American Idol - the final: Adam Lambert vs. Kris Allen

By Per Bristow | May 25, 2009

American Idol – The Grand Finale.  Season 8 have come to its end and we had the final face-off between Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.  Listen to the songs and read my comments below. I also give my overall opinion on competing in arts and music. Maybe it will surprise you… read more and post your comment here

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American Idol - top 3 review

By Per Bristow | May 16, 2009

American Idol is down to the remaining three – Danny Gokey, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. 3 of the performances that you can watch here below stood out in my opinion, and what is interesting is that… read the rest and post a comment here

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American Idol - top 4 review

By Per Bristow | May 10, 2009

American Idol is down to 4 performers and as usual I’ll give you my take with the intent of looking at what we can learn from these performances.  Last week I got attacked for blasting and ripping apart a performer.  How about that?  There is a first for everything.

So once again (just as I did last week), I’ll start off by saying that we have 4 really great singers and performers here.  That doesn’t mean there is no room for improvement. In fact, the reason that Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen and Danny Gokey has come so far, is because they are always working on improving their craft. If they hadn’t been open to ciriticism they wouldn’t have gotten this far.  I suggest we all are open for criticism if it is in an effort to point out what can be even better. We also all need to be able to dismiss opinions that don’t help us.  Need I say that this is only my opinion? Here is my opinion of this week… read the rest and post a comment here

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American Idol - Top 5 review

By Per Bristow | May 3, 2009

American Idol – top 5.  We certainly have five great performers in the running.  They also had an exceptional “mentor” this week.  If you saw the show you got a glimpse into why it is not without reason Jaime Foxx is such an exceptional actor and performer.  Here, together with the links to the videos, is my take on this weeks’ performance …. read the rest and post a comment here

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American Idol - top 8 review

By Per Bristow | April 14, 2009

American Idol and we have 8 singers left.  Some keep surprising. Some express more truthfully than others. Some fall into performance traps.  See the performance videos and see what I mean here…

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American Idol - Top 10 review

By Per Bristow | March 28, 2009

American Idol is down to the top 10 performers.  Let’s watch the performances and see what we can learn from them.  I found it exceptionally interesting this week with Smokey Robinson as guest and the phenomenal Motown songbook to work with.  Here is my take on what happened… read the rest and post a comment here