American Idol Season 8 – Top 5 – Performance – VIDEO

They all look great! Even Danny doesn’t look as smarmy as usual. Allison looks GORGEOUS. Can I have that dress?!

And heeeeeeeeeeeeere we go!

It seems they moved MAtt to 2nd and Allison to 3rd

I think they look great too. Very classy for the Rat Pack night. I can live without Matt’s fedora though.

LOL Kris is so cute. All those people are…..dead. LOL

Kris= Adorable.

ROFL at kris

Awww Kris and Ryan are (almost) matching! lol

yay, they wrangled Kris into a suit

Kris is adorable!

…but Adam in that white suit …….. hmy_tb:

Adam in a White Suit!!!!

Allison looks so pretty!!!

It’s about time Kris wore something other than t-shirt and jeans.

adam looks like the star he is!! wearing white and sticking out!

Does performance order still matter? Adam pimped AGAIN? sheesh….

The guys are looking sharp and Allison looks pretty.

Ugh…commercial already. REALLY Idol? REALLY?

I am used to seeing Kris in those jeans with the holes. It’s nice to see him in a suit. I think he’s right. At this point he needs to just be Kris and hope it is enough. I sure hope it is. Although I love all of the songs he has sung this season 8 I still find myself listening to To Make You Feel My Love as much as any. Maybe tonight’s performance will replace it as my favorite.

For some reason, Kris looks so much younger in a suit. :laugh_tb: Kind of like a little kid playing dress-up.

I can’t stand Jamie Foxx at all. And it was NEWS to me that the man even had an album out….I knew he could sing just by Ray but I didn’t know he was exactly a musical man.

I apparently live under a rock.

Just can’t stand the man.

I love that they are all in suits. Kris cleaned up nice.

OT… but I googled Jamie Foxx and came across this website, which has a “Countdown Until Adam Lambert Wins” :laugh_tb:

Allison and Adam look Epic

Jamie Foxx owes his music career to “Ray” and Kanye West putting him on Golddigger. I doubt he’ll be terribly relevant musically for very much longer. As it is, he’s already losing his cool factor simply because he now thinks he’s cool. He’s one of those guys who was better off and cooler before he got an inflated ego.

Kris looks great and wow to Adam in a white suit.

Oh my … I’m LOVING Kris.

WHOA. Kris=amazing.

right….. 1 song each… mmmhmmmm….an hour for 8 minutes of singing…..

I love that Jamie Fox would do a record with Kris. He is finally beginning to use the camera better. I love that little smile. He sounds wonderful. He is certainly singing to the little girls in the mosh pit. That’s cute. Now he is sounding like our Kris with a little more swing and swagger. Love it. I hope the judges don’t pick at him. I loved it!

Don’t get mad..I like Kris…but this was a bit boring….

Go Kris! That was awesome!!!!

LOVE KRIS. I love how he’s understated but still amazing at the same time.

BTW… his wife is almost as adorable as he is, lol. They are too cute.

Please pray that Allison does VERY good…

Go Kris!! I remember this song from my childhood, and had no interest in ever hearing it again. That was incredible though. I loved it when he went jazzy in the middle! Kris is peaking at the right time!

What the hell is Simon’s problem??!!

SwoonS for Kris!!! wow!! that was awesome!

SIMON. I frigging hate that guy now.

Kris: Look 10, vocal 6. Thought it was good, but not great

A Little Bit Wet!!!LoLo

Oh hooray! I love it that the judges are giving him good feedback. Isn’t it funny when the judges agree with your favorite you think they are very intelligent in their reviews and when they don’t agree they are just idiots. Simon is in the idiot category tonight.

What in the world is “wet,” Simon?

So Kris is first, after being 2nd last week. Adam has never been earlier than 3rd.

A spaniel?????? Pffft to Slimon………

WTF SIMON!! Omg, Kris was incredible. Great, great performance.

Well, It was tender puppy dog Kris. Sure everyone of his fans will like it but I side with Simon on this one, no star power IMO.

Am I the only one not getting the Kris hype?

Simon Can Suck it!!! he is so biased….

I suspect Simon was being a little harsh because he doesn’t want Gokey to go home tonight for some god awful reason.

Not Dry, LOL. I think Simon is worried that Kris is moving up to catch the Danny Gohome train

Kris was awesome!! Screw Simon Cowel!

KRIS good vocal, but i can easily take my eyes off of him=BORING

Simon… right… not hiding that fact kris is coming after his dogs in the game… lol

Careful Simon. You’re becoming WAY too predictable.

WTF is with Adam being last or near last every single week?

I really like Adam’s white suit as well, and I think that Allison’s dress is pretty. I thought that Kris did just an okay job. I am not a fan of his or of his voice. I do wonder though if Simon was trying to throw Kris under the bus a little with his comments. He does want an Adam/Danny finale after all.

Well, It was tender puppy dog Kris. Sure everyone of his fans will like it but I side with Simon on this one, no star power IMO.

He’s got a heck of lot more star power than Gokey does.

KRISSSSSS… You are awesome. You’re my Idol. Mmmmkkk? Love ya.

“Wet”, Simon? WTF?

Does wet mean sappy, because that’s the only logical explanation I could come up with….

BTW, Kris, LOVED IT.

Hmm, Kris started off pleasant but slightly boring, then it ramped up strangely where it was a bit weird, then it ended. Randy’s retarded if he thought that was better than Falling Slowly or Ain’t No Sunshine. It wasn’t pretty good though.

Wow, Allison looks gorgeous tonight! I have a good feeling…

‘I do wonder though if Simon was trying to throw Kris under the bus a little with his comments.’

kris meet bus… its coming for you.

I agree, Mak. I think Simon has his heart set on a Danny/Adam finale and doesn’t want Kris to get in the way. I didn’t find anything boring about his performance at all. It was beautiful and his vocals were spot on.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got a heck of lot more star power than Gokey does.

LOL, who doesn’t?

So Kris is first, after being 2nd last week. Adam has never been earlier than 3rd.

Yes, and I wish he would go earlier previously so I could have missed some of the other crap. Now I like three of the five left, so I’m not too upset where he goes.

Very nice from Kris I appreciate the attempt to move on the stage a little, though it did come across a little inexperienced as Simon said in his usual blunt way, lol.

Go Allison!

Anyone else think Simon was just trying to get Kris’s fans riled up so they vote? Guarentee you he “sort of” praises Danny so his fans get complacent. Simon wants a shocker this week.

Allison is so pretty!

And they say Paula is the one who needs a translator. What in the world is “wet” supposed to mean in that context, Simon??

I thought Kris did really well tonight. Yeah, he’s not a belter… but so what? I love listening to him.

Come on, Allison… you can do this…

BOOOOOOO, SIMON!!!!!!
Trying to stir the pot much, are we?
Don’t want to be wrong in your choice of final 2, do you??????
Well, you just made a bunch of people mad, and we’re gonna be votin’……

I love me some Kris, but not this performance. I found it kinda slow and boring. I have to go with Simon on this one.

Simon is an @$$! Seriously, he should say that to everyone! ‘cos in this case, no one has a chance to beat Adam!

Rickey was showing his middle finger. lol.

Who would have thought that Jamie Foxx was going to be a more reasonable critic of Kris’s singing than Simon?

I know I take Idol too seriously, but this is just so ridiculous. Simon’s clearly just sticking to a pre-determined plan that involves a Danny/Adam finale.

Simon is in the idiot category tonight.

Simon is in the idiot category almost every night. He just hides it well because he’s the most articulate of all the judges.

Simon’s full of bull. He has predicted Glambert for the finale and now he’s trying to cover his a$$. We need to get rid of Dokey soon; tomorrow night is not soon enough.!!!!!!!!!!!

Allison sounds incredible.

allison so cute! she looks great!

she was awesome!!!

ha to the “kris meet bus…” comment…yeah, simon and TPTB have their new target. im on the west coast, so im dying to see it. after weeks of pimping the wrong contestants, i take the judges comments with a grain of salt. we all know they want danny in the final w. adam…so why bother

Didn’t Archie get advice similar to Allison’s last season?

Wow, excellent advice from Jamie to Allison! She looked so moved by what he said about her family. Eek, I think Allison’s having her moment!! *Tears*

Allison sounds great! This is the song that I remember from Mr. Holland’s Opus and the girl in that movie sang it more innocently. Allison doesn’t sound innocent to me. She is a belter and is doing her Allison thing and I think she’s great.

Allison is killing this song!!!

I like Allison, I’m not too fond of how this arrangement had some big gaps between words – made for some awkward phrasing. Katharine McPhee’s version was better, IMO.

If anyone dares call Allison a ‘one-trick pony’ after this performance, they’ve got a serious bitch-slap coming their way. That. Was. Awesome.

I think was a bit boring to be honest with you.
It’s just that his style is not very exciting. JMHO.
Allison sounds great.. I agree.

I think that Allison sounded better than Kris did.

It’s a shame Allison won’t win this year.

She is twice as good as any else this season.

Allison looks so pretty! And I love the jazzy tone in her voice tonight. I think she topped Kris. Sorry Kris fans, he was good but Allison was better.

Allison’s best so far!

Ooh, Randy almost-dissed Pink :blink_tb:

Jamie Foxx is turning out to be a great mentor, focussing on interpreting the mood of each song. Allison looks and sounds beautiful. Was that enough of a ballad for y’all?

LOL at Jamie talking about the song being innocent!

I say again- what the hell is Simon’s problem? Can’t we send him home this week? And now I have to agree with Kara and Randy? What is this world coming to?

Allison Was incredible!

Wow Allison!!!

Nice try Allison. Again, good, but not great for me

Allsion had an “idol moment”

Whenever Kris performs he is so musical and careful with his phrasing that I get caught up in how he’s phrasing. Did he end the song in a minor seventh? I loved that, but perhaps it’s too subtle for this television show.

You go Allison!!! Sweet…….

Allison was amazing. wow.

Hey, so what song is Liberace going to butcher tonight in a totally brilliant and original way?

“”"ha to the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“kris meet busà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  commentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦yeah, simon and TPTB have their new target. im on the west coast, so im dying to see it. after weeks of pimping the wrong contestants, i take the judges comments with a grain of salt. we all know they want danny in the final w. adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦so why bother”"”

We bother cuz we are NOT mindless puppets who do not know what we want and from what I see and hear WE want Kris to the end, it doesnt matter what Simon says, it wont change me, it wont make me vote for Danny – ever

Based on talent… it should be Adam and Allison

Simon is a dick.

Wow. Is Simon going for the biggest jerk EVER award?

I can’t believe Allison has been in the bottom three. She has an advantage now being the only girl left, but beyond that, she is really talented. I’m still hoping Kris gets to the top three, but it would mean beating out either Danny or Allison. Again Simon is being an idiot. He really is pushing for the Danny/Adam thing isn’t he.

I think that was exactly the performance Allison should have given to appeal to a wider audience. I am going to vote the hell outta her too. She is by far my favorite.
Really anything to get Gokey to leave.

Personality again? Really?

I’m usually on Simon’s side but tonight he’s full of sh$t.

Simon bus #2 coming for allison

Ha, check out the damage control regarding Allison and boys. She looks GREAT tonight! Wow!

nice vocal control. she sounds a little hoarse but her tone is forgiving of that and she’s holding it together well.

Wow, Kara’s been reading the blogs, lol…

What is with Simon tonight? He really is showing his hand with all this “who can win” Very good answer from Allison.

lmao “gotta be more likable” — Allison honey you’re plenty likable!!

WTF SIMON! I wonder if the Matt finger snaps mean he’s doing MFV upbeat/JT style…?

Simon is So Pimping Adam, and he hasn’t even sung yet….this season really sucks…not the singers…but the obvious pimping is nauseating!

YAY! The first relevant comment KARA has made all season. Simon is indeed CRAZY!!!

I think that Simon definitely just threw Allison under the bus a little. “The I don’t think that you don’t have enough confidence” lines that he fed to Allison tonight and Kris is code for “Don’t vote for them America, they don’t have enough charisma or star power to win this thing. Vote for who I pimp Adam and Danny”.

i missed the first 2, the streaming was not working anywhere…

missed two of the best and then have to put up with MG and DG before Adam!

That a boy, Simon. Get Allison some sympathy votes.

Oh my Gosh, Simon is dissing Allison, and Randy and Kara totally called him on it!

What is it with Simon tonight??????? Showing his mean streak, for sure. I love Allison and good for Kara calling him crazy.

GAH. I loved, loved, LOVED Allison.

But I’m afraid Simon is right.

Why don’t people vote for Allison. I know I do…

…but not as much Adam…so maybe I just answered my own question.

Allison was FANTASTIC!!! Nuff said.

ALISON=AMAZING!!

I’m afraid I am now really hoping that Matt doesn’t have a strong night because someone has to go home and I honestly think he should have gone home two weeks ago. If he comes back and makes it to top 4 or even 3 after the save the judges are going to be so smug. I really hope that doesn’t happen. He has had some of the worst performances of anyone in the top 10 and yet he is still with us. Nice guy. Nice voice. But not of the same caliber as the rest of the top five in my opinion.

Based on talentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ it should be Adam and Allison

I agree. An all girls finale.

Simon is so weird tonight. Sending the bus Kris’s way. Throwing a negative light on a great performance by Allison…. He’d better not pimp Gokey.

WTG Randy and Kara! Simon was being ridiculous.

Soooooo Danny and Adam are going to be performing one after the other. People will really get the opportunity to compare. Doesn’t matter who goes last in this case IMO.

I think that was a great performance by Allison, really showed her pretty pretty voice. Must say that I think Kat Mcphee’s version is slightly better, in terms of heartfeltness, if such word exists. Im not gonna go accusing Simon of being a jerk until I see Gokey performs and Simon’s comment

I thought Kris was great, though not as incredible as his other performances which were all brilliant. He’s still going to the finals, though. He better.
Allison looks gorgeous, and Simon’s a little cruel to have said that to her. Maybe it’s so that she’ll get a lot of sympathy votes?

Am I alone in thinking Simon is trying to get Kris and Allison’s fan riled up enough to power vote all night? I think he’s trying, he’s just doing it wrong.

EDITED because I put Adam instead of Simon, haha.

Simon is an idiot. I realize he wants Adam and Danny in the finale but his criticism of Kris and Allison is bullshit and very transparent.

I agree Ang… Adam’s my favorite and has been since day 1, but it bothers me that he gets so much pimping. I think he deserves all the good feedback but everyone else deserves credit too.

I think Simon did like Allison. He’s trying to get people to vote harder for her. Notice he did not say anything bad about her performance.

Love Allison!!!

I don’t know how to intrepret Simon’s comments.
I think he may have tried to give Allison some pity votes with that critic.

Allison was fantastic…who pissed in Simon’s cereal this morning?

Simon is probably cranky because he has to sit through all these other people while waiting for his pet. He sounds like a total ass tonight.

simon will pimp hokey pokey and adam artichokey

arghh .. they are so dragging this out with a load of wafffle and ads .. I’m still p*ssed that they aren’t singing two songs

I actually agree with Simon tonight. He didn’t say either were bad, just that neither was great. That’s what I think too

Watch the bus coming for Matt, lol

Thje only explanation for Simon’s critique is his back handed attempt to get the votes out for Kris and Allison.

Simon is just trying to get the Kris and Allison fans up

but the obvious pimping is nauseating!

I agree. Especially when it’s at the expense of other contestants.

What is it with Simon tonight??????? Showing his mean streak, for sure. I love Allison and good for Kara calling him crazy.

I think that it’s because he wants a Danny/Adam finale and isn’t above throwing some more people under the bus and/or pushing them closer to the elimination bus, to achieve that.

I think that the bus is coming for Matt next.

Wow! Simon is really pushing his agenda. Allison was adorable and poignant.

Am I alone in thinking Adam is trying to get Kris and Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fan riled up enough to power vote all night? I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s trying, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just doing it wrong.

I’m assuming you mean Simon.

Yes, I did get that vibe when he was talking to Allison. I think he likes her and hopes she goes a little further.

There’s no doubt in my mind that if Simon had his way, Matt would go this week.

Simon dissed both Kris and Allison and both were great tonight. It will be very interesting to see if Simon lathers on the praise for Danny and Adam. If Matt stays on pitch he could have a great night, but he tends to lose his pitch alot especially when he sings full out and holds the note a long time.

I forgot all about Kris after Allison! She’s so much more interesting, I think. I’m glad she did something different, great vocals.
I feel like Allison shows a lot more personality than Kris, who’s just this guy who smiles and his cute but really, not that interesting. I like him, btw. I just think when it comes to personality, Allison does show a lot more.
But Simon has his own agenda…

Matt not looking good in that hat with the suit

This is probably the total conspiracy theorist in me but I kind of think that Simon is trying to get people to vote for Allison by throwing the whole “Tonight you could be in trouble” thing on the table, to me that has always read as code for “if you want her to stay you’d better vote your butts off” but I could be totally off the mark. I do think they still want a girl in at least F3.

As for Kris, Simon’s critique was very WTF but I don’t agree with all the over the top gushing from the other three judges either, I thought it was good, not great though and it is his style which he does nicely but nothing new. Just my opinion though.

They have the reverb on for Matt. I wonder why? Don’t they think he can carry it off by himself? He is sounding good so far. THis is one of his best nights I think. That’s unfortunate for Kris and Allison.

Oooh smooth Matt. I like Smooth Matt. Lovely. And Jamie is doing a great job???!!

MAtt=boring

Dear Matt…please ignore Jamie Foxx. He’s an idiot. This sucks. Don’t ever take his advice again. In fact, when you get kicked off tomorrow, make sure to send him a WTF note.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m assuming you mean Simon.

Yep, I fixed it, haha.

Matt is not sounding awesome. Bet the judges love him.

PITCHY!

Matt not looking good in that hat with the suit.
^^^ agreeable.
And I this is a little boring. He’s not well liked enough that just him singing is OK.

“The only believable, authentic song tonight”????

THAT IS SO WRONG.

So I was interested in performance order since the Top 13. I ranked all five finalists by order, and converted into percentage. So the higher the percentage, on average the later the contestant performed. Here are the results if the performance order ends with Danny then Adam. I don’t think this is fair given the stats that exist showing that performance order definitely impacts results.

Adam – 77%
Matt – 70% (WTF?)
Danny – 53%
Allison – 50%
Kris – 44%

buh bye matt

That a Boy Matt..

Oh Matt. This is one of my favorite songs ever, and I love the Elvis Costello version for its simplicity. I don’t like all these runs and weird vocal things.

Not liking Matt….they saved him over Anoop…..I think i might actually vote for Allison so MAtt goes…

I forgot all about Kris after Allison! Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so much interesting, I think. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m glad she did something different, great vocals.
I feel like Allison shows a lot more personality than Kris, whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just this guy who smiles and his cute but really, not that interesting. I like him, btw. I just think when it comes to personality, Allison does show a lot more.
But Simon has his own agendaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Allison has a great stage presence. Tremendous stage presence. It’s amazing how professional she is at that age.

I said it before, I’ll say it again – She’s the best teenager I’ve ever seen on the show. And she should win this year, but she won’t. She won’t even be in the finale.

I can’t believe they are not judging positively Matt’s performance. I thought it was beautiful. It really was my favorite of his songs. I might actually download this one.

You know when you’re in a restaurant and there’s music in the background and you like the sound but you really don’t care for who’s singing and what they’re singing… well, that’s Matt for me. Ok, but really forgettable and nothing that stand or makes you wish for more.
And he was off tune.

simon is on crack

Simon wants all guys in the final 4

“You’ve got to be the leader of the pack to establish yourself”? What, so if you aren’t Adam or Danny they’re throwing you under the bus no matter what? The judges are all screwy tonight, especially Simon.

simon is on crack

THIS! :laugh_tb:

Huh? Is Simon on drugs tonight? Pimping Matt? WTH?

Yeah, Simon’s been drinking.

If Simon’s comments carry weight, Allison and Kris are in trouble I’m afraid.

Simon are we FREAKING WATCHING the same SHOW!?

I think not.

Woohoo! Go Matt!!!

What in the heck is in Simon’s red cup tonite!!!!???

He’s lavishing on the praise so his voters feel he’s safe.

That Simon’s a crafty one.

I fudging hate Simon tonight. How could he possibly say that Matt was better than the previous two?

and Adam closing down the night as usual is getting annoying and old.

Simon is still a dick.

Simon give paula her cup back!

What did Simon drink before the show? Honestly, I love Matt but that was not great.

I cant believe Im saying this, I agree with Randy, and disagree with Simon. I think some of the runs didnt work. Although I give him props for not going along with his instinct to add runs to almost every note. Jamie gave him some good pointers. Missing Anoop.

are you kidding me simon?

throw Allison and Kris under the bus……

but praise MATT?????

MATT’s peformance was not GREAT…easily a cruise ship performance…

ALLISON AND KRIS were SOOOO much better…..

SIMON!! WAKE UP!! STOP PLAYING YOUR LITTLE PRE-DESTINED GAME!!!

Aww, so pleased for Matt. He looked like he was going to cry before Simon said he loved it. Still think he’s homeward bound tonigh.

what in the heck…. simon….???? kris and allison are in trouble me thinks…

I am surprised that Simon didn’t throw Matt under the bus. Hmmm… Matt could be staying around, with Simon’s praise especially Simon calling him brilliant. And to wade into Grassy knoll territory, I think that Simon could have given Matt such strong praise because he wants Matt to advance farther than Kris and Allison. Because at least Kris has a better shot of challenging Danny, for the top 2 spot, than Matt does.

What is with Simon…that song was all over the place…except for one glory note….Allison was fricking brilliant and MAtt sucked and Allison will be the one in trouble?!!!

Simon Cowell is an asshat. WTF planet is he on tonight?

Yeah, I’m shocked at the batting order tonight.

Hey, how about you just crown the champ now and get it over with? Save us the pain of listening to anymore shrieking.

It’s pretty sad when Paula is more lucid than Simon tonight

You know what, I actually liked Matt tonight, but how in the world was that better than Kris’s and Allison’s performances?? Sorry, I know I’m whining, but… ergh. Simon, you jerk.

So since Simon is hitting the crack pipe tonight, he’ll love Gokey again and hate Adam.

CAlling it! Since he’s pretty much an idiot tonight.

Wow Simon liked that?? Yea I guess it was heartfelt but so were Kris and Allison… Sorry Matt I liked you a few weeks ago but you’re the weakest link…

simon will pimp hokey pokey and adam artichokey

Okay, I lurve me some Adam but this made me :lol_tb:

I liked Matt, but I thought that was rough in places. It ended fine, though.

With that said, I want whatever Simon is smoking tonight because it has to be some good shit!

Oh Simon darling, talk about hidden agendas

matt is syesha #2… weak vote getter with 2 stronger ones adam and danny in final 3 they get danny/adam finale…

matt or danny needs to go tonight… arrggggg

I agree that Allison has the best stage presence for any teen ever on the show. She is mature beyond her years. That being said, Kris is still my favorite and I don’t find him one bit boring. He is brilliant in a more subtle way, but it is a way that definitely appeals to me. I find him much more than a pretty face. I love his voice and his arrangements. Allison is more in your face, but Kris is also a keeper. I have my fingers crossed for both of them, but I’ll be voting my fingers off for Kris.

Matt may have sung in a lower key, but as a result, tonight, Matt was flat…
that for me was not a good vocal.
Nat King Cole??? Simon, you can’t be serious!!

I think Simon is trying to make Matt fan’s complacent so they wont bother to vote. There is no way Simon gave his honest thoughts in that critique.

I think Simon is just trying to make fans think Matt is safe so they don’t vote for him.

I don’t get Simon’s thing tonight. Is he just trying to make the competition interesting…? Or testing how much America would agree/disagree with him? I wasn’t crazy about Kris, but I floved Allison (who I don’t always love), and didn’t think Matt’s was as good as he thought. I LOVE Matt, but I was a little disappointed. Like Kara, I didn’t feel connected the way I normally am. In the past, even when he flails, I’m right there with him; tonight I was somehow a little disconnected, cuz he looked like he was… I dunno, thinking to hard or something.

Gosh, I really liked Anoop. Seriously, he’s the only idol voted off who I’m missing the week after.
WHY IS MATT/DANNY THERE?

Simon’s living in some alternate universe tonight where everything is backwards. Matt gives a so-so performance after 2 great performances, and Matt is the one Simon says is brilliant? WHAT?? Matt’s voice is on the edge of spinning out of control every second, then occasionally it just goes flying.

Matts performance was way worse than Allison’s or Kris’s but hes complimenting Matt?? He knows Matt will NEVER take over Danny, so hes gonna make sure Matt stays in so that tomorrow, Allison or Kris goes home.

“”"”Thje only explanation for Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s critique is his back handed attempt to get the votes out for Kris and Allison.”"”"

Or it is actually what he really feels – this isnt his first rodeo, he seen and heard em all, everywhere

So far, my ranking for the night:

Allison

Matt — hate to admit

Kris

Just catching up via rickey.org — Kris was wonderful! This drek about being a “wet spaniel” — wtf?

look, if you don’t like subtle sophistication and that sweet sound of his, to each his/her own. but he’s a true baladeer.

this guy has a beautiful sense of music, you can see how much the band is digging him and how much he’s enjoying the song, the melody, the meaning….

if Simon does succeed in throwing Tenderdogg under the train, I want him to make a great record anyway which I’ll be delighted to buy, and why we’re at it — could he please do a duet with Norah Jones?////

danny makes me vomit inside my mouth…

ughhhhh

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lavishing on the praise so his voters feel heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s safe.

That Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a crafty one

Seriously, now I’m convinced he is reading from the Evil Mastermind Book of Mass Manipulation, Chapter: Reverse Psychology

WHAT THE HELL.

SHUT UP SIMON.

I love Matt but that was not good.

Danny actually sounds good. Ew. Can’t believe I just typed that.

I do love Gokey’s voice. I love that rasp. Yes I do.

Geez Danny is raspier than usual………..perhaps if he would do something, uhm, different for a change…….

Mommy, make the bad man stop.

Adam will sound so fresh and modern after these 4… lol
Danny is doing ok… Danny is actually doing great! Not bad dude.

danny makes me vomit inside my mouthà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

ughhhhh
:sick_ee: Glad I’m not alone

Danny, you’re not Taylor Hicks.

stop yelling at me!

One of snaggletooths better performances. Especially since he didn’t dance. But he is so Taylor Hicks I have a hard time looking at him.

Danny is really channeling Taylor Hicks tonight.

What is up with the second verse? He sounded strained.

They are going to love Danny.

im no danny fan but…

danny > matt

Darn. Danny actually sounded pretty good. Cue the Simon pimping in 3… 2… 1…

ETA: Danny has a really bad habit of closing off his vowels. He’d sound so much better if he just kept his mouth round and his throat open.

Go home danny.

Sorry.

I hate you.

I enjoyed that.

Hey, I’m not a Danny fan at all, but I thought that was pretty good.

If anything I loved the old trombone guy at the beginning of Danny’s song. ( I play trombone that’s why I like it lol) but the actual performance? Kinda boring til the end

I really hate to admit this, but….

Allison

Danny

Matt

Kris

I just dont know what to say about Danny. Good? Bad? I dont know.

HALLELUJAH! Danny took me to church…again.

Blew me AWAY! Danny just blew me away. I’ll buy it.

Geez Danny is raspier than usualà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..perhaps if he would do something, uhm, different for a changeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

I think he may have a vocal cord nodule, or some other kind of damage. His voice has been sounding increasingly strained. Masterclass Lady noticed it too. I’m not a fan of his, but I hope he gets it checked out because I don’t want to see anyone have to go through that.

ETA: I actually liked his performance. :blink_tb:

Oh no they are going to give Danny a tongue bath. I HATE this EFFING show.

If Danny put out a record of songs like that, ten people would buy it. Sorry Randy.

Aww, so pleased for Matt. He looked like he was going to cry before Simon said he loved it. Still think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s homeward bound tonigh.

I am happy for Matt as well. Anoop was my absolute favorite this season. But I also like Matt and would like to see him somehow make the top 3.

However, I do think that Simon is once again being very manipulative tonight and I think that some of his comments he gave Matt were to try and sway enough voters in Matt’s direction so that either Kris or Allison goes.

And there will be one less person around to threaten his dream final 2 of Danny/Adam/. I think that he thinks that Matt is less of a threat to Danny and Adam than Kris is, and maybe Allison and that is why he is pushing for Matt to stay around longer than both Kris and Allison.

Man Randy just walked all over Kara comments about connecting

Oh please stop pimping him……….

Oh boy. Weird universe for me, but I thought Danny was pretty good.

Danny is the most boring performer so far. Totally boring arrangement and vocal.

And Randy, why would we want an album of Danny singing Rat pack songs? Kara, all Danny’s got is swagger. It doesn’t equal talent. Simon was clearly reading parts of his comments. Total manipulation by the judges tonight.

I WAS GOING TO COOK DINNER AFTER IDOL..

but after DANNYS performance…

I LITERALLY LOST MY APPETITE….

Dannys performance was WET…

KRIS AND ALLISON were SOOOO much better!!!!

I loved Danny tonight.

ugg simon are you any more transparent????

OMGAAH, Simon tonight :tongue2_tb:

“Danny have my baybeeees!”, lol!!!!

The judges are just happy that Danny finally sounded as good as they’ve been claiming he’s sounded all along. Hey “you can actually sing”.

My mom loves Danny. This is really upsetting.

Don’t like Danny..but that was much better than Matt….

I’m not a Danny fan, but that was pretty freaking nice. He sounded like Elvis Costello doing those standards.

Danny reminds me of Taylor Hicks…hmmm
Maybe thats why I dislike him so much

Danny did very well also…this is hard…they all are bringing their A game tonight……despite the judges comments…i think they all have been superb so far!!! great job guys and girl!

“and Adam closing down the night as usual is getting annoying and old”

Actually, Adam’s only gone last once (Mad World) since the Top 13 were announced. I thought he had closed down the night more too…maybe he’s just more memorable.

It is SO sad to see what they are doing to this show

MY GOD.

SERIOUSLY?!

Danny was good, but if anyone is wet, it’s Danny after that damn tongue bath.

GARH.

This hidden agenda officially pissed me off tonight.

Please let’s just let Adam win so I can stop watching and buy his CD.

No way, Danny really has no star quality. NONE. WTF?

Danny gets a tongue bath and Allison gets thrown under the bus??

Haven’t voted hard all season but tonight Allison is getting 2 hours and 2 phones. This is such bullshit….

danny is so damn cocky!! “i can see the finals simon”….ugh!!!! UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH

I thought Danny was decent but “evolving” Ryan….really??

I can’t stand Gokey, but have to admit he has been the best so far tonight to me……Adam to come.

Okay, that was the best Danny’s been in a while, I grant him that– but c’mon, the one who came out to prove a point was ALLISON!

Wow, I can’t believe Adam’s getting the pimp spot again!

I can’t get past Danny’s swarminess long enough to objectively listen to him sing. He may be the best thing to ever hit AI, but I’ll never hear it.

I am really beginning to believe those people who think Simon is trying to lose either Kris or Allison because they have more of a chance of beating Danny than Matt. They really do want Adam and Danny in the finals. At this point I am thrilled for all five of those who are left. They are all five doing a great job tonight. They are singing their hearts out and making these old songs sound new and contemporary. Not one of them deserves to go home. I do wish Simon would quit playing us all for fools though. For me, so far I would rank them Kris, Allison, Danny, Matt.

Danny was good, I guess, didnt really enjoy it but I tried to keep it as objective as possible. However, I dont think that deserved the full on praise from the judges, Outstanding, Stellar, Brilliant, what??? It was good, not great. Oh well, hell be in the finals and Simon will go to heaven

Yeah, WTF @ Adam being almost last all the time. It’s kinda annoying.

I like Jamie Foxx. He called Kris his #1? AWESOME.

I am not surprised that the judges praised Danny a lot, they have been praising, overpraising and pimping him all season.

That being said, even though I am not a Danny fan, I thought that he did a pretty good job. IMHO, he was the best of the night so far.

DANNY is the only one that could make a good album? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
The fact that since about the top 13 week this is his only pretty good performance shows that he’s inconsistent and undeserving of getting past the top 4.

Kris is the one here who has been nearly consistently (sans the All I Want to Do Is Dance) incredible week after week. We’re talking about since the top 13. So who here deserves to be in the finals? How about Kris, who can actually make an album that people will buy, listen to and enjoy.

Hmmm….

You rock, Mr. Foxx.
You rock.

Your enthusiasm and advice have been stellar. Best performance so far baby!

Right now I’m thinking that if Simon wants to quit, that is no problem with me. Leave AI so that we don’t have to sit through your manipulations anymore.

Just a reminder….you know y’all can usually start voting during the last song. Just sayin’, for those who want to get some extra votes in.

To this point my rankings are:

Allison
Danny
Kris
Matt

Now let’s see Adam’s performance.

Danny put me to sleep, and when I woke up his vocal was all over the map.
Only Danny could turn ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’ into yet another over the top gospel performance.

I am happy for Matt as well. Anoop was my absolute favorite this season. But I also like Matt and would like to see him somehow make the top 3.

Lol, Anoop was by far my favourite as well and I’m missing him tonight. Think he could have done well with That’s Life. I’m still bitter about Matt (my bad), but not enough to want the bus to hit him, lol.

danny is so damn cocky!! à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“i can see the finals simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.ugh!!!! UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH

In my perfect world Danny would get kicked off tomorrow and I could watch that pompous ass smirk disappear off his face.

Instead I’ll watch Adam wipe it off in the finals….later than I wish.

hahah Danny standing there like he is the messiah

What do I hate more these GLee commercials or Danny?

Danny sounded constipated. I don’t get it.

Danny was awesome – best of the night.

He sounded like Elvis Costello doing those standards.

Get out of my head. That thought crossed my mind too. lol.

I’m sorry, but exactly WHAT was different about that Danny performance from every other fraking week?

I don’t get it. I LOVED Allison, yet Simon slaps her. Danny is just plain mediocre, and he’s effing brilliant/

Just no.

Boy, I bet ole Frank, Dean, Sammy and the gang will be proud of this next performance.

??? Did someone sneak up behind Danny and suddenly turn his volume dial up randomly and leave it there? That’s the way the song sounded.

I think simon just wants to make drama.

Ahhh…more screeching in 5..4…3….2….

MJ…I couldn’t disagree with you more about Matt! I thought he was fantastic! A great performance and I hope he lasts another week.

Allison–fantastic!
Kris–Fantastic!!
Danny–shouty and I hated it!

LOL at Adam’s lighting.

Oh, he’s getting the “special” lighting treatment. I hate it when the producers really try to manipulate us. He’s doesn’t need any of that.

edit: well guess what you are in moderation now.

Erm. Am I the only one who is kind of turned off by Adam’s performance right now?

WOW

Don’t like Adam when he gasps.

Adam in the white light, on the stairs, and in the pimp spot. TPTB are definitely being very obvious about who they want to win.

I think that Adam did a great job tonight.

Okay, I am not going to be popular tonight, but I really liked Danny better than Adam. I really don’t like it when he gasps and screams. I like it best when he sings. He can do anything, but I like it best when he holds it in just a little bit.

Ergh, I hate that song. Adam made me like it a little better, though.

Is there a double meaning to EVERYTHING Kara says?!

Go to fucking Broadway, Adam.

that was good…but I cannot STAND the screech…and I agree very broadway..but good I got to give him his props when props are due…..

Hmm. So Adam does have a lower register after all. Nice.

I wish he’d stop with the affecting breathing, though. But all in all, I’d say that that’s one of his better performances. More listenable.

“Theatrical.” “Broadway.” “Sleazy…” I’m loving Randy’s and Kara’s choice of adjectives, lol.

I’m really liking Jamie Foxx as a mentor. The grillz in Gokey’s face was pretty amusing. The worst part about this episode is how I keep thinking that Anoop is missing out on meeting Jamie. and singing to me.

After Anoop’s elimination Adam is the only reason I’m continuing to watch AI….fricking amazing…

Him and Allison rocked the house tonite….

kris and allison are TOAST. simon is still dissing them.

My order for tonight: Kris, Allison, Danny, Adam, Matt. Seriously.

My picks for the season thus far: Kris, Adam, Allison, Danny, Matt.

Wow, seems like Adam’s pretty mediocre by his standards tonight >_>.

That said, should I vote for Kris? I wouldn’t vote anyone else, tonight. It’s too late in the competition, and I want him to win it. But I don’t really have much to keep me going for 2 hours, I’m already exhausted and it’s only 6 PM on the West Coast.

deleted, i got bigger fish to fry

Three people showed that they wanted to win? Simon, you know all of those kids want to win. They dont need you to voice their wants and needs. Gah I hate Simon.

Oh and Adam, hmmm, I never get you and I guess I dont get that performance. Its so anti-standard I guess.

I liked Adam’s singing, but I don’t like his Heavy Gasps between his phrases. If I’m ever going to be able to listen to him, those gasps need to be gone. Sorry Adam, I can’t help it. I HATE heavy intakes of breath sounds in my music.

Adam > Allison > Danny = Kris > Matt

Adam is a star and will probably the only one who will be close to anyhting after this show

….and that’s why Adam gets the pimp spot.

They stand Kris in front of a mike and say “sing, kid” and give Adam the full Busby Berkley treatment. What a joke.

Go to fucking Broadway, Adam.

LOL.

Tell us how you really feel.

(I agree)

Hello Adam!

It wasn’t my favorite performance for most of it, but that last note glory note and you won me back over.

*blissful sigh*

And the staircase? Loved the entrance.

Bye, Matt. :bye_tb:

Simon clearly wants to drag Hokey Gokey to the finals so he can be slaughtered by Adam. He made sure Gaspy was DC’s sacrificial lamb last year. It pisses me off but it’s the same game he plays every year and he must be doing it to Allison and Kris because he sees them as more likely to pull an upset over Adam than Danny.

This should make for a very interesting idolatry episode…

matt needs to go…. well danny does.. but either of them… I feel bad for kris and allison.. simon dissing them all night…

Danny brought the house down tonght!!

kris and allison are TOAST. simon is still dissing them.

Yeah, I think I’m voting for Kris, then. I don’t really care about Allison. Personally, I don’t think she’s THAT stellar (although I do give her props for the being 17 now thing, for a young girl she’s pretty awesome), and I think Kris and Adam surpass her in marketability, if that’s a word. Despite my dislike of Adam (well, when compared to everyone else’s love of him, I just consider him good and a cool guy who screeches too much and that’s it), I admit his star quality. I do think he’d be more of a Broadway star, though, and I think Kris and Allison may surpass him in sales.

I know, I kinda contradicted myself, but I think if you give Allison a few months she’ll be super marketable and even surpass Adam, in my opinion.

Im voting for Adam just based on how he strutted those stairs.

Disappointed with Adam. Not good. But I’m sure people will proclaim this a moment. So not.

Jammasta, yes, please vote for Kris. He is going to need you tonight.

Didn’t love Glambert tonight. Too theatrical and screechy for me….give me Buble’s version any day.

Order:

Danny (oh how I hate to say it)
Adam
Matt
Kris
Allison

I think every idol has say to what there performance will look like, Kris and Matt both have been in the crowd, Allison has sat on the stairs, Danny had a harp next to him. So it is not like Adam is the only one getting special treatment

edit: you aren’t getting it. I don’t want to have to put you in moderation, but I will

My ranks for tonite:

1. Adam
2. Allison
3. Kris
4. Danny
5. Matt

Anoop would have been number 1 b/c I know he would have killed this week…that being said..Kris and Allison are in trouble. Matt should be in trouble frankly…lets just give Adam his crown….

You guys NEED to vote for Allison and Kris. We known Adam is going to be safe. Danny, well, who cares about Danny.

If anyone dares call Allison a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹one-trick ponyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ after this performance, theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve got a serious bitch-slap coming their way. That. Was. Awesome.

She’s a one trick pony. *ducks* Ha ha. Okay, not totally buuuut she could have kept it subtle for a change, and yet went for the belty stuff again. I also agree with Simon in that I didn’t feel the right emmotional connection again. Sigh. I want to like Allison more than I actually do, I think. She looked really nice.

I thought Kris was great, but I do like him better when he doesn’t move around the stage. What he has that Allison doesn’t, though, for example, is a way to access the right emmotional context. He nails the emmotional context damn near every time. And if he was really getting fully bus thrown, I don’t think they would have aired Jamie’s super glowing comments.

And then Matt, it was like it was Simon and Paula vs. Randy and Kara. It’s weird. There is something very schitzophrenic this season (and also a bit last season with the two Davids especially) about the pimpage, like all of the powers that be aren’t on the same page. It makes me wonder if there’s some sort of backstage feuding between two factions or something. Then again, maybe they’re just trying to bring the feuding and sniping that Simon wants to see to the judges’ table since the singers won’t oblige them.

Oh, and Adam rocked that shit HARD. Damn. Descending down pink stairs. That’s so Adam. In a good way. Broadway my ass, Randy. What Adam did is called putting on a damn stage show. And the theatrical tag is lame. Simon’s right. The guy has a theatrical performance style. It’s been established. Simply calling him theatrical this late in the game is akin to saying, I don’t like your style. It’s lazy judging. It would be like telling Carrie “You sing well, but I don’t like country singers.” Fine for a voter at home to say, but not for the judges panel. Randy is an effing idiot. I haven’t bought a studio recording since Mad World, but I want that on my iPod NOW. :wub_tb: (I wish they would have mentioned Muse. Might have gotten them some hits on iTunes.)

Danny was really good this week. I’m not a fan of that whole bringing it to church style and would never buy his album. However, he deserves to be safe, I suppose.

I think it’s going to come down to voting blocks, and Matt’s probably gone.

I think Simon’s scared about some people in the media saying Kris has a chance. The end.

Adam was amazing, as always. The arrangement seemed like it was somewhere between Nina Simone and Muse to me. It’s such a powerful song, sung by such a powerful singer, you can’t really go wrong. As usual, Randy doesn’t know what to make of Adam, which I find really weird, since he’s supposed to be such a big 80s guy. I can’t believe Kara said Adam is sleazy. She can leave now, or sooner. Totally uncalled for.

Simon is transparently trying to get an Adam/Danny finale, and justify the save by getting Matt to 3rd, so under the bus go Kris and Allison. What a joke. I’ll be voting for Kris, Allison and Adam. We have a whopping total of 6 phone lines in our house, so I’m not too worried about vote splitting!

Victoria, that’s what I love about Adam. He sings songs I hate and makes me love them. Satisfaction, play that funky music, born to be wild … Btw, did anyone get a Megan Joy feel from Matt tonight? He had that odd inflection in his voice that was Megan’s thing…

I think Danny and Allison were the best while I wasn’t so impressed with the other three — which hurts my heart since I love Kris and Matt and like Adam.

I just shit my pants over Adam’s performance. That glory night with no background instruments that high…UNFREAKINGREAL. that takes serious BALLS.

Allison killed it. WTF was Simon saying to her? and Matt blew. WTF was Simon saying to him?

And i’ll give it to danny, I LOVED the last half of that song, i thought it was incredible.

Kris for me was the weakest along with Matt.

Matt SHOULD deff be going home. i refuse to look at DI this time…MATT IS GOING HOME.

Allison is going home. Fight the power and vote Kris!

MY RANK TONIGHT:

ADAM
ALLISON
KRIS
DANNY
MATT

KRIS AND ALLISON WERE TOTALLY UNDERRATED

DANNY AND MATT WERE OVERRRATED

ADAM IS AMAZING!!!

You guys NEED to vote for Allison and Kris. We known Adam is going to be safe. Danny, well, who cares about Danny.

He might not be safe if the (what was it? 60,000?) people who read this site all vote for Kris and Allison!

Victoria, thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what I love about Adam. He sings songs I hate and makes me love them. Satisfaction, play that funky music, born to be wild à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Yep! Although not even Adam can make me love PTFM… :laugh_tb:

1. Adam
2. Allison
3. Danny
4/5. Kris/Matt

Kris made it his own and kept it classy. He knows who he is. Simon is trying to manipulate it so Kris gets voted off. Won’t happen.

Assume you never heard the song “Someone to Watch Over Me.” Listen to Allison and tell me the words to the song? She had one verse tonight that was completely unintelligable. She makes Nirvana seem eloquent.

I’m not even bothering voting for Kris because obviously if he’s still around next week they’ll probably just tell him to go home.

Danny is getting all my votes tonight, and I hope he does make it all the way to the finale. I’ll take him over screeching any day of the week.

Early but dial idol.. Adam,danny, Allison, Kris MAtt

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe Kara said Adam is sleazy. She can leave now, or sooner. Totally uncalled for.

No arguments here. That was just nasty on her part. She contributes NOTHING to this show. Give me more of Paula’s ramblings.

Adam was good and the long note near the end was impressive, but it was not his best performance. That honor still goes to Tracks of My Tears and Mad World.

Anyway…rankings for tonight.

Allison
Adam
Kris
Matt

Hokey Gokey (just because I can’t stand his pompous ass)

Only positive of the night for me is that Simon couldn’t spin any of the crap Anoop’s way tonight. Thank God for small mercies.

Danny sucks…Adam Rocks! Danny will be just like Taylor Hicks…totally unsuccessful

I don’t understand Simon wanting an all guy final 4. Season 3′s all girl final four had horrible ratings.

Oh wait, they’ve been trying to kill the show all season.

All my votes are going to Allison tonight. It might be a lost cause but she finally performed a touching, youthful, innocent song and Simon shit all over it.

Adam held that note so long that Simon had time to go for a smoke break and come back! Excellent.

Danny had the best performance he’s had in weeks.

Well, that was an…. interesting night, judging-wise The kids, they all sounded great. I’m not swooning over Adam’s huge glory note but then I am not a “big shiny loud thing” kind of person. I can see how it could be impressive.

And omg, can we have them all glammed up like that all the time? Wow, they looked amazing!

My ranking: Allison, Kris, Danny, Adam, Matt
and
Kara, Randy, Paula
[big gap of wtf-ness]
Simon who obvs can’t stand to be wrong, except about Matt.

I think that tonight is going to be interesting voting wise. I wonder who will end up going home. Will it be Matt, who has been living on borrowed time. Or will it be “just got hit with the bus for the first time” Kris or Allison.

I think that Danny and Adam are definitley safe. And IMHO, they actually were the two best of the night.

I think that Allison might go home tomorrow. Matt could go, but Simon’s praise and enough casual voters voting for him might be enough to save him. I think that Kris has a big enough fanbase to where they will carry him to safety for at least another week.

I think Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s scared about some people in the media saying Kris has a chance. The end.

ding ding ding!

Jamie Foxx, since all of America apparently hates you (at least as far as I can tell from the reaction to your mentoring), I just wanted to let you know that you were an awesome mentor. Thanks for discouraging Matt from using the falshitto. And, thanks for the nice things you said to these kids when they were clearly nervous to sing in front of you.

Simon is purposely de-pimping Kris and Allison. It could not be more obvious. I think they may both be in trouble this week.

I agree and it pissed me off, to be quite honest. UGH. I almost always agree with Simon, but tonight I just wished he’d shut the heck up. I knew they would overpraise Adam before he even came on. Like they ALWAYS DO. And I agree with you, MJ. I wasn’t loving it either. But does it matter how good or bad Adam does? Of course not.

UGH. I am so totally enraged at the moment. And I know it’s bad to split votes, so I’m trying to figure out which of my two faves I have the best chance at saving. I don’t want to lose either of them! *cries*

1 – Danny – Brilliant

2 – Adam – Entertaining; but not near as good as Danny’s performance

3 – Kris – Beautiful job.

4 – Matt – Very hard song. Shaky; but big E for effort.

5 – Allison – IMO, her best performance to date; but I just don’t feel her. Maybe in a few years.

Pssssst…..a proven tactic to get people to vote for a certain contestant is to criticize them when they had a good to great performance. So whose fan group is going to go all out tonight with the vote? Hmmmmm.

I couldn’t put my finger on it until now, but Adam’s vocal reminded me of Ty Taylor in Jason Robert Brown’s Broadway revue Songs From A New World. Same vocal quality. His tone was a bit unpleasant at times in the beginning and the end, but I have to agree with Kara. Kind of a mixed reaction. I admired it even though I didn’t care for his lack of musicality. His vocal style is actually old-fashioned and flamboyant. I appreciated it even though, for me, it’s too Vegas revue.

If you care about Kris or Allyson, VOTE. Even if you’re tired, just do it a couple times — it takes about 10 seconds.

Simon is definitely in Machiavellian mode tonight. And the producers also did both Kris & Alilson a big diss.

It seems like they had them in the order they wanted to see them get knocked off or something. I don’t get why they give Gokey a pass every week (most of them), and I wish Paula would just stuff it if she has nothing insightful to say.

gagggggg…..

My order for tonight:

Adam —> Allison..Kris..Danny..Matt

Loved Adam’s but I’m in no way impartial at this point and obviously no one else is with their favorites.

Matt is definitely going home.

I turned it off after Simon’s comments about Allison. Following his comments about Kris and Allison, I’m done with this season. Went through this last year. This year, I don’t even care, so now I’m truly not interested in watching the “slaughter”. It’s all gotten woefully predictable. Peace out.

Liked Danny and Allison the best.

Why is it that the performances I love from Adam are the ones that others don’t and vice versa? Very strange. I thought he connected well with the song, and gave it the swagger that it called for.

For me:

Adam
Allison
Kris
Danny
Matt

Holy batcrap! Adam is the shitz. He effing owns the stage, he walks on and its like there aint no one can touch him. Not my favorite vocal by him but at this point it doesnt matter. In the real world Id give him a 9 for that when I would normally give him a 10. It doesnt matter anymore. He owns Idol. He is FEARLESS and you can feel that. He knows, there is something inside him that makes him unafraid and you see it, you feel it and there is no mistaking it.

Like someone above said, Adam sings songs Im not very fond of but makes me love them because…….well, because he does it Adam’s way. Yes it was OTT and yes it was theatrical but who cares. When your that talented it just doesnt matter.

Matt goes home tomorrow and Im power voting for Allison who really is an incredible talent.

I’m really disappoint when Adam didn’t mention Muse at all !!!
C’mon Adam !
I like the first half of the song, but the ending … OMG terrible … He almost ruin the essence and the beauty of the song. It’s too much Adam, sometimes you got to learn how to take a break ! No need to shout for every song ending …
It’s kinda boring, since you always did it over and over again … it became a pattern for me.

Allison is going home. Fight the power and vote Kris!

Lol, love to see a hidden agenda, why fighting the power will be to vote for Kris insstead of Allison????

1) Allison – SHE WAS AMAZING. FUCK YOU SIMON. JUST BECAUSE SHE GOES OUTSIDE HER ROCK BOX DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO DISS HER. 9/10

2) Adam – It’s the same thing we’ve heard from him, but fuck it, Adam’s usual is a lot better than everyone else’s singing (EXCEPT ALLISON). 7.5/10

3) Danny – Ugh. I’m about to vomit for putting him this high, but FINE. He . . . wasn’t . . . godawful. 6/10

4) Kris – Too mellow, and I felt like it didn’t really go anywhere. 5/10

5) Matt – Should have gone home a long time ago. 4/10

doesn’t simon hate taylor hicks? what the heck is going on with all the hokey pimpage? it makes NO SENSE.

I seriously think it is how Simon thinks, I dont believe in the depimping, pimp spot, pimp not spot,, throw under the bus – blah d blah blah bs stuff, I swear if I am soooo sick of hearing all of that – too funny – and my fav’s are Kris and Adam, I want them to the top, I want Allison and those two but they seriously have to bring, bring, bring it and I am glad that Simon tells it like it is whether we want to hear it or not. People will vote for who they like not what Simon says. Simon said Adam sucked and was horrible on rof but did I say, oh no, Simon doesnt like that so I dont, NO

And Adam’s almost always overrated. If his album is a majority of songs with screeches inserted (and seeing how he did his version of “If I Can’t Have You”, they will be), I’m moving to Mars. I don’t want to be on the same planet as that album!

JK. But seriously, did Adam screech again? Do I have to beat someone up to tell him to not scream so much? It’s old. It was good for Black and White and Play that Funky Music, but most of the other times it just wasn’t. Born to be Wild was okay, and If I Can’t Have you was just freaking a terrible place to insert the screech.

I wouldn’t call it a scream or screech or wail……. anyone else have a better term?

I couldn’t care less who wins this thing this year. I knew tonight would be good but boring and I was right. The songs are too good not to be performed pretty well by the final five.

Kris – most interesting artist of all of them in his ability to arrange songs and connect with the emotion. Excellent song choices. But his voice is missing any kind of interesting edge.
Allison – 17 years old, and therefore uninteresting to me. She should definitely get a record deal though. She could be a star.
Matt – very pitchy dude.
Danny – smarmy. I don’t like overwrought diva songs from divas, let alone him.
Adam – killer range and vocal ability. He makes me laugh, but he does not make me want to hear more.

You guys NEED to vote for Allison and Kris. We known Adam is going to be safe. Danny, well, who cares about Danny.

Ah, so I can take this to mean that either you are no Adam fan or you’ve just drunk a whole gallon of the Simon Cowell reverse psychology kool-aid.

I will be voting for Adam only, hopefully all the way to the end, when he goes so do I.

I think Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s scared about some people in the media saying Kris has a chance. The end.

Either that or he’s pushing his agenda because he doesn’t want to change his opinion on the red carpet and apologize like he did last year. Who knows? It definitely seems like he has tunnel vision.

Good suckage, I think Allison is leaving this week! Geez, why are they so desperate to have just men in there?

Oh well, I think Matt and Kris were the worst of the night and one should go home, they both have vocal limitations.

adam is in a different league than anyone else….say what you want, but he is a star and you cant look away from him when your watching the show…HE OWNS THAT STAGE

Okay. I’m going to go WHACKO so…. don’t read if you’re not up for my pissy mood. LOL.

WHATT THE freaking HELL is WRONG with SIMON? WHAT THE FUDGE IS PROBLEM ? I’VE NEVER DISAGREED WITH HIM MORE!!!!!!!!! HE’S CONSTANTLY DISSING ALLISON FOR NO GOOD REASON! IT’S JUST CAUSE HE WANTS DANNY GOKEY IN THE FINALE! HE NEVER GIVES HER THE PRAISE SHE DESREVES!
Honestly… he’s never given her a praise without dissing her for something. Like, her personality, or her clothing. Is he blind? Deaf? A douche with no sense of humour? How can he NOT see the bubbly, fun personality of this girl? She’s one of the most interesting, unique, and likeable constestants along with Adam and Kris.
The only time he really praised her without dissing her was when she did I don’t want to miss a thing. But that wasn’t her best performance.
Her amazing performance of Papa was a rolling stone wasn’t even really critiqued by simon because he was too preoccupied with paula’s mustache he so immaturley drew on Paula’s face. Durring her performance of “Don’t Speak” he dissed her for her clothing. Durring her performance of, “alone” he accused her of having no personality. Tonight she KILLED it. She NAILED IT. And Simon was just being ignorant. He just wants to pimp freaking danny gokey, who i hate… yes, HATE with a burning passion. UGH.

I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t call it a scream or screech or wailà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. anyone else have a better term

I wouldn’t call it those things either. I’d call great technical ability with a vocal range most singers would kill for. That’s what I’d call it.

Simon is purposely de-pimping Kris and Allison. It could not be more obvious. I think they may both be in trouble this week.

I agree and it pissed me off, to be quite honest. UGH. I almost always agree with Simon, but tonight I just wished heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d shut the heck up. I knew they would overpraise Adam before he even came on. Like they ALWAYS DO. And I agree with you, MJ. I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t loving it either. But does it matter how good or bad Adam does? Of course not.

UGH. I am so totally enraged at the moment. And I know ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bad to split votes, so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m trying to figure out which of my two faves I have the best chance at saving. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to lose either of them! *cries*

Do you know how happy I am that nearly everyone here agrees with me? And as for the splitting of the votes, I figured that I really would love to see Kris in the finale. So I’ll just get back to voting for him.

Pssssstà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..a proven tactic to get people to vote for a certain contestant is to criticize them when they had a good to great performance. So whose fan group is going to go all out tonight with the vote? Hmmmmm.

THIS. Simon liked Danny and Adam enough to make sure their fans vote, disliked (supposedly) Allison and Kris enough to make their fans vote… Matt was in the middle and is from what I’ve seen the least popular contstant now. He’s going home.

I am getting through for Kris, over and over. That worries me. Please vote to keep him in the competition if you are a fan. He is going to need our votes after the Simon comments. Going first is hard and he nailed his song. He did a beautiful job.

And LOL @ Simon. Kris’s performance was….. wet?

I’m almost tempted to go up to his face and say “Are you stupid?” I actually got Paula’s “women’s department” thing after a while (though I was still tempted to call her stupid), but I kinda want to be a judge just to be like “Simon, are you stupid? That was good.”

But I say that being a biased Kris fan and not having watched Idol yet.

i haven’t felt this much simon rage since season 2. Hate you, old man.

Dayum, but I feel cheated with one song apiece on Top 5 night. In all my spare time this past hour I looked it up because I recall that one year they did two song sets to get through the Top 5. Yep, it was Season 3. They could have done it that way again to get in ten performances, but nooooooo.

Only positive of the night for me is that Simon couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t spin any of the crap Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s way tonight. Thank God for small mercies.

Lol, so true. I was definitely missing him tonight, though.

I thought Jamie Foxx was good mentor. He actually gave advice that worked.

MJ, you are right. Simon could not be more obvious. If that was a winning performance from Matt, then Randy got a perfect verbal score on the SATs.

I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t call it a scream or screech or wailà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. anyone else have a better term

His upper octave, just like Christina A has a five octave range

I am getting through for Kris, over and over. That worries me. Please vote to keep him in the competition if you are a fan. He is going to need our votes after the Simon comments. Going first is hard and he nailed his song. He did a beautiful job.

I’ve been getting through for Kris for 2 hours straight every night for the past few weeks. I wouldn’t worry too much, though I’ll still try to burn off my fingers voting.

this is the tech term for what Adam does, it is not screeching or screamming:

But a very particular gift allows him to go beyond the average show tune belter à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  or the average heavy-metal squawker. I think this gift puts him in a league with some of the best singers of the rock era. It has to do with the passaggio à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  his ability to transition from the lower register to that killer falsetto.

A friend who is a singer pointed this out to me (thank you, Erika Gunn!). She noted that many of the vocalists we find most unearthly and stirring can go from their earthy chest voice to the more piercing head voice without stumbling into the weak, constricted zone that often plagues singers as they make the leap. One blogger described it this way: The voice is like a stick-shift car, and the passaggio is the area of shifting, that risky spot where you’d better be both flexible and totally in command.

There’s a lot of interesting technical stuff written about the passaggio. I’m no expert on vocal technique, so let me leave my thoughts within the territory I know: the effect of a certain voice on listeners. Lambert’s natural range is fairly high à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  he’s a tenor emerging at a time when most rock-oriented singers are baritones, like those kings of the “Idol” jungle, Chris Daughtry and David Cook. (R&B singers are a different matter altogether; the lingering influence of Michael Jackson means that soft, high voices still do well in

“No arguments here. That was just nasty on her part. She contributes NOTHING to this show. Give me more of Paulaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s ramblings.”

Why did simon steal paula’s cup

Let’s see…

Kris – He sounded a bit nervous. I will have to replay to make sure. I can honestly say I was not impressed. There were some good moments and some not so sure moments.

Allison – I thought she did a nice job tonight. She looked pretty and her voice sounded nice.

Matt – Weak vocals compared to others. I lost interest about halfway through. Again, he was trying too hard.

Danny – I just don’t like his voice. It was rather breathy and I did not buy his frenetic approach in the middle-to-end of his song. It was as if he knew he needed to do something showy and went for it. It felt a little dishonest. His vocals were all over the place.

Adam – What a fantastic opening! Slinky and sexy. This, however, was not my favorite vocal of his. Did not care for the arrangement toward the end. But the sustained note was great and until he hit that weird musical spot, I was really into it. I agree with what someone posted earlier – it sounded like a cross between Nina Simone and Muse. ‘Nuttin but love for my boy!

Danny did great tonight! Surprised me, as i enjoyed it, as much as I hate to admit it. Time to give credit where its due. Adam wasnt amazing, but I’m still rooting for him. Allison and Matt did ok.Kris Allen was as bland as usual but apparently he has “musicality”,lol whatever that means, I dont see anything but a snoozefest.

My rankings:

Danny
Adam
Allison
Matt
Kris

Well it seems to be the end for Matt, there is a huge gap on DI and Kris and Allison seem to always be underrated by them.

SUMIDOL
next time just put the link up most have seen that already

Here’s my order of finish for tonight only:

1. Alison – loved the song and loved her take on it. Stellar vocals & looked great too.
2. Danny – I thought this was his best performance of the year. I’m a Cook fan (obviously), so I love the gritty vocal.
3. Kris – soft & tender performance. A performance to watch without getting nervous for the performer. I loved the artistry of it.
4. Adam – Performance factors are great, vocal tones not always so good, great range but would like to see better tone in the upper register, just because one can hit the high note, doesn’t mean it should be done in every performance, already commented on the breathing issues, not going there again.

5. Matt – sorry Matt, but you’re going home. And I actually like you and think that you’ll make great records, but tonight you weren’t good enough.

Best of the night: Adam, Danny and Allison. Kris was ok, but will her EVER do an uptempo song and have energy? Matt was clearly the worst. He was off pitch throughout the song. I like him, but he clearly can’t handle the pressure of this show. I also think Matt should have stuck with the key he originally chose. It through him off a bit I think.

Can only think of two reasons for the Gokey pimping–1. the christian music market is potentially very lucrative and they see dollar signs there or 2.they do not what to rile up Gokey’s fan base with poor critiques (ala soul patrol) and see him get enough votes to pass Adam.

No phone numbers on the front page! I got spoiled for that and now I don’t know the numbers to call……………

Anyone……..please give me the numbers for Adam and Allison, asap! Ty.

I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t call it those things either. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d call great technical ability with a vocal range most singers would kill for. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d call it.

Try to use something both people who like it and hate it can use, hmm? I doubt a lot of singers would kill for that thing he does.

I just didn’t get what Simon was looking for tonight! I can accept he prefers big voices and that’s why he put down Kris. But then why put down Allison? Or I can get that he likes to praise people who he thinks can win, so he pimps Adam and Danny — but why pimp Matt who just 2 weeks ago he said had no chance at winning?

It’s his Allison and Matt comments that are most confusing for me.

eta:
judging from the DI winner/loser maps which have been a little better lately than the actual DI score, Allison is doing pretty well regardless of Simon’s delusional critique, Adam is doing less well than I’d think, and both Matt and Kris will be in B3 tomorrow. But what do I know, lol — vote for your faves! I’m gonna grab some dinner before voting opens here cause it looks like it’s gonna be a long night of powervoting for me…

Sigh. Allison was the only one I really liked. Everyone else was meh.

Every singer I know would do anything for Adam’s range. Period

Perhaps Simon’s comments towards Alison and Kris were to get their fans to vote more .. reverse psychology and all that.

I agree that Adam was a bit OTT and theatrical but I like OTT Adam … only thing is his songs always seem shorter than everyone else and on this one there seemed a bit more band than actual singing .. but credit to him for that long note .. amazing …. and he handled those stairs like a Berkley Babe … kudos for that ….lol

He was like an sleezy “Teen Angel” with that entrance. … fabulous …lol

Adam owned the stage with his whole performance tonight. The eyes, attitude and the song were dead on, for me.

My votes all go to Adam. To the end and when he’s done, so am I.

Adam’s difficulty factor was off the charts, especially compared to all of the other straightforward renditions. I think I heard two key changes, which is desperately hard to do even you’re not singing live, or have to sing last. Yes, I know it’s the “pimp spot,” but at this stage of the competition, it’s also the “let your nerves stew for a solid hour and then sing” spot.

I loved it. And I say that as someone who did NOT love last week’s from him.

Adam – 1-866-436-5705 OR 1-866-436-5710

Alright, rankings.

JAMIE FOXX (You know it baby! Alright…just kiddin’. But Mr. Foxx was not only entertaining but also enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and had damn good advice. So hats off to him.)

Adam
Kris/Allison/Danny (not sure where to place these three…I need to re-listen to their performances to be sure)
Matt

(f-king huge gap)

Simon.
Seriously, I really do like Simon.
But WET? REALLY NOW? WET?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Where do i find the numbers to call??? I didn’t write them down….
Need numbers for adam and allison!

I don’t want to miss one vote for Kris to respond to this, but really want to say quickly, that everyone does not hear Adam the same way. I loved Tracks of My Tears, but I really disliked his performance tonight. Tonight was screaming. In fact in a couple of places he was actually sharp, better than flat, but still not on pitch. Tonight for me is performance was disappointing. I still think he will win and should win. He is original and talented, but tonight was far from his best in my opinion. I much preferred both Kris and Allison’s performances tonight over Adams. In fact, I liked Danny’s better tonight, too.

Adam’s song didn’t sound anything like the Muse version.

It’s the bluesy version the Pussycat Dolls did. He works with one of the members of that group who founded the Zodiac Show.

Click my name for Last FM link to song.

I agree with what someone posted earlier – it sounded like a cross between Nina Simone and Muse.

Yeah, I love Muse, but that wasn’t really their version. Kind of, but–like you and others have said–more a mixture with Nina’s. Also, I love that version. I was really hoping for the Muse version (I think it would have been better).

I was slightly disappointed, but I still enjoyed it. Him and Allison were both my faves tonight.

So it went like this for me:

Adam/Allison
Danny (which is big for me since I cannot stand Danny’s voice and style)
Matt (wonky, but I strangely got what Simon was saying)
Kris (one of my faves normally, but I just didn’t like this)

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe Kara said Adam is sleazy. She can leave now, or sooner. Totally uncalled for.

No kidding. I was hoping Adam would roll his eyes at her commentary. She deserved it. It pains me that she tries to be the artistry police, which is a cause near and dear to my heart in the realm of AI, and then proceeds to talk out of her ass. STFU, Kara.

Thanks Mk88!!! And I guess Allison’s would be 02, got it

I can only hope that was some of plot by Simon’s to make sure Kris and Allison go through, because otherwise, what the hell? And I love Adam, and he was not the best tonight. I would agree with mj, his performance was a bit off for me. And I didn’t like the overly glory notes. Dude, we know you can do them, you don’t always have to.

allison1-866-436-5702 OR 1-866-436-5707

I guess that is the cool thing, we are all entitled to our own opinions. Last season I couldn’t hear a single thing that David Cook did wrong. To me he was perfect every performance. I think some Adam fans have that malady this year.

JZ…hee. “Wet” is a UK term that kinda means…lame. It’s actually a more descriptive term, IMO!

what’s w/ ryan saying the lines would be open for at least two hrs? sorry if someone already asked this.

Matt’s gone. Sigh. So much unrealized potential. Hopefully he goes on to make some good music. He sounded so good in the Jamie Foxx prepackage clips.

heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a tenor emerging at a time when most rock-oriented singers are baritones, like those kings of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  jungle, Chris Daughtry and David Cook.

I couldn’t pass up making a comment on this. I agree that Daughtry is a baritone and a might fine one, but Cook is not. He is a tenor. I hate to admit he has trouble in his lower register sometimes, but I’m not going to lie. It’s always an adventure when he sings low, live. His tenor range is superb. Obviously not as high as your Adam, but high enough. If you listen to any of the songs off of Cook’s record, pay attention to the high harmony tracks. He does not have anyone else singing those, he did it all himself.

Now I got to say that Adam’s entrance was pretty cool. I wish the rest of them had done more with their entrances as well. I’ve always wondered who decides that. I’m told that it’s the producers.

First of all: GREAT NIGHT. It was one the greatest top 5 night in the history of Idol (unless you count Bon Jovi night as top 5), they all can sing really well and the theme helped many of them to give the best of themselves.

Jamie Foxx was on par with the best mentor in the history of the show, the dude is increadibly charismatic and gave some great advices for the contestants.

Kris: the guy is way too safe for me, I don’t feel the star power at all, he has the tween and cougar vote so he should be safe for another week.

Allison: this girl has my heart tonight, greatest underage contestant in the history of the show, great vocals, great stage presence, just a baffling performance. Hopefully she should stay one more week after that.
I am not sure Simon didn’t try to stimulate her fanbase with his critic, so I will cut him some slack.

Matt: The guy is probably going to go tomorrow, so I am going to be nice and say that it was a good performance, a tad below the others but one of his strongest nonetheless.

Danny: I don’t like him but his vocals were very good and he did have swagger tonight on the stage, he is going nowhere this week.
I always think they are over pimping him but at least tonight there was a good reason.

Adam: I love his theatrics, he just owns the stage and he gives me entertainment at his best. He should and will win AI.

Rankings:
Adam/Allison
Danny
Kris
Matt

So is Simon making sure it is a Adam/Gokey finish or what?

lol

Thx Steve!!!

Adam…Danny

Matt/Allison/Kris

Adam and Danny were vocal beast… anybody just can’t do that…

Kris is nice, but there’s a MILLION singers like him…

Adam…Loved his OTT, amazed that anyone can hit that note and sustain it, brought the Glambert back, best performer ever on the idol stage, theatrical yup, dramatic yup, and I’ve been waiting a long time for someone like him to come along.

Allison…great vocals but I acquiesce to those that think she needs diction lessons. Her mumble works well on rock songs, but is a little off-putting on ballads.

Danny…as much as I hate to admit it, this was one of his better performances. I actually liked it, and that is a definite first for me.

Kris…great musicality, weak vocals. Good interpretation of the song.

Matt…OK, but just seems like he wants to do too much with every performance and consequently he just misses have a very good performance.

Matt should be going home after that performance – he was woeful.

Adam’s “Muse” version wasn’t really Muse enough to need any crediting IMO. I kinda wish it had been. I wasn’t as blown away as usual by him but his sustained note was out of this world and I’m definitely looking forward to the studio version.

I hope he breaks the “Feeling Good” jinx…

Seriously, Allison and her poor diction was really aweful. Her raspy finish was so antithetical to the song it was sad.

Danny actually sang 2/3 of the song quite well. He then screamed at me out of tune and out of character for the song, so he is lower than Allison.

JZà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦hee. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Wetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is a UK term that kinda meansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦lame. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually a more descriptive term, IMO!

or a bit limp

Well, don’t forget that to Kara, sleazy (aka dirty, slutty) is da bomb y’all!!! LOL

And, ok, only 5 songs and the show STILL WENT OVER TIME????!!!! WTF?!

P.S. Jamie Foxx was a great mentor imo. Good, real advice. Liked it. Mileage…

ETA: Agreed. That did not sound at all like Muse to me either.

I didn’t think Adam did the Muse version at all. He did his own version of the original. The Muse version is darker. He hit it out of the park again IMO.

I don’t know who gave Danny Gokey that wake-up call, but “Hello!?” That was simply awesome.

I wasn’t really looking forward to tonight because Anoop’s gone. It wasn’t the same for me.

Kris – It was nice but nothing special. He looked good tonight. I didn’t disagree with what parts of Simon’s critique I could understand, lol.

Allison – Loved her vocals and she looked cute. I’m voting with dial idol and texting all for her. Girl power —— voting. She should ignore Simon.

Matt – Didn’t love it or understand what Simon was talking about. I think it sounded better in the last part but seemed off otherwise.

Danny – I thought he sounded really good tonight. It was an excellent song choice. He got ripped off by not getting the pimp spot. I think he deserved it.

Adam – Tonight belonged in a musical, it didn’t translate at all. That last note was OTT and not particularly pleasant to the ears. This was the first time that the judges really commented on the theatrics in a slightly critical way.

My order: Tied for first: Allison & Danny then I guess Kris, Matt, and Adam.

At risk: Allison, Kris, and Matt

I put up the numbers

Kris=usual cute little turns of phrase but will quickly fade from memory due to death spot.

Allison=utter lack of delicacy and usual mush mouth phrasing really hurt this song. Please stop inserting gratuitous “huuuuh” sounds at every possible interval. This song required vulnerability and she bulldozed right over it.

Matt=lower the key Jamie, really? Why, so Matt can croak in his non-existent lower register? True, he got off a couple of nice high notes at the end, but the first 3/4s was painful. Simon must be inhaling the fumes wafting over from Paula’s cup. And we lost Anoop for this?

Danny=I guess the apocalypse is upon us because that was actually kind of not horrific. I just threw up on my keyboard a little bit.

Adam=Stairway to Paradise stairs =10, Good Humor Man suit = 1, Adam = awesome as always. Not nearly the best but who cares? Give him the win already.

Randy=useless

Kara=stop with the “gir-r-r-r-r-l and the snap neck already — it’s damn embarrassing

Paula=please spend more time rehearsing your pre-written, ghost-written critiques so they have some semblance of authenticity

Simon=you are an ass of epic proportions

Jamie Fox=was there why exactly? Worst. mentor. ever.

I just shit my pants over Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance. That glory night with no background instruments that highà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦UNFREAKINGREAL. that takes serious BALLS.

What took balls IMO was walking down that staircase to begin with. Ryan himself has said he can’t see while descending it, and the first words out of my mouth when I saw him at the top were “Oh, don’t effing fall down the damn stairs!”

Not my favorite arrangement of Adams- I thought the key change took something away a bit, but he’s still my horse.
The best part of the night for him, for me, was at the end of the recap clip- that little sneer into the camera as he finished? Totally playing us.
Wowser!

Any of the other contestants could have had the same stairway, the same lighting, and the same entrance if they had only bothered to think about it and ask for it. Adam considers every nuance of his performances and I respect that.

What?
You think a producer just pulled him aside and told him he was going to sashay his vampy ass down a pink staircase?
He asked for it.
Any of them could have.

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Museà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  version wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really Muse enough to need any crediting IMO. I kinda wish it had been. I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t as blown away as usual by him but his sustained note was out of this world and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m definitely looking forward to the studio version.

Same page as me. I wonder if Adam was getting compared with Muse since it was a bit “rocked up” and Adam’s voice has a Matt Bellamy quality? Did not touch the Muse version though. Or the Nina. I am still looking forward to the studio and him hopefully breaking the curse.

That’s just my long way of saying “This” really.

downeast
JZà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦hee. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Wetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is a UK term that kinda meansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦lame. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually a more descriptive term, IMO!

:mellow_tb:
…
:lol_tb:
Alright, Simon is slightly forgiven then. Slightly.

Thanks for the info downeast! [;

Why is Danny screaming and yelling at me on a sensitive song? Not a scream of anguish or triumph, just a MF yell.

JZà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦hee. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Wetà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is a UK term that kinda meansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦lame. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually a more descriptive term, IMO!

or a bit limp

Or totally drab! For me its a good description of Kris tonight

Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gone.

That is my feeling, too.
Stuck in middle between the two nice people with fans, who will power vote and the two people, with the voices of the season.
And it has been clear before that his fanbase is not so big.

ETA: I shouldn’t be so sensitive…

A friend who is a singer pointed this out to me (thank you, Erika Gunn!). She noted that many of the vocalists we find most unearthly and stirring can go from their earthy chest voice to the more piercing head voice without stumbling into the weak, constricted zone that often plagues singers as they make the leap. One blogger described it this way: The voice is like a stick-shift car, and the passaggio is the area of shifting, that risky spot where youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d better be both flexible and totally in command.

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a lot of interesting technical stuff written about the passaggio. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m no expert on vocal technique, so let me leave my thoughts within the territory I know: the effect of a certain voice on listeners. Lambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s natural range is fairly high à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a tenor emerging at a time when most rock-oriented singers are baritones, like those kings of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  jungle, Chris Daughtry and David Cook. (R&B singers are a different matter altogether; the lingering influence of Michael Jackson means that soft, high voices still do well in

First off, when Adam is moving through his mid-range I can hear that he is smoothly transitioning through his passaggio, but that’s not why he can techhnically belt in the high range. He’s well past that spot in his mid-range. It’s because he’s placing his high notes like he would for his falsetto but he is supporting it well with his abdominal muscles and adding chest voice. He’s above the passaggio at that point. And Daughtry and Cook actually are tenors and for the most part sing in the tenor range. Cook’s vocal timbre is just darker and more resonant.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know who gave Danny Gokey that wake-up call, but à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Hello!?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  That was simply awesome.

Yep, I’d rank him best of the night actually!

My ranking:

1. Kris – Simple, heartfelt, beautiful phrasing
2. Allison – First time I’ve actually loved her
3. Adam – Not his best but dude can sang
4. Danny – I almost didn’t rank them so I wouldn’t have to put this, but it’s the first time I’ve actually liked a performance of his…until the end when he got all shouty
5. Matt – Too many runs and not the best arrangement

Overall, I think they all did a very good job. I liked this week and thought Jamie Foxx did a good job.

P.S. Jamie Foxx was a great mentor imo. Good, real advice. Liked it.

Foxx was an awesome mentor!!!

Well, Simon’s big interview comes out in TV Guide, so he’d better make sure that his predictions about the season play out, eh? What a jerk.

For me, the only one who wasn’t very good was Matt . . . and he was still pretty good. His pitch was weak right at the beginning and his runs were just too much for the song.

Everyone else was very good. I was impressed most with Danny, who I was pretty tired of up until 52 minutes ago. He was much, much better than last week.

I loved Kris’s performance, and I didn’t think it was just a safe/pretty song. Kris is a delicate singer. Would everyone kick Eric Clapton off the stage?? I thought it was very heartfelt. (BTW–Does he look thinner? He’s looks like he’s shrinking down to nothing.)

I’m with Mr.RJ on Danny, tonight. It just seems like the same performance from him, over and over. And tonight I even shut my eyes for part of it, trying to get over the fact that he’s just so icky to me, appearance-wise.

I don’t get the judge-love. Atall.

Burderschnookie:
it’s not Adam’s arrangement . It’s Muse.

Here are my rankings:

Danny- I’m shocked, but there it is
Allison
Adam
Kris
Matt

Adam considers every nuance of his performances and I respect that.

What?
You think a producer just pulled him aside and told him he was going to sashay his vampy ass down a pink staircase?

LMAO! No chit!

I loved it all, btw. Duh! Can’t wait for the studio. Exciting!

Order tonight for me:

Adam
Allison
Matt/Danny (I know, right?! It’s begrudgingly, to be sure.)
Kris

Don’t get me wrong, I liked Kris too. I just thought they all were good tonight. That was Gokey’s best, by far. (Dammit!)

Okay.

Kris – not his best, and I wasn’t too fond of the arrangement, but he really did sound AMAZING.

Allison – best of the night.

Matt – didn’t like it at first, but really I relistened to it, and it’s not really that pitchy. I think the key change threw everyone off.

Danny – started off okay, and then sounded horrible at the end.

Adam – eh, it’s good. I could never listen to it again and really like it.

Oh–And Danny totally got ripped off by not getting the last spot. And how many times had Adam gotten it? How often has he sung in the last half? It was Kris’s turn to go first–fair enough–but when Allison was next, i thought, could they push Adam harder? If Adam doesn’t go first next week, then how blatant can they be?

that discussion re: the passagio is interesting. Mixing the voices is really difficult–David Archuleta seemed pretty good at it last year–I’ve been wondering how Adam Lambert is able to bring the strength of his chest voice into the head voice.

And, if someone’s taking a vote, I’d call Chris Daughtry a baritone because the richest part of his range is the baritone–frankly, he’s got a huge range and can sing bass, baritone, and tenor, but he usually sings low tenor–highish in his range. Cook is a tenor; he’s just got a husky voice.

I loved Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance, and I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think it was just a safe/pretty song. Kris is a delicate singer. Would everyone kick Eric Clapton off the stage?? I thought it was very heartfelt. (BTWà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’Does he look thinner? Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s looks like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s shrinking down to nothing.)

I would, actually, lol. But I like Kris. He does seem thinner.

ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s arrangement . Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Muse.

No, it’s not. It’s much closer to the Pussycat Dolls’ version, but not exactly the same.

I could not disagree more about Kris being average or safe. He is neither. He is pure and simple. The average professional can’t fake what Kris has natural. As for training, he is just starting to get to the point where some really nice tones are coming through. He has some bad habits that are hiding a much better voice than what I think Kris realizes. Less really is more at times.

And LOL @ Simon. Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance wasà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.. wet?

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m almost tempted to go up to his face and say à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Are you stupid?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  I actually got Paulaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“womenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s departmentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  thing after a while (though I was still tempted to call her stupid), but I kinda want to be a judge just to be like à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Simon, are you stupid? That was good.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

But I say that being a biased Kris fan and not having watched Idol yet.

In Britspeak … wet = a bit soppy, flat, uninteresting.

It’s a common word over here to describe something that doesn’t excite you.

Gingerly, everything you said. Just say no to the throat olympics.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know who gave Danny Gokey that wake-up call, but à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Hello!?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  That was simply awesome.

Yep, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d rank him best of the night actually!

:clap_tb: loved that performance.. love his gritty gospel=ly voice :cool2_tb:

I think it’s very easy to forget Kris especially after going out first, although it was a really good vocal. Hence the low ranking. IMO

ETA: I’m voting for 2 hours for Kris. Damn it’s almost 3am here in the UK. I’m tired

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe Kara said Adam is sleazy. She can leave now, or sooner. Totally uncalled for.

IMO he’s going to react to that the same way he did to Simon’s Rocky Horror comment- it will amuse and delight him.

What?
You think a producer just pulled him aside and told him he was going to sashay his vampy ass down a pink staircase?
He asked for it.
Any of them could have.

I remember the story Ace Young told about Queen night. He requested all this fancy lighting and he thought he was getting it. But when it was time for the live performance, all the house lights were brought up and no special lighting.

So no, it doesn’t always work like that.

Adam didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mention Muse at all

Cheaterer! LOL

I would hope that there be some mini-controversy since he didn’t mention he covered a cover. Or I hope this would signal the end of him covering covers and the start of him using his own arrangements.

Yeah, I love Muse, but that wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really their version. Kind of, butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’like you and others have saidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’more a mixture with Ninaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. Also, I love that version. I was really hoping for the Muse version (I think it would have been better).

Yeah .. it was like Muse at the beginning with the intro but then he changed it up … like you I was hoping for more of a Muse version. I was a bit disappointed that he just seemed to get down the stairs and then the song kind of ended with that great note .. it just seemed too short.

What was up with Danny doing the heart sign when the voting numbers were being read out … that was really cringy

Geez, I really like everyone so eliminating someone at this point is a tough call. Based on tonight’s performances and in this order from top to bottom , Adam, Danny, Allison, Kris, Matt. Surprisingly, I thought Jamie Fox was an excellent mentor.

Don’t think it’s going to happen, but oh how I’d love to see a shock elimination tomorrow night. Otherwise the seasons ebbing to a boring foregone conclusion.

Bring on the drama!

Okay I said I wasnt going to vote for anyone after Anoop…but I just can’t bear to see Allison being thrown under the bus for a brilliant performance that almost brought me to tears….the way he treated her was reminiscent of how he treated Anoop. So I’m throwing some votes her way. I really hope she stays over Matt.

Lol at DialIdol having everyone ranked 1-5, ie. no-one safe.

It’s about as useful as a chocolate teapot this year.

Allison was absolutely amazing tonight, best by a mile. Cannot understand why Simon threw her under the bus. Kind of reminds me of how he refused to acknowledge any good in David Cook’s finals performances.

What hurt Allison the most? NOT jumping alll over Simon’s “do you think you can win this thing?” Even if she gets thru, it may hurt her in the future. My heart sunk when she didn’t jump there was no energy jumping off on that out of the box performance.

My heart breaks for Kris and Allison, gettin’ slammed by the huge truck being driven by a crazy-eyed Simon Cowell in his hillbilly cap or something.

Oh hypertwink! Are you saying there is a covergate? Oh! No! Not again! I thought I was done with all of that! :rasberry_ee:

comments are from a professional singer/musician:

I thought everyone did well tonight. I worry about Allison’s voice, I suspect there is some damage there, although she’s got great character and amazing confidence for such a young person.
I’m totally tired of Adam’s high range, tongue-hanging out, cat calling.
He needs to give that a rest. He does have an amazing instrument.
My fave is Danny. He presents his tunes w/honesty, soul and excellent command of his instrument. I voted for him 5x…

Why should he mention Muse? The version of that song didn’t sound anything like Muse’s alt-rock take on the song. It was a bluesy arrangement.

Just because someone at rehearsal said “Muse version” doesn’t make it so. Adam works with one of the Pussycat Dolls at the Zodiac Shows. What he did tonight was quite similar to their bluesy, sultry, big band, big diva vocal versiion.

Allison was the best of the night.
Danny, i never like this dude but i thought he actually did good
Adam hes not goign ne where
kris, i hope you dont go

sorry matt no ones gonna save you this time. ..

Jamie Foxx did better than I was willing to give him credit for when I learned he would be on the show. I liked his approach.

Matt was AMAZING tonight. Real, authentic…I can never get enough of his voice. I absolutely loved it.

I remember the story Ace Young told about Queen night. He requested all this fancy lighting and he thought he was getting it. But when it was time for the live performance, all the house lights were brought up and no special lighting.

So no, it doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t always work like that.

I can understand not getting what you asked for- especially after asking Brian May if you can rearrange the beat in his song as Ace did.

But the reverse?
Do you really think the producers came up with that entrance and not Adam?
Really?

I could not disagree more about Kris being average or safe. He is neither. He is pure and simple. The average professional canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t fake what Kris has natural. As for training, he is just starting to get to the point where some really nice tones are coming through. He has some bad habits that are hiding a much better voice than what I think Kris realizes. Less really is more at times.

He said it himself, he can’t compete with the others on vocals only.
The guy is simple, pure, heartfelt….
Same thing I heard about Fedorov, Archuleta, Castro, White… and I am sure we will get 10 others like him in the next 5 years now that instruments are allowed.

Now, a guy like Adam, with the same vocals, stage presence and charisma? Not sure we will see anyone like that in the next 10 years.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s much closer to the Pussycat Dollsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ version.

Now THAT is funny.

My rankings

Adam
Allison (This is the first time I have really liked what she has done)
Kris

Big old gap

DannyMatt: Danny was jush meh as usual and I had hopes Matt would pull off a great one but he was a bit *off*.

What?
You think a producer just pulled him aside and told him he was going to sashay his vampy ass down a pink staircase?
He asked for it.

The real question is, who else could attempt to sashay their vampy ass down a pink staircase and not look ridiculous? Allison coming out on that staircase last week felt awkward. There’s a reason Adam doesn’t pick up a acoustic guitar, and a reason Kris doesn’t descend pink staircases.

But the reverse?
Do you really think the producers came up with that entrance and not Adam?
Really?

It could have been Adam’s idea or not. They’ve got all sorts of talent working behind the scenes. Blocking isn’t that big of a deal.

But my original point stands. Just because a contestant requests something special, does not mean they are going to get it.

I worry about Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voice, I suspect there is some damage there,

I do too. I thought her voice was affected the las two shows. Compare to first of season. Scary.

Kris has been in the 1st part of show during most this competition.

Why is Allison not getting her props from Simon?

I think Simon is trying to make it a Danny/Adam finale. I think he is telling the audience to vote for a Danny/Adam finale by throwing Allison and Kris under the bus.

Danny just passed Adam for first place on Dial Idol…and deservingly so! Excellent performance by Danny! Best of the night…

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a reason Adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t pick up a acoustic guitar, and a reason Kris doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t descend pink staircases.

WORD (and LOL!)

I thought Allison was fantastic. My second favorite performance by anyone this season.

Liked Adam a lot too.

Thought Matt was awful. Really hope he goes.

Simon tap danced on my nerve. Why is he throwing Allison under the bus? In my opinion, she has plenty of commercial potential.

Adam is my guy, but tonight was one of my least favorite from him. It pains me to say I thought Gokey was actually good tonight, *blech*.

The pink stairs of pimpage were something though, eh? :laugh_tb:

First I gotta say that I liked the first parts of both Danny and Adam’s performances tonight. Danny proved he could actually sing on pitch without screaming … before he actually did, and I usually don’t like Adam, but I genuinely really liked him tonight except for the waaaaaaaaaay overindulgent glory note (Seriously? We know you can do that. No need to show off.) I didn’t know it initially, but it figures it was a Muse arrangement; probably why it suited him so well.

Okay. Now that I’ve got the props out of the way, I have to say I’m really infuriated. Like, not even raging mad, just steaming off my ass. I seriously didn’t even want to come to the blog. I wanted to forget I invested myself in Idol this year and go do something actually productive or, you know, something that would make me actually happy, but I need to speak my peace.

I enjoyed Kris and Allison because I’m a fan, and at this point, I enjoy pretty much anything they do. I got some of what Simon was saying (even if he went OTT, but we all know that’s his style), so even though I was disappointed, I wasn’t really upset … yet. I knew he was probably going to save the praise for D and A to cover his ass, but when he praised Matt’s obviously pitchy performance and blatantly declared it better than the Kris and Allison … my brain just shut down right then and there. It was such a struggle to pay attention to the two TCO’s, and even then it didn’t stop there. He continuously slammed Kris and Allison throughout the night as if he were delivering a big ass FU at the popular idea that Kris and Allison could and should make Top 3 because only cocky egotistical bastards deserve to win this show. Not that I think Adam or even Matt fit that criteria, but that’s obviously Simon’s perception of them.

This is the first time I’ve really felt like this is the last season I’m watching this show. I would stop now if I didn’t feel guilty for giving up on Kris and Allison, but when they’re gone, I’m out.

On a side note … Idolatry should be interesting this week. I have a feeling the storyline will involve something about a certain chip getting back to it’s assigned functions … and a lot of Japanese.

The real question is, who else could attempt to sashay their vampy ass down a pink staircase and not look ridiculous? Allison coming out on that staircase last week felt awkward. Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a reason Adam doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t pick up a acoustic guitar, and a reason Kris doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t descend pink staircases

Exactly. I’d be curious to see what Adam thought of this performance overall. I loved it but he seemed a bit subdued to me afterward.

allison isnt that far behind danny and adam on DI…matt is toast though…

Every contestant could have the lighting. Every contestant could get the same staging. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fault that they donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have the foresight to use it!!

Word! Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not only a singer, but an artist and performer. He obviously puts a lot of thought into every facet of the process. I can only presume that all of the contestants have equal opportunity when it comes to pulling their performance together so he canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be blamed for having the moxie and fortitude to step up his game.

I think Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s scared about some people in the media saying Kris has a chance. The end.

The irony in that statement is that Simon himself is the one saying that Kris is the darkhorse who could bump Hokey from the #2 spot.

I think it was Top 3 night last year when Cook got a symphony orchestra, his Mom rising in the audience and Diane Warren smiling on it while Syesha got a …chair. Adam’s got the buzz, sells the most dls and gets the pimp spot and the best staging. No surprises.

I thought Danny was the best (even if I find his personality quite unattractive). Matt was terrible so I don’t get all the Simon love but in the end who cares. Lambert has this in the bag. He should reign in the Fantasia within though.

I think all five aren’t very commercial but I also don’t really care if they don’t add more millions to the 19 piggy bank.

Matt is miles behind on both DI & Votenumber1. It will be a miracle if he survives tomorrow night. Now I feel bad that he stole my Anoop’s spot.

I have never disagreed with Simon this vehmently, nor this consistently. Pissed off doesn’t even begin to describe it.

But, I have to say: JAMIE FOXX ROCKED AS MENTOR. I was wrong wrong wrong to diss him in other threads. He did a really good job.

That was a good night, I thought. Kris was good, though I’m not sure very memorable for the first spot of the night. I think he’ll still be fine, though. Allison gave me goosebumps – loved that. Matt was good, just not as good as everyone else I don’t think. And I haven’t been impressed with Danny in a while but that? That was good. He really stepped it up tonight. I love Adam, whatever he does is fine with me – his range is crazy. I liked his pink stairs, lol. He looked handsome!

I really loved Allison’s performance tonight. This is one of her best. I think she is safe though even after what Simon said. I am concern about Kris and Matt.
Kris’s arrangement was too much for me, I didn’t like it at all and his vocals were not the best tonight. Matt was WAY better than I thought he would be but I wish he would of played the piano tonight. I miss Matt on the piano. Gokey wasn’t bad either, I was shocked that I actually kinda of like it. Yeah Adam was a bit OTT tonight and they should of let him go first instead of last. Allison should of been last. Maybe it’s me but I didn’t think Adam did the Muse version, I have to go back and listen to it. Overall a good show, it would of been better if they did two songs. Jamie Foxx wasn’t too horrible. Simon was cranky or he is trying to manipulate the votes. I can see that he wants a Gokey/Lambert finale bad.

1. Allison
2. Adam
3. Matt
4. Gokey
5. Kris (sorry Kris, I wasn’t impressed this week)

Bottom 3 will be Allison, Kris and Matt and Matty is a goner.

Danny sang tonight as if he REALLY wanted it…and I actually really enjoyed that. I think he completely outsang Kris with that, but Kris always has a more heartfelt connection. Pleeeeeease have Matt be off?? And VOTE ALLISON

comments are from a professional singer/musician:

I thought everyone did well tonight. I worry about Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s voice, I suspect there is some damage there, although sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got great character and amazing confidence for such a young person.
Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m totally tired of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s high range, tongue-hanging out, cat calling.
He needs to give that a rest. He does have an amazing instrument.
My fave is Danny. He presents his tunes w/honesty, soul and excellent command of his instrument

totally agree with this assessment….that is from a definite NON singer/musician but my ears like what they like lol. I too am totally tired of Adam’s showboating but believe he is extrememly talented and I have loved Danny’s voice since the first audition….I just wish he would be a little more original and make better song choices. Oh and I hope you’re wrong about any damage to Allison’s voice….I love it, I thought she was absolutely awesome tonight.

My rankings….

Allison
Danny
Kris
Adam
Matt

Go home Matt! Please! For the love of God, go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to agree w/ those saying that it was not Muse’s version that Adam sang. Just because he gave the song a rock edge does not automatically make it the Muse version. I thought Adam’s was very different. At first I was slightly taken aback because the spoiler source had said it was the Muse version but I heard only very slight similarities.

Here is my view:

Kris – didn’t do much for me, but I’m not his target audience. My wife who usually loves Kris was a bit lukewarm. Simon was essentially telling Kris he ain’t making the finals.

Allison – “w” is not her friend, otherwise it was magnificant. I like how she brought it up at the end, to not do so would betray her rock/power pop background and leave her to be compare directly to Katherine. I love Simon, knowing that four glowing comments would probably get her out the door, he make a veiled plea for the public to save the girl.

Matt – wrong song for him. He showed me no confidence in his performance. I think Simon was playing the reverse pyschology on Matt, trying to get voters overconfident.

Dannny – ok, after two months of schlock you finally remind me why I thought you’d win it all coming out of Hollywood. If he delivers the next two week like tonight, I’ll accept he deserves to be in the finals.

Adam – My favorite Adam performance ever, hope he does this one on tour.

I heard only very slight similarities.

When you play them back to back it’s definitely different. I was stoked for Muse to get some Gary Jules-ish iTunes mileage outta tonight when I read he was doing the Muse version, so I’m kinda bummed about that. But yeah, I can see why they didn’t credit it.

And is it just me, or do Adam’s performances always seem about half as long as everyone else’s? I know that’s not the case, but it always feels that way. Must be because I wait all week to hear him sing and it’s over too fast!

Okay I feel like such a teeny right now – which I guess is appropriate, considering my age I have my cell in one hand voting for Kris, and my home phone in my other hand voting for Adam. I would vote for Allison instead of Kris, but my father(who is JohnM, might I mention) has Dial Idol and his cell going for her, so I must help Kris.

Also hello, I’ve been lurking here since the beginning of this season and now I decided to start posting :bye_tb:

One of the videos on youtube refers to Adam’s version as “live Muse version.” I’ve not seen Muse live, so maybe that’s it. But, to me, Adam tonight was SO NOT Muse video version.

I agree Sue, I really loved Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance tonight. This is one of her best, although I am concerned about her voice.

So, Simon wants a four white guys in the TOP 4? I don’t get it. Matt was voted off 2 weeks ago – time to go home, sweetie. Constantine and Melinda were so wonderful in comparisons.

I loved Kris’song, but there have been so many better versions. I hope he can get through along with Allison.

And is it just me, or do Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performances always seem about half as long as everyone elseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s? I know thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not the case, but it always feels that way. Must be because I wait all week to hear him sing and ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s over too fast!

Nope not just you!

nevermind

I think Simon’s really playing with Allison’s mind by only praising her bad performances. He’s like psycho-ing Allison to subconsciously give bad performances.

Resist the mind control…

SAVE ROCK WEEK!

Kris – Love his style and song choices, though his phrasing bugs me and his voice lacks any distinctive quality.

Allison – Awesome performance, killer voice, she is the only one I would choose to win.

Matt – LOVE Matt’s voice. Part of this performance was really off, in parts it was awesome, at least he hit the final note for once. As usual, he sounded amazing in the pre-performance clip. I’ll probably buy his music.

Danny – Hated the arrangement, but his voice sounded great. He’s still too cheesy for my taste.

Adam – Cringe-worthy performance, for me. Maybe because I love Muse, and maybe because he butchered it. Maybe it’s because I want to wretch every time he sticks his tongue out and screams in that high pitch. My dog had to leave the room.

Matt’s probably gone

You know, I’m amazed at how evenly matched this final five really are. Matt is the weakest, but not by much. And the other four are well matched.

At this time last year, it was obvious that Brooke and Jason were headed for the door imminently. And the All-David final was obvious by the time David Cook sang Billie Jean–top 10. I pretty much watched for the music and the intrigue as to the order of the others to drop out.

Seems likely that matt is out tomorrow, but then I don’t think its a conclusion that the final will be Adam and Danny. Look how many people on this board are trying to vote for multiple people.

gosh.. anoop would’ve loved to meet jamie foxx.. :/
stupid save… (Is not BB mattault tho)

Just because a contestant requests something special, does not mean they are going to get it.

Heh. The way TPTB are pimping Adam if he asked for a herd of rainbow-dusted unicorns he’d get it…

Adam’s one long-held note outsang the other men. The other notes were for entertainment purposes.

Kris
Not exciting this week, I could see where Simon thought he was playing it too cool and not looking like a star. Maybe it was the suit? Is wardrobe trying to de-pimp him too?

Allison
Hope she makes it through. I thought she was crying after what Simon said. Maybe that will bring out the vote.

Matt
Could not bear to listen to the song

Danny
Actually thought it was good until he started yelling “Yeah!”

Adam
Well, he needed the stairs to make it through the non-singing parts of the song. It did the trick. Not my favorite performance, but hopefully he can get back to his rock roots next week. He’s a smart guy, no doubt about that. My favorite part of his performance was his video package with Jamie.

edit: don’t criticize your fellow posters

Oh dear god…if anyone needs “saving” tonight its me. I think Lambert is the greatest thing since Oreo cookies and milk. He knocks my socks off and after watching the vid that MJ put up of him again, I think he is supremely talented and how in hell Gokey can be so close to him in the numbers on DI let alone ahead of him (which to me is hillarious) is beyond explanation. I know DI has not been very accurate this year but I cant help myself, I check it every 20 seconds.

His performance took guts. The stairway itself was a train wreck waiting to happen but damn if he didnt pull it off. Its so easy for Adam, he was born to do this and it shows. Its effortless, its like breathing and that voice….well, I cant say enough.

Tomorrow with Taylor and Adam, oh boy……..get the smelling salts ready.

I also thought Simon was trying to help Allison. He knows that sometimes when he criticizes a person that it actually helps them and I think he genuinely likes her….a lot. I think it worked tonight.

I’ve watched Simon’s critics of Allison again and I still have the same feeling that he was actually trying to help her by telling that she was in danger tonight.

I mean he said that it was a great performance so he wasn’t really questionning the vocals.

I think that Kara’s remark just after that was her best of the whole season:
“Simon I love you, but you’re CRAZY!!!”

Is Matt’s up there? or am I confused?

i still can’t stand jamie foxx, but i am pleasantly surprised by his coaching.

Did anyone else have trouble voting? Not to feed any conspiracy theories, but when I called the main numbers for Kris and Allison, I got a recording about an adult talk line. When I called the secondary number for Allison, I got a different recording more explicitly wanting to connect me to an adult talk line. Then the first number worked after that and I finally could vote for both.

edit: don’t criticize or comment on your fellow posters opinions. stick to the subject.

Well I am still voting for Kris til the bitter end. I loved his performance tonight. His vocals were beautiful. I would buy his album as soon as it is released and really hope someone signs him immediately regardless of who wins season 8. I just love his voice. Tonight was no exception. He is consistently strong and actually hasn’t had a bad night yet. I think he has gained in confidence as the season has progressed and that confidence has given him even more star quality. He isn’t theatrical like Adam and to a lesser extent Danny. His vocals are far more on pitch than Matt and he seems able to vary his style a bit depending on the genre, unlike Allison who makes everything a Pat Benetar cover even when it isn’t a Pat Benetar song. That having been said, all five of the contestants still in the competition are singing well for the pressure they are under. Adam seems to be having the best time, but maybe that is because so many are predicting his win. Kris seems to be enjoying the whole experience, too, just for the pleasure of singing to an audience. He seems to really appreciate the cheers and signs and adolation, but his real joy seems to be in the music. I love that about him.

The first part of Adam’s Feeling Good with the dominant keyboards was the Muse arrangement. Then the horns kicked it back into swing territory. I floved the glory note, but that one note plus the long entrance used up most of his allotted performance time. And what is up with that bug lighting every week? Is Adam hiding his skin or are TIIC trying to tone him down?

I figured out why Allison is luring me away from Adam, my early favorite. Allison likewise has equally impressive powerhouse vocals, but her performance skills are rudimentary. She sort of lopes around the stage, but tonight her style — or lack thereof — actually fit the slow, wistful torch song, Someone to Watch Over Me. If I have to choose between vocals and stagecraft, I’ll take vocals like Allison’s any day.

Adam is like the first course at a pretentious, showy restaurant. He arrives with dazzling fanfare in the middle of a a classically beautiful plate garnished with a sprig of this and a squirt of that — all eye-catching presentation. Then you sink your teeth into it and, sure enough, it’s the tastiest thing you’ve ever had from their kitchen — but it’s gone in one bite. Adam is the nouvelle cuisine of American Idol.

The Adam of YouTube is so different from the Adam of my TV. He said he wants to make a techno-pop album, but on Disco Night — when he could have shown us the recording artist he aspires to be — he picked a marginally Disco song and strangled the rhythm and passion out of it. I have no idea who he is any more.

ShariG, you are speaking my language. Kris Allen for the win.

I cannot stand Jamie Foxx. IMO some of the things that he says are totally racist and the excuse he always gives is ” I’m a comedian” just doesn’t cut it.Tp be a comedian you must be funny, He’s not.
I don’t know why Idol didn’t have a mentor such as Harry Connick jr or Michael Buble.
I thought Danny was superb tonight.
Kris was good.
Allison was ok but I prefer that song being sung more tenderly.
Matt was ok , but it is hard for me to judge because I hate that song he sang so much.
Adam is a mess , he was pitchy and the tongue thing is gross.
How does he get the sweet spot ( singing last) so much? I am so totally turned off by the judges constant pimping of Adam. They have already given him the crown so the others may as well pack it in.

This was a good idol night. First off Jamie Foxx as a mentor was excellent. He is a CLASSICALLY trained musician. I enjoyed his positivity (unlike fuddy duddy Randy Travis) he showed no bias, and great instruction to all. Great job dude.

I usually love Simon but tonight was like I was in an alternative universe or something. The only one we agreed on was………The Gokey, well and Adam of course.

Nobody was really bad so here are the rankings….

Adam still at the top of his game, not his best, but his good is better than everyone elses.

Allison moved me. I think she is incredible and I thought it was her best yet.

Danny. The first 2/3 of the song was awesome, he really can sing, and he actually wasn’t very cheesy tonight, good on him

Kris. He’s a sweet guy, with a sweet nice voice, and he is a story teller, he just seemed a bit off tonight

Matt, I think he was about equal to Kris tonight, but since I think Kris is better overall, he will be in the basement tonight.

I think Allison and Matt will be bottom two. If there is a bottom three, Kris will be there as well.

The irony in that statement is that Simon himself is the one saying that Kris is the darkhorse who could bump Hokey from the #2 spot.

Wait, I missed this! When did he say this? I only saw him say Kris would be a good third place…

Upon further viewing, I do think Adam was number two for me. I LOVED it until he overdid that glory note. If he had just cut that down by a tad, I would have loved the whole thing. That was what took me out of the song, so barring that, my number two for the night.

Because Allison killed it and was my total number one. Great vocals, great emotional connection to the song. She looked great and what the hell Simon saying, because I thought that singing, she seemed darn confident to me. Now afterwards, I grant you, she wasn’t. But who cares? During? She killed it. And she was cute and sweet in her pre-song clip and with Jamie.

Danny was, number three for me. I hate even typing this, much less admitting it. But it was a good performance vocally and I like the amount of blues he added and it was his best performance stage-wise.

And it pains me that Kris was fourth for me, but that was borrring and his vocals were off noticably, especially in the latter part of the song. Such a disappointment after two great weeks. I agree with Simon on this one. He WAS wet. Dull. Not quietly good, just boring and backgroundy.

Matt? One his better performances, but still the worst of the night vocally. He should go home.

RubySlippers, thanks for the TV Guide scans!!

On the busy percentage, Adam is at the bottom of the first phone number to call (05) (last), and on the second phone number (10) he is 3rd (or bottom 3). The longer he holds the “glory note”, the more he protrudes the tongue, ew. I just KNEW that tongue would get him in trouble eventually. (The length he sustained that note wasn’t necessary either, we already know he can do it). ADAM, control that tongue! Last on one number and third on the other………….I’m getting concerned

Heh. The way TPTB are pimping Adam if he asked for a herd of rainbow-dusted unicorns heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d get ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

LOL.

Adam brought the three-layer chocolate cake to the school party when all they wanted was cupcakes. That wasn’t necessary.

Danny
Allison
Adam
Kris
Matt

Matt will go home.

Right now Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking that if Simon wants to quit, that is no problem with me. Leave AI so that we donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to sit through your manipulations anymore.

JJ, I do believe American Idol could survive with Simon gone, but Paula would have to stay.

If they had awesome contestants like the TOP 2 or TOP 3 of each season, people would get involved. Add to that awesome mentors and themes. And top it off with a TERRIFIC judge like a Lenny/Nigel type who excels in the music field. It could work.

I am getting so sick of Simon. Period.

I never thought I’d live to see the day when a glory note on American Idol was considered too long! I remember when the show needed a second hour for one of Clay’s glory notes! What’s the world of cheezy pop singer competitions coming to!

Vegas in the Rat Pack era was all dark and smokey back rooms. Vegas today is all glitz and theater. HNN took that smokey back room and added just the right amount of next generation glam diva to send the song roaring out into the strip.

It was awesome from the staircase strut (man knows how to come down some stairs), to the glory note that went on forever. He once again fearlessly gives us a show. Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t wait for the studio version – should be an absolute treat.

Loved Jamie Foxx as a mentor. He saved Danny and Matt!

Please, please let Matt finally actually leave tomorrow. He’s like the cockroach of AI. No matter how many times we think he’s gone, he slips back in.

I’m surprised that no one noticed that Adam finally did a mid-tempo song.

*sigh* Rewatched Kris’ performance while voting the last few times before 11:00, and honestly thought it was great, again. Really enjoyed the mixture of the slow/fast versions of the song.
Danny I also enjoyed more than usual, and I realized his performance reminded me of Judy Garland. She would really jazz it up at the end like that. Possibly it was the musical arrangement. Toward the end, the beat reminded me of “Rockaby My Baby With a Dixie Melody”.
This was my favorite Allison performance. She picked the perfect song. I hope others recognized how good it was. She NEEDS to be on the show for the Rock theme.

WinkyDink
Apr 28th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s one long-held note outsang the other men. The other notes were for entertainment purposes.

Hopefully every note was for entertainment purposes. Otherwise, what’s the point? Some will be entertained…others not so much.

Wait, I missed this! When did he say this? I only saw him say Kris would be a good third placeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Yeah , he did basically say he’s going out third.

Danny was excellent.

Allison was excellent too.

I liked Matt and Kris evenly.

I guess that makes Adam performance my least favorite. That slip from Kara. I’m not sure she meant to say it was sleazy. My boyfriend and I heckled at the performance. It was kind of Tom Jones at Vegas silly in a way.

Yeah, the studio version of Adam’s song this week is going to be a fourth of July fireworks display. Last week’s was pretty darn good!

I can’t believe I actually enjoyed a Gokey performance for the first time. Apparently I’VE been sniffing Paula’s cup too. :yell_tb:

For me, it was:

Allison (Really good tonight, plus I love that song
Danny (I can’t believe I typed that)
Adam (I forgive him for the tongue bit, cuz not done watching him yet, power voted for him. I’ll never forget the Mad World performance, awesome)
Matt (just ok, but points for trying so hard)
Kris (shrug…he’s cute, sang ok, looked the era in that suit but it wasn’t “him”)

Kris was really good. Not his best, but it was good. I don’t think Simon really threw him under the bus, he did make it a point to say he thought it was good.

But this is all I really need to see. I’m gonna start voting at the end of the show, and I’ll be doing other things for a while until voting time. I’ll watch the rest tomorrow, since I have more time to myself today and less time tomorrow.

Watching back on the west coast, I think it might have irked Simon that bit Kris said about not having the vocals to match up to the rest of the contestants. He’s always had an issue about Kris lacking confidence and I can understand him being frustrated at Kris’ undercutting himself and concluding that he *doesn’t* want to win, and therefore *won’t*. (Kris’ iTunes confessional this week only underscores all this) And all in all, Simon’s critique wasn’t really negative, just not as hyped up and ott as for the others (except Allison, of course).

Adam has gone last three times since Top 36: then (Group 2); Top 8 (when he wasn’t seen by many, as the show ran out of time); and tonight (make-up “pimp”, when the “Broadway” and “sleazy ‘in a good way’ ” cards were played).
That said, I think it was Danny’s turn tonight.

I threw a few votes for Allison in, not because I think she can win, but she should be there longer than Matt. But here’s how I thought they did.

Adam- he’s just so much fun to watch, and he’s awful pretty.
Danny-even though I don’t like him cause he’s always smirking.
Allison-cause I love her voice.
Kris-he did really good, he’s cute, pleasant voice, that just does nothing for me.
Matt-I feel bad for him, I know he wanted to good, was looking forward to this night, but he didn’t.

I don’t really care what order they come in after tonight. I think Adams got it sewed up. The rest are just aiming for second place.

Adam and Danny were the best tonight in my opinion. I actually agreed with Simon the whole night, and that RARELY happens. I still think tomorrow’s decision will be between Matt and Allison. I think after tonight’s performance Matt deserves to stay rather than Allison.

GwendolynD Apr 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

Adam brought the three-layer chocolate cake to the school party when all they wanted was cupcakes. That wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t necessary.

I don’t know what school you went to but a three-layer chocolate cake is an absolutely necessary, especially when given the choice between 4 cupcakes and a three-layer chocolate cake!! The chocolate cake will win every time.

Well I didn’t think I would watch tonight, but I needed a break from the computer, and my bf likes Kris and we both like Allison, so what the hell, we watched it.
And the whole time I kept missing Anoop and how he would have sang the freakin’ b-jesus out of these songs and would’ve loved meeting Jamie Foxx probably. Sigh. After Simon’s unfair critiques, I think the rest of this show is fairly predictable (more so than before) so not sure if I’ll keep watching.

With an hour to kill, why didn’t they just sing the entire song? Why cut them at 2 mins or less with only 5 people?
Jamie Foxx was actually a cool mentor, gave them some good advice, especially Matt! Holy frig, I was actually proud of Matt for holding on to some big notes there at the end of his song without going too crazy. Good for him.
Allison looked simply fantastic. Loved to see her in a classy funky dress and better styled hair.

I really don’t think anyone was ‘stellar’. It was kind of a boring night (again). My rankings:
1. Allison-please vote for this girl!
2. Adam-Liked it more than last week.
3. Kris-Nice job.
4. Matt-some note issues here and there, but I liked it overall.
5. Danny-oh my god! Why is he so angry at the microphone? Or is he sick and really mad about that? I was actually not hating the first part of the song, but wow, he went above and beyond tearing the crap out of that song. And not in a good way! Ugh! Yet the judges give him another verbal BJ, which I should have expected, but still, it baffles the mind.

Just a bit off the topic… this would have been a wonderful theme for Anoop. I really missed him.

My favorite performances were Allison and Adam. It was a great theme!

Too much pimping for Danny.

Ha ha ha, what was with that massively geeked-out move that Kris made when he was saying so long to Jamie Foxx?

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s one long-held note outsang the other men. The other notes were for entertainment purposes.

LOL Very good.

For me, it wasn’t totally the glory note and how he held it so much as how masterfully he brought it down. THAT was truly amazing to me. Really great.

Having watched it a few more times (thank you, mj!) I’m confirming (for myself) how I felt when I first watched it — that it’s ranking right up there with RoF for me, vocally and performance wise, with better eye/camera work. And, for the record, RoF is my favorite, and in my view, his best vocal all around.

But, the best part for me? On the steps, pre-strut “…Gooooood.” The power. The tone. And the look? Whoa!!

I’m with you, dingo. I’m not quite all the way gone, but I’m dangerously close. Well, except for the part about Taylor. ;-P

Hopefully every note was for entertainment purposes. Otherwise, whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the point? Some will be entertainedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦others not so much.

Exactly!! My mom, friend, and I were EXTREMELY entertained!! lol

That slip from Kara. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure she meant to say it was sleazy. My boyfriend and I heckled at the performance. It was kind of Tom Jones at Vegas silly in a way.

Kara is strange. She says strange things. When she talks its like, “there goes Kara again”. She really says strange stuff when Adam performs. Its like the judges are just running out of things to say to him.

I never could get Danny Gokey but kept an open mind. Now I feel he won the night. I really think he rocked it. Sounded really good throughout and connected. Good for him. From my not getting him at all, now I won’t be disappointed if he makes it all the way. He should be feeling pretty proud of himself tonight because he nailed it and got the love from both audience and judges.

I really liked Kris too and am a bit worried that he went first and may lose votes.

Jamie Foxx was really helpful.

I’ve been an Adam fan but have to say I wasn’t feeling this arrangement too much. Standards night is a chance to do a beautiful song and give it that Sinatra vibe of swing and soul. You can do great things within those strictures and there are so many great songs to choose from. Instead he went all theatrical on a just okay song, a song that to me only sounds right when it’s done delicately instead of rooster-y.

I think Matt will probably be going home.

This was a good idol night. First off Jamie Foxx as a mentor was excellent. He is a CLASSICALLY trained musician. I enjoyed his positivity (unlike fuddy duddy Randy Travis) he showed no bias, and great instruction to all. Great job dude.

I agree. I don’t understand all the Jame Foxx hate. He did a really good job. He’s one of the few mentors this year that actually tried to help the contestants!

I can’t wait to buy Kris’s single now. I hope it’s not the last one. I voted the full two hours on two phones.

Holy crap, I actually liked Danny tonight, first time since Hollywood. But on second listen, I didn’t like it as much.

Still loving Adam, whatever he does. I don’t know this Muse version or Pussycat Dolls, so I don’t know what that resembled. I didn’t think he was THAT far gone from what the original arrangement must’ve been.

I didn’t love Kris or Matt this week, but I still don’t want them to go home.

Allison… man, I still don’t get her. I just do not enjoy the tone of her voice. At all. I try every week, but I just don’t like it… hers is the only performance I didn’t listen to more than once.

My two cents… Even though I started the season with Matt as my fave, I did not enjoy his performance tonight. Dude really has a case of the nerves I think. My faves by a mile were Kris and Allison. I’m not a huge fan of Gokey’s personality but I think he sang well tonight. Matt… a few good spots but not good enough to keep him in the competition. Adam… not liking the tongue and screach… I know I’m in the minority in not liking the voice. I think I’d love to go have drinks with him cause he seems like a great guy but I’ll take a pass on the singing/screaching.

Danny had the misfortune of singing one of my favorite songs. Normally, Danny is somewhere in the middle for me. This was the first time I hated his rendition. Maybe if I did not own several incredible versions of the song, I would think it was OK. I kept wishing that Adam was singing it instead.

Kris is undepreciated. Kris may be low key, but Kris takes risks and conveys the emotions for me.

“The longer he holds the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“glory noteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , the more he protrudes the tongue, ew. I just KNEW that tongue would get him in trouble eventually. (The length he sustained that note wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t necessary either, we already know he can do it). ADAM, control that tongue!”

BTW, for everyone who hates when Adam uses his tongue. It’s a vocal technique taught in musical theatre for falsetto-singers. So it’s not a choice he makes to look “rock”. It’s something he has to do to hit the notes.

edit: keep your criticism focused on the subject NOT ON YOUR FELLOW POSTERS

I thought Adam’s performance had the most “rat pack swagger” of the bunch. And although it wasn’t his best, it was miles above everyone else once again. Adam on a good/okay night is better than almost everyone else as usual. The technique he showed to bring that note down was phenomenal. It was like watching a vocal music genius at work. I don’t consider it showboating at all. When you got it you got it. And Simon was right, he’s in this to win. Plain and simple.

Kris bored me. Allison was amazingly pure. I hated that I somewhat enjoyed Danny’s performance. It was good, up until the screaming at the end. I think Danny has screamed more this season than Adam to be honest. Matt was so incredibly off-pitch to me and for me its a vocal competition. So the odd-man out is Matt.

Adam proves consistently every week that he is THE BEST vocalist in the competition.

1.) Adam
2.) Allison
3.) Danny and Kris (tied)
4.) Matt

Wow, Allison’s voice is THRASHED. I am even more impressed at how well she held it together tonight. And she still looks amazing watching back in HD

Simon’s comment for her was actually VERY similar to Kris’, about confidence and her belief in her ability to win. For one, why is this relevant at this point? for another, how can you BLAME her (and Kris for possibly lacking this belief when it’s so obvious to EVERYONE that Danny and Adam will be supported no matter what and basically have a free pass to the Finals, when they are told every week how superior they are and are never critiqued as harshly as the rest, and the rest are basically being told “don’t bother”?

Right now Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking that if Simon wants to quit, that is no problem with me.

I think if he quits, AI should slowly wind down to an end. love him or hate him but please, I wouldnt listen to a season of Randy Jackson and Kara.Paula I like, but she compliments Simon and vise versa..If those 2 leave, wind down..TIme for something else maybe?.

When the key people on a show that made the show start leaving, I think its time to move on to something else, becuase there is a synergy that is lost. For all the talk about the judges being confused and manupulative, I’d like the viewers to actually know what they want for a change..It just seems to be a whinge fest all the time……

If they run overtime because of 4 judges, everyone whinges about 4 judges and cutting Kara and Randy etc.

When they cut it down to 2 judges commenting each performance per night due to time, everyone whined about how Simon didnt get to critique their fav, yet he’s an asshole when he does and doesnt say glowing things about your fav?

When they named Jamie Foxx as mentor, everybody whined about Foxx as a mentor, and the cutting down of 2 songs to one, without even watching the show first to decide if he’d do good or not.

If the show is such a crapfest then why do we all care so much. IF Simon leaves everyone will heave a sigh of relief and then whinge when Randy et al slam their favs on a night, simply because they dont agree….

Just my rant for the night……….The viewers to me are as confused as the producers

Hmm…strange night.

I liked Gokey better than Kris, which usually doesn’t happen. But until the last part, I thought he did a really good job.

Allison was just so tender in the beginning and looked very pretty. I loved this. She just needs to keep working on her ennunciation, but she’s ready to make some great music in my opinion.

I’m kind of worried about Adam actually…I know everyone thinks he’s sailing to the finals, but he could be a shocking boot this week. At the very least, he might be in the bottom 2. So many people are trying to save Kris & Allison, and Danny was pretty good this week. And Simon praised Matt highly (he also has VFTW), so Adam could be a victim of backlash and vote splitting.

I adored Adam’s entrance-very Rat Pack swagger to me, loved that he did a mid tempo song, and that he used his lower range. The glory note and theatrics didn’t bother me and at least he sings it in tune, lol. I wouldn’t really compare that note to his “rock wail” either-nor do I think this was a complete take on Muse’s version. Overall, it wasn’t Mad World or Ring of Fire, but it was very entertaining, and worth it for that entrance alone.

Since my favorite is now gone, I was able to watch tonight without any personal attachment/feeling as if everyone paled in comparison, lol.

Thoughts on tonight’s performances:
Kris- I like Kris’ voice. He might not be the most explosive or technically proficient singer, but his tone was very nice tonight. I was a little jarred by the sudden change in tempo. It took a little away from the song for me, but overall it was pleasant.

Allison-This is the best I’ve heard from Allison. I could understand her words this week and I didn’t feel as if she were screaming at me. This was also the first time I didn’t feel a disconnect between her age and her song. It felt like she really knew what she was singing about.

Matt- IMO, that was just all kinds of wrong. He started off low and off key and it didn’t get much better for me. I used to really like Matt, but I’m not sure what happened.

Danny- I liked this better than most of his performances. It started off a little boring for me, but then it picked up. Was it Paula or Kara who said something about this being his most rearranged song? Either way, that is pretty telling of his capabilities, IMO. It was rearranged very much.

Adam- I was not a fan. I love that song so so so much, therefore I had very high expectations. I don’t like any of the “rocked up” versions I’ve heard. I’m partial to the Buble version….and a version by an a capella group of a certain former contestant Anyway, the performance was OTT for me and I didn’t enjoy it. There is no doubt Adam has mad vocal talent, but I just don’t ever feel connected to his performances.

SIMON SUCKS.

Why does he need to slam Allison and Kris? You know, at least he says they were good, but does he really need to bring up that negativity?

Allison did WAY better than she has done in the past few weeks. Both her top 7 performances sucked badly. This one…. was pure awesome. Kris still did better (as a Kris fan), but WTF Simon.

I hope we can see a Kris/Allison finale after that. Improbable. I really really hope Adam is the shock elimination. To be honest, he’s good, but he’s way too out there for me. He’s in his own league, but it’s a league I’m not a fan of. People like Allison and Kris hit high notes really strongly and it’s like “WOW!”, but Adam hits his glory notes with a screech. It was good for a while, but it just got so overdone, and sometimes it even sounds like a cat getting beat up, and it’s like “AHH MY EARS ARE DYING”. I never got screamy stuff, I never will. Granted, Adam’s not terrible like a heavy metal screamer, he’s actually a good vocalist, but it’s like he has to screech every time. That is why Tracks of my Tears and Mad World are the only performances I really love from him. PTFM was good, though.

Well, I think Kris was wonderful this week! He definitely doesn’t belong on the bottom. I think Simon’s comments to him were wet (lame). His emotional connection to his song far outweighed anyone else’s tonight. His vocals were near perfection. It was beautiful! So yeah, I guess I just don’t understand why vocal gymnastics=better. And yes, he is my favorite so I have that weighing in my critic of him. So I would put him at the top tonight. Emotional connection to a song is huge for me.

I have to admit that I honestly am having a hard time rating the rest of them tonight. I thought they were all good. I think Matt was least of the goodness, though. Jamie, did seem to help him some though.

Jamie was a great mentor and I’m lovin’ his love of Kris! Awesome! I hope he has some pull in the music industry to go make that album!:) Kris is Kris and has never tried to be anyone but himself, and I believe he can stand strong and firm on that.

Okay, I’ve mentioned Kris and Matt. Allison was really, really good tonight! Nice job Allison!

Danny, he was better tonight than ever before, he still sounded a bit the same to me however, but he sounded Rat-Packy to me.;)

Adam, I generally really love Adam. However, I would hardly call this his best performance or the best of the night. The entrance was great, the glory note cannot be beat (as far as glory notes go), but not lovin’ it overall, sorry.

The busy percentage on dialidol keeps showing Adam going lower and lower. Geez, he could be a shock boot maybe……….surely that won’t happen will it?????????

Weird week for me. For ages, my fav has been Adam, with Allison and Kris josteling close behind. Tonight, I’d rank the performances:

1. Gokey
2. Allison
3. Adam
4. Kris
5. Matt

I haven’t liked anything from Gokey since his audition, so that was interesting.

I’m not sure what to think of Adam tonight. On the one hand, I was glad to see him flaming out some again, but on the other hand, it feels like he’s holding himself back, like he’s afraid of the reaction. So the energy comes out in odd ways – like overly extending a note when he could have just done something weird and flamboyant instead. I’m probably projecting. I think this will be an awesome audio, though.

And I’m starting to have this problem: he’s too versatile. He can sing any style, and he can act. So he seems less focused. But maybe the recent genres are the issue: he likes them well enough that he’s not willing to stray, like he did on country. Or maybe he’s just taking the OTT criticisms too seriously. If that’s the case, Adam, stop it. Here’s what I think: all sorts of people who were at first all WTF? by Ring of Fire, have since become glued to it. Doing things that don’t instantly connect was a risk early on, but he survived it, and so he can go further out on a limb now, without the same risk.

That one and Mad World were fresh and fierce. Hope he goes there for rock week, too.

BTW, for everyone who hates when Adam uses his tongue. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a vocal technique taught in musical theatre for falsetto-singers. So ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not a choice he makes to look à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“rockà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s something he has to do to hit the notes. The Adam criticisms are like a broken record, imo.

Yes! What you said! My cousin, who is a singer, says that they work and work and work on that tongue technique in order to hit higher notes and it’s difficult as hell.