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The night American Idol jumped over every shark in every ocean

2010 March 11
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by TopIdol

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.)

Tonight will be one of my final posts before getting up before sunrise and hoping on an aeroplane to Austin and this year’s SXSW! Obviously, I should have booked my flight for today because Luke Wilson got screwed out of a rental car! However, I am quite happy with waiting until tomorrow because tonight, tonight is the night where I am reunited with my beloved via the magic of television!

That’s right, kiddies! Tonight, Season 8 contestants Matt Giraud and Scott MacIntyre will be performing some tandem piano bit. Oh, how I hope Quatto the Mole makes an appearance…somewhere other than my dreams. I’ve been longing to see that handsome non-cancerous blemish for sooooo very very long.

After the typically dramatic intro package filled with tears, insecurity, and chyron block fonts with an assertiveness even Dick Wolf would envy!

The male contestants with the most memorable [non-overly blown-out] hair — aka Casey James and Alex Lambert — kick things off. They are followed by Andrew Garcia and Todrick Hall, two gimicky males who may have worn out their welcome this week…and then out comes judges’ pets Lee DeWyze and Micheal Lynche…inevitably leading to tween bait Aaron Kelly and Tim Urban to finish things off. Yup. I was right. But don’t they ever get their time in the spotlight.

The girls look both thrilled and horrified. I am in complete awe that Crystal Bowersox is putting up with this like a champ. I guess she’s just gritting her teeth and keeping her eyes on the prize. Surprisingly, Big Mike almost amuses me with his supportive sing-song gestures.

And then basic choreography is introduced, shuffle-ball-changing things up on stage to pair the blackest kiddies together. (Pssst! Idol is racist!)

Except if you’re the parents/anointed Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche. Or the Dolleaganger-esque Didi Benami and Casey James.

As per usual, the group song ends on a low note. Forcing all the ladies to lift up their leg as if they just had someone stick their tongue down their throat in a Big Red Gum commercial. (Poor Crystal Bowersox. Right now, she is just thinking about sending her toddler to college, dammit!) I then continue to wonder about what Paige Miles would look like without those Halloween party store contact lenses.

I always wonder why the Top 12 get forgo their plush sofa seating to then sit on uncomfortable stools. I can’t believe Idol actually cares about making those who just weren’t good enough comfortable. And wouldn’t the stools be some sort of reward for doing well?

Didi Benami is the first person to be shipped off to stool seating. She lets out annoying little yelps and I think about how much I would have loved it if she had just fraked up as-per-usual on Tuesday night.

Siobhan Magnus and all of her uniqueness obviously takes her rightful place on the stools. Like there was any uncertainty about that one.

Whoa…Seacrest makes both Paige and Katelyn trot their asses down. One of them will be going home. Whew! Maybe this means Katie Stevens will be sent back to small-town Connecticut to eat Mystic Pizza. Boo! Katelyn Epperly is sent home. This kind of makes me sad! I liked her, but singing Carole King on Tuesday is most definitely what sent her home. Meanwhile, Idol does not have a Top 12 without an African-American female and VFTW defeats the bastards once again…or Idol fixed some shit so they would not appear to be racist.

Katelyn actually sounded better than she did on Tuesday and Lilly Scott is totally crying. Just like Tina Yothers in the Family Ties episode when she was a better baseball player than her junior high boyfriend. And now I have to look at Paige Miles’ creepy contact lenses for yet another week. Boo! Not that I dislike Paige whatsoever, but I really thought Katelyn could have come a long way in the competition.

(Wow, two commercial breaks and no LUKE WILSON! I’m kind of worried about him now, with his rental car situation and everything. I wish Kris Allen would show up with one of those environmentally-friendly Fords so they could play the leafy video game.)

Seacrest brings Tim Urban, Todrick Hall, Lee DeWyze and Casey James down to the guillotine. Interesting…so either Todrick or Tim makes it to the Top 12. Which will inevitably mean Aaron or Andrew will also be sent packing. Casey and his silken chest are safe. And HOLY SHIT. Tim Urban goes to a stool! A stool! It’s a VFTW party tonight!

Obviously, Lee DeWyze continues on and Todrick is off to go kiss former Idol contestants’ asses. Obviously, we all know Katie Stevens is NOT crying because it is Todrick’s time go go! Bitch knows that she may have a snowball’s chance in hell if Paige Miles was safe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Teen Bitch looks like she’s on a telenovela and the maid just stole her man! DIOS MIO!

Although Todrick gave his best performance last night, we all knew it was his time to go. For all the former contestant pimpage, there were still those pissed-off parents, and his arrogance, and the fact Idol already filled its token quota. (Meanwhile, I still find Michael Lynche’s enthusiastic lumbering to the beat a bit endearing. Am I going soft?)

I am also starting to love Idol’s cameraman. The shots at Katie Stevens crying are PRICELESS. It’s fraking ART.

Scott MacIntyre and Matt Giraud perform the duet they were supposed to perform on last year’s finale — Billy Joel’s Tell Her About It. Again, yet again, I miss last season. Blind Guy. Quatto Host. Evil villain Gokey. And frankly, Matt Giraud has come a very long way since his time on Idol. He was one of my favorite performers on the Tour. Scott MacIntyre will never be the world’s best singer, but it still fills me with mirth seeing him experience such joy while performing. Plus, he always wears killer jackets.

It’s good to see you too, Ryan.

I LOVE YOU BLIND GUY. You always make me laugh. After some brief idle chit chat, Ryan tells them adios, which kind of irritates me. What? They have no advice to give this year’s crop of wannabes?

Clearly, all the girls are pissed Katelyn Epperly got the boot. And maybe Todrick, too. None of them look particularly happy. Perhaps Crystal Bowersox looks as if she is being sent to her own funeral because she’s already thinking about coronation song horror? Oooh. Meow. When Paige pats her on the pack, she almost ignores it while looking back at Blowout Boy Urban.

Michael Lynche is up, which leans to the inevitable mention of her bullshit tears last night. (Is he and Andrew Garcia’s wife the same person? Or are they just confusing stuff?) Obviously, Big Mike gets to go fit on one stool. And Kara tries to clap like a seal but fails miserably, as only Paula Abdul can do that! Just like everything else Kara tries to do on this show.

Lacey Brown is up next…which could be very good news for ANYONE WHO WATCHES THIS SHOW. Oh, she’ll be out of here next week, but if she gets sent to the stools, we can almost guarantee KATIE STEVENS is going home!

TRIPLE FRAKING A. Aaron Kelly is next…will this be pitting Alex Lambert against Andrew Garcia? Aaron Kelly made it. This makes me kind of happy because I think he is a sweet kid. Please, oh please oh please oh please do not send Alex Lambert home. If Alex goes home, I will levy charges against California, AT&T, YouTube and Taco Bell (duh, Garcia!) because they obviously were involved in a vast conspiracy to send Andrew Garcia to the Top 12.

WHAT THE FRAKING HELL. WHAT THE FRAKING HELL. WHAT THE FRAKING HELL.

Um, okay. This is bullshit. I rarely actually get annoyed about the way Idol goes down, because I just don’t care that much. But Alex Lambert was one of the better contestants of this season. He kept improving, dammit! And he was one of the top performances last night. I just…hell, they could have taken Aaron over Alex. That would have made more sense. And Tim Urban. WHY OH WHY OH WHY??? Alex, and the other contestants (particularly Siobhan), are visibly upset. I’m actually shocked. I actually did think he had it locked over Garcia. All the contestants swarm the poor kid. Everyone was shocked. And amazingly…this is the most outright emotion I’ve ever seen shown by one Ryan Seacrest.

And because Idol loves rubbing salt in one’s wounds, they ask Kara DioGuardi’s opinion on this Katie vs. Lilly shit.

WHAT THE FRAKING HELL. WHAT THE FRAKING HELL. WHAT THE FRAKING HELL.

Uh, yeah, Katelyn Epperly. I’m thinking the same damn thing.

Everyone is miserable. Jesus christ. KATIE OVER LILLY? Are you serious? Didi over Lilly? Paige or Lacey over Lilly? I haven’t been this pissed off at American Idol since they allowed Kellie Pickler to compete. I don’t ever expect to care about who stays or goes. Hell, they’re probably better off, but then I will be forced to blog about worse-than-average shit tenfold.

I hate you, Katie Stevens. Hate. You. I am hoping Lilly Scott’s feathers come alive and smack that stupid smirk off your face. Hell, kiddo, if you would have been booted, your memaw wouldn’t even have remembered.

Is it wrong of me to hope that Paige, Katie, and Andrew are tortured by their fellow contestants when they go back to their Idol Manse? Todrick and Katelyn have had enough of this shit, and the sight of Alex Lambert’s tear-streaked face…

Oh Crystal…run, honey, run while you still can.

Presenting the most dreadful Top 12 in all of Idol history. Are you seriously telling me these people got the highest number of votes? You didn’t slip your own favorites in there? Perhaps not that many people are voting anymore, because no one cares. That’s one theory. And it totally explains why 3.5 superior contestants were sent out on their asses. Because people with nary an ounce of taste weren’t voting.

Well…at least Lilly Scott smiled less on this Patsy Cline go-around.

Apologies for my never-ending rant. But that was the shittiest episode of American Idol I’ve ever seen. I call bullshit.

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  • Verbally Dyslexic

    I read this earlier, but just didn’t have time to respond because of work. I didn’t even get to watch the results show, but maybe it’s for the best. My reaction to the eliminations is just the same now as it was then. WTF America? WTF????

    I’ll watch next week, but only because David Cook is going to be performing on Wednesday.

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  • http://www.detailsinthefabric.tk/ Shosh

    I finally actually watched this shitfest.
    I almost cried when Lilly was taken over Katie.
    I am returning to L.A. in 7 days. If I see Katie ANYWHERE, bitch is going DOWN. DOOOOWWWWNNNNN. And I am totally capable of being mean. I just spent 6 months in Israel. Everyone here knows how to get their way, and I have learned from them.
    And Alex?! THE POOR THING.
    If Paige, Katie, or Tim had a heart at all, they’d drop out and let the people who just got the boot take their rightful spots.
    And to all of you that are saying Lilly was being a bitch about getting the boot, she was NOT. Remember Ashley Rodriguez’s angry bitch passive-aggressive comment?! I think Lilly was just confident and knew she was good, and it’s true–what the frak DOES America want to hear?! Lilly is PHENOMENAL. If I were home, I would have taken a leaf from my Archtard days and voted for 2 hours straight for her. This is absolute BULLSHIT.

    • dresden

      so with lilly it’s ”confidence”, with todrick or someone we don’t like it’s arrogance – lolol… lilly is delusional to think what she was doing was something we haven’t already seen and heard a thousand times before. there isn’t one ounce of evidence in anything she sung up to her elimination that made her any more phenomenal than anyone else possessing her brand of ”confidence”… there is nothing new under the sun, nothing original, nothing revolutionary happening in the music scene – and rest assured when this new music movement starts, it will not be emanating from anyone coming from american idol, past or present.

      • Verbally Dyslexic

        American Idol is incapable of producing an out-of-the-box talent, not with this type of format, with this group of judges and not with the current voting habits of the viewers. In fact, I’m pretty sure no reality show can really produce that. Groundbreaking stuff can’t be forcefed to the masses; it needs to build its own cult following before the mainstream audience embraces it. The most successful Idol contestants are in no way groundbreaking.

        But as to Lilly, I gotta say I am disappointed in how she turned out. I can understand the bitterness, after all she was being told great things by the judges, only to get booted off. What frustrated me about her was that she sounded the same and didn’t appear to make any improvements or shakeups over the weeks. Even if she stayed, if she kept at this momentum she would be gone in two weeks.

        • muzikizmi

          I think the ‘theme’ nights have to go, for American Idol to produce real stars. Adam ignored the themes for the most part. A contestant can do that when the judges and producers have his back. Kris stretched the themes to the snapping point, while sorta-kinda being in the general neighborhood. They did it their own way, and it paid off for them.

          Do we need a pop star who can sing Motown, disco, and 60′s rock and roll? I don’t think so. Do we expect that from Lady Gaga or Ke$ha? IMO, it would be better to let the contestants choose from the entire Idol approved list, each week, no matter whom the mentor may be.

          In an era when idol grads have to make do with songs left over from stars albums, and/or songs they can write themselves, why not have an original song night to find out if they can do the job they are trying to win?

          • Lauren

            That is actually a great idea. Set them up with some co-writers and see what they can turn out!

            I do agree that part of Kradam’s success was due to stretching/ ignoring the themes. Adam’s “Ring of Fire” in no way qualified as country.

          • Nich

            You know what show did it right (and with a kickass house band)? Rock Star. They did rock songs, yes, but it was more about how awesome they were on stage and not whether or not they could sing Bridge Over Troubled Water better than the kid singing I Don’t Wanna Be. Plus when it got down to the top 5 or so they got to sing original songs!

  • muzikizmi

    The only time I ever voted was for Kris Allen. He won, and 19 and AI will never stop punishing him for that fact. So, even if they lit my hair on fire, I still wouldn’t call in a vote for anyone.

    Would anyone actually spring for the big bucks needed to purchase a ticket to an AI9 concert? blech… My mind once again flashes to threats of setting my hair on fire.

  • CayKat

    Okay, it’s Saturday and I am now caught up. Thanks for the recap TI cause I can’t bear to watch this shit go down.

    I hate this shit show and I think I actually really want a VFTW vistory after this. If Lilly loses, she might actually be fine and have a reasonable level of success. She doesn’t need to win cause she has gotten the exposure and will be on tour.

    I will probably continue to watch when I can but, I really do hate this show – I know, it make no sense, must be some subliminal messages involved in the production.

    Go Tim Urban and VFTW – Idol is going down in flames!

    • Sandy

      She doesn’t get to go on the tour because she didn’t make it to Top 10. The idea that Paige or Katie will probably get to go on tour instead of her really upsets me after the poor performances they gave. I think Lilly (and Alex) would really have been a much more substantial addition to the tour performance wise than either Katie or Paige. At least they had something interesting to add.

      • CayKat

        Umm… I totally meant to type Crystal – not Lilly. I am actually pretty pissed that Lilly got the boot. She was a part of my trifecta – Siobhan, Crystal and Lilly. Alex is the only male contestant I liked since Park disappointed me so deeply.

        • Sandy

          Oh, OK. Well, I certainly hope Crystal makes the Top 10 so she’ll get to go on the tour. I really expected Lilly to make it at least that far so you never know. Siobhan is my favorite right now with Crystal a very close second. I’m very disappointed Alex didn’t make it. Unless they really step it up, none of the guys remaining is more than just OK for me at this point.

        • muzikizmi

          Crystal is, by far, my favorite, but would I buy her album, or pay to see the AI9 tour for her? No.

          So, there is no one in this season who could sell me an album. And, isn’t that supposed to be the point of this whole circus? Aren’t they supposed to be finding someone who can sell albums?

  • ryo

    I’m pretty sure my sympathy for Lilly just dried up after reading this: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-03-12-idol-scott_N.htm

    She’s totally convinced that she was “too good” for Idol and now she gets to go back to her music and “keep her Indie cred!” Um, yeah. YOU tried out for American Idol knowing full well what it was, so either you’re badmouthing it now because you’re bitter or you were willing to do the equivalent of selling your soul to get on it because in your own eyes, AI is something to be looked down on. I don’t get people who do this – Idol is good enough for you to try out for but the minute you don’t make the cut, it’s suddenly below you? Good riddance, Lilly.

    • deez

      Lol@the comments….Riiiggghhhtttt…it’s all those damn TEENAGERS with horrible tastes doing all this voting.

      • deez

        comments in the USA Today Article^^^, that is.

      • Lauren

        OH THOSE TEENS AND THEIR PUFFY PAINT SHIRTS AND POLL SPAMMING! THEY ARE CONTROLLING IDOL!!!! Oh wait…

    • saskin

      Like it wasn’t obvious what an obnoxious human being she is from her moronic speech after she was eliminated…

    • 8sourcandy

      She was too good for Idol. Even the crappiest one there is too good for Idol. Idol is a TV show, these kids don’t stand a chance of ever being taken seriously in the music industry.

      Idol uses these kids. They are exploited and overworked to the point of collapse. They are given the lamest song selections, crappiest band and back-up singers and forced to group dance like it was an Osmond family special. WTF!

      I am glad Lilly said what she said and agree with her 100%! I hope her outspokenness generates some media attention. She didn’t deserve to be eliminated.

      • ryo

        I don’t think it will generate any media attention at all; contestants who got kicked off have been saying these things and worse for years and honestly, it seems like nobody cares.

        Lilly definitely wasn’t the worst; Katie Stevens or Paige should have gone before her. But I have no sympathy for someone who doesn’t have a problem with Idol as long as it gets them where they want to go and the second things don’t go according to plan, they cry foul. We’re nine seasons in now. These kids know exactly what they’re getting into. Of course the show uses them; that’s the entire purpose of it, to make money off the people who go on. I can buy that they don’t realize the extent of how much Idol uses them before they sign up but my sympathy only goes so far, and it doesn’t extend to people like Lilly, who hold themselves above everyone but who, if she was still on, she would still be courting the same people she looks down on for votes with no problem.

        • jukejoint

          How old is Lilly? Like, 19? I can cut her some slack on being young, being surprised and gobsmacked (especially since both she and her roommate were getting booted at the same time), honestly thinking she wasn’t the worst and didn’t deserve to go home this week (she’s entitled to her opinion, plus the judges were very nice to her all along and treated her like she belonged more than others), and being young enough and immature enough to just give into her hurt feelings and say something mean rather than maybe thinking it through and going with something more gracious.

          I’m not going to be all mad at her about this. I mean, the AI audience has already done their worst — they didn’t vote for her. She’s not going to be in front of them again, so what does she care if she pisses them off this week? She’s also dead right that if her greatest desire is to be the love child of Thom Yorke and Bjork, she is NOT right for American Idol and American Idol is NOT right for her.

  • Pandora

    Dawg, for me, for you, there’s one cliche that really needs to be retired after last night.

    “This is a SINGING competition.” Uh, not that it was before, but I don’t know if even Randy could say it with a straight face next week.

  • Mary

    Alex’s interview with EW:

    You chose “Trouble,” a song that a few past contestants have performed. What made you choose it?
    I had another song in mind: “Let Me Love You” by Mario. It’s an R&B song, but I was going to change it up and make it my own. But it was a song a lot of people didn’t know so I went with my second choice because one of the producers was telling me, “If you do this song, you’ll get more votes.” But obviously I didn’t get enough. I wish I would’ve done the other song. I wish I didn’t listen to the producer. But I still feel like, vocally, the song I sang, I didn’t think it was bad enough for me to go home, but it is what it is.

    • blacklisted

      One thing Kris always stressed was that it’s important to be yourself and not try to satisfy what others (i.e.judges, producers) want if it goes against who you are as an artist. That’s probably what destroyed Matt Giraud’s chances, he tried to satisfy others wishes instead of doing what he felt was right. Same thing for Alex Lambert, he should have listened to himself instead of paying attention to the producers. Hello, they are invested in killing any competition against the girls. Guess nobody gave Alex the memo or he was too gullible to realize that tptb are not necessarily looking out for a contestant’s best interest.

      • muzikizmi

        That is exactly the way I see it. The producers can help or hurt the contestants, depending on the outcome they have planned for them.

        Maybe Alex was getting a bit too popular, to be the cannon fodder that was his assigned fate.

    • wino

      oh nooooz! they set up poor alex for the fall. mario’s song would have been teriffic if done with a guitar, still keeping the soul but with a dash of rock. its a very catchy song and that shyt played on the radio forevert last yr (or the yr before). grrrrr, again, it shows me he had the best understanding of what music he needed to sing. just wish he wouldve had the balls to do it his way and not trust the producers. btw, who the fk is this producer? i want to shank his or her azz.

  • Trish

    A voice of reason as we don the sackcloth and ashes:

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/03/why_the_shocking_and_wrong_ido.html

    Linda Holmes is the former “Miss Alli” of Television Without Pity fame.

    • Mithra

      That was an interesting commentary, but I think she takes Idol audiences too seriously, and the last part comparing Lilly and Adam Lambert’s technical ability shows it. I really don’t think Idol’s main audience knows much about music, technique, history, “artistry”, whatever. I don’t think Adam Lambert got the rabid fantards because he was techincally perfect (even though he wasn’t) and Lilly blew some notes. Unless it’s really jarring, the average viewer could not care less.

      • Pandora

        Yeah. Because Katie was off on about 80% of the notes in Breakaway, and I’ll bet that a lot more of the Idol audience knows that song than I Fall to Pieces.

    • blacklisted

      Miss Alli has always been a power tripping twat. Let’s never use her for anything related to ‘voice’ or ‘reason’.

    • soapbox0916

      My thoughts about Miss Alli are on the same level as Kerry, Q3, and the sockpuppets at MJ’s and TWOP. She has said some really insane stuff in the past. Her leaps of logic at times have been mindblowing. I agree with not using her as a voice of reason. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I don’t find her credible. She is one of the few bloggers that I go out of my way to purposely avoid reading. I feel badmouthing her since I blog too, but I think she should come with a warning.

      • soapbox0916

        *I meant I feel bad about badmouthing her.

        For the sake of my blood pressure, I am going to continue my avoidance of her.

    • erinnthered

      Yeah, I stopped reading when she assumed that Lilly was the biggest shock. Just no.

      Linda was a good recapper in the early years, then she got cocky and arrogant. It bothers me that npr published this. It’s not worthy of the website.

  • wino

    well, since most of america considers kraft singles an actual type of cheese, im not surprised we are stuck with tim urban, lacey, paige!, katie stevens and aaron in the top 12. cant belive alex and lilly are gone. okay, one semi shocker boot i understand (katelyn) but three??? three???? in one night? dear american idol voters, go fk yourselves. xo my hear broke for alex, who clearly had one of the best voices of the bunch, male and female. ugh.

  • ross

    “PAIGE. Yes she kept changing the key so I thought for sure she was gone but pitch problems are not relevant to singing. Singing is a performing art. Singing is narrating a story. She was narrating. She was performing. I am pretty good at telling bullshit and she wasn’t lying when she said she was moved, she was, you could hear how heartbreaking the story she was narrating. So take it easy on Paige before going into Kolshian territories please.

    It’s not about whether the performer is moved, it’s about whether we are. Maybe she was, but I wasn’t. I thought it was bad, and so did a lot of other people.

    Alex? Don’t agree with your assessment of him. Loved his voice. I’m not a middle aged woman who wants to mother him, I just liked his singing. It was distinctive, and anyway, I can’t always explain why I like a singer, I just do. Liked him a lot. Sorry he’s gone.

    • saskin

      It was very rude of me to suggest that only cougars like Alex. Of course it is not true. I didn’t want to go tl;dr and it came across as thoughtless and silly. So sorry.

      About Paige, of course the performer being moved and being in the moment is very very important. It is very hard to be objective when you are cheering for someone else but at the end of the day more people were moved by Paige’s performance than those who moved by those that were eliminated. So I am sorry that you were not moved. But believe me you are in the majority because right now more people don’t like most contestants than those who like them.

      • saskin

        Whatever, can’t edit, you know what I mean :)

  • deez

    Wow, are these the most regretted eliminations in AI history? I don’t ever remember this much gnashing of teeth. (I don’t count Glamberts after the finale)

    • auntieaimee

      I don’t know. Last year’s semis had Ricky Braddy, Felicia Barton, Jesse Langseth and Mishavonna being cut. I think it’s like this every year.

      • Sandy

        I hated last years setup with the Top 36. You didn’t get a chance to know the contestants at all because with the three group setup you only saw one perfomance in the semi-finals. And the mass cutting of contestants was brutal. At top 13 there were only a few contestants I could even match a name to. The only one I can remember of the ones you mentioned is Ricky Braddy because I really liked his performance and was disapppointed he didn’t make it. What makes this years cut worse for me is we did get to know the contestants more by Top 16 and 3 contestants who really deserved to go forward got cut at once.

        • deez

          I think you’re right. I really didn’t notice it last year. I remember thinking Ricky Braddy was good, and thinking “Huh…that was weird.” But it wasn’t a strong reaction like the one I had last night.

          • Kathy

            I agree deez. There are ones I thought should have gone farther before but I was more upset last night over Alex Lilly and Katelyn than any previous season. Not sure why. I guess its the level of talent that went instead of them.

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        And Junot Joyner was 100% robbed.

  • Mithra

    Did anyone notice when Didi came down to hear her results that she was all smiles? Isn’t that a bit odd? I mean, usually EVERYONE is a bundle of nerves. But she in particular should have been a mess. I highly suspect Kara told her little plant beforehand not to worry… The judges know. Chris Sligh even called them out and said that his wife was in the audience right behind them and heard them talking and that Chris was going to leave that night. I really hope someone digs up some dirt on the Didi/Kara connection that’s so obvious that even the oblivious public gets a clue.

    I really hate Lacey. Never liked her. Typical homely girl trying to hard with EVERYTHING, clothes, hair, make up, studied “quirkiness” – ugh. I can go into ten shops and see eight of her at her day job. What I noticed was that once she was safe she was all smiles. No real sadness for those going (her competetion)

    I’m so glad Alex was a top trending topic on twitter. For at least 8 hours until I went to bed, and he was still up there. The hilarious thing was there were stupid sparkle cows and glamtards getting pissed that it wasn’t ADAM trending. :D

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  • Nich

    This feels like the most random Top 12 ever. They don’t really gel as a group. I may have hated Kristy Lee Cook but season 7 has the best Top 12/10 ever. Enough different but good styles for everyone! Season 8? Eh.

  • pattyluponey

    After Alex’s ouster, the way he just kind of was wandering around crying, reminded me of the kid (or super young counselor) at camp who just wanders around and cries on the last day of camp. They don’t have any context for their sadness, they just are sad, and have never felt this kind of emotion before. Maybe now, Alex will go out into the real world and be able to channel that sadness into his performances.

    In fact, now I realize who Alex really is. He’s that young, cute, benign counselor at camp, who teaches, like, soccer or lifeguards, and is really quiet, until one night at a campfire he picks up a guitar and can sing…but not like in a showstopping, tell a story way, in a pleasant, campfirey type way…

    • soapbox0916

      The problem with the camp analogy for me for Alex is that Alex has such an incredible recording voice. Plus Alex really does have some depth of musical talent and I can see the type of artist he could become. Alex is not some random guitar playing guy sitting next to a fire. Love or hate Alex, but his voice ain’t typical.

      I really dont’ care about who wins, but the fun of American Idol is to take people that seem like the person next door and watch them transform into someone that you could see selling records or working in the professional music industry somewhere. Alex had the potential this year and he is really the only one I felt about that way this year.

      The ouster of Alex would not have been so bad in other seasons, but with the meh vibe of this year, Alex was about the only thing to pull me into watching the season. With people like MamaSox and Sibhon, I like their stuff on youtube better than anything that can probably come from these shows. Transformation and quirky song choices like Lilly and Katelyn made the show almost watchable. I lost all of that in this shocking (for the first time I mean it) crappy results show.

      • pattyluponey

        I guess I didn’t really finish my thought there, did I? I meant that he’s the quiet guy, who sings in a quiet way, who just is really, really good. Everyone pays attention to him after he sings…he’s not bombastic, or showy, just has this great talent. But after the guitar gets put down, he goes back to being that quiet guy again (albeit one who gets bleeped on national television… :) ) I hope this isn’t the last we hear from Alex Lambert.

        • wino

          agree! he made the show fun for me to watch. a quiet, yet talented kid with so much potential. watching a person like him is what makes Idol fun …..the progression of it all. ugh. i really cant come up with anything other to say other than “ugh, f u america, f u.”

          off to take my meds and email Kerry :)

          • Mithra

            Yeah, maybe we can get Kerry on the case if we doctor up a fake family tree and show that he’s Adam’s 4th cousin… That Idol has it out for Lamberts!

          • Mithra

            BTW, is her tome out yet? Is it being printed or is she writing it in crayon? Maybe she can add this to the second edition…

          • deez

            I’m starting to think she’s full of shit, and that there’s not any book. She never answered anyone’s questions, and every single one of her “release dates” have passed with nary a trace. I think she wanted some attention, and a forum where should could spout her lunacy without being banned.

        • soapbox0916

          Ok, pattyluponey I get what you are saying. Thanks for the explanation. I misunderstood you. I like what you said now.

    • jukejoint

      I think Alex is the one who would really have blossomed just from making the tour. Well, no more.

      Maybe the three people I like who were eliminated tonight can hook up with Kady Malloy and David Hernandez and Luke Menard and Alaina Whittaker and form some sort of Idol tour of their own.

      In my Pollyanna fantasy world, Alex can start dating Alaina (they both cried a lot when they left, so they can be an emotionally vulnerable pair together) and David Cook can start dating Katelyn (she kind of looks like his type, and she’s a better singer than his last pop tart) and she can open for him. She’d grow musically, he’d have a nice Midwestern gf who’s from a close state to his own, and they could both have fun on the road. VOILA! KISMET!

      • margie

        I hate Mullet boy is gone. I think he could of blossomed as the season went on. This season just sucks. I tried to watch, but I will now just read updates.

        • deez

          He’s supposed to be on Ellen Wed….maybe she will hook him up.

      • Mithra

        Yeah, that is what pisses me off the most. Alex should have been on that tour. They were getting $5000 a show a few years ago. That’s where the money is in this. Plus it’s the training and experience.

        As for Pollyanna shipping, I’m glad I now have a reason to post this. A friend emailed it to me the other day. She said she stumbled upon it. I HOPE that’s the case and she didn’t make it and is lying :D I think the mouth and eyebrows are too small:

        http://www.makemebabies.com/b/3/1003090/wb201003091206297bekdid7ah1eq6glr5or6sp7v5/Glamjaya

      • Mithra

        Also, speaking of past season semi finalists, I read this and just WOW. I couldn’t stand Alexis Grace on the show, and she’s even more delusional now?

        http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/season-8-where-are-they-now-alexis-grace/1

  • saskin

    Oh one more thing; after hearing Matt last night I remembered why I hated last season so much, to make sure that that piece of crap Lambert wins they confused the shit out of two really talented singers; Matt and Megan. Matt is what you guys claim Lilly to be; a true jazz singer (but more like should be singing at piano bars kinda way whereas Lilly should supersize my meal) Megan just has the coolest voice if only she could learn how to sing.

  • saskin

    Just for the sake of proving that we might have diversity here; did you guys lose your minds??? Take a hold of yourselves. OMG. WOW. Take it easy will ya?

    If you have a DVR go back and listen, Lilly was the worst one trick pony ever. I have no idea what she sang. All the songs she sang sounded exactly same to me. I actually did an experiment with a professional musician and asked whether or not they are different songs and he said “nope”. Cross my heart and hope to die.

    Alex??? He has a singing voice that only a mother could love. I can understand maternal feelings of cougars for the stage fright guy but… come on. He had a growth arc, like what? Learning how to sing? It takes really talented people years to learn to do that. How was he going to do that in three months with no talent whatsoever?

    I thought Katelyn would win but only because she sings like a pageant girl. I am so glad she is gone.

    Finally, again if you have a DVR go back and listen; on top 16 only five people performed. The rest were trying to scream through their songs. Those five were: Chrystal (who probably is a professional), Siobhan (Broadway style but cool), Casey (song fit his style, he could feel it), Michael (true R&B) and PAIGE. Yes she kept changing the key so I thought for sure she was gone but pitch problems are not relevant to singing. Singing is a performing art. Singing is narrating a story. She was narrating. She was performing. I am pretty good at telling bullshit and she wasn’t lying when she said she was moved, she was, you could hear how heartbreaking the story she was narrating. So take it easy on Paige before going into Kolshian territories please.

    • deez

      I like Alex’s voice. I closed my eyes so that I wouldn’t have to watch him looking like a scared rabbit, just to see if maybe the fact that I felt so bad for him was affecting my perception…but it wasn’t. I still like him.

      • saskin

        But you first watched him. The silly neurons in your brain still connected that emotions to what you are hearing. Music is strange. No one who ever heard these kids before can be objective from now on. Including me. TI will always see Katie’s smug face when she hears her voice. It is a totally irrelevant emotion to the quality of the music. That is why Idol is a popularity contest.

        • saskin

          I am on a very theoretical arc here but that is also why (let’s say) Lambert fans think that everyone will fall in love with their guy if they hear him sing. For them, Lambert is a jumble of emotions that was created by Idol. He is the underdog, he is the weird kid you’d like to protect, he is the risk taker, he is the seducer, he is the rock god… etc. When Lambert fans hear Lambert screaming through a crappy song like Time for Miracles all those emotions surface and they think that someone who never heard Lambert before will feel the same way, which is like nah-ah. Rest of the listening audience (like in the movie theater) has no emotions connected to his voice whatsoever, so all they hear is a weird screaming.

          • deez

            Lol. Good point.

          • saskin

            Wink. That is why I said including me because I hated Alex and Aaron the minute Thaddeus, who sang his heart out, was eliminated. It is so hard for me to get over that feeling and be objective. That is also why Idol is fascinating to me.

            So I guess what i am trying to say is; my opinion is just that, an opinion. But sometimes it is good to have some different opinions on a subjective subject ’cause otherwise it gets all mushy.

          • deez

            Aaron and Katie are sort of the same thing, I suppose. I can’t stand Katie because of the “pageant-bot” (per MJ) factor, yet I’m giving Aaron a pass because he seems like a nice kid. They both pretty much have the same issues. ( youth, inexperience, song choice, oversinging, just singing words as opposed to being able to really get across some particular emotion or message)

            So yeah…first impressions….

          • Mithra

            Excellent point. I agree, and it does go both ways. I do disagree with you about Alex though. I’m not invested in any of them. I like some, dislike others, but never really noticed Alex and thought he was fodder at first. I just laughed at the sparkle cows being angry at his NAME. As if no one has the right to perform the songs ADAM did, because not they are ADAM’s song…but this kid had the NERVE to have his name!!! Once he started going though, he clearly stood out from the pack as being unique. Now he’s on the AI slavetrack and is owned by the jerks until the end of August. At least he got exposure I guess.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            Are you saying its much like a dog whistle?

          • saskin

            Yeah. Or like Kibbles&Bits. Dogs love it but most humans… just don’t get it.

      • soapbox0916

        I really do suggest listening to the audios only of the contestants for American Idol or really any singing show to get a better idea of how they will sound on recordings. Just closing your eyes while watching television or the DVR is not quite the same or not enough IMHO. Go to a place that does mp3s like Rickey’s online, put on some high quality headphones, and just listen to the audios.

        This is how Alex just blew me away. His voice is incredible for recording. I do this all the time listening to audios, and Alex does not have a typical voice. Alex sounds a little bit like a young Rod Stewert (when Rod is singing in a sweet style instead of his tradmark style), but Alex has his own voice. I don’t have an issue with people not liking Alex, but my concern is that Alex did not get the credit he deserved for his musical potential and recording potential.

        Alex also did a better job of connecting with me on the audios, so Alex is doing a lot right. It is the visual and the nerves that hurt him. I think that in theory, Alex could have improved really quickly, his issues are also fixable, so Alex could have been an interesting one to watch grow. (Alright I am going to quit tarding over Alex for a while now. LOL)

        • saskin

          I see what you are saying. But I said this about Allen/Lambert arguments and I’ll say it again; singing is about relating/connecting to an audience. If you are already connected to an artist, you are not the best judge of how relatable that artist is. Only time will tell how/when/if/whether your favorite will be able to connect to an audience.

          But I think my bigger point is, I see where this is going. Andrew, Katie and Paige are not responsible for Alex, Lilly and Katelyn being eliminated. Alex, Lilly and Katelyn are responsible for not being able to connect through their music to the audience they were given by Idol. It is Kolschian to blame the retardedness or whatever of America for choosing Andrew/Paige/Katie over Alex/Katelyn/Lilly. They chose the ones they chose because they chose them.

          Also I don’t like that the two minorities that somehow escaped the elimination are taking the blame for two whitest white bland singers. That is just my opinion. You cannot blame Idol for being racist one week than turn around and blame America for being whatever. It is inconsistent. (I’m not saying you did, I am saying one cannot in general)

          • soapbox0916

            Saskin, I actually don’t start watching the show until the semi-finals, even though I do hang out in blogs. I was sick during the first week of semi-finals and I actually started out with the audios. I had no idea what Alex looked liked when he wowed me on the audios. I had no connection to Alex before that. I only knew there was another Lambert on AI, that was it. He surprised me with such a great recording voice. That is the kind of voice that you hang on to.

            The contestants do get a record contract, so while a recording voice is not everything, it is important consideration. I think average viewers of the show miss out on a lot by only watching the performers.

        • deez

          Rod Stewart…YES! Kind of a “Handbags and Gladrags” vibe, I get that.

    • barado

      This show is like crack isn’t it. No matter how mad we are today, most of us will tune in next week. Now where is the appreciation for grifter Todrick? If he had made the finals, he would have made an excellent villain, even better than Gokey. As things stand now, I can’t hate on Katie or Paige or the other guys – whatever their names are. Look at Katie, she’s just an untalented teenager trying to escape the wilds of Connecticut. Todrick, I miss you already (plus he doesn’t play the guitar).

      • Mithra

        I miss Todrick too. He was the only one really entertaining, and that’s why I watch the show. So what if he grifted stage parents? One of them could have been Katie’s mom for all we know ;) This 12 is going to be REALLY boring.

        I’m happy to see that Fug Gokey 2.0 is getting a big backlash now. Maybe they want him gone before the top 10 and put him with Alex for that reason.

    • Trish

      Great points, saskin, but this is actually what sold me on Alex. I thought his performance on Top 24 week was on par with Tim’s “Apologize” (i.e., an epic trainwreck) until I went back and just *listened* to it. I couldn’t believe it was the same dude. I loved his voice. Yeah, he needs work with his phrasing, etc., but a great voice is not a common thing, and his pitch was actually good too, which is important (Exhibit A: Lee DeWyze).

      I fall in love with singers all the time from hearing (or seeing) one performance (it’s a lot like romance). I can’t watch Ray Lamontange either, but damn that guy is a great singer. I guess to win Idol, however, you have to be a good performer in addition to being able to sing. Which is why I’ll miss Todrick; he was one of the few who was fun to *watch.*

      And I was somebody who was glad Paige made it through. I actually meant to vote for her, but it was too late by the time I was done watching on the DVR. She’s not to blame for Katelyn or Lilly going home. I went back and listened to their performances, and Lilly was terrible two weeks in a row, IMHO. And I loved Lilly! But she was more style over substance. Katelyn was actually a better singer, but she was so beyond boring this week nobody remembered to vote for her.

  • recurring dream

    I don’t think I’ve been this pissed off by a results show since Judd Harris got blindsided in Season 4. Seriously, Tim Urban over Alex Lambert?!? Aaron over Alex?!? Does. Not. Compute. And why are Lacey and Katie in the Top 12? This is the worst season ever and as much as I love Crystal, I don’t think even she can make me continue to watch this trainwreck of a show.

    TI, I’m so jealous that you are going to SXSW. Have a great time!

  • streetcleaner

    I think that what really annoys me the most about all of this is that music was always a place where talented weirdos could retreat to and find acceptance and thrive. Lilly is the sort of person who has long embraced and been embraced by what the music industry actually is.

    American Idol attempts to rewrite the whole narrative – here weirdos need not apply. In their version of the music world, the formula for success is the same as it is for too many other corporate endeavors. A nice smile and a mediocre investment of effort trumps all.

    • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

      Kara said “Lilly was going to change the game!”

      Funny though, now that Lilly was robbed of the semis, I think they’re all saying “Fuck that shit, they’ll never let my kind of talent into the finals.”

  • Kathy

    Have a safe flight! I am sad. And Mad. I had a twitter meltdown last night worthy of a teenage fantard last night. Poor Alex. Katie over Lilly???? Tim Urban???? See why 11 year old girls shouldn’t have cell phones. Someone who didn’t even make the 24 is in the top 12. Over Alex???? I actually cried lol Bless his heart he about broke mine. I’m with you Damn youtube Taco Bell and Twitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol Andrew built up that fanbase via twitter before hand that no amount of pitchiness could overcome. Top 12 FAIL. I just can’t believe we lost Alex Lilly and Katelyn. The look on Lilly’s face was one of the most honest reactions I have seen on Idol. Maybe Alex should have taken his shirt off at some point then he would have made it. lol Ok I’m starting to sound bsc so moving on….:) Just needed to rant

    • Kathy

      oops too many last nights in there lol

  • streetcleaner

    Some of these kids need to get better fast if they are going to prove that they deserve their spot on this shit show over Lilly or (insert name of other discarded auditioner of choice).

    I have a feeling that after Rolling Stones week, I’ll be wishing we could eliminate 4 more next week alone.

  • auntieaimee

    I knew one of the girls with guitar would eventually fall victim to vote splitting, but it was a huge risk for Lilly to take on Patsy Cline. She’s such an iconic singer, and people don’t like it when you mess with one of her songs. My heart broke for Alex. :( Of the boys, he had the most distinctive tone and the most potential for growth. This is the problem with VFTW. Tim and Paige didn’t knock out Katie or Garcia, they knocked out Lilly and Alex. Bah.

  • Trish

    Oh, and in honor of actual, you know, GOOD MUSIC, and our Fearless Leader’s (when you starting our cult, TI?) good fortune, here’s the free SXSW sampler from NPR. Enjoy!

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101438331

  • Trish

    I’m calling in sick today from commeting. Because that was a BLOODBATH. I liked all four of those contestants (yes, even Todrick–at least he was FUN!). While everyone sat there stunned by the final outcome, Simon Cowell was probably having an orgasm. That asshole always has the last laugh.

    Next season will probably just be an Idols All Stars season or something because no way the show goes on after this.

  • d. b. cooper

    Worst results night ever was when they kept those three assholes :) over Allison Iraheta. This was pretty bad though. The only halfway justifiable one was Todrick and he was great last night. All four of the booted contestants would have contributed to a very entertaining season. It seemed as if the mood in that studio was one of a group of people being held hostage getting killed off one by one.

    I will watch the show and root for Siobhan, Crystal, Didi/Lacey, and Aaron in that order. But I believe Alex Lambert was probably the only guy there that I did or could have loved. It galls me that Garcia and Lynche are there over him (I am learning to accept that Lee Dewyze is simply a natural part of the Idol geography, like the Rocky Mountains or Niagara Falls, and will make top 5. I don’t like it but his presence doesn’t gall me). And God, Paige fucking Miles, no one (outside of Simon, apparently) has ever actually heard her sing well. It’s like when you believe in the Easter Bunny or Sasquatch.

  • http://www.detailsinthefabric.tk/ Shosh

    I’m in SHOCK. SHOCK, I TELL YOU.
    This is soooo much worse than the Chris Daughtry thing, b/c at least he made it really FAR before getting the boot and then did well, even though he turned all Nickelback on us.
    LILLY SCOTT DOES NOT DESERVE THIS CRAP! WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?!
    And Katelyn?! And ALEX?!?!
    WHAT’S GOING ON?!?!?!
    At least Todrick went.
    BUT STILL.
    THIS IS BULLSHIT.
    Idol, I actually hate you. Actually. I’ve given up on this shit show.
    I mean, if I get tickets, I’m still going. But I will be yelling “GO LILLY” the entire time.

  • ryo

    I’m also one of those “I don’t care about these people at all” watchers and even I was pissed about this crap. How many chances are Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia going to get to screw up before someone sends their asses home? Seriously, if them staying despite consistent bad performances isn’t proof of just how far early hyping can get you, I don’t know what is. Katie Stevens is a little mini Kara and Andrew Garcia is some kind of warped Gokey-Allen hybrid whose voice grates on my nerves. As does his hideous neck tattoo.

  • theonlyone_05

    Worst results ever! I don’t even care about any of these people. But seriously Katie and Paige over Lilly? And Katelyn wasn’t so bad. And based on Jim’s recent tweets I believe they already have the chosen front runners so that’s why they put the crappiest people in top 12. They do this every year! ugh. And how the hell did Andrew and Aaron stayed over Alex. O_o Its definitely rigged, like every year.

    • theonlyone_05

      “”Teen Bitch looks like she’s on a telenovela and the maid just stole her man! DIOS MIO!”

      HAHAHA just have to mention that quote and pic made me laugh XD

      • Lauren

        lol me too! Me encanta telenovelas! And that was sooo perfect for the picture lol.

        • Lauren

          *encantan

          And this is why I have a C in Spanish.

  • Sandy

    This has to be the WORST results night EVER! I can’t believe we get stuck with Andrew over Alex. Glad to see Todrick go but we lost 3 – THREE people who REALLY deserved to stay over others. This is really shaping up to be a pathetic year. It’s got to be part of Simon’s evil plan to make America completely fed up with AI just in time for him to spring X-factor on us.

    • Paulie

      ITA on worst results night ever. Well at least, worst-results-night-that-is-not-a-finale episode. :P

  • margie

    Just got home and watched this on Tivo. This season sucks ass. Sorry. And the Tour? Who is going to pay to see these people. It’s a trainwreck. RIP American Idol.

  • Sherena

    Everyone’s sad about Lilly and Alex but I’m actually more sad over Katelyn and Todrick. Especially Katelyn. Although I think I’m biased because I find her very attractive.

  • Lauren

    I just got home from working for hours on a physics project. I read Lyndsey’s recap and at first I thought it was a joke. Goodbye Idol.

  • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

    I cannot even….This actually wasn’t an exaggeration….

    WORST. SEASON. EVER.

    At this point, I’m rooting for Tim Urban to win.

    I need to collect my thoughts. BBL. FML.

    • Lauren

      Pahahaha. That would be epic. A guy with 0 vocal ability winning Idol because he is pretty. If Lilly and Park can’t win, I want the worst to.

    • Sherena

      I AM ROOTING FOR KATIE STEVENS.

      Jk. I can’t bring myself to do that. Yet.

      • Pandora

        I want to know who the hell actually voted for her? It wasn’t even VFTW, so that means people out there actually like her, and that frightens me.

        • Lauren

          That IS scary. Tim Urban has the worsters and tweens for him and I guess Katie has the grandmas with Alzheimers? Idk. That’s kinda mean, lol.

          • Pandora

            You know she’d say worse about you. ;)

          • Lauren

            I’m trying to be the bigger person. Haha!
            Katie reminds me of the girl who sits behind me Psychology and gossips all class about dozens of people, myself included. Katie is just grrr.

        • Mithra

          I want to know who the hell actually voted for her?

          The type of people who like that kind of crappy pagent reality TV “singing” contest singing, those who are the original AI fantards. These creatures still can be found off season posting on the scaryboards general dissusion and past seasons folders ;)

  • cc

    Somewhere in Hollywood, Paula is laughing her ass off ….

    Even though I don’t really have someone rooting for, I can’t help to shake my head what with the BIG FAIL of this season. I’m not into Lilly but I can’t deny she’s more talented compare to other contestants *coughKatiecoughPaigecoughLaceycoughDidicough*. I’m actually see Alex’s potential but I guess it’s too late. Gosh, I feel like I’m a Worster now when I can’t stop LOL-ing so hard when Lilly almost trying to say “Eff U America”. lol

  • Sherena

    Wait a sec

    KATIE and PAIGE made it over KATELYN and LILLY? The fuck is this shit.

    And way to kill off the most interesting contestant on the guy’s side, stupid voters. Now there’s NOTHING interesting going on over there.

  • erinnthered

    I have to be honest, I’m not sure I’m even interested in this season any more. They basically wiped out the three contestants I was most interested in. I’m interested in Crystal and Siobhan’s post-Idol stuff, but I was looking forward to watching the other three develop on the show.

    Plus, next wek just became about 8 people fight for fucking Satisfaction, Jumpin Jack Flash, and You Can’t Always Get What you Want. Ugh.

    Fuck it. I call Mulligan. Do it over or wait till next year.

    • deez

      Me too. The only thing that really had me mildly interested was Alex. He was somebody I truly felt for. I can totally sympathize with stage fright. In HS and College, every time I had to give some sort of presentation, I would become physically ill. I really wanted him to do well, and was happy to see him improving each week. He had a great voice, and seemed to be a genuinely nice, likeable guy.
      BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      I really don’t get Lee DeWyze, and Garcia repulses me. It was also a huge travesty that Katie gets to stay over Lilly. HUH? I mean, seriously? Who is voting for her? The judges are pimping her, but I have no idea why. I think this is Crystal’s baby to lose. (if she even wants it).

      I’m going to have a REALLY hard time mustering the energy for the fake tard contest now. I may need to “pass eye water into some weakness tissues” (hope you guys watch 30 Rock).

      And, to reiterate: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Lauren

        I am officially resigning from the tard contest. Unless, I can do it and not watch Idol because I refuse to watch it with Lilly and Alex gone.

        • On The Edge

          I’m out, too. Fuck it, I’m going total Worster this year. And by that, I mean I won’t even watch…just log on to VFTW after “Lost” and vote for whoever Dave says to.

      • erinnthered

        Yes. Yes, this.

        I, on the other hand, am more excited about the tard contest than ever. I want to throw my anger and disappointment into tarding hard for one of the assholes. Vive le Worst!

        The way I see it, you don’t have to watch to tard. It’s not like the real tards can see rationally, so why should I have to see at all?

        I do look forward to TI’s bitchy recaps, though. hehe

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          Hmmm…which lucky person gets Katie Stevens??

          • erinnthered

            If you aren’t doing the hat thing, then I’ll take the bitch. I’ll sparkle the shit out of that girl. Like, Oh My fraking GAWD.

            Wait…she’ll be gone first. Before I agree to this…what’s the losing avi?

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            Tonight’s results show pissed me off!

            I will try and draw from a hat when I’m drunk in Austin (stayed up all night and getting ready to go to the airport now. Flight leaves in almost an hour!

            We may have to make this 14, though. Or 15. I refuse to believe Alex, Lilly and Katelyn are gone.

          • erinnthered

            Have a safe flight!

            Call me if you need anything.

            And go to the Cupcake Social and have a red velvet for me!

            I am so jealous right now.

        • Lauren

          Ok, if I don’t have to watch I’ll stay in. If we get to choose, I want Tim Urban. At least I think he’s pretty so I don’t look at him with complete disgust.

          • Mithra

            There is blankness behind those eyes. It’s kind of creepy. He’s a very slow boy.

          • Lauren

            Does not matter. I am being shallow :)

  • http://www.rumproast.com marindenver

    Yeah, WTF is all I can say. Lilly is a very cool talent. Very hard to believe she got voted off. I mean considering who is left. Crystal, OK, definitely should move on. And Siobhan. Couple of other good ones. But Lilly should have been there too.

    Surprises not as great on the guys’ side.

    I’ll probably keep watching (the show does get to be visual crack in a sense, once you’re hooked, well, you know how that goes . . . ) but not happy. Definitely not happy.

  • et

    That was just awful. And this top 12 just… ugh. How could they get rid of my mullet boy?!

  • blacklisted

    I didn’t watch this but I’m thinking that some of the judge comments to the contestants led to a few good people getting eliminated (i.e. Lilly, Katlyn) in order for the appointed one’s to have less competition.

    There’s probably a reason I never listened to Lambert the Second sing…I probably would be even more pissed off than I already am over Lilly going home. Even Katelyn. Jeez, that girl is WAY more talented than Katie, Paige, and whoever the two other dull heiffers are who aren’t Crystal and Siobhan.

    I wanted Todrick gone but not before that annoying teenage boy and the mentally challenged guy who’s shirtless pictures are posted online.

    Who the fuck will pay for the AI tour this summer? It looks like a shitfest waiting to happen.

    • jukejoint

      I have this fun fantasy in my head where Katelyn, Lilly and Alex had some huge, scary, naked pool party at the Idol hotel and broke a bunch of furniture and left all kinds of Captain Morgan empties floating in the hot tub, and they had to boot them for being party animals and not because they got the fewest votes.

      Yeah, I know. Alex isn’t the type. But wouldn’t it be a lot more fun that way?

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        Where was Todrick when this hot tub party was going on?

        Not to borrow one from Kerry Kolsch, but I am absolutely dumbfounded on Alex’s departure. I’m factoring in female fantards. I think Tim Urban had the tween vote (what there is of it) locked, but Lambert had a certain buzz about him. From what I could tell, he had been developing a significant fan base. Guess I was wrong. Who knows.

        And come on…Lilly? She went LAST. Was it because she went right after Bowersox? Did people listen to Simon ominously say the song might not work in her favor? Or did they just fix this shit.

        Who knows.

        • erinnthered

          I think it’s because the vote totals are lower than normal overall. Way lower. That’s the only logical explanation. Nobody got more than a million votes, I bet. It was probably down to the 4 digits in the difference.

      • d. b. cooper

        Clearly it was the pool party thing and Todrick was there too. Occam’s Razor, it’s the only explanation that makes sense.

        • Trish

          Okay, now that I’m going back and reading through the comments, I think the silver lining to be found amidst the body bags is incredible gems like this ^^^^.

          Repeat after me: Tragedy Inspires Great Art.

  • Mary

    I cried when Alex got eliminated. He was one of those contestants who I genuinely liked and I thought that a couple of weeks from now he would have been a serious contender. Same goes for Katelyn. I officially became a fan of hers when she picked The Scientist.

    I can’t believe Katie made it over Lilly…….ughhhhh!

  • Nich

    I am just so disappointed. Katie, Aaron and Didi in the top 12? Lilly missing out on the Stones? Lacey making it another day? What the hell?

  • Mary

    Ughhhh I wanted to choke Katie Stevens when she kept on crying during Lilly’s performance. I HATE HERRRR!!!!

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      It’s why I really wanted to capture the moment where she was grinning and Lilly was wondering WTF.

    • Mary

      Lilly looked really shocked and I don’t blame her. And was Katie really grinning? That. dumb. bitch.

      And I think this is the first time that anyone has gone home and they had the pimp spot.

  • soapbox0916

    I am totally with you on your rant. I am especially sad over Alex. I wanted studio recordings to buy of Alex. Alex improving was all I really cared about. I voted for Alex. I am an all or nothing kind of person, this season is dead for me.

    I was tempted to post in you end of the world thread because this qualifies as ending my desire to watch the remainder of the season. Danny sales, despite mediocre bland songs, kind of makes sense. This results show? WTF?

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      I kept thinking how I really wanted to quit this bitch tonight. More so than usual. But since I have this blog…I’m screwed. :(

      • jukejoint

        I feel the same way. And I know I’ve threatened this before with this stupid show. After J-Hud and George got booted, I stopped watching for two and a half seasons or something close. I got bored and came back and got attached to Elliott and then David Cook and Brooke and then Kris and Allison and even Anoop a little and… Here I am, realizing that I just don’t give a shit with Alex and Katelynn and Lilly all gone.

        Shark-jumping was exactly what I was thinking. It’s been said so many times and yet… This time Simon, at least, has a vested interest in the shark jumping.

        I hate this stupid show.

  • J

    Right about now I would be happy to see Kristi Lee come back and butcher another Beatles song. Even that is more appealing to me than the idea of Katie Stevens singing the Stones.

    • deez

      Arrrrrggghhhh! Katie singing the Stones, I really hadn’t given that any thought…I better start getting phenergan shots in preparation for next week.