American Idol Extra: Ramiele is cute, Constantine is greasy

Sure, I’ve bashed Ramiele’s recent performances and referred to her as a “fruit fly” (in a good way), but she seems like a sweet kid. And she is adorable. She’s even more adorable when she’s not pouting, as she did not do once during her American Idol Extra interview. She was cute and affable, and past clips reminded me that her You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me was quite good. I don’t think she really figured out a way to shine past that first week, and I would have liked to have seen Chikieze stick around longer, but whatever. I don’t vote. I just write this crap in the hopes someone will read it (even if they tell me what a horrible person I am…see comments).

I think American Idol Extra is a way to employ past Idol contestants and to let people see an Idol-something when they can’t get tickets to the main event(s).

However, I realized they have an actual Coca-Cola couch where this JD Roberto person interviews family members. Like, its a red couch with white coke bottles. It’s too much product placement for me to take.

Constantine, you are greasy. And wearing V-neck shirts where little curly chest hairs poke out is so unattractive. Once again, I see him, I feel the need to bathe. If Constantine had a superpower, it would be the Chalmydia stare.

Ace Young is kind of like his polar opposite, because at first, you might think he’s walking VD, but he’s not. Maybe its the sweet semi-baby voice? I’m not sure. Or maybe he just seems like a very un-slimy guy. He also co-wrote the Daughtry hit It’s Not Over, which I did not learn until recently. Ace talks about how it would have been nice to have instruments during his Idol season, and I agree, because they had some good people that year (one of the only previous 2 seasons I watched). Ace Young performs his song Addicted, which honestly, isn’t half bad. Like in the way where I would pay $20 to see him play a smaller venue.

Oh no, Constantine is talking to “superfans” and wearing that V-neck again. Hence, I am furiously typing so I do not have to look up at the screen. And I know it’s going to get a bit worse because after the commercial…

Clay Aiken.

I have a friend who loves Clay Aiken, which makes sense, because Pinky has the worst taste in music in the history of music (She will completely attest to this fact, too). And Pinky’s mother is one of those “Claymates” and a member of an actual Clay Aiken fan club. I guess these fan club meetings basically consist of a bunch of middle-aged women sitting around and talking about a number of topics, but Clay concert videos are constantly playing in the background. Pinky went to visit her mother because she bought her a ticket for the Clay Aiken concert, but the night before, she accompanied her mother and the rest of the Claymates on a Clay Concert Eve Booze Cruise. She called me drunk from the boat, but I think I blocked a lot of the conversation out.

Clay Aiken, I should mention, is the reason why MY mother has never watched an episode of American Idol. He frightened her and she refuses to watch the show, even five years after his season.

This is the first time I have heard Clay Aiken speak. I tend to look away when I see photos of Clay Aiken. He really is morphing into an ambiguous creature. I’ve heard him describe himself as “asexual”, which is also the way Richard Simmons describes himself. That would be an awesome couple, Clay Aiken and Richard Simmons. People could sweat to the oldies that Clay sings.