Reality TV Madness...

2006 has definitely been the summer of reality television. It has become our new addiction of choice...our new drug...our new reason for not cleaning the bathroom!! And with the dreadful heat that has plagued us this summer, we find ourselves being caged in our air-conditioned room with nothing to do but get sucked into the world of planning our scheduals around who's being "voted off the island"!! It's terrible, I know...but with the ribbon of terror scanning our television screens everyday (honestly, nothing beats waking up to the breaking news of a high terror alert...good morning to you too!)...it's nice to lose ourselves in something a little more light-hearted. There are two shows in particular that have captured our attention this summer...Last Comic Standing and Rockstar: Supernova (and for those of you reading this and judging our taste in television programming...judge all you want...if you watched an episode, you'd get sucked in too!).

Last Comic Standing won our respect last summer when we found ourselves splitting a gut laughing every Tuesday night when comics battled it out by performing for three minutes each and then the audience and viewers would vote for the funniest. Really, what's not to love about laughing for an hour at stand up comedy (and good comedy at that!)?!? This year though, I am especially proud as it turns out that the individual that I picked from day one ended up taking home the prize last night during the season finale.

This year's competition was tough as all three of the finalists were all really good in their own way. It ended up coming down to Chris Porter, who has a bit more of a "stoned" approached to his comedy...Ty Barnett, who is a bit more traditional (ie. the whole "the difference between men and women" bit), but really funny nonetheless, and Josh Blue, a really young comic with Cerebral Palsy who uses his disability as the main topic in his routine. My money was on Josh right from the start and not necessarily because he was the funniest all the time but, because he always had the most fun all the time!! I was thrilled when he won last night...he deserved it and I think everyone really enjoyed watching him win as well. He took us for a good ride and gave us a good laugh...way to go Josh! By the way, Josh is performing at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario on November 1st...go see him...you won't regret it. And if you do, tell him that Gen voted for him!!!

Now, about Rockstar:Supernova...last season, my fearless leader, Yves, gave me no end of grief for not watching Rockstar: INXS and hence, not providing him with someone to debate the potential winner (though I did redeem myself by falling victim to Lost, which enabled us to create our own little support group...for those of us who have a hard time chasing a carrot on a string for months on end!!). This season of Rockstar isn't much different, except for the fact that Steve has started watching it and we have ended up flipping between Rockstar and LCS each Tuesday night during commercials.

Rockstar has the same premise as LCS except that the contestants belt out selected rock tunes in hopes of being the lead singer for the new band named...you guessed it...Supernova! I haven't watched this show very consistently until Ryan Star caught my attention last week with his AMAZING rendition of R.E.M.'s "Losing my Religion" on the piano. It was incredible...gorgeous...memorable and also took us over an hour to find a version to download for my MP3 player (a special thanks needs to go out to MSN for letting all of us Canadians sign up for your email but not letting us download your music. Really, we can't thank you enough for that minor oversight...JERKS!). If you haven't watched the show (admit it...you've caught glimpses of it...everyone has!)...atleast watch this one performance. Especially since Ryan isn't going to win anyway (I think that Steve, Yves and I would all agree that Dilana has it in the bag!!!)...we should support his moment of glory!


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