  Celebrity Apprentice on Sunday night and Biggest Loser last night.  If these are still sitting in your DVR, please don’t read any further because this could be a spoiler for you.  (Yes, TiVo etiquette!)

Let’s start first with Celebrity Apprentice.  I KNEW JOAN WAS GOING TO WIN!!  AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  And I’m so mad!!  Donald has liked her from day one and he set us up all season.  She walked on water throughout this entire thing.  I mean - she was even absent for a few challenges along the way.  How is that fair???  How can you win a game like this and actually miss some of the challenges?  She basically got a BYE while the rest of the team had to work.  She also quit when her baby daughter was fired.  How is that professional?  “She was fired so I’m going to take my ball and go home!“  That showed a lack of commitment and a lack of business professionalism.  If I were Donald, I wouldn’t have even let her come back.  And her comments.  Any HR director would CRINGE at the things she would say about Annie.  Degrading, rude and out of line.  How unprofessional!  And lastly - look at how she acted during that last challenge.  She was the reason that the party designer quit for goodness sakes!  This caused Annie to have to take her eye off the ball which was a huge distraction.  On the other hand - Annie was definitely obsessed with Joan instead of focusing on the task.  But how could she NOT be focused on someone who treated her like that?  They ended the show very quickly - but did you notice that Joan HUGGED ANNIE at the end????  She hugged a “POKUH PLAYUH!  A POKUH PLAYUH!“  How ridiculous!  Trump definitely made the wrong decision based purely on business sense.  But he’s smart when it comes to ratings.  Joan won the night as Celebrity Apprentice and as a ratings winner!  And, if he uses her in future seasons, that will also win for ratings.  So he made the right decision for the show.

OK - Biggest Loser finale last night.  First let me say that three hours was complete OVERKILL!  They showed some of people from previous seasons and I found it interesting that they glossed over the fact that there were some popular contestants missing.  Where was Dr. Jeff?  After searching, I can see why some of them didn’t come to the show.  Click here to see where some of the previous seasons’ winners are today.  I’m about 25 lbs. heavier than my lowest following gastric bypass surgery in December 2003, so I’m not passing judgement.  But I think America needs to know that it’s hard.  It looks so easy on TV - but real life with real challenges and real stress is REAL hard!  And when you’re not working out 20 bazillion hours a day, it’s even harder.

They did this entire segment about hungry people in America.  Let me get this straight!  Talk about hungry people while all of these overweight people fight to lose weight???  Can you say “FILLER”?  The show was way, way, way too long.  Jerry (the oldest contestant) won the $100k for the “at home” challenge.  Great for him!  Loved that guy and he went home too soon.  But I think he also lost some brain cells with his weight loss?  He was really weird last night.  I’m not even sure he knew where he was at all moments.  HA!  Many of the contestants didn’t even appear to lose all that much either.  I was sad for some of them because they just didn’t make a dramatic impression on me.  But the ones who made the most out of it looked fantastico!!!  Helen won and I have tossed feelings about it.  I had hoped Michael would win (brown team, son).  But, when I saw him come out, I knew he wouldn’t win.  Even though he looked FANTASTIC!  I didn’t think he had lost enough compared to the girls.  I have disliked Tara (green team) from day one.  I don’t really know why - but I just didn’t like her attitude during the show.  And Helen had my vote until she picked herself over her own daughter.  She begged to stay and let her daughter go home.  Um - selfish?  I hope her daughter sticks with it because she’s gorgeous and deserves to be as happy as Helen.  As for Ron (brown team, dad).  I think he looked better last night than I’ve seen in previous episodes.  But I still don’t think he looks all that healthy.  He’s thinner, yes.  But healthy?  I’m worried about him.  I hope his doctors stay close by and I hope he’s not a typical thick-headed man.  If you don’t feel well - GO TO THE DOCTOR!  hint hint Manny…

More season enders this week.  Hell’s Kitchen this Thursday at 9pm and Real Housewives of NYC!  Plus - there’s a new Real Housewives of New Jersey starting this week!  Can’t wait!  Hope it’s as juicy as NYC!  Til next time bloggggggguhs!!!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Big Catch Up (Not Ketchup)

Kim Reis

So I’m battling a head cold and it’s Mother’s Day.  Great combination!  No, seriously.  Ya see, in our house, Mother’s Day is my lazy day.  I can stay in my jammies all day if I want.  I can stay in bed all day if I want.  It’s a tradition and I love it!  So, this morning we went out for breakfast and, when we came home, I got into my new bed (thank you Cardi’s - plug, plug) and started to catch up on my TiVo.  WHEW!  Was it full!  Let’s start first with The Biggest Loser.  Can you say WEEPY????!!!!  To watch Ron walk an entire marathon with his health issues was phenominal.  In past seasons, there has always been 1 or 2 finalists that I despise in the final 4.  I must admit, this season I don’t despise any of them.  Tara (green team) is not my favorite.  But I have actually grown to like her a little bit.  Helen (pink team) is an inspiration!  And the father/son brown team (Mike and Ron) - what can I say.  So COOL!  I hope Ron’s other son joins the next Biggest Loser season.  That would be so cool!  So, in the final weigh-in, Mike and Ron both fell below the yellow line.  This means that America had to vote for either Mike or Ron to be in the finale next Tuesday.  I hope they keep Mike (the son).  The voting closed on 5/6 and, since I only watched it today (5/10), I obviously missed my chance to vote.  I’ll be watching NBC10 on Tuesday night to see what happens FOR SURE!

Hell’s Kitchen - down to the final two.  Paula and Danny!  Again - no controversy for me here.  I really like both of them.  But I think I’m swaying more toward Danny.  Thursday night at 9pm on Fox.  I’ll be there!

Real Housewives of New York City - This season was unbelievable!  The final reunion show is coming up this week.  I simply DESPISE Kelly Killoren Bensimon (the new chick).  Seriously!  She is so, so, so, so full of herself.  And I read in a tabloid that The Countess is getting divorced.  Will this mean that she won’t REQUIRE everyone to call her Countess and bow to her???  And Simon - dear, dear Simon.  Is he the sixth housewife???  That guy drives me bonkers!!!  He’s so bizarre.  And I say BIZAHHHH as British as I possibly can.

Now I’m going to catch up on 18 episodes of “All My Children”.  Zac, Kendel, Erica, Adam, Little “A” and the gang.  Thank goodness for fast forward!!  WHEW!

Big week of season finales this week!  Gotta catch ‘em all!

Monday, May 04, 2009

I’m a Big Loser!

Kim Reis

The season of Biggest Loser is coming to an end and I’m still 5 or 6 episodes behind.  It’s so frustrating because I really want to watch it.  There are just too many reality TV shows right now and I’m having trouble staying caught up.  It’s softball/baseball season, so we’re at the ball field for hours on end.  I wonder if I can bring my TiVo to the game someday??  HA HA HA!

Anyhoo - it makes me think about TiVo etiquette.  Or DVR etiquette.  You see - my cousin came over this weekend and she said, “Can you believe what happened on Biggest Loser last week???“  I put my fingers in my ears and started singing LA LA LA LA LA!  I didn’t want her to spoil it for me.  But it’s not HER fault that I’m so many weeks behind.  I mean, seriously.  5 weeks behind???  You might as well forget it.  I’m caught up on Hell’s Kitchen and Celebrity Apprentice and even THOSE shows are spoiled to me if I don’t watch them right away.  I MUST watch Idol right away because I KNOW the morning radio shows will ruin that show for me.  They always play clips and then they announce who was voted out.  Sometimes I wish people wouldn’t spoil it and then I realize that I’m ridiculous.

As if I don’t have enough stress in my life with two kids, a husband without a job, a stressful job working in the media, the economy, bills out the wazoo.  And now I have to stress myself out over TiVo for heaven’s sake??  TV is supposed to de-stress.  It’s supposed to be enjoyable.  When I look at my TiVo menu and see that long, long, long, long list of shows - I get all stressed out.  I think I’m 14 episodes behind in “All My Children” episodes.  How am I gonna catch up on that?

OK - sitting on the bed, “criss-cross applesauce”.  {BREATHE - BREATHE}  Kumbaya…

Now I feel better….Ahhhhh.  I’ll just turn on the TiVo and start plugging away.  One show at a time.  I’ll get through it.  WHAT???  What’s that???  I KNOW I didn’t wet the bed!!!!  And I’m not pregnant, so my water didn’t break.  Why is the freakin’ bed ALL WET?????!!!!  MANNY!!!!!  The waterbed sprung a leak!!!!  Aw great!!!  So there won’t be any shows tonight.  Garden hose out the window - may day!  may day!  We’re going down!!!  Out to Cardi’s to look for a new mattress.  What the heck???!!!  I can’t win in this life!

And - before you ask.  Yes——we still had a waterbed!!  {Gurgle gurgle gurgle}