Yep, I voted for American Idol’s Kris Allen last night (122 times). I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been swooning over Kris since his original performance of “Ain’t No Sunshine” and I’ve been hooked like a meth-head since his rendition of “Falling Slowly.”

We’re a divided household. My dad is a strict Adam Lambert-phile. I couldn’t be any less. And it’s not that I think Adam is not talented. He is, by a mile, one of the most talented vocalists ever to grace Idol’s stage. But then again, he also has professional stage experience. And he sounds like he should be the new frontman for Ratt.

Previous Idol contestants who have really put on some great performances: Blake Lewis, Taylor Hicks… did anyone buy their albums? No.

When I come home from work tonight (technically early tomorrow morning) and I throw American Idol on the tube instead of going to bed, I better see Kris Allen win. No one wants to see me really pissed off after a horrendous 16-hour shift at the office. No one.

Although work depression has stripped away my enjoyment of just about everything, the one thing it can’t touch is American Idol (and Fringe, for that matter).

And since it’s the only thing I look forward to each week I was really disappointed with last night’s episode. What a bunch of bores. Yawn. It was movie song night and of five billion choices, two contestants chose Bryan Adams songs? Let me put on a pot of coffee… this is going to be a snoozer.

Thank goodness for Kris Allen. “Falling Slowly” is such an awesome song and his rendition was masterful. And I’m glad it came near the end because I needed to wake up from the bore-fest in time to catch “Fringe” (which was awesome, as usual).

Alison – Too low. And slow.
Anoop – Yawn.
Adam – Oh wow, he’s running around like a nut tonight. Yawn. Sure, he’s talented but do you really want to hear his screeching on Kiss 108? No, I didn’t think so.
Matt – Jesus, that was horrible.
Danny – Good but boring. C’mon, Danny. I expect more out of you.
Kris – I’m in love. Too bad he’ll probably go home tonight if Dial Idol is accurate.
Lil – What happened to her?! Oh my gawd, SO BORING!

I can’t sing to save my own life and I think I could have picked better songs. And if Idol wants to speed things up let only Simon speak. I love Paula Abdul but when she talks I want to shoot myself. And Kara, good Lord, is she obnoxious, or what?

Thankfully, “Fringe” saved my night. I hated Anna Torv at first but I’m now on her bandwagon. And I was glad that dude from Oz wasn’t killed off last night. I was also glad those animal rights activists got eaten since it was their fault the super creature was released.

Now I’m off to my dreadful job.

Since I am without real football until *gasp* August and considering my life is, well, dull, I have turned to TV to keep me busy. And thank the heavens that American Idol is back.

The stupid audition round with its fake contestants, completely tone deaf morons, and overly-excited-even-though-they-weren’t-that-good singers is over. A.I. editors get a fail for Hollywood Week since viewers got to see very little of the actual singing and the show focused on the ridiculous drama of five or six singers.

Finally, at long last American Idol actually featured – get this – singers singing! And my favorites (Alexis Grace, Danny Gokey) kicked ass. So here’s my rundown:

Jackie Tohn – She’s weird. She might think she’s “wild and crazy” but it comes off as obnoxious. The Olivia Newton John-esque spandex was lame and the song was weird and awkward. I think she’d be better if she “Tohn”-ed (ha ha, get it?) it down a bit (or a lot).

Ricky Braddy – the boy can sing. But… yawn.

Alexis Grace – during Hollywood week, she seemed kind of awkward. She kicked ass tonight.

Brent Keith – Yawn. Country? Yawn. I also should make it known that I can’t stand when A.I. contestants get snippy when Simon is actually truthful.

Stevie Wright – I love this girl but, my God, she chose a frickin Taylor Swift song?! WHY?! And it wasn’t good. I wanted it to be and it wasn’t. Despite the disastrous performance, I think Stevie still sings WAY better live than Taylor Swift. Let it be known, I don’t like Taylor Swift.

Anoop – He’s alright. He looks like a computer geek. Sounds alright. “Angel of Mine” by Monica? Haven’t heard that song since high school. Way to be current, Anoop.

Casey Carlson – Sucked. Still think she’s more talented than Taylor Swift. Why would she pick “Everything She Does is Magic” by The Police? I love that song and when I try to sing it in the car, it’s ridiculously hard. And kind of boring for a girl to sing in a competition focusing on vocals.

Michael Sarver – He’s cool, I like him a lot, but he seems really out of place to the point that it’s uncomfortable to watch.

Anne Marie whatever her last name is – blah, yawn, blah. She’s always been blah. My dad likes her (ick). She chose Aretha Franklin’s “Natural Woman”. Isn’t there someone behind the scenes to help instruct these contestants on what not to sing? My God. She sang it decent but I was bored. She has as much personality as a Saltine.

Steve Fowler – I like this guy but he’s not going to make it through with a rendition of “Rock With You” like that.

Tatiana Del Toro – Surprisingly not bad, and very subdued. I wonder if the “psycho”-ness she exhibited during Hollywood week was due more to editing than her being an actual psycho? Maybe her emotionally unstable state was also exasperated by a lack of sleep? I don’t know. She annoys the hell out of me but I kind of like her at the same time.

Danny Gokey – I’m on the Gokey bandwagon. And in this case, A.I. producers have a total success after weeks of building up the poor guy’s backstory (you know, his deceased wife).

My prediction for who will get through… Danny, Alexis, and as for the third contestant it’s a toss up between Tatiana and Jackie. I think Ricky Braddy will get through as a wild card, hopefully, cuz the boy can sing.

Yep, I watched American Idol last night. And yep, I just wasn’t all that impressed. It was boring! Even my current favorite, David Cook, let me down. I’ll admit his rendition of “Baba O’Reily” was pretty awesome (except for the ending) but Duran Duran? On American Idol? I love me some Simon LeBon, but not on American Idol’s rock night. I expected more. Syesha’s “Proud Mary” was okay, and David Archuleta (any relation to Adam?) was good, but *yawn* snooze-inducing. Say what you will about last season’s Blake Lewis, but that boy could put on a show. Hell, even Season Five winner Taylor Hicks could entertain me. I thought this was supposed to be the most talented group of finalists EVER?! Oh right – Michael Johns and Carly Smithson were already sent home in favor of Brooke and Jason Castro. Right.

I’ve got a bone to pick with Jason Castro. Never before in all my years of watching American Idol (wow that sounds geeky) have I ever witnessed a contestant care as little about his performance than Jason Castro. Never. Between his atrocious song choices and not even trying to remember lyrics, it’s almost as if he is TRYING to get voted off, and my dad is convinced that he is.

Jason reminds me of that really smart kid in high school that skips class to smoke weed and never brings in homework. Even without trying, he is almost there but you know if he put in just a smidgen of effort, he’d excel.

But what really sucks about Jason Castro is that no matter how badly he performs, he’ll probably stay tonight and Syesha, who has been working her butt off to improve, will go home because for some reason, the voters keep voting for him. Why? He’s not even that attractive. At least the infamous Sanjaya was so ugly he was cute, you know, like a pug. And, at least Sanjaya was entertaining, in a sort of trainwreck kind of way. Jason is neither. Send him home, America! Send him home!

And don’t even get me started on Chef

This is the only way I can explain the fall of my favorite American Idol contestant last night… the voters are just too young to truly appreciate the greatness of Michael Johns. His voice and style are apparently too mature for a generation that enjoys the likes of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers – a generation that was born with Britney Spears on top of the charts. There’s no other way I can explain this atrocious example of taste expressed by the millions of Idol voters.

I knew something was amiss when Brooke White (who hasn’t had a stable performance in weeks) was sent to the “safe” couch along with Kristy Lee Cook and Jason Castro. But Michael Johns’ departure is something I couldn’t envision. I thought for sure it would be Carly or Syesha. Both are incredibly talented but neither are very likeable and that’s what Idol’s all about, right?

Maybe I’m just bitter because Michael Johns was the last of “my kind of people” – born in the crazy decade that was the 70s. As I quickly approach 29-years myself, Michael Johns was an example that I’m not a complete old fart. Or maybe it was just his irresistible Aussie accent. Either way, my TV is lucky that there was a new episode of “The Office” on at 9 otherwise a remote control or two would have been hurled at the screen.

On the bright side, he will no longer be subjected to cheesy group numbers (until the tour, that is), soulless Ford commercials, and at the mercy of a pitiful-taste electorate.