The judges save is still in play people! Last night we saw our elite 8 trimmed down to 7. This begs one to ask whether the save will be used in the two coming weeks, since it is unable to be used after the top 5. Let's see what shook down on last night's episode.
1) Frankie Avalon?! Really?! That is a random way to poke fun at how old Simon is. But effective. I felt old watching him sing, so I'm sure Simon felt like he was one foot in the grave. P.S. Frankie Avalon would have been in our Elite 8 if he competed this season. Sure he doesn't have dynamics, but you have to admit, he's got a great old-school voice. Much better than Scott's, anyway.
2) The group song is Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head." We now see why the producers make them lip-sync most of the time. Last night they actually performed live and it was AWFUL! Lil was flat the entire song, the choreography was lame, and every single one of the contestants had a "WTF are we doing this song for?" look on their face. I had the same look. Apparently, they sang this song because it was a song from 2002, the year of American Idol's birth. Aww, precious. Not really. Cheesy.
3) The behind-the-scenes clip for the Ford Commercial Video was actually pretty good. The contestants seemed to enjoy all of the costumes and make-up. Everyone except Anoop that is (surprise, surprise). I can't blame him though. I'd be pissed too if I was the only Indian person on the show and they made me the valet. THAT'S RACIST! You know Adam was loving it. He probably used his own make-up kit. When I was watching it, I thought "Wow, this commercial might turn out to be a good one for a change." Once they started playing it, though, I remembered that Ford was lame and couldn't pull it off. They sang the least energetic version of Britney Spears' "Circus" that I've ever heard (granted that's only the second version besides the original that I've heard). They needed some bass and some strobe lights. That would have made it better. OK, I'm going stop critiquing Shane Drake's failed attempt at a decent commercial.
4) After the Ford commercial, Ryan talks to Adam about his performance the night before. Since the Idol Producers are incompetent, the performance show ran 10 minutes over and a great many people missed Adam's version of "Mad World," which merited a standing ovation from Simon- the first in the shows history. If you missed it, you should check it out (sorry it's backwards, but this was the best version I could find).
5) It's about time to see who America has put in there bottom 3. Adam, Kris, and Anoop are asked to stand. Adam is a no brainer. Safe. Seacrest adds some of his corny suspense and it is revealed that Anoop is in the bottom 3, even after a decent week from him and an off week for Kris. The power of the teeny-boppers, people. But I still feel like this is the right call.
6) It's hard for me to wrap my mind around who thought it would be a good idea for a family television show to have Flo-Rida come and sing his new hit that is not even trying to hide the fact that he is talking about oral sex. This again makes me hate modern music. Gone are they days when rappers, you know, rapped about real issues, or singers sang songs that would help inspire the world. Now it's all about sex and money and it's all fodder. End rant.
7) Back to the results. Scott is obviously the worst of the 5 remaining (Danny, Lil, Allison, and Matt), so he goes over. Then Ryan tries his tomfoolery again and reveals that Lil is in the bottom for the first time. Now that the 3 stools are filled, time for another performance!
8) Kelly Pickler is out singing on the Idol stage again. As a season 5 Alumni, you'd think by now, after a record deal and a few hit songs, she'd be able to perform. False. She stunk then, she stinks now. She would not be in our Elite 8 this year. The contestants are thinking to themselves "Hey, if she can do it, so can I, right?!" She does have the look though.
9) As Lil is sent back to the safety of the couches, it's now down to Anoop and Scott, with only 30,000 votes separating them. That's not much in the grand scheme of 34 million votes. As predicted here, Scott was the Idol-wannabe that was sent home. He was in no position to stay on the show any longer. It's actually quite a feat that he lasted this long. Anoop has survived to sing another day, but one has to expect that his time is coming soon. He is almost in my "can not win this competition" bag. He and Lil have to both do something spectacular in the next two weeks, and hope that another of their fellow contestants stumbles. If not, it is hard to not see them being the next two to go.
There you have it, folks. Did America get it right? Were there any die-hard Scott fans out there that need to let out some rage? Go ahead and let me know.
Your American Idol Junkie,
Billy
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I think America got it right even though I thought Scott's performance on Tuesday was one of his best vocally. It's interesting because I thought this would be the time when it would be getting super difficult to predict who would be leaving. However, some contestant's continued lack-luster performances (which I think is due to unfulfilled potential rather than lack of talent) has made it easier.
Top Crew: Adam, Danny, Kris
Middle: Allison, Matt
Bottom: Lil and Anoop
For the sake of my bracket, I hope Anoop goes next week.
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