American Idol 9 Top 5 – Results – Recap

Aaron Kelly is Eliminated tonight.  Mike Lynche in the Bottom 2.  Aaron performs “Fly Me To The Moon” as he leaves the Idol stage. Your Top 4: Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Casey James and Mike Lynche.

So, those nasty judges remarks really lit a fire underneath the viewers last night! A combo of his fans voting extra hard, and casual viewers throwing him some pity votes after the judges ripped him is probably what saved Casey this week.

Aaron delivered a better performance than Casey last night, but he wasn’t that great, as Kara and Simon pointed out. It just wasn’t enough to get casual viewers exctied.  All those mommies who voted for Aaron last week wanted to save poor Casey! Heh.

Casey deserved to go this week based on his performance. But, it’s just as well. At least Casey has delivered a couple of impressive performances. Aaron has been mediocre throughout the competition.

Tonight’s show was full of so much frakking filler–UGH.  The producers need to stuff these shows with more entertainment. Couldn’t they find an Idol alum or two willing to perform? Jason Castro and Anoop Desai just released albums, why not have them on to sing their new singles?  Dang.

What’s going to happen next week? Are we going to get only 4 performances on Tuesday? Or will the 4 be paired up for duets like last year?  The duet thing is a seriously crap idea. Just put a muzzle on the judges and let the kids sing an extra song.

Last note: What was up with that half-baked Huff*?  Ryan split the remaining 4 contestants into two groups, and instead of asking Lee to choose which group he thought was safe, he asked Lee if he would be WILLING to choose a group.  Like, as if he’d say yes?  appears that the producers didn’t want to make Lee look bad. But, then, why even go through the charade? So lame!

The Huff is named after George Huff, the first contestant forced to choose between two groups. It’s a device the producers have used at least once every season afterward. Nobody looks cool choosing which group they think is safe.

So this year, Lee Dew

  • Frank Sinatra medley – VIDEO
  • Ford commercial – VIDEO
  • Tuesdays – VIDEO
  • Lee DeWyze is Safe – VIDEO
  • Lady Gaga performs  “Alejandro” – VIDEO
  • Harry Connick Jr. mentor outtakes – VIDEO
  • Harry Connick Jr. performs “And I Love Her” – VIDEO
  • The Top 5 sing a Harry Connick Jr. medley – VIDEO
  • Ryan creates two groups, Lee isn’t forced to choose, Aaron Kelly and Mike Lynche are the Bottom 2 – VIDEO
  • Aaron Kelly is eliminated – VIDEO

Live Blog, after the JUMP…


Tonight, another contestant goes home. Plus, Lady Gaga performs “Alejandro” (pre-recorded). Mentor, Harry Connick Jr. performs live.

OMG Harry Connick yelling at Lee DeWyze backstage: “Just calm down!” Yeah, that’s helping! “Don’t take my guitar away from me again, ” says Casey. That may not be a problem after tonight.

32 million votes last night. Ryan introduces the judges. What the hell is Simon wearing?

POINTY POSE! The Top 5 sing a medley of Sinatra tunes: “Lady is a Tramp”, Whoa! Crystal in tails! “When I Was 17” (Aaron gets the solo, of course, even if it doesn’t make sense). “I’ve Got the World on a String”, “Night and Day”. That was not cheesy. Wish they would have sung live, though.

Next week:  Songs of the Cinema! Jamie Foxx will mentor

Ford Video:  “1, 2, 3, 4” – Not quite sure what was going on there, but…Cute dogs!

Filler: Clip featuring a  typical Tuesday for the Top 5.

The eliminations begin: Ryan asks Mike Lynche if he slept well last night. Mike was like “Yeah!” Ryan asks Crystal Bowersox what it’s like being the only girl, And Casey James, about not playing his guitar this week. These questions are awkward!

Dim the lights….Lee DeWyze stands up.  Ryan escorts him center stage. Lee says, he felt really good when Kara said he could win, but that he’s his worst critic.  Ryan asks  Simon what he thought when he watched the show back.  Simon, absurdly, said that he doesn’t watch the show back, because he doesn’t like to watch himself. WTF? Liar Liar, pants on fire!

Simon said last night was the first time that Lee believed in himself. It was like seeing a different person. Simon says Lee could win.

The Lady Gaga performance of “Alejandro” rolls… Hm. That was underwhelming. Gaga not at her best.

Even More Filler: Outtakes from the Harry Connick Jr. mentoring sessions. Ha. Harry is actually pretty funny. It would be kind of awesome to have him back on a weekly basis to slap people around.

Harry Connick takes the stage, for real, to sing “And I Love Her”.  Ugh. “And I Love Her” is a song that never needs to be covered. Ever. I don’t care for the super-smaltzy side of Paul McCartney, and that’s coming from a  Beatles’ stan.

Next, Harry is doing stand-up!  No, he’s actually introducing the Top 5, who are singing (lip syncing)  ANOTHER MEDLEY! This time, the songs are from Harry Connick Jr. himself.  After, because you can NEVER have TOO MUCH FILLER, Harry tells the story of when he met Frank Sinatra.  It has something to do with Frank attacking his wife. Or something.

Finally. Results.  Crystal stands up…LEE IS THE HUFF!  She stands on one side of the stage. Mike is directed to the other side of the stage.  Aaron joins Big Mike. Casey is next and he joins Crystal.

Two groups: Crystal-Casey Aaron-Big Mike.  Ryan asks Lee: “If I asked you to pick a safe group, would you do it?” Huh? Of course Lee says NO. WTF?  What kind of lame Huff is that??? Casey is safe! There go my points again!

After the break, Mike and Aaron are center stage.  Ryan gets right to it, and Aaron Kelly is eliminated.  Aaron’s video package rolls, and he sings “Fly Me To The Moon” til we see the 19 logo. And we’re out.

Safe

  • Lee DeWyze
  • Crystal Bowersox
  • Casey James

Bottom

  • Mike Lynche
  • Aaron Kelly
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