Your last statement about acceptance is SO true….. ADAM has amazing talent, voice, looks, charisma – the whole package. AND, this is a singing competition. I do hope this year America wakes up and votes for the most talented performer and nothing else.

As for the tour, I thought about Kris’ performance and lack of energy – and it must have been hard for him to follow ADAM after all the screams and signs and obvious love for ADAM by the fans. But, he still should have put more into his performance. The other Idols were great – much better than I expected. Maybe because it was towards the end of the tour, they had their singing and performing perfected. It was a truly great show right from the start with, of course, the exception that I already mentioned. We took lots of photos of all the IDOLS and we have some good ones with the whole crew and individually too. Kris did sing right in front of us also, so we have good photos of him, too.

Love the comments from Carina and Connie – so true…..
Enough of the memories and the tour… I really hope we have a great year, I know I am excited about it especially because I think it will be fun with Ellen and Simon is well…..Simon – I do love him, I always said he is the best judge and he tells it like it is. With this being his last year, it should be even more fun to watch!

I think they have some interesting talent this year, so far, I have enjoyed the try-outs. The “pants on the ground man” was hilarious, and he is really an interesting person. I don’t know if everyone knows why he wrote that song, but he has good reasons; he has been a civil rights activist his whole life. Some fun stuff already.

It is so nice to hear from you and Sherry K and jodi Mueller, last year was terrific, conversing with fans and not-so-fans, and loving and defending our favorite – ADAM. I do hope there is some talent to discuss this year, but it doesn’t seem like it can ever be as exciting as last year. It will still be fun to be involved with these blogs and with each other.

As for the tour, Sarah (my daughter) and I fell into front row tickets at a great price right at the last minute – we had such fun and our seats were so close to the front of the stage- ADAM performed just a few feet from us – we have about 30 pictures and they rival some of the best we have seen on websites. Our “We love ADAM” sign was such a hit, some people borrowed it to take pictures with. Originally, we weren’t going to go to the tour because we weren’t that interested in the other contestants, but I have to say, we enjoyed the whole show. Kris Allen was laid back with no energy and although I liked him on Idol (but LOVED ADAM), I didn’t like his performance at all, it was a letdown at the end of a great, energetic show from all the other IDOLS. Then ADAM came back out – the crowd went wild every time he was on – it was amazing. Sarah and I have great memories and great photos. There were thousands of people at the concert and the vast majority were there only for ADAM! His duo with Allison was great also – they both performed magnificiently with lots of energy. ADAM is even more beautiful in person than he appears on TV. He is tall and gorgeous. I do hope he comes to this part of the country again in his own tour – You know I will be there!

Here’s to another great year of IDOL – I am going to school and working, so I may not have as much time as I had last year, but I will try to keep up with the shows and the converstions.