Okay, elimination time everybody! Double elimination time!! We open tonight’s show with lots of cuts of last night’s show. “Last week we’re gonna see you… your worst performance by a mile… brilliant performance… you took a real risk… blabbity, blabbity, blabbity… THIS… is AMERICAN IDOL!” Hollah!
Ryan wishes us a happy Earth Day and tells us that Baby Face Archuletta is back. Hooray! We welcome the judges, and we cut to a how-the-group-performance-is-made segment. Paula’s the choreographer for this group number, and she’s showin’ us some moves. Wow! Paula actually looks like a dancer! Impressive. Adam says something about sweatiness, and Paula makes a funky face (Don’t be fooled by this segment… this whole thing is a covert product placement. Paula has a Coke shirt on and Matt downloads himself on his phone and makes sure to tell us all about it. This show won’t let those kids urinate without stamping AT&T or Coke’s logo on it).
We introduce the top 7 (who are all dressed in 70’s gear), and they’re lip-syncing (pretty obviously) again. This is a serious mess, including Paula’s choreography. It kind of looks like a high school musical production. They do several egg beaters with their legs bowing all over the show, and it’s clear that Kris with a K, Anoop, and Allison have not done much of this dancing business in the past. It ends, we give Paula a ginormous bouquet of flowers, pretend like she deserves them, and we cut to commercial.
We’re back and we’re on to the Ford music video. The idols are out looking for jobs in their Ford… it’s even lamer than usual. I have nothing else to say about this.
We’re on to results. Dim the lights and stand up Lil.
Lil: After toying with her for what seems like a month, Ryan sends her to the bottom 3. Shocker, but not at all. Peace Lil. Off to the far side of the moon for you. Wow! Not only are they sending her to the far side of the moon, but Lil is eliminated NOW! No waiting around tonight… we’re rippin’ that band-aid off, son! She sings and sounds 100% better than she did last night. Even the judges say so, but tonight’s not last night, and she’s gone.
Ryan’s sitting with the last 7 contestants, and he welcomes back some disco greats: Frita Payne (I think? I don’t have a clue who this woman is). Frita looks 60, but her dress thinks its 21. This isn’t good…. Like… at all. Frita introduces Selma Houston (…uh…) Selma staggers out looking surprised to be here. Her hair looks like a pile of chow mien noodles and she’s slightly better than Frita, but Frita was bad, so that says nothing. Finally, we welcome KC and the Sunshine Band! WOW! KC is out of breath already. He’s wearing a red shirt, that’s just a little too tight. Kind of Kool-Aid man like. I’ll tell you what’s not Kool=Aid Man-like and that’s the dangly earring he’s wearing. Sweet KC. That medley was horrifying.
We’re back and Ryan is ready to break someone’s spirit. He stands up Kris with a K (who we know is going to be safe).
Kris with a K: Safe.
We stand Adam up next.
Adam: Safe.
Gokey is up next (who is wearing a plaid shirt, with a black vest, and a shimmery tie. It looks like Scott’s stylist dressed him).
Gokey: Safe.
Anoop’s up and since Paula said she liked his scruff, he ain’t shavin’.
Anoop Daaaaaaawaawawawawawawag (ugh): Bottom 3. Again. Anoop has to be getting used to this. He’s been in the bottom 3 for like 40 weeks in a row.
Allison and Matt are stood up together. Allison actually looks kinda cute tonight. Matt has a vest on.
Matt: Safe!
Allison: Sorry Allison. To the far side of the moon for you… but not to worry, (Anoop’s face has what I’m about to say written all over it) Anoop is a gonner.
Here’s Archuletta, and he looks like he just walked out of his 10th grade homeroom class. He’s taking a second to get going (sounding really nervous), but eventually he hits his stride and sounds exactly how your teenage heart would hope he would. Archuletta’s one of those kids that’s so cute you wanna squeeze until his head pops off. Ryan welcomes him back, and we talk a bit about David’s tour with McFly and then we march him over to meet Allison and Anoop. He tells them they have awesome voices, and that they will have loads of opportunities after American Idol. Anoop hates hearing this from a child, and his body language is screaming it.
We’re back to put the nail in Anoop’s coffin and we have the final two standing center stage. Anoop looks resigned, and Allison looks like she’s gonna vomit on Ryan’s shoes.
Anoop: GONE.
Allison: Safe.
So, it turns out that Anoop really got screwed by the judges save last week. If Matt would have actually gone home last week, Anoop probably would have been shielded by Lil’s departure this week and he’d be in the top 5 now. Interesting (saying that, remember how Anoop shouldn’t have been in the top 12 anyway, and they made a top 13 to include him?).
Either way, Anoop is gone and we’re ready to move on to an awesome top 5. It should me an interesting few weeks with this final group.
What are your thoughts? I think we collectively saw this coming, but who’s next to go? I say Allison, but we’ll have to wait a week to know for sure!
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Lil’ made her exit finally… but she did so looking better than ever, yikes
allison shouldn’t have been in the bottom 3.. I like her! I like Matt too, but I think she has been more consistent that he has, so my guess is Matt or Allison next week, but Matt probably more. Top 3, Adam Danny and Kris.
And yah the disco legends….some need to keep some mystery to their legendness and stay home. I was really afraid Thelma was going to show the crowd a little too much, if you know what I mean, with her dance moves. I don’t think my 10 month old wears dresses that short! Look out!
I wasn’t full-fledged HATING Anoop like so many others until last night. I actually liked him in the beginning. To me, he was fine, decent voice, strugglin’ style (but remember, he’s not dressing himself at this point)… he was… whatever. But last night, OH, last night, his arrogance TOTALLY BUGGED! Ryan “cuts to the chase” when sending him to the bottom 3, reminding us of how Anoop asked him to do that last week (which I’d forgotten), which is just annoying. Don’t tell the host how to host, you nimwit. Then when he learns he’s going home, he goes into this “I’m disappointed” bit (don’t you know Idols are supposed to just talk about how grateful they are?!), and THEN when Ryan asks Lil what she’ll miss most, Anoop cuts her off and gives HIS answer. Bugs, bugs, bugs.
See ya Dawwwwwwwwwg! See your record — NEVAH.
Jeff – last night that wasn’t KC and the Sunshine Band, that was KC and the Real Housewives of NJ (and I’m FROM there)! Did you see those cougars? Woof!
I agree – the disco divas’ performance was NOT that memorable, but I just thought I’d be a stickler for
onceever.Oh, if you get an Evan following you on Tweetie, that’s me!
why can’t america support Allison?.. i was really surprise that she was in the bottom 3.. kinda also depress why paula said that daney would be in the finals.. i think allison deserve to be there also.!
I kept waiting to see the copper rivets holding Ms Payne’s paper thin skin to her skull. I love KC & it made me sad that he can’t even walk from the back of the stage without panting. I’ve never liked Archie (I live in Utah & am so glad he didn’t win, if he did, he’d still be on TV every day). I was OK with the eliminations, but looks like I’m going to have to start voting like a 14 yr old Kris fan for Allison. And remember, Adam doesn’t sweat, he glistens…
Sorry Evan… I shoulda looked the Freda and Thelma up, but I really didn’t think the performance warranted it. Did you hear the crowd reaction? Legend or not, that was not a performance ANYBODY wanted to see. Disco is the farthest genre away from my “thing,” so I had a hard enough time mustering interest to type their names into the recap, let alone wikipedia.
Funny story about KC and the SS Band though… he played a show last year and I had a friend in attendance. First thing KC says is, “If any of you wanna know what Justin Timberlake looks like in 30 years, here it is.” Apparently he knows he was big in the 70s… and knows his overall physique doesn’t represent that well. At least he has a sense of humor about it.
Loved the comment Evan.
Jeff, come on, open up Wikipedia once in a while.
Freda Payne and Thelma Houston are legends. Did you not know those songs? Or just the ladies who sung them? Band of Gold, Jeff, BAND OF GOLD!!!!!!!!!
Matt downloading himself made me throw up on humanity. Paula looked good choreographing. Shame it put her neck and back into so much pain that she had to dope up before the show (every day).
What a Top 5!