Well, American Idol 2010 is off to a, well, start. So far I really haven’t been all that impressed with this years crop, minus a few. (Which I have a feeling not many have, seeing as we haven’t posted much about it on the front page.) I do like “Big Mike” Lynche, Lilly Scott, Lee DeWyze, and Katelyn Epperly. In fact, I thought the judges were way damn harsh on Katelyn and her choice of “Scientist” by Cold Play. I actually loved it. However, none of the contestants have blown me away just yet, except Crystal Bowersox. Of all of them, she is the ultimate artist, and definitley deserves the win already.
Mind you, one could come from behind and have an amazing night. I do expect to see some amazing moments from Lilly Scott for sure, and hopefully, Lee DeWyze with his great voice will have an amazing song pick at some point to highlight that, but I still give the win to Crystal. She is authentic as hell, and this writer would purchase her album today.
Here is a treat. This is an original tune of Crystal’s for you to enjoy. Many thanks to Yak member “TheArtistFormerlyKnownAs” for finding this gem out there on the web. Again, when should we expect the album? I wish it were yesterday.
CBS announced the new 11 teams competing on the next season of the hit, The Amazing Race, on Thursday. Big Brother 11’s winner, Jordan Lloyd, and new boyfriend, Jeff Schroeder, will be one among 10 other teams competing for the $1 million grand prize at the finish line. They will be joining a 71 year old grandmother teamed with her granddaughter, a pair of bull riders, and detectives in this race around the world! Be sure to join us at the Yak to discuss the new teams and make your pre-show predictions! Come on in the forums and enjoy the fun!
News on Jay Leno’s show being cancelled hit the air waves yesterday. It still stands undetermined how NBC will shift their late-night lineup. Leno’s show last airs on Feb 12. Todays news takes us in a totally different direction! Simon Cowell WILL be leaving American Idol after this Season, the shows 9th season. As Simon leaves one show, he will land on another. The X Factor, Cowell’s successful show in the UK will make its way to Fox next season. To make things even more crazy (or awesome depending how you look at it), Sarah Palin has signed a deal with FoxNews. It’s still a little fuzzy as to what she’ll be doing or if she’ll have her own show, but she will be a part of the network as commentator. Many are suggesting this means she will not run come 2012. What do you think?. Come talk about these and other stories in our forums!
Happy New Year, Yakksters!! We asked, you spoke!Click on below to see what you all have chosen at the Best (and Worst) of 2009! Thanks for voting in our polls and from all of us at the Yak, we hope you have a safe and Happy New Year!
By now everyone knows that Natalie won Survivor Samoa. For being nice. For being humble. For doing nothing, in this writer’s opinion. Seriously, what did she do in the game? She aligned with Russell and talked to a few people to get Erik voted out (at Russell’s bidding I might add). Natalie is, in my opinion, the most undeserving winner in Survivor history. Now don’t get me wrong, she’s nice. She’s a sweetheart. She’s beautiful, although she needs to throw away the Bumpit she wore at the finale. But did she play a better game than Russell? Hell no!
Russell is the best player in Survivor history and I can say this with confidence. He didn’t win, but that means nothing. He played the best game out of everyone and he played it from day one. From his dispicable Katrina story and water dumping, to his early alliances. From his phenomenal initiative to find the hidden immunity Idol without even getting a clue. And then to find it TWO MORE TIMES. He snowed each and every person on that show and even though he wasn’t proclaimed as such, he is, in my opinion, the Sole Survivor.
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For those of you that watch SYTYCD, what a terrific season finale it was last night. The top 4 dancers were definitely the most deserving of the bunch… America certainly got it right this time. The final four consisted of Jakob, Russell, Ellenore and Kathryn, and to this watcher, those were the best of the best. If I could have thrown one in for top 5, Legacy would have been there as well. Mad MAD props to Jakob, who seriously, could do no wrong. AMAZING dancer. Just amazing.
However, the ultimate winner was…….. Russell!
He deserved it for sure. What a great dancer and entertainer. It was a hard choice for me… I wanted Russell AND Jakob to win this thing, but alas, there could only be one winner. Russell, coming from Krump, did exceptional, like he has been doing all the other styles from the get go. He suffered two set-backs on the show, twice when who he was partnered up with had an injury, and he had to dance with stand-ins, but that didn’t even slow him down. Nigel put it best last night when he said “Jakob is a polished diamond, and Russell is a diamond in the rough” – Exactly right on. Both were so very deserving of this. Last nights results made me so proud.
So congrats Russell and all the dancers. You entertained us all so much, and we hope to see you soon!
Yep, you heard me right. Two men from the British version of the show “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here” are being charged with animal cruelty after they decided to kill and cook a rat during filming. Chef Gino D’Acampo and actor Stuart Manning were charged after animal welfare activists lodged a complaint about a segment for the British TV program, which was filmed in Australia, the activists and British media reported Sunday.
Supposedly, the problem isn’t the killing and eating of the rat itself, but doing it for performance purposes. When an animal is scheduled to be part of filming, productions are supposed to have animal welfare on set, but evidently that wasn’t the case, according to the the South Wales ASPCA.
This writer is assuming now there will not be a sequel to Ratatoiille?
Well, Mr. Lambert, American Idol’s latest runner-up, is getting exactly what he wanted. People talking about him. ABC announced today that they canceled his appearances on both the Jimmy Kimmel Show, as well as his appearance on Dick Clark’s Rocking New Year’s Eve Special. All this on the heels of his provocative performance at the American Music Awards last month on ABC. What do you Yakksters think? Is ABC taking it too far or should they keep him off their network until the drama dies down?? Join in our forums and let us know!
Alright folks, those of you that were around pre-BB11 saw, we got many tips and such, many of which proved to be correct. As always, we said to take it with a grain of salt and we’re going to say that now as well.
Through an industry insider who wishes to remain unnamed, but has proven very reliable in the past, we have learned pretty much who is going to be declared the winner of The Amazing Race 15 on the season finale!
Okay, so Jeff from Big Brother 11 is known to be a semi-regular Tweeter, so suspicions arose amongst his followers earlier this week when he hadn’t sent a tweet since 11/22. Then sightings of him and Jordan, wearing identical blue in NC, being filmed by a crew in an unmarked van started swirling about, plus a suspicious visit to the CBS lot the last time they were in L.A. with no reason given for it (i.e. some BB thing, etc, which obviously would’ve been announced).
Then just today Season 16 of the Amazing Race kicked off with filming in L.A. and you guessed it, internet spoilers started a’flowin, including team sightings at LAX and one of those teams was Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd from Big Brother 11! Fans have clamored for them to be on TAR and their popularity with viewers this summer is undisputable. Check in with our TAR 16 forum here for all the latest news, gossip and spoilers!
But first, , how about a picture of them at LAX? (Check our forum for more!)
The Emmy award winning reality series, The Amazing Race, has seen it’s ups and downs during it’s many seasons but on the November 15th, 2009 episode it hit a big snag in the eyes of many viewers. Join us in our forum to discuss! But let’s set the stage. During a roadblock, which is a task only one team member can perform, the teams were instructed to go to this mysterious building in Estonia. They were sent with a keyring full of keys and instructed that only one key would open the door, but they had to use their key to open it and the keyhole was in a stone wall.
At one point during this task, Sam and Dan, brothers, used another teams key once it was known which key worked, to enter the building, obviously saving them an immeasurable amount of time. Then the Globetrotters team followed another team in, once that team had found which key worked, effectively skipping the assigned task of not even having to go through their keys. This also saved them an immeasurable amount of time.
Meanwhile, the father and son team of Gary and Matt, who placed last in the previous leg and had to do a Speed Bump, while not quite caught up due to that Speed Bump weren’t apparently that far behind unless the CBS editing made it look that way.
They will be joining a 71 year old grandmother teamed with her granddaughter, a pair of bull riders, and detectives in this race around the world! Be sure to join us at the Yak to 
Click on below to see what you all have chosen at the Best (and Worst) of 2009! Thanks for voting in our polls and from all of us at the Yak, we hope you have a safe and Happy New Year!
, how about a picture of them at LAX? (Check our forum for more!)
