American Idol Season 8 – Top 5 – Results – VIDEO

47 million votes! Impressive.

Why does Randy’s outfit look like that of a tourist in Hawaii?

Not looking forward to Jamie Foxx performance Blame It.

Hmmm…Simon saying everyone was good after being so mean to Kris and Allison. I’m hoping he’s trying to smooth over his whoopsy because of Matt being gone tonight.

As long as it isn’t Kris or Allison, I’ll be fine. Pleeeeeeease let them be safe. :(

Both Paula and Kara look really good tonight :cool2_tb:

Really. Awkward. Group. Song.

“I Got Rhythm” sounds great so far.

And props to using The Apples In Stereo’s “Energy” for Ford ad.

47 million votes…that’s quite good considering last year’s finale pulled in 97 million in twice as much voting time. There was a huge jump a couple weeks back when it was around 35 million votes and suddenly it jumped to 45 million. I think it jumped for double elimination week, lol — so I guess we’ll be seeing the Save again next season…

OMG, is Simon backtracking? Saying the competition is still wide open? lmao

Hm, that was a pretty pimpmercial.

Nice opening for the groupsing with Alli in the middle there :) Definitely live singing tonight, haha. I dunno if that last harmony quite worked but overall nice job!

yeah Dreamr, I’m hoping Kris & Allison are safe too. Matt really needs to go then we can work on getting rid of Dokey.

I thought they were doing pretty well until that last (attempted) note/harmony. Lol, at least now we know it was live.

Matt sounded quite good there!

OMG FOOD FIGHT!

Slezak is so using that for his Idolatry videos…

Danny… Keep your hands off the innocent seventeen year old girl, please. Seriously.

ETA: Thanks Gary, I changed it.

The Idols Bake Birthday Cakes?

This is adorable :)

I keep thinking of Simon wanting them to be fighting and at each others’ throats.

Holy crap, I would kill for a kitchen island like that! or even a kitchen big enough for that to fit in!

eta: OOH, are they doing the Huff?!

Are they picking groups?

Ack – 2 groups and Adam’s gotta choose!

oh no’s Adam has to pick….

Sorry had to roll my eyes at Danny explaining himself.

who are the groups?

Hmm. They’re doing the choose-a-group thing tonight, aren’t they? This should be good… Don’t they usually do this Top 7 night, though?

NOW they decide to do this?!

Uh oh, is Kris is the B2 with Matt?

Aww…now I really wanna bake with Adam and Allison :laugh_tb:

Wow the groups aren’t that obvious

wow.

Kris and matt on the left, Alli and Danny on the right.

Adam left to choose. This is interesting :D

oh wow!

Adam, Kris, Matt – Bottom 3

hahaha, DialIdol’s maps ftw.

Dang it. Kris better not be going home… And poor Adam. This is awkward.

OHH MY GOSH.

This is… strange.

huh? wtf?

wow…

What a surprise.

WAOW, ALlison got more votes than ADAM????

Now I guess, people will take Allison seriously now.

OMG that was awesome!!

1/2 a wahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

OMG

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, did not see that one coming. YAY ALLISON. BUT WHY DANNY???

Oh my God, my two favorites on one side. What the heck, Kris better not be going.

WHAT?

WTF?

This is NUTS

Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Keep your hands off the innocent sixteen year old girl, please. Seriously.

She’s 17.

Allison looks upset to be top 2!

Wait, what, Adam bottom 3?

Gosh. Top 5 is usually a bottom 2. They just wanted Adam there for the shock factor.

Anyone else scared we’re in for a shocker tonight?

ETA: Did Kara really just say that? :laugh_tb:

LOL My only reaction is laugh!!
But if this is true, something is wrong with Adam and him connecting with the audience, it’s just very strange.

And yay Allison! I was so convinced she was in trouble tonight that I’m shocked she’s safe, but now I have hope she can be top 3!

Now Danny is the only one to never be B3!

West Coasters, wait until you see this.

I know it is not something I should be proud of, but I told you that Allison would be safe!!!

I’m happy Allison is safe…but Adam????? Okay I’m kinda miffed Adam actually chose a group….why didnt he just say I pass….

Ryan did say bottom three, right? We didn’t hear him wrong?

They just wanted Adam there for the shock factor.

Yup. That, and they probably want to rile up his fanbase.

Nothing is wrong with Adam connecting to the audience. He connects quite well with a ton of folks myself included. YMMV however.

If Matt is declared safe, I imagine the hugest poopstorm ever. Dear God. Kris and Adam bottom 2 would be freaking horrendous.

So Danny is now the only one never to be in B3.

I love Allison but sorry there is no way in hell she got more votes than Adam…no way! not buying it.

Wait, what, Adam bottom 3?

Adam is vote splitting with Kris and Allison and both were in danger yesterday so it could happen

But if this is true, something is wrong with Adam and him connecting with the audience, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just very strange.

It has nothing to do with him not connecting with the audience it has everything to do with people splitting votes and taking for granted that Adam is safe no matter what. When are people going to learn.

I call FOUL.

Sorry.

There is NO WAY. NO WAY that Adam is in the bottom 3 over Hokey Gokey. That douchebag versus Adam.

I’m betting this is totally to get a rise. TOTALLY.

And Adam, you missed the tact of previous seasons where people refused to choose a group….Love you, but you’re kinda a little diva for me there. Just stand and the middle.

PLEASE LET KRIS BE SAFE.

That is all.

OMG! ADAM IN THE BOTTOM 3!? I’m in heaven!

…unless this means Kris is gone.

But as long as it’s Matt and not Kris (since we know it won’t be Adam), I’m just OMG…I’m stunned. YAY!

And YAY for Allison being safe!! YAY!!

allison prob pickks up lil votes and simon siad she was in trouble… allison danny and adam were all really close on di…

Ryan did say bottom three, right? We didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t here him wrong?

He definately said it. Allison and Adam share a lot of fans, so some of them may have assumed Adam was safe and powered for Allison. Argh, please please please let Matt go home!

Adam fans are in total shock and disbelief. No way is Jesus Christ himself in the bottom 3.

lol

Never pick a side …

I am a little surprised that Adam is in the bottom three, but I remember looking at the Geopredictions on Dialidol last night and he hadn’t won that many states.

Granted Dial Idol hasn’t been very reliable this year with the rankings, but they have been pretty accurate with the Geopredictions, and in predicting which contestants are safe and who are in trouble based on how many states they win or lose.

I think that one of the reasons that Adam is in the bottom three, is like one Adam fan asked in another thread when some of us were discussing who could be at risk tonight and who could go home, “Are people voting for him”?

I think that Adam shares some fans with Kris and Allison and some of his fans rushed to save those two with their votes this week, after Simon’s comments, to both of them and that left Adam vulnerable and at risk at being in the bottom three.

Say what? What the hell is going on tonight? First time B3 for Kris and Adam on the same night? :shock_tb: Please don’t let it be Kris………..I wish Danny was in the B3 instead of Kris.

Haha I can’t believe Adam chose, but us gays aren’t known for being subtle. ALLISON FOR THE WIN!! She did deserve to be out of the bottom 3 this week. Her performance last night was arguably the best. Hokey Gokey on the other hand.. def should be in the bottom.

Ruben and Fantasia were both in the bottom 3 and they went on to win.

WHAT?!?!?!?!? Ryan actually said that those were the bottom three? NO MORE VOTE SPLITTING FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!! Adam has to feel like an ass picking the wrong group for himself…

They usually do a bottom 2 on Top 5 week…I think they did 3 this time to throw Adam in there to kick his fans in the keester to up the votes…..it’s all good

If Adam goes I’m done until next year, no one come close to him

I don’t care who goes or who is or isn’t in the B3, but I’m laughing at Adam choosing a group assuming he was safe. Hasn’t he watched this show before? I know usually the chooser is safe and they usually do this at Top 7, but still.

I guess I’m not sure why people are getting so worked up that Adam is in B3. There are only five people left! All Adam has to do is finish in 3rd one night and suddenly he’s in B3. As others have said, they usually do B2 at this point so it basically seems like a ploy to stick Adam in the bottom and rally his fanbase to vote harder next week. Does Adam need to finish first every week?

I think that is the last time we’ll see Adam at the bottom of anything. I’m sure folks just assume he is going to win and aren’t voting. This is the obligatory wake up call for his crew. It is interesting though that Allison managed to propel herself out of the bottom three. The voting must be close among all 5.

I’m so happy Allison is safe but I wish it wasn’t Gokey sitting next to her.

Well, holy God, I think they should’ve just done a Bottom 2. Heck, they shouldn’t have had a bottom. Too hard this week to choose, and now two of the arguable best contestants this season hit it. It looks like either Adam or Kris will join Ruben and Fantasia as the only winner to hit the bottom 2 or 3.

Simon seems pissed i dont like this at all

If Adam goes, I’ll enjoy watching the ratings drop. I can think of a ton of people who won’t watch anymore.

Well this will keep everyone hanging around to watch Natalie and Jamie and Taylor. If its Adam in the shocker I’ll be very sad.

Adam has to feel like an ass picking the wrong group for himselfà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Did Ryan ask him to choose the group he’s in or the group with the most votes? I missed that part.

i assumed danny was gonna be bottom 3/2 as wasn’t this the week when Ruben was bottom 2 and if u weren’t actually listening to the performance you assumed he was the front runner with ease?

And Adam, you missed the tact of previous seasons where people refused to choose a groupà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.Love you, but youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re kinda a little diva for me there. Just stand and the middle.

Who’s to say he didn’t join the group he though was bottom three as he though he was in the bottom .. they’re playing mind f*ck with him

They never told him he was safe and pick the top two to join.

Whilst I agree that it would have been the easy way out to refuse and stand in the middle .. props for him for having the guts to choose.

Come on, please let Kris be safe!!

Adam should be ok. He’s probably right in the middle. They would have done just bottom 2 but they put him there for shock factor. I will be sooooo shocked if he’s eliminated. I will also throw my tv out the window. I voted sooooo much last night for him…

I’m glad some of you are so amused by all this. This is pure crap.

Natalie quit screeching!!

I believe it. Adam’s performance was polarizing, Allison’s was not. Allison was the sweet, pretty, just-turned-17 girl who was grilled by Simon and Adam has been presumed safe for weeks now. Voters were motivated to help Allison.

Well played, show.

Yikes, let’s hope that’s the only shock and Matt still goes home.

B3 is sort of stupid though when you only have 5, lol. They squeezed Adam in there (assuming he’s 3rd highest/lowest in votes) for shock value.

Natalie Cole is such a classy turn after last week’s disco guests!

hahaha, DialIdolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s maps ftw.

God. I thought I was the only one looking at those after the normal predictions seem wacky.

Yeah I have my own points system using the map and they are ranked as below:

Allison
Danny
Adam
Kris
Matt

Hopefully it really does go this way.

if adam goes home, im done as well…they are all good and its a great top 5, but he should not go home next…

people shouldnt take for granted their favorite is safe, no matter how extraordinary they are….but adam is the best and the most extraordinary.

Hmm… maybe Allison and Danny also picked up the Anoop and Lil voters?

It has nothing to do with him not connecting with the audience it has everything to do with people splitting votes and taking for granted that Adam is safe no matter what. When are people going to learn.

Yep. :-(

ETA: To me, Adam is guileless, so yeah, he chose a group. Shouldn’t have, but did. Apparently, he — like most normal peeps lol j/k — only watches the performance show. Back when those actually had, ya know, performances. ;-)

people shouldnt take for granted their favorite is safe, no matter how extraordinary they are

Yes, because it’s not rocket science to know that, if he doesn’t get votes, he’s not stickin’ around!

Whaaaaaaaaat?! Adam is fallible?! Adam doesn’t have top votes??? Omg, that almost makes up for last night. Almost. I would have been happier if it was Gokey, but I can’t win it all I suppose. Although if I had a choice of TCOs I’d pick Adam over Danny any day, but the look that Allison and Danny gave each other when Adam was moved to the bottom three was priceless.

And I kicking myself for voting more for Allison than Kris riiiiiight … now.

also why is it a surprise about allison, historically if there is one girl left she rises to the top. i NEVER understood the rise of kat mcphee and for that master syesha even though she was more understandable since jason castro and brooke white both petered out!

I would absolutely HATE it if Adam left tonight but in some ways I kinda wish he would, it would serve them all right for picking Matt as their save, wouldnt it now?? Last night though, I was voting for Adam and got thru almost every time but not when I voted for Kris, it was always busy. It will be so sad to see Adam go but I know he will be ok and blow the rest away, he is already a star in his own right!

Whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s to say he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t join the group he though was bottom three as he though he was in the bottom .. theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re playing mind f*ck with him

That doesn’t help him any, in my opinion. ‘Cause then it’s like “based on last night? Well, I think these two did the worse, so I’m with them.”

Either way, he was a prick for choosing a group.

I don’t think his fans have anything to worry about, though. He’ll be the first one safe, for sure. But MAN, it’s good to see him get that kick in his ego. I can’t stop grinning. XD

Eh if he is eliminated I’ll just be done watching. He’s the only one I’d spend money on. I opted out season 5 when Chris went home for the same reason.

Yay Taylor!! My TV has been without you too long!!! Woot!

Victoria – I’d have to go rewind the DVR, but I think he said to pick the…oh, nevermind, I don’t remember! Off to check…

Lol. I love how Ryan said the Bottom 3 were waiting “nervously” backstage… And then we cut to Adam and Kris, chatting it up and looking perfectly at ease. Wish I felt as calm as they did. *crosses fingers*

OMG KRIS DON’T GO!

If there is a gender imbalance the lone survivor of the outnumbered gender typically remains deep into the competition- top 3 at least.

This was shown to be true in Season 1 (Justin), Season 2 (Kim Locke), Season 5 (Katharine), Season 6 (Blake), and Season 7 (Syesha).

The only season the top 4 was the same gender was season 3. The only season it was 2 and 2 was season 4.

You know, I don’t really like how Adam picked a group unlike Melinda or David before him, but I’m not mad at him for that. He did give an honest opinion. But yeah, there shouldn’t have even been a bottom tonight, everyone was so good it’s painful to see a bottom 2 or 3. I just hope Kris is declared safe first. That way we either get a huge “duh” or a huge “shocker” and a pretty much win for Kris, I think >_>. But I prefer the “duh”. Even though Adam is Kris’s biggest threat (Hell, Kris, despite being my favorite, doesn’t stand a chance because of Adam’s extremely rabid fans, very sad to say) and I’m not a fan of his screech, Adam does NOT deserve to go after that.

Oh Simon. You switch tactics so quickly that it literally makes my head spin. You sly ole’ fox.

well they dont normally do bottom 3 on top 5…. its bottom 2.. stick adam in bottom 3 even if he is safe… gets them riled up….

As usual, people presume Adam is safe and so they turn their attention to voting for Kris and Allison to save them. It always backfires. I don’t believe for a moment Adam was third to either Danny or Allison. This is all about shocking America back into ensuring The Chosen One wins! Complacency is a dangerous thing.

Jamie Foxx must be in shock backstage, given his favorites are in the bottom 3!

God. I thought I was the only one looking at those after the normal predictions seem wacky.

Yeah I have my own points system using the map and they are ranked as below:

Allison
Danny
Adam
Kris
Matt

Mmhm. Allison won a crapload of states last night and lost only a few. Matt lost a crapload and only won a few. Adam didn’t lose very many, but didn’t WIN very many either, so I had an idea he wasn’t the top votegetter.

Good news for whoever survives the B3 Hottie Brigade tonight, their fans should get a kick in the pants to ramp up the voting.

How did Ryan word it? Because if he said “this is the group with the lowest number of votes”, it could mean when you add together the votes for all three of them…they were the lowest. It doesn’t have to mean that each one individually has the lowest amount of votes.

I wonder why people don’t believe Allison couldn’t get more votes than Adam?

There is still more casual voters than power voters, internet voters are a small portion of the cake, Gokey is the first to prove it.

DIal Idol ranking seems to be on point this week, I believe Adam will be safe and then it will be Kris, no need to be shocked.

I think I will enjoy the armagedon from Adam fans this week (tough I am an Adam fan too….)

Hmmà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ maybe Allison and Danny also picked up the Anoop and Lil voters too?

I would think that Anoop’s votes would wind up going to Kris, maybe a few to Adam.

Oh come on, when is anything on AI ever left to chance? The producers told Adam to choose the group on his left beforehand. Do you think it was just a happy accident that Ryan got to drag him over to the other group for the extra drama? That was all planned out.

People always said theat AI was rigged…and I tried my very best not to beleive that shit…but tonight proved that statement to be true big time…No way in HELL can Allison get more votes than Adam…Allison who has been in the bottm 3 more time than even Matt( not really-but you get my point).

If it was Danny and Kris safe I coudl say maybe…but no F***ing way….This shit is just crazy…

Bwhahaha. Way to go America. Putting both Kris and Adam in the bottom 3. Well no more vote splitting from me, sorry Kris, sorry Allison, y’all are on you’re on from here on out. Assuming Adam and Kris both survive as they should. If Adam doesn’t? Good luck with Gokey as your winner -AI and my non-watching.

IF Adam is gone, I will be SO totally PO’d that they wasted the save too early.

There is no way both Kris and Adam were below Allison. They put one of them there for dramatic effect. They only guarantee the lowest vote getter goes home. They are also wanting to keep a girl a little longer. This is just bs..

Last night I voted for Adam, Kris, and Allison!

the best way is to vote by text (especially if you have unlimited)

send “vote” in quotes to 5701, 5702, 5705 and save it as a draft.

then keep clicking the message and then send. It will send to all three of them. (I think I gave each of them 60 votes about in 10 min)

THIS WAY WE DON’T HAVE TO VOTE SPLIT TO GET OUR FINAL THREE!!!!!!!!!!

All y’all Adam fans, I don’t have a good feeling about this. My stomach hurts.

Actually I think alot of Anoop’s votes are going to Allison…Taylor is not sounding so bad…

Good lord what a good lookin’ man. Hello Taylor :wub_tb:

How did Ryan word it? Because if he said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“this is the group with the lowest number of votesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , it could mean when you add together the votes for all three of themà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦they were the lowest. It doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to mean that each one individually has the lowest amount of votes.

He said “This is your Bottom 3.” So, yeah.

Danny you are NOTHING like Taylor.

Stop trying to emulate.

No f’ing way! Matt had better be the one who’s out. This freakin’ judge’s save crap has messed up everything. This show may have finally p*ssed me off enough to leave it.

Oh gosh, Taylor Hicks. There is a dark period in AI history. And that’s who Danny reminds me of too. Just give Danny a harmonica and we can replay season 5

Oh Taylor, I was so in hopes that you’d gotten better. Oh well!

Hey, the sound mix is actually good for Taylor. How did that happen after the crappy mix for the Davids?

Not a big Taylor fan, but I’m liking this. :smile1_tb:

Oh, and he pwns Danny.

“It doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to mean that each one individually has the lowest amount of votes.”

Exactly, there are only five – but and oh I am sorry to say this but I hope it is Adam and this blows up in their dum faces, cuz that boy is going on to make it big time and then he won’t have to give it up to them -

I didn’t watch Season 5, but… huh. Taylor isn’t as bad as he’s cracked up to be. Just not relevent.

IF Adam is gone, I will be SO totally POà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d that they wasted the save too early.

I’d be more pissed off about the vote splitting or voting for someone else because they figure Adam is/was safe.

Dagnammit America!!!!

Who is freaking voting for Hokey? I am a Kris fan but even I am shocked that Danny could be getting more votes than Adam. And Ryan said this will be a shock boot? I dear Lord, I fear for Kris.

Okay, Taylor is still awkward, but this song is smokin’ and he looks like he’s having a blast as usual so good for him!!

Ohhh, so THAT’S Taylor. (missed out on S5) LOL at Simon’s face during his little speech!

OH thank the lord, Kris is safe :)

Well now, this should be a no-brainer.

How did Taylor win?

YAY KRISSSSSS!!!!!

OMG! ADAM OR MATT!!!!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK. Yay Kris, but OMG ADAM. :blink_tb:

KRIS!!!! YES!

Now this is just for drama, letting Adam in the B2 just to get his fanbase rallied.

Kris rules the text vote

kris is safe YESS!!!!!!!

This is not looking good.

NO way…Adam is in the bottom 2

I actually liked Matt being saved. But I still don’t like the bottom 3 tonight. This is why I don’t vote split this late in the competition.

He said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“This is your Bottom 3.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  So, yeah.

Yeah…they are playing mind games. They want to rile up the Adam and Kris fanbases to vote for them next week. Matt is a goner. (I hope I am right!) :(

OH PULEAZAE….

Do you really think Adam is leaving?

There is no way that Adam is going home……….don’t buy that for a minute.

OMG!!!!!! This has got to be a joke!!!

Why did they reveal bottom 3? Starting top 5, last year they only revealed bottom 2. I mean, for all we know, Archie or DC could’ve gotten the 3rd most votes on Top 5 night last year and landed in “bottom 3″. Doubtful, cuz we had Jason that night who was declared safe upfront after the Paula snafu… so wait, is that why it was only a bottom 2 last yr? What about S6? Did they have B2 or B3 at Top5?

WHAT??????????? If Adam leaves, ratings will drop. Right? Or am I totally bamboozled by him?

everyone is in a tizzy but this is the first week i could predict what would happen and i just thought well what would be more dramatic more shocking….yadda yadda yadda. i’d be in more suspense with a kris/matt bottom 2 but it’d be more shocking to see adam be bottom 2!

Ok. THANK GOD KRIS IS SAFE.

But Ryan didn’t say “it’s your bottom 2″. yet.

Okay, I believe that Adam was in the bottom three, but who believes that Adam is actually in the bottom two in terms of vote getting? Does anyone think that he is in the bottom three, but was 3rd in voting, but TPTB are trying to make it look like he is in the bottom, two to try and stop his fans from being complacent?

YEEEIHHHHHH KRIS…THANKS AMERICA!!!!! =D

AH! NO WAY! NO WAY NO WAY is Adam in the bottom 2.

If he gets Daughtry’d I’m not watching this damn show ever again, and besides I can live without Allison and Kris, just not Adam.

OMG!!!!!! This has got to be a joke!!!

It’s a piss poor one………

KRIS!!!!!!

Kris is safe. Yippppppeeeeeeeeeee. Adam – b2?………did you see the look on Randy’s face. wonder what Smug Simon is thinking now that he’s predicted Adam & Gokey for the finale.

Okay, now I’m worried….rock week without Adam??? Well, maybe I’ll have my Tuesday night back. I kind of had plans next week anyway, lol.

Yes, there is absolutely every possibility that Adam will leave.

J. Hudson.
C. Daughtry.

Is anyone else boycotting Idol for the next 3 weeks if Adam goes?!?!

Im really not joking for the first time. I will be done.

LOL at Simon reading the teleprompter! :laugh_tb:

UGH JAMIE FOXX. NOT GOOD.

Starting top 5, last year they only revealed bottom 2

They didn’t even say Syesha was in the bottom 2, they just saved her for last to be declared safe. Brooke made me sad when she got eliminated. Ugh, I miss last year. But this year has a good top 5 too.

But yeah, Davids could’ve been in the Top 3 but still in the bottom 3, no point in revealing it >_>.

he didn’t say this was bottom 2 just that kris is safe.
kris was prob 2nd lowest not adam.

Jamie was a great mentor but this sux.

Have to say it, but I bet that any others contestant, and by other contestant I mean Danny, had done what Adam did many people would be offending the guy. After all, Adam not only picked a group he also picked the group who he thought was better convinced he was safe! eh! That was entertaining btw.

I can’t believe Adam is b2, and if he is something’s just wrong with the audience. But even if TPTB are doing this so his fans will vote more, something is still wrong with the audience. Unless Idol just wants the buzz, cause we know everyone will be talking about it for the rest of the week.

That was crap, he should stick to acting

“Have to say it, but I bet that any others contestant, and by other contestant I mean Danny, had done what Adam did many people would be offending the guy. After all, Adam not only picked a group he also picked the group who he thought was better convinced he was safe! eh”

I was going to say the same thing, its a good thing it wasnt Danny that Ryan asked to choose or he will ge crucified if he chooses side!!

I don’t think Adam is going to leave tonight. This is just show drama.

I missed it, what kind of face did Simon have during the Taylor performance?

THANK GOD

Okay, Adam fans, you only know one phone number now. Don’t you dare vote split again.

I’m not buying for one second Adam was in the bottom 2.

Finally Matt is gone.

What a relief. Glad for you, Adam.

Got knocked of the site for a sec…

Phew. Glad Adam’s safe.

“Don’t listen to me.” I love it! :clap_tb:

Everyone thinks Adam is safe, so they vote for others (If he is your favorite, of course) and don’t vote for him.
Do we really want Gokey to win this?

I dont think that Adam was in the Bottom 2 either but I think this is a strategy. They want Adam fans to push and not be complacent in the voting. For sure next week, all will be voting crazy for Adam knowing he is in Bottom 2 this week, its actually an advantage for Adam to ensure he is in the TOP 2.

Rally the troops for Adam because he’s not strong enough yet. Get Danny voters complacent so they slack off by the time the finale rolls around.

And, might I add, creating a top 2 with Allison will also make Allison voters a tad complacent as well. I think they want a top 3 of Adam, Danny and Kris. That was Simon’s top 3, and I’m sure he wants that to pass.

Ryan never said B2, leaving Adam up there was just for the drama. Upside for him is that his voters won’t take anything for granted now and he’s pretty much good for Finale.

LOL at Jamie Foxx saying “winning doesn’t matter” and sneaking in a shoutout for his movie.

And what is up with Simon, looks like he realized he was too harsh last night :)

Rock & Roll next week!

Adam in the bottom 2 at this point in the competition? Unless his fans are splitting severely with Allison and Kris, I’d say his chances of winning just went down the drainhole. The only other Idol winner to ever hit the seal was Fantasia.

C’MON PEOPLE. PUT THE GO IN GOKEY.

Well, the show got what it wanted, Adam fans everywhere are going to rally which is a good thing :).
In the meantime this is going to screw Allison majorly, she won’t get any split votes next week and both Adam and Kris fanbase are going to be ultra motivated to save them.

Okay, Adam fans, you only know one phone number now. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t you dare vote split again.

Yup. I am guilty of that. Voted half the time for Allison and half for Adam. Only voting for Adam next week. See…..AI’s evil drama has worked! After 8 seasons, TPTB know what they are doing. This was most definitely to rally the Adam troops. They know that vote splitting could get Adam voted off…and they don’t want that. There is no way Adam had the “second lowest number of votes”. He may have been in the AI made up “bottom 3″, whatever that means, but if Ryan never used the word “votes” then I think they are just playing mind games with us.

Awwww. Poor Matty G.
He looked like was going to cry.
I heart him so much. He will go on to better things I am sure.
He is such a great talented guy. Sniff.

Do we really want Gokey to win this?

You tell ‘em sister. Milk toast times 10.

justice was served. Now, hopefully, Matt’s votes will go to Kris and we can put the ‘O-are-you-still-here’ in Gokey.

Ahhh, now I remember why I boycotted this show after season 1 and Tamyra Gray was sent home before Nikki WTF McKibbin.

To be honest though, I would have picked any group that did not have Matt in it, so it’s all good.

I feel dirty.

Everyone thinks Adam is safe, so they vote for others (If he is your favorite, of course) and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t vote for him.
Do we really want Gokey to win this?

Actually, yes we do!

I’m not convinced that Adam was in the B2 either, it was probably just to create false drama and spur Adam’s fans to vote even more furiously next week.

Anyway, this was my ideal Top 4 right from the start anyway so I’m happy

I’m glad Adam wasn’t voted off. As much as I liked Matt, it was his time to go for real this time.

And…we all need to rally and put the “GO” in Gokey next week.

So it’s Matt. Whew!

Wait, what? Man I was watching Lost and haven’t watched Idol yet but I had to peek in…ugh, count me in among those who won’t vote split anymore…last night I only voted for Adam for about 15 minutes and spent the rest of the 2 hours voting for my second fave, Allison. Oops! I promise, I’ll only vote for Adam next week!!! Ok, now I’m off to actually watch the show that I am currently complaining about, haha…

If Adam was doing that well in the voting or that much of a frontrunner voting wise they shouldnt HAVE to scare his fans. That performance last night was extremely over the top and I could believe he wasn’t one of the higher vote getters.

i highly doubt that adam was in the bottom two….we have to have some drama right??

Why people buy into the split vote thing is beyond me. Especially Top 5 on. If you don’t want the person to WIN, why vote? I know a lot of Adam fans who went hook line and sinker for the “awww we gotta save Kris and Allison.” Guess that worked well.

I don’t think that Adam was really in the B2. I think TPTB probably just put Adam down there for two reasons.

1. Ratings – the more the shocker, the more people start to watch the final 3 weeks. Because some writers were saying the show was starting to get boring because Adam was running away with it. Now more people will be watching also because they put Adam in the B2.

2. Ensure Adam makes it to the finales – Putting Adam in the B2 will ensure that there will be a Danny/Adam finale. Now Adam’s fans will vote like crazy next week like Danny’s fans to ensure that there is a Adam/Danny finale.

So I don’t trust TPTB.

But I will say I voted for Kris and have since the beginning.

It could also be a backlash like what happened to Danny early on when they kept pimping him.

Ya know….All I can do is vote and support my favorite (and I’m a happy camper now). All of this is up to the Voters, and obviously Adam isn’t as popular as I thought. I’m not upset, or mad, just a wee bit sad that the millions out there don’t see what I see and feel and hear.

I’m glad the Adam, Kris, Allison trio are all still around. I hope they make it into the top 3, they are all such good kids.

In my AI universe, Matt was voted off in 7th place. How does the judges save help?

THANK GOD.

Still don’t believe he was bottom 2. Not for 2 seconds.

Who the fuck is voting Gokey?

Okay, Adam fans, you only know one phone number now. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t you dare vote split again.

Ditto to the Kris Masses. That was too close to horrible.
I still have a hard time believing it. During the group number, Kris and Adam got the biggest screams from the crowd.

Holy crap, my blood pressure. IF Adam would have left that would be the most shocking thing ever, yes worse than DAUGHTRY

You know, it is POSSIBLE that Adam actually was bottom 2 last night. Vote splitting. Backlash against another pimp spot. Complacency. And, for a lot of people, that performance probably fell short. The arrangement was off. In no way was it “Mad World.”

Kara really the save was the best thing you guys did….the save was the worst thing you guys ever did…KAra is a joke, the save is a joke, bottom 2 was a joke, and Gokey is a joke!!!

I’m not going to base my votes off of who was in the bottom. I am still going to vote for my favorites no matter what. I just hope people go off of performances. Danny should not have been in top 2 tonight.

Several of you have always warned the dangers of vote splitting. If in fact that was the deal this week, I don’t think Adam’s fans will be splitting anytime soon. Gokey is a tool, but he seems to have a rabid fanbase voting for him. Yuck!

What did Simon do when Taylor Hicks sang? West coaster, haven’t seen it yet. I have to say this was a decent set up to put the two bottom 2 this week into the top 2 in a few weeks with rabid voters. Okay, I don’t know if I approve of Adam choosing a group, I’d rather he be humble than honest, but I can’t be completely mad at him still.

Also, it was a good time for Matt to go. I’m sad, but yeah, he should have a future after some refinement. Personally, the only one of the Top 5 I can’t see doing stuff like this is Danny, even though I’m still a fan of his. It’s funny how it seemed like yesterday it was like “I don’t like Danny, but I have to give it to him, he was one of the best” but went back to typical “OMG I HATE DANNY” today.

Okay, I believe that Adam was in the bottom three, but who believes that Adam is actually in the bottom two in terms of vote getting? Does anyone think that he is in the bottom three, but was 3rd in voting, but TPTB are trying to make it look like he is in the bottom, two to try and stop his fans from being complacent?

Yes. You worded it for me.

And that is a lesson from Simon to America on what happens when votes are split.

What a wacky night. None of the performances had anything to do with the Rat Pack which is kind of a shame. Taylor did a blues/country thing and Jaime Foxx – he barely sang. Natalie Cole just did a standard. Cheap producers should have had Michael Bubble or Harry Connick there just to remind people of the genre. I’m sure not one Sinatra or Dino extra album was sold over the two nights.

Although, we got a little surprise. Adam hits the bottom 3. I kind of agree that Danny and Allison were probably better in this genre. Next week, the fun begins and we lose a favorite.

Ryan never said B2, leaving Adam up there was just for the drama.

Ryan did say it was the B2, not when he first sent Kris to the couch, but when they came back from the break.

Highly unlikely that Adam was actually in the bottom two but any complacency in his fanbase was corrected with tonight’s fake scare. I’m just glad Allison, Adam and Kris are still around. If America puts the Go in Gokey next week then I’ll have the Top 3 I never really believed was possible and will be quite content with whoever wins.

Yeah, I definitely don’t believe Adam was in the bottom 2. Ryan has always specifically said that before tonight and he was careful not to say it this time. I hope it shakes all the vote splitters up, though. I’m already worried as hell about Adam next week. God, this sucks….

I admit, im a vote splitter between him and Allison. I still think she needs more help than he does and will continue to vote for her and hope that the other Adam fans make up for it. Its risky, but I love me some Allison too.

Madcap- Ruben Studdard was also a winner that was in the bottom once.

Um, I like Kris and Adam so I will be vote splitting. Sorry, it’s just the way I roll. My option. I want to see both in the top three and I’m willing to risk it. It’s just a game show. I could just as easily not vote for either.

I don’t believe these results. Can it be true?

So, haven’t yet read all the comments but….

“Shocking” given performances and overall consistency, but not at all surprising given the buzz and voter complacency. Peeps worry so much about Kris and Allison, assuming Adam is and always will be safe? This will cost Adam the finale if it continues. Hopefully, now that we’ve seen what can happen, peeps will wake up. But, stranger things have happened.

Sad thing for me is that now, after a gutsy Adamesque performance, I fear he’ll feel like he can’t do that again and he’ll resort to only ToMT and Mad World stuff. That would be a real tragedy and loss, imo.

I hope he will learn and accept that vote splitting and voter complacency put him in the bottom, not his talent or himself.

Yeah, yeah, I don’t Know that for sure, but I KNOW that for sure just the same. :-)

Adam, hang in there dude. Be who you are. We love you that way~

P.S. Ignore the haters and gloaters. LOL

The splitting votes theory works for everyone, not just Adam. Danny fans split votes too, if anything he’s more like Matt and Kris, I could see more splitting for him. This was probably a wake up call for Adam fans, but it also shows he does not have the lead that many people may believe he does.
They probably want this season not to be so obvious, although the Danny/Adam finale seems pretty natural at this point. But whatever. It’s good Allison is still there.

Have a hard time believing that Adam was in bottom 3, but Ryan did say “America, this is the bottom 3 you voted” or something to that effect. I know dial idol has not been very accurate so far this year, but the percentages were pretty close on there this week. I doubt Kris had more votes, and Ryan did not say he did — he never does, he just said he was sending someone back to the couch.
Awww, Matt really did have nine lives. Will miss him but so glad it wasn’t Kris.

Ryan did say bottom 3, but he didn’t say Adam was bottom 2. he only said he would send someone back to safety. I really believe Kris had the second lowest votes, but by letting Adam stand with Matt, they created the drama they wanted.

When I vote split, I vote Adam and I throw like ONE or TWO votes in Allison and possibly Kris’s way.

So I mean when I deviate, it’s like a little snack, it’s not much.

Aw, Matt *sniff*

I actually think the group dynamic will change without him there. He seemed to be the life of the party.

… but I’m still happy it was Matt and not Kris.

Everyone thinks Adam is safe, so they vote for others (If he is your favorite, of course) and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t vote for him.
Do we really want Gokey to win this?

That’s exactly what happened IMO. People were too worried about saving Allison and Kris that they gave up voting for Adam. At this point in the game, you only have room for one favourite. Pick one and stick with them.

That was high-sterically funny! The show did the Huff after lulling everyone into a false sense of security. And than Adam stupidly did it, or wasn’t allowed not to not do it, ala Taylor Hicks, actually. And than he is the bottom group! Classic!

Man, I think I want Gokey to win this entire thing at this point. That would be excellent.

Yeah, I definitely donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe Adam was in the bottom 2. Ryan has always specifically said that before tonight and he was careful not to say it this time.

Rewatch it, right towards the end, before revealing the results, Ryan definitely slipped it in and said “bottom 2″. Very interesting.

Um, I like Kris and Adam so I will be vote splitting. Sorry, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just the way I roll.

That’s a split I can live with.

If Adam is lucky he’ll be this year’s shocking boot like Daughtry. He’ll still get signed and have a fine career and he won’t have to sing a crap coronation song or put out a generic album. But since, I have 30 pts. on him to win, I hope he goes all the way.

No way was Adam really in the bottom 2.

I will be voting for him next week. Which of course, was part of the point of putting him in the bottom 2.

Next week is Rock Week! Adam will be just fine

Adam being in the bottom could also be a backlash of the show pimping of Adam. I am not saying that Adam doesn’t deserve it because he is great, but many casual voters could be getting tired of it. I am not one of them, but it is another scenario to explain why Adam was in the bottom 3.

I remember the show pimped Danny at the beginning and many people turned on Danny after that. People do that. They turn on people who are always pimped. I am not one, because if you are good, you are good.

What did Simon do when Taylor Hicks sang?

Jammasta, it was so cool! All FOUR judges stood for Taylor and applauded – Simon looked completely amazed and impressed!

Taylor was freakin’ amazing!

And what is up with Simon, looks like he realized he was too harsh last night :)

He does that when he wants to “take back” criticism he used the night before to get people to rally for a contestant. Simon knows that criticizing a performance that all the other judges gave mad props to is very likely to rally troops to the contestant so they won’t get voted off. In Allison’s case, it worked very well. In Kris’s case, it didn’t work as well but, come on, there are only 5 contestants left and the top 4 could have been smooshed together in votes with Matt waaaaay last, for all we know. Plus Kris went first and is disadvantaged anyway.

Simon then takes back his criticism from the night before so that he can return those contestants to a level playing field with the other non-criticized contestants.

With Matt he did the exact opposite. He overpraised Matt when two of the other judges were critical. With Matt stuck right smack dab in the middle of the show and his fans feeling overconfident, his voters got complacent and he was sent packing.

This isn’t the first time Simon has played this game. And he’ll continue to do it because he knows it works.

Apparently, he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  like most normal peeps lol j/k à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  only watches the performance show. Back when those actually had, ya know, performances. ;-)

:lol_tb:

Come on people don’t let the show manipulate you so easily.
It’s the first time in the history of Idol that they put a bottom 3 on top 5 night, this was just to include Adam in it.
Moreover they didn’t tell that Adam was in the B2, it’s pretty clear to me that Kris was in fact in the B2 and they just wanted more drama.

Niall
Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Highly unlikely that Adam was actually in the bottom two but any complacency in his fanbase was corrected with tonightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fake scare. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just glad Allison, Adam and Kris are still around. If America puts the Go in Gokey next week then Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll have the Top 3 I never really believed was possible and will be quite content with whoever wins.

I agree. A Kradison top 3 is my DREAM!

But I fear the bus is coming for Kris next week…….. :(

Can someone PLEASE confirm that Ryan did indeed say bottom two? I believe they won’t manipulate us if they literally “bottom three,” “bottom two,” whatever.

Ryan definitely said this is your bottom 3….and then when Kris was sent back to the couch he said these are your bottom 2 vote getters.

Don’t kid yourselves…Adam now resides in 4th place and has lost his favorite status.

Not to be mean or anything but I am sure that the Happiest guy on the planet right now is Danny. All his hard work and strategizing is paying off. Can you tell I am being a little bitter. Oh well, if he wins he’s someone elses problem not mine.

P.S. Ignore the haters and gloaters. LOL

Aw come on, you have to let us Gokey fans celebrate a little. Next week it could easily be us gaaaaasping that our fav is in the b3. But for this week, life is great, God is good, go Danny!!!

This is the first time Simon has played this game. And heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll continue to do it because he knows it works.

The first time? Simon has been playing it since at least S2, as he has admitted several times.

Victoria, even if Ryan said that Adam and Matt were the bottom two, I think that was a mis-speak on his part, because he’s used to the phrasing “Bottom two, bottom three” etc.

I fully believe Adam was third behind Danny and Allison, and it was probably close. The producers told Ryan to send Kris back first to make it more dramatic.

I think lots of Adam fans also like Allison. They have a lot of the same appeal – great voices, great personalities, “edge” – and people probably thought Adam was safe and really wanted to save Allison, who’s been teetering. So they swung.

I doubt it will happen again, but you never know.

I don’t think as many people are going to get signed post Idol anymore. Not with the economy the way it is.

Okay, at first I chuckled at how they put Adam in the “bottom three” group because clearly it was done as a tactic to create suspension for the show and not make it look so predictable and also to get more votes for Adam, but seriously, the BOTTOM 2? That is not only ridiculous but also just plain disrespectful…we all know he deserves to win and is the best singer to ever appear on AI…when are ppl going to learn that they cannot assume that someone is safe? Jennifer Hudson anyone? Chris Daughtry anyone? WAKE the F*** up people and vote please.

The first time? Simon has been playing it since at least S2, as he has admitted several times.

It was a typo, I fixed it–the sentence after makes it clear I meant “isn’t.”

I only voted for Adam, but I didn’t power vote. THAT will change next week.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think as many people are going to get signed post Idol anymore. Not with the economy the way it is.

heck, they have a hard enough time getting the ones that win to do well.

Sad but true.

There are more people that are a fan of the show than a fan of post Idol careers.

I did not hear Ryan state “Bottom Two“, but will wait for the video to determine ~truth~.

Thank the lord Adam is safe. Stay beautiful, bb.

Come on people donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t let the show manipulate you so easily.
Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the first time in the history of Idol that they put a bottom 3 on top 5 night, this was just to include Adam in it.

Yeah it is the first time they put 3 in the bottom 3 on the top 5 night, usually it is just 2.

You can’t trust TPTB.

Ryan DID say Adam was in the bottom 2, that’s after Jamie was performing and Ryan was asking Jamie’s opinion about the “bottom 2″. Interesting.

Can someone PLEASE confirm that Ryan did indeed say bottom two? I believe they wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t manipulate us if they literally à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“bottom three,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“bottom two,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  whatever.

Ryan definately, absolutely, totally, for sure said Bottom 2 :)

Moreover they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t tell that Adam was in the B2, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty clear to me that Kris was in fact in the B2 and they just wanted more drama.

I thought maybe the same thing, but I heard Ryan when he asked Jamie, what do you think of these guys, they’re in the bottom two… so yeah. I think he was B2.

This season has been a little weird. Dial Idol has been rendered useless by calling everyone in yellow 2 weeks in a row. I feel like this group must be really close in the votes. Adam’s like Daughtry– clearly the media darling, and undeniably the most talented, but just like Daughtry didn’t connect, I bet a lot of typical Idol watchers aren’t into Adam’s deal.

Jaime Foxx– that was crap music. Anything he did as mentor went right down the tubes. One word for me–disappointed

WHAT BULLSHIT! These people couldn’t be any more transparent! They really think Idol fans are that stupid? But Adam certainly was taken back. He turned white! Don’t worry honey, this was DRAMA!

I also have to say that, while I love Adam and will definitely be buying his album, I am disappointed he fell for THE HUFF. Didn’t he watch the previous seasons? Never, never pick a side Adam! Sit on the floor or stand right in the middle. LOL

My one dozen to 18 total votes will continue to go for Adam AND Allison (and next week I’ll toss some to Kris also). I really don’t think Adam is in much danger and I doubt being in the bottom two will play with his head at all. He’s too confident and has too much of a clear game plan. I wouldn’t be surprised if, in an Adam kind of way, he’s pleased that his performance may not have played well with the entire AI audience. No worries. He’s going to have a career regardless of where he finishes. It’s Gokey who NEEDS to be the AI in order to have a prayer of a career beyond CCM.

There are more people that are a fan of the show than a fan of post Idol careers.

Because it’s television that has very little to do with the actual music industry. People don’t get their daily dose of manipulated drama and they lose interest, unless they’re actual, legitimate music fans, and not simply fans of reality TV.

I felt physicaly ill with Adam in the bottom three. He has had weeks and weeks of the most amazing moments and charismatic performances. AI has never had this kind of talent

I thought Adam’s performance last night was stellar. I will be a fan for life! He is so talented and amazing.

If you vote for Gokey, he will just be another Taylor Hicks. YAWN………

The DI interval graphs did show a drop in Adam’s score after the first 15 minutes. In fact he did the worse I’ve seen this season in the west coast time zone. I have no good theory as to the reason for the drop.

Sad thing for me is that now, after a gutsy Adamesque performance, I fear heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll feel like he canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t do that again and heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll resort to only ToMT and Mad World stuff. That would be a real tragedy and loss, imo.

^^^^^What you said. I swear, everything you post today I’m right behind you saying, “Ditto.” I hope Adam stays true to Adam, and lets the votes fall where they may.

seriously, the BOTTOM 2? That is not only ridiculous but also just plain disrespectfulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Why is it disrespectful? He’s a contestant just like the rest of them.

What I find interesting is that all the judges were smiling and seemed just fine and dandy. That doesn’t seem right at all…I still believe something was up!

It was a typo, I fixed ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’the sentence after makes it clear I meant à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Got it :)

Jaime Foxxà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ that was crap music. Anything he did as mentor went right down the tubes. One word for meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’disappointed

Agreed. It was terrible. For me, for you, for him, for America.

I’ve barely moved since Ryan said Adam was in the bottom three, I didn’t move until Matt was eliminated, and I cried on my father for a few minutes after Adam was declared safe, just out of stress. And now I’m still shaking a little. :help_tb:

That’s it. I’m buying five AT&T phones, growing three more arms, and voting just for Adam non-stop next week. And then when the west coast starts voting, I’ll force someone to drive me over there so I can keep voting. :guns_tb:

Wow. I have problems. :eek_wp:

‘Course, now I’m feeling a more obsurd amount of affection for Adam than ever :wub_tb:

I love all the Adam-bottom 2 denial. ‘Tis very amusing. XD

damà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like Daughtryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ clearly the media darling, and undeniably the most talented, but just like Daughtry didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t connect, I bet a lot of typical Idol watchers arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t into Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s deal.

That is an interesting take on things… I didn’t watch Idol during season 5. You might very well be right.

Exactly St. Lucia and the winner is going to be the only one that is going to get marketing bucks.

I remember the show pimped Danny at the beginning and many people turned on Danny after that. People do that. They turn on people who are always pimped. I am not one, because if you are good, you are good.

With the number of weeks this show runs, I’ve often wondered if it is detrimental being perceived as the head of the pack sometimes. Now, don’t get riled up. I mean in terms of positive comments, effusive and gushing praise, etc. I have often thought the smarter strategy would be to play it safe, stay middle of the pack, and then burst forward as if you have “grown” over the weeks of competition. One mistake and you are gone, while other, so-so performers keep right on trucking. However, a true competitor and risk taker does their thing and does not worry about gaming it like that. Unfortunately, people tend to turn on those in the spotlight. Why is that?

Even if Adam was in the B2, for all we know the top 4 were smooshed together in votes and Matt was super duper behind. Last season I remember Ryan saying that the top 3 vote-getters on top 4 night were really close in vote totals (sorry, Jason). That could very well have been the case tonight. But since Idol wants to rally the Adam troops, they wouldn’t make that known.

Adam and Allison will have careers post idol.

Adam fans will be voting until their fingers fall off next week, he’ll be fine.

What the heck would they do with Gokey if he wins?? Boring.

I think Adam’s OTT screaming is starting to wear thin with the audience. And, actually, Taylor IS very relevant, yet, they give high praise to Jamie Foxx and his crapola song? It’s #1? America must have very poor taste in music to buy that slop.

There is NO WAY. NO WAY that Adam is in the bottom 3 over Hokey Gokey. That douchebag versus Adam.

You’re absolutely right! Adam was bottom 2, not 3. LOL

Food for thought here: Isn’t the Huff always used on a contestant TPTB DON’T want winning?

In Adam’s defense. if he didn’t choose a side, he would’ve been called “lame”, “cowardly”, “copying what Melinda/David/Bo did”, etc etc.
If he did choose a side, he would be called “arrogant”, “prick”, “jerk”, “idiot”, etc etc.
It’s a no-win situation.

Isn’t it possible that Adam really was in the bottom 2? I think overconfidence often plays a big part in “shocking” eliminations, and last night was a good Adam night but not necessarily a great one. Let’s ditch all this semantics crap and consider it, ok?

People should not have to vote over and over for their favorite to make it. It should be like Dancing with the Stars, a limited number of votes per address or number. It was a shocker that Adam was in the bottom 2. I guess we have to use Dialidol.com to mass vote. Danny’s supporter have put him at the top each week using it. I want Danny to go home.

If you have windows, use dialidol to mass vote for Adam.

itunes released that 6 Adam songs have made the top 10 and 3 Kris songs.

It surprises me, but it doesn’t. The same thing happened to Archuleta last year. We thought he was safe and headed straight for the crown….but he wasn’t.

I still think Adam is going to win though. No doubts whatsoever. That said, I do wonder if winning really matters anymore. He really doesn’t need this show now. If he’s voted off before the finale, there’s going to be a mass exodus of viewers and Idol knows that. It’s all a very well thought out ploy.

Ryan did say it was the B2, not when he first sent Kris to the couch, but when they came back from the break.

Ahhhh. Okay, hm…either Ryan World Media Domination Seacrest just had a slip of the tongue, or I guess it’s true then. I’m not a True Believer so I’m not ~shocked~, it just confirms that Simon’s reverse psychology (daring Kris/Alli’s fans to prove him wrong) works after all, which would explain why he was in such a good mood tonight.

And the B3/2 appearance should mean that Adam’s voters will now rally and send him straight to F2. (as evidenced by the pledges not to split votes right here in this thread)

Of course, Danny didn’t need any reverse psychology or mindgames to be top 2. Sigh.

Exactly St. Lucia and the winner is going to be the only one that is going to get marketing bucks.

For this reason alone I wonder if this season is too polarizing. We are getting the setup of “gay” versus “god”(sorry, bad terminology) and either way it’ll piss of a lot of people and while there are a ton of Adam fans, me included, I do have to wonder if Adam won how well he’d do.

The love em’ or hate em’ winners don’t get embraced like the over all liked Kelly’s and Carrie’s of the world.

Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t kid yourselvesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Adam now resides in 4th place and has lost his favorite status.

Sorry but I strongly disagree to put it mildly. I believe that vote splitting was the culprit and people being fool enough to believe Adam was safe and could spare a few votes.

He’ll come out with guns blazing next week. He had a terrified look on his face when Ryan was reading that card. I have no doubt he wants to win this thing, just to prove a point like Simon said last night.

This probably will go over like a lead balloon but WTH, does anyone think his Glambert act last night lost him votes? I loved it but I can see how it might have. I guess we’ll see next week if he thought that was the case.

I definitely don’t agree about Daughtry being “undeniably the most talented” of his season. I’m sure there are plenty of fans of the top 4 that year who would disagree. That said, “the most talented” means different things to different people. I think that Adam and Kris are equally talented, just in different ways. And it’s just one persons opinion. Everyone is allowed to have their own!

I find it strange that the two birthday people weren’t in the bottom. I honestly think this was a way to “shake things up” for ratings. Kris AND Adam in the bottom???? All of a sudden people aren’t voting for them?? Come on……

I also think its obvious that the show wants Danny to win. This has confirmed that conspiracy theory for me. lol He’s the only one who hasn’t been in the bottom 3.

I haven’t seen the show yet, but it seems to me that this is good for Adam. Take him out of the untouchable zone, make him pick popular songs/arrangements and let the others think they are safer than they really are.

One amazing performance and Adam would be right back on top. Not to worry, guys, but of course, vote only for him (if you think he deserves to win).

And, actually, Taylor IS very relevant, yet, they give high praise to Jamie Foxx and his crapola song? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s #1? America must have very poor taste in music to buy that slop.

Taylor is relevant to his niche genre. He does very well there. It’s just not mega-star, or even star relevant. It’s working musician relevant. He’s never going to sell a million records or even half a million (although given the predilection of the Idol audience nowadays I can see him getting a good-sized bump from his performance–go adult contemporary!). And he’s not going to play arenas any time soon. But he’ll play theaters and clubs and get a good audience for it.

In Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s defense. if he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t choose a side, he wouldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“lameà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“cowardlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“copying what Melinda/David/Bo didà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , etc etc.
If he did choose a side, he would be called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“arrogantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“prickà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“jerkà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“idiotà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , etc etc.
Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a no-win situation.

I think I love you.

I also think its obvious that the show wants Danny to win. This has confirmed that conspiracy theory for me. lol Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the only one who hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t been in the bottom 3.

Clay was never in the Bottom 3 and he didn’t win……

Honestly, I think its a good thing Adam was B2 tonight. (and yes, i am a die hard Adam fan). Here are my reasons:

1) There are only 3 weeks of voting left, and this will totally PUMP up Adam’s fans to vote.

2) Adam IMO has not gotten better the past few weeks. Yes, i think he is consistently Brilliant every week and far surpasses the rest, but unfortunately America and the judges look for growth and they copare you on a week to week basis rather than compared to your competition. This is going to give Adam a real kick in the ass to BRING IT from now on, because he could have very well been coasting.

3) Next week is Rock and Roll week w/ 2 songs. Adam is going to absolutely KILL it. Its gunna put him right back on top and ppl will say how his B2 showing was bullshit and it will set him up as the guy who was “wrongfully in the bottom” which makes him underdog status in a way to Danny. and american LOVES the underdog.

So yeah, thats what i got.

So Adam’s not gonna be one of the winners who’s never been in the bottom 2? Shucks.

I hope this won’t affect his performance next week. And this comes from a Kris fan.

Food for thought here: Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the Huff always used on a contestant TPTB DONà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢T want winning?

No, I think they wanted David Archie and Melinda to win.

Food for thought here: Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the Huff always used on a contestant TPTB DONà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢T want winning?

That’s the Knoll theory. The idea is that idol wants to de-pimp them, make them look bad somehow. I gotta say, if that was the case Adam helped them, I don’t think he won many fans with that move.
Having said that, I have my doubts they don’t want him to win. I think it’s all for the drama and to get the press on it. It will be another Adam week in the news. And everyone will be asking who are the other 3.

Unfortunately, people tend to turn on those in the spotlight. Why is that?

We aren’t the nice altruistic people that we think we are. We appreciate people’s climb to the top but we enjoy watching them teeter when they get there and we love nothing better than to watch them slide down the other side. Why do you think the entertainment news is always full of the Britneys and the Lohans. It’s just damn fun to watch the slide. It just makes us small insignificant ones feel better because we know we will never make it to the top of the mountain. Psychology 101.

The Daughtry theory that he did not connect with people doesn’t fly with me. Not when his albums sales were HOW many more than the winner that seasons? Seems to me he connected to the tune of 4 x Platinum.

I think Adams fans got complacent. And I have no problem at all believe Adam was in the bottom 2. There was just too much chatter about “omg save Allison, WTF Save Kris cause Matt should go” for me to be even slightly disbelieving.

Off, but on topic.

I (and my little me) actually enjoyed Jamie Foxx’s Blame It!! Seriously, I’m thinking of buying. Yikes! Somebody stop me before I push “Purchase!” And, then, I’ll Blame It on the A-a-a-a-alcohol — which btw I wasn’t going to drink until Adam was in the “bottom 2.” LOL

Get this. Same daughter? Who looooovvveees David Cook? Who, every week, asks if David Cook will be on AI? Who lately always asks to hear Ring of Fire, followed shortly by Mad World? Said, and I quote: “My favorite is Danny!” Ahhhhhhhhh, this is akin to telling me she’s pregnant btw (ahem, she’s 4 lol.) Then when Adam was standing up there with Matt at the end, she says: “I hope Adam goes.” Whaaaattt???? So I ask, “What?” And she says, “I’m just joking” Teehee. “That was a funny joke, Mom!” she says as she rolls over laughing!!

I think I’m in trouble in her teenage years. :-)

Simon actually said he’s the last person who should be giving advice, and said not to listen to him. Wow. I’ll take that as an apology then. See what your unnecessary bashing did Simon? You landed Lambert in the B3. I don’t buy the conspiracy theories. Adam was in the B3, although most likely also in the T3. Like I think was pointed out, they didn’t even do B3 at this point last year. He may not be garnering top votes, but he’s fine. He’ll probably still even win.

In any case, I can relax the rest of the season. Even if Kris and Allison are eliminated in the next two weeks, I’ll know they were the last two standing before the inevitable A/D finale. Not that I’m going to give up on thwarting that finish, but considering that a month ago I didn’t even believe Kris and Allison would make it to the top half of the finals (maybe I thought Kris would, but definitely not Allison), the season’s turned out to be much better than I originally thought. Still sucks, but it’s better than I thought it would be.

Concerning Matt … as he was being eliminated, I realized how much I really liked the guy. Not so much his performances, but the guy himself, so I’m was surprisingly a little sad to see him go, but after the wildcard and the save, his time was definitely up. I do have to say that his vocals were really good in the group performance tonight.

ETA: Concerning Adam picking a side … I didn’t think he was pricky for picking a side. At first I was hoping that he wouldn’t, but then I realized that it didn’t seem like something he would do (i.e. not pick a side), and it would be just like he was copying those who came before him (David/Melinda) if he didn’t, so I’m glad he just went ahead and did it.

I find it strange that the two birthday people werenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in the bottom. I honestly think this was a way to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“shake things upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  for ratings. Kris AND Adam in the bottom???? All of a sudden people arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t voting for them?? Come onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Interesting note, I had’t thought of the birthday tie in that did seem a little convenient…they get their own little special birthday package and suprise they are safe! With Allison’s track record, and I like Allison, I just couldn’t buy her being a top vote getter.

I also think its obvious that the show wants Danny to win.

I still don’t get how they would market him. He has an average voice and zero star quality.

Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it possible that Adam really was in the bottom 2?

Of course it’s possible, and highly likely, since that’s what Ryan said. I’m thinking maybe some peeps took the whole “Adam is going to win” a bit too seriously LOL. Peeps believed the hype and got complacent. It happens a lot on this show.

I thought Taylor sounded great tonight. Finally, an AI alum who comes back and sells the song out on that stage. Also taylor, I’d like to thank you for staying on key.

Hmm Jamie – I like you – but what the fuck is that song? How do you even make that noise? Does the microphone do it? Next time Jamie, just sing, and leave the robot shit at home. Still love ya though ;)

As I said last night, reverse psychology for the win.

If Adam really is in 4th place, it doesn’t look good going into next week. Rock week kind of demands him to be OTT, and I hope he doesn’t try to play it safe. Better to go out being your fabulous self Adam!

I’m guessing tonight was about making Adam look a little divaish (just like the National Enquirer article made him seem)with the choose a group thing, and then pulling him into the bottom group. It all seemed kind of rushed on Adam’s part and a little bit staged, so maybe he was told to choose that group. OR he was just being honest and thought he was safe. :) I have no reason to doubt his humility-he has displayed it MULTIPLE times, and the contestants all admit they go to him when they are having trouble.

All in all, if Adam goes, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Allison to make the finale…..as much as I like the contestants, a Kris vs. Danny finale would be SO boring.

Concerning Matt à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ as he was being eliminated, I realized how much I really liked the guy. Not so much his performances, but the guy himself, so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m was surprisingly a little sad to see him go,

ditto

*whimper* I feel like Wesley from the Princess Bride after his first go with “The Machine”. I voted for Adam 79 times, would have been more but I promised my daughter I’d vote for Kris because I was using her phone. So, Kris got three.

Whether Adam was truly in the bottom 2 or not, my gut is still unwrenching at the moment. I never want to go through another Wednesday like that.

You can do it, buddy! You just go out there and do your thing. Your fans are behind you!!!

There is no way I am going to believe that Adam was in the bottom 2 or even the bottom 3. It’s to get publicity. What is everyone going to be talking about tomorrow? Idol! It will be all over the place. “Did you see who was in the bottom 2″? This is idol at its best. Manipulating people and it works. There are so many ways that Ryan can word things and people will think it automatically means something else. Unless Ryan uses the exact words “Adam is our second lowest vote getter”, then I don’t believe anything. Like I said before, words like “this is your bottom 3″ could mean their vote totals for all three were lower than the other group. That could mean if Matt had such low votes, you could combine them with the highest vote getter and it could still be less than the other group. A simple example: group 1 has the following votes: 1 vote, 3 votes and 12 votes . Group 2 has 9 votes and 10 votes. Group 1 is your bottom 3 according to Ryan. Well, it is (16 votes vs 19 votes), but also includes the top vote getter. All I’m saying is there are many ways to manipulate words. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! LOL

I am a huge Taylor Hicks fan and I thought he was great tonight, harp and all. Hell he sounded great and not pitchy. Congrats Taylor…..very well done.

Onto this season….it has a very season 5 feel to it. Now I am not comparing stage presense, singing or personality between Danny and Taylor, just their march to the finales. Also I am not comparing the singing style, voices or anything else between Daughtry and Adam. Danny= Taylor and Adam= Daughtry. Danny’s God Squad is like the Soul Patrol only silent. He will be in the finales and he is going to win. Adam may make it to the finale but I dont see him winning. This coming from someone who prefers Adam so much more than I could ever willingly listen to anything Danny sings. Adams fans have heard so much about how he will win and that its a given. Complacency kills your Idol peeps. Vote spliting at this point in the race also will doom your Idol faster than anything.

The Soul patrol in S5 were organized to the nth degree. They bought Go-Phones, planned voting parties, and most of all were focused. While McPhee’s fans bought her flowers, the SP bought go-phones for people that couldnt afford them, shared voting strategies and power voted till their fingers bled. Taylor got no pimping from the judges, esp. Simon, who hated the guy. Danny has Simon on his side. If Adam faulters one bit next week…it will be All Gokey All the time from Simon. DOllars to doughnuts Danny gets the pimp spot next week and gets a tongue bath. Adam goes first and better bring something memorable or he could be facing the Stools of Doom once again.

I would love for Adam to win this thing. And YES winning does matter, but my gut is telling me that Danny has this in the bag.

Well, actually I can accept Adam in the bottom 2. I mean, ok, sorry if I rehash, but based on my points system on DI maps, he was like only 2.5 points above Kris.

I think him and Kris were really close but there was a very huge gap between the top 4 and Matt.

What does that transpire for next week? It’s to teach the vote-splitters a lesson and catapult Adam into the Top 3.

I do think this is the ideal Top 4.

You know American Idol did this because of that glitch on iTunes that revealed the top 10 downloaded songs from the remaining contestants. It wasn’t supposed to get out because it pretty much gives away the winner. I mean, Allison didn’t have any downloads….Danny only had one, Adam has 6 of the top 10 and Kris has 3. I think Mike R. is right….they sent Kris back before Adam just means that Kris wasn’t #5. But yeah, they are definitely trying to stir up some drama.

I hope this doesn’t kill adam’s confidence going into next week

I hope it’s Danny’s turn next week. Eh, that’s been my hope for 7 weeks already.

People should not have to vote over and over for their favorite to make it. It should be like Dancing with the Stars, a limited number of votes per address or number. It was a shocker that Adam was in the bottom 2. I guess we have to use Dialidol.com to mass vote. Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s supporter have put him at the top each week using it. I want Danny to go home.

Lol, Danny has the lowest number of raw votes ovia Dial Idol every week, this is just plain wrong.

Whether Adam was truly in the bottom 2 or not, my gut is still unwrenching at the moment. I never want to go through another Wednesday like that.

I have NEVER had a results show do that to me. I shit all over myself.

I (and my little me) actually enjoyed Jamie Foxxà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Blame It!! Seriously, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking of buying. Yikes! Somebody stop me before I push à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Purchase!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  And, then, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll Blame It on the A-a-a-a-alcohol à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  which btw I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t going to drink until Adam was in the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“bottom 2.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  LOL

Step awaaaaaaay from the computer! Don’t buy it. Don’t! lol.

I find it strange that the two birthday people werenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in the bottom.

That is strange. :blink_tb:

I doubt Adam’s confidence will be affected by this.

1) There are only 3 weeks of voting left, and this will totally PUMP up Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans to vote.

I’m hoping the same is true of Kris fans and then we can knock complacent Gokey fans off of their game. I’m fine with a Kradison top 3. Long Live Kradam!

What market would Gokey be appropriate for?

Seems to me the house and the money is betting on Adam.

This is going to really fire up Adams fans to vote.

Remember how many votes DC won by last year after Simon’s remarks on finale night.

That would be 12 million more votes for DC.

Honestly, Adam fans (and I am one of them), this isn’t a crisis. Adam has it made post-AI. It is entirely possible he was in the bottom 2 for drama and it is entirely possible people either got complacent or he simply didn’t connect to the casual viewer. No big deal. He’s the biggest star of this season whether he wins or not.

No, I think they wanted David Archie and Melinda to win.

No… no they really didn’t.

Nigel Lythgoe admitted after he left Idol that he wanted David C. to win and even voted for him. Simon admitted before the finale he wanted David C. to win, and trashed David A. in the press to prove it.

And Melinda wasn’t nearly marketable enough for them to want her to win. Simon loved her, yes, but I don’t believe he thought she would be a good winner. Season 6 was weak overall and choices were limited, but Jordin was probably the one TPTB actually wanted to win.

They want Adam to win; they’re just running out of time to work their manipulation. They’re trying to push down Gokey voters, boost up Adam, and get their final two. If they get it, watch the manipulations fly on final performance night as they try to get the audience to do exactly what they want them to do. Danny would be an unmarketable winner, and they know it. But they also know that there’s a large segment of their audience that loves him and would continue to tune in with him in the competition.

I also think its obvious that the show wants Danny to win.

but why!?! To me he is the most undeserving to win. I would have taken ANY OTHEr contestant over Gokey, and I mean ANY other. They all seem more deserving than Gokey. I think it’s Gokey’s “I’ve got it in the bag attitude” that he’s already exhibiting. That man needs to eat some humble pie.

And when Danny does, he’ll fade into oblivion.

Sorry but I strongly disagree to put it mildly. I believe that vote splitting was the culprit and people being fool enough to believe Adam was safe and could spare a few votes.

I think that’s exactly what happened. You saw it all over the various boards last night. People were worried for Kris and Allison and decided to forego votes for Adam in order to stave off elimination for Kris and Allison. Big ooops!

I think Adams fans got complacent.

That about sums it up. This just may have been the best thing that could have happened to Adam…and his fans.

I hope this doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t kill adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s confidence going into next week

Perhaps I’m an eternal optomist, but I don’t see anything ever really killing Adam’s confidence. If anything he’s challenged now and is only going to be that much better from here on out. He himself has said that he has great confidence in his abilities; his fear is just if others will ‘get’ him and appreciate his taste in music.

The only thing that will save me from going postal (jk-well not really) on the AI producers is for them to put Danny in the B3 or B2 which ever way they do it…Then I will feel a little better….

My heart still has not gone back to a normal beat yet….I seriously need to drink some tea with honey tonight because my voice is going…I have never in my 26 years yelled so much ( an I am Jamaican).

This is my theory. Kris (aw, i love him) and Matt were in the bottom two. Adam probably had the third highest amount of votes. They never usually do the bottom two durring the top 5. They added Adam for dramatic effect. They never did this before. For all we know, one of our fav Daves (ha, that rhymed) could’ve been in the bottom three last season; and we probably didn’t know it. It’s f*** up how idol wants all these ratings. But, I knew Adam wasn’t going home when they told Kris he was safe. NO way could he have gone home over Matt. The ratings would drop dramatically. LMAO. But I was freakin’ nervous for Kris! I knew Adam would be safe. I LOVE Matt, but it was his time to go.

Well, for all of the Huff business being intended to depimp someone and make them look like an ass, I think the worst set up tonight was the “cleaning bill”. Danny asking “doesn’t Idol pay for this” regarding the mess he made? That was a douchebag move.

I honestly don’t get all the hype over Adam.

Could it be possible that America actually listened to Randy and picked up on his “too theatrical, to Broadway for me” comment for Adam. My wife has a theatre background and commented on his performance; that it looked as if he was playing a character in a musical about the Rat Pack.

West Coaster here… what’s this Kara blow-up doll comment about?

(By the way, I like Adam a lot and believe he was Bottom 2. I seriously doubt it is about lack of connecting, but complacency in general. His iTunes sales show someone is connecting.
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And when Danny does, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll fade into oblivion.

And honestly, Danny could leave now and be totally embraced by Contemporary Christian music. If he wins, he’ll be in secular Diane Warren pop h*ll because he’s not an artist but a song stylist.

As one of his earliest new fans, I can readily believe that Adam was bottom 2. Since Ring of Fire, his high water mark, he’s been losing me. Even our MJ and early fan Randy Jackson were less than thrilled with his performance last night.

1. Winning AI is about attracting new or recycled voters as other contestants’ fans transfer their loyalty to second or third favorites. Where did Anoop’s and Lil’s fans go? Obviously, not to Adam.

2. The hype often backfires — especially Simon’s sledgehammer of love. If a frontrunner is perceived to be safe, fans will vote for their second or third favorite who seems to be in danger of elimination. If a frontrunner is perceived to be overpimped, fans of contestants who were eliminated can form a grudge against the frontrunner and vote against him/her.

3. As everybody knows, Adam wants to win and his strategy is distractingly transparent and off-putting. It adds to a common impression that he is an actor portraying a singer.

4. When he performs like YouTube Adam, he alienates viewers who find his auto-erotic gestures sleazy and inappropriate for family TV. He has been either self-loving Adam or self-restrained Adam. There is another option — he can impress us with his incredible vocal talent without displaying his accoutrements, shall we say.

5. Danny and Kris have responded competitively to Adam’s perceived frontrunner status by upping their games.

This week was the perfect storm. Adam is lucky to be safe.

Kris AND Adam in the bottom???? All of a sudden people arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t voting for them?? Come onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Actually, I know I’m just one person, but I’ve been vote splitting for Allison and Kris all season and last night, I only voted for Allison. So it’s entirely possible that I wasn’t the only one to do that.

I also was telling all of my online friends to give some votes to Allison. A few of them that don’t even watch the show did so for me. XD

Food for thought here: Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the Huff always used on a contestant TPTB DONà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢T want winning?

In Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s defense. if he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t choose a side, he wouldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“lameà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“cowardlyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“copying what Melinda/David/Bo didà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , etc etc.
If he did choose a side, he would be called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“arrogantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“prickà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“jerkà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“idiotà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , etc etc.
Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a no-win situation.

I disagree.

Of course, I’m only one person and I can’t possibly read every forum or everyone’s minds, but from what I’ve seen in the past…whenever a contestant refused to choose a group, it seemed they gained some respect from most Idol fans. And when someone did choose a group, they seemed to lose a bit of respect.

That has certainly been the case for me. Like with Taylor…when he walked over and arrogantly shook Chris Daughtry’s hand before turning and walking to the other group, I could not STAND him from that moment on.

I don’t hate Adam, but I’m not a fan. And his actions tonight did turn me off. I was THRILLED to see it come back to bite him.

And I totally DO NOT buy the whole “omg, he was so not in the bottom 2″ thing. Yes he was.

I have a feeling that I’ll be losing one of my two favorites next week (Kris or Allison), but right now, I don’t care. I was just thrilled to see Ryan put Adam in the bottom 3. I was flailing all over MSN with my friends. XD

Matt went out on a high note.
That was a GREAT exit performance.

He is so going to do well after the show is over. Much better than Danny and Allison at least.
He is also a great classy humble guy. Loved him. He was almost crying when he said appreciated that the judges saw something in him.

Go Matty G!

Baxter–I agree with your gut.

Danny, despite making my skin crawl (throwing the flour like a freak) and always yelling his last chous, is the frontrunner by a mile. I thought that and posted that before tonight. I hope people come to their senses and vote Adam

Interesting. Last week, Ryan didn’t say that the stool group was the bottom 3, but many people insisted that it absolutely was the bottom 3.

This week, he did say that Matt and Adam were the bottom 2 (while talking to Jamie), and many people insist that it absolutely wasn’t the bottom 2.

There’s no reason Adam couldn’t have been bottom 2, what with the Simon-backlash for Kris and Allison and the fact that so many people regard those two and Adam as their favorites, thus splitting the vote. But, as soundscene noted, it’s quite possible (probable, I’d say) that the top 4 were very close and Matt was way behind — i.e. that Adam wasn’t in nearly as much trouble as people might think.

In any event, I think he’s all kinds of safe for next week, with everyone “coming home” to vote only for him. That puts Kris and Allison in more danger, but them’s the breaks, sad to say….

We arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the nice altruistic people that we think we are…Psychology 101.

Yeah, I know. I am just trying to keep from posting bad words because of the results show and it got me through the moment. :cool_wp:

I hope this doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t kill adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s confidence going into next week

I am worried about that myself. But if they get to do two songs maybe he can throw a bone to those who don’t like the OTT stuff.

The Daughtry theory that he did not connect with people doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t fly with me. Not when his albums sales were HOW many more than the winner that seasons? Seems to me he connected to the tune of 4 x Platinum.

IMO, Daughtry’s success is only in part due to being on Idol. I say this from personal experience because I HATED Chris Daughtry on S5. HATED HIM. His voice was like nails on a chalkboard to me and I thought he acted like a jackass most of the time. I had no personal good will towards him post-Idol and was actually thrilled when he got voted off.

However… I will be the first to admit that while I still think he’s probably a jackass, the jackass made a really radio friendly album. And yes, I own it. I don’t own it because I liked him on Idol, obviously, I own it because I liked the songs. And I imagine a LOT of those 4 million who bought it just happened to like what they heard on the radio. (I know several people who hold the same opinion as me too.)

If Idol Record Deal = success, then a lot more of these contestants would be doing better than they are. If the quality isn’t there, the albums are going to stall out at a certain sales level no matter how much someone is liked while on Idol. (See Taylor, Ruben, Katherine, Blake, etc.)

And to put this back on topic… I love Adam and he is my choice to win, but I have no delusion that he could have been a victim of complacency tonight. It happens ALL the time. And Adam should just be grateful that Matt didn’t have a fanbase that could topple his. Adam will likely bounce back from this and I’m guessing he’ll still win or be final 2 for sure.

Also, I’m not a Gokey-hater but I cannot fathom a world in which he wins this show. It just seems… wrong. Especially up against the 3 that are left.

I call bullsh$tt. No way was Adam in the bottom two. This is the ugly side of AI trying to make it seem like an even race to the finish. He blows all the other contestants out of the water. Everybody is talking about the new star Adam Lambert. How dare AI make him quiver in his boots after he’s brought them such great ratings. grrrrrrrrrrrr

This is my theory. Kris (aw, i love him) and Matt were in the bottom two.

My theory is that Matt and Allison were the lowest vote-getters and they didn’t want to rally Allison’s fanbase.

Well yay, that means Kris wasn’t B2! :thumbup_tb:

I need a little clarification. I know there’s no way to know for sure (at lest, I think I know), but if they say “Bottom 3″ or “Bottom 2,” does that mean they really got the least number of votes? Or do they play with the results in every way other than THE lowest vote-getter is the one who goes home?

And did they ever explicitly say Adam was Bottom 2? I may have missed it. Because I have no problem believing that Danny’s fanbase could outvote Adam’s. And I have little difficulty believing that the sole remaining chica couldn’t get some serious votage. But Kris beating Adam…and I’m perfectly ok if that happens…I have a hard time believing. Unless those 2000 Conway residents and their powervoting actually turned the tide.

edit: your fellow posters are not the subject of this thread. don’t criticize your fellow posters

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Have to say it, but I bet that any others contestant, and by other contestant I mean Danny, had done what Adam did many people would be offending the guy. After all, Adam not only picked a group he also picked the group who he thought was better convinced he was safe! ehà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

ITA. I don’t think Adam did anything wrong, but the boards would have imploded if Danny had done the same thing. I think the difference is that Adam has acted in nothing but a humble and self-effacing way this season. Whereas, I don’t think the same can be said of Danny.

I like Adam, but can totally believe he could have been B2. If he wasn’t he was undoubtedly B3. I don’t think it can be written off to vote splitting. Fan complancency? Maybe, though the fandom were very aware that they didn’t want a “Daughtry”.

No-one is talking about how polarising Adam’s “Glambert” performances can be. While he’s the undoubted internet fav, there has always been speculation that his potentially OTT performances may be divisive with the general public.

Hope he doesn’t dial it back too much, but it seems if he wants to win this, he’s been given a clear steer that he needs to tend a little more to the middle….that’s a bit sad.

As for Danny, I don’t think it can be said that it’s clear TPTB want him to win when they’ve never given him the pimp spot yet this season.

Next week is going to be close & I have a feeling Gokey may be pleased to finally have it then

OMG I just got home and I had a feeling yesterday that Adam may be in trouble. A lot of fans, like me, didn’t vote for Adam because we were sure he would be in the top 2 at least. Having the pimp spot this year means shit. Patiently waiting for MJ’s vids. Yay I’m still number 1 on the pool, lol, I don’t know how that happened? It won’t last long, lol. Anyway I am so sorry Adam, I will vote next week, I promise. That was a shocker, but I think Fantasia was in the bottom 3 a few times and still won so Adam still has a chance of winning this thing, I hope. :)

Thank goodness he is safe. I am happy that Allison and Kris are safe too. It was Matt’s time to go finally, lol.

Adam showed in last place on dialidol’s busy percentage, so I’m not surprised. I chose him to be the last one to be called safe due to that busy percentage thing and was right. I almost chose him as the one to leave (as in shock boot), but since I’m such a big fan of his, I just couldn’t bring myself to do that, plus Matt just no longer seemed to fit they remaining group (imo). This is the top 4 I wanted to see and am glad it turned out that way!

Oh, and Taylor………so good to see you! I-eeee-eye-eeee-eye will always love youuuu, oh i-eee-eye will always luh uv youuuuuuuuu! (Dolly/Whitney)

Nice job tonight Taylor! :wub_tb:

My theory is that Matt and Allison were the lowest vote-getters and they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to rally Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase.

I agree. Matt & Allison would have been too predictable. Plus, it was her birthday. Finally, I just think the show wants Danny to win. He’ll be the only one who never took a trip to the bottom.

They always did a bottom 2 top 5 night. Correct me if I’m wrong? All of a sudden they do a top 3??? As a whole, this year is terrible. They are doing pretty much anything to get ratings.

I totally think that Adam was legitimately in the bottom 2. And Ryan did explictly say it, so no hedging about it. And I think it’s a prime case of Daugherty complacency and vote splitting. I know I was wicked pissed about Simon’s comments about Allison and worried about her, so threw tons of votes to her. And from what I’m hearing, other Adam fans did the same for her and Kris.

And hey, Adam is polarizing, so he could have just turned off too many of the casual voters and his fanbase was too complacent, unlike after RoF when they worried and mobilized.

But I will say, that this will create huge buzz for AI, which they love and some have said, they needed to create for this season.

I love Adam and I totally believe he was in the bottom 2. Ryan plays games with words, but when he states “bottom 2″ I believe it. I do think there is a line that idol hasn’t crossed. They definitely pimp, de-pimp, and bend the truth but I don’t believe they out and out lie.

When he acts like YouTube Adam, he alienates viewers who find his auto-erotic gestures sleazy and inappropriate for family TV.

It is truly amazing that a man can walk down a flight of stairs and stand in front of a microphone and that this is the audience perception of what he does.

First let me say that I am not a huge fan of Adam’s….however I do think that his fans should be thankful for the way it went down tonight, I do believe he probably slipped in votes and this is the show’s way of scaring his voters out of complacency and getting them dialing away.

I am a HUGE HUGE HUGE Daughtry fan….I mean ginormously HUGE, now that that’s out of the way…in Season 5 I honestly was not nearly as shockd as the rest of the nation when he was voted off. I still remember talking to my friend right before the results show and said I have a feeling it’s his week to go….because I knew the Soul Patrol was insanely voting….and I do mean insane because Taylor was not in the top the previous week and that Paris’ votes probably went to Katherine and that Elliott had 2 excellent performances that week and people loved him….that left Chris the odd man out so I think that’s what happened that week, no biggie. Going out in 4th is actually not that bad of a deal…you get to do the full press tour hitting all the shows still, people are very connected to the contestant and the show still so the buzz his super high. 3rd place gets a raw deal because they have to stay in town to prepare for the finale so no press til after the season is over and the top 2 make their rounds. And honestly the day after the finale the AI buzz dies down considerably and the weather gets nice and TV viewing drops in general….so I consider Matt and whoever goes next week to be quite lucky.

Its gunna put him right back on top and ppl will say how his B2 showing was bullshit and it will set him up as the guy who was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“wrongfully in the bottomà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  which makes him underdog status in a way to Danny. and american LOVES the underdog.

ITA, Duke. This was the best thing that could happen for Adam in some ways. He was getting a lot of front runner backlash already, and people seemed sure that he was a lock for the win. Now, along with mobilizing the hardcore fans, the race is more interesting to casual viewers, which makes them more likely to watch and vote, and Adam gets to be the underdog again, along with Kris, leaving all of the front runner backlash for Danny.

I also agree with what others have said- the votes for the 4 who were safe could have been very close. That’s what DialIdol has suggested for the last 2 weeks. Last year, even Syesha, a perennial bottom dweller, won one of the last few weeks. I don’t have much trouble believing that Allison could have won the night last night, with the other 3 boys close behind.

Hoppy, valid points all. But there were a TON of people who were pissed off and stopped watching Idol when Chris left. Like my entire office. Cause he connected with us on the show. I never got an asshole vibe from him. I got a rocker vibe. Which could look asshole like compared to Taylor and McKat.

I am worried about that myself. But if they get to do two songs maybe he can throw a bone to those who donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like the OTT stuff.

Throw them a bone? It’s not all about the OTT stuff. He got to be the Glambert this week, if he’s truly in this to win it (and I truly believe he is) he will tone it down to win back some of the votes that may have strayed this week. You all might say ‘well it’s not worth it then’. I say it’s Adam’s choice to make.

Am I the only one who hopes they make Gokey pay that cleaning bill?

LOL at the theories about Adam hitting the bottom 2. Could be right though, and could be wrong as well. The producers have certainly made a good TV

mermichelle

Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I honestly donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get all the hype over Adam.

Well, maybe 10 years from now, when Adam is selling out arenas and have #1 hits all over the charts and when he becomes the international star that he will be…maybe then you will finally get what all the hype was about… Just saying…

Adam?!?!?!? Nooo………(falls into deep abyss of despair), then is given a lifeline out of it by the stupid TPTB, with the smarmiest smirks on their faces.

Come on, people! VOTE FOR ADAM!!!!

Think we have to be resigned to Danny Jokey being in the finals (damn you Simon), ‘cos Kris and Allison are going to lose votes from the vote-splitters. One thing we mustn’t forget, Adam is in this to WIN! Let’s make his dream come true! He’s already 26, not much time left for him to break into the industry. Don’t kid yourself, WINNING IS EVERYTHING here! Forget Chris D, Jen H, and whoever, HELP ADAM WIN!

Take up the battle banner! ADAM! ADAM! ADAM! :guns_tb:

Yes, yes, Danny can sing, but I really do not want to see Danny’s smirk again. Scram, Danny! :flush_tb:

Matt went out on a high note.
That was a GREAT exit performance

I agree, Maracaibo, he sounded so good.

“Auto-erotic?” Seriously? Whoa. That’s some heavy-duty verbiage there.

Hoppy, valid points all. But there were a TON of people who were pissed off and stopped watching Idol when Chris left. Like my entire office. Cause he connected with us on the show. I never got an asshole vibe from him. I got a rocker vibe. Which could look asshole like compared to Taylor and McKat.

I totally get that. I knew people back then who loved Chris and were pissed too. Just no one in my house! Heck, I know a lot of people loved Season 5, but it was one of my least favorite seasons (though not as bad as S3). The only contestant I really loved was Elliott, and next to Elliott and his insane amounts of niceness and humility, anyone could have looked jackass-y to me. LOL.

Wow, I called the reverse Huff. I just thought they’d do it to Gokey top 7 week. I hate being right about the wrong thing. Poor Adam.

America, you suck. Allison? Really? She was consistently one of the two weakest performers the past three weeks, including last night. Sigh.

I suppose I have to actually vote more than three times next week. Oh, the irony too. I threw two votes to Adam and one to Kris. Double sigh. I hate power voting. I swore I’d only ever do that for Cook. But dammit, I’m kinda pissed off. Allison? Really? And Gokey?

Sigh. Did I mention you suck, America?

I have never in my 26 years yelled so much ( an I am Jamaican).

Okay, that cracked me up, mon.

Well jeez. I just realized I forgot to make a pick in the pool.

edit: make a point. don’t question your fellow posters

I’m a big Adam fan and I believe he was in the bottom 2. Adam has a lot of support from people who probably don’t vote much, or who’ve heard the buzz and utube/itunes him. He’s NOT a traditional Idol contestant.

My hope was for Adam to get to final four. And he did! I’m happy. The further he goes, the less “cool” he gets. A couple of times recently I thought he was playing for the older, traditional vote. I think that is a mistake for his long term career.

Adam not picking a side would have been so fake and stupid. It’s cute on Archie. It would look wimpy fake on Adam. Which side to pick is so obvious. Everyone knows Danny and Allison gave the stronger performances. He wouldn’t choose to do it, but if told to do it then he will. Makes me love him more. I’m sure he gained a lot of respect from Simon for that.

I think Adam will come out next week and do rock like all get out. I hope he leaves and I will not vote anymore. He needs to get away from the Idol crap. He was wonderful last night.

I bet there were a ton of record execs hoping he’d leave tonight! I know Adam fans hate to hear it, but Daughtry was better getting away from the Idol stuff. Adams future depends more on the non-idol audience out there than the traditional one. For a huge career it’s about attracting the non-idol audience. All figures from itunes to google to twitter point to that he has suceeded in getting him name out there in a good way. Now, it’s time to move on.

In my AI universe, Matt was voted off in 7th place. How does the judges save help?

4got, maybe TPTB really didn’t want Anoop in the TOP 5. That’s about all it accomplished. Matt is a sweet guy but he knew he was on borrowed time.

nad, when Kara made that comment about the save, I almost choked. Oh, and Paula declaring this is the best season yet? Someone fed that to her because the interns are reading the posts here and elsewhere.

Some have compared Danny to Taylor Hicks. NO WAY! Taylor has style and personality that Gokey just doesn’t have. He was fun to watch because you know he’s enjoying every moment. He looked and sounded so good!

I know Taylor was surprised that Simon gave him the standing “O”, but I missed the look. What was it? I am pleased Ryan welcomed him back graciously.

Rally the troops for Adam because heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not strong enough yet. Get Danny voters complacent so they slack off by the time the finale rolls around.

Danny voters haven’t been complacent all season, I doubt they’re going to become complacent now that the competition is in the homestretch. Besides, if the chosen one Adam can have a bottom two scare, I don’t think any of the remaining fanbases are going to assume that their favorite is going to be safe. If Danny doesn’t win (and I still don’t think he will), fan complacency won’t be the reason IMO.

It is truly amazing that a man can walk down a flight of stairs and stand in front of a microphone and that this is the audience perception of what he does.

No kidding, Tess

Hoppy – Elliot and Chris were my favorite. And as bad as I found season 5, Season 6 sucked so hard I nearly didn’t watch 7.

Ok people this was such a Producer gimmick…Trying to make all of us think that Adam would be in the bottom two when he is the biggest search on google and yahoo but triple digits and is always number one on all polls by at least double digits…They want to create a drama situation so we think that Adam actually has competition… Next week is Rock week with Slash…So who do you think will Rock the show…ADAM..also Allison….they don’t want people to believe Adam really is so far out in front….You could tell the Simon knew Adam was not going home…They were so transparent…but people vote in droves for Adam for now on….Don’t leave this to chance again…..Don’t you think it is not coincidental that it was Allison’s and Danny’s birthdays and they were safe first

Interesting. Last week, Ryan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say that the stool group was the bottom 3, but many people insisted that it absolutely was the bottom 3. This week, he did say that Matt and Adam were the bottom 2 (while talking to Jamie), and many people insist that it absolutely wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the bottom 2.

To be honest, I don’t believe anything Ryan says! lol

When he performs like YouTube Adam, he alienates viewers who find his auto-erotic gestures sleazy and inappropriate for family TV. There is another option à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  he can impress us with his incredible vocal talent without displaying his accoutrements, shall we say.

I’m confused by this. I’m not sure what you mean here. My kids love Adam, and I’ve never noticed him doing anything appropriate that I wouldn’t want them to see.

I also disagree with the idea that Adam is an actor playing a singer. I think he’s actually pretty genuine.

Good luck to you Matt. You seem like a nice guy.

I think it’s entirely possible Adam really was in the bottom 2 just because he’s seemed so ‘safe’ and people (me included) were voting like crazy for Kris and Allison thinking the Adam fanatics had him covered.
I still think he will make the final, his fans will be voting in overdrive now and hopefully it’s the Gokey that is the blindside ‘shock’ boot next week.

Tess Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

When he acts like YouTube Adam, he alienates viewers who find his auto-erotic gestures sleazy and inappropriate for family TV.

It is truly amazing that a man can walk down a flight of stairs and stand in front of a microphone and that this is the audience perception of what he does.

Tess, where were you when Adam’s hand kept drifting to his nether regions during Satisfaction and Ring of Fire? We were all talking about it here and Michael Slezak had a lot of fun with it, too.

For the record, I think Ring of Fire is the best AI vocal performance ever. I was one of Adam’s biggest fans.

I dont know why everyone is saying that there is no way adam could have been in the bottom 3? ..Everybody is automatically saying its fake. People..there are only 5 left..somebody has to go. I wouldnt be surprised if adam doesnt have the fanbase everyone thinks he has. I think hes very talented, but his screaming and his over the top performances are sort of getting on my nerves. I loved tracks of my tears, but his other performances..not so much. Hes miles above danny though.

I only want to know- did you not just love Taylor? A litlle hyper but putting him before Jamie was a great move since Jamie apparently does not know how to sing( if that was a song shoot me please.)

What I find interesting is that all the judges were smiling and seemed just fine and dandy. That doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seem right at allà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Yeah, I noticed that too. None of them seemed panicked that Adam was in that group. Even when Ryan asked Simon about it, he never showed concern that the big potential money maker was in that group.

To fellow ADAM fans: NOW is the time to get REALLY freaked out! We got TOO comfortable. I could have tossed in many more votes yesterday but I got comfortable thinking that wait, Google, Yahoo, Youtube, Cowell, the media, even Slezak, are ALL loving him. NO WAY he’s going to be remotely in any trouble this week. And look what happened. For at least today only, i’m going to blame myself for getting complacent for those couple of minutes last night, and it’s something i need to do as his fan.

This B2 experience, fake or not, was a necessary one and i hope ALL Adam fans are questioning themselves whether they have voted hard enough and done enough for him. He’s been brilliant each and every time and we only have ourselves to blame if he gets booted.

So VOTE and DONT SPLIT VOTES, please. Was the worst 1 hour of my life.

Chris Daughtry a jackass?? I watched season 5, watched countless interviews with Chris and have seen him in concert 3 times and I have never once thought he was a jackass. Now Taylor Hicks……that’s a whole different story.

Tonight I remembered something. I miss Taylor Hicks.

Whether Adam was truly in the bottom 2 or not, my gut is still unwrenching at the moment. I never want to go through another Wednesday like that.

I have NEVER had a results show do that to me. I shit all over myself.

Welcome to the nerve-wracking world of Allison fans….

Adam fans brought back down to Earth. Not everyone is in love with the screaming Lambert.

Love me some Matt I think he will do just fine with a little coaching and confidence.

I bet there were a ton of record execs hoping heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d leave tonight! I know Adam fans hate to hear it, but Daughtry was better getting away from the Idol stuff. Adams future depends more on the non-idol audience out there than the traditional one. For a huge career ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s about attracting the non-idol audience. All figures from itunes to google to twitter point to that he has suceeded in getting him name out there in a good way. Now, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s time to move on.

yeah…to be honest I think if Adam bit it next week it would be the best thing for his career…honestly!! He’d be the shocker and still do all the press stuff and have a little more leniency in his career choices right out of the gate. Adam absolutely does not need this win….Kris or Allison do!! I do like Danny but weather he wins or loses I have no idea what kind of career he wants….if he wants the Christian radio route then he’s probably already got that sealed and doesn’t need the win either. My hope is for an Allison/Kris finale and I don’t care which wins…wishful thinking I know

Read a few of the 3,983 comments so far. My 2-cents, in random thought order…

Yes, ITA with another poster – Gokey, keep your handsy-hands off the 17 year old girl during the food fight! I actually flinched a little bit there. Ewww.

Last night, once again, Gokey YELLED at me just when I was about to maybe sorta enjoy his performance. He is TRYING SO HARD. When he starts straining, I think he’s gonna POP! And then he SHOUTS at me and I do not like his tone of voice when he just yells as loud as he can and throws in those ridiculous runs. And now, I don’t like his smug, arrogant, pompous self. Wait, didn’t someone call MY ONE & ONLY DAVID COOK that last year? hee. OK, I still don’t like Karaoke Gokey. What the heck would an entire album of his sound like? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Wake me up when it’s over.

ADAM! Oh I’m sorry, my dear, I will vote more than 5 times from now on and no vote splitting with Kris even. I think you are incredible. However, I must ask, exactly what kind of album will you make? Will there be any originals on it? You know, we can’t SEE you perform on an album. Just kill us with some amazing writing and your voice, please. Thank you.

Hmmmmmmm. I do like Kris too. A lot. And not for his looks – I think he’s kinda funny looking, like a cute little monkey maybe. I know he writes and I like that in my singing men. He’s sharpening his vocal skills and his performance acuity. I think he’s gaining confidence. I could see buying his album without even a test listen, DEPENDING on the songs – are any originals? Or did he get some good songwriters? Or both? Maybe a little test listen then. I could also see becoming easily bored with Kris’s recordings.

I’ve watched Idol since Season 1, with different degrees of intensity. I probably sound like an idiot, but I think the judges say what they want to say, for their own reasons. And we can listen to them and we can listen to the contestants and we can decide who to vote for (or not) and we can vote (or not). And they count our votes and that’s how we decide who wins. I bet Adam fans got complacent this week. I know I did. I still won’t vote and spend my $$$ like I did last year on Cook, but I’m gonna VOTE more starting next week!

YAY ADAM! Good-bye, Matty. I really love ya. I’ll be watching for an album! :clap_tb: :wub_tb:

ETA: Just saw another following comment. I hope Adam doesn’t change a thing! I’d be surprised if he changes to appeal to “the masses.” Hey, he appeals mightily to ME and I’m a mass. hee.

I didn’t see all of Taylor Hicks’ performance but what I did see & hear, I LIKED! What energy. Nice voice. I voted for him some that season, if I recall. I did not like Jamie Foxx’s song much. I might have liked it a little if I could’ve UNDERSTOOD THE FREAKIN’ WORDS. Geez.

I’ll have to watch vid to see Simon’s face when Taylor was on. Good for a giggle, I assume?

I say the consolation is that it’s better to have the complacency drop in now rather than later.

I mean if Matt wasn’t here this week to buffer, Adam could really be gone.

I only want to know- did you not just love Taylor?

I don’t follow the guy and don’t know much about him, but that was great! I may not care for the style, but he was very good. His live shows must be fun.

Well, there ARE Danny fans out there and this is our week to celebrate. Live with it. Next week may be a completely different storyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Well, lol, have at it!

I’m not fond of the us against them mentality though. I don’t dislike Danny because I like Adam. I started disliking Danny back when I still wasn’t so sure about Adam. In fact, I made fun of Adam more than I did Danny in the begining :)

My feelings about Danny have nothing to do with Adam or the other contestants I like for that matter. I simply don’t like Danny on his own merits.

Perhaps Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m an eternal optomist, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see anything ever really killing Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s confidence. If anything heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s challenged now and is only going to be that much better from here on out. He himself has said that he has great confidence in his abilities; his fear is just if others will à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹getà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ him and enjoy him and appreciate his taste in music.

I agree. In Adam’s video with FOX he said he was surprised he made it this far. He thought he was too different and alternative to win a popular vote. I think he is using this experience the best he can to get a career whether he wins or not. I’m just a little worried that he will completely tone his performances down to “please” the masses.

They never have a bottom 3 in the Top 5. Further proof that what happened tonight was all for ratings and water cooler talk tomorrow.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be more pissed off about the vote splitting or voting for someone else because they figure Adam is/was safe

Well, if that’s the case what went down tonight ought to solve it. Perhaps some have more than one fav though. Of course those who want Adam to win it all will only vote Adam from here on out.

I had no problem (and I know I’m late to this conversation) with Adam picking a group, as someone said earlier, there was no guile in the guy when he did so, and he showed guts by doing so. I just felt bad for him ending up in the B3.

Danny on the other hand didn’t seem to have much of a sense of humor re: the b-day bill and went on and on about learning something new, so I wonder if America is catching more of his personality….

I was just relieved when Kris was safe! Keep on chugging along Kris! You’re awesome!

When they were getting ready to announce who was going home, I had never seen such a serious look on Adam’s face before.

Drama exciting tonight. I liked the group number. The guest performers not so much. Taylor wasn’t bad though.

Throw them a bone? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not all about the OTT stuff. He got to be the Glambert this week, if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s truly in this to win it (and I truly believe he is) he will tone it down to win back some of the votes that may have strayed this week. You all might say à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹well ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not worth it thenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢. I say ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s choice to make.

If he is truly in it to win it, he would say FU to those who don’t like the OTT stuff and work it out, doing his thing, Glittersparkling all over the Idol stage. Of course it is his choice to make. I will like whatever he does.

But dammit, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m kinda pissed off. Allison? Really? And Gokey? Sigh. Did I mention you suck, America?

Heh.

I love Adam and I totally believe he was in the bottom 2. Ryan plays games with words, but when he states à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“bottom 2à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ³ I believe it. I do think there is a line that idol hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t crossed. They definitely pimp, de-pimp, and bend the truth but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe they out and out lie.

Unless Ryan says the word “votes”, it could mean anything and they would not be crossing a line. Bottom 2 what? They ate the least amount of pancakes this morning so they were the bottom 2 pancake eaters? Just joking about the pancakes, but just trying to make a point that they wouldn’t be lying because the phrase is very vague. Us as the audience just “assumes” what they mean. AI is all about manipulation to try and get ratings and the outcome that they want.

I think people voted for Danny and Allison — and they were legitimately the top 2 — because they liked their performances more than the others.

What I find interesting is that all the judges were smiling and seemed just fine and dandy. That doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seem right at allà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Maybe because they were happy that Kris was safe? Or they thought it was a no brainer when Adam and Matt were in the bottom 2?

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If you have not seen Taylor live try to- he is incredible and I am not kidding!

Well, for all of the Huff business being intended to depimp someone and make them look like an ass, I think the worst set up tonight was the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“cleaning billà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Danny asking à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Idol pay for thisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  regarding the mess he made? That was a douchebag move.

Lol, I actually thought that was funny (even for Gokey). With all the money Idol are making off the show in ad revenue I thought it was a fair comment. The problem with Danny is he’s alienated so many that he’s lost “the benefit of the doubt” everyone is prepared to give the others.

I don’t think the set up for The Huff this year is really directly comparable to the situation last year (haven’t seen the other years). Last year, once Ryan had David Cook switch groups at the last second, it was obvious who was safe and who wasn’t. Next, Ryan told David Archuleta that he was safe, and to pick his group. There was no way Archie could pick a group after that, being the sweetheart that he is.

On the other hand, this year the groups were evenly split- each had someone who’d never been in the Bottom 3, and someone who’d been there several times. Ryan didn’t tell Adam whether he was safe or not before asking him to pick, either, he just told him to pick the group he was likely to be in. We could argue round and round about Adam’s motivations for picking one group or the other, but the reality is, all we know is that he might have picked the group he thought had performances that were about equal to his. We don’t know whether he thought they were bad, or good, or whether he was just being a gentleman and decided not to hurt the 17 year old birthday girl’s feelings. That’s the story I’m going with!

I agree. Matt & Allison would have been too predictable. Plus, it was her birthday. Finally, I just think the show wants Danny to win. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be the only one who never took a trip to the bottom.

Lol, or maybee, Allison was actually better than Kris and she got more votes than him???

I really do wonder why none of the judges seemed shocked or annoyed at Adam being in the bottom. No “America, what have you done” or “Adam, this is so wrong”. It was very “Well, that’s how it goes….”

Perhaps Adam is not who the judges want in the finals. Or, am I reading into that wrong?

Chris Daughtry a jackass?? I watched season 5, watched countless interviews with Chris and have seen him in concert 3 times and I have never once thought he was a jackass. Now Taylor Hicksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a whole different story.

I’m not doing a good job of keeping up in here…but people are calling Chris a jackass??!! awwww…..he so is NOT a jackass at all, I swear!! He may have his cheesy, goofy moments but definitely not jackass moments. He’s a genuinely nice, loving guy!! I’ve met him several times and to be honest I was always the jackass haha!! spewing out word vomit cuz I was so nervous :P

Never been a huge fan of Taylor’s music but he looked fantastic, and truthfully I’ve never found him good looking so good for him!! His sound isn’t my thing so I’m not going to be buying his stuff any time soon but he really did do a great job tonight!!

Face it. The average viewer of Idol is over 45. The power voters with multiple phones are older housewives and grannies who have the time to sit home and vote for 2 hours. Of course, not all. But these are who have the time to do it, and who are in that position in their life. Most are traditional, conservative middle of the country voters.

If Adam wins, then Adam is doing something wrong. I don’t want that. I want Satisfaction and Ring of Fire and hot sexy stuff. I want fun. Would Pink, Lady Gaga or Britney win Idol. I think not. We’d hear all the same “not family friendly enough”. Adam’s sexuality also is a BIG factor in this. You are naive to think not.

Getting 4th is HUGE though. He was himself – very different and flamboyant. He has outstanding potential. The buzz is through the roof, and we know he’ll sell. IF he is the true Adam. I’m ecstatic and feel all this crap is over with.

Of course, Danny will win. He’s always been in the front. You have to get outside the fanboards to see it.

Can’t y’all tell that tptb did this just to fire up Adam’s fans? And it’s working. He’ll be fine.

The important thing is, Allison was in the top 2! Whoo hoo!!

Everyone who power-voted for her cannot let up. Our next goal: hometown visit!

If Adams hand drifting down towards his penis – which is I assume what we are talking about with the auto erotic comment – was offensive one can only imagine how the Florida thing went over. At least with that you didn’t have to look so hard for sexual innuendo.

There is another option à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  he can impress us with his incredible vocal talent without displaying his accoutrements, shall we say.

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Tess, where were you when Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hand kept drifting to his nether regions during Satisfaction and Ring of Fire? We were all talking about it here and Michael Slezak had a lot of fun with it, too.

For the record, I think Ring of Fire is the best AI vocal performance ever. I was one of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s biggest fans.

I seriously mean no disrespect, but why is it a problem now if it wasn’t in the past? I didn’t think he was as sexual as some of his performances in the past. I’m just trying to understand. That’s it.

ETA: That said, I think that’s just part of Adam’s style. Like it or not. I do. ;-)

Tess, where were you when Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hand kept drifting to his nether regions during Satisfaction and Ring of Fire? We were all talking about it here and Michael Slezak had a lot of fun with it, too.

Drifted to his nether regions? Are you tryting to say he grabbed his crotch? If he did, I don’t think it’s a big deal. Then again, I wasn’t shocked or appalled by Boobygate, either, and a lot of people were, so maybe I’m not the best litmus test.

I have a hard time believing that the way one votes for reality show contestants has much if any bearing on what kind of human beings they are.

Indeed, I don’t think it’s quie that important. I don’t think I can tell anything about you just by who you like on a tv talent show lol.

Hmm Jamie – I like you – but what the fuck is that song? How do you even make that noise? Does the microphone do it? Next time Jamie, just sing, and leave the robot shit at home.

And the whole time he was “singing”, I thought, and well, here we have a CLASSICALLY TRAINED musician. Yikes.

I am very certain that top 3 will be adam, danny, and allison. Kris is my favorite, but I really don’t think he stands a chance against the others right now. I don’t care what anyone says–Adam WILL win.

I like Adam, but he shouldn’t have said “based on last night..” and chose Allison and Danny. That made him look like he was so confident/sure he was the top vote getter. Poor guy :(

ETA: Having said that, maybe Adam was actually picking the bottom 3 group. hehe

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Looks like Danny Gokey has this thing wrapped up.

I haven’t voted all season, because I’m just not into AI too much this year. However, if I were to vote, I’d vote for Kris. He’s the only one I truly enjoy listening to. I guess I just don’t get all this Adam love and Gokey hatred. What some think is arrogance could be confidence. I don’t know, because I don’t know any of them. However, Kris truly does appear to be the most humble of all. Allison seems to be having a problem with self-confidence, but, hey, she’s only 17. Jordin Sparks possessed the confidence at 17.

I don’t care who wins, but, wouldn’t shed a tear if Adam goes home. I don’t like his singing. But, hey, that’s me.

I think the shocking part wasn’t that Adam was in the bottom 2…just that he was in the bottom 2 after he got the pimp spot, got (or asked for) the great entrance, got great reviews from the judges and a lot of critics…and with all of that he was in the bottom group.

Very interesting!

Maybe Dial Idol has been not very accurate this year because it’s really close between all the contestants and it isn’t a foregone conclusion like the show and media have made it out to be.

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Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just a little worried that he will completely tone his performances down to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“pleaseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  the masses.

…and what is wrong with pleasing the masses if he wants to win this thing and that is what he has to do to win it? He’ll have a long and illustrious career after Idol to be as OTT as he wants to be. Why is it so important that he do it on the Idol stage? Why?

If Adam wins, then Adam is doing something wrong. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want that. I want Satisfaction and Ring of Fire and hot sexy stuff. I want fun. Would Pink, Lady Gaga or Britney win Idol. I think not. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d hear all the same à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“not family friendly enoughà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sexuality also is a BIG factor in this. You are naive to think not.

And what about what Adam wants? Is that not important? ^^^^same as what I said above. He can do it after Idol. We’ll know next week I’m sure.

I like how now Gokey is that enormous frontrunner with millions more votes than the others, that was the exact same assumption made for Adam and Kris before tonight…

According to DI, this is a very tight race, Danny is not going to win it just because he hasn’t been in the bottom yet.

The judges were way too relaxed, no one was really expecting Adam to go.

Top 6 of Season 5 Katherine and Chris were top vote getters, 2 weeks later they were the bottom 2 with Chris getting the boot….it’s down to the wire, every week is totally different from the next…it’s highly possible that Danny can get sent packing next week…or any of them really, no one has it in the bag just yet

Looks like Danny Gokey has this thing wrapped up.

I wouldn’t call it that quick.

As of right now, he is the only contestants who can say he hasn’t been in the bottom 3, though. As of right now….

I can’t believe Adam actually chose a group. Who’da thunk it? That was kind of embarrassing.

It’s the vote split. Adam and Allison share a fanbase. Afraid that she would leave after Simon’s comments, the majority came to her rescue, thinking Adam would be safe anyway. You can’t have your cake and eat it too at this point. You’ve got to pick one.

Allison seems to be having a problem with self-confidence, but, hey, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only 17. Jordin Sparks possessed the confidence at 17.

LOL. Simon is fucking with her confidence. Allison is a regular girl. I I like Jordin quite a bit, but she was a pageant girl. I always felt like she was a bit “groomed.” But YMMV.

Next week, I think Adam would do well to do a couple of very well known and loved classic rock songs the way America is used to hearing them. And I don’t think that is “selling out”, it’s just smart. I want the average American to say “Oh yeah…that reminds me of when I was a kid, or a teenager”. It should be no problem for Adam to find that “connection” with the viewers next week.

No-one is talking about how polarising Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Glambertà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  performances can be. While heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the undoubted internet fav, there has always been speculation that his potentially OTT performances may be divisive with the general public.

Is it possible that some were offended with Adam’s “gift from Heaven” enterance onto the stage. It was overwhelming compared to the other contestants. I really like Adam but would like for him to end one of his songs differently.

Actually, the walk down the steps was more a Taylor Hicks styling – the Angel enterance! :king_tb:

I really did not like Chris on the show.

Awwh I’m going to miss Matt. It’s true that he can’t sing well on Tuesdays, but I like him–wart and everything.

Now, Kris is my new favorite. I’m pulling for him to make it into the finals.

On the other hand, this year the groups were evenly split- each had someone whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d never been in the Bottom 3, and someone whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d been there several times. Ryan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t tell Adam whether he was safe or not before asking him to pick, either, he just told him to pick the group he was likely to be in. We could argue round and round about Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s motivations for picking one group or the other, but the reality is, all we know is that he might have picked the group he thought had performances that were about equal to his. We donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know whether he thought they were bad, or good, or whether he was just being a gentleman and decided not to hurt the 17 year old birthday girlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s feelings. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the story Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going with!

This is how I feel … Adam didn’t necessarily think he was safe so picked the group he thought were top .. it could be that he thought he wasn’t safe so picked who he thought would be the bottom two …we’ll never know unless Adam tells us what he was thinking.

For all we know he could have been told backstage that he had to pick the group on his left (no matter who was in it) .. so that they could do the dramatic … “ha ha Adam wrong group, you’re bottom three” … I mean if he’d picked the other group that would have taken away that bit of good TV.

Who knows .. all we know is that if he was bottom 2 or 3 (which I believe he was as if you read the forums there’s so much complacency and vote splitting where Adam’s concerned) .. and that his fans are going to have to really vote next week to avoid a similar situation.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t dislike Danny because I like Adam.

^^^this. It’s not a matter of black and white here. If I was a jackass of an Adam fan I wouldn’t like Kris or Allison either. But I love those two and in any other season one or the other would absolutely be my favorite.

No my dislike of Danny goes back to his very first audition tape and the “cry me a river” sob story he laid out for the entire AI viewing public to partake in. Then he spent all of hollywood week emphasizing it and hung his “best friend” out to dry in the process. His semi finals round was same old same old again and even in the top 13 he was still talking about his loss, etc. The man is the douchebag to end douchebags of all time.

It looks like all his machinations have succeeded and American Public is so gullible as to be wrapped up in this horrendous sideshow that is Pokey Gokey. I have never, ever said I hated an American Idol contestant, but I hate Danny Gokey. He is EVERYTHING that I despise in a human being. There, I’ve said it and you can all let the arrows fly.

So Adam and Matt were the bottom two. Gokey and Allison were the top 2. Kris looks like he was position #3. Now why would they have a bottom 3 on top 5 night, when they usually do a bottom 2? Could it possibly be that they want to light a fire under Kris’s fan base? Maybe Kris is the one they want in the finale, and the way to get him there is to put a scare into his fans tonight. Just my take on things.

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My theory is that Matt and Allison were the lowest vote-getters and they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to rally Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase.

I dunno, if you look at DI’s Geopredictions (which have been better indicators than their scores), Allison won a LOT of states this week. And not like, Wyoming and N. Dakota (no offense to voters from there, lol) — she won California, Texas, and a huge swath through the South (a big AI demo). On the flipside, she lost only two.

Matt’s map was almost reverse of Allison’s, but we already suspected he was gone. Danny and Kris both did better than Adam in states won vs. states lost.

Oh I have to post again! We’re discussing Adam’s sexy moves…or inappropriate moves…or whatever. HEY what about the Gokey Pokey? EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! At least Adam’s little moves were that – little. I thought so, anyway. I only really noticed the hand movements TOWARDS the crotchal area in Satisfaction and Black & White. Notice I said “towards,” not “on.”

Oh Jamie, I thought you would be WAY better than that! I was looking forward to hearing some more new MUSIC that I don’t normally listen to. But YUK. That just wasn’t very musical to my ears. Wah. Won’t keep me from seeing your movie though…maybe. Well OK that could be because of Robert Downey Jr! hee. Oh sorry, OT there….

Gosh, it’s really interesting how I (we?) seem to vote more & more for the PERSON I perceive on the show and the whole of his performances vs. voting each night based only on the single performance of that night. I know I don’t like Danny’s performances partly because I think I don’t like HIM, at least the him I see on the show. I connect way more with Adam and Kris and Matt, so I vote for them.

Humph. Go figger.

I got the feeling TPTB are trying to steer Adam into being more MOR(Middle-Of the-Road) to get votes, but Adam listens to fans like us, and so he’s tries to cover all bases. This was a sobering episode for Adam and Adam fans. America has made it clear that polarising is not the way to get votes, and America still loves to see ‘growth’ in a contestant. Adam’s mistake in his strategy was to show his abilities too soon, and had to sustain it for too many weeks. If he had pretended to stumble a bit here and there in the beginning (c’mon, he’s an actor!), then ‘shown’ improvement in the home stretch, then America would have loved him.

Maybe Danny was just saving his best for last, as evidenced by last night’s performance. If he’s gonna continue like that, SHOCK WIN!

All of us just messed with Adam big-time. Do you seriously think he’s gonna go OTT after tonight? Nope, he’ll be boringly MOR, ‘cos he’ll try to please everyone again. Based on what’s been written about his performances, the Adam we’d see
1) would not do the Rock-tongue thing, get a sore throat from not using the technique, screw himself over for final 2 weeks.

2) croon ballads, slow rock and try to emote with his eyes (sans eye-liner), try to inject more emotions into his songs, making it trembly and emotional, then get slammed for being ‘pitchy’ and ‘off-key’ cos of the trembly, sobbing notes.

3) no more entrances, walk in as humble, subdued, clean-cut Adam, sing, smile/cringe at the judges criticisms, then walk away with head bowed, and brave smile on his face. Adam fans start blasting him for being boring, wanting Ring Of Fire stylistics and theatrics, saying they’re not gonna vote for him, and put Adam into more panic.

4) Do the reverse of all 3 steps above, then get screwed by the casual voters, or vote-splitters, which puts Adam into more panic.

5) Go back to Step 1.

Maybe Danny’s confidence is due to the fact that he knows firmly where he stands, and that his fanbase would vote for him loyally, precisely cos he’s so hated by AAK fans. So AAK fans now have to choose, who do we want as “American Idol”? We can only have 1 American Idol. Sorry Allison, Kris. We love you, but to be fair, Adam does deserve to win out of the pool of contestants.

Indeed, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s quite that important. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think I can tell anything about you just by who you like on a tv talent show lol.

Oh, Spenser, I don’t know. Given my preference for Kris, shouldn’t you be able to assume that I also like puppy dogs and happiness?

… and for the record, I do in fact like both.

:)

Welcome to the nerve-wracking world of Allison fansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

Yup. We NEVER quite know if she is going to be safe or not. Every week is a surprise with this girl. The biggest roller coaster ever on Idol. At least last year with Archie I knew he was gonna be safe.

Face it. The average viewer of Idol is over 45. The power voters with multiple phones are older housewives and grannies who have the time to sit home and vote for 2 hours.

Well, I’m not 45, nor a grannie, but I do always LMAO at the idea that housewives are bored or are the people with the time to do anything for 2 hours straight. Most housewives have kids and a whole bunch of other things to take care of. It’s the one job in the world were you get no lunch break, and no vacation days.

I think people voted for Danny and Allison à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  and they were legitimately the top 2 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  because they liked their performances more than the others.

I agree. I thought they had the top 2 performances last night. It was funny to see how shocked they were when Adam was put in the b3.

Funny that Adam was picked to do the Huff. He probably shouldn’t have assumed he was safe but was at least better that Taylor was. Speaking of Tayor, I didn’t think it was all that good. It seemed off key at times. He still has the same energy though.

This is a really odd pattern. For the last three weeks ther person who has had the pimp spot has come in B2 (Lil (F7A), Anoop (F7B) and Adam (F5)).

I guess this will give a lot of ammo to those that argue that the performance order doesn’t help you if you don’t have the performance to back it up.

Personally, I’d disagree (I think there are more factors afoot here), but I’m willing to acknowledge that this is an interesting trend. I shall monitor it.

Pulled from the other thread:

And as for the one song format next week – someone better give Kirsten a sedative.

I’ve already broken into dingo’s supply of valium drips.

I swear baboons are running this show.

Honestly? I think baboons could do a better job. We “might” get 2 songs next week? I can hardly wait to see what we get for the finale. Maybe they can have us watch 15 movie trailers interleaved with Ford/Coke/AT&T commercials when they aren’t showing us commercial breaks. Then, they can announce who one after they run 12 minutes over and cut the winner off after about 23 seconds of a singout.

Emmy voters, if you reward this crap, I’m signing you all up for spam mail and I’m going to convince the IRS to audit you. Oh, and your regular dentist will be replaced by the one from “Little Shop of Horrors”.

No, the average viewer is not stupid because they don’t agree with you. Gokey is fabulous, and the viewers agree. Glamberts shriek doesn’t work for everyone. That shouldn’t shock you. I would love a Gokey/Alison finale, they are both fantastic. Adam will end up on Broadway, where he belongs. There is no shame in that, he is terrific in his own way.

Phantom of the Opera? Grease? I can see it in his future.

Oh, Spenser, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know. Given my preference for Kris, shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t you be able to assume that I also like puppy dogs and happiness?

(for the record, I do in fact like both)

LOL – I like Kris, puppies and happiness too :)

I was praying TPTB were manipulating me – please please be manipulating me!!
This was way too close for comfort. And I did the exact thing everyone is talking about – I split my votes trying to give support for who i wanted to be in the final 2 with Adam.
NEVER NEVER again will I stop voting for one second for ADAM.
He must have ALL our votes. I’m going to connect another line on the internet with that magic jack thing so I can vote with 2 phone at once.
This is Adam’s dream, watch his face, he took this very seriously.
I am so invested in his journey and I want him to win – what a joy to see this talented young man succeed.

Face it. The average viewer of Idol is over 45. If Adam wins, then Adam is doing something wrong. Of course, Danny will win. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s always been in the front. You have to get outside the fanboards to see it.

Actually, I’m pretty sure the average viewer is a teenage girl. If Adam wins, he is is doing something RIGHT!! He didn’t go on the show to lose….. none of the contestants did! Plus, he deserves to win. In my opinion at least.

As far as Adam’s sexuality is concerned. I put that in the same category of the “Brady Effect”. If a black man with a muslim name can win President of the United States, I think Adam can win a reality tv show…….

Anyways, I do agree with your statement about Danny. He was always the chosen one and tonight proved it. But he’s a lock for the finale for sure. But thats nothing new.

My list above was intended to describe multiple reasons that viewers I personally know — not just me — and do not know are not voting for Adam.

Adam is losing me because the artistry I loved on Ring of Fire and versatility I loved in his YouTube performances seem to be sacrificed to a formula consisting of two styles alternating every other week. He is not the same contestant whom I described as the Jimi Hendrix of singing right here in these comments nearly two months ago. It’s that simple.

I only want to know- did you not just love Taylor?

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t follow the guy and donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know much about him, but that was great! I may not care for the style, but he was very good. His live shows must be fun.

Yes, they are! The man is a dynamo. It was exhausting!!! LOL

Well, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not 45, nor a grannie, but I do always LMAO at the idea that housewives are bored or are the people with the time to do anything for 2 hours straight. Most housewives have kids and a whole bunch of other things to take care of. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the one job in the world were you get no lunch break, and no vacation days.

AMEN, sista!

Most weeks by the time I’ve got my work done and have time to watch the show, I’ve missed the voting period anyway.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so disgusted with AI voters. Adam in the bottom 2? WTF???? You guys are complete morons, disgusting idiots who have NO clue about talent. This is one of the many reasons that America is in trouble. The average voter is stupid. The average IQ must be 80. How else did we end up with the Iraq war and Wall St greed? Stupidity and immorality. We are a 3rd world nation right up there with Mexico and Bangladesh. We like mediocrity and we celebrate it. Allison, Danny, Kris – completely forgettable and mediocre. Way to go America.

It’s just a TV show…..and yeah I think Adam has mad talent but I personally don’t like his vocal style which is why I’ve never voted for him and have a hard time seeing myself ever buying anything from him….I love the diversity in America :)

Welcome to the nerve-wracking world of Allison fansà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

:lol_ee:

Given my preference for Kris, shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t you be able to assume that I also like puppy dogs and happiness?

What?! Doesn’t everyone love puppies and happiness and Kris? It’s so obvious those things were put on this earth to bring us all joy.

:wink_wp:

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I think people voted for Danny and Allison à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  and they were legitimately the top 2 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  because they liked their performances more than the others.

Could be. Danny was definitely better than he has been in awhile. But I didn’t enjoy Allison last night at all, and Adam’s performance was one of my favorites from him. I figured Matt was a goner, but I thought for sure Allison would be making yet another trip to the bottom.

It’s amazing that people honestly thought Adam was either TCO or the frontrunner this whole time. It’s been quite obvious since “Hero” that Danny has the competition in the bag and I hope people actually see that now. You can have a favorite and I suggest you vote for them like crazy, but Gokey is winning this show.

Well, for all of the Huff business being intended to depimp someone and make them look like an ass, I think the worst set up tonight was the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“cleaning billà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Danny asking à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Idol pay for thisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  regarding the mess he made? That was a douchebag move.

Yes, this.

Also, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a Gokey-hater but I cannot fathom a world in which he wins this show. It just seemsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ wrong. Especially up against the 3 that are left.

And this.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦and what is wrong with pleasing the masses if he wants to win this thing and that is what he has to do to win it? Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll have a long and illustrious career after Idol to be as OTT as he wants to be. Why is it so important that he do it on the Idol stage? Why?

Adam is the best when he is Adam. I like Adam toned down and OTT, but he should be free to do and perform as he pleases. He has really toned it down for the show, so its obvious he wants to win. I just think Adam should be Adam. Take his performance last night. I thought it was TERRIFIC!!! I don’t think it was too theatrical or OTT or anything. It was entertaining. I won’t want that side to go away. Thats all I’m saying.

By the way, there is only one contestant who has never been in the bottom 3…

I 100% agree with everything Tess said about why I find Gokey totally repellent. So hugs to Tess and no arrows from me. Or prayers.

I think that either Allison or Kris are going home next week. I think that after tonight’s scare, Adam fans will rally behind him and make sure he is not eliminated next week.

And I think that a lot of the vote splitting from Adam fans first, who have Kris and/or Allison as their 2nd and 3rd is going to stop, and that most Adam fans and a lot of those that were splitting votes are going to give their votes to Adam and only Adam from now on.

So I don’t there is going to be hardly any more Adam fans running to Allison and Kris’s rescue. For the most part the only Adam fans I really see voting for those two are the ones, that like them and Adam equally.

Other than that it’s going to be up to Allison and Kris’s diehard fans, plus whatever casual votes they pick up, plus whatever votes they can get from the fans of eliminated contestants to save them.

I think that one of them will go home next week. I don’t see Danny being a shock boot at four, even if he doesn’t do well next week. Danny seems to have a large die hard fanbase, that isn’t complacent and that are voting enough to keep him either at the top or near the top every week. I also think that he picks up a decent amount of casual voters each week.

I think they will be able to keep him around to at least the top 3 and quite possibly the top 2. I do believe that Danny was the highest vote getter this week. I don’t see him going from that, and consistantly being at or near the top each week, to going out at fourth. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Yay for Taylor, he sounded good, looked handsome and was absolutely beaming!

Love Adam but didn’t think his performance last night was his best. I guess the bottom line is, it all hinges on well the person does the song. I haven’t been an active voter this year, but that’s about to change. I don’t think an Adam/Allison finale is inconceivable at this point; they’ll most likely kick ass next week, but Gokey is a force to be reckoned with.

edit: don’t question the motives of your fellow posters

Relax people, the only result that count is Matt is eliminted like everybody and their grandma predicted.
Next week will be interesting tough.

I have never, ever said I hated an American Idol contestant, but I hate Danny Gokey. He is EVERYTHING that I despise in a human being.

Alllllllrighty, then.

One of these two scenarios happened;

1) Adam’s fans believed that he didn’t need their votes as he had so much support, and so they voted for the contestants who they believed needed their votes.

2) It was fixed just for ratings.

Adam was probably NOT in the bottom two because he is one of the least favourites, look at his unbelievable popularity. I’m inclined to believe the first scenario, I saw A LOT of “Adam doesn’t need my vote! I needa help Allison/Kris!” last night. I remember one person actually said “Hang on, guys.. Are you guys actually voting for Adam?” and people insisted he couldn’t be in trouble. Tonight, before the show even started, was the first time I was genuinely scared for Adam.

By the way, there is only one contestant who has never been in the bottom 3à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Just like Clay Aiken :)

Of course, Danny will win. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s always been in the front. You have to get outside the fanboards to see it.

Where is this?

Well, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not 45, nor a grannie, but I do always LMAO at the idea that housewives are bored or are the people with the time to do anything for 2 hours straight. Most housewives have kids and a whole bunch of other things to take care of. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the one job in the world were you get no lunch break, and no vacation days.

Oh, Spenser. W.O.R.D.

I can only DREAM of doing something for two hours straight.

Okay, the show’s been over for an hour and a half and my stomach is still in knots. Thinking I may be over-invested in Adam. Waiting for results next week is going to *kill* me!

I like Adam and was about to quit watching the show if he was eliminated but it really bothers me that he chose a group. I would have just refused.

I do like Adam but I’m a little afraid that people might have been turned off by his confidence tonight. He wasn’t even declared safe and he already assumed he was in the top. It is one thing to be told you’re safe and pick a spot, its a whole other thing to assume you’re safe and still pick a spot.

Taylor Hicks rocked da AI house!
Shut yore mouth, Simon.

It doesn’t bother me in the least that Adam chose a group. He’s seen all 7 seasons and knows what’s happened in the past. He isn’t going to do whatever it is everyone expects him to do.

The winner doesn’t always get the most money or support. Chris I’m sure got more than Taylor. He had several producers, Taylor had one, Being voted of early the TPTB were already working on songs, his band and lots of plans for radio play and an earlier release date for his CD. Taylor got a rushed album and not the best song choices. Saying that I really don’t want Adam to leave. I really want him to win as the show won’t be much without him IMO. Taylor has so much more charisma than Danny, I have a hard time with people comparing them. I can’t see Danny being a successful pop recording artist. I don’t dislike any of the remaining contestants, but I really really love me some Adam. I haven’t split votes for the last 3 weeks and I try to vote at least 300 times. I’m older than you guys so try to keep up, he may need the votes.

My list above was intended to describe multiple reasons that viewers I personally know à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  not just me à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  and do not know are not voting for Adam.

Gotcha. Thanks. I was a tad confused.

I don’t know a lot of people in real life who vote, so I have no idea.

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans believed that he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need their votes as he had so much support, and so they voted for the contestants who they believed needed their votes.

Or, perhaps there were people who normally throw Adam some votes because they love him, but didn’t because they thought their fave was in trouble. I did, but most of my votes went to Allison because I thought she deserved them.

I’m not sure why people think vote splitting is bad. Vote splitting has given Adam some of my votes.

As far as Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sexuality is concerned. I put that in the same category of the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Brady Effectà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . If a black man with a muslim name can win President of the United States, I think Adam can win a reality tv showà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

Unless we’re talking about how Jan could never measure up to Marcia. Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! than it’s actually Bradley effect, after Tom Bradley. Though I think it’s clear now, Adam is Jan, Gokey is Marcia. Kris is Cindy? Allison is Alice? I keed.

What I find shocking is that so many of yall are shocked. LOL
Go back and read the posts from yesterday. Just about all of
them were fans who were going to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“saveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Allison and Kris. The
outcome was so apparent. I even made a comment that Adam
just might get squeezed. I think Sue was the only one who agreed with me.

Poor Allison and Kris next week :(
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Everybodyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is voting for Adam. LOL

gosh, i can’t wait to see the show here in san diego….30 more minutes.

I don’t know why everyone thinks Danny is the man after what has transpired – I just cringe watching him in every way! And I’m certainly not shocked that Adam was in the bottom since I don’t care for his style either. Hell, I still am hoping Allison steals the crown from all of them!

I think this is just a strange season and the odds are that all of them will be in the bottom before top 3. The votes are probably just really close.

What I find shocking is that so many of yall are shocked.

So why did you declare that you put all your points on Allison?? LOL. :-)

I agree… Allison is toast next week.

Unless weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re talking about how Jan could never measure up to Marcia. Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! than ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually Bradley effect, after Tom Bradley. Though I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s clear now, Adam is Jan, Gokey is Marcia. Kris is Cindy? Allison is Alice? I keed.

:lol_tb:

HILARIOUS!

I’m just awaiting Idolatry. There’s so much material for Slezak to choose from. It’s just too easy.

No matter what happens Adam will be a star. The others are boring.

The LAST thing someone like Adam who’s trying to make it in Top 40 without being labled as a ‘poser’ or ‘uncool’ is crazy fans. (No offense to Claymates, I’m just talking about the more… er, extreme ones) I say that as a teenager who happens to know a lot about the music business, and who knows what the general teenage population talks about when it comes to music. Adam is in dangerous territory already. If he starts going all ballad-y, it could be an issue.

Also… I completely believe Adam was in the B2. He’s a frontrunner, but he hasn’t won the thing yet.

L2: But if they get to do two songs maybe he can throw a bone to those who donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like the OTT stuff.

Yes, I fully expect both Adam and Allison to do a barnburner and a slow one. I think they’re the only ones who have the chops to do that.

Tess: It is truly amazing that a man can walk down a flight of stairs and stand in front of a microphone and that this is the audience perception of what he does.

Or a woman. Allison did the same thing last week and got a similar reaction.

My theory on why they showed a bottom 3 this week was for all the drama created by putting Kris in the bottom, and to get his fans riled up to vote for him. (Sorry, I had to do that, because so many of these comments are just silly. And I’m an Adam fan.)

On the topic of vote splitting: I have voted exclusively for Kris (except for a few votes for Matt one week when I thought the judges critiqued him totally unfairly). Last night I split my votes about evenly between Kris and Allison (my third fave).

I’m shocked that Adam was in the BOTTOM 2 tonight, (Yes, he was) but next week all my votes go to Kris.

Kris and Adam for the final 2! And Allison for Top 3! Woot!

When Ryan told Adam to pick a side he should have gone down to the judges’ table and sat in Paula’s lap. That stale, lame ass “pick-a-side” move has been used on every single front-runner for years. Get some new material people. I was not shocked by the pecking order tonight. Gokey is an abomination and an affront to good taste everywhere but he had one of the best performances last night and rightfully deserved to be safe (my fingers are burning typing that). Adam was always just fine but he’s such a prohibitive favorite that something had to be done to slow down the inevitable landslide. Next week he’ll slay on rock n roll week while Gokey will be back to his usual wonder bread and velveeta song stylings, yet will no doubt be safe again (gah!). Allison will finally really have her moment, but Kris will struggle. Poor Matt’s sing out was painful. Should have been Anoop singing farewell tonight, but in the grand scheme of things, one measly week matters not a whit.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Everybodyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is voting for Adam. LOL

I hope so!!! LOL

It’s interesting – from what I hear off the boards, they think this entire group is talented, and anyone could win. That’s why I think Adam wound up the bottom 2 this week. His performance wasn’t as good as others, and this wasn’t really his genre.

Emmy voters, if you reward this crap, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m signing you all up for spam mail and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to convince the IRS to audit you. Oh, and your regular dentist will be replaced by the one from à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Little Shop of Horrorsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

Kirsten, I had to laugh at this, because my brother just played Orin Scrivello (the dentist) from Little Shop in his college musical. LOL…

As an Adam fan, I don’t have any opinions, one way or the other, on whether it was a fake or real bottom two. And I don’t have much insight into whether average people would find him too OTT, because I’m an average person, who has never been into glam rock or similar, but I like it when he goes all out. And I don’t know the world of idol voters well enough to speculate about complacency of voters or offense due to pimp spots or other perceived favors that allegedly sway voters. Based on last nights performances, I can believe that the ranking is the true one based on the merits of those performances.

However, my real concern for Adam’s “safety” (hate using that phrase – it always sounds so melodramatic) – and this applies to Allison, my sometimes second fav – is the cumulative effect of killing off soulboys. There are definitely people who favor the R&B stylings and/or vocal quality, and there are certainly people who vote their own particular taste, as opposed to voting for the best singer and/or performance. Totally normal, although there are other strategies, too. So as one soulboy drops, I’d imagine that some of those votes are more likely to shift to the another soulboy. Not from the diehards who would go to the grave rather than betray their onetruelove, but the normal fans.

That said, I want Adam and Allison to keep doing what they do, and let the votes fall where they may.

What I’m really wondering is this: was Gokey just trying to get his Rock God on by trashing the house and leaving it for someone else to clean up, is Idol trying to trash him with selective editing and set-up, or is he just actually a pig?

Boy this scared the shit out of me! I was actually a little sick to my stomach. I think it was quite possible that Adam was bottom two. I think it’s ludicrous, but weirder things have happened. If this was a tactic, then I think it worked. I do recall plenty of people talking about vote splitting. Since Anoop left, I didn’t’ split my votes, but I didn’t vote alot either. That will change and I will solicit help too.

I get that Adam is an acquired taste. I am glad that he will live for Rock week. If he doesn’t connect with the voters then, it will be his time to go.

It was great to see Taylor. It was the best vocal performance of the night. Natalie looked lovely, but is seems her voice has been ravaged by her illness. It was quite unpleasant to sit through. Jamie can sing, but what he did tonight was a gimmick, not singing. Love him, hate the ‘song’.

I am proud of Taylor, he didn’t do the Ray lean, nor yell Soul Patrol. May I also add, that he looked damned fine too.

Face it. The average viewer of Idol is over 45. The power voters with multiple phones are older housewives and grannies who have the time to sit home and vote for 2 hours. Of course, not all. But these are who have the time to do it, and who are in that position in their life. Most are traditional, conservative middle of the country voters.

Just for the record, I am a middle-america mom (still have a decade until 45, though) and I power voted for Adam last night the entire 2 hours along w/ my kids and hubby. And I would vote even harder (if that’s possible) if he came out all glammed up and did something even more OTT. I understand completely the point you’re making, but not all of us are as traditional and conservative as people think. ;)

When Ryan told Adam to pick a side he should have gone down to the judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ table and sat in Paulaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lap.

:clap_tb: :laugh_tb:

What Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m really wondering is this: was Gokey just trying to get his Rock God on by trashing the house and leaving it for someone else to clean up, is Idol trying to trash him with selective editing and set-up, or is he just actually a pig?

I’m not a Danny fan, but this time I think it was editing. They made a big point of making sure everyone knew DANNY STARTED IT, while Allison probably did as much damage to the house as he did. And, that ‘bill’ thing was just stupid.

Kara’s mouth always opens for Adam. lol

I’m 12. Like Randy, apparently.

What?! Doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t everyone love puppies and happiness and Kris? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so obvious those things were put on this earth to bring us all joy.

Well, naturally! You’d be crazy not to love them all. :happy_tb:

eta:

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a Danny fan, but this time I think it was editing. They made a big point of making sure everyone knew DANNY STARTED IT, while Allison probably did as much damage to the house as he did. And, that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹billà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ thing was just stupid.

Yeah, I agree. Honestly, the whole thing seemed really contrived. I am sure that they were being egged on by someone behind the scenes.

Matt sang so well tonight. He sings so well without any pressure.
Loved his exit performance. He is such a classy guy.
I know everyone is talking about Adam’s shocking bottom two but he will win. These was only done to get him more votes. Obvious.

Anyways, Matt is a sweetie. He couldn’t even watch his exit package. He shed away a tear. Awww. I really think he will have a good career after this.

Also, re: the Is This Really Shocking question:

Many of us Adam fans were saying last night, “ya know, that was good, but it wasn’t my favorite.”

I think that what perhaps is polarizing about Adam is that some of his fans love the OTT, while some of his fans love the “Mad World” and “ToMT” types of songs.

Where he missed an opportunity last night, IMO, was to do an inbetween song that wasn’t slow and wasn’t rock-out-shouty-screamy. He started out that way, but the end of the song was a mess. It was not a good arrangement.

Think what the possibilities would have been if he had just swung out on “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Manipulation by the producers or America is just not voting for a Broadway bound diva. Whatever it is, it is pretty damn good TV.

Question: On Dialidol where do I go to see the busy percentages from last night, or whatever they’re called? It’s not on the Predictions page and I’m hopeless at navigating that place. Thanks in advance!

Unless weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re talking about how Jan could never measure up to Marcia. Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! than ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually Bradley effect, after Tom Bradley. Though I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s clear now, Adam is Jan, Gokey is Marcia. Kris is Cindy? Allison is Alice? I keed.

Actually, I think Adam is Marcia, and America is Peter who just hit Marcia in the nose with the football. Oh my nose!

Sooooo, the question is….will Adam go to the dance with a jacked up nose and hold his head high? Tune in next week for a very special AI….

So why did you declare that you put all your points on Allison?? LOL. :-)

I agreeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Allison is toast next week.

I don’t know about that, this is going to be tight, she is a rocker and should do well next week.

I think that tonight proved more than anything that online voters are just a small portion of the whole AI voting public, Adam and arguably Kris have the biggest and most present fanbase, but I truly believe Danny and Allison appealed more this week to the casual voters.

Karaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s mouth always opens for Adam. lol

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m 12. Like Randy, apparently.

I must be 12 too. :laugh_tb:

Honestly, does Kara even think before she opens her mouth? Wait…

I’m shock for the bottom three, mostly on Adam :glurps_tb: :glurps_tb:
I already thought that Allison will more safe than Kris,
because she’s amazing last night and deliver to the audience.

I had read many comment that they want vote for Allison more.
(coz Simon’s comment).
so I’m not surprise that Allison is Safe, and i’m happy for her.
(BTW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Allison and Gokey -why he get $6000 for the mess?-)
well, Gokey finally gives something that make all hater say “wow” and the fans in love with him for the second time.

I guess it was bad news for Adam’s fans and Kris’s fans
(i can’t imagine if Kris out today after read -”I’m okay being a background”-
I’m gonna cried, hiding in my room, listen to his music, watch his video over and over again, also had a bad mood all week –> overdose..overwritten..SORRY :tongue1_tb: :tongue1_tb: :tongue1_tb:)

But..there was “bright side” from all of this..
This will be good LESSON for SIMON to think twice before he gave comment..
Never underestimated ‘The Power Vote’ again!!! :thumbup_tb:
Not only him that has the power to influence people!!
Look what happen to his “beloved Adam”, HAH..
I agree not Adam’s fault that his madly in loved by producer and judges
but I guess the cause just had impact on Adam in self.
-Simon laughed: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I think one week out of 12 isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bad.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  -
(say SORRY, simon!!)

Overall, good show, good week.. I liked all the performance.
Hope next week better with 2 song or.. :annoyed_tb:

Adam-Kris-Allison for Top 3!! :clap_tb:

So who thinks they’ll put Adam 1st next week?

Do you think they made the B3 to make sure Adam fans knew they had to vote for him next week when he’ll be singing 1st?

About choosing sides I think Adam like Taylor did it right. The Melinda, DAvid A. way was very milktoast. Both of them had very sweet but bland personallities, while Adam and Taylor are very charismatic. Sitting down and refusing to choose in this Grandma’s opinion is a little childish. David A and Melinda may have even won if they’s showed a little more moxie as they both had talent.

OK…I’ve calmed down and I need to apologize for my little outburst! I just want it to be understood that it isn’t about loving one contestant and dissing all the others. And, since I have had a lot more tragedy in my life the last two years (including the loss of a husband) I get very upset that a young kid is going to tell me that I need to look at how well he is handling his loss and that he is giving hope to others that they, too, shall overcome loss. His holier than thou presumption that I hold him up as any kind of inspiration is totally nauseating. Nuff said….subject dropped….and I hope my Adam sleeps well tonight and figures out how to WOW us again next week. Is it Tuesday, yet?

I’m a Adam fan and I usually throw a few votes out each week. I’ll admit last night I did not vote, but you can bet this week I’ll be texting for 2 hours !!

Sooooo, the question isà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.did this prove that Adam must tone himself way way down next week to try to win, or does it cause him to say eff it, and go crazy on rock week in a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“better to be shot down in a blaze of gloryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  way

Ah, that is the million dollar (or in Adam’s case) the multi million dollar question!

Personally I think he’s come this far and doesn’t want to give up now. There are no guarantees of a record deal at Top 4 especially these days. If the record deal is really what he wants, I think we’ll seem him play it middle of the road next week. Is it next Tuesday yet?

I must be 12 too.

Honestly, does Kara even think before she opens her mouth? Waità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

:lol_tb: Well, it was automatic. Adam is there. Plus, he was next to Matt, and Kara has already said there is nothing small about him. She just cannot help it.

In any case, I’ve got high hopes for it being a really good show next week. So much room for everyone to show their chops.

If the judges really want to improve the show they need to do away with the pick.The poor person that has to pick will either look good/or look wimpy for not picking or look like an ass for picking a group.To me if the person picks a group I don’t see it as ”arrogant” at all they were put on the spot and simply pick which group “They” thought was better.( I felt the same when Chris D,Melinda and David A were forced to do it)All in all the person loses.I actually like the entire top 4 I think they are all talented but my two faves are Adam and Allison .I used to split votes in the past seasons of idol but all my votes go to Adam(even though I would love to give Allison some votes).

:thumbup_tb: I’m so happy that Adam stayed !

So is the Rock theme spanning over 40 yrs?

Right here.

What a night. Danny has this in the bag. Possibly Kris is competition but no one else. As much as I hate to say it, Adam is toast. Bottom 2 after the pimp spot? I don’t even think he’ll make it to top 3. He’ll go out next week.

I agreeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Allison is toast next week.

Um, next week is rock week. I think Kris is more toast than Allison. ;)
Although, I hope not. Rainbows and puppies for Top 3! :)

I keep reading (skimming) through all this pleading to not split votes between Kris and Allison in order to save Adam, and it amuses and confuses me, being as I’ve never voted Adam. Heh.

Adam did say if its on last nites show performances then he walked over to danny and allison

If the record deal is really what he wants, I think weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll seem him play it middle of the road next week. Is it next Tuesday yet?

Probably. But part of me wants him to pick something freaky, be full on Adam and dare America to vote him off. I mean, if that staircase entrance was too much for them, then what is he going to do when hes out in the real world? Sit on a stool for every concert?

:lol_tb: Well, it was automatic. Adam is there. Plus, he was next to Matt, and Kara has already said there is nothing small about him. She just cannot help it.

Well, I hope for her sake she finds her one true package artist.

(okay, that was lame, I know!)

It was a real bottom 2. When Ryan was talking to Jamie Foxx after Jamie’s performance, he very clearly says “Jamie, what do you think? Did America get this right? This is the bottom 2 here.” So unless we’re believing that Ryan outright lies about this stuff, or just had a slip of the tongue, or whatever, then I have to believe that Adam truly was in the bottom 2, and it wasn’t just a ploy by TPTB to get more votes for him.

Of course, I’ve had the feeling for weeks now that TPTB created a monster with the early Gokey pimping and there’s no way he doesn’t win. Tonight did nothing to change my mind. I know most people don’t agree with me, but I just hear from entirely too many people that don’t read every article and analyze every statement and movement that they like Adam and acknowledge his talent, but if they had to choose a winner, they’d choose Danny because they like him too (for some reason) and they don’t think Adam “needs” to win.

Whether anyone “needs” to win is an issue I’m not getting into tonight. But that’s still what I’m hearing all over the place from my non-blogging friends and coworkers and family.

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And I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have much insight into whether average people would find him too OTT, because Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m an average person, who has never been into glam rock or similar, but I like it when he goes all out.

Me too. I love me some Mercury, but Queen isn’t the be-all and end-all of my record collection. And I was fortunate enough (and old enough) to have seen Bowie’s “Glass Spider” tour. But that doesn’t make me a glam-rock expert.

Yet I lurve Adam. He’s fookin’ awesome, nuff said. He knows what he wants, he knows how to get it and he knows there are no guarantees. And he’s a sweetheart.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the one job in the world were you get no lunch break, and no vacation days.

Awwww Spenser. You make me miss my mom :(

Have a mentioned that I effing HATE HATE HATE people who throw cakes? Playing with the flour? Starving people are dying, Danny (well, Allison said you started it first)

I get very upset that a young kid is going to tell me that I need to look at how well he is handling his loss and that he is giving hope to others that they, too, shall overcome loss.

Tess, I am truly sorry for your loss. I actually don’t pay a whole lot of attention to the “stuff” surrounding Danny. I just love to listen to the man sing. If I remember correctly, he entered the competition because it was something his wife wanted him to do and he did (In the beginning anyway) to honor her memory. Hopefully he would not be so presumptious to try to tell someone else how to handle their grief. But, on the other hand, if he can provide inspiration to someone in his situation, I think that is great. Still no arrows, just prayers. God bless and good night

So why did you declare that you put all your points on Allison?? LOL. :-)

I agreeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Allison is toast next week.

I did put all my points on Allison. I don’t care for her at all. She might get by next week because it’s rock. In that case, it’s goodbye Kris. My point was, I didn’t see many who were voting for Adam. They were all so interested in saving Allison and Kris. Well, it worked. LOL

Face it. The average viewer of Idol is over 45. The power voters with multiple phones are older housewives and grannies who have the time to sit home and vote for 2 hours. Of course, not all. But these are who have the time to do it, and who are in that position in their life. Most are traditional, conservative middle of the country voters.

If Adam wins, then Adam is doing something wrong.

Ok, cay. We’re on the same side here, and frankly, it’s just all I can do not to tell you to kiss my ass. And I mean that in the most loving respectful way imaginable. :-)

Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s mistake in his strategy was to show his abilities too soon, and had to sustain it for too many weeks. If he had pretended to stumble a bit here and there in the beginning (cà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢mon, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s an actor!), then à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢shownà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ improvement in the home stretch, then America would have loved him.

Generally speaking, I think you’re right. But, I firmly believe that it’s different for Adam. Adam is openly a (relatively speaking, not yet fully embraced) minority, and as such, he MUST be at least 3 times better than the “other guy” to succeed. Just my opinion (observation and experience.) But a factor that, imo, cannot be ignored. Adam’s trajectory had to be different, and imo, just exactly as it was.

He did exactly what he had to do. Now, the voters have to do their job.

I think Adam was in the bottom two because his performance last night was not as good as the performances of some of the others including Danny, Kris, and Allison and certainly not as good as some of his previous performances. The only one I thought was worse was Ring of Fire. It is also probably a really good thing for Adam to know that he has to work at this a little bit. So many people had him already winning the whole thing by a landslide. This is probably the best thing that could happen to him. I’m sorry that the judges aren’t giving him good critique rather than simply kissing his butt each week. There are things he could do to appeal to a wider audience and still not disappoint his rabid fans. I still think he is going to win in the end, but this may serve as a little bit of a wake up call. Not a bad thing at this point in the competition.

As we get further into the competition the front runner sometimes feels the disfavor of those fans whose favorite was already eliminated and they cast their vote(s) to someone else. If you feel your favorite was unfairly treated and that someone else is getting all of the pimping and special treatment, you want to vote against that person no matter how talented. All of the orchestration on the part of TPTB actually works against that person.

I honestly felt last night that the order of finish in terms of performance was Kris, Allison, Danny, Adam, and Matt. The vote turned out to be Danny/Allison, Kris, Adam, Matt. I picked Kris over Danny because I haven’t yet figured out who Danny is as a singer. I prefer Kris’s voice and like that he knows who he is as an artist. I do think that Simon was right tonight in saying that they should not take away from Allison and Danny by judging whether or not America got it right. Bottom line though is that all four of those remaining in the competition deserve to be there and all four could and should have recording contracts when the whole thing is over. I have downloaded songs by Allison, Adam, and Kris. Still haven’t found one of Danny’s that I like enough to purchase. I would love to have those three in the top three, but Danny has been on top several weeks and has never been in the bottom three, so the chances of that happening are very, very slim.

edit: NO. read my message above please

I have to say that look on danny and allison’s face when ryan siad they were safe is priceless

Probably. But part of me wants him to pick something freaky, be full on Adam and dare America to vote him off. I mean, if that staircase entrance was too much for them, then what is he going to do when hes out in the real world? Sit on a stool for every concert?

My guess is he’ll shuffle back to theater after one CD release and make a decent living at it too. Broadway will love him.

Kris might be in the most trouble next week, his voice is the least suited to rock. But if he re-arranges something to suit his style he might be OK.

Sorry if this was already brought up, but did any else think it was a little rude when Ryan told Randy and Kara they should be gloating for being “right on” with Matt and Adam sitting there in the bottom 2? Is that really the appropriate time to be bringing that up?

MJ, I’d just love to say thanks for the videos!!! Btw, when will you post Jamie Foxx’s video. Thanks!

With all the hullabaloo, I actually think Danny, Allison, Kris and Adam had tight votes and having a bottom three is just the producers way of showing that people need to vote for Kris and Adam.

We all know that Matt had the least votes by far. Now, I’m thinking, where will all the Matt votes go? If they voted for Matt because of his soul stylings, I think they can find more solace in Kris than Danny because they were part of the same hollywood group (White Chocolate), semifinals group (group 2 with adam and allison) and both of them played instruments.

Now the top 4 is composed of the original group 2 top 3…and danny. I say, we put the go in Gokey and keep group 2 in tact! Kradamlison top 3! Group 2 top 3!

Many of us Adam fans were saying last night, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ya know, that was good, but it wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t my favorite.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

I think that what perhaps is polarizing about Adam is that some of his fans love the OTT, while some of his fans love the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Mad Worldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ToMTà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  types of songs.

BINGO!

I think Adam is in a no-win situation. He needs those fan’s votes that do not like the OTT performances. He gets them on the ballads. Only prob. is, from here on out, he will have to do one of each and I see them cancelling each other out. And next week is rock. Goodness knows what he will do. I love his performances; but I don’t count. A huge amount of voters are turned off by performances like last evening.

I have to say that look on danny and allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s face when ryan siad they were safe is priceless

I have to say that too. I mean they so expected Adam to be safe. It’s like they didn’t want to be safe. HAHAHAHA.

Wow. Here I am. Still editing posts.

ETA: People. Please. I want to get back to writing my blog. Please follow my guidelines.

Lol, the pimp spot is definitely cursed this year. The only person who managed to survive its curse was Kris. :D

edit: i’ve edited half your posts. condescension towards your fellow posters is not going to fly here.

Please MJ, I am not trying to be condescending. I don’t understand why other people get to say the hateful things that they do and when I try to post something nice, it gets edited.

Poor Matt, no one’s talking about him (lol)

The judges were way too relaxed, no one was really expecting Adam to go.

Whaaaat? LOL. jk. Perhaps America is just starting to vote on what they hear as opposed to what the judges are saying. Esp. those who have watched season after season. They now know what each judge is going to say (maybe minus Kara), and why. IDK, could be wrong on this. I do think there may be some portion of America who may listen, but perhaps Simon realizes he’s loosing the power and that’s why he’s ready to leave?

I hope Adam approaches next week with a oh what the phuck attitude, and gives a “crawl thru the fire” type of performance.

Poor Matt, no oneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s talking about him (lol)

I love Matt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There.

Sorry if this was already brought up, but did any else think it was a little rude when Ryan told Randy and Kara they should be gloating for being à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“right onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  with Matt and Adam sitting there in the bottom 2? Is that really the appropriate time to be bringing that up?

Yeah, I thought so as well. It really seals it that this show is about the judges, not the contestants.

ETA: Yeah, Matt was eliminated, but nobody is talking about that. It’s all about Adam OMG being Bottom 2.

Maybe it’s because Matt already was eliminated (twice, kind of), so it’s All About Adam.

(And I say that as one of the few people who seemed to like Matt’s performance yesterday.)

I have to say that look on danny and allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s face when ryan siad they were safe is priceless

OMG, I went back because of your comment, I think I missed because of the shock, it’s hilarious the way they look at each other!!!

Apparently the contestants themselves considered Adam to be untouchable.

ETA: Sorry MJ for some of my posts, I know some of them have been boderline.

I hope Adam approaches next week with a oh what the phuck attitude, and gives a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“crawl thru the fireà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  type of performance.

I second this, because 1) it would be entertaining and 2) I think it would actually help him. A lot.

ETA: I just realized this is the third time Matt has been eliminated. :blink_tb:

In all decency to Matt, he’s just had a rough time in Idol Land. He’s actually one of those that’s easy to the ears, has one of the best recording voices, and has a good voice. I think all of the top 5 will have good music careers…even if it’s not as a singer.

Kris could be a great composer/arranger. But I see him more as a singer-songwriter…like Matt.

Adam and Allison would go to the rock genre, or theater.

Danny could go to the Christian scene or in theater as well.

Please MJ, I am not trying to be condescending. I don’t understand why other people get to say the hateful things that they do and when I try to post something nice, it gets edited.

Either you haven’t read my guidelines, or you aren’t comprehending.

Here is how it works:

1. Folks are allowed to say “hateful” nasty things about the contestants. It’s just a tv show. We don’t know them. They don’t know us. That’s how it works around here.

2. YOU nor anybody else gets to lecture the posters who say those so called “hateful” or nasty things. If you don’t like what you’re reading, don’t read it. But don’t tell people what to do or what to say.

READ MY GUIDELINES

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The show’s only half over (I’m on the west coast) and Ryan just made Adam choose sides (aww man, why’d he have to do that?!). Bottom 3, oh crap! …I was having a heart attack so I had to come here and “read the ending of the book”. I’m such a weeny, LOL. Big *WHEW* sigh-of-relief.

ROFL on Danny’s extremely poor attempt at trying to explain how he “worked on stuff” after Simon’s critique last week. “I watch people, but I don’t want to say who.” Ummm Adam maybe??

Oh, and holy hell, I can’t believe Kara said that!!! It would have gone almost unnoticed (or at least, wouldn’t have gone straight into the gutter) if Randy hadn’t piped up. ROFL.

Just read Slezak’s initial blog review where he said he was shocked to see Adam in the bottom 3. Should be a good read tomorrow.

For all you Anoop fan’s, he’s posted Anoop’s Idolatry interview. Seems to really like him and it’s 5 parts!!!! Go Anoop!!!!

Seriously. :laugh_tb: An Adam shock boot would be so delicious just for the meltdown (if the reaction to him merely being in the bottom two is any indication), but I doubt thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to happen now.

Even better will be if/when Danny beats him in the finale. I think the entire AI universe may implode :lol_tb: In fact I think I’ll start powervoting for Danny next week.

ROFL on Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s extremely poor attempt at trying to explain how he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worked on stuffà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  after Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s critique last week. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I watch people, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to say who.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Ummm Adam maybe??

Looking back on it, the “watching” comment is a little creepy… just sayin’. But very funny. Does Danny actually think he can pull off an Adam-esque performance? I want to see that. :laugh_tb:

OMG, I went back because of your comment, I think I missed because of the shock, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hilarious the way they look at each other!!!

I really like it when allison looks away smiles and danny is still in daze with mouth open

I just discussed this at MCL, but would also like to share it here to follow up on some comments.

The Choosing a Group is a cruel decision. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not so much about arrogance and conceitedness as it is about à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idol faux pasà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . Adam was confident in his performance as many were and thought he was safe. For all the past contestants faced with this decision and said “I don’t know” – false, they know. Whether they announce it or not to national TV is a different story. It’s just a huge no-no to voice it, a social norm.

When Ryan had posed the question, I also had a fleeting thought right before that went à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Oh noà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ this is Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ he doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t conform to social normsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . And he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know what to make of it. Part of me wish he would take the safe road to relieve himself of the backlash but if that’s Adam, then that’s Adam. I think he is well aware of how sticky these situations are but yet he choose to voice his honest, yet not very “socially accepted” answer.

Adam sings about being nervous, suicidal, alone (Mad World), he’s #1

Adam sings about feeling good, being on top of the world, he’s B2

Gee, I wonder what he should sing about next week?

Also, Randy and Kara would not have been gloating so much if they thought Adam was really in danger. That was too obvious.
Watch TPTB start to rebuild Adam’s reputation after the “choose a group” semi-disaster.

LOL, I LOVE that Adam chose a group and made himself look like an arrogant ass in front of millions of people! Well done, idiot. :clap_tb: The only thing that could have made it better is if he’d gone home tonight. I guess you can’t have everything.

Now we know why Fox refused to air Pres Obamaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s press con.
They have something up their sleeve.

Seems like Adam Lambert thriller of being voted off will catapult the ratings and the earnings to stratosphere for Fox.

I hope they give Adam a percentage of the grosses for making this happen for them.

Even better will be if/when Danny beats him in the finale. I think the entire AI universe may implode In fact I think Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll start powervoting for Danny next week.

I’m already power voting for Danny and hope he goes on to win.

I think that tonight proved more than anything that online voters are just a small portion of the whole AI voting public, Adam and arguably Kris have the biggest and most present fanbase, but I truly believe Danny and Allison appealed more this week to the casual voters.

I think Danny has a fairly large fanbase, but I agree that Adam needs to target his performances (both of them) to the casual voter. One step at a time, one foot in front of the other, and all that … I mean, it’s what? Three more shows. It’s not like he’s selling his soul or anything. He really doesn’t have to dial it back that much. People universally loved BoW. If I remember correctly, he was number 1 on Dial Idol that week.

You know the funny thing is I actually thought Matt’s performance last night was one of his best. I just rewatched it and am not sure that he was as pitchy as I thought he was when I saw it last night. There were a couple of rough places, but it was more all of the runs that I don’t care for, but that is his style. I really do hope he does well in the future. He has the tour to look forward to and will probably get picked up by someone for a recording contract. He has a distinctive style and could fit pretty easily into a light jazz kind of genre. It is kind of sad that he was eliminated on the standards night since that is really right in his wheelhouse. I also loved that he took Jamie Foxx’s advice and changed his key. He sounded great without the falsetto. I don’t think he was eliminated because of that. It was a number of weeks of not being quite as strong as the others remaining in the competition.

Next week song choice is going to be so important for Kris. He’s going to be up against the two primary rockers (Adam/Allison) and the guy with the most avid fan group no matter what he does. It’s going to be hard for him to make it through to top 3. I love the hometown thing and hope Kris makes it through. At this point the ones getting eliminated don’t have long to wait before practice for the finale, practice for the tour, and the tour itself, then all that the future holds in store. So they are all winners.

I didn’t mind Adam picking a group at all. Both groups included one person who is no stranger to the Bottom 3 and Ryan didn’t tell him to pick the “safe” group.

The only bad thing about it was that his quick decision-making led to the show being short which led to an extra 4 minutes of the judges blathering on about Matt (he’s really gone this time, right? Can’t sing next week?) I think Adam was supposed to gasp and say gosh and sit on the floor and kill a little time.

I hope Adam approaches next week with a oh what the phuck attitude, and gives a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“crawl thru the fireà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  type of performance.

I second this, because 1) it would be entertaining and 2) I think it would actually help him. A lot.

Third here.

Yet I do trust him to make the call (damn!)

ROFL on Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s extremely poor attempt at trying to explain how he à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worked on stuffà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  after Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s critique last week. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I watch people, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to say who.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Ummm Adam maybe??

lol yeah, I got that sense too. But, all the mike stand dragging going on tonight made me think they’d been watching a lot of my boy, David Cook. Teehee. Maybe that was Kris, but I recall chuckling a little…

He really doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to dial it back that much. People universally loved BoW. If I remember correctly, he was number 1 on Dial Idol that week.

Yeah, but then I ask myself, what was so *wrong* with Feeling Good?

RoF, yeah. I totally LOVED it but could see that pure sex on a platter may not be that appealing to the AI audience. But, Feeling Good?

That’s why I stand by the complacent voters, saving others theory. And, I sincerely hope Adam doesn’t change a thing…

Lol, the pimp spot is definitely cursed this year. The only person who managed to survive its curse was Kris. :D

Yes, the pimpspot is hoorrrible. Better give it to Kris next week. He will need it since I don’t know if there is a sunshine/puppy/rainbow subgenre of rock.

Rewatching on west coast: I just noticed Taylor got a 4-judge standing ovation! Good for him :)

eta:

Even better will be if/when Danny beats him in the finale. I think the entire AI universe may implode :lol_tb: In fact I think Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll start powervoting for Danny next week.

I haven’t gotten to *that* point yet (dang, girl!) but if the show has decided my fave has no chance anyway, it *would* be highly amusing to see everything go down in flames with a Danny win. Powervoting is a LOT of work though, hm…

Just when things couldn’t get anymore ironic, Adam’s studio version this week KILLS. The head voice is so ethereal and haunting.

I swear, even if u r not a fan u r bound to like it.

I kinda wish I hadn’t changed my pick from Danny to Adam in the pool now.

Sorry for doubting you Sarah on the fundie Idol IQ. I’ve been schooled. Just wow!

There went the vote splitting. Still think Allison is in the most danger next week. No one will share their votes after tonight. Curse you Idol demographics! grrr

Edit: Jamie Foxx holding out that mike to a bunch of teens to get them to sing the “alcohol” line was priceless!

to lefty:

Why is it disrespectful you ask? Because like I said (perhaps I should have elaborated on this more) the AI producers clearly put Adam in the “bottom 3″ which according to other ppl here is something new they added this year obviously to make the show more ‘suspenseful’ and like I said I took it with a grain of salt at first and even laughed it off but then they went as far as putting him in the bottom two and I thought this cannot be accurate…I checked Dial Idol at least twice last night and Adam was in second place a far as votes, with Allison slightly behind him by a close margin…then Kris and then Matt and DI is usually pretty accurate…its really the principle of the thing…he’s been consistent every week (and dont get me wrong so has Allison and that is why I voted for her) and ppl have been voting for him because quite frankly he deserves it…yes he is a contestant like the others but he has shown more versatility, more vocal virtuosity, better showmanship etc, so I just think they went overboard by forcing him to choose a group (which btw I agree he should have stood his ground and stayed in the middle) and then leaving him in the bottom with Matt when everyone knows that giving him the boot would cause a scandal…I really wasn’t bothered with it at first because they are actually doing him a favor but then I noticed how upset he was and how upset Matt was because he knew that by being put up against Adam he was going home…notice how he didn’t look shocked or get that emotional…he stayed calm and collected because he was expecting it…it was a low blow for not just one but two contestants…put yourself Adam’s situation (or even Matt’s)…you’ve worked your butt off week after week and then the brilliant producers or whoever decide oh let’s mess with Adam tonight, let’s make him think he could go home tonight and prove once again that AI viewers are a bunch of gullible idiots who will accept anything merely to be entertained..there has to be some sort of boundary and respect for the contestants…sure Simon can be an ass, give bad critiques all night and bash on ppl for no good reason and get away with it…just saying I would be pretty fucking upset if they did that to me.

Oh and I was also sad to see Matt go I agree with you on that…hopefully he can still garner success after Idol, I really like his style.

Did you see that nice hug between Kris and Adam as Kris headed back to the couch? I wasn’t seeing a feud or snub but 2 guys who seem to like each other.
I must honestly say I have been complacent this year and have only voted for the past two weeks. And only about 50 votes each time. Well, no more. Adam deserves my votes. I see a contestant who is putting himself totally into this competition and is the only one getting crappy articles about him plastered all over the news. Maybe everyone’s sexual preference should be the subject of tv news shows and written about all over the internet and newspapers. That seems so unfair and that he made it this far tells me something.
It seems like an unbalanced scale that he is being judged for more than his singing. I really don’t mind if Kris or Allison wins because they are both talented and seem like they are really putting in an incredible effort to win this.
Danny seems to think this is his coronation. The self clapping just made me growl. He has an ok voice but does nothing for me. There is no “there” there for me. Just my opinion.
Would love to see Allison/Adam/ and Kris make top 3.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

chicksineggz: Lol, the pimp spot is definitely cursed this year. The only person who managed to survive its curse was Kris. :D

Several people survived it in addition to Kris.

I loved Danny asking if Idol was going to pay for his mess cause they had all that money. Cause it made him look like the douche nozzle he is =)

I think Danny has a fairly large fanbase, but I agree that Adam needs to target his performances (both of them) to the casual voter. One step at a time, one foot in front of the other, and all that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I mean, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what? Three more shows. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s selling his soul or anything. He really doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to dial it back that much. People universally loved BoW. If I remember correctly, he was number 1 on Dial Idol that week

I am not sure he needs to dial it back that much too, I do believe that his fans will get a big boost out of this (just look at the forums=crazyness), he is not going to be in danger next week.

What irritates me is how everyones has assumed now that Danny has some kind of enormous advantage on the other contestants, sort of like everyone dissed Allison chance before tonight.
Everything is not set in stone, on a week to week basis it can change, Danny has a loyal group of fans but DI (that suddenly seems to be a lot more reliable) indicates a really tight margin of votes, this is a wide open race.

This is why it’s going to be so exciting next week.

Next week song choice is going to be so important for Kris. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be up against the two primary rockers (Adam/Allison) and the guy with the most avid fan group no matter what he does. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be hard for him to make it through to top 3. I love the hometown thing and hope Kris makes it through. At this point the ones getting eliminated donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have long to wait before practice for the finale, practice for the tour, and the tour itself, then all that the future holds in store. So they are all winners.

I have some faith though that Kris wouldn’t have to conform to rock and do an acoustic version of any rock song and he would nail it. But despite my faith, we know for sure that Kris is on the rockiest grounds (pun not intended) during rock week.

Props to you, MJ! I just can’t imagine how you manage to maintain your site despite some crazy fans who debate/argue here on the comments section of your blog posts. Keep up the great work, I’m a fan! ;)

I was thinking about the chosing thing that Ryan asked Adam to do. He didn’t say which two do you think are in the top 2 and which the bottom 2. He said, which group do you think you belong with. So he really can’t win. If he choses based on the two he thinks are in the top group, he is saying he thinks he is all that. If he choses the two he thinks are in the bottom group, he is saying he doesn’t think he can win. He can’t win with that. It is a crummy thing for Ryan (and the producers) to do. I think Archie and Melinda were wise to simply sit down in the middle. Imagine how warm and wonderful it will be in the same room with Kris tonight after telling America he thought Kris should be in the bottom two. The only saving thing is that Kris was safe first and Adam himself was in the bottom two. LOL

8 seasons of idol if they lied about any part of the voting(even bottom 3 or 2)
Someone would of got the proof and sold it for millions by now.The talk show money alone would be enough.So i cant believe they would risk billions for a few xtra million.

Yes, the pimpspot is hoorrrible. Better give it to Kris next week. He will need it since I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if there is a sunshine/puppy/rainbow subgenre of rock.

If I’m not mistaken, acoustic rock is a subgenre of rock and Kris has proved he has done it well during Disco Week with “She Works Hard for the Money”.

Also, Danny should get the pimpspot…because he hasn’t gotten it since semi-finals week1.

Did anyone notice that after Adam hugged Matt, he did a double take then kissed him beside the ear?

Sorry. Not a fan of the “head voice”. Especially not when the screaming comes out of the head.

Sorry for doubting you Sarah on the fundie Idol IQ. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been schooled. Just wow!

There went the vote splitting. Still think Allison is in the most danger next week. No one will share their votes after tonight. Curse you Idol demographics! grrr

See, I kinda think this was the best thing that could have happened to Adam. Being the frontrunner is a bitch. Now, it’s all on hokey gokey. LOL.

I will still split my votes b/n lava girl (tm little spens) and Adam. . That’s how I roll.

edit: read my guidelines before you post here again. my blog is not puppies and rainbow land

Did Kris look a little pissed tonight to anyone else? o_O. Maybe I was just imagining something. He looked kinda like he was stomping away when he was declared safe, and when Matt got eliminated he didn’t look too happy either, a little more down than usual.

LOL @ Simon, what the heck was up with that advice? That was really….. nice for him O_O.

Just when things couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get anymore ironic, Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s studio version this week KILLS. The head voice is so ethereal and haunting.

I swear, even if u r not a fan u r bound to like it.

Ok, MsAdamEve, are you as special as your name sounds, or are you speaking of the video. Cuz I just checked and mine still reads pre-order.

And, gotta say, after tonight I need some FEELING GOOD action from Mr. Lambert. LOL

Gee, I wonder what he should sing about next week?

CRAWL THROUGH FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Release the Glambert Adam, come on, ya know you want to…………….. :clap_tb:

I WANT ROF ADAM BACK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW

Why is it disrespectful you ask? Because like I said (perhaps I should have elaborated on this more) the AI producers clearly put Adam in the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“bottom 3à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ³ which according to other ppl here is something new they added this year obviously to make the show more à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢suspensefulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ and like I said I took it with a grain of salt at first and even laughed it off but then they went as far as putting him in the bottom two

Isn’t it actually more “disrespectful” to Kris, since creating a B3 actually put him in a bottom? If they kept it a B2 like always he would just be plain “safe” with Danny and Allison.

Does anyone else love the darker hair look on allison.In the ford video

I feel bad for Adam, because they usually do this on top 7 night. They totally fucked with him. Luckily, they didn’t say safe group.

Imagine how warm and wonderful it will be in the same room with Kris tonight after telling America he thought Kris should be in the bottom two.

THE FORCE OF KRADAM IS STRONG…They will live through it :smoke_tb:

Actually I think Kradam just died :laugh_tb:

” GeminiDolly
Apr 30th, 2009 at 12:24 am
I hope Adam approaches next week with a oh what the phuck attitude, and gives a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“crawl thru the fireà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  type of performance.”

That’s what I’m talking about!

Jammasta, I don’t think Kris looked pissed off, but it is really hard for these kids, the elimination means one of their friends that they have been living with for the past several months is going to be leaving. They are in a little bubble together. It is hard for us and we don’t know them. Imagine how hard it is for them, and this group is pretty close knit from what we have heard. I think they would have all been upset no matter who was eliminated. I loved to see their reaction to Matt’s final song. They were cheering him on and thrilled for him when he hit the good notes. I love that.

See, I kinda think this was the best thing that could have happened to Adam. Being the frontrunner is a bitch. Now, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s all on hokey gokey. LOL.

I will still split my votes b/n lava girl (tm little spens) and Adam. . Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s how I roll.

I see what you’re saying, and mostly agree. I think I’m just preparing for the worst.

Honestly? Lava girl will still get some of my Kris votes. I’m just not worried about Adam post Idol. They’ll sign him at this point. I want Kris and Allison to have careers, and to maybe make the top 3…with Adam.

[small voice]Please help put the GO in Gokey this week people. Please!![/small voice]

Did Kris look a little pissed tonight to anyone else? o_O. Maybe I was just imagining something. He looked kinda like he was stomping away when he was declared safe, and when Matt got eliminated he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t look too happy either, a little more down than usual.

No…but he sort of contradict himself when he was asked by Simon if he could win and he said he wouldn’t be there if couldn’t. This is in relation to is iPhone confessional.

Actually I think Kradam just died

KRADAM FOREVER!!! KRADAMLISON FOREVER!!! And they seem to still “love” each other on the show when Adam and Kris hugged.

Did anyone notice that after Adam hugged Matt, he did a double take then kissed him beside the ear?

What?! I thought he was just, like, whispering something to him. Great, what now… Mattam? Are the Kradam fans not rabid enough?? Skeery.

Did Kris look a little pissed tonight to anyone else? o_O. Maybe I was just imagining something. He looked kinda like he was stomping away when he was declared safe, and when Matt got eliminated he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t look too happy either, a little more down than usual.

Maybe he was jealous of Matt…

But, in all seriousness, he did seem kinda pissed. He could have been mad at Adam for picking the other group, I dunno.

I noticed that too, Steve. I thought Allison looked great in the video without the maroon hair. It also made her dark eyes looked awesome.

Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it actually more à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“disrespectfulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to Kris, since creating a B3 actually put him in a bottom? If they kept it a B2 like always he would just be plain à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“safeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  with Danny and Allison.

I think they created the bottom three so that Kris and Adam supporters would vote for Kradam. If Kris were plain safe, complacency could happen and Kris could be voted off. But it does shake both Kris and Adam at this point as well. So it kinda hurts both their egos too. We’ll see what effect of being in the bottom three has on Kradam next week.

But, in all seriousness, he did seem kinda pissed. He could have been mad at Adam for picking the other group, I dunno.

Oh its on tonight at the mansion!!!! Kris looked like he could cut a bitch :lol_tb:

Will being completely safe this week, again, make Danny just a little too smug next week?? It doesn’t matter to me and to my votes whether Kris was 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th as long as he is still in the competition he will get all of my votes. I’m nothing if not loyal and he is my absolute favorite this season.

Kradam FTW!!!!!!

I want to thank MJ and the East Coast posters for being on the AI frontline . It makes it easier for us West Coasters who get a chance to get used to the results before having to actually watch the horror unfold on TV. So thanks for jumping on that AI gernade and softening the blow for me.

I do think that people were splitting their votes or not voting for Adam at all because they thought he was safe. Based on the Itunes sales and all of the media stating that it is a fight for the number two spot, I think people forgot that Adam is still just a contestant on this show and not the winner.

I do also believe the judges knew the results because they were WAY too calm. They were also jerks when Ryan asked them about the bottom two and they just talked about how Kara and Randy got it right this week.

Also, Slezak has NO ROOM to complain about Adam’s B2 placement since he has been pimping Allison for the past month. I like Allison but I do not think she is more deserving of the crown than the three guys left.

Great, what nowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Mattam?

:lol_tb: :lol_tb:

I love Adam. I had a sinking feeling last night, and I’m not quite sure why. It wasn’t because of Adam’s performance. I loved it. That note! Wow! I can speculate, but it doesn’t matter. Who really knows for sure?

Tonight was strange and was more about the judges than the contestants. It seems like that’s the trend, and I’m not enjoying it.

I felt sad for Matt tonight. It was his time, i think, but still…

I hope there are two songs next week and it gets back to being about the singing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4uHPDyBHy4

“FEELING GOOD” ADAM’S STUDIO VERSION—-BEST OF THE SEASON!!! GET IT ON ITUNES!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!1

SERIOUSLY GUYS THIS IS EPIC!!

Kradam FTW!!!!!!

Nah, Kradam is dead! Each man to himself now…I’m only for Adam now, the puppy has fans and can take care of himself :smoke_tb:

Did anyone notice that after Adam hugged Matt, he did a double take then kissed him beside the ear?

I noticed that too and wondered if he went to whisper something to Matt and missed or if there was a little kiss beside the ear. Whatever it was, it was cute.

So thanks for jumping on that AI grenade and softening the blow for me.

Well, I’ll say you’re welcome, even though that was holy hell!!!! Cuz I’m now happy to know that some good came of it to someone, and that someone was you, undercooked!! :-)

It didn’t bother me at all that Adam chose a group. The question was “Which group do you belong in?” I watched it twice to make sure. Ryan didn’t ask him to choose which group was safe and join it. He could have been choosing to put himself in the bottom three, for all we know. It’s perfectly conceivable to me that Danny and Allison could be in the bottom three.

FWIW, I don’t believe for one second that Adam was actually in the bottom two – bottom three, maybe. Adam peaked a little too early in the competition so there has to be a redemption arc if he is going to be able to win it. His fans were complacent or chose to save Allison and Kris because they thought he would be safe or split their votes thinking it wouldn’t hurt. I’m pretty sure that his fans won’t make this mistake again.

FWIW, I think the top five are all very talented. Matt is mad talented…he just doesn’t do well on stage yet. Simon told him in his audition that he didn’t believe in himself and he still doesn’t. When he is singing just for fun or with the group at the piano, he is amazing. If he had been able to perform alone like he did in the group sing tonight, he’d still be in the competition.

At this point I think it’s anyone’s win to lose.

Fabulous performance by Taylor tonight. He certainly was smoking hawt and just ripped out that song even with bandzilla! Major props to him for his look, his moves, his glowing face, his vocals and mean harp! Wish I was there to catch it…Great performance and recepton. Makes me one happy Taylor fan tonight!

Will there be an itunes video of this performance? or mp3?

I had to check back on all 7 seasons and yes this is the first bottom 3 usage on a Top 5 night.

The announcing of the bottom 2/3 was actually revived after the last 2 seasons cease to reveal the contestants’ positions after the Top 5. I think we can attribute that to Nigel Lythgoe.

After Nigel left, we are back to where we started of course some deviation.

Statistically wise, from the first 5 seasons which employed the bottom 2 format, only 1 contestant which was in the bottom 2 that night was eliminated the week after. He is Anthony Federov. He also became the first contestant in the show’s history to leave while getting the pimp spot. Lots of first for that one.

The new format could help Adam. I think not revealing the votes has in part caused Melinda’s fans to feel even more complacent that season. Her fans needed a wake-up call.

whew, Kris is safe!

And Adam got fewer votes than anyone but Matt? Yikes, did not expect that! Boy’s gonna sharpen his game, for sure. He looked blind-sided. So what does he do — cut the theatrics down to a dull roar? Or do this flamboyant thing, and damn the torpedoes?

Yeah, Taylor is “working musician relevant.” Nothin’ wrong with that. At last he’s singing the music he was born to sing.

Loved the great jazz sax solo, but Natalie Cole was suave but not at her best vocally tonight. Or maybe I just can’t get this definitive version of that wonderful tune “Something’s Gotta Give” out of my head:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87zGSubaW6c&feature=related — Ella Fitzgerald, “Something’s Gotta Give” at 2:15

best singer of this music ever….

Not a Taylor Hicks fan, but he was fantastic tonight. Made remember what was charming about him in season five.

Well, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll say youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re welcome, even though that was holy hell!!!! Cuz Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m now happy to know that some good came of it to someone, and that someone was you, undercooked!! :-)

You are my hero weareallinnocent. I don’t think I could have typed complete sentences while watching the results.

Our poor Adam. And I feel sad for Matt. But I guess this is what is in store for us for the next few weeks. From now on, there is always going to be someone talented going home.

I agree with whoever said that Matt still doesn’t believe in himself.

He always sounds better when he’s not under pressure and although it’s extremely sad to see my fave go I think had he lasted any longer, than the backlash would have gotten even worse.

I can’t wait to see what kind of music he comes out with.

Is there ANYONE on the planet who NOW disagrees that American Idol is a truly SCRIPTED show??? lol………What a ridiculous joke this farce of a show.

Now THAT was interesting…my boy in the bottom 2! We don ¨’t know how many votes separated the 5 of them. Am really pleased that Allison was in the top 2- she deserves it.

Every time fucking Danny opens his mouth to speak he sounds like a dickhead…he really does. I know there is proably no way he is going any time soon but he’s starting to make me physically ill.

Adam will come back strong next week ’cause his voters will rally and not split votes…no worries.

I thought Adam was going to fall over when he was escorted to the bottom three. He was so sure of himself. I thought his performance was the worst last night but Matt chose a crappy song and took some bad advice from Jamie Foxx. Danny and Allison were positively stunned when adam was escorted to the bottom three.
Taylor was the highlight of the show tonight. He was great and he looked terrific. Sure looked like he had the place rocking.
Jamie Foxx was beyond awful.Talk about a steaming pile , oh my poor ears.
Poor Natalie is losing her voice too bad. I always loved her beautiful voice. The “duet” with her father is one of the best recordings ever IMO.
Too bad Matt went home. He is very talented and seemed like a nice guy.

Is there ANYONE on the planet who NOW disagrees that American Idol is a truly SCRIPTED show??? lolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦What a ridiculous joke this farce of a show.

*raises hand* Me! A frontrunner in the B2 does not automatically confirm it’s scripted, or rigged, or whatever else. It happens.

Here’s my blog about the results show: http://dcmjlive.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/top-5-results-shocking-bottom-three/

Anyway, I don’t think vote splitting is bad, people just have to vote-split equally. The thing was, people were voting for Kris and Allison because of what Simon said which made Kradamlison fans vote less for Adam. But I also think it’s a tight race and that Adam still has loads of fans that are not Kradams, Adamlisons or Kradamlisons.

Adam will come back strong next week à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢cause his voters will rally and not split votesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦no worries.

God I hope so!!!

I hope there’s no drama. Kris and Adam were talking backstage like usual friends again. Kris just looked a little angry when he was walking to the safe seats. Then again, I might’ve just been thinking “Randy mouthed “Oh wow”" after Kris was voted safe, but I’m thinking it was more because Adam was in the Bottom 2.

I don’t think anything happened with Kris. At least, I really hope not. Simon said he wanted some drama here. If he gets it, he can be happy while I punch him in the face. These people are close, inciting or promoting drama would be an inhumane move.

It didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t bother me at all that Adam chose a group. The question was à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Which group do you belong in?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  I watched it twice to make sure. Ryan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t ask him to choose which group was safe and join it. He could have been choosing to put himself in the bottom three, for all we know. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s perfectly conceivable to me that Danny and Allison could be in the bottom three.

We’ve been doing this for 7 seasons. Nothing has changed. Ryan wanted Adam to pick the group that he thought was the top vote-getters.

Sooooo, the question isà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.did this prove that Adam must tone himself way way down next week to try to win, or does it cause him to say eff it, and go crazy on rock week in a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“better to be shot down in a blaze of gloryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  way

Pre-Idol Adam would say “eff it” and do what makes him happy. Who knows what his mindset is today but I have a feeling he has been trying to please everyone and it just isn’t possible. I hope for his sake that he throws all caution to the wind and blows us all away with a WTF performance like we all know he can.

BTW, I forgot to mention Taylor. Damn that boy looks fine. His voice is pretty fine too.

ow come on…
adam in bottom 3… uhm 2…
scripted it is!
to make americans feel the suspense…
to make the show slight unpredictable.
Im a big Kris-Danny fan.
I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to argue with other person…
But adam has the 60 percent of winning because of the talent he will always have.
(who agrees???)

Well, some guy was just on the Fox LA news saying the iTunes glitch was not valid…( I wasn’t really listening I was still wtfing in my corner over the show) I think he was an AI producer saying that no numbers were ever released and that iTunes makes sure no one knows how many units are sold. to make it a fair contest. Basically imo he was trying to cover up the GLITCH. Good try dude. Not buying it or Danny’s performances.

Anyhow. Regarding the show. I knew people were getting complacent.
This is what happened to my beloved Daughtry. Hardly any one voted because they thought he was safe because everyone was talking about him. At least Adam got a warning…hopefully people will vote now.

If Danny Gokey wins, I hope instead of confetti, they throw cake in his face.

Ok, now that I’ve been a post ho all evening (sorry) I have to go to bed. I’m getting all melancholy thinking how terrificly sad Adam possibly could be right now, after singing so incredibly well about Feeling (so) Good. Dude deserves to still Feel Good!!

I hope he does. Night all~

ETA: Uh, one more thing :-P

no numbers were ever released

LOL They’re splitting hairs. Technically that’s true. “No numbers were ever released,” that’s true. Popularity bars showing relative sales, on the other hand, were clearly visible. Big Eyeroll to their Huge Back and Fill…

ow come onà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
adam in bottom 3à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ uhm 2à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
scripted it is!

I don’t think Adam in the B2 was scripted, nor do I think Daughtry and J-Hud’s eliminations were scripted. Just because it’s a schocker doesn’t mean it’s not true. Simon was hard on Allison and Kris last night, and Adam shares a lot of fans with them. Kradam/Krallison fans that would normally vote more for Adam or equally for both of their favorites voted more for Allison and Kris. Plus, just by reading here, IDF, and AI.com over the past few weeks, you can see how complacent a lot of Adam fans were getting. It’s entirely probable that Adam was in the B2.

I’m not worried about Adam. AI is just playing the ol’ shell game with us. Round & round they go–which contestant is REALLY in the bottom? Careful now, the AI hand is quicker than the viewer’s eye!

They don’t tell us how many votes each contestant gets. To keep the math simple in order to illustrate my theory, let’s just say that Danny, Allison, Kris, AND Adam each received the same number of votes. They have to divide them up somehow to create drama so Danny & Allison become contestants A & B and Kris & Adam become contestants C & D. Matt, of course, has the least amount of votes because we are just at that stage in the competition where he has to go, so that makes him contestant E. This let’s them pretend that Adam is in the bottom by simply choosing to put him there to shake us up.

When Ryan let Kris go back to the seats, he could have just as easily let Adam go back at that time. Kris probably had less votes than Adam, but to further the drama they let him be safe first. I’d be willing to bet that the vote counts are extremely close right now and that it doesn’t really matter how AI made things “look” tonight–Adam is really in the top 2. They’re doing just what they did last year when they made everyone thing Archie would win over Cook–they’re just doing it a little earlier.

And just because I don’t usually post here and may not again, here’s my take on those who are left:

Allison: She’s good but I hate her hair ( I agree w/ the earlier post that her hair looked so much better in the Ford vid tonight) and her teeth are too big for her mouth. Looks aside, I’m tired of 16 yr olds who sing like adults. Idol needs to reset the minimum age to at least 18–I’d prefer 20. I love Heart and Stevie Nicks and the like….but Allison’s raspy voice grates on me and I find it very hard to watch her sing. She should be gone next week.

Danny: He’s good—but not good enough. I wouldn’t buy his music. I think he has mainstream America’s sympathy vote cuz he’s all-american boy who’s wife died. I find him boring and smug. He seems to get cockier every week. He practically admited tonight that he is emulating Adam–what a shame if he wins on that premise. If he does win, he’ll be this year’s Taylor Hicks and his career will go nowhere. His smile frightens me.

Kris: I love him. He’s got a James Taylor vibe I can’t resist. He’s humble & quietly sweet. His crooked smile is endearing. He is always emotionally connected to his songs and is a pure natural. I wouldn’t mind if he won and in fact, I kind of hope he does because Adam doesn’t need the win at this point.

Adam: He’s a star. He deserves to win. ‘Nuff said.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Adam in the B2 was scripted, nor do I think Daughtry and J-Hudà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s eliminations were scripted. Just because ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a schocker doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mean ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not true. Simon was hard on Allison and Kris last night, and Adam shares a lot of fans with them. Kradam/Krallison fans that would normally vote more for Adam or equally for both of their favorites voted more for Allison and Kris. Plus, just by reading here, IDF, and AI.com over the past few weeks, you can see how complacent a lot of Adam fans were getting. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s entirely probably that Adam was in the B2.

you mean adam fans are over acting about the B2 thing??? :)

OK…….So Adam is “dominating” the iTunes sales! Google searches for Carrie were 5 million in the past month, 6.1 million for Adam, etc. They won’t let him perform early because people will change their channels for the rest of the show and sponsors lose millions. The producers are also upset that their show is being called “The Adam Lambert Show!”

you mean adam fans are over acting about the B2 thing??? :)

No, I just think he was legitimently in the B2. I understand it’s surprising, but it’s far from impossible. Someone even predicted it based on DialIdol trends last night on IDF.

Ok, I’ve recovered from the elimination night show. Heh. Almost fainted when Adam was in the Bottom 2. My breath was held the whole rest of the show until Adam was declared safe. The look on Adam’s face…poor kid. I don’t get why people saying that Adam isn’t humble and is egotistical. He constantly thanks the judges and fans every week and gives shoutouts to the band and the Michael Orland. He always looks genuinely surprised and appreciated when he is given glowing reviews The one who ALWAYS seems smug and not humble to me is DANNY!

One good thing comes from this scare. Adam and his fans now know he’s not immortal. And will come back from this guns blazing. I still have hope!

This may have already been mentioned in the thread earlier, but I am curious. Has there every been and idol winner who was in the Bottom 2/3 before Top 4 to go on to still win it? I can’t remember…

ETA: I just remembered, Fantasia was in the Bottom a couple of times right? And she went on to win. Anyone else?

GO ADAM!

No, I just think he was legitimently in the B2. I understand ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s surprising, but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s far from impossible. Someone even predicted it based on DialIdol trends last night on IDF.

ahhhhhhhhhh…. :)
i guess you are soooooooo right.
thanks victoria. :)

Yes. Ruben Studdard. He was bottom 2 with Trenyce on Top 5 night.

He also emerged winner against a never-been-bottom-3 Clay Aiken.

This may have already been mentioned in the thread earlier, but I am curious. Has there every been and idol winner who was in the Bottom 2/3 before Top 4 to go on to still win it? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t rememberà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Someone said Reuben was in the bottom 2 around this time of the competition and also that Clay was never in the bottom three. I don’t know if that is true or not, but that is what I read.

ETA- Lovecert was faster than me!

No problem, elaira_16. It was pretty suprising.

Tony
Apr 30th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been doing this for 7 seasons. Nothing has changed. Ryan wanted Adam to pick the group that he thought was the top vote-getters.

That is not what Ryan asked Adam. Ryan said something like “in which group does he (Adam) belong” ?

Ryan didn’t say Adam was safe nor did he ask Adam to pick the top group. So, it did change.
Now, did any of us know that, probably not, but still, Ryan wanted Adam to pick the group in which he belonged. That is all….

Ok as long as it’s not impossible for a bottom 3 dweller to win. phew! I WANT MY ADAM CONFETTI SHOWER! :clap_tb:

Imagine how warm and wonderful it will be in the same room with Kris tonight after telling America he thought Kris should be in the bottom two.

LOL – but seriously, shouldn’t they have their own rooms by now? I thought there were 9 bedrooms in that mansion?

And yes, it did look like Adam gave Matt a little quick peck there ;-) Kinda made me think of that Upright Cabaret vid where Adam gave the guy a quick kiss after singing …

Someone said Reuben was in the bottom 2 around this time of the competition and also that Clay was never in the bottom three. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if that is true or not, but that is what I read.

Yup…reuben was in the bottom two at the final five and clay aiken was never in the bottom three…but he was a wildcard contestant. You can see the proof in whatnottosing.com

TPTB giving us our 1st bottom 3 ever for a top 5 must surely be for a reason.

My guess is that it would be a major blow for the show if Adam wasn’t in the top 3/finale. As he was probably midpack this week (with the pimp spot) and likely to go 1st next week, they wanted to give a wake-up call to his fans/America to ensure he gets a bounce back next week and stays in.

BTW, bottom two is not the same as bottom two vote getters. Ryan can say this is your bottom two, but unless he clarifies it by adding on about votes, I don’t believe that means that Kris didn’t get less votes than Adam. I think Adam was 3rd.

question…

is adam being gay a big big big issue???

I feel bad for Matt. Adam’s bottom 2 is stealing his exit spotlight. Aw….poor guy!

My guess is that it would be a major blow for the show if Adam wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in the top 3/finale. As he was probably midpack this week (with the pimp spot) and likely to go 1st next week, they wanted to give a wake-up call to his fans/America to ensure he gets a bounce back next week and stays in.

I agree, Matt, Allison and Lil were all in the B3 and then not the following week. A B3 position energizes the base. I also agree, unless they say “votes” it’s a little vague. I am sure Matt did get the least votes, and either Kris and Adam belonged there with him, or the judges selected them in order to rally their fans to ensure Allison’s ouster next week.

Okay, maybe what this week’s show is telling us is that the casual viewer vote gave us the bump in the number of votes this year. And a lot of those votes went to Danny. He did put in a good performance last night and the judges gave him a lot of pimping. It would certainly explain why he’s getting a lot of votes but very little sales. On the other hand, the Adam fans vote and buy every week. But the casual viewers were not sold on his take on Feeling Good for Rat Pack week.

In Allison’s case, it was a very solid performance, hence she got her solid share of the casual viewer vote.

Kris’ very quiet interpretation of the song was drowned by the more extravagant numbers of his fellow contestants which is why he landed in the bottom 2.

All that being said, I don’t think anymore that this weeks results are all that strange. The casual viewers have a lot of power so the contestants really have to put in strong performances each week. In Adam’s case, he has to tone it down a little to make it more palatable to the general public since his fanbase will vote for him no matter what. Kris will have to play to his re-arranging strength. Allison just has to put in a strong performance that will emphasize the beauty of her voice. If they will be able to do that and Danny reverts back to his old self then we might just get the dream AAK top 3.

ETA: Can someone explain what “The Huff” is? Is that a Knoll term in reference to George Huff?

questionà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

is adam being gay a big big big issue???

It depends on your personal beliefs, really. But, honestly, this is (supposedly) about singing, so I don’t think most people care.

^^^to some parts of America it may well be.

ETA: Has anyone seen this? Simon now predicts his winner:

http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/idol/2009/04/simon-says-winner-will-be.html

And I am officially sick to my stomach.

BTW, bottom two is not the same as bottom two vote getters. Ryan can say this is your bottom two, but unless he clarifies it by adding on about votes, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe that means that Kris didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get less votes than Adam. I think Adam was 3rd.

Actually, it’s supposed to mean that. And it is completely possible for a frontrunner like Adam to get the 2nd to the least number of votes. Given that even dial idol could not predict who would be the bottom three, it proves that the race of votes was tight…even for Matt G. The placings seem sort of arbitrary and don’t actually show if there is a big gap between votes.

TPTB giving us our 1st bottom 3 ever for a top 5 must surely be for a reason.

My guess is that it would be a major blow for the show if Adam wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in the top 3/finale. As he was probably midpack this week (with the pimp spot) and likely to go 1st next week, they wanted to give a wake-up call to his fans/America to ensure he gets a bounce back next week and stays in.

Take note…bottom THREE not bottom TWO. Why did they have to mention that Kris was in the bottom three then make him safe? It could be that Kris was actually in the bottom two and they want Adam-voters to vote more OR Kris really was actually 3rd and the producers want people to vote for him as well and not be complacent.

any famous gay singers??/

Elton John, Boy George. But these are British singers, so I dunno if it is indicative of the gay stand in America. Anyone able to name others?

*Whispers* There are rumors about Clay Aiken as well…

any famous gay singers??/

LANCE BASS!!! The former NSYNC member!

Of course, thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Clay Aiken rumors.

He’s already admitted to that.

any famous gay singers??/

Plenty. Elton John, George Michael… if you mean more ‘current’ singers, Lady GaGa is bi. I honestly don’t see it as an issue for Adam. The people who don’t like him because of it probably wouldn’t like his performance style even if he weren’t gay. It’s gotten a lot of media coverage, but I think everyone has moved past it and realized this isn’t a competition about the contestants’ personal lives.

ETA: I just went back and watched the clip of Adam ‘kissing’ Matt… it wasn’t a kiss, he was talking to him. You can see Matt replying to whatever he said, lol. People seem to like the idea of Adam supposedly kissing contestants. Last week it was Allison! :laugh_tb:

Ever since Top 13 it has been called “The Adam Lambert Show”, it was time for drama! It is a REALITY show. Adam fans should calm down, They TPTB, in no way shape or form said how many votes anyone got. Adam has consistently had more sales, more praise, and more comments in the forums than any of the others! He is the best entertainer Idol has had, so you know they love it when they stir the fire! Ive been saying, like alot of others, there was no competition because of Adam, now its gettin down to the wire, and they are doing exactly what they want to do. I myself, : have consistently voted for Adam for 2 hours every week, so I feel I have done my part to get him to the top, Thats all I can do. Just sayin…………..

Hey for anyone freaked out (and really a chill pill is in order was just the AI version of performance theatrics) go listen to the Studio recording of Feeling Good is freaking absolutely smackdown all ears to the ground AMAZING.

The little electric piano blip at the beginning the note forever at the end. Totally his own version. Not a Muse or Nina in sight. Just next generation new wave glam with a dash of vegas fab sprinkled on top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4uHPDyBHy4

Glamtastic. Adamilicious. Adamacity at its best. Suck on that AI – B2 my ass!

Simon now predicts his winner:

http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/idol/2009/04/simon-says-winner-will-be.html

Here’s what I don’t get. Last year, he was very complimentary about David Cook saying that a sign of a “great potential artist” is “one who takes risks”. So essentially, what he is saying by predicting a Danny win is that American Idol does not give us great artists since he said that America will choose Danny as he is the “safer bet” who is “not taking as many risks”. Seriously Simon, WTF? Are you saying that America is shying away from greatness and choosing only safe bets? (So not true as proved last year). I say bullshit. Prove him wrong America! Please!

Also, by saying this, he is still hanging on to the pre-ordained Danny/Adam finale. *rolls eyes*

Personally, I think he’s just pissed off because clearly the days when he was able to successfully predict all the ebbs and flows of AI is over with the rise of the likes of Jason Castro and Brooke White and now Allison and Kris and even Adam. The non-traditional belter/singer is throwing him for a loop and much as he would like to expand his horizons he is personally one of those who are afraid of new things (hello, his talents are Leona Lewis and Il Divo, talk about traditional).

So………..I wonder if VFTW is going to pick Adam? I know that alot of them are real Adam fans, but never picked him because they didn’t think Adam needed their votes.

If Adams hand drifting down towards his penis – which is I assume what we are talking about with the auto erotic comment – was offensive one can only imagine how the Florida thing went over. At least with that you didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have to look so hard for sexual innuendo

what Florida thing? what do you mean? lol…

well, can’t wait for next week…I know where my votes are gonna go, lol…also, now that I read like nearly every single comment I wish to re-approach my comment about not liking that Adam picked a group..okay it still would have been better if he would have as someone else suggested sat on Paula’s lap, lol that would have been hilarious…but at least he was honest…I’ve actually been surprised with how polite he’s behaved on the show…he never argues with the judges even when Simon called his ROF performance “indulgent rubbish” ( I loved it and thought it he was vocally flawless) he stopped himself from saying anything and just took it in and always listens carefully to what they say etc… I mean he made an honest mistake with the group thing (albeit a slightly presumptuous one)

It also surprises me at how committed he is during the group performances…I totally expected him to be like “no way dude I’m too cool for this shit, I have an reputation and an image to protect on this show and will not sabotage it by singing Kylie Minogue songs and the like…I expected him to just strut around the stage at a slow pace in his leather jacket flailing the microphone around with a smirk on his face like ‘oh I dont give a shit about this I know I’ve got this in the bag’ but he doesn’t do that…he sings he dances, he does it all..idk I didn’t expect that, especially judging from his more aggressive rock-oriented performances..anybody else feel the same?? (at one point they sang Pocket full of sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield, wtf? I would have been like, okay I’m not singing that, lol) …if he truly was in the bottom 2 then it was definitely the vote-splitting and complacency from Simon’s comments that caused it…not so much his performance imo, but I’ll admit he’s had better performances and better song choices, although I admit I prefer his more energetic performances with the outrageous vocals, but that’s a taste thing..I just hope he can still do what he wants and win. Personally I am rooting for an Allison to be in the finals with him…we shall see…
great blog mj. adios.

Of course, thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Clay Aiken rumors.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s already admitted to that.”

I must have missed the ‘outing’, heh…

But to be honest, I don’t care whether someone is gay or not (since I’m not dreaming about having his babies, unlike some fans on the show). I’d like to think I’m as objective as anyone, so I still prefer Adam to win than Danny. Adam is pure entertainment and I’d pay money to watch his concerts and hear his songs, ‘cos I know I’d get my money’s worth.
Danny? Well…he’s got a nice voice that goes well with certain songs, but I just can’t imagine shelling out money in these tight-fisted times to watch him do what he’s been doing.

Kinda sad for Adam. Watch his eyes and see the hurt on his face. I went back to watch his “Black and White”, and the difference between Adam then and Adam now actually makes me hurt. He was having so much fun singing B&W. But as I’ve mentioned before, that’s the real-life scenario in the industry, and Adam knew he had to try to conform to please the casual voter. I just hope Adam wins, though it’s a really close race now, with all that talent left.

ETA: Damn that Simon. I wish he’d stop being an such an ass and let us just vote by ourselves already. At this point, NOBODY should need any pimping/de-pimping. He doesn’t have to add to the mess with his predictions. If he wants a real AI voter win, he should just shut up. *Oh, I forgot, his ego is too heavy for his jaw to close*

^ Agreed, especially that last paragraph. I think he’s find America would like him even more if he would go back to the “Black or White”-type performances, instead of trying to anticipate what America wants and throwing in ballads to balance everything out. Ballads are good and he needs to do some, but – and I’m stealing a line from Paula here so maybe I’m just losing it – they’re “starting to become a bit of a crutch” to balance out the OTT-ness.

Soà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..I wonder if VFTW is going to pick Adam? I know that alot of them are real Adam fans, but never picked him because they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Adam needed their votes.

Actually, they think Adam is selling out. A lot of them like Allison. I wouldn’t be surprised if they picked either one, especially since Allison ‘cawed’ like Megan. They probably think Kris is boring. I can see them picking Danny just to cause an upset. I hope they do, because being the VFTW pick pretty much guarenteed you to go home soon after this year.

Soà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..I wonder if VFTW is going to pick Adam? I know that alot of them are real Adam fans, but never picked him because they didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Adam needed their votes.

Maybe. To them, Adam has the personality and provides the flashy performance that they love but also definitely not possess the worst vocals.

They hate Danny to the core but can never bring themselves to root for him because he is TCO.

And they find Allison and Kris uninteresting and boring.

It’s an all-lose situation for them. I don’t think they care anymore so I probably feel they will go for Adam now that he’s in the bottom 2/3.

Imagine how warm and wonderful it will be in the same room with Kris tonight after telling America he thought Kris should be in the bottom two.

I don’t think Kris is the type to care about that, nor is Adam the type to be arrogant about it. I think Adam has a genuine humility, like when Smokey Robinson and Jamie Foxx mentored and he was both starstruck and respectful.

But I still think something seemed off. Didn’t he say in his iTunes confessional that it’s not about winning? Tonight he almost said that he wouldn’t be here if he didn’t want to win. Then the little bit peeved walk, and Adam chose the other group. It also cut away to the judges while he gave Adam a hug, only showing the end of it.

I hope I’m just looking too deep into it. I think Kris and Adam are fantastic (despite how much I will talk hate about Adam every Tuesday >_>).

Oh no. Just saw that TVGuide post about Simon predicting a Gokey win. :(

That would pretty much seal it for me.

bridgeymah!! THANK YOU for sharing the studio version of Feeling Good. It’s AMAZING, gonna post the link again in case anybody passed by it accidentally. Just WOW, WOW, WOW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4uHPDyBHy4

(It’s too bad the contestants can’t sing longer versions of their songs, sigh….what a difference it makes!)

I think SImon predicting a Gokey win means that Adam has better shot seeing Simon was sure DC wouldn’t win last year. Maybe he thinks after last year America is ready to run back to blandness… hope not.

Kinda sad for Adam. Watch his eyes and see the hurt on his face. I went back to watch his à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Black and Whiteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , and the difference between Adam then and Adam now actually makes me hurt. He was having so much fun singing B&W. But as Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve mentioned before, thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the real-life scenario in the industry, and Adam knew he had to try to conform to please the casual voter. I just hope Adam wins

I think all of the contestants look unhappy. The toll is getting to them. They are all friends and it hurts to be voted off. I have a feeling Adam will have a good time next week. The pressure of being the front runner has been taken off his shoulders a bit. Plus it’s rock week with Slash. How great is that going to be for Adam! He will be ok. He knows he has tons of fans and he is a star to many people. He’s getting a record contract regardless.

Simon has ‘em all so jacked up…

…Adam did not know what to do when presented the choice. BUT, the choices flashed thru his brain. After all the bull shit about ” doyouthinkyoucanwinthisyoudon’tseemcommittedonlythreewant-towinetcetc”, he jumped thru the “winning attitude” hoop. Oops!

If Adam leaves next week, so will I. No Adam = boring, tired show
There is no way Adam should have been in the B2, NO WAY. Sorry, but he is the best singer hands down. I had to cringe when someone equated Danny’s safety to God being good….so now God’s on Danny’s side? okaaaaaaayyy.

We Adam fans have to face the facts. He’s the last place contestant on American Idol, has no shot of winning, and will probably go home next week. America has voted. They prefer the other three.

I’m fine with that. Adam will be able to get his album mostly done before the tour and be the first out on the shelves next fall.

We’ll have nine studio tracks from iTunes and I’m sure the remaining three will sell lots of downloads for the rest of the season. They are, apparently, much more popular.

I had to cringe when someone equated Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s safety to God being goodà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.so now Godà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s on Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s side? okaaaaaaayyy.

The whole Danny was made by god just to win Idol shit is getting old and offensive. As is the pray for him to win – seriously. Lots of things in this world deserve prayers (if you are so inclined), but fame and fortune for Gokey Pokey would not be one of them. Talk about twisted values… man those are some twisted values right there.

guys adam isnt going anywhere if we vote…..SO STOP SPLITTING VOTES~

I think all of the contestants look unhappy. The toll is getting to them. They are all friends and it hurts to be voted off. I have a feeling Adam will have a good time next week. The pressure of being the front runner has been taken off his shoulders a bit. Plus ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s rock week with Slash. How great is that going to be for Adam! He will be ok. He knows he has tons of fans and he is a star to many people. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s getting a record contract regardless.

I dunno, undercooked, it’s Adam we’re talking about. When it comes to Adam, “Expect the unexpected”. He croons on Disco, rocks on Rat Pack. Although we know his pattern is rough it up, slow it down, rough it up again, he might just try to croon his way through Rock week. Even Simon din expect Adam’s “If I can’t have you” on Disco, and he did say that it was Adam’s week.

And I still think that Adam needs to WIN. It’s only if you’re the winner, then the best of the best will knock on your door. “Runner-up in American Idol” just doesn’t look that good next to your name. He’s already a performer with his own er…street cred, but he just couldn’t break through to the big time. If he gets 2nd, people are just going to say forever that “he was good, but not great”. I think that’ll be the last straw for him. Yeah, he’d get that contract, but it’s kinda hard on the ego, y’know?

^ Eh, I think he will do at least one uptempo song for rock week. He can’t do 2 ballads. That would be a terrible idea. Personally, I think he’s better off playing it ‘fun’ this week. Go back to the BoW type performance. Yeah, it’s a little safe, but his last couple performances have been just meh in comparison to some of his others (although the studio versions are good). IMO he needs to remind America why they fell in love with him in the first place, and that will give him a huge boost, being so near to the finale.

I think SImon predicting a Gokey win means that Adam has better shot seeing Simon was sure DC wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t win last year.

Simon was all over the press predicting DC would win, right up until the final 2 show he was on Ellen predicting his win. It wasn’t until the final 2 show after they both sang he thought Archie would win.

Kris used Anoop’s words. :)

I am just shocked at how “un-shocked” the judges were about the whole situation. Not even Paula looked stunned and I expected her to be going mad. Randy let out a simple “oh man” or “oh boy” when Kris was sent to safety but he hardly looked upset. Kara was fine. And Simon was “This is America’s choice”. I find that all very puzzling.

Either…

(1) They knew that regardless of the bottom, Adam would be safe.
(2) They are on board with the fact that Gokes has this.

Not sure which it is.

I’m sorry but Adam Lambert being in the bottom 3 is a travesty! Seriously America. SERIOUSLY? With that amazing brilliant performance, which the press loves and the judges love, and he landed in the bottom 3? What’s happening with the world?

Please, Adam fans and people who don’t call themselves fans but appreciate his talents, PLEASE VOTE FOR HIM! He needs your votes more than anyone else in this competition, and he needs them now more than ever. If there’s one chance for you to show appreciation for what he’s brought to American Idol, and our music culture for that matter, this is it. No vote-splitting please and try to vote for him as much as you possibly can.

The minute Adam leaves I’m done with the bs that is this show. On a happier note, the studio recording of Feeling Good is BRILLIANT. Its my most favorite of his yet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8u8PWDKMc

This shows that Adam is here to win the damn thing!! The timing of the release of the Upright Vid – Gotta get through. This is certainly a way to show to his fans that he would be ok. So any Adam fans out there. Chill… and look forward to next week and be prepare to vote your heart out!!!

Bring back the BSC Adam or the Ballad Adam – I will enjoy both!!! I even found that I actually like techno sound from his pre-idol work. This fan definitely would be around post idol – although maybe less obsessive since I would not see him on tv twice a week.

He needs to rock it and say fuck it, and just rock it and we’ll love it…and everyone else can go suck it!!!!!!!!

Come on Adam, get off the internet!!!!!Do you!!!! :clap_tb:

One question, why does anybody assume Adam picked the group he thought was safe? Simon told Allison she was in trouble, Danny was good. Simon told Matt he was brilliant, Kris might be in trouble. If I was up there I would have no clue which side to go to. It was a 50/50 choice, just because Allison and Danny ended up being safe didn’t mean Adam chose them for that reason. He had no clue which side was safe. Why do we always assume the worst about someone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8u8PWDKMc

And my admiration for his smarts just increases. They (Adam and his friends posting these videos) had to be holding back on posting Gotta Get Through This just for this kind of situation. There’s just no way the perfect timing is accidental.

One question, why does anybody assume Adam picked the group he thought was safe?

I see how it is. It’s OK to assume that Adam is the #1 vote-getter every week and that he goes during the last part of the show because the producers love his performances so much……but assuming that the person asked to pick a group is picking the top vote-getting group (something that Idol has been doing for EIGHT SEASONS) is totally irrational.

It’s kinda funny.

I see how it is. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s OK to assume that Adam is the #1 vote-getter every week and that he goes during the last part of the show because the producers love his performances so muchà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but assuming that the person asked to pick a group is picking the top vote-getting group (something that Idol has been doing for EIGHT SEASONS) is totally irrational.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s kinda funny.

Allison is the “Top vote getting Group” Really? She has been in the bottom three, what 3 times?
Who is assuming Adam is the number 1 vote getter, certainly not me. I have never thought he has gotten the highest votes. I always thought it was Gokey. But really I have no clue and neither do you.

We Adam fans have to face the facts. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the last place contestant on American Idol, has no shot of winning, and will probably go home next week. America has voted. They prefer the other three.

I’ve always thought Adam was too polarising to win but I did believe he’d make the final. He still might – it will be interesting to see if this galvanises his support – but I can’t see anyone but Gokey winning. I never could, in fact.

Oh well.

In a way it makes me much more relaxed about the whole thing. What will be will be. Adam has performed his socks off every frigging week and has never let me down once. If he isn’t the voters’ choice, then so be it.

I know whose record I’ll be buying.

Either way you look at it, Adam got a bum deal in being asked to choose the group. Either way he couldn’t possibly win. I’d like to think Kris was pissed off for Adam getting the bum deal, but I have to admit that at this stage, where it’s every man/girl for himself, it’s difficult for Kris to not get angry with Adam for choosing. If he had chosen Matt and Kris group, people would have said he was just sympathising with the bottom group, blah blah…, or people would have thought that since Adam thinks that about himself, maybe he doesn’t deserve our vote. Either way, there’s a group of voters and a contestant that would get pissed. I daresay if Adam had gone the other group, Allison might have been pissed, ‘cos she might think Adam was trying to garner sympathy, since she knew that people would power vote for Adam after being bottom 2, and she’d lose even more votes, while Gokey would have been just smirky. You could see Allison was torn between staying to support the guys and going to the seats.

Arrghh…my mind is spinning round and round. Says to self,”It’s just a TV show. It’s just a TV show….”, but kinda hard to believe in that when you know we voters are actually deciding a person’s career and his success/failure for the next few years at least.

All my love and best wishes to the contestants, yeah, even Danny. You’ve got to admire their guts and drive to win, considering they get all these crapshit. But I’m still rooting for Adam to win. Go Adam!

Americans, you SUCK!!!!!!!!!

we are from Asia we all LOOOOOVE adam,who is in totally different league and mad talented! AND he is in B2????????WHAT??????crazyà ¯ ¼Ã… ¸Ãƒ ¯ ¼ Ãƒ ¯ ¼ Ãƒ ¯ ¼ Ãƒ ¯ ¼ Ãƒ ¯ ¼ Ãƒ ¯ ¼ 

There are many good singers like danny or kris or Allisonà ¯ ¼Ã…’they sing well
but not unique.

BUT we’ve got only one ADAM LAMBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS:welcome to Asia,adam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU are already a super super star here!
we are talking about you all day long and like just the way you are!!!!!

I actually think that all that hulabaloo means Adam is just about sure to make it to the final now. I was kind of worried he’d get a shock-booted in Top 3 or 4 because everyone just assumed he’d be safe (like this week, but without Matt-cushion). That won’t happen now, his fans are all fired up, and I sincerely believe he is way more popular than everyone else on the show (except perhaps Danny, but I doubt that). That popularity just didn’t transfer into votes this week, being a “sure” thing really doesn’t motivate people to powervote. Kris and Allison fans were way more motivated this week, and Danny’s fans… well, they are a mystery to me.

I also predict there’ll be loads of first time voters next week. Adam is really popular with casual (non-voting) crowd, plenty of people tune in to watch his performances but saw no need to vote before. I bet some of them really freaked out yesterday and start powervoting for him.

Singing 2-3 songs a week will really play to Adam’s advantage as well, both because of his versatility and because he’s voice can take it. Some competitors usually start to strain their voices at this stage, but Adam should be fine.

Oddobserver
If he gets 2nd, people are just going to say forever that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“he was good, but not greatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

I agree with this. He’ll always have to deal with the label “Runner-Up” (or 3rd, or w/e) and every time the media brings up his name, they’ll tag it with “he was good, but not good *enough*”. B.S. I’ll say it again. ***B.S.*** Arrggghhhhh! I was sooo stressed out watching that tonight (and I really really wanted to b*tch-slap Ryan for making him choose a side); nearly tore a pillow with my teeth. Vote, America, VOTE, damn you. …Now off to try and sleep…

Epic comments from everyone. I haven’t been this entertained by mj’s blog in a few seasons.

edit: keep your comments focused on your the subject and OFF your fellow contestants

So annoyed with the Gokey. Really don’t like him, wish he would get booted. But, the stuff about him being a douche because of the cake thing? I think that’s a bit harsh. That was Idol editing at it’s finest. I still firmly believe he’s going to win.

Have to say, I felt a bit of love for all the contestants tonight. Really a solid group.

Thought Taylor sang great (even though I don’t like the song) and looked great. Natalie Cole looked great, but the singing was rough. Thought Jamie Foxx was boring.

This season has actually turned out to be pretty good. Don’t really have a horse in the race, but it’s entertaining anyway…

I guess Adam didn’t watch the last two seasons when both Melinda and Archie refused to pick sides and sat in the middle of the stage. That was the diplomatic thing to do. Instead he says “based on last night’s performance…” and then goes over the Danny & Allison’s side. Not cool.

Am I surprised that Adam was in the bottom 2? A little bit but I think there are voters out there who either haven’t voted yet but did as things are heating up or a just tired of his theatrics. I loved the soft ballad he did a few weeks back but most of his performances are looking the same to me–screeching, tongue flailing and the theatrics. That kind of stuff gets old pretty fast even if he does put on a good show.

I am glad that Allison was not in the bottom 3. I think people are finally seeing how good she really is. What a voice for a 17 year old and she’s relevant and I could easily see her as possibly being commercially viable in mainstream music.

I think both Allison and Gokey were surprised that Adam was in the bottom two only because the judges have been pimping him like crazy, he usually gets to perform in the 2nd half or last and even with him performing last, he managed to get bottom 2. Adam also looks like he assumes that it’s a foregone conclusion that he’s the front runner. Maybe it’s not a given that he’ll make it to the finale and will win. I think the voting is close though because dialidol shows everyone fairly close with no “green or red” dots. I wonder where Matt’s fans will gravitate to now that he’s been voted off. They either won’t vote or they’ll support Kris, Allison or Gokey but I doubt they’ll switch to Adam.

I haven’t watched the show yet, although I have watched Taylor’s performance and just had to say, I thought he sounded great.

What made me think that Adam might not really be in danger of going home even when he was in the B2 (beyond being a massive Adam fan and not allowing myself to believe it!) was the look on the judges’ faces. Not one of them looked stunned, shocked, upset, disappointed …. And we know that the judges, by and large, love Adam. Even Paula seemed calm. If Adam were legimitately in threat of going home, the juges would have been visibly shaken in some form.

To me, it’s kind of like watching the flight attendants’ faces when you hit major turbulence and think the plane is going to crash. When the flight attendants continue to calmly pour the coffee, you know you’re actually not in any danger.

American Idol insults the intelligence of the viewers, voters and music lovers in general. But then if we were really intelligent, I guess we would watch something besides Idol. Excuse me, JMO.

*To me, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s kind of like watching the flight attendantsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ faces when you hit major turbulence and think the plane is going to crash. When the flight attendants continue to calmly pour the coffee, you know youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re actually not in any danger*

Such a great analogy, Sapphire! I have had that experience too many times and I did last night while watching the show…..(I guess the producers *got me*…. damn!)! LOL

BTW…..I just purchased Adam’s *Feeling Good* studio version and it is NOW my favorite! So GREAT….how does he sing those notes……the high one was….awesome!
(BTW again…….I have no interest in the rest of the season if Adam departs….*sigh*
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Whew! For a minute there I was wondering if Adam is a bottom or a top.

So much to comment on.

Giving Taylor a ribbon wrapped bouqet of carrots for that fantastic performance. He did everything right and he sounded effing great and didnt look goofy and no stupid SP shoutouts that I could hear. Loved him to death last night and Simon was not a jerkface for once concerning Taylor and he got a really nice reception. Anyways, he sounded like a successful singer and I think the song will do well in the country venue which is fine.

Next, Idol up to their shenanigans again putting Adam in the bottom 3. Pfffftttt…….like I believe that shit.

Im still sticking with my original prediction that despite how terrific Adam is he wont win. Gokey will win this year because of the huge christian block voting and thats fine. Hey, if you can win elections that way you sure in hell can take Idol on. I really really dont like Gokey at all. He turns me off in a big way but I do like his voice.

Whew,what a show. Could not even get on last night to read, traffic here was so high.
Just hope Kris is able to channel that “Wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could win” determination into a knockout Rock week. This final four makes me think of Season 5, and I’ve been thinking for weeks Kris is the Yamin of this group, just chugging along doing great vocal performances, while Taylor and Chris D. were perceived as the frontrunners. Of course, I think Allison has more talent than Katharine M. ever thought of having.
Gosh, can’t wait for next week. With this group, Rock week will be all kinds of awesome, and 2 songs each? Whoa.

Time to loosen up and start being uplifting. Funny thought just struck me. To do what Melinda and Archie did the Adam way, Adam should have just sat in the middle, saying
1) “According to my wonderful fans, the supportive judges, and everyone I’ve worked with and sometimes acknowledged, I’m in a league of my own, so I’ll just sit right here as my own group,” thus incurring everyone’s wrath, then launches into a BTBW-ROF-MAd World-If I can’t have you-Tracks of My tears medley, ending with, “Whether I leave today or not, I’ve just charted my journey and emotions I’ve felt on American Idol. I feel the love from everyone here tonight.”

OR
2) “The only group I’m going to join is a group hug with all the fantastic contestants here. We’ve had a blast together. Rather than having me make the difficult choice of joining either group, Allison, Kris, Matt and Danny, please join ME here in the middle, to show the freaking judges and shitty producers just what we think of their stupid remarks, scandals and now this manipulative HUFF decision” ROARS of applause from audience and watchers. Everyone boosts Adam onto their shoulders and sings “We Are Family”

oddobserver – that is hilarious although it would made Adam look a bit too manic and i think he was trying to salvage as much as possible from any backlashes from the Huff maneuver.

Argh!!! I couldn’t watch the show last night and TAYLOR was on – after all the speculating about him getting bumped, and I didn’t set the doohicky to record. *facepalm* Again, thank you MJ for the vids. I love Taylor when he does what comes from his heart and that was pure heartfelt Taylor. And he looked nice too!

Well. Well, well, well. Am I surprised at the B3? Not really.

I would be shocked if Adam doesn’t make it to the finale. But this week, I think he got stung by being the (presumed) front runner in a week where there are few contestants, and they all pretty much nailed it. People who assume he’s safe will give their votes to someone they like who seems more endangered. This wee is like top 4 week of Season 5 I think. The thing that made the Daughtry boot so shocking to me wasn’t that he was B2 but that Kat wasn’t sent home that week and he was.

I’m not surprised about Kris or Matt either.

I think Kris has been the dark horse when you consider that he was basically dismissed as fodder early in the season. He’s likable, handsome, sings beautifully (if a little tepidly sometimes) and consistent but is understated on a show that likes big personalities. I’m getting a distinct Elliott vibe from him, not in terms of style but in terms of longevity on the show. I used to think Danny would be the one to go home third. Now I think it will be Kris.

Matt has, as always (IMO), moments of greatness and even more moments of wobbliness, a nervousness that seems OTT for a guy who has performed live for years, and a tendency to sing simple songs with an overabundance of runs. He was already voted off once, and he’s the surplus the other white male bluesy soul singer, and the one of those was the weakest link.

Alison – the sole female survivor, cute, young, poised, consistent, unflappable. Not everyone will like her style, but I fLOVE this girl. I would predict her as the next to leave, only because she does the same kind of thing every week, and not everyone likes a rocker every performance, but next week is rock week which is right in her wheelhouse. I thought her performance this week was beautiful, subtle but still had a little bit of the Alison edge that is her trademark. I think this girl is going to have a career in the music no matter what happens.

Danny – all I can tell you is that when I was visiting friends and family over spring break, everyone who watched AI with me likes him, even the kids (although he wasn’t their favorite). They like his voice and they aren’t put off by his sob story but rather were sympathetic. I know he isn’t loved in the online fandom, but I’m not at all surprised he’s doing so well. Personally, I liked him better early in the season and agree with those who complain that he got really predictable, but this week? I thought he had the best performance of the night. This is what made me change my mind about him going home in third. Either he’ll be the shock boot next week, or he’ll be in the finale, probably with Adam.

Jamie Foxx – surprisingly effective as a mentor. I don’t love the song.

Natalie Cole – love her, but I think the ravages of age or illness have hurt her. I still liked seeing her again. I’m glad these old performers are back on stage again.

I hate the “monkey in the middle” schtick. The monkey is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t, either a wimp for not choosing, or a “douche” for choosing one group or the other. If they wanted to get rid of something for time’s sake, they should have done that. Your Milage May Vary, of course.

Next year I kind of hope they are back to three judges. I think the Idols got ripped off only getting one song to sing so we can have more time for Judges’ prattle.

mk88, my “Sitting in the middle Adam’s way” post is more to just liven up everybody’s spirits, rather than actually giving Adam ideas on what to do. Good Lord, no way! But I can definitely imagine Adam :doh_tb: himself, saying,”I should have done this/that” and absolutely hate himself. That boy’s already shattered for being bottom 2, no need to get angry with himself and carry it over to affect his future performances. I don’t profess to know Adam’s personality, but that’s certainly how I’d feel. Here’s to you, Adam. We feel your pain. :drunk_tb:

I’m not sure how shattered Adam was. I’m pretty sure they all check Dial Idol and the other voting sites and had a pretty good idea it was Matt’s turn to go.The judges didn’t look too upset and they sometimes do if they think a favorite is actually leaving.

In terms of Simon’s predictions. He flip/flops alot. Maybe he’s trying to rile up Adam’s fans. I’m guessing he wants an Adam win since he sees more sales potential there. But neither of these guys is the kid of singer Simon really likes. Since he makes $ off the success of any of them (if 19 signs them), I doubt he’s been affected in any way by the new type of singers on this show.

edit: don’t judge your fellow posters

Seeing Adam in B2 was crazy. What a set up for shocking boot… many (like me) assumed he was safe. His may not have been my avorite performance of the night, but Adam was not B2. That is just insane.

Another thing that is insane? The epic number of comments on these threads. Way to go, MJ! Now, I’m off to download my iTunes… and I will click through from this blog to show my appreciation to the best AI blog out here!

peace, all!!

One question, why does anybody assume Adam picked the group he thought was safe?

The purpose of the Huff is to make everybody look bad. The top group almost always looks arrogant (Danny sitting there on the stool agreeing with Simon that he should get credit for being in the top group….just, no), the bottom group looks like mega losers (all the contestants know you are the bottom group or “hah! you thought you were safe, arrogant losers”) and the pickee looks like an a$$ (or whimpy) no matter what they do (and the fans of the other contestants will continue to call you an a$$ for the next N years). And the audience gets the 20-20 vision, so they get to think that all the contestants are idiots. And the discussion always ends up not being about the poor sod that gets the boot.

Frankly, I think the “Huff” makes the producers look mean. From it’s inception, is meant to be “shocking” and uncomfortable.

I just want to see some singing, dudes. And pointy poses.

oddobserver – I do get the sitting in the middle joke and I can even imagine Adam doing that. : )

Hence my reply that it would make Adam look manic!!

We feel your pain Adam!!

Whew! For a minute there I was wondering if Adam is a bottom or a top.

:lol_tb: :lol_tb:

Definitely a top, ask Kradamville, they’ll tell ya!

With all the manipulations and script writing, I am getting discouraged. I wil say the unthinkable that was asked, “Can American Idol survive without Simon?”

After what has happened this season, with the right replacement, I think it may be possible. Simon seems so bored, I know many will disagree, but it is my honest feelings.

Seriously Simon, WTF? Are you saying that America is shying away from greatness and choosing only safe bets? (So not true as proved last year). I say bullshit. Prove him wrong America! Please!

Ding, ding, ding, and That ^^ is exactly the attitude and action Simon hopes for!!

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Adam did not know what to do when presented the choice. BUT, the choices flashed thru his brain. After all the bull shit about à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  doyouthinkyoucanwinthisyoudonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢tseemcommittedonlythreewant-towinetcetcà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , he jumped thru the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“winning attitudeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  hoop. Oops!

LOL I totally thought that too! What’s a boy to do?!

Adam just said in an interview that he was surprised he made this far. He knows he’s different and alternative and didn’t think the popular vote would vote for him. I’m thrilled that he made it this far, but the haters disgust me who try and make him some arrogant person that he’s not. That’s just cruel.

He, me and many people I know didn’t even expect him to get this far. He’s not going to pick up the casual vote. He’s a flamboyant gay guy who refused to be who he wasn’t. He’s given the strongest run of performances on Idol ever and has done so with grace, dignity and manners. I accept he was bottom 2 and will probably go home next week. But the cruelness is so low. He’s a very good person who gave it his best shot.

But, who are we kidding. He’s on a show with a much older conservative core base. Adam was never going past 4th. Even gay Slezak had so much fun pointing, laughing and making fun of Adam’s gayness. People are fine with gay as long as you keep it hidden, keep it quiet, don’t marry, never have dressed in drag, and keep your natural OTT and flamboyance in check.

I still believe a lot of what happened last night was due to voter complacency. Sure a lot of America is still very prejudicial especially considering Adam has not been that flamboyant. They need a slap up the side of their heads but that won’t even help some of them. It’s a sorry world we live in.

Which interview are you talking about?

I feel like this is off-topic due to all the Adam discussion but it’s actually not… Did Ryan call Blame It the #1 song in the country? Because it’s not. Boom Boom Pow is. I think????

And Cay, I think Adam’s visit to the B2 came more from voter complacency. America – except for a few people, I guess – seems to have gotten past the gay thing and realized it doesn’t make a difference to his singing voice.

LOVED seeing Taylor on AI last night! That was the highlight of the show, imo. He looked great and sounded even better. I miss him on my TV!

Natalie is so ill that I’m surprised she’s attempting to tour. I sure hope she gets the kidney she needs soon. She is so talented but was definitely not up to par last night. Jamie Foxx can sing too, but that song, if that is what it was, is horrendous!

I have no vested interest in the contestants this year, but I was glad to see that Allison was safe last night. Hope she does as well as I think she will next week!

14 pages! I wish I hadn’t missed the party last night.

Everyone figured out that Adam wasn’t in the bottom 2, right? Watch the tape–Ryan sent Kris back to be in the Top 4. Kris was 4th; Adam was 3rd. But the drama was better having Adam stand next to the person going home. Also, this will inspire Adam’s fanbase, propelling him thru the next weeks into the final no problem.

Jamie Foxx–that “song”–I don’t get why people like that thing at all. Really, there’s a whole huge genre of music–hip hop with a splash of R&B–that people are willing to spend billions on–that to me does not even sound like music. He was a good mentor though–took his job seriously. Excellent.

I’m always so late to the party :) . I wasn’t terribly shocked with the bottom 3. I mean, there are only 5… I think people got complacent about Adam and figured he was sailing through so they voted for someone else. And I am not a big Danny Gokey fan (I don’t hate the guy, but he’s not my favorite) but outside of these boards I find him to be extremely popular. My family loves him, and they are a musically-inclined, not conservative Christian (not like that’s a bad thing, just setting them out of the “lump” where a lot of his fans are placed), smart bunch. They don’t find his backstory off putting and they don’t find him to be obnoxious at all (family are 60 yo mom, 28 yr old sister, 32 yr old brother). So after what I think was his best performance yet… no shock that he was at the top of the list (which I believe Dial Idol also reflected). I figured Allison would be ok too since she was amazing, Simon was fussy and that probably got her fans moving, and heck, she was the birthday girl. So if those two were safe… well! I worried about Kris because of his opening spot. I figured Adam would be ok (I voted, though!) but didn’t expect Bottom 2, I thought it would be Kris & Matt.

Phew, now, all that said… I don’t want any of these kids to go home at this point, lol. I do like them all. Matt I think is very talented but never got a handle on his nerves. Great recording voice, though. I’m always curious to see what these kids do after Idol is over.

I was wondering if Natalie Cole was ill… she was so, so thin and though she does have a lovely voice there wasn’t much energy. I’ve always liked her. I thought Taylor Hicks was great (though his twitching legs distract me, hehe)… he looks amazing! I’ve always liked his voice, and I have his album and there are a bunch of songs on there that I love (Maybe You Should is a favorite). Good to see him back on Idol, I’ve never thought of him as a joke. He was my 3rd favorite that year (after Elliott & Daughtry).

Jamie Foxx… well. All I can say about that song is I like it better than “Boom Boom Pow” – gah, that song makes my ears bleed. And it is an *ear worm* — it keeps popping into my head at random moments. Nice song to have in your head when you’re home with your 3 year old :)

That whole “choose your group” thing is stupid, always has been. I’ve never gotten the impression that Adam is a jerk in any way, and generally whoever is stuck in that position is damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Of course I don’t get all that worked up trying to read into personalities – I don’t know these kids, so who knows how they are outside of the show. They all seem really nice and genuinely fond of each other. My main thing is that they entertain me and aren’t total jerks, lol.

BTWà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..I just purchased Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s *Feeling Good* studio version and it is NOW my favorite!

Me too. Adam’s recordings keep getting better and better. I have a CD filled with just his songs now. lol

On another topic, I don’t get why some people think Adam acted arrogant last night. I mean, Danny clapped for himself after his performance. Who does that?!

I also believe it is false to assume ADAM placed 4th in Tuesday night’s voting. I cannot read almost 700 posts, but some seem to presume he did.

The Producers were handed a gift when Adam placed 3rd in the voting. Otherwise, we would not have had a B3 – just a B2 (check last year for an example). They do not have a B3 with 5 and less contestants.

With Adam placed third, they went with a B3 to expose him because the presumption in both fanbase and the press that follows AI is that he was the runaway front-runner. Now the Producers have a contest on their hands, and tons of extra publicity, which will all lead to record audience numbers next week. That is what they care about – compelling television to draw an audience.

They further played with us by having RYAN send Kris to safety (note that no mention was made of placement for either Kris or Adam).

I gave up trying to read through all the comments, just wanted to throw a few thoughts out there to keep it realz:

1. I love Adam, and so far he has lived up to my expectations AND all the hype, but I said Tuesday night that I thought the over-pimping of him was going to come back and bite him in the butt, and it looks like it did. Now I don’t doubt that TPTB planned it that way, but I’m sick of all the machinations. I didn’t vote for anybody that night, and I normally vote for Adam, Kris and Allison, but I just couldn’t be bothered, because the evil side of me would love to see Gokey win it all and finish the show off once and for all. Because he will make Taylor Hicks look like a frakkin’ rock god in comparison.

2. I love Adam, but he is not, for me personally, the Best Contestant Evah!1!1 on the show. I have several favorites, and he is one of them, but this assumption that those who don’t “get” Adam are just fools/idiots/tools/homophobes/rubes does not reflect well on the kid. Again, NOT HIS FAULT, but it doesn’t really matter. HUGE turn-off. I liked Archie last year (and still do), but I frakkin’ hated the implication that something was wrong with me because I thought David Cook was a better singer, performer and artist. It made me want to squish Archie like a bug, as it did a lot of folks. I don’t want to see that happen to Adam.

3. I love Adam, and still think TPTB want him to win, because the only reason I can come up with why they asked Taylor back was to REMIND AMERICA that this is what you’ll get with Danny if you make him the winner. I liked Taylor on the show because I found him very entertaining (as he was last night), but he’s not, IMHO, anywhere near as good a singer as Elliott, Chris D., or Katharine. (Feel free to throw rocks.)

4. The Idol producers are the only ones who know the real voting results, so as much as I doubt that they’d outright lie about the vote totals, they always have the advantage in trying to psych out the audience at home. They know about all the conspiracy theories and they love it. And the only way not to fall into their traps is to not watch the show or at least not have a horse in the race.

Everyone figured out that Adam wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t in the bottom 2, right? Watch the tapeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’Ryan sent Kris back to be in the Top 4. Kris was 4th; Adam was 3rd. But the drama was better having Adam stand next to the person going home. Also, this will inspire Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase, propelling him thru the next weeks into the final no problem.

Ryan said that at first, but when they came back from the break, he specifically said “Bottom 2.”

On another topic, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get why some people think Adam acted arrogant last night. I mean, Danny clapped for himself after his performance. Who does that?!

Yeah, Danny’s clapping was pretty strange, but I think Adam really did get a little overconfident. I don’t buy the “Well, maybe Adam thought Danny and Allison were the lowest group.” I think Adam has enough common sense to realize the chance of both him and Danny being in the B3 are pretty slim. He reads online. He knows who’s popular. However, I don’t think he’s an arrogant guy, he just got overconfident and it came back to bite him. Nothing beats Danny clapping for himself, though. :laugh_tb:

Watch the tapeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’Ryan sent Kris back to be in the Top 4. Kris was 4th; Adam was 3rd.

We never know. Ryan did say Adam and Matt were in the bottom 2.

I feel like this is off-topic due to all the Adam discussion but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually notà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Did Ryan call Blame It the #1 song in the country? Because ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not. Boom Boom Pow is. I think????

“Boom Boom Pow” is number one on the Hot 100 and the number one download.

“Blame It” is the number one song for airplay.

BB has a LOT of charts, so there are a lot of number ones going on. It is tough to be number one on any of the Hot 100, Download or Airplay charts, so good for both songs.

Oops, Kirsten, I forgot to look at the airplay chart. Thank you!

Reinharv

No, the cool thing to do is to show some c*j*nes and make a decision.

Did Adam do it flippantly? Did Adam do it sarcastically as Taylor did when he was in the same situation? No. He didn’t want to do it, he was clearly mortified at being put in that position and he took his time in deciding.

Unlike previous contestants put in that position, Adam wasn’t even told he was safe and to choose the group he thought was safe. He was just asked to choose the group he thought he belonged in.

They usuall do this at the top seven stage in the competition. Usually in the top five, they don’t even have a bottom three, just a bottom two. Why did they choose to go with a bottom three this time? It doesn’t figure.

Why was Adam in the bottom three/two? I have never known a situation like Adam’s in all these years of watching this show. Fans of the believed front runners (which I for one have never believed Adam is) always have a tendency to get complacent and not bother voting for them as much as the fans of the other contestants. I have never seen a situation before though where his fans are voting for other contestants. AI sites, blog comments, articles comments, etc, are full of Adam’s fans convinced that enough would be voting for Adam that they have been saying for weeks that though they think Adam should win, they are voting for Kris and/or Allison because they would like him/her in the top three/final with Adam. How do they think Adam is going to get there? They think that if they split their votes between the people they would like to see in the final/top three, they will get them all there. All they are going to achieve is getting all of them nowhere near. The vast majority of Danny’s fanbase would only split their votes if the main man and his son were competing on the show. How do they think that they are going to change that by splitting their votes? Particularly when the reverse isn’t forthcoming in anywhere near the same numbers from Kris’ and Allison’s fans.

Many of Adam’s fans have been posting that they voted 10, 50, 100 times for him while fans of other contestants do nothing but state that they voted for the entire two hours. It’s only natural. The fans of contestants seen as less safe are always going to put in the effort while the fans of contestants seen as safe feel they don’t need to bother so much.

Adam was very lucky to not see himself in the same situation as Chris Daughtrey, Constantine Maroulis and Michael Johns last night – first time in the bottom three and out.

Hopefully, this will have given his fans the kick in the behind they need. They are lucky to have been given a second chance.

I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve got it in the bag attitudeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s already exhibiting. That man needs to eat some humble pie.
No I don’t agree. He was visibly surprised. They ALL know anyone can go at this point.
And I don’t agree Adam should be blamed for having to choose the winning group. Terrible position to put on him. Although he clearly thought he was in the top group. He seemed surprised he wasn’t. But come on, Adam knows he has been a frontrunner.

The “food fight” was just fun.
Taylor was great!

Wow, I loved Jamie Foxx’s remarks about the idols on results night. For a big star to focus more on the kids than on himself was cool. Validation like that can only help them get noticed by the industry. He was genuinely enthusiastic.

It also had the weird effect, for me, of making the judges so much smaller and less important for a moment. Not sure why.

Ryan said that at first, but when they came back from the break, he specifically said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bottom 2.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Thx. I’m trying to find it. Do you know when it was? when they returned from the break for Taylor there was only a bottom three, b/f Natalie Cole and b/f Jamie Foxx, Ryan didn’t say that, and the last return from break for the final results, he also didn’t say bottom 2. Kinda hate to watch the last half of the show to find it.

OK, putting my little bit, in this HUGE page of comments. I had to add something since my S5 guy was on last night.

I sincerely hope seeing Taylor perform put ALL comparisons to the far inferior Gokey to rest. They are simply not ANYthing alike. Taylor is handsome. He is also a stage commanding entertainer. He may not be the world’s greatest singer, but he is an entire package that adds up to — deserved to win.

I see Adam in that same way. He commands a stage. Gokey is just, well, on it. Beyond that, he bores the hell out of me. I want to be entertained and Taylor showed that in spades last night. Adam has been doing it every week.

Looks like I will need to get the fingers working next week and power dial for Adam. I do not want to see this guy lose!

Suzanne:

“Ryan said that at first, but when they came back from the break, he specifically said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bottom 2.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ”

Thx. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m trying to find it. Do you know when it was? when they returned from the break for Taylor there was only a bottom three, b/f Natalie Cole and b/f Jamie Foxx, Ryan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say that, and the last return from break for the final results, he also didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say bottom 2.

He said it when he was talking to Jamie after Jamie’s performance — just as he brought Adam and Matt back out.

Once again, interesting how last week, when Ryan didn’t say that Anoop/Allison were the remainder of the bottom 3, most people insisted that they were, while this week, when he did say that Matt/Adam were the bottom 2, so many people insist that they weren’t.

ETA: Suzanne, my apologies if the above seemed as though I was saying that you were insisting Matt/Adam weren’t B2 — I wasn’t. I was only commenting on other things I’ve heard.

Thx. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m trying to find it. Do you know when it was? when they returned from the break for Taylor there was only a bottom three, b/f Natalie Cole and b/f Jamie Foxx, Ryan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say that, and the last return from break for the final results, he also didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say bottom 2. Kinda hate to watch the last half of the show to find it.

After Jamie’s performance Ryan called Adam and Matt back on the stage and asked Jamie what he thought about the bottom 2.

Well, the return of the Huff for top 5 kind of surprised me, as did the placement of the folks. Obviously, at top 5, one person is going to be in both the top 3 and the bottom 3. Whoever ended 3rd. Matt is the one who should have gone, and he did. Doesn’t matter if Adam was 3rd or 4th – I’m thinking the votes between the other 4 were VERY close, and Idol is trying to set it up to look like “anybody’s game” instead of just Adam vs. Danny.

I do think they need to get to the 2 song performances because THAT puts a lot of extra pressure on. You see who does great on one, falters on the other; who fails at both or rocks both. Jason had a much harder time on the 2 song nights. Since they didn’t do it last night, they really need to get to it next week. Taylor used those nights to do one slow song (to Simon’s praise) and one fast number (rocking the vote). I would expect Adam to follow suit.

The top 4 is exactly who I wanted. I would have liked to see Alexis there, but she ended too early. And Gokey has been such a strong favorite it was obvious he was going to get there. I want an AKA top 3, so I’m hoping that Danny gets the 4th place “shock boot.” If Adam could drop to the bottom like that, there is no reason why Gokey can’t.

I think Adam was towards the bottom purely due to folks who chose to vote for Kris & Allison due to their performance order coupled w/ Simon’s bus. I can’t tell you how many comments I read here yesterday where folks said they were doing that because Adam would be fine. That’s how Daughtry got bumped at 4th place.

Part of me does believe that Adam would do better NOT to win it. I think someone like Kris or Allison really needs the win in order to be successful. I think Gokey – well, what they did to Taylor when he won was shameful, and I think they would do the same to Gokey.

I thought Taylor rocked it out last night. Great song, great performance. When Jamie Foxx came on, I gave it about 20 seconds & rewound to watch Taylor again. While Gokey & Taylor might have a similar gravelly quality to their voices, Gokey doesn’t have nearly the charisma or strength to his voice, doesn’t have the same stage presence, isn’t as FUN, and, to my knowledge, he does not play an instrument or write songs. So it’s a really limited comparison between the two.

Someone last week was dreading Taylor’s performance expecting him to be leaning sideways & shouting Soul Patrol all over the place. I posted that he does NOT do that, and that on most shows it’s the host who mentions the SP, never Taylor. And that is exactly how it played out last night, so I was happy.

Thx. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m trying to find it. Do you know when it was? when they returned from the break for Taylor there was only a bottom three, b/f Natalie Cole and b/f Jamie Foxx, Ryan didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say that, and the last return from break for the final results, he also didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say bottom 2. Kinda hate to watch the last half of the show to find it.

I think it is in the last half, though. I’m not sure exactly when it was, but I know it was there. If you read through the comments there are quite a few other people who heard it, as well.

thanks–I see it now. Actually, I’m a little shocked.

oddobserver, you have the best post on this comments page.

Whew! For a minute there I was wondering if Adam is a bottom or a top.

We don’t want to go there, do we? He could be a versatile.

Will itunes be carrying the Taylor Hicks performance from last night? I haven’t checked on that before, and don’t know if they usually sell the performances of the artists that appear on the show. I don’t see it on there yet……

No, the cool thing to do is to show some c*j*nes and make a decision.

Did Adam do it flippantly? Did Adam do it sarcastically as Taylor did when he was in the same situation? No. He didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to do it, he was clearly mortified at being put in that position and he took his time in deciding.

Exactly. Not everybody has the perfect diplomatic aw-shuckness of Archie and Melinda. He was asked a question and he expressed his opinion respectfully. Dont see anything wrong with that.

This thread is way too long to read. :wacko_tb:

That was (almost) one of the best results show this season. I was soooooo hoping that Adam was going home. :annoyed_tb: Can’t believe he actually chose a team….what a jerk! :rolleyes_wp:

Sorry to see home state boy go home…but his final performance was awesome! :thumbup_tb:

I thought Taylor Hicks’ performance stunk! :blink_tb: That song was a mess! The best part was when he played the harmonica. I can’t believe that people criticized Archie last week….his performance was sooooo much better. :smile_wp:

One question, why does anybody assume Adam picked the group he thought was safe?

thats right all he said was based on last nights performance….unless we asssume we know what he is thinking and we don’t. maybe he wasn’t happy with his performance maybe he was

This is what everyone needs to do:

Download and listen to Adam’s recorded version of Feeling Good.

Then imagine that David Lynch is directing American Idol.

Now that’s Hollywood!!!

I dont know what to make of any of this I’m new to being a fantard and I’m pretty f’ing upset this morning. Has any contestant ever been able to sue to see the results of the voting? I’ve heard that there’s fine print somewhere that the producers reserve to choose the winner if they disagree with the results?

What Jesse said, Allison got bad reviews but Matt got good ones, who knows but I am glad Adam was picked to be the picker because it gave him more time on my screen. I love that boy, he is charming and sweet and so cool. It was sooo funny when they said that they were waiting nervously backstage and then they show them all calm, smiling and chatting – oops

So so glad my top two, Adam and Kris are safe but what this taught me was no more splitting completely, Adam is my number 1 hun and he gets the bulk of my votes from now on

I never understand why everyone gets so up in arms about “the Huff”. It’s not like the picker says “ha ha, I’m better than you losers”. It’s a simple 50/50 shot at picking the “right” group. We all have our opinions about who we think is the top group vs. the bottom group. The producers put them in an awkward position and they make the best of it. Not a big deal one way or the other in my opinion.

“”"”BINGO!

I think Adam is in a no-win situation. He needs those fanà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s votes that do not like the OTT performances. He gets them on the ballads. Only prob. is, from here on out, he will have to do one of each and I see them cancelling “”"”

bUT BUT BUT – MY FAV’S WERE ROF, BORN TO BE WILD, MAD WORLD AND THIS PAST TUESDAY, WHAT ABOUT ME??? LAST WEEK I DIDNT LIKE HIM SO MUCH!!!

I think the most important thing is Adam has to pick “melodic” songs. He can’t go all falsetto minor key bending sharps & flats.

He can slow it down or speed it up – it’s the KEY the song is in that makes the difference now. He needs that full court press major scale (i.e. BoW or TOMT)

Adam will be fine. Last night’s results will fire up his fans. I expect to see him in the final.

Matt seems to be a nice guy, but it was time for him to go. Beyond the so-so singing, I was beginning to despise that hat almost as much as I despise Gokey’s glasses.

Taylor was great last night. That ranked with Kelly Clarkson’s as the best Idol Alum performance of the year. Good song. And he looked great.

Jamie Foxx – we were howling. Just – NO.

Someone last week was dreading Taylorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance expecting him to be leaning sideways & shouting Soul Patrol all over the place. I posted that he does NOT do that, and that on most shows ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the host who mentions the SP, never Taylor. And that is exactly how it played out last night, so I was happy.

Actually, that person was kidding. She wrote me later begging me to delete her post, which I reluctantly did.

Turns out, Taylor fans who weren’t happy with her post were bullying and harrassing her on one of Taylor’s fan forums.

Personally, I would have told the peeps who didn’t like it to stick it. But of course, that’s just me.

So so glad my top two, Adam and Kris are safe but what this taught me was no more splitting completely, Adam is my number 1 hun and he gets the bulk of my votes from now on

Well then, say goodbye to Kris. Adam’s fans will be voting their fingers down to bloody stumps next week if all he does is come on stage and burb. Kris is the one who’s most vulnerable now.

Turns out, Taylor fans who werenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t happy with her post were bullying and harrassing her on one of Taylorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fan forums.

Personally, I would have told the peeps who didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like it to stick it. But of course, thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just me.

Damn straight MJ. What is with the total freakout over any kind of disention in the fandom? That’s why the fansites scare me – they are severly lacking in a sense of humor.

Either way, I thought Taylor was great last night.

Well then, say goodbye to Kris. Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans will be voting their fingers down to bloody stumps next week if all he does is come on stage and burb. Kris is the one whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s most vulnerable now.

Not really. I think Matt’s fanbase will shift to Kris – I dont see Adam getting any of those votes.

I would have been shocked if Adam had faked a “sit in the middle” stance when asked to choose. He isnt that sorta guy. He assumed being the “huff “meant he was safe and went with the 2 who he felt had the best performances. He doesnt fake humility, he’s real, he’s out there and his Adam Fucking Lambert!!!!! He aint no Archie, and that’s why I love him :clap_tb:. He chose the right side, cos in essence he said that was the side that was safe, and he was ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON! Where he was wrong was that he didnt realise that he himself WASNT SAFE! And had to go to the loosers corner, as already identified by him! :laugh_tb:

Its a non-issue for me, just another lol moment on a wierd night. The joke was on him, and I bet he can take a joke, he’s a big boy.He’ll do fine and rock ass next week.Hope he makes Top 3 :drunk_tb:

It’s so trite: they are all winners at this point. But, no matter the practical implications of the best timing to fall out as far as their financial futures are concerned, each would give up a million or two for the win. I’m so convinced. I am equally convinced that the win would financially benefit a couple more than the others in the short run.

There is one final paring that would certainly keep me glued to my seat for the finals. One of the pair is my fave. I really could care less is my fave lost at that point; I just want to see the showdown.

I will not reveal my fave. Their is no doubt my fave is truly the most talented and beloved contestant. It would detract from the purpose of this post to name her.

Not really. I think Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fanbase will shift to Kris – I dont see Adam getting any of those votes.

There is no given….people who are fans of one person arent sheep that latch on to the next afterwards. Many fans of the eliminated contestants may have no vested interest anymore and simply walk away or may split their votes very variably to any of the remaining 4, mainly Allsion, Kris or Danny(because I agree Adam is very polarising and wont pick up many new votes from that end), but I doubt fans of one group will automatically vote enmasse vote for one single contestant.

I think we all want to be “right”, including me I suppose. But we’ll never know unless an inside source reveals the actual votes.

I simply do not believe Adam would end up in 4th. And I think the only “proof” I can offer is that had he indeed been there, the show could have gone with the normal practise of announcing a Bottom Two at this stage of the competition. There was no reason to reveal the Top Two.

The voting results afforded them a golden opportunity to shock the world.

Game on!!

Game on!!

Damn straight it is!!!!!!

Bottom line, Adam being cast as 4th place this week – was the best thing that could’ve happened to the show as far as ratings.

I think both Randy & Simon were obtuse in their praise on Tuesday night. They didn’t even MENTION his vocals – this after Randy saying to Danny “this is a singing competition (dawg)” bleh :(

They knew they didn’t have to get Kara or Paula in on the joke because no one takes either of them seriously.

And Simon talked for two minutes and SAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING – other than Adam walked down the pink staircase.

They *NEEDED* to create a competition and that’s right it’s GAME ON!!

It would detract from the purpose of this post to name her.

:lol_tb: :lol_tb:

Actually, that person was kidding. She wrote me later begging me to delete her post, which I reluctantly did.

Turns out, Taylor fans who werenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t happy with her post were bullying and harrassing her on one of Taylorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fan forums.

Man, I hate hearing that. I’m a Taylor fan, and I’m tired of the slamming he gets, but that’s no reason to go bullying & harassing others. Anyway, I was still glad he didn’t do any of that because I can see how off-putting it would have been.

I will still split my votes b/n lava girl (tm little spens) and Adam. . Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s how I roll.

Aw PJ, little spens would be so excited she got a tm (providing of course, she actually knew what that was). And don’t worry – I’ll let ler get her votes in for Allison next week, before bedtime :)

Typically, the little spenses are asleep by 8:30. Tuesday nights are special, because they get to stay up for AI. Of course this week, I even let them stay up another 20 minutes after because they wanted to vote so badly (who knew you could teach a 5 year old to hit hang up and redial??).

Ordinarilly, on Wednesday, they can make it through about 15 minutes of the results show, but last night, when the 8 year old realized Adam was in the bottom, he forced himself to stay up until 10 LOL. (I’m probably a bad mother for letting him do so). Boy was he tired this morning!

My two cents: If I am remembering correctly, Ryan did not ask Adam to choose which side he thought was the Top2, he asked Adam “Which side do you think you belong with?” Small distinction, but a distinction nonetheless. Sure, the implication of Adam’s “Based on last night…” comment, one assumes he was thinking he belonged in the Safe Group, but hello – I think *anyone* in his position (never having been in the Bottom3, receiving mostly positive feedback from the Idiots – oops I mean judges, etc.) would assume they were safe. It basically doesn’t matter that he chose a side – people would be criticizing him no matter what – the ‘damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t’ curse.

And yes, Ryan said that Matt & Adam were the Bottom2. I firmly believe that there was no conspiracy or manipulation by TPTB and never has been. If A.I. had/has *ever* done that they’d have to literally do a mob-style hit on anyone who was ever involved right after they performed their role in said manipulation, in order to avoid media leaks and the subsequent inevitable landslide of lawsuits from any contestant who ever got voted/kicked off the damn show. Maybe I’m being naive, but I work in the litigation department of a large law firm and trust me, people sue over the smallest shite – A.I. would not be immune and they would spend billions on $1000/hr lawyers defending all the lawsuits. There’s no way they’d risk those kind of dollars simply to toy with a bunch of ‘sensitive artist-types’ in an international forum.

Subsequent to my realization that I actually hated Ryan last night (and I never really gave him a second thought before – he’s always simply been “the irritating guy that talks too much” during the show) – I have decided that Ryan has sociopathic tendencies. Either that or he deserves an Oscar for the best acting job EVER, if he’s only pretending to not be affected/embarrassed/ashamed of his antics. During the whole “choose a side/top2/bottom3/bottom2″ bit, he just blithely carries on, not unemotionally – he’s actually *gleeful*. If there is any manipulation going on, it’s coming from Ryan – and yes, through him by TPTB – but *Ryan* is the vehicle, *not* vote manipulation. If Ryan were not a psycho he would at least have the decency to look a little distraught at being forced to emotionally beat on the contestants and the audience. Nope, he enjoys it; ergo Ryan = Sociopath. There. That’s MY conspiracy theory. LOL

…Okay, that was way more than two cents’ worth. More like 50 cents.

P.S. LOL Jerzytrash @ David Lynch directing A.I.!!! Good call. hehehe

Got this from TWOP:

From this Matt Giraud conference call:

Q. US Weekly: Were you surprised at the bottom three?
A. Matt: I was definitely surprised that Adam was down there with me. It was a cruel twist for him to have to pick who he thought was in the bottom three. We were giving him a hard time backstage, like, “Why didn’t you pick us?” It was uncomfortable but I could deal with it.

So does that mean that Adam thought he was picking the Bottom 3 group?

TWOP is reporting that Matt in his interviews is saying that Adam was not happy with his performance (which may be why Adam thought he had a chance to be voted off and would explain his weird facial expression after his performance!)

He says he was surprised to see the judges’ favorite Adam Lambert in the bottom three this week. “But he didn’t like his own performance,” he said of Lambert.

Anastasia72071

P.S. LOL Jerzytrash @ David Lynch directing A.I.!!! Good call. hehehe

Thanks for noticing! I was hoping someone would get the reference. I was also going to stick something in about Adam starring in a remake of Blue Velvet but couldn’t figure out how to word it. :P

There’s a very interesting statement on Zabasearch -http://www.zabasearch.com/ai_stats.php

It’s pretty bold of them to say that it would be a statistical anomaly for Adam to be 4th in votes. What I would love to see are the actual contracts that the contestants sign. I agree that a conspiracy of the magnitude that would need to be devised is kind of far-fetched. But…if they kept the contestant phone lines separate and with the exception of a couple of people – who knew the TOTALS, I could see where it could be done. I’ve done the law firm thing too for 20 years – it’s easy enough to create an ethical “wall” where you could keep the information separated (i.e. password protect, thumbprint recognition, etc.)

After stewing in this all day and nearly sick to my stomach, here’s my conclusion:

Memo

To: Adam
From: TPTB

RE: AI

We brought you into the world, we can take you out. Don’t be getting any ideas.

I think my boy was flying pretty high – not in a cocky way for him personally – just that those looking down knew – for a variety of reasons that he needed to be taken down a bit. We’ll see. I think ultimately it could be an extraordinary learning experience for Adam. He seemed shocked that they would fuck with him like that.

I hope he realizes, that which does not kill me…..and all that crap.

Jerzytrash - LOL again at Blue Velvet!! I hate to admit that I’ve never seen the whole movie, but the bits & pieces I *have* seen are pretty far OTT, disturbing and strange (although a lot of that could just be me being uncomfortable with the classic Isabella Rosellini in that role). But I DO love me some D.Lynch. That man is seriously disturbed and yet strangely brilliant (Twin Peaks is a personal fave). Anyway, I digress…

Agreed on the Ethical Walls; my firm was probably one of the pioneers of the concept, haha! Yes, it could be done, and I would not be at all surprised if such a thing were in place, as the less people who know the results the better – less chance of leaks. I’m just soooo skeptical that the creators of the show would sit down and decide “Okay here’s the deal. We’re going to have this huge monster of a show, where the audience *thinks* they’re voting for the winner, but we’re actually going to lie to the world and pick the winners and losers ourselves.” I just really don’t see that happening. [I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just expanding on my opinion].

I liked your memo from TPTB, and I agree, he probably has been feeling a tad invincible – but who wouldn’t, with everyone and their dog telling him he’s got it in the bag. You’d have to possess the world’s lowest shittiest opinion of yourself NOT to develop a bit of an ego (or expand on the one you already possessed – let’s face it, the guy is good, and he knows it, but he’s also extremely aware that his appeal is not universal).

I also agree with your assessment of his reaction – I don’t think he was super shocked that he was in the B2, I think it was MUCH more of a blow to him that they put him in the position of choosing sides, simply for the shock value – and I think he knew as soon as Ryan started that whole thing but it wasn’t until Ryan actually said the words “Now Adam, which group do you think you belong in?” that it hit home “OMG, *seriously*?! You’re gonna make me choose?! Are you effing kidding me?!?!?!” He recovered really quickly because he *had* to, but I think in that moment he died a little inside – I really believe it’s just not in his nature to cut people down and I think it killed him to have to do that because he is an honest-to-goodness Nice Guy. And it still kills ME that Ryan got through all that without losing his smarmy smirk. The guy looks like a weasel – I guess appearances aren’t always deceiving. Bad A.I., BAD!

I liked that Adam did something different last night and didn’t sit on the floor. How boring if they all do the same thing.

He seemed not to have seen the show before and not be aware of what others have done. He acted like it was new to him. That was my impression anyhoo.

I was shocked that he was in the bottom 2 (if that’s what it meant). I think the producers put him there for shock value. But he wasn’t in the top 2 and that’s a shock.

I was wondering if Natalie Cole was illà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Yes she has been ill, she has Hepatitis C, and she tried the treatment for it, which has PROFOUND side effects, and she went into kidney failure, and went on dialysis. I think I saw her talk about it on Oprah.

He seemed not to have seen the show before and not be aware of what others have done. He acted like it was new to him. That was my impression anyhoo.

I had the exact same thought. My inner voice was screaming out, “Don’t do it, Adam! Don’t fall for it!” but he didn’t seem to hear me. lol

AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 on ZABASEARCH
Find Out Who Gets Voted Off American Idol Before Voting Results Shows Air!

As seen in and

Most Votes – Adam Danny Kris Allison Matt – Least Votes

We stand by our position that Adam received the most votes after the April 28 performance show and don’t know why he was put in the “bottom three” on the April 29 results show. The voting results above were posted eight hours before the results show aired.

“In Wednesday’s elimination show, Adam Lambert, the theatrical singer who had seemed to be a front-runner for the “Idol” crown, was in the bottom two. How very interesting. The night after Fox fended off a strong showing from CBS in the overall ratings numbers (Fox had 16.1 million total live viewers, according to TV by the Numbers, compared to CBS’ 15.1 million), this season of “Idol” became a horse-race, not merely the coronation of a front-runner.” – Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune Blog April 30, 2009

“It would be quite the statistical anomaly for Adam to be consistently Googled and searched on the Internet 3.2 times more frequently than all of the other remaining contestants combined, as he is, and not receive the greatest number of votes. The only two plausible explanations are 1) the voting process is systemically flawed, or 2) the results shows are produced to pique viewer interest by creating drama not actually reflected in the voting results.” – Nick Matzorkis

I agree Anastasia, about how Adam probably felt and responded. Maybe not, as ya know, we really don’t know. Still makes me sad that he was in that position.

I couldn’t name the conspiracy or type or breadth or reach, even if I believed there was one. But I do believe most of the mind fuck they do is for purposes of audience response and manipulation to get to their final goal. (Aside from the almighty ratings, of course.) And I agree that they are diabolically cruel sometimes.

Regardless, no one can tell me (and have me believe) that it was sheer coincidence to have Adam bombastically sing Feeling Good one night, only to turn around and ensure that he Feel Like Complete Shit the next. :-(

Just another Opinion:

http://community.myfoxyumaelcentro.com/blogs/category/ENTERTAINMENT

Memo

To: Adam
From: TPTB

RE: AI

We brought you into the world, we can take you out. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be getting any ideas.

Great post. At the end of the day, I think the producers have just as much ego as the contestants. They don’t want this show to be a foregone conclusion. They don’t want Adam to be more important than the show.

I was sort of expecting Adam do be in the bottom this week because everyone was scared for Kris and Allison. If people are Adam fans, they also usually like Kris and Allison. I think there was a big effort to save Allison after Simon’s comments and people threw their votes to her instead of Adam. I do believe if Kris and Allison are voted off, their votes will go to Adam if those viewers decide to continue to vote. Danny’s fans seem to only like Danny. It’s like there is Kris, Allison and Adam in one group and then Danny is all by himself sitting at a table for one.

I’m glad Adam survived this week. I think we all got the memo from TPTB and we all have been taken down a notch. Let’s face it, a lot of Adam’s fans were becoming complacent because their boy “has it in the bag.”

undercooked - Yep, what you just said. I think a LOT of fans of Adam have often been splitting their votes, because they want to see a certain Top2 (Kradam or what I’ve started calling A-Squared). People don’t understand that at this point in the comp, every single vote counts and if they’re tossing their votes up in the air, letting them land where they may, someone *will* get the short end of the stick. [*Frustrated* that I can't vote myself....]

TWOP is reporting that Matt in his interviews is saying that Adam was not happy with his performance (which may be why Adam thought he had a chance to be voted off and would explain his weird facial expression after his performance!)

It doesn’t surprise me that Adam might not have been happy with his performance. He wasn’t his normal self after it. He just wasn’t and add to that the SOB’s making him choose last night, this week had to be a real wake up call for Adam. Call me a sap but even though he appears to be a very positive person with a lot of self esteem, I’m worried about him. This is an entirely different playing field to what he is used to and it would wear on the best of people. Fortunately I do believe he has a good support system, with his family and friends (including Allison and Kris) to keep his chin up and strive on.

I think a LOT of fans of Adam have often been splitting their votes, because they want to see a certain Top2 (Kradam or what Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve started calling A-Squared).

Anastasia72071 I never split my votes, I only vote for Adam, but I admit I only texted for an hour, not two hours as I figured he was safe. Next week, I’ll be in it for the long haul.

As much as I like Allison and Kris, since I am here in Los Angeles, I will personally help them pack their bags and drive them to the airport if that means Adam is here for the finals.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“OMG, *seriously*?! Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re gonna make me choose?! Are you effing kidding me?!?!?!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  He recovered really quickly because he *had* to, but I think in that moment he died a little inside – I really believe ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just not in his nature to cut people down and I think it killed him to have to do that because he is an honest-to-goodness Nice Guy. And it still kills ME that Ryan got through all that without losing his smarmy smirk. The guy looks like a weasel – I guess appearances arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t always deceiving. Bad A.I., BAD!

I think this will go down as the first time we’ve seen a little chink in the Lambert armor. Unlike his epic comeback to Simon a few weeks ago “Do you mean it as an insult?”, Adam was woefully unprepared for this moment. I guess you can’t think of everything when you’re trying to give the most awesome live musical performances in TV history. All day I’ve been nursing a fantasy where when Adam is asked to choose, he brings himself up full carriage (cause he’s a big guy ;) ) and gets right in Ryans smarmy little face and says “I dont think so Seacrest. You tell *me* where to stand”. Gotta get this guy to Brooklyn. It just showed for all his giftedness , he’s somewhat naive. Which is thoroughly charming and makes him ever more loveable as if that could be imagined.

Whew – gotta keep that one on file, eh? Carry on…

As much as I like Allison and Kris, since I am here in Los Angeles, I will personally help them pack their bags and drive them to the airport if that means Adam is here for the finals.

hey drive danny to the airport Allison is to young to ride with strangers

hey drive danny to the airport Allison is to young to ride with strangers

If only we could make it happen. :innocent1_tb:

ROFLMAO, steve and undercooked!!!

And jerzytrash – That would be a *great* scene. Adam at full height standing proud and broad-shouldered reveals Ryan to be the tiny little pipsqueak that he is (literally – it looks like an optical illusion, like Adam is much closer to the camera than Ryan is). I can just see the dangerous flash in Adam’s eyes as he crosses his arms, leans forward ever so slightly and looks down into Ryan’s weasly face “No Seacrest – YOU tell ME…” [sigh] A girl can dream. hehe

Could someone be kind enough to cap this ‘supposedly’ hilarious video for a poor Canadian who cannot watch it?

A sendspace/4shared/photobucket would be absolutely great!!!

Thanks in advance!

http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/377723/american-idol-recap-the-top-4.jhtml#id=1605360

You know, I find it weird that zabasearch is standing by their prediction that Adam received the most votes. Its all so weird to me!

LOL I missed Kara’s comment about her jaw always dropping, she said it “is always what happens with Adam”…that was…LOL…innapropriate (at least for American Idol) Randy called her out on it…LMAO…she even did it show a demonstration…not really that necessary…oh and the food fight thing was funny…and idk if its just me but Adam didnt really look that upset, but he did give a huge sigh of relief when Ryan said he was safe…I hope he talks about this in his confessional for next week to see what he really thought about the whole thing.

Zabasearch is dead wrong. The real listeners and voters made their feelings heard. After everyone shot Alison and Goki down for the last few weeks, the voters got off their lazy’s and made the call or text. I personally think it was perfect voting as was shown. If I had to pay, it would definitely be in that order to pay: Goki, Alison, Chris, Adam. Sorry if others like Adam so much. He was 4th a month ago. This week just put it all into perspective.

I will not reveal my fave. Their is no doubt my fave is truly the most talented and beloved contestant. It would detract from the purpose of this post to name her.

Very sly! I like it!

I haven’t read all fifteen pages so if anyone has already said anything like this, I apologize in advance.

The DialIdol GeoPredictions (votes by state) have been fairly accurate this season, supposedly, and both the “predicted winner” map and the “predicted loser” map seem to have predicted the results pretty well.

http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/GeoPredictions.asp?season=8&week=5&sort=Winning

The predicted winner is either Allison or Danny, with Kris in third place. Adam actually won the least states, but state populations vary and not all the states were counted.

http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/GeoPredictions.asp?season=8&week=5&sort=Losing

The predicted loser is Matt, with Adam and Kris in the bottom three and Adam in the bottom two.

With Danny, Adam and Kris never having been in the bottom three until Tuesday, it’s impossible to say who has been the front runner all along, and it’s possible the assumption that it has been Adam is wrong.

But anyway I’d say it wasn’t the producers but the voters who put him in the bottom two.

Ryan did say Matt and Adam were the bottom two, but only later on, when he asked Jamie Foxx, “What do you think, did America get this right, tonight? This is the bottom two, here.”

Just saying.

Talking about shock. Poor Alison almost fainted when it was revealed she had beaten out the SUPPOSED favorite. Hahaha! Also, keeping to comments, I watched closely thinking that Jamie would sing something in the context of the week’s theme since he coached all this great MUSIC. He coached a 10. Sang a 3.

I was sort of expecting Adam do be in the bottom this week because everyone was scared for Kris and Allison. If people are Adam fans, they also usually like Kris and Allison. I think there was a big effort to save Allison after Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comments and people threw their votes to her instead of Adam. I do believe if Kris and Allison are voted off, their votes will go to Adam if those viewers decide to continue to vote. Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans seem to only like Danny. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like there is Kris, Allison and Adam in one group and then Danny is all by himself sitting at a table for one.

I am not at Adam fan and never have been. I think Allison is the one to watch. I like Kris, Danny and Allison but Adam is so OTT that I can’t bear to watch him perform. He is the polar opposite to the rest. You either love Adam or you hate him. I don’t believe for one moment that fans of Kris and Allison if they were voted off would vote for Adam. Their votes would go to Danny or they wouldn’t even bother to vote. If I had to rank those performances, Adam deserved to be in bottom 2 with Matt being last. The voters called it.

Also there are a lot of people out there who don’t vote until the top 3 or the finale.

Also Ryan reads from a script on results night. TPTB want the mystery, the shock, the drama. It’s a reality show first and foremost. It’s all about ratings.

I think Adam is extremely talented and is a consummate performer, having one of the widest vocal ranges I’ve ever seen among pop stars. He is also good-looking and appears to have high self-awareness and great confidence. I like him.

I think his being in the B2 was the result of faulty complacency of fans who may not have voted enough for him to ensure his top position. I think this is the one and only time he’s in B2. IMO he will bounce back with a vengeance next week.

However, Danny Gokey is also very good.

IMO the top 3 will be Danny, Adam and Kris.

(Allison deserves to be there as well, but I have a feeling Kris’s fan base is more firmly established.)

You either love Adam or you hate him. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe for one moment that fans of Kris and Allison if they were voted off would vote for Adam. Their votes would go to Danny or they wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even bother to vote. If I had to rank those performances, Adam deserved to be in bottom 2 with Matt being last. The voters called it.

I disagree. From what I have read, Adam, Allison and Kris are very good friends. On many boards, like this one, many Adam fans said they voted less for him this week as they were concerned that Allison would be voted off so they voted for her. Or they voted less, like me, because I thought he was way ahead. I was complacent.

This is where the competition gets difficult as fans have to start letting some contestants go in order for their favorite to win. I just don’t see much buzz on these boards that Kris and Allison fans would vote for Danny? I think Danny’s fan base is large and strong and don’t vote for anyone else but Danny, whereas I see Allison, Kris and Adam fans splitting their votes depending on who they see is in danger. I believe Danny is the only one that has a lock for the final because he doesn’t split votes.

I was sort of expecting Adam do be in the bottom this week because everyone was scared for Kris and Allison. If people are Adam fans, they also usually like Kris and Allison. I think there was a big effort to save Allison after Simonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comments and people threw their votes to her instead of Adam. I do believe if Kris and Allison are voted off, their votes will go to Adam if those viewers decide to continue to vote

Nah, I wouldnt hold my breath for that. I think a lot of Adam fans also like Kris and Allison, but sadly not the other way around. It feels like Adam has the curse of the front runner, he’s probably despised for being heaps more popular than their fav is, so wont pick up votes from those quarters, but hopefully the general public will just vote for who kicks ass over the next couple of weeks..I still think the internet audience in all its fandom, rabidness and interest is very a very small percentage of the total AI voting audience, which is why I think depending on what happens next week, Danny and Adam are still in it for the finale and either of them can win!

As much as I like Allison and Kris, since I am here in Los Angeles, I will personally help them pack their bags and drive them to the airport if that means Adam is here for the finals

I’ll provide the car!

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So what does everyone think about that LensCrafter video that VFTW put up about Danny? Makes sense to me!