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Double Your Pleasure! AI9 Top 9 Elvis Week Elimination Recap

2010 April 14
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by TopIdol

Nothing says dramatic like black & white imagery, so let’s relive last Wednesday’s dramatic save…in black & white. Tonight on American Idol, TWO contestants will be going home. So let’s reflect upon last night’s performance episode in full color, albeit with dream-like blurriness created in Final Cut.

Tonight, Adam Lambert will be performing, as will Season 7′s fifth-place finisher Brooke White and Justin Gaston. Gaston is of zero importance, yet he owns a guitar, once dated Miley Cyrus, and lives in the Simon-Fuller-owned If I Can Dream House alongside the [vastly more talented] Alex Lambert.

ELVIS MEDLEY HELL

Crystal Bowersox opens Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love. With a smile. I hope she realizes she sold her soul to the devil. Yet these kids can barely lip sync enthusiastically! Burnin’ Love moves into Teddy Bear and the constants pair off. Danny Gokey Babies.

Obviously, Big Mike will sing the title in the chorus — Teddy Bear — while Aaron Kelly croons to Smug Teen Witch, I don’t want to be a tiger / because tigers are too rough. I really think all of them should quit. Now. Before they lose every last single shred of dignity. No good can ever come from such fuckery.

Not very ironically, Andrew Garcia gets the first solo in Return to Sender. Once the crew goes into Viva Las Vegas and Big Mike is doing choreographed dips of Crystal Bowersox, I really do want to rescue all of these little stray kitties from the pound. Except Smug Teen Witch, of course.

Seacrest promises a dramatic evening. Will he be doing another comedy routine this evening? After the “green” Ford Fusion commercial. It’s about planting trees. I really think they should leave LEAVES and Ford Fusions to Kris Allen after watching such shite.

Hello sad nervous people. Andrew Garcia, pretty please will you puke on Smug Teen Witch’s very smug head? Wait. Who are they missing? (Oh crap. TIMMY! How could I forget you? Oh frak it. I always forget at least one of your names each week.)

Seacrest makes Andrew, Casey and Aaron come down to the center of the stage. Seacrest twists the knife in Andrew’s side just a bit deeper by talking about building friendships week after week before telling him its his time to go. But come on. Yawn. We knew it was coming. Cut to ubiquitous shot of Andrew’s sobbing wife/family. And Smug Teen Witch squeaking out her crocodile tears for the cameras. Come on, Andrew? Why aren’t you singing Straight Up?


BTW, both Casey and Aaron are SAFE. Really? Because sometimes they like to pull out the rug from under a person later on in the show after they think they’ve escape certain death, but hmmm…that does not seem likely tonight.

$10 says Andrew Garcia performs Straight Up is one of the two songs he performs on the Tour. Without the save being on the line, all pressure is off and everyone just seems so much more…relieved. Even Andrew, who seems genuinely thankful for his experience. He’s okay with leaving. He’s on the tour. He can hang out with Lee and their Danny Gokey Babies all summer long!

THIS IS NOT GIVING BACK


Poor Elliott Yamin. In 2010, the poor guy has been through an earthquake in Chile AFTER he had to take Kara DioGuardi with him to Angola. Elliott Yamin is awesome.

You’re a saint, sister.

Can someone please muzzle her? Poor Elliott. He’s such a nice guy. Couldn’t they have allowed him to do most of the talking? Why was he forced to bring her along for the ride? Doesn’t she know going to Africa to build a school and fight Malaria with someone likable is not going to automatically make HER likable? Only Kara DioGuardi could make you think about slapping her when the only thing that matters is saving people from Malaria. This makes her a liability to charity. The only reason she even went down there was because she totally thought she could stick a baby in her carry-on bag on the way back. She thinks they hand out little African babies in Angolan villages like credit card applications on college campuses.

Ever-so earnest Brooke White takes the stage to duet with Justin Gaston, who looks like a greasy school bus driver who shoots squirrels with a pellet gun while drinking Keystone. I was really hoping Brooke would need to start over again, but she doesn’t. But Justin Gaston. Holy hell. You are a talentless excuse for bushy eyebrows. OMG. Who told you that you could dream? Billy Ray Cyrus, right? Is he a goddamned expert? Because you. On stage. Fraking painful. I am actively attempting to cough my brains out right now in a concerted effort to drown your dying muskrat voice out.

Since Aaron is safe, this could be a very, very, very good thing. As soon as Tim Urban is declared safe, I will rejoice. Because that will almost certainly mean Smug Teen Witch will be going back to Connecticut.

Lee says he’s now starting to feel like he’s doing a concert when he’s up on the Idol stage, and not just an audition. Dude. You seriously just said that, right? What I can’t get over is the fact they’re leading us to believe they will eliminate a contestant before Lambert performs. If so. That’s stupid. Crystal is safe. Siobhan is safe. Lee is safe. Big Mike, Smug Teen Witch and Timmy are now in fear of their lives. Obviously, we will find out after Lambert performs. Whew. I thought Idol was making him the grand finale and hell, that’s just stupid. Because people only watch the end to see who goes home. Regardless of which international superstar is performing.

Next week, Alicia Keys will be mentoring. Please say they are not doing Alicia Keys songs. She’s such a beautiful girl and has a lovely voice, she just does some really, really, really shitty songs.

Lambert begins Whataya Want From Me acapella in a green haze of lasers and smoke, the effect is not unlike a marbling exercise done in elementary school art class. Once the band comes in, Lambert is awash in green laser fuckery and all I can think about is how well the audience can see, because on TV, Lambert is dimmed amongst the lasers and smoke. Only in certain parts is the spotlight actually on him. Its a perfectly capable version of the song, and the beginning highlighted his vocals, which frankly, he should do more often. Hey, I’m glad the guy got to perform to look down and see a young audience for at least one evening, too. Thank you, USC, for busing in your student and Greek organizations for the shows every week.

Towards the end, Lambert goes into the shrill territory I wish he would avoid. Moderation is key! Less is more! Just sing. Most attempts at extreme vocal gymnastics NEVER turn out well.

Yeah! I brought lasers!

(Glamberts who claim their lord & savior is a genius who changed lighting and set direction on American Idol, please note, the lasers — presumably his idea — hid him more than highlighted him. Again. Less is more. Lasers are AWESOME, but moderation is key.)

When staring at Timmy and Smug Teen Witch flanking Big Mike, I almost wish one was attached to each thigh. And Timmy is sent to safety! And one of them is not in the Bottom 3!

YESSSSSSSSS!

My cough is healed. My sore throat is gone. All which has ailed me has suddenly disappeared, as Smug Teen Witch has now left the building.

Oh please. Don’t play like you’re actually sad. (Siobhan is just working on her acting skills so she will be the new model Tim Burton trades Helena Bonham Carter in for in about five years.)

Look at it this way, little Katie. You’re obviously pissed. You’re no good at hiding it. So you know, take you’re own advice. Let it be. Now you can go to prom! Too bad none of those five guys who asked you busted out the vote, though. Oh well. You shouldn’t have been so smug!

The Andrew-Smug Teen Witch package makes me realize how much I already miss Andrew’s beautiful mother. And how the hell did Katie Stevens train herself to cry whenever someone says the word grandma?

And that, my friends, was the most satisfying episode of this piss-poor season. Except for the whole part with the earnest Mormon nanny and that talentless oily hitchhiker she picked up on her way to the studio. Yikes. That was just cruel.

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  • leastofall

    All that shameless pimpage of Da Lambert + 19/RCA super human efforts seem to be paying off well at the moment, WWFM is #08 on itunes.

  • the tard king

    Normund is love:

  • Verbally Dyslexic

    I only caught the last block of the results show, namely Adam’s performance, when Timmeh was declared safe (yesssss!!!!) and STW’s elimination (buhbye!!). They obviously didn’t rehearse WWFM with the full laser and smoke effects, because that was horrible on camera! For a third of the song you couldn’t see anything. I get that he wanted to show some kind of connection to the showmanship that he’d been talking about the night before, but that wasn’t well thought out. It doesn’t work in a small closed studio where the smoke can’t disperse well.

    I’m so glad Garcia and STW are off my tv screen and no longer assaulting my eyes and ears. Timmeh is now in the Top 7, and I’m hoping he can last at least another week. Time for Siobhan to go; either she is dimwitted or buys into her own hype that she is good, but either way she bugs me. Unfortunately that’ll leave poor Crystal as the only beacon of hope for the judges to make their early season prediction come true. Funny how that turned out.

    I’m actually pretty curious about what the vocal coach Debra Byrd has to say about this batch.

  • Trish

    I’ve been busy with baseball all afternoon. Where are we discussing the upcoming GLAMNATION TOUR????

    http://mjsbigblog.com/adam-lambert-on-idol-and-his-upcoming-glamnation-tour.htm

    Seriously, Adam must be sleeping with Simon Fuller to justify the money being thrown at him.

    • Lauren

      I really liked the interview. I mean Ryan kinda embarrassed himself with the excessive compliments but Adam responded politely. He even made a joke about his sanity!

  • deez

    Ok guys…did you see my last comment?

    I have no idea how the discussion veered so far off course in this thread, but let’s try to bring it back, ok?

    Oh come on TI!!!! You don’t want us to talk about Kris, but then you go prompting us us with song titles???

    • deez

      dammitt quote FAIL^^^. That last part was me.

      • leastofall

        “Bring it Back” … Hee :)

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  • margie
    • Pandora

      I think it might mean that he will be writing songs for other artists?

      • Burgundy LaRue

        I imagine that Kris will not only write for other singers, but he’ll be able to get a bigger slice of the pie regarding his own albums? I recall David Cook signing a similiar deal last year.

        I remember when some naysayer would suggest that Jive would drop Kris, some of mentioned two reasons against that: 1) for better or worse, Jive rarely drops artists and 2) Kris is a solid writer. If nothing else, he can write material, sell it to other singers, and make good money that way.

        Interesting this comes out while we’re gearing up for Kris’ second single. *tries to read the tea leaves*

        • Burgundy LaRue

          *some of US mentioned*

          • Burgundy LaRue

            Something I just thought of–publishing deals also monitor commercial use of songs. That way, writers get their due money.

        • Pandora

          Considering the rumors that the second single is The Truth, one of only a few songs on the record that he did NOT co-write, the timing is weird to say the least.

          • margie

            I wonder if this is the hold up for single number 2. Maybe the single is one he co-wrote on and they need to get their ducks in a row first. Makes me think.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            Can we keep this thread on topic, please?

            I’m usually pretty lenient about this sort of thing, but we’ve meandered way too far off course by discussing Kris Allen’s second single.

          • melbelle

            that’s the rumor?? please no
            1. not a co-write, when everyone and their mother write their own material
            2. just like allison’s “scars,” that’s not necessarily a radio-friendly song, though it is definitely my favorite of his
            3. “can’t stay away” or “alright with me” are the obvious choices

            just who is managing these guys???

          • Mimi

            melbelle, it would be a GOOD thing if Kris is the co-write on the next single. Current rumor is that it’s down to The Truth (which was written by Pat Monahan) and Alright With Me (which was co-written by Kris and Joe King). Kris only has a solo writing credit on 1 song on the album (Red Guitar). It isn’t likely that it will be a single, so it would be better for Kris to have one of his co-writes released than a song like The Truth where he doesn’t have any writing credit and IMO doesn’t represent Kris’ style at all.

          • melbelle

            mimi, i totally agree; I just phrased my post awkwardly. What i meant to say is that, like you said, kris needs a co-write to be his next single, especially because nearly everyone in the industry writes or co-writes their own material. definitely goes a long way for credibility…and alright with me would be a great choice! thanks

          • J

            Wonder if Kris has the same management team as Cook. They released CBTM as the second single instead of a track that David wrote himself. I don’t get it. Why aren’t TPTB promoting the song writing skills of guys like Kris and David by releasing their own songs as singles.

      • http://www.tortoiseshelly.com tortoiseshelly

        It means that UMPG will be managing the copyrights for his music – licensing, royalty payments, etc.

        • margie

          So this is a really good thing right…lol I know there is a lot of concern out there for Kris so I just want to make sure. ;)

    • Mithra

      It means that next year Kris will be able to afford hiring Adum as his pool boy :D

      • Pandora

        Or is that Adumb?

      • Mary

        Muhahaha good one Mithra….Can someone please post this article on Planet Fierce?

      • Lauren

        Is hire Adam as his “pool boy” a euphemism for “services”?

        • Mithra

          Yeah, he can double as an inflatable fail whale for Kris to float on.

          • Lauren

            I am not pleased at all.

      • staciegirlie

        Yeah, cause Krissopher loves looking at him so much.

        • Lauren

          My thoughts exactly! Someone should write a fic about Kris hiring Adam as his pool boy.

  • Pandora

    Now that STW and Latin Gokey are gone, I definitely need a new hate-ee. Crystal is actually good, Casey is pretty, Tim is Tim :) , Michael is one of the few who can actually sing (along with Crystal and Casey)… that leaves me with either Siobhan or Lee as my new whipping person.

    I’m thinking of going with Lee, just because the pimping of him is the most ridiculous this year. It would be different if he could actually, you know, SING.

  • auntieaimee

    I don’t know about you guys, but I think it’s great that Kris will be opening a few shows for Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum. It will expose him to a new audience, who I think will respond quite well to him. There’s definite crossover potential there.

    Allison, Allison, Allison. I don’t know, man. Something just isn’t connecting with audiences, and I hate to say this, but it might be her look. I’m not saying she should completely change everything, but it may be time for a new stylist.

    • Burgundy LaRue

      I wonder how TPTB would do if they tried to promote a Latin-themed artist. They’ve had several Latinos on the show as of late: David Archuleta (Honduran mother), Jason Castro (Colombian), Syesha Mercado (Cuban father), Allison Iraheta (Salvadoran), and Andrew Garcia (Mexican). I’m surprised they haven’t tried to prime that well.

      With Allison, there’s several issues. She’s pop-rock which would be great–if it weren’t already stocked to the rafters with strong, more mature singers. Kelly Clarkson, Pink, even Rihanna and Ke$ha shows elements of that style. Orianthi is being pushed that way and while she doesn’t have the best voice, she’s great on guitar so having her sing along with that makes sense. Allison doesn’t have the firepower to take on these women yet.

      Allison’s age suggests Disney-type material. But she’s not considered attractive enough for that, though she’s quite cute–but maybe too differently in a way that can be commodified and sold en masse. Selena Gomez isn’t a great singer, but she’s really adorable and bubbly. Demi Lovato is similiar. Miley Cyrus isn’t the best looking kid but she has lots of charisma and fits the Disney mold perfectly. Plus she’s usually styled well, even if we don’t like what she’s wearing. Allison wipes the floor with these girls vocally, but doesn’t compete in terms of personality. I like Allison’ off-center charm–it’s natural and honest. But it doesn’t work for the Disney pageant baby brigade. That pageant baby motif is one of the reasons that Jordin Sparks worked out–that and Chris Brown giving an assist with “No Air.” Jordin is basically a Disney kid with a womanly body.

      Allison is in no woman’s land, sadly. With good promotion backing her, she could hold on for a couple of years. As she gets older, she’ll grow into a better mold. But for now, she’s kind of stuck, it seems.

      • Mithra

        Jordin is basically a Disney kid with a wookie body.

        Fixed :D

        I really don’t think Hispanic ethnic base interest means much to AI. Archuleta and Castro, and to a lesser extent, Allison, really didn’t come off as very ethnic, as far as I could tell. Andrew Garcia did, but had that youtube star and the rabid Filipino voter block keeping him in longer than he should have been. If Hispanics were a voting block to contend with, Joe Munez, who was much better and cuter, should have out lasted him.

        I think they just didn’t put much effort into Allison, which is a shame. Miley loved her. Why couldn’t they get her opening some shows for her? They did that for Jordan, placed her with popular acts.

        • deez

          Awwwwwww. I feel bad for Jordin, the girl’s almost 6′ tall and wears a sz 12 (that’s not out of proportion or fat by any means). She can’t help it that her dad was a pro football player, she comes by it honestly. Can’t a girl look athletic?

          • Burgundy LaRue

            Jordin just needs to learn how to highlight her positives. She’s very pretty–great smile and such. And her height is an advantage, IMO. But she has to keep her look clean and monochromatic for the most part. Drop the sleeveless, wide-hemmed dresses that line up too much with her broad shoulders and arms. Otherwise, she looks like a lineback dressed in a clown outfit.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            Ok guys…did you see my last comment?

            I have no idea how the discussion veered so far off course in this thread, but let’s try to bring it back, ok?

          • Burgundy LaRue

            Ok, I’ll start–

            What did anyone think of Adam’s jacket? Cool? Or too Liberace?

            And Justin Gaston? I see why Miley moved on to greener pasture. Man, does he suck. Brooke was trying to run away from him with her eyes, I could tell.

          • Lauren

            I liked his jacket! If my opinion counts lol.

            Yeah, ITA. I mean, even Miley doesn’t deserve THAT.

          • Mithra

            I would have liked Adam’s jacket if he wore it over his head.

            Miley’s ex needs to go back to modeling…after he takes a very long shower. You just know Brooke was NOT happy. I hope they bring back Michael Johns for a duet with Heidi Montag :P

    • melbelle

      i would say that kris’ opening for lady a/ keith urban is the best thing that could have happened to him post-idol. lady antebellum is hotter than swift right now in terms of country/pop crossover and just had a song go to #1 on the top 40 charts. and keith urban is, well, keith urban. one of the few post-season 8 moves by a contestant that seems to make a lot of sense

      • Kathy

        LA are good live. I saw them pre-hits opening up for Bucky lol They leaped ahead didn’t they? They have several songs that would be completely pop if not for a steel guitar.

  • saskin

    I didn’t watch the show (because wht is the point?), I didn’t watch the result show (because I can read the recap here) but I watched like the first 60 seconds of the song from Lambert’s new musical “World’s Greatest American Idol Runner Up”. Since I’m not in Guantanamo, I turned it off. It was awful. This kid is so weird. He is so bad and so good at the same time. He kinda never managed to find the key. He is a good singer and he flubbed his own song dude. Can you believe it? He can’t even phrase his own song right. He has no idea what the F he is singing. It is a pop song dude. It is simple. Sing it simple. It is not a great song, it is not a good song, it is not a hit song, it is not even a ‘meh’ song. It is a F’ing generic pop song with a cute little guitar riff in the beginning that goes no where. I heard it on the radio. That is it. Sing it like it is.

    So nothing new. Everyone who already likes him loved it. Everyone who does not like him still hates that he screams pointlessly. Everyone who does not care, does not care. And Kenny boi is going to run with my idea and give Adam his own musical because he is not a musical star, he is the World Famous International Musical Superstar.

    Wait for it. 3…. 2….

    • pootle

      I’m kind of torn between about 3 camps on Adam. He definitely has talent, I like his personality and (sometimes) his looks and I know the horrendous pimping isn’t his fault.

      I only like about half his performances though. Technically good or not, I just don’t like screaming. I never could stand most hair metal or pomp-rock and I think he can look distracted and disconnected on stage. However, when he’s on, he’s seriously on. He has a lovely clear tone and masses of energy.

      I can see why he got to this place in his career, because he’s sort of Broadway but can’t act and sort of glam-drama-metal, but that’s out of fashion. So you end up with these good-bad-terrible-awesome patches that don’t quite come together and it’s a shame because a genius manager/producer (as opposed to the 19 fucktards) could make something really artistically amazing out of him.

      • saskin

        He is a good singer. He’s got a nice voice. They say you have to be a bit tacky to be a good tenor. He’s got that part down. I think his problem is his lack of creativity and musicality. He needs direction at all times so musicals are his best bet. But I think he also does not take direction very well and that might be the reason he never made it to Broadway.

        • auntieaimee

          Good points. He seems to be someone who needs to perform more than someone who needs to create.

        • jukejoint

          I think the reason he didn’t make it to Broadway is because there are lots of voices as good as or better than his, and they come with the complete package of acting skill, ability to move and dance at a much higher level, star quality mixed with the ability to be part of the ensemble, and the right “look” for Broadway roles, like Gavin Creel or Cheyenne Jackson or Howard McGillin, which Adam doesn’t have. He doesn’t look like the boy next door, or even the bad boy next door, or the Lothario bad boy, or the swoony gorgeous guy or any of the roles I can think of. Could he play Tony in West Side Story? No. Kodaly or George in She Loves Me? No. Woody in Finian’s Rainbow? No. Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie? No. Somebody, anybody in Jersey Boys or A Little Night Music or Mary Poppins or Next to Normal or Spring Awakening or South Pacific? Nope.

          Maybe one of the Rent roles. Or back in Wicked, although he’s getting a little long in the tooth for Fiero. He might’ve worked in the Boy George musical that was a big flop. And he might work in the new Green Day musical, which I haven’t seen, because the hair works for that. He might’ve worked in the Addams Fam thing, but he’d be more like Wednesday, not the boyfriend, who is clean cut boy next door, fabulous voice, adorable and YOUNG.

          I think the reason Adam didn’t make it to Broadway is that he isn’t as good or as versatile as the others who would be up for the same roles. I also don’t think bona fide Broadway stars (like Gavin Creel, Cheyenne Jackson and Howard McGillin, none of whom are household names, even Cheyenne, who’s been on 30Rock all season) get the attention that the kind of STAH Adam wants to be gets. Like Madonna or Michael Jackson or Lady Gaga. They’re not exactly toiling eight performances a week and taking the subway back to Brooklyn or toddling down the sidewalk to a small apartment in Hell’s Kitchen every night after the show.

  • blacklisted

    Not even Adam could get me to watch this shitfest.

    From what I heard about his performance, he was going for the AI audience that likes that type of OTTness. Eh, Adam is polarizing, ain’t nothing new.

    IMHO, Adam would be better off fronting a band like Scissor Sisters b/c he’d share the stage with others as theatrical as him and he’d get feedback from the group as to when to go more out there and when to go for subtle. It would balance things out.

    I’m a huge band fan and the best concerts I’ve ever attended involved a group supporting an amazing frontman (e.g. Green Day, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Matchbox 20, The Killers, etc).

    It would take time to happen but I think that’s what Adam should work towards (getting a solid band of musically talented, theatrical folks to back him).

    In terms of the rest of the night….yawn, don’t care, only happy that The Robot is gone. Hopefully, the annoying teenage boy goes next week.

    • Blue Eyes

      I agree with you that Adam would have more success fronting a theatrical band like Muse, The Killers, etc. I doubt that will ever happen because of his ties to AI/19/Sony.

      • muzikizmi

        I don’t think it would ever happen, because Adam would have to share more of the money with his bandmates. Adam wants to be a super rich, celebrity playboi, or so it seems.

    • auntieaimee

      He’d never do that. Adam sees himself as a solo artist.

      • melbelle

        i’m with auntieaimee on this one – not sure if he could share the spotlight. i think he (and his management) needs to understand that his glam/electro/pop type of music is just a little too out there for him to be as uber-successful as he wants to be. can’t blame them for trying, but he is getting some horrible advice. his 15 minutes are about up

        • margie

          So I finally watched Adam’s performance this morning, I didn’t like it. The fog, the laser beams, etc was just to much for me. I freely admit I am not his target demo for his music. I don’t like all the theatrics some artists use to hide behind. It’s distracting. I think when you are good you don’t need all the hoopla to hide behind.

    • caspar

      I think anyone from the AI audience who ‘likes that kind of OTTness’ already bought his stuff or is a fan. He was there, IMO, because he was supposed to try to win the rest over with a pretty song and a good vocal. That’s not what he did, IMO.

      And it’s fine to say ‘that’s not who he is’, but if who he is doesn’t sell to the masses, then what’s the point? How can he be a superstar? Or doesn’t that matter any more?

    • pootle

      A dance-music band like the Scissor Sisters would be ideal for him. He would do especially well with a co-singer to play off.

      • Mithra

        Yes and no. The reality is that the look Adam is going for does not fit his body. It’s really that shallow. It just doesn’t work. He’s nothing special even though people were awed by a TV show’s construction of a “superstar.”

        • blacklisted

          Sure if Adam were as young, thin and pretty as Brendon Urie he’d be in a better position. But not everyone writes music and plays as many musical instruments as Brendon.

          Speaking of writing music and playing an instrument, every great frontman writes music and plays at least one instrument. According to Gerard Way, even playing a mediocre guitar is crucial to his songwriting. Adam isn’t a songwriter (and as Gerard and others say, it’s very hard to write when one doesn’t play an instrument) and that’s another reason having a group/band would help. He could have the other members be the creative writing force behind his vocals.

          • pootle

            Morrissey wrote a lot of great lyrics without being any sort of musician, but then he did have a genius collaborator.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            I love Morrissey. Did someone compare Adam Lambert to Morrissey? I may be locking down comments. ;) Or is Andrew Garcia a big Morrissey fan (I would bet money on this)?

          • pootle

            no no no nooooo! I was just being polite and see-both-sidesy by saying that the Moz co-wrote epic songs without the faintest idea of how to make music. Actually I think I tweeted Kris a couple of times about Smiths songs he could cover :D

            I’m not sure what Adam’s writing contribution has been so far, because I don’t know who wrote what on his album. Thing is, I never bother looking for anything positive about Adam, as it’ll be banged into my head repeatedly soon enough.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            He’s not a writer. The co-writing credits are because he changed a lyric or two. Seriously. And no, this is not be bashing Adam Lambert. The guy is not a songwriter.

            I love Moz. I bet he would never let his songs be cleared for the likes of American Idol. But I bet Kris Allen could do something sick with There’s A Light That Never Goes Out.

            During movie week last year, I made a list of songs I thought the contestants should do. I thought Lambert should do Moon River a la Moz.

          • http://8sourcandy.wordpress.com/ 8sourcandy

            TI,
            That’s not true. He wrote several songs before Idol. In fact he wrote “Glamorize” by himself. I thought Monte Pittman contributed, but he recently said that Adam wrote that by himself. He also wrote Kiss & Tell and co-wrote some others. (He used Garage Band software)

            On his album:
            I know he wrote the lyrics for “Broken Open” and the bridge for “Strut.” I can’t speak about other songs, and the contribution’s he made, but these I know for sure reflect his work. I know ‘Rabbit Hole’ is about Burning Man, so I assume he contributed lyrics to that.

            Just because he doesn’t play an instrument doesn’t mean he can’t write a song. He can sing every key on the guitar (I know how that sounds) but it is true. Adam does have knowledge of music composition.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            That’s not why I said it. It has nothing to do with playing an instrument. I’m just saying what I’ve been told.

            Glamorize has like 3 lyrics. I’ve heard that. Never even bothered looking at the Down the Rabbit Hole lyrics until now. Never heard the song. The song was also written by Greg Wells and Evan Bogart, who did For Your Entertainment, I believe (just looked this up).

            I’ve also never heard about him singing a song about Burning Man, although I guess it could be construed as such from the lyrics. The more I’ve discovered about Rolling Stone hyping that “admission” up, the more I think its a bunch of garbage they created and then other media outlets ran with it. They pretty much misquoted him regarding it, which is just lame. I always thought it was kind of stupid, given that I was sure he had done psychedelic drugs before going into the desert, so it would seem kind out outrageous to just have some sort of epiphany. Not that it can’t happen in BRC, but it just sort of adds to the off-base assumptions people have about the event.

          • blacklisted

            Sour,
            Adam isn’t a songwriter. In fact, I think Britney Spears is more of a songwriter than him. Throwing the word ‘the’ or ‘and’ into a lyric doesn’t mean he wrote the song. It’s all b.s. A number of real songwriters confirm that oftentimes when a ‘singer’ gets songwriting credit, the involvement is peripheral. It’s just a credit given not earned.

  • Mary

    Kris has 2 Billboard #1′s and LLWD is platinum despite the minimal amount of support that he is getting. Imagine if he got the amount of pimping and money that Adam is getting…boy would be pulling in Daughtry-like numbers.

    I know I already said this like 1000000X but AWM should be the next single. It’s the perfect summer song. And it reminds me of that Hey Soul Sista song out by Train right now, (annoying as hell but so damn catchy) which is doing amazing on the charts. BWCU and The Truth would also be great singles too but I think it should be AWM, which I think will be the best song to boost album sales.

    But watch TFTB (the fuckers that be) will probably put out “Lifetime” as the next single and drain his career right down the toilet.

    • Mary

      oh crap this is supposed to go with the replies at the bottom!

    • leastofall

      Nooooooooooooo not Lifetime!! Any other song would do, even WAOMF but not Lifetime!

    • Kate123

      I’ve already said something along these lines, but I’ve only listened to Lifetime once in its entirety and I cringed at those lyrics. Who suggested that this song had to be on the album?? It’s sooo bad.

      • margie

        I hate Lifetime too.

      • Mary

        Haha wasn’t it written by someone from Switchfoot?

        I can’t believe they cut off From the Ashes from his album. Its an amazing song. That should be his third single :)

        • leastofall

          I love FTA. Didn’t Kris say he had to choose between ‘Is It Over’ & FTA for the album. I’m glad he chose IIO, I love that song. But I have no idea why Jive decided to keep Lifetime esp when they had FTA. LT is such a generic, cheesy, lazy song!

          I’m not a big fan of recorded SMAYA either, but Kris’ acoustic take on it is really beautiful.

        • deez

          What was the song that Kris wrote that Cantiello liked so well? I wonder why we never heard it. (Top of the World, or something like that)

          • leastofall

            From all the demos he’d heard Jim’s favorite was ‘From the Ashes’. The Mat Kearney co-write ‘Top of the World’, dunnu If any of them, Jim, Slezak or that yahoo girl got to hear it.

    • Mary

      leastofall whats SMAYA?

      I always get Mat Kearney and Matt Nathonson mixed up for some reason.

      • Pandora

        Send Me All Your Angels. Co-written by Chris Daughtry, and it was a bonus track on the Wal-mart version of the record. You can find it on youtube. Personally I really really like it.

        • Mary

          Oooh I love that song!

          I know I may be in the minority here but I really don’t like CSA for some reason. I barely listen to that song and Lifetime.

  • CayKat

    THIS IS WHY DEBBIE IS SO FRAKING AWESOME:

    Ryan: [to audience] Have you met my wife, Debbie?
    Debbie: Oh that would last about two seconds.
    Ryan: [to Debbie] Are you married now?
    Debbie: No, I’m not, a——.
    Ryan: [to audience] You have to understand, Debbie and I have worked together almost every day for ten years, and—
    Debbie: He can be annoying.
    Ryan: She calls it annoying, I call it charming. [Begins singing] “Whadaya want from me?!”
    Debbie: Your blood.

    Excerpt from Adam B. Vary’s behind the scenes at last night’s Idol show. He also RAVES about Adam’s performance:

    http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/15/american-idol-adam-lambert-results-night/

  • kimberly

    I have mentioned ad nauseaum where I think Adam should be career-wise. Last night proved it again to me with the OTT lighting and smoke and dramatic posturing. (Too big for a small stage and executed poorly.) Unfortunately, that particular performance would have sealed the fate on any Broadway production. It just didn’t work. If he was trying to win over people like me who feel a particular way about his talents, it didn’t happen from my perspective. I still think he belongs in theatre as opposed to the POP industry. I think he is squandering his talent and in the process undermining himself and his credibility with every choice he makes.

    Adam fans felt Adam was once again being gracious and humble when he thanked IDOL for everything. Initially, it seemed that way to me, but it got a tad desperate, going on too long. The attempt to make eye-contact with the judges … Simon, perhaps? Too emphatic about how he owes everything to IDOL. There was no panning to the judges as Adam was speaking to get their smiling approval. Just once again felt strained and uncomfortable. Ken Warwick may have planted the seed, but there does seem to be some trouble in paradise.

    • Mithra

      Blake Lewis 2.0 – but with actual pimping beyond the show and financial backing. Blake is now a major kiss arse, did a 180. Was slapped down really hard. I think Adam just got a tap on the arse and still doesn’t get it. Too much shellac on that big head for it to sink in. Pops more popcorn…

      • Lamberkitten

        I have watched a LOT of interviews of Adam, some may have escaped my notice but I doubt there are many. I have never known him be ungrateful about the opportunity that being on American Idol gave him. Always how thankful he has been for it and how difficult it is to get signed to any label nowadays without having a huge fan base already in situ. I haven’t seen last nights’s full show yet, just the performance of WWFM (which a couple of unsatisfactory notes aside was great entertainment) so I don’t know the extent of how sucky-up he sounded. But for Adam to thank AI last night fits in with what he has always said in the past.

        • kimberly

          Adam is always very gracious, well-spoken guy. Bottom line, I’m sure he has a good heart and his words were sincere. I just felt it seemed a bit more frantic and went on a bit too long. It’s only my opinion. It’s how it came across to me. It appears Adam B. Vary loved the entire performance. That should be a boost to Adam fans, especially Glamberts.

    • Sherena

      If he was trying to win over people like me who feel a particular way about his talents

      He wasn’t. He knows better than to try to win over people who want him to be something that different from how he wants to be, as he’s made clear.

      • kimberly

        I don’t believe that at all. He talks a big game, but the dude is screaming for approval. This too cool above it all shit is tiresome.

        • kimberly

          Just to add, he wants to be famous and wealthy. I’m of the opinion, he’s not going to make it in the POP music industry. I bet if he put out a Susan Boyle type CD, it would sell like crazy. No lie.

          Hey, I could be wrong. It’s happened before, but my gut tells me differently.

          • Mithra

            It’s too late to even release a SuBo type CD, not that he would, since he’s clearly still delusional. Stick a fork in it already…

          • Burgundy LaRue

            A SuBo-type album won’t work for Adam. He’s too young for it. SuBo gets away with it because of her age–she’s already at the ‘goldie oldie’ portion of her career–and because her life story. She can get away with the Reader Digest/Redbook appeal because it’s a true reflection of who she is.

            Whattya know? SuBo is being more true to herself than Lambert and most pop artists today. Score one for her.

            Plus, I don’t get that SuBo is trying to impress anyone with her so-called trendy/hip tendencies, like Adam does. She’s just Susan and that completely works for her. No one under the age of 40 needs to go in that direction. But Susan is 100% made for it.

          • Blue Eyes

            Idol is looking for pop, pop-rock, pop-country singers and that’s the reason Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry, Jordin Sparks, and even Kellie Pickler have been so successful. Anybody who falls into other genres, has little chance of making it. Anybody who is too theatrical, like Adam Lambert, has little chance of making it. I really think his music and performance style is better off in a band. Lady Gaga can get away with it, because she’s a woman, but it just doesn’t work for a guy, unless you are in a band. Bands like Muse, Panic at the Disco, The Killers are the modern version of 70′s glam rock. That’s where Adam needs to be, in my opinion.

          • kimberly

            I kinda meant more in the line of a Josh Groban CD or Sam Harris or the show tunes vein, you know, like WICKED. I prefer that Adam. The snippets I heard of the TAKEN CD appealed to me more than FYE.

            Music is ageless, but I still can’t help, but cringe when 60+ year old women talk about Muse like they have been followers since their inception or Tokio Hotel, spelling it Tokyo. All rushing out to buy tickets to their concerts and CDs. Just twilight zone absurdity to me.

    • Blue Eyes

      This happens to almost all the Idols, especially the winner and runner-up. They get a taste of worldwide fame and it goes straight to their heads. Suddenly, they have fans and they think they have it made and fans will not leave them. Don’t they realize they really have not done anything, except win a talent competition? Fame comes when you get hit songs, sell-out venues and get invited to sing on TV shows. You can’t be lazy and just rely on the Idol fame because that is so fleeting. So many Idols fell into this bubble – Blake Lewis, Taylor Hicks, Rueben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Fantasia to name a few.

      • Mithra

        I think it’s the delusion of worldwide fame, which does not exist. In reality, that Idol tour, while great money, is a career killer for most. They are taken out of the national media and into the local at each stop for months. Finalists not backed by 19 are basically tied down to them until late August and cannot strike while the iron is hot. They get pimped up by the fans on the tour, but these people will have moved on and will start tarding over spoiler lists on IDF in mere months. Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson were treated like rockstars during their season’s tour. What’s Chris Timberfake done since? Blake went around acting like Ryan was Tuesday night, but worse, and it got more desperate the longer the fall was dragged out. Sanjaya actually had offers, but his mommy and sister were delusional and they passed and played hardball with MTV, record labels, film offers, modeling, etc. The only one that wasn’t totally his mom and her team of fraus fantards fault was with Heroes which fell victim to the writers strike and then shake ups in the writing staff. Chris Sligh’s blog of advice to season 8 contestants is a real eye opener if you haven’t read it:

        http://frommymindtoyoureyes.blogspot.com/2009/09/to-idols-realistic-look-at-your-career.html

        • Mary

          I read that blog, it was very realistic and Sligh was right on.
          Other than Gokey, the only AI contestant I truly loath is Blake Lewis. That guy is the biggest asswipe ever. He’s 100000000X more delusional than Adam will ever be.

          Didn’t he admit and laugh at the fact that he hit and locked up Sanjaya in something during their season’s tour?

          • Mithra

            Yep. Locked him in a closet and bragged about it. Blake went on a radio tour as his CD was tanking, lashing out at 19 and Clive Davis as well. He’s now happy grateful Blake who loves 19 and feels “blessed.” He needs the related gigs blogging and such to pay his bills now that reality and a little trouble with the IRS has sunk in. Adam is headed in the same direction. Blake was puffed up just like Adam, they are quite similar, but Adam is smarter and tries to act humble…sometimes. I still see the hubris like in that interview TI posted a link to yesterday when he responded to Ken Warwick’s remarks. When this last ditch effort likely fails, it should be interesting to see how they will play it.

        • Blue Eyes

          I forgot about Chris Richardson. I still remember him on the Idol tour. The guy was so full of himself. Where is he now?

          • Mithra

            Back as an assistant manager at Hooters? Shyamali went back to waitressing and working the coat check room. Should have taken all those offers from MTV, free pass on Idol, etc… The ones who are lucky enough to have HAD offers after the tour and were big headed and picky are the real idiots. The others are lucky if they can hustle some Idol related gigs at best.

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          I’m going to count how many of your posts mention Sanjaya…

          • Mithra

            :D , I know it’s making a certain someone’s butt clench…hehehe. Should I say David Cook ;) ? Or how about Jestro?

            Actually, I’m really suprised about how well Jestro is doing, but then maybe not. I’m thinking that his AI base is not really all that strong any more. The ads though are a bit more striking and not goofy looking like Adam’s ads. I can see them attracting mainstream interest, at least checking it out on visuals alone… or perhaps a subconcious desire to travel to the Mediterranean. I suspect more people would have positive associations with that imagry as opposed to trannies in purple outer space. The new Adam one for the remix is hilarious. He’s got that little smug face in the right hand corner. You’ve really got to wonder what he and his team are thinking. The CD cover was bad enough, as was Blake’s, another similarity. All that’s missing from both of them is the unicorns.

          • auntieaimee

            Not to belabor the point about Adam’s album cover, but, what were they thinking? I think he was going for David Bowie’s Hunky Dory but wound up with Adam Lambert’s Hunk’o Shitty.

          • w.dark

            It’s a little flattering (and unnerving) to know that, even when I’m off having a RL for a few hours, I’m on the forefront of someone’s mind, and am the motivation for their subtle poking rants.

            I feel so lurved. :*)

          • Mithra

            Don’t flatter yourself, but I do know what that was about since it’s your issue :D I always pay attention to creepy stalkers, as I’ve come across a few in the past, cyber and real life, so I know the signs. I hope you enjoyed your time under your rock :P Don’t worry though, if we should ever meet in RL, I’ll leave you a really nice tip for my latte, and I’ll buy you a Cookie with your milk ;)

            Now do you have anything to ad to the subject at hand, or are you just here to make people uncomfortable? I guess if that gets you off. Sad.

    • Mary

      Awww I think you guys are being way to harsh on the guy–and I’m not even an Adam fan!

      Yah his over-the-top theatrics, BSC fans and foot-in-the-mouth comments annoy the shit out of me but do you blame him for thanking them? Wouldn’t you be kissing their ass as well if the execs were pumping your ass with millions of dollars in promotion?

      Please don’t attack me now. I’m just trying to play devil’s advocate ***go hides in a corner**

  • caspar

    Even though I am kind of the opposite of a fan of Adam, I really don’t mind WWFM. However, I don’t like it because of Adam’s voice, I like it in spite of his voice.

    That self-congratulatory acapella caterwauling that took up half of his time slot last night was the aural equivalent of the surrounding stage production: made my eyes water, made me lose sight of who was singing, and made me want to yank a circuit breaker just to make it all STOP.

    • LittleMissCynic

      I agree about WWFM. I like the actual song a lot. I just can’t handle Adam’s voice. Maybe I just have bad ears, but it is not pleasing to listen to. In fact, it’s almost painful.

      Regarding the performance, I only saw 2 seconds of it. I was flipping back and forth between Idol and baseball last night, so I flipped to Idol, saw green lasers, and flipped back to baseball. But in those 2 seconds I wanted nothing more than to pull the plug on the lasers. Lasers = automatic channel change for me, regardless of who is performing. I mean, why are lasers ever necessary in a performance? People rave about Adam’s voice, but when he’s wearing these ridiculous outfits and getting lost in a sea of fog, his voice is going to be the last thing people notice. Just sing, dammit!

    • ross

      Not a fan of Adam’s voice, myself, but I think the single WWFM sounds okay on the radio The performance on Idol, on the other hand, sounded totally unpleasant to me. Grating, nasal, and just irritating. While people call his voice amazing, and in some ways I can’t deny it is (because he has a lot of volume and he can hit crazy high notes) it’s not pleasant to me, and if it’s not, what’s the point? I just don’t enjoy it.

  • CayKat

    TI – Thank you for this:

    “And how the hell did Katie Stevens train herself to cry whenever someone says the word grandma?”

    I thought the exact same thing!

    The only good parts of the show were the eliminations. That duet was just tragic, Kara in Africa was like one giant womb screaming to be fertilised. Where is this woman’s husband? Sir, please get her pregnant so that she can go on maternity leave and stop terrorising those innocent children in Africa. Elliot Y – IGB did you a real disservice by saddling you with Ms. D. I am sorry.

    Lambert dissapointed me. I am a fan of WWFM – I love the song. the “effects” where just too much for me personally. I actually started looking at something else while listening, hoping to just enjoy the vocals but the weird arrangement just killed it for me.

    Eliminations: pure joy. No more Latino Gokey and Smug Teen Witch – wow! just fantastic!

    Now…. off topic… well, I see other comments about this soooo…. Allision is the shizzznit! I love, love, love that girl and her album is a solid piece of work. So many good songs. The label should be pushing another single aggressively right now. I think “Still Breathing” should be the next single. It works for radio. If they got her on idol singing that, I am convinced her sales would increase significantly. They need to do more for her- she is totally worth it!

    Also, I wish people would just put this Adam vs. Kris album sales argument to rest.
    I am a Krisbert to the core, I like some of Adam’s music but, not really a fan of Adam most of the time and I despise much of his overbearing fanbase. That being said, I can also acknowledge that Kris has not been as succesful as Adam re: album sales. Granted, I think there are exceptional factors at play there but, it is what it is and, you know what, Kris is doing just fine. He’s selling records, performing, making money and he’s happy. As a Kris fan, that makes me happy. My point is that Kris fans shouldn’t get peeved when others point out that his album sales haven’t been stellar.

    Whether your a Kris fan or not, one can also acknowledge that Adam’s label has spent a tremendous amount of money on his promotion and marketing. Much of their energy is spent shoving Adam down people’s throats (AND NO I AM NOT A HOMOPHOBE, please look up what that phrase means if you don’t get it). This does not make Adam a SUPERSTAH. This does not make him BETTER than Kris. When people point out that the money and energy have not resulted in returns of the same level, Adam fans need to just admit that it’s true and not go all crazy and start spewing vile about the AI winner and the person that pointed it out.

    When your dealing with sales, you are dealing with solid facts. It’s not a matter of opinion, it just is what it is. So… let it go.

    Now, if you wanna start talking about which one of them is the bigger asshole, I will certainly take you on there… :-)

    • CayKat

      Just watched Adam’s perfomance again from MJ’s vid. It was much better than I thought and definetly one of the best guest perfomances of this season. The screaming wasn’t that bad.

    • pootle

      my word, that’s sensible! :D

      I do admit to feeling dyspeptic and sour over some of the praise shovelled Adam’s way, especially since ‘Kris’ seems to have become a taboo word on the show. It’s hard to separate annoyance with the Idol/19 people and the kind of twats who infest the TWOP forum from poor Adam himself and his sane fans.

      I’m particularly grateful to any Adam fans who take time to admit he’s overpimped and that he has some asshole online followers, because it’s nice to get what you want and bask in it sometimes and I can see how they’d want to stay in that bubble :)

  • Burgundy LaRue

    Don’t criticize those laser beams, boys and girls. They were fluorescent safety flares used to rescue Adam, who had gotten lost in the foggy Bermuda Triangle that is the Idol stage.

    • deez

      Does this guy read Top Idol? (yeah, I know it’s old, but some of his comments sound very familiar, lol):

      • barado

        That reviewer was really funny in an offhand way, especially when he veered off-topic. I want to see more of his stuff now.

        • deez

          He has some other reviews as well (I haven’t listened to Allison’s yet…I’ll have to see if he did Gokey’s album…that should be good). He has one of Kris’s album that is pretty funny too, strangely though, he seems to love the songs I hate, and vice versa, lol.

      • Lauren

        He bothers me. I turned it off after two minutes.

  • Trish

    Ever-so earnest Brooke White takes the stage to duet with Justin Gaston, who looks like a greasy school bus driver who shoots squirrels with a pellet gun while drinking Keystone. I was really hoping Brooke would need to start over again, but she doesn’t. But Justin Gaston. Holy hell. You are a talentless excuse for bushy eyebrows. OMG. Who told you that you could dream? Billy Ray Cyrus, right? Is he a goddamned expert? Because you. On stage. Fraking painful. I am actively attempting to cough my brains out right now in a concerted effort to drown your dying muskrat voice out.

    Okay, I’ve reovered from my earlier loss and I’m laughing so hard that I have to show you WHY Justin is worth reconsidering:

    http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/star/pictures-480083-justin-gaston.html

    Who the hell is looking at his EYEBROWS? The kid nothing more than a slab of meat.

  • Trish

    Argh, I just typed a long post that disappeared into the Glam Fog after I hit the “submit comment” button. I’m so depressed, I feel like Paul on Mad Men when he fell asleep at his desk and lost his brilliant idea . . .

  • Trish

    You are so, SO out of your element, you Idol blogger poser! How could you not know that Justin Gaston was a FINALIST on Nashville Star, as hosted by that International Superstar Billy Rae Cyrus??? Justin may have to sue you for lible!1!1

    http://www.nbc.com/Nashville_Star/contestants/justin.shtml

    And if you’re going to continue to pimp those NO TALENT yahoos Alex Lambert and Tim Urban, then I’m going to have to post photos of Justin that PROVE he is the far superior talent with a ONE OCTAVE RANGE and a spectacular package that includes giant TESSITURA!

    http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/star/pictures-480083-justin-gaston.html

    You make me sick with your hate of all things GLAMOOURUS like Adam Lambert and Justin Gaston. I’m sure ADAM appreciates Justin’s assets, so screw you!

  • d. b. cooper

    Top Idol said:

    But Justin Gaston. Holy hell. You are a talentless excuse for bushy eyebrows. OMG. Who told you that you could dream? Billy Ray Cyrus, right? Is he a goddamned expert? Because you. On stage. Fraking painful. I am actively attempting to cough my brains out right now in a concerted effort to drown your dying muskrat voice out.

    Classic.

    Now regarding the other guy later in the show: Who let Eddie Munster in the building? Who gave him a record deal? Is that what’s hot in the street these days?!?!?!

    They are not letting Timmeh even do his pre-recorded group sing vocals. The group sings were much more interesting when they were live, these are abominations and the song choices are so bad. Please Idol, just chuck them if this is what you’re gonna do. First the Wham thing, then the Beatles debacle, and now this. Ugh. I did watch the whole thing cuz train wreck, I couldn’t look away.

    Wish it would have been Mike, I liked STW.

    • ross

      In S8, there were complaints about the early lip-synched group numbers, so they went back to live singing. I figured that was the end of it. So what do they do this season? Go back to lip synching. Idol does what it wants. Doesn’t give a shit about what anybody thinks. Doesn’t care how we vote, whatever.

      • pootle

        The lip-synching was stopped last year after a contestant revolt led by Adam. He went up to the management and demanded, on everyone’s behalf, that they looks like proper singers and not muppets in the group songs. Much to his credit.

        It didn’t change the ludicrous dancing though.

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          I always thought the vocal tracks were there because there was no time for them to learn a song and choreography.

  • http://drlulzington.wordpress.com/ Doctor Lulzington

    “(Siobhan is just working on her acting skills so she will be the new model Tim Burton trades Helena Bonham Carter in for in about five years.)”

    That’s my favorite line in this article. It’s so true, too.

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

    YAYAYAYAYAY KATIE IS FINALLY GONE!!!
    Though I still can’t believe those 2 songs didn’t prove elimination for Siobhan and Lee. I was kind of proud of my curse theory.
    But curses are fictional anyway, and KATIE IS GONE!!!!!
    HAHAAAAAAA

  • MissMyEm

    I thought Lee was going to puke after Ryan did his schtick about Chris Daughtry being eliminated after he sang “A Little Less Conversation.”

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

      HAAAAA

      • Burgundy LaRue

        You could actually see the moment Lee soiled himself. He thought he was a goner for sure.

  • ryo

    I am SO pleased with tonight’s eliminations. Both Katie and Andrew should have been eliminated weeks ago, and yet they still kept getting through again and again. It’s like Christmas came early to have them BOTH gone on the same night.

    I liked Adam’s performance tonight – the only thing I wish was different was that it had picked up sooner. I was actually worried he was going to go through the ENTIRE song slow like that but it picked right up and I enjoyed it.

    And I have one slightly random thing to say: I hated, hated the IGB segment tonight. Kara acted like she was some kind of savior going into a country that desperately needed the healing touch that only SHE could give. Her behavior and attitude was entirely condescending – all of her touching people’s shoulders and the “I just FEEL FOR YOU SO MUCH” look on her face was so pathetically contrived. Ugh. And she acted like she was saving people’s lives single-handedly because of those nets when she neither paid for them, paid to transport them or even really did anything but help pass them out. At least when Kris went to Haiti, he didn’t pretend that was making this great huge difference – he knew it was the attention he would bring, not his actual presence, that would be making the most impact. It just drove home the point for me that she thinks she’s entirely more important and influential than she is.

    • ross

      I like Andrew. He didn’t live up to the expectations, but I always figure, if you had it in you once, it’s still in there somewhere. I loved a couple of the things he did. Plus he seems kind of humble and real. His voice is pretty good, for a certain kind of music. I don’t think you can win AI unless you can find a way to succeed at all the genres they throw at you. He really wasn’t good at that. But I can see him being an interesting singer-songwriter kind of artist.
      I liked him better than a lot of the others this season.

      • Trish

        Yeah, I didn’t get all the Andrew hate either. He totally crashed and burned on the Idol stage, but he’s clearly got some legitimate talent. And he seemed genuinely appreciative of the opportunity he’d been given. I predict he gets good reviews on the tour — if anybody bother to attend it!

        • Burgundy LaRue

          Andrew would be great in a OK Go/Gym Class Heroes kind of band. He doesn’t have the biggest voice, but what he does, he does really well and his style is pretty current. And most importantly, he wasn’t a jerk during his time on the show.

          • Blue Eyes

            I agree. Seems like a decent guy and likeable. His mom is really cute too.

            Not really sure what genre he’s going after? Perhaps latin soul/acoustic soul? Not mainstream, but perhaps he can find some indy success.

  • kimberly

    I no longer have to feel guilty for not voting for Katie. My daughter, surprisingly, didn’t care at all. Katie sometimes sounded flat. She really needs more vocal training. Tonight’s sing-off was not good at all. Andrew Garcia’s vocals are really really weak. I’m not getting how these people were picked for this season. It wasn’t talent. Must have been the backstory, I guess … I heard Ryan tell Andrew Garcia he was going to miss him because he showed honest emotion, unlike the zombies around him. I added the last part. There is nothing about Lee Dewyze that I find appealing. The guy still looks dead in the face, eyes. He gives me the creeps. I did like Casey’s hair tonight. He straightend it and he was better looking to me tonight.

    I do like the sound of Brooke’s vocals. I’m not interested in her music, though. I felt like she was keeping Justin from freaking out. That’s saying alot, if Brooke, the loose nerve-ending, needs to be the calming force.

    Mike seems really huge tonight, in a ridiculous way. There is not one viable POP artist in the group. Aaron could be a country/pop crossover artist. I mean he is better vocally than all those Disney robots. Did they show old footage of Siohban, saying they’r not going to break me? I’m thinking Siohban has fallen from grace. Although, she was always more like the red-headed stepchild. It’s Top 7 and I don’t even remember their names or even care about them. Seeing Crystal doing group numbers, being dipped by Mike is so, so not right. The camera panned to nothing for a long moment during the group performance. All so unpolished like the talent this year. We should be seeing a little improvement, but it’s just all falling flat.

    The protracted beginning of WWFM, the lighting, the lasers, the overload of smoke… did not work at all. So typical of Adam, always a hit or miss thing. What looks great on paper never quite gets executed correctly. My husband was watching (he never watches IDOL), he only made one comment about Adam: “He needs to go back to OZ.” I didn’t get it at first until I saw how it appeared to be a funnel cloud forming above Adam. Most of the time, he was pretty much lost in the smoke and the lasers reflected off of it like a car’s high beams in fog. Vocals were shaky. Ryan did his best to promote Adam and WWFM. It just seemed like trying too hard. I don’t think it’s working.

    One more thing: had to laugh when my daughter told Kara to shutup. She even annoys 13 year old girls who half the time can tune out anything. Poor Elliot. I thought this was HIS trip. She just a pushy, take-over bitch. Elliot didn’t look to happy. Did the camera pan to Elliot in the audience? I can’t remember. Again, had to laugh when the camera panned to Kara and my daughter was like, why are we looking at her? Not by choice, I told her, they’re making us. My daughter also said, STW was an embarrassment to Connecticut. lol

    This is tl;dr

    • ross

      Ryan did his best to promote Adam and WWFM. It just seemed like trying too hard. I don’t think it’s working.

      The previous night I noticed Seacrest said the name of the song three times at least. Then there was the souped-up presentation of it tonight. I just thought he’d come out and sing the song with his band. Ha! I really think they’re working overtime to get WWFM to outsell LLWD.
      Why, I have no idea.

      • Pandora

        Because they are trying to rewrite history and retroactively crown Lambert as the winner of course.

    • Gene

      @kimberly
      “I don’t think it’s working.”

      Yeah, that’s why the song is at number 13 in the US iTunes single chart and climbing.

      • Kate123

        Good for Adam. At least the insane levels of pimpage, promotion, and TV spots are starting to pay off.

      • d. b. cooper

        Gene said:

        @kimberly
        “I don’t think it’s working.”

        Yeah, that’s why the song is at number 13 in the US iTunes single chart and climbing.

        Number 13! Wow! And with such a small amount of promo! Amazing! Astounding! Well, you know what they say:

        Every artist dreams of having a number 13 hit.

        (They don’t actually say that. What they actually say is, “Gene, you’re unintelligent.”)

        • Kathy

          So where did HBD make it without all the promotion? I am a lazy Kristard and unsure of the number. Higher than 13 I do believe though. Katie is outta there! I giggled like a school girl. I haven’t been this happy about an Idol boot since Constantine. Well, guess that’s a lie, I almost started River Dancing when Gokey was shown the door.

        • Gene

          @d. b. cooper

          You are an unintelligent one. The fact is that his performance has boosted his sales so anyone with brain can see that it did work. You Kristards really need to stop caring so much about Adam’s career when your idol is doing much worse. Kris has got lots of promos and radio plays compared to most new artists and his album can’t even reach gold. People should think Kris is a worthless winner, right?

          • Fancy_

            @Gene-a lot of Idol fans from ALL seasons hate
            Adam because of the pimpage. His OTT dress,
            make up, hair styles, and screaming are merely
            amusing.

          • rockpaperscissors

            Gene, do you think the massive push by the Lambert fans in various forums has anything to do with the increase on the iTunes chart?
            I’m using this thread again as an example cuz I’m too lazy to find the others ; http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=645878
            :lol:

          • dresden

            this is no boost. his cd and remix ep, with all this pimping, ain’t outselling jason castro – castro, he who finished what, 4th/5th/6th 2 years ago. has had little to no pimping by his label, no idol appearance, no major network appearance. beyotch please. your sanity, not just your intelligence, is shaky. and wwfm – should have already been at number 1. there are no more lies or excuses to be made. intelligent people see the truth – and it is that you lamberts are a species unto yourselves, and reality is some nebulous concept you only grasp when it smacks you up side the head. nah, no spinning the fact that 2 days of the best pimping money can buy has given an international supahstah the most pedestrian increase i’ve seen.

          • Gene

            @rockpaperscissors

            Yeah, right.. like I’m supposed to believe that some fans are the only reason the song has jumped almost 10 spots up overnight. If some fans’s influences are so powerful, then why hasn’t the song been in the top 20 every day? Like it or not, many casual fans are buying the song now. Anyway, I find it pathetic that someone who is not a Adam fan go to various fan forums just to look for a thread like that. It’s typical behavior by VFTW losers who need to get a life.

          • Gene

            @dresden

            “this is no boost. his cd and remix ep, with all this pimping, ain’t outselling jason castro – castro, he who finished what, 4th/5th/6th 2 years ago.”

            In terms of total album sales, iTunes is pretty much meaningless. Combined, Amazon and iTunes represent less than 20 percent of total album sales. No, you are NOT intelligent.

      • Mithra

        Gene,

        I know you old gals get confused posting between twitter, AO, and comments section on “enemy” blogs – but the @ is used on twitter for a reason. It’s a hypertext link to another account, it is not a way to respond to someone on a blog or messageboard. Please tell your fellow cows this at AO. That crap is hard enough to read as it is without all the stupid @s. Thank you :)

        • BettyBlue

          Just so you know, the @ sign is an old style way of addressing a specific user/poster, especially useful on long-winded discussions or responding to multiple users on a single post. I don’t know what you, whippersnappers, use these days, but that’s what we used to do in the olden days.

          • Mithra

            Olden days? Like when windmills were powering Compuserve forums in 1992? :D I didn’t know that, but things change. I’ve been online long enough to have known that emoticons (which I now abuse ;) ) and lol and all that was considered a sign of a geek and stuff not to do. I’ve only seen @ crop up on forums since the cows got on twitter, just sayin…they weren’t doing it on the scaries where they got their pretty shiny Glambert numbers and Cookie numbers before that.

        • dresden

          gene is funny – he has had pedestrian for the pimping increases at walmart and amazon as well. walmart moves more units than amazon and all the online sites combined, so at best, your boy is going to see an increase in the range of every other run of the mile guest performer singing on idol – not one worthy over an overpimped, overhyped screaming mimi who has had so many bites at the apple he pisses cider. be gone with your trolling and pathetic attempts to convince people who aren’t ever going to care, or give 2 squirts about madam. i don’t see real fans of real superstars, like kelly, carrie and daughtry trying to hard to convince anybody they are worthy to be called that. only glamberts, lolol. the aforementioned let their talent and record of sales and awards and good will speak for them… no laser shows. no smoke machines. no bob big boy aesthetics or make up guns set to ‘ack’. try convincing people who may just be stupid enough to fall into the kool vat and buy your boy’s cd or singles – i never will, and apparently millions of others feel the same – cheers :)

          • Mithra

            He? Gene is a Jean and a Sparkle Cow through and through. It’s one of their old tricks ;)

      • dresden

        number 13 from number what, 20 at the star of the show… this is not the kind of bump somebody with 2 freaking days of pimping in front of 20 mil people – and an international superstar, is supposed to get. this song should be number one, but it’s inched it’s way up. we know it’s nobody but glamberts rebuying again – that makes it doubly pathetic. his itunes and amazon bumps are pedestrian for the idol pimping he received. so those with brains are not fooled genie gene. you glammies are really grasping at every straw now that warwick has declared the jig to be up. adam has blown what may be his last chance to connect with an outside outside of the bsc’s like you that helped run his career in the ground. nope, no international supahstah performance or numbers here good buddy. try again.

        • Mithra

          Ryan must have said the title of the song 20 times in the last two days. No one besides the herd is going to buy it after that screeching mess of a performance. Adam once again looked like crap. I did kind of like the light show though. He looked like he was in a lava lamp :D

          • dresden

            that is all that is buying it. most performers songs begin an immediate zoom up itunes after they’re done. not lamberts. if beiber has 2 days of adam’s idol pimping he would be sitting number 1 everywhere. he has a performance in a few weeks on idol – watch his numbers trounce the glam ones. warwick told us what the deal is – they are propping up their wittle glamby because he’s struggling to make back all the money they’ve wasted on him, and their patience i think is wearing thin. i’m not fooled by their as normal ott hyberbole about any of this. when the great glam god can’t outsell a contestant from 2 years ago who placed below the final two on itunes there’s something wrong. jason castro has been in the top 10 on itunes since his cd release – no pimping or hand holding from idol to get him there. this guy has the best promo money can buy, and can’t get anything there. i hope tptb bleed them dry financially propping adam up. folks like gene are all he has.

          • peg

            Hey Mithra … You just gave me a great product idea – Adam Lambert bobble headinside a lava lamp! How many Sparkle cows do you guys think there are?

          • Mithra

            Hard to gage by all the sock puppets. I suspect most of them registered with AO and twitter to follow him hundreds of times each to make impressive numbers and to beat that smelly unwashed Quis Alien. People usually do not register on forums if they are just lurking and not posting ;)

            I think it would be more profitable to market Adam as food, like a Glamcorn Dog, Glamcakes, AdamPockmarkedPie, etc…

        • Gene

          @dresden

          Usher and Miley Cyrus’s new singles didn’t go to number one after they appeared on Idol and you know that they are more popular than Adam. You are a clueless idiot.

          • et

            In terms of total album sales, iTunes is pretty much meaningless. Combined, Amazon and iTunes represent less than 20 percent of total album sales.

            So do iTunes sales matter enough for you to come in here and get your panties in a bunch… or do they not matter? Or do they only not matter when applied to Jason Castro?

          • dresden

            they reached top 10, and stayed there for a while. adam will begin to stall and fall by this afternoon. most people who watched idol tend to make those itunes buy with 12 hours after the broadcast, then whatever bump will begin to fade – unless you gave an outstanding performance, or the performance piques the interest of casual buyers. adam showed w/that horrendous 1978 floor show last nite he has no desire to do that, so his sales are not going to be as great for the amount of propping up he received. 2 days of pimping for a rawk god international superstar in front of 20 million people, who you all say is the biggest and bestest thing ever – and he hasn’t topped any sales or airplay chert for his music. buh – bye gene. reread warwick’s article very slowly this time, so it sinks in. reality is a mofo, but it helps to make friends with it sometimes.

          • kimberly

            Miley and Usher’s songs are not good. No matter who you are, if the song sucks, people will not buy it. I don’t think Miley is getting a lot of airplay with her new song. Everyone knows Party in the USA. I couldn’t tell you what her new song’s title is at this moment. I think right now Miley is being a movie star.

          • dresden

            what – there’s somebody you acknowledge to be more popular than the great god adam – omg, the world is coming to an end. geez, that lamebert should be in both their leagues now, according to the cow tales spun over the web, lol… imagine that – a black dude and a horse faced teen have managed to overcome some discrimination and other obstacles to be more popular and bigger selling that the most pimped idol contest ever, hee hee. tell fuller he needs to go back to the drawing board, ok – the master plan they had sucks.

      • parsenip

        Jean – anyone who has watched the long, tragic non-launch of Lambert into superstardom, international or otherwise, understands that his frau can and do organize to bump up his numbers to make some sort of tiresome, demented point. They did it for his birthday, for Valentine’s day, after his Oprah appearance . . . The only effect that has is to make me (and others, I presume, including his label/management) wonder how much of it, if any, is him actually attracting new fans. It also makes me wonder why, if his fans believe him to be such an incredible once-in-a-lifetime not of this planet talent, all this frantic propping up and then incessant crowing is even necessary.

        • Blue Eyes

          I will never understand frauen. Buying multiple copies does not work and will never work. All their doing is throwing their hard-earned money down the drain. I remember my first and only involvment with an Idol fandom was with Taylor Hicks. A frau was bragging on-line how she bought 20 copies of his Taylor’s crap cd and handed them out to strangers at Walmart and was telling other frauen that they should be doing this as well. I mean, really, how effing crazy is that?

    • peg

      1) purchasing (multiple) copies of WWFM singles — remixes and original (not EP!)
      If we can afford it, purchasing the remixes individually on AO, iTunes and Amazon (if they have them) would help greatly!

      There’s gonna be some late house trailer payments this month!

      • ross

        Naw, they’re all doctors and lawlers.

  • Nich

    The song list for next week is so random but I bet only the cheesiest songs will be done. Lee’s totally doing Creed for sure, bleh.

    • Kathy

      Just when I was starting to like Lee he probably will do Creed. Blech.

      • et

        Just when I was starting to like Lee he probably will do Creed.

        Haha, if he does Creed after he already did “Lips of an Angel” and “Fireflies” I just cannot like him. No way.

        • auntieaimee

          Someone tweeted last week about Lee playing The Boxer, so I’m thinking he’ll do that. Crystal had said that she’d chosen all of her songs for the season, which makes me think that they know all the theme weeks well in advance and have plenty of time to prepare. I always thought they were only given a week to pick a song and prepare? Weird.

          • Mithra

            They actually start the process two weeks before. It may be different as of season 7 when it seemed they often had a very limited number of pre cleared songs. Hard to say what goes on now. Before that contestants could pretty much see that bus coming when they would keep nixing choices. Cannon fodder has very little choice. (where’s) Garrett Haley (season 7) was essentially assigned a song he had never even heard before, and one that sucked. If two contestants want the same song, whomever doesn’t get it may as well count the clock ticking…

          • Burgundy LaRue

            If TPTB assign you a song, you may as well buy a ticket for the rollover bus and get a comfortable seat. You’re going home for sure.

        • Kate123

          Or if he does Hero by Chad kroeger (Aka the lead singer of Nickelback…ew) I will probably toss my TV out the window.

  • Kate123

    Ugh. I meant to buy WWFM but I accidentally bought 1000 copies of AWM instead :(

    • Sherena

      AWM…?

      • MissMyEm

        Alright With Me.

        • cc

          Dang, why remind me that Chris Allon doesn’t have a second single yet?! j/k ;)

          • Kate123

            I was totally on the AWM train for the second single but I just saw a video of Kris performing CSA live and I’ve changed my mind. I want CSA as the next single, he has great energy when he’s performing it and it’s so freaking catchy

          • deez

            If they did release CSA (which I really like, BTW), I hope they keep the guitar solo at the end when doing TV performances, and re-record it that way as well. IDK why the solo isn’t on the album, I guess that’s something Andrew came up with on his own messing around.

            Speaking of band members, does anybody know if the other guys,besides the brothers Steen, are in other bands? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen anyone except Cale with Kris.

    • Pandora

      Love you!

  • Sherena

    FINALLY, bye-bye Andrew. He hadn’t had a good performance since Straight Up–clearly it was only rabid fandom keeping him on. Or his gangster ties, of course. And Katie– I didn’t like her much, but I do feel rather bad about it, because she was starting to have some real potential. And now we have 2 girls and 5 guys…so unbalanced.

    On the bright side, now I’m 13th in MJ’s pool! 13 is my favorite (and lucky) number!

    • Mithra

      This is the best thing for Katie’s potential. It may teach her humility and she will become a better human being. Oh…who am I kidding :D

    • Trish

      And Adam’s, too, apparently!

      (Oh, wait, he’s up to 12 on the iTunes chart after more pimpage than post-funeral Ronald Reagan!!!!!!!!!)

  • Fancy_

    Glad stw is gone-she was annoying, it was time for Andrew-he couldn’t find the magic again. Just how much influence does Simon Fuller have? He sold 90% of AI and he “special request” had Archie on to sing Imagine, (to make Madam mentorship less obvious?), then he puts poor Brooke with a guy from dream house nobodies ever heard of and CAN’T sing. As for Madam, I loved it, is there any special effect they missed in that performance? Couldn’t see her at all-which is fine by me-did she screech in the end? Next year AI will be in a 24/7 reality format, located right next door to “Dream House”.

    Simon and Kara looked positively ill when Timmeh was safe and stw out.

    • Blue Eyes

      When the announcement of Timmeh was safe, the look on Kara’s face was priceless!

      • cc

        I totally forgot Adam’s performance after they announced Tim was safe…

        Timmeh’s train is in full steam ahead. No one can stop him now. Can I see Top 2? Hey, why do a double elimination every week ’til we reach “The Finale”. Less suffering from the contestants, viewers and even TPTB. Everyone’s happy!!! :)

        (Who else switched their channel when Idol focused on STW’s “dancing” in group number. Eeek.)

        • cc

          *why NOT do

          Oops!

  • ross

    I don’t think last year’s idols were cryers. I don’t remember too many tears when people were eliminated. Yet they were a close group. This year there are a lot of weepers.

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      I think they’re crying because they’re still there.

      • ross

        LOL!! Me too.

  • RarelyC

    I know I shouldn’t comment because I actually didn’t see the results show tonight, but this recap and the pictures reminded me of two things. One, I hate Kara with a passion that cannot be described in words. Two, when looking at Adam’s picture with the swaybots, I am reminded of the questions I have been meaning to ask: are there no minorities in LA? (I am told that there actually are minorities in LA, but you would never know it from watching AI.) Are there no cool young people in LA who can actually be in the audience and get into the music in a way that is not completely plastic?

    • MissMyEm

      LOL. I live in L.A. There are many minorities here. However, the way to get tickets is not easy. You have to sign up at a certain website and if you get the email from them telling you you have a ticket…you have to be quick. Chances are if you work and you don’t have a computer…you may not get a ticket. And the rules are if you go one time, you can’t go again. What the sidewalk P.A.s do is look for the young, good looking people who are dressed up and put them in the pit. The rest of the crowd gets placed at random.

      I was surprised, actually to see so many ordinary and older people in the audience, but I bet they were relatives of someone. Usually the older ones get sent to the boonies as do the ones not decked to the max.

      I haven’t gone to the show since the Season 5 Finale because I can’t stand the 5 hour standing on line wait anymore.

  • melbelle

    as tatiana, looking up to the heavens, would say, AWESOMMEEE

    second only to gokey’s elimination in terms of sheer hey-hey-hey-goodbye bliss!

    i thought adam was absolutely wretched, and i think wwfm is the best song on his (poor) album. again, he’ll apparently never learn to stop with the over-screetching, over-produced spectacle. way to win some new fans and make a case for your relevancy in what was likely your last chance to perform in front of millions of people.

    • Kate123

      For me, Music Again was the best song on his album, I can’t stand WWFM.

      • melbelle

        i like music again as well, along with sleepwalker, but that’s about it. just not my cup of tea…not to be that obnoxious commenter, but imo allison’s album, track for track, is about 100 times better

        • Kate123

          “Trouble Is” and “Holiday” are awesome and definitely have the potential to be huge hits. Why don’t they put more effort into promoting Allison?

          • melbelle

            i LOVE trouble is and no one else, and i think don’t waste the pretty could do really well on radio. that’s why i can never feel to bad for adam – allison was sabotaged from the beginning, and 19e continues to effectively hide her talent, which is considerable. poor thing was sacrificed for a lambert-gokey final even when she was terrific on a weekly basis.

            i also think allison’s the reason i loathed stw with such passion.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            Allison is unlike any other teenage competitor on the competition. I am always wary of hell, anyone under 19 or even 20, but the first time I heard her sing, holy hell. She’s just something special.

          • et

            Her album really is quite good, and her voice is fantastic. They should use some of their Lambert fund to push Allison, dammit.

          • Kathy

            Exactly. I am post spamming this morning lol woke up early and Morning Joe isn’t as fun this morning. Allison! Look at the contrast of sing outs. STW was horrible. Just Ghastly. I know she was upset but I am sure Allison was and she still knocked Crybaby out of the park.

          • deez

            Wow! Allison’s Crybaby sing-out just gave me chills thinking about it!

            Speaking of Kris – where’s his second single? It should be released already to start gaining some spins. He’s not a overpimped-in-your-face-celebrity so it will take time for him to catch on without all the promo he had while premiering LLWD. I’m afraid his other singles will do much worse … not much good material on his album and TPTB already made their choice whom to support.

            I think there are probably 4 songs on there that would be good single material, (The Truth, which it seems most people have pegged as the second single b/c of clues, is NOT one of them) I think if they release the right song (AWM or CSA), I think he’ll be OK. It does seem fairly obvious what’s going on with TPTB, though. They don’t support Alli AT ALL, and Kris only b/c they kind of have to….in a minimal way. Perhaps Gokey was smart to go country, they seem to have a different way of going about things, and it seems easier to catch on as a country artist (Carrie, Pickler, Josh Gracin, Bucky).

          • peg

            Hey deez, I agree there are at least 4 more potential singles and maybe more if you just looked at HAC and AC (and Country?). Only problem is that all of them would benefit from being re-recorded now that Kris has had some time to tweak the arrangements.

            Of course I thought LLWD was a terrible choice for the first single – so I wouldn’t trust myself to pick the next one! It did grow on me after I heard it a few times … so maybe TT will too. Cale reportedly told some friends he heard the re-mixed version and it was amazing. They did a version yesterday at a radio station gig that sounded much better to me – it seemed shorter and featured more background singing by Cale.

          • Alice

            I think LLWD is the best song on Kris’ album. I strongly disliked BWCU, but the live version is much better. The studio ver. seems like a reject from the new Lifehouse album (generic uptempo with unnecessary beat) and I don’t think their single which (although with similar style) I think was much better that BWCU did any good (and they are much more established). TT is my second favorite… although I see it more as Allison’s Scars – great song that would charted 10 years ago but now in the auto-tune era sang by someone without a household name, without the label push won’t do good. Alright With Me Seems like a cool summer song, maybe that will give it some advantage… but it seems quirky cool – the kinda song that is released by an indie artist and finishes outside of top40. CSA and WAOMF seem mediocre to me and I have this feeling that they are not finished, that something is missing. One sounds like Gavin DeGraw and the other one like The Script – maybe that’s their advantage? To appeal to the masses by resemblance to other known artists/songs?

            I’m also wondering how Kris will debut his second single. I doubt it will have a Z100 premiere and will be instantly added, which I think was a huge factor in LLWD being successful. I’m hoping that Kris did enough networking and Jive will have his back enough to push some bigger stations to add the song. Allison is an example of what happens if you don’t have a big debut and the support. I would love Kris or Allison to be successful (now, someday) just for the sake of rubbing it to TPTB faces.

          • parsenip

            Kris is doing a concert in the Bahamas on Saturday, and I’m pretty sure it’s an annual thing that Z100 is involved with. So I think it’s a real possibility that his next single will get another premiere on Z100.

          • Trish

            Well, Gokey was their alternate ‘chosen one’ after Adam, so he’s being given some pretty incredible opportunities opening for Lady Antebellum and Sugarfoot (-land???), so it’s pretty clear they still care more about him than they do about Kris.

            I think Kris fans need to learn to be content with the fact that Kris totally ruined TPTB’s diabolical plans last season. He’s being treated like shit, but even non-fans (at least at my house!) can see that and are rooting for him. He’s a good guy and a very talented musician. He’s much better off than he was before he auditioned for the show, and I think he’s grounded enough to know that. I’m pretty certain he’ll still be working in the music business in 15 or 20 years, probably as a producer, regardless of whether or not he ends up being a popstar of any longevity.

            Adam, OTOH, as talented as he is, appears likely to flame out in a huge way. He just seems to refuse to admit to himself that someone with his god-given gifts has to choose between mass-market appeal and personal vision. The two occasionally coincide (as with Lady Gaga), but reality shows aren’t usually the launching pad.

          • Kate123

            I completely agree. I complain about Kris getting shafted but holy jeez, Allison would sing amazingly and they’d pick on stupid things like her outfit or Simon would call her “unlikeable” and “precocious”. Even the AI bloggers that loved her rarely post stuff about her now :(

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            I solemnly swear to post more about La Princesa del Mariachi.

            I really should. I always think about it. It just gets tough for me during the week while working and everything.

          • Kate123

            I’m confused by how little they’ve invested in her…is it because she’s still in school and can’t do too many shows/performances? I think she has one coming up at Six Flags with Kris…maybe we’ll see more about her during the summer when class is out.

          • Alice

            Yes, Tim stays! STW and Garcia are sent home, you even don’t know how long I waited for this moment! Great news to wake up to.

            Seems there’s a consesus among unbiased people that Allison’s album is the best from last year’s Idols. You can add me to those people and I don’t get (I mean I ” get it”, Adam the rawk god that needs cash for pimping…) why 19e won’t they throw some cash in her direction. It would pay off. Like 1/3 of her album consists of songs that could easily enter top40 if people knew about them and if she was marketed to young adults not tweens. They are not pushing her songs. The only real promo she had was the first week her album dropped then she fade into obscurity. Scars – her second single was given a quick release date, no video, no support besides the AI performance, but truth to be told she never appealed to AI viewers so what can people expect… She often was in the bottom 3 and her Cry Baby during Rock Week lost to Gokey Scream … and Kris, as much as I like him (who doesn’t besides Glamberts?) there were weeks he wasn’t better than her and one of those weeks was the Rock Week. If 19e made Orianthi succeed they sure can do the same for Allison, if they want to that is…

            Speaking of Kris – where’s his second single? It should be released already to start gaining some spins. He’s not a overpimped-in-your-face-celebrity so it will take time for him to catch on without all the promo he had while premiering LLWD. I’m afraid his other singles will do much worse … not much good material on his album and TPTB already made their choice whom to support.

            PS. If you don’t have time searching for the (lil bits of) info on La Princesa check alliholics (they have a site and a twitter). Learnt about them on mjs big blog, she often uses them as her source. As for being stans they don’t seem annoying. They record Allison’s interviews and appearances, keep an updated schedule, they don’t tweet much – only news, not some useless crap.

          • Blue Eyes

            Allison is an amazing talent. It’s almost like Idol threw her under the bus. With all their millions, they can’t throw some money her way to promote her?

          • Sherena

            I don’t know, but they should. Allison’s album is really good. Some tracks are incredible. Her voice is really emotive.

            I guess the problem is that they don’t know where to market her. She’s not very commercial, as Kara would say it. She’s not the perfect thin polished little Disney teen star that’s easily marketed to that crowd, and she’s young to be marketed to older people who might appreciate her more. I think she could have a great future in the music biz though, as long as she takes care of her voice and stays centered.

          • Pandora

            My favorites on Allison’s album are Holiday and Still Breathing. I thought Friday was a piece of shit song, worse than most of Miley’s crap, and her awesomeness couldn’t rescue it. And Scars sounds like a Pink outtake.

    • dresden

      he blew it. no other way to say it. adam had a chance here to just sing, and wow people with his voice.. why the need for all the smoke and the ott light show… people accuse this year’s crop of using guitars as props, hiding behind them. adam does the same thing. he hides behind makeup, screeching vocals, ott costumes and hair, smoke and lasers when all he needs to do is just… sing. he is not getting any kind of sizable bump on itunes yet, not one someone w/his pimping on idol should already have had. it’s mindboggling how idol and fuller and rca seem to be caught in some kind of paralyzing delusion about him worse than the fans. nothing about tonight changed any minds about him, or is going to compel any casual viewers to buy anything from him. there was something that sounded strained and off in his vocals too. i’m really trying to find something positive about his performance… all i can say is there was a lot of money spent on it, if the light show was any indication.

      • Kate123

        When people do crazy light shows or explosions and fire during performances it always screams “DISTRACTION” to me. If your music is really all that, why do you need to distract us from it?

        I think I underestimate the public’s intelligence but I always feel like most people will be like “Ohhh COOL! Lights!!”

        • Kathy

          Exactly!!! It isn’t being artistic, it is distraction. Well said.

      • J

        WWFM as done on the album is a very generic catchy pop song, the type that a lot of people seem to love. If he performed the song as it was recorded or maybe with an acoustic guitar, he could have won over or at least caught the attention of many potential fans.

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          You know what I kept hoping would happen with all the lasers and smoke?

          • mozart4898

            Wow…just…wow.

            (Maybe I’m that out of the loop that I should have seen that before…lol)

          • deez

            SERGIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • Sherena

          People do love generic.

      • Gene

        @dresden
        “he hides behind makeup, screeching vocals, ott costumes and hair, smoke and lasers when all he needs to do is just… sing.”

        Are you saying he’s doing this just for attention just because he can’t sing? Because if you are saying that, you are wrong. He does it because he wants to do it. He is who he is, and as a artist and he, just like everyone else, has the right to protray himself in any light he likes. You must really not know what it’s like to be yourself.

        • Kate123

          I think she was saying that the makeup, screams, costumes, lights, etc.. distract us from his singing and proves that with Lambert it’s not just about the music. That’s fine, a lot of performers use props and the like, but those kinds of theatrics also don’t appeal to a lot of people. I don’t know why you would suggest that dresden doesn’t know how to be herself/himself…I don’t see what about his/her comment implied that she/he isn’t being himself/herself.

          • Gene

            @Kate123

            We all know that Adam is not an ordinary jock/frat guy type and loves wearing OTT make-up and costumes, so why do you have to repeat same old comments like “he wears makeup, he is OTT and his style is not my type”. He doesn’t give a crap if he is not your type. I’m not saying that you must love Adam’s style. But you have got to quit acting like you presume to know the best way he should look and perform. Adam won’t change his style just for all those who wish he would conform.

          • Kate123

            Oh Gene, if you and Adam do not give a shit about what we think, why bother coming here at all? Obviously you really do give a shit. Maybe you should stop presuming that every guy that doesn’t wear makeup and costumes is a jock/frat guy.

            Why don’t you go spend some time with your kids? Maybe save some of the money you’ve been spending on your Rawk Gawd and use that to take them on a nice vacation. I’m sure they would appreciate your love more than some guy who has no idea who you are.

          • Kate123

            It’s also interesting that you bring up the conformity issue. In my psych class we studied peer pressure and conformity and I think it’s why Adam attracts more of the crazies. This isn’t conformity in the sense that I’m saying Adam shouldn’t do what he does, but I think it offers a greater insight into his nutty fans.

            There was a study at the University of Virginia, which found that kids that were more easily able to resist peer pressure and conformity actually grew up to be less well-adjusted, with lower GPAs. The kids that felt more peer pressure and a greater pressure to conform, “had much higher-quality relationships with friends, parents, and romantic partners. Their need to fit in, in the early teens, later manifested itself as a willingness to accommodate ─ a necessary component of all reciprocal relationships. The self-conscious kid who spent seventh grade convinced that everyone was watching her learned to be attuned to subtle changes in others’ moods. Years down the road, that heightened sensitivity lead to empathy and social adeptness.”

            Also, experiencing less peer pressure can cause people to resist listening to their parents and the rules of society at large, creating social delinquents and usually very selfish and entitled adults.

            I’m not suggesting that we all go buy clothes from the Gap, listen to the same music, watch the same movies, and become robots, but the pressure you feel to conform in your youth is actually important for how you behave as an adult. It’s why you go to school, work, obey the law, logically and rationally deal with someone you disagree with.

            So when Adam says that everyone that feels different and like an outcast should say screw it and just be themselves, to some of his fans that became an invitation to stop repressing their insanity and forget about being empathetic and rational toward other people, most ironically with the people that have different opinions. It’s also ironic that they lean more toward the most pimped, mass-consumer attempt to create a superstar character that I have ever seen from AI.

            (AGAIN, this is not me saying that Adam should just sing and wear a t-shirt and jeans or that it’s his fault. Also not saying we should all have the same opinions, etc…that’s not what I mean by conformity. I’m just trying to understand how the crazies think)

            (Also, if anyone wants to read an article about the study, http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/09/23/teens-who-feel-more-peer-pressure-turn-out-better-not-worse.aspx )

            (Also, it’s very likely that I’m totally wrong about this. We may feel bad for these socially maladjusted fans, but in all likelihood the simple answer is probably that they’re just dicks.)

        • Kathy

          No Adam can sing. Very well in fact. When he isn’t screeching. Adam isn’t himself is what I think she is saying. He would be mortified if anyone ever saw who he really is. All that makeup and lighting etc is to distract. That is what bothers me about Adam.It is never about the music with him. As long as he gets on ET and Perez Hilton he is fine. Adam believed his own hype and that was his downfall.I don’t need to be entertained with shiny flashy things. Just sing. People mistake lasers and other tricks for “being who you are” Just because something is shiny or different does not mean it is (to use Adam’s favorite word) authentic.

          • Gene

            Have you seen pictures of him before Idol.. HE IS OVER THE TOP FLAMBOYANT. So saying he is doing all that because he believes his own hype is complete and utter bullshit.

        • Daf

          Gene, did they kick you out of Adam Official?

        • pootle

          Saying ‘he is who he is’ is not a useful argument. No-one’s denying his right to dress and act as he wants. However, since he’s putting himself onstage as a musical and visual package, people have the right to pick apart every aspect of that on-stage appearance at their leisure.

          And he’d do well to pay attention to some of it, because he’s a product and they’re the consumers.

          I’d be the first to complain if people were trying to tell him what to wear to parties or out shopping, but on-stage he’s at work and he’s selling something to us. And the lasers and smoke hid his face for half the show, which seemed a waste of careful make-up to me.

      • pootle

        It’s frustrating because I actually love his voice on the acoustic numbers and quiet parts of songs. Very clear, very pure, kind of mannered but interesting. He reminds me of an old cabaret singer or Rufus Wainwright somehow.

        He should have done something more low-key and subtle for this performance. The quiet song gave him an opportunity to do that. Everyone’s seen Glam Adam. Really they have. Lots of times. Not many people know about Stool-Sitting Quiet Adam though.

        But this is 19 and they’re morons.

    • Mary

      I think out of all 3, Allison’s album has the most potential hits. Even more than Kris’s. I tried to listen to Adam’s but its not my style. WWFM and sleepwalker are the only songs I like off that album.

      19E is fucked up. I hope Allison gets dropped, takes a break for a couple of years and than comes out with a new album under a new label. That girl had so much potential, except that her management doesn’t know what the fuck to do with her. She could have been the next Pink!

  • SmartPoptart

    A list:

    1. What didn’t Adam do that at the AMAs? To quote Randy Jackson, one bajillion percent better.

    2. TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM.

    3. I had to hit mute when Kara’s little Africa segment aired. Like, I just….ugh. I sort of feel the same way about her that I do about John Mayer and Kanye West – even if I agree with the sentiment behind what they’re saying, there’s something about the way they say it that makes me want to punch them in the face while they’re saying it.

    4. TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM TIM.

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      I had to hit mute when Kara’s little Africa segment aired. Like, I just….ugh. I sort of feel the same way about her that I do about John Mayer and Kanye West – even if I agree with the sentiment behind what they’re saying, there’s something about the way they say it that makes me want to punch them in the face while they’re saying it.

      Bingo.

      • SmartPoptart

        No, seriously, what is it about her?! Of all people, the judges should understand that half the battle of AI [or any reality competition show, really] is finding a way to make your personality come off well on television. And hers…does not come off well.

        Like you know how at the end of season 1 of Mad Men Peggy wanted to hire that one girl to record the radio commercial for the Relaxacizer [no way that's spelled correctly] because she looked like the beautiful, confident image they wanted to portray? But then when the mics were turned on said girl had no idea how to convey this image since in reality she was insecure and empty-headed because all she had were her looks? And then Peggy fired her and made her cry and it was awesome?

        That’s like Kara I think, on paper everything looks like it should work – she’s attractive, has experience writing hit songs, has contacts in the music industry. But when the cameras are turned on, this weird disconnect happens and nothing comes off right – maybe because she’s nervous still, maybe because she’s actually a bitch in real life, maybe because she’s insecure that she’s the new girl on the block and is desperate to be taken seriously. I have no idea. Maybe all or none of those.

        I’m not in a position to talk really, I know if I was on TV I would be a HOT mess. So that’s why I’m just an anonymous blog commenter instead.

        • wino

          i think kara tries too hard. too hard to be liked, too hard to be funny, too hard to seem relevant. she’s just not comfortable in front of the camera, and as a result, its us viewers that have to suffer :(

          • deez

            If Blair from Gossip Girl were forty and an American Idol judge, she’d be Kara.

          • BettyBlue

            Kara comes off as very insincere, therefore, not trustworthy. When she smiles, it looks fake and everything she does seems forced.

  • et

    Oh, man, they posted the song list on iTunes for next week… it’s going to be a sap-fest!

    • Lauren

      I am going to end up crying! All those cheesy yet inspiring songs!

      • et

        I am very interested to see what they pick. That list… is special.

        Please, peeps, don’t sing that damn Celine Dion song. And don’t sing Creed, either. “Dare You to Move” didn’t work for Cook, so leave that one off. Archie did “Angels” all through tour plus on the show, so leave it be. But if someone wants to sing “The Impossible Dream?” THEN I will be amused. Or “I Will Survive.”

        “Dream Weaver” is on there. Oh boy.

        • Nich

          Lee is SO doing Creed and you know Aaron is going to tackle Angels and make me hate him more. Archie screwed that song up, I wish they would leave it alone.

          It is SUCH a random list.

        • mozart4898

          I know it’s probably just about the most obvious choice on that list…but man oh man I wanna hear Crystal do Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In. I don’t care that it’s yet another 40 year old song that isn’t current, I can just imagine how she’d absolutely light that song on fire (in a good way). The one Jewel song on the list is meh as far as I’m concerned – I don’t think Crystal would pick it either, but maybe I’m wrong.

          I agree that Lee picking Creed would make sense although I don’t know if he will – he may make me wanna shoot myself if he does (*gulp* Ok, I admit it, I’m a Creed fan, big time…although Higher isn’t one of my favorites of theirs anyways). Wouldn’t be surprised to see Casey pick one of the Bon Jovi songs IF he can pull them off vocally which I think is a big IF. If Aaron doesn’t go with one of the country songs he’s shooting himself in the foot cause I think the only genre he could remotely fit into is country. Mike’s pick…I dunno, there’s a couple obvious ones but I don’t know if he’ll go for obvious. The folks over at VFTW were already tossing around ideas they’d have for Tim but I expect he’ll go with something pretty simple and restrained…he seems to be getting pretty good at picking songs that fit his voice well (I’d seen What a Wonderful World mentioned for him, that actually might work depending on how he’d change it up or not). And Siobhan – I’m just scared to see what she’ll pick. There’s a few on there I could envision some unholy caterwauling taking place with…

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        Can you send me the list? I need to go put laundry in the dryer and take more cough medicine. :)

    • barado

      How can No Boundaries not be on that list?

      • et

        Hmm, there’s no Taylor Hicks coronation song either. What was that one? “Do I Make You Proud” I still hear that one at Safeway sometimes.

        Neeaar… farrrrr… whereeeevvvveerr you are…

        Gack.

    • SmartPoptart

      Whooooa I just read the list, those are some slim pickings! Though I really hope someone does a “Live Like We’re Dying/Live Like You’re Dying” mash-up. That would be spectacular.

      • et

        That list is giving them lots of choices that could be absolutely dreadful… some WTF songs on there. I love “Drive,” though.

        • Nich

          I hope someone does Drive.

      • pootle

        They have Kris’s song on the list?

        How is this possible when he doesn’t exist?

        • Mary

          LOL I bet you if someone performs it next week, Ryan is gonna announce it as The Script’s song!

    • J

      I so want Tim to try Cook’s coronation song again. He killed it during Hollywood week and not in a good way.

    • mozart4898

      Hey all…brand new here but I’ve been lurking for a few weeks. Anyways…very interesting song list for next week. Thing is this song list includes stuff that spans what, like 60-70 years or something? Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Queen…to Creed, R. Kelly, Carrie Underwood? I mean if you’re anywhere near a decent singer you should be able to probably find half a dozen or so songs on here AT LEAST that you can sing well. No excuse for someone to make a poor choice for next week and yet I’m sure a few still will pick absolute dreck…

  • Kate123

    I saw the picture and only one of Crystal’s fingernails is painted but I thought it was a giant mole. I was wondering “HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THAT!!!???” but yeah…not a mole.

  • jukejoint

    I knew it would be a girl and a boy because I am following the S4 bible. (Nikko and Nadia, I’m looking at your spots.) Next week — Anwar. Who’s the most like Anwar? Although maybe they won’t boot anybody for Idol Gives Back and do another double the next week, just for kicks. Two boys, if so, and Aaron and Michael would fit the bill nicely.

    If it keeps going this way, Siobhan will finish 3rd, either Casey or Lee will be 2nd (I’m leaning toward Casey) and Crystal will be your winner, and they’ll make her start writing songs about Buddha Taking the Wheel.

    Man, we got a whole lot of white people + Michael Lynche left.

  • et

    I didn’t bother to watch so all I’ll say is TIMMEH!

    • deez

      Neither did I actually. I watched Cardinals vs Astros and then fast-forwarded thru everything but the good parts. My ears were spared Justin Gaston.

      • Blue Eyes

        I never even heard of Justin Gaston, but whoever he is, he is horrible! That song was boring as hell. I don’t even remember it.

      • auntieaimee

        That Justin Gaston squicked me out almost as much as Constantine does. Ew! What a creep!

        • et

          OK, first embarrassing admittance… I watched some of David Cook’s visit to that I Can Dream place. Whew, now that it’s out of the way. The little that I watched, Justin was just wandering around strumming his guitar and I wanted to smack him around. He’s all lurkery and stuff. I don’t like him. And I wouldn’t like him even if he *hadn’t* been dating 15 yr old Miley Cyrus… just ick.

    • Sherena

      At this rate, Timmy could make Top 5! Maybe even Top 4…? Who knows.

  • leastofall

    Yay nomore STW!!!! Lots more Timmeh!!

    Also, “Now THAT’S a performance! – It’s a great record, a HIT record.”

    So. Very. True-ish.

  • Blue Eyes

    Good-bye Smug Teen Witch, I’ll miss you…….NOT!

  • Mary

    O.M.G. I missed it!! I am so glad Timmeh is safe!
    Did STW melt in her pool of tears?

  • Lauren

    You have a cold, cold heart. That’s all I’m gonna say. ;)

  • J

    I need brain bleach and a shot of something strong after that duet. Brooke was lovely in her high strung too nice to be real kind of way. But Justin was horrifying. I’m glad that Andrew and Katie went home this week. If they lose Aaron and Siobhan next week I’ll be thrilled.

  • deez

    Ding Dong STW is GONE!!!!!!!!!!!The episode of my dreams, a buy one get one !!!

    Timmeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • jukejoint

      I said Ding Dong, too! What are the odds?

      • deez

        Great minds and all that. :)

        Did anyone else notice the look on Kara’s face (fake smile, fake clapping) when Timmeh was safe? It reminded me of when Kris got sent back to benches last year and it dawned on her that Croakey had one foot out the door.

    • Pandora

      Didn’t everyone say Ding Dong? Well, everyone that doesn’t have the last name of Stevens.