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‘American Idol’ week seven: Results
Okay, I blew it again.
Or did America blow it? Hmm?
Here were my predictions for this week:
Bottom Three: Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban, Andrew Garcia
Should go home: Tim Urban
Say goodbye to: Aaron Kelly
Actually, the country and I were pretty much in sync this week: Aaron, Tim, Andrew and Michael got my lowest marks of the night, and the trio that landed in the bottom three — Aaron, Andrew and Big Mike — came from that group.
I knew Tim wouldn’t go. I’ll say it again: he’s on track to win, perhaps as a viewer protest to letting Paula go and bringing in Ellen and allowing Simon to leave after this season and choosing historically and epically awful “talent” and all the other things the producers have done to muck up a fun show and make this the last season anybody will probably watch.
In case you missed it, Lynch was left singing for his life Wednesday night and it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the judges would use the “save” option (you know, the one they should have utilized weeks ago for Lacey Brown) to keep Big Mike around for another week.
“Idol” really needs to stop with the fake-outs. Could it be more obvious that every time Seacrest gets all serious, the contestant in question is totally safe? I can’t be the only one who knew that not one of those three remaining women would be sent packing. And when Simon tries it — as he did with Lynch last night — it’s even worse. Hey, Simon … you’re valuable because you ONLY SAY WHAT YOU MEAN. Knock it off, knucklehead.
All future performance shows should be an hour and results shows should be 30 minutes. There. I said it.
On the plus side, it was nice to see that former hopeful David Archuleta has apparently overcome the hyperventilating that looked so painful (but was vastly more compelling than most of what he sang as a contestant).
Next week’s theme: “Two ‘Idols’ go home.”
Which two should they be? Please leave your comments below.
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By Jim
April 11, 2010 10:48 AM | Link to this
What a great idea hour for performance 30 minutes for results. I want to be entertained and since this is a singing show! How about more singing and less talk! Is Ryan Seacrest getting on anyone else's nerves!!
By Erica
April 8, 2010 11:52 AM | Link to this
I wish the performance and results shows were shorter too. I'm wearing out the skip button on my remote. :( I mean really, does America want to see a microphone shoved in the contestant's face as they come off stage and are trying to experience their, "whew, I didn't soil myself" moment? Seriously, give them a break and don't make the shows longer to show us irrelevant things like that! Geez! I can't believe how much filler there is to keep it longer. I like it much better when they rush and keep it quick, rude, and simple. LOL
I can't believe Andrew Garcia is still there.
Obviously, I'm ready to see Andrew Garcia go. He's ok, but he's not great and I haven't enjoyed any of his performances since he did the Paula Abdul song. But, you know, who couldn't do a Paula Abdul song better, honestly?