Category Archives: Results Shows

Top O’ The Mornin Evenin’ to ya.  Perhaps the results will be in a Pot o’ gold.  Ok, I promise no more St. Patty’s nonsense, especially since Steven still thinks it is Halloween.  His results show ensembles are always more eccentric than performance night.

Another seemingly awesome-despite-lipsync-ing group medley with a Glee-esque mashup of Born To Be Wild and Born This Way.  Appropriately themed songs, well arranged, including singing and dancing?  Yes, please.  I like this trend of group medleys,  Nigel.  You have my seal of approval. Now if only the Ford music vid could be equally exciting…

But alas, no.  Instead it will perpetuate internet rumors of Haley and Stefano hooking up.  Gah.

Ryan pimps Idol’s 10th Anniversary CD, and plays Oprah for a moment.  EVERY. BODY. GETS. AN. ALBUM. !!!!!  Ok, maybe it wasn’t quite that bad…

On to the new results night feature of the Random Interviews.  They bleeped Pia saying Shih Tzu… Really?

Anyway, onto the real reason we all tuned in…Casey, Jacob, and Lauren are up first.  Randy has no idea how to fix pitch problems because he is NOT A SINGER.  Thanks Jen for piping in.  Jacob is safe.  Lauren is safe.  Ryan questions Steven’s definition of goop before announcing Casey is also safe.

Next Haley and Paul are up.  Haley has some funky blues rock inside of her.  And she is in the bottom 3, but Paul is safe.

After the break, Lee DeWyze is back with his new single.  I am not really a fan of this song–it is just ok.  Sort of like the entire Season 9.  At least he is a nice guy.

After the break, more results.  Scotty, Pia, and James are up.  Scotty is safe. Pia is safe.  And James along with his tail is safe.

Naima and Stefano are up next.  Naima is in the bottom 3, and Stefano is safe.  Karen and Thia are up last.  Karen is in the bottom 3 and Thia is safe.

The Black Eyed Peas are performing after the break.  Why does Fergie pronounce things so weird?  And have neon green nails?  Don’t love.

After the break, Naima is declared safe.  Haley is declared safe, and Karen is singing her swan song to beg for mercy.  She chooses to sing some Mariah.  She even begs for mercy a bit which is all she can do.  And the judges don’t use the save.

OUT TONIGHT:

Karen Rodriguez

So they were running like 10 seconds ahead of schedule (OMG), which let us see a little of the judges interacting with the contestants.  And Jen was giving advice to some of the low vote getters – I know I have said this before, but I really like Jen as a judge.  She is compassionate and gives constructive criticism.  I know people think she might be too easy on the kids, but I think her touch is just right.  Steven and Randy I’m not completely sold on, but I like J. Lo for this show.

Until next week…

First, the judges are introduced, Ryan is introduced, the idols are introduced.  Not too much blah blah-ing.  Then we get to see the kids in their mansion.

Wait, what?

An MJ group medley?!? O. M. G. Welcome Back, awesome-ly arranged results show group medley.  I haven’t seen you in awhile.  Despite the fact you were lip synced I DIDN’T EVEN CARE because I loved you so much.

Le Ford music vid. (Unimpressed).Red Riding Hood Movie pimpage. (It actually looks good).

Jacob, Karen, and Stefano are up first.  Jacob and Stefano are safe, and Karen is in the bottom 3.  Ryan messed that one up.  ”You are all safe…except Karen.” Nice one, Seacrest.

After the break, screamy is back (mostly) sans the screamy!  Nice performance Lambert.  I haven’t really kept up with his music post-idol, but I really liked his performance.  He gets a big smiley.

After the break, Lauren, Asht(h)on, and Haley arrive center stage.  Lauren is sent back to the couches because she is safe.  Asht(h)on and Haley are both sent to the stools of doom, and since we are running out of time, and a random artist needs pimpage, all of the other contestants are told they are safe.

Random Artist Du Jour: Diddy Dirty-Money.  At least they are singing live rather than pre-recorded.  Plus the kids get some Dr. Phil-esque words of wisdom from Diddy himself.

Finally, the results.  Karen is safe, and sent back to the couches.  Asht(h)on and her superfluous H is out and Haley is safe. She sings for her life and chooses her Diana Ross number once again.  She knows that she won’t be saved, and the judges would be stupid to use it so soon.

OUT TONIGHT:

I am not sure if I have a higher tolerance this season, but this hour-long results show didn’t seem as painful as last season.  I would still prefer a half-hour results show, and hopefully we will get there eventually, but it wasn’t so bad.

After the emotional, tear-jerking, memory-laden montage of video, the judges arrive on stage.  Look everyone, it is halloween!  Randy is dressed like a leopard, J. Lo is dressed like an avacado, and Steven is dressed like a woman.

Super.

If only Ryan was dressed like a peach.
I imagine this will be another fun filled episode.  After the requisite recap of the guys, Ryan gives the  news:  Scotty vs. Robbie are up first.  Scotty made it, Robbie did not.  Next up: Clint, Jordan, and Jovany.  Clint and Jordan are out.  Jovany didn’t make it either.
After the break, we get the obligatory girl recap, and now we are onto the female killings.  Pia and Lauren A. are up first.  They are both in (including Lauren, who is” just Lauren“).
Next up is Ta-Tynisia and Julie.  And not surprisingly, both are out.
After the break, more girl results with Kendra, Ashton, and Karen.  Ashton is out.  Karen is in, and Kendra is out.
Back to the guys.  Tim, Casey, and Jacob are up.  Jacob is in!  Casey is in, Tim is out.
Back to the girls (I’m getting dizzy).  Naima, Thia, and Lauren T. are up.  Naima is out.  Lauren is out, and Thia Megia is in!  Yay for Thia!  Boo to Lauren getting the boot.
And finally, the boys.  Paul is in!  Go team flower jacket!  Brett is out.
After the break, we get the last round of cuts.  Haley and Rachel are up. Haley is in, and Rachel is out.  I would have swapped in Kendra or Lauren T. instead of Haley, but  come on now, America had to screw at least one thing up!
The last group of guys is Stefano and James.  James is in, Stefano is out.

So tonight we have a wildcard episode rolled into a results episode, which kind of makes the no-group-song thing worthwhile.  Six ousted contestants sing for their lives: three guys, three girls.
First up: Ashton.  She sings And I am Telling You.  Pretty good but not amazing.
Stefano sings I Need You Now – didn’t know the song, but it was pretty nice and soulful.  Props, Stefano!
Kendra sings Georgia on My Mind, which starts out way too low, but the ending was awesome!   I love this girl!!
The ripped Jovany gets the second guy spot – perhaps for his muscle-tastic physique.  But he proves he has the chops with a Federov-esque song choice: Angel by Jon Secada.  It was ok, but not thrilling.  I think he was a throwaway spot.
The last second chance spot goes to Naima, meaning Lauren Turner gets ousted with a crop of girls she far exceeds.  Go team Lauren Turner!  I still like you…
Naima sings All We Know by Donny Hathaway.  I thought her performance was less than thrilling for me.  For me, the girl performance totally goes to Kendra.
The guys last shot goes to Robbie, which totally stunned and ego-bruised Clint.  It also signaled to Brett that it was his last chance to feel up Ryan.
Robbie sings Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word.  I really like this kid a lot.  The guy spot is definitely between Robbie and Stefano.  Stefano does have the hotness factor.
Conveniently, the judges ask for more time, so they can play J Lo’s new vid!  Obvs.  At least it is more legit than  Paula’s vid a few years ago.

And finally…
The final three who round out the top 13 are: Ashton, Stefano, and Naima.
Robbed: Robby, Kendra, and Lauren T.  I don’t hate that Stefano made it, but Robby was an equal.  Ashton and Naima, to me, were far behind the likes of Kendra and Lauren T, who were much more exciting to me.
Overall, I don’t hate this top group. I do have a feeling that someone like Casey could take the cake.  Or maybe even Paul if he plays his cards right.  But I am rooting for girl power this season.  Does Pia have the chops to pull this thing off?  What about little Thia?  I wonder if she has the stamina.   I don’t think Lauren can pull it off, although I see her as a top six a la Pickler.  I need to digest this group a bit, and will do my anual rank-a-thon sometime this week.

Here is the top 13:

Next week we are at the Nokia.  The finale on the big stage.  And dialidol is the most confident with their ouster prediction as they have been all season.  So I don’t think there will be a shocker tonight.

[What?  I am blogging a results show?!? That is the only big shocker of the night, I know.]

The first ten minutes are intros and a little talk back session with the top 3 and the judges.  [filler filler filler....]

After the break we get the Ford commercial to I’m A Wild One.  Then we get to go home to Texas with Casey.  They had a great turnout (as I would expect–everything is bigger in Texas) and all the girls seemed very enthusiastic about Casey!  I liked that he went to visit the hospital, as well.

Travis Garland (??)  discovered by Perez Hilton (????) performs next.  Perez is discovering new vocal talent now?  What is this world coming to?  I do like that this guy is kind of unknown, but the whole stagey dancey production was a bit over the top.  Also, how does he get more vocal screen time than the contestants?   There are so many questions that I have about this.

I am encouraged by the reports I read about next season on Idol the results show will only be a half hour, and the performance show will be 90 minutes.  A LONG OVERDUE improvement.

After the break, we visit Toledo with Crystal.  Aww, she is so emotional, and she got to see her son.  That was quickly followed by Lee in Chicago, which was equally as adorable.  Midwest FTW!

Well, we have 15 minutes left.  No talks of eliminations yet.  So what better thing to do than bring out Justin Bieber for a completely irrelevant performance!  Clearly the logical choice.

With seven minutes left, we finally get around to the purpose of the show.  (We did tune in for a purpose, right?)  Lee gets his summary first, followed by Crystal and then Casey.  Lee finds out he is safe, followed quickly by Crystal, with Casey making his exit tonight.

ELIMINATED TONIGHT: CASEY JAMES

He sings his exit song of Daughters, and seems like he is enjoying himself.  This leaves the obvious pairing of Crystal and Lee in the finale, where it is really Lee’s game to lose.  We will see how things go next week, it should be fun!

Also, I owe a heads-on-maps graphic (for Dave) but since my latest computer crash, all of my files are on my old hard drive.  Once I rescue that file, I will post the photgraphic.  Additionally, I scored some swag for a fun giveaway, which I will post information on shortly.  So, all sorts of fun things are coming up for finale week!