Making the Band 4: The Finals

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Making the Band is quietly one of the best shows out there on TV. The last episode didn’t give me the comedy level that I usually like, but it is delivering the goods.

Overall, I have a few comments. First, there is no way Diddy is bailing out on this season like he had to do with Danity Kane, round one. At very least, this cat is going to get some solid music out of these cats. These boys can sing, and that first song is decent. The dancing….ioooontknow. I still think this is too aggressive. Who dances like that? Even in the days of Bell Biv DeVoe, they weren’t wiling out like this. nSync took it to the next level on the dance tip, but some of the moves here are too much. You have these cats moving like background dancers in Vegas, not like the main act. We’re not searching for the next pussycat doll here. (Asia’s drop it low and shake it out to “Beep” is still one of the best moments in TV history for me.)

My man “can I just sang my song” Julius gets shook when he catches that knee jammy. His leg was hurt so badly, he forgot how to sing! He thought he was done, so he was in fact done. Oh well.

Anyway, it is prediction time:

Willie, Big Mike and Robert are all locks as far as I’m concerned. These guys can only lose by really BS’ing it.

Big Mike has the best chance as Diddy appreciates a cat that “works hard” on their own and if he drops the weight, he is in. Get it Big fella!

I mean, this cat is light on his feet for a superheavy weight. If he just gets rid of those damn stunna shades and the BS grille he wore to the skrip club, he’d be straight.

Big Willie is the other lock:

He was quiet, but solid and the ladies should take to him.

Here is the million unit question… Does Diddy let in the white boy?

Here’s the deal. Can you sell more with him or without him? Diddy isn’t going to forget the way those ladies were screaming for Donnie on that first showcase. That is why he didn’t let Laurie Ann talk Donnie into stepping over that line in the sand when Diddy told him he couldn’t dance. Diddy doesn’t want to get rid of him. He wants nSync numbers, not B5 numbers. Otherwise MTB4 ain’t nothing but Jagged Edge or 112. That first single ain’t no End of the Road, homay. It is hot, but not that hot. They better break out a ballad or they will be in trouble. An all black group may not even do Da Band numbers, but you add Donnie and they might just come off like some pre-fabricated BS. That’s the gotcha-gotcha.

I’ve got Diddy ultimately letting in 5, with Brian A as a front runner.

-Brock

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SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

Okay, just kinda. Peep out Medium Mike.

You can’t tell me this cat wouldn’t have been right back on the Twinkies and grilled cheese sandwiches if he didn’t make the cut.

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Check out Lake’s predictions for the Making the Band finale right here… Hot off the presses!!!!