Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Taylor-Made For Stardom (Ha Ha! That's A Catchy Headline, Eh? Ha!)
Taylor Hicks will be the next American Idol. Let's write that one down. Oh wait I just did.
Now, last night's big finale was not really the showstopper one might expect. Taylor and Katharine performed three songs each, two of which they had already done on prior shows, and one of which is to become their debut singles. And both of their debut singles are pretty much cookie-cutter pop songs that suck. Katharine went through the motions on her single, but Taylor performed his gamely and as soulfully as possible, and that is the icing on the cake.
We here at E.K. Nation suck at predicting sports, but we'd like to share an e-mail we wrote to a friend the day after Taylor's audition aired. We feel that this is one of E.K. Nation's greatest triumphs, for which we will be awarded, well, nothing really. But it's still cool nonetheless:
Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:03:46 -0800 (PST)
From: "E.K."
Subject: American Idol
To: "Smooth"
Taylor Hicks will be the next American Idol.
Let's write that one down. Oh wait I just did.
