American Idol: Don’t Come Around Here No More Edition
Group singing moments are always hideous, even when I like the songs like I did tonight. It’s like watching a marginal high school choral performance with some competing high points and no sense of flow. This one was better than others, but that’s hardly saying that I liked the thing.
If there is any justice, Paul and Sundance will be going home.
Brandon: safe. Sundance: safe. Chris Richardson: safe. Nick: safe. Blake: safe. Paul: gone. Poor, shoeless bastard.
That’s 50% right, but it leaves someone going home later who should still be on the show. Sundance was bad--and has been consistently bad every week except his audition--and should be gone.
Commercial Aside: The Gain new sent commercial was cute. Like a little bunny. Big smiles.
On the other side of the gender fence, Antonella and either Amy or Nicole (darnit) should be going home.
Jordin: safe. Stephanie: safe. Sabrina: safe. Leslie: safe. Antonella: safe. America loves boobies. Amy: gone.
Which, again, leaves Idol about 50% right (or maybe a little less this time since Antonella was so massively deserving of the boot).
Irritated Aside: Did Ryan Seacrest just cut off Quincy Jones? Man, that’s bad form: Quincy Jones is far more deserving of respect than that twerp. Simon should slap that little bastard. Bastard is the word of the day, in case you were wondering, you nosy bastard.
Happy Aside: Fantasia still has a wonderful voice (even if she sang a song that bored me to tears). It was nice to hear her singing again.
Haley: safe. Lakisha: safe. Gina: safe. Nicole: going home. Alaina: safe.
Which is probably right, but is still a shame. Nicole handled the rejection with grace and good humor. I would still say that Antonella should have been going home.
Back to the boys.
Chris Sligh: safe. Phew. Phil: safe. Jared: safe. AJ: safe. Rudy: gone. Sanjaya: safe.
It could easily have been Sanjaya, but I can’t say I’m disappointed--I don’t think Rudy was particularly good, regardless of the Colorado connection.
All in all, the crime is that a couple of the very worst are off the show; the good part is that none of the truly deserving contestants is gone yet.