Posts by Jay Caspian Kang

February 29, 2012
DivaRank: Welcome, Joshua Ledet!

Back in 2004, the members of the Diva Committee were living in New York City in an apartment above a Dominican chicken shop. Nothing was going up except our collective debt to something called an “MFA program,” which, in retrospect, was just a very expensive excuse for the insistently creative alumni of the various super […]
February 29, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: Boys’ Night

All season long, Grantland Idol experts Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti will answer five very important questions after each Idol performance episode. Only 2,103 weeks to go, guys! One This is usually the spot where we ask about your favorite performer, but tonight any answer to that question that isn’t “Deandre Brackensick” or “Joshua […]
February 24, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: Final Judgment Week, Part 2 — Cementing the 24

All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. This is their journey, their struggle, and, quite honestly, all they’ve really got going on. One OK, let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. How did you feel about the judge’s decision […]
February 23, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: Final Judgment Week, Part 1 – The Judgening

All season, Grantland Idol experts Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. In their 500th installment of the series, dementia has set in, with Kang “going Woodward and Bernstein” and Lisanti “seeing lasers.” Pray for their souls. One The channel guide said, “The contestants must bring […]
February 17, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: A Shocking Trip to Vegas

All season, Grantland Idol experts Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti will answer five very important questions following each performance show. This has already become an undertaking so arduous and futile that Sisyphus poops himself just thinking about it. One Confirming our suspicions, tipster @realmarklee alerted us to the fact that Heejun Han is, in […]
February 16, 2012
The Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: American Idol Edition

In this latest edition of the Hollywood Prospectus podcast, Grantland in-house Idol experts Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti break down the results of last night’s Hollywood Week eliminations, reveal the secret origins of the Idol SuperPlague that befouled the ballroom, and continue to puzzle over Boltonesque megastar enigma Heejun Han. There is also much […]
February 16, 2012
Person of Interest: Jeremy Lin

A trip deep into the heart of Linsanity.
February 14, 2012
DIVARANK! Whitney Houston

A final good-bye to the champ, and the rest of the month’s Diva news.
February 10, 2012
One Outraged Question on American Idol’s Performance-Free Hollywood Week No-Singing Spectacular

All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. Jay is “on assignment,” so Fake Jay Kang, Mark’s best guess as to Real Jay Kang’s answers expressed as the unleashed id of the Internet, is pinch-hitting today. One What kind of bullshit was […]
February 9, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: Hollywood Week, Part I

All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. Today: the return of Real Jay Kang. One Will Johnny Keyser’s cockiness end up derailing his chances in the competition? Kang: This is the second time we’ve seen Keyser and he’s already picked up […]

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