Reed Grimm - American Idol

UPDATE, March 1, 2012: Grimm booted from "Idol"

Reed Grimm's journey on "American Idol" ended tonight.

America voted and said no to the jazz-scatting former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student and lead singer of Three Beers Til Dubuque.

"He's real talented," said producer Jimmy Iovine, after watching his performance, "but he's way too kitschy for me. Way too cabaret. He's never going to make it on this show."

But the three judges —Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler — who loved him so much in previous rounds, stayed true and chose him as the last of six contestants to compete in the wild card round where three more people moved on.

He sang "Use Me" by Bill Withers. At song's end, Jackson told him, "You're one of the most different artists we've had try out for this show."

But maybe too different because the judges passed on him, ending his run on the show.

I wish the judges would have given him another chance.

Too bad.
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Was there a Republican debate Wednesday night on CNN?

Yeah, there was.

I saw a bit of the debate replay. I suppose I'll check out the highlights, the must-see memorable moments, on the Internet later. Maybe.

Instead of watching Debate #20, we opted for American Idol. I missed most of the 2-hour show, but I did catch that Wisconsin's Reed Grimm has advanced to the Top 24.

From the LaCrosse Tribune:

Maybe Reed Grimm really is the next American Idol.

Once again, the judges of “American Idol” passed him along to the next level of competition, but not before gushing over him.

“That kid is so mad talented,” judge Randy Jackson said during Thursday night’s show.

“That’s the fun part of the day,” said Jennifer Lopez after watching Grimm do a little shuffle dance when he heard the good news.

The former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student and lead singer of Three Beers Til Dubuque is breezing through the rounds of competition. The only criticism judges had for him Wednesday night was that he was too good a singer to spend his time scatting as he did at last week’s competition.

This is a nice story.

I like Reed.

I would rather vote for him than Romney or Santorum or Gingrich or Paul.