American Idol Premiere

Last night's group of auditions - from Phoenix Arizone - were the usual fair of good and horrible. A couple weeks ago Simon Cowell had said during a press conference that they would be focusing more on the good singers that would eventually end up on the show. His reasoning was that the "bad" audition thing had worn itself out.

While I agree with him on that I didn't see any evidence that they were focusing on the good over the bad, so I was a bit disappointed so the usual fair of crazy stuff.

New judge Kara DioGuardi didn't say much...that is until the bikini girl. The bikini girl came in, obviously hoping to woo the male judges into saying yes based on her appearance. And unfortunately they did. Simon wouldn't even give a reason for his pass through to Hollywood.

This did not sit well with DioGuardi who argued with the judges and the contestant. DioGuardi may have gone a little overboard with her own singing demonstration, but it was an entertaining segment and I guess that's what we're looking for in a new judge.

I personally thought the judges should have let the guy that sang some song about a cactus through. He was a little bit over the top in his presentation, but I thought he had a pretty good voice and he was entertaining. They should have asked him to sing a regular song.

Some of the people they let through had good voices, but there wasn't much else interesting about them. I didn't think the girl witht he tatoos who sang "Barracuda" was all that great.

Overall no one left much of an impression on me. I'll be curious to see how the guy who works on the oil rig does, and also the guy with the vision impairment.

Season 8 Of American Idol Tonight!

Tonight is the season premiere of the 8th season of American Idol. Look for my weekly write-ups critiquing the performances and my overall thoughts on the show. Once competition starts I will being doing my infamous weekly report cards.

Their are a lot of changes in store for this season - wild cards, a new judge, and many more.

Michael Johns Featured on the soundtrack to Shaun White's Don't Look Down DVD

Michael Johns has three songs featured on the soundtrack to snowboarder Shaun White's "Don't Look Down" DVD.

You can listen to a track exclusivlely at Michael Johns Online. The track is called "Life is Okay" and is a duet with fellow Season 7 contestant Brooke White.

It's pretty good!