Crystal Bowersox

Crystal Bowersox. Photo c/o American Idol.

Have any of you been following American Idol this year? I have to confess to it: it’s my guilty pleasure. (I have to note that it seems a fair few of my friends who also have young children have resorted to watching this show as well now that we’re not going out as much anymore. However, I can’t just blame my baby. I’ve watched these singing shows for years).

If you have been watching, you’ll recognise the girl above – Crystal Bowersox. She’s doing really, really well in the competition – busting out original-sounding songs week after week and generally getting good feedback from the judges (I’d be keener if she washed her hair, but that’s the nature of having dreads really, innit).

Anyway – about four weeks ago they switched the running order because Crystal had been ill. Turns out she had actually been hospitalised for diabetes complications. Yup, she’s a fellow T1, she even has a profile page on Tu Diabetes. She’s a pumper; she uses a Medtronic pump.

I guess beforehand she would have been one of my top five contestants, but now she’s suddenly shot to number 1! (A feel like a bit of a child for feeling this way, but it’s the truth). I’ve also been on ‘pump-watch’ during her performances and not spotted it yet. Check it out on TV2 tonight at 8:30pm and see if you can see it.

In local news, I also found out that Pebbles Hooper (daughter of Francis Hooper and Denise L’Estrange-Corbet of World fashion fame) is a fellow T1. Pebbles is getting about as a stylist these days but I was thinking maybe we should approach her to facilitate the creation of a fashionable pump holster. What do you think?


By Nic on 16 April 2010 at 10.41 am
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