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(Written For Americansuperstars.tv)

It’s been a long while since we’ve heard anything from Alexis Lopez. So long ago that you may have forgotten about her completely. 17-year-old Lopez was a wildcard during the first season and most recently has been spotted behind the counter of a California IHOP.

Sunday morning was the mother of all days for the now 24 year-old Alexis. There she was minding her own business behind the counter of a Granada Hills California IHOP and the next thing she knows somebody is robbing the place. The robbery happened around 12:30 a.m. According to reports the as yet un-named gunman hid inside the restaurant only to appear once the doors were locked. It was at that point the gunman forced all of the employees to the ground, except Alexis. Here is what Alexis says happened next “I had finished counting the money then I was walking in the back and right when I past the stairs, he came down with a gun, held it against my face, said open the safe, snatched the money out of my hand, shut off the light.” He kept demanding the combination to the safe and I told him I didn’t have it”

All in all, the robber only made off with around $350 in cash. Now what makes this funny is the fact that Alexis couldn’t help but take the opportunity in front of the cameras to plug her new album. With the gun to her forehead this is what was shooting (pun intended) through her mind “I said Shoot me, I don’t have it. Then he put the gun at my forehead and all that ran through my mind and I was on American Idol at 17, I’m ready to come out with my album and he’s holding a gun at my head”

A gunman strolls up, demands the combo to the safe, makes everyone lie down, and all she can think about is “Crap there goes my CD!!!” Not “I’ll miss my family” or “I’ve lived a good life” or “How did I go from being on the number one show in America to ringing up waffles all day at a IHOP?” Nope she still craved another taste of that 15 minutes of fame that lures millions to the auditions every year. Then again maybe she is smarter than I give her credit for. I mean when was the last time anybody has seen or heard from her. Can I really blame her for using the most camera time she has seen in 6 years to promote the heck out her new music?

(Written For Americansuperstars.tv)

Before I go into this review I have to say I really wasn’t too excited about the task before me. Now nobody here is forcing me to listen or write about any particular thing other than the latest and greatest American Idol news. It’s just that part of doing a blog that covers such a large group of people like Idol does, means that sometimes you write about things that have zero interest to you. Katharine McPhee’s self-titled debut is a prime example. I’m a football watch’n, truck drive’n, Hard Rock listen’n man!! Not some Lifetime Channel viewing, Cosmopolitan read’n, squeaky-teeny-bopp’n-girly-music love’n weirdo.

Good thing for me that part of being a man means you can admit when you are wrong. I played this cd a dozen times this weekend and I love everything about it. At time’s it makes you wanna curl up on the couch and relax while at others it’s all you can do not to go out on the town.

“Dangerous”, “Not Your Girl”, “Love Story”, “Open Toes” and “Do What You Do” each leave you looking for your keys and praying the bouncer lets you in the club. Then just when you’re about to hit the road Katharine takes you in the opposite direction with “Home”, “Each Other”, “Ordinary World”, “Better Off Alone”, and “Neglected”. These last few had me searching for my wife, some candlelight, and a cold pizza.

Katharine is not the hard rocker that Chris is. Nor is she the soulful, make you want to jump up and scream Taylor Hicks type. For her debut she didn’t go the route of cry-me-a-river Country like Carrie and Kellie. She made a good solid Pop album that stands up next to anything Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera have done. Although she lost the first round (Taylor Hicks won American Idol season 5, Katharine was the runner-up) she is definitely the winner of round two…and in the long run that just may be the one that counts.