praise the lord!

for those that enjoy primetime television like myself, it's been disappointing to tune into your favorite program only to find out it's in constant reruns. in addition to the holiday specials that invade regular programming during this time of year, the writers strike has prevented the typical holiday episodes on my favorite tv shows.

so nbc has been proactive and released some reality television to keep us going during this yuletide. not only did we have an entire week of 'deal or no deal', but it was followed up by the highly publicized 'clash of the choirs'. now, how could i not watch this?

the idea of this show is to have five singing stars - kelly rowland, michael bolton, blake shelton, nick lachey, and patti labelle - put together a choir of 20 singers from their hometowns of houston, new haven, oklahoma city, cincinnati, and philladelphia, respectively. singers auditioned and the first episode was reminiscent of 'american idol' with the horrible singers and the others with amazing talent. but, in addition, each choir performed one song.

nick lachey's group from cincinnati was good, singing a rendition of 'unwritten' by natash bedingfield. kelly and blake's choirs were also entertaining. michael bolton's choir was just plain awful, in my opinion. and then miss labelle's choir closed the show. now, with a diva like patti labelle, you KNOW that this choir was going to work it.

miss patti said she was going to work them to death. and that she did. the opening soloist started it up with her big voice. the rest of the choir provided nice harmonizing sounds in the background. that is until the Holy Spirit unleashed itself halfway through the song.

check it out for yourself!



i'm pretty sure i threw my hands in the air and screamed hallelujah!