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  • American Idol Season 9 – Who Makes The Top 8 (For Real This Time)?

    Last night was Elvis night and oh man, I thought it was a rough night. I think the judges were grading on a curve because we didn’t see eye to eye. They loved Tim. I think Tim is like the dumb guy in class who everyone claps for when he gets a B -, only because it’s not a F. They loved Lee. I thought Lee was lazy and sleepy eyed.

    But what we did agree on is that Andrew Garcia is just lost and confused. Simon says the “cool” has been sucked out of him. His rendition of Hound Dog was one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen on American Idol and that says a lot considering how many bad performers there have been. I didn’t even say Constantine’s name and he still started shivering for a reason unbeknown to him.

    I say that alongside Andrew, the elf-like Aaron also goes home. He’s slowly turning into Chicken Little.

    I Have Hair Envy
    I imagine Adam Lambert is going to perform tonight. Let’s hope he doesn’t dry hump anyone or kiss his guitar player. Also, I do hope to get my hair as high as him this weekend. I have hair envy.

    What? Brooke White is also performing tonight? I hope Didi Benami joins her on stage for a possible pasty duet.

    It’s elimination time. Remember, because Big Mike was saved last week, two people are going home tonight.

    Ryno tells Casey, Aaron, and Andrew to meet him in the center of the stage. He got right to it. My Mexican brother Andrew is gone. Lee DeWeed just lost his brother from another mother. Aaron and Casey are safe.

    They showed a teaser video for Idol Gives Back with Elliott Yamin and Kara DioGuardi, and of course, it was pretty heart wrenching.

    Brooke White is singing with a Constantine! Oh no! Wait, that’s not Constantine. It’s a young man by the name of Justin Gaston. Brooke’s wearing shoes by the way. Brooke is so darn likable. I’m a fan.

    Ryno brings Lee, creepy girl, Katie, Big Mike, Crystal, and Teflon Timothy to the middle of the stage. Crystal is safe and decides to play her harmonica on her way back to her seat. Creepy girl is safe and she walks creepily back to her seat. Lee is safe, though he looks like he has the stomach flu since he was so nervous.

    Adam Lambert performs Whataya Want From Me and his hair is just as high as can be. The performance was pretty good too.

    Big Mike, Teflon Timothy, and Katie Stevens are at center stage and one of these three are going home. Ryno tells Teflon Timothy that he’s safe, proving that America is once again deaf and dumb.

    It’s down to Big Mike and Katie. Ryno says that one person goes home and the other person isn’t even in the bottom three. He just likes to mess with people.

    The person going home is Katie Stevens. She went home about two weeks too early. Creepy girl is very sad and all I can think of is if I ever meet her, I don’t want to make her sad so she never has to make that face again. Big Mike whispered some words of wisdom into Katie’s ear before he left her to sing her blues away.

    Carrie Underwood is singing them Home Sweet Home. Wait, that was the song from a couple of years ago. Maybe I just wish that was still the go home song instead of this lame Will Young song. Will Young can “leave right now”.

    Next week’s theme is inspiration and the mentor looks like it’s supposed to be Alicia Keys. That could be good. Let’s hope Swizz Beatz stays home.

  • American Idol Season 9 – Who Makes The Top 8?

    This is the first week in the newest season in which I have no real idea who is going home. No one had a performance which just caused you to hold your nose so as not to smell the stench coming out of the television.

    Our brown-haired punching bag, Teflon Timothy didn’t even have his usual stink-a-roo performance, which could work against him. Why? Well, in the previous weeks, his fans were trying to save him out of desperation and fear. This week, they’re probably not as desperate.

    With a water gun to my head, I think my Mexican brother Andrew Garcia is the one who probably takes the hit. He’s nowhere near the worst singer left, but then again, neither was Paige Miles. Santa’s little helper, Aaron Kelly is now grating my nerves, but I don’t think people are ready to see him go. I think Teflon Timothy does survive one more week, but it will be much harder next week.

    Onto the elimination …

    Ryno makes creepy girl stand-up first. He pulls her toward the center of the stage.

    Crystal Bowersox is next to have her emotions played with. She joins creepy girl at the center of the stage.

    Young Katie Stevens joins them. They are the girl power group of three.

    Crystal is safe. And so are Katie and creepy girl. Well, that was a waste.

    But it does mean that it’s an all-dude bottom three. That sounded kind of lewd.

    Jason Derulo is performing. I really like his energy and think he’s more than just a one hit wonder. He was also signed by my wife, Miss Kara DioGuardi. And if I wasn’t so lazy, I’d put the umlaut over the “u” in his name. But I don’t want to do the google search to figure out the HTML. I want to watch dude perform.

    I enjoy Whatcha Say more as a song, but he performers In My Head instead. He may eventually need to lose that Freddie Jackson mustache. If I told you that he outperformed Usher (who was on this show last week), would you believe me? Well, he did.

    David Archuleta
    Last night, I was wondering who was going to try to pull off Imagine and no one did. Instead, we get David Archuleta, who performed this song during his season, to give it to us. You mean Blake Lewis was busy?

    It was probably his money performance of his season, though I’d say guest starring on iCarly was a bigger thrill for me personally. Ok, I think I just might’ve given you more information about myself than necessary.

    David Archuleta and Aaron Kelly could both be in the new Harry Potter movie and I’m not sure anyone would recognize them. Accio!

    It’s Lee’s turn to stand-up. Ryno’s going to split the rest of the guys into two groups. One group will be the safe group. One group will be the all-male bottom three. There I go again.

    Lee goes to one side and Big Mike starts another group. Casey joins Lee and Aaron joins Big Mike. Tim joins Lee and Casey. I can tell you right now that Aaron, Big Mike, and Andrew are the bottom three.

    I could make a slightly political/racial statement about the two minorities being in the bottom three, but let’s face it, we know who watches this show.

    Aaron Kelly is safe, predictably. I’ll save the speech and just say, demographics, demographics, demographics.

    If Big Mike is the the guy to go home, I think the judges save him. If Andrew goes home, I don’t think they save him.

    Rihanna performs Rock Star 101. Jeez, she’s going through singles like morning donuts at an Internet company. I think she’s singing live, but it’s not like the song is all that hard to sing. She’s wearing this tight patent leather suit that only she and Lady Gaga can pull off these days. But it’s hiding her trunk a bit and that makes me sad.

    Andrew Garcia is safe and Big Mike goes home. Wow! First shocker of the season. Let’s hope he gets saved.

    He’s singing Woman’s Work while his wife is crying. That was heartbreaking.

    Here’s video of the first time he performed the song:

    They used the save! Big Mike is back next week and if it’s anything like last year, there will be two eliminations last week.

    Seacrest out!

  • Sonic Spring Singing Contest – Week 4

    The Sonic Clashers know their singers!

    Weepy Didi Benami was the far and away favorite to go home last week if you listen to our readers.   The teary-eyed blonde was named on 100% of all ballots cast for The Bottom Two last week.

    Do you know how hard it is to get 100% of people to agree on anything musical, much less picking a name out of multiple artists?  Here’s how hard:  we’ve polled Sonic Clash readers before and some have said The Beatles’ music was just all right, that there were better rock bands in the mid 1960s.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see only 97% agree that the name of our planet is Earth.

    So when Benami went buh-bye fast, I knew the judges wouldn’t even think of saving her.  Nicely done, Clashers!  And tw0-thirds of you added Tim Urban not-Cowboy to The Bottom Two so you really nailed the competition.

    The interesting thing:  of the 33% of you who picked someone other than Didi Benami or Tim Urban in The Bottom Two, no one picked Katie Stevens.   You watched the show “back”.  You know the teenager with the really low register was in the bottom three for the second straight week.

    Don’t forget to PLAY THIS WEEK’S SINGING CONTEST. Your answers MUST be in by the time the results show airs on the East Coast.  The deadline is not your local time, but when the show goes live.  And if you haven’t played yet, this is your last chance to pick The Final Three and The Winner before the point totals drop to their lowest value of 4 points each.

    Sonic Singing Contest Leaderboard

    MT is our overall leader with 7 points!

    Hea Jin is a close second with 6 points

    Yoel, Bridget and Cindy each have 4 points.

    And nipping at their heels are Shantel, Monica and Michelle each with 3 points.   And don’t forget Joe F and his point.  If he gets the Bottom Two and the person going home right this week, he wins 4 points and is right back in the race.

    You could be in the race for a $25 Amazon gift card too. PLAY THIS WEEK’S SINGING CONTEST and show us your judging talent!