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  • The X Factor – Who Makes The Top 9?

    Rihanna Esquire Cover
    In my X Factor live blog last night for Popblerd, I gave out my top and bottom three based on performances.

    Top 3
    Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, Astro

    Bottom 3
    Stacy Francis, LeRoy Bell, Chris Rene

    We’ll see if someone in my bottom three goes home.

    The show starts with the entire crew singing We Will Rock You with Josh Krajcik and Rachel Crow front and center. And then, LeRoy Bell misses his only solo line. Come on old man!

    Rihanna’s on the show! That’s much better than what they’ve had in the recent live results shows.

    Paula says she feels confident tonight. That’s the kiss of death. Mr. Anti-charisma Steve Jones says the first part of the results are coming now. There’s no drama in the people who make it Steve. The drama is in the people who go home. Who cares about the first two acts?

    LeRoy Bell is through. People like them some nervous old man. And Lakoda Rayne is in as well. How can you get this wrong? All anyone wondered that is if they were going to make it through? Why didn’t they wait until the end to say they made it?

    Rihanna is performing We Found Love. She’s wearing torn jeans that expose leather garter belts. Actually, she’s wearing jean shorts underneath the torn jeans. I’m just trying to get a view of the back shot and FOX isn’t giving me any. I’m not surprised. They almost never did it when J. Lo walked out on American Idol last year. I hate you FOX.

    Astro must be wearing contacts. He’s without the specs tonight.

    Back to the elimination …

    Next to make it through to next week is Chris Rene. I think Simon is holding his breath on his girls. I don’t think he expected LeRoy or Lakoda to get through.

    Melanie Amaro is the next contestant in. Simon breathed a sigh of relief. I think he thinks he’s getting hosed tonight.

    Josh Krajcik is also through. If Stacy Francis makes it through, we riot.

    Marcus Canty is in next. That leaves just Astro for the boys. For the girls, Drew and Rachel aren’t yet in.

    Rachel and Drew are crying. Stacy is giving everyone the gas face. And Astro looks confident.

    Drew is in. So that means either Rachel or Astro got the second lowest amount of votes. America, you stupid.

    And Rachel Crow is in. She was sobbing.

    Stacy Francis can’t speak with that gas face when Mr. Anti-charisma put the mic in front of her face. Astro says to not be sad because hip hop has made it this far.

    I can’t imagine any of the mentors taking Stacy and her gas face over Astro. There’s just no way.

    Stacy is up to sing first. She’s performing Amazing Grace. I guess Rock Week is out the window. It started fairly shaky until she got into her groove. I think she’s having a problem getting to the higher notes. And she sounds way nasally.

    Astro asks LA Reid if he should perform. Yep, I don’t think you deserve to be here either little homie. He performs a slicked out song with the Jacksons hook for Never Can Say Goodbye. He even spit about all the judges. This dude is amazing.

    LA says that Stacy did a really good job, but Astro acted a little bit like a quitter. I didn’t see him give up at all. LA is sending home Stacy.

    Nicole respects Stacy and sticks with her girl and wants to send home Astro.

    Paula says it’s not how you start, but how you finish. Paula sends home Stacy.

    Simon says he doesn’t like Astro’s attitude and makes him unfold his arms. Astro says he’s not being disrespectful and just didn’t want to perform for the fans if they want to put him in the bottom two. The tears are flowing. Simon expects him to act like an adult. Isn’t the kid 14? Simon keeps Astro and sends Stacy home.

    Stacy is dramatic to the core. She was dramatic on her way in and dramatic on her way out.

  • The X Factor – Who Makes The Top 10?

    Willow Smith
    In my X Factor live blog last night for Popblerd, I gave out my top and bottom three based on performances.

    Top 3
    Rachel Crow, Josh Krajcik, LeRoy Bell

    Bottom 3
    Stacy Francis, Chris Rene, The Stereo Hoggz

    I hit it right on the money with InTENsity last week. We’ll see if anyone from my bottom three goes home tonight.

    If you thought Marcus Canty’s glitter jacket was a bit obnoxious last night, he’s wearing a white tux tonight during the group song. So is Rachel Crow, but she can get away with it.

    Also, in case y’all are wondering, Astro can rap. Chris Rene can’t.

    And as much as I wished it wasn’t the case, Mr. Anti-charisma, Steve Jones is back. I sort of hoped he was hit by a bus this morning and broke his foot. Alas, my terrible wishes didn’t prove true.

    LA Reid apologized for saying that Melanie Amaro’s performance wasn’t all that creative. He admitted that he was drinking a tall glass of haterade last night.

    Willow Smith is on stage performing Fireball. I have nothing against Will and Jada’s baby girl, but I’m not exactly sure what I just saw. She kind of half-rapped half-sung a mess of a song in a tight overalls jumpsuit. Rather than hit us with some of the elimination, Mr. Anti-charisma introduces Jessie J who has sold over 8 million records worldwide. She’s sold so many records that I’ve never heard of her. She’s either a Katy Perry or Lady Gaga knockoff, I’m not sure which.

    (If you watched the most recent MTV VMAs, she was the girl singing songs between commercials for the audience.)

    Finally, it’s elimination time.

    The first person in is Stacy Francis.

    Your boy Astro is also in.

    Your girl Melanie Amaro is also in. No groups are in yet and Paula is nervous.

    Marcus Canty is next, glitter jacket and all.

    LeRoy Bell is also in and Nicole is so happy that two of hers made it through.

    Rachel Crow is also back next week. Paula is now really, really nervous.

    Josh Kracjik is in. I think both of Paula’s groups are in the bottom two. She might go crazy.

    Drew is in. It’s now between Paula’s groups and Chris Rene. Rene deserves to go the most.

    Chris Rene is through. Uh oh. The Stereo Hogzz and Lakoda Rayne are in the bottom two. The groups are cursed! People don’t want to be fans of more than one person.

    Lakoda Rayne is singing No Air for their survival song. It started out very shaky, but they did their best. Their harmony was off.

    The Hogzz won me over at hello. They’re singing Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone. Well, at least the lead singer is. He sort of sounds like Slim from 112. To me, they are the better group, but I imagine it’s much easier to sell four fair-skinned girls to a country audience.

    LA Reid chooses to send home The Stereo Hogzz.

    Nicole admits to choosing Lakoda Rayne because of female empowerment. Ass!

    Paula chooses to not vote, and then says she’ll choose to send home Lakoda Rayne just so the Hogzz have a chance. She was an absolute nut case, crazy mess during this entire process.

    Simon is so going to send home the Hogzz. I can just feel it. He sends home the Hogzz. Damn.

    It goes to show what I said last week. America can’t latch onto groups like they can latch onto solo acts. Next year, they shouldn’t even have groups.

  • American Idol Season 9 – Who Will Be The First Loser?

    David Cook at the American Idol Tour in 2008
    This has been a very newsworthy season for American Idol and we’ve just started.

    – Paula left and Ellen joined.

    – Simon made it official that he’s leaving at the end of this year and starting X-Factor in the US.

    – And unbelievably, Janell Wheeler was eliminated after wearing the greatest pants a woman has ever worn.

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    Ok, you’re back.

    Last night, the show was much better than I expected it to be. There were very few truly wretched performances and there were even a couple standout performances too.

    Now, on to the elimination show.

    David Cook opens with a performance of Jumpin’ Jack Flash which is most newsworthy for the pimp suit he’s rocking, but the dude also shows off some great energy.

    Ryno brings up Paige and she’s in the bottom three. Even the laryngitis story didn’t save her. People are mean.

    He tells Lee that he’s safe.

    Siobhan, who will be known here from now on as creepy girl because she literally scares me, is up next and Ryno tells her that she’s safe as well. If she’s so safe, how come I need to double check that I locked the door when I see her on screen?

    Little Aaron Kelly is up next and little Aaron Kelly is safe.

    Ryno tells Andrew and Tim, who were two of the worst guys last night, to stand up. Kara says she’s not surprised that either guy could be in the bottom three. It’s not Andrew. It’s Timothy.

    Orianthi, who is most famous for being one of Michael Jackson’s guitarists on the This Is It tour that ended before it started when he passed, is performing her new single According To You. It’s very much on the Kelly Clarkson tip.

    We’ll see how long this stays up on YouTube, but here’s her performance:

    Ryno tells Didi that she’s safe before doing the same with Crystal.

    After getting inconsistent advice from the judges on what her best lane is, Katie is safe.

    Big Mike is safe.

    Casey and Lacey are up next. Lacey’s my pick to go home. We’ll see what happens. Lacey is in the bottom three and Casey is safe.

    Your bottom three are Lacey Brown, Paige Miles, and Timothy Urban.

    My pick is still Lacey. Paige absolutely doesn’t deserve to be there. Not this early.

    Ryan says Tim is safe and sends him back with the rest of the crew. It’s down to Paige and Lacey.

    Ke$ha, who’s kind of like a low rent Lady Gaga, is performing before the elimination and I’d add the video here, but it’s not really worth it. Two dudes called 303 dropped a few bars each in the middle and I’m just in awe. I get Ke$ha somewhat. She’ll be gone in two years. But 303 look like two guys who should be drugged out characters in an independent college film.

    And now it’s time. The first person eliminated from this season’s American Idol is Lacey Brown. Well, I nailed that one.

    The judges still have the opportunity to use the save on her, but I think there might be better odds on East Tennessee State upsetting Kentucky tomorrow than on the judges saving Miss Lacey here.

    Will Young’s elimination song tells Lacey to Leave Right Now.