American Idol

First things first.  Eliminated tonight:

Antonella Barba
Sabrina Sloan
Jared Cotter
Sundance Head

Tonight’s results: Not exactly what I expected.

What I did expect:  Vote-splitting between the big voiced divas LaKisha Jones, Sabrina Sloan and Jordin Sparks with Sabrina getting the short end of the stick.  Sabrina has a powerful voice, but was definitely outclassed both vocally and personality-wise by her strong competition.  Her elimination was not a shock.

Also not a shock–sweet, winsome Sanjaya Malakar advancing to the Top 12.  He’s got people.  And those people aren’t voting for him because he’s a great singer.  But that is nothing new in Idol land.

Jared Cotter’s elimination was also not a shock.  He was really the last of the cannon fodder to be eliminated.  While his vocals weren’t bad, his smarmy manner was really off-putting. Ryan asked Jared if he was surprised to be going home, and he said, completely seriously–YES.  I think Jared may have been a little out of touch.

Antonella Barba said goodbye tonight–heading off to Maxim or Stuff, no doubt.  I really believed she’d make the Top 12 and last at least a few more weeks.  Maybe all publicity actually is NOT good publicity.  It appears that her subpar performances, bad attitude and negative press finally caught up with her.

I didn’t think Sundance Head would be going so soon either.  In fact, I thought he had the potential to be a Kellie Pickler–the type of contestant whose vocal skills are secondary to a personality that folks either love or hate.  Not only did I think he’d make it to the Top 12, but I thought he was definitely a mid-packer.  I’m still a little baffled by this one. Maybe after a good night’s sleep I’ll come up with something.

The big shocker:  Mousy Haley Scarnato advances to the Top 12.  I don’t think anybody saw that coming. Maybe, Simon’s harsh criticisms elicited the pity vote.  Or just maybe, Haley represents a group of folks who aren’t interested in R&B or rock music. Haley may have had a pool of voters all to herself that was large enough to advance her past Sabrina who was more than likely splitting votes with several contestants.

Diana Ross will guest star on the show next week.

I’ll post a full re-cap tomorrow, including more on tonight’s cheesetastic group sing, the big mid-final charity special, and Carrie Underwood performing her new single “Wasted.”

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First, the group sing.  This week’s horrifying 70’s hit, up for potential slaughter:  “Stuck in the Middle With You.”  The contestants try to melisma-up this moldy-oldie with typically hilarious results. The cheesy group sing–may it never stop. Continue reading ‘Top 16 Results’

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It’s the girls turn to sing and dedicate their performances to loved ones.  I think the boys edged out the girls this week.  At the very least, they picked interesting songs–by Ray LaMontagna, Jamiroquai, Irving Berlin and Jason Mraz.  The girls had the typical Celine-Whitney-Christina triumvirate–with a little Beyonce thrown in on the side.  YAWN.  I was a little bored tonight.  Even writing this recap took some effort. Continue reading ‘Top 10 Girls Perform’

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Here are a few details from tonight’s results show.  I’ll post a full recap in the morning.

Tonight’s bootees:

• Amy Krebs
• Nicole Tranquillo
• Paul Kim
• Rudy Cardenas

No big surprises there.

Chris Daughtry’s song “Home” was played over the bootee’s exit packages.  So, it’s official. “Home” is the boot song.

At the top of the show, Ryan announced this season’s lineup of Idol guest stars:

• Diana Ross
• Jon Bon Jovi
• Jennifer Lopez
• Gwen Stefani
• Tony Bennett
• Martina McBride
• Lulu and Peter Noone - Ryan added there will be a British Invasion night.
• Barry Gibb

Fantasia was the guest performer.  She announced that she would play Miss Celie in the Broadway production of “Color Purple”.  Fantasia’s opening night is April 11.  Quincy Jones, one of “Purple’s” producers was in the audience to promote the show.

Rumor has it that Kellie Pickler will appear next Wednesday to sing her new single “I Wonder”

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The show starts with a re-cap of this week’s performances.

And then Ryan introduces the gang for a group number, and I COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED! OMG ELEVENTYONE!!!111!!!  Regular readers know I am a huge fan of what some witty poster over at Television With Out Pity dubbed the Pointy!Pose! Season 4 saw a demise of the cheesy, badly choreographed group number which was a regular staple of Seasons 1-3.  Pointy Pose refers to how the number would end (best if it was a medley)–the contestants frozen in a pose, raised finger pointing heaven-ward. Continue reading ‘Top 24 Results’

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