Fanilow

The entry title refers to the unwanted vocabulary word I learned from watching last night's American Idol.

I never knew there was a name for Barry Manilow fans. Actually, I never knew there were Manilow fans. I wish I still didn't know. But since I can't un-know it, my only consolation is knowing that you now know it, too.

Because he loves Idol and has a big heart, Barry came on the show to help the remaining eleven contestants with their song arrangements and vocals. With him there, one would think the hopefuls would sing songs every Fanilow loves, but that wasn't the case (which made me sad because I hadn't heard "Mandy" in such a long time).

Instead, they sang songs from the 50s. Luckily, Manilow's latest album just happens to feature him singing standards from that very decade. Talk about serendipity.

Based on how I liked their performances, I've divided the contestants into three groups:

The Top Four: (my choices for the Final Four)
Chris Daughtry, Mandisa, Katharine McPhee, Elliott Yamin

(A quick aside: Daughtry covered Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line". He again received praise from the judges for "making it his own". According to M, "his own" sounds eerily similar to Live's cover of the Cash classic when they made it their own.)

The Middle Four:
Paris Bennett, Taylor "Silver Fox" Hicks, Kellie Pickler, Ace Young

The Bottom Three:
Kevin "Chicken Little" Covais, Bucky Covington, Lisa Tucker

My guess is that Lisa will go home tonight, which means one more week of The Chicken Little, Silver Fox and Bucky Show.