"Bikini Girl" Does Battle With Kara DioGuardi
The American Idol judge proves why staying in shape at 40 is better than a boob job at 20.
Who knew that American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi had such a killer set of...pipes? She clearly blew away 21-year-old "bikini girl" Katrina Darrell in last night's season finale when she emerged with a microphone during Darrell's rendition of "Vision of Love."
DioGuardi, a noted record producer, surprised over 30 million viewers when she belted out the lyrics and then ripped open the buttons on her dress to reveal a killer set of curves.
Darrell's facial expression, upon realizing that the 38-year-old both out sang and out stripped her, was priceless. Good thing because the Idol castoff is probably down to her last penny after having mid-season boob job. "I was going to ask what's new," Ryan Seacrest said when Darrell took the stage, "but I think I know."
Boob jobs on American Idol are nothing new. Season 5 contestant Kellie Pickler also went under the knife after she was booted off the show. Although her rep denied the 22-year-old had any "facial surgery," it's pretty obvious, even from outer space, that the country western star was on the receiving end of a few knives and needles.
So what's with 20-somethings getting botox anyway? Are they frowning more often or simply trying to keep up with a new breed of women, the super hot 40-something?
DioGuardi's strip tease is just one example of how older women are over shadowing younger girls by staying in shape. When a 20-year-old flaunts her flat abs, it's simply a matter of metabolism. But when a 38-year-old shows the world she's buff and beautiful, men take notice. Read: Sweat Together, Stay Together
Discussion
"Bikini girl" Katrina Darrell had a most unlovelable moment when she sour-pussed her way off stage last night. "
Wow, I just read that part. I should have read page 2 first. By the way, even though the singing may have been real, that was 100% staged and Katrina and Kara knew what would happen in advance. Her sour-puss face was a put on for the show. That said, She's a pretty good sport to do all of that and put her self up for potential humiliation. And let's suppose for a second that it wasn't staged and they planned to do that to her. If they did, that makes Kara go from annoying to a low life. She's rich, successful, good looking and she has to make fun of an idol reject for her pleasure? But I'm pretty sure it was all staged for the show.
Ann. - Sorry, but you are sounding more and more like one of the empty headed, jealous 40+ year olds out there. And your article is obviously written to attract loads of haters. Over all grade. F-
Ouch! Well you women sure know how to get catty with eachother. It's a very distinguishing trait, but I don't think a very appealing trait. I wonder if there's any link between that and the fact(a topic I enjoined ystdy in another blog) that women are much more inclined than men to actually be intimate(YOU know what I mean) with another woman. I guess you either like eachother or hate eachother. Some guys love to see the 'catfights', I'd much rather see the intimate passion.
Reguarding the story, you're probably exactly right about the 'staged' competition. While the new woman panelist initiallly seemed 'beyond' all the competing ego's of the other panelists(judges?), she's now showing she can fit right in with their worst behaviour.
Between the personality's that scream for more attention (I can't stand to watch the British guy-yeah, I guess men can be a little catty too) and the arranged,staged, and rehearsed 'Candid' dialogs and preformances, I really don't like REALITY SHOWS. They're not REAL.
Hey, I just had a brainstorm(not much to do with this story, but, I was here when it occured to me). How about a reality show, perhaps David Letterman could add it as a segment on his Late Night. GAY or NOT GAY. You get two women to kiss, pet, paw, and grope eachother in a passionate embrace. They could even grind against eachother. MOre would be optional. Then you have to guess whether they are really lesbians or not. That would be very entertaining. I know, I have a sick mind!
"She clearly blew away 21-year-old "bikini girl" Katrina Darrell in last night's season finale when she emerged with a microphone during Darrell's rendition of "Vision of Love."
LOL. Why is ever woman writer impressed with Kara suddenly? Katrina seems to bring out absolute hatred in woman when they see her and major jealousy, to which they say, "I'm not jealous. don't wanna be her". . Yet she's someone they want to attack with their feline claws. Even Kara who was supposed to be a professional judge made a fool of her self by trying to act like a 14 year old girl and "show her" she was better. That's why they wrote this skit. To cover up that embarrassment.
In terms of singing, everyone judges Katrina on her bad attitude and bikini image. They want to hate her. well, having a bad personality is the reason, LOL. I don't like her either. But as a major idol fan, I'm one of those who likes to be 100% honest. And in being honest, I think Katrina can sing better than people want to believe or give her credit for. However, in terms of this competition, I don't think she'd have a snow balls chance in hell because she's not worthy of even the top 8. So what I mean is that I heard she has a voice. It was pretty good, but not comparable to top idols.
My point being that every one attacked her because of the whole image. But it's not an image contest, it's a singing contest. Oh wait. never mind. I forgot some people vote for other reasons.
If you listen carefully to the 1st audition, she did pretty good. And when Kara tried to out do her, SHE DIDN'T. It wasn't that great. Kara was ok, but not better than Katrina. Maybe they were about equal. Fast forward to finale night. The skit was funny, but when Kara came out she did not really do any better than Katrina. At least not at first. Then it was a little better, but almost not worth mentioning. Then Kara started screwing it up. She's about a billion miles from Mariah. Not that I expect most singers to be close, but Kara really sucked for most of it.
Also Kara's voice sounded like it had power, but here's what actually happened. They turned Kara's microphone up very loud to give the ILLUSION of a strong voice, and turned Katrinas way down. When Katrina starts singing again, you can hear the volume is down much more than when she started. CHECK IT OUT! IT'S THE TRUTH. They set that up to make Kara look good. Something she needed after ruining the winners song. And yes, I know who she is in the song writing world. But that song is a disaster. Poorly written, and has different parts that fight with each other, including a terrible melody.
I figured that Kara's attempt to look good would fail, but apparently girls caught up in hating her Katrina's bikini image (naturally), and stupid guys lusting after her with closed ears (ok no wonder, she's hot), resulted in a success. But I'm not buying it. Neither Kara nor Katrina were particularly good at all. Katrina has some promise as a singer, but she needs to take it more seriously. Yet she probably won't. Kara also might have promise as a singer, IF she got more singing lessons, AND if she learns to relax. Notice how the woman looks so uptight that she could break sticks off with her teeth. Well that translates to her singing and makes for a tense and lousy, rushed vocal.
