Jordin Sparks!

So I've been a fan of Jordin since I saw her first audition on American Idol last year. She's probably my all time favourite contestant on any Idol show, though I do like Kelly and Carrie too. I don't watch it anymore, because Australian Idol is basically crap, and American Idol...well, it'd take several blogs to truly explain all the s*** that went on, regarding why I no longer watch that! Anyway. I've seen Kelly in concert before, and Jordin was in Australia on a 5 day promotional visit this week. She had a show Wednesday night at the Factory Theatre. It was only announced 2 weeks in advance so it was a complete surprise. Mum was going to come with me, but as Opa was readmitted to hospital that morning, she couldn't, and somehow Dad managed to talk Matt, my brother, into coming with me. Dad drove us to Enmore without us getting too lost. And then the "fun" started. Ok. The venue basically sucks. We had to wait outside in the freezing cold for half an hour with planes flying over our heads (literally!) before they even opened the doors. Once we were in we found out that it wasn't even a seated concert- the tickets said "unreserved seating"...which would imply that while it is unreserved, there is seating- but there wasn't, it was just a bunch of people drinking and standing around on a dance floor. I'm not even sure how many of these people were fans, and how many were more interested in a night out, a chat, and some alcohol! It was so weird. It took half an hour for the support act to even start. He was ok. Then another break. Was meant to be half an hour, but Jordin came on 15 minutes early with 3 band guys. She sang One Step At A Time, Just For The Record, Falling, Freeze, Now You Tell Me, Tattoo, Superstition, God Loves Ugly, Permanent Monday, Give Me One Reason To Stay Here, No Air, and for her encore, Aint No Other Man. She chatted a bit about how excited she was to be here and was so sweet. Introduced the songs and told us what some of them are about (Freeze is about how life goes so fast and telling people you love them, Now You Tell Me is about a guy she knew back in Arizona, etc.) God Loves Ugly was really emotional. Superstition got messed up because the band guys were meant to sing parts but their microphones weren't switched on. She is sooo amazingly talented though, definitely one of the best singers I've ever heard! She hits and holds the notes and I don't know where it comes from LOL! So even though Matt pretty much hates me for making him go, and the night was a little frustrating, it was definitely worth it in the end!