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  • American Idol Season 10 – Who Makes The Final 2?

    There was a lot to take in last night. All three contestants sang three times, giving us three different looks as we near the end of this season of American Idol. Lauren is singing well, but doesn’t have that stage presence down. Haley is peaking at the right time. And Scotty probably had his worst week in a while, but it might’ve been because the other two overshadowed him. Let’s get to the elimination show.

    J. Lo Booty Alert
    She kind of gave us a cool look, but I don’t think we’ll get those tight white pants that I was hoping for all season long.

    The producers put together another useless video package with the remaining three meeting with JJ Abrams.

    It’s always fun to see the contestants go back to their hometown, but I’m going to bypass all of that. You’ve seen it before, you know what it’s all about.

    In one of the more odd moves, three guys were on stage and Ryno Seacrest said they were releasing their US debut and then they started to sing in Italian. Of course they did.

    Nicole “The Terminator” Scherzinger still has a solo career? Wow. And she’s on American Idol performing her single. That’s two weeks in a row for her since she was in Steven Tyler’s video last week too. I kind of feel badly for her because she’s going to try so hard to gain any traction as a solo artist and it’s probably never going to happen. 50 Cent is on the song, which makes it three R&B/pop tracks that he’s guested on recently, including one with El DeBarge and a posthumous Michael Jackson track.

    It’s time to get to the results. The first person in the final two is Scotty McCreary. Those teenage girls love them some Scotty McCreary. And facing him is going to be Lauren Alaina. Haley goes home. I’m not sure I’ve ever been so bummed to see someone go home after I’ve picked against them all season. I loved Haley early on, then thought she was getting by on her looks, and loved her again in the last two weeks. Her leaving makes the finale a bit milquetoast. I once compared Haley to Jasmine Trias. A pox on me.

    She performed Benny & The Jets with a wink and a smile as if to say, “You voted off the wrong person people.” That girl figured it all out.

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  • American Idol Season 10 – Who Makes The Final 3?

    The judges gave Haley another earful for her terrible song choice of Michael Jackson’s Earth Song last night. But they were overwhemingly positive for all of the other seven performances even though I didn’t think they were all good. Some of them were most definitely good like Haley’s I (Who Have Nothing) and Scotty’s Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) might have been one of the greatest song choices based on time and theme in the history of American Idol.

    Can Haley stay the Teflon Don? Is Scotty’s choke hold of the young female vote enough to get him through? Did Lauren do a good enough job shaking her nerves? And is Big Game James going to sneak through after what was just an ok night (don’t tell the judges I said that) for him?

    Tonight, we get Enrique Iglesias, Jordin Sparks, and Lady Gaga all performing. You know, tonight, he’s not Enrique. He’s Ricky. Ricky Iglesias is performing.

    I’m skimming through the duets. I don’t think my heart can take the cheesiness tonight.

    They did a nice video package of the contestants web casting home which was a sneak preview of next week’s top three who all get to go home to visit their peeps. Well, I guess, whoever doesn’t get through tonight gets to go home too, but there might not be a parade waiting.

    Ryno got right to it and said that Lauren is in the top three. I’m still in it to win it in my American Idol pool thanks to L-Boogie.

    Bait and switch! Gaga isn’t performing live in front of the American Idol crowd. And she has canary yellow hair.

    Ricky Iglesias is singing Dirty Dancer, but Usher is not with him. Since when has Usher ever turned down a chance to sing for TV ratings? And because he simply couldn’t resist, Ricky is also singing I Like It. Let’s see if Pitbull turns down the opportunity to come back on Idol after joining J. Lo last week. Nope, no Pitbull. They may have a Pitbull maximum.

    Jordin Sparks it out singing next. The last time I saw her was on the Disney show, The Suite Life on Deck. I think Zack and Cody tried to throw her off the boat. By the way, baby girl lost weight and is trying to get her Beyonce on.

    I think I just saw a sign in the audience that said Gilroy, CA Loves James. That’s my hood!

    Steven Tyler premiered the video for his new song Feels So Good whereas he seemed to be chasing a young blonde 40 years his minor. And for whatever reason, Nicole “The Terminator” Scherzinger showed up in the video to just stand next to him. Ok, she sang a bit with him in the end. Don’t tell me she’s his new girlfriend.

    Teflon Haley is also in the top three. Wow. It’s time to pick between Big Game James and Scotty Too Hotty. I think Big Game James goes home based on last night.

    And the person who goes home is … Big Game James. The dude had the best story of them all and came out swinging. I’ll be sad to see him go. We’re down to the final three. Seacrest out!

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  • American Idol Season 10 – Who Makes The Final 4?

    After last night, it seems like Jacob is going home. Don’t worry. I’m not going to sit on my pedestal and shout at everyone who doesn’t like Jacob. He didn’t have a great night and if there’s a week that he goes home, I’d be fine if it was this week. It doesn’t mean that I’m off the Jacob bandwagon because I think he has the best voice of anyone bar none, but he didn’t perform at the level that everyone else did, per their standards.

    J. Lo Booty Alert
    She did a full twirl this time, but she’s wearing a poofy skirt so though I saw the junk, I didn’t really see the trunk.

    After a 5-person ditty, they are in the kitchen making omelets with Chef Ramsey. What this has to do with American Idol, I have no idea, but it has a lot to do with cross promotion. Lauren won the omelet contest, much like she’s going to win the American Idol contest.

    Lady Antebellum is singing Just A Kiss. Is there a band out there featuring women called Sir something or other? Sir Mix-A-Lot doesn’t count. He just ogles female backside. They don’t count as part of the band.

    Ryno tells James to stand up. Jimmy Iovine says James’ voice shut down on the ballad because of emotion and gave him an 8 out of 10 on last night’s performances. Ryno tells him to start a group on the far side of the stage.

    Lauren is up and Jimmy says that she wussed out of hitting the big note last night on Unchained Melody and predicted that she’d be in the bottom two. Lauren goes on the opposite side of James.

    Back to the horrible Chef Ramsey cross promotion. Lauren and Jacob are in a competition where they have to put on blind folds and figure out what kind of food they are given, which Lauren won.

    It’s J. Lo’s turn to perform live. Let’s hope she doesn’t sing live. She’s wearing some baggy gold pants that don’t do much for her, but I have a feeling we’re getting a good look at that money maker. We got one good look and it’s not the same as it was during the Selena (Selenas!) days, but it’s still grand. Oh ya, and she did sing live. Pitbull joined her as well.

    It’s Jacob’s turn. Jimmy says that Jacob had a rough night and he lost confidence. He gave him a six. Jacob joins Lauren’s side of the stage.

    Haley gets graded by Jimmy next and he says she gets a ten. He says that if her confidence is there, she’s a lock for the finale. Haley joins James’ side.

    Last but not least, it’s Scotty Too Hotty’s turn to be graded. Jimmy liked Scotty a lot last night, but didn’t give him a grade. Scotty is safe. Ryno tells him to choose the side to stand with who he thinks is safe. He doesn’t do it, but Ryno puts him with James and Haley and all three of them are safe.

    It’s down to Lauren and Jacob. Lauren is already crying. Jacob has a steel reserve. Jacob goes home. Lauren is relieved. Jacob says he can now go out and make his kind of R&B music. He wails away as he says goodbye, while being surrounded by his Idol friends. Goodbye Jacob. Seacrest out!