AI Low on Ratings after Johns and Malubay elimination

“. . . this season the show has shed nearly one-fifth of women viewers ages 18 to 34 — one of its most important constituencies — and is down a comparable amount among kids 2 to 11. That’s a bad sign, because children and young adults are generally the first to bail on a show that’s getting crow’s feet.

And the pace of the falloff may be quickening. Last week’s performance show, featuring the songs of Mariah Carey one of the most successful pop singers in history, was the lowest-rated Tuesday “Idol” in five years among TV’s most important demographic, adults ages 18 to 49. The subsequent results show, in which country warbler Kristy Lee Cook got the hook, delivered “Idol’s” worst Wednesday numbers among adults ages 18 to 34 since its first season back in summer 2002.”

Wow! That’s tragic! I have to say I’m one of those not viewing anymore because of Ramiele’s elimination! And Carly was right that night that the Top 7 became a boring crowd, and we true Idol fans felt it!

To be fair to Michael Johns, when Ramiele was still in the competition, Fox was actually reigning the prime-time:

According to Nielsen Media Research, last April 1 (Tuesday), American Idol’s Performance Night gave Fox a 4.39 million/54% among viewers and 54% among adults 18-49. American Idol got 14.4/23 HH rating/share, 25.19M viewers, 9.3/25 A18-49 rating/share.

Last April 2 (Wednesday), On Ramiele’s last night on AI, the show has 14.6/22 HH rating/share, 24.27M viewers, 9.1/23 A18-49 rating/share. The show has all the 362,904 homes watching, even doubling up over CBS’ Criminal Minds which has only 180,234 homes!

I guess TPTB should think twice in “messing up” with the Idol situation for now on!

Full story here.

Ramiele Malubay on The Sauce

The “Love Boat Singer” meets the “Cruise Ship Singer.” Remember Simon’s comment on Jared Cotter when he was a contestant?

Jared asked our favorite Idol on several things/occasions that would make her cry (Titanic, weddings, etc.), plus she confirmed that she forgot her MySpace Music password (so we are still not sure whether it’s Ramiele who’s controlling the site! So better check out ramieleofficial.com for updates on her).

And Ramiele has a message to all her haters: “If you’re hated, you’re doing something right.” Go Ramiele!

Ramiele likes to have a duet with Aretha Franklin

Ramiele didn’t sing “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” just to impress the judges, but she sang it also because she dishes Aretha Franklin’s music! And it is for this reason that our Idol likes to have duet with the classic diva. Ramiele says, “If I was ever put next to Aretha, I’d probably bug out.” Source.

And I can’t wait to see such powerhouse performance from these two talented people. Just imagine them doing a duet version of “Natural Woman”! It will definitely be a blast!

Let hear the classic version:

(You Make Me Fell Like) A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin

Ans let’s see her belt it out: