Cataldi’s Predictions As Right As Ever

Remember during football season, when Angelo Cataldi was all “A.J. Feeley is a better quarterback than Donovan McNabb” in his Metro column? It was so stupid I didn’t even blog about it. Well, it turns out Cataldi’s predictions aren’t just bunk for football.

From his Kerri-Lee TV American Idol blog, posted a few hours before last night’s show:

I really don’t need to see the final show to know who has won. How it came about during the intense last round of competition was fascinating, though. By all appearances, David Cook tanked the final night. He handed the title to David Archuleta[.]

As you may have heard somewhere possibly maybe, David Cook won American Idol in a rout.

‘Idol’ Odds From, Um, Andy Reid

Steve Odabashian, the Andy Reid impersonator I did the story on last year was on 610 WIP this morning talking about American Idol. Of course. The audio’s embedded after the jump; plus he’s going to piano duel with somebody who Angelo Cataldi likes.

Maybe it’ll be Barack Obama!

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‘Idol’ Philly Auditions Sufficiently Funny/Sad

Above, the contestant from Philly who also did an impression of the old guy who sings in Suburban Station for his audition! Be sure to discuss him and other fake contestants hilarious Idol hopefuls like the woman who was one of the “last two contestants” and dressed up like Princess Leia then went nuts when she didn’t get picked in the fakest “real” moment in television history moment of excellent reality television put on by the benevolent Fox corporation.

Philly.com Visitors Have Better Taste Than You’d Think

Woohoo! Now maybe they’ll take the giant Idol news off the front page? Naw, we’re not that lucky.

Results: What did you think of the ‘Idol’ charity show? [Philly.com]

Philly Love #61: Nicole Tranquillo

Last night, Nicole Tranquillo — the UArts student on American Idol — was voted off. Now, I don’t really care a lick about Idol, but I do feel bad for the local girl, so I figured the least I could do was make this post about her.

It’s not really all bad, though: Since she’s been eliminated early, we (1) don’t have to hear about her anymore and (2) we won’t hear about her enough to grow sick of her and hate her! Really. Remember how much everyone was sick of Justin Guarini and Anthony Federov Fedorov by the time they were voted off? Exactly. Nicole, you’re probably upset about losing, but, really: You just dodged a bullet here.

Update, 3:37 p.m.: Jesus, people.

Nicole Tranquillo and Paul Kim on Good Day [MyFox Philly]

‘And Now We Turn To Our Chief Correspondent, SeXyD00D6969…’

If you have any doubts to the awesomeness of the new Fox 5 o’clock news — and, really, fuck-me boots weren’t enough? — simply take a look at the reader mail segment:

The other option is to just conclude that even the email segment is still an ad for effing American Idol.

Leftovers: Hair Straightening Edition

• Remember Doylestown’s Justin Guarini, the guy with the ‘fro, the runner-up in Season 1 of American Idol? That’s him at right. Yeesh. [Go Fug Yourself]

• The Inquirer asks in a headline: Can city protect art treasures? (And in the subhead: “With the “Gross Clinic” affair nearing a conclusion, what other public or quasi-public works are at risk? What can - or should - be done about it?”) The answer: Uh, no. [Inquirer]

• The first casino, at Pocono Downs, is raking in the dough, about $400 per machine, almost double what was expected. Hurrah, hurrah. [Bucks County Courier Times]

• The Phillies signed Jayson Werth to a one-year deal today. Yeah, I don’t really think this means much, if anything. [Beerleaguer]

• Sara Sherr on Tower Records: “One woman came in over the weekend, and I felt sorry for her. She asked, oh so sweetly, ‘Do you have any nice music?’ And I said, ‘No, I’m sorry, we’ll never have nice music again.’” [Phawker]

Coming Soon: A Petition To End Murder In Philadelphia!

Truly, there are no words to show how much I hate the Inquirer, these two headlines, the two stories they link to, anyone who had any involvement in their production, and anyone who signed the “Bring American Idol to Philly!” petition.

Hey, Mr. ‘Idol,’ where is the love for Philly? [Inky]
Petition: It’s time to hold ‘American Idol’ tryouts here! [Inky]

Leftovers: A Gay American (And A Gay Talk Show Host)

• Guess who might be a co-host on Joan Rivers “queer version of The View“? That’s right, former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey! We can’t wait for the episode about appointing your alleged lover to a position in Homeland Security. [NY Post]

• Terrell Owens hasn’t practiced with the Cowboys for 12 days. All together now: Hmmmm… [NBC 10 Eagles Blog]

• PATCO has begun a rollout of new high-speed line fare cards that are much easier than the old card system Patco used. SEPTA is not thinking of changing its “three chickens and a goat” fare system anytime soon. [KYW 1060]

• The 911 calls from the Brett Myers incident have been released; naturally, they contain this line from a caller: “What a stupid idiot.” [Inquirer]

• Thousands mobbed American Idol auditions at the Meadowlands today. Yep. Thousands of horsemen and horsewomen of the apocalypse. [AP/Camden Courier-Post]

Today’s Sign Of The Apocalypse

Announcing the results, Ryan Seacrest noted that “an astounding 63.4 million votes” were cast, “more than any President in this country has ever received.”

Taylor Hicks Wins American Idol [People]