Season 7 Top 16 – Elimination

That was hilarious how Blake was at the beginning of the show, almost as if to get him out of the way.

I feel a shocker coming on.. Michael Johns?

*grabs cake and parks self in front of tv*

I’m glad they had Blake at the beginning, if he’d been on near the end the focus would’ve been on the contestants. I’m sure they had him on at the start because he had his own band with him. *shrug*

He did great. “How Many Words” is a beautiful song.

Interesting that they did not show any judges comments for Luke, Chikeze, Syesha and Ramiele. Does that mean they are the ones leaving?

ETA: Oh, guess not. Bye Kady!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m glad they had Blake at the beginning, if heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d been on near the end the focus wouldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been on the contestants.

That doesn’t make any sense. The FOCUS is on whoever is in front of the camera. Plus, the beginning of any show always gets the lowest part of the ratings.

I didn’t like Kady…glad she’s gone.

Blake is there to scare the contestants that if you don’t win, you will end up selling 260k.

Sniff- will miss Danny’s sass!

Were they in order of votes? Does that mean that the chosen ones were not the highest?

Wow. Asia’h's elimination was not only a surprise to me, but it broke my heart.

Can I trade Syesha Mercado in for some Asia’h?

I’m going to miss her. She had a wonderful personality and an even greater voice.

I’m sad that Danny is TMTH for America. I shall miss him, but not as much as Ramiele.

Dear America,

Why do you insist on making me listen to Chickeze and SyNOsha for another week? Blech.

Well, Kady and Luke — I was prepared for that, but Asia’h and Little Danny NOOOOOOOOOoooo!!!!!!

Im horrified that Danny is gone. Im thrilled that Amanda stays. Danny added a big dose of entertainment and if I had known he was gonna go I would have voted like crazy to keep him in. Im gonna miss him.

Sobs……

Aw! Of all the contestants voted off, I was saddest to see Danny go – which is saying a lot, as in the beginning I couldn’t stand him one bit.

I was praying it would be Chikezie. Having Danny would’ve made the top 12 a lot more interesting. Boo!

Blake did great! I think it made sense where they put him. It would have been torture for the contestants to have to wait in the middle of finding out their fates, for someone to sing. This way, they could all enjoy his performance, and then learn if they made it or not.

Asia’h and Danny were surprises to me. I’m stinking it up on the pool. LOL

Danny is gone. :-( I’m horrified, too, dingo.

Blake sounded good tonight. Glad they invited him back. That’s my favorite song from his album. :-)

I’m stunned at Asia’h's elimination! I can’t believe Blonde #6 got more votes than her. And I miss Danny already. Two interesting personalities –not to mention distinctive singers–gone from the show :sad_wp:

i am a big chikezie fan, but NOT a big syesha fan! i would have loved to see her in asia’h's place! oh well.

poor danny, tmth indeed. he’ll be a hit on myspace and facebook, no doubt.

I’m also sad about Danny. As much as I initially thought he was an annoying teenager, I realized in a bigger sense he put some fire into the competition and I LIKED his sassy personality. He made me laugh. I’m going to miss that for SURE now that I have some of these boring duds in the show.

Besides, he rocked Tainted Love and deserved to go on JUST for that.

Chikezie will be the first gone. I just know it. For Danny backlash alone.

But I’m SO sad that I have to tolerate Kristy Lee Cook over Asia’h Epperson. Stupid Kristy Lee Cook. I also hate that I have to tolerate Stupid Syesha who wishes she could MUSTER up half the personality that Asia’h had in her pinky finger. I think Chickezie and Syesha need to take a seat together on the overly cocky train.

Ugh. YOU ROCK Asia’h and Danny. You totally did.

I am glad Amanda stayed! Danny went home!! Shocker! I thought for sure it would be Luke and Chikieze…or David H. which would have been fine with me…I actually prefered Danny to David. All in all it was mostly expected..none of the ones that left were ever going to win this thing ..thats for sure!

boo. I’m disappointed. I really wanted Danny to make top 10. Loved his moose ear flip off to Simon. I’m gonna to miss that kid.

I wanted Asia’h over Kristy too. She looks like a different person from her audition which really stood out to me. I noticed that in Hollywood week. I hardly recognized her.

I’m going to miss Danny’s spunk. I wanted that sassiness on the tour. I’m really sad now. :(

And Asia’h. :( I really really liked her. She, Brooke, and Carly were the only girls I even cared about. *sniff*

Is there only 1 elimination next week? I don’t remember – does top 10 have to be 5 of each?

No the top 10 can be any combination (6-4, 5-5 or 4-6).

I think David H and Kristy should be the next two gone.

ok thanks, then I hope it comes down to 6 guys, 4 girls. I hope Kristy goes next too. But I like David H!

It should be Alaina instead of Kristy Lee and Asia’h instead of Syesha. Besides Luke, it was really hard to lose any of the guys.

Mostly, I’d say America got it right. I would’ve kept Asia’h and got rid of Kristy Lee, though. I would’ve kept Asia’h over Syesha as well.

I’m finding there a lot of people I like but not one favorite. Brooke White and David Cook are probably my slight favorites right now. Amanda and Jason Castro are up there, too.

Let’s not bring politics into the mix. I would have kept both Chikezie and Danny.

No black people made it through? What exactly are Chikezie and Syesha?

ETA: And, uh, I do believe that David H is gay. Seems he was also sitting in the “safe” section of the crowd.

America is so racist by not letting Asiaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢h through and putting Kristy Lee Cook (who had a confederate flag in her music video) through. It sucks that you can be an amazing singer and black and not make it through. Jordin was half black and won it last year, so now Simon is rigging it so that no blacks make it through.

America is sooo homophobic for not putting Danny Noriega through. Just shows that if you are gay donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t go on American Idol. You need to have the teeny boppers believing you are straight so you can vote for them.

I am so mad. We have a woman and a black man running for president of this country, but even American Idol is so RACIST and HOMOPHOBIC.

Oh please! I hate the racist/homophobic card. Last time I checked, the news reel pretty much mentioned something about David H. doing lap dances for male clients.

And last time I checked Chikezie and Syesha both were black…

So how is this show any BIT racist or homophobic? Just becaues your favorites didn’t get in? Don’t get me wrong I’m sad about Asia’h and Danny but I don’t blame America for being homophobic or racist. That’s bull.

No surprise on Kady and Luke, but totally didn’t expect Danny and Asia’h to leave. I will miss them :( Danny is actually a pretty good singer but just had a bad night. They shouldn’t have messed with the melody of Tainted Love, imo. And poor Asia’h, seems like she never got a good song to sing. No way she deserved to leave before Kristy or Syesha.

mosheeaka , I resent what you wrote.

I miss Asia’h, and wish Kristy Lee had gone home, but hopefully she won’t last past the first week.
Danny was too much, I’m happy he’s out of there.

I shall miss Asia’h and especially Danny!!!!! They should be in instead of Kristy Lee and Chikezie.

And poor Asiaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢h, seems like she never got a good song to sing.

Who knows. She probably didn’t. With the sorry excuse for song selections they had, who knows what she had to deal with.

What always gets me is when they rag on contestants for singing Whitney or Celine, or the likes all the time, because it is NEVER as good, so why not take the blasted songs off the approved list? I swear sometimes that list must consist of nothing but every possible Whitney, Celine, Aretha, and over idoled song ever.

Okay since we’ve had all the sadness over Danny and Asia’h, I will say that I’m DELIGHTED about Jason Castro.

I just adore him. That’s all.

I warned you in the other thread Mosheeka. You’re gone. Buh-BYE.

Please don’t respond to his post people. He’s baiting you on purpose.

yes Jason. Love. him.

Edited per mj’s request.

Okay I had to watch even though these elimination shows make me feel awful. I wasn’t worried about Jason or Brooke (or Davids A & C) but I was worried about David H. Yay! He made it! More Davids the merrier! :)

I mourned Alex last week. This week it’s Danny. This kid is a whole entertainment experience and it’s almost like breaking up a matched set with his BFF Ramiele. Aw. :(

I felt kind of bad for Chickesie. He thought for sure he was going home, and what should have been a happy moment was like a verbal bitch-slap from Ryan pulling the rug out from under him. Chickesie’s expression was like … “Wait. What?”

That’s why I hate the elimination rounds. I know some people love the drama. Not me.

I’m not surprised about Luke or Kady. I’m a little surprised about Asiah. I preferred her voice to Sayesha’s and Kristy Lee’s personally, but I liked Alex second best of all the girls in the top 24 and thought she was underrated and Asiah was overrated last week and it probably should have been reversed (with Alex in the top 12). Oh well. I guess Kristy bought herself some time with the country twist… or something.

Yay! I am so happy Michael made it. What a relief..

I was so nervous with all of you guys saying he was a goner. I
IMO. He has so much potential to grow. Go MJ! He looked so nervous, poor guy.

Asia’h shouldn’t have left, she deserved to stay. I hope Kristy is the first to go of the top 12.

so why not take the blasted songs off the approved list?

Exactly. Or give them at least 100 songs for crying out loud. Represent more than just power pop. But it wouldn’t matter anyway since the producers have the final say so. Ca-CHING! $$$ :furious_tb:

I know it’s just business, but these practices just exemplify their flagrant greed.

I hope Kristy Lee Cook gets kicked off either first or second and just misses out on making the top 10 because that’s all she cares about anyway. She knows first place isn’t as lucrative as it once was. She just wants the tour. Why even keep her around longer? She has no desire to win it anyway.

And besides, I thought she was about as thrilling as the conference I had to attend this week.

St. Lucia, I concur with you.

Jason Castro is my guy this year – and I’m so happy! FINALLY after a season of rarely picking up the phone THIS season has my heart pounding when I hear the AI music! I have someone I look forward to hearing and I know I won’t really hear him the first time he sings because I’ll be too nervous! I’ll stay up late, voting my fingers off and reading this blog!

Hallelujah, indeed.

I was very sad about Asia’h…I really liked her a lot. I’m not really sure how Syesha and Kristy Lee got more votes than her…but this type of thing happens every year, no?

And, Blake is my 2nd favorite contestant of all time (behind Elliott Yamin…I have a variety of music tastes, OK??) and I was very excited to see him tonight. “How Many Words” is my favorite song on his CD. He was looking very stylish tonight too!

For the record, I don’t have a favorite this year…I have 3! Brooke, Ramiele, and Jason C.

I’m so glad to see that the spoiler rumors were incorrect, at least as far as David H goes. Still, I was said to see Asia’h going home. I enjoyed watching her performances.

Here’s hoping Kristy is the first to go!

Could Simon at least try to not to look bored out of his skull (and deeply annoyed) during the sing outs? Poor kids are singing for their last time. It doesn’t cost you to be nice (or at least minimally unpleasent). Take a few sips from Paula’s cup if it helps.

I Wanna Dance with Somebody: 4
Contestants: 0

Elimination. Every time.

I just made an observation…

Randy said early on that it’s all about the “young ones”. Well guess what? All the kids under 20 got eliminated – except for one. My guess is that the tween vote ONLY went to Archuleta, and that tween Hannah Montana vote is going to take him far.

For the record, David A., Ramiele and Jason C are my favorites. I’m sad that Danny is gone, but I guess he was Too Much for America to handle.

I noticed that about Simon as well, Kirsten. I was wondering while I watched him if he’d seen a lot of murders or something, and that’s why this time that is so important to these kids means so little to him.

Again, I’m mourning Danny and plan to download his songs from iTunes as part of that process. Kicking myself for not voting for him more. I certainly would have enjoyed him on my tele a few more weeks and the tour. Sigh. My casual viewing friend in TN called and was outraged about Danny. She loved him and knows nothing of VFTW. Of course, she never votes.

I would have laughed my ass off if Hot Aussie left. But I guess he’ll make the tour.

I really love that song of Blake’s, but I’m not a fan of the beatboxing especially in this particular song or of Blake’s limited, weak voice so the performance was just ok for me. I’d love to see someone who can actually sing do some justice to that song.

I was surprised Danny went home and I’m thinking I will miss Mr. Personality. I was hoping Kristy would go since I don’t like her voice at all. The other two weren’t a surprise. I was secretly hoping Carly would be the shocker elimination, but no such luck. Instead, I had to watch her fake “surprise” when she went through to the top twelve. But, David H., David C. and Jason went through so I’m happy.

Two quesions –

Since they make such a big deal out of the Top Twelve, why don’t they just let them all go on tour instead of just ten of them. That has always puzzled me.

And could they have any more freaking commercials in an hour???

Since they make such a big deal out of the Top Twelve, why donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t they just let them all go on tour instead of just ten of them. That has always puzzled me.

That would be two more mouths to feed, fer cryin’ out loud! What, do you think AI’s made of money?!!!

DANNY VOTED OFF = END OF MY WORLD :o(

Ps. Blake was awful- he’s lucky he has his beatboxing cuz his vocals were terrible.

Go David Squared !

Phooey.

Kristy Lee needs to count the days left (7) and Chikezie is on borrowed time.

I did notice that Amanda touched Danny N. on her way to the silver seat but ignored Chikezie outstretched hand. So did some one else, can’t remember who. Appears Chik’s not popular.

Anyway, glad that Jason, Brooke, David C are safe.

re: David A. I don’t know that his health is going to hold up under the pressure. He about had a full-fledged asthma attack or something attack on the way to his seat. Scary.

Asia’h departing was a shock to me. I thought she was very talented and should have stayed around a while. I wanted Syesha gone.

As for Danny Boi, THANK YOU AMERICA! ’nuff said.

Oh, and Blake is still a one-trick pony!

(r&d from pj and Sarah!)

Hey Nola!

I didn’t notice David A’s asthma attack, but I DID notice Amanda touching Danny and ignoring Chikezie. I think the other one was Carly, but she ignored both in her shock *SHOCK!* of making it to the top 12.

I can’t figure Carly out. I didn’t like her, then I gave her a chance, then I made sure to check her out when she wasn’t looking.

I don’t think she’s as sweet as she likes to appear but I haven’t caught her being mean, just self absorbed.

I really love that song of Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not a fan of the beatboxing especially in this particular song or of Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s limited, weak voice so the performance was just ok for me. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d love to see someone who can actually sing do some justice to that song.

I agree. It’s a great, great song and the one that stood out to me when I had first listened to his CD but he sounded really weak.

I’ll miss Danny’s fun attitude, but talent wise i think this is a really strong Top 12 and I think they got it right. I felt bad for Chikezie. This is the second time they had him next to someone that got the boot.

Yeah now the only teen threat to David A has been eliminated.

I really like the Top 6 guys this year, although I’ll definitely miss Danny’s spunk. Hope they BRING IT on the larger stage.

Aww, I adored Danny. Very entertaining. I want MJ to make a little half moose head smiley. He was awesome. I thought for sure the VFTW crowd would pull him through a few more weeks.

Don’t know about the group dynamics thing. It’s a pressure-filled time for all of them. Poor Jason hardly moved, even after he was declared safe. LOL.

That said, Chik may be a snoozefest, but he sure seemed to be comforting Danny, so I can’t hate the dude.

Go David Squared !

Go David Cubed!

I suspect that Top 12 early casualties will include: Amanda, Syesha, Kristy Lee, Chikieze, David H., and maybe even Michael. Michael needs to step it up BIG time if he thinks he’s got a chance to win. David A. will likely be among the final 2, but I’m not sure who else will be. I used to think it would be Carly, but now I’m not really sure. Hmmm….

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d love to see someone who can actually sing do some justice to that song.

Not me. Because well, first of all, Blake can sing. Not to mention the fact that the song is very personal to Blake. So, I hope no one else ever touches it. It’s great as it is.

As for one-trick-pony? Give me that one-trick anytime. Oh wait, that wasn’t supposed to sound dirty. Heh. ;)

Anyway, I enjoyed the performance, but they gotta work on that transition from the acoustic part back to the full-blown chorus. Good job though. Hope this song works out for him on the charts, cause it’s a really good one.

Jason C, David Cook, and Carly= Top 12. I am very pleased. Now get on that tour!

I loved Blake’s performance. He did great. Maybe Sarah is right that they need to work on the transition but other than that it was awesome.

I am happy with this Top 12, well except Jacuzzi and Kristy Lee.
Danny would have been more entertaining for sure and Asia’h deserved her spot. Oh well.

Asia’h :wub_tb:

I think Blake looked great and sounded pretty good. I really like “How Many Words” and think it probably should have been his first single. (I’m slightly peeved that we didn’t get a Top 16 group sing, but Blake deserves some pimpage)

I am pissed about Danny. I find him about a trillion times more entertaining than David A, and I have a feeling he would have pulled off some really good vocal performances along the way. I really wanted to see him on the big stage and on the tour. My kid doesn’t even want to watch Idol for the rest of the season (not all tween girls like cute earnest pageant boys).

I really thought and hoped that Kristy would go. She’s just not good and has no personality or musical identity. Asia’h, while she made some questionable song choices, was much, much better and had an interesting voice and so much energy.

Luke & Kady….yeah, OK, bye.

Yay for David C., Jason and Brooke

I wish Blake had sung Know My Name. I know the song he did is his new single but I love Know my Name. I do like how he performed tonight. The times I saw Blake perform Break Anotha on tv it was almost manic.

I’m sad about Asia’h… really sad. I am NOT sad to see Danny go… yay.

Is David A the last of the teenagers? I wish they wouldn’t have such young contestants on. I felt bad for Danny and Asia’h but I was happy to see David H. stay. Kristy and Chiceze seem to be on borrowed time. I think the top 12 are a diverse group which is always good and there’s room for lots of surprises.

It’s nice that Paula is so supportive of them but since most are headed straight for obscurity I can understand why Simon looks so bored.

Boo to American re: Asia’h! I thought her backstory and that husky voice would carry her through. I’m so sad for her.

I really miss Danny. Not totally surprised since he was definitely the kind of contestant that could be polarizing, but I really wanted him to be on the tour.

He shot my pool numbers to hell. LOL! I switched him out at the last minute for Danny H. Should have stuck with my first instinct. I only got 2/4. I suspect Im not the only one! Sigh.

I like David H too – even though I’m struggling to put the whole lap dance thing out of my mind – lol. David H’s voice reminds me a little of Elliott.

I’m doing okay in the pool. I missed Danny. David H has a nice voice, but I’m not fond of the vocal gymnastics.

What’s with Rami crying every da***n time somebody leaves? She won’t make it in the business.

Surprised that Asia left, but they haven’t learned from the past — DO NOT SING WHITNEY OR ARETHA, DO NOT DO IT….

Kristy is in trouble, she’s the Haley Scarnato of S7. I will miss Danny’s attitude for sure, he was funny. But his singing — he should have picked better songs and been less “flaming.”

I loved Blake’s performance. I think he sounded very good & love the song. I’m sure he opened the show because they had to set up the stage for the contestants after the band equipment was moved.

I noticed Simon’s boredom as well. I almost always agree with him on his criticisms and don’t expect him to be “excited” but I think his show of boredom is rude.

I was rather surprised by Ashia’s elimination. I would have preferred to see Kristi leave but I think she might have captured the “country” vote. She’s the only country type singer, isn’t she? I think Danny was very entertaining and his energy will be missed.

So, Jason’s the last cannon fodder / silent man still standing. WOOT! I love that at least one of the four survived the semi-finals.

I’ll be rooting for him along with David Cook!

primeminister, I don’t think Jason is fodder any more. ;-)

I still miss Alex.

I was relieved that my favorites – Michael, David C, Jason, and Carly made it. I can’t believe I actually like Carly now but she’s really the only one of the girls I think could go till the end. Overall I’m happy with the top 12 other than Kristy. I don’t even mind Chikeze although I doubt he’ll last much longer.

Kady – I noticed that nobody seems sad to see her go. Me either. She only seemed to show personality in the films and not on stage.

Asia’h – I was bummed but half expected it. I was hoping people wouldn’t keep Kristy since Asia’h is so much better but I think her song choice did her in. The other thing was her look was so different every time that I couldn’t figure her out and had forgotten she was the one I really liked in the auditions and Hollywood. I got her mixed up with Syesha.

Luke – Finally! I don’t see him as a solo singer no matter what Paula said.

Danny – I didn’t mind much since I thought his performance was the worst of the night on Tues. He sang much better tonight. I will miss his personality.

I loved seeing Blake tonight and was glad they talked to him at the end. I think it’s a great choice for a single and think it should have been the first one.

So sorry to see Asia’h go. I loved her sparkle and her voice. I like David A., but he does seem to have some “health” issues which I have noticed from the beginning. Just listen to his breathing when he sings.

Amanda seems totally unhappy–talk about a flat personality!! David H. is just sort of sickening (with the lap dances and the nose issues), but he has a nice voice. However, he’s not a great example for the tweens out there. Or, does that matter?

AI7 grows stranger each week. The judges are really weird this year, and even Ryan seems to be disjointed! On a couple of occasions, Ryan refused to acknowledge Simon as a judge at the end of the program. The contestants are often forgotten as the judges and Ryan banter back and forth over nonsense.

I have no one to cheer for exclusively. This is only the second year I’ve watched. I think I appreciated AI6 a bit more. AI6 contestants seemed a bit warmer,and although they did not like the group numbers, their voices blended well. The hype surrounding this season-AI7–escapes me!! I’ll tune in for “Idol Gives Back” and for the finale. I’m done with this group!

I am hopping for Brook to make the top ten but she maybe the new fodder….Carly does have a nice voise..

I can’t get into Amanda sound at all and she does try to protray an atitiude…

Kristy Lee I hoped she would go but she is very pretty and the only country singer on thier…both helped her out..I guess “duck tape”will help again and countrtfie a beatles song?

Well, I need something to concentrate on the next couple of weeks. This is the kinda boring part of the show (to me) while we wait for the clear non-contenders to disappear until we get down to the handful with a real shot at winning. So I’ll figure out who I DON’T want on the tour and I’ll spend my time rooting against them.

Let’s see… Kristy and Chizieze.. I’m looking at YOU! LOL.

But I really think Kristy will be around for a while, unfortunately. She’s the only “country” chick, and more importantly, she has that whole Disney Channel wholesome hot girl look down. That always works. Really, who’s her eye candy competition at this point? Scarnato Redux, mark my words.

This if from USA today

“Three other teens remain in the competition, which judge Randy Jackson has praised repeatedly for its youthful talent: Asia’h Epperson, 19; Danny Noriega, 18; and Kady Malloy, 18. Four of the eight already eliminated also were teens.”

So basically every teenager but David A is gone. I think they all fell apart under the pressure and wish they’d up the age to 18. The ones that make it like Jordin and David are very rare.

The ones that make it like Jordin and David are very rare.

You must have missed season five. Lisa Tucker, Paris Bennett, Kevin Covais. Kellie was 19.

I would like the age to be 18, too.

It’s not rare for youngsters to make top 12 though.

OTT or TMTH! ;)

*edit* oh haha, I was wondering about that.

LOL, primeminister. I thought I lost my post so I edited and went off on another tangent.

I said America thought he Danny was too OTT. But you may be right! He may be totally TMTH. Heh.

Lisa, Paris and Pickler were amazingly together for teens. I forget they were so young. Even Kevin was sort of a tough kid. This season the teens seemed kind of fragile and became fodder early.

Paris was in tears every elimination night, sobbing up the joint. And she certainly proved that she didn’t know who she was as an artist with that album.

And lets not forget the many other teens the show has featured: Jasmine,DeGarmo, that poor redheaded guy.

Don’t give David A too many props yet. He may break down.

ETA: Just ’cause Randy talks out of his a$$ doesn’t mean anything, IMO.

To Carolina: Yeh, I agree about Carly…but could it be that she’s jaded with show business having been there done that? She knows what the deal is?

I did not like Blake’s song — VERY FORGETTABLE as HE IS VERY FORGETTABLE. Sorry folks, there’s a reason why his CD is not a top seller. I don’t think it’s cracked the top 10.

After-Message to Asiah — NEVER EVER SING A WHITNEY SONG IN FRONT OF SIMON, HE DOES NOT LIKE ANYBODY TO TOUCH WHITNEY OR ARETHA. Notice the question he posed to Chikezie. Bad move to sing Whitney. It’s too late, but you should have studied the past AI shows to see what to do and what not to do….and Whitney is a big no-no.

I think the other one was Carly, but she ignored both in her shock *SHOCK!* of making it to the top 12.

I am not sure about shock, but I think she really wants this and she definitely was looking kind of zombie like when she walked over to the top 12 seats (and she was pretty animated the rest of the night). And granted she was pretty much a lock for the top 12 but she also has first hand experience of having things going well for you (record contract, etc.) and having it all suddenly disappear so I could certainly understand her being genuinely nervous.

Good thing for Ramiele that Carly is likely to go far. Girl needs someone to try to help her keep together on result nights and that seems to be Carly’s job. :)

I never bought those tears. :) Anyway, all but one teen is gone so adios to the season full of young talent Randy and Paula raved about.I think Micheal and Brooke look old enough to be David A’s parents myself.

Well, of the season five youngsters, Paris went the farthest on the show but seems to be doing the least. Kevin is in a movie, Lisa is on TV, and Kellie is doing well in country. :-)

ETA: How old is Ramielle? She looks young. And Jason is 20.

Ramiele is also 20.

I loved seeing Blake tonight and was glad they talked to him at the end. I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a great choice for a single and think it should have been the first one.

bean99,

I can’t argue with that. I wish it had of been the first single too and I think a lot of the fans do and yes, it is a very good single choice. I’m so glad that Blake fought so hard to get the song as the 2nd single!

PJ: What show is Lisa Tucker on? She was one of my faves….she had a very pop voice and could play the guitar and piano.

AI Rule #2 after Rule #1 (Do not sing a Whitney H song) — do not listen to the judges during the audition. They don’t know shy**T….and them telling the TV audience this is the BEST EVAH….oh come on! So far it’s been boring for me..nice voices but no personality….and yeh, I miss Danny too, but I think someone is going to have him on a TV show, he has that kind of personality…..
As for the singers — nobody is bringing anything new….there is no WOW MOMENT YET! And that look of disgust you see on Simon’s face — he is upset that there is no WOW moment either.

Okay. I just bought Jason’s Hallelujah. Either I’m going deef or I’m biased but I like Jason’s better than Jeff Buckley’s. His voice is softer. And they cleaned up that last note, dammit.

C-sally, could be that she’s jaded by the business, the backstabbing, the friends who don’t know you anymore and walk on by.

But, she has a tad of it herself. Her casual oh, btw, I used to have a record contract but they folded (left me broke, in the gutter) would have been, they tried, sold 400, we failed.

I also think she’s hiding another side of herself, (read that one of her first songs were about bj’s….her? Mrs. Sweet Thing, caretaker to the mini-idols).

I do think she wants it and I think she’s a real threat to do whatever she needs to do to get it. (casting couch).

But, I’ll get back on this. I’m still watching when she’s not looking and reading as well.

(I used I alot because I guess I’m all about I).

Lisa is on that Zooey something show. With Jamie Lynn Spears.

ETA: http://imdb.com/name/nm2224188/

Caro, I think they use the rehearsal versions on iTunes to get them up faster, which would explain it.

pj, I loved that wayward nervous note. Perfections not all it’s cracked up to be.

Snow in Huntsville this weekend!

It really sucks that Danny was voted off. He was a really fun guy. I found his mannerisms to be quite hysterical. He definitely wasn’t afraid to be “real”.

Me too, Caro. Loved that last little bit. Jason is my fave right now. Snow for Hville? Fun for them, I’m sure. Maybe my brother will stop asking me to take pictures. I’m sure sick of it.

I’m sure you are sick of it. We have had sleet in the morning, 70 in the afternoon. Jasmine’s trying to bloom, ooops, it’s frozen. Weird.

It’s Al Gore’s fault.

No, Caro. It’s Canada’s fault. Blame Canada. ;-)

I am ! — isn’t Al Gore from Canada?

If not, he should be.

we’re turning this into a chat thread!

(I know where Al Gore is from, Tenn. And they didn’t vote for him. Wonder why!)

I like Jason the best too but I’m’ telling you, dreadlocks falling off in your soup gives me the heebie jeebies.

We are, and I have to work in the AM, so night.

TN voted Gore into the Senate, so they must have liked him at one point. My mom loves Al Gore. Bless her heart. I like him too. He’s no Jimmy Carter (ducks and runs).

Anyway, back to Jason, he was smart to make his story about a date. The awkwardness is working for him, I think.

Really surprised about Asiah’s elimination. I don’t think it had anything to do with her singing Whitney however. Many have attempted it and although Simon didn’t like it, she did a damn good job on it. She had a vibrant personality as well, as did Danny. I will miss them both and the points that they cost me because I could not foresee them leaving this week.

I think Danny may have been too OTT for the voting public and that is sad. It’s about time to allow kids to be who they are without recrimination. I feel really good about Danny staying true to himself when he could have played it butch and planted a girl in the audience as others have done in the past. Danny is a role model for every kid who feels different for whatever reason. Having him on the tour would have been a wonderful thing. I know being gay is a horrible thing to alot of people, but that is who he is, and even though I don’t think he had a shot to win, he should have survived at least another week or two. I would sacrifice most of the girls left for him.

I must say that this is a very diverse group we have this year. Country, rock, pop, soul, RnB, alt rock, blues. I mean it may turn out to be one of the most entertaining years. I can honestly say there is some gold to be mined from these guys. I mean seriously.

I will miss Danny. He is the only one of the ones eliminated that I will miss. I hope Kristy leaves next week and Chikezie or Amanda the week after that.

My Ideal configuration would be 4 girls and 6 guys for the tour. If a guy must go, I hope that it will be Mr. Eze.

I’m mostly happy about the Top 12. If Danny had still been there, I would have been happier.

I think that Danny’s video did him in. I know that it was just a teenager being Goth and that it was probably made for just a small group of his friends but it was a big mistake. It was pretty out there. I wonder if he’ll find out which friend sold him out by making the existence of the video known. In an interview a few days ago, Frenchie said that the one thing that she has learned was to trust no one. Sad but useful lesson.

The songs available at Itunes-are they the whole song or just the portion sang during the show?

I must say that this is a very diverse group we have this year. Country, rock, pop, soul, RnB, alt rock, blues. I mean it may turn out to be one of the most entertaining years. I can honestly say there is some gold to be mined from these guys. I mean seriously.

I agree Abbysee, in fact, I’d like to see all six guys on the tour. They are stronger singers.

Since Season 3, has it been banned to having lopsided results? Does it have to be 5 girls and 5 guys on the tour?

I think that Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s video did him in. I know that it was just a teenager being Goth and that it was probably made for just a small group of his friends but it was a big mistake. It was pretty out there.

I agree 100% with that and it was the reason I picked him this weeek tho I didn’t want him to go. I found him entertaining and the boy could sing. We didn’t get to hear him at his best

I was surprised at Asiah’s elimination, didn’t see that one coming!

Since Season 3, has it been banned to having lopsided results? Does it have to be 5 girls and 5 guys on the tour?

The first 2 contestants cut from the top 12 of Season 4 were Mikalah Gordon and Lindsey Cardinale, so unless something has changed since Season 4, I would guess no, it does not have to be even.

I’m really sorry about Asia’h and Danny leaving. Both of them had great personalities and brought a lot of fun and energy to the show. Kristy and Chikezie were not good trade-offs for them, imo.

Since the headlines thread isn’t up yet, I’m gonna put this here. Will someone please take it over to headlines when that one goes up??

From a bulletin the Clark Brothers posted last night:

We are performing on American Idol Gives Back. The show airs on April 9th! We don’t know what song or anything yet, but we will give it everything we’ve got.
We love you.

The Clark Brothers

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! What a great way to start off my Friday!! Two years running on IGB, for Ashley. :)

I know I am very late to the party here, but I guess I am the only person in America who really liked Break Anotha. Glad to see Blake’s sense of fashion hasn’t changed. Somehow it works for him.

I miss my cute little red tomato already. I really wish he had been born to Parentzilla because I think he has more natural talent than Archuletta and coulda been a contender.

Although I can’t understand why Asia’h picked DANCE!, I did feel really bad for her. Heartbreaking backstory. I actually felt relieved for Kady because she would have been Simon’s punching bag had she continued.

I agree with the people above who said that Carly is jaded. She must have been kicked hard with the last record deal, because you can see her ducking when they call her name.

Really think they need to stop this 5 boys 5 girls thing and just make it the best 10 singers.

And yahoo! for David H. Boy looks just fine in that moss green and I really like his voice.

miss my cute little red tomato already. I really wish he had been born to Parentzilla because I think he has more natural talent than Archuletta and coulda been a contender.

Good Lord NO! That Relief Society Sister would have had poor Danny in a re-education camp by the time he was three.

Cat — BWAH!! You’re right!

I had forgotten that Asia’h was the one who’s dad died just prior to her audition. I do think Kristi should have gone before her, and I think Danny should have stayed over Chikezie. The other eliminations I expected. I just thought that Danny brought something fresh & fun to the show & I wanted him to stay a little longer. The kid can sing – I remember from Hollywood rounds. I do think he did better on Tainted Love last night than the first time.
Listening to the radio this AM – they had a reporter staying at the hotel w/ the idols who has been talking to them back stage. She said that Chikezie & his Dad just hugged & cried after the show, and that she said she felt bad because he could very well be going home next week. She said that she asked Jason Castro who he was close to/friends with, and he said nobody. He’s concentrating on winning. She said she was rendered speechless by Michael Johns’ “hotness”, and that David Archuleta is pretty much revered as the second coming. Just thought that was interesting to share.

I agree with you, carolina, Jason Castro’s version is much better than Buckley’s or Cohen’s. As a matter of fact, I listened to several recorded versions of Hallelujah on youtube yesterday, including the one done for Shrek by Rufus Wainwright. I think Jason’s is the best.

You know who Jason reminds me of? You know those iPod commercials during the breaks, he sort of has a similar voice and singing style to that guy.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI0eW3q8cMc)
His voice and his style are light and charming. I enjoy him a lot. If you’ve seen his video, he says he hasn’t been singing or playing for that long really. He’s very charming. I hope he does well.

I was shocked about Asia’h also. I thought for sure that because Kristy was supposedly so forgettable that she would be going home. Funny how Simon called it anyway! “Based on the song, I think Asia’h's going home.”

I didn’t care for Danny but I think I’m actually going to miss him smarting off to Simon. I might just start doing the half-moose whatever myself! Funny that VFTW wasn’t strong enough to save him.

Luke – good luck with your a capella band.
Kady – I hope she gets a job doing impressions. She’s actually very good at it!

I had noticed that Jason doesn’t seem as friendly as the others on elimination night. It may just be shyness too.

Ahh. Count me in with those who were sorry to see Danny go. I loved what he said about wanting fans (and making the little frowny face). What would they have been called? Fanny’s? Faniega’s? Oh well. Not to be. He truly would have been entertaining on the show for a few weeks. I looked forward to his song choices and what he was going to do onstage.

In other news regarding last night. Blake reminded me of why I was on Team Indifference last year. I will say no more.

Kady was meant to go but I hated for Asia’H to go. She had a great, light-up-the-stage personality. I think Syesha does too, but hers is much more studied and rehearsed.

Luke. It was time, you hunky boy you.

Eze needs to go soon. He does nothing for me. He reminds me of many of the players from S 6. Good but boring.

I think this year’s top 12 will definitely entertain, which is a good thing, since I watch regardless.

So. Is the Half-a-Bullwinkle going to be the symbol of this year? Just askin’. :sleep_tb:

In other, other news (peripherally Idol-related). “Randy Jackson’s America’s Best Dance Crew” is some of the best teevee that isn’t Idol. A REALLY good, well-run show.

Yeah, the only person Jason got super excited about was Ramiele.

Trade out Syesha or Kristy Lee for Alexandrea and Michael Johns for Danny and I would be happy. David Cook has my rocker vote and I still think Alexandrea was cut before she should have been.

Amanda, Kady and Kristy were given a gift of another week to give them the chance to have a break out performance, which Amanda did and how Kristy is still there, I’m not sure. It was a good performance by her on Wednesday but the two before were not on par with the others. I think if Alex would have had that extra week, she would have made it into the top 12.

I have switched my votes to the guys now.

Time to pick songs for next week! Since Brooke and David A are my favorites, and they both need to be a little more peppy next week, how about All You Need is Love for Brooke and Day Tripper for David A? Please, oh please no one sing Hey Jude or I will toss up whatever dinner I have next Tuesday :)

I wonder if they are allowed to sing any Beatles song ever recorded? I’d love to hear someone sing Blackbird, IMNSHO the best Beatles song ever, but it’s too “folksy” and not flashy enough. Jason Castro singing With a Little Help From My Friends would be appropriate. Beatles songs don’t have a lot of glory notes, and they are fairly subtle, for the most part. It should be an interesting show.

Songs I’d love to hear:

Paperback Writer
Day Tripper
All You Need is Love
Eleanor Rigby
Blackbird
Norwegian Wood
Let it Be (depends on who does it)
Something
Here Comes the Sun

We ( Danny Fans that is) need to do something to keep him remembered and his spirit alive…im thinking something involving the moose hand or TMTH Forever…i dunno, somebody creative think of something please…and fast, Im having withdrals!!!

I’m just curious – why does everyone seem to hate Kristy Lee so much? It’s not like she personally knocked Asia’h out of the competition. Though I agree Asia’h had a great voice, I thought Alexandrea’s was better.

One nice thing about Kristy is, if she goes the country route, it will provide another different sound.

Also, and I think someone else may have mentioned it, one thing that really hurt Asia’h was the dropping of her back story. She just became another belter in a sea of belters in this group of girls. Kristy’s voice was different – while her songs may have been forgettable, it was probably easier for the general public to match her voice to her name because it isn’t belty.

TPTB made Asia’h 2-dimensional by dropping her back story. Plus, KLC was on the 1st audition episode (yes?), and her clip got played a million times, and people remember that. That made her 3-D, even though her personality didn’t help.

I don’t know if people really “hate” Kristy, she just hasn’t sung as well as the others so far. The best I heard her was on Amazing Grace – twice – and I’ve been looking for her to sing half as compelling since then, to no avail. She seems to be coasting on backstory and looks right now. That’s my opinion, anyway.

beckhorne – I think I read somewhere that the Lennon/McCartney stuff will be only the early years – through Revolver or Rubber Soul. So anything from the later years, Let It Be, White Album, etc., would not be covered. Am I correct in that folks? I thought I read that here. I bet Archuleta sings “In My Life” because he doesn’t have it in him to sing anything lighthearted or without some serious message behind it. Johns will do “Got to Get You Into My Life” unless David Cook grabs it first. Nobody should sing anything Ringo recorded because he has an extremely limited range, and these folks are supposed to be showing off.

I could have gotten my wires crossed, but I thought Beatles night was going to be Top 11 week, and next week would be songs of the 90′s? Could someone straighten my ass out?

I couldn’t watch the show, but got emailed the results. At first I was shocked about Asia’h over Syesha and Danny over Chikezie, but after reflecting, I think Syesha was really helped by the pimp spot and Asia’h going first then accepting being a “second rate Whitney” couldn’t have helped. I wanted Danny to make the tour, but I guess not enough people had connected with him yet.

Performing early can’t have helped them. Luke and Danny performed 1st and 3rd respectively (David A went second but you know he’d advance no matter when he performs).

On the girls side, Asia’h and Kady performed first and second and both are gone. I have to think that if Asia’h had performed later, she might’ve stayed on.

Yay for the Clark Brothers!!!! (I’m a big fan, if you can’t already tell).

Perhaps if Simon leaves and Idol continues, they’ll have the NGAB judges on Idol I thought they were fantastic judges.

I wasn’t all that disappointed with the eliminations. They were the 4 I thought would go. I would trade Asia’h for Kristy though.

I was happy Chikezie made it. I think he has potential and I was not a Dannie fan.