So now that I've announced to the world N's disturbing obsession with the WWE (he was rather annoyed at me), I felt it only fair for me to reveal my current obsession/guilty pleasure -- American Idol Season 7.

It started last year - I got sucked into the train wreck that was last season (Sanjaya, anyone?). I seriously think it is impossible not to get sucked in and/or have favourites once you start watching. This season, they have the amazing David Cook who has had crazy good performances. N just happens to be in the room when I watch Idol and while he complains bitterly that he has to endure it, he never leaves the room.

Anyhow, here are two performances by David Cook that totally blew my mind:

1.) A rock version of Michael Jackson's, Billy Jean (yes, I know it is the Chris Cornell version but... I had never heard it prior to seeing it on Idol and I think DC did a great job with it).

2.) DC turns Mariah Carey's, Always Be My Baby, into a rock ballad - pure genius!

To make this even more impressive -- I have to include a link to the original Mariah version. This guy ROCKS!

Just for a little something extra, I'm also going to include this: DC performs Innocent, by Canada's, Our Lady Peace on American Idol. His performance of this on Idol isn't nearly as good as the studio version he recorded. All performances on Idol are just short snippets of the song. A full length studio version of each song performed is available for download on Itunes. I found the studio version on Youtube and it is really good.