ETA: I’m still updating this list!
ETAA: Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson were just on Idol Tonight. They take back the whole “Knock Out” prediction. They both said, after they watched it on television, the performances were even. They think they may have even garnered some sympathy votes for Cookie…
I’m collecting finale spoilers in this thread. If you find anything good, post it!
More For Wednesday:
- ZZ TOP WILL BE PERFORMING WITH DAVID COOK
- GRAHAM NASH Performing “TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL” with BROOKE WHITE
- DAVID ARCHULETA PERFORMS WITH ONE REPUBLIC
- While many of the ex-Idols have been invited back for the finale, many in the Top 24 have notà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
- Seal will perform, according to the FOX report.
- Bryan Adams is rumored to be performing.
- Donna Summer and ZZ Top are performing according to this. Yay?
- à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Other rumors include a performance by the Jonas Brothers and perhaps a gift from his pop holiness, Kanye West. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll seeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ From here.
- Jason Castro has a clue for one of the guest stars, he says that one was known as à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“codename Virgin Airlinesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬
- Uhm. The biggest star in the world is George Michael. WTF?
- Adam Cook will be in the audience tonight.
- he So You Think You Can Dance dancers will be performing on Wednesdayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s finale
- Two Idols from each of the previous six seasons will come back to perform a group number. Hooray! Bo Bice has already confirmed. Yahoo.
- Carrie Underwood will perform her new single à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Last Nameà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , according to her My Space.
- Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be another à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dead Elvisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ video (last year, Celine Dion sang a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“duetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ with Elvis Presley), this time including several people, per Nigel on KISS.
- Paula Abdul will debut a song from her upcoming album, and the Top 12 will also be performing alongside Paula for a special group number. Yahoo.
- The band One Republic (responsible for the mega-hit à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Apologizeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Ryan Tedder from the band recently wrote for Clay Aiken and Blake Lewis) canceled a gig in order to be available for the finale. Daily Press
- Nigel Lythgoe says the kids will be singing 8 new songs tonight. The Top 5 have duets, except for Jason Castro who will be singing “Hallelujah” by himself. David Archuleta and David Cook will sing a duet–at first it was going to be “Homeward Bound” but they decided on “Hero” from Spiderman (Cookie suggested it). Nigel says “the most famous star in the world” may not be a musician. From an interview with Nigel and the Davids this morning on
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- Tonight’s “Dead Elvis” virtual reality video features people who are very much alive, according to TMZ: “The finale will include a virtual hologram of Gladys Knight singing “Midnight Train to Georgia” with Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Downey Jr. singing backup as the Pips.” Jordin Sparks will also be performing.
Is Simon going to take credit for DC win by changing his comments now?
Wouldn’t put it past him to say he is responsible for DC winning.
Because………(insert his smug, mug look) if he hadn’t made the negative comments, DC’s fans would not have voted so much and he wouldn’t have won. So, he caused the stir and is singlehandedly responsible for DC’s winning votes.
Yep, Simon can spin this whole thing around and save the day for himself.
If DC wins, I’ll be chearing the loudest!!!
Go Cookie!!
Well, that might count as a win for Simon, but it’s hardly the best press for Cookie. Simon is essentially saying that Cookie won because I said the other guy was so much better. I mean, you still get to be American Idol, but you would be known as the guy who won by being called bad. Hopefully, the press would be nicer than that.
TPTB always win. Contestants, not so much.
Oh God. I don’t want to hear about Kimberly travelling around on the Idol tour bus this summer! (Elliott fans will get that.
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Before I get a warning from MJ, I’ll switch topics to the subject at hand. Just watched a version of Tush with Kid Rock and ZZ Top and it was a “hot lava bomb”. The crowd was going crazy!!! So keeping my fingers crossed that tonight’s version has potential to be great TV.
Kristin,
I agree completely. It sucks!
It was hurtful to both contestants.
Neither David deserved to be treated this way.
But if you pay attention to the comments last night, Cookie got pretty good ones, just not OTT like Archie. Cook never got the “you were out of your league” aka. The Castro edit. He was never told that he sounded poorly. The only thing he was called on was song choice. That was it.
It’s not like Cook will walk away the undeserving winner. No. He is deserving and I’m about 90% sure someone will say this tonight on live television point blank. Remember that as of 24 hours ago, Cook was considered the favorite to win. Media may have towed the company line and as I’ve seen on the red carpet, so did the majority of the tone deaf “stars” they spoke to. But bottom line, Cook never lost his sheen as a talented contestant and deserved his place. He wasn’t disgraced. His only crime was not delivering the moment people voted him into the finale for.
Regardless, the winner will have their “moment” tonight under a shower of confetti. It’s not going to be as tarnished as some people might think.
BTW, I don’t think they were saying that Cook/whoever is going to win because of sympathy. No. They called the night a draw. Simon said Archie’s Imagine was not good (it wasn’t..I thought I was taking crazy pills or something). Simon even gave the edge to Cook. He just said that his OTT comments may have helped Cook even more. But in no way did anyone ever say that Cook sucked.
Simon was obnoxious Tuesday night and whether or not he knew the results last night beforehand, I was glad he apologized. Cookie deserved that because Simon seriously was over the top on Tuesday. Whatever Simon’s motivation, he made the right gesture last night.