Video Beat EXTRA EXTRA - American Idol's FINAL THIS WEEK - May 2007

James Loving - National Radio Text Service Sunday May 20, 2007

MELINDA DOOLITTLE ELIMINATED FROM AMERICAN IDOL - - Donald Trump's APPRENTICE, NEW FEAR FACTOR & The Contender ARE ON!!! - Recommended TV schedule

AMERICAN IDOL Eliminate Melinda Doolittle - Blake Lewis & Jordin Sparks FINAL 2

It's down to the final two to compete for the American Idol title as surprisingly Melinda Doolittle was voted out by the American voters thus 17-year-old Jordin Sparks and long shot Blake Lewis survived to compete for the AI crown. The elimination of Doolittle took most people by surprise since she was admired by the judges for her super talent.

In man on the street interviews by AI host Ryan Seacrest during the last few weeks at the Farmers Market in Hollywood most of the people said the liked Lakisha Jones who was eliminated last week , Doolittle and Sparks. Seacrest had to interject well what about Blake Lewis to get a comment on the singer.

Along with Jones, Doolittle they posses the two best voices in the competition. Doolittle excelled in her vocal technique that was flawless. Of all of the competitors she was the most consistent in her performance and in choosing the right songs to compliment her talent. But for the American voters that wasn't enough to get her to the final.

The back story is that the day prior on the performance show when Seacrest asked Simon Cowell who he thought would reach the final the acrid judge expressed his desire to see Doolittle in the final. Unbelievably his opinion didn't wash with the American public. To say that Cowell's comments was Doolittle's death wish would be an exaggeration.

The fact remains that along with the elimination of Jones last week the two best voices are now out of the competition.

The two finalists Sparks and Lewis excel in personality. Last week we noted that those two would be great in a television sitcom. They both are exuberant in their presentations and display a positive energy that has taken them through some rough performances.

Not to slight Lewis' accomplishment it raises the question of the accuracy and methods used in tabulating the votes. Is there an outside source to monitor the count? Can spamming the phones contribute to the total count? Voters can vote as much as they want.

Yes this is the week that American Idol voters will decide…. WHO WILL BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL.

AMERICAN IDOL COUNTDOWN

12. Brandon Rogers

11. Stephanie Edwards

10. Chris Sligh

9. Gina Glocksen

8. Haley Scarnato

7. Sanjaya Malakar

6. Phil Stacy

5 Chris Richardson

4. Lakisha Jones

3. Melinda Doolittle

IT'S ON!!!

THE APPRENTICE

Donald Trump's The Apprentice is on again Thursday nights at 9 PM on the Star World Channel.

For those viewers in Malaysia this is the same series that was televised last summer on the Malaysian TV 3 channel.

FEAR FACTOR

Fear Factor returns to the airwaves in a supposedly new Season 6 that will be televised at 8 PM on the AXN channel.

AXN has been running reruns of previous series the past few months. Is this new or not…well… tune in and find out.

THE CONTENDER

The reality boxing series The Contender is on again with the rerun of the season 2 series. This was the best series with former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard taking over the hosting responsibilities and Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) is now off camera and taking the production credits.

For all of these series day and time of airing please see the schedule below…

TV SCHEDULE

Note: The shows listed are for the Cambodia - Thailand time zone. Check your local listings for time and date in your area.

Repeats of Top Model are flipped around by Channel V for undisclosed reasons.-

SUNDAY

1:00 pm - ASAP - TFC (The Filipino Channel)

12:00 PM -MIDNIGHT - ASAP - TFC - (repeat of show televised at NOON)

12:30 AM (Mon) - ULTIMATE FIGHTER - AXN - ( rerun of 1st season)

MONDAY

11:00 AM - ULTIMATE FIGHTER - AXN - ( rerun of 1st season)

1:00 PM - TOP MODEL - Channel V (final repeat of FINAL May 21st)

8:00 PM - FEAR FACTOR - AXN - Season 6

TUESDAY

8:00 AM - TRIBE - Bruce Parry travels & lives TRIBES around the world - Discovery

WEDNESDAY

5:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode)

7:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (repeat of New Episode - 5 PM telecast)

10:30 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - ( repeat of 5 & 7 PM telecasts)

THURSDAY

10:00 AM -AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - ( repeat of Wednesday show)

11:00 AM - WORLDS APART - AXN - (rerun of old series)

5:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (Elimination show)

7:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (Elimination show repeat)

9:00 PM - THE APPRENTICE w DONALD TRUMP - - Star World Channel

10:30 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (Elimination show repeat)

1:30 AM AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - repeat of elimination show)

FRIDAY

10:00 AM -AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - ( repeat of Thursday Elimination show)

12:00 PM - NOON - THE CONTENDER - AXN - repeat of season 2

2:00 PM - WORLDS APART - AXN - (rerun of old series)

4:00 PM - THE APPRENTICE - Star World Channel

9:00 PM - NBA game - Star Sports

SATURDAY

8:00 AM - WORLDS APART - AXN

11:00 AM - FEAR FACTOR - AXN

1:30 PM - CLICK (On line) computer Internet show - BBC

7:30 PM - HIGH NET WORTH - CNBC - Business news magazine show

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