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Top 3 “Idol” vote-getters revealed tonight
Voting results are revealed on tonight’s “American Idol” (7 p.m. on Fox) in the new and confused roll-out of Top 12 finalists.
The first dozen of three groups in the Top 36 performed last night. Three top vote-getters will be unveiled tonight.
The next two groups of a dozen will perform over the next two weeks, and then there will be some sort of “sing-off” among the leftovers to determine another final three contenders.
Thus the Final 12. Got that? I know, it’s weird, but presumably after tonight, it will be more clear. Or not.
Last night’s performances started off with a bang, morphed into a horror and then wound up with a beautiful boom.
Danny Gokey, who could have chosen a better song than “Hero,” nevertheless had the audience on its feet and three of the four judges swooning. Simon Cowell, of course, was the lone hold-out, but he was just trying to be different.
Among the women, bluesy Jackie Tohn and soulful Alexis Grace were terrific. Simon pronounced Alexis (the one with the splash of pink in her hair) “a little dark horse” to win the competition.
But there was another surprise: Ricky Braddy, who turned in an impeccable performance. Who knew? I don’t remember even noticing him during the Hollywood rounds.
The bad news? Anoop Desai, one of the cutest, most talented contestants, did poorly. He was off-key and ahead of the band most of the time. But I bet he’ll make it anyway. He’s a crowd pleaser.
Tatiana, the hysterical one from Puerto Rico, wasn’t as bad as I wanted her to be, but she can’t seem to decide on a persona. Last night she was Little Miss Sweetie, which actually didn’t play well.
Flat-out bombing were Ann Marie, Stevie (truly painful to hear), Stephen and Casey (also painful).
Who’s going to make the Top Trio tonight? The wild whim of voters cannot be over-estimated, but if I ruled the world, the top vote-getters would be Danny, Alexis and Jackie.
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