Gay Power Returned To Television Last Night!

"Gay Power"

The return of Daniel Joseph Baker to the semi-final round of America's Got Talent, took a turn for the better!  Not only, did he return to the stage singing Adele's "Dangerous", it was the first time he made an impression without singing a Lady Gaga cover.

Wearing a puffy white sequin ensemble, Piers Morgan praised his performance by saying he was "a pure Vegas Showman."  As you already know, Sharon Osbourne absolutely adores Daniel, and tells him that he delivers "everything with a great passion" and Howie Mandell, well... he tells him "just be yourself" and reminds him once again that he's a star!  And a star he is indeed.  Even if he doesn't make it to the finals, which I'm hoping he will, our local gay prodigy has a bright future ahead of him.  Good Luck Daniel!

The Voice: Semi-Final Results Show

And the final four were chosen.  If you missed yesterday's post on the Final 8 performances from Tuesday night's show, you can go here to view them, and read my reviews.

As I've mentioned many times before, The Voice has truly proven to be a better show than American Idol.  In MHO (my humble opinion), I think the producers knew what they were doing when they put this show together.  It was very entertaining, and all the semi-finalists are really good, despite some of my comments on Javier Colon.

So this is how the votes are calculated.  You have the public's votes and the judge's points from the previous night combined together to make it a total of 200 points.  On Tuesday night's show, each of the judges were given 100 points to distribute between their two contestants.  It was obvious from last night's show, the public's votes were converted to a scale of 100% in order to make up the total of 200.

In reality, the Judge's votes are important, because they can actually make it to where one of their "favorites" makes it through regardless of the public's votes.  All they would need to do is award their 100 points to one contestant, which was not the case last night.  It came close, but it didn't turn out that way.

In brief, this is how it went down...

Team Cee Lo Green:  Vicci Martinez garnered 124 points and Nakia 76 points;  Cee Lo had awarded Nakia 51 to Dia's 49, but in the end the Public voted her through.

Team Adam Levine:  Javier Colon garnered 138 points and Casey Weston 62 points;  Simply put, Adam was a douche.  He awarded Casey only 35 of his points and Javier 65.  You obviously know who his favorite was, not that he really had to coach him, because the old guy can sing already.

Team Blake Shelton:  Dia Frampton garnered 106 points and Xenia Martinez 94 points; Their total award was practically the same as Christina's team.  Both judges gave each of their contestants 50 points each.  Add in the public's percentage, and it gave them barely enough to overcome their competitor.

Team Christina Aguilera:  Beverly McClellan 107 points and Frenchie Davis 93 points; As the case with Team Blake, the public's percentage helped Beverly make it through to the next round.  Gay Power!

I'm voting for Beverly to win next week, but America will probably put Javier through.  Ugh!

Gay Power!

"Hey Peter, when you mention "Gay Power" in your blogs what the hell does that mean?"

That was a comment from one of my readers after reading the statement on one of my posts.

Okay, Anonymous commenter, here's your answer...

For my partner, Ryan and I, it is a voice of reason for the few and the proud.  This is something we usually do when we know there's "family" (gay slang for "He's a member of the family. He's gay."), on reality shows or elsewhere.  This is our way of cheering for those few gays who make it through to the next round of a show, or already part of one.

For example, we screamed, and yelled "Gay Power" on June 9, 2011, when Daniel Joseph Baker from Katy, Texas appeared on the show, America's Got Talent.  He stunned the audience with his rendition of Lady Gaga's, "Bad Romance."  He did exceptionally well.  Prior to his performance, we already knew he was Gay - you could only tell.  As soon as the judges revealed their score, and we knew he was making it to the next round, Ryan and I looked at each other, and screamed, "Yay - Gay Power!"

Had he not made it through, we would have no one to yell, "Gay Power" to.  It's just a form of celebration or statement indicating we have gays "in the house." The aforementioned "house" meaning "show" or "competition."

There's times we don't scream, "Gay Power," but we use it in regular conversation, "There sure is a lot of Gay Power on that show." In reference to a show having many gays on it.  In a perfect example, this year's Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance has a lot of Gay Power on it.  It does, trust me. LOL.

Well, I hope you got your daily laugh of the day.  I just had to explain it in the best way possible :-)

BLADE aka Peter 

Gay Power! Houston's Very Own Kurt Hummel Stuns Judges on America's Got Talent

Ryan and I have been a fan of America's Got Talent since it's inception, and while we haven't necessarily agreed with the champions each season, we throughly enjoy the show.  The things some of these people do are crazy.  And it isn't any easier if they're auditioning in your state, much less your city.

Last night's auditions were in Houston, Texas, and one performer stuck with us the most.  The performance by 19-year-old, Daniel Joseph Baker from Katy, a suburb of Houston.  When Ryan and I saw him in the previews to the show, we immediately knew he was family (gay slang for "He's a member of the family. He's gay.").  Sure enough, he let it be known that he was.  He was as flamboyant as anyone could ever be - reminiscent of GLEE's Kurt in some ways.  But it wasn't his personality that surprised us the most, it was his voice that was beyond-belief amazing!  When he started belting out the song to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, the audience, and the judges went crazy.  They were all thrown off their rockers when they witnessed a young gay man taking it to town on his keyboard. He was "fierce!" (even more gay slang). Watch the outstanding performance from last night. He clearly puts American Idol's, Scotty to shame. Loved it!

Ryan and I were yelling, "Gay Power!" "Gay Power!", when he received a standing ovation from the audience.  This is something we usually do when we know there's "family" in reality shows.  This is our way of cheering for the few, and the proud.  We adore you Daniel, and we'll continuously cheer you on!