From mj’s big blog I posted on:

Just back from the Charlotte concert. IT WAS SO GOOD! One of the Idols said it was the best city yet!! Go Charlotte! I have lots more to post and pictures to upload. Here’s a few highlights though.

Mandisa gave her Rueben shoutout again.
Lisa was impressive on the piano.
Paris is what I call the “booty show”. She had a not so impressive outfit on which did not help matters and she sounded fabulous singing and running at one point but she couldn’t do much but shake her hiney.
Ace was a little cheesy with this chest palpitating thing he did but sounded better than he did on the show.
Bucky was aight. Not bad but not overly impressive. I was on my feet singing to Drift Away though.
Pickler apparently didn’t plan out what she was going to talk about tonight because she kind of floundered and ended up saying she just loved everybody like 3 times. I loved her and Bucky’s duet though. She pointed out all her family from Albermarle.
The crowd went absolutely insane with Chris. Every single person was on their feet the entire time he was out and the screaming was deafening. I did catch him smiling once. And he threw out his guitar picks again.
Elliott and Chris’s duet rawked. I think one of my favorites.
McPhee was absolutely gorgeous in a white dress. She pointed out Kellie who was in the front row with a black hoodie which is apparently is a “secret” thing they do. She brought her up on stage and sang Over the Rainbow to her since it was “her stage” that night.
Taylor came out from the audience. He was crazy as usual. He was absolutely amazing when he played his harmonica and danced at the same time. One of the best moments.
Group songs were good albeit a little cheesy.
One thing we did notice was Katherine’s foot was definitely hurt. She was holding it up the entire encore.

Chris was definitely the favorite for the night.

Oh! And we sat beside two girls who had signs for Bucky. Apparently this girl was one of his middle school girlfriends and had backstage passes. But she did say that the Idols were outside the arena before the show. Bucky recognized her and called her over and gave her an autograph and introduced her to Ace and his brother. Lucky girls.

OK, well, that was basically it I guess. Except for the pictures. I’ll post a link tomorrow. I didn’t end up at Coyote Joe’s tonight although we called up there and his band was already there and he was definitely supposed to show up after meet and greet.

All in all, the concert was AMAZING. I can not wait until Chris comes out with his own stuff and has his own sold out concerts. It was really a lot of fun. The only thing I regret is not taking posters. Ace pointed out one he saw way in the back and Kellie mentioned some too.