American Idol 9 Top 12 – Results Show Recap

We get to buy Dave’s performance! Yay!

Thanks for the thread mj.

Those montages are getting longer and more painfull week after week

judge’s save – is there ever going to be anyone in this group worth saving?

Judges SAVE!!!

So the judges’ save is starting THIS week…. wish they had it last week!

Judges save kicks in this week.

hmm. the save is back..

Judges’ save??? I wish they could bring back Alex, Lilly or Katelyn.

Lookin hot dave!

Cook’s so much better than Casey and Lee.

Dang. Awesome.

NEAL!

David puts all S9 contestants to shame. Pure Awesomeness.

contestants take note – this is how you do justice to a cover of the Stones

I’ve got some kind of weird delay on my satellite, anyone else?

I wonder if they always planned to do the judges’ save this year or if it was just thrown in there because last week’s eliminations scared the bejeezus out of them?

Take note Casey. Thats how you play guitar.

And if you want to vote for David, dial 866-IDOLS…

Rats, wrong year.

Wow what a novel Idea doing a Rolling Stones song as a Rock n Roll Song. David I miss contestants like you! Ho hum! They start with David Bad move going to be kind of an Anti Climatic 52 Min.

David Cook killed it! No swaybots for that performance!

Yay, David Cook instead of group number? Or are we gonna have a painful group number too?

Cook rocks!

Ok, I am happy now

Miss Cook.
Awesome in red

Good lord that was bad.

That is how you sing Rolling Stones.

Hmmm, so people are comparing David Cook’s cover of a stones song with the contestants from this season like I thought they would, funny how that works..

David is so cute, but that wasn’t the best song pick. Kind of disappointed.

Just. Tuning in for Ke$ha who I adore. Cook is really not great IMHO – very flat.

I like his hair and suit, looking sharp!

Cook’s band puts the house band to shame. That was good, and I don’t even like that song much. I hope Keisha and Ori bring it like that.

Where are you sunchick? Neal finally was brought into the light! Hee.

I hate to be shallow, but Dave looked um…hot. Neal and Kyle got lots of screentime which didn’t surprise me. What a great way to start the night!

That’s awesome about what Dave is doing for IGB.

I’m HERE!!!!! And Neal is free! YES! Embrace the band, camera man.

Can we use the judges’ save to bring Cook back once a week? Cuz that would make me happy.

Lawd, that was HOTT.

Dear God! Cook was AMAZING! I have seen him three times in concert and he never fails to surpass expectations. He’s so incredible!

I love that we got Neal soloage. I love that Cookie is hot and he rocks. I love that he gets to go to Africa. And I love that I had a craptastic day and now I feel much happier. Ha!

Not fair to compare the contestants with someone who has been on tour ect. He was ok, for you for me, I tried to like him, I really did. He seems nice tho.

Can we use the judges’ save to bring Cook back once a week?

Lawd, that was HOTT.

ITA a million-billion percent!!!!

Why are they bringing the judges’ save back this year? They’ll just use it on pagent bot Katie…

Not the best song, but David Cook still >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any of the S9 guys

And cool that David’s going to Africa for IGB

Yeah, he was a bit flat, and really, if it wasn’t for the excellent band, it would have been a “meh” performance. Vocals seemed a bit thin, which could have been the sound mixing (as is often the case with live performances on tv). Still, better than any of the contestants. But lets be honest, shouldn’t he considering the gap in experience on stage?

That’s how to rawk the Stones Cookie. Good job.

oh…and hi, Kris, HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I’m ticked about the judges save honestly. It’s too bad Lily didn’t last long enough for it.

Guh. That is ALL! And yay Neal was visible! And we got a rockin Stones performance!

He’s trending on Twitter wooo…

gangreen29:
03/17/2010 at 9:10 pm

Hmmm, so people are comparing David Cook’s cover of a stones song with the contestants from this season like I thought they would, funny how that works..

Well the answer could be one of 3 reason’s

1) you are psychic and really should play the lotto tonight
2) We are all really that predictable and easy to figure out
3) It really was kind of hard not too. He did sing a Rolling Stones song almost like Producers wanted us too and manipulated us….

You think they may have reissued the save because either Crystal or Siobhan are in the bottom. Hmmmmmm

Paige is in the bottom 3.

Who’s Neal?

Lee is safe.

Neal is Cook’s lead guitar player. The one you saw with that awesome solo.

Hmmm, so people are comparing David Cook’s cover of a stones song with the contestants from this season like I thought they would, funny how that works..

LOL, true, very predictable. This has already happened each time an Idol alum came back and I suspect will continue to happen each week as an alum returns.

Siobhan is safe.

DC and the boys ROCKED IT !!! David looked HOT !!

Ooh, I liked that performance. The song’s kinda repetitive, but they were great. I’m gonna check out the original after watching that again later. Woot, who called it? Think it was Windmill? DC’s performance in place of the group number! Everyone wins. I only like the cheesy group numbers when they’re not lip-synced. If they bring it back, it better be live…

So Andrew vs Tim? My money is on Andrew in the B3

Man Ryan just continues with the suckage. >.>

Aaron is safe. I figured he would be.

Aaron is safe! hooray!

lol at the adam mention again. please, she sibohan doesnt have half the talent as adam

Aaron’s safe, those 56 votes helped LOL.

Wow, they should just send these two to the bottom 3 and declare everyone else safe.

Paige, Andrew, Tim. Bottom 3. I would’ve wanted it.

Sometimes I wish we didn’t have Internet. Andrew so deserved B3. Silly kids and their uPods.

Ugh I hope both these douche’s are in the bottom 3/2

Did Skib cut his hair?

How David compares to this year’s group is irrelevant, I think – voting is over. I think most people have the sense to keep it separate. I do anyway, heh. That was just a treat for his fans, maybe he gets some new interested ears, and he gets to plug his album. And if you don’t like him there’s lots more show – kinda like that there are 3 different artists tonite. Can’t stand Kesha but I like Orianthi. Well, Cook is ok too. Grin.

Tim bottom 3

Andrew is safe. Tim bottom 3.

YAY TIM’S IN THE BOTTOM 3

The walk of shame and sitting on the stools is rather cruel no?
I feel so sorry just watching them.

And thanks for answering my question about Neal. That was an incredible solo. So it’s the Anthemic right…

Well, I would have lost, still don’t think Tim will be eliminated, probably between Paige and Lacey.

I know this is not a popular opinion, but I’m really glad Aaron Kelly is safe. I see a lot of potential in him and seeing contestants grow over the weeks is one of the things about this show that I love. I rarely find the ones who have it all figured out that exciting to watch for weeks on end. If they did, they should not be on this show.

crap, there goes my points!

lol at the adam mention again. please, she sibohan doesnt have half the talent as adam

I think she does.

What is up with seacrest? he keeps referring to the women as “darling” or “sweetheart”. This is not 1954!!!!! Stop it!

Did Skib cut his hair?

I think so. That’s what it looked like to me. Of course outside of Dave, Kyle and Neal got the most camera time. heh

Both Andrew and Tim deserve to be in the Bottom 3 based on their last couple performances. Andrew’s really lucky he’s safe this week. And even though Tim’s in the bottom 3, I’ll be stunned if he goes home instead of Paige. Unless the tween girls didn’t vote

Yay, David Cook instead of group number?

I think instead of??? Maybe that’s why they recruited Cookie at the last minute. Mick called and said blimey, no pointy poses! Bless Cookie for throwing something that awesome together in two days, anyway. <3 <3

This graphics thing is cool. And damn, I got the bonus question wrong. I thought the tweenie vote would save Happy Shiny Misogynist.

Why is that judges save back? LOL.

Siobhan emotes a song better then Adam Lambert could even dream of.. They are both talented in their own way which I wish they would stop comparing her to him.

Crap. I’ve lost both bonus question points. I suck at the pool.

Cook was pretty good I thought. Much better than the last 2 times he was on, when I thought he was pretty lackluster. I don’t subscribe to the theory though that his guitar player is anything more than servicable. He’s okay, but not fabulous and that solo wasn’t so special. But again, I thought David himself sounded really good.

I’m surprised Tim’s in the bottom. I’d love to see him really go home, although I doubt it.

Oh fudge! If Lacey isn’t in the bottom 3 or leaving? I just lost all my pool points, lol. I had a feeling it may be Tim going home, dang it!!!!!!!!!!!! WE still don’t know, lol. Tim could be the shocker, the one finally going home. It can’t be Paige, right?

Cookie rocked! Loved his energy and performance. That is how you show confidence on stage Lee, take lots and lots of notes.

I think Lacey will probably be in that 3rd spot on the stools.

keshasuxx

yo yo yo – errything im wearing tonight on idol is FAUX (FAKE) fur and recycled feathersss.. just to let yall know kittenzz.. luvluvluv x

Orianthi sucks

Wow…..i knew Andrew would be safe. His fan base is crazy huge. But i give him another 2 weeks tops, if he doesn’t step up pronto!!

Ok I really like “According to You,” but Orianthi does not sound good live.

According to him, you suck?

Oh really? Where would he get an idea like that?

Orianthi is terrible. What a surprise … another singer who can’t sing live.

Alison would rock this song way better than Orianthi.

Siobhan emotes a song better then Adam Lambert could even dream of..

Do not agree at all but

They are both talented in their own way which I wish they would stop comparing her to him.

Agree 100%

Lordie, that was HOT. Flat? Bwah! He was flat like Dolly Parton is flat, lol. Love how he was true to the classic, but also made it his own. Loved the gas gas gas at the end. RED. Neal was great, too.

The next one on the stools better be either Katie or Lacey or I’m totally screwed, again.

Love her guitar playing, but that vocal was not good live.

That was baaaad. If they wanted people to watch the show Cook should have gone last.

I really did not like Orianthi.

This is bad. She’s not a good live singer. And the song is meh…

Orianthi is an excellent guitarist. But yes, Allison can sing live better than her. But it’s ok, any girl who can rock the guitar like that might just be rarer…

Alisson would rape Orianthi, it’s not even comparable.

Orianthi was underwhelming

I dont know who the blond just singing is, but that was bloody rubbish. More Cookie plz.

I thought Orianthi sounded pretty good. But that song is pretty much a nothing song. I hope her next single has more meat to it. She sounds too much like Avril, and for me she needs to get a more original sound with her next one.

Bring back Cook!!!!!!

I would have much rather seen Allison on that stage that what we just saw. ugh Orianthi is not good live.

Allison spanks Ori, but 19E sucks for life for giving her the big Idol stage with her band

Orianthi sucks live. (Ergo, she fits in well with this Top 12.)

I think it gets worse with Ke$hasuxx. But according to her, even if her vocals suck, at least shes singing live so we should all appreciate that. Gag me.

No voting numbers = total numbers suck

Thought Cook sounded and looked great! Really liked seeing him on Idol again.

Did not care for the Orianthi song. Now I know who sings the song played on my radio every five minutes. Do not like.

I love Ori but she didn’t sound that great, but she is still an amazing guitar player. David did an amazing job with an alright song. good job dave

Gee I didn’t think she was that bad! I kind of like Oranthi and she is a really good guitar player.

Hang in there Alli, the greats didn’t become huge over night – it took a lot of hard work and tour.

Much better than the last 2 times he was on, when I thought he was pretty lackluster.

Okay, I couldn’t let that slide. Permanent? Lackluster? Hell to the naw. It gave me goosebumps.

I should just give up on the pool this season. I’m sucking HARD. Hard I say. MJ, I don’t suppose you could start a Project Runway pool, cuz I’ve picked the winner every season and I need an ego boost. XD

I hope it’s Lacey in B3 and not some shocking 3rd contestant!! That being said….i am kinda relieved Andrew made it through!! Please, PLEASE Andrew save yourself! Your fanbase saved you…

Now, Let’s see is Ryan gonna say Lacey.

again with the darling!!!! Maybe Ryan has been watching too much mad men

Orianthi doesn’t sound good live…at all

I should just give up on the pool this season. I’m sucking HARD. Hard I say. MJ, I don’t suppose you could start a Project Runway pool, cuz I’ve picked the winner every season.

You go girl! Hee

Didi is bad in interviews. But she’s adorable.

Didi is safe.

and Didi survives the death spot – yay!!!

I saw David’s performance at a friends house. Thought he kicked ass and I’m not a huge David fan.

Crystal is safe! I was about to smack Ryan for the drama. Sheesh!

Dammit Katie’s safe. It’s between Casey and Lacy now. Come on Lacy, go to the stools!!

Maybe it’s Katie!!??

If there was any ass to kick David kicked it.

Send Katie or Lacey to the chairs! I need points!

Wow, Crystal got an epic pimp chat there, eh? Meanwhile, when Katie starts talking Simon grabs his drink and looks bored.

Boy Ryan is really trying to kill time.

Wonder if any of the toddlers are going home?

Katie’s safe.

It’s OBVIOUSLY not gonna be Casey right???! Has to be Lacey !!

spritely:
03/17/2010 at 9:30 pm
Lordie, that was HOT. Flat? Bwah! He was flat like Dolly Parton is flat, lol. Love how he was true to the classic, but also made it his own. Loved the gas gas gas at the end. RED. Neal was great, too.

Lol, indeed. Ready to download, ASAP. That was fun! Neal finally got out of the shadows, they were all Rockin’ the Idol stage, that new Friedenbird looked great, David was better than great, love the conversation about the new album and David going to Africa and coming back for IGB.

OK. That’s all I needed to see live.

Wonder if any of the toddlers are going home?

You are terrible! Hee

Yay! Katie is safe. Not a popular opinion, I know.

Big Mike is safe. Yay!

Casey or Lacey, Oh NOS

I’ve got all my points on Lacey so it better be her grabbing that stool.

Lacey should be booted just for wearing that thing in her hair

I like Mike but he is too big and sometimes when he moves he comes across cartoonish.

Casey or Lacey, Oh NOS

My thoughts exactly.

Yep, Lacey is bottom 3.

Lacey bottom 3, she didnt get any face time.

FINALLY LACEY!!

If it’s Casey I’m gonna be mildly pissed. Whew. I guess I kinda care about Casey. Who knew?

What is growing out of Lacey’s head?

No problem with the bottom three but I can’t take much more of big Mike and I’m afraid he’ll be around a long time.

Boy Edit is really weird tonight, I’m getting an ad instead of text. Anyway, sorry I mispelled your name Lacey, but go home!!

Wow, actually three people who deserved to be there? Why couldn’t that have been last week?

oh my god, Tim… grrr

half my points are on Lacey…still a chance for 10

Gahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tim’s performance last night was worse than cringe worthy. He should be sooo gone!

It’s so obvious Simon meant Paige to save!

Amerika is gonna vote Paige out, watch!

Tim is sent back to safety.

Is it just me, or is Seacrest seriously off his game?

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

It may be a girl year but the idol audience still love their boys.

my feeling is its going to be Paige but Lacey was actually the poorer singer and performer last night.

I think my husband now has a crush on Orianthi, lol. That song is ok and I thought she did fine with it but her guitar playing is hawt.

Uck!!! All the toddlers still there. I put my points on Lacey so at least I am still alive…

It’s like sanjaya all over again

C’mon, Lacey. All my points are riding on you

Oh God, I don’t care about Ke$ha at all, Just show me the damn result.

And Tim? WTF.

God I’m kinda peeved. Ke$ha can lick a frozen telephone pole and get her tongue stuck. And Tim sucked last night.

I somewhat like both Lacey and Paige.

AHHHH I am going to beat up everyone if paige goes home!!!!!!!!

Tim looked(surpriced) like Kris did all last year on results night

Wow, actually three people who deserved to be there? Why couldn’t that have been last week?

Reality TV is a cruel mistress. Last week’s crap eliminations likely mobilized fan bases from complacency for a few weeks. Too bad the possibility of the save came too late. Gonna be lots of faux drama.

Damn. I put all 20 pool points on Tim Urban. He’s seriously going to be in the final 2 with Katie or Aaron, isn’t he?

We get to buy Dave’s performance! Yay!

Wait, did Ryan say that? I missed it. If so, awesome. I need to watch that again . And I gotta go youtube the Stones doing it to compare .

Darn, I should’ve put all my points on Lacey instead of wimping out and splitting it with Tim and Andrew. But it doesn’t matter, my rank is so low right now in the pool. Gah, Andrew and your youtube minions please get off my screen soon!

Lacey, WTF is in your hair?

LOL, Ryan seems tired. Maybe he needs some sleep. Please let it be LACEY GOING HOME! I need my pool points, lol.

Its interesting how its going to be a girl going home tonight. Since the girls are supposed to be so much better than the guys, I just assumed the tour would have all 6 girls on it. Ohhh well.

Tra$ha has arrived.

Valentin432:
03/17/2010 at 9:44 pm
It may be a girl year but the BSC housewives/tweens still love their dick.

fixed.

Hitting MUTE as we speak. Ugh

Kesha… eww..

lipsyn?

Is Kesha lip synching??

It’s ironic that they invite a girl who can’t really sing to a singing competition.

I love this song but I feel like I need a STD test stat just watching this girl.

also, the blond from 30!h3 is HOT

Simon was talking about Paige in using the Judge’s save.

IMO…I wouldn’t care if either of them go home (I’d get the full points in MJ’s pool if Paige goes home). But I don’t want them to use the save this week…then they won’t have it if one of the top tier performers mess up later this year.

Oh Ke$ha, mon amour! ♥

krisis:
03/17/2010 at 9:43 pm
Is it just me, or is Seacrest seriously off his game?

No, krisis, you are totally right! Thanks for confirming it!

Damn. I put all 20 pool points on Tim Urban. He’s seriously going to be in the final 2 with Katie or Aaron, isn’t he?

Yeah, Aaron’s going to grow Tim’s head so he’ll be part of the Final 2. Chimera Aaron.

Also, MUTE.

My volume button was messed up right before Ke$ha’s performance and I heard a little bit of it. FML.

I wonder if I should watch it as a Fear Factor type event.

i got bonus points!!! now just send lacey home and i got me some 10pts (i split my points this week cause i couldn’t decide between her or tim)

This the future of our music???!! MY God!

Wow that was the worst and most annoying performance ever.

Rickey has got Dave’s performance up mj if you want to use it.
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7171604/18679747

Finally….Keisha is OVER. She is a poor version of Gaga.

Ok does Kesha ever actually sing?

Ke$ha is so bad… that SONG is so bad. Tik Tok is way better, and even that song isn’t good.

She is not Lady Gaga, that is for sure. She’s like Lady Gaga’s jealous, much less talented, trashier younger sister. Trying hard to emulate but falling far short.

What if Paige gets voted out but Simon then uses the save on her?? Would they use the save this early??? Then next week we’ll have to eliminate 2 contestants! I hate the Save – it creates a twist in fate!

I cant believe Adam Lambert is of fan of that.

Okay. Cook should have been last. Totally momentum built up to the wrong performer.

I wonder if it is Paige if they will waste it so early in the show. I am still thinking Lacey, Ryan never said one word to her before she was sent to her hell.

Wow, that was really bad. Kesha can’t sing, my ears are bleeding right now.

It’s ironic that they invite a girl who can’t really sing to a singing competition.

Flashbacks of Katy Perry last year…

Out of all the girls in the world Lambert sucked face with her?

Seriously, what was that?

Tra$ha has arrived.

LOL!

Haha, I’m gonna sound crazy, but not bad, Kesha, that was fun. I kinda like that song anyway (this is where I lose credibility), and this is the best she’s ever performed it, from what I’ve seen. It was better than Orianthi, way better. Sorry, I hate According to You anyway, but that performance was weak regardless of the song. Looks like Kesha was pretaped? The guys aren’t in their seats and the judges are darkened. Anyway, I read somewhere she doesn’t like to lip-sync, which is why she’s sounded like @$$ on TV before.

6 million kids bought Keshas stuff. I must be old!!!!!

Blah..Blah..blah..bleech

This has got to be one of the worse Results show ever! Loved David Cook – but the guest singers are horrible!!

So glad Paige is safe! Lacey sounds terrible.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

Paige is safe.

I don’t think Simon will save Lacey. That was definitely Page Simon was talking about.

Yay, I got my 20 points. They arent gonna save her, no way

Goodbye Lacey, can’t believe we lost Lilly and Katelyn for this.

so I had this right tonigh except I had Paige and Tim flipped as to who would o back to the couches first

YES!!!!!!!! I think I got all 24 points this week!

Right person is leaving….just a week too late.

Buh bye Lacey. This is excrutiating.

I like they get to pick the song to sing for the save.

That said…pitchy, pitchy, pitchy.

Ah-Ha! I knew Lacey would be gone! Mj was right on the money! They better not save her!

Yea! Got my 20 points! No way they save her. Too bad, as I really like her actually. She’s unique anyway. I’m glad they can sing what they like instead of the song that got them kicked off.

I think there should a moratorium on the word “pitchy” henceforth. My alternate suggestions:

Kruddy
Fluffy
Windy

If they wanted Taylor Swift, she was it.

Poor Lacey, she sounds even worse tonight… and has to perform with the judges paying no attention to her at all, pretending to “deliberate”. This good-bye song REALLY SUX.

Aw man….why are they still using that Will young song for the exit package? It’s not even inspiring..

I knew I should have put all the points on her…

And, that elimination song still sucks. I can’t get over the fact that they didn’t use the beautiful, emotional, Let it Rain from Kris.

YAY!! I am sooo happy Paige is safe!!

Anybody knows what’ is next week’s theme?

Sigh…here’s hoping to much, MUCH better show next week! Anyone has an idea about what the theme is next week?

Out of all the girls in the world Lambert sucked face with her?

I’m chalking it up to booze and having zero attraction to the opposite sex.

This good-bye song REALLY SUX.

It certainly does. It looks like we’re stuck with it for the rest of the season. Ugh

I don’t care what anyone says, I get a kick out of Ke$ha’s drunk slutty ass. Mainly because I don’t think she’s even the lest bit serious.

And while Lacey seems nice, I sure do like my purty pool points. Woo-hoo!

You know what that Kei$ha performance reminded me of? Cheering pep rally skits we used to do in high school. Okay, so, you guys come out and rap, and then I’m gonna leave and come back wearing a big Indian headdress. It will be so cool! I am appreciating Lady GaGa more now, even though I still think GaGa is a mainstream Top 40 version of Roisin Murphy.

Yeah, Aaron’s going to grow Tim’s head so he’ll be part of the Final 2. Chimera Aaron.

Haaaaaaaaaaaa. Chimera jokes FTW.

Bye, dead eyes! Don’t let the door hit ya in the crappy boot song.

YAY!! I am sooo happy Paige is safe!!

Why?? She’s very cute and seems like a nice person but she isn’t really going anywhere or doing anything vocally that is interesting. Lacey had a lot more potential to be commercially viable.

I don’t care what anyone says, I get a kick out of Ke$ha’s drunk slutty ass. Mainly because I don’t think she’s even the lest bit serious.

yeah, I kinda did too.

10 points for me, I couldn’t decide between Lacy and Andrew. Wasn’t even close with him

And, that elimination song still sucks. I can’t get over the fact that they didn’t use the beautiful, emotional, Let it Rain from Kris.

Alxsavage – I FLOVE that song from Kris too! That’s the only song i keep playing from his album! LOL! Miss Kris…this season feels so meh without him. Someone tell Idol to change that darn song!

sr4mjc:
03/17/2010 at 10:03 pm
Out of all the girls in the world Lambert sucked face with her?

I’m chalking it up to booze and having zero attraction to the opposite sex.

just spit orange soda all over my laptop…LOL but seriously, Kesha is really nothing special both in looks and voice

my husband had a WTF look on his face when she came out with that headdress, and he likes her music

Why?? She’s very cute and seems like a nice person but she isn’t really going anywhere or doing anything vocally that is interesting. Lacey had a lot more potential to be commercially viable.

Because she has a great voice maybe? Why should someone pick a favorite by who is most commercially viable.? I hate that thinking. Vonzell is my favorite contestant of all time and I don’t give a damn that she isn’t commercial.

So glad Lacey is gone. I don’t think I could stand to sleep through another one of her performances.

Lacy was their potential for a radio pop star. My son says they all love Ke$sha because she has a unique voice. It’s different than everyone else’s and “catches your attention”. He said the same thing about Lacy and loved her.

But Idol isn’t about picking the commercial artist. It’s a reality show and people vote on who they want to SEE sing next week and who they want to know more about. Now who would sound best on radio or sing a generic pop hit.

Well, Lacey sucked, but I still think that should’ve been either Tim or Andrew. Now we get one of them on tour. Yikes, America. I’m kinda hoping it’s Tim, as much as he sucked last night, at least that was….. unique.

Who will get eliminated next week? I’m tempted to power vote for everyone except Andrew, but that seems hateful and somewhat unfair, because there’s a (slim) chance he delivers next week.

Either way, I’m totally prepared to become a huge fan of all of the 10 who make tour, even if it IS Andrew. I’m gonna go to the buses and hopefully meet them all again! Totally excited. Which is why after Top 10, my scathing reviews of Andrew, Tim, and Katie will be nicer.

Someone on a radio show last week mentioned that Katie looks like a young Kara DioGuardi. LOL. How many people have been said to look like her? Jonathan Jayne, Katharine McPhee (I think)…..

Ha ha ha….I am winning the pool here as the one with the fewest points!!!! Could I please just get a few points???? This really IS more fun than winning!
P.S. Am glad that Paige will have another chance….I still have hope for her!

The boot song is actually growing on me, lol. YESSSS on pool points, I’m glad I didn’t change it to Tim or Andrew.

Kesha reminds me of a drag queen in a way so I guess that’s why Adam was a tad bit attracted to her. The song sucks! I prefer Gaga any day.

gangreen29:
03/17/2010 at 10:09 pm
Because she has a great voice maybe? Why should someone pick a favorite by who is most commercially viable.? I hate that thinking. Vonzell is my favorite contestant of all time and I don’t give a damn that she isn’t commercial.

right on. exactly

Andrew’s youtubers came through for big time there huh? Lacey totally deserved to go based on the season so far though.

David Cook and his band totally rocked the AI stage tonight. Loved it! Orinthani is too busy concentrated on her guitar playing to focus on the vocals and it shows when she performs live. Ke$ha is an embarrasment to music.

Laceeeey This makes me sad, absolutely loved her. Though I guess she didn’t stand a chance, really. Her voice just isn’t meant for American Idol.

Sigh.

Congrats Tim Urban! Better bring it next week! Need you on the tour!

Sorry for Lacey. She was cut for Megan Joy last season and Megan outlasted her. Country does seem like it would be a pretty natural match for her. I thought that’s what she was trying to do.

Cookie: YAY!!!!!!!!

Orianthi: Umm zzzzzzzz.

Kesha: Woah! I never heard of her but wow! I like her!! Blah blah blah. People who have head for TV’s! Hahaha I was entertained! When she first came out, I was thinking Lady Ga Ga wannabe? I want to learn more about her..

Stupid stuff: Singing for your life! The judges save!!! UGH!!!! No reason for them! I was hoping they were gone by this season!

Group singing: What?!!?! No group singing? How odd.

The judges: Hmmm Kara was sitting with Simon but then she wasn’t and Randy was sitting with him.. Strange.

Why should someone pick a favorite by who is most commercially viable.?

Never said they should pick a favourite based on that. But the reality is that the show is a marketing tool for a multi-national recording and management company. Commercial viability has to be a consideration. Otherwise, you get someone who has a great voice but can’t sell records to save themselves…not mentioning any names, of course

Well that was unexciting television. The judges save is going to be just like last year — they will end up having to use it on someone Top 7 week so they don’t waste it. Because neither Crystal nor Siobhan (the only ones worth saving) will be in danger of being voted off before then.

Very classy goodbye from Lacey.

I tried to go on funofficepools and it says my account has been suspended. Why?

When do you guys think we’ll be able to buy JJF?

nvm — that was mean of me. sorry

Well, once again tonight was just blah, blah, blah. Nothing memorable there sadly!

Well, I like Ke$ha and I like Tic Toc. And I like Blah,Blah,Blah, cause when I get annoyed, I now go “blah, blah, blah!, that’s what I’m talking bout.” It’s very cathartic.

My 9 year old just told me I quoted the song wrong. Oh well. That’s how I sing it!

why do we need Tim on tour? He isn’t any good.

Two words: comic relief.

Or…

Calypso Bar Ba Sol.

Orrr…

Pee break.

Take your pick.

I think Ke$ha could learn a lot from Sanjaya Malakar.

Hopefully next time I remember to set my pool points right and not just evenly spread them. LOL.

Also, I think this’ll be another season we don’t have a winner from the South.

But the reality is that the show is a marketing tool for a multi-national recording and management company.

No it’s not. Unless you mean it’s a marketing tool for AT&T, Ford, and all the other companies that advertise on it. The profit comes from ad revenue, which brings in 1000x more than any winner could bring in. They really don’t give a damn about the marketability of their artist, no matter what Kara says.

I am glad my children are too old to listen to that kind of music, and my Grandbabes are too young. Yep, if that is today’s popular music, then I know I am old.

Sorry to see Lacey go home, but at least she got into the TOP 12. I cannot believe a girl will go home next week and the tour would have six guys. It will be a guy next week, probably Tim.

LadyBeBop:

And if you want to vote for David, dial 866-IDOLS…

I’LL VOTE!!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!

Rats, wrong year.

Oh rats. That’s right.

David Cook was fantastic tonight. That was an incredible performance. And his band rocked out. Delighted that he’ll be going to Africa for Idol Gives Back.

Delighted that there was no lip synched group performance. Although Kesha covered the lip synching. heh.

Well the good thing about this season is that I’m gonna save a bunch of money by not going to see them on tour.

Ok great show….
In the car – thingy,the look on mike’s face was hilarious
Ryan, orianthi is not rock&roll at all, she’s pop rock!!!!!!!
I FLIVE ORIANTHI AND ACCORDING TO YOU.Aweseome job!!!!
I ALSO FLOOOVE KE$HA and BLAH BLAH BLAHHHHHH!!!!!
Sure, her singing isn’t great,but I LOVE her. I loved the backup dancers and she has great songs.She’ really pretty too, and she was covered in glitter.I think the headress waskinda awesome.Ke$ha’s entertaining and I live her.I also LMAO’s about how she ha to change *so many* lyrics to make them family friendly

Cookie was really good but I didnt like the song
BOTTOM 3
Tim-wow shocker.I thought his hotness would get him through.
Paige-meh,expected
Lacey-expected,meh

I’m not a fan of lacey’s but I thought paige shoul have left.I LOVED ruby tuesday,just great.
Katie’s mouthing the words is really annoying
So bye Lacey
I wouldn’t hve been mad if they used the judges save

LMAO still the worst boot song ever

EWWW they still have the judges save.Just when you thought AI couldn’t make worse decisions

I got 7.5 points in the pool :0(

lol Ellen , GTFO my tv Kara

And I know this will sound crazy to most people, but I *loved* and bought 4 performances last night.
Didi-playing w/fire (awesome)
Siobhan-paint it black ( ditto)
Aaron-Im a fan, and he was Great and he’s soooo sweet plus that song’s been stuck in my head
I don’t know a lot of rolling stone songs, but i know more than the average 13 year old
So
Lacey-Ruby Tuesday (I FLOVE this song now, and since I’m not a fan of lacey’s, I wanted to buy the original.Shockingly, I didn’t like it. Lacey’s version was so much better for me)

BTW, any good suggestions for cookie music? I might but a song (just so I can stop embarrasing myself by saying the only cookie song I own is magic rainbow

Well the good thing about this season is that I’m gonna save a bunch of money by not going to see them on tour.

I second that!

They really don’t give a damn about the marketability of their artist, no matter what Kara says.

Try telling that to Simon. If they didn’t give a damn about artist marketability there’d be no show. Simple as that.

Actually, Kesha didn’t lip synch, though she did have backtracking. You can tell cause she kept doing that annoying popping into the microphone. Same with the guys.

Meh, I hate the song, but it was done better than I thought. Not that that is saying much, really.

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH DAVID COOK!!!!!!! Runs frantically to and fro.

Whut? Crystal and Siobhan my twin loves are safe!!!!

Bye Lacey.

Blah, Blah Blah, please people shake it up next week! (attitude inside the parenthesis).

Hopefully next time I remember to set my pool points right and not just evenly spread them. LOL.

ikr?

No surprise elimination tonight.
I am really having a problem getting into this season. This is my favorite show on TV and I feel a little let down this year. I have not attached to a contestant yet like previous years. For me this year kinda reminds me of the Jordin year. I didn’t really love anyone that year either and never voted. I just wish there was a Adam, Archie or Kelly to pine over. WIth that said I like Crystal and think she is going to take the whole thing but my track record has not been great the last 2 years obviously.

Do we have any idea what the theme will be next week?

And the season just keeps getting worse for me. I only have 3 contestants left that I’m a fan of, and judging on how things are going, they’ll probably be the next 3 to go. Ugh.

I can’t wait to know the new theme…:)

Gnight peeps…

Well this week was easier than last week (only 5 points) today I got a 24 points

Anyway sorry for Lacey, IMO yesterday she was better than some that were safe. (katie, Andrew …)

Two words: comic relief.

Or…

Calypso Bar Ba Sol.

Orrr…

Pee break.

Anything but that! Heh

And the season just keeps getting worse for me. I only have 3 contestants left that I’m a fan of, and judging on how things are going, they’ll probably be the next 3 to go. Ugh.

If those 3 are Paige, Tim and Andrew I would say yes then ’cause they are going home next most likely.

BTW, any good suggestions for cookie music? I might but a song (just so I can stop embarrasing myself by saying the only cookie song I own is magic rainbow

Luv, I think you might like the song Declaration by David Cook. Cool, upbeat song. A good wake-up song for the mornings, and you can belt out the lyrics: “It’s my declaarrraaation, to anyone who’s listening!…”

pretty happy lacey went. I mean nothing against her personally but i didnt really get her appeal.
Also i thought her country fans might have pulled her to top 10 but didnt happen so

btw was i the only one who thought it was slightly offensive this k$sha wore that indian headband. I dunno the whole ‘natives’ thing. i mean im clearly not native but i dont think it was the best taste.

blah, blah, blah,….Season 9! I feel like something is missing, but not sure what? I find the judges and host just so boring! I do have a few favorites within the talent pool. I used to love Simon and had a love/hate vibe with Ryan. Oh well.

It was great seeing Dave and the band again on the Idol stage. Dave totally nailed it. It was especially sweet to see the Idol producers showcasing the whole band, most notably Neal and Kyle. Neal (the lead guitarist) totally rocked! It would have been even better to hear them perform one of their own songs. But I understand, Rolling Stones week, new album not ready yet, blah, blah, blah… Speaking of Kesha, her trash persona fits her well. That was absolute garbage. And Orianthi should stick to guitar. She rocks on the electric guitar. Her vocals? Not so much.

Its funny that even with 3 guest acts, the show still dragged. That was so lame to get Ellen to ask for a Judges Save when they clearly had no intention of saving any of those three. Lacey deserved to go. Harsh but true. Actually she deserved to go much earlier. I was pleasantly surprised to see Tim also in the bottom three. Maybe the VFTW folks are finally losing some of their influence. Maybe next time.

America chose well this week What a relief after last week’s disaster!

Stupid stuff: Singing for your life! The judges save!!! UGH!!!! No reason for them! I was hoping they were gone by this season!

American Idol is bringing back one of the WORSE changes made in Season 8. I absolutely HATE the Judges’ Save! The viewers who vote think they are in charge. They think they are picking the Idol. They think voting for two hours would save their conetstant(s), and guess what? For one week, the Judges will say your votes don’t count.

I have mentioned that screwing Anoop out of 5th place was a shame. If it was Anoop who got saved last year, I would feel let down. Those voting should decide what place each contestant earns. This is a bunch of baloney!

No more wasted time voting.

Luv – it seems that you are not into the regular Rolling Stones songs- which are rockier- like DC did . The ones you mention – the way they sung them was not as gritty as the RS! Also the ones you mention were probably my least favourite performances apart from Tim . Its funny how we can all vary so much with our preferences – which makes it fun. You go out on a limb though with not liking Crystal – she seems to be the one performer on here that most people think is the best at the moment.

I am not invested enough to really care who gets booted out yet. However, Cook and the boys totally KICKED SOME SERIOUS BOOTY!!! Damn I was so happy that Neal was shown jammin’ on AI! Cook looked soooooooo hot, and sounded awesome!

I didn’t want to get spoiled by looking at MJ’s earlier than now since I was watching on a delay, but here’s my reaction……

WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!! I put my 20 points on Lacey!!!!!!! And I could not have listened to one more note from that young lady, as sweet a person as she is.

DOUBLE WOOOOO HOOOOOO that Tim was in the Bottom 3!!!! I never thought he’d be in the bottom, so that means next week there’s a fighting chance he might be gone since Paige will probably get Lacey’s church votes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m actually glad that Paige is still in the competition. She didn’t deserve to go home based on the performances from last night. She sounded good to me, and looked great on stage, so I’m starting to come around to Simon’s viewpoint, although I’m not yet sold on her having the best voice of all of the girls.

Despite the obvious negative sentiment, I’m glad Tim is staying. At least he tried something different….probably too different, but I do like his voice when he is “on”.

And believe me, “twinks” are not the only age group voting for him and Aaron. Maybe they should raise the minimum age to 20 or so to compete. That way people wouldn’t have to endure hearing “children” …. as some here call them….sing.

For those looking to download Dave’s JJF from tonight:

19News: @thedavidcook’s cover of the Rolling Stone’s “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” from tonight’s American Idol will be up on itunes tomorrow morning
about 1 hours ago via web

btw was i the only one who thought it was slightly offensive this k$sha wore that indian headband. I dunno the whole ‘natives’ thing. i mean im clearly not native but i dont think it was the best taste.

Was there another part of her performance that you thought was in good taste??

seriously:
03/17/2010 at 10:16 pm

When do you guys think we’ll be able to buy JJF?

I believe JJF will be available on itunes tomorrow if all the Tweets on my timeline are correct.

Top 12 would have been so much better with Katelyn, Alex, and Lilly …

Its funny how we can all vary so much with our preferences – which makes it fun. You go out on a limb though with not liking Crystal – she seems to be the one performer on here that most people think is the best at the moment

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Well, I’ll go out on a limb. Crystal just seems cold to me. But she did come across a little bit nicer tonight.

I originally like her a lot.

I tried to go on funofficepools and it says my account has been suspended. Why?

Me too, so I e-mailed the guys there at funofficepools and they said that they always get slammed after the idol eliminations. Try again in 30 mins, you are not suspended, it is just the site acting up. Why didn’t the kids do a group number this week?? They could of had one less act. I want them to really sing though, no lip-synching crap. Also do something like Canadian Idol with 3 or 4 singing at a time. LOL, just rambling.

I loved Cook’s (and his band) performance. It was the high energy song that I have been waiting for him to bring to the idol stage (“Come Back to Me was listless). The song itself itself is repetitive but the vocals and the guitar work redeemed it.

Back to season 9, it was time for Lacey to go. I can’t believe Andrew was not in the bottom 3. How big is his fan base? His back story is not compelling enough to continually coast on a single Hollywood performance.

Any leaks about next week’s theme?

Andrew’s youtubers came through for big time there huh? Lacey totally deserved to go based on the season so far though.

I sorta knew he would be sticking around for awhile…not that i think he totally deserves it..I’m a fan and even i think he’s slipping…but i think Tim or Lacey definitely should have gone. It was their time. His fanbase is pretty big and if all of them vote just 50x for him, it’s like….*doing mental sums* well…he will last awhile.

American Idol is bringing back one of the WORSE changes made in Season 8. I absolutely HATE the Judges’ Save! The viewers who vote think they are in charge. They think they are picking the Idol. They think voting for two hours would save their conetstant(s), and guess what? For one week, the Judges will say your votes don’t count.

I hate the Save too! Totally defeats the purpose of viewer’s voting and it causes repurcussions in the future weeks. Be it good or bad. But i will not have anything bad to say about the Save if let’s say, Crystal or Siobhan or EVEN Casey is on the chopping block. Just like how we wished there was the SAVE to save Alex. Poor dude.

Why didn’t the kids do a group number this week?? They could of had one less act.

HAHAHAHAHA. *snort*

Oh shoot I didn’t get any points.. I didn’t even get any bonus points.

I couldn’t wait for west coast time for David Cook; had to watch the grainy YouTubes( Thank You, kind video posters!).
Now, is it Thur. morning yet?
Sorry about Lacey, I hate to see anyone go really.

Judge’s save is crap. It irks me so much to see them fake huddling. Ok, even if it was a ‘real’ huddle the convo would have been:

“She’s not Crystal or Siobhan. Or Lee”
“No.”
“How long do we have to huddle for?”
“Producers said this…”

Just let the contestant sing their final song and leave with some dignity.
—
Another peeve… The judges were the one who harped “Crystal’s this, Crystal’s that.” She herself never really said it or went “in yo face”. Now they are complaining that she thinks she has it in the bag? C’mon…

Who might benefit from Lacey’s elimination? Who might pick up some of her votes (obviously, some people might stop voting). I think the following:

1. Didi – people who like vulnerable AC females
2. Paige – people who like unpimped, Season 1-3 type female singers
3. Aaron – people who like Branson type performances
4. Casey – Texans who like to vote for their home state

I think that Tim might also pick up some OMG!-he-almost-got-eliminated votes. I think Paige has already been working those votes for a while.

Yes, it was offensive to see Kesha wearing an Indian headress. And she’ll probably receive alot of flack for it. But her whole performance was one big load of offense. Its so hard for me to imagine that she is an intelligent young woman. Maybe all the alcohol and drugs fried her brain.

American Idol is bringing back one of the WORSE changes made in Season 8. I absolutely HATE the Judges’ Save!

I ranted about the Judge’s save for weeks last season. Then, Danny got everybody chanting for Matt and they saved Matt and everybody dog-piled on Matt and now I have warm, fuzzy memories of the Judge’s Save. So, I no longer hate it (and just block out the nightmare of the dual elimination the week that followed).

That Danny. I never know whether to hate him or like him.

Totally defeats the purpose of viewer’s voting and it causes repurcussions in the future weeks. Be it good or bad.

I don’t think a person that gets the judge’s save will ever be able to win. I don’t think that either of the contestants knocked out the next week last year would have won either. Still, it could one day knock out a CO (and that will cause it’s demise and Simon to go b!tching on every television show that will have him about what a terrible idea the judge’s save is).

David Cook and The Athemic brought so much energy to that stage! He looked fabulous. As always, David came across as genuine and sincere in the post-performance chat with Ryan. Cool that we can buy this one on i-Tunes tomorrow!

I want to say three little words. But I already said them. lol.

I liked the guests tonight. I feel like Ryan and Simon aren’t into this season — like they know this is the end. Randy is my favorite judge this year. Go figure!

Kirsten – I totally agree! But by then, Simon would have kissed us goodbye and said” “Suck on that!”
I think they had to use the Save on Matt last season. Apparently according to Simon, he was the only worth saving, because he wasn’t going to save Lil or Anoop and the rest like Adam, Kris and Allison, were sailing into Top 5. So they used the save on Matt G which i was totally psyched about too!

Of course…it sucked for Lil and Anoop the next week. See, if this year the Save proves to be more popular and useful, e.g. saving someone worthy like Crystal, Siobhan or maybe on guys end Casey or Lee, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Only thing is the week after, no one knows what type of repurcussions it would have…

Cookie fans- did you get a load of Monty all spiffied up in the back there? He looked adorable. Would have commented earlier but I didn’t notice it until the mumblety-eth time I watched it. Jes sayin…carry on…

I thought all of tonight’s show was great – Loved David Cook and his band!!!!! Now that was Rock and Roll, not like last night.
I don’t get the harsh critism of Orianthi and Kesha… I liked them both as far as major acts on the show go. yea, the Headdress was out of place, but who knows with these performers – Gaga does way, way, way stranger things and gets away with it.
I cannot understand anyone comparing Adam and Siobhan – there is just no comparison to me. Maybe in 10 years when she has more experience, but for now, she needs to up her game way more than that pretend fake screeching and phony stage presence. I can buy Adam’s OTTness, Siobhan just seems like she is calculating and plotting her every move – nothing seems natural. Just my opinion.
And the right person went home – Finally!!!

BTW, any good suggestions for cookie music? I might but a song (just so I can stop embarrasing myself by saying the only cookie song I own is magic rainbow

Luv, I think you might like the song Declaration by David Cook. Cool, upbeat song. A good wake-up song for the mornings, and you can belt out the lyrics: “It’s my declaarrraaation, to anyone who’s listening!…”

I agree. My pop-loving friends seem to like Declaration. A lot of them also like Kiss On the Neck, but unfortunately, that’s not available digitally, since it’s a hidden track on CD’s only, grrr.

Hey, Luv, I see you downloaded Didi and Siobhan’s studio tracks– I’m thinking of getting those two. What did you think? In comparison to the performances, I mean.

Then, Danny got everybody chanting for Matt and they saved Matt and everybody dog-piled on Matt and now I have warm, fuzzy memories of the Judge’s Save.

Hmm… Well, Matt had used up all the goodwill in my tank and was overdue for elimination, IMO. I was annoyed that the judges saved him, especially after they didn’t save Alexis Grace who I would have liked to see on the tour.

That said, Matt was one of my absolute favorites on tour this summer so I’m good with Matt now that I don’t have to hear his nerves-strangled voice every week.

David Cook sounded and looked great. My only somewhat negative observation is that he wasn’t very animated. I’ve thought this a couple of other times when I’ve watched him doing uptempo songs.

I think that Tim might also pick up some OMG!-he-almost-got-eliminated votes.

This will absolutely happen. I’ve already seen the OMG OMG OMG OMG dying of a heart attack and CAN’T SPLIT VOTES NEXT WEEK AND I’M DOWNLOADING GIZMO comments on another forum. Sadly, I think his placement in the B3 this week essentially guarantees that he will be on tour.

I was annoyed that the judges saved him, especially after they didn’t save Alexis Grace who I would have liked to see on the tour.

I loved Alexis too, but she was eliminated too soon. There is no way they could use the judge’s save that early in the season. I doubt that they will ever use it before the top 5-7th spots (unless maybe TCO somehow gets eliminated 12th and I don’t see how the pimping could ever go that wrong)

What about the opening between Ryan and Simon? That was the most awkward thing I’ve ever seen on TV. It wasn’t funny to me – was it supposed to be? The whole season is just so wierd. There’s zero real fun chemistry between Ryan and the judges and even with the contestants.

Just want to say that was one fine performance by David Cook (and Neal too!). I thought I’d hate it because Jumping Jack Flash is not one of my favorite Stones songs and it’ll likely sound like a poor imitation of the Stones. But I’d needn’t have worried, David Cook turned it into his very own, and I like his better than the Stones’. Well done.

Oh, and the right person went tonight.

Matt G’s save last year was “the feel-good moment” for S9 for me. Sorry, as much as I like Kris, and was happy for him, his win was SOOO weird, with the, “Adam deserves this”, and just his whole demeanor. I thought Adam was gonna win, and I was expecting some good TV from his big win. Anyway, the problem with the save this year, that I foresee, could be that this group doesn’t seem as close or fun or charismatic as the group last year– I mean, they lived in a mansion together, which added to that. I just don’t see that kind of a save-Matt chant coming from this group for any of them…

I think, I think,the AI crew may be warming up to Neal!

BTW, any good suggestions for cookie music? I might but a song (just so I can stop embarrasing myself by saying the only cookie song I own is magic rainbow

Bar-ba-Sol and Mr. Sensitive are the two Cook songs off of his album that I liked the most. There was one other one, but obviously wasn’t that great, as I can’t even remember what it was called.

So this is weird to me. But my 14 year old, who loves Adam, likes Tim Urban. WTF!

I’m so annoyed with her, lol! Luckily she is too busy to vote or give a damn.

My 9 year old and I agree on our favorites.

The profit comes from ad revenue, which brings in 1000x more than any winner could bring in.

Ad revenues are only part of it. It’s whole wide world of product integration. All those Coca Cola logos and the strategically placed Coke machine in the backstage videos and the red room, Idols using iPhones, Idols “going to Disney World”, Idols driving Ford cars, etc.

So this is weird to me. But my 14 year old, who loves Adam, likes Tim Urban. WTF!

I’m so annoyed with her, lol! Luckily she is too busy to vote or give a damn.

Your 14 year old daughter and my 14 year old daughter… sound like the same person. Both Adam and Tim have great hair. That must be it. But my daughter would rather RP with her friends than redial for TIm more than once or twice.

David Cook sounded and looked great. My only somewhat negative observation is that he wasn’t very animated. I’ve thought this a couple of other times when I’ve watched him doing uptempo songs.

I agree. But maybe he felt more confined when playing guitar?

If Tim picks up the panic votes, maybe it will negatively affect Aaron.

Is Neal the lead guitar player wearing the black/dark nail polish? (I think more and more performers are wearing nail polish!) I am sure I saw that, but I deleted before going to rewatch it again – can someone else confirm that?

I rooted for David cook in his season but didn’t like that performance at all. Just not good on any level.

Anyway, the problem with the save this year, that I foresee, could be that this group doesn’t seem as close or fun or charismatic as the group last year– I mean, they lived in a mansion together, which added to that. I just don’t see that kind of a save-Matt chant coming from this group for any of them…

I KNOW!! I so feel that too and that makes me sad…..they all seem to be in clicks – Andrew, Lee, Alex (now no more Alex), Didi and Siobhan, Paige, Katie and Lacey, Casey and Mike and Tim and Aaron just seems to be floating around, and of course, our poor Mamasox lost all her comrades.
I miss unity and brother and sister love on this show…it would have made for some good tears. LOL…

I don’t mind the save because hey they saved my all time favorite Idol ever last season but I do hate the sing for your life drama and the judges huddle. IMO they should just let them sing out and if they want to save the person then save them. They don’t have to make so much drama out of it because it’s just embarrassing!

I am happy Casey made it tonight…Crystal too but I knew she was safe!

Wish we knew what the theme is next week.

It was time for Lacey to go. I liked her, but she just wasn’t bringing it for me.

I’m glad they brought the Judges Save back. I wonder if that was a result of last week’s eliminations or if they had planned to have it this year.

David Cook was fantastic. What more can I say? Very glad he’ll also be on IGB.

I love Orianthi’s guitar playing, not so much her singing. Kesha was just terrible in every way.

Edit to add – Very happy that they let them chose what song they’ll fight for their life with. A redo of what got you in the bottom seemed like cruel and unusual punishment.

Just want to add that when David Cook and Ryan turned their heads sideways towards each other, David’s looked twice the size of Ryan’s. That’s one freakily huge head. Either that or Ryan’s is tiny.

I just don’t see that kind of a save-Matt chant coming from this group for any of them…

Good, because it was douchey. I am sure Lil and Anoop don’t look back on that chant as fondly as you do.

I wanted Tim to go but it wasn’t to be. Just happy that all of my favorites were safe. I missed the group dance and would have taken it over either of the musical acts not David Cook.

Glameritis- yeah, Neal often wears dark nailpolish. Cookie wore nailpolish onscreen once or twice back in the beginning of Season 7, too.

LOL, and yeah, when you do a side by side comparison with Ryan, Cookie’s rocking a Mr. Mackey head. Mmkay.

did you get a load of Monty all spiffied up in the back there? He looked adorable. Would have commented earlier but I didn’t notice it until the mumblety-eth time I watched it. Jes sayin…carry on…

What are you talking about. I have just watched it for the mumbley-eth time. Hee Monty looked quite spiffy up there. I’d be interested to know what he thought of the experience since this was his first time playing with these guys on the idol stage.

Cookie wore nailpolish onscreen once or twice back in the beginning of Season 7, too.

Yah Cook had on black nailpolish during Hollywood week I think. He also had green when they shot a scene of him back at his bar for one of the packages.

Well, there’s no iTunes place yet….

I got Siobhan, Crystal, Aaron, and Casey. Of course, having a bias towards these four, these’ll be inevitably biased. I don’t think any of these will be converting fans, but I think these’ll probably please their fans.

Siobhan’s is very interesting, but I can’t go over her sounding kinda like David Archuleta and Adam Lambert’s lovechild with a bit of Adam’s wow-ness mixed with David’s cute, slightly sleepy voice. Huh. By that sense, she’ll be the runner-up this season. Her scream is much more refined here, IMO. Not as chilling as her live performance, but I certainly don’t regret it. Or either of these four, for that matter. Gotta support my faves. It’s a bit all over the place, though. The place her song kicked in last night was changed to a cappella, and it sounds quite….. odd. But I rather like it.

Casey’s is funky Southern, and I think his voice records very nicely. Hehe, very jaunty. I like it. Reminds me of Kris’s CSA.

Crystal’s, it just took one line for me to melt already. Hehe. Sing it, girl. I keep getting the big urge to say a big, soulful “OOOOOHHHHH YEAAAHHHHHH” or “SING IT, GIRLFRIEND!” Very nice, love it. Ooh, interesting big note at one of the choruses. Wewt. Totally down for a Soxnus final.

Aaron sounds so young, lol. Huh, I thought his voice was deeper than this, but at least he doesn’t sound too teenager-y to me. Either way, so far so clean, liking his tone. Like Casey, I think he records quite nicely. Only issue is that it’s 4:54. I have issues with any song that’s above 4:30 to be honest, lol. Total lack of attention span? Still like it .

If it’s any consolation for me, Didi’s is only 2:20. Which…. actually kinda sucks, but after hearing a fairly long song, that’s kinda nice (For the record, that’s what prevented me from ever listening to Broken Open by Adam Lambert or Hey Jude by the Beatles, length. On the opposite end, that’s what made me sad about Ain’t No Sunshine from Kris. Too short.) Wow, her voice is so pretty. More refined and commercial Megan Joy. Love it.

i kinda liked Lacey. oh well….

is the headress offensive to indian nation?… yes ofcourse

I think Cookie is one the most confident and Idol-changing contestant we have ever had on Idol history. He was the only one (and first? am i wrong) to stand up to Simon, he was always true to himself, he OWNS the stage and he changed the face of singing competitions by rearranging songs to be his own. I remember when he sang Billie Jean….*chills* and i immediately signed on right then as a Cookie fan. He so deserved the crown and will have a long, long healthy career.

sallysimmons:
03/17/2010 at 11:13 pm
I rooted for David cook in his season but didn’t like that performance at all. Just not good on any level.

No, it was great on any level. JMO. Much better than Ke$ha or Orianthi. Those two can’t sing.

^ i like Orianthi. great guitarist. but yea vocals are meh but still like her.

can someone please put Siobhan’s studio on youtube or something? i really want to hear it but dont have itunes on this comp

At least Orianthi has a talent (guitar playing) where as Ke$ha is just plain awful in every sense of the word. Oy, what is this world coming to?

Siobhan’s is very interesting, but I can’t go over her sounding kinda like David Archuleta and Adam Lambert’s lovechild with a bit of Adam’s wow-ness mixed with David’s cute, slightly sleepy voice. Huh. By that sense, she’ll be the runner-up this season.

I haven’t heard her song, but you have made me VERY curious. I am trying to imagine this sound you are hearing. hee hee

Your 14 year old daughter and my 14 year old daughter… sound like the same person. Both Adam and Tim have great hair. That must be it. But my daughter would rather RP with her friends than redial for TIm more than once or twice.

I’m shaking my head. These two (Adam and Tim) could not be more different.

It must be the hair thing. lol….

ross:
03/17/2010 at 11:06 pm
David Cook sounded and looked great. My only somewhat negative observation is that he wasn’t very animated.

Ross, I’m not following you here. Cook was all over the stage, within the confines of working the mike and guitar. I just don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

I think, I think,the AI crew may be warming up to Neal!

Heh, but they still love them some Kyle. Even though you can’t ever see his cute face when he plays. It’s all about the hair. Speaking of which. check out that spiked lion-like Cook hairdo! Woot- I’ll drink to no more combover, right guys? (Relax, I know it’s not a combover, but the bands and thin hair makes it look like one ya know). And as cute as the white beanie is, not for AI stage.

Oh, and luv just thought of more suggestions for DC music. If you like commercial rock, like Daughtry, check out Life on the Moon– my Daughtry-loving friends seem to dig that one. If you like lovey dovey, check out Avalanche, and if you like country, check out Lie. Good luck and keep us posted what you decide

SueB?

seeing david on stage performing and rocking it out was like cuddling into the most comfortable and warm blanket. one that ive missed greatly. he was so friggin awesome.

this season? eeeh not so much. im a little sad lacey went. although i truly did not believe she had any kind of ‘chance’. hopefully we’ll have a breakthrough soon, because im finding it painful.

ouf

I think Cookie is one the most confident and Idol-changing contestant we have ever had on Idol history. He was the only one (and first? am i wrong) to stand up to Simon, he was always true to himself, he OWNS the stage and he changed the face of singing competitions by rearranging songs to be his own. I remember when he sang Billie Jean….*chills* and i immediately signed on right then as a Cookie fan. He so deserved the crown and will have a long, long healthy career.

I don’t think he was anywhere near the first or only one to stand up to Simon. There have been lots of them along the way. Chris Daughtry also used different arrangements and stayed true to himself. I think David and others have found arrangements that suit their style more than actually coming up with it themselves. Nothing wrong with that. I like DC and think he’s come a long way. Looking at him and pretty much all of the alumni who come on after touring (not Scott though), they’re so much more polished than when they were on the show. I’m sure we’ll say the same for the top 5 this season.

Ross, I’m not following you here. Cook was all over the stage, within the confines of working the mike and guitar. I just don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

I think I understand what he’s talking about even tough Cook was miles better than any of the acts (just because he can actually sing).
It seems like he’s falling asleep half of the time when he’s on his microphone, it wasn’t nearly as bad as last year with Come Back To Me but it looked like he had his eyes closed for most of the performance (he needs an Andrew Lloyd Webber mentor session lol).

And believe me, “twinks” are not the only age group voting for him and Aaron. Maybe they should raise the minimum age to 20 or so to compete. That way people wouldn’t have to endure hearing “children” …. as some here call them….sing.

LOL!
Do you mean “tweens”? Although, I bet the “twinks” are also voting for that young church boy (Tim).

Ross, I’m not following you here. Cook was all over the stage, within the confines of working the mike and guitar. I just don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

Also, I think it translates differently from being there in person to viewing on TV.
Anyway, whenever he performed with his natural personality, he was accused of being self indulgent and cocky.

LOL!
Do you mean “tweens”? Although, I bet the “twinks” are also voting for that young church boy (Tim).

Yipes..yes “tweens” … and you’re probably right!

Ke$ha sings “Blah Blah Blah” (horribly) – VIDEO

It’s a great mantra, especially for those of us who live in NJ. lol!

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I missed the group performance tonight. I think they are fun, as long as people don’t take them so seriously.

Yui – here’s a link on youtube to Siobhan’s PIB studio recording if you were looking for it. Must say pretty good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dhHcrdVjg

No, it was great on any level. JMO. Much better than Ke$ha or Orianthi. Those two can’t sing.

What’s next? Cook is better than Taylor Swift live? I mean raise the limbo bar off the floor there. I’m sure Cookie was excellent, but comparing it to people like Orianthi and Ke$ha as a measure of that? c’mon. Make it a little more challenging than that.

Ha Ha West Coasters are so pissed at Ryan for tweeting who got voted off before the show! Will that have an effect on the viewers watching?? Do they count viewers by time zones?

I love Cook, but I hate that song no matter who is singing it. I just can’t get excited about Jumpin’ Jack Flash. Plus, I’m a little mad at him for taking up pointy pose time. I hope he gets to record something for IGB that is actually palatable.

Most shocking result for me was that Tim was in the bottom 3 instead of Andrew.

I kind of hated the judges save last season (they should have used it for Alexis or saved it for Allison) but I don’t necessarily hate it on principal. (I do wish they could have used it last week)

Most shocking result for me was that Tim was in the bottom 3 instead of Andrew.

I don’t buy it, I think they want Andrew out and Paige on tour, and making him seem safe will help that.

Also, I think it translates differently from being there in person to viewing on TV.

I just think there’s animated, which is more kinetic and prancey, like say Adam, and Cook’s way of filling the stage, which is all about the intensity and emmotion. People will have their preferences, but describing Cook with the words falling asleep- to me, that’s just silly, especially tonight when he rocked that stage with a strap across it’s back, but whatever. It’s like, there’s GaGa’s animated recent SNL appearance O_o, and then there’s Pearl Jam’s SNL appearance o/ and they’re just different. (Really, this whole post is just a flimsy excuse to pimp Unthought Known cuz I am currently enanmored with that song.)

I think I understand what he’s talking about even tough Cook was miles better than any of the acts (just because he can actually sing).
It seems like he’s falling asleep half of the time when he’s on his microphone, it wasn’t nearly as bad as last year with Come Back To Me but it looked like he had his eyes closed for most of the performance (he needs an Andrew Lloyd Webber mentor session lol).

Well, I wouldn’t go that far. I just didn’t think he was very animated. Even considering he had to stay in one place to be on-camera and on-mic. It’s an uptempo song and I guess I expected more rocking out rather than just singing (even if the singing was really good).

I can’t agree he was all over the stage, as the other poster said (I just re-watched MJ’s video). It’s a minor point, I still thought he was really good. Just wondered if anyone else thought the same as me.

Yui – here’s a link on youtube to Siobhan’s PIB studio recording if you were looking for it. Must say pretty good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dhHcrdVjg

Thanks I just listened to it
Pretty amazing.

Okay so I finally went to check out the Rolling Stones original of JJF… I found a live performance that looked to be from the 70s, and a studio version. I was surprised that the original is slower than DC’s cover. I guess they ramped it up even more? Anyway, the songs sounds very… 70s. I think DC and the band did a good job sticking to pretty much a straight cover but sped it up a bit and maybe modernize and energize it a bit for TV and the Idol stage. It’s like what he said in the LATimes interview. (Paraphrasing) You don’t have to rearrange a song to make it suit you and make it believable.

Oh, and I’m so excited DC’ll be part of IGB. But WTF schedule is this? Isn’t he going into recording lock-down mode soon?! Baffled. But thrilled.

I’m glad Andrew didn’t go tonight. I got the itunes single version of Gimme Shelter and it’s really good. The last two weeks I’ve been getting Matt Giraud vibes from him, in that the show isn’t the best platform for him and he can’t quite get it together in that format. But the TOUR, that’s another story. I hope he goes on tour, because I bet he’ll shine there. Tim Urban never will.

Ha Ha West Coasters are so pissed at Ryan for tweeting who got voted off before the show! Will that have an effect on the viewers watching?? Do they count viewers by time zones?

West Coasters never got the respect that we deserved. Yep.
I don’t know how I did it, but I manage to avoid the results on final final always. Lucky I guess, but I’m going to take the day off this year so I can watch the Live stream from East Coast.

Most shocking result for me was that Tim was in the bottom 3 instead of Andrew

What so shocking? Based on Tim’s performance last night, it was pretty obvious he would be in bottom. I mean his reggae arrangement was really kinda hilarious. I think he’s scraping by with the help of VFTW.

For the record, Siobhan didn’t sound different in her studio version, but for some reason I just had the thought that she kinda sounds like David Archuleta and Adam Lambert’s lovechild. That goes for all of her performances. She sounds sleepy and cute and makes it amazing (like David Archuleta) and has power and surprise (like Adam Lambert), but not to the degree of either. I rather like the combination though.

Her David Archuleta factor comes in her voice. She always sounds like she’s half yawning when she sings/talks, and sounds a bit congested. Not to be bad, I do think she’s totally bloody amazing. Actually, to be honest, I was kinda looking for a half-strange observation that held some truth to what I’m seeing .

David’s performance was kinda a mixed bag for me. On one hand, he was fairly stiff, and I kinda realized why classic rock is “classic” and not “current”, and I mean that in a not-so-good way. On the other hand, he kinda did rock faces off and has a great voice.

Ford Commercial’s, how I’ve missed your total cheesiness. I love cheese, including this cheese. Yummy.

After realizing Lacey is gone, I’ll miss her face and hair and

Am I the only one who kinda likes the cars they designed? I mostly liked Aaron’s, Michael’s, Crystal’s, Siobhan’s, and Katie’s (Wow, I never really thought I’d like something so maroon and flowery, but I liked Katie’s.)

Wow, Siobhan, those pants are kinda terrible. .

I’m glad Andrew didn’t go tonight. I got the itunes single version of Gimme Shelter and it’s really good. The last two weeks I’ve been getting Matt Giraud vibes from him, in that the show isn’t the best platform for him and he can’t quite get it together in that format. But the TOUR, that’s another story. I hope he goes on tour, because I bet he’ll shine there. Tim Urban never will.

I agree with you on that Lulu! Although i thought Andrew would have been in Bottom, I still don’t think that Tim should stay above Andrew.

I was disappointed in Cooks performance tonight. Compared to other performances of his I’ve seen it was very bland. The guitars were too heavy and loud, the singing sounded rather one note to me.

I know he can sing better than that. I know the band can be better than that.

Having lots of loud guitar, so much so that your voice is straining to be heard over it, does not make a rocking rock band. It just makes the the band too loud.

VFTW picks haven’t really lasted long in recent seasons, have they? I don’t think they have the voting power anymore.

Sunchick, did you see the Twilight Zone parody skit Pearl Jam was a part of? That was funny and unexpected.

Oh, and I’m so excited DC’ll be part of IGB. But WTF schedule is this? Isn’t he going into recording lock-down mode soon?! Baffled. But thrilled.

That has to be happening pretty quickly; isn’t IGB in a few weeks?
Then RFH in early May. It’s good he gets bored easily!

After seeing Cook perform tonight nobody better compare Lee to Cook now. Lee is no where near David’s league voice wise, performance wise, nothing. During the top 12 of season 7 I knew Cook was special, now Lee there’s nothing special about him at all. I’m not trying bash Lee but ppl keep saying he has all this potential but 4 performances in Lee has not impressed me at all with his voice or performances. He has an okay voice but I’ve seen a ton of bar singers that sound exactly like him. I’m sorry for this but anytime I see ppl comparing him to David Cook I feel like going on a rant, lol! I know Lee is popular & he’s probably going to make final 4 anyway but I think ppl are really overhyping him like he’s really special but there’s really not a lot there.

Most shocking result for me was that Tim was in the bottom 3 instead of Andrew.

They both seem to have a lot of fans. But to me, Andrew is obviously musical, with a knowledge and commitment I don’t see in Tim. Andrew seems like an intelligent performer, but he’s struggling right now. Seems like he’s trying to find a way to show the Idol audience who he is as an artist. Tim really isn’t an artist. I think he’s just faking his way through.

Andrew at least had one really good performance (way back in Hollywood week, but at least we saw that he had talent). Tim hasn’t had any performances comparable to that.

By the way, jammasta, for some reason Siobhan’s voice reminds me very much of Archie’s. There’s a vocal quality that’s similar.

I think DC and the band did a good job sticking to pretty much a straight cover but sped it up a bit and maybe modernize and energize it a bit for TV and the Idol stage. It’s like what he said in the LATimes interview. (Paraphrasing) You don’t have to rearrange a song to make it suit you and make it believable.

I so agree, it’s like some of the S9 contestants are re-arranging for the sake of re-arranging. They replace a very good melody with some non-descript dirge. Andrew and Katie did it this time and it was horrible.

Any of the top 12 could go home and it wouldn’t bother me. I don’t feel a connection to any of them.

I hate that Tim Urban is using the ‘two handed heart’ symbol that Danny used last year (and Jordin used before him.) He should have gone home tonight, or at least been bottom two.

I wonder if Katie Stevens will cry that hard on every elimination night? Ugh.

VFTW picks haven’t really lasted long in recent seasons, have they? I don’t think they have the voting power anymore.

Kristy Lee Cook? Megan Joy?

SparklesATL:
03/18/2010 at 12:18 am
I was disappointed in Cooks performance tonight. Compared to other performances of his I’ve seen it was very bland.

Bland is what we were subjected to on Tuesday night.

After seeing Cook perform tonight nobody better compare Lee to Cook now. Lee is no where near David’s league voice wise, performance wise, nothing.

I thought Lee was better last night than Cook tonight. Lee made the song really modern and interesting, Cook, not so much.

After seeing Cook perform tonight nobody better compare Lee to Cook now. Lee is no where near David’s league voice wise, performance wise, nothing.

I totally agree.

MJ, doesn’t the save last until Top 5, not Week 5?

After seeing Cook perform tonight nobody better compare Lee to Cook now. Lee is no where near David’s league voice wise, performance wise, nothing.

I think Lee has a lot of potential. I think he is a few years younger than Cook was when Cook went on the show. And there is something Cook had that as far as I know Lee doesn’t have and that is a musical theater background. It seems like a lot of the contestants who do well on the show have some sort of musical theater background.

I like Lee’s voice in the same way I like Alex’s voice. Their voices have character.

By the way, I thought Cook looked and sounded good this evening. I think Cook was sporting a bit of a mohawk? Ever so slightly? Also his hair looks thicker than it used to.

Ross – ITA 100%. I am one of those who keeps waiting for Andrew to find his way though….and hopes he finds it fast! He had alot of fans and still does i guess…but losing them fast. Hell, I’m one of them…

I hate that Tim Urban is using the ‘two handed heart’ symbol that Danny used last year (and Jordin used before him.)

Really? I didn’t think it was possible I could be more annoyed by him. Guess I was wrong!

I really like Crystal. I think she is very pretty. Really nice features. I’m glad she is safe. Didi is beautiful as well and I really like her personality. She seems so sweet.

As you can probably tell, I’m watching AI on the west coast and we are on the bottom row.

I don’t get the Katie hate, although I wouldn’t mind if she left as I don’t find her an interesting performer. I think she and Haley should have a Disney sitcom in the vein of ICARLY.

I have mixed feelings about the return of the judges save. I knew they’d bring it back, because the save is TV gold. The drama of desperate contestants singing for their lives is too delicious for the network execs to pass up. I find it uncomfortable to watch personally. And what’s more, I truly believe AMERICA should have the final say, even if that say seems like a mistake.

I agree. I hate The Save so much. If they had used it last year on one of the favored contestants, like Adam or Danny, the backlash would have been horrendous. Can you imagine? Instead, they were able to use it on a middle-of-the-pack guy whose order of elimination wasn’t relevant because there was no way he was going to win. So, it seemed harmless. But, in reality, it wasn’t. America sent Matt packing in 7th place. But, thanks to the save, he ended up in 5th place. I think that makes a difference in terms of how much you make on tour and your odds of getting signed. It’s just not fair. And if a favorite goes home too early, it’s all shock and awe for awhile, but gees….life goes on.

Sadly, the drama is delicious. Even though there isn’t a person alive with the exception of maybe Lacey’s mother who thought there was a chance the judges were going to use The Save on her, there was something about watching those judges huddle together as if deep in debate. I’m just relieved Lacey was smart enough to figure out that there wasn’t going to be a save for her. Alexis Grace’s desperation last season was almost unbearable.

Megan Joy?

Megan left pretty early. Earlier than Sanjaya, that’s for sure. And Kristie Lee saved herself with the evil genius of her “Yay, America! A vote for me means the terrorists lose!” song. I don’t think VFTW had diddly squat to do with her longevity.

The problem with Lee, and I’ve said this for awhile, is that despite a little gravel in his voice, he is not a rock your face off kind of rocker. Intense songs aren’t really for him. I think once he stops trying to wail and goes more with the Counting Crows/Dave Matthews type thing he tapped into this past week, he’ll find a groove and maybe start to improve.

I think Lee has a lot of potential. I think he is a few years younger than Cook was when Cook went on the show. And there is something Cook had that as far as I know Lee doesn’t have and that is a musical theater background. It seems like a lot of the contestants who do well on the show have some sort of musical theater background.

Wow, that is a very insightful observation about the musical theater thing! Of course, if musical theater is the only experience a contestant is drawing from, then he/she tends not to do well, but if it’s musical theater in conjunction with some real world gigs and musical experience, they do tend to do better on the Idol stage. I’m thinking Siobhan as an example for this season. FTR I also like Lee’s voice like I like Alex’s and think he has potential, too, but there’s no way he is winning this competition at this point.

I love David Cook – my S7 favorite. Both he and Lee have interesting voices and while Lee does not have David’s fabulous stage and music experience, he does have the potential to go far.

I downloaded Lee Dewyze’s Beast of Burden tonight and it is so incredibly good and Very sexy! So much better than his live version and I liked that too… go Lee!

Reminder:

Deleting rude and defensive posts…

Sorry MJ, I have to disagree on “According to You” being a “crap” song. Ke$ha sang a crap song. The lyrics to the song are very good (especially if you have a daughter) and the music is better than middle of the road.

I’m stupid
I’m useless
I can’t do anything right

According to you
I’m difficult
Hard to please
Forever changing my mind
I’m a mess in a dress
Can’t show up on time
Even if it would save my life
According to you
According to you

But according to him
I’m beautiful, incredible
He can’t get me out of his head
According to him
I’m funny,irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite
I don’t feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He’s into me for everything I’m not
According to you

I love David Cook – my S7 favorite. Both he and Lee have interesting voices and while Lee does not have David’s fabulous stage and music experience, he does have the potential to go far.

Example of how to defend your favorite without getting modded. Thank you glamertitis.

Not sad at all to see Lacey go tonight, though I had most of my points on Kim Jong-il. As far as I’m concerned it’s pretty much like last season, where I would have been perfectly happy to skip ahead to the Top-5, no harm no foul. That being said, I’m really anxious to see whether some of these folks like Crystal, Siobhan, Lee, Casey, Didi, Big Mike, and even maybe (yikes?) Aaron can show some growth and really start to bring it in the coming weeks. I’m actually quite a bit more engaged in this season thus far than I was at this point in S8 or S6.

No surprise, I loved seeing Cook on that stage again and I thought he schooled the Top 12 contestants pretty thoroughly. Jumpin’ Jack Flash may very well be my least-favorite Stones song, and again Cook somehow found a way to make me love it. I think he proved exactly what he told Shirley Halperin in that LA Times interview from earlier today – it’s not about re-arranging the song, it’s about knowing yourself (and your fucking kick-ass band), and making the song work for you. That was a fairly straight-up cover but still had more energy and life and authenticity than anything else on Idol recently. Neal Tiemann completely outshredded Orianthi (and generally, I like the idea of her a lot). And Kesha? Boy, she just embarrassed herself in the way all the sloppy drunk Chi Omega’s I went to college with did every Friday night.

Wish we knew what the theme for next week is going to be. Wonder if they’ll bring another Idol alumn back to replace the pointy poses??

Lee has tons of potential. He just needs to wake up or something! He always looks stoned when he’s not singing. LOL

I thought Lee was better last night than Cook

Well, some people like margarine better than real butter too. Different tastes, different opinions. It’s all good. I do agree that Dave had a lot more experience coming into the show than most of these kids seem to. He knew who he was musically and how to work a stage and a room, he just needed to learn how to adapt to the cameras and larger venues. It will be interesting to see which of the S9 kids can handle a steep learning curve.

I can’t agree he was all over the stage, as the other poster said (I just re-watched MJ’s video). It’s a minor point, I still thought he was really good. Just wondered if anyone else thought the same as me.

Cook does have a tendency to stay glued to the spot during some of his most rocking songs (someoene should really hide his mikestand during his uptempo songs). However, I thought he was pretty lively during this particular performance. He wasn’t skipping around the stage, but I thought he moved enough…plus he had a guitar in his hand which limits movement a bit. Cook sounded great and the band was fantastic. My only complaint is that I thought it was a horrible song choice. It was a great opportunity for the band to rock out, but it’s not the kind of song I would have picked for a charity single.

I think David and others have found arrangements that suit their style more than actually coming up with it themselves.

At least 2/3 of Cook’s songs on idol were his own arrangement. This is one of the things that makes him a standout as a contestant.

Mj, are you going to be critiquing the season 9 studio versions? Im interested to hear your take on Siobhan in the studio.

Tonight — *yawn* — except for Cookie.

Can they please use the judge’s save to bring back Alex?

Anyone thinks Orianthi can shred the guitar better than Casey?? LOL…

If Ke$ha was fun, I’d hate to wiggle a pencil in front of you .

Although that wasn’t as horrible as I thought. I mean, it wasn’t the only kind of horrible I can stand (hilariously horrible), but it was….. mildly watchable. Oh God, I hate myself for saying that. Ugh. I’m gonna kick myself in the face tomorrow.

As for listenable, maybe not.

Tonight has so far been pretty yawn-ish. I kinda missed the cheese of the group number, but liked the return of the Ford commercials. I totally loved “mariachi” from Ellen.

Cook was good, but I can’t get into him. I have a feeling his stuff is a bit old-fashioned, IMO. I still have a feeling he’s really good, though. Only song I have of his is CBTM. Mostly because of the tour last year playing the video a lot, and I liked it. He’s also extremely likable to me. I totally love his personality.

I can say bye to my anatomy teacher Lacey o_O. I love her voice, but she’s pretty pitchy on this performance. I would’ve wanted to see her go one more week.

Ellen and Kara looked like they were making out. Either way, they weren’t listening to Lacey. I have a feeling Ellen was, but the other judges, maybe not >_>.

Well, there goes one week of Idol. Can’t wait for next week!

Judges save is back? Say Whaaat? Meh. I guess. It is pretty weak sauce to use it. It didn’t help Matty G. last year did it? I would have rather seen the Wild card used to build a Top 13 instead.

Lacey was the right choice to get the boot. No surprise there. I had Aaron and Andrew in the bottom so that was a surprise. I thought Tim’s super hair would save him. Not such a super power now is it?

Orianthi is really talented on the guitar but I think she still has a ways to go to find out who she is as an artist. This pop stuff doesn’t seem to mesh with her guitar skills. She’s young she’ll work it out.

Kesha is just fun bubble gum. I don’t buy the drunk girl act since somehow she is able to perform the exact same choreography ever single time I see her on tv. No deviations and no changes. Blah Blah Blah fo sho.

David Cook. Wow he looks great. Looks like he has shed some pounds. Lookin good. A really high energy focused performance. Glad to see him have a chance to rock out on the idol stage since so often he has had to perform a slow ballad. I like this Cook better. Keep rockin dude.

Would love to see Neal from Cook’s band and Orianthi shred guitars together.

I do agree that Dave had a lot more experience coming into the show than most of these kids seem to. He knew who he was musically and how to work a stage and a room, he just needed to learn how to adapt to the cameras and larger venues.

Yeah, and this is why I have always defended the more “professional” contestants. I know some people are married to the idea of plucking someone who sings in the shower out of obscurity and making them a star, but I want maxium entertainment. Plus I admire the artists who are dedicated to their craft and have put in the time doing gigs for 20 people because they want it that bad. That’s why I floved Season 7 despite the fact that Cook had a back catalogue in the bag that was more extensive than some established artists and Carly and MJ once had a recording contract that fell through and Archie was on Star Search and Brooke had put out indie CDs and Syesha was on some other reality singing show before, blah blah blah. Season 7 peeps had found themselves and just had to figure out how to best present that to America on the teevee lookie box and deal with the demands of the Idol schedule. These kids, with a few exceptions, they are green, green, green and it’s tedious rather than exciting for me to watch the growing pains.

After seeing Cook perform tonight nobody better compare Lee to Cook now.

You can’t compare a performance from a retuning idol, that has been rehearsed and polished at leisure to those by AI contestants who have about 5mns to prepare their preformance.

Also Lee isn’t a rocker as much as Dave. He is more of a soft pop-rock singer in the line of the Fray or the Script. I find them so different.

I was disappointed in Cooks performance tonight. Compared to other performances of his I’ve seen it was very bland. The guitars were too heavy and loud, the singing sounded rather one note to me.

That’s because the song is rather one note itself. I thought he did an amazing job with it considering this.

Yui – here’s a link on youtube to Siobhan’s PIB studio recording if you were looking for it. Must say pretty good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dhHcrdVjg

I love this!!! Thanks for posting monleo! I have to get my ipod fixed.

Kesha is just fun bubble gum. I don’t buy the drunk girl act since somehow she is able to perform the exact same choreography ever single time I see her on tv. No deviations and no changes. Blah Blah Blah fo sho.

The folks that did a parody of Adam did a great parody of Ke$ha on Tic Toc. Super funny. Ke$ha is cute. People, put in the dollar sign, lol!

I’m all about the girls so far this season. My favorites are Siobhan and Crystal. Hoping they will be the final two. The rest have not impressed me enough to throw a vote their way.

Orianthi I didn’t mind to awful much, but hated Kesha.

I thought David Cook did a great job with a really old song. I liked that the whole band got to be on stage & didn’t have to be dark shadows in the background.

I just saw Ke$ha in west coast time; that was offensive on so many levels( eyes, ears,…)The next time I get angry at myself for wasting time, I’ll look back on that performance and just know that was the worst 3:50 I ever wasted!

Mj, are you going to be critiquing the season 9 studio versions? Im interested to hear your take on Siobhan in the studio.

Yep.

Cook was good, but I can’t get into him. I have a feeling his stuff is a bit old-fashioned, IMO. I still have a feeling he’s really good, though. Only song I have of his is CBTM. Mostly because of the tour last year playing the video a lot, and I liked it. He’s also extremely likable to me.

Come Back to Me is one of his least liked songs in the fandom. LOL I see what you mean by him giving off an old-fashioned vibe. I actually like Analog Heart more than his current album for that reason. *dodges tomatos* Seriously though, you should look up Analog Heart on YouTube. It sounds more current to me.

I can’t believe Ke$ha is a recording star. I thought she was terrible. They should call her Lady Caca.

I see what you mean by him giving off an old-fashioned vibe. I actually like Analog Heart more than his current album for that reason. *dodges tomatos* Seriously though, you should look up Analog Heart on YouTube. It sounds more current to me.

I always got the impression that Cook put out an album that would appeal to his AI fanbase, which tends to skew, oh, I don’t know, more towards grunge rock. I am really looking forward to his new album as I suspect it might have a more current sound.

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Cook does have a tendency to stay glued to the spot during some of his most rocking songs (someoene should really hide his mikestand during his uptempo songs). However, I thought he was pretty lively during this particular performance.

I’m guessing that’s due at least in part to having to work with the cameras. Even the limited amount he was working the stage they lost him a few times. He definately moves around duirng the uptempo songs in his live shows.

I could see Lacey singing Country. I think that would be a good fit for her.

I just saw Kesha and I think I lost some brain cells. People are saying she’s a poor version of Lady Gaga, but she’s actually a sub par version of black eye peas. She’s not a good enough performer to solo.

Orianthi (cool name) was okay.

David Cook was the highlight of the show, then Orianthi, and dead last Ms Tik Tok.

1. David Cook
2. Orianthi

last. Ke$ha

Wow, after watching Ke$ha perform that Gong Show tripe, I actually found myself yearning for Britney Spears…..how pathetic is that? What idiot decided a Gaga wannabee was a good idea? No wonder radio sucks right now…..

Cookie was great as always though.

You can’t compare a performance from a retuning idol, that has been rehearsed and polished at leisure to those by AI contestants who have about 5mns to prepare their preformance.

I agree that it is rather unfair to compare this year’s contestants to a returning Idol winner. They all are not Idol winner material. But I must address the idea that he polished the performance at his leisure. Cook hadn’t decided on what song he was performing until Monday night. He practiced with his band on Tuesday. I don’t think there was much time to go over it too much today. So I think if he could get his band up to speed and decide on the arrangement, learn the instrumentation and vocals in one day and give a kick-ass performance, then the current Idol contenders should be able to give a presentable performance as well given the amount of time they have. But that’s just my opinion.

springboard:
03/18/2010 at 1:03 am
You can’t compare a performance from a retuning idol, that has been rehearsed and polished at leisure to those by AI contestants who have about 5mns to prepare their preformance.

To be fair, this was a last minute appearance for Cook. Apparently he and the band just learned the song and started rehearsing it 2 days ago. So actually the contestants had longer to preppare this week, but I do get what you are saying.

ETA: Hi Wordnerdarchie! Comment twins!

I always got the impression that Cook put out an album that would appeal to his AI fanbase, which tends to skew, oh, I don’t know, more towards grunge rock. I am really looking forward to his new album as I suspect it might have a more current sound.

I’m pretty sure you hit the nail on the head. I hope DCTR2 sounds more current than DCTR, but I’m not holding my breath.

Hi, have you met my gargantuan cranium?” <3 Jokes. Couldn't resist.

I hope Cook comes back and does one of his songs from his new CD.

Tra$ha is the poor homeless bedragled man’s Lady Gaga.

And Kesha? Boy, she just embarrassed herself in the way all the sloppy drunk Chi Omega’s I went to college with did every Friday night.

Sadly, I think that is a big part of her appeal to the teen/college age crowd. Six million downloads?

Holy crap! Look at the size of his hand compared to Seacrest’s head. Yeah he’s got a large noggin, but Ryan’s is defnitely minaturized.

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I am so excited!! I hope Siobhan sings mmbop!

You can tell that without all the “vocal enhancement” on Ke$ha’s songs she probably would not be such a big seller.

You can’t compare a performance from a retuning idol, that has been rehearsed and polished at leisure to those by AI contestants who have about 5mns to prepare their preformance

I think the comparisons are fair game. As I recall, Cook’s performances as an idol contestant were on par with most of the returning performers and he certainly wasn’t spared any comparisons. The same applies to most of the idol winners in the past, which is probably why they won. Plus I wouldn’t be surprised if Cook spent less time practicing for this perfomance than the idol contestants do.

Actually I noticed that Ryan’s noggin is tiny.

So next week’s theme is Teen Idols? That’s a broad category, because even Elvis and the beatles could be considered Teen Idols in a way.

Hanson are a big fan of Siobhan’s, right? Maybe she can do mmmmmmmmmmbop!

JoBros, Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Backstreet Boys, NSync, Selena Gomez, etc. — lots of relatively recent Teen Idols to choose from.

Oh you could go old school and do something from Ricky Nelson, Bobby Sherman, Davy Jones, David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Donny Osmond…etc

Teen Idols?
Is there any chance Aaron is stupid enough to sing Crush?

Ke$ha seems to strike a chord with a certain demographic. I didn’t mind her performance but I wouldn’t seek her out in concert. Perhaps if I was still a teen or apart of the club scene, I would.

Is Katie this year’s Tatiana? WHY must we be subjected to HER melodrama at every possible close-up? Who cares that SHE’S crying while Lacey is blown outta’ town? Is she being paid on the side to be The Annoying One? Make it stop. NOW.

I agree that it is rather unfair to compare this year’s contestants to a returning Idol winner. They all are not Idol winner material. But I must address the idea that he polished the performance at his leisure. Cook hadn’t decided on what song he was performing until Monday night. He practiced with his band on Tuesday. I don’t think there was much time to go over it too much today. So I think if he could get his band up to speed and decide on the arrangement, learn the instrumentation and vocals in one day and give a kick-ass performance, then the current Idol contenders should be able to give a presentable performance as well given the amount of time they have. But that’s just my opinion.

I didn’t know that DC and his band had so little time to get ready, so even more kudos to them for their brilliant performance.
I still think that the comparison is a bit unfair because Dave has had a whole year of experience touring, he performed with his own band and he wasn’t under idol pressure.

A fairer comparison would be DC on idol to S9 contestnats, and , my opinion on that one is DC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> S9..so far..

Holy crap! Look at the size of his hand compared to Seacrest’s head.

Yeah, it looks like he could palm Ryan’s head like Shaq with a basketball.

One more for the road. Heh, so did Kyle dress to match Andy while Monty dressed to match Dave?

I think I might be allergic to teen idol week.

I think the producers are showing Katie crying more on TV because there has been a lot of people saying she was very robotic and showed lack of emotion.

Holy crap! Look at the size of his hand compared to Seacrest’s head.

Maybe Ryan has tiny hands…you know what that means.

LOL

My biggest problem in comparing Cook’s performance is that he had a whole band backing him up on stage, it’s a whole lot easier to make a believable rock performance in those conditions than by yourself, but he’s still miles ahead in voice and charisma than any of the male contestants this year IMO.

gangreen29:
03/18/2010 at 1:28 am
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I am so excited!! I hope Siobhan sings mmbop!

Oh I hope so too. I love me some Hanson.

It is interesting that Siobhan seems to personally know Hanson, as does David Cook. He worked with them on some charity functions back in Tulsa, pre-idol. They even credited him on a record or something, I believe.

I was totally going to say something risqué about big appendages hands. I think I won’t though.

I’m back to wanting Cookies all night long! I listen to Permanent more than I care to admit. Cookie had me from Hello. Adam from Black n White, Daughtry from Hemorrhage, Bo Bice from Whipping Post. No one had me in Season 6 and Season 9 isn’t getting close yet. I’m still hoping.

Valentin432:
03/18/2010 at 1:30 am
Teen Idols?
Is there any chance Aaron is stupid enough to sing Crush?

This HAS to happen!

I’m a Believer by the Monkees! Now that’s old school right there, and not a bad song either. Smash Mouth did a pretty decent cover.

As long as I live, I will never consider Justin Bieber a Teen Idol. ugh.

Live recordings aren’t bad, btw. Listening through Tim’s, I secretly wonder if the guy is capable of the hidden snarky humor it takes to sing “Under My Thumb” as reggae…if I think of it that way, I actually enjoy it.

But Siobhan’s recording…omgggg. Just listened to the snippet and I get the feeling it’s pretty epic.

I must admit to a secret love of mmmmmmmmmbop too. It is just so darn catchy.

Hanson are a big fan of Siobhan’s, right? Maybe she can do mmmmmmmmmmbop!

That would be awesome.

Ke$ha was amazing!

I had never heard of her or seen her before tonight but when I saw the dollar sign in the middle of her name I just knew she was the money and would bring it to the idol stage.

That she wore native American ceremonial head dress while kicking in the television tube delivered a powerful message against the portrayal of indigenous people by the media. That’s some deep shit, baby, deep!

Garnetstar:
03/18/2010 at 1:00 am
Orianthi is really talented on the guitar but I think she still has a ways to go to find out who she is as an artist. This pop stuff doesn’t seem to mesh with her guitar skills. She’s young she’ll work it out.

I wonder how many people who heard Orianthi tonight have heard any of her other songs. Check out her album Believe. She wrote 8 of the 11 songs, and of course According to You, IMO a piece of pop crap, is one of the 3 she didn’t write. So typical, the worst atypical song on an album is released as a single and becomes a big hit. The rest of her songs on the album are quite good, and much more rock and much less pop. Lots more guitar too.

I agree with everyone who says that her vocals are very ordinary. And, I think she lacks charisma as a solo vocalist. She needs a strong lead singer so she can concentrate on her guitar.

Was Ke$ha on tonight? Oh I must have hit the mute button. LOL. Actually my almost nine yr. old son demanded I do so.

I felt no emotion about Lacey going home tonight. She has a lovely voice, but seemed to get lost pretty quickly.

The biggest thing I don’t like about the judges’ save is the contestants having to sing for it. Some of their best songs are their sing outs, but this seems to affect them. Lacey seemed to handle it with grace, though she was pitchy.

I can see Didi doing a better version of a Taylor Swift song than she can do herself. Could be interesting.

Aha! Tim made it through this week, and wasn’t even in the bottom two. Does this mean he might be safe next week?

Lacey should try Country. She’s from Texas anyway, so why not. She could build a career just playing joints in Texas with a small band. It worked for Terry Gibbs.

It’s starting to look like Aaron and Katie are here to stay for many weeks. That means Paige and Didi will be the next ones to go. Maybe Andrew later…?

“Hi, have you met my gargantuan cranium?”

Every time I see Cook’s massive skull in relation to a normal-sized noggin I am reminded of the bit in Entourage, where Turtle theorizes that the reason Vince is such a huge star is because he has an abnormally large head, and all superstars have ginormous heads. I really think it might be true.

And as for Teen Idol week next week, please please please let us get Siobhan doing a whacked-out version of ‘Mmm-Bop’, or somebody, anybody, doing Archie’s ‘Crush’. Both are just delicious slices of pop cream pie, and ooo I love them so.

Ke$ha was amazing!

I had never heard of her or seen her before tonight but when I saw the dollar sign in the middle of her name I just knew she was the money and would bring it to the idol stage.

That she wore native American ceremonial head dress while kicking in the television tube delivered a powerful message against the portrayal of indigenous people by the media. That’s some deep shit, baby, deep!

Best post of the night. I better hit the sack on that note.

Hanson are a big fan of Siobhan’s, right?

I think you meant to say she’s a big fan of Hanson.

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/16/siobhan-magnus-hanson/

The biggest thing I don’t like about the judges’ save is the contestants having to sing for it.

Especially since the judges are having their fake “deliberations” during the song and aren’t even paying attention. There was no way in hell Lacey was going to be saved, they should have just said so and gotten on with it. Then she could sing over the end credits instead of subjecting us to a whole song.

oops moved

From Palm Beach Post: http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2010/03/17/american-idol-lets-go-of-lacey-brown/

Psst, kids. That guy David Cook who won two years ago? You see him do ”Jumping Jack Flash?” That’s how you do a cover – confident, fun, engaged and in tune. That’s what you wanna shoot for. Thing is, he was that good while he was a contestant, and almost none of you are. That’s a problem.

Hope those kids took some notes.

http://twitter.com/IdolTracker/status/10655111836

After Cook’s performance, Crystal tried to go up and talk to him but was told there wasn’t enough time.

CURSES YOU TPTB! I want those two to meet and talk about making some kick ass music together! Seriously I do hope she got to talk to him eventually.

Ok…I am still on a high from seing Cook and the boys. Damn Neal made me so proud too…anyway, I missed Paula. I am sure she would’ve been all up and dancing away during Cook’s awesome performance.

I never watched any performances in S7 until the finale. I was cheering for David Cook to win having watched his Billie Jean and Archie’s Imagine on youtube only. I do like Archie though. He’s a sweetie. However, this is only the second song I’ve ever heard Cookie fully sing. And guess what? That was pretty darn good!! I enjoyed that very much. He and his band rocked out. You can’t even compare him to any of the idols this season. He’s far more polished and professional. Orianthi is decent, but I prefer her rocking her guitar out than singing. Amazing that Ke$ha can sell so many cds and singles worldwide and not be able to really sing. I like her concept though. It’s different and catchy and many people are looking for the unusual these days, like Siobhan. Otherwise boring would be the name of the game, like S9.

David C.’s rock out of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” was a bittersweet reminder of the best seasons past, as was Kris’s “Let It Be.” Ah, sigh, alas, etc.

Most horrifying moment: Ke$ha vamping around in a Native American headdress. Not only is she ushering in a terrifying era of Gaga impersonators, she’s also trivializing somebody else’s culture. Unless she’s Native American herself, which might be even worse.

I would have been happier to see Tim sent packing, and I was surprised that Andrew is still around. But as much as I’m grateful to Lacey for singing Brandi Carlisle’s wonderful “The Story,” she wasn’t exactly tearing up the stage.

Will anybody? Rev it up, amigos, please rev it up!!

I enjoyed Kesha’s performance the most out of those three. The Cook sound does nothing to me and Orianthi was bit boring.

Ke$ha looked stoned out of her gourd tonight. Girl couldn’t even focus on where the camera was. ‘Tik Tok’ was at least catchy. What she ‘sang’ tonight came across more like week-old fish. Not my cuppa, obviously.

Bye, bye Lacey. Such a pretty girl. I wish her luck. She was everything the judges wanted Megan to be last year. I’m sure she’ll do well – especially if she explores the whole Country vibe.

Can anyone tell me if it’s possible to download songs that were before the top 12. I want to get Alex Lambert’s performances, but I can’t find them on itunes. I only see the top 12? Thanks…

ETA I just downloaded Siobhan’s ‘paint it black’ and the studio version is really good. I’m so glad I’ve got someone I look forward to hearing now. Go Siobhan!

I liked the performers who were on the results show tonight. I realized I would shell out some money to see a David Cook/Adam Lambert concert…or Kradison Cook. That would be amazing !

OMG! I don’t mind her songs on the radio, but up on stage? Ke$sha is like the low rent version of Britney. Britney!! Who goes to gas station bathrooms in her bare feet Britney. Oy. (And comparing Ke$ha to Lady G? What?)

Heh. That picture of Cook and Ryan looks funny. Cook’s head is like 1.5x the size of Ryan’s, possibly more.

Sorry to post-ho but I can’t edit for some reason.

I was also going to comment when I saw the video that it looked like Cook got a little bit of sun. And then Ryan stood next to him and I went, nevermind. Hee.

Lacey leaving was not a shocker but there were a few surprises in who was safe. Andrew seems to have more fan support than I thought. As the judges have not liked most of his performances. And I do believe Katie is going to be around a long time and has some die hard fans. I know Rickey or Rickey.org is a big fan and he has a big following on his website and I think her support might be more than some may think ( or her fans could be fewer but vote intensely). I thought Tim had the tween vote for the cute guy vote down pat but he was in the bottom 3 this week.

But I think the tour might be stuck with Tim and Katie at this rate. As I do not see them going or Aaron for a while.

I much prefer Paige to Tim and Katie but I know a lot of other people disagree with me strongly on this.

I had predicted Andrew, Lacey, and Katie for the bottom 3 with Katie being safe first. So I only got one out of 3 right this week. I thought Paige had one of her better weeks and that Andrew did not have a good week. I think I seriously underestimated the support for Katie and Andrew . I think their fan based was built during the auditions and Hollywood week and they have stuck with them. Andrew and Katie got a lot of exposure early in the season.

Cook. Amazing. Need More. That is all.

I think I am a pop girl. I thought Cook was a bit boring and I usually like Coook. I liked Kesha but she has a lot of backing tracks so it’s kind of hard to hear her sing. Orianthi isn’t the greatest singer but she looked cool.

I didn’t stay up for the results show last night – recorded it instead. Am really sorry to read that they decided to bring back the judge’s save. I hated it last year and I will hate it this year. They keep saying this is America’s choice but it isn’t if the judges can override the vote – even if it is just once. Considering how the judges have been judging this year, I trust their decisions MUCH less than I trust America’s even with all the competing forces that cause America’s vote to be what it turns out to be.

Kesha cannot dance. She just moving like a drunken girl all around the stage. Sorry, even the Jedward. (Twins from X-Factor last season )are much much better dancer than her. She need to learn how to dance as good as Beyonce and Lady Gaga.

Ok I do not… I repeat… I DO NOT want to live in a world that Kesha is a superstar!. That was awful! She doesn´t have the charisma and singing!

He and his band rocked out. You can’t even compare him to any of the idols this season.

But isn’t that what we Idol fans do- compare our favorites to
EVERYONE else on earth?
No one has mentioned yet the the arguably biggest teen idol of them all, Frank Sinatra. Do you think anyone is ambitious enough to try to make him current?

Ok I do not… I repeat… I DO NOT want to live in a world that Kesha is a superstar!. That was awful! She doesn´t have the charisma and singing!

She has really really ugly hairdos, though!

I’m encouraged by the voting. And I’m enough of a Pollyanna to think that *maybe* Tim was actually in second-to-last place but got sent back to the couches first because they would rather have Paige’s fans a little worried and motivated to vote than Tim’s….. Well, maybe not. But in any case, the votes prove that some of the weakest performances actually are among those in big danger. So yay for that.

While Lacey seems like a very sweet girl, and I kind of like her little vibe, I really have a hard time seeing her being able to focus and energize herself enough to really become a professional singer. I know her dad says she has no experience. But seems to me that she has probably sung a *lot* in church. And yet she’s still so wandery and wavery. But she seems to have confidence in it, and that certainly helps. … Not exactly sure what she has so much confidence *in* when it comes to her singing, though, I must say. It’s not strong in any way that I can see.

I can’tget back to quote but someone (to paraphrase) said that kesha’s wearing of the Native headress and kicking the TV screen
was SOME DEEP SHIT……Ha, aha,ha,ha, You must have meant crap….
that was some shallow crap!…Yikes!!

Orianthi Guiiiitar Ninja..yes,yes,yes. “Singer”… to borrow tonights
refrain…Blah, blah,Blah!!
LOL @fanaround…Adam may be a great singer and have more style than sense…You just don’t kiss people with obviously poor hygiene
habits!!

Yeah my humor is that bad!

Results spot on, except, it should have been Paige who was sent back to the couch first.
When I did my little recap yesterday I sent it before I realized
that I had only 11 peeps. I had to go back to the top, to find who I missed, and then I inserted her with the edit on “my picks to go”. Kinda….emphasizes the definition of forgettable, and she was one of my favs on her first audition for me….,Live and Learn!!!

I never heard of Kesha or Oriani before. Kesha was just horrible. Oriani was decent but nothing special.
Elimination. I won’t miss Lacey much. If nothing extraordinaire happens, there are 4-5 people who really need to go and I don’t care in what order they get eliminated.
Good that there wasn’t the option of judges save last week. They’d have a problem deciding who to give it to, 2 definetly deserved it. But I don’t think they’ll need to use it for the next 5 weeks and then we’re almost at top 5.

omg at ke$ha ICK that was horrid orianthi is an awesome guitar player not so sure bout the singing

loveeeeeeeeeeee David

Finally got to see David Cook & the Anthemic through the magic of YouTube after I got off work. So lovely to see them rock out again. so looking forward to new record and new tour! Glad Cookie gets restless easily so we see pop up like this. I like Idol Gives Back and I’m glad David gets to be involved.

I was also going to comment when I saw the video that it looked like Cook got a little bit of sun. And then Ryan stood next to him and I went, nevermind. Hee.

That picture is kinda hilarious, it almost looks like one of them was photoshopped in between their different coloring and head size. Heh.

I refuse to admit how many times I watched the video of Cookie and his Anthemics . And I know someone said 4,000 posts ago how adorable Monty looked – I love that guy, I think he’s adorable… So happy that we saw so much Neal. And Idol cameras have always loved Mr. Peek! Sigh, David Cook. Still can’t quit you after all this time. Six weeks (I think) ’til Race for Hope…

Well, there goes Merv’s big head theory, except for David cook and multitudes of others (George Clooney). Good thing I don’t bet; who knew those who deserved it would be in the bottom three? I tuned in and out last night. Was disappointed in D. Cook, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time and was curious about. Why did he hafta do a Stones song when he has original music? I thought it sounded retready…maybe b/c it was. His hair looks great, though.

I didn’t get the “deep” in Dollar-Sign-Name. Novelty viewing, would never think of buying it.

The save provides no drama, except, prolly, to contestants. They won’t use it for a dog’s age and will do it to save the ratings if someone really big is discarded by the public. Predict it to be very predictable.

I saw Ke$ha perform TicToc on a late-night talk show a while back and thought it was a real mess. I actually thought her performance of BlahBlahBlah was less of a mess on Idol last night, but yeah, it was still a mess.

I thought David Cook looked and sounded great. Orianthi was ok.

I was ok with Lacey going home, although it didn’t earn me any points in the pool, darn it. I’m ready for Tim and Katie to go.

Was disappointed in D. Cook, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time and was curious about. Why did he hafta do a Stones song when he has original music?

Because he’s trying to get a single out in the next month (not very likely) or two (much more likely), and two performances of original music would be a) unusual for AI to allow outside of the reigning champ, as it’s kind of promotional double-dipping, and b) potentially confusing for viewers who won’t know which one is the new single.

(I would have felt differently about this if he hadn’t said in that one interview that he was thinking a single as early as April. He could be back very soon if that’s the case, or at least the very beginning of May. I was anticipating closer to the end, maybe Top 3 week.)

I think I am a pop girl. I thought Cook was a bit boring and I usually like Coook.

Well, Jumpin’ Jack Flash is a boring song, really. I thought Cook looked really, really great!! He dresses up real nice

For a more interesting version, take a look at the Leon Russell – Youngblood medley (from Woodstock, yeah it’s old…) It is very long, but if you have the time, it’s pretty great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIi188Cakk

The whole Ke$ha success thing is one reason why I am so disappointed in “the industry” these days. Many of us here posting have a thing or two to say about her, but obviously someone is buying her uuuh, “product.” And I was also really disappointed when I found out that Glitterbert had kissed her. Oy. Come on man…

Moral of the story – keep listening to Led Zeppelin.

orianthi is a much better guitarist than singer, so i enjoyed her shredding a lot… i am keeping my eye on her career, as i think once they let her just do her thing – which isn’t straight ahead pop, she is going to explode… she’s also managed by simon fuller, her appearance has helped her album and single rise on itunes this morning – kesha has seen a good bump, as did cook…

Cook and The Anthemic kicked ass last night with a pretty mediocre song. The rest of the show was just painful to watch.

She did, however, kiss Adam Lambert…

Yeah, WTF Adam.

If Ke$ha becomes a superstar I might have to do something drastic. Tik Tok is a STUPID song. Blah Blah Blah is pretty much the exact same song.

Because he’s trying to get a single out in the next month (not very likely) or two (much more likely), and two performances of original music would be a) unusual for AI to allow outside of the reigning champ, as it’s kind of promotional double-dipping, and b) potentially confusing for viewers who won’t know which one is the new single.

I actually think it’s because Keith Richards, ever an agent of chaos, rang up 19 HQ and in a rare moment of cognizant thought, mumble-slurred that he’d hunt them all down to the ends of the bloody earth if they carried out their plans for a Bradified lipsynced pointy pose Stones medly. Plus some cursing and stuff I can’t repeat. Rock gods can only handle so much indignity, you know. And, since Keith Richards is actually immortal and impervious to human weapons and also lethal amounts of alcohol, 19 thought it best to comply. So they turned to Commissioner Fuller, who sent up the Cook signal, which is like the Bat signal only guitar shaped. And thus our dark knight was beckoned back from Europe to save the day, because it was the performance that the Idol audience deserved, if not the one that Cook needs right now.

(Yes, I will go to any lengths to paraphrase my favorite movie quotes.)

Hee sunchick. I think I love you.

Cook and The Anthemic kicked ass last night with a pretty mediocre song.

I agree that the song isn’t great, but I liked what they did with it. Shirley H, who visited rehearsals and interviewed DC said on twitter that he couldn’t decide on a Stones song, and thought about doing a medley. I think arranging a cool medley in two days of rehearsal sounds pretty ambitious, but that would’ve been fun too. I’m just not that familiar with the Stones, and JJF seemed like a not-very-dynamic song that DC and the guys tried to make more dynamic.

I definitely think the right person went home. Ugh.

This is the first season of American Idol I have watched since S3, so I wasn’t familiar with this whole Judges’ Save business. I don’t like it for exactly the same reasons MJ noted: I found it very uncomfortable to watch, and what’s the point of letting people vote for the people you want to save if the judges are going to say, “Nope, you got it wrong. THIS is the person you should save”? I think they tried to steal a page from the SYTYCD handbook which has a “Dance for Your Life” segment. The difference is, all of the bottom people dance for their lives, and the judges then *leave* to deliberate privately before returning to announce who they decided to save and who to send home. It’s ugly, rude and uncomfortable for the judges to just sit there and talk amongst themselves DURING the singing contestant’s desperate performance to save her or himself. That’s some craziness right there.

As far as AI contestants that have the vocal chops and also the self-knowledge of who they are as artists to be a valuable commodity to take the AI title and go on to have some sort of commercial success I can count them on one hand (in no particular order): Casey, Siobhan, Crystal. Ok, fine, I’ll throw in Lee, even though I don’t want to because he’s not bringing it, and he hits too many bad notes. And I’ll also someone reluctantly throw in Andrew. That’s 5 people, and only 3 of them are seriously worthy, for me.

Siobhan and Crystal are just about everybody’s picks for Top 2, but I’m liking Casey more and more. He’s got strong vocals, even if he’s not a powerhouse, and he’s not a green, completely inexperienced amateur like the vast majority of the contestants are. He also has the advantage of actually showing some growth and an arc on the show, unlike Crystal, who came out of the womb as a pro. I think Casey really knows who he is. He’ll go the distance.

Oh dear Lord, if things aren’t bad enough, now they are having those two bottled blonds on? Both of them stink!

He and his band rocked out. You can’t even compare him to any of the idols this season.

First, I think he’s more talented than many of them this season. But also, to be fair to them, he has a lot more performing experience, he’s way more polished. I really admire David for how hard he works. I wonder if people realize how much you grow as a performer even with a small amount of experience?

No one has mentioned yet the the arguably biggest teen idol of them all, Frank Sinatra.

yeah, but was he as good as Ke$ha?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UesYWymYKBE

And, since Keith Richards is actually immortal and impervious to human weapons and also lethal amounts of alcohol, 19 thought it best to comply. So they turned to Commissioner Fuller, who sent up the Cook signal, which is like the Bat signal only guitar shaped. And thus our dark knight was beckoned back from Europe to save the day, because it was the performance that the Idol audience deserved, if not the one that Cook needs right now.

You’re making me want an “Idol All Star Heroes” comic so bad.

And this year’s kids are still stuck being like one of those junior teams of sidekicks like the Teen Titans or the New Mutants where everyone seems like an imitation of a grown up hero (or previous contestant) and now they need to rise to the crisis and stand on a rooftop with capes blowing in the wind and say:

“OK kids, this time it’s up to US to save the world (aka Season 9 Idol)”

and sing some kickass songs. Or something.

Ok, my thoughts on the results show:

Pretty predictable. David Cook was the highlight of the ep, by far, and unfortunately he started things off, so it was all downhill from there. He easily showed how it’s done though – and WOW! Moving around the stage WHILE PLAYING GUITAR!! What a concept!!! (Take note, S9)

The judges questions for the contestants were tedious, drawn out, and just plain annoying (though I’m getting many lulz from the fact that Adam Lambert is like contractually obligated to be mentioned in every ep now, perhaps because TPTB feel they need to remind the audience of how great some of the talent in years past was (but then I’m a little biased, lol) Still, Siobhan is no Adam. So, yeah, end of comparison, nor should she feel she needs to be like him. I mean, she’s definitely her own person, and she should embrace that rather than feel she needs to be just like him.

As for their questions to Crystal – OMFG! What is with the harsh treatment to Crystal!? She has never seemed arrogant at all, yet they proceed to, what, get some kind of drama or tension out of an otherwise lackluster group by pretending she WAS arrogant on the show? IDK – I was really irked by the judges comments to her.

And Katie, OMG, she and Tim are easily my least favs, by far. She especially seems to be tptb golden child, yet, she has done nothing to really merit that treatment! Her voice is pretty good (though not as good as most of the women remaining) and her performances are clumsy, or unconvincing, or too old-fashioned. IDGI. Oh, wells. I think she’ll make, like 7th or 8th, but any further and I’ll be pissed.

As for the bottom 3, would have rather seen either Andrew or Katie there instead of Paige, who was LEAGUES better this week, but Tim finally making a B3 appearance was pretty sweet And Lacey going home was exactly as it should have been, so all is well there.

Orianthi – love her guitar playing, but not at all a fan of the song or her as a “lead singer”/pop star. Just isn’t very convincing, and she has zero charisma or star power as a vocalist. Her guitar playing, though, is truly kick ass awesome!

Kesha (not even using the dollar sign, sorry) – yeah, that was about as mindless and ridonculous as I had expected, maybe more so, with the WTF indian headdress and dancing TVs. Really coming off as a desparate Gaga wannabe.

My feelings for her are, her songs are insanely catchy, and I can see why they sell so much, but she, as a live performer, or as an artist of any substance or style, comes across very immature, very one-dimensional, and just clumsy and lazy. JMO.

“…So they turned to Commissioner Fuller, who sent up the Cook signal, which is like the Bat signal only guitar shaped. And thus our dark knight was beckoned back from Europe to save the day, because it was the performance that the Idol audience deserved, if not the one that Cook needs right now.”

sunchick… very funny and well-stated post! Thanks for the smile.

And I was also really disappointed when I found out that Glitterbert had kissed her. Oy. Come on man…

LOL – well, I think he was drinking at the time, so I’ll forgive him…this time…

ETA: and Sunchick, HI-LARIOUS post

I saw Ke$ha perform TicToc on a late-night talk show a while back and thought it was a real mess. I actually thought her performance of BlahBlahBlah was less of a mess on Idol last night, but yeah, it was still a mess.

I thought David Cook looked and sounded great. Orianthi was ok.

Ke$ha is not the kind of music I listen to, but People have to remember that the reason why artists like her and Lady Gaga are huge is because they produce dance music. When the weekend rolls around the young kids hit the dance clubs and this is what they want to listen to. Dance music is not meant to be deep and thought provoking, it is meant to be mindless fun. So I don’t under estimate the popularity of some of the awful music that is out there.

David Cook bores me. After 2 years still no star quality about him, I guess that is why he is still looked over and doesn’t get the respect that a lot of his fans think he doesn’t get. His tone is average and his music is meh. He pretty much shouts out everything and it all sounds the same to me. I have his CD and rarely listen to it and his second CD probably will be more of the same. He got good reviews last nite but when you have mediocre contestants even Taylor Hicks can wipe the floors.

Ke$ha is not the kind of music I listen to, but People have to remember that the reason why artists like her and Lady Gaga are huge is because they produce dance music. When the weekend rolls around the young kids hit the dance clubs and this is what they want to listen to. Dance music is not meant to be deep and thought provoking, it is meant to be mindless fun. So I don’t under estimate the popularity of some of the awful music that is out there.

Well, imo much pop music on the radio these days does not lend itself well to live performances – especially one off performances for tv shows like this (as opposed to actual tour performances, which have a lot more prep time and resources going into them).

A song like Tik Tok or BBB is hardly some masterpiece that is going to sound brilliant when sung live on a stage, not to mention, those songs rely so heavily on autotune and backup tracks – trying to replicate that live just makes it sound worse and more fake, more often than not.

To Gaga’s credit, I think she tends to do one of the better jobs of realizing this, and modifying her songs to fit the limitations of the performance setting. So, she’ll create a light piano- accompanied opening to Poker Face, for example, and make the live performance work a bit better.

A song like Tik Tok or BBB is hardly some masterpiece that is going to sound brilliant when sung live on a stage, not to mention, those songs rely so heavily on autotune and backup tracks – trying to replicate that live just makes it sound worse and more fake, more often than not.

To Gaga’s credit, I think she tends to do one of the better jobs of realizing this, and modifying her songs to fit the limitations of the performance setting. So, she’ll create a light piano- accompanied opening to Poker Face, for example, and make the live performance work a bit better.

True, but 6 million people downloaded keShas song and that is what matters to record labels. When Gaga first hit the scene radio ignored her. People called her fake, not original, all style no substance. She had to go overseas where her look and style was more accepted and became huge, America radio could not ignore her anymore and when people looked past all smoke and mirror they saw someone who was pretty much talented whether she is your cuppa tea or not.

I have mixed feelings about the return of the judges save. I knew they’d bring it back, because the save is TV gold. The drama of desperate contestants singing for their lives is too delicious for the network execs to pass up. I find it uncomfortable to watch personally. And what’s more, I truly believe AMERICA should have the final say, even if that say seems like a mistake.

Sure, the Matt Giraud save was a warm and fuzzy moment last year, but as I saw it, he really didn’t deserve to be saved. Matt’s save cut short, Anoop Desai’s run–a contestant who was actually stepping it up rather than choking. These things should really be allowed to run their course, I believe.

MJ, I definitely share some of your mixed feelings about the save. IMO, it TURNED OUT ok last year when it was used (Matt, imo, was actually about 5th best on the show – maybe even 4th above Danny imo), and Lil and Anoop really should have ended earlier than him, as they did with the use of the save. For the tour, that order definitely seemed more appropriate, that’s for sure.

OTOH, it could have been disastrous too, if, say, the save was wasted on Matt, and then the next week, with a double elimination, a fluke happened and someone like Adam had gotten kicked off instead (after all, he was in the bottom two the next week).

So, conceivably, I can see some similar disaster happening – say, someone stupid and undeserving like Katie or Aaron is saved, and the next week Crystal or Siobhan winds up in the bottom and gets kicked off. Sure, TPTB will love the drama and attention that gets, but that would just suck.

So yeah, mixed feelings about the save. I just feel we got lucky last year with how it worked out, and things could be less fortunate this year. But we will see.

Isn’t it funny that we’re talking mostly about Ke$ha, Lady GaGa (who wasn’t even there), and David Cook, instead of the 12 American Idol finalists — now the 11 finalists…?

Does this mean that you people are BORED SENSELESS with the current crop of contestants from American Idol 9, and prefer instead to talk about more interesting people like Cook, Lady GaGa, etc.?

I think it does!

True, but 6 million people downloaded keShas song and that is what matters to record labels. When Gaga first hit the scene radio ignored her. People called her fake, not original, all style no substance. She had to go overseas where her look and style was more accepted and became huge, America radio could not ignore her anymore and when people looked past all smoke and mirror they saw someone who was pretty much talented whether she is your cuppa tea or not.

Regarding the DL #s, I was only talking about the performance of these songs – I know they sell a lot – and that was beside the point – my point was that they come off pretty badly when performed (Blame It last year on AI was a similar mess imo – though it was decidedly a big seller, and most BEP songs are the same thing).

As for Gaga vs Kesha – time will tell – but I think that Gaga definitely brings some originality and artistry (TM Kara) to the table that Kesha just doesn’t (at least not yet, hopefully she will grow and get better).

And as a side note, some of these sentiments about Gaga hitting it big overseas before the US give me some sliver of hope about Adam’s future prospects – the love and openness he’s generally been getting overseas makes me think of a possible scenario like that for him – of those audiences “getting him” – and then having it translate back to the US (well, to a greater degree, since I still maintain that, for all that US audiences may be willing to embrace “emo/WWFM/Sleepwalker” Adam, they still have a harder time taking the FYE/more sexual Adam.)

But I digress

Weird, but the judges all seem stupid this season-just an impression I realize that but, Simon’s grouchy bored expressions don’t help.
And the ‘conflict’ between Ryan and Simon at start of shows this week were ugly.
Mostly, there is no incredibley exciting artist that has me intrigued for the entire week until the next show, as Adam was able to do last year.

I flove ke$ha

not happy about the judge save
i forgot how many points I got in

It cut anoop short an matt should have left

i forgot hoe many points I got in the pool

I have Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” and “Take it Off” on my ipod. To me, they’re tons of fun to run to, dance to, clean house to. Being the “hot mess” is her (current) shtick. (I read an article predicting she will inevitably “reinvent” herself soon and evolve a “classier” look.) And I like hearing “According to You” on the radio – I think the lyrics are clever, the song’s catchy, and the guitar is fun (I don’t want to buy it, though.)

That said, last night I thought “Lacey the eliminated” actually sang better than Ke$ha and Orianthi (who was hard for me to hear and seemed breathless at one point). It just drove home for me how much commercial success seems ironically UNrelated to vocal talent. I knew that, but it really seemed on display to me last nite.

Ok, I gotta disagree here about Jumpin’ Jack Flash. I loved David singing it, but it was more sedate than the high drama La Mick brought to it. Simple? Yes! Sure! But it’s a great song that should be roared, growled and danced for max effect.

So I gotta share Aretha all over it, with Whoopi and Keith looking like he’d died and gone to soul music heaven:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsyaFlVlmCg

But it’s a great song that should be roared, growled and danced for max effect.

I am trying to imagine David dancing… it makes me giggle, I gotta admit

So I gotta share Aretha all over it, with Whoopi and Keith looking like he’d died and gone to soul music heaven:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsyaFlVlmCg

And Randy Jackson! That was great. Thanks for the memories.

Reminder:

I’ll be deleting ANYTHING thats off-topic! That included attempts by fans to hijack these threads. The topic is last night’s results show, not YOUR favorite Idol, unless he happened to be on the show.

Also, no trips down memory lane, please.

Looked forward to seeing David Cook perform and I thought he did a credible job though the person who impressed me most was the guitarist with the black nail polish in his band. That guy can shred! To me, David exemplifies why I prefer my front man NOT to be rooted to the spot, strumming a guitar. My fave rock bands have front men who strut, preen, dress crazy, grab their crotch, give us a visual show AND can song like crazy. In any case, the AI performance got me listening to the Stones’ version again and even 4 years ago at the Rio show (where the band played for 2 million people), Mick still showed more energy in his performance than any of the kids this week. http://tinyurl.com/cpem4q
1968 video of RS doing Jumpin’ Jack Flash: http://tinyurl.com/ajt43h

Goodness, ross, that is my absolutely favorite performance of Frank Sinatra’s( from the wonderful Anchors Aweigh )and actually the song I had in mind when I wrote that post! Just love that song.
Sorry, MJ, I had not read your post upthread, and now I can’t cancel mine.

I was kind of bored by Cook’s JJF, so kind of disappointed. It’s mostly not his fault, the song is simple and after awhile, bores me. But his vocals were good, and yes, the boys should really take note of how to, ya know, sing on pitch and yes, still be energetic. Plus he looked GREAT with the hair and love the red shirt and black suit. And yes, the hair was looking good.

I don’t dare watch Ke$ha and Orianthi. Maybe I’ll work my way up to it later.

Right people were in the bottom 3, Tim over Andrew if only because he deserved it over that arrangement he did. Seriously, WTF.

I thought Orianthi was done in by the lack of backing tracks or singers. There’s a big difference: just you singing live vs. a wall of you singing on the track. It’s a great single but not done well on the idol stage.

I love Ke$ha’s Shtick so that performance gets a pass from me. I kept wondering how much those guys from 3Oh!3 made last night just talking a few lines.

Sorry to see Lacey go. True, it was inevitable. I was starting to really like her voice, but she has no idea what she wants to do with it. She’ll probably go the country route as long as there’s money in it.

I’m a Cook fan but this didn’t excite me. Not much he really could have done with it though. The guitar solo’s were nicely featured and I like the way Dave pulled “gas, gas, gas” and held it.

Big Mike is officially on my nerves.

My fave rock bands have front men who strut, preen, dress crazy, grab their crotch, give us a visual show AND can song like crazy.

Matter of personal preference. I can’t say I have one type of front man that I’m drawn to time and again. I think what I find enteraining are musicians/singers who innately connect to their music and whose music connects with me, and are comfortable in their own skin and not coming off as poseury or faking something. Beyond DC & TA, my favorite bands include, let’s see, MCR, AIC, Arcade Fire, OLP, Sum 41 among others, and all have very different vibes. I also FLOVE Hawksley Workman and he and Cook are mucho differente. Although I’d love to see what they would come up with writing together. Pipe dream. Anyay, point being, I think Cook is plenty entertaining being Cook, so I was cool with him making the song his own rather than trying to out Mick Mick. And yeah, if Cookie grabbed his crotch, I’d probably fall out of my chair laughing. It’s just not… haaa. Not gonna happen.

Well, since AI used the judges save last year, I hope that they don’t see the need to use it just for the sake of it anymore.

So I gotta share Aretha all over it, with Whoopi and Keith looking like he’d died and gone to soul music heaven:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsyaFlVlmCg

And Randy Jackson! That was great. Thanks for the memories.

OMG ptslittlecomment! You are right! Randy J., in a mile-high hairdo, a wild white coat, dancing like a crazy man and strumming on that bass!
You know, the guy sometimes seems like such a buffoon, but lest we forget he was a good enuf bassist for Aretha & the Rolling Stones to dial him up to do “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” with them…..