'American Idol': Joshua Ledet brings down the house on 'When a Man Loves a Woman'
'American Idol's' Top 11 performances was bopping along, nothing terrible, but nothing spectacular. And then Joshua Ledet took to the stage with "When a Man Loves a Woman" and - wow. Chills.
The key change was amazing and then he whipped off his jacket like a rock star. The judges went leaping to their feet. Frankly, we thought J.Lo was going to have a stroke, she was so excited. She even proclaimed it "the best thing [she's] ever seen on 'American Idol.'"
Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one Excepting February alone, And that has twenty-eight days clear And twenty-nine in each Leap year. ~Mother Goose
The season has only begun. Last night the guys sang and tonight, the ladies. I have NEVER seen so good a group as Season 11. From thousands, thousands of auditions- six episodes of them - have arrived the top twenty-four. There was an unprecedented second chance given a 13th guy live last night, a call back for the "gentle giant" Jermaine Jones, a low baritone, 'cause the producers probably thinks the show needs his big ole' voice and boy does he sing! So now the top twenty-five! This show was awesome, the awesomest first night I've watched - and this guy ↓seriously blew me away! Mad good, says Randy Jackson!
Who Is Joshua Ledet?
Joshua Ledet auditions before the judges in Galveston, TX
American Idol Season 11 contestant Joshua Ledet is one of the top twenty-four finalists, singing his way into the judges’ (and viewers’) hearts with “Jar of Hearts.” Joshua, 19, attended Westlake High School in Louisiana. Besides belting his sweet heart out, Joshua works for the police department and attends Lamar University.
Joshua began singing at age 3 in his dad’s church, basking in the glow of the parish’s support. It just felt so great to see all those people smiling and screaming. I knew it was something I wanted to do the rest of my life.” Joshua has always been an Idol fan, he says in his Road to Hollywood interview. “I’ve wondered, ‘Why can’t that be me on stage, doing the same thing they’re doing?’”
After Joshua's performance in the semifinals, (Jennifer Hudson's "You Pulled Me Through") Jennifer Lopez was so thrilled with his singing she wanted to punch him. Steven gushed, "you have the voice the world has been waiting for."
I welcomed the end of the 10th Idol season last night.
Scotty won!
Kent and I sat on the couch and I almost blubbered like babies watching him thank the Lord then, and his parents and family and his fans, singing I Love You This Big and himself almost crying at the end. I was sad for Lauren like I knew I would be. But for my money the voting was right on.
Though I wasn't one of the whopping 122 million who voted.
I loved that Scotty offered his first thanks last night to the Lord, his voice and face resonant while he acknowledged and his hands up in prayer form. The moment was a highlight for me - of an otherwise (should I say it:?) ghastly (in places) two hours which we fast-forwarded through much of - which I guess was what made me tear up. Congrats, Scotty!
God does not love us because we are lovable, or because we have a pleasing personality, or because we have a good sense of humor. He loves us in spite of who we are or what we have done. (David B. Haight, “Love All,” Ensign, Nov. 1982)
Courage
Thank you!
Change
To love. To be loved.
“To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.” ― Arundhati Roy
A thought...
A Grateful Heart
Thou hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, - a grateful heart; Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if Thy blessings had spare days, But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
--George Herbert
It is our responsibility...
...not only to teach [our children] to be sound in spirit and doctrine but also to help them stay that way, regardless of the outside forces they may encounter. ~President Thomas S. Monson
Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. ~Henri Frederic Amiel
We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day. Righteous character is a precious manifestation of what you are becoming. Righteous character is more valuable than any material object you own, any knowledge you have gained through study, or any goals you have attained no matter how well lauded by mankind. In the next life your righteous character will be evaluated to assess how well you used the privilege of mortality. Richard G. Scott, October General Conference, 2010
Ephesians 6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
“It is easy to be pleasant When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is the one who will smile When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through the tears.” ~Irish Sayings quotes
So I AM a bear-of-very-little-brain, or not, as the occasion may call for. I love the wisdom found in poetry, small story and scripture - from Green Eggs and Ham or Now We Are Six to the Bible, and think in terms like that most often. See, I agree poetry and hums aren't things which you GET . . . they're things which get YOU. (A.A. Milne and Winnie the Pooh) I love being where they can find me.
