American Idol 10

For Motown week, Scott McCreery and Paul McDonald were the ones to watch.

Here is the video of Scotty's cover of "For Once In My Life". I think it is a very good country version of the song and it is well arranged.

American Idol 10

This week was quite good - the best since the Beatles week. I thought Paul McDonald , Pia Toscano and Jacob Lusk did very well.

"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" is one my favourite Whitney Houston songs and Pia did an uptempo version of it which worked well. Here is the video of it.

Badminton - All England 2011

Chong Wei won the All England Badminton defeating Lin Dan 21-17, 21-17. This is considered as a breakthrough win for him as he has not beaten Lin Dan before in such a major tournament. For the last few years, the doubles pair of Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong have been the ones to watch but in the last few months things may have been different.

Malaysia has been quite a strong force in the the Thomas Cup for the last few years even though we haven't won it since 1992. For the Thomas Cup, it looks like our weakness lies in the second and third singles.

American Idol 10

Looks like Chris did not get a wildcard. I was actually hoping to see more of Rachel Zevita too but she did not make the top 13.

Stefano Langone had to sing in the wildcard competition before getting into the top 13.
I thought he sang "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars well enough to be in the top 10. Here is the video of it.

American Idol 10

There is a possibility that Chris could get a wildcard. Seems like he is much missed from the show. Thia Megia could win it too. There is some cheekiness about this 15 year old (heard she is 15 not 16 but not too sure about that) . She would probably try every trick in the book to win it. The other person that could win it is Stefano Langone. He is this year's dark horse.

If Chris comes back, he may be the favourite to win it. Here is the list now.

1. Chris Medina
2. James Durbin
3. Thia Megia
4. Stefano Langone (dark horse)