girls rock !!

We told you on this blog last week - there is a growing scandal over the biased American Idol judges and their non-stop anti-girl rants and disrespect. Even MTV have written about this season’s terrible judging and biased production.

So as we explained in last week’s post, it was inevitable that the show would put the girls at the bottom of the so-called “votes” this week - see the reasons here: http://girlsrock.today.com/2009/04/16/american-idol-judging-scandal-exposed-girls-will-suffer-next-week/

In other words, get most of the judges to disrespect the girls week after week and their confidence will suffer. Attack the girls, week after week, on clothes choice and song choice and arrangement choice, and they will suffer.

None of the non-stop attacks have been about vocal ability or talent. Just sniping about hair or “personality”. If anyone needs a personality transplant it’s Simon Cowell.

But that is not all. The judges constantly praise weak guys who can’t sing, who even the public dislike. Randy said way back at the start that he wanted a boy to win. American Idol this year is a sham - but also a tragedy.

As it happens, we usually enjoy Disco week on American Idol, from the good and the bad and all the way to the ugly. This year there was quite a bit of ugly. Fortunately Allison and Adam were on hand to provide great performances.

Lil Rounds started the show and it was not good. Her voice wavers all over the place when she’s not shouting, and when she’s shouting the ears hurt. Lil cannot sing. Full stop. At least Randy was honest to say that Lil lacks vocal control.

Kris Allen went all Carole King and club-jazz with an interesting take on She Worked Hard For The Money, which may just appeal to the public due to its unusual treatment. It certainly appealed to the audience and to the judges. Randy said one main purpose of the show is to find undiscovered talent, and this year may do that.

Allison Iraheta let rip on Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff and the combination of powerful and husky voice, along with a great disco costume, was easily the best disco performance by a mile. As expected, Randy and Kara were critical, and Simon called Allison an underdog. The anti-girl bias is so plain with the language the judges use and the emphasis they put on certain words.

In contrast, Adam Lambert went all stage show on the slow If I Can’t Have You, but with trademark shrieks. He does have great vocal range and control, and a certain success is assured in some way even if Adam does not win Idol.

The other guys were awful, so the anti-girl bias zoomed straight back in - Randy (you can really sing), Kara (good, solid performance), Paula (great performance). Only Simon Cowell was “real” in some cases. See our exclusive American Idol scorecard for a summary.

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In quick succession, 5 contestants and then a further 2 were eliminated from the new series of Britain’s Next Top Model, hosted by the gorgeous Lisa Snowdon.

Although the double-episode first show struggled a bit to maintain the army bootcamp theme, the final 13 models (photo, with Lisa Snowdon top centre) achieved some good results.

Early indications are that there is the usual collection of moaners versus talent, with plenty of catty sniping already in the mix. 

Today.com require us to keep posts to a minimum, so see the full summary at Cheerleaders. 

The first show of the 2009 season of Britain’s Next Top Model was overloaded with the 20 wannabees. So many started with bad attitudes that they sounded like grumpy hornets rather than sweet honey bees.

Like all these competitions, it could be the bits we don’t see that make up the judges’ minds. Still compulsive viewing though, not least because of the gorgeous Lisa Snowdon (photo 1, centre).

The first elimination was of 5 hopefuls, and we were not surprised that Emma, Natasha and Jennifer had failed to impress the judges. It was more surprising about Emily and Natalie.

After the photoshoot competition, the next 2 to leave were perhaps more surprising, as Nell looked great during much of the show. Rebecca was a moaner, but certainly appeared more photogenic than Ashley or Daisy.

No doubt there will be many more surprises and upsets as the show progresses.

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Carrying on from our Miley Cyrus post, about impressive youngsters bringing talent and freshness to music, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is just one of the teens doing the same on the tennis court.

Now 18-years-old, and a former junior Wimbledon champion, Wozniacki is the daughter of Polish parents. Her mother played on the Polish national volleyball team, while her father played football professionally in Germany.

The family moved to Denmark when he was sold to a Danish club. Caroline’s older brother Patrick is a professional football player in Denmark.

As well as excelling on the tennis court, Caroline Wozniacki (photo 1 and 2) has plenty of hobbies and talents. ”I like handball, soccer, swimming, playing the piano and all kinds of different things.” Like many Europeans, Caroline is multi-lingual and speaks fluent Danish, Polish and English, plus a good understanding of Russian.

With an athletic and controlled style, Caroline is also an attractive competitor, with a smile that lights up the court.

There are some of us who much prefer to read what singers and musicians and actresses actually say - rather than the juvenile and copycat garbage of the gutter press and gutter web. So we love Twitter at the moment.

Our love for Miley Cyrus (photo with dad Billy Ray Cyrus) goes back pre-Twitter, however, although we now really enjoy Miley’s tweets. There is a wholesome quality, with strong family values, not to mention an inspiring work ethic. Our guess is dad Billy Ray had a lot to do with that.

If all the pop wannabees were even half as grounded and talented as Miley then the gutter press-n-web would be out of business already.

So we love Miley’s rock-chick passion, her headbanging concerts, and the lean and clean public profile. And it’s also highly visible thanks to Twitter. Go Miley - pure girl power !!

The almost non-stop anti-girl bias of Season 8 of American Idol has reached new lows. In a tactic to eliminate the girls next week, Simon Cowell and his puppets used the Judges’ Save to protect the weakest guy. Despite the views of many critics and the public, that Matt is often the worst contestant, by saving him there will be two finalists eliminated next week.

We predict now the judges will heap rubbish on the girls, or play schoolyard games rather than give the girls the attention and respect they deserve. So next week’s show will be a sham.

There is also growing concern over the alleged votes. Despite falling viewing numbers compared to last year, Ryan Seacrest keeps announcing record numbers of votes being recorded. Why millions less viewers would pay to make millions more votes is very hard to explain. Especially in these days of the credit crunch.

As commentators like MTV have also highlighted the anti-girl bias, it could be sad the way the show rolls out next week.

See our exclusive American Idol scorecard (photo) below for the summary.

“This is Quentin Tarantino … and this is American Idol!” Music has been central to the films of Tarantino and he is a great fan of American Idol. So Songs of the Cinema proved a good theme, with Quentin offering the mentor comments. For us, the three A’s deserved the A Stars.

Allison Iraheta (photo 1) started the show, singing Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing and even Paula and Simon were able to avoid their anti-girl rants and offer some praise. With a husky voice, bags of passion and a real star quality, Allison continues to inspire and impress.

Anoop Desai chose to sing the love theme to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Everything I Do by Bryan Adams, and gave without doubt his best performance so far in the series.

Adam Lambert rolled with a classic Steppenwolf number Born to be Wild and really impressed the audience. Although Simon compared it to The Rocky Horror Picture Show in a negative way, many could see it as a plus. Adam’s voice was straining in parts, but soaring in others. He still seems like a serious contender for the final.

Lil Rounds failed completely to listen to Quentin and fell back on her usual fault of shouting the big parts of the song, which on Bette Midler’s The Rose was totally not good. Her voice wavered all over the place as well, flat in parts, and really disappointing. Which made it easy for Simon to let rip with his anti-girl campaign.

See our exclusive American Idol scorecard (photo 2) below for a summary.

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It could be said that Vanity Fair would have a reasonable idea of the World’s Most Beautiful Woman, but even they must have been surprised at the results of their recent online poll. Not just the winning margin, but also the low ranking of stars like Beyonce Knowles and Carla Bruni.

The explanation behind the poll included the thought that modern-day Helens of Troy could start wars - and that is a pretty close description of what we term modern amazons.

So huge respect to Angelina Jolie (photo) for such a tremendous result. Another surprise, and also pleasant, was the comparatively high result for Jennifer Connelly, who we happen to have loved for years - through thick and thin.

• 1) Angelina Jolie 58 per cent
• 2) Gisele Bundchen 9 per cent
• 3) Halle Berry 4 per cent
• 4) Penelope Cruz 3 per cent
• 4) Scarlett Johansson 3 per cent
• 4) Jennifer Connelly 3 per cent

Of course we could be biased, but Angelina and Jennifer are more “complete” women than some of the others, having both acting and personal talents which show strong minds and passionate emotions. A great combination from our perspective.

Looking very tanned and brunette, High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale has a new single out to start the promotion for her next album. With a rock sound similar to Miley Cyrus, it seems the new teen music stars are following Kelly Clarkson rather than Taylor Swift.

The premiere of Tisdale’s new song It’s Alright, It’s Ok was on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show this week, and she talked about the themes of break up and revenge. The 23-year-old explained the song feels “really empowering, and it’s like an independent anthem song, which is great because it’s something I’m listening to right now.”

Ashley Tisdale (photo) also mentioned her second album Guilty Pleasure comes out on June 16th, followed shortly after with her upcoming movie called They Came From Upstairs which is due July 31st.

The album comes from personal experience and she said it is a reflection of where she is in her life. “I’m growing up, but I feel like my fans are growing with me,” Tisdale explained.