Top 4 - Results
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Am I a bad person if I'm supremely bummed out that this is an hour-long show? Good grief. At least I had the good sense to start watching at 9:18 EST so that I can catch up by fast-forwarding through the commercials using my nifty DVR.
Imagine... being cut when you're THIS CLOSE. Yawn. The four are sitting there on one couch. Barry Gibb will perform live. Pink is on the show tonight. The judges are there, too. Shocker. Simon and Paula have switched places and Paula massaged her nipples, pretending to be Simon. Yawn. Ryan wants to know if tonight will be a shocker - Randy doesn't know. Paula thinks having two songs helped some of them, which, by omission, means that for some it didn't. Ryan then kisses Simon's butt a bit and while I'm sure it was intended to be cute, it wasn't.
We are now the recap-the-performances portion of the show so I'll pause and add tags. Follow me over the click for the rest of the results show recap with ... Results!!
Ok - so what is it with Randy referring to every song as a "joint"? I find it annoying. Perhaps I'm just in a bad mood. Hearing Jordin literally SCREAM off-key notes in the recap of her second song isn't helping elevate that mood, either. I hate also that they seem to harsh on Melinda for the sake of pimping Jordin, whose second song last night was literally unforgivable. I'm rambling - sorry.
We're back in the Farmer's Market, getting "America's Take" on the performances. Only... we're initially getting a review of Barry Gibb. He is praised as an all-around nice guy. Now the Jordin-love starts with the Farmer's Market people. Oh good - now we're in some Melinda pimpage. And then Blake is the first one slammed when asked "who screwed up last night?" One guy votes for Paula. Now we get a Lakisha lover on the air, and then another! Whew. So much fun for one 8-minute period. How can I stand it? We're to our first commercial break.
And we're back! And we're pimping the American Idols Live tour! I went last year, only because of Taylor. I find it laughable that they said it's your "chance to see the Idols up close and personal". I saw it at the MCI Center and they were like specks on stage. I thought the whole thing was beyond hokey. Taylor was the only high point and I had to sit through way too much schmaltz to get that. But that's me. Funny that they're pimping Sanjaya so much.
And now to Pink, which I will fast-forward through. Sorry - I can't handle these random performances. After that and a commercial break, we're back with the Ford Commercial. Is it me, or are the commercials not as good this season as they were last year? This week's is set to You Really Got Me. NOT a song that lends itself to a group sing. ((sigh)) We're off to the American Idol question. The answer is B. You can text the correct answer, B, to 51555 or go to www.americanidol.com and vote for free. The answer is B.
Ryan's back with the judges, and they're mumbling. Now the Top 4 will do a Tribute to Barry Gibb. Oh man - the entire first part of that verse Melinda's mic wasn't on! You could hear her, but only through the stage monitor system. It keeps fading in and fading out. I typically HATE these group sings, but the harmonies in this one are pretty nice. Jordin steps forward. She gets a lot less screaming than I thought she would... hm. Now it's Lakisha, with the like "I don't wanna hear your goodbye..." Prophetic? Foreshadowey??! Now it's Blake's turn, sort of. He steps forward, but it's not really a solo - oh wait - it is. Another obscure song for Blake. Huh. And with that, it's over. HEY - BILL MAHER IS THERE!! Cool. I love Bill Maher. Commercial time again.
Ryan returns, seated, with the Idols. Lakisha talks about the prospect of going home: she hopes she won't cry or forget the words if she does. Jordin perkily talks about the challenges of doing two songs. Blake talks about getting slammed by Simon. Lakisha talks about why she was uncomfortable last night - she had on the wrong clothes and there was a key change and stuff. He talks to Melinda about the judges wanting her to stand out more. Her goal was to be consistent, so it was a wake-up call because she realized she has to bring more to it.
Now we bore me further with a clip (vignette?) of the Idols' trip to see the Fantastic Four. And of course, the Fantastic Four themselves are in the studio. I don't get the Jessica Alba thing. She's cute, but i don't get the Jessica love. Heh - we learn Ryan likes blondes. Now we learn more about the Idols themselves.
Melinda is an only child. So is Blake and so is Lakisha. Melinda and Lakisha came from single mom households. Jordin's family is normal. Lakisha had a nappy fro as a baby. Melinda mastered the puffy "afro puff". Jordin couldn't pay attention. Blake was kicked out of choir for being rowdy. Melinda never ruffled feathers. Blake's parents have supported him. Jordin just has a singing gift - no one in her family can sing. Lakisha has been through a lot. Melinda dreams big. Blake can't believe he's there. Jordin can't either.
Now - the results. After the break. They come back and all four are literally huddled together on the stage. They won't unhuddle. They review each of the judges' comments. First Lakisha then Melinda. Next Blake and then Jordin - just like the order.
Jordin - SAFE
JESUS CHRIST ON A CRUTCH. Now we stop and go to the Barry Gibb thing. But before that, they're looking for the best undiscovered band in America?? Huh? What will the band do? NOW Barry Gibb. He was good. Another commercial.
All right. Three on stage - Melinda, Blake and Lakisha. Jordin is already seated. Melinda is SAFE - so much for my bottom two prediction. I'm happy to be wrong!!
Melinda - SAFE
Lakisha and Blake are left on stage. Randy doesn't know how it will go. Simon doesn't know, but he'll guess - he thinks Lakisha's going to go home. Paula blathers some crap and almost starts to cry when asked to give advice to the two of them. Over 45 million votes.
Blake - SAFE
Lakisha - VOTED OFF
I was right on that prediction. We see her journey - I'd never seen her initial audition. She had a ton of cornrows! It's sad to watch the voted off Idol watch their exit tape. Aww. :-( I'm not happy about this one, but I'm not surprised, either. She's crying, poor thing, and so is everyone else. Lakisha sings them out, and I'll see everyone next week!
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posted by RenaRF @ 8:01 PM,
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Top 6 - Results
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Hello readers. I am feeling pretty crappy. I think I'll probably skip the majority of the commentary (stop celebrating, will you? Have some respect) and just go to the SAFE/NOT SAFE tally. Then, I'm going to bed.
Wow - SHOCKER! The judges still look like... the judges! What's up with Ryan's hair? It's uncharacteristically flat. I'm kind of tired of the loving-Blake-fest. He took a risk and it was interesting, but dude - the vocals just weren't that spectacular. And I have to agree with Jimmy - regardless of the theme or the song, Blake always has a Spandau Ballet moment. We get the recaps - yawn. It's that they don't do it well, I'm just really tired. Yawn with me over the click for more recappery.
Must we be back at the Farmer's Market? Is that necessary? Ryan's jacket is really awful. I thought it was funny that the random people busted on Jordin HARD. She's a sweet girl, but the last two weeks were painfully bad, regardless of what the judges say. That's why it's funny that she's talking now about "having her bad week" because frankly, I think she's had more than a few weeks that weren't very good. This Simon Lakisha thing is disturbing.
OMG. Reuben Studdard. He's pimping Idol Gives Back! I find that really... odd.
I did NOT like Robin Thicke. Was that a joke?
Ah... Ford commercial time. It's kind of creepy. They let Blake be the uber-creepy dude instead of Phil, though. Results time.
Melinda
Phil
Lakisha
All standing at center stage. Melinda's first and she's SAFE. Phil and Lakisha stand there now. Phil and Lakisha get their reviews. Lakisha is SAFE. PHIL is going HOME. That's so wrong. He was without question the best male voice in the competition this year. Phil also seems to be a genuinely nice person. I'd have lost Jordin in a heartbeat over Phil.
I'm so pissed off I'm skipping the rest of the show and heading to the remainder of the results (I DVRd it). Wait - pause rewind - that was Taylor!! I'm glad to see him pimp IGB, and he was sincere when he spoke. I miss Taylor and last season!
So apparently Jordin's safe and I missed it while fast-forwarding. Dunno - sure wish she was gone and not Phil. At any rate, that leaves Blake and Phil. They are dragged to center stage, and we learn they are BEST FRIENDS (BFF BABEEE!). Blake and Chris are giggling with each other as they get their recaps. Blake is SAFE and Chris is going HOME. So I got one of the my two predictions right.
All right. I feel like poo, so goodnight, and I'll be posting some YouTube later in teh week.
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posted by RenaRF @ 8:26 PM,
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Top 6 - Results
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Hellloooo! I'm not going to recap every iota and nuance of the Results Show tonight. As we all know, tonight is the Idol Gives Back marathon-telethon-etc. chock full of stars and performances. I'm only going to recap the actual results. So with that said, let's get going!
For fun, I'd like to take just a moment and talk about my traffic to this blog. I have quite a few loyal returning visitors (THANK YOU!). In my site traffic reports, I can see they get here without clicking from another location. MJ's Big Blog refers a lot of people as well (THANK YOU, TOO!). But sometimes people have done a Google or web search and have found my blog. Here are a few of the recent search phrases that got them here:
- "handicapping who will get voted off idol next"
- "song you will never walk alone again-jordin sparks"
- "Season 6 Haley Scarnato Photo boob"
- "Predictions american idol who's going home top 6 season 6"
So many paths to one location... And at least one goes through Haley's 'boob'. ;-) Follow me over the click for random comments and results.
OMG. "Most Shocking Result In Our History"??? WTF? If it's Melinda I think I'll run into the streets screaming.
Celebrity/Star Performance Tally:
Ellen Degeneres
Earth Wind & Fire
Quincy Jones
Ben Stiller
Teri Hatcher
Forest Whitaker
Whoop. Ryan's queued up with the six on the couches. First is Melinda - She's safe. Melinda's ouster would have been the only thing that would have shocked me, so I guess I won't be shocked.
Back to the cavalcade of stars and celebrities:
Il Divo
Dr. Phil
Dr. House (sorry - don't know his name)
Wow. They're pimping a $50 donation from an audience member to come up on stage and introduce an act. Yet they pull the seat # for Jack Black. Stage things much? Cute though. I bet he can actually singing when he isn't lampooning. He doesn't sound bad, and he's interesting at least! I also like that he referred to his "stones". First time EVER on AI, AND Sanjaya gets smacked (poor Sanjaya!!) So continuing the celeb tally:
Jack Black
Seal
Ryan's heading back over to the Idols. We know Melinda is safe. Blake's up now. Blake is safe. So apparently we're picking them off one at a time. And is it my imagination or do they have FEWER commercials tonight than ever before? Back to the star tally:
Carrie Underwood
Her piece was heartbreaking. More stars:
Rascal Flatts
Tom Anderson (MySpace Founder)
There's my new favorite commercial again - http://www.one.org. One of THE best charities in existence. It stays out of politics and manages only to try to relieve extreme poverty by securing commitments from world and business leaders and by raising money and awareness. We're on to the celebrity "Staying Alive". I like it! Funny. I can't say I can name all the stars, though.
More results - the SHOCKING results. Phil is up - he's SAFE. That leaves Lakisha, Jordin and Chris and we'll get to them later.
WOW - Ellen Degeneres just donated $100K. More stars:
Josh Groban
The African Children's Choir
Kelly Clarkson
Just for the record - so far tonight, Kelly Clarkson's performance was hands down magnificent. Back to the stars:
The Simpsons
Back to the results. We have three left without a verdict - Jordin, Chris and Lakisha. Lakisha stands - she's safe. That leaves Chris R. and Jordin. Remember - they said it was random order. More celebs:
Celine Dion
Elvis Presley (this is a little weird)
Madonna (who is in Malawi - one of the most horribly poverty-stricken countries in Africa)
Annie Lennox
Final results - Chris and Jordin stand. Over 70 million votes came in. Chris is safe. Jordin is also safe. They are all safe. This week's votes will be added to NEXT WEEK'S votes and they will send home TWO next week. Cool! I'm happy with that.
Meaningful things to remember from tonight:
Every 3 seconds a child dies in extreme poverty.
Every 30 second a child in Africa is orphaned by AIDS.
How can a child die for want of $.50 worth of medicine?
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posted by RenaRF @ 7:14 PM,
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Back In The Saddle - Top 7 - Results Show
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
First, I have no predictions this week since I have simply not gotten around to watching last night's performances. If you read my "Sorry" post, you know I was at a Taylor Hicks concert at the Ram's Head Live! in Baltimore. What you DON'T know is that I was at the show the night before at the Birchnere in Alexandria. Both shows were awesome, and much to Taylor's credit, he changed it up so they weren't the absolute same. If it's coming to your town, get tickets. It's worth it. www.TaylorHicks.com has links to the tour. Go. Now.
I'm WAY tired. Notwithstanding the rush of the concert last night, I had a FULL day at work today. So I apologize in advance - my recap probably won't be stellar. :-) But follow over the click anyway to the rest. :-D
I see that now the Sanjaya strategy is to allude to him every time they talk about someone getting voted off. If only. Remember - I didn't see any of last night's show. I did, however, just check Dial Idol. They have Sanjaya LAST - that's the first time I've seen that on Dial Idol this season. Not that they're remotely right these days... But could it be?? Be still my heart. Maybe then, if Sanjaya is gone, I will cease this strange "I don't really care" behavior I've been exhibiting. Anyone who knew me from www.GrayCharles.com (may it rest in peace) know that I was BEYOND engaged last season.
OH NO - My DVR just went kaflooey and I lost the first 15 minutes of the show. I think. Hold on - No, I have it. I only appear to be missing 2 minutes. No biggie. So we're at the beginning of the Results Show. Ryan's in a suit again. The show is an hour long AGAIN. The judges are teh judges AGAIN. Oooh... I learn that Simon gave a "look" after Chris R.'s performance and they apparently argued?? Oh man. Something Simon did was interpreted as disrespecting the Virginia Tech people? I thought he just explained that VERY well and was the point at being emotional. Literally emotional - his voice broke. They are trying very hard to diffuse this. Probably a good thing to do, because they replayed it and showed Simon's audio. I think that cleared it up unequivocally.
We recap the performances which, this week ONLY, is beneficial for me since I haven't seen anything. I heard Phil was awesome, as was Jordin. I heard bad things about Lakisha from random Idol fans, frankly. I'm glad to hear Melinda did well. I don't understand Blake's sweater. And apparently Chris sang through his nose. Is anyone shocked? He ALWAYS (almost always) sings through his nose. Oh my God - Sanjaya dissed Bonnie Raitt by singing her - and Simon hated it and then jumped all over Ryan? Kewl.
Ah. The Kodak. Where I was for the final competition night between Taylor and Kat. This year, not so exciting, and I don't really care about these interviews. So I'm skipping them.
Oh man - and NOW I have to suffer through a group sing?? Agh. That little teeny piece Sanjaya sang didn't actually sound bad. Someone pointed out to me at the concert last night that Sanjaya was so good in auditions - and I agree - and that was the last time he was "so good". I never got the Chris R. appeal, by the way. I guess it's because I'm not a Justin Timberlake fan. And maybe because I think his head kind of looks like a tennis ball - fuzzy and round. Group sing is over. I survived, and if you're reading, so did you. Bravo.
I've skipped forward a bit. All the Idols who have hair are getting their hair done and they're talking about the CDs in their CD player. I'm underwhelmed, so I'm not going to list it. Now we go to Fergie's performance. I'll watch a little of it, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I wouldn't know her if she fell on me. Am I a bad person for that? Actually, I think I'll fast-forward. I'm just not that interested, though at the beginning of her song she sounds quite good vocally.
And we're back after Fergie and a commercial! Whee!! It's FORD COMMERCIAL TIME!! We seem to have a spy theme this week. They're almost all in sunglasses, kind of a poor man's Mission Impossible. Blake isn't wearing sunglasses - does that make him the good guy? And Sanjaya is the bad guy who takes the keys out of the secret briefcase. Huh. We get the Idol Gives Back update, and I think that's next week. I'm actually looking forward to it. If you have missed my plugging The One Campaign (www.one.org), now you haven't missed it. Go. Click. It's worthy. And the Idol Gives Back Night seems to have Gwen, EWT, Il Divo (hat-tip Simon Cowell), Clarkson, Lennox, Underwood, Helen Mirren, and "two of the biggest stars in musical history" (foreshadow foreshadow foreshadow).
Another commercial. ((sigh))
Back. Idols are lined up on stage. "7 places; 6 faces". They're splitting them into TWO groups - highest and lowest vote getters. I wonder if they'll make one pick a group? Brutal if so. Sanjaya is on the left of the screen. Phil is on the right of the screen. Jordin joins Phil. Lakisha joins Sanjaya (wow). Blake joins Lakisha and Sanjaya (Dial Idol's bottom three, FYI). Chris joins Phil's group. Melinda has to choose, apparently. They bring her to the center. They review each group's individual reviews. Highs and lows. Then they synopsize Melinda's performance. Melinda is SAFE we learn, but she's still center stage. And NOW they make her choose. Cruel!! She has to pick the group she thinks is safe!!! Mean. Melinda looks truly uncomfortable and literally sits down on the center of the stage. Smart. Nice move, well-received, cute and comfortable. Ryan now wants her to SLIDE over to Phil's group.
Bottom 3:
Lakisha
Sanjaya
Blake (shocker)
Those three come center-stage. Are Blake and Lakisha first-timers in the finals to the bottom 3? Randy thinks it's crazy Blake is there. Paula thinks something bland and indecisive. Simon is "beginning to sense something here" with an evil grin, whatever that means. Perhaps he's happy Sanjaya's finally there? Or that America is listening?
Commercial time.
We're back. The Top 7 went to DreamWorks to see Shred the 3rd getting made. The CEO of DreamWorks meets them (WAY rich dude, btw). DreamWorksDude (DWD) shows off his Oscars. DWD laments how he was much older than the Idols when he found his success. Some other dude shows the Shrek storyboard. It's kind of neat. Then they go to the recording booth to voice Princess Fiona. Guys voice Puss-n-Boots. Then... ANTONIO BANDERAS walks in. Pretty cool. He's the real voice of Puss-n-boots and he's impressed by Blake. Then the Idols leave and go to see the movie in a private screening. They loved it.
Antonio Banderas is in the crowd. I dig him, but does he wash his hair? Antonio Banderas voted seven times, one for each. They are all fantastic according to Antonio. I don't know about him anymore. Now to Martina McBride. I'll fast-forward through her as well - no disrespect, but I'm just not that interested.
Ah!! I've caught up with the DVR (fast-forwarded through the commercials after starting late) and now I'm back in synch with the actual show. Bummer.
6 minutes left in the show and still in commercials. Did I fast-forward through them sitting one of the three down? I'll figure that out in a moment I guess. And we're back - all three still there. Center stage. One of them's getting sent back - it's BLAKE LEWIS. Dial Idol had him second to last. Sanjaya and Lakisha stand there. We get a summary of their song and reviews. After the biggest top 7 vote in Idol history, SAJAYA is going home. Hallalujah!! Vegas must be losing its MIND. Simon must be peeing his PANTS.
Can I just say - I'm really glad he's gone. Not because I hate him, and not because he's not as good as any of the others. I really think that the whole Sanjaya thing helped turn Idol into a parody. It's a shame that this kid was so lampooned and lambasted in the press, listening to others say that he was the "death of American Idol". And I do believe he did the best he could, and he was utterly in over his head. I blame the judges for putting him there in the first place. One could hope they learned a lesson about whom they choose? I give him MAD snaps for changing the words of Let's Give Em Something To Talk About - instead of "let's give em something to talk about, how about loooooove" he does "let's give em somethign to talk about, other than haaaaaiiiiir". Funny.
Let's get back to singing. See you next week.
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posted by RenaRF @ 7:52 PM,
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Top 8 - Results
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Interesting. Here's where Dial Idol has it:
Blake Lewis
Melinda Doolittle
Phil Stacey
Haley Scarnato
Sanjaya Malakar
Chris Richardson
Jordin Sparks
Lakisha Jones
Wow. I also just finished watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann. For some reason, he's seized on the whole Sanjaya thing this season and he referenced the relatively sagging ratings, especially as compared to this time last season (down by 4 million viewers). He seems to wonder if Idol has "jumped the shark" and whether or not Sanjaya led them to it. It was also interesting to see them feature Simon's comments to Haley. Countdown thinks she's the one to go this week. Follow through the click for the rest of the recap.
With that, we're at the show. We're told that literally millions of families are glued to their TV sets tonight to see if their favorites survived. This reminds me that I'm still pissed that Gina went home last week. Judges - check. Pimping other Idol activities - check. Randy thought the songs were tough for them last night - the genre was tough, but they did pretty good. Paula giggles. A lot. And then doesn't make sense. Simon is feeling ok about giving a compliment to Sanjaya last night. Whew - glad he's comfortable.
Oh NO - I thought we had dispensed with the dreaded group sing!! But no - we are treated to Vamanos. Who decided to pair Sanjaya and Haley for one of the vocal segments? Suddenly I couldn't hear any singing and Haley forgot the words. Ugh. Phil's back in a hat - he's learning. Lakisha is paired with Blake and the difference between what they did and Haley and Sanjaya did is like night and day. Please Lord - tonight let it be Haley. At least Sanjaya gave something last night. All Haley did was wear small clothes. I'm also not digging Jordin at all this week. She's screechy and out of tune. Ugh. Thank God that's over.
Commercial time!
And we're back. We meet Brian Carter from ASHBURN - I know that dude!!! I swear to God. How bizarre! They won the Idol thingy this week. We learn that neither $10K nor $100K matters to Simon. We get to the Idol Challenge question this week. The answer is B. Text it to 51555 or go to AmericanIdol.com and vote there - the answer, again, is 'B'. We also learn they've gotten over 5,000 song entries for the songwriting thingy.
We had over 35 million votes this week. Somehow we're going to get some opinions this week. Ryan's at the Farmer's Market in LA. He's asking random people random questions. They liked J-Lo. One guy remembers "the girl running around in the skimpy clothes". Go figure. He talks to two Blake girls who thought Melinda was good, and then we meet some Sanjaya fans. We get a bunch of comments about Sanjaya's mustache, and a small girl disses Blake, Jordin and Haley. One guy liked Jordin, and so do a few others. The fangirly girls love Blake, that's for sure. Oh bad - no one knows who Chris Richardson is. Bummer. Ryan gets a random kiss and we're back to the results.
American Idol has a hitlist - they've compiled the 50 top songs from all the charts, and you can vote on them to be performed on the show! Yawn. We now see A-Kahn (?) who is currently number 1 on the hot 100 list with Don't Matter. Not my kind of music. Yawn. Why is the show an hour long tonight?? Aieee!
We're back with this week's Ford commercial. It's a scary morph kind of thing - I don't like it. It frightens me. I will note that Haley can't even lip synch. We're back with the Idols seated. But first, we're reminded that in two weeks we have the Idol Gives Back mega-smash-star-studded event. Personally, I like this effort. If you're interested, check out The One Campaign's website. The crisis in Africa is a blight on humanity, and we should all make it a priority to dig deep and help out. Oh and this is CLASSIC and my esteem for Simon Cowell just went up about 1000%. They're in Africa and Simon's pushing the $183 "School in a Box" - it's all the supplies 8 students would need for school. Each of the girls he's visiting have drawn a picture of him, and one has put - I'm not kidding - BOOBS on her picture of Simon and Simon pokes fun at it. It's a hoot. He can laugh at himself. I think that's great.
Simon talks about the trip in Africa just a bit, and Ryan asks him if they raise $20 million, will Simon get up on the stage and sing. No. Not for $26 million either, but the bidding hasn't stopped. They do a funny Tony Bennett thing as if he was auditioning...
Another commercial folks.
And we're back! I have us as 34 minutes in to a 60 minute show. There are the Idols. Again. We recap the actual show. Again. Oh man - Haley came off the stage and told the camera she was going to go "put a robe on" and then she rolled her eyes after Simon's comments. What a beatch. Please. Be. Gone.
So we're back with the Idols. Ryan talks about Melinda's first bad feedback, and Melinda doesn't have anything but respect for what Simon said. Ryan wants to know if Haley was offended by what Simon said - she said it hurts a bit. She won't wear anything that's inappropriate and she thought her outfit was "Latiny". Blake admits that he gets a little nervous. Phil feels good to be here. Now here we go.
Phil: Bottom 3
Lakisha: SAFE
Jordin: SAFE
Melinda: SAFE
Haley: Bottom 3
Blake: SAFE
Chris: Bottom 3
Sanjaya: SAFE
SNAP FOR ME!! I TOTALLY called the bottom 3 in my predictions. Scared of myself! Hah. Commercial time folks, and apparently they'll make the bottom 3 sweat through a performance by J-Lo. Cruel.
We're back - we're sending one person back to the sofa. Chris Richardson gets sent back to the sofas - he's SAFE. Phil has it in perspective - he's smiling and says he's blessed to be there so why wouldn't he smile? We see a J-Lo package again. She does seem like a super nice person. Now she performs. I'll reiterate - I dig J-Lo. That takes us right to a commercial.
And we're back! We must be near the end. There's only like 2 minutes left. And they get right to it. Haley Scarnato is going home. Yay!!! I'm so glad she's gone. Yay.
See you next week!
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posted by RenaRF @ 7:50 PM,
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Top 9 - Results
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
All RIGHT! The results show is here. According to MJs Big Blog, Tony Bennett is too ill to perform tonight. :-( I don't like to hear that - Tony's on of the all-time legendary greats. MJ said that today they were scrambling to find a replacement. We'll see.
There are our judges - what's with Paula's blouse? It's like a bad shirt I owned in the 80s in the 7th grade. Ugh. We now recap the performances as though we didn't watch them last night. Does American Idol think people are tuning in ONLY for the resutls but not watching the show such that we need this lengthy recap? I do get another chuckle watching Simon laugh when Paula referred to Jordin as a "magnet of joy". Heh. And what's with the "is your favorite headed home?" crap? Of course someone's favorite is headed home. What a goofy thing to say.
Sorry. I guess I'm feeling a little bitchy tonight. :-) Click to the extended for the rest of the recap.
And we're back from one of countless commercials with the Ford commercial. They're chanelling Bob Marley in a very white kind of way. This is not one of the better commercials, but I'm glad it's for a hybrid.
Ryan's pimping the downloads on the AI site, and is pimping some songwriting contest. Huh. So here we go with the beginning of the results. It's groups of three tonight:
Group 1: Blake, Chris, Sanjaya (who cut his hair!!!) - SAFE (so much for the call on Sanjaya, also)
Group 2: Haley, Gina, Phil - Bottom Three
Group 3: Jordin, Melinda, Lakisha (diva trio!) - SAFE (so much for my shocker prediction)
I think they sit Gina down after the break. Given my need to readjust, I'm going to hope and pray it's Haley who goes home tonight. I don't want to see her whiny, bitchy face making faces as people comment about her legs when that's about all she's really bringing to the competition.
And we're back! Haley makes faces. We meet the AI Challenge winner. Challenge time: The answer is A. Text A to 51555. You can also vote from the AI site. Hm... Allstate donated to Idol gives back? How about they just honor the policies they are ducking in the Katrina and Rita aftermath? Pfaw. We hear that Tony has the flu. :-( But Michael Buble is standing in (hat-tip MJ for posting that!). I gotta say - they put this guy on the hook today. He's performing live on the most watched television show on the air with almost NO preparation or rehearsal. He looks a little hyper-aware, but he sounds great. I didn't know he was so... normal looking. Huh.
Michael pimps his album - it's only fair. Buble asks if he's still wasting his votes by still voting for Antonella Barba. Huh. Not very funny - just a tad lame.
And we're back, and we're "reminding ourselves" of our bottom 3 tonight. Someone's sitting down - and it's PHIL STACEY. Oh my GOD!! I hope Haley goes!! Please please please please!!! Gina doesn't even belong in the bottom three, let alone the bottom two. Simon's not surprised, Haley rolls her eyes. Please please please please let it be Haley. And it's freakin' GINA who's going home.
Please avert your children's eyes:
This is total fucking bullshit. I don't know if I want to watch any more.
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Top 10 - Results
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Oh crap. They gave Ryan a Sanjaya style pony hawk wig. It was creepy when Sanjaya did it and it's ridiculous when Ryan does it. Do they have to pump this freakin' kid up?? Jeez.
Ok. We're getting the recaps of last night's performances. This will move quickly, because it's only a half an hour show. Oh wait - sorry - I fell asleep listening to Haley's recap. At least I'm consistent. Is it me, or is Sanjaya only a little bit better, vocally, than William Hung? In a bizarro-world-on-its-head kind of way, I think Sanjaya and Hung are spirit brothers.
Four minutes into the show and we're at our first commercial break. ((sigh)) Follow over the click for the rest of the show.
All right. We just burned somwhere between two and three minutes on commercials, and we're back. We get this week's For commercial and it's a Western theme. I Fought the Law is the music, and it's really cheesy with the groupsing thing going on. Chris R. gets the "
Blake: SAFE (duh)
Lakisha: SAFE
Phil: Bottom 3 - Ooh that sucks. I thought he was one of the top performances last night!
Melinda: SAFE
Chris R.: SAFE (no shock - last week scared his voters)
Sanjaya: SAFE (CHRIST on a CRUTCH)
Haley: Bottom 3 (whoop - fell asleep again there for a second)
Jordin: SAFE
AFTER THE BREAK we hear which of Chris S. or Gina is in the bottom three. 11 minutes in, second commercial break.
Another two to three minutes of commercials and we're back. We meet the American Idol Challenge winner and we get this week's question. Text your answer to 51555 - the answer is "B". We get the "Idol Gives Back" update, and then we go straight to the Gwen Stefani performance. I can't say I'm a huge fan of Gwen Stefani's music (the style) but I admire her originality. For the record, I don't think she'd win American Idol - I don't even know if the're put her into the semi-finals, so clearly it's not ONLY singing talent that makes for a pop star. I don't think she's actually singing, folks. I think she's lip-synching! I hate that. Diana Ross wasn't awesome live, but she was real - she was actually singing. Gwen takes a hit from me for that.
We take YET ANOTHER interminable commercial break.
Just to reiterate, I had picked Sanjaya, Haley, and Chris S. to be in the bottom three this week. I clearly missed the Sanjaya/Phil switch (which is just wrong) but I got Haley. Let's see if I was 66% correct with the remaining member of the bottom 3.
Gina: SAFE
Chris S: Bottom 3
The Bottom 3 are Chris S., Phil, and Haley. I'm 66% right. Remember that I picked Haley to go home as well. Phil is going back to the couches, which is at least approaching right. Randy doesn't know who's going home. Paula doesn't find this fun. Simon thinks Chris S. is going home. Huh. And it is CHRIS SLIGH who is going home.
I'm telling you. I'm going to give up on this season. Not that I had any great love for Chris Sligh (he really let me down after the auditions), but Sanjaya not even in the bottom 3? Haley surviving because she wears short skirts??! Isn't this a SINGING competition? I literally doze off when I see Haley these days. Boring, boring boring. Yet she stays. This is all getting ridiculous.
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posted by RenaRF @ 8:01 PM,
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Top 11 - Results Show
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Ok. You saw my predictions. I could be completely inaccurate this week. I think the only thing I can say with any certainty is that I don't think Melinda or Lakisha will go home. That leaves another 9 Idols. :-) At least I'm honest!
Ryan's all be-suited again. The crowd goes wild. We review last night's theme and meet the judges (it escapes me why they do that). We now get the recap, which I won't cover since I recapped it while it was happening. I like the ones I liked as much in the snippets, and I disliked the ones I disliked as much as well. We go right to the British Invasion performance by Peter Noone - A Kind of Hush. I actually really don't like this song, but I like Peter Noone. He seems like a nice guy, and he's singing pretty well. He turns to the Idols, and they all make faces like "What the ----?" Wonder what he did? Is his fly open? Heh. More recapping and spoiling after the click.
Break now for commercials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
When we come back we get this week's Ford commercial, filmed in a laundromat. You only see the actual Ford for about 5 seconds. Brad Garrett is, for some reason, sitting with the Idols. Hah. It's funny. It's results time! Brad is immediately cut, and he returns to his seat.
We go through the Idols:
Phil: SAFE
Melinda: SAFE
Blake: SAFE
(Note - they're randomly pulling them up. No seating order thing)
Chris S.: SAFE
Lakisha: SAFE
Jordin: SAFE
My prediction odds for the bottom three are improving.
Sanjaya: SAFE
Haley: SAFE
Gina: SAFE
Hm. Only two left.
Chris R: SHOCKER - Bottom two.
Stephanie: Not a shocker - Bottom two.
Now to commercials 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (a shoe commercial - my fave), 13, 14, 15 and 16.
We meet the American Idol challenge winner and get this week's question. Text your answer (the answer is A) to 51515 or go to AmericanIdol.com to enter. We re-pimp Idol Gives Back, and I think that's a good thing. This is one of the most popular shows on the planet, and even a small exposure to those in need is a good thing. This week he's begging for Corporate donations - Smart. I'll email the marketing people at my company, you can bet on it.
Now we get Lulu's performance, To Sir With Love. We learn also that she starred in the movie with Sidney Poitier. I want to be Lulu when I grow up, man. She looks GREAT. If she's had work done, it's really good work. I should try to be her friend if for no other reason than she could give me a great doctor's referral. ;-) She's in great shape and she sounds good. I hope one of her boobs doesn't make a break for it, though.
Good gracious. Commercials 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Insanity.
Only two minutes left, so Stephanie and Chris R. are center-stage. Neither looks very happy, though Stephanie really tries to smile through it. Chris looks nauseous. And the one going home is:
STEPHANIE EDWARDS
I called that one right. I got the bottom three wrong, but called the right one. Stephanie handles it with class and like a pro, frankly.
Ok folks - that's it for this week's installment. I will repeat for the record that while I didn't care for her performance last night, she's MILES above a Sanjaya or a Haley and it's just wrong that she's gone and they stayed. Wrong wrong wrong.
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posted by RenaRF @ 7:53 PM,
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Results Show Predictions, Top 11
This is a tough one. Here goes.
Who should go: Sanjaya Malakar
Bottom three: Stephanie Edwards, Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen
Who will go: Stephanie Edwards
I have no confidence in this, but there it is.
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posted by RenaRF @ 6:03 PM,
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Top 12 - Results Show
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
How appropriate. Countdown with Keith Olbermann just finished a segment on the Seacrest/Cowell closet exchange. As it ended, the results show came on. Oh - and for the record, I couldn't care less if Ryan Seacrest is gay.
Ryan looks natty - dark suit, imperial purple tie, white button down. We see the judges. Yawn. We see the clips from last-night, to include the high-heels moment. At least that's interesting. We get a review of "Idols who forgot their words". I'll say - seeing Chris Sligh I agree with Simon - put the glasses back on. I think it's incredibly kind to characterize Sanjaya's performance as "putting his own twist" on a classic. Melinda gets the mega-pimp, though, and I think that that's apt. Follow after the click for more recapping!
GroupSing time. It's a Diana Ross tribute!! Shocker!! Chris R. sings through his nose. Phil sings through his eyebrows. Blake sashays. Sanjaya sings in tune (!!!). Brandon sings like.. Brandon. Chris S. sings through his glasses. All together now, boys!! Girls turn. Haley sings off key. Melinda sings like a pro. Gina sings and gets lost in the band. Lakisha sings like a pro as well. Jordin sings unremarkably. Stephanie sings... ok. All together now, girls!! Now we pair girls with boys for a cameo - sort of. All together now, add in arm movement!! Thank goodness that's over. I hate the group sings - it's so - campy. It's the only time I'm happy we go to a commercial.
And we're back for our first commercial!! It's presumably for Ford and it's got a very 70s feel. Chris Sligh is hysterical with an enormous afro!! I LOVE that. Blake actually break dances and that's kind of cool. I liked the commercial, frankly.
The 12 are seated now. To the business, Ryan tells us. Three people with lowest number of votes will join them at the center of the stage. He stands Lakisha up, and she's SAFE. Gina stands. She's SAFE. This is all moving pretty fast. Brandon's up. He's in the bottom 3. No shock there. Jordin stands. She's SAFE. Chris R. stands. He's SAFE (blows my mind - hated his performance). Melinda stands. She's totally SAFE. Phil is standing. He's in the bottom 3! Now I'm surprised. I liked Phil's performance last night. Chris S. is up. He's SAFE. Stephanie stands. She's SAFE (so much for my prediction). Blake stands. He's SAFE. Last two - Sanjaya and Haley. We'll find out AFTER THE BREAK. To kill a bit of time during the commercial, I'll say that I'm relieved either Haley or Sanjaya will be sweating it out up there. I doubt it will be Sanjaya, but who knows - maybe people came to their senses?!
We're back from the commercials. Let me say - I like ANY commercial that involves SHOES. The DSW commercials are my favorite and make me want to spend a day buying shoes. During this break it's for Off-Broadway shoes, a second-favorite shoe place of mine (I have over 100 pair of shoes - it's an addiction). Apparently we're going to make the Idols sweat while we go to the American Idol Challenge. This week, text the correct answer (it's B) to 51555. At least they actually mentioned Taylor Hicks out loud on the show this week, albeit it was during the challenge. It appears as well that we're going to have to listen to Diana Ross before we find out who rounds out the bottom 3.
Diana Ross does this total Mme Butterfly thing - she's backlit with this amazing dress that makes her look like she has sings. Good for her - she looks good frankly. She's singing More Today Than Yesterday. Honestly folks - if she weren't Diana Ross I'd be tearing her performance to shreds. I wonder if it's the theater, because her pitch is everywhere. Oh hey - I can see right through her dress!! TMI!! It's nice of her to run over the Idols and sing with each of them. I'm now waiting for this to be over. And it's over - thankfully. That was honestly painful to listen to.
And we torture four Idols by going to another commercial. Only three minutes left - they're gonna do this fast when they come back.
And we're back and we're live. Sanjaya and Haley are made to stand. Haley's safe, Sanjaya's in the bottom 3!! Another shocker.
Bottom 3:
Brandon Rogers
Phil Stacey
Sanjaya Malakar
Phil Stacey is seated. That leaves Brandon and Sanjaya. Oh I feel sick. Sick I tell you!! Nearly 28 million people voted. Brandon is the one who's going home. Another ridiculous result. While I wished Brandon had stepped up a lot earlier, he's miles better than Sanjaya Malakar. Jesus Christ. Will the VTFW guys please stop pimping Sanjaya? They're torturing that kid by keeping him around, and as MJ said on her blog, as he knocks off better people it's going to become a hate-fest direct AT HIM. Geez people - smarten up.
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posted by RenaRF @ 8:00 PM,
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Results Show - 3
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Allrighty. Let's get to the results. My predictions were made earlier today in another post. We'll see how I did. To review, I said it would be Sundance, Phil, Sabrina and Haley going home tonight.
I'm anxious to find out what The. Biggest. Thing. EVER. is going to be. This is it, folks. We're on to the finals with 12 lucky contestants after tonight. The remaining 16 are huddled together on the smallish stage as Ryan does his schtick. Cue intro!! We're off.
We're right to the group sing and we're reminded that its live. Stuck In The Middle With You is the groupsing. Chris S, Haley, Jared, sing fromthe rails. Blake, Melinda and Stephanie solo from center stage. Now we're to the awful "all together now!" portion. Ugh. Phil gets a nice solo, though it's short. Then Chris R sings through his nose, Gina sings edgily, Brandon stalks around. Back to horrific groupsing. Jordin gets the same solo as Phil. Sabrina and Sanjaya sing together, and you can't hear Sanjaya. Lakisha sings, then Antonella points and stalks around. Sundance sings and sings well. If only he had done that Tuesday night. And it's blissfully over. Click through to get to the rest of the recap.
Seacrest chimes in. I notice he hasn't done any "6 boys and 6 girls" thing. He alludes to The. Biggest. Thing. EVER. We also learn again that Carrie Underwood will be there performing live. 37 million votes came in this week. We meet the judges, and review the performances. We are reminded handily that the boys suck WAY worse than the girls. To underscore it, we are told that the "girls came back with a vengeance". "Girl's time", Randy calls it. Oh please - must we relive Haley's hopelessly bland performance. It is funny to hear Simon tell Antonella that he just "wish you could sing better". Exactly.
We go right to the results, apparently. Isn't this an hour show? And no commercial yet? Ryan calls Lakisha and Blake to center stage. They've both made it through to the Top 12. Duh. No surprise there.
Chris Sligh is called up next, in a weird outfit I must say. It's a kind of shortish black tie and white shirt, like he's a sloppy Mormon on on mission (he's only missing the bike to complete the visual), and that's paired with jeans. He's alone - no one else joins him. Ryan wants to know if he thinks he made it - he says he "hopes" he made it. Ryan gets dramatic - "Chris, America voted... You are... NOT going to find out until after the break." Sheesh.
After the break, Chris makes it through. Double-duh. Jordin is called to the stage. She's safe and through to the final 12. 4 down, 8 to go. No shockers. Phil. Rut roh - he's one of my outed choices tonight. Phil feels nervous. He's a little worried. Phil makes it through!! I'm SO glad to be wrong on that one. I don't think one bad week should have sunk him.
Jared is center-stage next. Jared is OUT, and they do this quickly. Hm... Interesting. I definitely thought he was better than Phil this week, but overall, it's probably a good choice. Simon admonishes him to work on his vocals, and Randy tells him to stress his originality. Jared is VERY surprised and he admits it. Hm. Cocky much? He gets to sing the song people hated enough not to vote for him again, If You Really Love Me. He should keep working on his singing - he has potential - but I agree.
Commercial time. I don't usually watch the commercials, but apparently NASCAR has a race on the rings of Saturn this year. Huh.
Time for the American Idol challenge. The answer is C. Text it to 51555. I want a cut if you win. Melinda and Brandon are called to center stage. They are the two backup singers. One is markedly better than the other so far. Both go through. I knew when they called Brandon up with Melinda that he was through.
Gina and Chris R. are now in the middle of the stage. They look sick. They are both through to the next round. Ryan tries to imply that they look really friendly with each other, when Gina's boyfriend is in the audience. Bad Ryan!
We have only six people left undecided, and three slots left. We cut to Carrie Underwood's winning moment. I wasn't a huge Carrie fan just because I'm not a fan of country, but she seems like a really nice girl and a beautiful girl, so I'm happy for her success. I really like that they gave her a best new artist Grammy as well - it somehow legitimizes American Idol, because I remember all the nasty things the "mainstream" music industry said about Idol during season 1. Take that, mainstream naysayers!! Carrie's performing now. Hate the outfit, but having said that, I will say that possibly only she could it wear it that well. I always wonder what the Idol wannabes think when a past Idol performs in front of them - do they dream big dreams? See themselves where she is? It's actually kind of cool, and probably why I like this show so much.
6 people pee their pants through another commercial break, and we're reminded abut the "surprise" yet again. I suppose I should prepare to be let down.
And we're back! 25 minutes left in the show. Three places left, 6 people sitting waiting to hear. Antonella and Stephanie are called center stage. Antonella's already crying. Stephanie looks calm. ANTONELLA!! SHE'S FREAKIN OUT!!! EXCELLENT. I'm SO glad to be wrong on this one. She bursts into tears - how can she be surprised? Lost in the shuffle is the fact that Stephanie is through to the finals. She gets snaps from me for pulling it together to sing her way her out. Let the conspiracy theories ensue, folks.
And we continue: Haley and Sabrina are center stage. Sabrina is crying. Haley looks on the verge of tears. Haley just freakin' made it through with Sabrina going home. That's just beyond wrong. Ridiculously wrong. Ryan goes to Randy - he says Sabrina should be in the Top 12. America got it wrong. Sabrina handles it like a pro. I'm pretty aggravated with this one. Well, at least I can nap or get a soda or make a snack when Haley sings next week without missing anything. And honestly, it's difficult not to really dislike Haley for taking the place of someone who deserves the spot way more than she does. For the record, I voted for Sabrina. I voted for everyone but Antonella and Haley.
That leaves us going to commercial with only Sundance and Sanjaya left. The Sabrina thing was a travesty - and between Sundance and Sanjaya, there's no question - Sanjaya has sucked the most of anyone who made the semi-finals consistently. This better go right.
All right. We're back. I'm still peeved. The Sabrina thing just pisses me off. Between she and Haley, no comparison. One's theme park and the other's talent. Here's the Big. American. Idol. News. They're going to apparently join the ONE Campaign, to expose and address extreme poverty in Africa. I am TOTALLY behind this - I'm a ONE Campaign contributor. Ryan and Simon have been to Africa, and we see the clips of their trip. It's actually really cool. This is a VERY worthy cause, folks, and I'm going to link to the ONE Campaign's website frequently and encourage you to give what you can. I'm pleased to be not let down in the slightest by this. Ryan and the judges will also visit areas in America that have extreme poverty. Randy will go to Louisiana. Paula will go throughout the Mississippi basin. Simon closes with: "At the end of the day, all of us have done very well out of this show and I'm glad we can give something back." Hear hear.
Here's how it works. April 24 & 25, they'll showcase those in need. They'll be down to the top 6, and for every vote cast the sponsors will donate money to the charity. Borat and Quincy Jones will be in the 4/25 show; so will Gwen Stefani, Pink, Annie Lenox, Bono. Wow. That's pretty cool, folks.
Now back to the results. Sanjaya and Sundance come center stage. Only one goes through. They both look pretty stoic. They're going to take a break before they tell us!! Ugh.
And we're back. Sanjaya and Sundance are still standing there. They look a little sicker. And goddamnit, goddamned America put Sanjaya through. Jesus Christ on a crutch. That's ridiculous. HOW do you take Sanjaya over Sundance?? How?? Paula's speechless by the results. It's a singing competition, folks, and Sundance has been one of the finest. Simon's only explanation is that the volume must have been turned down. Paula reiterates that it's mind-boggling. Sundance smiles and says someone has to give him a job - he's looking for a job. Another wrong choice. America, sometimes you suck.
After Sundance sings, we see the package of the people who will be leaving. Ooh interesting - I forgot that Simon said, after Sundance's audition, that "I'm going to be amazed if you don't make it to the finals". I do think Simon's face showed amazement - not so much at Sundance as at Sanjaya, I think. Haley and Sanjaya must have sold their souls - that's the ONLY explanation.
Through to the finals:
Lakisha Jones
Blake Lewis
Chris Sligh
Jordin Sparks
Phil Stacey
Melinda Doolittle
Brandon Rogers
Chris Richardson
Gina Glocksen
Stephanie Edwards
Haley Scarnato
Sanjaya Malakar
OUT:
Jared Cotter
Antonella Barba
Sabrina Sloan
Sundance Head
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Results Show - 2
Thursday, March 01, 2007
All right. Better late than never. Rehearsal is over for me, the Idol results show awaits on DVR, and I dread the re-emergence of The Pickler. Let's get right to it.
All the remaining Idols are standing together, clumped on the stage. "Who is OUT?" queries Ryan. Legs shake, lips quiver. Cut to the intro music!! Yay!! Now all the Idols are arrayed on the stairs, trailing to the stage. Oh no... They're pimping The Pickler. Ugh. We meet the judges, who are alarmingly monochromatic. Over 32 million votes were logged this week. We now run to the recaps of the performances. We hear how the guys stepped up their games. We relive some of the boy performances I loved, and many I didn't care for. Such is the nature of the Results show. It seems kind of mean to re-beat the ones you verbally beat earlier in the week. Just sayin'. Now we're on to the women, same basic idea. Relive the good, the mediocre, and the ugly. We get to hear Simon referred to as Mr. Fashion Police, which is mildly amusing. We hear the wonderful girls, and some of the really poopy girls. There's Nakedella, whom Dave White refers to as "Meadow Soprano". Heh. We get to see Nekedella mouthing off, and it's just as annoying and bitchy as the first time she did it. We end with the shining best, Melinda Doolittle. Excellent. I could listen to that OVER and OVER. Click to go to the extended entry.
But HOW did the VOTES go DOWN??!
Oh no. Horrible Group Sing. Joy To The World is the choice this week. Sundance starts it off. His hair's funny. There's Jared. His shirt's funny. Now we're at the chorus. Stephanie and Leslie handle a few solo lines. Then Chris Sligh!! And Chris Richardon!! And Nick and Sabrina! And Haley and Jordin!. Here's AJ, all solo and whatnot. And Brandon, sounding like he belongs there. I hope he's safe tonight. Lakisha belts while walking forward with Gina, who sounds good in this song. Now they're ALL ON STAGE!! Yay!! Sabrina makes Nakedella look like an amateur when they're paired. Funny. Melinda belts, they all clap, they all look hapy and perky and winnerish. Yet in under an hour four dreams will be CRUSHED underfoot.
Commercial Break time.
And. We. Are. Back. FOUR people leaving us tonight. I'm trying to do seating math and get a clue - not happening, ecept that the back row of boys looks to be safe while the front row contains most of my lowest performers. We go one by one.
Phil: SAFE!
Chris S: SAFE!
Sundance: SAFE!
Blake: SAFE!
Jared: SAFE! (They really tortured him this week)
Nick: OUT
I'm totally not surprised. I called it in my predictions, so I'm right so far, but there are three to go. Simon things he's a good singer but he didn't stand out in the crowd, and I really think he's right on this one. When I made my picks, I made them based on who I thought people would remember.
And thus continues the practice of letting booted singers sing the song that everyone hated enough to boot them. Cruel, but oddly amusing. Nick sounds good singing this, and honestly, reading into him, I think he wasn't surprised. He crawls on his knees tonight and I don't remember him doing that on Tuesday night - maybe he should have?? Now Nick walks and pimp-shakes hand with each boy Idol. I know that there are four very nervous boys left right now, though - AJ, Sanajaya, Brandon, and Chris R. Aw... Sundance is crying. :-( I guess Nick's not big enough to be a bodyguard. ;-) Commercial.
And we're back. We're reminded Nick bit the dust, and now we're to the very nervous looking girls. Ryan talks to Jordin, who's in the LAST seat (lower right) and looks like she's going to puke. One by one, with short judging recaps, here we go:
Stephanie: SAFE!
Gina: SAFE!
Sabrina: SAFE!
Melinda: SAFE!
Alaina: OUT!
Total non-shocker. It's about time, too. Put that girl out of HER misery and put her out of OUR misery. Alaina copped an attitude after getting booted, referring to Simon's comment as "clever". You get the feeling Alaina feels like she simply wasn't given a fair shake, as opposed to the fact that she doesn't measure up to the other competitors. She can't really sing while crying, and I can sympathize with that honestly. The girls come out and hug her and we hear the background singers and no Alaina singers. It looks like she's done singing. That's truly a first I think. Oh wait - she's back for the bridge and she pulls it together a bit and sings. Sort of. You'd think that NOW she would be mad enough to pull this song off, but she's too busy crying to convey a sense of fury. She's a nice girl - I'm glad I won't have to listen to her any more. Paula encourages her, adn that's it for the advice portion for the bootee. Commercial. Oh and - so far I'm still right. 2 down, 2 to go.
I wish they would stop harshing my mellow by referring to The Pickler and threatening me with her performance. Now it's the AMERICAN IDOL CHALLENGE! $10K is the prize, with a trip to Hollywood. Grand prize, $100K and tix to the finale (I went to last season's finale - it's TOTALLY worth it). The answer, folks, is B. And with that, I've voted and it's back to the recap.
OH NO. It's The Pickler. I'll admit - I couldn't stand her and her fake "GAWLEE" during last season. Did she have her boobs enlarged? She is ALL boob tonight. A giant, blonde boob. I have to be honest, folks, she looks a bit like a hooker, that you'd find in some small southern town. They do a stupid food jokes, and we'll hear a song she co-wrote (barf) called I Wonder. Can I write the lyrics? "I wonderrrrr.... Why they put this girl back on the show... I wonderrrrrr... Why they think she can sing..." Something like that. Her voice is as annoyingly cornpone as it always was, and I'm literally going to fast-forward through the rest of it. It can't get any better. DVR is a beautiful thing, because I didn't have to sit through that.
And we're back. Just enough time to clear the blood from my Pickler-bleeding ears. We are reminded that Alaina and Nick sucked enough to be booted, and that two others sucked as much as well and are gone. Front row of guys.
Chris R.: SAFE!
Brandon: SAFE! (Whew - was worried for him)
Sanjaya: SAFE!
AJ: OUT
That's just wrong. AJ just got sacrificed on the altar of the sympathy vote that Sanjaya got. Jeez Louise. Paula doesn't feel tonight reflects that this is a singing competition. Randy agrees, thought AJ was great and doesn't think America got it right. When it comes to AJ and Sanjaya I totally agree, frankly. You can't even compare the two performances. AJ sings the Last Song of Shame, and he sounds good and he looks good. Sundance is crying again, and so his Melinda.
WTF, America? Is it worth it because you feel badly for Sanjaya that you just threw this talented kid to the wolves? AJ wasn't my favorite boy, but he deserved to stick around. This annoys me, because it's the same type of mentality that will keep Antonella (Nakedella) on the show as well. This ain't high school, folks, and it's not a popularity contest - it's a singing contest. ((sigh)) Commercial. I'll just fume.
Now one more girl has got to go.
Lakisha: SAFE!
Haley: SAFE!! (Shocker?)
Antonella: SAFE! (Ridiculous)
Leslie: OUT!
Jordin: SAFE!
Damn I'm getting good at this. I missed the AJ call, but all the rest I got dead to rights. Leslie looks really upset about this and slightly pissed. Simon doesn't think the right people have gone tonight and he encourages America to vote. Leslie REALLY looks like she's going to puke. WE now get tortured with their group bootee package.
Nick, Leslie, AJ, Alaina. Daughtry angsts that he's "going home", as are our bootees. We see their meteoric rise, all while knowing that they just bit the freakin' dust. And now we're back to Leslie, who has to sing. She doesn't look any more substantively pulled together, frankly. How can you not know when you're going to tank like that and be prepared for it? She's on the verge of tears and you can hear it in her voice.
Snaps to whoever it was at MJs Big Blog who said that it would be totally ironic if AJ AND Leslie went tonight given that they did the same song. Ding ding! We have a winner. And the girls come out and join her, and that's all we got for results.
I'll post a bit over the weekend, perhaps tomorrow as well, but I'll see everyone Tuesday for the Boys! Sure hope Brandon gets a clue and redeems himself - if he doesn't, I don't see him surviving another week.
Labels: American Idol, Boys, Girls, Results, Round 2, Semi-Finals
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posted by RenaRF @ 9:17 PM,
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Results Show - 1
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Ok! I'm back in the saddle. I'm all caught up with the performances and I'm ready for the results show. Here's who I think is going tonight:
Nicole Tranquillo
Amy Krebs
Nick Pedro
Paul Kim
With the girls I think my bottom two match those that will go. With the boys, though, my bottom two are different from who I think will go. So with that, make the click to the full post and I'll cover the first Results Show!
All 24 of them are lumped on stage, all smiling. I suspect a few will NOT be smiling soon enough. Not just the four who go, but whomever they single out to be in that bottom "group" as well. Now they've run and moved to the stairs. They're a veritable hoard. 32 million votes were tabulated. We meet the judges, and Simon doesn't seem like he wants to kill Ryan, though I wonder these days. I vote that they're not very friendly these days.
We start by busting on the boys. That's this week's theme: The Boys Suck and The Girls Don't. We find out that Diana Ross, John Bon Jovi, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Tony Bennett, Martina McBride, some peeps from Herman's Hermits, and Barry Gibb will all be Top 12 Coaches. No Michael Jackson!! Yay!!
Now we're to the performance recaps, guys first, then girls. We are reminded that Randy thought the boys started way ahead of the girls during Hollywood week, and we're smacked back to this week and The Boys Suck and The Girls Don't. We see Stephanie, Melinda, Leslie, Sabrina singing and chatting from last night. We see the "they took on Celine" girls - Gina and Haley. Jordin and Nicole are highlighted for showing their "soulful sides" (someone save me from hearing Nicole again - God she sucked). Now we're to the Bad Girls - Antonella, Amy and Alaina. For some reason also we're reminded that Ryan took some of Simon's comments personally. We finish with Lakesha as the high point of the night. While she was great, I really think they're giving Melinda short shrift. Not to mention Sabrina.
Back to Ryan, and he introduces the WORST part of AI, the dreaded Group Sing. They're doing a Tears for Fears tune, Sowing the Seeds of Love. Odd choice. We start with Phil - he sounds good! Then to Rudy, Sundance and Blake, all of whom sound good. We flip to Amy, Stephanie, and then back to Brandon, Paul, Chris S., and AJ. Chorus - all together now!! Jordin and Melinda are featured here. Now they're walking around, singing, ooh oohing in relative unison. Groups march forward, etc. Sabrina, Lakesha are featured next. Then it's to the unison BIG ENDING. Left out: Sanjaya, Nick, Jared, Chris R., Leslie, Gina, Haley, Alaina. And with that, we're to the commercial.
Back from commercial! There's Ryan, all natty in his suit. We see the guys first, and some legs are shaking, twitching nervously. Ryan wants to know how they're feeling, and Nick is NOT nervous. Chris is a little nervous about being perceived as disrespectful to Simon and he's worried it will be taken the wrong way. He professes love for Simon. Ugh.
Back row is on stage: Brandon, Sundance, Chris, Nick, Blake, Paul. We go through the reviews from the first night, boy by boy.
Brandon: SAFE.
Sundance: SAFE
Chris R: SAFE
Nick: SAFE (shocker!)
Blake: SAFE
Paul: He's OUT.
So I'm 1-2 in my predictions, and someone from the front row is going home. To further Paul's humiliation, they toss it back to the judges. Randy thinks he should find the songs that let him excel, and I agree. Paula thinks he has enough to make it, and he has a nice voice and he'd be great in the studio - he just tried to hard and picked the wrong song. So they thank him, and he's booted. He's upset - poor guy. And he has to sing! And of course, he has to sing the poor song choice that got him booted. That hurts. I have to say - he's trying to leave with class and on a high note. He wasn't among my favorites from last night, but he wasn't in my bottom, either. Sidenote! He's wearing shoes!! It's the shoe-wearing that undoubtedly did him in - he's probably not wearing his lucky underwear, either.
We're to another break while the boys on the front row poop their pants.
And we're baaaack!! We're switching it up. Time to torture the girls now. They're all ready to cry, apparently. Lakesha is nervous - go figure - but she sums it up: "You just never know". Back row of girls take the stage, reviewed one by one.
Jordin: SAFE
Stephanie: SAFE
Sabrina: SAFE
Leslie: SAFE
Melinda: SAFE
Antonella: SAFE (not that she should be, but I"m not really surprised.
So now the front row of girls is TOTALLY freaking out. Ryan mixes it up, calls Amy up and tells her she's DONE. Whoa - that was pretty rude. They want advice for Amy, and Simon reiterates that she didn't stand out. She's taking it well - I give her snaps. And now, she has to sing in a very bland and non-standy out way again. I didn't really care for that particular method of axing a girl. Kind of like throwing ice water on someone who's laying in the hot sun on the beach. She sings, and she's not a bad singer really, but she really doesn't stand out. Again. Although I have to say - tonight is better than last night. Sanjaya is crying for some reason. Probably because he's a basically nice person.
Another break. We'll be seeing Fantasia when they return, and hearing about the ALL NEW American Idol challenge.
Ok - so to summarize, I got Amy right, I got Paul right, but I got Nick wrong. 2-3. 66% with downside worst result 50%, upside 75%. Not bad! Yay me! And we're back, and Ryan tells us again who got cut and starts explaining the American Idol challenge. You have to have a cell phone, and ou have to answer some question correctly and you may win $10K and qualify you to win
The question: Of these three American Idol winners, which has a multi-platinum album entitled Breakaway? Text A for Carrie Underwood, B for Kelly Clarkson, and C for Fantasia Barrino. Text it to 51555, and it'll cost $.99 (that's 99 cents). And now Fantasia takes the stage. I think I just saw Quincy Jones in the studio?? Huh? Yep - it's him. They just featured him and gave his name. Wow. Quincy Freaking Jones!! Fantasia has a new album out, and she's going to be starring in the Broadway play The Color Purple. WOW. Quincy's producing, and he absolutely pronounces her ready for it. She's doing I'm Here from that production.
I was a fan of Fantasia's unique, powerful and consistent voice in spite of her enormous attitude during Season 3. I think post-Idol has brought her some humility, and this performance is outstanding as far as I'm concerned. I'd love to see her in that production. The judges give her a standing ovation and well they should - they did good seeing through her bluster those seasons ago.
And with that, it's commercial time.
We're back, and the five remaining girls are on the stage. So they get right to it.
Haley: SAFE
Lakesha (duh): SAFE
Gina: SAFE
And now Nicole and Alaina are huddling together.
Alaina: SAFE
Nicole: She's OUT.
3-4. Not bad - I should start betting! They got the girls right, and will hopefully weed out Haley and Alaina next week baring some stellar comeback of singing proficiency. Paula reiterates that she's a brilliant vocalist (she needs to have her ears checked). Nicole is gracious in her defeat, and manages not to cry. But now I have to hear that awful song again. She doesn't suck any less tonight than she did last night - this is a REALLY bad song for her. Her limitations show as though illuminated by a searchlight. Ugh. Make it stop!
We're back! Bottom row guys now.
Chris S.: SAFE
Phil: SAFE
Jared: SAFE
AJ: SAFE
That leaves Rudy and Sanjaya. Hm - didn't expect this. One of them is top 4 boys, the other is out. Rudy is OUT. That's SO FREAKIN' WRONG. Sorry Sanjaya fans - I think he's a nice young man but he's nowhere nearly as good as Rudy. Simon disses him again, saying he can't make a great singer out of someone who's average. Paula thinks America got it wrong.
Now we get the package of the four who were outed all lumped together. Bummer for them. Based on JUST last night's performances, I would have put four or five boys below Rudy in capability, Sanjaya being one of them.
And there you have it - show over. Rudy sings again, and claims he's going "out with a bang". He gets to sing, and that's good - they don't cut him off. And I like the song again. Don't love it, but don't hate it. He should have had a shot to redeem himself.
So here they are again, the four cut Idols:
Nicole
Amy
Rudy
Paul
See ya later folks!
Labels: American Idol, Boys, Girls, Results, Round 1, Semi-Finals
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posted by RenaRF @ 8:01 PM,
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