Vitolio Jeune has been voted off So You Think You Can Dance

First it was Jasmine Murray and now Vitolio Jeune, thus both missing the top 10 on their respective competitions. So You Can Think You Can Dance season 5 is American Idol season 8 all over again. I am shocked that Vitolio Jeune has been eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance competition, and Kupono is overrated. That is just as much as I was shocked about Comfort Fedoke being eliminated before the top 6 last season. Vitolio's original dance partner was Asuka Kondoh, who was eliminated last week. This week, he did the Quick Step routine, which is a kiss of death routine.

I hope next year, my luck will change on reality television. I hope next year, my first pick on American Idol season 9 and on So You Think You Can Dance season 7 both make the top 10. I do not want 2010 to be 2009 all over again. 2009 is a dark year for me when it comes to reality television. However, the good news is that I will not have to work on the day after this shocking moment. If my first pick (or favorite finalist of the season) misses the top 10 on two more consecutive seasons of American Idol, I will quit watching the show for good. The same will go for So You Can Think You Can Dance.

Michael Jackson dies

An extreme tragedy in the music industry has occurred. This is one of the most horrific tragedies in the history of the music industry. The King of Pop Michael Joseph Jackson has died of cardiac arrest. This death has shocked the entire world. He changed the face of music for good. He may be gone, but his music, legacy, and influence on pop culture will still live on. I am a big fan of Michael Jackson myself. My favorite songs from him include "Off the Wall", "Rock With You", "Human Nature", "Heal the World" (which I performed at a state mental institution), "Remember the World", and "You Rock My World."

In honor of Michael Jackson, top 13 performance episode of American Idol season 8 performance, which was originally broadcast on March 10, 2009, would be rebroadcast on June 29, 2009.

TZ Doctrine tenet #21: Reality comes before ideology

Common sense comes before business sense. Scientific accuracy comes before political correctness. The media these days seems to be more interested in political correctness than in scientific accuracy. That is destructive and divisive. Putting political correctness ahead of reality or scientific accuracy is a threat to civil liberty and constitutional government. There are special interests groups within the United States and Great Britain that would love to see those nations fail, and the Americans and the British are cursed with federal governments that do not listen to them. Regardless of how the elections turn out, the special interest groups always win. The United States was once a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. However, after many years of corruption and bribery, it has degenerated into a government of the special interest groups, by the special interest groups, and for the special interest groups.

Freedom of speech means the freedom to saying anything as long as it is the truth. It does not exclude anything that might offend others. We have the extreme right, comprising of social conservatives who attempt to legislate against what they find to be morally objectionable, and the extreme left, comprising of social liberals who attempt to make everything politically correct.
I am opposed to hate crime laws that are based on false premises or violative of the First Amendment. The hate crime laws I am opposed to include religious hate crime laws, such as a law against quoting a passage in the Bible in Church.

There is the gender wage gap myth. Our society teaches that a female employee makes 75 cents for every dollar a male employee makes. That figure is repeated as a mantra and blindly accepted as true, but in reality, it is evidently false. That figure is misleading and dishonest because it does not compare male and female employees of equal experience. Female employees work an average of four and a half years less than their male counterparts. The factors that determine the pay rate include education, job experience, and job choice. There are 80 jobs in which women on average get paid more than men, but they are mostly traditionally female.

Kris Allen is the eighth American Idol

American Idol season 8 is the most forgettable season of my favorite television show. Kris Allen, who hails from Conway, Arkansas, has been crowned the eighth American Idol, defeating runner-up Adam Lambert from Los Angeles, California, after nearly 100 million votes cast nationwide. A total of over 624 million votes were cast throughout American Idol season 8. I am not a big fan of Kris Allen, nor do I dislike him. The only finalists of this season I dislike are Michael Sarver, Megan Joy, and Alexis Grace. I am extremely disappointed that Jasmine Murray, my all-time favorite American Idol contestant, will miss out on the Idol summer tour along with Jorge Núñez and Alexis Grace. For one thing is that he hails from Arkansas, the worst state to live in and the state where the corporate monster Wal-Mart is based in. I like the previous American Idol David Cook better.

Here is how season 8 went down:

Winner: Kris Allen
Runner-up: Adam Lambert
3rd place: Danny Gokey
4th place: Allison Iraheta
5th place: Matt Giraud
6th place: Anoop Desai
7th place: Lil Rounds
8th place: Scott MacIntyre
9th place: Megan Joy
10th place: Michael Sarver
11th place: Alexis Grace
12th place: Jorge Núñez
13th place: Jasmine Murray

Will Kris Allen be a success in the future like David Cook or will he turn out to be a joke like Taylor Hicks? The way I see it is that Kris Allen may turn out to be a joke and be down there with Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks while Jasmine Murray will go from zero to hero and be up there with Kelly Clarkson. Therefore, Kris Allen will turn out to be a fake Idol, while Jasmine Murray will be a true sleeper Idol.

An all male top 3

For the first time in American Idol history, with the last girl standing, Allison Iraheta, being voted off, American Idol season 8 gets an all-male top 3. This season of American Idol is the popular opposite of season 3 in terms of gender. Season 3 has eight female finalists and an all-female top 3, whereas season 8 has eight male finalists and an all-male top 3.

A record-breaking 64 million votes were cast according to Ryan Seacreast. Allison Iraheta is the youngest finalist of American Idol season 8, being born in April 1992.

A double Idol shocker

Last Wednesday night, I have been shocked about not one but two American Idol finalists being voted off. The disco ball crashed on my second and third favorites of this season Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai. Now, we have an all-white top 5, for the first time in American Idol history. Lil Rounds got my vote after Jasmine Murray got voted off on top 13 week. Anoop Desai would have gotten my vote if Allison Iraheta were voted off in his place. My vote has gone to Matt Giraud, who was saved by the judges on the precedent week.

My top 36 American Idol finalists ever

My top 36 favorite American Idol finalists ever are:

No. 36: Blake Lewis (season 1)

No. 35: RJ Helton (season 1)

No. 34: Kris Allen (season 8)

No. 33: Melinda Doolittle (season 6)

No. 32: Carrie Underwood (season 4)

No. 31: Clay Aiken (season 2)

No. 30: Michael Johns (season 7)

No. 29: Scott MacIntyre (season 8)

No. 28: Adam Lambert (season 8)

No. 27: George Huff (season 3)

No. 26: David Cook (season 7)

No. 25: Lisa Tucker (season 5)

No. 24: Mandisa (season 5)

No. 23: Sanjaya Malakar (season 6)

No. 22: Jorge Núñez (season 8)

No. 21: Matt Giraud (season 8)

No. 20: Justin Guarini (season 1)

No. 19: Christina Christian (season 1)

No. 18: Fantasia (season 3)

No. 17: David Hernandez (season 7)

No. 16: Tamyra Gray (season 1)

No. 15: Elliott Yamin (season 5)

No. 14: David Archuleta (season 7)

No. 13: Syesha Mercado (season 3)

No. 12: Anoop Desai (season 8)

No. 11: Jennifer Hudson (season 3)

No. 10: Jordin Sparks (season 6)

No. 9: Charles Grigsby (season 2)

No. 8: Nikko Smith (season 4)

No. 7: Lil Rounds (season 8)

No. 6: Rickey Smith (season 2)

No. 5: Trenyce (season 2)

No. 4: Ruben Studdard (season 2)

No. 3: Vonzell Solomon (season 4)

No. 2: Chikezie Eze (season 7)

No. 1: Jasmine Murray (season 8)