Grease

As you know, I didn't get to watch Grease on Sunday because while they think that no one would watch the show while the Superbowl was on, they apparently thought they wouldn't loose any of their audience if they were on during the Oscars. However, I have managed to secure some information before watching tomorrow's rerun on Bravo. Apparently only the girls sang (this format is getting more confusing by the week and it really seems like they're making it up as they go along), but they did kick off one guy and one girl, and those unlucky two were Kevin and Kate. I'm not surprised at all about Kevin. He was the least charismatic of the remaining contenders and his performance was by far the worst last week. I'm more surprised that Chad ended up in the bottom two, but it really was a tossup between him and Derek, and Derek's supporters got the votes in, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was a difference of less than 100 votes. Apparently viewers prefer a good save to a horrid start over a thoroughly mediocre performance. I'm much more surprised by Kate, especially since she specializes in good ends to poor starts, but she really didn't have much oomph to her either other than her big finishes. As I've said before, theatre goers aren't paying $111.25 just to hear the last note of each song done perfectly. I'm also again surprised by Kathleen being in the bottom 2 while Ashley's skated by each week even though she is so much worse than either of them. If she ends up the winner, not only am I not buying a ticket to the show, I'm not even buying the cast album. I have a concert to go to tomorrow night, so I won't get around to watching the show until sometime Friday. Look for my full thoughts on the show Friday evening or Saturday morning.