Last night the Top 9 contestants on American Idol performed the songs of Lennon and McCartney, and tonight we see which contestant is going home.
\nIt’ll be a tough one, because for the most part everyone did really well. Who knew?
\nWe’ll also see performances from Rihanna, David Archuleta, and Jason Derulo. Join me here live at 9 PM for the results!
\nThe show opens with a montage of clips from last night, and a warning from Ryan to “prepare yourself for a surprise or two.” Oh great. Last time he said that Alex Lambert and Lilly Scott went home.
\nHe adds that the producers have told him that that there are “shocking results” tonight – I don’t even want to speculate.<\/p>\n
Last night the Top 9 contestants on American Idol performed the songs of Lennon and McCartney, and tonight we see which contestant is going home. It’ll be a tough one, because for the most part everyone did really well. Who knew? We’ll also see performances from Rihanna, David Archuleta, and Jason Derulo. Join me here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-idol"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nRyan talks about the Idol Gives Back show in two weeks, and some auction items from the judges.
\nThe Top 9 come out to perform a Beatles’ medley featuring solos from all of the contestants. It’s so obvious that they’re lip synching. But it’s still cute. Very Glee. Randy should like it.
\nCue the Ford commercial, and now let’s get to the results. The vibe onstage is varied – from nerves to Tim’s eternal optimism.
\nRyan starts with Siobhan Magnus<\/strong>, in the middle of the top row. She is so beautiful; I don’t know if people really notice that because she’s often being goofy. Ryan calls her to the center of the stage. OK, it’s doing to be one of those nights.
\nRyan calls on Crystal Bowersox<\/strong> next, and has her join Siobhan at center stage.
\nKatie Stevens<\/strong> is next, and she joins Crystal and Siobhan. Ryan asks Randy if he thinks one of them should be going home, and he says no. Ryan tells Crystal she’s safe, and sends her back to her seat. Then Ryan tells them both they’re safe. Oh brother, that was a total waste of time and energy.
\nSo we know the bottom three are guys. We find out who after Jason Derulo performs.
\nRyan tells everyone that Adam Lambert will be next week’s guest mentor and Katie’s mouth opens; she didn’t know and she’s very excited.
\nSo Jason Derulo … more crappy singing, bouncing dancers (at least they’re dressed), and boring, predictable, repetitive music. He’s one of Kara’s finds. She says he’s an incredible songwriter and singer and dancer. Even Simon loved it. Really? I don’t get it. It’s the same old crap. Sorry.
\nBefore we get results, we get David Archuleta. Thank you! David at the piano, no slinky half dressed girls. Just Archie and “Imagine”. So lovely. He tells Ryan he’s working on his next album and he’s just so happy and cute.
\nOn to results. The six guys are left and Ryan is going to put them into two groups.
\nFirst up is Lee Dewyze,<\/strong> who talks about confidence. Ryan has him go to the far side of the stage.
\nMichael Lynche <\/strong>is up next and Ryan has him stand closer to Ryan. Which means that one of them is in the bottom three.
\nCasey James<\/strong> is up next; he goes to stand with Lee. OK, I think Mike is the bottom three group.
\nAaron Kelly<\/strong> is up next. Totally random: I found out tonight he’s from the town next to my dad in PA. I guess his hometown has phone banks set up to do some major block voting for him every week, with space and phones donated by the local hardware store. Ryan has him stand with Big Mike.
\nTim Urban<\/strong> is next, looking very much like he did last night. Ryan has him stand with Lee and Casey. He seems a little confused.
\nAndrew Garcia <\/strong>is last and he goes into Big Mike’s group.
\nThe surprise for me would be if Lee’s group was the bottom three. I would expect Aaron and Andrew to be in the bottom three, and while I love Big Mike I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where he fell.
\nRyan asks Ellen which group she thinks is the bottom three, and she says based on performances it’s the Mike, Aaron, Andrew group. And she’s right. So why is that a shock?
\nRyan sends Aaron Kelly back – he’s safe, no surprise. To me, anyway. So either Andrew or Big Mike is going home. My guess would be Andrew. We’ll find out soon enough.
\nBig Mike and Andrew are sitting on their stools awaiting their fate – Big Mike has a bitter look on his face – while Rihanna brings us more crappy, sexually charged, annoying music.
\nLet’s talk about Big Mike instead. He looks really ticked off about being in the bottom two. I know everyone loves him, and he’s a great singer. But I’ve never thought he was going all the way. I still think it’s Andrew going home tonight. Although if the producers think tonight’s results will be shocking, it might be Big Mike.
\nYou know what would be really great? If the whole stage lost power right now and we didn’t have to listen to this Rihanna crap any more. Ryan could give us the final results by flashlight.
\nAnd who’s going home? Big Mike. Is that a shocker? I’m not shocked. I mean, someone has to go home, right? Don’t get me wrong; he’s got a great voice and he’ll be fine. In fact, getting voted off might be a great thing for him. I think contract-wise it frees him up sooner to go record an album. He’s still on the tour, he’s got a nationwide – maybe worldwide – fan base. This has been a great experience for him.
\nHere’s the big question: will the judges save him? He’s singing “Woman’s Work,” which was a performance the judges loved. There’s debate at the judges’ table; Randy is shaking his head no, Simon says it’s frustrating because they all wish he’d sung like that last night. And the judges’ unanimous decision is to save Big Mike.
\nThat’s good; last season the save kept Matt Giraud in the competition a little longer, so Big Mike will have that same opportunity. Good for him.
\nWe’re at the point in the competition where the person going home isn’t necessarily going home because they’re bad. They just had the least votes. I mean, someone is the last one on the list. That’s just the way it is.
\nSo next week we have a big show. Guest mentor Adam Lambert, and two contestants will go home. Should be interesting!
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