American Idol Season 8 – Top 7 Redux – Performance – VIDEO

Lil stepped it up this week. Not great, but it was actually pretty good, for her standards. Not a very good last note, though. :/

It hasn’t been too bad, but I actually do agree with Kara. She did a lot better than last week, but it still wasn’t too great.

Lil was finally decent!
Translation of the judges comments – It was good, honey…but man, we broke up with you last week! Sorry.

I thought Lil was shrill or out of tune throughout, and seemed ahead or or behind the music the whole time. Why don’t they just tell her to sing better.

Argh, Paula has to go making excuses for Lil… Archie sang with a paralyzed vocal cord. Syesha sang with no voice at all. Plenty of great contestants have lost their voice. Not an excuse.

On no Kris

Bwahahaha! Little D was right.

Anoop looks hot tonight. I hope that he sounds good.

ARGH. It seems like no one is here but I keep getting bumped off.

Kris was good. I agree with Kara, it did sound kind of Santana-ish.

What’s the point of Disco Week if you do a non-disco arrangement? I was ready to hear a trainwreck.

Why does it feel like they’re still not giving Kris his due?

I really like the arrangement Kris did. But I thought his actual vocals were not as good as normal.

Loved Loved Kris!! Awesome.

WOW, Kris is really peaking at the right time

ADAM LOOKS SMOKING!

I loved Kris’ arrangement! I loved how he went a la David Cook in totally changing the feel. Great job!

Yay Kris!

When Ryan told what song Kris was singing, I was like “eep”…but he worked it out!

Kris is impressing me more and more each week with his musicality.

Not feeling Kris at all. His last performance last week was my favorite all season, but I think this is why I just can’t be a big fan. He doesn’t have a great voice and to me he just doesn’t shine that much behind the guitar.
Very forgettable.

Lil was okay for once, but, yeah, the judges are so over her.

Kris’ arrangement was really cool. I love seeing his progression each week. And, this is the week I was going to vote only for Allison and Adam. What to do, what to do…

ADAM LOOKS SMOKING!

I’m loving the hair this week.

Kris was awesome! Hello final 2!!!!

I thought Kris was ok, but that arrangement just wasn’t my thing.

Another solid performance from Kris. voteeeeeeeeeeeeee lol

nevermind

Kris really took a page from Cook last year. it’s his ticket into the final two and bumping Danny off. Let’s hope he keeps it up.

Kris was AWESOME. Anyone who says otherwise is deaf. Kidding, I’m not that mean.

Kris is managing to make clever choices every week, lock for top 5.

Danny? September? Really?

Wait, I’m not hating it. Weird.

ETA: Nevermind, I do hate it.

No No NO Danny

Okay, Little D. I am sorry I said you were wrong. It is still true that your spoils were wrong last week, but I was wrong this week. Sorry.

Anyway–Kris is amazing! AMAZING! Everyone thought it would be horrible, and was hoping Little D was wrong, but Kris was totally right!

I heard September on the car radio today and thought someone should do it … good choice Gokey!

This was actually Lil’s best performance..which isnt saying much…..

Kris was good..I’m afraid we are going to forget him….

Not liking Danny..what does it matter…watch the judges love it….

LOVED LOVED LOVED Kris.

He was growing on me, but now I’m officially a fan. Will vote for him tonight.

I would buy an album of Kris’s.

Left the room for Danny. BLECH.

I’m glad Danny changed it up a little bit. Not my favorite performance from him, but I enjoyed it.

LOVED what Kris did with that song!

Danny doing what he always does, lol…voice is sounding tired…huh did he miss an entrance there?

Danny is such a cheesy wedding singer. Or, he is like the drunk guy at the bar who gets up and sings. He’s got a decent voice, but the performance is terrible.

Danny did good. go Danny!

I’m sorry I just don’t get Danny, he is this seasons Fantasia. Being made out to be more then they our

Kara thinks Danny’s pitch is always right on? Um, sorry, but it’s not. Far from it.

I must not be hearing something the judges are constantly hearing with Danny.

Danny is such a cheesy wedding singer. Or, he is like the drunk guy at the bar who gets up and sings. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got a decent voice, but the performance is terrible.

SO MUCH WORD. Except if he’s at the wedding I think I’d leave.

I’m on the west coast so I have no idea what you all are seeing. I imagine Danny looked totally awkward?

I’m sorry I dont like Danny

If only the judges would break up with Danny the way they broke up with Lil…

Kara said he on perfect pitch?!!!!

WTH????!! His pitch was completely off…

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m on the west coast so I have no idea what you all are seeing. I imagine Danny looked totally awkward?

Yup.

I can’t decide if Allison sitting on the stairs is cool or cheesy.

what’s allison singing?????????

Allison sounds good as usual, but did not like that arrangement.

My husband and I both looked at each other and agreed that we just didn’t get all the love for Kris. I just don’t feel the star factor there, Never did with Lil so that was a given. Agreed with Simon on Danny. Hope the rest pick up the pace.

Has Allison been taking performance tips from Miley Cyrus? Looks like she stole some of her moves.

LOVED what Kris did with that song!

Danny doing what he always does, lolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦voice is sounding tiredà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦huh did he miss an entrance there?

Kris also did what he always does. LOL

Danny was entertaining, I think. Not something I’ll remember when the night is over, but it was solid.

Allison is the best of the night so far! Now that’s what I like to see on stage. Not her best this year, I think the arrangement wasn’t interesting. But stage presence and vocals were great.

LOL, Simon’s totally done with Danny. He just can’t boot the guy off because the ratings will drop.

GO ALLISON!

When you combine vocal ability with stage presence and performance ability, Allison is the best female I’ve ever seen on this show.

I loved Allison’s arrangement. Awesome. Final 2!

Didn’t like Allison, think the song didn’t give her the best chance to show off her mad skillz

I don’t think that Allison sounded that good.

I would like to think it wasn’t an accident that Danny’s forgettable karaoke was sandwiched between Kris and Allison’s fantastic re-arrangements.

I liked her version of “Hot Stuff”.

Still can’t stand Danny. Whatever.

Goodness, an age-inappropriate song from Allison. :tongue_rolleye_ee: She absolutely killed it, and Randy and Kara are still idiots.

Now I can breathe…..holding my breath the whole time Kris was singing! Amazed at the judges’ comments. Thought it was good, but thought last week was miles better. Reminds me of Russell Crowe not getting the Oscar when he should have one year, but then getting it the next year for a lesser performance, because the Oscar voters realized he’d been gypped. But I LOVED that his musicality was recognized. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let him be top 5! Thought he was WAY more original than Danny or Lil, even though Lil was much better than last week.

Danny boring, boring, same old thing. Loved Allison!!

omg even though he’s my man, I hate Adam’s look. Hope he sounds better than that hair looks.

Allison is just a little too intense for me every week but she can definitely sing! I just wish she would have changed it up a little and done something light and fun this week.

So Allison has been the best…I think Anoop is getting the pimp spot!!!

So far Allison has been the best no question…but that isn’t saying much!

Loved Allison, good Job girl

What I love about Allison and Kris both is exactly what I hated about Danny and Lil.

I HATE Disco….Danny and Lil let Disco eat them and Allison and Kris made it fit them.

I didn’t love Allison’s arrangement but I loved Allison.

Lil is gone.

She was up against it this week to begin with, but starting off the show is the final nail in her coffin.

Not something Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll remember

September? But “do you remember”, the 21st? yada yada yada

I didn’t like Allison’s arrangement, but the vocals were hot.

I loved the middle of Danny’s song.

Kris wins the night, hands down, I already know it.

Who sang first?

Allison was amaazing!!!!

LOL at Adam in the mosh pit. I would be surprised if he survived intact.

Agreed Lil is gone for sure! Lets see what Adam has for us!

If Danny’s voice is one of the sexiest ever, then apparently I am asexual because I had to MUTE that shit tonight. I mean usually I can at least listen to him, but that was baaaaaaaaaaad.

My girl Allison hit another grand slam! Fantastic slow funky-rockin’ arrangement. Randy and Kara are complete freakin’ idiots.

kris and allison so far the best tonight…

I’m listening via the mps’s at rickey’s… I loved Kris’ arrangement and thought he sold the song.

Lil was all right, but it’s too little too late. I think it’s a mistake for her to drastically change her look (i.e. wig) every week. It only adds to her lack of distinction/identity.

I thought Danny sounded fine but he doesn’t have the range or original musicality to compete with Adam and Kris.

Lil was all sorts of karaoke hell because she can’t do Chaka Khan. She just isn’t that good. Kris was great, I thought. I really liked the arrangement because I detest disco. Danny is a fuckwad. That is all. I hate his entitlement when they are tongue bathing him. Come on, asshole, at least pretend to have a modicum of humility. This may have been my favorite Allison performance. I still think she has no range, but she does what she does, terrible enunciation not withstanding.

Going back to watch the rest now.

Allison needs to give a more “touching” performance at some point. The rocker thing is awesome, but (sorry) getting old. It’s like the young kid with the amazing voice who learns to belt, thinks it cool to belt, and thus does it all the bloody time. I’d just like to hear something else from her…PULEEZE.

Alison’s arrangement was different but her vocals were killer! Loved Kris’ performance as well. Can’t wait to see Adam’s performance.

Is Anoop going last? I can only hope so… it’s his time and Matt has got that spot enough times.
Maybe he won’t go home after all… lol that would be a surprise. But at this stage, being last may not be enough to save. It would be fun though, after Simon’s comments.

Oh great. Liberace’s up next.

So far the night’s been much better than expected.

Lil – Not terrible. The judges didn’t get it, it wasn’t a very GOOD one, but she definitely tried to bring back the old Lil. Still, the worst of the night, but that’s not saying much.

Kris – The best of the night. Period. Okay, I know I’m biased because he’s my favorite, but YES. YES. YES! YES!…. Okay, that’s enough. It was great, he made it sound somewhat Hispanic, did his own thing.

Danny – Same thing as last week, a somewhat underappreciated performance from the blog people, overrated by the public. I thought it was pretty good! Simon was right, it was kinda awkward.

Allison – Meh. The arrangement was bad, but it suited her (Not that she’s bad, but I just wasn’t a fan). She performed it well, the band sucked, she should’ve just done it a cappella.

A really good night so far.

Conrad Birdie is back

Allison sounded good but the song started dragging near the end.

Oh my, is Adam pulling a “Music Of The Night”?

Goodbye Lil – sorry it wasn’t special.

Kris YOU were special!

Danny – I simply cannot get into your performances. Meh.

Allison – nice job!

Asam – how great can you get? Loved it!

Adam is STAYING IN PATTERN. He goes week to week, fast, slow, fast, slow. Last week was fast, so this week had to be slow.

My God. He’s destroying another classic.

Easy makes me laugh.

Adam…not letting us down…..GO ADAM!

I never thought I’d say this, but Adam bored me. (Until the screams, but they really didn’t fit the song and to me were a mistake so i’m ignoring.) And he looks goofy.

Old fashion whiny Adam tonight… and bland.

Good job Adam!!! loved what he did what that song!!

Great theme!

Adam YOU and YOUR performance was fabulous! What a nice voice and you looked gorgeous!

Adam cookified it, LOL. Being a Cookie, I loved it!

Love Adam, as usual.

And Adam – Started off good, but the chorus…. what the hell? He did NOT need to add that indulgent screaming again. He’s really good, but still, I’m kinda disappointed. But he’s second best tonight.

But I like the hair. That scream was stupid for this song, it didn’t fit.

Anoop could have done that and they would be unimpressed.

Allison needs to give a more à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“touchingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  performance at some point.

Maybe I’m crazy, but I thought that was what she did with “Can’t Make You Love Me”, and to an extent, “Don’t Speak”.

Hmmmm….I dunno if I liked Adam’s Performance…Kinda slow and boring…good vocals…minus the screaming in the middle…it was ok!

Well, I appreciate that he did the “stand there and sing” but those high notes still killin’ me there… *mileage! mileage!*

Lovin’ the look tonight though

“the song that could keep matt to staying alive?” who wrote that? lol

Adam was Adam and he was GREAT

Now if only Matt can do something to impress us!

Maybe Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m crazy, but I thought that was what she did with à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Make You Love Meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , and to an extent, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Speakà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

She can do it in parts, but I just never have felt a word that she has sung at all. And that, to me, is what separates her from Kris and Adam; and in the larger idolsphere…Kelly Clarkson.

Okay, what is up with Adam’s suit coat. It had elf shoulders, that pointed up. It’s like those WTF elf boots of Cook last year.

I don’t get this Adam love. I swear people are nuts.

He takes classic songs and completely does away with the melody.

Loved Adam, except for the screamy bit. Other than that, in a class of his own so far

Kris’ arrangement beat Adam’s hands-down.

I’m beginning to think there will be an Adam/Kris finale with Kris winning.

Can’t get Adam tonite – just meh for me. I love warmer, richer voices. His is just too ‘thin’ for me.

I thought Adam was brilliant….I did notice as someone stated that he goes fast, slow, fast slow every week, but yet I never feel it’s the same.

I want that song now.

Damn, I’m kinda enjoying disco night! Who would’ve thought!

Liked Allison very much, but this was the first Adam performance where I was like, “That’s it?” I know he didn’t want to do what everyone expected of him, and I know he’s boxed in by the theme and by being Adam, but I wanted something a little cooler.

Oh…Adam is CLASS all the way.

I think we should all take a moment to note here: That was the THIRD “cookified” song tonight. First Kris, then Allison, and now Adam. I think this really says somethig about how last season has changed the game. Could we consider that part of Danny’s being pushed along, is the same as Archie being pushed along last year? That he is in a sense the “old” idol model, confronted this year by three of the new model? Just a thought, and now I’m going back to watching and wondering if Matt doing Staying Alive as a Justin Timberlake Clone is really going to be the train wreck worth leaving the TV on for.

Old fashion whiny Adam tonight.

Thank God. I thought I was weird over here.

The guy’s got a great voice, I’ll give him that but his style sucks. I mean it’s just awful.

I can not envision a time where I’ll ever want to hear that or anything like that ever again.

I mean, this guy is so bad, he’s got me checking the radio for a Daughtry tune or something.

OMG…the last two kids are going to get SLAMMED by the judges. Well…maybe not Matt. They need to justify their stupid save last week.

I actually think everyone has been decent so far except Lil.

I loved how Adam restrained himself tonight, some people may think he didn’t but he really did.

Is it me? I feel like I’m so harsh on Adam and I am being unfair, but I found it so cabaret. I guess..props to the vocals, but there was kind of an Oakroom/just a few blocks off of Broadway staginess to the performance. I rank this high with some reservation.

I want Adam to win so he can sing me 5 songs on tour :laugh_tb:

Old fashion whiny Adam tonightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ and bland.

Old fashion Adam gets your Grandma ….voting.

Easy
Apr 21st, 2009 at 8:38 pm
My God. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s destroying another classic.

Don’t even know who you are talking about but I find absolutely nothing at al classic about disco. I find it to be something you dance to…not listen to (if you value your ears).

Loved Adam, except for the screamy bit. Other than that, in a class of his own so far

I think the screamy bit takes him out of being in any kind of class of his own because that is a major flaw. lol. The guy doesn’t know how to sing a song without screechy high notes.

Allison needs to give a more à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“touchingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  performance at some point. The rocker thing is awesome, but (sorry) getting old. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like the young kid with the amazing voice who learns to belt, thinks it cool to belt, and thus does it all the bloody time. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d just like to hear something else from herà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦PULEEZE.

You already did, twice: I Can’t Make You Love Me, and the verse of Don’t Speak. She does need to keep doing the “touching” thing periodically, and she’ll have a chance to do that regularly once they go to two songs a week.

I thought Adam was brilliantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.I did notice as someone stated that he goes fast, slow, fast slow every week, but yet I never feel ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the same.

I see there a lot of anti-Adam folks here tonight.

I agree I think he was BRILLIANT!! ….and if I see one more person complaining about Adam being pimped I’m going to scream because they had Danny drowning in praise tonight and he does nothing to try to change things up like Adam does…….or Matt…..or Kris……or Allison.

I think we should all take a moment to note here: That was the THIRD à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“cookifiedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  song tonight. First Kris, then Allison, and now Adam. I think this really says somethig about how last season has changed the game.

Re-arranging songs didn’t start with Cook. Blake Lewis and, to a lesser extent, Bo Bice, were the trailblazers that Cook followed.

Kris > Adam > Allison > Danny > Lil.

Adam was brilliant, but that scream really pissed me off. I hated his screaming at first, but it really ruined his song. I’m surprised nobody has said “Adam, your screaming can be a bit indulgent at times.” A little.

Matt, this is kinda cool, but the falsetto, not so much. But I like it!

I’m looking forward to Adam’s and Kris’s studio versions. As much as I hated that screamy part of Adam, the rest of it was awesome.

LOL.

Matt needs to stay in his falsetto here and completely do away with the melody.

It would be an Adam Lambert-like brilliant and original performance.

I think Matt started really strong and then ran out of steam. And I don’t like the gratuitous falsetto. But overall, pretty good for Matt.

OMG MATT!!!!!

Disco King!!!

Stayin’ Alive One More Week!!!!!!

Hey, Matt was not bad tonight. Biffed that last note and a few too many runs though. That must be his lucky hat

Loved Adam tonight – one of my favorites of the whole season. Beautiful.

I think Matt was flat in parts and I always feel like he’s out of breathe.
They keep talking about Matt’s great vocals, I just don’t see that.

Matt wasn’t that good IMO.

I am worried that Anoop is going to get thrown under the bus, even though he does have the pimp spot.

I’m not a big Adam fan. Didn’t mind the arrangement – regardless of my feelings, he definitely makes songs his own (even if it’s not totally on his own, which is fine – most artists don’t do it completely alone). The one thing I don’t like about him is the screamy falsetto – that ruins the connection for me.

Don’t think Matt did enough to get saved. Unless Anoop bombs.

Allison and Kris were my favs tonight

Not sure I liked it……

MATT!! You rocked boy! Go Matt! I’m so proud of him.

I mean, this guy is so bad, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s got me checking the radio for a Daughtry tune or something.

:lol_tb: :lol_tb: :lol_tb: :lol_tb:

EEEP Matt. EEEP. *runs away and tries to forget she saw that*

Matt, I know you look like Justin Timberlake, but you don’t have to dance like him.

Matty, Matty, matty. This is why you are going home. You have an amazing recorded voice. You fairly suck on the stage. I hated everything about tonight’s performance you did, and I’m sure I will love the recorded version.

sorry matt, I didn’t like that

oh Matt..it was okay…but Allison, Kris, and Adam were the best.

double post.

ADAM WAS AWESOME! ALISON WAS AWESOME! KRIS=BORING DANNY=UGH LIL=CYA

Re-arranging songs didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t start with Cook. Blake Lewis and, to a lesser extent, Bo Bice, were the trailblazers that Cook followed.

Yeah, I love DC but he didn’t invent rearranging the song

Wow, this hour is going by fast!

Gotta love me some Bee Gees, one of my most favorite groups ever! When a finalist chooses one of their songs, they better have a good voice to back up their performance. Matt is a sweetie, but it is time to go home – again!

The viewers had it right last week. Simon has it right this week!

This theme is perfect! Last week we had lots of ballads, with Anoop being the best. This week, things are flying high! Loved Adam’s performance the best so far.

Anoop in the pimp spot? Great news! Come on honey – do your thing!

Danny Gokey – à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Septemberà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  by Danny Gokey

Danny wrote the song? Hehe.

Ranking so far

1. Allison
2. kris
3. Adam

4. Matt
5. Danny
6. Lil

Re-arranging songs didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t start with Cook. Blake Lewis and, to a lesser extent, Bo Bice, were the trailblazers that Cook followed.

Oh–I don’t argue with that. I thought Cook last year was the culmination of a long time build up that started with Season Four, when they raised the age limit, moved the the Top 24 12 boys-12 girls format, and we got Bo and Constantine. Blake totally wanted to do what Cook did during his year, but the judges tore him down and broke his spirit. And Daughtry the year before that (even though his version of “changing up songs was just to growl them goat-like at us) only made it to the top four before going home. Cook actually winning on that format made it so now no one fears being torn down and sent home for doing their own arrangement. That’s what I was trying to say.

On another note–Matt was painful. If the judges don’t throw Anoop under a bus, or Anoop doesn’t trainwreck into the bus himself, Matt will be a short save.

Adam did nothing for me. The scream is not working this week. Adam could take a dump on stage and the judges would say he is in a class by himself.

I’d put Matt between Allison and Adam. That was good, I don’t know what Simon was watching. I’d actually put Danny above Allison, to be honest…..

Kris > Adam >>> Matt >>>>>> Anoop >>>>>> Danny > Allison > Lil.

Huge gap between Matt and Danny. Allison and Lil should be the bottom 3. Since Danny doesn’t look like the person to go in the bottom 3, and Kris and Adam seem hard to top, I’d have to give it to either Matt or Anoop :/. Just eliminate Allison or Lil.

EDIT: Actually, Allison should be in the top 5. I’m just torn between Matt and Anoop for the other elimination. I don’t want there to be a Bottom 3 though.

Yeah, Anoop, Allison, and Lil are my B3 prediction. Anoop was really pitchy . I didn’t really like it. But the 3 of them should definitely be the B3. Kris and Adam are the best.

Matt overuses the falsetto, it’s like he’s showing off. And his falsetto is not even good. But he never gets called on it.

It seems like Paula called the top 2, btw.

OK Simon’s face when Paula’s commenting Adam was hillllaarious.

I liked Adam’s arrangement. It was on pitch and heartfelt, but I felt the high wail was overdone. Dude, we know you’ve got the range and power

I love Allison’s voice, but it was not memorable to me.

Overall, solid performances with no trainwrecks…yet.

I have to agree with Kara on Matt– it was solid, not the best. Impressed that he was uptempo and was loose. AND, I may be biased, but I think Matt’s performance was MILES better than Danny’s. Danny’s straight interpretation of disco was so horribly cheesy, that Matt’s actually seemed really cool by comparison!

Randy – most talented group of 7 ever??

Okay. I’m actually really offended by that. This season is BAD. And that’s an understatement. I wish these stupid Idol judges/producers/whatever would stop plugging every season as being the most “talented” ever because it is NOT f-ing true.

someone told me that paula has writers who watch the rehearsals and write her lines. is there any truth to that? also, danny is just boring…nice guy, would be great on christian radio, but I would never remember his voice.

Anoop just saved Danny’s booty, and that song arranger should be out of a job.

Anoop gets the pimp spot… finally.

Anoop=snooze even on a disco song. I like him as a person, and he seems to take it so seriously, which I appreciate. But he doesn’t have “it”.

Do you think he grew that mustache to hide the sweat?

Love the pink sweater on Anoop and the performance

I’m done watching. I don’t care about Anoop. I find he has a pleasant voice and is never amazing nor a trainwreck. Can’t drag my ass up from the computer to watch him. I think many can’t do so to vote for him either.

Anoop was good…

Ew Noop – you flat, dawg. Ew. But you looked better except for the sweat.

I have to agree with Kara on Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ it was solid, not the best. Impressed that he was uptempo and was loose. AND, I may be biased, but I think Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance was MILES better than Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s straight interpretation of disco was so horribly cheesy, that Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually seemed really cool by comparison!

I totally agree. While I was watching Danny all I could think was do something different dude! Matt at least had the gumption to really jazz things up!

WTG Anoop! Great vocal!

okay, what is that on Anoop’s face?

Anoop sounds awesome but this arrangement is sort of … bad. Hm, should have taken that last note a little further…

Oof, bussed by Simon.

Eesh – that was a nasty last note from Anoop.

I think your bottom 3 are Lil, Anoop and Matt.

Sorry Anoop but I think you just committed suicide

Anoop. Anoop. You just safed yourself into oblivion. (new verb)

Kinda rooting for him, because he’s been regularly beat up, but eh….

Missed too many notes for me.

Randy – most talented group of 7 ever??

Okay. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m actually really offended by that. This season is BAD. And thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s an understatement. I wish these stupid Idol judges/producers/whatever would stop plugging every season as being the most à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“talentedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  ever because it is NOT f-ing true.

THIS. So, so, so, so true. ITA.

What kind of Idol Kool Aid is Randy drinking to say that this season’s top 7 is the best ever? Randy, shame on you …. that is ridiculous!!

WTF Simon?!

I think last years 7 were the best

Randy – most talented group of 7 ever??

I think Randy said that after Matt and Anoop because he doesn’t want to say anything negative about either of them, but he doesn’t want to praise either of them either–because the producers told him they don’t care which of them goes home.

Yay Anoop, loved it!!!

Oh what a surprise simon threw him under a bus….he’s decided that last week, lol. Thanks PTB for being fair and giving him the pimp spot.

come on anoop, you can do it!!!!!

Simon throwing Anoop under the bus? So shocking. I really hope he stays, even if I didn’t like his performance much. He has better vocals than Matt though.
I’m a bit tired of the whole arrangement thing. Honestly, I didn’t like any arrangement this week. Sometimes it’s better if you do it like the original. Anoop was boring.

If they are the best, who possibly does he think is the worst?

Anoop was good but he was just a snooze.

So now that it’s done, I liked Kris and Adam. I found Allison, Anoop and Danny to be decent and probably in that order. I didn’t like Lil one bit and no matter how he tries, Matt fairly sucked.

I don’t think Simon threw Anoop under the bus. That was genuinely bad IMO.

Simon throwing Anoop under the bus?

Oh, no. He laid there, and let them drive over him.

And it’s 9:02. We STILL went over.

Mine for tonight:
Adam: Such a lovely voice
Kris: Ok song, wish he would dress up. Tshirt was just tacky
Allison: Good voice, did not care at all for this version.
Danny: Would rather put him at the bottom, but he won’t be there. Hate to tell Kara, but Danny was off several times. Smug. UGH
Anoop: Last note was baad.
Matt: That was horrific
Lil: Double Horrific

Should go home Lil & Matt, but could possibly be Lil and Anoop.

Kris by a mile

GAP

Adam-
Allison

Anoop
Danny

Matt
Lil

First off – I’m loving the NO BS just get to the contestants format. YAY.

I would be fine with Lil and/or Anoop an/or Danny leaving, but I fear it will be Lil (fine!!!!) and Matt.

I’m loving loving LOVING everyone else. Kris? Fantastic. Kind of a nice mix of Jason Castro and Archie all along. Adam is amazing. Allison – BRILLIANT. Really, if we had a top three of Adam, Allison and Kris I could go home happy no matter what.

That performance from Anoop did not deserve the pimp spot. I bet that right there will send someone more deserving home

Simon throwing Anoop under the bus?

Oh, no. He laid there, and let them drive over him.

Physics says buses cannot drive over trainwrecks. They can merely pile into them.

And ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s 9:02. We STILL went over.

Albeit it’s BETTER….if they would just stop the crappy simon and Paula table talk we’d maybe get somewhere

#1 Adam; #2 Kris; #3 Alison and after that I really don’t care they were all forgettable and blech and please in name of all things good in this world NEVER let Danny dance ever again.

Nope this years is best I agree!

for me tonite…

ADAM>>>>Kris>>>Allison>Danny>>Matt>Anoop>>Lil.

Didn’t get Allison tonight. Sigh.

1. Kris
2. Adam
3. Matt
4. Danny
5. Allison
6. Lil
7. Anoop
8. Anoop’s facial hair

That was yet another strange night on Idol.

Have to admit that Kris did his thang. Anoop did well. Danny was major karaoke. Alison’s was a strange arrangement but she nailed the vocal. Matt’s was ok. Lil’s was ok. Adams, I hate to say it, actually bored me.

WTF, Disco night?

My gosh, 3 donna summer numbers?

Lill and Anoop should go.

First off – Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m loving the NO BS just get to the contestants format. YAY.

Gotta agree. Back to basics, just let the kids sing.

Faves: Kris, Allison
Going home: Lil and Matt or Anoop

Only thing that bothered me about Kris’ performance was turning a song about a hard life which even though a “dance” tune had some grunt and turning it into a Jason Mraz stoner jam – but that’s Puppies and Rainbows for you his world is just so nice.

Sorry all, really…

But one week ago right now, I was in San Francisco watching and HEARING Taylor burn up the stage singing Seven Mile Breakdown,

and,for me…?

Tonight it was just BLEH….

Just go to You Tube and watch!

Okay. I need to watch Anoop’s performance! Stupid facial hair and pink shirt! I seriously was just laughing and too distracted.

I’m a Disco Baby and Saturday Night Fever wasn’t just a movie, it was my LIFE. Ahhhh to be 18 again.

What Adam did with that song made me cry – tears of joy and sadness. Joy because it was so beautiful and sadness because it was one of the happiest times of my life and it makes me all nostalgic.

You young folks say what you will about disco, in 30 years your grandkids will be saying the same thing about club music.

ANOOP WAS WONDERFUL!

Will someone please buy Simon a hearing aid? I don’t know why Simon hates him. If he had said, “Nice job” I would have been satisfied. But the guy goes on and on. Even “It’s OK.” Simon makes me sick!

I have gotten 21 busy signals in a row. I hope that means lots of people are voting for this truly talented young man!

Oh, and he sure looked hot tonight! Whew!

I like Kris and I didn’t agree with Simon on Matt. That was good. I didn’t like Adam. Anoop was bad.

Simon throwing Anoop under the bus?

Oh, no. He laid there, and let them drive over him.

Physics says buses cannot drive over trainwrecks. They can merely pile into them.

:lol_tb:

In the end, Kris was the best for me. He truly made that song different and palatable. He’s also the only one who I think has ever hit a bad note. Not that that is something I spend much time on. I actually give him minus points for not pushing it. Sometimes a bad note can be beautiful if it’s heartfelt. I guess I find the perfect singer not putting it all out there, so I’m unsure about Kris. I still haven’t voted for anybody this season except for Alexis…don’t know if I will tonight either.

I liked Anoop and thought he was the best tonight other than maybe that last not. Simon apparently hates him because he went way beyond just saying he didn’t like the arrangement or performance. I’m so over Simon. :annoyed_tb:

Adam was boring tonight. Kris was okay but not as great as the judges made out. I liked Allison. Danny wasn’t all that bad either although predictable. I didn’t love Matt’s arrangement and am ready for Lil to go.

And ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s 9:02. We STILL went over

Well….people might not have missed much.

Oh, the list for tonight:

Three way tie: Kris, Adam and Allison. Kris’s arrangement might have edged out a touch more than the other two–but he gets points detracted for looking like Hal Sparks Jr.

(yawning chasm)

..Oh were there others?

…Anoop was slightly better than Danny who was slightly less painful than Matt who was only better than Lil in that he did not display serious stank attitude when criticized.

For me:
Kris
(big gap)
Allison
Adam
(big gap)
Matt
Anoop
Danny
(big gap)
Lil

I think overall it was kind of a dull night. There was nothing impressive, no one stand out but also no trainwreck for us to remember (I think that’s natural at this stage though). Usually Adam is in a league of his own, but not tonight. I can’t pick who was the best of the night, I don’t believe I will remember what they sang tomorrow.
Matt and Anoop were the most flat, that would be my b2, but Lil is most probably going home after what Simon said.

Btw, this night didn’t feel very Disco. I would never guessed that was the theme. It was more like “Pick an old song and don’t make her sound current.”

If I can’t have Adam, I don’t want nobody else. My new lyrics for a disco song. I agreed with the judges and hope America does too. My sister even called after his song and raved a little and she’s not even an Idol fan. She loved the look on Paula’s face when Adam was singing. I think I had a similar one.

I really liked Kris, Adam (except for the screech), and Allison (not my favorite) but better than the others. Really hated Gokey. “September” is my favorite EWF song and he messed it up big time. I didn’t like him screaming at me plus the vocals were really bad. Matt went back to the style that caused him to fall into the B3 and I’m afraid he’ll be there again with Lil. Anoop did ok, not quite what I was expecting but better than Matt & Lil by a mile.

Why is Allison in last on dial idol.. I know it’s early but that and Lil third?!?

Last year’s 7 was the best, but it had KLC, not good. This year doesn’t have any excruciating people like her (Not even Lil, she had her moments….. she just didn’t go back to them), but except for Kris and Adam it seems pretty average.

Kris and Adam could’ve easily passed the top 5 last season, but nobody else could’ve. Allison would’ve been eliminated when KLC did, Matt could have been in Season 6 with Blake and probably made the finale with Jordin if Melinda was still eliminated, but season 7, he’d probably be eliminated in 10th place. Danny, Top 11 Lil, and Anoop may have barely scraped the top 12. I could see Anoop being in there in place of Kristy.

That said, Vote for Kris…. You’ll be KRIStened The Great One if you do. I’ve been waiting to throw that one out, and I didn’t do it well.

Only thing that bothered me about Krisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ performance was turning a song about a hard life which even though a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“danceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  tune had some grunt and turning it into a Jason Mraz stoner jam – but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Puppies and Rainbows for you his world is just so nice.

Yeah, I got the impression quickly(in the chair time with Ryan) that Kris didn’t get the song, which is usually something I absolutely despise, but for whatever reason I really enjoyed Kris’s version. I hate the original though, so maybe I liked the change.

I don’t give points for turning a disco song into a ballad on disco night. Number one, it’s not that that difficult to do with any song, and number two, it kinda took a lot of the potential fun from the theme night.

Loved Adam and Kris. They are my type of singer.
Like Allison a lot.
Did not like Lil or Danny.
Matt and Anoop not so much either.

Tonight was way better than I expected.

Kris
Adam
Allison
Danny
Matt
Anoop/Lil

This certainly wasn’t a Disco Night. More than ever Idol is all about rearranging the songs and turning them into something totally different than actually singing a song. I don’t get the hype about Adam. I actually enjoy listening to pretty much all of the other contestants over him. I was watching with my parents and before Adam performed they said that Adam was going to hit that note he hits in every performance. We all lost it when sure enough he hit it.

Somehow in all of the attempts to reinvent themselves and be original, disco got lost in the mix. No one was able to capture the fun and energy of real disco. That’s what was missing for me tonight.

Why is Allison in last on dial idol.. I know ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s early but that and Lil third?!?

I know, it’s crazy! I’m hoping Miley got her legions of fans to text for Allison or something, because I don’t want her to go yet.

Kris was the only one who impressed me. Good musicality. Updated the song successfully.

Gap

Adam- good vocal. Too cabaret and old-fashioned in look, mood and performance.

Allison- brassy performance, but pushing the vocal. A bit too throaty.

Danny- solid, yet cheesy

Anoop- Good vocal first half, but lacked spark

Matt- a bit frenetic, unfocused performance

Lil- pale imitation of original

Didn’t really like any of them except Anoop and I’m biased, lol.

Definitely thought some were over pimped and when are the judges going to be honest with Danny? Hmmm?

Back from vacation in time for Idol. I thought Danny, Kris and Matt were the best tonight.

I’m really sorry Kris got buried in the early part of the night – he was absolute love for me….Adam sounded beautiful as well. There’s my final two.

I’m voting for Kris like mad – he must not end up B3.

Anoop of meh, but I didn’t like Danny at all. Why the butt kissing?

Dull night. Nobody really had the true disco spirit. And the cliche songs. September is a fav but Danny was pretty bad. I didn’t like what Kris or Adam did with their songs. How about just doing a disco song straight?

However, 2 out of these 3 are going: Lil, Matt, Anoop. I think Anoop’s pink sweater won’t help either. And I agree with Simon, he wasn’t very good. Adam looked and sounded straight out of Blue Velvet to me.

I really, really don’t think Lil is going home tomorrow. I’m putting money it’ll be Matt and Anoop or a SHOCK!EliminationSHOCK! to get people talking…hope that shock isn’t Allison.

Would be okay with Danny though!

I thank God every night that Adam Lambert was born.

How can someone be that good? Really. Its not fair.

I have a new idea to make sure that Idol doesn’t run over time anymore. Just let Adam go first each week, and then the judges can all say to each of the following contestants that, “It wasn’t as good as Adam.” and, wa-la! Time limit in tact AND we get an extra 15 seconds of singing from each contestant! or should we just let adam sing longer? i like the the adam idea.

On a lighter note, can we change the name of the show to American Lambert?

Adam is awesome.

As usual, Adam was the best tonight. Kris came in second, and then Danny. I forgot all about the rest already.

Anoop has a great recording voice! I really appreciated Kara and Paula’s comments . Randy says it was a nice job! He deserved all the praise he received tonight! For me, my favorite performance!

Oh, and LiL is a deff goner. And hopefully Anoop is right behind her. I did think Anoops arrangement was unbelievably boring.

I could actually see Allison going home. She’s, for me, not a stellar singer, and that’s what I think the casual voter wants. I’m not saying she isn’t awesome, just that she has no range and her enunciation is horrible. I just don’t know that casual voters get her. There are two I’d love to see go home this week…doesn’t look like either are going.

Man, disco sucks y’all. Kris was the best I guess. None of them were really good though.

Disco made Adam boring to me. I was looking forward to my weekly Adam show. Even my favorite Allison sucked, pretty much mumbled her way though that song. Disco is dead, and should stay dead. eh

when are the judges going to be honest with Danny? Hmmm?

After they get him into the top five over Lil and Matt/Anoop.

Danny got the sort of rote praise from three and anti-praise from Simon that said in a week if he doesn’t step up, we’re going to see the tide turn. I really don’t think his completely un-arranged version being smack dab in the middle of three well re-arranged songs was an accident.

top3 lets get real!

1.Adam- a little journey vibe to this!
2.kris- jose feliciano feel
3.Allison killed it! Pop! Pat benatar

That must be his lucky hat

Harumph, and no one beileved me when I said Matt always sings better (or at least with more confidence, anyway) in his hat. He’s like Frosty the Soulman, or something.

Fave of the night again was Adam. For the record, the “scream” or wail as I call it is my favorite part of Adam’s voice. It makes Adam Adam and I hope he never loses it, much like Cook last year with the signature two step glory note he did while making that scrunchy face, or Fantasia and her yeah yeah yeahs. I remember a few people were like “why did he have to put that at the end of MOTN?” and I was all…because that’s his thing, man. Same with Adam. Go on with your bad self, Mandonna. Or Lord Gaga, whatever.

Second fave, again, was Kris. He has clearly studied the WTF!Cook? handbook for song selection. Hee. I would probably buy an album from Kris if his songwriting improved from those meh demos that were floating around, but still can’t see me plunking money down for a Kris concert, and that’s really the only area where Adam has him beat with me. Kradam finale FTW, though, y’all.

Wasn’t feeling Allison tonight. She has been consistently my third fave but just something was always missing, like I would come thisclose to fully investing in the performance but not quite. But overall it wasn’t a huge deal. This time I wasn’t digging it at all. Bleh. Matt and hell even Danny and Anoop outperformed her and Matt out song selected her.

I am totes throwing a few votes to Matt even though I don’t really like his vocal style because I flove the self depricating humor of choosing Stayling Alive. Cheeky!

Anoop wasn’t as bad as the judges made out. Not on Kradam levels, but on the same level as Danny’s weird little Dannytime and better than Allison or the yawnfest that doesn’t deserve elaboration otherwise known as Lil’s performance. If I were Anoop, I’d be pretty annoyed with the chicanery at this point, too, cuz it’s not like he’s totally self imploding.

What’s up with the massive busy signals?

Come on guys – Anoop picked a lesser known song, changed the arrangement, changed his look, smiled, moved, didn’t sing a straight ballad, judges (for the most part) admitted his talent so I’m thinkin’ he deserves to be in the top 5.

Lil should definitely go with no surprises and no complaints. Danny just isn’t special enough to stay and Allison sings one type of music which is what they keep calling Anoop on.

Could be interesting to see if Danny could finally make the bottom 3 but that would just let everyone know the other 2 are out.

Should be: Kris, Adam, Anoop, Matt, Danny, Allison, Lil
Will be: Adam, Danny, Kris, Allison, Anoop, Matt, Lil

Adam, not one of his best I’m afraid but still watcheable. Kris bores the crap out of me,even though he did good too..I find him so bland…. Allison..meh” Still these 3 mke up my top 3 though, the rest can go home now.

I could have called it weeks ago..neither Anoop, MAtt,LIL or Danny have ANYTHING deserving of even top 5 status!But Danny has a fanbase,so isnt going anywhere. The rest can leave tomorrow and I wouldnt even blink

Danny actually mixed two arrangements. That “I can see clearly now…” is from the Kirk Franklin arrangement of the song. Thought it sounded familiar….

chicksineggz
Apr 21st, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s up with the massive busy signals?

Im having no problems getting thru for Adam. And Allison for that matter.

Lol, Jim Cantiello said that he thought that Adam Lambert gave a Scott MacIntyre performance.

Said that inspite of that he was still miles ahead of a lot of them

Im having no problems getting thru for Adam. And Allison for that matter.

Yup, I’m getting through fine for Adam, and my sister is hardly getting any busies for Allison. I doubt Adam will go, but I’m worried about Allison for sure.

That was not at all what I expected. My rankings:

Kris – arrangement, vocals, everything was fabulous. Awesome.
Adam – fabulous vocal, but I liked Kris more this week.
[gap]
Allison – really good vocal, but I didn’t love the arrangement.
Danny – I wanted to hate this but I didn’t – he did pretty well.
Matt – I wanted to love this but I didn’t.
Anoop – he looked great and sounded ok, but that arrangement was bunk. For me. For you. Dawg.
[grand canyon sized gap]
Lil – oh how I hate to pile on like the judges, but it really was karaoke.

I don’t think anyone was Jasmine Trias bad, but it’s time for America to send Lil home.

YMMV peeps!

Well, Matt and Anoop are my favorites this year but apparently Simon always has to dislike the people I like… argh, oh well.

Not really feeling Adam’s performance that much although I did like him more than I usually do, I just didn’t think it was amazing? Adam’s not really a favorite of mine, but, he was ok tonight.

Kris was pretty good too, again not my favorite though; but he was good.

Danny and Lil I… do not like much at all but apparently Paula has predicted the finale already (Danny and Adam), again, argh!

Am I the only one who really likes both Matt and Anoop? It seems people here either love them or hate them, but I like them both.

Kris, Allison, and Adam–excellent

Matt and Anoop–not good

Lil–horrendous

Danny–pure torture

Not as big a trainwreck as I thought tonight .. I quite enjoyed it.

loved Adam and Kris.
Wasn’t as keen on Alison as I usually am but still liked her
Matt was OK, not keen on his falsetto though
Danny bores the pants off me (old fashioned cruise ship performer who doesn’t do anything different with a song .. total kareoke)
Did’t like the arrangement of Anoops song
Lil was out of key and out of time and should be out of here tomorrow

Allison could be the shocker tomorow

I agree with jpfan. The emphasis on being different and unique makes the genre of music get lost in translation. I think that they if they rearrange a song they should keep the genre intact. Boring.

Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the point of Disco Week if you do a non-disco arrangement?

This.

Disco made Adam boring to me. I was looking forward to my weekly Adam show.

This too. Disco night was wasted on Adam. I was so looking forward to him funking it up and putting on a show. Why, of all nights, did he decide to slow it down?

I thought this night was the most boring in Idol history. Nobody stood out to me – not even my Adam. Still, he was the best of the bunch. I’m in the minority because I liked his wail – it woke me up from my stupor.

I will say that Matt redeemed himself. I see Lil and Anoop heading home tomorrow night.

Looking forward to Archie’s reappearance and curious about what Paula has in store for the dance number.

MJ, can u post Adam’s video first…pretty please?!

My top 3: Adam, Kris and Anoop

Allison could be the shocker tomorow

I think she will be. It wasn’t great enough to get people motivated, not bad enough to scare her fans in power-voting. I hope I’m wrong, though.

LOL at Dial Idol. It just really isn’t very helpful this year at all.

top 3: kris, anoop and adam
the rest sucked

Come on guys – Anoop picked a lesser known song, changed the arrangement, changed his look, smiled, moved, didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sing a straight ballad, judges (for the most part) admitted his talent so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinkinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ he deserves to be in the top 5.

Only he didn’t sing it well.

I mean, I love Anoop and all, but he was bleeding nerves tonight. That semi-stache didn’t hide the sweaty upper lip at all. His voice was shaky, and it was strained. He performed last, and it wasn’t great. That’s what people will remember, I think.

And that song-arranger seriously needs to stop bragging – whatever his name was.

Paula seriously annoys me. There’s one kind of contestant that always gets the benefit of her doubt–sort of attractive guys in their mid-twenties. Everybody else she judges based on their actual performance, so they have to work harder. She was seriously hormonal tonight and it’s getting on my nerves.

Bottom three:

Danny
Matt
Lil

To paraphrase Randy Jackson from Season 6:

“Adam, dude, you don’t have to do the wail in every single joint. It’s getting old.”

I thank God every night that Adam Lambert was born.

How can someone be that good? Really. Its not fair.

I have a new idea to make sure that Idol doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t run over time anymore. Just let Adam go first each week, and then the judges can all say to each of the following contestants that, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“It wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t as good as Adam.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and, wa-la! Time limit in tact AND we get an extra 15 seconds of singing from each contestant! or should we just let adam sing longer? i like the the adam idea.

On a lighter note, can we change the name of the show to American Lambert?

Adam is awesome.

I am in absolute agreement with all of this.

OK, I usually like Kris but…. that arrangement was the words to She Works Hard for the Money stuck on top of Santana’s Maria Maria. There was nothing much original about it.

Right, well, I avoid disco like the PLAGUE, so I haven’t heard any of these songs before. So I can’t really judge on whether or not an arrangement was “good”.

1) Allison – Rocked it up! She is like the female David Cook, but with awesome fashion sense. Loved her performance, especially that note at the end. 8/10

2) Adam – I’m getting a little tired of the whole ballad/Glambert/ballad pattern, and I’m seriously sick of the falsetto. That being said, boy is probably the best vocalist this show has seen since Melinda Doolittle, and definitely the best male vocalist ever (sorry, Cook fans, but that guy was horribly off in his lower register). Does he ever go off-pitch? 7/10

3) Kris – This guy is like Castro for me, in that everyone raves about him, but other than the occasional Hallelujah and Over the Rainbow, I simply don’t get it. That being said, it was a great vocal, and I like that he did it acoustic. I get a very Jason Mraz vibe from him. 7/10

4) Anoop – Maybe it’s because I never heard the original version of the song, but I liked his performance. I seriously hope he stays over Matt Giraud, if only because him and Lil leaving means we have an all-white top 5. 6.5/10

5) Danny – His voice seriously grates on my nerves. It’s so whiny, and whenever he growls, it’s like . . . well, like a chihuahua trying to be a tiger, except less adorable. 5/10

6) Matt – He should have left last week. 4/10

7) Lil – She should have never been brought in over Leneshe. 3/10

Hmmm. I just realized that the pimp spot has a downside…too long to wait, the nerves get strained.

Poor Anoop looked mostly just scared.

I am voting for Kris…loved his version “You work hard for the money”!!!! I’m getting busy signals for Kris….quite a few. Go Kris!!!!!!!!!

I loved Anoop tonight. He looked pretty in pink and I really dig the scrufff. Rawr. Boooo Simon.

I agree about Kris. It was the first time I didn’t like him. I think he’s going to fade when they get to two songs a night. If Danny didn’t have a fan base he’d be in trouble but Lil, Anoop and Matt were worse or equally meh.

Allison has good chops but no joy. She makes me miss Archie’s goofiness and Jordin’s pop vocals.
It would be very ironic if she left tomorrow but I seriously doubt she’s in trouble.

Has the last performer ever “gone home” afterwards? I can’t remember that happening but it could happen to Anoop.

He’s been doing so well. What happened? Must be nerves.

Oh my, is Adam pulling a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Music Of The Nightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ?

What Adam did wouldn’t really be pulling a “Music of the Night”… That was Cookie singing a song straight when everyone expected him to rearrange it.

Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s, for me, not a stellar singer, and thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what I think the casual voter wants. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not saying she isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t awesome, just that she has no range…

What are you hearing? Her range is insane.

(866) 436-5705 Adam

Allison -She is like the female David Cook *snip*
(sorry, Cook fans, but that guy was horribly off in his lower register).

Lies, all lies! [/Frau Farbissina]

Dial Idol is a complete joke this year. The bottom 3 are going to be Lil, Anoop & Matt, with Lil and toss up between Anoop and Matt as to who goes home. I hate to say it, but probably Anoop. :sad_wp:

Kris and Allison’s strength is their text voters. Damn those tweeners, lol!

Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the point of Disco Week if you do a non-disco arrangement?

Twelve words. ARTISTRY. lol

Hee. I laugh as I just realize that Kris clearly didn’t understand that SWHFTM is about…a hooker.

OK, I usually like Kris butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. that arrangement was the words to She Works Hard for the Money stuck on top of Santanaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Maria Maria. There was nothing much original about it.

Jlyn, THANK YOU. I enjoyed it, but kept thinking, “I’ve heard this someplace before…” it was going to drive me crazy! You just saved me some insomnia!

2) Adam – Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting a little tired of the whole ballad/Glambert/ballad pattern, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m seriously sick of the falsetto. That being said, boy is probably the best vocalist this show has seen since Melinda Doolittle, and definitely the best male vocalist ever (sorry, Cook fans, but that guy was horribly off in his lower register). Does he ever go off-pitch? 7/10

I’m tired of the repetition as well, but IMO, he’s not the best male vocalist the show has ever had. Tone is as important as range and pitch and his tone is thin, not rich. And he has been pitchy–he’s never been called on it, but when he sings softly, his pitch can go off.

Dial Idol has everyone in danger…lol…

Disco night should be fun. If artistry “bleeds” the fun out of it, it has failed.

Seriously though, was that Disco night?Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Nothing stood out for me not even Kris that everyone seems to be hailing so much(I dont get his appeal, he’s so bland to me!)…meh…And Adam was meh too……but those 2 had the best vocals I guess? On a bad night? LOL. Allison..hmmmmm, not really impessed by her.

The rest can fade off my screen till the end of the season

I STILL LOVE ME SOME ADAM LAMBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought Simon nailed it on his critique of Danny. No star quality in that performance. None at all.

Loved Adam’s performance. Beautiful vocals. The only thing I didn’t like was the hair. Ha! And I see some here saying its his best look ever! But, the smile was the same. Love the smile.

Kris was wonderful and I loved that arrangement. He’s a talented boy.

Allison would be my third, although the thought crossed my mind that the song wasn’t really age appropriate and it took me out of the moment.

Danny and Anoop were next, in that order.

Matt and Lil are my bottom two.

I am no fan of Lil, but it was no fun watching them crush that last bit of spirit she had left. Not that I disagreed with the judges, but it still made me feel sad.

I thought Adam’s voice sounded lovely tonight, but I did not like the arrangement. at. all. I usually don’t mind rearrangements of songs, but I LOVE the original in this case I felt like the arrangement sucked the life out of it. My hubby actually didn’t even recognize the song for what it was.

Kris, on the other hand, rearranged a song that I hate, and while I thought it was an awesome performance (my favorite of the night), I just couldn’t get past the song itself enough to love it.

I like Allison a lot but man she is starting to bring me down. I was kind of creeped out by her performance for some reason – partly because she wasn’t acting anything close to her age and partly because it was soooo serious. It’s disco! It’s Hot Stuff! Have a little fun!

I didn’t think Matt was that bad. I give him points for being the only one who seemed to have any fun up there. And extra points for his cheeky song choice.

Anoop *sigh* – crappy arrangement of a good song. I did like the beard…

I skipped Danny’s because that’s another song I love and I could tell I was going to get irritated by his performance.

It’s early yet, but dialIdol has Adam at the top and Allison at the bottom.

Truly obsessed power voters know texting is the way to go

Hey, if DI says Allison is dead last then going by past weeks that means she won’t touch B3! Seriously though, they are all SUPER close on DI right now.

It was actually a good night, all told. Nothing like the trainwreck I expected.

Downeast: Your welcome. When he started my first thought was what the hell? Santana is disco?

edit: you know better than that.

My Top Three:

ANOOP
ADAM
KRIS

Maybe Anoop could have brought the tempo up a bit – but this was just a great performance. He is trying to do what the judges want. Three judges were pleased and want him to stay!

I am so serious when I say Simon needs a hearing aid – has for the last 3 years!

Why is Lil No. 3 on Dial Idol and Allison last????

Vote, Allison fans, VOTE!!

She’s one of the bright spots in that lineup!!!

I’m voting my fingers off.

Twelve words. ARTISTRY. lol

if they’d do a show without that word and “arrangement”, i’d be happy.

Re-arranging songs didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t start with Cook. Blake Lewis and, to a lesser extent, Bo Bice, were the trailblazers that Cook followed.

THANK YOU! This was said about 45 pages ago, but I couldn’t agree more, especially about Blake. That guy actually rearranged all of his own stuff without help from other people’s arrangements, which we know Cook did most of the time. (“Little Sparrow” not included, yeah yeah.)

As for tonight…
Kris (with that song choice, never thought he’d be my #1)
Adam
Allison

………..

Anoop (he sounds like a record when he sings, it kill me)
Danny (I hate putting him ahead of Matt, but Matt’s falsetto was shitty tonight)
Matt
Lil (wow, her bitchface was on full alert tonight)

I’m glad they rearranged their songs to not sound like disco, honestly. It may lessen the whole point of the theme, but I don’t care…I’m more lyrically-driven anyway.

OK, i know we are not supposed to pick apart other peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s posts or anything like that. But i have to say it: youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re tone deaf.

Sorry, nope. High school and college choir. The head of the music department at my university marveled at my ability to pick out pitch. I’m not the best singer in the world, but I know pitchy–Adam has been pitchy when he sings too softly. He was pitchy on the soft parts of “Mad World”–not the whole thing, but a few notes.

It’s the thing that bugs me the most about certain contestants. Granted, Adam is pitchy less often than many others, but he’s not perfect.

Actually, the more I think about Matt and Staying Alive, the more I can see a really stripped down version of that working for him.

I wouldn’t stress, but it’s interesting how close it is between all seven tonight. Only 11 points separating top to bottom and the whole text votes are making DI pretty much redundant. We won’t be able to tell anything off it tonight.

welve words. ARTISTRY. lol

if theryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d do a show without that word and à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“arrangementà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be happy.

Heh heh, I used to say that about the words “singing contest” and “pitchy.” In fact, I still am loathe to accept that “pitchy” is now indoctrinated into the public musical lexicon thanks to Randy’s asshattery. At least artistry is a real word, though Kara is being a bit Vezzini-ish about it. I guess that makes her slightly less annoying than Randy. Only slightly.

VOTE FOR ALLISON.

SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE ARMY OF TEXTERS THAT KRIS DOES.

Kris changed the arrangement on a song for which it didn’t matter. He stumbled when asked his reason for singing SWHFTM.

Allison changed tempo to suit her preferred style, as did Matt.

Adam, however, changed his arrangement to CONNECT with the lyrics’ EMOTION, as Kara realized and noted.

I just got done watchin the show and this is my ranking:

#1 – Adam–Again he is just in a class by himself. No one can touch him

#2 –Kris–Loved the arrangement in this tired ole disco song….VERY VERY good.

#3–Allison–her voice is great, not a great arrangement

#4 –Matt–I actually liked Matt tonight…nice job

#5–Lil–I actually think she did ok tonight. I felt sorry for her though when they were critiquing her

#6 –Anoop – not bad …horrible last note. Very nervous and the arrangement was terrible

#7–Danny –Don’t get him, hes awkward on stage, his voice is just ok…the judges are on crack.

Can someone please explain how the heck Lil is in 3rd place – stop it America !!! You’re killing me !!!

Oh, “pitchy” is a given sunchick!! I’ll NEVER say that word …ever!! :cool1_tb:

Kris took a song I don’t like, and he added his puppies and rainbow spin, and made me smile. He definately knows who he is as an artist, and I could see him going all the way to the end. My only problem with Kris is that he isn’t always the strongest vocally and his performances tend to run together in my head as all one big ballad, Jason Mraz type thing. He is a bit vanilla for me to actually go to a concert for, but for the most part, I like vanilla! YMMV

I admit it-I’m an Adam fantard. I loved his emotional performance and yes, I love the scream. To me, it’s just Adam. In my opinion he has this lovely, yet outrageous instrument, and he just controls it beautifully. I guess if he makes it, next week we get a slowed down song and something OTT!

Oh, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“pitchyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is a given sunchick!! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll NEVER say that word à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ever!!

Just another word for “flat” or “sharp” but Randy doesn’t want to take time to differentiate between the two and so smacks them together in one word. Now, of course, it’s entered our vernacular and I’ve wound up using it a lot. Idol.

Do you all really want this to be the last time you hear Allison sing before the tour????

I don’t!!!!!!

Vote for Allison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: don’t get defensive about your favorites

edit: Duke, stop it.

strange night for disco when everyone undiscoed their performances. Heck no white suits, no fro’s, no clunky platform shoes, no disco ball unless i missed it. lol.
Adam gets first for me because he has a beautiful voice and I like how respectful he is.
I guess then Kris but I find him incredibly boring for some reason. He really needs to do a better job dressing for his performance.
Allison
Anoop
Danny
Matt
Lil

I thought the best of the night was Kris and even though his song was boring, Adam was 2nd best. I’d give third place to Gokey tonite.

Matt really delivered, but will it be enough? He did have a supreme falsetto moment there.

Lil sounded so much better during the beginning of the song, but trailed off as it went on. But it was good enough that I think she’ll garner lots of casual votes tonight.

Allison at such a young age failed to sell “Hot Stuff”, and the arrangement I didn’t enjoy. I don’t think she reeled many of the casual voters in with that performance. Having said, that she’s got an incredible voice, and I’d hate to see her go.

Noop Dawg was just OK.

I agree with others – disco night should have been fun, but was just a big bust overall.

ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s entered our vernacular and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve wound up using it a lot. Idol.

You’re forgiven!! I’d rather read what you have to write than listen to what Randy (paula or kara) have to say!!lol

LOL. Fine, Adam’s singing is perfect in every single way. Seriously–even Josh Groban has sung a flat note in his day. That people can’t always pick it out doesn’t mean the ones who do are tone deaf. I think it actually means the opposite.

Can someone please explain how the heck Lil is in 3rd place – stop it America !!! Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re killing me !!!

Well, as Michelle noted upthread, Allison has been at or near the bottom on dial idol the last few weeks but she was safe last week and Lil was in the bottom 2 (even though dial idol was showing her in the #2 position) with Matt even though the save was used. The scores we are seeing there are really very close together this week. Also, this site doesn’t take text votes into account but with 2 going tomorrow you never know. I hope the text votes will be enough to keep her in and finally put us out of our misery and Lil be sent home!

Can someone please explain how the heck Lil is in 3rd place – stop it America !!! Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re killing me !!!

Lil always does better in the South and fades a little on the West Coast. Don’t forget her 2nd place on DI last week didn’t stop her being in the bottom 2.

DI really isn’t helping this year

edit: yes, he got modded. and I’m modding you too

Adam is up on Youtube. 300 views in a couple of minutes. Not bad for a guy who ruined disco in one full swoop, can’t stay in tune, schreeches and screams, looks funny, has no vocal control and………………

Not bad for a guy who ruined disco in one full swoop, canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t stay in tune, schreeches and screams, looks funny, has no vocal control andà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Are you referring to what I said? Because I never said that. lol.

edit: you have no idea who she was referring to. please don’t be sarcastic. folks get defensive about their favorites, you know…

Maybe Anoop could have brought the tempo up a bit – but this was just a great performance.

Yes! Thank you. Something bothered my about this performance but I couldn’t put my finger on it. This is it. Even when he brought the tempo up, it was still too lethargic. Smooth vocals though.

Did not like the unshaven look. Between Danny, Kris’s upper lip and now Anoop, what happened to all the razors in the mansion!?

what the hell..

my sister is here with me and she is trying to vote for Matt and she is getting busy signal all the time..while I am voting for Adam and I already logged 82…WTF is going on…

Okay that was just weird. In order of appearance only:
Lil=barf
Kris=Kris, meaning that at least the arrangement was recognizable as a “Kris” arrangement. Insofar as he now has a readily identifiable style, then good on him.
Adam=love him, but not my fave performance.
Allison=good vocal, but I am perturbed by a 16-year-old singing about hot stuff.
Danny=FINALLY pick a good song, then cheesed all over it. I don’t get this guy.
Matt=sorry, but didn’t redeem himself after last week to prove he deserved the save.
Anoop=oh boy. He’s my favorite, but that was kind of a let down since it never really took flight the way it should have. Plus, he finally puts on a suit then sabotages it with a pink sweater?!? WTF? And what was that on his upper lip?
My head hurts after tonight and now I have to go lie down….

delete

Drive by post, didn’t read everyone else’s yet..

My order…

Kris – loved it. Well sung and performed. Very charming. Good re-imagining of the song
Adam – loved the delivery, spot on pitch wise as always, seemed heartfelt. Am getting tired of the ballad-krazy-ballad-krazy pattern though
Danny – I KNOW, I CAN”T BELIEVE IT MYSELF – I didn’t mind that. It was good, delivered with energy. But not worth the tongue bath he got. And Paula? Stop with that finals nonsense.
Allison – The only reason I didn’t rank her higher is I need her to improve with the ennunciation. She is getting over on the great tone of her voice and her phrasing, but she is not working on some of the fundamentals, and its tiring. But I still want her album the most.
Matt = I liked that actually. He looked like he was finally having fun. The bus came for him though. I want him to make it just to spite them.
Anoop – Yay Anoop pimp spot! But Simon was right, it was corny. Not his worse performance though Simon.
Lil – Ugh. Screamy, off key, just crap. And the ‘tude returned to boot! Goodbye, lil. But she looked great, even with that fake hair.

Lil’s out of here, and I think Anoop deserves to go with her. But it could be Matt which would make me a little sad.

soundscene: As a huge Adam fan, I agree with you. Nobody’s perfect and parts of his range give him issues, even if they aren’t very noticeable. I don’t see what’s so sacrilegious about admitting that, haha.

Come on ADAM FANS start voting….we need to make sure our man is safe…

Ok, my favorites performances for tonight were Kris and Adam… WTF was Allison wearing… my pick forget voted off are Lil and Matt… according to DI Allison will be going but I think she is going tomake it at least to top 4….

I was bugged at all the un-disco-ness tonight. Was not a proper homage to a really great period of music.

I always love Adam, but this was one of my least favorites of his. I didn’t like the arrangement, and it seemed pretty emotionally divorced to me, which is funny given his pre-song chat with Ryan.

Adam missed notes? Oh well, I missed that! Ha.

Duke…I think Tess was being sarcastic. We really do need a font or something for that!

According to dial idol, Allison is in real trouble.

I don’t know why she’s had such a problem getting a strong fan base.

Vote for Allison!

She should not be going home tomorrow.

soundscene: As a huge Adam fan, I agree with you. Nobodyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s perfect and parts of his range give him issues, even if they arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t very noticeable. I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so sacrilegious about admitting that, haha.

Thank you. lol. I never said Adam wasn’t a good singer, just that he wasn’t perfect.

donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so sacrilegious about admitting that, haha.

:thumbup_tb:

Alright my little recap

1. Kris – best of the night. Love his arrangement. I honestly don’t care if Disco night sounds like ballad night or country night sounds like R&B night. Whatever. It’s just a list of songs.

2. Allison – Didn’t like the arrangement. Needs to work on enunciation, but her vocals are amazing.

3. Adam – Okay, the screechy-ness bothered me. I liked Mad World, but I don’t like this. That being said, it’s good. But come on Adam, you’re become predictable like Gokey!!!

BIG. HUMONGOUS. GAP.

4. Matt – Okay, least favorite Matt performance ever. I liked You Found Me, I even thought Viva La Vida was okay, but this? Not good. I still love Matt though! Simon said something good in his critique “You’ve got to get yourself out of Idol World” (something like that) Yes! Hear that Matt and Anoop? Matt’s trying too hard. Still, better than some of the others.

THE REST ARE CHEESE.

5. Anoop – Okay, first of all, ew who is styling you? Facial hair needs to go! Someone shave it off right nowww! And what’s up with the pink sweater?! Sorry about that. And yeah, I agree with Simon, this is like his worst performance ever. Super cheesy. True Colors was his best performance so far. His time might just be up.

6. Lil – Lil, shut up. You are karaoke. I don’t feel like I need to add to what the judges said.

7. Danny – EWWWWW. Incredibly nasally, high notes are unbearable. Even more karaoke than Lil. Bad arrangements week after week.

By the way, I’m a total Kris/Matt/Anoop fan, okay?
Paula, for once, your finale predictions suck.

Well, I for one am glad they didn’t stay “true” to disco. Blech! Just like I’m always glad when they change up songs from Country, cause I don’t like country either.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m tired of the repetition as well, but IMO, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not the best male vocalist the show has ever had. Tone is as important as range and pitch and his tone is thin, not rich. And he has been pitchyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s never been called on it, but when he sings softly, his pitch can go off.

I agree with you about the tone. I just really don’t like his even if he is very talented. … or maybe I’m tone deaf too.

One word for next week. Razors

Oh crap. I see that now! haha. whoops. My bad Tina. I was reading everything so literally at that point i kinda turned off real-life mode.

I never said Adam wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t a good singer, just that he wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t perfect.

Then again nobody is perfect….

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know why sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s had such a problem getting a strong fan base.

Did you see when they made the take large… people were totally disconnected by her performance… I think she is rocking by herself in that stage and nobody in the audience get her… maybe, the same as me, everybody was too much focus in trying to understand what she was wearing…

Don’t go by Dial Idol. Remember last week? Kris was near the bottom. Never underestimate the power of the texters.

If anything, the bottom three may be Lil, Matt, and sniff Anoop.

Who is voting for Lil???

Seriously.

Ha! Lil’ is 2nd now on DI. DI is reeeeeally eff’d up this year. Now I can finally have good reason to go with my gut instinct in the pool rather than DI.

Danny – I KNOW, I CANà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ T BELIEVE IT MYSELF – I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mind that. It was good, delivered with energy. But not worth the tongue bath he got. And Paula? Stop with that finals nonsense.

She mailed his name to herself at the beginning of the year, along with Adam and Ricky Braddy. She already lost one.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know why sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s had such a problem getting a strong fan base.

There is a disconnect. She’s a 16-year-old who doesn’t look like a 16-year-old. I’m sure she acts like one, but we never get to see it. Awesome vocals aside, I don’t think very many people will be voting for a teenager singing about looking for some hot stuff. The arrangement sexed that song up, and for her, it was all wrong.

I don’t know why people still even look at Dial Idol. It’s broken and pretty much useless any more. http://www.votenumber1.com is actually much more accurate this season.

Tonight, for me:
1. Adam (was actually looking forward to BSC Disco Adam, but this? Beautiful.)
2. Kris (Santana does disco – nice, but ultimately forgettable)
3. Allison (vocals were much better than last week; however, a 16 y/o looking for hot stuff didn’t sit well)
4. Matt (I really enjoyed him tonight – certainly deserves to make Top 5)

Anoop, Danny and Lil can all go home tomorrow and I’d be happy.

One word for next week. Razors

I totally agree.

Problem with this year’s bunch is that the country just hasn’t decided that they like anybody the best. Nobody is standing out like they did in previous years. Adam gets a lot of press, Danny gets a lot of pimping, but it doesn’t really seem to matter all that much. My guess is that even though the online community has decided that Adam is the bestest, the offline community hasn’t really joined in the Glambert party. And even though the online community has decided that Danny is boring, the offline community hasn’t given up on him. So everything just kind of evens out. This should make things more interesting, but really it doesn’t. I think that’s because, on the whole, this year’s bunch just isn’t as interesting as last year’s bunch, even if I do like a few of them. And all that pre-Idol crap about showing the contestants’ personalities more? Where did that go?

Hence, Dial Idol turns out to be pretty useless some weeks. If there’s no “moment,” then there’s no green.

Easy…take it, well, easy.

Seriously. Dialidol’s numbers are all over the place these days, and especially tonight. If you look at the raw numbers Allison is in first place.

Until the west coast votes, I don’t think any of these predictions are very useful. And with all of the text votes…Dialidol usually ends up with a sample size of about 200,000 votes. When you consider the total is around 36 million votes?

Not very statistically valid.

VOTE FOR ALLISON.. she can NOT go yet.. just a few votes if you can..

Even though Kris and Allison tend to underperform on DialIdol — STILL VOTE FOR THEM! Neither of these two ought to go home tomorrow!! (Adam shouldn’t go either, but there’s no way he would anyway.)

According to dial idol, Allison is in real trouble.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know why sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s had such a problem getting a strong fan base.

I wouldn’t base my concerns on that – it was wrong last week and something funky is going on with it this week. Look how high ALL their numbers are.

Paula, for once, your finale predictions suck.

THIS. What’s with Paula and her predictions. Respect the contestants. If I were them I would be like “what the heck am I doing here then if I’m not even gonna be in the finale?”

Allison will be fine. Remember, the West Coast hasn’t voted yet.

Also, Kris will be fine. He has the tween texters on his side.

Ha! Lilà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ is 2nd now on DI. DI is reeeeeally effà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d up this year. Now I can finally have good reason to go with my gut instinct in the pool rather than DI.

I know, it’s seriously past it used by date in terms of giving any indication. Kris has been at the bottom by a mile the last two weeks in a row and not touched the B3. Lil 2nd and actually 6th. What insight is than actually giving us?

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think very many people will be voting for a teenager singing about looking for some hot stuff. The arrangement sexed that song up, and for her, it was all wrong.

The outfit (the SHOES!) didn’t help either. I said it before – it creeped me out.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the thing that bugs me the most about certain contestants. Granted, Adam is pitchy less often than many others, but heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not perfect.

Adam’s many things, but pitchy isn’t one of them.
Now them sayin Danny is pitch-perfect is ridiculous.
I think he has constant pitch problems.

Lil is in second now behind Adam WTF

Apparently all the Worsters use DialIdol software…

DialIdol sucks this year. Or, maybe the show just sucks. By this time last year, David Cook was the (very) clear frontrunner.

My order:

1. Kris–He’s really the whole package. Really good singer, arranges music, probably arranged all those instrument parts too, and he was really completely engulfed in the music. And it was great to really hear his guitar playing, which is really quite. He’s a singer, songwriter, musician. (miniscule downside–white undershirt with dress pants? Is it me?)

2. Adam–He’s an incredible vocalist. Just amazing. For me, he’s an outstanding performer, but not a musician.

3. Alison–great vocalist. I did not love the arrangement of this song. Kind of manic for me.

4. Danny–He’s got to show some ingenuity ASAP. Paula is crazy if she thinks he’s making it to the finals on that. He’s got a nice husky-sounding voice, but his arrangements are just jazzed up versions of the original, except for Stand by Me. And the arrangement for that one really hurt the song. He did fine tonight . . . and fine ain’t good enough in this crowd.

5. Anoop–Good vocal, good voice. I don’t think I’d have Chris Walden (or whatever that guy’s name is) do my arrangements for me if I were Anoop. When that tempo picked up, Anoop picked up a one-way ticket to corny-ville. Looked sharp though, I thought. Very handsome.

6. Matt–Did not like it. There were so many other songs he could have done better. Will someone tell him that he just sucks at pop?

7. Lil–The funny thing is that it was a decent vocal, but it was a boring old cover. And you never do a straight cover when you aren’t better than the original singer. And she ain’t. Aside–I couldn’t figure out if I liked what she looked like–sleek or space age? And she changes her hair so radically that I doubt I’d ever recognize her if I saw her after she’s booted from this show.

At this point in the competition, regardless of how much you favor Anoop, he will never win. I personally appreciate his talent but it’s limited. No where near the level of his competitors. So, I don’t understand this “GO Anoop” as if he was a serious contender. I do love the guy but it’s not going to happen.

By the way, I kind of got the impression that Kris DID know what his song was about, but that he didn’t really want to say. Hence the uncomfortable giggling.

For me there are three that deserve to go the distance and Allison is one of them.

She is such an old soul for someone so young.

Where does the ability to change from a 16 year old girl to a absolutely powerful performer in one instant come from?

She’s the real deal America, please vote for her.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d rather read what you have to write than listen to what Randy (paula or kara) have to say!!lol

Ditto…except for Paula. I never know when she’s gonna duck under the table, travel back in time, babble in tongues or say something incedibly insightful and really freak me the hell out. Love me some Paula.

I actually think AI is effing with DI on purpose. My theory is that they figured out how to skew the busy signals without messing with the actual volume of votes. And since DI is super dependent on busy signals… That’s my theory. That, or with the increased popularity of iPhones, more and more peeps have AT&T and free texting, and are texting their votes.

Well said Rauhn

Allison has good chops but no joy. She makes me miss Archieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s goofiness

Wow. Exactly the opposite. Allison is clearly a goofball when she’s not performing, and is clearly full of joy. Archie, technically very good, no goofiness or joy comin’ off that boy at all.

DialIdol sucks this year. Or, maybe the show just sucks. By this time last year, David Cook was the (very) clear frontrunner.

Every year it will become less relevant as more and more people text their votes. I suspect Dial Idol this week, will be like last week, with only one person in the green and the rest in trouble. I suspect it will be Adam in the green as the west coast is strong for him and will begin voting for him in a hour and a half.

Adam is in this to win and he knows he gets the most votes when he goes soft and does a ballad. I suspect if he makes it to the top 5, and they start singing two songs a week, he will do the OTT upbeat song first and then close with a ballad. If I were him I would do that.

DialIdol sucks this year. Or, maybe the show just sucks. By this time last year, David Cook was the (very) clear frontrunner.

I wouldn’t of called him the Very clear front runner. Archie remained close until the top 3 and Syesha even took the top spot in the top 5. So it really shows that it is wide open still

Is it just me, or is it taking a really long time between dialing and getting to the contestant message tonight? Seems slower than usual.

For me Adam, Kris & Allison were, by far, the best tonight.

Everyone else can go home just any time now.

“And he has been pitchyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s never been called on it, but when he sings softly, his pitch can go off.”

OK, i know we are not supposed to pick apart other peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s posts or anything like that. But i have to say it: youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re tone deaf.

Actually — and I think this is the first time I’ve ever said this :wink_wp: — soundscene is correct. Adam does sometimes have pitch problems when singing quietly. Dem’s da facts. (And yes, I like the guy a lot, and I “get” him.)

Having said that, overall his intonation is excellent and better than almost everyone else this year. If anyone has been more consistently in tune, it’s Allison and maybe Kris (my memory fails a bit on him), but only by a hair.

The one who REALLY needs to be called on his bad intonation is Danny.

Frankly, I’m astonished and kinda depressed at the bad intonation among high finishers in this show.

Oh, and Gokey? If I never, ever have to hear you do that stupid, self-congratulatory “WHOOOO” during your performances, let alone TWICE as you did tonight, I will be a much, much happier person.

Of course, the best way to guarantee that is to be the shocking boot of 2009.

Oh, please, oh please….

Problem with this yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bunch is that the country just hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t decided that they like anybody the best. Nobody is standing out like they did in previous years. Adam gets a lot of press, Danny gets a lot of pimping, but it doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really seem to matter all that much. My guess is that even though the online community has decided that Adam is the bestest, the offline community hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really joined in the Glambert party.

This is how I read it too. I can’t understand why Adam doesn’t have the obvious lead with all the buzz and the comments he gets from the judges. It’s kinda funny how online fans don’t represent the offline audience.

I would love if Lil didn’t go tomorrow. LOL It would be so awesome to see Simon! But I’m not counting on it.

If anyone saw Donna Summer’s video on MTV ot VH1 it did show her as a waitress. Now “she” could be anything or anyone who works hard for her money!

Anoop wasn’t as good as last week, but I still think he was awesome! Loved the new look!

I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t of called him the Very clear front runner. Archie remained close until the top 3 and Syesha even took the top spot in the top 5.

That’s why the “very” was in parentheses.

Anyway, the season still sucks, and at this point, it still looks like it could be anyone’s game.

I know this was mentioned earlier but I had to add one more thought – is this Disco night? What happened to the uptempo fun stuff? This was more like “let’s change up everything and make it sound like my father’s am station!” I love Adam but he was disappointing. I wanted him to strut!!!! Of all the contestants I thought he would nail it tonight! Beautiful vocals, beautiful man but Lordy, too serious dude! Allison should have brought energy and here we go again….fun. Same with Anoop. Matt appeared to be the only one who got the memo.

Until VFTW got involved with Lil, the season was very similar to last years in which two guys kept switching the top spot

Well I hope I’m not the only one who thought Anoop looked the HOTTEST HE HAS EVER LOOKED!! Holy lord, the hot suit, the pink, the scruff, the haircut, DAMN! Hot hot hot. I think my BF was jealous hearing me rave and drool over him…lol

Tonight was not my favourite night for Idol. Kinda boring overall. But here we go:

My rankings:
1. Anoop-great vocal, fun beat, smiled lots, but had a last sketchy note, but whatever. The big note in the middle was GREAT
2. Adam-another great vocal, but I found it kind of boring
3. Kris-I actually thought it was too different from the original and he played it safe with his acoustic, mid-tempo, middle range vocals. Just okay.
4.Allison-I felt uncomfortable hearing a 16 year old sing a song so sexual, but maybe I’m just a prude! lol voice sounded good, but iffy in a few spots
5.Lil-shouty and off key in spots, but not her worst performance
6. Danny/Matt-Oh matt, bad song choice! Vocals all over the place. Danny gets yet another tongue bath for a karaoke, boring, performance and I think he actually might have forgotten some words and just went ‘hooo, hohhh’ as usual. What do the judges hear that I can’t??

Please vote Anoop!!

“She works hard for the money” is actually supposed to be about a waitress. It is never seen that way though.
I thought Kris sang circles around the rest of them tonight. Adam was ‘original’ but I hated the arrangement and I hate that he always feels like he has to show off his range by hitting those glass breaking notes. As I said on another board, he reminds me of Mariah.
Just like her, we know you can hit them but you don’t always have to.
I think Lil will go home and it will be a tossup between Anoop, Matt and Allison. My guess is Matt.

Something weird is going on with Dial Idol. I’ve been using it to vote for Allison tonight. It started out fine as I’ve been checking it periodically. Just checked again, and although I had Allison’s name highlighted it started sending all my calls to Matt’s number at some point. I tried rehighlighting Allison’s name and still got Matt’s #. When I clicked on Matt’s name, then it dialed Allison’s number. So in order to vote for Allison, I have to click on Matt’s name.

Has anyone else noticed this happening? I hope others are paying attention to what # dial idol is actually dialing. I haven’t checked any of the other contestants to see if there are any other mismatches, but I’m afraid this could really mess up the data as people may be accidentally voting for the wrong contestant.

My favorite performances tonight were Kris and Allison’s. I want Lil to go home. I will be pissed if Allison leaves.

I’m not surprised by the yellows on DI. I agree with soundscene, no “moments” usually = no green. I was underwhelmed tonight. I appreciated what Kris attempted but it was just aite. I liked most of Adam’s perf, but the screeching and his weird facial expressions always take me out any emotional connection. I’m not Paula I guess. Allison was just aite. Matt’s my fave, and he was just aite. Anoop was just aite. Lil and Danny were bad. Honestly, terrible night IMO.

Well I wouldn’t know intonation if it hit me in the face……what I know is what sounds good to me. Adam sounds good to me, Lil and Danny do not. That’s all that matters to me and I don’t think it matters to those who buy the CD’s or concert tickets either……if it did Britney or Miley wouldn’t be so popular.

keep voting for adam…dont get complacent!! remember DAUGHTRY~!~

I love Adam but he was disappointing. I wanted him to strut!!!! Of all the contestants I thought he would nail it tonight! Beautiful vocals, beautiful man but Lordy, too serious dude!

Yes, but it was wise for him to do the ballad. He needs to secure himself in the top 5 and the ballads are the vote getters. Starting next week, he will have two songs per show and he can do something for everyone.

We all know Adam googles. So I know he looks at dial idol and when he goes ballad, he’s usually number 1 or 2. When he goes uptempo, he usually drops a bit.

What happened to the uptempo fun stuff?

man, i just listened to them over at rickey…just YUCK. And I reallllly didn’t like Adam’s. My favorite of the night? No one.

keep voting for adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦dont get complacent!! remember DAUGHTRY~!~

And Daughtry has done VERY well for himself, as will Adam. Truth is, I sometimes wonder if getting booted by Idol didn’t do Daughtry a favor.

Archie, technically very good, no goofiness or joy cominà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ off that boy at all.

From his performances on the show last year I see why you’d say that. But look at this–

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxXRav5N8BM

He really comes alive in concert.

ETA–

When, exactly, did AI become all about changing a song and being so à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“originalà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and different from the standard version? When did it become taboo to sing a song brilliantly but with the same melody and tempo of the original?

When Chris Daughtry sang “I walk the Line.”

Well I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know intonation if it hit me in the faceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦what I know is what sounds good to me. Adam sounds good to me, Lil and Danny do not. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s all that matters to me and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think it matters to those who buy the CDà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s or concert tickets eitherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦if it did Britney or Miley wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be so popular.

I agree that “what sounds good to me” is what matters to people — and that’s as it should be — technical perfection doesn’t always equal a stellar performance. It’s just always weird to me when I’m (literally) yelping in pain over someone being out of tune, and others are just sitting there, not bothered at all. Musician’s curse, I guess.

Jillian, your post is perfect! Anoop did look hot tonight. A bit nervous perhaps – but he is changing. He is showing growth as a performer. I agree with all the comments made by Kara, Paula, and Randy! They don’t want him to go home and neither do I!

Anthony and Melinda are the only two who went home after being in the pimp[ spot. I hope Anoop IS safe!

The one who REALLY needs to be called on his bad intonation is Danny.

I know, and what did they say tonight??? “You’re always pitch perfect, Danny!!”

KASLKDJSADKJSAKLDJSAD

Has the last performer ever à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“gone homeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  afterwards? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t remember that happening but it could happen to Anoop.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been doing so well. What happened? Must be nerves.

Not in a single-performance finals (Not even on double eliminations night). Anoop could break this record.

On multiple-performances finals, you have Melinda and Ant Fed.

Allison and Kris were def the best of the night.. How did you not like the arrangement? It was great.

That first note from Danny (or should I say that first yell from Danny) saved me a trip to the doctors to get my ears syringed. What was that all about? I nearly jumped out of my skin … and to think Adam get’s criticised for screaming.

I am a big Adam fan from the beginning but I didn’t get that performance, the vocals were great as always but I missed the edge that makes his performances standout to me.
BTW, he is as big a frontrunner as any I have seen on this show, I don’t know how people can evaluate the “real-world” voters”, we simply have no indication of that and DI was wrong very often this year.

I understand why people love what Kris did, but for me it’s just completely forgetable, his voice is pleasant but I don’t think he has the same magic as Jason last year even tough he is way more consistent. IMO Kris is getting praised mostly for his song arrangements, wonder if he can keep this up with 2 songs a week.

I thought that Allison did amazingly welll for disco night, I am a fan of her vocals and she has the most distinct voice of this whole group with the Gokey.
I don’t know why people will feel unconfortable about what she sang, she is 16 not 10.
I don’t trust DI but it sure would make me less worried if she was a couple of spots higher.

The others were either mediocre (Gokey, Anoop) or frankly bad (Lil, Matt).

Well, I don’t get dial idol.

I haven’t had a single busy signal all season so measuring the busiest would be worthless.

I liked Allison’s performance, but I was so preoccupied with worrying that she was going to fall off those heels. Yowza!

When, exactly, did AI become all about changing a song and being so “original” and different from the standard version? When did it become taboo to sing a song brilliantly but with the same melody and tempo of the original?

Now it’s all about “artistry” and changing up the song. And while that has led to some great moments….Blake, Taylor, David Cook, and yes, Adam on “Tracks of My Tears” all come to mind….we have lost appreciation for some great moments that just feature brilliant singing and are not all about how it’s brilliant just because it’s different.

Would the judges appreciate something along the lines of Clay’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”, which was sung flawlessly, but featured no originality in terms of arrangement? Or several of Carrie’s songs? Or even Fantasia’s “Summertime”, which was as full of emotion as you can get but stylistically was not all that unique and resembled Ella Fitzgerald?

I tell ya, it’s getting under my skin.

Glad to see I am not the only one bothered by a sixteen year old singing “I need some hot stuff baby this evening”, etc., etc.

No way in hell would MY father have let me sing that on national television.

And yes, I guess I am a prude.

I do NOT get all the Danny-love by the judges. I wish he’d go tomorrow. Lil should probably join him. And I realize that Allison is a real talent .. but somehow I just don’t enjoy her performances. I love her deep tone, but like a previous poster said — the performances are sort of joyless.

Anoop sounded good tonight and loved the new look. I like Matt, too and hope he gets to stay a little longer.

Adam…really like him, but didn’t think tonight was all that wonderful.

Hmmm… all in all, not the best AI night for me. But then again, never been a disco fan!

I’m normally a huge Adam fan, but tonight he was kind of boring. Normally I wouldn’t care, but given what he said on this week’s Confessional, I think he’s trying too hard to win over the mainstream audience. He said he realises now that his Ring of Fire performance was too left-field, but that’s what separated him from the pack in the first place! I’m afraid he’s going to end up *too* conservative and lose his edge

I liked Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance, but I was so preoccupied with worrying that she was going to fall off those heels. Yowza!

I KNOW! I actually obsess about this quite often when the ladies wear their ridiculously high heels. I am waiting for someone to just bite it on live TV.

Having said that, overall his intonation is excellent and better than almost everyone else this year. If anyone has been more consistently in tune, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Allison and maybe Kris (my memory fails a bit on him), but only by a hair.

My memory doesn’t fail on him, so you were right in saying that he’s consistent. Just in case you were wondering. Not only that, he’s the perhaps the most creative this season, imo.

well, got in about 50 -60 votes with no busy signals at all.

I liked Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance, but I was so preoccupied with worrying that she was going to fall off those heels. Yowza!

lol .. I was more worried about a 16 yar old singing about desperately ringing around looking for some hot stuff

DI was wrong very often this year.

Has DI been wrong yet this year? I don’t think anyone in green has been booted this season.

Allison is clearly a goofball when sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not performing, and is clearly full of joy. Archie, technically very good, no goofiness or joy cominà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ off that boy at all.

I’m guessing you’ve never watched one of his vlogs, then? That boy’s a complete goober, in the best possible sense.

But anyways, my thoughts on tonight…

The only ones I really enjoyed were Kris and, surprisingly, Anoop. The moment I heard Kris’s song choice, I cringed and started bracing myself for a massive trainwreck. But he then managed to take a suckish song and turn it into something I enjoyed. A very contemporary, smart arrangement. And no, I don’t really care if he “cheated” by not embracing the disco theme, because IMO, disco sucks to begin with.

I also enjoyed watching Anoop, simply because I could tell he was enjoying himself. Lip sweat and bum notes aside, he didn’t look at all desperate or uncomfortable during his performance, which is more than I can say for some of the other contestants tonight.

Matt and Allison were middling for me. I usually enjoy Allison, but something about her seemed off tonight… Not quite sure what. Matt gave a solid performance, I thought, but it came off as a bit frantic.

Is it just me, or is the ‘Adam novelty’ is starting to wear off? As much as I disliked what he did during country week, I think it would be in his best interest to have another ‘shocker’ performance a la Ring of Fire ASAP. As it is, the fast song, slow song pattern is getting old. I more or less predicted what he would be doing tonight – mellowing down on a disco tune.

And Lil…. oh, Lil. The judges said all that needed to be said, so I’ll just leave it at that.

ETA: Wow, I totally forgot about Danny. Heh. What did he sing, again? All I remember thinking during his performance was, “Danny, you’ve got to use your diaphragm. If not, your voice will be completely shot by the end of next month.”

Lil is where she is because of Vote for the worse. I swear i hate those people.

Matt’s performance was fun and well sung. It was Disco night. I mean HELLO! THey should have been having fun and he was. He shouldn’t go home. West Coast save Matt and send Lil home and sorry anoop fan but he was not good at all.

Oh gosh. I voted 95% for Allison and 5% for Kris. They better both still be there tomorrow. If one of them leave instead of Lil and Matt/Anoop, I’m going to be very unhappy.

Okay, so, I just want to point this out because it’s a tad knollish….

Do you think TPTB are trying to Mraz-er-cise Kris? That acoustic jam set up, especially the percussion instrumentation, reminded me sooo much of
this or this (notice the outfit LOL.) Tonight Kris was quite overtly coming off like a pocket Mraz, minus the geek charm. And Mraz is hot right now. Stealth TCRU? Danny for shock boot? Hmmm….

Oh, my poor finger. I never could understand how yall can dial and type at the same time. LOL

Ok, so here’s the thing….

I tuned in tonight for some Disco and all I got was elevator music. WTF?
Talk about a snoozefest!

Top 3 (in no particular order): Adam, Anoop, Kris
Bottom 3: Allison, Matt, Lil

Wouldn’t be surprised if Allison got the boot. I sure wouldn’t call it shocking, as I can’t understand much of what she sings. Just too young, IMO. She should have waited a year or two.

He said he realises now that his Ring of Fire performance was too left-field, but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what separated him from the pack in the first place! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m afraid heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to end up *too* conservative and lose his edge

Yes, but if he wants to win, then he probably needs to play it to the middle a bit more. With ROF, he dropped to sixth place on DI that week. So once he gets his recording contract, he can do what he wants. I think the buzz will be his stage shows.

Adam Lambert. That is all I want to say, but it would be stupid to leave it at that so I guess I have to elaborate.

Adam Lambert is the shit. Pure and simple, even bathed in Vegas light and a horrible ‘do he’s just pure joy. I love all of the moods of Adam. I will be listening to this for a long time. I was beautiful.

I like Anoop. I enjoyed it until where it kinda fell apart at the end. His nerves got the better of him, but still I would listen to Anoop every day for a year if that meant that I never had to listen to Matt again. I was sitting there almost about to say hey, not bad, and then he drags out that lame falsetto of his, and I was done. He doesn’t possess a pretty false. At least not live. It killed it for me. Danny wasn’t horrible. Lil was. Kris is Kris. Every song sounds pretty much the same, nice but meh. Allison was Allison. I don’t like young girls singing about lovers and hot stuff, but she did well. Certainly if Adam is faulted for mixing it up, Allison and Kris not mixing it up is better?

Adam
Kris
Anoop
Danny
Matt
Lil

Since Danny is divine and made of teflon, it will be Anoop, Matt, and Lil’s asses on the line. Lil is toast, and I haven’t figured who will join her yet. I hope Matt, but Anoop may be done.

Okay, if this is Anoop “growing” as an artist, then I want him to stop growing. NOW. Seriously, this performance gets worse and worse every time I watch it.

Well, on the upside for me. If Matt goes home which I am still hoping west coaster will vote like mad and save him. At least i won’t have to watch the show anymore.

Ok, West Coast here. I thought Lil was ok. I feel bad for her. Simon just said she looked sad. Simon called her sweetheart, and that can’t be good. Oh, I think people might be responding to her spunk in talking back to Simon and that is why they are voting for her….hmmm

If I had my druthers Danny and Lil would be going home. I don’t think I will get my druthers so I think it should be Lil and Matt. Matt really did not justify that save last week by this week’s performance. If I based it solely on this week – sorry, sorry, sorry – I would want Allison to leave.

Adam wins. Game over.

Kris was the best of the night
Allison i didnt like the arrangement, but her vocals were great
Anoop vocals were great except that last note, he looked sexy tonight =)
Adam didnt wow me but he sang good ,
Danny- did kara says hes always on pitch? haha yeaaaa what is she listening to , he always sounds the same to me
Matt- eh didnt do much for me, he shoulda been gone last week
Lil needs to go home, she should be happy that she has a killer body

Kris is up tonight. He is doing well, but it’s not jumping out at me. And you know what I think it is, it’s the outfit. He looks like a college kid you would see singing in a coffee house. I think he needs to take a page out of Adam’s book and wear a suit, or something really snazy. I think he needs to start dressing like a star. I like the end of the song much better then the begginning. It was nice, not a moment, but nice. Ok, Paula saying Kris is shopping in the women’s department, not sure what she meant there except that maybe he is singing a woman’s song.

Lil’s mom and the Mad Faces she made as the judges spoke with Lil was hysterical. If looks could kill, there would be Four Dead in Hollywood-O.

Lil is unlikeable. I can’t connect with her at all.

Simon was right. DANNY HAS NO Star Quality. He has no stage presence. He’s the kid that sings at every high school talent show, the kid whose glory days are back in the 10th grade chorus room. I don’t know how he got this far. Or… WHY? Why did the AI people think they had to have him? AND WHY do the judges continue to lie to make it seem as if he has something when he does not?

Adam, Big Hair tonight notwithstanding, was perfect. Perfect because he just gets SO into a song and makes you feel it. Feel SOMETHING. How silly do I feel admitting I felt chills during Yvonne Ellman’s No Big Deal One Hit Wonder song??!

ADAM’S stage presence and Star Quality oozes off the screen. It’s more than a voice. It’s an essence and he’s got it. The one that separate the Adams from the… Adam-wannabes. Like Danny and his fanboy scream at the beginning of “September.” What was that? How many cats came scratching down the alley after that?!

daNny& aDam are totally AweSome…….which will be my Onleee BuTTerCup….let me count the ways….HarK the idols sing….if it were not true I would not have Typed it

coco starring as Pawler

Adam wins. Game over.

Tell us something we don’t know.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m normally a huge Adam fan, but tonight he was kind of boring. Normally I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care, but given what he said on this weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Confessional, I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s trying too hard to win over the mainstream audience. He said he realises now that his Ring of Fire performance was too left-field, but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what separated him from the pack in the first place! Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m afraid heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to end up *too* conservative and lose his edge

But it’s decision to make isn’t it based on how badly he wants this? I personally think he wants this A LOT. He knows what works and what doesn’t with the voting public. Tonight might not have been stellar for some of his die-hard fans but I’d bet $10 I don’t have that he’ll finish on top in voting. Tonight quite probably secured his place in the Top 5.

From his performances on the show last year I see why youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d say that. But look at thisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxXRav5N8BM

He really comes alive in concert.

Those hankering for Season 7 are in the wrong thread. Let’s keep this post on topic.

Anoop looked like he REALLY did not want to sing that song. He looked disgusted with it actually…man. Check back at the last note and his reaction. Really, that guy who IS bragging about doing the arrangement…not so good.

Danny is up. I think he is doing a good job on this song. I think this is one of his better performances. Randy is actually very lucid tonight. Danny looks pretty good. I like what he is wearing. I’m not a Danny fan, but I think he did well tonight. I do agree with Simon that he does lack star power. Danny has yet to have a moment.

I don’t know if it’s the fact that text messages aren’t counted or if AI is messing with the phone lines, but to me Dial Idol is pretty worthless at the stage. After all, last week Lil was supposedly #2 on the list and yet she turned out to be in the bottom two. This week, she’s back in the #2 slot just a fraction behind Adam and Anoop is ahead of Kris while Allison is dead last! *shakes head*

I think votenumber1 is a better indicator. Last I checked these were the vote percentages:

Adam 40%
Kris 19%
Allison 14%
Anoop 10%
Matt 9%
Danny 7%
Lil 2%

I know it’s not a perfect system either but that sounds about right to me.

Allison is on. Yeah, I get what people saying that she’s got that hooker look and she is only 16. But she is singing really well. Not age appropriate, but she is singing well She deserves to advance over Lil. It’s hard to imagine this is the same girl who was blushing at Zac Efron. HAWT STUFF!

dreamr Apr 21st, 2009 at 11:02 pm

Oh gosh. I voted 95% for Allison and 5% for Kris. They better both still be there tomorrow. If one of them leave instead of Lil and Matt/Anoop, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to be very unhappy.

I’m just really hoping those text votes pay off this week, because neither deserve to be at the bottom.

I really thought they all were good tonight, though it’s time for Lil to go home and she was least of the goodness. My order:

Kris (I’ll buy his album tomorrow.)

(Gap)

Adam (this was the first time I didn’t see total confidence in Adam, but he was still…well, I’ll say still the front runner)
Allison
Danny
Anoop/Matt

(Gap)

Lil

Adam is in this to win and he knows he gets the most votes when he goes soft and does a ballad.

I think the problem is that he’s in a rut with the fast song slow song back and forth every week. This song wasn’t all that no matter what the judges blathered. There will always be people like me that can only tolerate him when he’s subdued but that’s not him. I have a feeling that this week hurts him a bit with the people who are fans and won’t attract too many of the casual voters because it was nothing special.

I’m worried for Allison. I split my votes with Anoop but added texting this week so probably got over 300 for each of them. I want Anoop to stay but also want Allison. I’m nervous that Lil will hang in and make two of my favorites go.

daNny& aDam are totally AweSomeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.which will be my Onleee BuTTerCupà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.let me count the waysà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.HarK the idols singà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.if it were not true I would not have Typed it

coco starring as Pawler

:wub_tb: :lol_tb:

I was thinking the same thing undercooked, I think Kriss needs to start paying more attention to his outfits just like he does to his music arrangements.

Anoop looked like he REALLY did not want to sing that song. He looked disgusted with it actuallyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

I totally agree and thought the same thing even as Anoop started his song and definitely as it ended……I am sure knowing simon said he would NOT save Anoop was spinning in his head. Anoop has accepted the end is near

Help. What did Anoop sing last week? I Can’t remember.

UNDERCOOKED: Yes, what Paula meant was that the girls can always sing a “male” lead song and make it their own but it’s not often a guy can sing a female-story voice and make it work. Let’s not forget when David Cook sang Mariah’s ALWAYS BE MY BABY. Brilliance.

When Adam stood next to Ryan tonight, Adam’s presence SO dwarfed Ryan that it looked as if Adam could eat him for breakfast. :>

I have a feeling that this week hurts him a bit with the people who are fans and wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t attract too many of the casual voters because it was nothing special

Danny is never anything special and he is usually at the top of Dial Idol EXCEPT when Adam sings a ballad. The casual voter seems to like the ballads. I don’t know why, but they do. So I think he did what he had to do to ensure he is in the top 5, where he can do two different types of songs each week.

Ok, no way to read all the comments right now, sorry if I dis or repeat. But, I do want to comment, hopefully briefly.

Now, I can accept that we’re all about expectations, and our reviews are influenced by them. I expected nothing, actually less than nothing, I expected to hate disco week. So, NATURALLY, I enjoyed it alot. And, shockingly, I really thought all of them did a good job overall. That’s a first for me, I tell ya!

Not the best for me was Lil, and shudder, I agreed with Randy before he even spoke. It was kind of all over the place for me. A bit of a mess. I could tell she had fun, and it wasn’t horrible, but meh, not great. Sorry Lil.

No way at this point I can go through them all, one by one. I’ll just note the following.

I have to give credit. For the first time, I actually enjoyed Danny. I know, I know. Maybe for some, it was cheese and bad, but ya know, I thought he did well and I enjoyed his voice and vocal for the first time. Finally, I can appreciate what others like, thank goodness, because I’ve been totally confused to this point. No, he can’t move or command a stage, but ya know what, for a total geek in disco week, he worked it out. Good for you, Danny. (Sad for me, cuz I really wanted to bid you farewell tomorrow, dude. LOL)

Adam, my sweet, precious mad talented boy. You are amazingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing that side of you. Part of me hates that I know you did it for the haters, but part of me admires you for that too. You sang from the heart, beautifully, imo, as usual. Good for you for doing it in a way that others less admiring could see you too. But now, forget the haters. No need to cater to them anymore. Enough of us love you, all of you, every side of you, the so-called OTT in you, and many of us even see that you have opened up and shared your soul in so many of your performances even before tonight. Tonight, you reached out and touched my soul once more. Bravo for stretching yourself, AGAIN! Standing ovation for you, from me.

Anoop, I hope you stay. IMO, you brought it and left it on the stage tonight. For me, this was your absolute best. Fuck Simon. Seriously. But leave room for the possibility that he wanted to incite your fans to vote hard for you so you’ll stay to sing another day.

Allison was fantastic as always for me. Anyone else get the sense (in a good way) that Adam had coached her some, especially on the stage performance, as well as the final note(s)? LOL, I totally saw the Adam’s touch on that girl tonight. She’d better not be a shock boot!

Kris, nice job, dude. You’re good, really good. But, I already have David Cook, and well for me, he’s better. Sorry. LOL

And, I totally loved having fun with Matt! I so hope he’s not going home. Staying Alive is not the song to go home on!

Ok, sorry, looks like I did review them all, huh? My bad. I didn’t intend to do that. But as I said at the start, I had a lot of fun and shocked myself by enjoying disco night! Weird~

ETA: Say what you will about Paula, but again for me, she gets it like no one else can. She empathizes with these kids that they put themselves and their art out there, they’re vulnerable, and they’re all kinds of courageous. Good for her for feeling it authentically. And, she clearly knew how raw that performance was for Adam. Maybe someone writes some of the words she says, but no one scripts her eyes. To me, they tell all.

Adam just sang and I think he really did well. I guess I was expecting less because of all of some of the negative comments. Was it a moment, no, but I think it was the best of the night. He gets the edge over Kris because he looks like a star.

I think the problem is that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s [Adam's] in a rut with the fast song slow song back and forth every week.

YES! This is exactly what I mean by predictable.

I don’t care what the contestants decide to wear. Unless it’s so over the top or weird that it distracts from the performance. So, Kris can wear whatever he’s comfortable with.

Well I started out the season as a big Matt fan and have now become a big Kris fan. I love his Jason Mrazy style – love it. My favorite Matt performances were before he hit the big stage – Hollywood group number was fantastic and I loved Georgia. I think he’s had a lot of chances and hasn’t capitalized on them.

I think Kris was far and away the best tonight. I loved Allison too. As I’ve said before, I’m not a huge fan of Adam’s singing but he’s convinced me that he is an awesome person. I dont want to listen to his cd but I’d love to hang out with him… lol. Whether or not you like Adam’s singing, you cant deny that he commands the stage. He has a real presence. He’s the winner of AI8.

So tomorrow night I say it’s goodbye to Lil and Matt. Oh Matt…. you really let me down.

Do you think TPTB are trying to Mraz-er-cise Kris? That acoustic jam set up, especially the percussion instrumentation, reminded me sooo much of
this or this (notice the outfit LOL.) Tonight Kris was quite overtly coming off like a pocket Mraz, minus the geek charm. And Mraz is hot right now. Stealth TCRU? Danny for shock boot? Hmmmà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

Hmmmm, I think Kris is who he is on his own, w/ no PTB behind him. And yes, I do see a touch of Jason Mraz in him, but that touch fits him well.

*That* was the shrieking Adam offended people with? Lil’s entire SONG offended me. And Gokey. That was so cruise ship. Allison was great and I thought Kris really did a nice job on that song, but he needs to bring more star power and dressing up a tad would help that. I am livin in fear of Matt and Anoop. I like them both but this season has been one of early promise and very little delivered.

Oh gosh. I voted 95% for Allison and 5% for Kris. They better both still be there tomorrow. If one of them leave instead of Lil and Matt/Anoop, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to be very unhappy.

I’m going to be soooo unhappy if Allison gets cut tomorrow. Especially since the judges used their save on Matt last week, even though they knew he couldn’t advance much further. It was like they used it just to use it.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care what the contestants decide to wear. Unless ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so over the top or weird that it distracts from the performance. So, Kris can wear whatever heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comfortable with

Yes, but I do think style makes people notice you. As far as a rut, let’s face it, name a contestant there who isn’t in one? Even Kris rearranges songs to suit his style and they are all very similar. Adam said in the LA Times interview that he was worried he would be a one trick pony, so instead he said he is a two trick pony. I think we can’t expect moments every week. But you have to look at the body of work over the course of the competition.

I have to say, as good as Adam was, inserting the “Adam wail” there was a completely wrong move. At first it was really good and really emotional, but he did his wail thing, and the whole performance crashed and came off as fake to me. Sorry, but that’s how I feel. There are some times when the wailing is good (and it hurts to admit that), but here it was really out of place. I’m surprised nobody has called him on it. It left me utterly pissed.

Thank you Simon for not making a liar out if me. I was predicting that you would be throwing Anoop under the bus and that is exactly what you did. But really, was it that bad?

Yeah–I mildly agree about Kris’s clothes. A t-shirt with dress pants? Completely wrong. If he’d just worn a black or white, button-down shirt he would have looked great and fit in with his acoustic mates.

I am wondering why DI has become so off lately. It has been especially off with Kris and Lil. Again, this week, Lil is near the top. WTF.

Adam just sang and I think he really did well. I guess I was expecting less because of all of some of the negative comments. Was it a moment, no, but I think it was the best of the night. He gets the edge over Kris because he looks like a star.

I just saw it too and really loved it. Did people here hate it? Each to his own I guess. And I agree he does look like a star.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t care what the contestants decide to wear. Unless ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so over the top or weird that it distracts from the performance. So, Kris can wear whatever heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comfortable with.

or nothing… :clap_tb:

Thank you Simon for not making a liar out if me. I was predicting that you would be throwing Anoop under the bus and that is exactly what you did. But really, was it that bad?

He was driving.

In retrospect, Danny made a smart choice. His performance was better than last week’s but…he made a move Gospel/Black fans (Lil’s (maybe)/Matt’s) who weren’t already in his corner by inserting the Kirk Franklin arrangement. That wasn’t from the Johnny Nash version of the song.

Okay, I’ve loved Adam almost every week, but that SUCKED!!! I’m sorry, that is one of my favorite songs, ever, and he made it too slow…he tore out the melody…and, I’m practically crying cause….CUZ….. I don’t know why!!! But he decimated my song!! WAH, WAH, WAH!!! :glurps_tb: :glurps_tb: :flush_tb:

I need to say it, and I’ve not said it before….I LOVE YOU KRIS….THAT, was a MOMENT for me, for you.

And, DANG IT!! I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m digging me some Matt G. I actually believe this is his best performance, yet!! You GO Boy!!! STFU, Simon!!

WOW, this week has turned everyone position around for me….GO DISCO!!!

I need a hit…… :smoke_tb:

Well I started out the season as a big Matt fan and have now become a big Kris fan. I love his Jason Mrazy style – love it. My favorite Matt performances were before he hit the big stage – Hollywood group number was fantastic and I loved Georgia. I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s had a lot of chances and hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t capitalized on them.

I think Kris was far and away the best tonight. I loved Allison too. As Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve said before, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a huge fan of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s singing but heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s convinced me that he is an awesome person. I dont want to listen to his cd but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d love to hang out with himà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ lol. Whether or not you like Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s singing, you cant deny that he commands the stage. He has a real presence. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the winner of AI8.

So tomorrow night I say ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s goodbye to Lil and Matt. Oh Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. you really let me down.

Lu, I completely agree with everything you just said. Matt seems like a great person and I picked him as my favorite early on because I genuinely wanted him to do well in this competition, but I wouldn’t be sad (at all) if he left tomorrow. He’s had enough chances.

I actually thought “Stayin’ Alive” was pretty good, but I’m not convinced Matt has the musical sensibilities that Kris does. Sure, Matt’s mad talented but maybe he’s just not cut out for a competition like this.

Adam’s going to win, but I want to see Kris in the Finale. GO KRIS!

Allison looks like a tough old broad who has led a hard life. I don’t find anything appealing about her.

I liked Lil’s wig tonight and that is about it.

Is Kris’ wife pregnant?

One last question: Where was the joyful exuberance expected of Disco night? Man, the group song better be good tomorrow or I fail to see the point in this worthless “theme”.

Allison was fantastic as always for me. Anyone else get the sense (in a good way) that Adam had coached her some, especially on the stage performance, as well as the final note(s)? LOL, I totally saw the Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s touch on that girl tonight. Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d better not be a shock boot!

The thought did cross my mind tonight. She’s taking all sorts of risks. Love it. I hope she’s not the shock boot, either, but I’m preparing for it.

I think votenumber1 is a better indicator. ….. I know ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not a perfect system either but that sounds about right to me.

LaurelG – I totally agree with you! Votenumber1 is a much better indicator this year. Dial Idol is worthless.

The votenumber1 numbers at 11:50 PM EST are:

Adam – 38.29%
Kris – 19.58%
Allison – 13.91%
Anoop – 10.13%
Matt – 8.87%
Danny – 7.1%
Lil – 2.12%

I think that is exactly the way the phone and text voting is lining up too which means, incredibly, that it may be Lil and DANNY going home tomorrow! That would be the best possible outcome. More than I could ever ask for. I’m giddy at the thought.

tonight was BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIINNNNG. really boring. no fun. no dance moves. nothing. it was f*cking disco and everyone crapped out. even adam was boring.

only laugh i’m getting tonight are comments up thread that david cook and chris daughtry invented originality and all performances after them must be measured against their greatness! roflmao! the only thing those two were good at was searching the web for obscure covers and passing them off as their own.

hmmm. Well, at least the show wasn’t the total disaster it could have been. Here’s how I see it:

Why bother: Lil, Danny, Matt, Anoop. Some were more skillful than others, but none passed the basic test of being interesting enough to attend do from first note to last. The first three sounded too much like they just picked up the song and sang it. No brains behind the vocal chords. With Anoop, I don’t know, but it sounded like just another pretty ballad with an embarassing faster bit thrown in. He’s got a lovely voice, but for my money, no imagination. With the half dozen or so ballads now on record by him, he doesn’t need to sing any more. I’m good.

Right idea, but not the best execution: Allison and Adam. I liked Allison’s arrangment and her deliver, just don’t feel that song is all that. Adam took an uninteresting song and made it a good one, unfortunately, he took it from one genre I don’t like into another genre I don’t like. And I’ve got one worry and one beef. First the worry: although I like his basic premis of looking at this as a set list, I think he may be doing the flame-on/flame-off thing too rigidly. And like people have said up-thread, backing off from the Ring of Fire type thing is a big mistake, IMO. People’s first reaction to those things might be WTF?, but the second reaction is, in many cases, wow! That performance is what made me start watching and voting this year. And I’m as middle America as they come. If he quits being creative, I’m not interested anymore. Now the beef: I’m not big on costumes, but if you’re going to do costumes, make sure they contribute, and for God sake, don’t do a costume when your main point is to sell the emotional authenticity of the piece. If he’d done this exact performance in (some version of) his ordinary street wear and hair, it would have been 1000 times better. Dressed up in this seasons version of his grown-up suit made it feel cabaret. He does not need to “clean up” to do this stuff. Once was novel, but it’s a huge mistake to make it a habit. It’s distancing.

Ur doin it right: Kris. Song with good lyrics, original but suitable arrangement, clear artistic vision. He doesn’t sound the same every week, but he always sounds like Kris. He’s not my favorite, but I totally see who he is, and I like it pretty well. (and I could totally see a Kris/Adam odd couple road show)

have to say, as good as Adam was, inserting the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Adam wailà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  there was a completely wrong move.

I liked it, so I guess it’s one of the preference things. I thought it added to the song.

But ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s decision to make isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it based on how badly he wants this? I personally think he wants this A LOT. He knows what works and what doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t with the voting public. Tonight might not have been stellar for some of his die-hard fans but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d bet $10 I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t have that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll finish on top in voting. Tonight quite probably secured his place in the Top 5.

I’m sorry, I guess I just don’t get this, because Adam has basically already secured his place in top 2, imo. If he needed to secure his place in the top 5 that would mean he’s not the front runner he already is…

Idol for me this year is interesting since for the first time I am not emotionally invested in any contestant. I really still enjoy the show but am watching it from a much more cynical observer standpoint. I am voting quite a bit, but mostly to see justice (as I see it) served rather than to keep from being heart broken by an elimination. MJ, I always appreciate your recaps done from an attempted objectivity, even when you have some obvious favorites. The show for me tonight was better than expected given my low tolerence for disco, unless I am actually in a club dancing to it.

1) Kris and Allison for me are clearly top 2. Kris is musical, has a lovely voice, charming personality and continues to improve on a weekly basis all without major early pimpage. Brought a crappy song into the 21st century. He is earning his way to a top 3 spot. Allison has been my favorite through most of the finals because of her sheer raw talent. This has translated into some uneven performances, but I can’t believe that as a teenager she has such a clear musical identity and distinctive vocal style. I thought both were great tonight.

2} I think Danny has been getting a raw deal on the internet. He really isn’t my favorite, but almost everyone I talk to outside the idol boards loves him. He really has a nice tone to his voice, sings in tune and is reasonably entertaining. Good, not outstanding performance tonight.

3} Matt–captured the disco flavor better than anyone, but am sick of the song. (so much potential)

4} Adam–Amazing entertainer. Don’t enjoy his voice at all. Thought this was his worst performance of the finals since it didn’t even have the wtf impact of
ROF. Am really sick of the pimping.

5} Anoop–didn’t like him at all and haven’t like him since Hollywood

6} Lil–not very good. Really felt sorry for her because she was overpimped early and is now having a very brutal reality check. No one will be sad to see her go.

What is votenumber1? Is it just online voting? Cause that means nada.

I have to say, as good as Adam was, inserting the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Adam wailà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  there was a completely wrong move. At first it was really good and really emotional, but he did his wail thing, and the whole performance crashed and came off as fake to me. Sorry, but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s how I feel. There are some times when the wailing is good (and it hurts to admit that), but here it was really out of place. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m surprised nobody has called him on it. It left me utterly pissed.

I totally agree. The ‘Mariah’ Syndrome is alive and well with Adam.

I think we know TPTB want a Danny/Adam showdown. Kris is imo the dark horse and possibly (in the judge’s eyes) Allison. I don’t think there will be too many radical changes to who Kris is unless they want him to change.

I have to say, as good as Adam was, inserting the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Adam wailà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  there was a completely wrong move. At first it was really good and really emotional, but he did his wail thing, and the whole performance crashed and came off as fake to me. Sorry, but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s how I feel. There are some times when the wailing is good (and it hurts to admit that), but here it was really out of place. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m surprised nobody has called him on it. It left me utterly pissed.

Umm, I guess I was trying to say that. Lol.

I know, Adam can totally be a two trick pony if he wants. xD But I wish he’d switch it up a bit. There’s nothing wrong with two fast songs in a row. Or do something like Ring Of Fire? I want another RoF type performance from Adam. That certainly isn’t lumped with the whole fast song, slow song pattern.

Does anyone else think that Anoop picked the wrong song? I just feel that it didn’t really show off any vocal ability and was cheesy at the same time.

Adam, my sweet, precious mad talented boy. You are amazingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing that side of you. Part of me hates that I know you did it for the haters, but part of me admires you for that too. You sang from the heart, beautifully, imo, as usual. Good for you for doing it in a way that others less admiring could see you too. But now, forget the haters. No need to cater to them anymore. Enough of us love you, all of you, every side of you, the so-called OTT in you, and many of us even see that you have opened up and shared your soul in so many of your performances even before tonight. Tonight, you reached out and touched my soul once more. Bravo for stretching yourself, AGAIN! Standing ovation for you, from me.

Could not have said it better. What I heard was gorgeous and quite moving. Thank you, Adam. Can’t wait for more. Off to vote…

What’s the use of having a theme.They should just give the kids a list of songs and see which one can rearrange the original to the point it sounds totally unrecognisable.

They all fail imo.

…Yvonne Ellmanà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s No Big Deal One Hit Wonder song??!

Ms Elliman (note the spelling) had more than one hit. Did you ever hear of “I Don’t Know how to Love Him?”

I liked “Tracks of My Tears,” but this performance of Adam’s felt calculated to me. I wasn’t surprised, and it was as though the emotions were part of a staged scene.

Kris was the best tonight, in my opinion.

Kris was very good but I think Matt was the only one who brought the disco to the disco night. Were they supposed to re-invent the genre or make their song current?

Matt and Kris kept the audience awake – the rest was a snooze fest.
Matt sang the funk and brought the junk (and I mean that in a good way!)
Dude can move!

Ms Elliman (note the spelling) had more than one hit. Did you ever hear of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Know how to Love Him?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Wasn’t that a hit for helen ready? (Yvonne Elliman is very talented–just thought the Helen Ready cover from the show was the hit.)

General Comments
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1. The flames behind Ryan in the opening were a bit melodramatic.

2. No intro packages? When was the last time that happened?

3. Simon, that outfit is made of fail. It look’s like he got mugged before the show and somebody stole his clothes. Wearing a barrel would have been an improvement. I kept wanting to go and pick that loose thread on his right sleeve. Gah! Looks like Debbie finally caught it before Adam sang.

Performance Comments
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1. Lil – “I’m Every Woman” – Chaka Khan is one of those rocks that Idols like to dash their ships against. Most of the times, it leads to epic failure. This time, it wasn’t horrible, but it’s hard to replicate the energy of Chaka. I think it is the best performances she’s had, although there were a few bad notes. Like ususal, it was pretty copycat. I think the judges were overly harsh. That could save her. I don’t like it when they pull the “sick” card because they don’t play it for all the contestants that get sick. Play it for all or for none. Ryan gives her a chance to depimp herself again. She takes it. Again. (6/10)

2. Kris – “She Works Hard for the Money” – Ryan tells us to vote for him before it even starts. “You are going to like this”? Box drummer dude is getting some major play this year. Okay, I’m seriously not buying this arrangement. I mean, it sounds great and Kris sounds great and the drummers are cool. But does he understand the words? Isn’t this a song about a hooker working her a$$ off (that’s certainly what Kris and Ryan implied). Where is the grit and bitter irony? The original is bad enough, but turning it into a preppy, peppy song with a smirk? He comes off as the freakin’ John. I don’t even know how to rate this. I’m sorry, I love Kris but this kind of creeps me out. What was he thinking? It was a great idea to redo a disco song in his style, but not that song. Barf. Gah! (9/10 for singing, 1/10 for the arrangement for those words)

3. Danny – “September” – It’s Disco, High School Talent Show version. Seriously, this dude puts everything through the cheese grinder in the cuisinart and then melts it and then spreads it on ritz cracker. Wow! I’m like Paula tonight with analogies. I cannot agree with Kara that he is always (ALWAYS) on pitch. Um. No. Often flat. Are the judges watching a different show than me? (6/10)

4. Allison – “Hot Stuff” – I LOVE her outfit tonight. I would never wear it, but it’s a great performance outfit. I really liked how this started, but I’m not sure she dug deep enough for those big notes. It lacked some energy. Whose stupid idea is it to have flames behind her? That’s just corny! I blame Bruce. (7.5/10)

5. Adam – “If I Can’t Have You” – What’s with the hair, dude? It reminds me of a troll doll that’s had it’s hair styled by a 6 year old. The snake ring is kind of cool, though. This started out nice, but the screams didn’t really fit. He’s becoming an SNL skit. A parody of himself. I can’t argue with the vocals, though. I love Adam’s family. What a tongue bath by the judges. (8.5/10).

6. Matt – “Stayin’ Alive” – I have to laugh at his sense of humour about the song choice. I think he best lived up to the theme this week. He managed to make it sound current-ish, while also keeping it recognizably disco (traditional, up-tempo disco, not the slow songs they play so people can catch their breath or snog). He did a bit too much with the song and he should stop throwing a falsetto at everything, but it was kind of fun. He probably should have picked a different song, though (8/10)

7. Anoop – “Dim All the Lights” – I’m not digging the ‘stache. This arrangement is a mess. Although, they did throw in a glory note. Then, suddenly, the song just ended. He’s got great vocals (except that last note). Meh. I don’t know about this. I’m a little puzzled. They have been driving over this guy with a bus for weeks and now they give him the pimp spot? Curious. (7.5/10)

Who Should Go Home: Lil and Danny
Who is Getting Really Boring: Danny

“She Works Hard for the Money”

This song was based on a true-to-life experience. Donna Summer was in Chasens restaurant in Los Angeles. She went to the bathroom and saw the attendant taking a nap with a small TV on. Donna startled the woman from her nap, and the woman told Donna she worked 2 jobs and was really tired. Donna thought to herself, “Wow, she really works hard for her money.” Later that night while at home thinking about her, Summer wrote the song in about 20 minutes.

The bathroom attendant from Chasens was placed on the back of the album cover. The first line of the song says her name – “Onetta there in the corner stands…”

Kris was very good but I think Matt was the only one who brought the disco to the disco night. Were they supposed to re-invent the genre or make their song current?

It doesn’t matter what they do. There’s no rules on sticking to the theme. All it is is a list of songs.

I want another RoF type performance from Adam.

I’ll second that. As much as I enjoy Adam, in the back of my mind I keep waiting for it every week, and BTBW was close but…. Did he really say in a confessional that he realizes now that ROF was too out there? If so, that makes me sad. :down_tb: *shakes fist at Simon for taming the Glambert*

Yes, I did have a problem with Adam’s wailing, especially tonight. He didn’t do it as much as he has done in other performances, but here was just the WORST place to do it. It started off really good, I was proud. Then he did the indulgent wail, which just came off as thinking too highly of himself. The wail is good when he wants to give a fun, out there performance (although admittedly I don’t really like it), but the rocker wail in an emotional, painful ballad like that just crashed the whole thing and turned the emotion of the performance into a farce. I’m really surprised that Simon hasn’t called him on it. I know he’s a great guy, but this is the first time his

That said, I’ll probably still see his studio version to see if he does it better in there. But I’ll definitely be getting Kris’s.

Okay, the Band is throwing Anoop under the Bus!! It had potential in the beginning…I was getting excited for a moment, then the band came in and EFFED IT UP!!! Go, Paula…real men do wear pink!!! Ryan, you are an ASS!!!!

Hey, Anoop sounded good there in rehearsal, but, during the live show, his song sounded slower, clumsier…yep, the Band and TPTB threw him under the Bus.

Gotta go vote for Allison, Kris and Anoop.

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Peace Out & Poke Smot :smoke_tb:

Oh, and y’all’s hair looks Beautiful!!!

One last question: Where was the joyful exuberance expected of Disco night? Man, the group song better be good tomorrow or I fail to see the point in this worthless à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“themeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

I am sure Pauler will make us all have visceral reactions.

Thanks Nola for the explanation. I tried to say that earlier. That is why she is waiting on her clientele at 9am.

the only thing [Cook and Daughtry] were good at was searching the web for obscure covers and passing them off as their own.

We’re supposed to stay away from previous seasons, so I won’t reply regarding Cook’s citations of others’ work. But…. Picking rearrangements that can work for you is a very good skill in and of itself. If you’ve got the chops to rearrange a song yourself, great. If not, scouting others’ arrangements is another talent that not everyone has.

adam’s performance tonight showed that he is still hiding behind a theatrical persona. he changes clothing, hair and makeup to suit the staging but in doing so, never really shows us who he is. i’m getting a bit bored by it all. his vocals are amazing but his facial expressions and dramatic breathing tonight were just too over the top for my taste. just sing the damn song straight up (no pun intended). i just want him to highlight his voice as an exceptional singer – not always as a stage performer.

Was anyone else as grossed out as I was by Gokey’s heart gesture at the end of his segment? He does it right as the phone number comes on. Does he spend a lot of time every week thinking up new ways to remind people about his dead wife? Sheesh.

I am sure Pauler will make us all have visceral reactions.

Snort!

She lost me when she started crying…..

I liked à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Tracks of My Tears,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  but this performance of Adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s felt calculated to me. I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t surprised, and it was as though the emotions were part of a staged scene.

Kris was the best tonight, in my opinion.

I think at this point the smart contestants know the game. I will include both Kris and Adam in this.

I totally knew Kris would pull out the guitar and do that sort of arrangement. He did shock me with the hooker song, though. LOL

I didn’t know that Adam would go the ballad route, but there is a pattern there as well.

My top two are Adam and Allison. Kris rounds out the top 3.

Adam was fantastic. He can sing anything. To go from Mad World to Born to be Wild to this just shows how crazy talented he is. Simon put it perfectly. Every week he surprises us. He sang an emotionally connecting song. Like Randy said, he’s ready right now. American Idol has been trying to find a super star. Well, it took 8 years, but they finally found one.

I think Kris was the second best. I really want the finale to be between him and Adam. I think that would be the most interesting to see the musician (Kris) against the performer/singer (Adam). That would be quite a show!!

I pick Lil to go home. As long as it isn’t Adam or Kris I don’t really care who the second person is. lol

Kirsten said:
Seriously, this dude puts everything through the cheese grinder in the cuisinart and then melts it and then spreads it on ritz cracker.

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LOL, Kirsten!

If he quits being creative, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not interested anymore. Now the beef: Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not big on costumes, but if youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re going to do costumes, make sure they contribute, and for God sake, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t do a costume when your main point is to sell the emotional authenticity of the piece.If heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d done this exact performance in (some version of) his ordinary street wear and hair, it would have been 1000 times better. Dressed up in this seasons version of his grown-up suit made it feel cabaret. He does not need to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“clean upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to do this stuff. Once was novel, but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a huge mistake to make it a habit. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s distancing.

Yes, exactly! Even a touch of eyeliner would have saved it from being so off-putting.

Disco died a quick and merciful death in the late ’70s, so why would AI want it as a theme? Horrible music and really boring performances by all.

What is votenumber1? Is it just online voting? Cause that means nada.

Yes, it is just online voting, but take a look at the results they’ve achieved this year — they’ve been uncannily accurate. Part of the reason might be that unlike many polls, it limits you to one vote per IP address, so individuals can’t spam it.

Need to keep voting so just a couple of comments…

This is not a kareoke competition. Everytime someone comments that there wasn’t enough disco in disco night, I say thank God. It was horrible in the 70′s and it is worse today. I was astonished that these kids could get something out of songs that were terrible in their day. Long may disco lay DEAD. And the two people who tried to do disco straight up had the worst showings of the night. They came off as cheesy and silly.

Every singer has their signature style. It wouldn’t be an Adam song without some glory notes, it wouldn’t be an Allison song without the gravel, and it wouldn’t be a Kris song without the “good boy” vibes.

And as much as I loved the idols from seasons 1 thru 7, it does get a tad bit annoying to have their names and their perceived GREATNESS brought up in every post. I’d be real happy if we could talk about Season 8, compare and contrast the contestants to each other. They aren’t competing against any previous year’s contestants.

Adam, Kris, and Allison were great. Matt was nervous, Anoop was OK but needs to be part of a group, Danny was annoying, and Lil was totally kareoke.
Good night all…..and don’t trust dial idol. I haven’t had a busy signal all season so if that is what they are measuring they seem to be shit out of luck!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not big on costumes, but if youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re going to do costumes, make sure they contribute, and for God sake, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t do a costume when your main point is to sell the emotional authenticity of the piece.If heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d done this exact performance in (some version of) his ordinary street wear and hair, it would have been 1000 times better. Dressed up in this seasons version of his grown-up suit made it feel cabaret. He does not need to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“clean upà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to do this stuff. Once was novel, but ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a huge mistake to make it a habit. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s distancing.

that is it exactly! every performance is turning into a fake stage performance. just stand there and sing! in your own clothes damn it. the suits have to go!!! burn them in the fire. dance around the flames wailing. do anything but get rid of the suits, man.

The thing with Adam is that he’s been losing his element of surprise. But anything to win.

Great way to get peeps to tune in tomorrow. Of course, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll take the baità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Please do! Now I want to know what happened too. LOL I love Drama!!!

Exactly Tess!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sorry, I guess I just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get this, because Adam has basically already secured his place in top 2, imo. If he needed to secure his place in the top 5 that would mean heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not the front runner he already isà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

But perhaps he doesn’t see it that way…….it’s all in how he sees it as to how he plays the game.

loosegoose:

Was anyone else as grossed out as I was by Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s heart gesture at the end of his segment? He does it right as the phone number comes on. Does he spend a lot of time every week thinking up new ways to remind people about his dead wife? Sheesh.

I missed this because I cannot watch and listen to Gokey at the same time and keep any food down. So I went back to check mj’s clip and: eeewww. Hasn’t American had enough of his smarmy emotional manipulation yet? Blecch.

Kris, Adam,Allison, and Matt were really good. Loved each one of them. These have to be the top four–very obvious. To me.

I gotta give the night to Kris, just like last week. Dude knows who he is. And I’m extra happy for him tonight, because this was the first time I’ve ever seen his wife actually looking glad to be there. Most of the time I get a less-than-100%-supportive vibe from her. Maybe she’s just shy.

Glad to see Adam’s dad all dressed up for a night at the theatuh.

Anoop does indeed know how to wear pink. And gray. Beautiful.

And, love her or hate her, you gotta give Lil some serious props for agreeing to be seen in that outfit. Yowza.

chasen’s restaurant was owned by my family back in the day, it was “the” place to be. adam is amazing and there is no two ways about it. he has never faltered, never sang a non-amazing note…he is gorgeous, talented and smart.

he should be the winner, hands down.

adam is the only superstar in my opinion and all of the judges know it…simon sees $$$$….i cant wait to go to his shows they are going to be the only reason for me to go to the tour! …..btw, what a gracious, humble man? he is the exact opposite of lil when it comes to the judges comments.ok i know he hasnt been thrown under the bus like her but on ring of fire he did kinda and he took it as constructive criticism

“Wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that a hit for helen ready? (Yvonne Elliman is very talentedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’just thought the Helen Ready cover from the show was the hit.)

Good call…they were both top 40 with that song in 1971. I was three but my older sister played the record for years…..

Being the ‘chosen ones’ does tend to cause backlash sometimes. The tongue bathing they give Adam and Danny each week is so obvious. Allison has had a lot of that herself these past two weeks.

I didn’t see the ‘emotional connection’ to Adam’s song…it as others have said, felt calculated. IMO the pimp seat to talk about his emotional connection was as big of a setup as Danny’s harp.

bruno…I completely agree.

lil rounds- she should have never made the top 36

Kris Allen- it was an alright arrangement…his vocal wasn’t that great…i dont see anything special about the guy..his voice is nothing special…luckily his arrangements keep him in every week…and song choice…guy has a good head on his shoulders

danny- whatever he sings will sound like his own because of his voice…i thought the vocal was great…but what simon says is true..this guy has no star power…..

Allison- always starts off amazing…when she starts i think this is going to be unreal…and then she drops the ball ..it doesn’t totally fall apart…it just gets a little worse then doesn’t get any better

Adam- Probably my least favorite performance of his…..i did not see any emotional connection…if he is going to slow down every second song he has to at least match his past slow performances…this was probably the worst of all his performances

Matt- i got nothing out of this..nothing great…not terrible…just blah

Anoop- terrible song choice, terrible arrangement, almost terrible vocal…if he survives another week…he needs something amazing for everyone to not hate him

so i pretty much didnt like anyone this week..ups and downs across the board…so disappointed i dont care who goes home

By the way, I told my sister an idea of me throwing a pair of women’s underwear on the stage at the tour when Kris comes on. We also agree that Kris was the best.

loosegoose:

Was anyone else as grossed out as I was by Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s heart gesture at the end of his segment? He does it right as the phone number comes on. Does he spend a lot of time every week thinking up new ways to remind people about his dead wife? Sheesh.

I missed this because I cannot watch and listen to Gokey at the same time and keep any food down. So I went back to check mjà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s clip and: eeewww. Hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t American had enough of his smarmy emotional manipulation yet? Blecch.

He did that during every commercial break of the results show last week. Most of the other contestants talked together or waved if their names were yelled. My impression of him is that he’s an attention whore. YMMV.

Was anyone else as grossed out as I was by Gokeyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s heart gesture at the end of his segment? He does it right as the phone number comes on. Does he spend a lot of time every week thinking up new ways to remind people about his dead wife?

Nah. I think America’s pretty good at relating random things he does to his wife.

pj, did he really? Eww. Your impression matches mine.

Yes, loosegoose. I attended the live taping. He was worse when the cameras weren’t on him. At least he didn’t hump the air toward the audience. Thank God for small miracles.

Nah. I think Americaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty good at relating random things he does to his wife.

Yeah, we should just relate to him being a narcissistic fame whore.

adamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance tonight showed that he is still hiding behind a theatrical persona. he changes clothing, hair and makeup to suit the staging but in doing so, never really shows us who he is. ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m getting a bit bored by it all. his vocals are amazing but his facial expressions and dramatic breathing tonight were just too over the top for my taste. just sing the damn song straight up (no pun intended). i just want him to highlight his voice as an exceptional singer – not always as a stage performer.

This just makes me sad. I understand what you’re saying and that it’s your view, which is totally fine. But if I’m Adam and I know I just stood there and sang straight and vulnerable from my soul, I’m lost as to what it is that you want from me. Seems to me that if you’ve already pegged Adam as a put-on performer, you wouldn’t know Adam if he showed up bare on the stage, which honestly I believe he did tonight.

Who’s to say that every performance isn’t him? None of us know him personally, so how will you know when the so-called real Adam shows up on the stage? What will the real Adam wear? What will he do? What will he sing? How will he sing it?

I guess that’s why my advice to Adam, which he’ll never read lol, is to forget trying to be what others seem to want him to be, because truly, *that person* will never be himself, who he is, the *real* Adam. And, even if it is, there always will be someone who doubts and questions whether it is.

From his family’s reaction, to me, tonight was a vulnerable Adam performance. Bravo, again, from me to him.

Ooh, what’s the paula drama all about!

Allison….please sign up for diction lessons. You are making Nirvana songs sound like Harvard speeches.

Danny…get a job in a retirement home so you can use the yelling to call ‘em in for dinner.

Anoop…buy a razor and visit the gentlemens warehouse.

Lil…here is the rule no spandex….EVER!

Adam…don’t change a thing.

Matt…it is called valium…call the doctor and ask for it.

Kris…stop shopping at the savation army and borrow the new razor Anoop just bought.

Some reflections….

I think this is the first week that I haven’t felt that Adam was the clear #1 or #2 winner. Absolutely on target with the arrangement — exactly what he should have done, and what I expected him to do — but the screamy stuff just didn’t fit at all for a change, and some of his notes had an unpleasant rasp to them. I’m inclined to put him third tonight behind Kris and Allison, by a whisker.

Kris also did exactly what he should have done. He can’t do stuff along the lines of disco, so he transformed it in the way he needed to — much like Jason, as others have mentioned. Excellent. I give him the #1 spot, again by a whisker.

Allison…. I am totally baffled by all the “don’t like the arrangement” comments. That arrangement was KILLER! Much like Play That Funky Music was. But hey, I loooove the slow, sassy, funk-rock kinda thing. No clue why not everybody does! As for the whole “she’s too young” thing — huh? As someone else pointed out, she’s 16 (17 next week), not 10. And — borrowed with CathyMK’s permission — maybe she was singing about wanting some hot hand-holding tonight! :wink_wp: And the “no joy” thing? Again, totally off base. Sassy, man, sassy! That girl is having loads of fun. ETA: Girl can bend a note. She has got it goin’ on!

Danny made not only my ears but my throat hurt! And that was one of his best performances.

Anoop Dog…. Boy, I keep wanting him to wow me, and it keeps not happening. I actually thought this was walking along in view of Trainwreck Track. The ballady vocal over the electronic beat was just awkward — just didn’t fit. Some pitch problems too, which I’m not really accustomed to with him.

Matt, Lil…. whatever.

Adam Lambert is the shit. Pure and simple, even bathed in Vegas light and a horrible à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹do heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just pure joy. I love all of the moods of Adam. I will be listening to this for a long time. I was beautiful.

I totally agree about Adam!

Oh, I was beautiful too.

Thanks for the report, pj. Guess my bs detector is working fine where he’s concerned.

Okay, people really should stop referring to She Works Hard For the Money as a hooker song because it is just not. It’s easy to make that mistake however since most people just know the two or three lines of the refrain but a quick google search will point you to the lyrics which include

Nine a.m. on the hour hand
and she’s waiting for the bell
and she’s looking real pretty
just wait for her clientele

and

It’s a sacrifice working day to day
for little money just tips for pay

And while it may be said that based on those lyrics, it won’t be that much of a stretch to say it’s a song about a prostitute, the studio album cover shows Donna Summer wearing a waitress’ uniform complete with a pencil and order pad thus ending all doubts.

All that being said, I liked Allison, Kris and Adam. They are the only ones that are keeping things interesting. Although I have to say I am hoping for one even just one performance from Adam where he doesn’t feel the need to explore the high notes of his range. Just a quiet subdued performance without all the theatrics because I just get the feeling that even when he’s doing a slow song, it’s still all drama.

Could it be the producers got on Paula’s arse over her finale predictions again. She really shouldn’t do that – its damaging to the others spirits. Makes it look too obvious.

Ok, I think Adam was awsome, that brought tears to my eyes for me he was the best of the night, followed by Kriss and Allison, I liked Matt too, when they showed the performance ´s recap i realized i had already forgotten about Danny, ouch. The thing with Adam and changing his outfits and hair styles comes to me as very natural from him, THAT is who he is, you can see that in his pre-idol stuff, the Adam in the Zodiac Show is completely different than the one in the Upright Cabaret, I think he likes to do the OTT and the more soft stuff and he enjoys all of them, I find him very authentic and true to himself I hope he keeps doing that, I also want another Ring of fire kind of performance, (Excuse me if y english is not that good, I hope I explained myself lol)

loosegoose, I don’t like Danny, so take what I say with a grain of salt. However, someone said the EW on the scene reporter said the same thing about the heart gesture. I am behind in my reading.

I’ll have what coco’s having.

Watching Anoop’s back, you can see at the end of the song that he wasn’t happy with it. Think he was very relieved to get great reviews from Randy, Kara & Paula.

Allisonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.please sign up for diction lessons. You are making Nirvana songs sound like Harvard speeches.

LOL! Good one! But (cue broken record), it’s a style. Even in that style, she’s pretty understandable, and she’s very clear when she wants to use a clear style.

Kris is really good. I like his voice, his instincts, his musicianship. I trust him and always look forward to his performances. At first I had to get beyond his cutie pie look but no more; I give him the props he deserves. And I will be completely disappointed if he doesn’t make it to the top 3 and hopefully then, top 2.

Anoop was good tonight and for once I liked what Kara had to say. Yeah, his last note was off but all in all, it was a good performance and a good look. He has a beautiful voice. He is new to the game and not particularly adept at the performance side of it yet but he has come a long way and this is what the show is good at, prepping people with little experience for their show biz futures. I hope he continues to grow post-Idol and I will be looking for his stuff. I think Simon was way too harsh on him; everybody else was much more to the point IMO.

Adam is great but I felt a bit let down this time around. The blue light and the sadness, it just felt somehow less fresh. Maybe it was that wail-y note in the chorus. Anyway, I feel I have no right to criticize because hearing it back, it was so gorgeous and after all, this is a singing competition and he’s awesome. I just want to be surprised again from him. But of course I will be horribly deflated if he does anything less than win this whole thing; he is so far and away the best vocalist this year and one of the very best ever on the show. Not that it matters so much if he wins the competition, because he has already established himself as a major talent and the buzz on him is through the roof.

I can hardly remember the other singers. Dull.

did someone already mention that the heart sign that Danny makes is probably a sign for his fanbase?

Watching Anoopà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s back, you can see at the end of the song that he wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t happy with it.