Pastor Gabe told me tonight at church that his friend and producer Reggie Hamm was flown out to L.A. for the American Idol Song writing competition. I hate that the show went long and he did not get his props. Such is show business. Congrats Reggie!
Last night Scott Kirppayne, a Christian Singer/song writer won the song writing competition for American Idol. Scott is probably best known for his fun, upbeat "I'm not cool" song where he describes himself as being "not cool, but that's okay. My God loves me anyway!" Again American Idol recognizes that the greatest talent is a God-given gift. Who's cool now! Hey Gabe, he wrote the song with his pastor Jeff Peabody. Whatcha Think? You can find the story here.
Imagine Blake Lewis getting kicked off Idol. After hearing his rendition of "Imagine" I am severely disappointed in his song choice no matter what Randy says. Since when is "imagining that there is no heaven" would give anyone hope. If, as the song goes there is no heaven and no hell, then life is hopeless. I have always hated the popularity of that song, and am sad that it would be added as a song of inspiration. I was pulling for Blake, before he pulled this, now I cannot support him.
I was, however and still am excited about the positive songs that most of the contestants chose. Melinda Doolittle proved again that she will be this year's choice. Also, Jordin Sparks knocked it out of the park!
Have you heard the news? Tonight American Idol will have the top six contestants perform songs of hope and inspiration. U2's Bono will be the special guest coach, and I know it will be the biggest AI yet. I do not know what songs will be chosen, but I am excited to know that on their way to the top Inspirational music beat out country! Finally America gets it. Yeah!
Watching American Idol last night, I almost fell out of my chair when Chris Richardson challenged Simon's criticism by actually defending his nasally sound. He said, to the one before whom he stands in judgment, ''Nasally's a form of singing; I don't know if you knew that or not." Simon wanted to discuss it further, but was cut off by Ryan. Essentially Chris should be voted off simply for his statement, if not his lack of tone. In a way, he is right, nasally is a form of singing, but not one people want to listen to. Alley cats have their form of singing too.
The lesson I take from this is that when I am criticized, my natural instinct is to defend myself. Rather than be quick to defend I should listen and take the criticism. It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. Later, I will have time to process the criticism and gauge its validity. Fortunately for Chris, I am predicting that Sanjaya's house of cards falls this week. Like a cat who has now caught and finally killed a mouse, the life is gone for most of us in the vote for the worst campaign. His arrogance, along with his terrible sound takes all the fun out of it for me.
Chris Sligh has a new comment about being a Christ-Follower on American Idol. One of the interesting things to me about his comment is the part about the local church. God has given us the local church for support and encouragement. This Sunday Chris will be back at his local gathering and is pumped. If you are a Christian and not connected to a local church, I hope Chris' comments will make you jealous and this Easter, you will get plugged into a local church! You can read his comments here.
American Idol contestant Chris Sligh speaks about wanting to leave the show, Bob Jones University and his own future with the Greenville News.
Story HERE.
If you don't Sanjaya, I understand. Master Malakar is the unfortunate contestant on American Idol, who in spite of his consistent, humiliating, performances, which shows that he is not divine or even angelic, but awful. However, every week he gets up in front of 30 million people to do his best when he knows he is the worst. How many of us, at 17 would repeatedly subjugate ourselves to public scrutiny, let alone mockery. I have moved past frustration and into respect for him as he is now the poster child for the anti-idol movement "vote for the worst." If you were wondering how he stays on, it is because there is a committed group of viewers who have begun a movement, to vote for the worst performer. I tried to pull up their website and it is down at this moment, but you may find it here. Is Sanjaya the worst? Absolutely. Will I vote for him? Not likely, but I will cheer for him to do well, and I will respect his character as he stands before the world and sings his best knowing that he is a pawn in a conspiracy that mocks the show, but unfortunately makes him the butt of the joke. As I see it, Sanjaya has three options, 1. Quit 2. keep doing things the same and continue the embarrasment, or 3. Embrace the VFTW crowd and play to them, making the best of a bad situation. After last night's hair doo it is obvious that he has chosen the latter. Choosing a song with the line "I'm diving into my own destruction." Good game Sanjaya, let's see if it works, if it does you take back control of your image. 
Whatever that may be.
American Idol touts four professing believers. I have to say that this is a surprise to me, but it really should not have been. This season has offered some great contestants. According to the Christian Post, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, Chris Sligh, and Phil Stacey, are all Christians. As it turns out, Phil Stacey attended Liberty University, in Lynchburg VA, where our own Gabe Dunlap graduated. Now I will not know how to cast my vote, I guess I will have to base my vote on secondary issues such as the music. You can find the story here.
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