tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17525470523986473332008-04-12T00:06:08.130+08:00SteffBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752547052398647333.post-14085413792274538602008-04-02T19:31:00.003+08:002008-04-02T19:42:55.102+08:00

I realized I haven't written for the blog for a few weeks now and have been racking my brain as to what to write about this time. So I turned on my PC, opened my media player and funny, first thing I wanted to hear was Blake Lewis' Idol rendition of "You Give Love a Bad Name". I remembered my reaction when I watched this performance, it was a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping and most of all a brave

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Despite all the negative feedback I've read from several of my soul sistahs and brothas, I still tuned in to see this year's edition of American Idol. But I'm not gonna talk about this year's auditions or anything about the season for that matter. Instead, I'm gonna look back and remember instead the biggest season of the show, Season 5 and it's Final Four contestants, where they are now, how

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Pinoys got an ultimate Christmas treat when American Idol Season 5 grand champ Taylor Hicks decided to drop by and do a trio of shows at the Ayala Malls last December 18 to 20 at Greenbelt, Glorietta and Trinoma. Geez, do I sound like a reporter! But anyways, it's the innate writer in me, but never mind. I wanted to put up my photos, but turns out all of them were blurry, so they will just be in

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Pop music saw its boom with acts from the late 90's such as the Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, Britney Spears and probably one of the most hyped up, talked about, the Spice Girls. No doubt they all gave birth to a new era in pop music. And though some have gone on their own ways, some has definitely gone back from their long hiatuses and recorded new music and are enjoying moderate to excellent success

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Lasting friendships often happen in the rarest places and unusual circumstances and when a common chord strikes between two or more people, it's bound to connect them and keep them together for a long time. This is exactly what happened between American Idol Season 5's Ace Young, Chris Daughtry, Bucky Covington, Elliott Yamin and Taylor Hicks who call themselves the "AI Rat Pack". Most

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Let me begin this by saying that I missed all of my soul sisters here on this site!!! God, I was aching to get back to posting and joining in all the fun, but work wouldn't let me have my fun for a while. Then Alan emailed me a couple of times asking me about my blog, and let's just say that made me realize what I'm missing. Anyhow, during the time I was "out of the loop" , I felt so guilty not

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Yep, I know that we bloggers are supposed to not post anything too personal on our blogs, but I just feel so bad that I haven't been able to post something for the last month! It gets frustrating at times really, but you just swallow it and go on. I have moved on to a new job in contact center, and it's been great so far, people are really nice and the training itself is a pretty amazing

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It is no secret that I am a fan of American Idol. And right now, in so far as the talent goes, Season 5 was the most deeply talented group the show had. So it was a bit of a letdown for me to see the quality of the contestants this year. Being a music aficionado myself, most of the people who were let through to the top 24 were below par, if they are to be compared to Taylor, Katharine McPhee,

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I rushed home not to miss the performance show of the girls because I was so anxious to see who does good, and quite frankly, if I may say so, I was hoping that these performances will serve as a wake up call to the most of the guys who did very poorly last night. Oh gosh, was I frustrated a couple of nights ago or what? Thankfully, the girls did deliver, and out of the 12, it's safe to say

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At last night's American Idol 6 top 12 male performance show, judge Simon Cowell was especially grumpy than usual and for good reason. Relating to last year's top 12 performance, the males of this season pale hugely in comparison to Taylor, Chris, Elliott, Ace, and yes, even Bobby Bennett.Here's my rundown on the top 12 performances last night:1. Rudy Cardenas - Nothing like great energy to start

shinamarihtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752547052398647333.post-41361382642415678352007-02-19T11:59:00.000+08:002007-02-21T22:55:12.521+08:00

You read it right, pal. I am SO done. Well, on rooting and supporting another Idol hopeful that is. Sure, I like Sanjaya Malakar, Blake Lewis and Lakisha Jones right now, but will I be a staunch supporter as I have been to Taylor to these three? The answer would be a resounding no. I am not closing my heart and ears to these three talented people, but giving my all out support,

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I was so ecstatic and excited when Alan officially asked me to blog for TOSP; just the biggest Taylor fansite in the world!! I had a lot of thoughts racing in my mind that time, what should I write about? Should it just be about AI, or Taylor? Will the members read my blogs? Or can I ever write anything sensible at all? So to make things a bit simpler for my first post, I just transferred

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I don't know what is it with people today. Is success just measured in terms of albums sold? In concert tours packed to the roof? In the awards that you get? I was perusing through AI fansites to check out news about the show, and the contestants as well. I came across a board where some people were discussing how Simon ‘disses’ Taylor; how he thought he just won because he had gray hair, someone

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I had a million other thoughts prepared last night about how I can continue my thoughts about this topic. But I came to a realization that as much as I want these things to change even for the slightest bit, it may not because American Idol, after all, is an income generating show for the hundreds of people working in front and behind the scenes. Capitalizing on what seems to be interesting to

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I've been kicking myself for a couple of days now to comment on the season premiere of everybody's favorite TV show, American Idol last week. And for my inaugural post as a blogger for TOSP, I copied my latest post from my own blog. Like Kaye has said, please feel free to voice out your comments. I'll truly appreciate it. Like what happened to Kelly, Ruben, Fantasia, Carrie and Taylor, AI's

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