Week 1....

Welcome!! So glad you all decided to join this year....I'm psyched we got another great turnout!

For all of you that are new to the pool, each week I will send out an email with a link to this site so you can read my latest post and download the latest standings. (Rather than email the standings and clog your inbox each week with the big file!) To the left of the pictures of the idols above, you'll see "Click Here for Week 1 Standings".....believe it or not, but you should click there to get the latest standings :) The standings are in Microsoft Excel and are available if you have the newest excel or the older version of excel. Let me know if you have any troubles at all....this is suppose to be an easy process, so if it doesn't appear that way I need to help you fix that!

Now, before I get to the Idol gossip, I want to welcome my new, and very first niece....the daughter of the other Jamie Tiplitsky (yes, my brother married a Jamie)! Her name is Presely Rae Tiplitsky, she was born this morning and she and the rest of the Tiplitsky family are doing great.

Ok, Ok, so now lets chat about the show this week.....the Billy Joel week. Definitely a few great performances and some not so great ones. Colton may have won my vote for the week and he surely locked in Scotty McCreery's fan base...espcially when Phillip clearly showed he had no interest in the ladies. How great that Tommy and Diddy told Phillip that he shouldn't wear grey, should shave and should leave the guitar behind.....then Phillip gets on stage with a grey shirt, a scruffy face and a guitar in hand.....you gotta love that guy for being so freaking good looking and scrumptions without even trying. I am very curious to see how things turn out for him....he TOTALLY can win this all and I wonder if the nonchalant attitude will help or hurt him. So besides liking Colton and Phillip, I thought Elise did a phenominal job....I just wish she was a bit more likeable. She's either too scared to be herself on stage or she really doesn't have much personality. Speaking of personality, I'm waiting for Skylar to have her chance to shine.....my guess is she'll be the dark horse this year.....she's got the country voice and what seems to be a very fun personality....we shall see how it all turns out! And Heejun.....oh Heejun.....this guy really cracks me up.....I love that he decided to mess with Tommy Hilfiger on national TV.....Tommy, Mr Proper, was so baffled at how to handle the situation. I just wish Heejun could have done a much better job with his performance....it was surely creative, but it had some pretty bad parts. While I'd like to see him stick around to entertain, I can't help but think he'll be going soon.....but not before Deandre....Deandre bothers me so much....lets just leave it at that for now! Let's see, who else am I missing.....Hollie....very talented voice.....very intersting accent....until Wednesday, actually, I had no clue she wasn't from the US! Her voice is so impressive....what she did last week with Celine Dion was unbelievable.....I don't seem to hear the "pitchiness" that Steven Tyler and Randy keep mentioning.....why can't they just give her a standing ovation already. I can't wait to see her face when she gets that standing O. Speaking of Standing Os'.....Josh and Jessica, the two who have gotten such awesome reactions from the audience and judges have hit a sweet spot. At this point in the "game" I don't think their getting the most votes, but they are likely far from falling in the bottom 3.....no doubt we'll be seeing those two for quite a while.

Alrighty, that's all I got this week. I'll be back next week! Until then, feel free to post your thoughts this past weeks show or anything you know about next week....those who come check out my comments, definitely like seeing what others have to say.

Have a great weekend!
~Jamie