And now for a random update. In a world full of Idol primadonnas, it's nice to see that one of VFTW's favorites gets Twittered because he's a nice guy. Looks like Nick Mitchell is a big tipper when he goes to Cold Stone.
You voted, we counted. Here's the winners of the 2009 Whatevia Awards. (For the original nominees, click here).
1. Favorite Female VFTW Peformance: Megan Joy - Rockin Robin
2. Favorite Male VFTW Performance: Nick Mitchell as Normund Gentle - And I Am Telling You
Fabulous Normund Gentle returns to the Wendy Williams Show to talk about American Idol. Nick Mitchell's alter ego needs his own show. Now that would be must see TV. Normund forever!
VFTW contestant Alex Wagner-Trugman wanders the Third Street Promenade with an MTV film crew to see if anyone remembers him from his stint on Idol. Alex also mentions in the article that he's taking comedy lessons after the recommendation of Nick Mitchell. Perfect! We love this guy, too funny.
Every year, we auction off the official VFTW caricatures on eBay with all of the money going to the artist, Laura Hawbaker. Laura does an outstanding job creating the artwork for this website and often does these drawings within a few hours' notice to make sure we have something great to put on the site. These are one of a kind items, no other copies exist anywhere, so you will own the only physical copy of these drawings. They come with a ceritificate of authenticity and they make a great gift... or something to just keep for yourself. So bid today on these items. They end Wednesday during Idol's finale, so we'll keep reminding you to bid and own a piece of VFTW history. Enjoy!
Kris Allen ● Tatiana Del Toro ● Kara DioGuardi ● Normund Gentle ● Matt Giraud ● Danny Gokey ● Megan Joy ● Scott MacIntyre ● Lil Rounds ● Ryan Seacrest
Someone did a mashup of Nick/Normund's appearances on Fox 61 recently. It's funny to compare the 2 videos. We do admit the Normund interview is much more fun. But you gotta love Nick's soft heart as well, especially since most of us here have holes where that specific blood pumping mechanism would be. That's why we're voting for Gokey.
Picture from Kristen McNamara's Facebook. Now this would have been an awesome top 3 this past year. Loving it. Idol voters never get it right!