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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
6/11: David Cook’s National Anthem, more on Nashville Star
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s a video of David Cook performing the National Anthem at last night’s NBA Championship finals in Los Angeles.
Bad first note but he recovered nicely.
“The nerves are way worse [than on Idol],” David Cook told reporters moments before his Tuesday night rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. “It’s the one song you don’t want to mess up. I’m going to try not to notice Jack Nicholson sitting in the front row and think about the lyrics.”
More from people.com
-John Rich naturally believes “Nashville Star” is better than “Idol,” that the judges will spend more time helping improve the contestants off camera. The “Idol” judges generally stay away from the contestants, esp. after that Corey Clark/Paula Abdul controversy a few years back. More here.
Based on what I saw Monday night, the talent isn’t that impressive on “Nashville Star.” There are some charismatic folks, some pretty ones, a few talented ones. I’m not sure if any one person has the entire package based on initial impressions. We’ll see. The ratings were okay—6.6 million viewers, far more than it ever got on USA.
At least this was (deliberately) the most diverse crew of Nashville Star contestants, thanks to the very talented and potential winner Gabe Garcia and less interesting Coffey.
EW thinks it’s better than “Idol.” Do you agree? I don’t. But then again, I’m probably a wee bit biased here on an “Idol” blog, ya know?
-And this is what counts as controversy for Carrie Underwood. She tells People: “I burp a lot.” Stop the presses! More here. Actually, she admits at least one of her exes has cheated on her.
