‘American Idol’: We’re gonna need [sob] a bigger box [snivel] of Kleenex on the scene of [blubber] the heartbreaking Top 16 eliminations
You know things are bad indeed when Simon Cowell buries his head in his hands. The moment Ryan asked Andrew Garcia and Alex Lambert to step up into the American Idol semi-finals center ring of doom, Simon’s face just disappeared into his palms, and he stayed that way until Ryan asked him if Andrew had peaked too soon. It was maybe the most outwardly emotional I’ve ever seen Simon since I’ve covered this show, on what was definitely the most emotional Idol I’ve ever witnessed first hand. I think that photo of a crestfallen Crystal Bowersox says it all, really — in fact, I kinda worry that last night’s events may have broken something in the Idol frontrunner that will not be easily mended. Sniff. Even my snark demon Smirkelstiltskin was a touch misty.
‘American Idol’ Recap: Lilly Scott And Alex Lambert Voted Off
The top 12 is formed, Kara DioGuardi is brought to tears, and the week ends with Scott and Lambert shockingly getting the boot. (3.12.10)
Recaps after the JUMP…keep checking back for more
‘American Idol’ recap: The Unbearable Triteness of Leaving
”I don’t know what America wants to hear.” — Lilly Scott, seconds after being robbed of her spot in American Idol’s season 9 top 12
Outrage. It’s as integral to the process of enjoying American Idol as seeing Simon Cowell’s insuppressible smile during a genuinely good audition, or rewinding your DVR after a performance by some heretofore anonymous kid who just gave you goosebumps all the way to your spleen.
‘American Idol’ Shocker: Lilly Scott, Alex Lambert, Katelyn Epperly, Todrick Hall Exit
After months of auditions, nail-biting Hollywood drama and three sometimes-painful live-performance weeks, America finally got its top 12 on “American Idol” Thursday night (March 11) on a show that provided some of the first true surprises — and shocking exits — of season nine.
The handful of singers who appeared certain to end their runs on the show after crash-and-burn performances got miracle reprieves as Katelyn Epperly, Lilly Scott, Todrick Hall and Alex Lambert were voted off.
Here’s the scoop on the ‘Idol’ Chosen 12
Here’s my piece on the Season 9 Top 12 that appears in Friday’s print edition:
What a crazy American Idol season this is turning out to be.
The divas, long a reliable staple, are gone, banished during the semifinals. Early front-runners have been humbled.
‘American Idol’ Top 12 Announced: Can We Just Start Over?
Hey, readers! Hear that? That faint whoosh in the background? That’s the sound of the entire “American Idol” soundstage unhinging from its foundation, being hoisted high into the air, and jumping over a proverbial shark. Because on Thursday’s all-important results show (the episode that determined this season’s top 12), my personal favorite male and female contestants both went home. And with them went all my hopes of “Idol” rebounding this season after a shaky start.
‘American Idol’ Set “Shocked” by Lilly Scott’s Departure
It wasn’t just the audience and judges that were clearly surprised that 20-year-old Colorado native Lilly Scott was eliminated from ‘American Idol‘ Thursday night, the folks behind the scenes and on the show feeling the loss at the top 12 party in Hollywood later that evening.
“I was shocked, ” ‘American Idol’ vocal arranger/coach Debra Byrd, told Fancast at the ‘American Idol’ top 12 party in Hollywood last night. “I can’t say why it happened.”
‘American Idol’ Throws A Bunch Of Curveballs
So… did anyone out there win their ‘American Idol‘ Top 12 Office Pool?
To say that tonight’s ‘Idol’ results were surprising is probably an understatement. All four of the people dispatched could have stayed in favor of way inferior performers — bad singers, prematurely aged children, contenders who relied way too heavily on their overworn schticks to survive in the competition.
‘Idol’s’ top 12 proves a need for voting lesson
So I’m thinking maybe it’s time that people got a refresher course on this whole “American Idol” voting thing.
The point of the competition is to vote for the very good singers and send home the ones who aren’t as good. If you don’t, there are two problems: The first is that you stop hearing the better singers because they’re gone. The second is that you hear more from the inferior ones because they’re still there.
Partying Like It’s ‘Idol’ Season 9
After the shocking and saddening eliminations of my favorite two “American Idol” contestants of the season, Lilly Scott and Alex Lambert, the last thing I felt like doing on Thursday night was partying. Or so I thought. Because then again…what better way to mourn this week’s bummer results than by pouring out a little Coke in honor of this week’s castoffs, at Fox’s official top 12 party?
The night American Idol jumped over every shark in every ocean
On the final results show of the American Idol semifinals round, the last cut is always the deepest. Idol loves rubbing salt in one’s wounds, so they’re kicking things off tonight with a group sing to Haven’t Met You Yet. (Okay…I guess…as long as I don’t have to see Kara DioGuardi get emotional for the second evening in a row.)
I don’t know about you but I prefer a little Hamm with my Buble! (And this is exactly what he looked like when he found out the Idol autotuned vocal tracks would be set on high for a tonight’s rendition of his latest single.)
Eulogies for the Four Eliminated American Idol Contestants
Aw, hell no. Four times over. Last night’s Idol showed that the voting public hates texting in for middle-of-the-pack contenders. That’s the only explanation for these four eliminations, besides game theory. With tears in our eyes, Movieline has written memorials for the loser quartet.
Why The Shocking And Wrong ‘Idol’ Top Twelve Isn’t All That Shocking Or Wrong
The four eliminations last night on American Idol seem to have my fellow critics in much more shock than I was in myself.
Most of the uproar is not about Todrick Hall, who opened two weeks ago with an uninspired version of Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” that obscured what makes the song good — an error from which he never recovered — or about Katelyn Epperly, who delivered a wedding-reception-ish rendition of “I Feel The Earth Move” this week. It’s true that Paige Miles was worse on Tuesday night than anyone else and she managed to stay, but the disastrous bossa nova arrangement of “Smile” seemed to me like the bigger culprit in that horror than her performance.