Video - American Idol - Jason Castro - Hallelujah

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American Idol Top 8 GuysGroovin' to the '80s
Published 3/5/2008 by Idol Addict at American Idol - I'm the One That You Want
This is the last week of eliminations to reach the Top 12 finalists, and, we must admit, the men are sounding pretty good. Most of them were able to find songs that both fit their voices and style for the week's theme, which is the '80s. Of course, we had to sit through the video clip for each contestant. The theme of those was "my most embarrassing moment," and, frankly, some were just TMI. Did we really need to know that David Hernandez did a photo shoot with a big booger hanging out of his nose? And did that bit of TMI knock him to the No. 7 (of 8) ranking on DialIdol.com, even though he did a nice job with his song? Actually, it was ...

Paula's Magic Is In Her Phrasing
Published 3/5/2008 by Whitney at Mollygood
During last night’s American Idol, Paula Abdul veered from her typical drunken routine in favor of an impression of Saturday Night Live character Nicholas Fehn. Watch and learn. The good stuff happens around 2:35, when Paula opens her mouth. ...

Which Hallelujah is the highest?
Published 3/12/2008 by Jon Wilde at Music: Music blog | guardian.co.uk
Creator of a classic ... Leonard Cohen. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe Hallelujah's journey from obscurity to the top of the charts - where it raced after contestant Jason Castro performed it on American Idol - is a strange and complicated one. Written by Leonard Cohen and included on his 1984 album Various Positions , its debut outing went largely unnoticed. For the simple reason that Cohen's original is nothing much to write home about. For once, Laughing Len is unable to make the song submit to his will. Cohen's Hallelujah is ponderous, lacking in conviction and purpose. With hindsight, it's easy to say that here ...

Idol-ology: Who Will Win 'American Idol?'
Published 3/14/2008 at Starpulse Entertainment News Blog
Complete with rockers (David Cook and Amanda Overmeyer), country crooners (Kristy Lee Cook), international contestants from both Ireland (Carly Smithson) and Australia (Michael Johns), and yes, even a Chikezie, it's safe to say that this season of American Idol ...