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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!

  • American Idol Season 10 – Who Makes The Final 5?

    Jimmy Iovine wants us to believe that Jacob Lusk is close to elimination. Randall Jackson said the same thing last night. Think about this for a second. In a singing competition, Haley could outlast Jacob. In any other examination of singing as an artform, people would be up in arms. But on this show? Nope, no one cares. They’re fine with it. American Idol has warped our brains.

    Of course, it’s much more than just voice. It’s presentation and charisma and look. But let’s not be vague about this. The reason why people are ok with Jacob Lusk leaving a singing competition before someone like Haley is because he has a feminine personality, and for whatever reason, that’s offensive to viewers. The fact that Steven Tyler was insinuating that Haley and Casey were knocking boots on last night’s show wasn’t offensive. But Jacob sings in a dramatic fashion and it’s offensive. I’m calling you out America. It’s flat out wrong.

    J. Lo Booty alert
    I turned on the show and J. Lo was immediately seated. Fail.

    Bruno Mars is on the show tonight. My twitter friend, Raphael is a dead ringer for him.

    The Idol crew sings a medley of Carole King’s hits. After seeing each contestant sing once and then seing three duets last night, I’m fine with fast forwarding through this. But Scotty was signing amidst 6 young girls. I would’ve never let my daughter be looked at as Scotty groupie food like that.

    Hey, Crystal Bowersox is singing live tonight. You know how Haley has big teeth? Crystal just has bad teeth. But she sings well. Ryan didn’t even ask her to give the contestants any advice. They just went straight to commercial. Bad hosting Seacrest.

    Ryno is taking email questions and the first one is for Casey. Casey was asked who he would want to sing a duet with, living or dead. Casey said Oscar Peterson and the crowd clapped as if they knew who Oscar Peterson was. Someone asked Jacob when he found his range. He said singing in choir when he could sing all the parts. Lauren is asked what the hardest part about being a finalist is. She said missing friends and family. Someone asked Scotty what his pre-Idol job was. He worked at a grocery store and a tanning salon. Someone asked James if he played with a band before Idol. Of course he has. Haley’s teeth was asked who her all-time favorite Idol contestant was and she answered Adam Lambert and then answered about 5 more. Yes, that was as painful to watch and write as it was painful to read.

    Ryno brings Haley’s teeth to the stage. Haley’s teeth is safe tonight.

    Scotty is in the center of the stage. Ryno just tells him to sit down, but doesn’t tell him if he’s safe or not. He brings Lauren to the stage. Then he tells her to sit down too. And he does the same to Casey. He’s also trying to sell that it’s going to be a surprise. At this point, who going home would be a surprise? They’re all pretty even. Well, except for Haley’s teeth, but she’s already safe.

    Big Game James is safe. So it’s between Jacob, Casey, Lauren, and Scotty. Jimmy Iovine thinks that Jacob is on banana peel status because of his clothing choice from last night.

    Lauren is safe. So it’s down to three dudes.

    Bruno Mars is onstage singing The Lazy Song. It’s exactly what it’s titled. It’s one of the worst singles on the album and is the underachiever’s anthem. He sings about P90X, doing the Dougie, and just not combing his hair. Yes, and he put it on his album. And yes, I hear it on the radio. Stoner’s are ruling the world people.

    Jacob is safe which has to mean Casey’s a goner. Pia is going to cackle if Casey goes home. She’s cackling and cackling hard. Casey is going home.

    He went home in fashion. He nearly made out with Steven Tyler on his way out. He had J. Lo in tears and decided to kiss a bunch of women on the cheek and high five a bunch of dudes as the show went to credits. Seacrest out!

    (I guess my entire intro wasn’t necessary since Jacob didn’t go home eh?)

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